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- 8, New Burlington-street. T" THIRD EDITION OF BOZ'S " MEMOIRS OF GRIMALDI" will be ready TO-XORILOW, May 9, ttt all the Libraries and Booksellers. R.LILWAY SHARES AY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., sake place every Tur.snAr and impel', at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, containing instructions, are respectfully requested te be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madarne GRIST has the honour to acquaint the Nobility, Sub scribers, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 14, When will be periorTed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, I LOMIIARDI ALLA. PRIMA CROCIA l'A. With new scenery, dresses, &c. ; the scenery by Mr. Marshall. Or selda, Madame Grid ; Sofia, Madame Bellhal ; Viclinda, Mdlle. corbari ; Oronte, Signor Mario ; .Arveno, Signor Cored ; sig. BotcM ; Acciano, Sig. Giubilei ; Pagano, Sig. Fornasari. With various Entertainments in the BALLET department. In which will appear Mdlies. Cerito, L. Taglioni, Lucile Grahn ; MM. Bt. Leon, Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mattia, and 31. Perrot. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box Office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, SATURDAY, MAY 9, Will be performed Vertli's celebrated Opera, entitled, N I N 0, Mutts, Signor Fornasari • Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Signor Botelli ; Fenena, Mdlle. Corbari ; Abigail, 3idlle. Sanchioli. Between the Acts, a PAS DE TROIS, by Madlle. L. Taglion:, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse and It o b ncelet D . eshayes, re-arranged To conclude with the grand Uallet, yM. iza Three Tableaux, by M. Perrot, -the Music by M. Costa, entitled ALMA ; on, LA FILLE DU FEU. Perephite, M. Perrot ; Balfegor, M. Gosselin ; Ertnzor, M. St. Leon; Alma, Mdlle. Cerito. In which will be introduced the admired Pas de F a scination (composed by M. Perrot), by Mesdlles. Cerito, De melisse, Moncelet, Cassan, and M. Perrot ; the celebrated Pas de Trois, by Madlle. Cando, M. St. Leon, assisted by 31dlle. Demelisse. Verdi's celebrated Opera, " I Lowbardi ally prima Crocut . ta," will be produced on Tuesday next, May 12. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an Opera, entitled THE CROWN JEWELS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss ; Don Henrignez, Mr. Harrison ; Don Sebastian D'Aveyro, Mr. D. W. King; Rebolledo, Mr. Borranl ; La Catarina, Madame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Miss Collett. Between the first and second Acts of the Opera, will be intro duced Les Pas des Fleurs, by thirty-six of the celebrated Danseuses ; and between the second and third Acts, twenty-four Danseuses Yieanoises will execute the famous I'as Hongrois. After which, the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. Duke of Silesia, M. Mathis; Hilarion, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Prince of Cour land. Mr. Howell ; Wilfrid, M. Adrien; Giselle, Mdlle. Sall ; Mirtha, Mdlle. Louise; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Lonin; Bertha , Mrs. Payne; Principal Willis, Mesdames Adele and Giubilei. In the course of the Ballet will be introduced Le Pas Oriental, by forty-eight of the Pupils of Madame Weiss. THEATRE ROY AL. HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of SPRING AND AUTUMN. Sir Simon Slack, Mr. W. Fairen ; Major Osmond, Mr. Howe ; Rattle, Mr. H. Holl ; Mrs. General Dartmouth, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Rattle, Mrs. W. Clifford. To !ve followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Seymour; Susan, Mrs. Stanky. The Bano will perform the Overture, "Edonrdo e Christine," the Fantasie, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " l'ost Horn Galop," " Antoinette." Ceilarius Waltz ; tha '' Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and, the " Brunow Polka." To be succeeded 14y an Original Farce, called TIIE IRISH TIGER. Sir Charles Lavender, Mr. Howe ; Paddy Ryan, Mr. Hudson ; Alderman Marrowfat, Mr. Tilbury ; irilbury, Air. T. F. Mathews ; Julia, Miss Telbin ; Nancy, Mrs. Caulfield. After which, art experiment win be tried upon TRE BIRDS OF ARISTOPILANES : OIL Which occasion they will be presented to t public with new Name , , new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by McFsrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. athews, and Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. 'UNDER THE MAN.tOEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Tilts EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Farce, entitled, A FRIEND INDEED! After which, the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, DidsleUr, and Keeley; Miss Villars. Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New (;rand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St riling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN IIOOD AND RICHARD CCEUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Falrbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley (her Itrst appearance), Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE. ROYAL. ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed a popular Co:n,d v, entitled EXCHANGE NO "ROBBERY ; or, Who's to Father Me ? Sam Swipes, Mr. Wright . ; Mrs. Swipes, Mrs. F. Matthews; Miss Melrose, Miss Chaplin , Lady Cranberry, Miss A oolgar. After which a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL? Chesterfield Honeybnn, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma Ha'. ding. To be followed by the Burle:que, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indiana. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Mum ard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. To conclude with a Farce, etilt:ed THE UNFINISHED GEN TLEMAN, Bill Downey, Mr. Wright; Louisa. Bloomfield, Miss M. Taylor; Mary Chintz, Miss Woolgar. PRINCESS'S OXFORD-STZ,EET. THIS EVENING Will he performed Shalcspere's 'tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. Macready; Macduff, Mr. Wallack ; Banquo, Mr. Cooper; He cate, Mr. Leffler ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Ternan. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, and Flexmore ; Miss Paulin and Miss Marshal' will appear. . To conclude with Shakspere's Comedy of KATHERINE AND PETRUCRIO. Petruchio, Dtr. Wallach; Grumio, Mr. Compton; Tailor, Mr. Oxberry ; Katherine, Mrs. Stirlin;. ASTLEYSk ROYAL AMPIIITHEATLE. Proprietor, Mr. Vi. Batty. tinder the espeeal p ttronage of her moat gracious Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Prixces; Royal. Triumphant career ot Mr. Leman Redu's New Equestrian Spectacig of The Arab and Its steed," aided by the Double Stud, Peautifni Scenery, Original Effects, &c. second Week of the Domestic Equestrian Afterpiece, entit'ed, "The Post-Boy of St. Austle ; or, The Cornish Wreckers." THI-i EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AND HIS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl ot the Euphrates. Eatire Change in the Scenes of the Circle, and magnificent Feats of the Hippodrome, by the Foreign and British Professors. To conclude x ith the favour' te Drama of the POST BOY OF ST. ALISTLE ; or, The Cornish Wreckers. Box-office open trom eleven till iivg o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAvIDGE's itov_ki. SURREY THE A TRE Constant Novelty! Continued olfaction of the Virginian Bar monists. Re-engagement of the Deulin Family. wonderful effects by Herr Nicolo, from St. Petersbur gh. THIS EYENINd Will be performed a New PI ty, entitled, BIANCA ; or, The Three Trials. Characters by Messrs. iluglies. Maynard, Johnson, Lewis, Cowell, Heslop, Edgar ; Mesdms. 11. Vining, Martin, Daly, &c. After which a New Ballet, called LA STATUE BLANCHE. Le Tonneau Roulant ; or, Running Tub, by Ilerr Nicolo. To conclude with THE LAS KISS ; or, the Soldier's Grave. Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, Heslop, Wil- Mesdms. Vining and Martin will support the principal characters. ROYAL VICTORIA THEAT;:x. Triumphant Success ! THIS E no V ENING Will he performed a New Drama, entitled JARVIS, THE HONEST MAN; or, a Tale of the Times of Judge Jefferies. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Seate, Burton, Tindell ; Miss Vincent, and Miss Jelre 'FOIL After which, A NIGHT O' EXCITEMENT. Robert Le Grange, Mr. E. F. Saville; Ma , tette, Miss Vincent. To conclude with an Orizinal Drama, called THE DOOM OF GUILT : or, The Norman Tiger. Supported by the entire strength of the Victoria Company. NEW s AND TLIEATRE, ENTIRE CIIANCTE.—NOVF.I.TtEit AND MAGIC EFFECTS, . 4 La gaicte c la sante de fame, La tristezne en est Is poison." lIIS EVENING M. PYIILLIPPE bogs leave to announ, a that, in consequence of t' , e Triumphant Success that has attended his EASTER. ENTER. TAI -MENTS, they will be repeated every Wednesday and Sa turday Morning. and every Evening until further notice. M. PHTLLIPPE will commence the Entertainment by Lighting Two Hundred and Fifty Wax Camiles by a single Pistol Shot! This unique and brilliant Experiment was originally performed by dons. Phillippe for upwards of 700 con. , ecutive nights in Paris. Phillippe will also hays: the honour of introducing MS GRANDMOTHER'S CAP, with all its laughable and rapid Trans- Ormations. The Entertainmeats will be varied by the Dancing of the CHIARINI FAMILY, and the Olympic Gambols' of the AME RICAN BROTHERS. The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the Evening at a quarter to Eight. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ls.; Gallery. 6d. ; Private Boxes , 11. Is., and 10s. Gd. THE WEATHER.—Sui OFFICE, MAY 7. TrzumonitTrre, Lowest, 48; Highest, 64; Noon, 65 BAROMETER, 20.73.—W1ND W.; fine. Filt WATEII AT LONDON-M:11)0E TIIIS DAY. DlA,ninz 0 minutes utter 12.1 .. 2 minutes after 12, •1„.. • W. VIL ot • ' t om, . m ; ) LONDON, FRIDAY. MAY 8, 1846 The Lords met at Five o'clock. Lord Asininicrox moved for ret urns relating to the im portation of foreign corn, which gave rise to a slight dis cussion, in the course of which the Duke of RICHMOND pro tested against the corn- law question being considered as settled, and was replied to by Lord BnouGH,or, who admitted that the question was not yet settled, but advised the farmers friends to recommend the farmer:to act as if the question were settled. Ater which the returns were agreed to. Th e Bishop of EXETER. postponed his motion on the sub ject of the Religious Opinions Bill until Monday. Lord STANLEY then muvcd the second reading of the Western Australia Bill. Earl GARY regretted that the Bill should have been '4,rought forward, and felt b ound tooppose Co Lord LYTTELTON supported the Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND gave notic:. that be would move Ca- a Select Committee to inquire into the affairs of the Australian colonies, unless the Government brou g ht forward some measure to remedy the present dreadful state of affairs in those colonies. Lord Lyrrst.Tox said that the matter was at present under the consideration of the Gavernmtnt. The Bill was then read a second time. The Railway Deposits Bill was read a third time and passed. The Friendly Societies Bill was read a first time, and or dered to be read a second time on Monday. Lord REDESDALE moved that no Select Committee should be appointed to consider an opposed railway Bill after Mon day, the 20th of July. The Earl of WICKLOW opposed the motion. The motion was then agreed to. The Abolition of Deotiaite.s Bill w read a third time and passed. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 8, 1846. are these. The accommodations at an time available for ' inmates in the Philanthropic Society are small enough, GOD knows ! They are horribly disproportioned to the multi plicity of children implicated in criminal acts; these accom • modations amounting in the aggregate to not more than one hundred. One hundred children for the thousands o f such children running loose about the streets and bye-ways of the metropolis! Well, small as this number appears, infinitely paltry as it is in itself, we observe that " the pressure on the Society's finances compels them at present to limit that number to fifty!" and those fifty of only a single sex—females. Thus no assistance whatever can be tendered by the Philanthropic Society to the vast number of abandoned boys—destitute in mind and body—who infest the capital of our rich and civilised England—in themselves swarms, as it were, of embryo crimes! May we not literally regard these facts respecting the Philanthropic Society as an exemplar of the veritable condition of philanthropy in society? May we not receive them as an evidence that benevolence with the public is very bountiful in tongue, but very stinting in donations— that the public is a millionaire in professions of commiesera tion, but actually a bankrupt in charity ? We fear an answer to these interrogations, unless some active movement be made for their reversal. The proceedings on Wednesdayi night at the London Tavern, on behalf of the Provident Clerks' Association, and which are fully recorded in another part of our paper, may be looked upon in a national point of view. To see the Pre sident of the Board of Trade patronising such an excellent institution, which co much contributes to the moral and so cial welfare of the executive body which carry out all our great commercial transactions, viz., the clerks, is at once an evidence of his Lordship's nobleness of heart, and of the im portance which he attaches to means so legitimate as are carried out by this Society. But to hear from the lips of one of her MAJESTi'S Ministers, and that one the President of the Board of Trade, that the sentiments he uttered in recommending clerks to assure, were not merely " vox et pratereanihil," but that what he recommended he personally' practised, and had himself assured his own life, is proof po sitive that his Lordship not only approves of the general principles of societies, such as the Provident Clerks' Association, but that he is entirely satisfied with the manner in which those principles are practically werked out. The Earl of DALHOUSIIIC, by taking the chair at the anniversary dinner of the Provident Clerks' Association has borne most important testimony in favour of the general utility of , that admirable institution—an in stitution which, to use the words of the Noble Ex], " has this recommendation, that there are none whose means are so small but may obtain advantage from it—no man is so poor, no clerk so humble, but may join in order to provide for the wants of the future by contributing towards its funds, which will be fostered and cherished and paid to the utter most farthing." It is net surprising that an association of such great value, and so ably conducted should increase in " pros perity with every passing year in great and rapid proportion." It has gone on nearly doubling itself every year since its first formation. The year 1P45 is stated to have been the most prosperous since the first formation of the Society, and the three first months of 1646 have been not only equally pros perous, but doubly so. The Society has increased, is in creasing, and will continue to increase. The infant of some five years since is the giant of to-day, and the Provident Clerks' Association now ranks among the first, if not the first in this commercial kingdom. A letter from Copenhagen of the 26th ult. says : " The Prince Royal of Denmark has just made an appli tion to be divorced from his wife, the Princess Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, whom he married in July, 1841 (his second wife), and who in 1844, after a discussion with her husband, withdrew to Neustrelitz to her family, where she has since remained. The suit will be tried in our capital by a commission composed of ecclesiastics and laics, partly chosen by the King of Denmark, and partly by the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The application for dissolv iag the marriage is founded on the grounds of insurmount able aversion (odium invincible), which, according to the Lutheran religion, to which both parties belong, is sufficient to warrant the stimulation of the marriage. Tile Prince Royal of Denmark had been first married to his cousin, the Princess Guillemine-Marie, daughter of the late Frederic VI. of Denmark, from whom he is also divorced. The Danish journals announce that as soon as the divorce between the Prince Royal and the Princess Caroline shall have been pro nounced the King will grant him a dispensation of the delay of three years, before the expiration of which time, according to our laws, persons divorced cannot again contract marriage. The Prince, it is said, will marry during the present year his cousin, the Princess Augusta, daughter of the Landgrave, William of Hesse-Cassel, and of the Princess Louise-Char lotte, sister of King Christian VIII. of Denmark." Madrid papers of the 29th have arrived. As the towns of Lugo, Pontevedra, and Vigo, have surrendered to the QUEEN'S troops, the Spanish Ministry consider the insur rection in Galicia at an end. Ronnt DE SOLIS and the insurgent junta escaped from Vigo on board the ship of war El Nen-ion, which, with a guards coasts, had joined the in surgents. They had sailed either for the coast of Portugal or for Gibraltar. Of the prisoners taken the Government had directed that all officers holding the rank of captain, or any superior rank, should be shot, and that all other pri soners should be sent to the colonies. The Grand Duke CONSTANTINE of Russia was expected to arrive at Cadiz shortly. MADRID, BOLSA, APRIL 29.—Three per Cents. 31% for cash ; Exchange on London, 371 i. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday, the contents of which are of very little interest. The Western Railway Bill passed the Chamber of Deputies on that day. _ _ The preliminary examinations of LICONTI hare nearly terminated, and it is probable that his trial, before the Chamber of Peers, will commence about the 20th of May. Addresses of congratulation to the KING on hie escape, continue to pour in from all parts of France. The address of the Archbishop of Palm to the KING on his jour de fete, has not been published in the Moniteur. On this subject, the Journal de Rouen says : " The King had received, the evening before his fete, the Arch bishop of Paris, who came to pay him the customary compliments. I 'rho Archbishop's address was little enough in conformity with the necessities of the moment—with the tarn of men's minds—with the ideas of the Court—and even so unsuitable in form, as to astonish all who heard it. The King was much offended ; and during the even ing, in the midst of his family and household, he several times mani fested his displeasure and his emotion." Paws Bouasz, MAT s.—The Stock Market has been again firmer to-day, and both Threes and Fives may be quoted higher, the former having been last•cailed at 84f. 25c., and the latter at I2of. 45c. for the end of the month. The market closed as follows :—Throe per Cents., for cash, 84f. ; for account, 84f. 25c. ; Five per Cents., for cash, 120 f. 10c. ; for account, 120 f. 45c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,460 f. ; Neapolitan, 10If. 50c. ; Spanish and New Loan not quoted. Itathways,—The Share-market has been very heavy throughout the day, and at the close the prices of most of the lines remained within a shade of those of yesterday. For cash—Paris and Orleans left off at 1,252 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,042 f. 50c. ; Rouen and Havre, 760 f. ; Avignon, 9301. ; Vierzon, 685 f. ; Strasburg and Bale, 225 f. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 515 f.; Northern, 770f.4 Paris ai.d Lyons, 575 t. ; ti antes, 5421. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 632 f. 50c.; Dieppe, 455 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 518 f. 75c. ; Fampoux not quoted. BUSINESS DONEE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 6. Boulogne and Amiens, IN —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette k Mackenzie), 21A—Central of Spain, % —Ceylon, %—Dutch Rhenish, 7—East Indian, % s —Great Northern of France Constituted, 15% — Great Indian Peninsular, %—Great Western Bengal, —Jainaica South Midland Junction, 214 —Luxembourg, VA—Namur and Liege, 41,4—Orleans and Bordeaux, ll—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 81 ii —Paris and Rouen, 40%—Sambre and Meuse, 6%—West Flanders, 3. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The greatest attraction this season, and one of the greatest ever offered in this Theatre, takes place to-night. Madame Thillon will play in the Crown Jewels and Les Danseuses Viennoises will dance some of their most beautiful pas. The Journal des Chemins de Fer announce that the four companies which had united to form the company to which the Chamber of Deputies had conceded the railroad from Bordeaux to Cette, were respectively entitled to the following nuber of shares—namely, the Espeleta Company to one out of two, or 50 per cent. ; that of Baron Sarget and Mr. Mackenzie, to one out of four, or 25 per cent. ; and the other two companies (Casalle and Schneider), having only issued the number of shares allocated to them in the fusion, will effect no reduction in their promises. According to the same journal, the Prefect of the Lower Seine bad sent engi neers to survey the country between Dieppe and Abbeville, to establish a railroad between those two towns. The receipts of the first section of the Paris and Bordeaux line, between Orleans and Tours, had been during the Ist week, 13,196 E 60c.; in the 2d, 23,484 f. 70c.; in the 3d, 41,416 E ; and in the 4th, 43,957 f.—in all, 122,054 f. 30c. From the Ist of May, all the stage coaches proceeding to and from the south of France will employ that conveyance, and the administration calculated on a daily receipt, for travellers alone, of B,COOf. or 9,000 f. The receipts of the Paris and Orleans Railroad during the week ending on the 28th ult. amounted to 170,407 f., exceeding by nearly 16,000 f. those of the corres ponding week of 1845. Those of the Paris and Rouen road, during the same interval, were 150,397 f., or 20,000 f. more than last year. A RAILWAY " ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. "— Some little time since the Directors of a certain Company ordered of a certain fire . fifteen new engines, introducing into the agreement of terms a condition, that unless ready by a cer tain time a penalty should be inflicted. The time specified for the completion of the locomotives nearly arrived, but the steam-steeds were not in readiness, and the Company noti fied to the engineers that the penalty would undoubtedly be enforced. Chewing the cud of bitter disappointment one day, the principal partner of the firm beheld a moustached and befrogged individual enter his counting-house, and, being introduced, heard him speak about engines, pointing to some half dozen in an unfinished state in the work rooms. The principal explained the case, observing that however his workmen laboured, the engines could never be com pleted in time; and the consequence would be that he and n his and elndl e ) . ihiereentttatnhaebreel hearing h3 s agf, ebt w inmornoe ; utogfhnol foreigner eihor h rmef a loie s pbb - : have sa penalty al odetpikynael. companywt iphEi imposed, nlic p t ap e dimai n i, sym a eha :mtt3,byo.oee. you your immediately having o: o l luady h nrfie :rspnsent rfotoi indeed," ucragedssicoa: e:ctlr such engines for the railway." The bargain was struck, responsible agen t t o t h e same firm order fifteen more, n a b t u he received the following reply • to his application —" Oh no, we can take no more orders yet a bit. The foreign. gen tleman, to whom we sold the others, will keep us in work f or fifteen REPRESENTATION 0 monthst o come."—, mN come."—Bury ) Herald.uT itSUIRE.—The ele ments of election strife have been roused In this cou nty, as well as in others adjacent. An attempt i s to be made to eject Lord Granville Somerset from the representation of this county at the first opportu nity, the Pi otectionist party being now busily occupied in searching their views. They will, a egregiously tnp d P rappoitned in their fora however, substitute ndt themselves selv will e engage „ ours . The advocates of free trade in the county are not ig e n n ora e n a ; of their proceedings, as will be found when the matter is put to the fit;Bell s Life in London , Sunday, May 10.—Chester Races.—Full and exclusive particulars. Every race timed and gra thoamount irs t t h Spri t n k ir Meeting, with phically described. I T in he ns o ) pe 6d ning ß o e t lrs tnz fe cri of c 3 k i e a t season. Prise of Bell's Life (40 roll co u d k t F. y , eon allied four of es a es, the time of distance and weights—Chester meeting by Pegasus—Paris folio b c i : columns s to races, including Ireland—Steeple chases— from Curragli— • races and steeple chases—Florence races —Notes each Intelligence. Lilo is regularly general variety of sporting and erlpaueedestriaisin, and coursing, and a matchless m thi M rt o y f - t t h h e re fi e v l e vin nuesrs, race, the Saturday afternoon railways. The sale The of Bell'a Mfe e Xee" 7 blis h n e g d , n regattas, t m l e n f 24 000, The Bills on the table were advanced a stage, and their Lordships adjourned• The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in answer to a question from Mr. Roebuck, stated that he had advised her MAJESTY to issue a Commission.with respect to the state of the law in the Channel Islands, and that he should have no objection to lay on the table of the House the reasons for his doing so. Mr. WaTson then brought forward his motion for a Se lect Committee to inquire into the nature and extent of the taxation of suitors by the collection of fees in the Courts of Law and Equity. Mr. Hints seconded the motion. The ArroriAtEr• GENERAL opposed the motion, Mr. HumE and Mr. Wit/ AAA's supported the motion. Sir J. GRAHAM objected to the motion, because it had been stated that the object was to impugn the conduct of the Lord Chancellor. If such had not been stated to be its ob ject he should have had no objection to the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the fees both of the Courts of Law and Equity. Mr. F. BARING, in voting for the motion, did not consider that he was passing a censure upon the Lord Chancellor. Mr. C. BuLLEs, Mr. Escorr, and Sir R. PEEL having ad dressed the House, a division took place, when there ap peared—For the motion, 65 ; against it, 80 ; majority against the motion, 15. The Leith Petty Customs Bill and the Railway Companys Bill were read a second time. The Salmon Fisheries Bill and the Election Notices (Ire land) Bill were also read a second time, and the reports ordered to be received. The House adjourned at Eleven o'clock. Strikes of journeymen carpenters, masons, and other arti ficers engaged in the construction of buildings, have pre vailed for some time in the most industrious parts of the country, and the disposition on the part of other kinds of workmen and labourers to follow the example is manifesting itself in some new shape almost every day. Such a combi nation, or unanimity of feeling, or by whatever other name it may be called, is universally regretted. The labourers re sort to it as the last necessity ; they have tried, they say, other means, and can find no other by which they can obtain a fair increase of wages. There is a great demand for labour ; the contractors are making fortunes by their undertakings, while the hands on whom they entirely depend are half starved on 255. a week. We will admit all these facts—we will admit that in many contracts the mas ters could pay better wages, and that in such instances they act an unworthy and ungrateful part towards the hard working and skilful labourer; but the great question for the unfortunate journeymen is, " will the strike be effectual?" We are compelled to answer in the negative. Times are not _ . now as they were forty years ago, when high bounties were given for militiamen, when such masses of young men were wanted for the army and navy, and countless other departments, here as well as in the colonies—then a strike was effectual, because the supply did not exceed the demand. The masters had no remedy— they had no reserve to fall back upon, and if the demand was not speedily complied with, there was no alternative but to stop the works; and that was of little avail, because such was the scarcity of labourers, that if any lengthened de lay took place, one-half of the men had found employment elsewhere; and to obtain a supply, the masters were obliged to give higher wages than even those which they had at first refused. What is the state of the country now? Notwithstanding the vast works in railways carried on, and the rage for speculation, some time ago, evinced by so many companies, notwithstanding the increase f wealth and the consequent employment of capital furnish ing labour, the supply still far exceeds the demand. How can it be otherwise ? Even independent of the drain for the army and navy and colonies forty years ago, there are at least 100 workmen now for 50 in 1800. Since that period the population of Great Britain has nearly doubled. In 1801 the total population of England, Wales, and Scotland was 10,942,646, while at the last census, in 1841, it had reached 18,844,434 and now it is fully 20,000,000. Cannot the jour neymen see the great disproportion between the two periods, and how injuriously it must tell against them if they perse vere long in the strike? There are ten times the number of men now fit to supply the deficiency that there was when strikes were successful, and besides they ought to learn from experience. In later times the attempt to dictate to the masters has, we believe, in every instance failed. Several of the trades tried it on a grand scale, among others the journey men tailors, some ten or twelve years since; so did the jour neymen masons, and other workmen, at the new Houses of Parliament, but both attempts fell to the ground. The con tractors in a few weeks found masons and carpenters in other parts of the country ready to submit both to the pay and to the foreman put over them, and the unfortunate 0 strikers," after exhausting the greater part of their reserved fund and starving their families, were forced to find employ ment elsewhere. The tailors were defeated by the women, for greater numbers of the weaker sex were taken into em ployment, and performed all the light work formerly done by the men ; and from the very nature of things and the work ing of circumstances no other result could have been antici pated. If workmen can be had, a strike never can be effec tual. The masters are generally men of capital or great credit; they can afford to wait events—the journeymen have not the means. If we except the combination funds, they can rarely obtain a livelihood for a month—very few of them have saved a quarter's wages, most of them have nothing to depend upon but the wages they receive every Saturday night. The wants of their families alone must soon make a class of this kind yield ; and besides, every class except their own class is against them. Never were such fearful odds against a party in a contest. The Government is against them, so are legislators, contractors, the masters of all trades and crafts, all established authorities; and even private individuals, take part in the dispute, and generally against the journeymen. We remember the present Viscount HARDINGE, when speaking in the House of Commons on the tailors' strike, stated that he would walk through the streets, wearing a coat with a hole at each elbow, for any period, rather than encourage such combination. He was cheered by the whole House. We have mentioned these facts for the good of the workmen and their families, with the fullest conviction that they can only injure themselves by their perseverance, and that scarcely in any one instance have they the slightest grounds For anticipating any other result. Among the various benevolent institutions which have been at different periods called into existence, we remember none more thoroughly entitled to public sympathy and public patronage than those undertaken for the reformation of juvenile offenders. Recently we have often endeavoured to impress this most important consideration upon the minds of the reading and thinking people ; we have gladly availed ourselves of the very smallest opportunity for developing the true philanthropy involved in the maintenance of these establishments, conscious that what cannot be realised by a coup de plume may be accomplished through the instru mentality of perseverance and repetition. In this manner we havenot continued indolent or indifferent spectators 01 the struggles made of late by many excellent persons for the propagation of these charitable ideas. On the contrary, we have yielded the accordance of our commendation to the praiseviorthy exertion of such men as the Recorder of Bir mingham and the Solicitor to the City of London ; rejoiced, as we were, to perceive such a laudable anxiety for the sup pression of vice in its most incipient and consequently in its most dangerous state, coupled with such facilities for the development and dissemination of the wishes entertained by two influential public officers. Other persons we gladly recognised, though, for comprehensible reasons, their names were not adduced, aiding manfully with their voices, their pens, and their subscriptions for the more universal adoption of these views of social improvement. Literary genius and oratorical eloquence were alike striving to foster these pecu liarly humanising doctrines, and without the introduction of sectarian differences (too often the bane of similar intentions) emulated each other in their self-imposed exer tions. Seeing these noble efforts for the reclamation of so many thousands of our contemned fellow-creatures, we were filled with sentiments of the most sanguine satisfaction ; a nd these animated d with the prospect of some ulterior realisation of vrine relation snatched t a o t t h t e h the subject,mo s t for ea coincidence th gre epurpuaeof keeping attention that tr ans pired, alive to o. the disease and to its remedy—to th e poison its antidote. tefar a Upon these hopeful princi pl e e s tertin th behalf co n siderable time, ever e of such t looking for a traceable increase of establishments as might be commenced upon es materialm t u u lt t i h p e li n ca u t m i re o b n f e o r o a r f a t t i r chil dren s f 3 u ' n s t d e s t f , er ev e r a n equally m fb a r ter e ial addition received into such institutions, and 'an extension of similar branch institutions in different quarters of the pro-- yinees. Our anticipations• in this regard have, however, up to the present moment continued most miserably delu sive ; and, instead of an improvement upon what had be er, already accomplished, there has been a moat unanticipat e d i d e ficiency where deficiency was hitherto unknown. ` e re a re reduced to an acknowledgment of these unfortunate facts from circums tances which have just transpired in relation to an establ i s hment of the charac ter in question, viz., the Philanthr o p ic Societ y , St. George's-fields. This Society, formed for the especial purpose of the recep tion of such juveni le offenders as have been themselves com mitted for crimes, proceeds upon the following system The uniting the religious and general education of 'the child with his practical instruction in some useful branch of industry that should enable him to maintain himself be more in after life by his own honest exertions." Nothing could definitely expressed, nothing could present more satisfactory views of the benefit derivable from the existence of such a society to the community at large. Nor does it bear about it the impress of benevolence only ; it t has the characteristic a lso of promoting social economy, well as of promoting s ocial happiness. Those are the pre acknowledged facts of this Association ; now, what has been the nature of its reception ? What has been its prosperity ? What treatment has it received at the hands of that society it was establi s hed to benefit ? We take shame to announcementourselves in undergoing the h u miliation of such an of the public behaviour,towards this admirable institutionlethargy ; we do so, because we grieve for the i of the people, when they should have been up and stirring. Yesterday an annual dinner of the Philanthropic Society gave occasion to the announcement of these unsatisfactory particulars, in regard to which our remarks have reference; and it is over the admissions there made of its want of pros perity that our lamentations are uttered. Th© particulars GRAND DINNER AT THE MAN- SION-HOUSE TO THE BISHOPS. Yesterday the Lord Mayor gave a splendid entertain ment to the dignitaries of the Church, and their ladies, in the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house. Upwards of 150 sat down to, dinner, which was supplied by Messrs. Ring and Brymer in the finest style. Perhaps there never were so many Bishops assembled under the hos pitable roof of the " Mayor's House" as appeared upon the occasion, which was the celebration of the anni versary of the Institution for the Propagation of the • Gospel. Amongst the company were the Archbishop of Can terbury, the Bishops of Rochester, Lincoln, Bangor, Liandaff, Chester, Gloucester, Exeter, Ripon, Salis bury, Norwich, Hereford, SL David, Worcester, Chichester, Oxford, Calcutta, Jamaica and Barha does, and their Ladies ; the Dean of Westminster ; Archdeacons Hale, Sinclair, Manners, Wilberforce, and Harrison ; Lord and Lady Courtney ; Sir Ralph Lopaz ; Doctor Boyd ; Justice Higgerman ; Doctors Russell, Jelf, Vivian, and Spranger ; the Rev. Messrs. Dale, Hughes (of Oxford), Bickersteth, Lupton, Good child, Judkin, Lusignan, Milman, Catling, Hutchinson Austin, Onslow, Turner ; Aldermen Sir C. S. Hunter, Thompson, Farebrother, Sir C. Marshall, Sir W, Magnay, Gibbs, the Recorder, Thomas Wood, Sir. George Carroll, Musgrove, W. Hunter, Challis, Hughes Hughes, Sidney, and Moon ; the Rev. Charles and Mrs. Far( brother ; Sheriffs Chaplin and Laurie ; Miss Vidler (the Lady Mavoress's sister), Miss Bamber, Mr. William Johnson (brother to the Lord Mayor), and his lady , Mr. and Mrs. Delane, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Michell, Mrs. Lewellyn Dr. Turner, Miss Lewis, Mr. Evans (the late Sheriff), Mr. Alex ander, Mr. Langridge, Mr. Thompson, Miss Green, Miss Moss, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Poynder, Captain Darkin, &c. &c. After the round of the usual loyal toasts had passed, The LORD MAYOR proposed the health of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and prosperity to the Society for the Propa gation of the Gospel. His Lordship took the opportu- ' nity to speak in terms of the highest praise of the cleri cal bench, and declared that it was impossible to have the pure religion of the heart more completely repre sented than it was by the venerable prelate.—(Cheers.) The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in returning thanks, referred to the extraordinary success of our missions to distant countries, and instanced the result of our efforts in China as an example of the efficacy of the Christian doctrines, established under circumstances of the most remarkable description. The Bishop of cALcteres, in responding to the toast, in which his name had been included, spoke of the ne cessity of those who were to give religious instruction in the vast empire with which his labours were con- nected. The evening was full of pleasure, and the Bishops ex pressed their high gratification at the splendid manner in which the Lord Mayor testified the respect he enter tained for the Church. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000 bales, including about 1,500 for export and on speculation. Prices were pretty well maintained.—There was not so good a market for Shares, and prices receded. There are some accounts from Port Melbourne at the Jerusalem Coffee-house this morning, but they are singularly barren of intelligence of importance. The colony, on the whole, seems to be rather in an improved state. It is a fact that the potato crop has shown symptoms of disease in the colony as well as here and elsewhere. Some Van Diemen's Land papers have also come to hand, but there is no recent intelligence in them. The West India papers and letters were delivered this morning, but their contents have been entirely anticipated, so far as news of a commercial character is concerned. It is understood in mercantile circles that the correspond ence to be forwarded by the India mail (the letter bags for which will be made up this evening) will be upon a most ex tensive scale. The latest advices from the Presidencies of the East Indies, as well as from China, notice a better demand for assorted manufactures, and the consequence is, that many preparations are making to supply the markets in the directions referred to just now. Accounts have been received from Valparaiso to-day, rather later in point of date than those before obtained. The contents of the letters are of interest only to those to whom they are addressed, one point excepted that confidence had much increased in trading pursuits. The Consol Market has been scarcely so firm to-day as yesterday. A great deal of business has however been however transacted for Money—little for the Account. The Exchequer-bill market is firm at 245. to 275. premium, a sure indication that money is not in any considerable request. The current price of Consols for the Account has been 96%%, for Money 96% % ; for the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 97 1 % ; and for Bank Stock 205% and 204 3 4. The market is rather heavy just now. India Stock is at 264, or 1 per cent. higher than yesterday. The Foreign Stock Market is rather flat. Mexican Bonds have receded to 31 3 4 for the Account. The Peruvian Stock has advanced from 37% to 39 1 . Spanish Three per Cents. command 37 ; Brazilian of 1839, 82 ; and the Dutch Four per Cents. 91% to 92 1 A. In the Railway Share Market there is a good business doing. Prices are pretty firm. BRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. rßic ES. Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 205% 204 % 204% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 95N% 95% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities . .. 96% % 96% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent:Anna. 97% 1 4 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3 -16 10 3-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 19, 1849 .. 10 1-16 10 10 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 10 7.16 10 7-16 India Stock . .. . .. .. .. .. 264 264 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .• • • • • • • Ditto, under 1,0001. .. .. .. .. 33 33 South Sea Stock .. .. • • .. .. .. Ditto, New Annuities • • • . .. 95 95 Consols for Account .. • • .. .. .. 96N% 96% Exchequer Bills. 'lid. I%d. 1,0001... .. .... 24 27 pm. 27 5001. . .. .• .. 24 27 pm. 27 Ditto. Small .... 24 27 pm. 27 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. _ Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, New Bondi, 1829 and 1839 .. 82 82 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 31% 31% Ditto, for the Account ... .. 32 4 31% 31% Peruv i an Bonds, 6 per Cent.. .. .. 38% 39 , A 39% Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 37% 39% 39% Russian Bonds • • .. .. .. .. _ 110% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent ~ .. Ditto, Passive Bonds .... .. _ 5% Ditte, Three per Cent .. .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 37 37 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 42 Dividends on the above payable in Leudon. Belgian Four-and -a-Half per Cent .. 96% 96% Ditto, Two - and - a - Half per Cent .. 56 56 Dutch Two-and -a-Half per Cent .. 59% 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% 92 1 ,4 92 4 BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES, ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen .. • • • • •• • • •• 10 .... 5 .......... 6 'tirmingham and Oxford Junction .......... 2% 7 2 5 . ...... . 8 2 4 % 1 / 84% PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Bristol and Exeter • • • • • • Ditto, New • • • • • .. 5 .• 10% • . Buckinghamshire . • • • .. 425. .... % par .. •• • • Caledonian • • • • • • .. 10 •.. 7 •• Ditto, Half Shares _ • • 235 • • .......... Ditto, Extension .• .... 1% ...... •• • • Cheltenham and Oxford .. .. 2 _ ••••• • • • • • Derby and Crewe • • • • .. 2% .... 6 1 / 4 % Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% ••••• • • • • • Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 5 34 35 ••••• • • • • • Direct Northern • • • • .. .... % Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 .... Dublin and Galway • • • . 4 _ 2% Eastern Counties •. • . .. 141. 165... 2335 %% ••• • • • Ditto New • • • • .. .. 81. 165... - •• .. Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. p...... •• Ditto, ditto, • • No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. %p..•• • • • • Ditto, York Extension .. 10s.. ••.lA i l4 2 1% • • Eastern Union . • .. 25 .... - ••••• • • • • . Do. Extension to Norwich .. 135 .• •• •' Do. Cambridge and Ely .. 2 34 .••.• • • • • • East Lincolnshire .. • • .. 154 .. • . 1 34%••• • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow • . .. 50 .• •• - - •••" • • • 1 Ditto Shares .. • • .. .. 10 .• ••• • • • Ely and Huntingdon • • • . 735 .. • . 5 .•••• . • • • • G oo le, Doncast., and Sheffield , &c. 425... • . p par • •.... pl Great Western • • • • .. 85 ....155 .• •• • • Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 50 .• 88 88 .. • • • • .... Ditto, Quarter Shar es .. 5.• 18 • • • • • • • •.. 18 Ditto, Fifths .......20 .... 35% • • ........ 35 Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmoth 5 .• .. 435 . • Ilarwich & Eastern Count . Junct. 2 . • -.104 - • • ..... • • .11 Hull and Selby ••• • .. SO .•••_ • • • • 104 Ditto, Halt Shares • • • . .. 7 .• 26% •.. L a ncaster and Carlisle • . .. 40 .. •• - . • ..... 58% Ditto New • • • • • • .. 5 .• • • 10% ...... .• • 11 Leicester and Bedford • ...... 225. .... dis.... • 2,5 Liverp., Munch., & Newc. Junct. 235 .... .... • • London an Birmingham . • • 100 .. • • 228% 228 Ditto Quarters -- • • .. .. 2 .• .• 29 ••.• • • Ditto Fifths 2 .... 25 ....... 25 London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. 8% London and Brighton .. 50 •• .. 6535 66 ••• • • • 66 Ditto ditto Fifths .. .. 20 .... 313 g 32 • • .... 32 London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. 22% 1, •• .. 2235 Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... - .......... 10 London, Ilounslow, & Western .. 2 .... 13% 1.. London and South• Western 411. 6s. 10d. 79% 78 Ditto, New • • . .. 12% .... 23% • London and York .. • • • .... 2%. •..• • _ • • London, Salisbury, and Y eovil .. 2% .. 1% ._ • ••• • • L o ndonderry and Coleraine .. 10 .... Lynn and Dereham • • .• .. 10 .... Manchesterai.d Le . e . ds 82 - • 3 .... 13 12% Ditto, Fifths Ditto Extension • • • • " ... Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 • • • - • • •••• • • • Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • 1 "• • 9 . _ Blanchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • I Y2 79 P„ Manchester and Southampton • . 2 •• • • 214 2 . •••• • • • Midland .• •• .. ..100 ....154 ....... •.. Ditto, New .. •••• 18 • • • 33 32% 3314 •. Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 109 .• • • 124 Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 • 45 ••.•• • - • . • Ditto, New . • • _ 10 Newcastle and Berwick • • .. 10 2 0 4 %••• • • • • . • .. • North British .. 2254 .• •• 30 ••••• • • • ' • Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1% _ 214 ••••• • • • • • North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2 % .. • • 1 7 1 . •••• • • • • North Staffordshire .. .. • • 425. •• • • 45A55 P••• • • • Norwich and Brandon .. • . .. 20 ... • 27 "•••• • • • • Northlnpton,Banbury ,8c Chelthm. 2 1 ••••• • • • • • Ostil., Gosport, Portsmouth., and Southampton • • • • .. 425. .. • . % dig ••- • . dis. Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptn. 12% .... 9% ••••• • • • • • 9 Perth and Inverness • • .. 2% .. •. 1 %••• • • • • • • 1% Portsmouth Direct • • • • 3%'' • 3 4 ••••• • • . • • 3% Rugby and Huntingdon .•.. 2 .. 1 ••••• • • • • • 1 Scottish Central .. • • . .. 10 .• . • 15 % ••• • • • 15 % Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% 3 4 3 • •••• • • • 3 Shropshire Union .. 425. .... % dis % dis. South Midland .. 425..... 21% •p• ••• • • 1% P South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% 40%% •• • • 40% Ditto. New (iss. 321.) No. 1. 16 20 .... • • 20 bo., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 23% 2% 32%• • • • 2% Welsh Midland .. Staines and Richmond • • • • • • I •• • • •••• • • • • South Wales .. .. • • • • • • 5 •• • • 2 11% •••• • • • • A Trent Valley and Holyhead June. 2%. •• • - • . l% • • • • 4 2 28 % . .... 2% p...... P Warwickshire and London • .. 425. .... dis . West Riding Union • • • • • ' Wisbeach and Sc. Ives .• • • • • 2 ••• • - •'• • ' •• • Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 5 .... 3% •. • 3y4 York and Carlisle .. •• • • • • 2 . 14 , - ••••• • • • • • 1 York and Lancaster ••• • • • •-••-•• • • • " • • • 1% York and North Midland • • .. 50 .. • • Ditto. Extension •• • • 15 ••• • 35 •••••• • • • • • 35 Do. E. and W. Riding Ez ten. • • 1.... 11% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens . • -• .. 12 .... 12% .•• • • . 12% Central of Spain .. • • • • •• 2 •••• 1 % • • • • • • • • 1 1 A Dutch Rhenish .• •••••• 5 ••••7 6 n 7% • • • •• •• 6 % East Indian .. . - Orleans and Vierzon ••• • • • •• • • 1134 17 Orleans and Bordeaux • • • • 6 '• • • a 75. Paris and Lyons Constituted • . 5 .. • • - 7 Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .• .. 5% s's •• • ••• • • P i. , Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 .. • • - •' ••• • •• • MINES. -- 191+ 4% p 10 British Iron • • . 314 ** Real del Monte, Unregistered MADRID AND VALENCIA RAIL W Ay.---Mr. Janie Stovold, Engineer, left London on Saturday last for Spain, to make a practical survey of the first section of the line, between the towns of Valencia and San FeliO. HER MA HEATRE. Cerito has returned to us, and returned looking and dancing and acting more delightfully than ever. She made her debut last evening in Alma, and the falling of the statue in the first scene, where she is discovered standing on its pedestal a living, breathing, joyous crea ture, instead of dull cold marble, was the signal for such a series of rounds of enthusiastic applause as have seldom been heard within the walls of her Ma jesty's Theatre; and, when descending from the pedestal, she rushed with arrowy steps to the front of the stage, the applause was again and again renewed; and grace fully did she again and again acknowledge the plaudits of the delighted audience, and some what more than gracefully too—there was heart in her acknowledgment. It was more the mutual welcome of old friends than the conventional applause and the conventional acknowledgment usual on such occasions. In the next scene the applause was redoubled. It was the pas de fascination —Cerito's own pas, which no one has attempted, and no one could succeed in, save herself. It was the pas which first secured her the position she at present holds—Lthe pas that perfected the triumph of her system of choreographic art—the pas which won for her the title of " Realist," and in which she introduces all the wonders of her art—the arrowy rush—the dazzlingly twinkling steps—the mar vellous tourbillons—the espiegle coquetting—the de lightfully expressive pantomime—all, all were there, and there in the greatest perfection. It was in deed a pas de fascination, and never did Cerito look, or dance, or act, more fascinatingly than she did last evening. The pas was a perfect triumph, and at its conclusion bouquets innumer able were showered upon the stage. She was most effi ciently supported by Perrot, whose diablerie in this pas was worthy of Mephistopheles himself. In the next scene we had a pas de trois by Cerito, her husband, St. Leon, and Mademoiselle Demelisse. St. Leon is looking very well, and danced exquisitely, revelling as usual in those marvellous tours. de force, which no one can execute but himself. The opera was La Gazza Ladra, with Grisi, and Mario, and Forna sari, and Lablache, and the young Brambilla. apology wasmade for Mario, who was suffering from hoarse ness, and who, therefore, omitted a portion of the music, Grisi, Fornasari, and Lablache, were in excellent voice; and young Brambilla, as Pipo, albeit somewhat nervous, acquitted herself admirably. The celebrated prison duet in the second act was exquisitely given by Grisi and Brambilla. The overture, one of the most beautiful of Rossini's compositions, was performed to per fection by the orchestra, under the admirable con ducting of Balfe. We have never heard anything more perfectly given than was the overture to La Gazza Ladra last evening. Then we had a pas de trois, of which Louise Taglioni (and right worthy is she of the name she bears) was the heroine, and the last act of Linda, for Madame Castellan, who, as usual, achieved a triumph. All these came before Abna, yet not a person left the house until after the pas de fascination. They had gone to see Cerito, and to welcome her back to her throne, and, like loyal subjects, they all remained (and when we say all we mean some thousands, for the house was crowded in every part) to pay her homage. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in an open carriage and four yesterday. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and the Hon. Captain Gordon, attended on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by the Hon. Captain Gordon. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount and Vis countess Emlyn, and Celonel the Right Hon. George and Mrs. Dawson Darner, The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, under the direction of Mr. J. R Tutton, was in attendance at the Palace during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Overture—" Fra Diavolo,"—Auber. Selection—" Daughter of St. Mark,"—Balfe. Musicalischer Steckbrief—Zuhlner. Polonaise—Nemetz. The Hon. Miss Paget and the lion. Miss Kerr have suc• ceeded the Hon. Misses Murray and Napier as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to her Majesty. _ _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town yes terday morning for Frogmore House, Winolsor. Her Royal Higness returned to her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at a quarter before six o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Clive had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of New South Wales, South Australia, New Zealand, the Mauritius, and also of the Falkland Islands. Dispatches were received on Wednesday evening at the Colonial-office, from the Governors of the West India colonies. LONDON AND SOUTH ESSEX RAILWAY COMPANY.-THE LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.-WINDING UP. A very numerous meeting was held yesterday at the Lon don Tavern, of the scripholders in this Company, to con sider the draft of a Bill to be laid before Parliament, in pur suance of the resolutions of the Houses of Lords end Com mons. I. N. Daniels, Esq., in the chair. The solicitor read the marginal notes of the Bill, from which it appeared that the objects proposed to be accom plished by the Company was to form a railway from Step ney, in connexion with the London and Blackwell Railway, to Burnham, on the river Crouch, in Essex, with branches to Tilbury and Southend. The capital was fixed at 900,0001., to be raised by 18,000 abares of 501. each. The greatest amount to be called for was fixed in the Bill at 101., and that there should be three months between each call. It also provided :hat all the operations necesQary for effecting the junction with the Blackwell Railway at Stepney should be carried on under the superintendence of the engineer of that Company, and also contained a clau.,e authorising the sale of the proposed line to the Blackwell Company, if it should be considered advisable. The CHAIRMAN having proposed a resolution to the effect that the meeting approved - of the Bill submitted to their con sideration, and that the directors be requested to take such measures as they deemed most advisable to promote the for mation of the same, _ _ A SCRIPHOLDER inquired what security the directors would afford that the residue of the call of 5 per cent. for defraying the incidental Parliamentary expenses would be paid, in case the Bill were to be thrown out? The CHAIRMAN replied the directors entertained no doubt but that they would be enabled to defray those expenses without pressing upon the scripholders. Mr. Stirrox then proposed, and Mr. T. Wilcox seconded an amendment to the effect, that the meeting desires that the chairman should state specifically from what source the di rectors propose to raise the money. A long and rather stormy discussion ensued between the supporters of the original motion and the amendment., when Dr. BOWUNG rose to order. He thought if such doubts as seemed to pervade the minds of some of the gentlemen who had spoken prevailed generally among the scripholders, the best course to follow would be to at once abandon the undertaking. The directors were most anxious to promote the interest of all connected with the Company, but he con sidered that their efficiency would be considerably impaired if such doubts as those were to be allowed to pass without comment. Some gentleman here said, they meant to cast no imputa tions personally upon the directors. A SHAREHOLDER wished to inquire how many applications for shares had been made to the directors, and how many had been allotted? The CHAIRMAM said, the number of shares to be allotted was 18,000, the applications were 64,756, and the number allotted was 14,587, and of those latter some had never been taken up. The SHAREHOLDER inquired why nearly 4,000 shares had been thus kept back ? P The CHAIRMAN said one of the reasons, and the principal, was, that out of this 64,756 applications the references of a large number were found to be fictitious, and the Committee thought it better for the respectability and interests of the Company to refuse those as well as many others. The SHAREHOLDER said he considered the keeping 4,000 , shares for the Provisional Committee and the Directors was rather too much. If more had been allotted generally, the expense upon the holder of each share would be only 155., instead of 20s. 6d. In reply to Mr. Wilson, the CHAIRMAN said the manner in which the directors proposed to raise the money for the par liamentary expenses, would be upon their own responsi bility.— (Cheers. ) After a lengthened discussion, in which Mr. Wilson pro poseda resolution, urging in forcible terms the winding up of the undertaking, which he eventually withdrew, a poll was taken, and the chairman and scrutineers retired, and after an hour's absence returned, when they declared the numbers to be — In favour of continuing the scheme Against it At the first blush this would indicate a continuance of the scheme, but the sessional orders require three fifths of the scripholders to be in favour of" going a head." The majority who voted at this meeting was less this proportion, however by 180, so that consequently the scheme is to be" wound up.' THE THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT.—The following order has been issued to this regiment, on its departure from India, by Major-General Sir H. Smith. It is dated Camp, Lahore, March 3:— " Comrades, officers, and soldiers of the gallant 31st Regiment—You and I have been so associated with recent conflicts, where your ser vices have been distinguished, that I cannot lose you from under my command without an expression of the deepest regret. That regret is, however, mitigated whvn I know you are about to return to your native country, from which the regiment has been absent twenty one years, much diminished in numbers, caused by your valiant con duct and recent glorious victories. But the former renown of your distinguished corps has acquired additional fame by the valour of Lieutenant• Colonel Spence, the officers and soldiers, and the long list g a a y lla ev n e t r 3 y ls s t ucce, Regi ment, of triumphant victories much increased by your services in Indi a . Farewell, my gallant comrades, for the preseenn" the . 111 happiness, honour, and prosperity attend y in peace as it has so gloriously done in war; and believe me one of the meat happy and proud recollections of my life R ill be that I have witnessed the indgruitablo valour of the corps." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE . CHESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY (CONCLUDED). THE Cur.—Our last report carried the betting up to twelve o'clock on Tuesday night; the room was crowded until a much later hour, but nothing was transacted that to any material extent affected the prices returned by us. Business, on the whole, was dull beyond all precedent; indeed, of the many horses quoted, we cannot select one as having been really in force; and it is a remarkable fact that on the eve of so great a race 9 to 1 should be currently offered on the field I Last year it was only 7 to 4. Layers were not wanting, but the backers appeared resolved to abide the event of the " draw," it being very naturally inferred that the best horse in the world, if drawn for the third rank—and a fourth ap peared by no means improbable—would have little chance of finding his way to the front ; in short, the same draw, combined with the heavy state of the ground, gave the race the character of a lottery. The morning was dull, and the appearances were all in the favour of rain, but this had no effect on the attendance, which was a " bumper," showing, however, a decided falling off in rank and fashion as compared with last year. Both the stands were full, and there can be no doubt that had the en largement of the principal one been to double the extent, the corporation would have had nothing to regret. The weather, unfortunately, was just what might have been anticipated ; it could not have been more unfavourable. The first race came off at two o'clock, between which and the Cup an in terval of an hour and three-quarters was allowed for weigh ing, drawing for places, &c. As the last-mentioned ceremonial excited considerable interest, we subjoin a list of the horses composing the different ranks. First Rank.—St. Lawrance, Vol-au-Vent, Ruff, Roderick, Polish, Lady Wildair, Pedometer, Miss Burns, Vitula, Billy Purvis, and Bro. to Sir Henry. Second Rank—The Baron, Corranna, Sweatmeat, Glossy, Queen of Tyne, Little Hampton, Roper's Daughter , P l a udit, The Magnet, Best Bower. Third Rank—lnheritress, ` lntrepid, Redstreak, Pettit Morceau, Mermaid, Finvaragh, Valerian, Punch, Flahow lagh, Connaught Ranger. In all thirty one starters. It will be seen that three or four horses that had been looked upon as certain runners, did not come to the post ; amongst them were Clumsy, who is stated to have hit his leg, and was scratched at ten o'clod this morning; Hope, at twenty-five minutes past eleven, and Cataract. The scratching of Hope has excited a very strong feeling of indignation against Mr. H. Bennett, and the parties con nected with him in the ownership. She was received into John Scott's stable with an express understanding that he was to have an absolute control over her ; and although slightly amiss some time ago, was now perfectly fit, in fact never looked or went better; her stake was paid, she was plated, backed by every gentleman connected with the stable, and Nat engaged to ride her. To the surprise, therefore, of John Scott, Mr. Bennett, in defiance of the stipulation re ferred to, waited on the clerk of the course this morning, and struck her out I It is impossible to have two opinions of this most flagrant proceeding ; what is thought of it by John Scott is shown by his determination to send the mare out of the stable the moment his bill is paid. The jockeys, having drawn for places and mounted, paraded in front of the stand, and assembled at the post a little after four, and at the first signal got away. Pedometer was the first to take the lead, but, after going two hundred yards, was passed by Lady Wildair, who went on with the running, followed by Brother to Sir Henry, Pedometer, The Roper's Daughter, St. Lawrence, Miss Burns, Vol-au-Vent, and several others; Corranna, Inheritress, Queen of the Tyne, and Valerian, bringing up the rear. They ran in pretty nearly this order once round, the pace excellent for such deep ground. Polish, Vol- au- Vent, Valerian, Sweetmeat, and Redstreak, were then disposed of; at all events, they made no figure in the race afterwards. Pinvaragh here showed with the leading horses, but dropped back, died away in a few strides, and Miss Burns and Glossy took the third and fourth positions, Roderick, Intrepid, and Billy Purvis also lying forward, Corranna and the Queen still in the rear. The race continued in this way to the last turn, and then the front rank rapidly lessened in number—Billy Purvis who broke down; Miss Burns, Intrepid, and Roderick died away, and Corranna passing them, was about fourth on entering the straight running. Before she reached the distance post, Lady Wildair tired, and Glossy went on with the running, Brother to Sir Henry second, and Corranna third, nothing else having a chance. This select lot ran together half way up the dis tance, where Corranna challenging, headed his opponents in two or three strides and won cleverly by half a length, Brother to Sir Henry beating Glossy by three parts of a length. Queen of Tyne by struggling on, obtained a fourth place, Intrepid was fifth, Pedometer sixth, and Lady Wildair seventh. Valerian, Polish, The Baron, (who was run against and nearly knocked down at the back of the course in the second round), Sweetmeat, Redstreak, and several others, were pulled up some distance from home. Run in four minutes, forty seconds. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three yrs old, 7st 21b ; four, 9st 21b; five, 10. st ; 6 yrs and aged, lOst 51b. Thrice round. Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolfdog, 4 yes (Nat) 1 Mr. Mostyn's bc, by Phcenix, out of l'Hirondelle, 3 yrs... 2 2 Sir J. Gerard's Parthian, 6 yrs 0 Colonel Cradock's Jinglepot, 4 yrs ... 0 7t04 on Wolfdog. Won by two lengths. Parthian made strong running for nearly two miles a hal Wolf-dog, who had followed him, then took it up, carried it on to the end. Jinglepot and Parthian did not pass the post. Run in six minutes and twenty-five seconds. Sixty guineas, given by the City Members, for three yrs old colts, Gst 101 b ; fillies, 6st 71b ; four yrs old colts, Bst 61b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. Meiklam's Diomed, 3 yrs (Duncan) 4 1 1 Mr. Arrowsmith's Tractarian ' 3 yrs 1 2 3 Mr. Haworth's Robin Burns, 4 yrs 5 4 dr Mr. Flintoff'a Princess Royal, 4 yrs. Mr. W. Scott's Higlifield, 3 yrs . 2 dr First and second heats won very easy. Diomed won the •third heat in a canter, but having carried fist 61b instead of Est 101 b, he was disqualified, and the Lea given to Robin Burns; but as it was dusk before the matter was laid before the Earl of Chesterfield, the deciling heat was fixed for the first race on Thursday. CBI ESTER, THURSDAY ALFTERNOON FIVE O'CLOCK.—Paying and receiving for the Cup commenced this ,afternoon, in the apology for a subscription room, at the Royal Hotel, but from the want of accommodation for the members that crowded into it, was not concluded when we left for the course. Until the London and Manchester accounts have been closed, it would be impossible to speak with any certainty of the settling, but as we de not hear of any great winners, except Lord Waterford, and Mr. Moor, we may venture to predict that it will be easy. It was generally understood last night that Tractarian and Miss Burns were to run a deciding heat for the Member's Plate at two o'clock this afternoon, but it having been represented to the stewards that the rider of Diomed had carried the wrong weight from the first, the stewards went into the cases this merntrix, and decided that Diomed was disqualified for all the heats, and that Tractarian having won the first, and run second for the next heat, was the winner of the plate. The decision made the third heat a nullity, and of course all bets made after the second heat are void. The first event, a race prolific of very interesting sport, was, The Dee Stand Cup takes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added. Once round and a distance. (11 Subs.) Mr. Moore's Wolfdng, 4 yrs, Bst 21b Mr. Banks's The Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs, Est 2 Mr. F. Ongley's The Warrior, 3 yrs, Est . . 4 to 1 on Wolfdog, who made all the running and won by a length. Run in 2 minutes and 16 seconds. The Marquis of Westminster's Plate of 100 sovs. added to a Handicap of 20 soya each, h ft. Grosvenor Course. (17 Subs., 5 of whom declared.) Mr. Pedley's Miss Burns, 7 yrs, 6st 71b (A. Day) 1 Mr. Copeland's Arthur, 4 yrs, sst 10Ib Col. Anson's Rowland Hill, 4 yrs, 6st 41b 3 The following also stared but were not placed :—Mr. Meiklam's Philip, 6 yrs, Bst—Mr. A. W. Hill's The Ironmaster, 4 yrs, 7st Meeson's Fair Caroline, 6 yrs, 7st 61b—Mr. Irwin's The Pride of Kildare, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Chertsey, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Sir C. Monck's Flattery, 4 yrs, Est 91b—Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower, 5 yrs, Est 31b. Betting-5 to 2 agst Miss Burns, 4to 1 agst Philip, sto 1 agst Flattery, 6 to 1 agst Fair Charlotte, 7 to 1 agst Chertsey, Bto 1 agst any other. Fair Charlotte made the running at a steady pace, followed by Miss Burns and Rowland Hill, Arthur and Best Bower lying off; the race went on in this way to the Ship-yard Turn, where Ironmaster and Chertsey fell, and Arthur, the rider of the former, was very seriously injured. The leading horses ran in the positions they took at starting to the lower turn, where Miss Burns took the running away from Fair Charlotte, followed by Rowland Hill and Arthur to the distance ; Arthur then challenged her, and a beautiful race ensued, the mare winning in tilt last stride by a head, Rowland Hill a good third, and Best Bower a bad fourth. Run in 2 minutes and 32 seconds. The Dee Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 200 added. The second to receive 501. Derby weights. Grosvenor Course. Mr. W. D. Cook's Fancy Boy (Templeman) 1 Lord Eglinton's Dolo Lord G. Bentinck's Princess Alice ••• 3 The following also started :—Mr. W. R. Ramsay's Mal colm, Mr. Worthington's Shorston, Mr. F. R. Prices Tobac conist, Mr. Mostyn's c by Hetman Platoff out of Thomasina, Mr. Meiklam's Alliance, Mr. W. Scott's Driffield - , Mr. • Osbaldeston's King Charles, Mr. E. W. Nunn's colt by Touchstone out of Sister to atina, Mr. E. Peel's Spithead. Betting-7 to 4 agst Malcolm, 4to 1 agst Fancy Boy, 7 to 2 agst Spithead, and 9 to 1 agst Princess Alice. Alliance made the running, followed by Sharston, all the others lying up in a nick, Princess Alice in the rear. In this way they ran to the Bridge Turn, when Alliance declined and Sharston went on with the running, followed by Spit head, Fancy Boy, and Malcolm ; Princess Alice fifth. At the distance Fancy Boy, Princess Alice, and Dolo singled them selves out, and a fine race took place, Fancy Boy winning by three parts of a length, and Doh) beating Princess Alice by half a neck. Run in two minutes and thirty-two and a half seconds. NEWCASTLE -ON-TYNE SPRING MEETING. MONDAY. The Welter Stakes, of 3 soya. each, and 15 added, 12st each, Gent. riders, 2 miles, were won by Mr. Jobling's Royal Charlie, aged (Mr. Clarke), beating Mr. Caley's Beauclerk, aged, Mr. Brown's Amy Robsart, Mr. Carew's Charlie, and Mr. Smithson's Queen of Hearts. The Lark Stakes of 2 sovs. each, were won in four well contested heats, by Mr. Lamb's Sunbeam, aged (Livesey), beating Amy Robsart, Royal Charlie , and eight others. ErsoM RACES.-The " ring," during the approaching meeting will assemble in the Grand Stand enclosure, and the horses, it is officially announced, will be saddled in front. The decorations of the Grand Stand are finished, the whole building has been thoroughly cleansed, and the offices for weighing, and other matters of business connected with the races, made as complete as possible. The laws against de faulters, &c., will be rigidly enforced. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY., Only seven members present, and not a bet laid. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF CAPTAIN DUFF, R.M.— The painful duty has devolved upon us of recording the death of Captain Duff, Resident Magistrate of Roscommon, which took place on Saturday last, the 2d instant, under the following melancholy circumstances:—He was proceeding with some friends through the lawn of Hermitage, in the county of Longford, lately the residence of his deceased brother, George Duff, Esq., when he received a kick on the right side from a horse, led by one of the party, which caused instant death. What renders the circumstance peculiarly distressing is the fact, that he had gone there from Roscorn moil; for the purpose of arranging the affairs of his only brother, above alluded to, whose death took place only five weeks since.—Dublin Evening Post. ACCIDENT AT HIINGERFORD PlElL—Wednesday after noon, between the hours of one and two, an accident of a frightful character occurred on board the Citizen steamer " D," which had just started from Hungerford Pier towards the City, when it was found that William Blake, aged 22, one of the stokers, had by some means got jammed in the machin er y, an d h a d it not been for the immediate assistance rendered him would inevitably have been crushed to death. The poor fellow was taken to the Charing-cross Hospital, where it was ascertained that he had fractured both arms, besides sustaining other extensive injuries, and it was considered that amputation must be resorted to. The unfortunate man married, and lives at Arthur-street, Chelsea. LITERATURE. SKETCHES OF ENGLISH CHARACTER. By Mrs. Gore.' 2 Vas. The lover of painting, willing to avoid a laborious tour of exhibitions and academies, can hardly find a more amusing, or more instructive occupation than turning over the leaves of some artist's portfolio—and so, the lover of human portraiture, grown weary at the ordinary three-tomed reutine, will find means of whiling away an idle hour, pleasantly or even profitably, in the contemplation of these sketches, whose piquancy attracts, and whose length does not tire. Like the con tents of the portfolio, they are more or less correct portraits and caricatures—vrai, vraisemblable, or absurd, yet all, whether true or false, highly finished or ebaucht, bear impress of the designer's skill, and evidence his talent, if they do nothing more. In taking sketches of English character, Mrs. Gore has very properly drawn no invidious differences and distinctions. She has looked abroad upon the public, and, irrespective of per sons, has limned down (faithfully or not) any con spicuous individual that may have passed ker. In the dramatis personw of these volumes are arrayed together a goodly company, who rarely band together on Serra firma. A varying group of many gradations, from the " lady patroness" to the " linkman." the " Cabinet Ministress" to the "body coachman" and " Ladfg maid." To sum up the merits of these volumes, they are brilliant and lively, vigorous, effective, and amusing. But these merits are not without drawbacks ; one of the most conspicuous of which, and one that greatly impedes the ordinary vivacity of style, is a manifest aiming after wit. Puns upon words and double entendres are intro duced in all directions, sometimes coming in a series, following each other up, line after line, till the evident effort becomes painful, and the constant repetition grows wearisome. And this defeats its own object—amid researches and endeavours the spirit of wit is lost. It is the child of impulse, not the creature of effort. Another and a yet graver fault in these otherwise attractive volumes, and one springing from a similar source as the i' o ;-;)zoing, is the very frequent quotation of passages of Holy Writ. In many cases this is done chiefly or solely to illustrate softie witticism, or to furnish an opportunity for a bon:inot, and in such cases it is not only unbecoming but unpardonable. THE RHETORICAL READER. By J. IL Hindmarsh. Fourth Edition. This work has a twofold merit and a twofold value. It instructs by example and by precept. It furnishes a concise summary of the laws of elocution and an admirable compendium of the beauties of composition. In the latter capacity it is invaluable. The selection is comprehensive and well assorted. Varying from " grave to gay, from lively to severe," it includes the chefs d'oeuvres of our greatest authors—poets and historians, orators and divines. Not the least interacting portion consists of extracts from great Parliamentary debates. Among others, we have an early speech of the first Pitt, when full of the impetuous energy of youth, and the immortal discourse of the aged Chatham, worn out by the ravages of disease and time. Setting aside the valuable instructions in the important art of oratory, and the useful foot-notes which illustrate the text, thiuvolume is peculiarly excellent as a compendium o f the British classics, and as such it should be in the hands of every British youth. THE HONEY STEW. A Fairy Tale. Translated from the French of Dumas, by Mrs. Cooke Taylor. A very elegant and attractive little volume, embel lished with coloured plates, and every page adorned with a delicate border of gold, the " Honey Stew of the Countess of Bertha " cannot fail to become a universal favourite with the young. The story, written by Alexander Dumas, and very felicitously translated by Mrs. Taylor, has very little in common with ordinary fairy tales ; which are for the most part of a character very unsuitable for children. It inculcates the duty of benevolence and fidelity in the fulfilment of a promise• " The Honey Stew " is an annual feast, given by the Countess Bertha to her humble tenants ; which feast she enjoins her descendants to administer to theirs. The various ways in which this promise is kept or violated, and its violation visited upon the offender , forms the chief portion of the tale. The work is " got up" in the most elaborate style. The engravings are all coloured ; the most striking perhaps is the one in which tke fifty cooks appear heading fifty enormous bowls of the " honey stew." Their large round coun tenances absolutely beam with good humour ; and the chef marches first, holding the ladle, apparently q uite conscious of the dignity of his onerous and honourable office. MESMERISM. The following letter, which appeared in the DubHs Evening Mail, will be read with interest by all, w hether believers or unbelievers, who have paid any attention to the subject of Mesmerism : MESMERISM—THE 1001. NOTE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN EVENING MAIL. Sir,—l have little doubt that many of your readers, (believers as well as unbelievers in mesmerism), ar e curious to learn what has become of the 1001 note whic h 1 .was deposited for six months in the bank of Messis. B al l and Co., which was (according to the terms of the adver tisement in the public papers) " to become the proper!! of any person, who, without opening the envelope which it was contained, should describe every particula,. respecting the note—such as its number, its date, thl bank at which it was payable, &c., and who s hould rea d three English words, plainly written on a slip of paper ,; which was contained in the same envelope with the note s The six months expired on the 31st of March, but th time watt extended to the April 18, to meet the conve" nience of a lady, a professor of mesmerism, and the authoress of an ingenious book on the subject, who sr rivtd from London in the beginning of the month, and who expressed a wish to have some time longer to pre pare her clairvoyante for the test. Six months and seventeen days having expired, an d no person having appeared at the bank to examine the envelope, it was opened on the 18th instant, in the pre" Bence of Messrs. Ball and Doyne, and one or t wo other persons connected with the establishment. The WI proved to be a printed cheque (No. 1,) issued by t ll , O house of Messrs. Ball and Co., for 100 /. payable ,14. Edipus, or bearer, and dated the I st of October , 18*, The English words (written on a separate slip o f p elor L were, "To cEdipus alone"—a translation from the Ore ; of the celebrated oracle delivered at Delphos , vible , committed to cEdipus the di ffi cult and somewhat de , gerous task of solving the Sphinx's riddle, on the ti ll solittion of which depended the safety of his countri, and his own life. The result is well bnown; cEdipus solved the rids- - ' 11e 0 ; the Sphinx in despair flung herself (or itself) fro. rock into the sea, and Thebes was saved. rerhaps I should add that although no person apP at the bank to inspect the envelope containing the n ° o f I received a few communications from different pert s , i ) England, and one from America (but none from IrelacKv", containing mesmeric revelations respecting:the nui be. of the note ; and one letter (from Plymouth) inclosed picture or (intended) fac simile of it. It is unnecessa r y to add, that these mesmerically-inspired persons vie.`", mistaken in every particular. All the mesmeric gue`" shall appear in a future communication. I remain, Sir, your obliged servant, SCRUTATOR . It appears rather extraordinary, that with the r eli c placed in the powers of mesmerism, and the world e ! '5 exhibition made in public of the miraculous effects 0.14 capable of producing—that no person should condesceL to claim the paltry hundred pounds alluded to 1 0 foregoing letter. WORTHING. DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE. bO red two a.m., yesterday (Tuesday) morning a Ire was discof B 1 0 in the house of Capt. Tinting, 4, York-tei race. It was , P ai t perceived by one of the family, who immediately ga‘feecl alarm ; and on examination it was discovered to PrNfr. from the bed-room in front of the house, occupied Vi v o Thomas Coxhead, Capt. Tinting's son-in-law. Capt. T in a pe went into the room and found Mr. Coxhead lying in t he corner in his shirt, quite stupified. He got him out o f 0 1 room and then sent to the Town Hall for assistance to c rto out the fire. Harris, the officer, immediately procee de o of the house. When he arrived there the room was so smoke that no one could enter it. In a short OL - A p however, he effected an entrance and found the l to clothes burning; and the fire had communicate be the floor, which was blazing. Water was procured, All tba succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not befell t he bed-clothes and curtains were entirely consumed, tro d bed and mattresses much burned. In the meantime 10e ~, e 6 assistance had been sent for, and Mr. Harris bad so ll i ttO and prescribed the proper remedies for Mr. C o xhead , ,_ was put to bed, and at that time was thou g ht not 11'40 seriously in the slyh morningurt. He . die lv d, h h en ow H ev ar e r r i , s a fi t rs t t w w en en ty t i m nt i n nu th te e s l: l :l; .. o w he found a silver candlest ick, with the handle melted ohne,dA the side of the bed, as if it had dropped from Mr. C os hand ; and a book, the corner of which was burnt, was ° t ot amongst the bed-clothes ; from which it would appea r andftohree u t hh n feaotr died,tti h n e a t c e l sottstated tese d cat gentleman uhgaht h a ea fire.w asl reading nrdeeae i d n t gl bed ,irin a c on bed ex f d e h l e l aan a drA s e : we was could about cdasntn t l ae t a h r i gn r t l y oothma y t ea h rs e of age, a e n , anndhilhdasrli,brritio: asleep. s EIEH SAMARITAN. ut li w e _Ameotivger thethe to e y ffi wn e . e --: l, ' ; cwohn Majesty's onescu thesde subsequently with l Foot yhdii se d s w, e v wo e ua r ns e d l mpworo.oursn_dfeeldl fellow, TherewF e h r i o c z h e s wife,occurrencebs Guardian. n as I believe it to be, is quite romantic. He was 11 1 % in the leg on t h e evening of the 21st, and will'"00. on the ground alone his regiment having gone„ f3'" '4 the attack, a Seikh came up to him and said, my people are killing all the wounded, and if youlitr here you will b e kill e d t oo ; b u t co me with me AT:, yo save you." S--- replied, " How can I come vliwo 011_, my leg is broken, and I cannot even stand." ._. c h said the man " I will take you on my back," e dir eS ,:e accordingly done; and off he set with him in tP, 4O tion of Ferozepore. After going for a considernoool?' tance, when they were quite out of reach of the , t rieli g he stopped to rest and wait for daylight, pa7! l3 7harl e io , attention that circumstances would admit of to 0 15 s comfort. As the day broke, a party of our cavalrYZ e r on their way from Ferozepore to the field, and the ':', 0 01 0 7;• them stopped to see if he could do anything for h 0 giving him some brandy and water, asked him 10 Fi; t o tended doing; to which he replied , "I shall mouriZoticeql,ter Samaritan again, and go in to Ferozepore." The Salk'', t h 1 1 ` ce , took him on his back, and carried him till they fell in W t he t o for the sick, into which he got, and was taken. t'f .o t ea d, rozepore hospital. His friend, however, w ou P: then leave him, but walked by the litter all Or v'iais after they bad reached the hospital, remained Pp,of b pf side in close attendance upon him until the earl .de death. It is also said that the story reached t ieat i i Or:00 the Governor-General, who after poor u. h . the man a liberal present, and took him into "`" h. service. ftern °°l3 o llll° SINKING OF A STEAMER.---012 Tuesday Flora, an old steamer belonging to the Woolwich Cenr the going down the river with passengers, and on lea '9 l , , ,!t y eirs.Tl - o. l _ Temple Bar pier, struck upon the edge of the Temple t'`,. tlis, the stumps of the piles were forced through the bottom which immediately began to fill, to the no small constf` ate r 61 1 w,„ipe. passengers. The vessel grounded, but there was not v , were near the spot to cover the decks. The passengers until another vessel, the Sy ren, came up an d took th em Flora was subsequently floated into a safe berth nea e r_t, p ate Stairs. The holes were stopped tip, and yesterday taken to Woolwich for repairs,