The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-13 00:00:00

NAPOLEON'S GALLANTRIES -It is my anxious wish to j;,!stify the character of Napo leon in every way. Wilat fah.ci and scandalous stooks have been got up iesta-tAiiig him and certain actresses Not one of them arc true with the exception of one ra ther dramatic - adventure, which occurred at the house of Mlle. Georges. There is, however, one' of Napoleon's gallant adventures, for the realty of which I can vouch. Josephine hill been divorced, and the Austrian Arch duchess lrad Leen chosen her successor, when one of the imperial chamberlains, whom I will not mention by name, requested permiszion to present his daughter-in-law at court. The young lady was pretty, and, though distinguished by a captivating air of simplicity, she was in reality as artful as Circe. She Made her appearance at the Tuileries, at St. Cloud, at Fontainebleau, at the theatres, and joined the im perial hunting parties ; in short she went wherever she could hope to throw herself in the way of the Emperor. On these occasions she could see no other object but Napoleon ; she sighed, blushed, and affected bashfulness, whilst, at the same time, she was alway: placed where she must necessa rily attract his notice. One day I attended a sitting of the Council of State, at which the Emperor presided. At the close of the sitting, I went to receive his commands, and having taken leave of him, I stepped into my carriage, and drove homeward. I hail not got further than about the middle of the Rue du Bac, when I was overtaken by one of the imperial pages, who informed me that his Majesty wished to speak with me immediately. Of course I ordered my coachman to turn and proceed to the Tuileries. As I drove along, I puzzled myself in trying to guess what I could be wanted for. 1 found the Emperor closeted with the Mi nister of Police ; then I was more myStified than before. I thought that some formidable conspiracy had been disco vered—that some grand coup d'etat sins to be attempted. Nothing of the kind. The Emperor left the Duke de Ro vigo, and conducting me to the recess of one of the win dowe, he said :—" Madame de quite .intolerable to me, and the conduct of her relations is still more odious. Her Either-in law is a scoundrel, her husband a mean Spirited blockhead, and her mother is a vile intriguing woman, by whose art, however, I am not to be duped. As to Madame de herself, her conduct has disgusted me. The abandoned female who unreservedly puvfler virtue up to sale, is preferable to the hypocrite, who, for motives equally mercenary, affects a sentimental attachment. Now, what I want you to do, is to call on my chamberlain, who is your friend (I disclaimed the ho nour, and the Emperor laughed), and tell him that I dis pense with his services for the spacd of a year. Inform his wife, that I forbid her appearance at Court for six years, and make known to the affectionate married cduple, that to afford them an opportunity of duly appreciating each other's excellent qualities, I give them leave to spend six months in Naplei, six months in Vienna, and six months in any other part of Germany.”—Evenings with Prince Cainbaceres. The extensive estates in London belonging to the late John Nash, Esq., so long the architect of George the Fourth, and to whom the public are so much indebted for Regent-street, the first in all the world, and its vast improve, ment to London, arc announced to be soli by George*Robins this month. This sale is directed by the Court of Chancery. We have advices from Calcutta to the latter end of January. The indigo crop was estimated at 1,141,500 maunds. About 18,000 maunds remained on hand. We regret to announce the death of Dr. Mower of St. James's-place, physician to the hospital ship at Deptford. Mr. Mower was a very intelligent and gentlemanly man, highly respected by those who had the pleasure of his ac quaintance.—Medical Gazette. THE DUBLIN SOCIETY.—" Stand upon your dignity Stick to your Orange principle's; tell Morpeth that he durst not refuse your demands ; threati'n Rice with the condign, if he do not grant the supplies. Insult the Catho lic Archbishop by all means : and to show your centempt for decency, make the most slanderous and unprincipled scribbler, as well as one of the most stupid, a member of your sublime body"--. This you have done. Nay, you have refused to listen to the advice of the Government, by refusing to alter your constitution. Well—you stood on your dignity and principles, and yet you did net get the money voted to you last Session, and your sublime and dignified name is not men tioned in the Estimates of this year at all. Oh l but you can go on with your own resources. Do so; and so, good bye."— Dublin _Evening Post. • The destruction of the canine race is still vigorously proceeding in this town. The total number of dogs killed up to last night was 1,940. It gives its sincere pleasure to learn that several of the corporate bodies have resolved upon sub scribing and petitioning Parliament to take effectual measures for permanently diminishing the number of vicious and useless dogs kept in Sheffield. Renewed efforts were made on Monday to procure some concession from the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of marking newspapers, but in vain. The new fact was asserted in the course of the debate, that there is no pro hibitiOn of anything but " words written," in any Act of Par liament previous to the accession of the present Ministry to office; and - that consequently with them is the guilt of the re strictions complained of. A most extraordinary accident happened to the Norwich mail on its way down the Newmarket road on Sunday night. Within about a mile of Harlow, whilst proceeding steadily along, the off-leader was observed to swinc , her off hind leg in a very strange manner, but kept her usual pace for above a hundred yards, when the coachman pulled up, and upon examination it was found that the thigh-bone was snapped in two about the middle. It was of course necessary to detach the poor animal immediately, and a farrier was sent back from Harlow to put her out of .her misery. She was not a very old mare, but had been rather lame for some time, and was doing a very short stage in consequence. —Norwich Mercury. • The cold weather continues, without interruption, in Holland. This morning we had snow here. Vegetation is extremely backward, and the trees hardly begin to bud.— _Hague Paper. The adjourned inquest touching the death of Mrs. Hemn:ings (the female who was found murdered in the Caul dron Canal, near Hanky) was resumed on Tuesday, and the Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against some per- sonunknowl:." A corresponciolt in Stoke Newinton writes us that several people were severally bitten by a mad dog on Tilers day, which was running aZout at large an the public roads. It is ti_e imperative duty of tLe authorities to take every pos sible measure to guard against stzehoccurrences as these. On 'cllursda — y as the Eden, !ocomotive engine, was taking•a train of coal wag,i,ons f..om the Station to the Car lisle Canal basin, after passing the briOge which crosses the Denton Holm road, she suddenly dashed off ao rails. The tender was driven with such vo i ooity ag,ainst.thb flank wall as to make a considerable breach in it ; the eng:ne Tas thrown upon its side, and a number of laden waggons were all crush, d up in a heap close upon it. The engine man was sitting in his seat, apparently dead; but his attendant had leaped off, and escaped without injury. After a short time the man was able to articulate, and we are happy to say is now in a fair way of recovery. The engine was not so much injured as might have beer, expected, but several of the wag gons were much broken, wheels wrenched off, axle-trees • broken, and several of the wooden sleepers split in two. The immediate cause of the accident is unknown.—Whiuhaven, Herald. _ The state of trade in Kilmarnock is still unsatisfac tory. During the last week some webs arrived from Paisley, but so scanty is the supply, that the number of the unemployed is rather on the incre,se. whilst the oyt-door labour at the command of the Town Council's committee is partly finished ; and in some eases applicants for employment have Leen un tvoidably put off until the determination of the Duke of Port land, reL - arding some projected.irol rovemant, is made known. The subscription for relief of the unemployed has been very liberal in Kilma:.nock, and several handsome donations• from gentlemen at a eiltanee have been received. —Edinburgh Courant. Stanley is, perhaps, 'the only manufacturing village in - Scotland unscathed by the pri'scrit crisis. 'wend of dul. ness of trade prevailing here, we are employing new hands almost every day. Trade, like the tide, has its ebbs and flows; but it wdl. in the trading, like the physical world, b e found that sound bottoms k ee p longest above water.—Edin burgh Courant. KIICKALDY, MAY 4.—Tlie crisis, as it is called, cot set in here till it was felt in almost every other manu facturing- district, but now we feel it in its intensity; and vet Ive have not heard of any good weavers being turned adrift; their wages Lave been reduced, but not below what they were t‘‘o yez.r3 ago, when things were going on in a fair way, and when- there was no complaint from the operatives. Our ma nufacturers arc far the most part a very prudent people, never venturing beyond their depth, and hence the flux and reflux of trade have not such weighty influence here as in other parts. We have had no failure of any consequence, and we are in clined to think the worst is past.—Edinburyh Coura nt. The te e- tota le rs of Ipswich were on Monday even ing last gratified by- the delivery of a lecture on Temperance by Mr. Ceo. Pilkington, formerly a Captain of the Royal Engineers, at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in New Mar ket-lane. MORE SNOW !-The late favourable glimpse of weather has di,tappeiired amidst frost, hail, tied snow. It is to be hoped that ibis visitation will ba butt temporary, but it must have already done partial injury in checking vegetation.--/n -rerness Courier. The Grenville Bny arrived at Shields on Saturday, the Gth, and the No;fhlk at Berwick, on Sunday, the 7th inst., nod were Loth greeted with hearty welcomes. Th.:. men wl.o siere placed in the hospital at Stromness, were all fast reco vering on the 3d inst., with the exception of one man who had died, and another who was past hope of recovery. POOR LAw RIOTERS.-At a Special Session for the county of Montgomery, held yesterday, a number of per sons were put to the bar, accused of rioting and assaulting. cer tain Magistrates and others, whilst performing their duty as Guardians of the poor. The whole of the prisoners except one named Bebb, pleaded guilty, in consequence of the Court having intimated that if they pursued such a course their sem tcncc would be light, as the object of the magistrates was not to punish individuals when they erred from mistaken notions, but the laws of the country must be sustained. —Shrewsbury Clacnicle. THE SPANISH PRESS. Extract of a letter, dated the 29th ult. observed on :I former occasion that the new laws which came into opera ion on the 15th ult. had given dissatisfaction, and that 'many prosecutions bad taken place under these regulations. These prosecutions continue to an unnecessary extent, and lerm the subjects of animadversions much more injurious to the Government than thoie they were intended to suppress. The consequence of these regulations has been the iuppres sion of a considerable number of journals,, which sprang up immediately after the Press was declared free, by the pro clamation of the Constitution of 1812. The tendency of these regulations will be best appreciated by giving the substance of the eight articles into which the new law is divided. This law ordains that no periodical can he published in Madrid without having one or more re sponsible editors. The editor or editors must have con stantly deposited with the proper authority _the sum of 4,000 reals (about 4001. sterling) in Madrid. In Barce lona, Cadiz, Seville, and Valencia, the sum of 3,000 reals ; in Granada and Zaragosa, 2,000 reals ; and for every other periodical published in the Peninsula, and not specified in the law, the sum of 1,000 reals, provided the periodical ap pear once or oftener in the week. If published at indefi nite periods longer than a week, then the deposit is to be but half the sum stated. In all cases four times the amount of the sum required in cash will be received in the four per cent. Consols, or a proportional sum of five per cent. as a substitute. The deposit is to be immediately re turned. on the suspension of the periodical. The second article declares every publication a periodical which ap pears at certain or uncertain intervals, under the same title and not exceeding six sheets Of foolscap paper. The third article declares that to he an editor proofs of the following conditions are to be laid before the political governor That the individual is a citizen in tl:e exercise of all his rights, and the head of a family, when the publication appears. 2d. That he shall have made the deposit required in the first article. The political governor is to decide on the proofs laid before him within the period of forty-eight hours ; in the event of'his not doing so, the person claiming to become editor may appeal to a jury with respect to the validity of the proofs offered by him. The fourth article requires that the editors of all journals existing before the publication of this law shill comply with its terms within fifteen days after its appearance in the Gazette. The fifth article declares that the persons"Yespon sible for article, are-Ist, the person who may have signed the original document denounced, provided he has the rights of citizenship ; 2d, the editor of the periodi cal, when tbe persons signing the article is not in the exercise of his rights as a citizen, or when the responsible person does not appear when called up on. At the end of each periodical the name of the re sponsible editor is to be placed, under the penalty of 500 reels to the printer. Penalties are to be deducted from the deposit, leaving the editors and publishers to re cover the amount from the authors whose productions may be denounced by the ordinary proceedings at law. The sixth article holds the proprietor of the establish ment responsible for the publication of all pamphlets, &c., the authors of which are unknown, insolvent, or cannot be found. If the paper or periodical shall appear with out the name of the printer, proceedings are to be taken against the venders of such periodical. The seventh article explains what is to be understood by persons evading the penalties of the law, and absolves the editor or printer on the appearance of the proper authors. The eighth ex empts from these deposits all official publications and periodicals for advertisements alone, and all those which do not treat of religion or politics. But if these latter publications should insert articles on politics or religion, then the political Governor is authorised to suspend the publication of such journal until the editors have fulfilled the provisions of the third article of this law, unless a jury declares that they have not treated of religious or political subjects. If, on the contrary, the jury declares that they have done so, then the proprietors will have to pay a fine of 3,000 reals for infringing the law, in addition to the penalty which maybe impose if the article be declared libellous." The operation of the law has certainly altered the tone of the Madrid journals, which, previous to its enactment, might be considered licentious in the extreme. But while it re presses the sallies of satire, and blunts the fangs of personal malice, it has made the enemies of the Government still more formidable by a coerced moderation. The reasoning of the El Plumb may inflict more severe wounds on the Cabinet than its former jokes. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Extract from " Returns of the number of Stamps issued monthly to each of the London Newspapers, from 1 Jan., 1837, to 1 April, 1837. Titles of Newspapers. January. February. March. HANOVER, MAY s.—His Royal Highness the Viceroy arrived here yesterday at noon from London, in good health. On the 7th, being the anniversary of his Royal High nesss's marriage, the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg will give a splended ball. We hear from Oldenburg of the death of Prince Augustus, second son of his Royal Highness the Grand Duke, born Feb. 15,-1836. MANCHESTER.—MC little excitement which the receipt of the American Bonds caused in the market last week is, we arc sorry to say, completely gone. Yarns are more heavy, and some numbers have been sold at reduced prices. Power-loom-cloths have been rather eagerly sought after by a few capitalists, but at very low prices. Th. re is no movement of any importance in hand-loom-goods. There has been a number of London and country buyers in the market this week, but their purchases generally have been small.— Manchester Times. DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON LOCII LEVEN.—On the evening of Sabbath last this beautiful lake was the scene of a sad and distressing occurrence—four persons having met with a watery grave. Three of them belonged to Perth and its neighbourhood. Being desirous of visiting the island on which the ruins of Loch Leven Castle stand, they embarked in the boat used for the passage, in charge of a young man, the son of the boatman, but had not proceeded far when a sud den gust of wind, in sweeping over the lake, caught the sail of the boat, and instantly upset her, precipitating► tho , four per sons into the water. Three of them caught hold of the boat, to which they clung for nearly two hours, and in which situa tion they were observed from the shore, tut there being no boat on the Kinross side, it was impossible to render them any assistance, and the unfortunate men sank to rise no more. —Perthshire Adeertis•er. On Tuesday morning the journeymen tailors struck work, for the purpose of enforcing the prohibition of the em ployment of females in the lighter departments of the trade. The masters acceded to the demands of the men, and work is reatmod.— Glasgow Chronicle. Tuesday night, at seven o'clock, an inquest was held at the George Tavern, in Aldersgate-street, on the body of John Bates, aged 41, inspector of the nightly watch of Altiersgate ward. The evidence went to prove that the de. ceased was a man much respected by all who knew him, and was considered a highly respectable person, and discharged the duties allotted to him in his situation to the entire satisfac tion of his superiors. He had b.yen much troubled in his mind in consequence of his wife leaving him with a family of five children, about four years back. He was much attached to his wife, and has frequently endeavoured to persuade her to return home ; but all attempts to prevail on her to return to her home were useless. On Sunday last he was seen by several persons, and in course of conversation he often alluded to his anxiety, by his children being deprived of a mother. Several witnesses deposed that in their opinion his death occurred from grief. Mr. Gurney Turner, surgeon of Aldersgate- street Dispensary, was called to attend the deceased. He found him quite dead. On opening the body the appearances indicated that he had died from anxiety of mind. The heart was slightly enlarged, which probably might have bech occasioned by excessive grief. Verdict—" Natural death." Recently there has been discovered at Darley Bridge, near Matlock, a large and beautiful fossil bed, the stratum of which is firmly fixed in an immense rock, composed - entirely of limestone. The specimens - consist chiefly of the oyster and cockle, interspersed with different species of the eel. These fussils are in the highest state of perfection, and, upon inspec tion, well worth the attention of those who turn their pursuits to the minutim of antediluvian remains. Both the oyster and cockle-shells have :it different times been detached from the limestone in such a perfect state as scarcely to be distinguished from those newly taken from the ocean. A hostile meeting took place a day or 'two Since, between Dr. Henry Ircine, well known in the world of letters, and a young French gentleman. The dispute originated in a cafe, where a party of Frenchmen thought fit .to pass offensive observations on German manners, which M. heine resented by gravely insulting one of the party. Unfortunately this gen tleman was wholly guiltless of the offence in which his com panions alone had taken part ; but the insult being publicly given reparation WiiS necessary. The meeting was not hap pily attended with serious consequences, the parties having separated after an exchange of shots, in which neither was wounded. On Wednesday morning the family of Mr. Burnet, of Charlton Wood, near Woolwich, were surprised at finding all the doors of the back premises wide open and the garden strewed with clothes and other articles ahando4ed in, it would appear, a hurry. Upon examination it was discovered these were the debris of a daring burglary that had been committed during the night, without occasioning any alarm to the in mates. The whole of the lower part of the house had been ransacked ; the bureau on the ground-floor, and closets in the kitchens broken open and emptied of every article of value in the estimation of the villains. The attempt to force an entrance had been, in the first instance, by the front kit chen-window, the shutter of which is perforated by a number of kolrs in a circle, by some house-break ing implement. This design, however, was abandoned, as it would appear, probably from observing that there were, about that time, persons up and moving abcut the adjoining house, which forms one of a row of five or six, situated in this retired spot. From this and other circumstances of their being heard to make e 1 noise in the next house, it is conjectured the thieves commenced their operations about two o'clock. Foct marks of a youth and men were discovered in the garden. It appears they retired over a wall to the back garden, and forcing the shutters with a jemmy, they unperceived entered, and effected their object in silence. They even emptied the wash ing-tubs of all the shirts, table-cloths, and other valuable linen placed therein to be washes, and escaped with them, and a great quantity of wearing apparel and other articles, without alarming a dog in the adjacent house. There is no doubt, from concurring circumstances, that the same villains who have effected no less than four other burglaries in the parish of Charlton within those few weeks committed this ope. THE SUN, _LONDON, SATURDAY., MAY 13, 1837. • PnicEh t;r• :!'IIY - KS THI- DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ?la:ik Steck. :per Cent. ~ .nr ' On 597,4 ~ t t 0 Wallis per Cent, ; ~ns . VI 9..1?4, S , vil , Sea S.ricl ..., ...........• --- ~., per Cunt. ..... ......... ...... OM Anntuties ,hito 8.A..-- ... ')7'- 1 ; • NT, Ditto - il.srr 3!' ii , .., Ce n t . 0% 9 3 pet Cent. Annultws, 1751 -- %ea• 5 per Cent •I, ~ k i ,r - nii A nr , uitiesto expire 'Ditto ........ ......500........ 32 34 pm. Jan 5, IS i 0 l4li 0 -lei Ditto Small Oct. ~ Tril ...... ... --- Ditto Commercial — pm. .......14 13-1(1 Ditto Advertise,' — Pin . Batik Stock for Acc0unt......... --- India Stock for Account Consol. for Account 91 Jan. 5, 8 Jan. 5, KS .., Iliw .1 S, (31nnium ..... ....... I ICES OF FOREIGN ktYNDS THIS I)AY AT ONE O'CLOCK , - Lio r i . Bonds . — Peruvian Bonds ~..... ... . ..... ••• - - c 1. , : I: I torvig — 11, Co - ...At:Con:A .... — Ditto Account..... ' rcrtogitet.ellonds — ,Irizillan 1:oial. . 'Ditto Account . ,' Ditto New Bonds 4 74 :Su :mob Ayres Ponds _ ! Ditto Account — Mao Aticocrit "4914 hillian Bands .• .. : Prussian Bolds ... . "it to Account ... ..... ..—., ' ltuclien Bonds, 189:2. ... ••• (7,,:iicatvan Bot - dis [Mac A CO.III. . - . Vitt° Metall C. .......... ....•-•• otutnbian Bonds, 82. .— • Sf,aninh Bonds .. Ditto Account - . 1 Ditto Account .).ini,ll Roods ...- . ....... ....... —. Ditto Bonds, 1:04 , ... Ditto Account ;reek Bon s~ - ..... --f. —C. Ditto bonds, 1R25 Ditto Account %lexicon Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto Account . Ditto, fi per cent. ...... ..... —1 Ditto Account — Ditto Accok.nt .. ......... .... —' Ditto, r, 'el. cent ... . 100! 4; Inf,i. .rtrtiotiit •y...., „. ...... ...... ~„.. _ ' Ditto Account . . . — •••••i 9 -% 4 'ICES OF SHARES THIS DAY Al' ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share Great Weston Railway C Irputy 4O 4n Si Si ighton (Rennie's) LP - - . ..... . . __ .. _ 115% . _ .ondon i.nd Birmingham Railway Company EIS London and Croydon Railway Company l5 4tanehestet atui Leeds Railway et mpany Al tnt•hester South Uni in Railway Company 5 .io al) F.kutern and Dover Railway Company 7 6%'d U 312. counsE CF EXCII Amsterdam C.F. 12 5 Onto. at s'ght Itott.rtlsin 2U. 12 5 1 4 Antwerp._ • M.B l3 14 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 23 55 D1t10..• .............. 3 'AI: t.:6 00 Marseille; Bourdeaux Frankfort uR Mame, E. M Petersbuigh, ruble 3 Us. 10 0 Berlin Vienna, effective fl o MIO 14 'Neste ditto lO 20 Madrid Sti 8i1b0:i.... liarcelonz 4,5 LNGE YESTERDAY .. LeA horn Genoa . Venice Naples Palermo per uz. 118 Lisbon 51+ 16 20 Oporto 5: y, Rio Janeiro 9.8 ................... Buenos Avres Dublin, 21 days' sight lh Cork 134 PRICE Or BULLION, PER DZ. Portugal Gold, coin .£0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 1 17 9 __ .. New boubloOns New Dollars Silver, bars. standard.- 0 0 0 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 11. 1 per Cent. Consols - 89% Grand Canal Deb,. 6 per cent. SPA Ditto Reduced I Ditto, 4 per cent 59 314 per Cent . . Stock 97% Hibernian Bank i ttto New, 1530 1 , 4 per Cent. Debentures Di National Insurance Co 3l 8111 k Stock 197 City Debentures, 4 per cent,„ -. Itcyal Canal Stock 3374 Ballast Office Debentures, 4 3.-end Canal. Stock - tier cent MAILS, Arrived. Due Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due 0 America.......... 0 1 France 0 0 Liston 0 I 8razi1....., 1 Buenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg ..... ... 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Carthagena...... 0 0 Holland 0 0 Ostend.. ...... ... 0 I Dublin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 0 Fianders 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M0rning.....,... 4 minutes after 9 Evening 32 minutes after 9. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that all PER SONS having CLAIMS on the COMMITTEE for con ducting the ELECTION of JOHN TEMPLE LEADER, Esq., are requested to send the same to my Residence, No. 420, Strand, when they will be examined, and, if found correct, paid without , . . delay. W. WEST, ion. See. British Coffee-room, Cockspur-street, May 12, 1837. Courier English Chronicle ... Evening Chronicle Evening Mail Globe and Traveller. Shipping Gazette Standard St. James's Chronicle Sun True Sun 44,500 12,000 20,000 20,000 90,000 18,000 105,500 76,000 63,000 42,500 36,000 12,000 20,000 40,000 66,000 18,000 90,000 54,000 66,000 45-,000 32.000 12,000 20,000 25,000 56,000 23,000 78,000 48,000 73,500 31,000 The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'Clock. - t,te PA LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1837. In the House of Lords yesterday, on the presentation of a petition from some persons in Bristol, adverse to the working of the Municipal Reform Bill, there incidentally arose an interesting conversation on the subject of their Lordships having adopted the proposition of the Duke of WELLINGTON for deferiug the committal of the Irish Municipal Bill. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, after telling their Lordships that the use which had been made of the English Municipal Bill for political purposes ought to be a warning to them, deter ring them from introducing a similar system into Ireland, expressed surprise that the second reading of the Irish 'lithe Bill had been postponed by the House of Commons to the 9th of June, the very day to which their Lordships had deferred the committal of the Irish Municipal Bill. Lord BROUGHAM did not think surprise could be felt by any person. The course the Commons had adopted was the natural consequence of that adopted by the Lords. It would be far wiser, and infinitely more manly, in their Lordships, if they were bent on throwing; out the Bill, to i openly declare their intenti ons , th an t o keep en postponing the Municipal Bill as often as the other House postponed other Bills relating to Ireland. A Conference with the Commons on the subject of the esolutions against Canada was fixed for Thursday next. Petitions relative to Church -rates, and one also in favour of Poor-laws for Ireland, were presented. The Recorders' Court Bill was read a second time, and the House then adjourned to Thursday. In the House of CORIRIORS Sir FRANCIS BURD . ETT and Mr. ELLICE took the oaths and their seats respectively for Westminster and Huddersfield. The Hon. Baronet was received into the bosom of the Opposition with singular satisfaction. Among the multitude of petitions on various subjects presented were, one from Londonderry, praying that the National Association might be put down l—and another, entitled to consideration, from certain poor prisoners, com plaining of the imprkoament and hardships they had suf fered, and praying the enactment of the Bill brought in by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, or of some similar measure. The LORD ADVOCATE, in answer to a question put by Sir W. IiAE, said that he was not prepared to state whether Glasgow would be omitted from the Scotch Corporation Bill, or whether so important a town would be made the subject of a separate Bill. Some interesting conversAion succeeded on a subject in volving the important question of the rights and purposes of petition. We refer the reader to our ParliamentAry report. • -Lord JOHN RUSSELL having moved that the Housc, at its rising, should adjourn to Wednesday next, Mr. Max- WELL proposed, as an amendment, that he should have leave to bring in a Bill to give publicity to the prices of hand-loom weaving. The amendment was ultimately lost by a majority of 82 to 39. - Lord PALMERStON, in answer to a question from Mr. O'CONNELL, stated that there sv,:s roaon to believe the recent introduction of slaves into Texas under the Ame rican ilig. The r w omainder of the evening was almost wholly occu pied with the consideration, in Committee, of the Irish Tithe Bill, in which measure much progress was agai❑ made. The subsequent proceedings consisted in passing resolutions, in a Committee of Ways and Mean; to provide for outstanding Exchequer Bills, in the committal of the Concealment of Births Bill, in passing the Annual Indem nity Bill, and in a notice given by Col. SIBTRORP relative to the expenie of the various public Commissions. The House adjourned at about One o'clock. The Lords are beginning to perceive the illeonve- nience of the course which, in their wisdo:n, they have determined to pursue with respect to the Irish Corporation Bill. When, in the face of all precedent, as well as in defiance of common sense, they p ost _ potted the committal of the Bill until the sixth week after the second reading, on the pretence that they could not discuss one measure relating to Ireland until they knew the merits if all that were in tended for that part of the empire, but in reality t o hold a whip over the head of the refractory Commons, their Lordships were warnf:d by Lord BROUGHAM of the consequences likely to result from the step they were taking. The Noble and Learned Lord pointed out to them the great probability, that the representatives of the people might not altogether relish a species of treatment which very much resem bled that applied to schoolboys when they are put upon their good behaviour, and might possibly follow the example set them by retaliating upon the Lords. It will be seen by a little bye-play that took place in the House of Lords last night, that Lord BROUGH A M'S prediction has been fulfilled to the letter. Lord Wit A RNO L FFE, duriii9: a discussion on ;.he merits of the English" Municipal Act, arising out of a pe tition from Bristol, broke off into an expres sion of " great surprise" at a circumstance which had just come to his knowledge. This " sur prising" circumstance turned out to he the fact, that the House of Commons had put off the second read ing of the Irish Tithe Bill until the 9th of June, the identical day to which the Lords had prorogued the committal of the Irish Municipal Bill. Our heredi tary Legislators must now be sensible that they have gone a little beyond the bounds which prudence—to say nothing of precedent or courtesy—would have prescribed. It is perfectly clear that their professed object of adapting their amendments on the Corpora tion Bill to the provisions of the Tithe Bill, must be entirely - defeated by the postponement of the second reading of the latter Bill, as, if they go into Com mittee on the former on the 9th June, they can know no more of the Tithe Bill than they do at this moment, or than they might have known when the Duke of WELLINGTON moved the postponement which has occasioned so much inconvenience, and which may occasion still more. What will the Lords do next ? To he consistent, they cannot go into Committee on the Municipal Bill till the other has passed the Committee in the Commons. Will they carry their childishness any further, or give in at once ? They did not see in time, that the Commons might heat them at their own game. The best thing they can do is to throw down their hands, and shuffle the cards for a new deal. The London Gazette of last night contains two Orders of the KING in Council, for the future regula tion of the trade between this country and Portugal. The first imposes a tonnage duty of ninepence per ton upon all Portuguese shipping entering any of the ports of the United Kingdom ; and the second im poses an additional surcharge of one-fifth of the duties now levied upon the productions of Portugal when im ported in Portuguese vessels. As these Orders in Council are purely retaliatory on the part of his Britannic MAJESTY, the Portuguese Government will have only itself to blame for the immense injury Nyhich they must inflict upon the commerce of Portugal. The first Order in Council but reciprocates, after several months of dignified endurance on the part of Eng land, the injury attempted to be done to our trade by a Royal Decree of the Queen of PORTUGAL of the 24th of November, 1836, imposing an additional duty of from five to thirteenpence on British shipping en tering any of the ports subject to her Most Faithful MAJESTY ; and the second is but the counterpart of a Decree of the QUEEN, dated Jan. 10, 1837, imposing a higher duty on British goods imported into Portugal in British than in native bottoms. That Portugal should have wantonly provoked England to impose such a heavy, and to her merchants, all but fatal re striction on her export trade, must astonish the merest tyro in a knowledge of the natural and artificial pro ductions of the two countries, and of the principles which ought to regulate the commercial relations of nations so circumstanced and situated. In no possible way could the natural or manufactured productions of Great Britain interfere with the proEts derived from the native industry of Portugal, even were her Most Faithful MAJESTY to throw open her ports, duty free, to British goods. We neither grow wine nor fruits, though among the greatest consumers of both in the world ; and it is hopeless for Portugal to dream of enriching herself by the establishment of foundries and cotton manufactories. While, therefore, we con fine ourselves to the bartering of cottons for wine, and hardware for fruit—while we only export to Portugal articles - of which she is in want, and offer to take in exchange goods in which she superabounds—it is both her interest and ours to remove every restriction on our international trade, and to make our respective ports as free as possible. The less restricted the trade the more lucrative it must become ; particularly where reciprocal wants form the basis of reciprocal interests. This maxim applies with equal force to our commercial re lations with Spain, Russia, and Turkey. While the right of England to retaliate upon any nation imposing high duties upon her shipping and manufactures is unquestionable, the policy of such a proceeding cannot always be successfully defended. In the case of Portugal, for example, British mer chants will sustain considerable loss by the retaliatory orders in Council, though not to a fiftieth part of the extent to which the Portuguese must suffer from them. Happily for. the peace and social welfare of the world, the international system is so regu lated, than even a retaliatory severity can not be resorted to, without a modification of the evil which provoked its adoption. We of course con fine our observations to measures affecting trade alone. If we might lay down a general rule on the sub ject applicable to England, we would recommend a free trade with every nation under heaven, quite re gardless of whether they opened or closed their ports against British shipping. If others are so blind as not to see, or so stupid as not to understand their own interests, we ought not needlessly to injure ourselves to convict them of error. We direct public attention to the subject of a peti tion presented in the House of Commons last night by Mr. WARBURTON, from Mr. STEVENSON, surgeon, of Limerick, praying for an abolition of the monopoly enjoyed by the Irish Apothecaries'.Company. The case of Mr. STEVENSON is one of great hardship, and the evil of which he so justly complains calls for some intervention on the part of the Legislature. The Paris Papers of Thursday are so taken up with discussing the merits and anticipated results of the Amnesty, that every other topic is at present forgotten by them. The more liberal the journals, the more lavish the praises bestowed upon tl►e KING, for so un expected an act of clemency. On Tuesday evening all the political prisoners con fined in St. Pelagic were set at liberty. Such of them as were destitute had money given to them for tl►e purchase of ►necessaries. • Letters from St. Sebastian of the 6th, and from Bayonne of the 7th inst., fix the commencement of operations on a grand scale, about the 12th or 13th, as the inspection of the army would occupy EsPA tt- TEIZo some days after his arrival at General EvA NS'S head-quarters. Early on the 6th, the Carlists made an attempt to drive the Christinos from their positions beyond the Urumea, but they were driven back with the loss of eighty men killed and wounded, besides fifty prisoners. The Christinos had only a few men slightly wounded. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, MAY 11. Five per Cimts., 07f. 4Cc. 50c. 60e. Four and a Hallner Cents. 10011 611 c. Four per Cents., W.f. tiCc. Three per I cuts. 7Sf. 115 c. 76f. Rente cc l'ap!es ' 991. 40e Vic. 50c. Roman Fly tp,rCents., Spanish Actives, t.:5 24% Spanish Passives, 5T , ,,„ Belgian Loan, live per Cents, 101 Portuguese Threi. per Cents, 29%, EXCIIANC.II UN LONDON. One month, paper, 250 35e. ; money, 251. 32 4c. l'hree months, 251. 13c. ; money, 25f. 12,4 - Authenti2ue. LAST PRICES, Five per Cents., 117 f. Si , c. Three per Cents. 751. Bente de Naples, VIE 60c. Roman Five per Cents., IOJ3'. Belgian Loan, IW, Brussels Bank, 1,420 f. Pc rluguese Three per Cents., 29%. Spanish Actives, 2, 3 4, Spanish Passives a :Tanis]) DifFeres, 7. Belgian Society, 1,0170 50c. Madrid papers to the 4th inst. have been received. On the 3d, the Finance Committee, appointed to in ginre into, and report upon the documents submitted to the Chamber of Deputies by MENDIZABAL, pre sented their Report, i n w hi c h t h ey state d t h at t h e ac counts furnished by the Minister were not satisfac tory. When the mails left Madrid MENDIZABAL was defending his accounts from the Tribune, and it was expected that the discussion on the Report would be one of the most important, as regarded the Government, that had arisen since the the re-establishment of the Constitution. MENDI-• ZABAL has many enemies, who will take every ad vantage of this report to destroy his moral influence in the Peninsula. These journals bring no news of any moment from the Provinces. Coals are now selling at Whitstable at 19s. per ton. Three weeks ago they could not be obtained under 403. CRIMINAL COUIRT.-(TIES _DAY.) OLD COURT. James Alines, 21, was indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Paul Plant, in the parish of St. Mat thew, Bethnal Green, en the CI of May, and stealitc , there from a copper, value 20s. The prosecutor stated that be tween 9 and 10 o'clock on the night in yiestimi he heard a dis turbance in his yard, and on goiag, to ascertain cilat ceold be the cause, he found the prisoner in the custody of his maid ser vant, who detected him in the washhouse, which hid been safely fastened only a few minutes before, with the copper in his possession. The prisoner was found concealed on the pre mises On a former occasion, but it w:ts taken no noti ce o f. - on being called on for his defence, he said he was passing throuli the yard of the prosecutor, which was a thorono:hfare, and meeting his maid-servant he stepped inside of thet, ash house to make way for her, and in return for his civility she instantly seized bias and charged him will the robbery.— NEW COURT. Elizabeth Clarke, 19, was irdicted for stealing seven spoons, one milk-ewer, one tea-pot, and other articles, value 101., the property of John Baty, her master; and Hannah Froven, 46, a fortune-teller, was indicted for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. The prosecutor was hot aware that such extensive depredations hid been com mitted upon him, until he received ihtelligence of the circum. stance from policeman Mathews, of the F division. When the `prisoner Clarke was questioned in his przsence, she directed the policeman to the residence of the outer prisoner, in Shipyard, and he would find the duplicates of the property. When a search was made, a vast quantity of the duplicates were found under the bed of Frewen, who said they were found by a little boy.—Guilty. Clarke was again indicted for stealing a pair of boots and other articles, the property of her master, and Rebecca flax. ter was indicted for receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. To thin indictment Clarke pleaded guilty. The other prisoner received a good character; and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GAR There via. moderate supply was steady at the following price: .DEN MARKET. to this day's market an the trade s. d. to s.« Potat• es (cwt.) 2 0 0 0 Ca'axigi-s, White (12) I) 0 0 0 Ditto Red 3 6 7 0 Ditto Savoy Brocoli ► 3 4 0 litiliarb ► 0 1 4 f•'ndive l 3 2 3 to s Spinach (half-sieve) 1 4 1 6 Onions 2 6 3 0 Apples 2 6 (1 Pears Sweet Oranges:( W 0) ScvilleOrangea 0 16 0 I.cni , ns . 8 0 12 0 Asparagus Span. Chesnuts (peck) 2 6 3 0 French ditto Spanish Hazlonas 2 6 4 0 French Walnuts '2 4 • 3 0 Braziiii.o Nuts ^ 0 :3 0 Radthshes (12 hands) 0 6 0 10 Sea Kail (punnet) 1 6 2 0 Mushrooms 2 6 4 0 Mel( ns (each) Hurse Radish(bundle) 1 6 3 6 Celery 1 6 2 6 Carrots 12banebes) 3 6 5 6 T,rnips Young Onions Leeks 1 0 1 9 ColewortsorGreens 5 0 7 0 Pine Apples (lb.) Filberts New Potatoes 0 10 2 0 HAY MARKETS.—(A .CUMBEI .__ _ _ Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay..... .14 0 to .C 4 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto - Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grus Hay Clever Hay 5 15 6 6 Oat Straw.. £2 4to ..C2 5 1 Wheat Straw 2 5 2 6 t per Load of 36 Trustee. ) RI AND. _ - - SMITIIFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay 14 0 to £4 5 New Meadow Hay 1.1 Old Ditto 4 10 4 15 Fine Upland Meadow wit! Rye crass Hay Cl..ver I lay ,extra fine l6 6 Generally 5lO - 6 0 Oat Straw ... ...... .t 2 oto ..£2 21 Wheat Straw 9 2 2 3 WHITECHAPEL. Coarse Meadow Hay £4 • to £4 5 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto 4 II 4 15 Fine Upland Meadow and itye.grass Hay . Clover Hay 5 5 6 5 016 Straw £2 2to £2 41 Wheat Straw LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. DEAL, MAY 12.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the Henry, Bundy, from fauritius ; John Pink, Nixon, from Jamaica; Codrington, from Antigua ; Two Sisters, from Dublin ; Alert, White, from Belfast ; Governor, from Cork. PLYNIOUTII, MAY 12. —Arrived the Sealark, from Salon ; Leander, Hayward, from Charente. PORTSMOUTH, May 12.— Wind W. N. W., fine. FALMOUTH, MAY 11.—Wind S. W., light breezes and fine. —Arrived Lis Majesty's ship Hornet, from Rio Janeiro ; sailed 23d March. DOVER, May 12. —Arrived the Coriolanus, Darby, Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, May 11.—Wind variable and light.—Arrived the Eleanor, from Rostock; Normandie, Tyson, from New York ; Mars, from Pernambuco. CLYDE, MAY 10.—Arrived James, Henderson, Oporto. --- - - - SHOREHAM, MAY 12.--Arrived the Frederick, from Nleme, LOCH ERRIBOL, MAY 10.—Arrived the Grefoe Sparre, Riekerse, from Liverpool, dismasted, bound to Rebass. LElTH.—Arrived the Sophia, Sehlor, from Griesswald. HULL, MAY 11.—Arrived Anna, Brink, from Kiel. LYNN, MAY I.—Arrived Gudragt, Jaack, from Stetin. MONTROSE, MAY 10.--The Mercury, of this port, in going to sea missed stays, and got amongst the rocks in the river ; but after discharging part of her cargo was •assisted off this morning, much damaged, and brought up here; the rest of the cargo must be discharged. ST. PETERSBURGII, APRIL 25. —The ice in the river is be ginning to break up, and should the present warm weather continue, not many days can elapse before the port of Cron stadt opens. The Coriolanus, arrived at Dover from Jamaica, on the Ist March ; Cape Corsen N. W. about 12 miles, was chased by a foretop-sail schooner, very long, painted black, and full of men ; she showed Spanish colours : finding escape impos sible decided to defend the ship, and on firing a gun consi derable confusion was perceivable on the schooner's deck ; she immediately hauled her wind and left. The ship Ajax was spoken on the I ith ult., in lat. 40. long. 18. ; and on the 25th ult., in lat. 48. long. 41., the Sir Archibald Campbell, from the Clyde, bound to Quebec. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK'. Our arrivals this morning are the French mails, and a mai from Rio Janeiro by the Hornet, sailed on the 23d March ship letters from Jamaica, Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Pernam buco, China, and the Mauritius, of the 18th January and 28t1 January. We perceive by the Gazette of last night, a decree of her Majesty the Queen of Portugal, that higher duties are levied in the ports of Portugal on goods when they are imported in British ships, than when imported in Portuguese ships ; in consequence of which, his Majesty, with the advice of his Privy Council, orders, that on goods imported into the United Kingdom, in Portuguese ships, there shall be levied and collected, in addition to the existing dues, a further duty, amounting to a fifth part of the existing duties. By the Brazil mail this morning, the exchange from Rio Janeiro at 34—Stocks, 881. Accounts have been received from Madrid of the 6th inst., by which it appears that M. Mendizabal fought a hard battle in the Cortez, which lasted two days, and succeeded in carrying his financial operations. A postscript to a letter from Paris received by the express this morning, states that Espalier° ar rived at St. Sebastian on the 9th inst. If this be correct, we have no doubt that on Monday or Tuesday next we shall hear of some severe work in that quarter, as it is ex pected that the Cellists will make a determined and obstinate resistance to prevent Hernani falling into the power of the Queen's troops. Consols which were buoyant yesterday morning, towards the afternoon became heavy, and receded from 914 for the Account to 90 91 ; Money was also in demand, and the Fo reign Exchanges were not so good as in the preceding week. This had the effect to depress the Consol Market. Consols opened this morning at 91 to Money and Account. Exchequer Bills, 33 34 prem. ; India Bonds, 34 32 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2061 ; India ditto, 260 i-. In the Foreign Market—Spanish Active, 22k 3 Ex-Cou pons ; Portuguese, 47 : Three per Cents., 29.1- ; Dutch Two and a Half, 534 3. lIALF-PA ST ONE. Buenos Ayres Papers to the sth of March, received at the North and South American Coffee-house, do' not contain any information of importance. Treasury Billi in circulation there on the Ist of March, 5,461,700. Exchange 7id. ; doubloons, highest, 119 i, Consols have been, buyers and sellers, 91—to the present hour Money the same; Exchequer Bills 32 34 prem. ; India. Bonds 34 32 prem. Bank Stock 206' 4 1 207; India Stock 2593 2664. In the Foreign Market no speculations going on. Spanish Active 22 Ex- Coupons ; Passive, 5 3 7 . i 6A ; Defei red 8 9; Portuguese, 461- 47 A I; Three per Cents., 29 ;I; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents., 53t-. THREE 0' CLUCK. Consols for the Account, 91. [FIE FUNDS.—CIMSING PRICES BRITISII FUNDS. Bank Stock 00fi !./, um niam 3 per Cent. Red til India Stock t - 59: ), .i 3 per Cent. Con, 9074 Ditto U0ni15.............. ...... _32 pm. Sty per Cent. 354 per Cent. Red 9"!!4 Ditto Old Annuities New 354 ler Cent 99 Ditte New ArnintiE- — I per Cent. Assented Dissented — Ditto 500/ 31 pm. Lon Anniiities to expire Ditto 54)01 31 pm. J.i a 1R:0 l4 9-10 Bank Stock for Opg . Oct 1850 lndia Stock for Act. Jan. Is6u l4 13-13 Console for Act. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent 102% Portuguese Bonds, S per cent. itelgian, 5 per cent Ditto, Now Ditto 47 !,', Ur. zilian Itozids ?nen., Ayres, 0 per cent — Russ,an 13..ru15, S per tetra ... (Milian, 0 per cent Colombian, et per cent Ditto, 183-1 Dinish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent c Greek Bonds, 1825.5 per cent. • Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent. — Fr cm h, 3 per cent Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 ••••••• l'ut , l'r 2Y per cent 5 3% Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent. ... Ditto, 5 per cent. ........ ..... IOU SH A LIES in Bristol, and Thame s J unction Railway 2% L 3 o ir n m doti g a h r a lintrigliton Railway (Stevenson's) London and Brighton Railway (Renni e ' s ) No other variations in the Prices of Shores since our One o'clock List AGRICULTURAL BANK OF IRELAND.—Mr. F. French presented a petition last night, from Thomastown, signed by the Earl of Carrick and others, shareholders, in fa vour of this Bank, and praying for Legislative protection. Mr. George A. Hamilton presented a similar petition from the Lord Mayor, Sheriff, and numerous citizens of the city of Dublin, to the same effect. Mr. Mullins presented a petition from the shareholders of the county of Kerry, against the ap plication of the Northern shareholders for leave to bring in a Bill. WINDSOR -FRIDA Y. Tile King did not visit Kew Paiac• anal Richmond this ,;orning, in consequenco of the wet unsettled state of the %veAther. The afternoon clearing up, his Majesty took a shell drive is the Park, accompaniod by Lady 13rownlow• We are gr.:titled to learn that the reports of her Mijeso l;ealth continue vet e favour able. Sir EL Turnour - arrived at the Castle this morning. liter Ro-al Highness the Princess Augusta enjoyed her :ie. cuatomed Lord Brow flow left the Castle this morning for town ; th e Countess will leave to-morrow, and will be succeeded as Lad} in Waiting by Lady Barrington. The King will not go to the Chapel Royal on Sunday next' as was expected, in consequence of the alterations now in pro gress not being completed. Lord Ashbro,k, C o l one l s G reenwoo d, Reid, Lambert Augustun, Sir J. Euston ; the flou. and Rev. R. 13. Step ford, arid the Rev. I. Gossett had the honour of dining With his Ma:esty yesterday. eveninz. • COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MAY 12.—The Queen is gradually, though slowly improving: in health, and if the weather turns favour able, will take airings in her:carriage. The Duchess of Glou cester is expected to arrive on Monday on a visit to her Ma' je:i.ty, and the Princess Augusta will return to town. The 5F° ival of Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthall at the Castle from the Continent, is, from accounts that have recently been c,!ived, likely to be delati ed. A gentlamau left this Mora. ng for Brussels, to meet his Serene Highness. The King' takes his accustomed car r i age d r i ves d a il y. O n S u nday his Majesty will be in town to be present at the opening of t he Chapel Royal, St. J ames ' s , f or Di v i ne S erv i ce , The Royal Dinner party last evening included the Officers of the Foot Guards, and the Rev. Messrs. Stopford, Gossett, and Mug, grave. Invitations have been issued for a State Ball at St- James's, on the 24th inst., the anniversary of the Prinej si Victoria's Birth-day. The Prince and Princess of Leiningen, and the Pane ° Ernest and Edward, with their suite, arrived at Kensington Palace yesterday from the Continent. Their Serene Hig h " nesses passed some days with their uncle, the King o f the Belgians, at Brussels. . A Cabinet Council was held at twelve o'clock yesterday' e t the residence of Lord Holland, in South street. It was ; at tended by all the Minist ers except t h e L or d C hance ll or , the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Council sat two hours. Mr. Pendarves and a Deputation had an interview wit h Viscount Melbourne yesterday. Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, and the Spanish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Sir Patrick Ross had an interview with Lord Glenelg Ye s ' terday at the Colonial Office. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town yesterday for his sea t at Richmond. Mr. Hawkins visited Viscount Melbourne yesterday. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, MAY 13. —At a congregation on Wednesday last, the degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred. by Royal mandate, on the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of NO' with. • The Rev. W. Watson, M. A., of St. John's College, in thi s University, has been instituted to the perpetual curacy o f St., Paul's, High B eec h, E ssex . P atron, the Lord Bishop (71 London. On the 6th instant, the Rev. William Stockdale, M. A'' was instituted by the V enera bl e t h e A rc h deacon of N or tm. ampton, as Commiss a ry f or t h e L or d Bi shop of Peter b o re't to the rectory of Wilby, in Northamptonshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Slater. Patron, the Rev W. Stockdale. The Rev. Mr. Elwes, of Clare, Suffolk, has been institute d to the vicarage of St. John's, Limerick. The Vice-Chancellor has given notice that the office ° I Principal of Bishop's College, Calcutta, being vacant by tbe retirement of the Rev. Dr. Mill, the Society for the Propaga tion of the Gospel will receive applications from candidates for that situation. The very Rev. Professor Musgrave attended the King's l e ",, • vce on Wednesday, an d was presente d to his Majesty on 101 appointment to the Deanery of Bristol. The. Rev, Nicholas Bull, vicar of Saffron Walden, ha s been appointed Chaplain of the Uuion Workhouie of that place. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NETVAIARICE7' SECOND SPRING MEETIIVO• (CONCLUDID). FURTHER PARTICI:LARS OF THURSDAY'S RACING. Jockey Club Plate.--After running a mile at a slow pace, Ca l : muck went in front, was never headed, and won very easy by 0 lengths. Plate.—Amesbury colt cut out the work until witbil a hundred yard s o f h ome , w h ere B rot h er to Florestan went up, after a fine race, made the finish a dead heat. Two Years Old Plate.—The Hawker filly made the most of th e running, and won easy by a length. The Handicap.—Aro n made all the play, and won easy by lengths. THE DERBY. 8 to 1 taken about Mango, 10 to 1 offered apt Wintonian, an d only 20 to 1 agst Sambo. LIVERPOOL CRAVEN MEETING, Mar, 1837• THUR SDA Y. The Liverpool Spring St. Leger of 25 SOTS. each, with 50 sOvi' added, for th ree y ears o ld ; co l ts, Sst. 6 lb ; fillies, Sst. 31b. T he second horse to receive back his stake. Mile and throe quarter,: Mr. Fox's hi. c. The Doctor, by Dr. Syntax ...Cartwright ; Mr. Walters's b. c. The Prime Warden The following also started :—Mr. Fairlie's Abraham Newlan d ' and Sir T. St:.nley's Pammon. Won by a head. The Liverpool Craven Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., with 5° sous added; colts, Bst. 61b ; fillies, Bst. 31b. T. Y.C. Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird • Templeman Mr. I'. Walters's Bishopsgate Mr. Nanney's Fair Play Mr. Dawson's Brecongill, and Mr. Patten's br. c. by Tby lll6 out of Loo Choo, also started. Won easy. A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs eac h , h . f t., for three years old. D Zae and a distance. Lord Westminster's ch. c. by Pantaloon, Bst. 41b Holmes Mr. W. Turner's Billington, Sat. 21b... Won cleverly. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added Heats, once roundi Lord Derby' s A mura th, 5 yrs ...Arthur, jun. 1 Sir J. Bosvell's The Stag, 5 yrs Mr. Young's Thu Prince, aged 2 3 Two others started ' The following Derby horses have started for Epsom in adds I? to those alre a dy ment i one d b y us :—Flare-up, Samho, Critic , Arachne colt, Edgar, Bee-in-a-Bonnet colt, Lord Stafford, Ltins c i colt, Rat-trap, Slight colt, Phosphorus, &c. The St. Alban's Races take place on Wednesday and Thuroll next, under the stewardship of Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, a n . Messrs. Grim s t on , H a l sey, D an i els, Lamb, and Fairlie. Gre at sport is expected. ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITEP rioN.--Lord Francis Egerton will preside at the Anniversa r y Dinner of this ex ce ll ent i nst i tut i on on Wednesday, the 14th . June next. BR DGEIVA TER.—F or th e representat i on o f fIS borough two candidates are in the field, Mr. Brinsley She ridan, a Lib e r a l, an d M r. B roa d wood, a Tory. Of the lattier gentleman the Sh er b orne J ourna l says-- " No, Mr. B re ad - wood, your opinions are out of tune. If Mr. Sheridan is hardly up to concert pitch, you arc far b( low the double base (bass)' The solemnization of the marriage between the 1 1 ° 11 ' Mi:ss Macdonald, si“er of Lord M ac d ona ld, an d M r . Smit h' a nephew of the Duke of Grafton, will take place in the corms of a week. As the Countess of Carhampton was taking a n air' ing on Monday nn a led horse, the animal commenced kicking' and her Ladyship was thrown from her seat, and fell with con; siderable vi o l ence on h er hi p, an d a l t h ough no fracture 1 1 0 been discovered, th e hi p -j o i nt h as sustained very considera ble , injury. —Brighton Gazette. , 1 We learn with great regret the death of Mr. Char.' James Cockerill at Aix La Chapelle, after a long 04 ,: He has left a nu merous f am il y. I n 1819 he withdrew if the house at Li e ge. Il e was b rot h er o f Mr. John C ce ker"t Yesterday a meeting of the Committee appointed t consider of th e b est means o f ra i s i ng a test i mon i al in honou r of the Duke of Wellington, took place at the Mansion- 11 ° 11 %1 the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor in the Chair. Among st the Noblemen and Gentlemen present, were the Duke of 'fr . ' I land, Lord Sandon, Sir Henry Hardinge, M. P., Trench, M. P., Barclay, Esq., M. P., Doctor CrolY, h it s . dermen Sir C. S. Hunter, Sir Peter Laurie, Birch, \Vin ci. % havi3 ter, Humphery, &c. &c. The Honorary Secretary read the minutes of the proceedings of the last Court, 01 1 were confirmed, and stated that the amount of the subser r l; tions in hand was about 6,7001., Sir C. S. Hunter augg e , s the propriety of coining to an immediate decision, not 014 as to to the description of statue which it would be advisable sic raise, but as to the artist who should execute a work of ! I d l e d importance. It having, after some conversation, been deelmr, that the statue should be equestrian, Mr. Chantry and mooch Wyatt were severally proposed for the execution of the w e . c h After a good deal of discussion relative to the merits of ea artist, the Lord Mayor put the question, when there aPP en ui s 14 for Sir Francis Chantry, and 14 for Mr. Wyat t ' te Colonc , Lordship then decided the contest by giving the casting I n ro in favour of Sir Francis Chantry. Mr. David Salomana tb moved an amendment, that the following artists should be II vited to send in proposals :—Messrs. Westmaeott, Care " .,„,„ Campbell, and Bailey. The amendment was, however, mediately negatived by a very large majority ; an d t having been voted to the Lord Mayor, the Committee brake_ te d ST. JAMES S THEATRE.—A burlette,, fotinu,4 upon Theodore Hook's novel of " Jack Brag," was procins:, on Thursday night. Jack Brag answers a matrimonial Adler:lse% ment, and in consequence. thereof has an interesting inteLrag. on Waterloo-bridge with his affectionate parent, M rs. B u ts the "A. Z." of the advertisement. Jack Brag then %jot into another design, with the same object (matrimony) , a g a nd two sisters at the same time, but his Ras e n the piece terminates, The representation of the hero k trusted to Harley, and very admirably he executed his taro, The character was precisely suited to the peculiar tare,n. t be the actor, and ho accordingly exerted those talents utmost. The piece is marked by a general tone of please, vre vivacity, which will be displayed more clearly when the p Tans are defeate d ' . It formers have become perfectly acquainted with their patT os e. - was announced for repetition amidst loud and general 2 1 ) 1 ) ,. 1 ; a c i, it We must not omit to mention the valuable assistance wil' ho sh received from the singing and acting of Miss I). Horton, bit of which were excelieta. The }Kale real ) " attendaci i wa y very