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' !row reQey, In 2 vols. small Bvo., 21s. bound, THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, APRIL 23. S IR RICHARD HENEGAN'S SEVEN / ITE1111 , !,1F.TE11, Lo' t. 38; Highest. 53; Noon, 52 NVlsn E., fine. PR • -$ .;tu YETI> •• . trait of tlei yr:u• Henry Colburu, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. B URKE'S HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY. A ORNEALOGICAL and HERALDIC DICTIONARY of the Whole of the LANDED GENTRY, or untitled aristocracy of Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland. Printed uniformly with the author'. popular "PE E RAGE AND BARD ETAG E ." fhree Parts of this important national work are now published, price 10s. 6d, each, and the Fourth and concluding part is in the press. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, (To whom all communications for the Author are requast4d to be addressed.) NEW EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. liow ready, New and Revised Edition, with Additions, and upwards of Forty Illustrati ons by .eech, price 23. 64., THE PHYSIOLOGY of EVENING PARTIES. By ALBERT SMITH, Ist'. " The treatment of the subject is worthy of Btiffon, all the details being in admirable keeping, while interspersed among the lighter matter we stumble now and then upon a passage betraying the mas ter's hand, in which grave subjects are playfully and delicately handled, and a kindly moral lies concealed beneath the smiling sur face."—Morning Herald. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. e.. To be had also of all Booksellers. NOTICE. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. DUBLIN TO GALWAY. Parties who signed the last subscription cp-itract, and holders of seriP. are informed, that petitions to both Houses of Parliament, "To stay the progress of the Bill, to cancel the liability of the subscribers to the contract, and return to the shareholders the unspent deposits," 115 for signature tat the Shareholders' Committee-room, Founders' Hall -court, Lothbury, from 11 to 4 o'clock each day. April 21, 1846. It. THOMPSON, Secretary. G REAT NORTH AND SOUTH WALES RAILWAY COMPANY. The Shareholders in this Company are hereby informed that the PAYMENT of the DIVIDEND in London will close on Saltine! next, the 25th instant, atter which day some arrangement will be node to suite the convenience of the Shareholders resident in the country. $, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, April 23, 1846. W. WEST, Acting Secretary. EXF JUNCTIONARAILwOAIyV,comApAi'\.py DUBLIN, Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING of the SCRIPIIOLDERS of this Company will be held, pursuant to the sesollnal order of Par liament, at the Company's London Offices, 9, Whitehall-place, on MONDAY. May the 4th next, at One o'clock precisely in the after noon, and that at ouch meeting a copy of the Bill now pending in Parliament, to empower the Company to construct their proposed railway, will be submitted for consideration. And notice is hereby further given, that all Scripholders attending the said meeting will be required to PRODUCE their SCRIP, and to allow the numbers thereof and their names to be registered By order of the Previsional Committee, Secretary. April 23, 1846. CADWR. WILSON, RAILWAY SIIAB.ES BY PUBLIC SALE. 3/1 - ESSR S. LAMOND, SMALE, AND ,L 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, &e., take place every TIMODAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Rail of Corameree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all kvours, containing instructions, are respectfully requested is be addressed. . - All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advises of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, sad the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. NNW CLUB.--Candidates desirous of being included among the original members of the BRITISH IND FOREIGN CLUB, now formed, under the auspices of the Earl of Devon, Lord Metcalfe, Sir George Larpent, Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbeil, and others anxious to facilitate the intercourse of foreigners of distinction with English society, and to afford to country gentlemen and their families visiting London the advantages of an agreeable home, are informed that the CLUB will be OPENED early in Mar ; and that a List of the Committee and of the Members at present en rolled, [may be obtained at the British and Foreign Institute, 13, George-street, Hanover-square. WILSON'S OPENING NIGHT. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL. 27, at Eight o'clock. Mr. WILSON begs to announce Ms FIRST ENTERTAINMENT for the •RASON, in the Music Hall, Store.street, when he will Sim a Variety of the SONGS OF SCOTLAND, Some of them for the first time. PLumfarte--Mr. LAND. Part 1.-0 weel may the Boatie row—Of a' the Airts the Wind as blew— Whall buy Caller Herring?—Hams cam our gudeman at e'en—Owen the Water to Charlie—Bonnie Bessie Lee—The Married Man's Lament—Pibroch o' Donald Dhu. Part ll.—The Flowers o' the Forest—The Auld School—Woo'd any Married an' a'—Auld Joe Nicolson's Bonny Nannie—Get up and bar the Door. Private Boxes for Six, 15s. ; for Eight, 11. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility. Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, When will be performed (for the first time this season), Rossini's celebrated Opera, entitled IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Resins, Madame Grist ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Mario ; Rartolo, Signor Lablache ; Basilio, Signor F. Lablache ; Figaro, Signor Fernissari. After which, a PAS DE DEUX, by 3ladlle. L. Taglionl and 14. Perrot. In the course of the Evening, Selections from Donizetti's Opera, LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. In which 3ladame Castellan, Sfadlle. C. Briunbilla, and Signor Corelli will appear. To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by X. Perrot, in Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugni, entitled, CATARINA ; ou, LA M FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts sustained by dlle. Lucile Grahn and Madame L. Tagliord ; K.M . Gosselln, Bertrand. Di Mattis, and 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. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled TILE CRUSADERS, The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Hal - - risen, Rorrani, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, 31iss Lomer, and Miss Rainforth. ♦fter which will be produced a New and Original Ballet, entitled IMELDA. The Duke, Mons. Adrien ; Count Alberti, M. Mathis ; Governor, Mr. T. Matthews ; Fabric!o, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Sail THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Wal be performed a New and Original Comedy, called,' A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cy mon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farre, : Str John Coverdale, Mr. TB: miry; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. H. Holl; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Iludson ; Schnei• isrmaEn, Ir. J island; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perform the Overture, " La Symphonle," the Pentode, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," " Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz ; the "Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the " Brunow Polka." After which, an experinaant will he tried upon THE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHANES on which occasion they will be presented to the public with new Names, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, 'Judson, Tilbury, Brindal, Canifleld, T. F. 31 athews, and Miss P. Horton. To oonclude with a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Humby,&c. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. trapmedinted Attraction for the Easter Holidays. Re-engagement of GENERAL TOM THUMB ! Great success of the New Comic Drama! THIS EVENING _ The peribrmances will commence with a New and Original Comic Drama, in Three Acts, called HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, Diddear, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Laidiew. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY TRIJIIB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven-League Boots. Hop 'o My Thumb, General Tom Thumb. To coaclude with NEXT DOOR. Charactes by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arde , t,Villars, and Howard. Stalls, Is.; Boxes. 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. ,TIE ROYAL, ADELPLU. THIS EVENING Will ha presented a New Drama, in Three Acts, called, IN DUSTRY AND INDOLENCE; or, The Orphan's Legacy. St. Amour, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rollin, Mr. 0. Smith ; Smsonet, Mr. W r i g ht ; Mons. Delaware, Mr. Perkins ; Batifole, Miss Woolgar ; NM!, Miss Webster ; Cecile, Madame Celeste. After which, a New Burlesque, entitled, PETER WILKINS ; or, The Losdstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Munyard, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Wright ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. lloneybun, Miss Emma Harding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled ERNESTINE. The principal characters supported by Ifessrs. Cooper, Wallack, Leigh Murray; Mrs. Stirling, Miss E. Stanley, Miss May, &e. After which, THE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack; Trin gnat. Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray; Blanche,- Miss May I Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling, co lt,Lanclu . de with a N ew F airy Extravaganza, entitled LADY ue... .v . a. ,. .1 . 1.ND.1•EEP1NG TOM OF COVENT RY. In which Wynn, Compt on, tlranby, Oxberry ; Miss Taylor, Mrs. Fosixeoke, Miss lionner, &c., will a?pear. tr o t:, 11_!.. W. 'Ratty. ASTLEV ROY AL AMPUITHEATCE. Patronised by her mos 7? uo majesty the eert Ptinee Albert, and the Priseess Itoyel.—Extraertlinary hit of M . New Equestrian gpoctacle, which has be, r. Leman neA '' ' ' n pronounced by the public press to surpass all former productions. Tins EVENING Will be performed the Original Asiatic Dram a of THE ARAD AND HIS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. Magnificent eff2cts grand equestrian tableaux, &c. The Scenes in the Circle will, this present week. prove more than Ordinarily brilliant, presenting the whole troop of Tiritish and Foreign Professors, aided by the inimitable Clowns, Barry, Wallet, and Boehm. To conclude with a novel Afterplece. Box-Office open from •ele ,- en till five o'clock.—Doors open at ?ix and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEITRE Moro Drovelty! A New Drama, Great success. Crowded houses. THIS EVENING WM be performed THE LAS; KISS ; or, the Soldier's Grave. Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, Hcilop, Wil liamson, Mesdms. Vining and Martin will support the principal characters. fIA ItkY3IETER, After which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled. ON THE TILES; or. A Night at Greenwich. To oe followed by a qrant nallet or Enchantment, called. PER CHAMOIS YAGER ; or, The Fiend on Earth. l y the. Denim Family. To conclwla lidtit a Nov aleloth'una, celled, ft4Th RAT CASTLE, ROYAL VICTORTA THEATRE. Great Success of the New Drama of "Laid up in Port." THIS EVENING WATT T LAN I)GE THIS DAY. after 12., .. 4 minutcs .Ltn 12. Will he performed an entirely new Drama, entitled LAID UP IN PORT ; cr, Shrike along Shore. Principal characters by Messrs. Fredericks, Saville, Raymond, Tindell, 'Jiggle, Searle, Burton ; Miss Vincent, Migs E. Terry, &c. After which, THE BRIDE'S JOURNEY ; or, the Escapes of Adelaide of Dresden. In which Miee Vincent win perform. To conclude with a New Drama, entitled THE FACTORY LADS; or, The Workman's Saturday Night. In which the whola Company will appear. NEW STRAND THEATRE. CHARGE. —NOVELTIES AND MAGIC EFFECTS. " La gaiete eat is sante de l'ame, M. ingimivrzlistesse en eat le poison." Vie Triumphant liu= las " t° announce that, in consequence of TAI NMENTS, th e y wi ll has attended his EASTER ENTER and Saturday Morning, a u d Z r t ed OR every Monday, Wednesday, THIS ry until thither notice. M. PHILLIPPB will eona ree V e L .f: 4ll CO. a single Pistol Shot I Two Xi:tared and Fifty w ax ca aT u Eittertainment by Lighting nig unique and brilliant Experiment waa Y o performed by Mons. Phillippe for upwards of 700 consecutivri ° nights in p ar t s g. Phillippe will also have the honour of in um. GRANDMOTHER'S CAP, with all its laugh a bl e Sermatione. rapid Trans- The Entertainments will be varied by the Dancing or CHIARINI FAMILY, and the Olympic Gambols the fig • the. RICAN BROTHERS. The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock; th, Evening at a quarter to Eight. Stalls, 34.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 11. Is., and 10s. 6d. rtinut , Immense quantities of trout have been captured with tin roe 'drilla the past week in almost all the Cumberland riTolll. Cumberkm4 ?woo. THE SUN, LONDON, TETTRSDAYEVENING, APRIL 23, IP46. f e 2 . T. & 1; / `c qt r u ' , • M - 11,091-f • - 'l*". ebotnukt ;7 Mt LONDON, THURSDAY. APRIL 23, 1846. The House of Commons met at Twelve. The order of the day for the further consideration of the report on the Friendly Societies Bill was read. A long discussion ensued, and eventually clauses up to 16 were agreed to, with amendments, and the further con sideration of the report was postponed to Friday. A new writ was ordered for Falkirk, in the room of Mr. BAIRD, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. ELPHINSToNE moved the second reading of the County Eletions Bill, which limit the time of polling in elections for counties to one day. Colonel WOOD moved as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. The Bill was supported by Lord WORSLEY, Mr. BRIGHT, and Mr. BICKHAH Escort, and opposed by Mr. NEWDIGATE, Mr. BECKETT DENISON, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Colonel SIBTHORP, and Lord G. BENTINcK, and on a division it was rejected by a majority of 23 ; there being for the second reading, 32, against it, 55. The Railway Deposits Bill, and the Commons En closure Bill were respectively read a third time and passed, and the House adjourned. The Earl of ABERDEEN, some weeks ago, made some brief remarks in the Lords, expressing, with more warmth than he usually displays, his disapprobation of the conduct pursued by the Greek Government towards England in regard to the interest of the loan, and an nounced that it was the determination of the British Government, as well as the Emperor of RUSSIA, to take some strong measures to enforce payment, in case the present Minister, COLETTI, should per sist in refusing redress. The subject was ad verted to in the French Chamber of Deputies, when M. GUIZOT took part with COLETTI, blamed the lan guage of Lord ABERDEEN, the Members approving of M. GrizoT's remarks, and a few days afterwards the amount required to meet the interest was voted unani mously. A wide difference has thus sprung up between England and France about this small bankrupt state, though it may be regarded rather as a personal than a national feeling, the two foreign Secretaries having their respective favourites at Athens ; and the Greek :Minister seems resolved to make it still wider by setting the British Govern ment at defiance. After a great many shuffling promises of payment, either by setting apart a portion of the revenue, or including the interest in the budget, or some other equally improbable step for meeting the debt, the budget, according to the last accounts, had just been presented to the Chamber, without any provision what ever for meeting the demands of Lord ABERDEEN. The foreign loan is not even alluded to in it, and care is taken, in exhibiting the income and expenditure, to show that payment at present is utterly hopeless, as the revenue falls short of the amount absolutely necessary to carry on the affairs of Government. What step, then, will Lord ABERDEEN adopt to enforce payment ? Will he seize upon some of the more thriving seaports and collect the customs' duty, or lay an embargo on the shipping, or threaten to put: an execution into the royal exchequer at Athens ? We fear he would be opposed, in every efficient attempt to enforce British rights, by the French Minister, backed by the Chamber, for Greece, insolvent and ungrateful Greece, is a great favourite there at present. COLETTI is devoted to French inte rests, and he will make his devotion more conspicuous by insulting both England and Russia under the wing of France. It is, however, at best a contemptible quarrel, and the interests at least of two of the powers require that it should be settled without delay. Greece is not worth contending for ; she could render no assistance whatever to either of the two countries, should they unfortunately be brought into collision. She is bankrupt, her KING remains what he was when he was first placed on the throne, there is no Minister that really takes an interest in the welfare of the state ; COLETTI, and AfAVROCORDATO, and METAxAs, are en gaged respectively, when out of office, in devising schemes fur supplanting a rival, and Greece, whose emancipation from Turkish dominion was so ardently desired by the enthusiastic admirers of her former deeds, and; which has now existed as an inde pendent kingdom for eighteen years, is, per haps, next to Spain, the worst governed country in the world. Does it become the dignity of England and France to embroil themselves with her affairs, and to rouse old national antipathies in their re spective Houses of Parliament far a people so lost to all sense of gratitude and honour ? Looking at the case impartially, we can make excuse for Lord ABERDEEN'S irritation. Greece owes her independence to England. Englishmen left their country and devoted themselves and their property to her service. Loans were raised and battles fought to release her from the yoke of Turkey ; and all these services aro repaid by refusing to acknowledge her just claims, and by treating. England with contempt. These are just causes of annoyance to the British Minister, but they furnish no sufficient reason for quarrelling• with France, or adopting any strong measures that might call forth a national display. Two men so little pugna cious as ABERDEEN and GUIZOT, and generally so much guided by sound discretion, might settle the differences by official negotiations without at all involving the sus ceptibilities of two rival nations. We have read in one of the essayists of the last cen tury, that where two politicians of opposite views have been for some time discussing the character and stabi lity of a Government, if the disputant, who is unfavour able to its continuance, should feel that his different views and arguments have been well challenged and re futed, his dernier resort is, not unfrequently, to take a familiar hold of one of the buttons of his adversary's coat, and sinking his voice into a confidential whisper, to assure him that he has good information of the Pre mier's health being in a most unsatisfactory state. If such a conversation should happen whilst Parliament is not sitting, a few days suffice to set aside the gratuitous assumption ; if it should occur during the session, a few hours establish the same thing. In the mean while the discontented politician has beaten his retreat, rejoicing that whilst his own mind is rank ling with his failure in not having combined another's with his own prejudices, he has, at least, started a presumption, calcu lated to disturb for the moment the triumphant Afterbeatin g composure wah of his an t agon i s t. M uc h i n the same exped th b e e been driven for aa r e r t a o l si myiserasblea morningilingent. Contemporary months with every conceivable weapon drawn from the armoury of ancie n t an d exploded prejudices, after using up every sp ec i es o f i nvective, and hurlin g its missiles i n every direction a ga i nst t h e Government, tot it wi t h the degradin g mar k s of incompetency, t treachery, and national suicide, it confidently announces that there is to be an e irly, if not an immediate, dissolution Par liament. In c ases o f galloping consumption' there of here is generally what i s k nown to be a "lightening befo re death"—the surest s i gn o f the patient being his health his end, is the sudden impression h e i s under, thatthealth is fast returning to him. Th e same delusion has taken our Contemporary. He t a k es i t into his head overs that a state physician can be found t o up h old a worn-out CoT,Stiiution 1)y• the power of th e corn -l aws ; that th,, 1:0u.,e of Lords w>il still find means to prolon g life b the continuance of the same stimulating regimen in . which it has so long indulged, and without which it is fancied existence must immediately close. Such is the tenacity with which he clings to his own opinion, that he astonishes everybody by the strength of his hopes when they can only recognise the elements of despair. The dying monopolist builds his chance of recovery first upon his belief that after July the Whigs will be strong enough to check the further progress of Sir B. PEEL as Prime Minister, and next upon the assurance he gives us that the Peers wil l reject the Corn-law Bill. We look in vain for any suffi_ cient grounds for the latter opinion, and, without some specific reasons, we cannot csncede the likelihood that the prophecy of a speedy dissolution comes from a quarter better enabled than others to judge of such a contingency. On the contrary, we confess that the vaticinations upon which ho von year do not inspire us with suffi tured during the past cient confidence to receive implicitly the augury pro mulgated for the future. These are not the times when the House of Lords would willingly repudiate any great measure passed by a powerful majority in the Commons. They tried such a course under Lord GREY'S Govern ta'mt, and were obliged to recoil from the shock that emanated from their inconsiderate policy. Sub; secs entlY they refused their consent to several I measures sent tp by the Commons ; but then these ;tiers mea,urcs not of tliv vaat?,lA tu Lie ' (with the exception of that which provided f ,, r the ep. propriation of ecclesiastical revenues to secular pur poses), and one and all bad only been passed by ma jiirities far below the number of placemen having seats in the popular branch of the Legislature. The corn law is a measure second to none in its importance. Its necessity is felt to be so great, that it has effected a revolution in the sentiments of the Premier—a man whose mind is of the highest order, and whose individual interests are bound up with the proprietors of the soil. A similar change has been wrought upon the minds of many other senators. And the conviction is the more valuable from having been arrived at free from the excitement of candidates upon the hustings. The Duke of WxL LINGTON is a similar convert. His Grace stands aloof from any other influence save that of a patriotic desire to act for the good of his country. Other Peers, like Lord ESSEX, &c., are daily swelling the ranks of the disciples of free trade. The country at large, as stated by the Minister, has within the last twelve months raised its voice in the same cause. That vast associa tion—the League—already confident in the speedy triumph of the great principle it embodied, seems con tent to remain passive. On the other hand, their oppo nents have tried every means, and tried them in vain, to turn the scales of public; opinion by any counter-de monstration. These are matters the House of Peers will not heedlessly reflect upon, and are to us assurances that their judgment will unite with that of the House of Commons. What the Whigs will do in the month of July, and after the Corn-law Bill shall be enrolled on the statute-book, it is not perhaps so easy to predict, though this also has been made subject of speculation. Considering, however, the honourable support they are now giving the Ministry, in opposition to the banded supporters of monopoly, it argues the improbability of their hereafter taking a line of policy tending politically to strengthen those whose discomfiture is as marked as their views are selfish and narrow. If these and such hairbrained speculations are the only vouchers for a dissolution, its rumour is a ricketty abortion indeed. Such Members, also, of the House of Peers, as might desire a continuance of the corn-laws, must feel uneasy under the weight of the cumbersome and spurious ar guments by which their cause is thus wantonly upheld. If ever they have felt themselves coaxed, flattered, and praised by their auxiliary of the press, awl, in turn, have lent their approving smiles, they must already be gin to be sensible that zeal may degenerate into indis cretion, and recognise the full force of the adage— " Pessimum genus iniraloorum laudantes."; It has been said, as a proof of the keen, plodding, and wary habits of the Scotch, that a Jew is a very rare sight north of the Tweed, and that the huekstering Hebrew, if he chances to cross the river, hurries back with the most inconceivable speed, in order to escape death from starvation. On the cause of this singular phenomenon we will not venture any suppositions, but about the paucity of the Jews in the north there can be no doubt—the very small numbers of that industrious race found in Scotland forming only exceptions to the general rule. There is another point, however, in which a similarity of manners and customs are infinitely more striking, and which has excited the wonder of an tiquarians as well as learned philosophers. In their ob servance of one day of the week as a day of rest a considerable portion of the Scotch follow the example set by the Jews, and consider it a heinous crime to do any work on that day. They forget altogether the new dispensation, they disregard the precepts of the great FOUNDER of our Religion, who was persecuted to death by Sabbath-worshippers, and perversely consider it one of the great objects of Christianity to render the first day of the week, which ought to be observed with joy and gladness, a day of sorrow and punishment. Our readers will remember the heaps of petitions that were poured into Parliament during the days of Sir ANDREW AGNEW, praying for the better observance of the Sabbath in Scotland, a country where all foreigners, even the Jews themselves, consider it would be im possible to make the observance more strict. Some of them will also remember that when the first important line of railroad, that between Edinburgh and Glasgow, was opened, the most strenuous and unfair means were adopted by the Agnewites to influence the directors and shareholders, and compel them to stop the trains on Sunday. We look back with satisfaction to that period, because The Sun took an active part in defeating a scheme which, if established in that instance, might have been made applicable to all the lines throughout that kingdom. We *wed from the best of all authority, the New Testament, that the Jewish observance of the first day of the week was at direct variance with its pre cepts, as well as the example of the Apostles, and the more rational portion of the directors, we are glad to say an overwhelming majority, took the same view of the question. A Glasgow clergyman, after a silence of three months, attempted to refute our arguments, but he could not refute matters of fact, nor language plain to the commonest understanding, nor the direct injunctions laid down by divine authority. But still this party interfi-res with the more liberal habits of the great body of the people, and have fallen upon a new scheme to effect their purpose. They now pour petitions into Parliament praying that the license granted to toll• bar houses to furnish refreshment for travellers may all be withdrawn by an Act of the Legislature ; and one of their most weighty arguments for this harsh step is, that the Sabbath is desecrated at these places by drinking spirituous liquors. We find, however, from a number of petitions presented to the House of Lords on Tuesday evening, by Lord CAMPBELL, that this step will not sa tisfy them, and that all house:, licensed for the sale of spirituous liquors on Sunday must be forthwith closed. 'We cannot say that it is an electioneering scheme, but cer tainly it has all the appearance of a trick of that d escription The Earl of MINTO was the determined supporter of a Bill to abolish licenses for toll-houses, which the Com mons manfully rejected. It was brought forward by Mr. Fox MAULE, and mainly supported by Mr. P. M. STEWART, two pillars of the Free Church ; and the parties who are bent on a still further encroachment on the liberty of the subject entrust their petitions to such Whig Lords as BREADALBANE, MINTO, and CAMPBELL. The Tory peers seemed to take little interest in the matter, and the Bill was allowed quietly to pass. But in the other House that party acted a more noble part. The Scotch Tory Members, though few in propor tion to their opponents, mustered strongly, and threw out the Bill. Sir JA➢IES GRAHAM and the Lord Advo cate, who ought to know something about the internal Government of the country, voted against it, and could see no reason fur believing that there was any truth in the arguments urged by Mr. Fox MAULE, or that the Sabbath could be desecrated more at occasional toll-bar houses on the high road than at the thousands of places open for the same purpose in large towns. To meet this difficulty, these meddlers with the rights of private conscience—those men who are eternally seeing motes in their brother's eye, but consider not the beam in their own eyes, have adopted a more comprehensive scheme, and are determined to forbid refreshments on Sundays to all parties except those who have well-stocked cellars at home, or can afford to pay the high charges of a hotel. This is an abominable attempt to tyrannise over the lower classes ; it is one of the most glaring instances of class legislation, and we consider it therefore our bounden duty to the unrepresented classes to do all in our power to protect their rights, and put down bare faced schemes of oppression, which never would have been broached by Whig Lords or Whig Commoners, under a more extended system of representation. Constantinople papers to the 6th, and Athens papers to the 9th, have been received. Everything was tranquil at Con stantinople. The Ministry had paid up a considerable por tion of the arrears due to the troops, and were progressing in their measures of reform. At Athens the Minister, Commit', had obtained from the Chamber a vote . for a provisional credit for four months, by a majority of 69 to 33. A motion for an address, praying the KING to dismiss his Ministers, was lost by a similar ma jority. On the 6th the anniversary of Greek independence was observed with all the usual solemnities and rejoicings. On the 7th a curious scene took place in the Chamber. The Deputy for Syra, M. DARAS, informed the President that he had just been assaulted in the Chamber itetelf, by General Gutztorri. M. Gnivas said that the General intended only to inflict a little corporal discipline upon M.. Dimas, but that he had interfered and prevented any blows being given. M. DAnas wished to make a speech on the oc , :,asion., but the President informed him that he could not arlow him to do so until the affair should have been regularly inquired into. Several of the Deputies complained of this cionduct of the President as partial, and demanded that M. DALLAS tshould be heard. Great confusion ensued, and eventuality the sitting broke up in most admired disorder. A letter from St. Petersburgb, of March 25, states that a deputation of the nobility of Livonia has been.. summoned to that city to draw up a new set of regulations between the nobles and peasants of Livonia. Some high_ .functionaries have been joined to them to direct their labo , cirg. The disturbances in Austrian Galicia still contfitue. The Universal German Gazette says thrtt the cholera had entered Russia from Persia, and had broken out at Casln and Orenburgh. Madrid papers to the 15th Inst. lave arrived. Me He , raldo, the organ of NARVAEZ, says that it is not improbable that another change of Ministry may take place, Ma.cmuch as differences haye arisen in the Cabinet oq the subjopt of GerendNeua's trenment of the prisoners taken ir• the battle with IRIARTE, at Ostorga. MM. MON and PIDAL COO dt:111, CONCH., fit not at once shooting the prisoners ; IsTu- RITZ and CANEGA, on the contrary, approve of his humanity. There have been also, it is said, differences in the Cabinet on the question of the law of the press, and it was also rumoured that the Presidency of the Senate had been offered to NAB.- VAEZ. It is, howerer, to be recollected that all these ru mours appear only in the Herald, the organ of NARTANI4 and that, therefore, they cannot be implicitly relied on. Letters from Madrid, dated the 15th, treat them as entirely unworty of credit, and state that the question of the press had not even been mooted at the recent meetings of the Cabinet _ _ _ The Madrid Gazette, of the 15th, states that the whole of Galicia is tranquil, with the exception of Lugo and Santiago. CONCHA, however, has demanded reinforcements ; and, on the 15th, the regiment of Asturias and a company of artil lery had left Madrid to join him. This looks as if Galicia was not quite so tranquil as the Government represent it to be. These reinforcements are to be commanded by Briga dier BLAsErt, who is promoted to the rank of General. MADRID BOLiA, APRIL 15.—Three per Cents., 31% for Money ; Five per Cents., not quoted ; Bank of St. F er di nan d, 280 ; Bank of Isabella, 17 0 ; Company of Probity, 185 ; Company of Iris, 130; General Assurance, 84; Alliance, 170; Anchor, 168; Gas Company, 600. Exchanges—London, 37 1 / ( 3 ; Paris, 16 3. 'We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The Court of Peers assembled on Monday at one o'clock to consider the course to be adopted to carry out the ordon nance of the I7th inst., constituting them a Court for the trial of LECO\tTE. There were 229 Peers present, and constituting the Court, besides BOYER, the President of the Court of Cessation, and Lieutenant-General Count REILLE, who were excused further attendance on the ground of ill-health, and Count MONTALIVET, who was also excused attendance, as he would hare to be examined as a witness. The Chancellor having taken the chair, the Court was addressod by It. HEBERT, the Procureur • General, who described the circumstances attending the attempt of LECOMTE to assassinate the KING. The Court then deliberated, and eventually came to the following de cision : " The Court of Peers, taking into consideration the royal ordinance of April I7—taking into consideration, moreover,. Article 28 of the Constitutional Charter—having heard the requisitory of the Procureur-General, and having deliberated thereon, acknowledges the presentation by the said func tionary of a copy of his complaint against the perpetrator and accomplices of the attempt against the King's person. committed at Fontainebleau on the 16th of the present month—does hereby order, that by the President of the court, and by such Peers:as he may designate to replace him in case of absence, there shall be forthwith proceeded to the previous examinations required for carrying on the prosecution ; does moreover, order, that in the course of such examinations the functions attributed to the Council-Chamber by Art. 128 of the Code of Criminal Instruction, shall be filled by the Pre sident of the C our t, Count d'Argout, Baron de Barante, Count de Pontecoulant, Count de Bondy, Baron de Fraville, M. Laplange Barris, M. Persil, President de Gascq, Presi dent Boullet, Baron de CI ouseilles, President Legagneux, and M. Mesnard, which aforesaid Peers shall draw up the report : does also order that the rules and proceedings of the criminal instruction, in such cases laid down, shall not be departed from; does further order that the letters, gun, and all other articles relating to the presentees., be without delay lodged with the Regritrar of the Court : does further order that the citations and other acts performed by ushers of the ordinary courts of justice .shall be performed by the ushers of the Chamber; and, finally, does order that the present decision shall, with all diligence, be carried into effect by the Procureur - General.—Deliberated on, and ordered at the Court of Peers,"at Paris, this 20th day of April, in the Coun cil-chamber, by us, the undersigned."—(Here follow the names of the Peers present, 229 in number.) It would appear that the journals were in error in announc ing the arrival of LECOMTE in Paris on Saturday. He was not taken to the Conciergerie until Monday. "It was only this morning," says the Constitutionnel, " that Pierre Lecomte arrived at Paris at ten o'clock ; the prison,vau, in which he was conveyed from Fontainbleau, under'a strong escort of gendarmes, reached the Court of the Conciergerie, and he was immediately lodged in one of the cells adjoining the female ward. He is guarded by two keepers, who never lose sight of him an instant. That pre caution was deemed the more necessary as Lecomte is a man of a sombre and energetic character. At Fontainbleau some of his expressions induced a belief that he would contrive by a voluntary death to avoid the pain of the trial and the consequences of the sentence. The King's At torney at Fontainbleau, M. Aignan Desaix, was the first to interrogate him, and he underwent a second examination on the arrival of Chancellor Pasquier and the Attorney-Gene ral Hebert. A minute search was made in the small park of Avon, and on the different points of the forest which Le comte mentioned having visited. The particulars of the in quiry are unknown, but we do not hesitate to affirm, from what has transpired, that it is fully proved that the assassin had no accomplices. Lecomte evinces still the same firm ness. He is extremely reserved, has a wild, staring coun tenance; and his livid complexion, sharp profile, and hasty movements denote boldness and resolution. It is thought that his trial will collie on during the first fortnight of May. Our readers may recollect that the attempt of Alibaud was committed on the Ist of June, and that fifteen days after wards he was tried and executed." The Constitutionnel adds the following strange anecdote:— " A curious circumstance has been related to us, as having happened almost at the moment when LECO3ITE fired at the KING. Mum, the groom, who was. preceding the royal carriage on horseback, saw LEcosurs taking aim, and think ing that the Comte Da MONTALITET (who sat nearest the assassin) was the person who would be shat, cried out, almost involuntarily, 'Ah ! M. Le Comte !' The assassin, hearing this exclamation, fancied that MILES had recognised him, and this circumstance, among others, tended to derange his aim, and thus aided in saving the life of the KING. MILES has, by his promotion to the place of piqueur, a large increase of wages. He has now 4,000 f. a year, whereas, as groom, he had only 1,200 f. The following account of the conduct of LECOIGTE imme diately after his arrest, is given by the Journal de Fontaine bleau : "To the first questions addressed to him, Lecomte replied proudly that he was the author of the attempt, and that he did not wish either to escape or to conceal himself. It is since known that when he said so he thought he had struck his Majesty. When, subsequently, he discovered his mistake, he expressed his deep regret at not having effected his ob ject. Since his capture, Lecomte has refused to taste any description of food. He merely d r i n k s pure water, and g on his bed, hi s h ead covered with He asked f or a razor, an d ap pptbeaaesFeksdirhmtissuocefnhtidilriisesatfpirmpooceiknlytceiodnagtihat he was refused. On Satur day he was taken from his prison and conducted to the spot where he committed the crime, and he there described his preparations with the most imperturbable coolness. He had even taken the precaution to cover the barrel of his gun with leather, to prevent the reflection of the sun from betraying his position." During the journey of Lecomte to Paris," says the Presse, "he exhibited the greatest sang froid. He conversed with the officer of gendarmery respecting the details and preparatives of the crime. He attributes his missing to the precipitation with which he got up on the heap o f f aggo t s when he heard the royal carriage coming sooner than he ex pected. For three days he refused all food, and it was only in the carriage on his way to Paris that he consented to eat a morsel, and drink a glass of beer." Immediately on his arrest he underwent a preliminary examination, which was conducted by M. AIGNAN DESAIX, Procureur du Roi, and M. BANDELAIRE, Juge d'lnstruction. On the arrival of Duke PACQUIER and M. HEBERT, the in closure in which LEcoMTE had stood when he made the attack, and the different points which it appeared from his answers he had passed over, were most minutely examined, but although the exact details of that examination have not been reported, the Constitutionnel affirms that the result has been to show that he had no accomplices. He is at present confined in the Conciergerie, as the prison in the Luxembourg is not yet completed. The KlffG was every day receiving numerous congratu latory deputations from the various public bodies of the kingdom. The officers of the National Guard of Paris, being at the muster on Sunday last, got up impromptu a dinner, to cele brate the KING'S happy escape from assassination. The most loyal toasts and speeches were given, and received with the greatest enthusiasm. According to the Constitutionne/a proposition for a general review of the National Guard of Paris had been discussed in the Council of Ministers, but had been rejected in conse quence of the opposition of M. Gurzur and M. DUCHATEL. The same paper announces, that no change has taken place in the projected journey of the Duke and Duchess de NEMOURS to England. They intend to leave Paris a few days after the accouchement of Queen VICTORIA. A report of Marshal I3uGlAtin, dated Algiers, March 13, enclosing another from General LAMORICIERE, has been re ceived by the Minister of War. On the 6th, General Jous souF, after a forced march of fourteen hours, overtook a large column of Ouled Nall emigrants, and captured an immense booty. "The demoralisation," says the General "has reached the highest pitch amongst that tribe, which occupies a very large portion of the Desert of Tittery. The blow we have just inflicted upon them must excercise a salutary influence. N otw i thstan di ng th e offers of submis sion which are se n t i n from every quarter , I continue to fifteen pursue and ch ast i se the Arabs of that part o f th e d esert, because it wa s t h ey who invited Abd-e l-K a d er to t h e i r country,Letter ap means of inv a di ng the Tell, a nd descending into the valley Letters fr d om so long supported and furnished him with the of the Isser." The point where General Joussouf sttacked z the Ouled N ay l s leagues to the south of Ksar acear, or abo u t a hundred leagues from the sea coast. Algiers, dated the 15th, state that Marshal BUGEAUD, who had b een confined to hi s b e d b y i llness, had received i nstructions from the Government to resume hi s ne gotiations with Morocco, and that his proposed excursion to the west would probably be abandoned in consequence. The Sentinelle of Toulon, of the 17th, says " The Russian squadron is making its preparations for departure. It is probable that if the slightest wind succeeds the calm of this afternoon it will sail this evening or to night. I n qu i tting our por ' t the Grand Duke Constantine appears t o carry away with him an exalted idea of our mari time power; and in this point of view, as perhaps in othe r re spects, the two nations ought to congratulate themselves on the vi s i t. The Prince easily allowed his sympathies to wards France t o 'appear, and he seemed so muchthe more to uc h ed with the reception given him, that it was stripped of all the ceremonial used on such occasions. The officers of the fleet are animated with the same feeling. Their voyage to France appears to have excited in them only s y m pathetic sentiments, and all desired, so to speak , to carry away a rem em b rance of the country. Surprise is felt here at the facility with which the Russian officers speak our lan guage, at the manner in w hi c h they are acquaiated with our literature, an d at their appreciation of our manufactures. The Prince gave orders that the men should be paid, and almost all the money that they received was laid out in ar ticles of French produce. The Grand Duke , before q uit t in g our tow n d es i red to leave. it a mark of his satisfaction, and in doing so he exhibited as m uch delicacy as generosity. In handing t o the Sub-Prefect a sum of 5,000 f. for the poor and the several beaevolent institutions of the town, he ap pored to ex cuse himself for suppos i ng that it was possible to find unfortunate persans to assist, in the midst of so many happy fades, tvitifYing to the general comfort, but,' maid human misery ought always to have its share in our computations.'" M. KISSELEFF, the Russian Chargé d'Affaires, who pro ceeded to Toulon to receive the Grand Duke, has returned to Paris. Lord and Lady Palmerston dined on Monday with the Duc de Broglie. The report of Colonel Allard on the two Bills for the ma ritime improvements, and the fortifications of the port and town of Havre, has been distributed to the Deputies. The Bill has been entirely approved of by the Committee, into which it has introduced only one amendment, increasing the grant for the fortification of Havre by 2,500,000 f. This amendment was made upon the recommendation of the Com mittee of Fortifications, with the assent of the Minister of War. The Bill would thus comprise 16,000,000 f. fur the maritime improvements, and 24,000,000 f. for the fortifica tions of Havre. The Courrier de St. Etienne of the 17th says:—. ,, At the moment of going to press, we learn that several miners were arrested in the night before last, and eleven more yesterday morning. It is certain that some of the miners were armed, and it was among them the prisoners were made. They did not attempt any resistance to the soldiery, whose officers c on• ducted themselves with great forbearance. Yesterday, at Outre Furens, a man in the middle of an assemblage of miners, fired two pistols at a detachment headed by a Com missary of Police, but as there were at least sixy yards be • tween him and them, it was probably a mere bravado. We have now in the arrondissement of St. Etienne 600 infantry and about 110 cavalry soldiers. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday at 83f. 55c. ; the Five per Cents., 119 f. 95c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,223 f. 75c.; Rouen, 1,035 f. ; Havre, 745 f. ; Great Northern, 7601 ; Avignon, 9151. ; Vierzon, 6701. ; Bordeaux, 620 f. ; Boulogne, 505 f. ; Basle, 235 f. ; Dieppe, 457 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 515 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 545 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 570 f.; Spa nish Three per Cents., 36% ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 30%. The following are the quotations for other lines : Lyons and Aviinen Definitive, 533 f. 75c.; Bordeaux and Cette Maekenrle), 501 f. 511 c. • ditto (Espeleta), 50flf. ; Charleroi, 475 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TZL LONDON STOCK EXCHO2IGE, Aran. 22. Boulogne and Amnions, I*4—hutch Rheniih, ST. —East In dian, %—Louvain and dernappe, I%—Lyons and ♦vignon, 2 Namur and Liege, I%—Orleans and Vierson, 16►%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 10U—Paris and Rouen, 40 —Paria and Strasbourg Constituted, i%—Rouen and Havre, 29%—Tours and Nantes Con stituted, 6%—West Flanders, 2%. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) GROUP XXXIV. There not being a sufficient number of Members present to make a quorma, the Committee was adjourned till to-morrow. Sub-Committee No. 1. This Committee met again at twelve, in Room No. 7, when there were present Mr. Strutt (Chairman), Mr. Beckett, and Mr. R. Clive. The only Bill upon the list was the TORE AND LANCASTER. The evidence in support of the allegations of the petition before the Committtee was resumed. The remaining allegations of the several petitions against the Bill having been discussed at great length, the Committee finally de clared the standing orders not complied with. They then adjourned at about quarter-past ene till twelve to morrow. Sub-Committee No. 2. The members assembled at twelve precisely, Sir J. Y. Buller in the chair. There were but two Bills on the list, namely, the Thames Haven, Dock, and itallway (No. 2), and the Bideford and Tavistock, both of which stood over from yesterday. THAMES BAPEN , DOCZ, AND RAILWAY. The refractory witness, whose absence caused this Bill to be ad journed yesterday, having been brought to his senses by a summons, the case was proceeded with, and the standing orders declared com plied with. BIDEFORD AND TA.VISTOOS. The case for the opposition was resumed. The evidence and discussions as to the allegations against the Bill occupied the Committee up to a quarter past two o'clock, at which hour they adjourned till to-morrow at three o'clock, in order to gi' s time for an arrangement to be made between the parties concerned, as to which of the allegations should and which should not be ad mitted. Upon some of the allegations the standing orders were de• claret not complied with. Sub-Committee No. 5, This Commitee was to have met this daY, but at twelve o'clock Mr. T. Egerton was the only Member present, and the Committee steed adjourned till Tuesday, the 28th inst. Bub-Committee No. 6, The Committee met shortly after twelve, Capt. Jones in the Chair. There were three Bills on the list, viz.:—l. Trent Valley, Mid lands, and Grand Junction. 2. Warwick and Worcester (both which Bills stood over from yesterday), and 3, Birkenhead and Llangollen. TRENT VALLEY, MIDLANDS, AND GRAND JUNCTION. The formal proofs, the deficiency of which caused the case to stand over, were now completed, and the standing orders wore declared complied with. WARWICZ AND 1170ROESTZN. This Bill was again called on, and the evidence for and against the allegations of the petitioners against the Bill was given at great length. Mr. Fitzgerald, civil engineer, from the office of Mr. Hughes, was examined to disprove the allegations of the petition, and the Com mittee declared sevend of the allegations proved and others not proved. The discussions on the points raised occupied them up to the time we went to press. - - BLACK WALL RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the directors and proprietors of this railway was held at twelve o'clock this day, at the London Tavern, for confirming the draft of a Bill for widen ing the line from Stepney to Fenchurch-street, and for amending the Acts relating to the railway, J. A. Daniell, Esq., in the chair. A considerable number of proprietors were present. The SECRETARY read the Bill for widening the line, from which it appeared that a capital of 240,0001. was required, of which 60,0001. is to be raised by new shares, and the re mainder by loan. _ _ A SHAREHOLDER considered that it was quite unnecessary to widen the line, as the traffic was dimishing instead of in creasing. At the present time they were losing about 1,0001. a month. Ile moved as an amendment, that the project be deferred until the increased traffic on the line rendered it necessary. The amendment having been seconded, The CHAIRMAN defended the directors, who were large proprietors themselves, from any desire to widen the line, if totally unnecessary. There could be no question that a great accession of traffic would take place if the line was widened. Besides, they were simply asked to confirm a re solution passed at a previous meeting. If they did not adopt this plan now, they would perhaps not have another opportunity. Dr. BOWRING, M.P., also defended the directors, and in doing so drew attention to the fact that the line was barely sufficient to accommodate their present traffic. How then could they accommodate the increase which would take place when the junctions and extensions which they were empowered to make were carried out ? Sir. LEA considered that they ought not to raise any addi tional money by mortgage until they had completed the line to the Eastern Counties.—(Hear.) Mr. CRAWLEY was of opinion that the directors had made out a good case for widening the line. He wished to know what arrangement had been made with respect to the stations if the project was carried out. The CHAIRMAN said may alterations which would be ren dered necessary were included in the estimates. After ob taining the consent of Parliament to the Bill a meeting of the proprietors would be called, in order to obtain their sanc tion to its construction. At the present moment the direc tors had no intention of calling on the proprietors to contri bute money towards the object which the meeting had been called to confirm. Independent of the traffic which they could not fail to obtain from the Eastern Counties, they con fidently anticipated a great increase of traffic from Bow and the neighbourhood of Stratford. The amendment having been withdrawn, at the request of the proprietors, a motion, confirming the one passed at a pre vious meeting, fur widening the line, was unanimously agreed to, and the meeting separated. ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY.— The first exhibition of this thriving and highly interesting Society took place on Wednesday, in the large room of the Horns Tavern, Kennington. This season has bees remarkably favourable to the growth of fair Flora's gifts; so at least no one could doubt who viewed the gorgeous exhibition of the South London Association, " a wilderness of sweets " redolent of a thousand perfumes. The prizes awarded were of a very liberal character, riz., —the Royal Adelaide Cup. value five guineas, presented by her Majesty the Queen-Dowager for the best collection of miscellaneous plants in the room, in lieu of the medal offered by the Society-- gained by Mr. Bruce. A silver cup, value five guineas, offered by Mr. James Dickson, for the best four auriculas, namely, green, grey, white-edged, and se'f-coloured, obtained by W. Sandilans, F.sq Gold Adelaide Medal, by W. Trailer, to J. Dickson, for the best colleetiou of auriculas. By J. Betham, Esq., a large silver Lineman modal for the best six asaleas. Large silver Victoria medal by Mr. Ivery to Mr. Young, for the best twelve cinerarias. The prizes to the first and second classes were—large silver Adelaide medal . to Mr. Trahar, for the best pair of auriculas ; small silver Victoria medal to Mr. Chapman, for second best ditto; small silver Linniean medal to Mr. Ginger, for third best ditto ; gold medal to Mr. Ayres, for the best collection of miscellaneous plants ; large silver Linnvean medal to Mr. Young, for the second best ditto ; email silver Victoria medal to Mr. Kaye, for the third best ditto ; small slyer Victoria medal to Mr. Dickson. for the best pair of auriculas; small silver Linnxan medal to Mr. Gaines, for second best ditto ; large silver Victoria medal to Mr. Pamplin, for the best collection of miscellaneous plants ; and small silver Victoria medal and small silver Unman medal to Messrs. Fairbarn, for the first and second best specimen plant. The extra prizes given were :—Victoria medal to Mr. Dickson, for a collection of auriculas ; Adelaide medals to Messrs. Thompson and Brown, for heartseales ; Lininean medal to Mr. Stamp, for miscellaneous plants; , Adelaide medal to Mr. Pamplin, for single specimen ; Adelaide ' medals to Messrs Cuthill and Allnutt, for cucumbers; Linnwan medal to Mr. Wood, for alpine plants ; Victoria medal to Mr. Chap man, for collection of auriculas. Certificates were also given to Messrs. Dickson and Chapman for ace !ling auriculas, and to Mr. Ivery for seedling cinerarias. Several very fine specimens of heath were exhibited, among the principal of which were erica vestila, grows by Messrs. Fairbairn ; erica intermedia, by Mr. Pamplin, &c The show was highly satisfactory, and gave tokens of g, eat improve inent. During the exhibition an excellent band performed several well-known and popular pieces. The rosin was crowded to excess by a very fashionable company. PRESCRIBING BY TELEGRAPH,— The eleetric tele graph is far more extensively diffused in America than with us, and is commonly applied to the purposos of the every-day business oflife ; but we were not prepared to hear that the personal visits of physicians are dispensed with, electricity answering every end. The Lockport Daily Courier says, early in the forenoon yesterday a gen tleman stepped into the Telegraph office at Buffalo, and desired to have Dr. Stevens, who resides in this village, called into the office, as he wished to have some conversation with hire. The Doctor was a : ia summoned, when the gentleman at Buffalo said his wife wa b s t desired Dr. Stevens to prescribe for tier. The , physician inorne issui. an ed d condi ained a full and accurate statement of the patient's sY tions, and then telegraphed his prescription. the pa tient did well, as the local journal stated the Doctor p w re a s s e t r o ip h ti a 3 v n e s been consulted again in the afternoon if the were not effectual. y n -s e t ly , IMPROVEMENTS IN THE C rr twenty houses in Great Saffron -hiU reet 17ora Farrinadon-street to the S a ff r on — n- W. str r e e et ne an sd i a Zill ar reet on the line intended for the n Clerkenwell, ewt were disposed of by auction, by order of the Clerkenwel back of the Sessions-house , i m p ro vement Commissioners, and are to be removed for the contemplated alterations. During the last twelve months the commissioners have been in treaty with the Bishop of Ely and Sir 11. Englefleld, Bart., who have estates between the above sites and the Sessions-house, to purchase the property, for w hich th'y have borrowed funds to the amount of above 60,0001.; at they have not succeeded, and it is expected that a jury will have bet odecide upon the respective claims. Some houses have been bought by the Commissioners to form a new street into Charles-street, Hatton-garden, by means of which vehicles will be able to pass and avoid the declivity of Molborn•hill, as it is intended to continue the line into Cow-cress. _ . An — effortlia; been made to restore John Day, jun., the home jockey, to his duties on the course, by presenting a memo rial, signed by Lord Palmerston and Lord John Fitzroy, and m an y gentlemen, to the stewards of the Jockey Club for a remission of the sentence passed by them. An answer has been returned that the stewards of the Jockey Club cannot rescind the sentence pronounced by them on John Day. SUDDEN DEATH IN AN 03INIBUS.—Last evening, At eight o'clock, an inquest was taken before Mr. W. Payne, the City Coroner, .at the Ship, Stones'-end, Borough, on the body of Mr. James Langley, aged thirty-nine, lately filling the situation of a confidential clerk in the firm of Messrs. Teasdales, SYlnes, and Co solicitors, Fenchurch-street, who died under the following circum stances:—About nine o'clock yesterday morning, the deceased entered a Camberwell omnibus at the'Elephant and Castle. When the vehicle reached Stones'-end, deceased was suddenly taken ill. He was immediately attended by Mr. Alcourt, shipowner, Coal ilarbour-lane, who stopped the omnibus, when he was conveyed to the surgery of Mr. Olding, where he died in a few minutes. The brother of the deceased was passing at the time, and identified hina as lie was being conveyed in. Deceased had bean attached to the alms Arm tam his boyhood, Verdict, " yisitittio4 Or WC" MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at'Liverpool yesterday were about 6,000 bales, including 2,500 on speculation. The market was quiet, but prices were without any change. There was a fair demand sor Railway Shares yesterday, but almost exclusively for good dividend paying stock. There are no ship arrivals to-day. It is pleasing to observe that the gallantry of some of our countrymen,has been recognised in a recent instance, as well as their humanity. The south Holland Mercantile Associa tion, in consequence of the assistance rendered to the Dutch East Indiaman Twee Cornelisses, on the 28th December last, in Pevency Bay, under circumstances of pecular danger, has awarded to the intrepid men of East bourne concerned in the salvage various rewards propor tioned to their merit, to be forwarded through Mr. May. Consul for the Netherlands in London. Lieutenant J. H. Nicholl receives a gold medal and a vote of thanks, and his companions have silver medals and a written acknowledg ment of their humane exertions, with a gratuity in money also. The widows of such of the crew as lost their lives on the occasion will be provided for. Instances of reciprocal. good feeling like this, whether in rendering aid or acknow ledging it, are alike creditable to all parties. There is some doubt apparently whether Sir Robert Peel's resolutions upon new railway schemes will be adopted in Parliament, because, as is contended, they are contrary to the usual spirit of legislation, and throw overboard even those companies which have complied with all the onerous regula tions:imposed last year, and by showing their subscription deed, properly signed, have already made out a proof of " assents." This is of course true as far as it goes, but the only alternative now is to do somelhing that will prevent serious embarrassment in the money market, even at the risk of a certain degree of injustice towards the railway companies, and if it were even necessary to postpone all Bills till next session, that extreme measure would doubtless be adopted by Parliament, which frequently has had to step in with some appearance of arbi trary, and even unconstitutional power, in order to remedy an urgent evil. The Funds have been very buoyant to-day, and there is a disposition to invest. The Government broker buys now 'or unclaimed dividends, as well as for the savings banks. Consols have been 95% to 98% for present transfer, and 96% to for time, being an advance of a quarter per cent, on the quotations of yesterday morning. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 235. to 265. premium. Bank Stock has been firm at 205 1 %. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 96 3 / 4 97. There has been a slight increase of business in the Foreign Market, and the quotations have been more firmly supported. Spanish Three per Cents, have been 36 3 / 4 to 37, and the Pas sive, 5% to %. Portuguse Four per Cents. have been marked 57. Mexican Five per Cents. have been quoted at 31% N, and Grenada, 21 3 4 to %. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 59%. Shares are rather firmer in some instances, and the French scrips seem likely to benefit by the breaking up of so many English companies, for .the calls upon the former will be comparatively light for the next twelve months. The Bide ford and Tavistock Company, which has called for the extra 5 per cent. to go to the Lords, has not had its call responded to by a dozen shareholders, it is said. What a prospect for due payment of " calls." BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Rank Stock .. • • • . .. • . 20514 205 1 4 'three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94% 95 % 95 , 4 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96 95% 96% 957. 96% New Three - and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 96% N 97 971 , Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1660 .. 10 3-16 % 10% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1849 .. 9 15-16 10 10 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 7-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. Ditto, under 1,0001. .. _ _ :south Sea Stock .. .. .. .. .. _ Ditto, New Annuities .. .. .. 95 ~. Consols for Account • • •• .• •. .. 96% 1 4 96 1 4 Exchequer Bills. 1 %d. I%d. 1,0001... .. •• •• 26 23 —— . pm. 26 5001.:. .. .... 26 23 p ra . 2 6 Ditto. Small .... 26 23 pm. 26 27 p ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Equador Bonds .. Grenada, I per Cent .. .. • • .. 21% % Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent • Ditto, for the Account .. • .. 31% 84 31% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent.. .. Ditto, for the Account .. 36 Portu•suese Four per Cents • • • 57 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 25% Ditto, 1845 .. • 18% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .• • . 5%% Ditto, Deferred 16 Ditto, Three per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account . • . ▪ 37 36% 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% 59 1 4 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92 92 BUSINESS PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. DONE AT RAILWAY SHARES, ONE O'CLOCK, PRICES. Aberdeen .. .. • • • • • • 10 .... 3 3 Birmingham and Gloucester,. ..100 ....125 • 125 Bristol and Exeter .. . • •• 75 -. •. 82 82 Buckinghamshire 425. dis Caledonian .. .. • • • • •• 10 ..... •• 5% 6....... • 6 Ch?ster and Holyhead .. 22% .... 21% 21 Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .... 1 % 33 Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 5U .... 3% Dublin and Gal may .• •. 4 ....214 % • 2 Eastern Counties 141. 165..... 22% 23 _ 23 Ditto New .. •• • • st. 168 .• •• • 7 1 3 • •• • 7 % p Ditto, York Extension .. 105... •• I %Ye•• • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... •• • • — Ditto % Shares .. .• lO ... • 16% .......• • • 16 34 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% —•• • • • Great Eastern and Western .. ••••• • • • • • 1 Great North of England . 100 •• • Ditto, New .. . •' •• 13% .... .• • • (3 Se Great Western B 5• 146 14 Ditto Half Shares .. • • .. 50 .... 86 85▪ % .. 85% Ditto, Fi ft hs .. 20 —.. • • 33% Harwich & Eastern Count. Junct. 2 .... 1 1 A ...... • 11,4 Hull aad Selby .. .. ••.. 50 —• • • 100 ),,4 Ditto, Halt •hares .. ••• • 7 .... 25 ..... 25 Lai caster and. Carlisle, .• • 35 — Ditto New .. . • • - • . 5 ~ ... Liyerp., 3 1anch., & Newc. Jtmet. 2% .... ........• • 9 %. 1% London an Birmingham . • • 100 .... 223% 222% • 224 Ditto Thirds .. .. 24 .... 61 ...... • • 61% Ditto Fifths .. 2 24 24 London and Black wall .. 16/. 13s. 4d. 8 _ CLOSING PRICES. 3 1 4 21% .-• ....... Ditto, New .. 2% 35 8 London and Brighton .. .. 50 .... 63% 64% .... 64 Ditto ditto Fifths .. .. 20 .... 21 3 ,i % 28% London and Croydon .. 131. 15s. 9d. 22 21% 22k .. 21% London and South-Wes'ent.. 411. 6s. 10d. 77 ...... 77 Ditto, New Consol. Ei g hth s .. 3 4 50 ..... 50 Ditto, New . 12% .... 21% 211 ,4 i Ditto, New .. .. 10 .... 17 17 London and York .. 2% .. 1% •1•7/ 4 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 2% . •.. 130 ...... .... 1 1,i Lynn and Ely .. •. •• ••10•••• 6 %•• • • • • • • •• 63 A Lynn and Dereham .. .. .. 10 Manchester and Leeds .. .. • .. 82 —— _,, ....., Ditto, Fifths .. .. • • .. 3 .. .. 11% %.. .. • . 11% Ditto, Sixteenths .. ••••6 % .......... % Manchester and Birmingham —4O. _ 77 .. 77 Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) •• 4 .... 12% _„„ „ _ 12% Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) •• 1 .... 8 i it Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... .. ••„ _ par Midland .. .. .. •• • • —lOO .. •.145% ...... •• „ 144 Ditto, New Midland Great Western (Irish) .. 10 .... 3 % •. 3% Newcastle and Darlington Juliet. 25 .... 44 45 Ditto, New Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .. •• 19 18% ..... . IS Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2%.... 14 .. • ...... . 1 % North British .. .. .• • . .. 20 .... 25'4 .. .. .. Ditto, Half Shares .. .• •• •6 •• •• 81 4 •• •• •• .• •• 8% Ditto, Carlisle Extension .• I 4 • • 1 % ••• • — 1% .. • . North Kent and Direct Dover i.. 2%.... ...• • ~ 1% North Staffordshire .. .. • • • 425. .... 214 2 p...... 2 PNorth Wales •• •• .. •• • • 3 14 ••••- • • • • % Norwich and Brandon .. .. .. 18 .... ...• ••• • • Ditto. New .. .. • • • • 5 814 8.. - .... _ - 8 Ox .d., Worcester, & Wolverhmptn. 12;4 .. .. 74 ; • ..... •• • - 7s Pertk and Inverness .. .. .. 2% .... 1% ........ . 1 % Scottish Midland .. .. Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .. .. 1%. 2.. •• •• .• 1 Shropshire Union .. .. .. .. 425..... 1 dis 4hrewsbury and Hereford .. .. 2%,... 1%. ...... South Devon .. .. .• • . .. 35 .... 30 ...... • • Swath Midland .. .. .. .. 425. , .... __ l 4 dis.. 1,4 di, .Is. South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33%.... 37%% ...... 27 : 77 8 Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 ... 111% ........ • • 18% Do.• New (do. 33/. 69.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .. 11% 11 3 4 Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 14% . ...... 14% be., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% IA • • 2 1 4 South Wales .. . • • • • • 5 .. • • 1%14 •• • • West Wding Url'on • . • • .. 425. .. 1% p. ..... 114 p Worcestr., Herefd., Ross, & Glou. 425..... 11 dis.. 1 dis York and North Midl an d .. 50 .... Ditto. Extension 15 .... 33 . .... ••• • • 321,7, Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.— 1 • • 814 % • •• •. • • • 8% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 12 .... 12 .. Bord., Toul., St Cette tMackenzi e ) 2 .... ........ .... • , 12 .. Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... Dutch Rhenish .. .. •.. 5 6 ...... • • Grt. North. of France Constituted 15 1 4 :: Lyons and Avignon .. • • • • 2 .... 2 15 Luxembourg .. •.. • • • • 4 • • 2 • .... % Over Yssel .. 4/. 3s. 4d... • 3% dis . ...... 1 dis Paris and Strasbourg Constit u t e d 5 .. • . 5% Sambre and Meuse • • • 8 .... . 5 ....... 4 Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 • 6% West Flanders .. • • • 4 .. ••• 2 ..... • 2 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. • .• . LLOYD'S SHIPPIN -(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 23.—Wind N.E., light breeze, and tine. l'orrsstoum, APRIL 22..—Sid. Semarang, 31adras and Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 22.—W1nd S.--Sid. her dlajesty's ship Wan derer, Sierra Leone. GrEatisEY.—Acrd. Sorcerie, Jrnsserand, from Londen, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact, 18th instant. SHIELDS, APRIL 'l2.—Sid. Adeline, Downing, Quebec. STOCETON, APRIL 15.—W. Friends, Addison, Quebec; Saphires, Brown, aitto. 18. Teesdale, Storey, Quebec. PENZANCE, APRIL 21.—The Lady of the Lake, of Bideford, broke her warp, and went on the sand at Chyandour, but will be got eff next tide with little damage. BALLINA, APRIL 21.—The Caroline, of Sunderland, from Sligo 17 l i g . o to Quebec, put int o Kill a l a Harbour yesterday morn i ng , ma inches water per hour. DEAL, APRIL 22.—Wind S. to Orleans Puerto C; and sld. for Gothentierg; Margaret Hayward, Laguna for St. re . te L re o b u t i t s r . :gli ß i li f , l4si e r E i r e . i t c fl t h e n t ,:lt — a : j A a N k rr e e i d w i, 10, Genzie, Chrlstoff, Laguna. \ b ' e i r i a n , d'hl. Janssen, " Kronprinssessan, Batavia, and sld. for Rotterdam. . Nn ti relvil s i l Oe d nr . le' ror 'Ss :rem ; e r n .m ; Schloss, New York, and, for s Gothenburg; id : .x Vel te Townsend, rreen Calcutta;Ba t,g in a , Yare, Harding, Barbadoes. for Haraburgh, Thirsk packet, Jamaica. • D oane , Charleston 1-, APRIL 20.—Arrd. Sir Robert Campbell, Beard, OFF DOVES, Aran. 2l . — J uniata, Child, Boston for Antwer p; Eman D EN G - ENVIE ROADS, OFF DUNIIENESS, —Mathilda, Cederbcrg, Rio Janeiro fr Per n amb u cost.ckiin Stockholm. for Ant w A e j Ap i . l, 119; OFF BEACET I.EAD, —ram .—Humboldt, Wahrten, Mobile, and sid. for Amsterdam. MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) MEAT 741A1LHE'X'S. SOUTUALL, APRIL. 22spaveaekraifige stnhpepl.dyeomfaeistidchniklinedd of fat stock on sale to-day. at but little variation in prices. Be e f f rom 2s 102 to 4s 2d ; IV ehad Generally a full inactive at 3s, 62 to Ss ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 65 Ed ; Veal, 45 4d to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d per 811;5. ROMFORD, Arum 22.—Although the supplies o f s t ock were not to say e xtensive , tke trade was in a sl ugg i s h state at previous quota tions. o.s. Beef, from 2s 102 to 45 2d, Muttnn, 3s iid to is ; Lamb, 5s 6d to 7s ; Veul, 48 4d to ss; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 189 to Vs ; Quarter-old Share Pigs, 161 to 201; and Milch Cows, with their mall Calf, 161 to 18/ 153 each. LEWES, APRIL 21. —Beef, from 28.10 d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 55 ; Lamb, 6s to 6s 8d ; Veal 1 4d to 5s ; and P ork, is , 4 N 458 d per Blbs. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. NEVJGATE AND LEADENHAIL. The supplies of each kind of Meat were moderately extensive, yet the demand was steady, at our quotations. Beef from Es 4d to 3s 6d; 5s Mu4d.;n, tto 35 42 to 45 6d ; Lamb, Ss 4d to s Gd; Veal, 45 42 to and Prk o, as 6d to 5 8 p er Slb s by the 6 carcase. Ettili MAIL/MT S. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow May, 3/ 5s to 4/ 8s ; Clover ditto, 4/ Ss to 51 16s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 128 to 1/ 148 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 145 to 1/ 16s per load. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Slay, 31 5s to 41 10s ; Clover to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 11128t011145; Wheat Straw, 11 1 ditto, 416 s 43 to 11 16 s per load. Supply good, an d t rade rather dull. WarrEcnerzr..—Meadow Hay, 21 2s to 419 s ; Clover ditto, 41 8e to 6l; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 148 ; Wheat Straw, 11143 to 1/ 16s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at barely late rates. CORN AVERAGES. GENP:ItAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For;the Week - ended April 18, 1846, made up from the Rottirns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns la England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. rii.47I;ALL. PRICB .. 553 10d 30 5 id 22s 9d 35s 54 345 9d 34s 5d DVTIC l 7 N 04 Od CI Ott Is_ Ji I II! 04 I 14 4cl CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.) Vle Lord Chancellor, after disposing of the case in re Vansandor, proceeded to hear appeal motions. GRAY v. THE umrooL AND BURY RAILWAY. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opened this case, which came before his Lordship upon motion to discharge an order of the Master of the Rolls, granting an injunction restraining the defendants from carrying their railway over certain land belonging to the plaintiff: The case appears likely to occupy the Court for a day or two. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Lord Langdale was occupied during . the day in hearing motions which were of interest only to the patties con cerned. VICE-CHANCERY. -(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) RUSSELL V. SMITH. The arguments in this motion were resumed and concluded to-day. The plaintiff is Mr. Henry Russell, the celebrated musical composer and singer, and the defendant is Mr. Smith, who has lately given a number of concerts, at which he has sung, as was all ege d b y t h e p l a i nt i ff i n his bill and affidavits, various songrt, some of which were composed and others written by the rlaintiff. During the Easter recess an appli cation was made to his Honour on behalf of the plaintiff for an injunction to restrain the defendant from violating, pirating, publicly singing or reciting the words or music of the songs called "Little fools or great ones," "Some love to ream o'er the dark sea foam, "The ship on fire," "The dream of the reveller," "The sea king's burial," " The gambler's wife," " Man the life-boat," or the other songs comprised in an assignment of January 19, 1846, to the plaintiffi from a Mr. Mackay, of Glasgow. When the ap plication was originally made ex parte, his Honour directed notice to be given, which was served at half-past eight o'clock on the Ist of April, in the theatre, a circumstance which induced the defendant to believe it was a hoax, and he did not, therefore, appear, and the injunction was granted; to dissolve which was the object of the present motion. Mr. Stuart and Mr. Chandless appeared in support of the dissolution ; and, Mr. Betheil and Mr. G. M. Matthews supported its con tinuance. :7 - Mr. Stuart finished by replying to-day; after which, His HONOUR gave judgment, dissolving the injunction; but giving leave to the plaintiff to bring an action against the defendant, if he should be so advised. QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco at Westminster Hall. ) THE QUEEN AT THE PROSECUTION OF THE DUKE OF BRUNS.. WICK V. GREGORY. In this case the traverser was called up for judgment. The affidavits of the traverser in mitigation of punishment were read, as were also those of the prosecutor. Mr. COCKBURN, Q.C., said he wished to call the attention of the Court to the affidavits of the traverser. It did appear that-unfortunately a very bitter warfare had been going on for some time between those parties ; and though he could not defend the conduct of the defendant, still he should say that the Duke of Brunswick was by no means blameless in the case. He then read a posting bill which had been circu lated, describing the traverser in a manner calculated to hold him np to public ridicule and contempt. He then went on to say that the defendant had already suffered a great deal, and had been severely punished ; and had made an ample apology ; since which time nothing whatever offensive to the prosecutor had appeared in the Satirist, or anything whatever, directly or indirectly, had appeared in allusion to the Duke of Bruns wick. It was true that an affidavit had been put in, in which the prosecutor had alleged that something had been done to annoy him at the Strand Theatre, at the instigation or hire of the defendant, but he (Mr. Cockburn) should say he had never heard of that affidavit until he had heard it read in Court now. Lord Ditszmex said that if what the affidavit alleged were true, it would look like keeping up the offensive matter. The traverser said that nothing of the sort ever took place. He had the proprietor of the theatre in the Court to prove it. Lord DENMAN said it would be well if defendant's counsel took time to look into the affidavit. Mr. COCKIOJRN said he would avail himself of that offer. Lord DENMAN said that • if the allegation were true it formed the very essence of the offence, and that justice re quired that the affidavit sho u ld b e L oo k e d i nto. If the alle gation were true, the offence must have been conveyed in the hearing of many hundreds of people. Any answering affi davits that should be put in should apply solely to what was alleged to have occurred in the Strand Theatre. The case was then adjourned to this day week. THB QUEEN AT TILE PROsECUEION OF JAMES LEES AN* CO. V. JOHN HINT. This was an application for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be granted against the de fendant. It appeared, from the statement of the Attorney-General, th a t the plaintiffs were extensive cotton-mill owners, in the town of Oldham, and the defendant was a printer living in the same town; the plaintiffs had carried on the business of cotton-spinners for about forty years, and had given continual employment to a large number of men. That defendant had printed and published a pamphlet in which the plaintiffs were held up to public odium as belonging to a class of employers, who gave work to their men which regular workmen ought not to do, and that those who did accept it were designated by the soubriquet of "Nobstick." The consequences of the circulation of this pamphlet were, that the plaintiffs were deprived of many of their workmen and had found it very difficult to carry on their business.—Rule granted. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice CoLnainoce.) The Court was occupied during the early part of the morning in disposing of motions, none of which presented any feature of public interest. __ The Court afterwards sat at Nisi Prius, but there was no case of sufficient importance to call for a report. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) BOWLBT V. BELL. Mr. Serjeant CHANNt LL moved for a rule for a new trial hi this case, which was tried at the last York Assizes, before Mr. Justice Coleridge. The action arose out of the sale of railway shares. The plaintiff is a sharebroker at Hull, and the defendant a merchant of Liverpool, both of them mem bers of the Stock Exchange at Hull. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant to sell five shares in the Grimsby and Sheffield Railway. They were in consequence sold to one Richardson. The defendant neglected to transfer the shares, and the plaintiff was unable to complete the contract to the purchaser. In consequence of the purchase not being com pleted, Richardson bought other shares, at a higher price, and in pursuance of a rule of the Stock Exchange, came upon the plaintiff for the difference in price, which was paid. Subsequently the plaintiff brought the action for money paid for the defendant's use, and a verdict was obtained for 811. 109. Previous to the money being paid to Richardson, a letter was written by defendant in which he said, "I caution you not to pay any money on my account." Several points were reserved at the trial on which to move. A rule was moved for in the Exchequer, and granted ; but it being dis covered to be the wrong Court the rule was annulled, and the rule now sought for in the present Court. —Rule nisi granted. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL) NEWMAN V. JOHNSTONE. his was an action brought to recover the sum of 13/. T Bs. 3d. for money h a d and received ,hy the defendant, to and fur the use of the plaintiff. The plaintiff was formerly the landlord of the City Arms, Mill-wall, Stepney, and the defendant is an appraiser. The defendant pleaded a set-off to the amount of 141. 12s. The facts of the case were these :—ln January last the plaintiff let his house to a person named Vince, who re tained the sum of 231. to meet any demand for rates, but it was ultimately found that there was only 91. 16s. due, and the balance was handed over to a person named Hunter, who, it was alleged on the part of the plaintiff; was clerk to the defendant. A person named Gray, who described himself as a process-server, was called to prove an admission. He deposed that he never saw the defendant but when he served the writ, on which occasion defendant said he had had the money, but had a set-off to a larger amount, and would defend the action. On the part of the defer.dant it was elicited from Hunter, that he was originally employed by the plaintiff, but has he had not taken out his license, he had called in the defendant to complete the busi ness. Witness had been employed on a previous occasion, and on the present plaintiff said he was so well satisfied arid gave him an I . 0 . U . for tha business had been t ransacte d , s tl l i . a t be Afterwould tn e gi wholeNe h i m n f plaintiff sent witness Itol and offeredeceivetliebalathnceedfiiffirerheinmn,e.andThhee witness stopped the o an action torecover (witness) veriladhadancyomthminegncedto do with htha money. d et endan t ue ne the 101., and defendant had also brought an action for the amount now claimed, as a set-off for negotiating with the brewers, Messrs. Reid and Co.—the affairs having been thrown into Chancery. Mr. Thomas addressed the jury for the defendant, con tending that it was not in the least probable that the defendant who had brought an action for his claim could have admitted uteBo tthmendefen therefore,ant's w having received the money into the conv ersat i on ? To a cer tain extent he was confirmed by the setoff' pleaded, but that be had received the money, espe c ially a ft er H un t er h a d so positively admitted that he had kept th e money up t o t h e , present time. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF, in summing u p, sa id th e j ury d were bound to take such admissions with g rea t ca u tion. The witness Gray was in the habit of serving writs, but ne ver m a a s d , e any note hade of td the w norte conversations . T o rd as The e s q whether he which it had not attempted to be made out, the defendant relying on the plea that he had not received the money, which plea was supported principally by the witness Hunter. The jury consulted for a short tirn ver dict for the plaintiff for the amo t e, and th en gave a --„,____ u n claimed. IVIARLBRO'-8 rREET—(THIS DAY) Ann TOl , y, a well-dressed and good-looking girl, between fifteen and sixteen years of age, was charged with assaulting and seriously injuring Wm. Broom police-constable No. 155, of the .E division, in the executio ' n of his duty, and at tempting to rescue a prisoner, charged with uttering coun terfeit money, from his custody. It appeared that between six and seven o'clock last even ing th e complainant was on his way to the station-house in Bow-st reet with the prisoner in question, a female, in hie charge, as a ssailed by th e pr i soner, who clung to him, and used wh en in passin g a l ong T ot t en h am - court-road, he w every effort to make him let go of the woman; he, how ever, retained his hold, and the prisoner then kicked him repeatedly in the lower part of his person. Another con stable Coining up at the instant, she was secured. The com plainant has since suffered the most acute pain, and on his obtaining surgical assistance, it was discovered that he had sustained a must serious rupture. Inspector Clements, of the E division, said, that no d ou bt the pris oner was an accomplice of the other female., Prisoner-I'm sure I'm not. Mr. HARDWICK Why did you molest the constable ? P risoner --Because I thought he was ill-treating the woman; he was holding her very roughly. Mr. H ARDWICK sa i d he should fine the prisoner 51., or two months' imprisonment. The prisoner, on hearing her sentence, began crying- and screaming very violently. Thrall Jrahim Pacha has left Toulouse, OD his way tO . Parill, where he has b een rece i ved with every mark of respect and honour. Ile left 3,000 francs for the poor of that city, and 300 franca to those On the road from Perpignan. There are at present forty-two paupers residing in enamel district, whose united ages amoent to 3,362 years, being an average of 50 years each . The oldest of these venerable wipe= is 88 years of age, and the youngest 75 years old,—Comberlend Pacquet. THE BIRDS IN ST. JearEs's PARIC.—This interesting collection, which, th roug h t h e l i bera li ty of the Ornithological So ciety, affords daily grat i f i cat i on to many hundreds, is, th roug h t h e scientific treatment pursued, much en the i ncrease the present sea son. Amongst other novel species which have already been reared are throe cygnets from the black swans of Australia, eight Egyptian geese, and two Chinese ducks, whilst several other varieties are not sitting. The collection at present contains three species of mut,. eight of geese, fifteen of ducks, one sholdrak% tire aUs, and mist! tete ether indiYiauhl specivi 91 Rater Mi.