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. „ ~. a r• „..,, t , p i , -,-..--*--- ':'4" •‘ ~, ;,, , ~,,• 1- 4 -":•,` , .,,f •r, SI-c P,..-:,, , I___% . ,,yp)fr' , i 7 • 7.34,"- 4,, g. - i;... , ,..7 , ..,,, 4 tt,Sa' A* '' ' ~ • • ,,, , , C . :4,1r.-N•i ' A ‘, \ . - ' , i4 ',/, x - '" 7517 - . t , ha.. .4- _____ NEW WORK BY DR. CROLY. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., A 8 S T 0 N; Or, THE SOLDIER AND SPATESNIAN. By the Rev. G. CROLY, LL.D. Author of " Salathiel," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-mtree RAILWAY SIIARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. L A MOND; g3l LE, _ AND LAMOND, RailwkT Sharp Auctioneers, beg ttr thank their Friends and the Public for their continued suppost and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place evtry TUESDAY and FRIDAY, - at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, fluvadrseedle-street, London, to which place all favours, containing Instructions, are respectfully requested, is be addressed. Ikll Scrip and Share CertfficateS_ must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will' be forwarded by the first, post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Mail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER, MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Patrons of the Operas, and the Public are respect thlly informed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING Wien will be performed (for the first time this Season), ROssini's Opera, entitled, LA GAZZA LADRA. Illnetta, Madame Grisi ; Pippo, 3ladlle. Brambilla ; Oianetto, Signor Mario ; Fodesta, Signor Lablache ; Fernando Villabello, lgignor Fornasari. In the course of the Evening, a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which will be presented a Pas de Trois, by Mdlle. Taglioni, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse and Moscelet. To be followed by the last Act of Donizetti's Opera, LINDA DI CIIA.3IOIINI. In which Madame Castellan, Madlle. C. Brambilla, Signor Corelli,. Signor Botelli, and Signor F. Lablache will appear. To conclude with the grand Ballet, by M. Deshayes, re-arranged In Three Tableaux, by M. Perrot, the Music by M. Costa, entitled ALMA ; ou, LA FILLE DU FEU. Yerephite, M. Perrot ; Balfegor, M. Gosselin ; Emazor, M. St. Leon (his first appearance this season); Alma, Mdlle. carito (her first ap pearance this season). In which will be introduced the admired Pas de Fascination (composed by M. Perrot), by Mesdlles. Cerito, De melisse, Moncelet, Cassan, and 3f. Perrot ; the celebrated Pas de Trots, by Madlle. Cerito, M. St. Leon, assisted by Mdlle. Demelisse. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING P Will be performed an original Opera, entitled DON QUIXOTE. Don Quixote, Mr. Weiss ; Sancho Panza, Mr. Stretton ; Camacho, B a sains, Mr. Allen ; Quiteria, Mr. King ; Rovedos, Mr. S. Jones ; Miss Rainforth. Between the first and second Acts of the Opera, will be intro duced Les Pas des Fleur', by thirty-six of the celebrated Danseuses. And at the end of the Opera, twenty-four Danseuses ViennOises will execute the famous Pas Hongrols. After which, the celebr ated Ballet of LA GISELLE. Duke of Silesia, M. Mathis; Ililarion, Mr. W. 11. Payne ; Prince of Cour land, Mr. Howell ; Wilfrid, M. Adrien ; Giselle, 3fdlle. Sail ; Mdlle. Louise; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Louin ; Bertha,Mrs. Payne ; Principal Willis, Mesdames Adele and Giubilei. In the course of the Ballet will be introduced Le Pas Oriental, by forty-eight of the Pupils of Madame Weise. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. THIS EVENIXC; Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Foxall, Mr. Wester; More craft, Mr. W. Farren : Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. M. Holl ; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei dermann, 51r. J. Bland; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Ceverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perform the Overture, " Edourdo e Christine," the Fantasie, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," " Antoinette," Polka." Cellarius Waltz; the "Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and them Brunow To be succeeded by en Original Farce, called THE IRISH TIGER. Sir Charles Lavender, Mr. Howe ; Paddy Ryan, Mr. Hudson ; Alderman Marrow/at, Mr. Tilba.l7 ; Bilbury, Mr. T. F. Mathews ; Julia, Miss Telbin ; Nancy, Mra. Caulfield. After whiqh, an experiment will he tried upon THE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHANES : on which" occasion they will be presented to toe public with new Names, new Feathers, nevr Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, Benda], Caulfield, T. F. Al athews, and Mils P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, f,YCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Farce, entitled, A FRIEND INDEED !- After which, the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. I'. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, Diddear, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keelai• To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesclaa Spec tacle, founded upon certain St 4 rtlin; and hitherto Uorevealed Pas sages In the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND stiCHARD C(EUR DE LION. Characters by Mr s . K ee l e y, Pairlapther, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Vise Howard, Miss Bromley (her first appearance), Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keele.y; 'Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. TIIEATRE ROYAL. ADELYIII. THIS EVENING WM be performed a• popular Comedy, entitled EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY ; or, Who's to Father Me ? Sam Swipes, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Swipes, Mrs: F. Matthews ; Miss Melrose, Miss Chaplin , Lady Cranberry, Miss Aroolgar. After which a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Wright; Lutac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Honoybun, Miss Emma Harding. To be followed by the Burlesque, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor ; Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Mernyard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. To conclude with a Farce, entitled THE UNFINISHED GEN TLEMAN, Bill Downey, Mr. Wright ; Louisa Bloomfield, Miss M. Taylor ; Mary Chintz, Miss Woolgar. PRLNCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STItEET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan's Play of with the orig'nal Music. Rolla, Mr. Wallack ; Alonzo, Mr. Murray; Orozembo, Mr. Cooper ; Pizarro, Mr. Ryder ; High Priest, Mr. Leffier ; Elvira, Mrs. Tern= ; Cora. Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, and Flexmore ; Miss Ballin and Miss Marshall will appear: To conclude with a New Drama, entitled ERNESTINE. The principal characters supported by Messrs. Cooper, Wallack, Leigh Murray ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss E. Stanley, Miss May, &c. ASTLEY'n ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial patronage of her most gracious Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal. Triumphant career of Mr. Leman Rede's New Equestrian Spectacle of " The Arab and his Steed," aided by the Double Stud, Beautiful Scenery, Original Effects, &c. Second Week of the Domestic Equestrian Afterpiece, entitled, " The Post-Boy of St. Austle ; or, The Cornish Wreckers." THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AND HIS. DESERT STEED ; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. Eatire Change in the Scenes of the Circle, and magnificent Feats of the Hippodrome, by the Foreign and British Professors. To conclude with the favourite Drama of the POST BOY OF ST. AUSTLE ; or, The Cornish Wreckers. Box-office open from eleven till eye o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Constant Novelty a Continued attraction of the Virginian Har monists. Re-engagement of the Detain Family. Wonderful effects by Herr Nicolo, from St. Petersbuzgh. THIS EVEXINeI Will be performed a New Play, entitled, BIANCA ; or, The Three Trials. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Maynard, Johnson, Lewis, Cowell, Heslop, Edgar ; Mesdms. H. Vining, Martin, Daly, &c. After which a New Ballet, called LA STATUE BLANCHE. Le Tonneau Roulant ; or, Running Tub, by Herr Nicolo. To conclude with THE LAS CKISS ; or, the Soldier's Grave. Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, Heslop, Wil liamson, Mesdms. Vining and Martin will support the principal characters: ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Triumphant FOR THE BEN Success I OF A Repetition of " The Bri l d's Journey." EFIT NSTITUTION. THIS EVENING Will be, performed a New Drama, entitled JARVIS, THE HONEST' IaAN ; or, a Tale of the Times of Judge Jefferies. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Searle, Burton, Tindell ; Miss Vincent, and Miss Jefferson. After which, selectionsrfrbria the Trazedy of HAMLET. Ilanilet, Mrs. W. West. •• • • • • - To conclude with an Original Drama, ealled 4 r/IVI IDDOIIT or GUILT ; 9r, The NOtniait Tiger. Supported' by the' entire strength of the Victoria Company. . NEW. STRAND THEATRE, ENTIRE CHANGE.—NOVELTIES, AND MAGIC EFFECTS. " La. gaiete est la saute de Varna, • La tristesse en est le poison." • THIS EVENING M. PHILLIPPE begs leave to announce that, in consequence of the Triumphant Success that has attended his EASTER EN TER TAT sMENTS, they will be repeated every Wednesday and Sa turday Morning. and .every Evening until ittrther notice. M. PHILLIPPE corntnence the Entertainment by,Lighting Two Hundred and Fifty Wax Candles by a single kistal..Shot This uniqae and brilliant Experiment was originally performed by Mons. Phillippe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights in Paris. M. Phillippe will also, have the honour of introducing HIS GRANDMOTHER'S CAP..with all. its laughable and' rapid Trans- The klntertainmexta will be varied - by:the. - Tttacini-of the - FAMILY,.:and. the Olympia Gambols of the AME RICAN pROTHER.3.. • . . The .11 - 0114 - ng Performance will-commence at TWO o'clock.; 'the Evening at a quarter to.Xight; . stalls, 3a. ; ,Bozos, 2s. ; Plt, Is. ; .danery, Gd. ; Private -Boxes 11! 11., and 103. 6d. • tHE WEATHER.—Sung OFFICE, NAY 6. THEIMOMETER, Lowest, 50; Highest, 68; Noon, 60. 13.iR03zETiR, 29.36.—W1ND W.; Showery. WATER AT, LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Meninx • • 8 mlnutea after 11. [Evening .. 38 minutes after 11. , Inman :nit LONDON, TIIURSDAY, MAY 7,. 1846. Lor d B Jillv tllAD7 , 01 k Turzilay, in a few w 1 the a tt en tion of the Government to th e case of Sir C." L ti. NAPIER, and while admitting the.propriety of rewardi n r, berally ouch. men as Viscount HARD/IgGE and Lord G OUGH , see med to consider that justice was on l y h alfperformed white the conqueror of Sinde was passed over, and not one .of the honours destined for the remuneration of great services fell upon him.. - This sentiment has become g e n eral. Sir CBIARLES NAPIER is evidently a marked man for what -reason it is impossible t' say, unless we attribute the circumstan ce to the animosity which unfortunately sprung up between the East Inia,Co , m pany and' Lord ELLENBonouGH. That Noble Lord was recalled in disgrace. Probably the attack on the Ameers was be) and his instructions, and all. the agents lie employed in acquiring the valuable territory of Sinde are made to suffer ti with him. But this reason can have no _effect upon the Du kec, of WILLINGTON and Sir ROBERT PEEL. They have si.gslified their disapprobation of the" course pursued. by the In 4 iia. Company, in supporting the measures c,f,the Govermor-General to the full extent ; they have made no secret of the confusion which, divided authoritYThi . the management of Indian affairs is likely to create, and have ' reward;ed; by a step in . the peerage, and afterwards a seat in the Cabinet, the high functionary whom the Board of Di rectors. so ruthlessly discarded: Why has their conduct to welds SIT CHARLES NAPIER been. different? He only car ried into effect the. high mission' 'with which he was entrusted. When ,the British agent at Hyderabad was tr ea t claerously attacked, when a plot was laid for the capture of the G enera l a n d th e d estruc ti on o f hi s little gallantrnre army, when another Caubul tragedy was fairly planned and ready for-c o veryneurn. , tion, the prudence and clear insight of this remark ab le o roan defeated the treacherous n scheme, and he r eso l ved longer to hold any terms with these dangerous and unprincPd l eAmeerS. Their conduct justified all than followed, evel, i nd ependent of ibe absolute necessity of obtaining a command of h very safety of our Indian possessions, Indus for the work was accomplished in a few week s . the entire ty rannical; and plundering Ameers were f or ever diaplaced, a new Government established, and Sinde finally i rated with the British territory in the East. ,But thir - work was not only accomplished with the utmost dispatA, and at A Oiling costeftita importance is every day made more fest by new events, the wise plans laid down by ELLEN BOROUGH and NAPIER have been tested by experience (so much cannot be said of the Lahore treaty), and all circum stances cone in proving that the inhabitants have k greatly benee by the change, and rejoice in Bri tish protection, and that Sinde is the most valuable conquest ever made by the East India Company. We have always been surprised at the backwardness of the Govern ment in hcknowledging deeds of such merit, and more espe cially at the period of their completion, when the men who did the work had so many enemies to contend with. They had against them the whole mercenary press of India, which distorted every fact to the prejudice of the conquerors ; there was an outcry too raised in this country little credit able to the writers in newspapers, or to others who would put themselves forward as the guides of public opinion ; but that outcry soon died away, and the small voice of reason made itself heard. On such an occasion the Govern ment did not perform a worthy part in thus yielding tamely to a temporary clamour (for temporary they knew it must be, and the importance of the acquisition no ordinary states man could fail to see). Instead of deferring for one year a vote of thanks to the army of Sinde , and thus encouraging unfounded prejudice and misguided philanthropy, they should have taken the lead in asserting the merits of an undertaking which set many slaves free, which re lieved an oppressed populatien, encouraged trade, and go od government, and opene d u p a river which in a few years would become absolutely necessary as a means of com munication with the northern parts of India, and which would prove, in the long run, the most secure barrier against western invasion. What would the Punjaub be worth now without Kurrachee and Hyderabad? The Government know it would be compartively valueless, and the public, who seldom fail in time to judge correctly, will soon begin to complain that such honours an d emo l umen t s are h eape d with breathless haste upon lIARDDIGE and GOUGH, while NAPIER, who laid the solid foundation of British prosperity in the west, is entirely overlooked. Lord CAREW on Tuesday moved, in a very temperate speech, for the production of copies of the correspondence which took . - place between Lord HETTESBURY and himself relative to the appointment to the office of Custos Rotulorum of the county of Wexford. His Lordship complained, that he being the Lord-Lieutenant of that county was not upon the first vacancy appointed to the office of Custos Rotulorum, which he claimed not as a matter of favour, but demanded as a right. His Lordship truly stated, that as to his competence or qualifications for the office in question, no difficulty could exist, no doubt could be raised. Lord CARIW has ever roved himself a sound and consistent politician, a man of the most liberal and expanded views. The possessor of a large private fortune, he is known to be one of the kindest and most in dulgent landlords in Ireland. In the management of his large estates he exhibits an example which, if generally followed, would not merely restore peace and tran quillity to his country, but would render it pros percus and contented. The deserving tenant is en couraged in his improvements, he knows that he is sure of meeting with a kind and sincere friend in his land- lord, who will patiently inquire into his affairs, who, if he is in difficulties, will afford him a liberal And judicious assistance, who will not unduly press him, should any unforseen cala mity fall upon him ; and he is certain of being permitted to retain the posse ion of his holding. On the Castleboro' estates tha clearing system has never been resorted to. The occupier knows that he is as secure in the possession of his tenement as if he had the most binding lease. It is not, there fore, to be wondered at that Lord CAREW is beloved by his tenantry. A man of the most amiable private character, kind and unostentatious in all the relations of life, a man of no ex treme views, but moderate and conciliatory to every one, he possesses the esteem and respect of all who have the good fortune to know him, and on his appointment to the lieu tenancy of his native county many years since, no second opinion existed as to the propriety of the selection, which was received with the greatest approbation by men of all classes, shades, and varieties of opinion, political or religious. Since that period Lord CAREW has (if possible) increased the regard and respect entertained towards him by the manner in which he discharged the duties of his high office, and it was of course considered that any additional mark of distinction or respect which was in the power of the Government to bestow, in his county, would be conferred upon him, certainly that no slight or insult should be offered to such a man. Such, unfortunately, has not been the case, for his just claim, we should rather say his right, has been disregarded, and another has been appointed to the situation which should have been at once tendered to him for his acceptance. A remarkable unanimity of feel ing appeared in the House. Peers of the most opposite politics bore their testimony as to the understanding which existed, and the, statement which had been made at the time of the change which was effected in the mode of the government and management of the Irish counties. It appeared that up to the year 1831 or 1832, there were in each of the Irish counties two, four, and, in some instances, six persons, in whom were vested its government, and the power of recommending parties for the magistracy, It was then considered desirable to establish uniformity of system, and to assimilate the law of England and Ireland as to the local superintendence of counties, by appointing the - same individUal to be the Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Motu lorum, P on whom the responsibility should lie, and from whom Government might obtain information, and who should' be the medium of communication between the Government and the magistracy. Lord STANLEY stated, that ins every county persons were selected, without reference to their political opinions, from those who had the largest estates, and that in all cases it was the practice that the office of Custos Rotulorum, when vacant, should be conferred upon the Lord-Lieutenant, and added, that from his own expericlnce in Ireland, he could say there was not one of the Ldrd-Lieutenants in that country who had discharged his duties with more satisfaction to the Government, without reference to political opinions, or had enjoyed more of its confidence, than Lord CAENW. The Duke of WELLINGTON, with the candour which has ever distinguished his Grace, stated that he recollected perfectly well having supported the Bill, and giving it as his opinion that the person holding the office of Lord-Lieutenant, should also hold that of Custos Rotulorum—the Lord-Lieutenant was a military rather than a'civil officer, - while the Custos Rota lorum was the officer of the. LORD CHANCELLOR, which opinim? he again reiterated. The only attempt. - at apology (justification it could not be called), was made by Lord ST. GER.MANS, who stated that his Excellency the Lord-Lieute nant, of Ireland was not bound to read HANSARD or to have any knowledge of the debates. We cannot agree with his Lordship in this. A person charged with the administration of a country like Ireland, who, has able and responsible advisers, well-info:Med as to everything which had taken ' place so recently, and whom • he was bound to consult before filling up the vacancy, ought to have known the unanimously-expressed sentiments of the LegisLature upon such a subject; and it shows the weakness of the cause when a man of Lord ST. GaRMAN'S ability and shrewdness could Eked no other defence to put forward. • • We trtist the earliest Steps will he - taken 0 rentedy the error into which• the : lrish Government has fallen, and that an assurance will be given against the recurrence of a similar mistake. Whatever may be : the result; Lord CAutlir thay rest satisfied 'with Ails support 2 e 3egeiNtod,an i 4 grs . tifying consciousness of having dater his - duty. ' - • r r. , Another, stage has been passed in the great liasasttreis of, commercial policy now before Parliament; one obstacle the less (if they can be dignified with the name of obstructions), intervenes between the Corn and Customs' Bills and the in corporation of free-trade principles _with the Constitution of Great Britain. On Tuesday the various clauses of these Bilis were agreed to without opposition, and the third reading no minated for Friday evening. We have repeatedly insisted that such would inevitably become the predicament of the opposi tionists. We have warned - thein incessantly against that orato rical flatulence t whichnot onV militated against the prosperity of the empire, but more especially against themselves. We have predicted such a rudicrous phiniision to the" Will of the overwhelming majority—not so much the majority dis cernable in the units of the Commons as in the millions of the people—and their contemptible and unwilling se cession from braggadocio into silence. We have uttered . these predictions—here is their fulfilment. In recurring to them, however, we are by no means desirous oT arrogating to ourselves any re markable capacity for vaticination, particularly as the pre dictions in questicm massy have been ' self-evident to every e upon. protectionists themselves : we arzuzayt with the intention of e d n il e at but. the ellf drawing inferences for guid lee manlfested itself ex perience of the past. What has a rtr lre from the ges of the- Zola in the 'preliminary stages will inevitably --al • every similar .Prom "I i.f h at procrastination. Ridicule will constitute the recep tion of all such harangues as are pose of encroaching upon time,an and ignoble be the ultiMate recompen se o f lit.. 1:1 such contumacious dis putant& Such hai been the consequence su b m i s sion of the clauses to a Committee upon n otnh the House— such the recent su ch will be the irrecusible and indubitable consequences u pon the after proceedings. The giant wheel of free -trade h a s received its momentum from public opinion, and n t all the little pebbly obstacles of mono p ol y ca n interfere with its revolutions, retard its progress, or prevent its arrival at the bright goal which is already visible—the goal of Parlia mentary acceptation. Whether this consideratidn be the cud of sweet or bitter fanny to the country party, it should be assiduously zrasticated. Nor by Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, or Mr. MILES, or Mr. DISRAELI, only, but by whom soever of their "Lordships in the Upper House may peradventure at this moment be anticipating a protracted campaign. Let them reason from . conclusions already per ceivable ; 'let them observe the frivolous, impertinent, and utterly useless squabbling of their compeers during four months of discussion in the Commons; let them remark the scorn with which their old-fashioned arguments are in variably inundated, end then consider whether further antagonism will be likely in any manner whatever to re dound with honour or profit to themselves: Let them re flect whether the unpalatable potion, which is tendered them by their physician (but which they blindly imagine to be poisonous) may not actually invigorate them ulteriorly, and whether its acceptance alone would be preferable to a forcible discharge of it down their throats, accompanied by a contumelious flaggelation. To the territorial aristocracy of England we commend Sir R. PEEL'S harangue of Monday evening, conceiving it to 'contain the most judicious code of Morale for the political guidance of a landed peerage ever presented to them in a compass so portable, or in language so uncompromising. As Prime Minister of England, as propounder of the glorious measures of com mercial reform, now awaiting a signal for their departure from the Lower House, and as an earnest champion of the en lightened principles upon which those measures are modelled, Sir R. PREL could gearceTy have prefaced their remission to the Peers with sentiments more likely to insure their acceptance, or to embarrass any partizan animosity which might be accumulating strength for their rejection I am," said the Premier, " of the same opinion as Gurzar. the eminent French statesman, that a territorial aristocracy is most essential to a great country." As conservators of the dignity, and stability, and efficacy of the state, undoubt edly such an aristocracy should be fostered, as, perhaps, the only rational security for the preservation of what we might call our indigenous independence, that is, of our meadows and our woods, of our soil and our mother-earth, such a peerage becomes: necessary for the perpetuity of our constitution and for our existence as a na tion. " I believe this most certainly," continued the Pre mier, " but the question is, what is the most legitimate way of maintaining a territorial aristocracy 2" That is the definite morale of this measure as far as the Peers are im plicated in its operation, and it must be in the conclu sions deduced from that interrogation that the pros and contras of their Lordships' voting will ultimately be discovered. With HAMLET, they may mutter, " That is the question." How is a territorial aristocracy to be main tained legitimately ? By giving them a nominal advantage over other agriculturists? By enabling them to become huckstering monopolists of wheat, and oats, and rye, with out any material advantage whatever to their own coffers, but with a most stinting diminution in the larders of the labourers ? Can they be maintained legitimately by a persistance: in these grinding enact ments in provisions, or by their abolition? It is reduced to that inquiry at last ; and what is the opinion upon this head of the experienced statesman to whose jurisdiction these realms are committed by the nomination of the SOVEREIGN, and the acquiescence of the people? What is the answer to this question given by Sir R. Peer., who would hazard nothing in depreciation of the second order in the constitution ? Why, the Pre mier distinctly says, " My firm opinion is, that we shall maintain the territorial aristocracy by giving up these laws!" By opening a free commerce to all, without let or hindrance, without partiality or distinction—by letting agriculture live upon its own inherent stamina, not by the application of misjudged tonics or debilitating stimulants—by administer ing the laws without prejudice for caste, or faction, or grade —by introducing a healthful competition, by inciting the growth and energies of agriculture, by the infusion of a spirit of honest emulation. That is the rational—the only rational—method of maintaining a territorial aristocracy in a legitimate manner. Before very many days have elapsed the decision of the Peers will be required upon this momentous topic; they must remember that a gene ral gaze of scrutiny will then be rivetted upon them— that personal motives, if there be any, will be detected and scouted; they must ponder upon the imminence of their position, and decide not in passion or precipitation. More hangs upon their verdict for or against the Corn and Customs' Bills than they possibly conjecture. Their decision will be scrutinized by the present multitude and by posterity. Letters from Lucerne declare that the statement published by the Government of the Canton, to the effect that an at tempt had . been made to assassinate General SoNNENBEEG, is generally discredited, and is looked upon as a fiction, devised by the Jesuit Government of Lucerne, for the purpose of en deavouring to bring their opponents into discredit. The German papers represent the troubles in Austrian Galicia as nearly at an end. On the faith of letters from that province, the Augsburg Gazette announces that SZELA, the leader of the peasants in the circle of Tarnow, had gone to the head of the Government of the circle, and declared to him that he had sent home his peasants to their houses, in order to cultivate the earth, and that everything was restored to order. All that is known positively is, that SZELA was allowed to withdraw freely. The arrests of suspected persons still continues in Posen. The Cologne Gazette contains the following from thence of the 27th ult.:— " In addition to the arrest of Dr. Matecki, of this town, several other persons have been taken into custody in the provinces, and in particular live gentlemen of family from the neighbourhood iof Schwiegel, a priest, and a lieutenant. Great sensation was excited yesterday by the arrest of five prisoners, who, after undergoing several hours' examination, were sent to the fortress. Amongst them is Lipinsky, the blacksmith, and an agent from Paris, named Wodford. They were all arrested in the forest between Wirow and Komornik, where they had established themselves in a cave, with plenty of provisions. A forester by chance discovered their hiding place, and gave notice of it to the authorities. A considerable body of troops surrounded the spot, and escape was rendered Impossible." While, however, tranquillity is on the point of being re stored in Austrian Poland, another of the provinces of Austria, viz., Camiola, has been the scene of a partial =cute: The Augsburg Gazette gives the following intelligence, under the date of Laybach, April 25 : " On Sunday last there was a collision at Isola between the inhabi tants and the chassenrs of Capodistria, in which seven or eight of both parties were mortally wounded. The chasseurs are said to have shown great moderation. At Trieste there has been a conflict be tween a police agent and a joiner, in which each killed the other. The meeting took place at midnight, and a large crowd assembled round the combatants, but it was dispersed by the patrol. Yesterday there was a menacing assemblage •on the Molo del Sale, but all dis turbance was prevented without the intervention of the armed force. Orders had been given for supplying the troops with ball-cartridges. But a more important piece of news is that a part of the troops on the frontier has received orders to march into Italy, as a portion of the Roman States is to be occupied by Austrian soldiers." The accounts from Lisbon are to the 29th ult. There had been several conflicts between the insurgent peasantry and the troops in the province of Minho, which, however, had led to - no decisive results, and troops were marching on Minho in various directions. The Government represents this insurrection of the peasantry as the outbreak of a Miguelite plot. Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have arrived. The Gazette publishes C micua's dispatch, detailing the operations which ended in the capture of Santiago. He states that he only waits at Santiago for supplies of ammu nition, on the receipt of which he shall at once march upon Vigo and Pontevedra. The Tiempe states that a court-martial has been held at Carral, a town distant three leagues and a half from Corunna, for the trial of the officers made prisoners at Santiago. Among these prisoners is M. Buses, President of the Insurgent Junta, together with several members of that body. The Spanish GovernMent appear determined to act with the greatest severity towards the unfortunate prisoners who may fall into their clutches. The Minister of War has ad dressed a circular to all the captains-general, directing them to take the necessary steps for forthwith proceed- ing with the summary trial of all the prisoners taken by the QUEEN'S troops—to put, to death at once, and without any appeal to head-quarters, every officer implicated in the insurrection, to employ all the activity and energy requisite for the security of the state, and the satisfaction of public vengeance ( !); and to dispense with consultations, and delays that might tend to retard the speedy and due satisfaction of the laws. The authorities ate only permitted to exercise lenity towards the private soldiers. , The ,Espanol announces the arrival of General BATONA at Burgos, where he: supersedev General BALBOA. General Roxema, who succaecla General SA= as Captain-General of Grenada, had also arrived at his post. • General ORME left Madrid on the 28th for the Canary Isles. It is said that Rumkr ST. Cams, the chief of the in surrection in Galicia, had escaped by sea from Vigo. The Phare of Bayonne, alluding to the taking of the con tract of 200,000,000 of reals in Spain, for the construction of new roads and canals, &c., says— - " _titer a sharp competition between the persons who tendered, and finally between M. Salamanca and M. Rivas, the latter was declared to be the contractor. The power reserved by the contrac tor of paying one-third of the loan in works, has been set aside. Thas ,M. Rivas has engaged to pay in five years, and in cash, 200,000,000 of reals. He will receive In reinbursement in the course of eighteen years and five months, 276,250,000 reals, which will be an economy to the Treasury on the original proposition of the Go vernment of 143,750,000 reals, The result is prodigious. It is attributed to a rivalry between M. Salamanca and M. Rivas, but it is just to observe that the new lew on the Bourse has had much influence in the affair. By prohibiting time bargains, the Go vernment has forced capitalists to employ their money in serious speculations which may powerfully contribute to the welfare of the country. Be this as it may, the adjudication of this loan Is a fine triumph to the Government. For forty years past lenders have net been found at so low a rate." Government securities were not quoted on the Bolsa, but the Herald° announceg that the Three per Cents, were done at 324 for cash, and 32% for time ; the Five per Cents. at 21 for cash, and 214 for time ; and the shares of the Bank of San Fernando at 310, and those of Isabel at 185. We have received the Paris papers of Monday, but their contents are unimportant. The representatives of the Sove reigns of Belgian], Sardinia, Saxony, Wurtemberg, and Hanover, and the Ministers of the Hanse Towns, Saxe 'Weimar, Electoral Hesse, and Hesse and Baden, had pre sented congratulatory letters to the rasa of the FRENCH on his recent escape from assassination. The discussion on the Western Railway Bill was resumed on Monday in the Chamber of Deputies, but no division had taken place up to the hour of post. According to the Courrier Frangaise, the inhabitants of Algiers are about to petition to have Algeria incorporated with France. They propose it should be divided into four de partments, with Algiers, Oran, Bona, and Constantine, as the chief towns. The marriage of Viscount CASTLEREAGH with Viscountess PONVERSCOUR T was celebrated on Saturday at the British Embassy. RAHrst P A : : :le other r t as ecr present at the trial of a prisoner on Saturday, at the Palaisvihi which were Justice. He took great interest Proceeding e s in I t : e summing lvereump ionfuttheleyperxepsildaeinnetd, atnodhbimefobrye jury was made known, his Highness retired ttht there eeerler other Archives.things and of the Palais, the works the decision of th Chapelle, a h n is d so v n isite A d fte were success at the Sainte different curiosities contained the The siv el y pointed out to him, and amongst mi nutes on parchment of the trial of dof Orleans, the trial of Damiens, and the clothes worn by thatai criminal when he made the attempt on the life of Louis XV. On leaving the Archives he was shown the famous picture, preserved by the Jesuits in th eir p rinci p al colle g e, which represents W. thrown into bel l while ItAvAILLAc was ascending toT heaven. M. PIERRE LAFFMTE, the last surviving brother of M. JACQUEs LAFFITTE, died last week at Luciennes, near Paris, aged 81. The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. sc. ; the Five per Cents, I2of. 50 c. ; the Orleans Railroad Bkares, 1,252 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,042 f. 50c. ; Havre, 765 f.; Great Northery477lf. 25e.; Avia l l9 l3, 933 f. 75c.; Yler. zon, 682 f. 60c.; Bordeaux, 632 f. 50c. ; BoLlogne, 517 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 410 f. ; Basle, 226 f. 250. ; Paris and Strasburg, 518 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 542. c. 50c. ; P:xis and Lyons, 577 f. 50c. ; Spanish Active, 32% ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 31%. The following are the quotations in other lines . Lyons and Avignon, deflnitives, 535 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 501f.75c.; ditto (Espeleta), 506 f.; ditto definitive, 518 f. 75c.; Charleroi, 490 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCILINGE, Mwy 5. Boulogne and Amiens, lVA—Dutch Rhenish, 74—East Indian, 136—Great Indian Peninsular, 3l—Luxembourg, :2%—Namur and Liege, 4%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 11%—Over Yssel, 2% dis.— Paris and Lyons Constituted, B%—Paris and Rouen, 40%—Rpuen and Havre, 303—Sambre and Meuse, 5%. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, HALF-PAST TWELVE. The Royal Mail steam-ship Medway, Captain W. S. An drews, arrived this morning at 11 o'clock, with the usual West India and Mexican mails, and the large number of 109 passengers. She also brings an extensive and valuable freight. The amount of dollars for the dividends is only 46,000; viz. $6,000 from Vera Cruz, and 10,000 from Tampico. The latest dates brought by the Medway are—Tampico, 22d of March ; Vera Cruz, Ist of April ; Havannah, 4 loth of April; Honduras, 20th of March; Chagres, 28th; Jfirnaica, April 8 ; Carthage, March 30 ; Demerara, April 3 ; Trinidad, sth ; Barbadoes, Bth ; Grenada, 9th ; St. Thomas, 14th ; La Guayra, 7th ; Bermuda, 22d. The principal freights brought by the Medway consists of 289,580 dollars, including 36,003 from Vera Cruz on account of the Mexican dividends; 10,000 from Tampico on ac count of the Mexican dividends; 2201. 2s. 6d. British coin,; 420,603 dollars in gold dust and gold ; 4 boxes Vanilla ; 24 serons of Jalapa ; 52 boxes and packages plants ; 59 serons of cochineal; 115 cases and boxes cigars; 138 bales tobacco ; 94 turtle, for Nassau ,• 38 cases preserved turtle ; 1 package aloes ' • 52 ditto sundries ; 6570 z. gold ; 7500 z. silver; and 121 b. platina. There is no particular news of importance by this arrival, either from the West Indies or from Mexico. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out on horse back, attended by the Equerry in Waiting, the Hon. Captain Gordon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty and her Royal Consort. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their usual walks and rides yesterday in the pleasure grounds of the Palace. The Royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace included the Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementina Villiers, Viscount Canning, and Captain Francis Seymour. The band of the First Life Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Overture zur Cantate—Die Veer Meucher Alter—Lachner. Walzer—Themis Fest Klinge--Labitzky. Medley—Scotch—Waddell. Polka—Kenderfreuden—Labitzky. Selection from "Linda de Chamouni"—Donizetti. Potpourri—March—Zulchner. The Viscountess Canning has succeded Lady Portman as the Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augustus Bruce, Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir George Couper, Bait., honoured the performance of the French plays with her presence yesterday evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Baron Knesebeck, honoured tie Archbishop of York with their com pany at dinner yesterday, at his residence in Grosvenor square. After dinner the illustrious party, including the Noble Directors of the Concerts of Ancient Music, went to the Hanover-square rums, to honour the Concert of Ancient Music with their presence, the Archbishop being the Director for the evening. The Ecclesiastical Commsioners for England had a general meeting yes:erday. s Atieke were present the Arch bishop of Canterbury, ther Pelops. of Bangor, Carlisle, Chester, Gloucester, and Bristat,llichfield, Lincoln, Llandaff, Ripon, and Salisbury, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Bessborough, the Earl of Chi chester, and the Biel Hon. H. Hobhouse. The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Improvements had a meeting yesterday. There were present Viscount Canning, the Right Hon. J. C. ilerries, the Lord Mayor, Mr. 11. T. Hope, the Hon. C. Gore, and Mr. Milne. Mr. Secretary Glacstone gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers yesterday evening, at his residence on Carlton House-terrace. Sir Robert and Lady Gore Booth arrived at Farrance's Hotel yesterday, from their seat, Lissadel, Ireland. THE BLACK TERN (STERNA NIGRA).—A pair of these rare birds, the black tern, were observed on Monday last flying with that rapidity which characterises the whole genus, over the river. They were first observed between Greenwich and Woolwich, and afterwards a single bird, supposed to be one of the same pair, was seen near Westminster-bridge ; another, supposed to be its com panion, was met with again near Woolwich. Several attempts_ ire}s made to secure a specimen, but the birds were wild, and could 'not e approached within gunshot, The black tern is occasionally seen about Cambridge and other fenny districts, and is exceediarnu merous in the latitule of Newfoundland ; but its visits to the l shores of the Thames are " few and far between." The whole tribe is gifted with extraordinary powers of flight, which has given rise to their popular name, " sea swallows." WIFE-SELLIISCa--A correspondent informs us, that on Saturday last, a fellow named Vowles sold his wife in a public-hoase, at Axbridge, to arother man, the price paid being ss. and a gallon of beer.—Bristol Mercury. BEGGING PETITIONS.—The inhabitants of Clapham, Wandsworth, andßattersea are cautioned against a well contrived and systematic plan of robbery, which is' now, and has been for some time past, going on in that district by means of begging peti tions, setting forth the extreme destitution of parties, who have sud denly been redne,ed-to ruin from various causes detailed in the peti tion, to which the signatures of the clergy and benevolent inhabits is are affixed, as nearly as possible resembling the respective hand writing ofthe parties. Several of these cases have lately been dis covered:to be grossly fraudulent. CURED PaovnioNs.—Mr. Grogan (Dublin) has ob tained a return (printed on Thorley) showing the quantities of cured provisions imported into the United Kingdom from foreign countries for the half-year ended the sth of January, 1846, -It appears that the total import of salted beef was 38,201 cwt. ; of salted pork, 15,709. cwt. ; of hams, 3,006 cwt. ; and of bacon, 38 cwt. The largest im port was from the United States of America: 31,000"" *t2' of salted "beef, and 5,720 cwt. of salted pork, In the haltaYear. The quantities retained for home consumption were', 106 r cwt. of salted beef, on which a duty of 3001. was paid ; 266- owt. of salted pork, the duty on which was 102/. ; 1,134 cwt. of hams', on which the duty was 7611.; and 39 cwt. of bacon, at 81. duty. •Ighe quantities re-exported from the United Kingdom as mere/ler/Mee"- were, of salted beef, 2,486 cwt.; of salted pork, 2,365 cwt.; and - Sir' hams, 468 cwt.. The quantities taken for ships' stores were mope& tively 47,724, 13,246, and 951 cwt. No bacon was taken fer snipe s, stores, ' PAnis INVENTION. — SeveraI of the Paris journals of i ion, Wednesday contained an account of a review at Vincennes on th e preceding day, in honour of Ibrahim Pacha. The account whi c h we gave was copied from the Constitu t ionnel. It appears, however, that nothing of the kind took place. The Debats of Thursday says :—" It Ibrahim Pacha had had the Constitutionnet and some others of the Paris journals translated to him yesterday morning, h e wou ld h ave been conainced that-the brilliant which is the peculiar faculty of the literature of the east , is not one of the least of the qualities of the mind in Franc e. The Constitutionnel relates a scene, aginat retired chamber of a castle, as having paseeff on lavaidiY, not imagination, some but in the open field, for manoeuvres of troops, between St. Maur and Vincennes—a most interesting scene, in which Ibrahim Pacha was the hero of the piece. The details of this military fete had the only fault of being narrated a week before it occurred, for it is not till Tuesday next, as we learnathat the grand review, of which the Con stitutionnel has given u9'the recital by anticipation, will take place." A petition to 'Parlianient on the part of certain mer chants,and frisder'S 'of Dublin who have formed themselves into a body for dealing, in shares, against' the privileges of the Dublin Stock Exchange, haS ailed forth a counter-petition from the opposite side, in which it is prayed that the laws affecting the stockbrokers in Ire land may remain unaltered. AMERICAN PROVISIONS. — The arrivals of flour and various descriptions of provisions at the ports of London and Liver pool, the latter especially, from the United States of America, within the past two at three days, have been so extensive as to be worthy - of especial notice. The line-of-packet ship Wellington, arrived in the St. Katharine Docks from New York, brought 2,367 barrels of flour, 75 packages of clover-seed, and various other articles ; and the ship Rescoe; in the same docks, from Baltimore, 5,100 barrels of flour, 550- packages of beef, 217 of pork, and 758 of oil seed-cake, which is used for the feeding of cattle. The following numerous ar rivals have taken place at Liverpool :—The Coverdale, from New Orleans, 3,097 barrels of flour ; the Here of Sidon, also from New Orleans, 100 peckagts of lard, 150 of beef, and 1,000 barrels of flour; the Hero Olt:Acre, 2, 00 barrels of flour, &c. ; the Rhone, from Balti more, 3,421 barrels of. flour, 3,000 bushels of wheat, 3,939 bushels of Indian corn, 52 packages of pork; 24 of bacon, and 321 of oil seed cake; 'the Manchester, from New Orleans, 2,249 packages of lard, 304 bakrels of, flour, and 146 sacks of Indian corn; the Huron, from , the same port, 300 barrels of Indian corn ; the Henry Bliss; also fawn N'eav Orleans, 109 packages of hams, 49 of pork, and other articles; the ship llottinguer, from New York, brought 10 hampers of potatoes, 6,711 barrels of flour, 100 packages of bread, 200 of pork, 4Of tongues,, and 26 of clover-seed ; the Sir C. Campbell, from New Orleans; 417 barrels and 989 sacks of Indian corn; the Lucy Wright; from New Orleans also, 2,011 packages of lard, 28 Of hants; 300 'of beef, aed '46 of pork ;' the Miltiades, from the same. place, 2,000 barrels of Indian corn ; and the Lady Sale, the large number of 1,000 packages of beef awl other articles. It will be sees how extensive, in two days only, the importations of food have been, although this list does not comprise a tithe of the articles im ported ; but it is sufficient for the purpose. Looking at the extensive supplies of food from America, coupled with the published list of arrivals of the Sarno descriptiett of articles from Ireland, it suggests matter for surprise and conjecture as to the quarter into which they are dispersed and consumed. It may be mentioned that the arrivals of shipping into the port of Liverpool as well as in London, front the United States, equally with all other'parts of the world, have been very numerous within the time mentioned, and the docks and waterside are in consequence in a very busy and bustling state, THE LATE MR& FORSTER, OF NEWCASTLE. We are sorry to have to record, this week, the death of a very amiable and intelligent lady, Mrs. Forster, of Newcastle. She was the niece of the late Lords Eldon and Stowel, being the daughter of their brother, Mr. Scott, who was a highly respectable coal-fitter in New castle. Mrs. Forster was a great favourite and constant corres pondent of her illustrious uncles, and was distinguished by her virtues and usefulness, and, above all, the unostentationsness of her life. She expired on the 17th ult., in the 72d year of her age, and was interred yesterday in St. Nicholas's churchyard. Gateshead Ob. server. THE NEWS TRADE.—We have recently ascertained that a system prevails at the News-hall of inserting printed bills, advertising various publications and remarks, in the newspapers packed up for post there, and in some instances the covers in which the papers are inclosed are made the medium of publishing adver tisements of quack medicines. or notices of publications, which could in no other way be presented to public attention. It be hoves the managers of the News-hall to put a stop at once to this nefarious system, which threatens destruction to their own business, and disappointment to their customers. Parties who have evidently no right to admission to h teo a blt circulated rihavety, have bb obtainedyeebeing neagueec foldedwe s e s d t t ehtenr distribute e an , d a r n o d u n dpbr printed hh tee b d r l g any writing or nt somehd Ne noticeshe e w News-hall, full postage, according news papers. It cannot be too clearly understood that the insertion of any printed bill or paper in any newspaper to be forwarded by post, or complained Pos- of ce,printing on the cover except the address of the party to .t whom the paper is sent, and the name of the aewsvender by whom is forwarded, renders each newspaper liable to the payment of the wtN T o h repi e ‘tvuteb r e. remedy m sebhl e il tl y she hte l l d s no to the weight of the said paper. There is no doubt that the authorities at the Post-office are fully aware of these attempts to defraud the revenue by publishing bills through the ~f andh have e e h eheahveno occasioned doubt y t t h h a e t many necessity of ef t e h x e em d delays the newspapers, with a view to detect this disgraceful fraud. in the nhe t se l yo e ifas: hands ios tet ooeft theirt Dacee newsmenhn a e n newsmen s wb m woi teohnusesneecn shall that enafrteetceehtlseetrdtat establishment, delaysolhrtin dutyee t nk h te e , the necessary measures for effectually prohibiting all printed or and suffer the int eres t and coevenience o f th e i r customers to b e sacrificed by such a s y s t em. W e are au thorised to s t a t e , th a t th e full postage will be charged on all papers found to contain any printed bill or writing, or any printed or written statement on the envelope, except the add ress an d th e n ame of the newsvender. In conclusion, to avoid fraud in any department through which the newspapers fur the country may be transmitted, we strongly recom mend the name and address of the party to whom the papers are sent to be written on the newspaper. This protection has been con cedea ay the Post-office.—Tames. FATAL ACCIDENT AT AN HOTEL.—On Tue"day Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the London University College, on the body of Thomas Wells, aged 53 years. The deceased was head waiter at Hicks's Hotel, Duke.street, .Manchester -square, and bore a moval to the hospital, and he was most excellent character. About half-past eleven on Friday night he was about to descend the kitchen stairs, when, being seized with a tit, he fell, and was precipitated to the bottom, striking his head against the stone floor, and • fatal. A surgeon was immediately called, who recommended his re. w iit h h i e c r h ,t p u r t ov ex ed - Aired as su f s o t rt ei h n w ed ,ith an ta ii k tj e u n ry ti in a few minutes after his admission. The TI house-surgeon proved death to be the result of the injuries consequent upon the fall. rdlct—" Accidental death." GLASS MILK -PANS.—The repeal of the duty on gla ss, the employment of this substance as a material which led to pipes in the COUTe Mace wilX-pons, Y of water, has been s ucceeded b y its use for SPORTING IN' CHESTER, Tv CHESTE TELLIGENCE. rEsDAY NIGHT, NINZ O'CLOCK. :R CUP. 16 to 1 agst Inheritress 20 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger 25 to 1 agst Lady Wildair 25 to 1 agst Hope 40 to 1 agst Glossy 40 to 1 agst Billy Purvis 40 to 1 agst Roderick 9 to 1 agst Best Bower 11 to 1 agst Sweetmeat 11 to 1 agst Miss Burns 12 to 1 agst Polish—t. 12 to 1 agst Clumsy 14 to 1 agst The Magnet 15 to 1 agst Vitala 15 to 1 agst The Baron 15 to 1 agst Pedometer Betting very gat. TUESDAY NIGET, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Plate race, left undecided when our report left, was won in three heats tby Captain Harcourt's The Druid, 3 yrs, beating Highfield, Hetman Platoff colt, Felix, and Chartist. LATEST BETTING. The only changes in the Cup betting are :- 14 to 1 agst Sweetmeat 15 to 1 agst Clumsy 17 to 1 agst Vitula--taken 20 to 1 agst Vol-au-Vent 25 to 1 agst Inheritress—taken 25 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger 30 to 1 agst St. Lawrence 50 to 1 agst Ruff 50 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne 1000 to 15 agst Crim. Con. YESTERDAY'S RACES. (RECEIVED THIS MORNING.) Ihe Corinthian Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, for hunters, four yrs old, lOst 121 b ; five, llst 101 b ; six, and aged, 12st 41b; mares, &c., allowed Sibs. Cup Course. (6 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's New Brighton, 6 yrs (Williams) 1 Mr. H. Johnstone's Blind Hookey, aged 2 Mr. C. Boynton's Pousin, 6 yrs ... 3 7t04 on New Brighton. Won by half a length. The Tradesmen's Plate of 2001., added to a Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft and sft only if declared. Cup Course. (142 Subs., 50 of whom declared.) Mr. G. H. ooreu Coranna, aged, Bst 91b (Butler) 1 Mr. A; Johnstone's Brother to Sir Henry, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b 2 Sir C. Monck's Glossy; V - yrs, - 7st 121 b Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of the Tyne, aged, 7st 7lb and (101bs extra).... . The following also ran :—Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, 6 yrs, Bst 101b—Mr. E. R. Clark's The Baron, 4 yrs, Bst 101b—Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat, 4 yrs, Bst 91b—Mr. Gully's' St. Law rence, aged, Bst 81b—Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid, 5 yrs, 7st 91b —Mr. Drinkald's Vol-au-Vent, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Mr. Onslow's Ruff, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Mr. F. Ongley's Roderick, aged, fist 21b —Mr. W. S. Standish's Little Hampton, 5 yrs, 7st 21b— Mr. Irwin's P o li s h, 6 r ' s 7st—Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildare, 4 yrs. 7st—Mr.W.H. Johnstone's Roper's Daughter, aged, Est 131b—Mr. Worrnald's Pedometer, 5 yrs, 6st 111 b —Mr. Davis's Redstreek--Mr. Pedley' s Miss / Burns—. Lord Eglinton's Plaudit—Captain Seyton's Magnet—Mr Collett's Vitula—Lord George Bentinck's Best Bower— Mr. Osbaldeston's Pettit Morceau—Sir J. Gerard's Mermaid —Mr. Wilson's Panch—Mr. G. H. Moore's Furvaragh—Mr. H. Stebbing's Billy Burns—Mr. Clifton's Valerian—Lord Miltown's Flahowlagh—Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger. BErruica.-9 to 1 agst Miss Burns, 10 to 1 agst Sweetmeat, 10 to 1 agst Best Bower, 11 to 1 agst Polish, 14 to 1 agst The Magnet, 15 to 1 agst The Baron, 25 to 1 agst Vitula, 25 to 1 agst Lady Wildair, 30 to 1 agst St. Lawrence, 30 to 1 agst Inheritress, 33 to 1 agst Ruff, 35 to 1 agst Little Hamp ton, 35 to 1 agst Mermaid, and 40 to 1 agst Glossy. Mr. Irwin delared to win with Polish. Won by half a length. Glossy a good third. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING, 1846. Nominations for the Liverpool Trades Cup. Satyr, 5 yrs—Miss Elis, 4 yrs—Red Deer, 5 yrs—Pompey, 6 yrs—Plaudit, 4 yrs—Dolo, 3 yrs—Lothario, 6 yrs—Bur gundy, 3 yrs—Little Hampton, 5 yrs—Duke of Kent, 4 yrp— Sweetmeat, 4 yrs—Salopian, 4yi s—f by Verulam, out of Pergama, 3 yrs—Red Robin, 4 yrs—Vitula, 6 yrs—Roderick, aged—John Goldham, 5 yrs—Yardley, 6—The Baron, 5 yrs ' —Fitzallen yrs—Fitzwilliam, 3 y rs —P e d ome t er , yrs— Winesour, 6 yrs—Stream, 4 yrs—Whinstone, 4 yrs—Ba dinage, 4 yrs—Collier, 4 yrs—Moss Trooper, aged—True boy, 6 yrs—Aristctle, aged—Parson's Clerk, 4 yrs—c by Touchstone, out of Laura, 3 yrs—lnheritress, 6 yrs—Light ning, 5 yrs—Fancy Boy, 3 yrs—Rowena, 5 yrs—Javelin, 4 yrs—Lady Wildair, 4 yrs—Snake, 3 yrs—Jenny Wren, 4 yrs—Glossy, 6 yrs—Rowland Hill, 4 yrs—Mentor, 4 yrs—Lord Saftoun, 5 yrs—Needful, 5 yrs—Paynton, 3 yrs—Telemachus, 5 yrs—Clumsy, 4 yrs—Morocco, 3 yrs —Vol-au-Vent, 5 yrs—Mongrel, 4 yrs—Mendicant, 3 yrs— My Mary, 4 yrs—Best Bower, 5 yrs—The Hero, 3 yrs— Cranebrook, 3 yrs—Master Stepney, 4 yrs—Tragical, 3 yrs— Wolf-dog, 4 yrs—Highwayman, 4 yrs—The Premier, 3 yrs —lntrepid, 5 yrs—Deodara, 4 yrs—Finvaragh, 3 yrs—Hope, 4 yrs—Tour de Force, 3 yrs—Flahowlagh, 4 yrs—Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs—The Roper's Daughter, aged—Cornet, 3 yrs— Pythia, 3 yrs—London, 4 yrs—Comical Boy, 4 yrs—The Pacha, 4 yr.—Warp, 5 yrs—Mickey Free, 5 yrs—Sheraton, 3 yrs—Mount Pleasant, 3 yrs—The Conjuror, 3 yrs--Colum bus, 4 yrs—Chertsey, 4 yrs—As-you-like-it, 4 yrs—May nooth, 4 yrs—The Dart, 4 yrs—Auricula, 8 yrs—Princess Royal, 4 yrs—The Sl a y er ' s Daughter, yrs—Lady Alice, 3 yrs—Polish, 6 yrs—Ohio, 3 yrs—Driffield, 3 yrs—c by Bran, dam by Whisker, 3 yrs—Crim. Con, 4 yrs—Discord, 3 yrs—Nereus, 4 yrs—Camera Obscura, 3 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs—Robin Bnrns, 4 yrs—Morpeth, 5 yrs. Nomination for the Grosvenor Stake—Lady-Alice, 3 yrs— Sweetmeat, 4 yrs , —Burlesque, 3 yrs—Cranebrook, 3 yrs— Fancy Boy, 3 yrs—c by Touchstone out of Laura, 3 yrs— Plaudit, 4 yrS--Sotades,:3 yrs—Dolo, 3 yrs. Nomination for the Derby Handicap—Duke of Kent, 4 yrs—Lady Alice, 3 yis—Sharston, 3 yrs—Lancashire Witch, 4 yrs—Burlesque, 3 yrs—lronmaster, 4 yrs—Salopian, 3 yrs —Chertsey, 4 yrs=—Flattery, 4 yrs—Alliance, 3 yrs—c by Touchstone up, 3 yrs—The Dart, 4 y rs —b m b y Monarch out 'elf olClare, 5 yrs—Gannet, 4 yrs—Co heiress, 5 yrs---7)WyKacha, 4 yrs—Tinvaragh, 3 yrs—Tour de Force, 3 yrs—Patriot, 5 yrs--Plaudit, 4 yrs—Bretwalda, 4 yrs—Sotades, 3 yrs—Mongrel, 4 yrs—Lady Wildair, 4 yrs —Javelin, 4 yrs—Refraction, 4 yrs--Best Bower, 5 yrs—My Mary, 4 yrs—Clumsy, 4 yrs—Blackbird, 3 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs—Miss Elis, 4 yrs. REPORTED DEATH OF MR. A. W. HILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Srn,—l am most happy to inform you that the report of our respected neighbour, A. W. Hill, Esq.'s death, is totally false—a report, no doubt, circulated for a runrosx—which `report, I hope, did not emanate from this neighbourhood.— an]. Sir, your most obedient servant, A SALOPIAN. . . SPORTING IN FRANCE. , (From Galignani.) j PARIS SPRING MEETING, Mar 3. i a n immense assemblage of persons were on S u nd a y col acted together in the Champ de Mars long before the hour - appointed for the first race. The show of ladies in their gay spring attire was particularly remarkable, the stands being fully occupied by the fair sex. The weather was de lightful, and the whole day s sport passed off most plea santry. Before the regular business was commenced a isri vate match took place between M. de Bouexic's Grey Hercules, M. de Montecot's Poteen, and M. Lancosme Breves' Roi des Bohemiens, ridden by the owners, for 4,000 f. a-head eight times round the Champ de Mars. Contrary to what was expected, this was a most interesting race, run at an excellent pace (about 26 minutes for the ten miles), and doubtful as to its result up to the last moment In the seventh round M. de Montecot's horse, when leading, got frightened at something, and swerving suddenly, came down, throwing his rider heavily. Before M. de Montecot, who was badly cut in the face, could again recover his seat, Grey Hercules passed him. Notwithstanding that the blood continued to flow front his7chiu - And cheek, he mounted, and at last brought Potemclosrto Grey Hercules, and, at the finish, was only a letlgth and a 'half behind. Had it not been for the accident, the probability was that he must have won. The Duke de Nemours was present throughout the day's proceedings. The Ecole Militaire Plate of 3,0001., for horses and mares of three yrs atSnd-upwards, 150 f. entries ; weight for age. Twice routtcr,j. lats. The winner to be claimed for 4,00(11, (4 Subs.) M. A. Aumont's b m Cavatine, 5 yrs,_l32lb (Buckle) 1 1 Baron N. de Rettheetrild's b f Bonne-Chance, 4 yrs 2 2 Count, A. d 4 's b c Lightfoot, 3 yrs, 1021 b Prince M. de; :PP • 4att's b m Error, 5 yrs, 1321 b 0 0 First-heat--r ' x Bonne -Chance went off tegether, the others waiting. They remained so until the second round, when Cavatine suddenly neared the two leading horses, and all three ran together to the turn home, when she gave them the go-by, and won with great ease. Second heat—Bonne -Chance made running at a good pace, closely followed by Error; Cavatine at before, waiting behind. When going round the secondtime, and approaching the Ecole, Cavatine all at - once passed her horses, and was never' headed tal the end. She again won without the slightest difficult?. The Minister of Commerce Plate (4th class) of 2,0001., for horses and mares of three yrs old and upwards, bred in France, whose pedigree is marked in the French Stud-book ; weight for age; mares and fillies carrying 31b less. Dis tance two kilometres. Heats. (10 Subs.) Prince M. de I3eauveau's br f Souvenir, 3 yrs 0 0 1 1 Count d'Hedouville's b f Donna Sol, 3 yrs, 881 b 0 1 2 2 Duke de Nemours' b f Fosse-aux-Lions, 4 yrs... 1 3 0 0 Count A. de Moray's b f Aveline, 3 yrs, 881 b... 2 2 dr First Heat—Fosse, aux-Lions took the lead and kept it to the end, winning by two lengths, Aveline being second. Second Heat—The Duke's mare again made play, Donna Sol lying second, and the others close behind. At the School, Donna Sol passed the mare, and was followed at the turn home by Aveline. A race took place for a moment between these two, but Donna Sol was too speedy, and won easily by three lengths. Fosse-aux-Lions was a bad third. Souvenir merely saved her distance in both heats. Third Heat—Souvenir took the lead and kept it to the close, Donna Sol being about two lengths behind at the finish. Fourth Heat—Considerable interest was excited by this, the concluding heat, as each of the competitors had come i n once first. Fosse-aux-Lions made strong running, Donna Sol lying second, and Souvenir a bad third. Coming up the bridge, Souvenir suddenly passed the others, and was never approached to the end, winning with great ease by four or five lengths. The Spring Plate of 3,5001., for three yrs old colts and fillies; entries, 200 f. Weight for colts, 1081 b; for fillies, 1041 b. Once round. (9 Subs.) M. Calenge's b c Liverpool ...... ............ (Pantal) 1 M. C. de Pontalba's b c Clubstick 2 Prince M. de Beauvean's br f Dorade Baron N. de Rothschild's br f Fleet M. Pasquel's b f Vanite Clubstick made the running, Liverpool and Fleet lying next, and Dorado last. 'They rattled round without any change to the School, where Liverpool challenged—passed Clubstick at the Vim home, and won easily by two lengths. The rest were beat ;off. It was a quick-run race. The City of Paris Plate, of 6,000 f, given by the Municipal Council, for horses-and mares of three yrs old and upwards, of every description, bred in France or Belgium; 200 f entries; the second horse to receive the two-thirds of the entries, and the third the remainder. Weight for age. Horses of four years and upwards, which have never won a public race (handicaps comprised), to receive 61b. Once round and a distance. (12 Subs.) Baron A. Rothschild's br c Meudon, 3' yrs, 881 b Abdale 1 M. A. Lupin's br f Myszka, 4 yrs, 1121 b 2 M. Calenge's b h Ecoville, 5 vrs, 1251 b. Prince M. de Beauve m's b f(Confiance, 4 yrs, 1091 b Baron de Pierre's b f Rigoletta, 3 yrs, 251 b . 0 Count G. de Blangy's ch c William, 4 yrs, 1091 b....»•••••• 0 M. Guichard's b m Catin, 6 yrs, 1211 b William jumped off with the lead, Myszka second, Ecoville third, and Rigoletta last. As they went round by the bridge, Meudon crept out of the ruck, and took third place, when passing the Ecole. William shut up all at once, and the race lay between Myszka and Meud on only. The boy, who rode the colt, waited patiently until he was half way down the straight run home, and then made his push. Meudon re sponded vigorously, passed the mare with ease, and won cleverly by a length and a half. Hurdle Race for 1,800 f., given by the Jockey Club, added to 100 f., entries for horses of every description ; weight, 1541 b. ; the winner to be claimed for B,ooof. ; horses en , tend as liable to be claimed for 1,500 f., to carry 1241 b; for 2,500 f., 151W4,067:738. 6,000 f., 1481 b. Once and a quartet round, six hurdles to clear. (Five Subs.) Mr. Lambden's b m Chance, 1541 b (Oliver) 1 Count de Fouilhac's b h Austerlitz, 1381 b (Allibone) 2 M. G. Reiset's br h Ti ger , 148Ib (Smith) 3 M. E. Cremieux's b h Cattonian, 131ib (Atkinson) 0 Mr. Rowle's br m Th e Witch, 1381 b (R. Power) 0 Austerlitz took the lead, Chance and Tiger second, the rest lying behind. At the first hurdle The Witch was pressed by the others, in their rush, against the stake, and, not being able to get clear, threw her rider. The rest took the hurdles regularly, Oliver, who was last in going over the second one, endeavouring to get up. He had great difficulty in doing so, as the pace was good. His horse, Austerlitz, and Tiger, cleared the last hurdle but one altogether, and the struggle was then betwee n hi m an d Allibone. The latter went over the last leap a length in advance, and had to all appearance the race in hand, when, mistaking the winning post, he checked his horse too soon, and was pased by Oliver, Chance, therefore, again winning the stakes. Latest Betting on the French Derby.-5 to 1 agst Philip- Shah, 6 to 1 agst Miss Waggs, 6 to 1 agst Liverpool, 8 to 1 agst Premier d'Avril, 10 to agst Meudon, 14 to 1 agst Club. stick, 16 to 1 agst Dorade. METROPOLITAN STREET CLEANSING ASSOCIATION. A public meeting of this Association was held in Guildhall on Monday. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR having taken the chair, said it was the first meeting he had ever attended in the City of London, and he was sorry, considering the importance of their object, that the meeting was not greater, and he must leave with so bad an opinion of the good people of the City of London.—(Laughter.) To-morrow the Commissioners of Sewers would hold a meeting, and their decision as to the present scheme would no doubt be much affected by what took place there that day. Those who had originated in this matter were known as the Society for the Improvement of Cleansing the Streets of London, which grew out of the fol • lowing circumstances :—There were a number of scien tific gentlemen who wished to acquire and dissemi nate information as to the best roadway for the streets of the metropolis. There was therefore a struggle between rival schemes—wood pavement, granite, and asphalte—each promoter striving to set his nostrum in pre-eminence, as all of them - must have witnessed in various parts of the City. Bat these gentlemen were struck with the quantity of mud and dirt in the streets, and were brought to the conclusion that unless some arrangement was provided for the removal of this mud from the top of the streets it would be impossible to arrive at any conclusion as to the best means of paving. He (Lord Grosvenor) was aware that a good deal of mis conception had gone abroad about their society —a suspicion that under good coats and kid gloves there was something more than met the eye—an association, namely, of general scavengers; and that, after quietly creeping towards their object, and after securing it, they were to strip off the good coats and their kid gloves and take the broom and the basket.—(Laughter,) He did not mind this sort of opinion, for they who would do good must lay their account with misrepresentation; and he was sure that he could very easily dispel it. when he mentioned what was the rule of the Society, that nobody could belong to it who had any pecuniary in terest in their operations.—(Applause.) These gentlemen accordingly, when they had come to this conclusion, strove to direct the attention of shopkeepers and inhabitants of the different localities to the subject, and the means it would give of employment to the poor. The Society determined to make an experiment, and began their operations in Regent street, where it is crossed by Oxford-street; remonstrating with the inhabitants of Oxford- street, in order to get them to remove their filth and dirt. Their operations were not con fined to the public roadway; th• y went into the lanes and alleys, and took away the filth from the poor, who were un able to pay to have it taken away; the consequence of this being the prevention of disease and fever. They had a meeting after that in Hanover-square Rooms, and in con sequence of what occurred there, a deputation of the Society with Mr. Cochrane, their President, waited on the Paving Board in the parish of St. George. Mr. Cochrane was re • ceived very coolly, but in despite of this he persisted in lay ing before the board the superior cleanliness that would be the result, and the vast number of people , that would be employed. But the Society made a mistake when they opened their intentions in this quarter; it ought to have gone to the east, where the sun rises, instead of the west. They 0 accordingly did turn to the east, although, as the sailor says, from west to east is the wrong way of turning to the wind. —(Laughter.) They went to the Commissioners of Sewers, and there they met with a good reception. The deputation, in going before the Commissioners, made known their object and their scheme, and all that they requested was to have the opportunity of giving them an example of their manner of operation, which most of those present must have seen, ere this, at work in Cheapside. This experiment was tried in the months of November and December last, and the result had been, on the rate-payei s and inhabitants, that a vast number had signed a petition, declaring their readiness to meet any increase on the rate, in order to secure this mode and this degree of cleanliness.—(Applause.) He hoped most earnestly that the Society might be successful in their en deavours. He had only one word more before he resumed his seat. Often had he heard men talk of a redundant popu- lation—that there were more people than could be employed. This he believed was a satire on Providence. He enter tained no such notion. Certain he was, that if men would only do their endeavours they would find the means of em ploying the industrious, and that too in such a manner as would give them a return for their money.—(Applause.) Rev. Mr. HARRIS, in moving the first resolution, entered into details from his own parish to 'show the painful neces sity there was of some greater effort to cleanse away the filth, out of which arose so much disease and suffering to the people. Rev. Mr. LUSIGNAN, without any remarks, seconded the resolution, "That, as-uncleanliness and ungodliness are akin, so must the moral and spiritual, as well as social and physical, condi tion of the people be improved in proportion to the extensive advantages which cannot fail to attend on the maintenance of greater cleanlineas in the dwellings and surrounding locali ties of the community at large. It was moved by Mr. EAGLETON and seconded by Mr. SoLcosoNs, "That the system of street cleansing, benevolently demon strated in the City by the National Philanthropic Associa tion, during the winter months, the principle of which con sists in keeping the streets clean, by the continuous employment of men throughout the day, and thereby pre venting the streets becoming dirty, has met with the general approval of the ratepayers and householders of the City ,of London." It was moved by Mr. CARTER, and seconded by Mr. BATES, "That, taking into consideration that the improved system referred to will greatly conduce to the comfort and health of the public, will diminish the losses to which the householders, and shopkeepers, and foot-passengers are now subjected, and the fact that, if extended throughout the kingdom, it will, very probably, giVe employment to 50,000 able-bodied poor, this meeting is of opinion that the Commissioner of Sewers be respectfully requested to adopt it in cleansing the streets, courts, and alleys, about the city of London, with th e l eas t possible delay.' Mr. ,COCIIRANE, called on by the Chairman, then pro ceeded,to lay before the meeting a more detailed accou n t o f the Society's history, to which the Noble Chairman alluded succinctly in his opening speech. Mr. C. continued to say that the present expenses of cleansing the streets amounted to somewhere about 16,000/. There was paid to scavengers 6,000/. ; the value of the ashes collected and given gratis in part payment of these scavengers was 5,5001. And, adding to these sums for watering the streets in order to lay the dirt that had not been taken away, another 4,000/., it would amount to about what he had said; and with all that outlay ,of money there were only fifty- eight men employed. The necessary outlay for the new system would be about 18,0004 and there would be employed by it 520 men, and if extended throughout the kingdom 50,000 men would find regular employment in this way.—(Applause.) He had had 'the whole results before the Commissioners of Sewers, and the Chairman, and Mr. Peacock, and the clerk were all strongly of opinion that there would be an actual saving of 16,00 W. by the adoption of the improved system. They had called the present meeting by permission of the Lord Mayor and the Corporation of the City, in order that the commis sioners in undertaking this system might have public opinion fully expressed for their :support and encouragement, but without it they might seem to be influencing the ratelpVers and inhabitants of the city, were they to lead in this mattet. Considering that, in eight days, so many as 7,000 namea, out of 12,000, who were rate-payers, had been got, and ad hibited to the petitions to' be sent to the Commissioners of Sewers, he had not a doubt of the good will and approbation of the people on the one hand, and the friendly feeling of the commissioners on the other. After several other observations, by way of enforcing the importance of the object on the meeting, Mr. Cochrane resumed his seat. It was proposed by M r . B REWSTER, and seconded by Mr. EAGLETON, "That a copy of the resolutions, passed this day, coupled with the petitions signed by the rate-payers and householders, be presented to-morrow, at eleven o'clock, to the Commis sioners of Sewers, by a deputation:" • ' A vote of thanks to the Noble Chairman having been una nimously passed, the meeting separated. , PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—We perceive tha t Mr. ad .`Lean, the messenger of this establishment, has announced his in tention;of taking a benefit On Thursday, May 14th. An at tractive bill of fare will be provided for his friends, and we trust that his:efforts will be well. supported. His general civility, and anxiety to promote the welfare of others will not, we are sure, be overlooked on the present occasion, and wejeel certain that his friends will rally round him. THE NEW HOSPITAL AT BRODIPTON:—The appear ance of the New Hospital for Consumption ; as at present pro gressing daily, calls forth attention. The building stands on a square of 300 feet, containing about two acres ; the width of the quadrangle is 100 feet; the whole frontage facing the road, 180 feet ; the height of each story is 14 feet ; and that at(' the entire building 45 feet. The depth of the wing erected is 180 feet. The height of the tower will reach nearly 70 feet. The principal entrance is built of a very fine specimen of Caen or Normandy stone. On the occasion of the opening of the building a fancy fair and bazaar will be held, on a scale of the greatest magnificence, at the Royal College Gardens, Chelsea, which is expected to take place about the middle of June next. The hospital, when entirely completed, with all the appliance of medical and practical science, will afford accommodation to upwards of 200 patients. MARSTON.—The new novel, just published, under the title of " Marston ; or the Soldier and Stat'sman," from the pen of the celebrated author of " Salathiel," whilst assuming to make the reader acquainted with the career of one who alternately fills the highest offices in the State, makes him familiar also with the great men and distinguished personages of both sexes, with whom, in the course of his various ad ventures, he was brought into contact. The hero, during the outbreak of the French revolution, becomes an observer of the perils of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, of the devo tion of their loyal friends, and the hatred of their remorse.. less enemies. His portraits of Napoleon and Josephine, of Robespierre, Denton, Dumourier, Madame Roland, Carnot Sieyes, Prince Cobourg, the Duke of Brunswick, and L a Fayette, are full of character; and not less animated are those of his still more eminent contemporaries in the English and Irish senate, Pitt, Fox, Sheridan, Burke, Grattan, Castle reagh, Clare, and Curran. With so many attractive featuree, it may readily be believed that " Marston" is a very st r iki n g narrative, and well worthy the great reputation of its distin guishedin London, Sunday, May 10.—Chester R a ees e .—F a n u u t a h E Bel rs L exclusive particulars. Every vcerriyareateesetasimoend. an p d ric gr e gra phically The opening 6d. Bell' s s Life of May 3 ,:contained four f l e he li lric o as c iliA o y l f u e m d(e ns ocr o fio f b ih od e .co fi l ve days' Newmarket First Sp ri ng Meeting, with a table of thirty-three winners, the amount of the stakes, the time of a r m ae e e e s t_ing Pegasus —acep,artisheracdesistaanndeesteaelpidle wehealgshe meeting N ot b e y s from Curragh—lndexes to races, including Ireland—Steeple chases— The ring, regattas, ped es t r i anism, and oursing : ant a matchl ess ngarnand g t e h n e er s a a l t i u n r t d e a ll y ig aft enc e e ri Bell's Life L w if a e ys i . s regularly a sa rl l y s p v n ari bl e is t h y e e d f irti rt m i e for , of Bell's Life exceeds 24,000. fellingSEßtilmObUeSr n A ea F r i ß ß e A d T dirch ° , n an lr d havin g ond a du l rin g g two men were the day partaken too freely of intoxicating drinks , they n quarrelled on their way home, when one of them, Rowbheirg,mtisksel missed p co a m rt e n a f nie th n e Th le o ft mas, his it axe aimed a blow at his the ea fr d, on b t u p t ar e t nt o e f re t d he th fo e Thomas, which cut thigh.off titheobilertshs immediately lately aimed another blow at in a slanting direction down to the left ear, and Thomas hraesh fles hyeo asdt such a quantity of blood that it is doubtful whether he will recover. eresiterertite CrorrenKt IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 6. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. Mr. P. HOWARD presented petitions in favour of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill from Carlisle and several other places. The Dublin Markets' Bill and the Dublin Cemetery Bill were severally read a second time, and ordered to he com mitted this day week. _ The Committee On the Danish Claims was postponed. - - • Lorcl4. MANNERS presented, a great number of petition® in favour of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. The Bristol and Birmingham. Railway Bill (Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, and Malvern line) was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Sir W. SOMERVILLE presented a petition from the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dundee in favour of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. On the order of the day being read for the House to go into Committee on the ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL, Mr. COLQUHOUN objected. The Bill contemplated al terations in the established laws of the realm, alterations of the most important and fundamental laws, which had been opposed for many years in that House. He wished to say to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite, that if he would confine himself strictly to the points in Committee which he had proposed on a former occasion, he (Mr. Colquhoun) would withdraw all opposition, and would give every assist ance in his power. He trusted they would not alter those esta blished laws which had passed for the protection of the public against ecclesiastical encroachments. He distinctly charged all the responsibility of this measure upon her Majesty's Government. The first great change would be an alteration in the Act of Supremacy. The proposed measure would take away ail the penalties for denying the Act of Supremacy. ft would de away with certain oaths that parties holding high and responsible situations were now obliged to take. If alt penalties for denying the Act of Supremacy were done away with, it would become a mere abstract principle, and worthy no longer to be on the statute-book. It was found necessary in the time of Elizabeth and William 111. to protect the con stitution from ecclesiastical encroachments by stringent laws. He would ask, was ecclesiastical power and ecclesias tical ambition less now than it was in those days ? He fourd by the Emancipation Act of 1829 that several great officers of State, and also the Sovereign, could not hold their station if they were Roman Catholics. If a Roman Catholic, the Sovereign could not sit upon the throne. By the Act of 1829 it was provided that no Lord Chancellor, Lord-Lieu tenant, Lord Commissioner, or Regent, could, if a Roman Catholic, hold any of those offices. Suppose a Lord Chancellor should take the oaths of supremacy, and then afterwards, in imitation of many clergymen of the Church of England in. the present day, take up with the principles of the Church of Rome, what security would there b e f or th e pu bli c if a ll the penalties attached to such an offence were done away with? Well, then, the case of laymen being as dishonest as church men was not an impossible contingency, and yet they were about to abolish one of the Acts of Parliament, the Act of Charles 11., and they would afterwards repeal the important Act of William and Mary, and thus the oath which wa s now applied as a test wo u ld be than of no avail. Would the Right Hon. Baronet affirm that the fears entertained by him were groundless? Let the Right Hon. Baronet tell him how these fears were to be allayed. They had now the oath of supremacy, which had been and still was defended by some of the greatest minds in the county, as part and parcel of the constitution, but they • intended by this measure to repeal it He wished (-' to call the attention of the House to one remarkable fact con nected with the Act of 1823, which enacted to oath at pre sent taken by Catholic Members in that House—the oath which allowed the civil supremacy of the Sovereign, but was silent as to the spiritual supremacy of the Pope. Would the Hon. Member for Winchester inform him where the distinc tion was drawn between these powers—where the civil sue premacy of the Sovereign terminated, and the spiritual Su. premacy of the Pepe commenced ? -This was a matter which agitated all the Courts of Europe • at that very time, and it was then a claim of the Court of Rome, that her right to dictate to the Roman Catholic subjects of this country should be recognised. Lord Beaumont, a Roman Catholic for whom he (Mr..Colquhoun) entertained the most sincere respect, said that the supremacy of the Court of Rome in civil matters ought not to be acted on by her Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, and the Noble Lord was supported by a most respectable proportion of those hold= ing the same religious opinions. The Honou,rable Member for Winehester alluded to the objection. taken by the Bishop of Malta to the oath, and he drew an inference altogether erroneous from that fact. The Hoe. Member was in error as to the real facts of the case, and therefore wrong in the inferenees he deduced from them, The objection of the Bishop o f M a lt a was not to t h e A ct of Elizabeth, which it was now proposed to repeal, but to the Act of 1829, and what was his objection? Why that he, in 1835, referred that oath to the Church of Rome, and the reply was that it was inadmissible. What security, then, had the Right Hon. Baronet that the Roman Catholics of Englir and Ireland would not adopt the same opinion as the clergy men of the Church of Rome did? Was he not, indeed, certain that the unity of that Church would compel them to do The House would observe, that by this Bill there would be an altertion a in the oath of sepregnacy, and the Bill repealed, the statute of Elizabeth; which' to`thade the intikidtttion'hf Papal bulls or other instruments from the see of Rome. When this Bill was passed anything in the shape of Papal rescripts were admitted into France or Spain without being first examined. This Bill would give increased power to the ecclesiastics of Rome, which power would be superior to the state. The very parties to whom it would give increased power were those who were the most prominent in the movement for the severance of one -portion of the empire from the other. He could not contemplate this increased power being given to the ecclesiastics of Rome without the most serious alarm. If they repealed the oath of supremacy, they declared that the Queen's jurisdiction was not entire over the ecclesiastics of .the Church of Rome. This he could not support. He thought it would be fatal to their policy, dangerous to the peace of the empire, and would he giving a premium to those m en w h o w i s h e d t o carry on `that agitation which had been so effectual 'in France and in other parts of Eurepo. He could not give his consent, therefpre, to such, a Bill as 'this. The Hon. Member then quoted the :opinion of the French Parliament in 1762, which was, that having extracted certain passages from 147 Jesuit authors' works, and having them collated, they considered that they taught theft, per- „ jury, and li cent i ousness of every kind ; and they moreover stated, that these . passages were approved of by the Jesuits of all classes, by their theologians and principals. He would appeal to the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Treasury to prevent such an'enactment, for it proposed very serio us Ch anges i n t h e Act introduced by the Right Hon. Gentleman himself—he meant the Roman. Catholioßelief Bill of 1829. As for himeelf he would enter his protest as repealing the Act of Supremacy, and endangering the best interests of the State; he would, therefore, move that the House do go into Committee upon this day six • months. Sir J. GRAHAM was anxious that the Hon. ,Member who had charge' f this Bill should postpone it until the Bitt which was now before •the 'ether, House of Parliament, was before them. The Bill now before the House was founded on the report of the Criminal - Lew Commissigners, but the Bill before the House of Lords; and which was now awaiting its- second reading, went much farther, than that. -- '' Upon that,. Bill several suggeStiOns had been made in'the other House, and those suggestions were now under_ the consideration of the servants of the Crown... Ott (these accounts he trusted the Hon. Member would postpone the: -consideration of hie Bill till a future period. ' Mr. WATSON cotild not itdcede * te the suggestion Of the Right. Hon. Baronet the Secretary of, State for the Home Department. This Bill had - been, in fact, brought into the House in 1843, and in- - 1844 a Bill had• been. passed which coMprised enany of the clauses of this Bilk' . but the effect of it was totally list ; and he had, consequently; brought in a Bill in 1845, which, although it had been stated that the matter of it should be considered, the session had passed over without any member of the Government giving an opinion.whether they were favourable to this Bill at all. This Bill had been introduced early in the `. session, and whether the Bill iii the House. of LordS was in troduced at all, the House would, certainly haVe to come to a decision on several of the clauses in his and it appeared to him that there could never be a better opportunity of coming to that decision than the present moment, and he must therefore press on the Bill. On the motion being put, The Earl of ARUNDEL, and SURREY said that not ~ having been present at fh e last discussion, he wished to say a few Words on the present:occasion: He should not have__ enteredon the subject of the Jesuits but for the last observa tion of the Hon. Member who had moved the amendment. He believed that there - was no order of men who had been more ill used than the Jesuits, fOr he felt assured that they were as hjgh in intellect, as glorious in virtee ,as any body of 'men upon earth. G o t o R om e , and anywhere and every where, and see the Sisters-of:Mercy; those angels upon earth, and observe whether, under the trials of life, they were not, like all the other regular orders, promoting the cause 'of religion and charity. la could not have conceived a greater mistake than that which it was evident prevailed respecting his religion, from the speeches which had lately been made He would not go into the other parts of that Bill, they could , be better defended by other persons, who hod more extensive legal knowledge than he possessed. He would only ofer his thanks to the promoters of the present measure, and promise them his hearty support. Sir R. PEEL regretted that the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman would not accede to the proposition of his Right Hon. Friend. It was very unusual for any Membe r of Portia- ment to persistin a proceeding upon which the Government had stated that they were not prepared to give an opinion. Thz Hon. and Learned Gentleman required that the. Governmvat ll He acknow ledged w should express their opinion before their own Bill, which was before the other House, was brought into that Aiouse. obcdisabil ities t would affectingn Otb t e h j e ust ß t o o m re a m n ov c e at f h ro o m lic t s h t ewshtialtoutteh- _Protestant Dissenters le were jus ti b e eteoof thatleft purnioporoipvleid,eadodfory: Committee o appointed to inquire throw any into the lamatter. the T v l i x a e y Government .othe nill were thought the proposal made was so reasonable, that unless the Hon. and Learned e p d ro G po en si t t l i e o i n Ti o i f agreed ed to it, he should W to he t n he certainly dissent from entertaining his 13ill. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought if theßtwigoht Bills il o n w o e u r r e a b b e l e fore the House, Gentleman should be acceded to. On one part of the subject, the Criminal-law Commissioners had offered . the Right Honourable Baronet subject ) Cri minal-law Commissioners they reported that they had found _ several very vexatious penalties under various statutes,` and they no o a do referredpiuion.-- the(ll ea r. by which these vexatious laws ' proposed a mode statute book, and the l might be expunged from the law be rendered more perfect and uniform. But when they came to existing penalties which were in full hey 1829, the Commissionersr d th Act f o ce , un er e o said that that was not a •- point which came properly beneath th • notice. It involved their political consideration leils a subject that should be referred to the Governs' and It question for the House to consider whether Government.. was a 9 the penalties imposed by the Act of 182 should be modified or repealed. SirJA MES GRAHAM said, he was not.prepared to agree to the repeal of the clauses in the Bill of 1829, which were contemplated in the present Bill. At present it was very inconvenient to discuss the provisions of the Bill. It would be necessary to take the sense of the House upon thes i clauses. If the course he had proposed was acceded to by the Reil and Learned Gentlemen opposite, the Government Bill would be br oug ht i n, and would be discussed fully in con junction with the Bill of the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen. He must say that the course be had proposed was quits con sistent with the rules of the House, and, if agreed to, would give the House the opportunity of fully discussing the matter. Lord J. MANNERS thought that alterations proposed by the measure before the House would not afect the general question. • Mr. WATSON had no objection, if they went into Com mittee, to discuss the clauses contained in the Bill of 1829. He should, however, persist in his motion for the House to go into Committee, and should, if necessary, take the sense of the House upon the subject. After a few words from Mr. COLQUIIOUN, Mr. O'CONNELL claimed the right to say one or two words before passing these clauses, as he had been personally at tacked by the Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Colcinhoun.) The Honourable Member had taxed him with having been in error with regard to Galileo's connexion with the Court of Rome. He adaiitted that he was iumarato 113 11019 of him