The Sun. — London, England, 1846-06-05 00:00:00

JUST READY. T " MODERN ORLANDO. Orders received by all Booksellers. Nov ready, in 3 vols., small Bvo., with numerous Illustrations, price 31s. 63. bound, 6.11 EC OND SERIES OF THE STANHOPE MEMOIRS. • Comprising, TB , ' SEVEN YEARS'STN TRAVEL'S HOPE. OF LADY HERTER Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL. ~~RS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL; THE DEBUTANTE, or, THE LONDON SEASON. Is published this day, and may be had at all the Libraries. In 3 vols., post Svo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 8, New Burlington-street, June 4. N OTICE.-BOURRIENNE'S MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON. Subscribers to this work are requested to take notice, that on and after July 1, the Parts will be no longer issued. All persons wishing to complete sets should give their orders immediately, XILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SHALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and io announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &C., tike place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing Instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. Al, Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least ono day previously to their being offered; and avices of results Wid be forwarded by the first post after t he sale, ant the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions.Lo ndon. Otticev, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle -street, --- HEE MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled, DON PASQUALE. Norina, Madame Grisi ; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Fornasari; Ernesto, Signor Mario ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablay . he. Between the Acts , a DIVERTISSE3IEN T. In which will be In roduced a Grand Pas, by Madile.l.omei .Gr e a t hn , ai ( i c d om p p e o m se e d liss b e y . heAr self), assisted by Mdlles. Cassan, 3 Pas, by Mdlle. L. Ta g lioni ; and La Cracovienne, by Mdlle. L. Gr a h n . T o c onclude with the admired Ballet of ONDINE. Matteo, M. P e rrot ; Ondine, M lle.Cerito Giannina, Mdlle. L. Taglioni. In the course of the Ballet Mdll e. Cerito will execute the celebrated Pas l'Ombre. Also, a Grand Pas, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon ; a Pas, by Mdi'e. L. Taglioni ; and the admired Fete de la Madonne, and Grand Tarantella, by the corps de ballet. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madlle. CERITO has the honour tolnfotmlier Friends, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place on _ TIIIIRSDAY NEXT, JUNE 11, When will be performed Clmarosa's Chef d'(Euvre, In Two Acts, entitled, IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Carolina, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Madame Satichloli ; Elisetta, Madame Castellon ; Paolino, Signor Mario ; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache ; Geronimo, Signor Lablache. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Oriental Ballet, composed by M. Perrot, the Music arranged by Signor Pugni, entitled, LALLA ROOKH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. The principal parts sustained by Mdlle. Cerito, Ildlle. L. Tagilont, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-pa:t Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Opera, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Car de Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. Stretton ; Maritana, Miss !tomer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. After which will be produced the popular Ballet of PAQUITA. Lucien d'Hervilly, M. Silvain ; Giitane, M. Adrien ; Paquita, Mdlle. Carlotta Grist In which also will appear Madame Glubilei, Madlles. Sall, kdele, Louise, Les Scours St. Louin ; M. Mathis, W. 11. Payne, and the most numerous and effective corps de ballet ever introduced Upon the English stage. To-morrow Evening will be performed (first time in this country), the celebrated Opera of STRADELLA. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. Hard castle. Mr. W. Farren ; Young Marlow, Mr. H. Holl ; Tony Lump sin, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Glover; Miss Hardeastle, 11,1iss Julia Bennett. To he followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WIIITEL1E,11). Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Seymour; Susan, Mrs. Stanley. The Band will perform the Overtures, " Cenerentola," and " Due d'Olonne," the " St. James's Polka," " Philomel Walzer," and the " Chatsworth Quadrilles." After which (by desire), a Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Messrs. Webster, Brindal, J. Bland, Howe ; Miss Bennett and Mrs. Hamby will sustain the principal characters. To conclude with Mr. Backstone's Farce of A KISS IN THE DARK. Pettibone, Mr. Enekstone; Frank Fathom, Mr. Howe ; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W, Clifford. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TA E MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Three New Pieces for Whltaun Holidays. Another brilliant Triumph ! Robin Hood and Richard Cceur de Lion" every Evening. THIS EVENING Win he performed a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Kinloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, and Miss Forster. After which, a New and Original Comic Drama, la Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST MAN'S BELLE. Principal characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, Meadows, F. Vining, Kinloch • Miss Villars, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St irtling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD C(EUR liE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Reward, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA ; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. La mbert, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, R. Ryan, P. Bedford, Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Mathews, &c., will perform. After which, the interesting Drama, entitled THE CABIN BOY. In which Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, &c., will appear. 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. Paal Bedford, Mr. 3lanyard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Last Week but One of Mr. MACIiEADY performing in London. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Historical Play, in live Acts, entitled THE KING OF THE COMMONS. James V. of Scotland, Mr. Maeready ; Sir Adam Weir, Mr. Ryder ; George Weir, Mr. Cooper ; Malcolm Young, Mr. Murray ; Laird Small, Mr. Compton ; Munge Small, Mr. Ozberry ; Lord Rilmours, Mr. Roxby ; Madeline Weir, Mrs. Stirling; Widow Barton, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which, a Yew Ballet, entitled LES CONSCRITS DU VILLAGE. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, Plezmore, Harris; Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, &c., will appear. " To conclude with an Original Comedietta, entitled Tint COLO NEL'S BELLE ; or, the Non-Marriables. Count de Ruse, Mr. J. Yining ; Major Vidette, Mr. Murray ; Capt. Fonfaron, Mr.RoxbY Mabelle, Miss B. Stanley. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Mier the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Grand routine of Holiday Entertainments, THIS EVENING Will be performed the New Military Spectacle, realising our recent Triumphs, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, The War in India. New and popular SCENES of the CIRCLE, by the numerous troupe of British and Foreign Artistes ; double stud, &c. 31r. BATTY has much pleasure in stating, that in► obedience to the wishes of several of his patrons and heads of families, he has made arrangements to give, during the ensuing holidays, four mid day performances, the second of which will take place on TuritsDAY, June 11, and each succeeding THURSDAY until the nnmber are complete ; on which occasion the Entertainments will be precisely the same as those so recently performed by royal command, and so highly eulogised by her most gracious Majesty. Tha representations will each day commence at two o'clock. Mr. Batty begs to announce, that he has entered into an en gagement with the celebrated GENERAL TOM THUMB, who will appear in the Urania. of " Bop o' my Thumb," at this Theatre, on Monday, June 5, and during the Week, Box-onice open trom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. D AVIDGE'S ROYA.L SURREY THE A.TRE. Great attraction. The celebrated artists, Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews for a limited number of nights. A new Grand Spec tacle, with new scenery, dresses, and real water. TII IS EVENING, Will be performed THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. In which Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews will appear. After which, Mr. C. Mathews' Farce of PAUPER v. CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with THE DARK FALCON OF THE ATTRUCK ; or, The Prince Diver and the Shah's Goblet. Characters by Messrs. Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Maynard, Lewis, Heslop ; Mesdames H. Vining, Martin, Hughes, Daly, &c. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Varied and attractive Novelties for the Whitsuntide Holidays. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a New Domestic Drama, called THE FLIT TING DAY ; or, The Trials of an English Farmer. Principal characters by Messrs. Saville, niggle, Fredericks, Thidell, Raymond, Searle, Burton , Howard ; Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terry, &c. After which the Interesting Drama, entitled TuE WIFE ; or, The One Witness. The Wife, Miss Vincent. To conclude with a new laughable Burletta, entitled LITTLE AN ,IZY ANCES ; or, The Miseries of Human Life. Supported by srs. Howard, Fredericks, Miss Terry, and Miss Treble. EvE1:11O"---7i171atl'7---.---y.kt, SURREY her Most Gracious . y MONDAY, lvE D G N A. h. I . t s D D ELS : A N D VIEW of Nm, LE , ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, THURSDAY. - TION of HERCULA.VE 1. 1.111 and POMPEII, in theY itagnincent spectacle DESTRUC in an unprecedented scale Thi s nt . grandeur, the picture bein r' r ea and rcpresznt., as acentat4tithan twice the size of the ;O le -- rup tion of Vesuvius in the year 79-7' , Possibly be done, the Gre t a r i euianeurn and Pompeii took place:hen the Destruction of Her- ' of Mr. Danson. proeneed under the direction A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of wr ..vni .„ as been c o n structed, wit'cli will be brilliantly Illuminated'at lit — glV,t - . Th e PROMENADE CO NCERTS are again confided to sir. God frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments,and includes many eminent native and foreign musicians. In addition :o the other attractions of the Gardens will be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the luterior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the mug : complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Phoebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mous. Farinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda , seventy feet in height, I to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive in, and bear him to his chrystal home. An Illuminated Marine Cave, f.t and the Glass Con ally m "lamented with Conservatory, splen view the matchless collection of of lamps , enabling the visitors to Feeding of the Carnivore at o fi Carnivora by gas-light. II Ye ; t'Jneert at six ; and: he Eve ; the Pelicans, &c., at half-past Eruption at dusk. Admission. i 9. TLIE RAILWAY SUN IS NO W PUBLISHING. PRICE (TO SUBSCRIBERS) SIXPENCE. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JUNE 4. TVEUMONIETER, Lowest, 54; Highest, 77; Noon, 77. BAILOSIETER, 30.22.—W1ND E.S.E.; fine. RI ATE It AT LONDON-ERIDGE THIS DAY. Diernmat 0 ininatut after 10. I Evening 36 minutes after 10. e •\ V)- i% i dE T I _I;C:; . :'`Z: 7:71 4 ;1 1 • • C • m o bap ti• illandit <ealtlit LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1846. The House of Lords met to-day for the first time after the Whitsuntide recess. Numerous petitions were presented in favour of and against the repeal of the corn-laws. Lord STANLEY, in presenting several petitions from Wilts and Cornwall against the repeal of the corn-laws, gave notice of his intention to-morrow to move for copies of the addresses that had been received from the Legislative Assemblies of Canada on the subject of the corn-laws. The Earl of DALHOUSIE then defended himself against the attack that had been made upon him in the House of Commons by Lord George Bentinck with respect to the addresses from Canada, which led to a short but animated debate. Earl Frrzwlttu.3l gave notice of his intention to morrow to move certain resolutions with respect to Rail way Bills. The Earl of DALHOUSIE then moved the second read ing of the Customs' Duties (Tariff) Bill. The Noble Earl entered at considerable length into the duties that at present existed, and those which it was proposed to reduce by the present measure. The Duke of RICHMOND opposed the Bill. The Earl of WICKLOW opposed the Bill, as being prejudicial to the linen trade of Ireland. Earl GREY, although he deprecated continual changes, accepted the present measure as a step in the right direction. Lord ASHBURTON opposed the Bill, and expressed his surprise that the commerce of the country was able to stand up against the continual changes that had been made and proposed of late years. Lord MONTEAGLE supported the second reading of the Bill. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday week. The Explosive Substances Bill went through Com mittee, and their Lordships adjourned. Amongst the more remarkable improvements of recent days, there are scarcely any of so great im portance as the increased facilities given to travellers, the comparative speed with which journeys are per formed, intelligence communicated, and time and space practically annihilated by :the ♦arious disco veries of modern science. The more valuable have been the results of the improvements already effected, the greater the demand on the part of the public for an extension of similar accomodation ; and that public will not rest satisfied with things remaining in statu quo under the old and exploded system when it is made perfectly manifest that great amelioration is still practicable. We now, without hesitation, un dertake a journey, perhaps, for a few days pleasure, at which our forefathers would have shuddered, and would only have been induced to attempt on the most urgent reasons—the most pressing con siderations. Within a short period the en terprise and judgment of an individual have effected a redaction in the time consumed in communication with our Eastern dominions to less than one-third of that formerly required for the same purpose. And all connected with that vast empire, either commercially, or from having friends or re lations therein, will bear testimony to the great benefit thereby conferred on the cation. Had it not been for that improvement we should still be ignorant of the happy termination of hostilities in India, and the minds of thousands of our countrymen: would be agitated and disturbed on account of some near and dear friends. The same intelligent and active person is now busily engaged in effecting a similar improve ment in the intercourse with our Australian colonies ; and, judging from the success which has hitherto attended his exertions, we feel every confidence that they will now be rewarded with an equally happy result. While so much has been done in an Easterly direction, it is really astonishing that so little has hitherto been attempted for the amelioration of our intercourse with the Western Hemisphere, where we are in possession of vast and important colonies, and with a neighbour, so powerful for good or evil, as America, with mercantile and commercial relations of such magnitude, and with a dark cloud lowering in the political horizon, threatening war and the inter ruption of that peace, so highly prized, so justly valued; but which, we trust, may be preserved by mutual forbearance, and mutual concessions, honour able to all parties. It is little to be wondered at, if the public mind should be impressed with the absolute necessity of immediate steps being taken to effect that amelioration. The KNIGHT or KERRY, a Gentleman of considerable talent and experience, who formerly re presented his native county in Parliament, and was one of the Lords of the Admiralty, has recently pub lished a letter to the Earl of ELLENBOROUGII, setting forth the great advantages of Valentia Harbour as a packet station, and citing the authorities of many and distinguished persons for that opinion. Indeed, we can scarcely conceive that the question admits of argu ment, and yet it has been stated that the First Lord has pronounced a decided opinion in favour of Cork, giving it the preference over Valentia or Bantry. The Right Hon. Gentleman desires, and we think with justice, that the question should receive that delibera tion and impartial investigation which its importance deserves. There are two points of view in which the question must be regarded before a sound conclusion can be arrived at; first, in its peaceful character as a packet station, as giving the greatest rapidity to intercourse of every kind; and the second, and not less important one, of a defensive naval station—a preferable pint for the embarkation of troops, whether for general or colonial service. And in each of these respects, there are great advantages on the side of Valentia. It would appear almost a self-evident proposition —an axiom in geographical science—that the most favourable position for intercourse with the west should be from the most westerly port within our own territory with which easy intercourse could be established. That principle has long been admitted and acted on, and it is owing to its adoption that Falmouth has been selected, and the Government establishment transferred thereto. If one degree of westering entitled Falmouth to this ad vantage, an additional five and a half degrees west of Falmouth, and two degrees west of Cork, is surely no inconsiderable advantage, and should form an important element in the calculation. In respect to the time consumed in receiving intel ligence, there is little doubt that there would be a saving of at least four or five days. The same class of vessels now employed for transatlantic communi cation would easily effect the passage from America to Valentia in six or seven days; from thence im portant news might be transmitted to this metro polis, to the seat of Governn.ent, by means of the ' electric telegraph, in an incredibly short space of time ; but the general correspondence of the country might, on the construction of a railway, easily be conveyed, in twenty-four hours, to London, thus enabling letters from America to be delivered in little rn no o vv re r t e ll q a u n i r e a d w fo e , or about r ek thepurpose , halfthe the e grea t time m . portance of which must be at once obvious to every man of business in the ki ng d om ; but, secondly, and if possible more important, is the great addi tional safety t o lif e an d property which wou l d b e at tained by the selection. Every person in the slightest degree acquainted with shipping affairs must be well aware of the great additional risk incurred by the neighbourhood of the land; a very large proportion of the casualties, which unfortuately take place, are owing to the dangerous character o f our own coast, or to the crowded stat e of n avigation in narr ow seas. We have rece ntl y had a melanchol y instance of the effectssand of much a sh by which m an y li ves were o destroyed. Ind ee d, one of the best t property th e increased dangers of chan ne l navigation, is to lost, whencollision,de mandedunderwriters, about hl y to effect an insurance on a v the most dangerous coast in the British domi nions is that lying between Cork harbour and Cape Clear; and there is no p lace of equal length in which so many wrecks have take n place. By the selection of Cork harbour as the packet station, a vessel starting therefrom would have to work against the prevailing winds and currents, along a lee shore, of the most dangerous character, for more than seventy miles; when, with the same wind, from Valentia, it would be in the open ocean in less than half-an-hour, without any lee-shore whatsoever. The same prevailing wind which would shut up the sail ing vessel in Cork harbour, would be a free wind for it, out of Valentia ; and in the worst possible case, should there be a necessity for the aid of a steam tug, it would, in three miles from Valentia, place a vessel so as to enable it to take its northern or south ern course in the free ocean; while no less than sixty miles would be necessary from Cork to effect the same purpose. These are considerations. of immense magnitude; and it scarcely requires the imposing array of names and authorities quoted by the Right lion. Knight to convince the public mind of its sereat advantages—of its vast superiority. We cannot, however, refrain frOm bringing forward the testimony of a gentleman to whose sound judgment and commercial skill and experience much weight is justly attached in this country. We allude to Mr. COBDEN, who, in his valuable pamphlet, " England, Ireland, and America," states that a decided opinion prevails in the United States in favour of Valentia, and who powerfully recommends the selection of that harbour, and the formation of a railway to the point ; and states his conviction that such a project, if com pleted, would secure the preference of voyagers to all parts of North America, not only from Britain, but from every quarter of Europe, and would confer incalculable advantages upon Ireland, by introducing capital, and stimulating industry and enterprise. 'We have only here adverted to its advantages in the peace ful character—the others are not less remarkable, but our space forbids a further reference at present. In the Chamber of Deputies, on Thursday last, M. Gurzor, in his reply to M. THIERS, after alluding to the desire of the Government, to draw round it men of the Legitimatist party, thus boldly exposed the mis taken policy of the aristocracy :—" It had been a great misfortune for the French nobility, that they did not know how to assume that part, in the poli tical interests of their country, to which they were entitled. They had done nothing but live in the iso lation of their estates, or the subserviency of courts." "And also," exclaimed M. DE LAROCHEJACQUELIN (and well might he so exclaim), " and also, on the field of honour." " Yes," continued the Minister, " most nobly and most pa triotically. But the intelligence ef the policy of the country had always been wanting to them. It was the middle classes that had been obliged to conquer, step by step, all the liberties of the country—it was to them that France owed everything 1" And does this apply only to France ? Is it not the almost uni versal character of aristocracy ? It is, or rather, it was—for all things now are changing. For years, for ages, in all times, in all countries, every great nation has had its exclusive class. Every great people that have toiled and laboured, have had their privileged few, to reap the profits—a high and elevated minority, raised aloft, not by their own exertions, but by the pressure from beneath. They are like figures, whose intrinsic value is the same, but whose power is wonderfully altered by their position—swelling from units to millions of millions, only by the augmentation of the ciphers by their side. Well may the aristocracy be interested in the prosperity of a country—they cannot make that prosperity, but by it they are made. However, we do not wish non' to censure, or to cavil, with the aristocracy ; our object is only to note a most re markable coincidence—one of those unforeseen in cidents, which portray so forcibly the stirring signs of the times, which evidence so powerfully the hourly progress of reform. While in the French Chamber, M. GUIZOT was speaking of a nobility who knew not how to assume their part in the interests of their country, and to whom the intelligence of its policy was always wanting—even while he was speak ing, across the water, in our own House, our nobi lity were assuming their fit position, were proclaim. ing their intelligence, universal as its theme. While the French Parliament thought of what had been, the English (ever foremost in re form) showed forth what should be. While the Minister was speaking, before echo had brought across a whisper to our shore, his ideas were illus trated, his expectations were forestalled. Our no bility have not to learn their duties. No longer anxious to dazzle by empty splendour, or control by narrow tyranny, they have assumed a higher place than monarch ever gave them ; they are ready to co-operate with the people for the interests of all. Like the leaves and flowers of the forest, which the root nourishes, the stem upholds—but, raised aloft, they are not useless, they are not idly ornamental ; they give their shelter and their fruit—so our no bility, supported by the people, will act earnestly and heartily for the people's welfare. No longer, in the words of VOLTAIRE— " Aux murs de Westminster on voit paraitre ensemble, Trois pouveirs etonnes du nceud qui les rassemble, Les deputes du peuple, et les grands, et le roi, Divines arinteret,reunis par la loi." Interest now unites them more firmly than any laws : that the good of one is the good of all has at length been virtually acknowledged. The second reading in the Lords was in many ways remarkable. The debate commenced even while M. GUIZOT was disserting on the duties of nobility, but the trium phant division was not recorded till the morning sun had risen—the sun of May 29th, which nearly two hundred years ago witnessed the restoration of the STUARTS. In honour of that event, the day was ' rendered memorable, but its fame shall be prouder and purer far, hereafter. It shall be remembered, as the day which saw not alone the restoration of the worst of ICINGS, but the ultimate downfal of the most iniquitous of laws. And in future times we shall join with the green oak leaves which preserved a monarch, the golden corn which shall preserve a people ! While thus in thought uniting the monarchy and the corn laws, we cannot hut recal the frantic predictions of some, who declared a repeal would be calculated to destroy the aristocracy and even shake the throne ! The result is exactly opposed to those predictions. The glorious :measure now becoming law, will not only benefit the people, but add to the privileges of the privileged—it gives them (what they have already gladly seized upon) an opportunity of winning popular favour, and of stooping from their ancestral elevation to conquer a yet higher one in their country's history. The decision of the Lords, suicidal though some may deem it, has done more to strengthen the true influence of Peers than any royal gift or baronial extortion since the clays of the Conqueror or King Jong : and, so far from shaking the throne, we may safely aver that no royal despot, or crowned conqueror, was ever so secure, not only on the throne, but in the affections of the people, as is our present constitutional SOVEREIGN. But if the power of Princes and Peers is placed on a firmer basis how much is that of the people augmented and ensured ? After all, this is their peculiar triumph. This year will be a me ‘inorable one in their annals. It is the turning point— not so great in itself as leading to better things—the opening wide the portals of a glorious futurity. Some months ago the now popular Minister led the way; in a few days all will be over. During all this time how concentrated has been the universal interest, how engrossed is it even now. Every event gives place to the great subject of the day. Even the birth of a royal infant is scarcely thought of, while contemplating the cradle where Free Trade, an infant Hercules, strangles monopoly in his giant grasp ; and the escape of an illustrious prisoner—one bear gr which ing a name o f g l ory —i s un h ee d e d , i n th e j o y o f a f ar fetters greate r emancipation, have a glled as her o r u s ln f d t breaks years. off the longry The Emperor of Russia was at Warsaw on the 23d ult. A letter fromßoningsberg, of the 26 th, says— "ln January last, M. Statzky, a Pole, who, for the last fifteen years, had been established at Christiana, in Norway, where he had obtained civil rights, passed through Konigs wbearsg,o on his Poland . ofthe mOinnihstiserreotf Police, urn,a w founded adgedo, on a demand of ext ra diti on by th e R uss i an G overnment, which accuses him of havin g t a k en p ar t i n th e l a t e i nsurrection in arrested, b yway to order Paland, and of having had relations with lii. Dombrowsky, who has fled. Immediately after the arrest of M. Statzky, the Swedish and Norwegian Consuls, and those ofFrance and lingland (the two latter, because M Statzky bad married the daughter of a French general, born in London,) inter vened with the authorities in his favour. Couriers were sent off to the Minister of Police at Berlin, and to the Ambassa dors of France and England, and an active interchange of notes ensued between the representatives of Sweden, Norway, Great Britain, and F rance, and the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs. The matter has terminated, however, in an unexpected way. M. Statzky has disappeared from the prison in which he was confi ne d, and it is known that be has succeeded in reaching Stettin, from whence he will embark where there are n o t reat i es of extradition with R for the island of Bonholm (Denmark), o n hi s way to Sweden or u s N s i o a7 ay, Accounts from Lis b on of the 2 1st ult. stat e th at n th e e w iNI inistfollowingry a ppointments had b een made in the :—the M Duke of PALELLA, Pre s id ent of the Council, holding, ad interim, the portfolio of the Finances ; the Duke of TERCEIRA, Minister of War ; and the Marquis of SA LDANHA, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Letters from Lisbon of as late a date as the 23d have been received in Paris. They state that the popular movement still continued to gain ground—that three juntas had been organized, one at Villareal, under the presidency of the son of Count VILLAREAL ; another at Coimbra, at the head of which was M. JOSE ALEX.. ANDES DE CAMPOS, a Deputy, former Minister of the QUEEN. and Professor of the University ; and THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1846. a third, at Leiria, under the direction of M. MON TIMM D'ALBUQUERQUE, a Deputy, late Minister of 1 the QUEEN and Director- General of the Public Works of the kingdom. The members of the three juntas had all assembled at Leiria, for the purpose of march ing thence at the head of the insurgents upon Lisbon. The troops of the north had retired into Oporto, and declared that they would not fight against the people. The colonels of three regiments of the garrison of Lisbon had made a similar thcla ration. All commercial transactions were suspended and the capital was in the greatest state of agitation. Madrid papers of the 28th have been received. According to the Heraldo, the rumour of an ap proaching modification of the Ministry begins to gain credit. It is said that MM. MoN and PIDAL will retire, to make room for M. PActrEco and other members of the Conservative Opposition. The ac counts from the provinces continue satisfactory. MADRID BOIS t.—The Three per Cents. were not quoted on the Bourse, but sold out of doors at 334. The shares of the Bank of San Fernando were done at 380, and those of Isabel at 196. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. They contain the following official account of the massacre of the French prisoners by ADD-EL-KADER. The Minister of War has received a dispatch from Lieut.-General DE LAMORICIERE, which unhappily confirms the sad news of the massacre of the French soldiers who were in the hands of ABD-IL-KADER. The certainty of this sorrowful event has been ac quired through a private of the Bth battalion of the Orleans Chasseurs, who succeeded in effecting his escape. This man, whose name is ROLLAND, was wounded and made prisoner on the 23d September, 1845. He arrived at Lalla Marina, on the 17th ult. His account is as follows :-- "The deira was encamped about threee leagues from the Molouia. The prisoners, who were about 300 in number, occupied about twenty gourbis in the midst of the camp of regular infantry. The camp was inclosed by high bush work, in which were two openings. This made the guard of the prisoners more easy. On the 27th of April, in the afternoon, a letter was received at the deira from Abd-el- Kader. Three horsemen arrived at the camp where the pri soners were to fetch the officers in the name of Mustapha Ben Tami. They were taken to the deira under pretext that they were to be present at a fete at the Kalifa's. The officers removed were MM. Cognord, Lazaret, Marin, Hillerain, Ca basso, Thomas, an adjutant. There were also taken away the marechal-des-loges, chef of the hussars, Testard, Trottel, and two others. At night the other prisoners were drawn out in a line. We were orderered to bring all our effects with us. When we had been thus collected the regular infantry arrived, and we were separated to be conveyed to their gourbis, seven of us were taken by the inhabitants of four gourbis, and we were all made to enter the same gourbi. I told my comrades that something would happen during the night, and not to go to sleep, but for us to be ready to defend our selves if it was intended to kill us. I had a French knife which I found on the banks of the Molouia three days pre viously. In entering the gourbi I found a reaping hook, which I gave to my comrade Daumet. At the slightest noise I said, I will go out the first and you will follow me. Towards midnight the soldiers of Abd-el-Kader set up a cry. That was the signal. I went out first and met a regular, and stabbed him in the breast with a knin. He fell. I then jumped over the iuclosure of bushes which surrounded the camp and fell to the ground. Whilst I was trying to extri cate myself some soldiers arrived and endeavoured to cap ture me; my trousers were in a had state and remained in their hands. I escaped in my shirt. In a ravine a hundred metres from the camp, a party in ambush fired upon me, and I was slightly wounded in the right leg by a ball. I continued to fly and then mounted a small bill, and sat down to see if any of my comrades were able to join me. In turning towards the camp I heard the cries of the prisoners and of the people of Abd-el Kader. The musket firing lasted for more than half an hour. My com rades, to judge from the noise that I heard, must have de fended themselves. To escape from the massacre in the gourbis of the regulars, several prisoners had taken refuge in our gourbis in the middle of the camp; in order to drive them out the gourbis were set on fire, and they were fired upon as they came out. Seeing that no person followed me, I crossed the Molouia, and walked on for three nights, con cealing myself during the day. The third day there was a thunder storm with rain, and a violent wind. I con tinued my march, nearly naked and in great suffering. I proceeded towards a Moorish village, where I arrived before night. On entering the village I met some women who were come to draw water. On seeing me they fled, uttering cries. I entered the village. At the end of a small street I saw a young man about twenty years old. When he saw me he drew his dagger to kill me. I wished to die, and advanced towards him. I had approached within three or four paces, when another man left a neigh bouring terrace and held back his arm. He then took me to his house and warmed me for two or three minutes, after which he took me to his sleeping-place. There he tied my feet and hands, and threw a horse-cloth over me ; seeing that I said nothing, for I saw that I had not long to suffer. I then saw him prepare to lie down. Thinking that he wished to make me suffer, and kill me afterwards, I made a sign to him to make haste and put an end to me without torture. He told me that he did not intend to kill me. I passed the night as I could. In the morning he came and untied me. I remained seven days with him. He would not let me go out, as there were people in the village who wished to kill me. The seventh day there came a man who made me leave at night to take me to his house. On arriving he gave me a haik and a burnous. He kept me ten days. On the tenth day he took me to one of his relations, who is in a Moorish village a day's march from Lalla Magrina. This man took me because the other did not know the way. We came by the mountains of Nedroma, and near the town my conductor took a guide. I had told my first friend that he would have money given to him if he restored me to the French. I think that is what gave the second idea of taking me to Lalla Magrina. I was told that there were two of my comrades in other Moorish villages. The regulars had set aside some of my comrades on account of their trades. I think they were not killed. Perrin, chas seur of the Bth, taken at Sidi ; Brahim, kept as a tailor ; Manin, of the Bth, tinman ; Voland, of the Bth ; and Perrin, of the 7th company." Such, adds the dispatch, is the recital of ROLLAND. He added that the troops of ADD.EL•KAHER showed a disposition to desert him, because the Moroccomen would not sell any corn. They are never paid in money, but in paper notes bearing the seal of the Emir, and this is given in exchange for provisions. It was taken in payment for a time, but has since tonsgOing to the Hahems, to various tribes. fallen into discredit. There are little more than 100 tents at B at o t u he n d a e m ira ed, —viz., There are 100 regular cavalry. (Signed) BAUDOUIN. Lalla Magrina, May 21, 1846. The Captain Aide-de-Camp of the Lieut.- General, A. De Senneville. The singular simplicity with which ROLLAND ex- presses himself should be heard, in order to appre ciate the value of men who have been able to sustain, without losing their courage, a trial so severe. ROLLAND is weakly in appearance, but does not bear the traces of physical suffering. On this subject the Prince DE LA "MOSKOWA put the question to the Ministry of which he had given notice, and animadverted in strong terms en the Go vernment for not having negotiated an exchange of prisoners with ARD-EL-KADER. M. GUIZOT, in reply, stated that overtures for such an exchange had been made by ABD-EL-KADER to Marshal BUGEAUD, but that the Marshal was convinced they were not serious. M. GUIZOT further stated, that through the French Consul at Tangiers he had notified to the Emperor of MOROCCO the fact that French prisoners were detained in his dominions, and had de manded their surrender. Negotiations were opened —money was paid to procure the release of the prisoners, but still no results were arrived at. lie deeply deplored the sad catastrophe which had happened, but was happy to be able to state that some of the prisoners had escaped the massacre. After a few words from M. DE BONY and the Prince DE LA MOSKOWA, the subject dropped. Marshal BUGEAUD returned to Algiers on the 26th. M. EMILIE DE GIRARDIN, the editor of the Preen, has been elected Deputy for Bourganeuf. The Chamber of Deputies voted the Budget of the Minister of the Interior on Monday, and on Tuesday commenced the discussion of the Budget of the Mi nister of Agriculture and Commerce. It is stated by the Epoque that the Chamber of Deputies will have terminated its labours on the 13th instant, and the Chamber of Peers about the 25th or 30th; that the Chambers will be prorogued about the 2d or 4th of July, and that the general election will take place on the Bth or the 14th of August. According to the Memorial de la Scarpe, two soldiers of the 70th Regiment of Infantry suspected of having aided Prince Louis NAPOLEON in his es cape, have absconded. The strictest search was being made for them in the country adjoining the fortress of Ham. From returns of the prices of wheat in the different markets in France during the last month, which are published in the Moniteur, it appears that the hectolitre sold on an average for 23f. 32c., at Tou louse, Gray, Lyons, and Marseilles; 21f. 91c. at Marans and Bordeaux ; 0 2f. 80c. at St. Laurent and le Grand Temps ; 24f. lc. at Mulhausen and Stras burg ; 201. 60c. at Bergues, Arras, Roye, Soissons, Paris, and Rouen ; 19f. 76c. at Saumur and Nantes; 201. 58c. a t M etz, Verdun, and Charleville ; 20 1.32 c. at St. Lo, Three compani es gave no ti c e to the Minister of Pairap o l, Q u i mper, an d liennebon : Public W or k s on Monday of the i r i nten t ion t o bid for the Lyons and Avignon Railroad—namely, Ist, the " Talabot" Company; 2dly, the company of Messrs. Ganneron, Vicomte de Borelli, E. Roux, Scheffer, Vacossin, and Terme ; and 3dly, the com pany of Count de Sieyes, General Friand, Comte de Chartellux, Monternault, General Daulle, l :de l'Espi nasse, the Marquis de Dion, de Grave, Clarac, Cor dier, and d'Orcieres. The thermometer was on Monday 82, and on Tues• day 84, in the shade in Paris. The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. sc. ; the Five per Cents., at 119 f. 70e. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,232 E 50c. ; Rouen, 1,002 f. 50c. ; Havre, 740 E ; Great Northern, 726 f. 250. ; Avignon, 860 f. ; Vierzon, 617 f. 30e. ; Bordeaux, 590 f. ; Boulogne, 480 f. ; Paris and Strasburgh, 501 f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 510 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 533 f. 75c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38 1 / 2 ; Ditto, Domestic Debt, 32. Lyons and Avignon, definitives, 512 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, definitives, 502 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 3. Central of Spain, 314 —Dutch Rhenish, 7r/ B —Eastern Belgian Junction, 14—Louvain and Jemappe, I —Luxernbourgli, 1% Namur and Liege, 3 1 ,8—Great Northern of France Constituted, 14 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 934—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6M. Lord John Russell has summoned a meeting of his political supporters in the House of Commons on Satur day next, at his house in Chesham• place. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. INSURRECTION IN PORTUGAL. Our intelligence from Lisbon of the 23d ult. is highly important. All the towns and villages situate on the south of the Tagus, and opposite that capital, had joined in the insurrection. The annual session of the Cortes was closed on that day. The Revolnca° de Setiembre contains a royal decree, dated the 21st, accepting the resignation of the Cabral Administration, and another appointing the Marquis of Palmella President of the Council and Minister of the Interior, and Minister ad interim of Justice and Finance ; the Marquis of Saldanha, the Envoy of Portugal at Vienna, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the Duke of Terceira, Minister of War, and charged ad interim with the Foreign and Colonial Government. '1 he same journal publishes a proclamation of the Queen, dated the 21st, and countersigned by the Marquis of Palmella and the Duke of Terceira, announcing that the evils which the nation complained of profoundly afflicted her royal heart, and that the grievances of the people should be redressed. Her Majesty then declares the laws of public health and the new tributary system to be abolished, and orders all restrictions to the liberty of the press to be removed. The Civil Governor of Lisbon had been superseded in his post by M. Machado. The Madrid journals of the 29th bring no news. 'Three per Cents., 33i.—Times. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, (From The Sun of last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, including 1,000 to 2,000 on speculation. There was no change in prices, but the market generally was firm. Shares were very quiet. There are no later arrivals to-day. The duty on foreign wheat is 17s. per quarter. Tliie prosperity of Canada is evidenced by the increase of trade at almost all her ports. The total value of imports at the port of Toronto, for the year ending the sth January, 1846, is 124,747 i. sterling; the revenue collected, 22,200/. currency. The increase on several of the most important articles has been very considerable ; and if the duty on some of these, such as tea and tobacco, had not been reduced, the revenue would have shown an amount corresponding with it. The increased importation of tea alone, as compared with last year, is 65,289 lbs. Estimated value of exports, 187,7001. Increase of shipping on Lake ntario, in the year 1845- 2 ships, 3 brigs, 3 schooners, 1 propeller. Total, 2,712 tons. The Funds have been very firm, and there is more activity in the market. Consols have been 96% to. 97 for Money, and 97 1 / 8 to 1 4 for Account. Exchequer bills have realised 17s. to 225. premium, and East India Bonds 275. for those above 1,000/. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 97% 3 / 4 ; and the Three per Cents., 95 1 / 2 3 / 4 . Bank Stock has touched 205% to 206%. East India Stock has realised 264. The Foreign Securities are very quiet, as the majority of the speculators are at the meeting of the Mexican bond holders. Portuguese Four per Cents. have varied from 52 1 / to 53 1 /. Mexican Bonds have not been dealt in. Grenada are at 21, and Brazilian at 82 1 / to 82k. Dutch Four Cents. realised 91 3 / 4 to 92. The Share Market is in a very tranquil state, but sales are not pressed. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING Bank Stock . .. .. •• • . .. • . % 206% 206% Three per Cent . . 205 O'CLOCK. PRICES. Reduced Annuities .. .. 95% 5i 16 % 95% Three per Cent. Consois Annuities .. .. 96% 97 96% 97 96 % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97% % 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10 5-16 3( 10% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 19,1859 .. 10 1-16 India Stock .. .. . .. .. .. .. 264 264 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. .. .. .. 27 27 Ditto, under 1,0001... .. .. .. 22 22 Consols for Opening .. .. .. .. .. 97 , 4 IA 97% Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 1 Ifid. 1,0001... .. .... 22 17 pm. 17 5001. -. .. .... 22 17 pm. 17 Ditto, Small .... 22 17 pm. 17 Ditto, Advertised .... 11 —— pm. 11 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 843 823 823 Equador Bonds .. .. .. .. .. 3% 3% Grenada, 1 per Cent .. .. .. .. 21 ex div 21 Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. .. 4 W 4 U Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto. Deferred .. _ _ _ _ 16 Portuguese Four per Cent .. 53% Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 53% 523 53% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. .. 5% 5% Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. — 15% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 4230 42% Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. .. 12% 12% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 91% 92 92 PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING DONE AT RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 .... 3% .......• .. 3% Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. .. .. 2% .. .. 1% .. .. .. .. .. 1% Itirmit igh am and Gloucester.. .. 100 .. .. 126 ••• . .. .... 126 Bristol and Exeter .. .. .. 75 . Ditto New .. .. .. .. 5 .. • • 10 .• •... 10 Buckinghamshire .. .. .. .. 425. .... par ...... •• •• par Caledonian _ .. .. .. .. 10 .. • • 11 % • Ditto, Extension .. .. .. 2% .... 1% _ .... _ _ 1% Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2N.... %..... ..... Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. 5 X .... 3% • • ... . _ Direct Northern .. .. .. .. 2%.... •... ... 14i Eastern Counties .. .. .. 141. 165..... 23% %.. • • .... 23% Ditto New .. .. .. .. 10/. 165..... 7% p•• • • .... 7% p Ditto, York Extension .. .. 10s. .. .. 1% .......... 1 % East Lincolnshire .. .. .. .. 14 .... % ..... ... • . % Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... „.. ...... 76 Goole, Doncast., and sheffield, &c. 425. .. .. .. .... .. .. 34 dis. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1%.... %34 % Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... .......... 23 Great North of England . ..100 .... .......... Ditto, New . .. .. .. .. 10 .... .......... 39 Great Western .. .. .. .. 85 —..— ... ..... — Ditto Half shares .. .. .. 50 .. .. B3 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 .... •••• • • • • 161,4 Harwich & Eastern Count. Junct. 2 .... .. Pii Leeds and Bradford .. .. .. 26 .... 53% .... 5334 Leeds and Carlisle .. .. .. 2% .... 1% l% Leicester and Bedford.. .. .. 225. .... 4 p.. .. Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% • • ~2 .. •• • • „„2% London an , Birmingham . ..100 .. .. 22834 229 228 228 Ditto Fifths .. .. .. .. 2 .. • • 25% 25 . • London and Brighton .. .. -. 50 • • •651 d % • • Ditto ditto Fifths • • .. 30 .... 40% ..... ... . • 40% London and Croydon .. ..13/. 15s 9d. •. ••••• • .. • • 224 London and York .. .. • • • • 2 % •• • • 2 •••• • • • Ditto, Half Shares • . .. .. 2% .. .. 1% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 2% .... Manchester and Leeds .. .. .. 82 .... - Ditto Extension .. .. .. 425. .. .• 2% p...... • Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . .. 81% .. • • .... • • 82 Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 4 •• • • 13% ••.•• • • • • 13% Ditto, Quarter Shares (11) • • 4 .... 13%34 • • .... • • 134 Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... I % ..... , [ Midla• - al .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 .... 150 Ditto, New ~ .. .. .. 18 .. .. 3114........., 3114 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 ....123 ... . Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... .. Ditto, New . .. .. .. 1 .... 9% • . 9% Ditto, New, Brandling .. .. 25 .... 444 .......... 443 4 Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 15 ••• • .. • • .... • • 25% Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. I % .... 54 .. .. Norfolk .. • • .. .. • • .. 20 .... .... Ditto, Tenths .. • • • • 2 •• • • 2% ••• • • •• • • 2% North British .. .. .. .. • . 22% .. .. 29% .. ....... . 29%, North Staffordshire .. .. .. 425. .. • • 3% % p.... • • 3% p Northmpton,Banbury,&Chelthm. 2 .... Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverlunptn. 12% .... 8% Preston and Wyre .. • • •• 25 .... 30% .. , Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... 2% ..••.. .. • • 23% South Midland .. .. .. .. 428..... ...... ••.. %% dis South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .. • • 39 ...... • ... 39 Do., New (do. 33/. 69.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .. .. -- .. ...... .. 1334 Do., New (do. 15/.) .. No. 4. 2% ,„. 2% ........ • • 2% Warwickshire and London .. 425. .... % dis.... .. • . % dis Welsh Midland .. .. • . .. 2% .... 1% ~ ........ 1% West Riding Union • • • • .. 425. .. .. 2% p..... . • . 2% p Kitts, Somerset, and Weymouth 5 .... 2% .. ...... 2% York and Lancaster .. .• .. 2%., —1%, ... : . ..... 1% York add North Midland .. .. 50 .... .. • • • Ditto, Half Shares .. • • .. 25 .... ...... •• • • 48% Ditto. Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 48 ...... • • Ditto, Selby .. .. . • .. 30 ... 73% Ditto. Extension .. .. .. 15 .. 33% u ... , . Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.— 1 .. • - 11% ! I FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. • • • • 12 .... 11% 11 Central of Spain .. .. • • .. 2 ..., Great Western Bengal .. .. ss. .... Louvain and Jemeppe .. .. 4 .. .._ Luxembourg Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .... 14 13% Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 ..., 9% .. Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 6%.. Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... Sambre and Meuse .. . , .. 8 .... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia .. .. .. .. Commercial of London MINES. Cobre Copper • • • . .. 40 .. • • 29 •••••• • • • • Real del Monte, Unregistered .. • • 31i •••••• -• •• DUTCH CATTLE.—The sailing packet, Jonge Charles, which arrived at the Brunswick-whar Blackwall, on Mon day, from Flushing, or Vliessengen, in Holland, brought a cargo of live cattle, consisting of 202 sheep, the produce of that country. We believ e that this is the first importation w hich has taken place of liv e cattle direct from Flushing. SUGAR DUTIES.—We beg to inform our readers, and the friends of the anti-slavery cause generally, that it is proposed by Sir Robert Peel that the debate on the sugar duties shall take place on the 12th instant. It is the inten tion of the Anti-Slavery Committee to petition Parlia ment p that the duties on free-labour sugar, whether p roduced in the British possessions abroad or in foreign countries, shall be equalized. The principle of exclusion the y pp produce, and to that alone.—Anti- Slavery rter. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE AUCTION MART TAVERN.— Mr. Wm. Payne held an inquest on Wednesday afternoon in H Guy's Hospital, on the body of Patric k arly, ag e d 50. Th e deceased, on Tuesday l as t, was employed removing some lead from the roof of the Auction Mart Tavern, in Bartholo mew-lane, when, in endeavo ur i ng to throw fi , piece into the street, he missed his hold, and losing hi s equilibrium, fell off . the roof into Bartholomew-lane He was removed to the above hospital, where h e died yesterd ay morning, i_ from con cussion of the brain. Vprdipt A....: -. COURT CIRCULAR Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Marchioness of Ormonde, and Earl Howe, arrived at Buckingham Palace, at half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, from her residence Bushy House, Bushy Park, to pay a visit to the Queen. At a quarter past five o'clock the Queen Dowager attended by the Mar chioness of Ormonde, and RAH Howe, left the Palace in a carriage and four on her return to Bushy Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by the Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Bouverie. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, visited her Majcty yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, ac companied by the Do wager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. Mrs. Thornycroft has c,nimenced the model for the statue of his Royal Ilighnesr, Prince Alfred, to be ex ecuted in marble for her Maj.sty. Her Royal Highness the Daelless of Kent liGnoured Drury lane Theatre with her presence ) esterday even ing. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Bruce, Sir George Couper, and Captain the Hon. James P. Murray. Their Royal Highnes:ees the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, honoured the annual meeting of the Charity Schools of the Metropo lis in St. Paul's Cathedral with their presence yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince George, attended by Lady Au gusta Cadogan, Madame de IsTorrnat.n, and Mr. Edmund Mildmay, honoured Mrs. Lawrence with a visit yester day afternoon at Ealing Park. The sixth anniversary meeting of the Committee of the Baroactage, for privileges, took place yesterday at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street. Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in Whitehall gardens last night, from his seat Drayton Manor, Staf fordshire. Lord Lyttelton arrived in town yesterday from the Isle of Wight. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The betting was so dull, that with the single remark that Orlando, Wolfdog, and Jericho were the only horses in any favour, we may proceed at once to a quo tation of the final prices. THE EMPEIOII.'S VASE. 7 to 2 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 8 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolfdog—taken 8 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando—taken 9 to 1 agst Lord Lonsdale's Jericho—taken 12 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Miss Sarah 12 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Peri colt 15 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon 20 to 1 agst Sir G. Heatbcote's Khondooz 30 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Corranna. Nutleaf, False Report, Bourra Tomacha, and all Mr. Irwin's horses, are scratched for their Ascot engagements ST. LEGER. 7 to 1 agst General Shuhrick's Brocardo—taken. DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's Miles's Boy—taken 50 to 1 agit Mr. Bowes's Lunedale—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Niarpessa colt—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Egiinton's Von Tromp—taken 1,000 to 15 agst each of the Duke of Richmond's four—tak MANCHESTER RACES-WEDNESDAY. The Filly Stakes of 10 sous. each, 5 ft, with 30 added, for three yrs old, Bst 31b. One mile and a quarter. (7 Subs.) Lord Stanley's Tour de Force (Holmes) 1 Mr. Cookson's Fair Star 2 Mr. Calvin's Thalia Mr. Osborne's Hopeful Even on Tour de Force, 3 to 1 agst Fair Star, 4 to 1 agst Hopeful, and 9to 2 agst Thalia. Won on the post by a head. The Cup of 100 sovs., given by the Lessees of the Race course, added to a Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft. One mile and a quarter. (23 Subs., 4of whom de clared.) Mr. Meiklam's Philip, 6 yrs, Bst (Templeman) 1 Mr. Whaley's Burgundy, 3 yrs, 6st Tha following also started, but were not placed:—Sir J. Gerard's Quebec, 6 yrs, ist 71b—Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch, 4 yrs. 7st 51b—Mr. Fox's Psalm singer, 4 crs. 7st—Mr. Erldison's Little John, 5 yrs, 7st —Mr. Dawson's Lord Harry, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Mr. Osborne's The Red Vixen, 3 yrs. sst. Betting.-7 to 4 agst Burgundy, 3to 1 agst Lanca shire Witch, 5 to 1 agst Philip, and 6 to 1 each agst Psalmsinger and Quebec. Won cleverly by three parts of a length, after a good race with four. Plate of 501. for three-yrs-olds, 6st 101 b, and four yrs, Bst 21b ; fillies, &c., allowed 31bs ; winners once, 3lbs; twice, slbs; thrice, 71bs extra. Heats, one mile and a-quarter. Mr. Raworth's Engineer, 3 yrs (Bradley) 2 1 1 Mr. Osborne's Hopeful, 3 yrs 1 2 2 Mr. Phil lipa'sf by Physician, out of Theans 4 yrs 2 3 dr Mr. Walker's Sister to Skipton. 3 yrs (Duncan) 3 dr First heat, won by two lengths ; second heat, won by a length and a half, and the third by a length, easily. Handicap Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft. and 50 added. Heats, twice round, over five hurdles. (9 Subs.) Mr. Arnold's Alice, 5 yrs, lOst ...(Copse) 0 2 1 1 Mr. Heap's Chintz Print, 6 yrs, lOst 51b 3 1 2 2 Mr. Duckworth's Clear the Kitchen, aged list Mr. Gower's Yellow Dwarf, 6 yrs, lOst 31b 0 0 0 dr Mr. Wright's Erebus, 5 yrs, lOst 2 3 dr Mr. Fox's Duce Ace, 5 yrs, lOst 2lb Mr. J. Mathewman's Doe, aged, 9st 31b odr Roderick Dhu and Violet fell.—Won easily. The Trotting Race was won easily in two heats by Mr. Bowring's Penrith, beating b f Steamer, Mrs. Caudle, Oldham, Black Bess, and Tom Tit. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. MIDDLEBURG, MAY 22.—What we learn from this and the other provinces, as well as from Belgium, respecting the state of the standing crops, is in general very satisfactory, and gives every reason to expect a very abundant harvest. A portion of the herring fleet of Vlaardingen is to be sent from that place on Tuesday next (June 2), and the steam boat Cerberus is to join it about the 10th, to bring away the herrings, so that it may be here by the 18th, whereas the busses themselves cannot be there before the 20th. BRUSSELS, JUNE I.—The departure of the King oftheNether lands from the Hague, has been considered by some persons as a journey putting off indefinitely the commercial arrange ments to be concluded between Belgium and the Netherlands. These persons are mistaken, for in the first place the King of the Netherlands will return to his kingdom byJunentli, and besides the negotiations are not interrupted by his departure, nothing therefore hinders the plenipotentiaries from agreeing on all the poilits, even from signing an arrangement which would only have to be submitted to the King of the Nether lands for his ratification, and then to be carried into effect. We are informed that the Central Section appointed to examine the project of law on education has not yet been convoked. The amendments which the Minister of the In terior is to propose are ready, and it is thought, that there is nothing to prevent them being communicated to the central section. Our Government has appointed a commission to organise the fetes on opening the railway from Paris. The commis sion was installed on Tuesday, and has shice met every day. M. Marses is gone to arrange with the Commissioner the last measures to be taken. Unless unforeseen obstacles should arise, the train is expected to leave Paris on Sunday. the 14th of June. After being present at the bril liant fetes given by the Tour Lille, the authorities will ar rive at Brussels on Monday about 2 o'clock. A banquet will be offered to the distinguished persons of Germany, and in the evening there will be a ball, to which 8,000 invitations will be issued. Several popular fetes will be given at the expense of the city, for which the Municipal Council has voted the sum of 10,000 francs. HA3IBURGB. BORSENIIALLE, MAY 29. Austrian 5 per Cents .. •• . • •••• • • .• 11 Bill s 3 21oney. Bank Shares • . Anglo-Russian Loan .• •• •• •• • • •-• • • 1074 107 Russian 5 per Cent., !lamb. Certificate. 101% Ditto Ist series Inscription.... ••• • • • 102% Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96 Ditto, in Certificate... .. • 96 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ...• • • 894 Ditto Stieglitz .. • ..... 88 1 A Spanish New 5 per Cent........ ..... . 184 18% Ditto 3 per Cent ........... ..... 29 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ... Ditto 3 per Cent. •••• • • • ..... Polish New 4 per Cent. Joan, 1844.... Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...• • • 86% 86 1 % National Bank - Shares.. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTEXDAM, MAY 30. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 234 per Cent.. .• .• ••• • • 60% 60% Ditto, 3 per Cent •..•.•••..• • • • • • • • 72% 73% Ditto, 4 per Cent... • . ...... •••• • . •• 93% 943 Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent. .. ..• 88% 893 Ditto, 336 per Cent................ Commercial Company, 4 36 per Cent .• 17034 171 East India Loan, 4 per Cent Exchange on London, at sight ••• • • • 12 27 Two m0nth5....... ..... ... 12 20 On Hamburgh, at sight •• • • 35 75 Two months... ••••••• • •• • . 35 81 Twomonths, .......... ..-Dateh Papers. June 2. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Blussmi, June 2. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent •. RothschUd's Loan, Five per Cent •••• •• Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • • Ditto Threeper Cent • • •••••• 10 - 1% Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • .. .. Ditto, ditto, 1840 •• • ..... ••• • • .... Ditto,ditto,lB42 .... •• • • •• •••• 99s Ditto, 1844. • :•......... 95% Ditto, 1836... • • • - • • • • •• 743 4 • • • •••:....... wog Ditto, 1838 •••••••• " • • • . ..... Bank of BeleAm ••• • • • - • D D i i t tto to, o l f B t 4 7 C . . 1 t . y . . 1 . 8 . 3 . 2 . 889 —Brussels Papert A ie s u T ne& R N FUNDS.—VERNRA, MAY 27, 5 per Cent. Metalliques •• • • • • • • • • ••• • • • • • 111 15-16 4 per Cent. ditto• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ..... • • 100% 3 per Cent. ditto•• ••••••••••• • • • • "• • • •• 74 Loan, 1834 • • • • • • • • ••• • • • ••• • " •••• • • • • 154 Ditto, 1839 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ....... • • 12136 Bank Shares • • • • • „ , ........... 1570 Esterhazy's Loan Vienna —Milan Death 11034 ..... ••• • • •• • 101% Sienna ......... • • •• °rosette ..... .......... 95 Oldenburg • • • • •• • • •• .• • • •• •• • Pesto Apenninen • 96 Pesth Bridge • • • • — Allgemeine Zeitung, Mty 30. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MAY 29. Bills. St. Schuld Sch., 334 per Cent •• • 96 5-6 Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent— • • Foreign Exchanges ••••• • • • • • •• •••• •• •• Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 24% Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months.l49s Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months -• —Universal Prussian Gazette. MAT 30. Money. 96 14 THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 3.--The Tagus steam-ship, Captain Brookes, left the docks at 3 P.M. this day, with East India and China mails, en route for Alex andria, Ice. ; also 20 passengers and a full cargo of bale goods. The Royal West India mail packet, the Severn, Captain Vincent, with the West India and Gulf mails, left the port yesterday, with 47 passengers, 680 bottles of quicksilvt - sr, and GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, PORTSMOUTH, AND FAREFIAM RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the scripholders in the Guild ford, Chichester, Portsmouth, and Eareharn Railway Com pany, was held yesterday, in pursuance of the sessional orders, at the Nine Elms station of the London and South- Western Railway, for the purpose of having submitted to their consideration copies of two Bills—the first, "A Bill for authorising the sale of the Guildford Junction Railway, and for enabling the purchasers to maintain the same, and to make and maintain a railway therefrom to Godalming, and from the London and South-Western Railway at Farehain to Portsmouth ;" and the second, "An Act for making rail ways from Guildford to Chichester, and from Fareham to Portsmouth, with branches to Petersfield, in the county of Hants, and to Chichester Harbour, in the county of Sussex?' Mr. Henry Currie, the banker, was voted to the chair, on the motion of Mr. Mangles, seconded by Mr. Jones. The CRAIRAIAN sait.4, in the absence of Mr. Chaplin, who was the permanent chairman of the Company, he had great pleasure in taking the chair. The proprietors were aware that the capital of the Company was a million and a quarter, in 20,000 shares of 50/. each, and 20,000 shares of 121. 10s. each. The number required by the sessional orders to con stitute a meeting was one-third, or 25,000 shares, making in amount 416,700/. The proprietors had sent in scrip far ex ceeding that amount, and they would have sent them to a still greater extent, were it not that they were anxious to avoid the trouble of registration. The number of 501. shares sent in was 10,515, or 525,750/., and the number of 121. 10s. shares 1,748: . 1 4, or 87,4371. 103., making a total of 12,26314 shares, and 613,1871. 10s. of capital, and being 3,929 shares and 196,4871. 10s. capital more than the sessional orders required. He did not know whether it was necessary for him to trouble the meeting with any observations on the merits of the two Bills They were aware that both of them had a good chance of being passed; indeed, one had already passed the Commons, and was now before the Lords, who, he had no doubt, would shortly report favourably upon it. He should be happy to answer any questions the meeting might be desirous of putting. After a short pause, the SOLICITOR (Mr. Bircham) read the breviats of the two Bills ; and a resolution approving and authorising the diiecors to proceed with them, was moved from the chair and carried unanimously. The meeting terminated with the customary vote of thanks to the Chairman. 1% 133 i 934 63 4 5 5% REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY. This Company's half-yearly meeting was held on Wednes day, at the establishment, City-road Basin, J. E. D. Bethune, Esq., in the chair. The report of the directors stated that the agreement as to the project fir transforming the Regent's Canal into a railway having become void in consequence of the required amount not having been subscribed, the sum of 5,0001. deposited as caution money by the committee of that scheme, became the property of the Regent's Canal Company, and that the same had been transferred to the ac count of the reserve fund, thereby increasing the amount of that fund to 13,8351. 18s. 2d. The committee had borrowed of this amount 2,6051. 17s. 3d. to pay fur a portion of the property required for the new entrance to the Limehouse Dock. The tonnages in the six months ending the 31st of May, amounted to 528,865 tone, producing a return of 18,934/., and the profit for the half year ending 31st of March last, amounted to 13,057/. 16 s . 9d ., ma ki ng with 393/. 4s. 6d., an amount of 13,451/. ls. 4d. to be carried to the profit and less account. A deduction of five per cent• on the net profits of the half-year was suggested as a remedy' for preventing the reserve fund sinking below 10,000/., the amount agreed upon for that fund before a dividend be de clared. In conclusion, the committee suggested a dividend out of the profits of 12s. per share, leaving a balance of 60 01 - towards the next account. After the reading the report Mr. Green and Mr. Mayhew were rather vituperative agains t some of the directors for jobbing in the shares of the com pany, which led to a long discussion, in which the Cbairman, Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Hitchirs, Mr. G. R. Robinson, the solicitor, Mr. Lyon, and others took part. The transfer book was ordered to be produced by the Chairman; but, 01 examination, for the last twelve months no shares were fora to have been disposed of by the directors, which explanation seemed to be satisfactory. A proprietor asked if the Cora; pany had come to any understanding between the East and West India Dock Railway Company, in respect to the canal ? The Chairman said he could not at present publicly s tate what had transpired, but th ey m i g h t re l y on the comm ittee being quite alive to the i n t eres t s o f t h e propr i etors. Aft er a deal of discussion on vari ous t op i cs t h e report was aclol3- d P when the committee and au di tors were e l ecte d , an d a vo te of thanks baying been p asse d th e c h a i rman, t h e meetingseparated. titte COLONIAL MONOPOLY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Strt,—Can you or any of your readers assign to me a sou nd reason why I, who am denuded of all protection en the core I grow and sell, should be required to support the colontal monopoly, by paying a protected price for the sugar, coffees &c., I may require for myself a n d f am ily ? It was sure l y always undetAood that when the differential duties on COra were abolished (the trifle which remains for three years_ being little more than enough to pay the costs of registra tion), the differential duties on all other articles were to be abolished also.—l am, sir, &c., A TENANT-FARMER. We are requested to state that Mrs. Jameson's nel'f, work, " Memoirs and Essays on Art, Literature, and Socia l Morals," will be published by Mr. Bentley, New Surlington street, on Friday next, the sth inst SUICIDE OF A YOUTH. — Wednesday an inquest Wes held before Mr. W. Baker, jun., deputy-coroner, at the Ship, in Finsbury -square, on the body of John Treacher Hall, aged 17 years, who committed suicide by swallowing an ounce of arsenic. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was the son of a respectable hat• manufacturer, of No. 6, Finsbury-square. For some time past the deceased had been in a low and desponding state of mind. He w as subject to repeated bleeding at the nose, which appeared to alarm him and prey on his spirits. He was very absent in conversation, and there was no doubt his mind had become affected by his infirmity, which he concealed from his family. On Sunday morning the deceased's brother, Mr. Arthur Hall, left him in bed awake. Shortly afterwards a noise was heard in the room by one of the servants as she was passing the door. Mr. Hall immediately proceeded to his brother's apartment and found him lying on the bed in a state of great exhaustion and pain. Medical assistance was sent for directly, and Dr. Pervia was soon in attendance. He found the deceased vomiting and in a state of collapse. He prescribed for the deceased, and when he was restored to eon. sciousness Dr. Pervia asked him what he had taken. Th e deceased replied he had taken arsenic The deceased air informed Dr. Pervia that he had obtained the arsenic sib months ago from the warehonse of his brother, who is wholesale druggist, and that he had come to the detertni ll4- tion of committing suicide, as there was no object worth li ving for. The deceased expired at one o'clock on Sunday, th ree hours after he had taken the arsenic. On a post martens e i ; amination of the body, Dr. Pervia found a large quantity arsenic in the deceased's stomach. The jury returned a y el diet "That the deceased committed suicide while in a state of mental derangement." FARRINGDON GENERAL DISPENSARY AND LYING CHARITY.—The annual dinner of this instituti on wa s hel d on Wednesday evening at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street. Alderman Copeland, M.P., who had consented to presides being by reason of a family affliction prevented from attend' ing, Sir James Duke, M.P., the Alderman of the ward, tor' l ‘ the chair. About thirty gentlem en sat down to an excel lent dinner provided by Mr. Cle mow, w hi ch, with t h e gave great satisfaction. Mr. J. Galsworthy, th e s ecretary; read the report, from which it appeared that the number 01 patients relieved during the last year was 3,133. The o ° - mittee announced the removal of the dispensary to muc h more commodious premises in Bartlett's-buildings, nol an inspection of which they invited. It appears that rt` ate limited income of the charity is by no means comineusn,sed with the calls upon it, and the greatest desire was exPree'sent to free the institution from the debt of 300/. which at Pf, re i, hampers its efficiency. A donation of 30/. from the f t he te dent, Lord Denman, was announced amid the cheers 0 _. Gb, meeting, and a list of further donations, amounting was read by the treasurer, Mr. Deputy Bedford. Ar m and., ments were made for bringing the claims of the charo.. co of the great amount of good effected by it under the not i ., or the wealthier inhabitants of the ward by means of a del: sen tion, and also for insuring more harmonious action bet , _vv , it the committee and medical officers, the latter of whom' it appeared, claimed a vote in the proceedings of th 28 7 n p mittee. Since the establishment of the charity, in 18 beea to the cemmencement of the present year, relief hes r afforded to no less than 53,590 patients, of whom at sneed one-fourth, inclusive of midwifery cases, have been atten at home. fc FATAL ACCIDENT ON DOARD HER MAJESTY % CALEDoNIA.—PLYMOUTIL JUNE 2.—On Sunday, th ot on tilt., at sunset, when lowering the maintopgallant board her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, Captain S'em_l4, ly 11. Dixon, lying in Hamoaze, the lizard unfortunatelYrT'As. way, and the mast fell on the deck and killed three pe_s u i L d n, It appears that the top-gallant-yards of this ship—fore , '", se . and mizen — are usually sent down at sunset ; but, in ';'_ n d quence of the Admiralty order for examining her lower the rigging, instructions had been given on board 1 ivioneaYr more forward for commencing work the next day top-gallant. masts, in addition to the yards, so as to h e , s At the time of the accident, Captain Dixoe, tenants (including Lieut. Jones, the officer The lizard, unfor tunate] most of the crew, were on deck. I the man a t the tunately, Has not securely stopped, and when he sung out, mast-head found it slipping from the mast e 2 „ A were r") from forty as usual, "Stand from under." Theresird out of danger' fifty hands underneath, who r :ft, and not in a dangerous The sufferers, who were more t o h f e l e r ewe watch), c i Lieu ) - At from the mast-head the to position, unhappily under the mast. In t. % rigging, canted, and fell horizontallY mast caught in hfollowedthe others, and thus came right Lamb assistant clerk, lam Slane a marine' Mr. C. P. ' w idow and five children, and Thomas B. Herbert , leaving a Charles Pomeroy a boy, across the deck. Three . petrsonswlevre.ikrilledsoi n the spot, first-class boy. s dislocated, and was otherwise severely injured. The calamity has deeply affected Captain Dixon and the officers, and °lel ., have evinced their sympathy for the widow of the marine ks a subscription in her behalf. The Captain has given 21-• r ; w m e a s r i t n a e k s ente volunteered t he Boy al Navalday's Bone, purser, U., and the other officers in proportion. an inquest is to be held thi pli s a had his shoulder those who were killed. The Caledonia is deficient of al t. of . her best hands ; 40 are lent to her Majesty's „,, ,all ; i is P o ed; o y e s v p e e i a n ta c m il l, g . at e T S n h t oetnhbeehoyorueFsme°,:winhese - f r o s s - t . Vincent, 120, Captain Sir Richard Grant; 40 to the disc and others are on detached service. She is now near l 3: ari d. mantled; and fore, main, and mizen lower masts only star ing, and they are almost stripped, and there is a doc),A lighter alongside, taking away the rigging, some of w h ich very defective. day m uch LEOPARD HUNT AT BATTERSEA.—We.anes excitement prevailed near Wandsworth and Batte rs ea, leopard consequence of its having become known that t bethoughtat largenea t r the be common md dog, n b . to sec ure he found his mistake, and ran off vons ut A on gr h a i v s e a l the interloper, and information was giy -.ertaineu d p i r g o g e e e r hi o n a b g se t r v he et Z s ai to some travelling _-,erioper, menageries at the fair held near, ;hen it was ase,..._ A that a young leopard had escaped from o ne of the vans, In a the owner of the missing animal set out in sear ch of it. Di very short time he was Joined by a large number of persons, who went in pursuit of the fugitive. The furze was beat?, and the common was scoured, but without success. T he huntsmen were then apprised that their " game" had in pro ceeded towards some cottages near Battersea. The b u t tile cre ased s , p men, the number of whom had c onsiderably leopard was disinclined for furthe r chase, and takin his abode in a cart - shed, quie tl y p ermitted his keep secure him. B IRMING HAM TO BE ERECTED INTO .A GREAT GEN" TEAL MII START DEPOT.--It has been stated in Birmingham this week, in quarters likely to be well-informed, that Go n, then came up, and the " view hallco" was give g uP e r to vernment intend to erect the military station there into a_ grand central depot, and to remove to it the greater part ot the troops now stationed at Weedon. The central position of Birmingham, communicating as it now does by railivaY with all the principal ports in England, has, it is thought, suggested the propriety and advant a g e of making it the seat of a central depot, inasmuch as at a moment's notice OMII troops might thence be disatched nd landed in a fewh n fin,' nart of Scotland. p England a , ar Iroland.