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* :~ ', I HEr. MAJESTY'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING RAIrvrAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. 3,ILEL,ssRO,4s., RaLuwAaylitspharNeD, Auctioneers, S A b eL AND lt t thank their Tr:ends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., tAke place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to w hi c h place, favours. cow Mning instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested t • be ad4ressed. Ay scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advice* or results will be forwarded by the first post After the sale, and the proceeds Immediately disposed of according to instructions. Urn cev. Hall or Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. will he performed (for the third time these two years), Cima rose's Chef d'aCuire, In Two Acts, entitled. IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Carolina, Madame Grist ; Fidalma, Madame Sanchioll E ll setfa , Madame Castellan ; Paolino, Signor Mario ; Count Robin son, Signor F. Lablache ; Geronlmo, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement (composed by Mdlle. Cerito), entitled LA VIVANDIERB. Introducing the Bedowa, or, Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. ICathi, Madame Copere; La Vivandiere, Mdlle. Cerito ; Postillion, M. St. Leon; Mayor, M. Bertrand; a Traveller, M. Venefra. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in formed that there will be an EXTRA NIGHT on THURSDAY NEXT, JUNE 4, When will be performed ➢fozart's chef d'astivre, IL DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grist ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle, Sanchloli ; Zerlina, Madame Castel= ; Don Giovanni, Signor Fomasari ; Leo porello, Signor Lablache ; Masetto, Signor F. Lablache ; II Corn mendatore, Signor Botelli ; Don Ottavie, Signor Mario. With various Entertainments in the BALLET Department. Comprising the talent of Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, Moncelet, De mellsse, Cassan, and Lucile Grahn ; M.M. Perrot, Gosselin, Di 3lattia, and St. Leon. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DUI TRY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled TECE CRUSADERS. - The principal characters will b e sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, liorrani, Rorncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. Ling, Misi Romer, and Miss Raintorth. To conclude with the popular Ballet of IMICLDA. In which all the celebrated Dancers will perform. THZATRE 11.0YAL. HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New called MR. PETER PIPER ; or, F o und Out at Home. Mr. Peter Piper, Mr. Farren ; Si r C . F,,i,s Q x, Mr. Tilbury ; Major Garry Owen, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. Bu kstone ; Mr. P. Piper, Mrs. Glover ; Busk, Mrs. Hamby. rhe ttmut will perform the overtures, "Cenerentola," and " Duc d'Olonne." the " St. James's Polka," " Phhomel Walzer," and the " Chatsworth Quadrilles." To be followed by the celebrated Comedy of SPEED THE PLOUGH. The prominw t characters will be sustained by Messrs. Farren, Holl, Stuart, Webster; Mrs. (}lover, Miss 'Sennett, and Mrs. W. Clifford. — To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRI%H POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Glover, &a.. will appear. To :onclude with a New Farce, caned LEND ME FIVE MUL- E INGS. Mr. Golightly, Mr.Buck., - tone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury ; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. ll.rton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Another brilliant Triumph ! " Robin Hood and Richard Cceur de _ . Lion" every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Farce, entitled, A FRIEND INDEED. After which a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by 3lessrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Kinloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, and Miss Forster. To be followed by A MODEL OF A WIFE. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Meadows, Turner ; Miss Farebrother and Mrs. Woollidge. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain Startling and hitherto ITnrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD CCEUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, 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. Lambert, 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 IVolgar, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, &c., will appear. To le followed by the Barlcique, 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. Minty ard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, is Two Acts and Four Tableaux, en titled, MONSEIGNEUR ; or, Paris in 1720. Monseigneur, Mr, Wallack ; Labarre, Mr. Granby; Germaine, Mr. Oxberry ; Rosaline, )tiss Emma Stanley ; Annetts, Miss E. ;loaner ; Lisette, Miss Somers. fo be followed by the celebrated Drama of DON CAESAR DE BAZAN. To conclude with a vevr Ballet, entitled LES CONSCRITS DU VILLAGE. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, Flexmore, Harris; Bliss Bailin, Miss Marshall, &c., will appear. ASTLEYN ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses Prince AP , ert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Alice. Last Week of the present successful spectacle, which must be withdrawn to make way for the Whitsun Holiday Entertainments, " The War in the Pluijaub ; or, Our Indian Victories " THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of TITIE ARAB AND HIS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. With magnifi,ent effects, and introducing the double stud, &c. The SCENES of the ARENA will be of the most varied and pleasing description, introducing the new Artistes, whose wondrous performances are nightly crowned with the most enthusiastic applause. The Entertainments will terminate with a new and laughable AFTER''IECE. Mr. BATTY has much pleasure in stating, that in obedience to the wishes of several of his patrons and heads oc families, he has made arrangements to give, during the ensuing holidays, four mid day performances, the first of which will take place on THURS DAY, June 4, and each succeeding Thursday until the nnmber are complete; on which neriairm the Entertainments will embrace those recently performed by royal command, and so highly eulogised by .her most gracious Majesty. The representations o ill commence istach day at two o'clock, and terminate at halt-past four. Box-office open trom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her cuianeum and Pompeii took place : produced under the direction ct Mr. Denson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes Many eminent native and foreign musicians. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Sonthby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro duced, repres,nting the Descent of Phcebus in the Chariot of the Sun. ,lions. Farinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to Moira ldm, and bear him to his chrystal home. An Illuminated Marine Cave, and the Glass Conservatory, splen diuly mnamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivora at five ; the Pelicans, &c., at half-past eve ; Concert at six ; and: he Eruption at dusk. Admission, Is. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOV PUBLISHING. PRICE (TO SUBSCRIBERS) SIXPENCE. THE WEATHER.—Sus °Trion, MAY 29. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 49; Highest, 65; Noon, 63. BAROMETER, 30.38.—W1ND W.; fine. H 1 /ft WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 19 fainutes after 4. J Evening .. 31 minutes after 4. 1: 6 G 6 • r i ct i d 1 -- • XII p lit a so . # 0144.'` zr; r- , •,r o 444,1 Mring 11 LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1846. The House met atFour o'clock, action of private busi ness , and, after the trans. Sir R. PEEL in moving that the House, at its rising, do adjourn to Fri day next, stated On that on that day h e should propose to proc ee d with Su pp l y . day following he should move the seco d reading the o fa f o th n e -Protection of Life in Leland Bill ; and on Friday, the Nth June, he should bring forward the question of the Sugar Duties. In answer to questions from various Hon . Members, the Right Hon. Baronet said that he would fix an early day for proceeding with the Poor Removal :Bill. It was ultimately , at the suggestion of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, arranged that the Poor Removal Bill should be taken on Friday, and the motion was agreed to. In answer to Mr. HIMIE, Sir R. PEEL stated that the American President had given notice to the British Go vernment of the termination of the Oregon Convention of 1827, and he had given the notice in the terms agreed on by both Houses of the American Legislature, in the _hope that it might lead to an amicable:settlement of the question. Mr. J. E. DENison, in reply to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, stated that the nature of the instruction to the Com mittee on the Poor-law Removal Bill was, that after a .certain day the settlements in each union should be union settlements and not parochial ones, and that each pariah should contribute to the union rate in proportion to the average rate paid by each during the course of the last seven years. On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair, in order that the House should resolve itself into a Com mittee of Ways and Means, Mr. LAWSON rose to move for certain returns on the subject of the pric e o f p otatoes at var i ous per i o d s, an d e nteredinto a long explanatio n o f th e s t a t ements w hi c h he had made with regard to the price of potatoes on a - .former occasion. Mr. Alderman HUMPHREY also entered into certain *xi:donations with regard to his statements on the sub ject o fnotatoes during the course of the corn-law debate The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, &c. iy E , UliNactidioß of the EXCHEQUER rose to bring r _<l9ri6aiiitStiagt, which he feared he should not be tiakeilreiiAlteresting, as the various alterations r N. ft S in our financial system, proposed by the Government, had already received the sanction of the House, neither would it be necessary to state the exact amount of the expenditure as they were already before the House in the estimates. He should only have to exhibit in one view the receipt and expenditure, from which the Hc,u - e would see the working of the financial policy of the 'Government. The Right Hon. Gentleman then pro ceeded to make his statement. The revenue last year was estimated at 49,762,0001. ; it had yielded 51,250,0001. The customs, which had been estimated at 19,500,000 1 . had yielded 19,700,0001. The excise, estimated at 12,500,0001., had realised 13,300,000/. The stamps, estimated at 7,000,0001, had yielded 7,660,0001. The taxes, estimated at 4,200,000, had yielded the amount estimated. The property-tax, estimated at 5,100,0001., had fallen a little short, in consequence of the repay ment made to persons from whom deductions had been male. The post-office, which had been estimated at 700,0001., had yielded 790,0001 There had been re ceived from China 750,0004, —making a total revenue of 52,000,900. The expenditure, estimated at 30,790 0001., had amounted to 30,600,000/. There was a deduction to be made for charges which occurred in certain years, and the surplus revenue of the year amounted to 2,350,0001. In the ensuing year he estimated the Custom's revenue at 19,500,0001. He estimated it at this sum, because he believed that the commercial prosperity would continue and increase, and, therefore, he should not make such a deduction in the abolition of duties as he might be en titled to under other circumstance& He estimated the Excise revenue, which had only fallen this year 100,0001. in consequence of the reduction of duties last year, at 13,400,0001. He took for stamps 7,400,0001. only, be cause he thought that the increase this year was owing to the increase of railway speculation. The assessed taxes he estimated at the same amount as last year, and the property-tax at 5,100,000/. He estimated the Post office revenue for the ensuing year, in consequence of certain alterations about to be made, which would incur some expense, at 850,000/., being 60,000/. above what it had realised this year. With respect to Crown lands, he expected to receive from them 120,0001., and the miscellaneous at nearly the same amount• The total amount of revenueshe estimated at 50,950,0001.; and he estimated that, including the China ransom, the total receipt would be, 51,650,0001. With regard to the expenditure, certain additions had been necessary to the military and naval forces of the country, which would dip deeply into the surplus. The charge for the debt was 28,100,0001., for the consolidated fund it was 5,200,0001., showing an increase in the last item in con sequence of the advances made to Ireland. The expen diture for the army he estimated at 6,690,000/., being an increase of 140,000/. The expenditure of the navy would be 7,521,000 L, being an increase of between 500,0001. and 600,000/. The estimate for the ordnance would be 2,543,000/., being an increase of 400,000/. The miscellaneous expenditure would amount to 3,435,0001., being somewhat more than the sum which appeared in the estimates. The total expenditure fur services would be 20,198,000/., which with the charges would make a total expenditure of 50,853,000/., which being deducted from the anticipated revenue of 51,650,000/., would leave a surplus of 776,000 L He attributed the present prosperous state of the finances to the liberal commercial policy which had been adopted by the Government since 1842, by means of which the then deficiency in the revenue had been changed into a sur plus, so that on the Ist January, 1846, there was in the exchequer 4,798,0001. more than there was in the Ist January, 1842, while the debt was less by 7,000,0001., and the deficiency bills were less by 4,133,000/. in 1846, than they were in 1842. In 1842, the total charge upon the debt was 29,597,0001.; in 1846, it was 28,1,29,0001., showing a relief to the public on these charges of 1,500,000/. a year. These were the results of the financial and commercial policy of the country which had been pursued by the Govern ment, and they were sufficient to vindicate that policy, It might be said that the Chinese ransom had contributed to raise this surplus. Now, the sum received from China was 3,360,000/. ; of this sum 2,050,000/. bad been devoted to the expenses of the Chinese war ; 1,270,000/. had been paid as opium compensation; making, together, 3,320,0004 and showing that the gain to the revenue fir the Chinese compensation was 30/. only. Since 1842, taxes to the amount of 5,624,000/. had been imposed, but in the same period taxes amounting to 8,206,000/. had been removed, showing a reduction in the burdens of the people of 2,562,660/. Ho knew that he might be told that these results were owing to a succession of good harvests, butcould they show him any previous period of tour successive good harvests in which any such results had followed ? Aud - if they could not, he had a right to assume that it , was not to their good harvests alone, but to the adoption of a liberal commercial policy, that these results were to be attributed. While the nuances were /Lore prosperous than they had been in 1842, the comforts of the p, ople had increased, as was proved by the increase in the de pt,sits of the savings -banks, the average of which, during the four years preceding 1842 was 357,000/ a-year, while during the last four years the average was 793,0001.; tied by the increase in the amount of excise duties ; and crime had diminished to the extent of seven per cent. in the last period of four years as co.npared with the four years preceding ; and the num ber of applications for assistance for schools had in creased is the proportion of 500 to 200; and the ardour which was exhibited for building new churches indicated a great improvement in the moral and religious habits of the people. These things should encourage them to go on in the course which they had begun, and cauti ously to remove those burdens which diminished the comforts and crippled the energies of the people. The Right Hon. Gentleman then formally moved the usual resolution. Mr. F. BARING considered that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had understated his expenditure by nearly half a million, having taken in some of his esti mates, the charge for three-quarters as the charge for the year, instead of the charge for four-quarters throwing over one quarter to next year, and thus exhibiting an apparent, but not a real reduction. He was equally hostile as he was at first to the income tax, but no o►►e should ever induce him to believe that it could be taken off at the end of three years. He be lieved that, throwing aside the money to be received from China, instead of having a surplus, the Govern ment would have a deficiency of about 800,0001. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained. Mr. Hymn had heard with satisfaction the state ments of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and ix lieved that many of the suggestions he had thrown out if carried into effect would be productive of great gocd to the country. He was happy to see that the present Government had removed taxatien that pressed upon the poor, and placed it upon property. He believe 1 that the revenue might be increased by a reduction of the duties on tobacco and tea., The reduction of the duty on the former, would put an end to the enormous expense of keeping np the preventive service; and the taking off the duty on tea would place the relations of this country with China on a much firmer footing. The reduction of the sugar duties, also, he believed, would be attended with great benefit. He wished to see the income-tax continued, as it removed taxation from the millions, and placed it upon those who ought to bear it—namely, those who were in possession of the property of the country. _ _ _ _ _ Lord GEORGE BENTINCK thought that the surplus cf 776,0001. was rather a small bum to face the contin gencies of the country, considering the great champ s that were about to be.,made in the commercial policy of 1 the country. Me contended that the only way to re duce the assessed taxes was to continue the duty on corn and timber. He protested against the financial statements of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. C. WOOD considered the statement of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer most unsatisfactory, inasmuch as it did not put the House in possession of what the real income and expenditure of the country would be. A desultory discussion then ensued, in which Mr. CARDWELL, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. HUDSON, and Mr. JAMES took part, after which the resolutions were agre ed to. The House then resumed, and the report was or deredthen dispos e d o f , F o rda d y ay ne w x e t. re Th e other order d. and the Hous e Sdjourne to be received s oonf Cordially do we congratulate every individual in the country upon the result of this morning's division in the House of Lords, by which the aristocracy accede to the na tional will, and acknowledg e the justice of the proposed measure. The momentous changes in our commercial policy recommended in her MAJESTY'S Speech f r om the Throne, and demanded by the intellectual and numerical prepon derance of the Commons, has now obtained the acqui escence of the only remaining division of the Legislature. That anxiety which, during . so many eventful mutations of authority has been extending itself throughout the land, has now developed itself in every quarter of our social sys tem ; it has elicited the accordant intimation of the SOVEREIGN ; -it has called forth the most beautiful, because the most peaceful, enthusiasm of the multitude, the noblest of the moral and mental capacities of our statesmen, the fecundity of our insular oratory, the pre dominating approval of our representatives, and, finally, it has evolved the distinctest sympathy of the aristocracy. What Lord STANLEY falsely applied to the converse of the division may be appropriately notified as the spontaneous ebullition of popular gratitude and popular satisfaction, in the exclamation, " Thank GOD, we have a House of L9rda I" Not, as the scion of Derby would imply, because they blindly consult class interests and party aggrandisement; not be caue they foster their rent-roll by taxing the meal bag, and prefer the lustre of a feudal coronet to the lustre beaming from the countenances of a con tented population. Thank Got, rather, that we pons. fis a House of Peers! because those Peers are giving evid , i ce of a desire to obliterate by one decision the avaricious impo licy of bygone generations, because they testify a due sense of the sanctity, the grandeur, and the strength of the al will, and are ready to consult the int(1114110tell pen% not those alone of some exclusive coterie. By their determina tion in favour of the second reading of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Bill, our nobles have stabilitated their class, and renovated their influence, and popularised their councils more than by any resolution possibly that has ever been pronounced within the walls of their Right Honourable Cham ber. Whatever decadence may have encroached upon their political character by a very notable ancestral selfishness, however much their over-con servation of exploded statutes may have deteriorated from their original popularity, and have caused those favourable opinions in their regard to fall into desuetude—the majority of forty-seven Peers in favour of a free-trade policy will dissipate all such sentiments, and tend very considerably to the establishment of a respectful affection between the people and their aristocratic Legislators—an affection arising from a sense of mutual dependence. As the ancient ballad of "Chevy Chase" was wont to influence the poet CAMPBEIAIk this majority will in like manner stir the heart of the whole nation "like the voice of a trumpet." In it, all our most sanguine expectations have been realised, all our most distinct an nouncements have been fulfilled. The Peers have relieved themselves from a somewhat onerous responsibility, and that responsibility (unless, as we sincerely trust, they will perceive the futility of persistance) will altogether devolve upon the clamorous supporters of the protective system. Convinced that the time has ar rived when the proposed measure will alone suffice, and actuated by their own rational conclusions, not by any in timidation from without, the aristocracy have washed their hands of a denial. They have dispassionately weighed the merits of the question, and their ultimate opinion as to its advisability is more eloquently conveyed than by the most elaborate flourishes of rhetoric, in the cabalistic numerals 47. Although this only signalises the second reading of the Bill, the divi nion is in every essential respect conclusive. We look upon the Great Measure as already accepted by the Legislature; and, animated by the ardour of that thought, it. is with a threefold earnestness that we offer our congratulations to the League, to the Liberals, to Parliament, to the Prime Minis ter. and to the People. The commercial code of England is henceforth free trade. Mr. O'CostiErz, on Monday evening, paid a well merited compliment to the just and upright intentions of the Government with regard to Ireland. He stated that since the administration of food to the starving popu lation there had been a vast reduction in the amount of crime in that country, which he ascribed in a great de gree to the beneficial exertions of the Premier. Sir R. PEEL questioned whether this reduction was not in a great degree owing to the steps which had been taken with respect to the Coercion Bill. Whatever may be the cause to which it is ascribable, we have now the ad mission, on the highest authority, that this happy result has been attained, and that peace and tranquillity are again restored to our sister island. So long as outrages and disturbances were rife in that country, and the ordinary powers of the law were found to be insufficient for their suppression, we hesi tated not to yield our humble support to the Govern ment, and to call upon the Legislature to arm the Exe cutive with means adequate for the purpose, and not to withhold any of the necessary appliances. But we also most strenuously urged the necessity of measures of kindness and conciliation being at the same time adopted, that all well-grounded causes of complaint should be removed, and particularly that the relationship between landlord and tenant, the teterrima causa belli, the fertile source of discord and disaffection, should be ameliorated and improved, by which means Ireland would be rendered a prosperous and happy country. Already much has been effected . The glorious principle of free trade, by which the many will be so greatly benefited, has passed the representa tives of the people by a large and increasing majority, and there is no longer doubt or danger as to its ultimate and entire success. Three measures of the greatest consequence have been announced by the Government as having been already prepared, by which some of the most crying grievances relating to the occu pation of land are likely to be taken away, and which as indicating the favourable intentions of the Ministry, and the sincerity of their determination to grapple with the difficulties with which the case is environed, will be gratefully received by the people as a large instalment of justice, as a most acceptable and valuable boon. In other matters, too, the members of the Government haye evinced their anxiety to deal liberally and fairly with the people of that country. Measures have been introduced into both Houses of Parliament, and received with all but unanimous appro bation, having for their object the purifying of our statute-book from the last remnants of bigotry and in tolerance—the sweeping away all traces of the abomi nable and vexatious penal code. The religion of the vast majority of the Irish people is no longer to be insulted by the existence of obsolet , and universally condemned enactments; they are in every respect to be treated and recognised as our equals. The old, and happily abandoned, watch-word of Pro. testant ascendancy has no longeran existence in the nation, and the most perfect freedom of opinion is accord( d to every man. Can we then wonder that this improved spirit on the part of the Ministry, and of the Legisla ture, should be attended with the happy results to whicl, we have alluded? We always believed the Irish to be a people of high and generous impulses, easily won by kindness, and ready to abandon all feelings of resent ment the moment the exciting cause was removed and the hand of friendship extended towards them. They have proved that we were correct in that opinion, that our estimate of their character was correct. Sir R. PEEL has shown that he can argue from analogy, that he is not slow to avail himself of the signs of the times, and that he is ever ready to extend a principle which has been found to work well, so far as it has been adopted. Nothing can possibly be more favourable than the fruitt which have hitherto sprung from conciliation. Follow up the system—no longer evince suspicion and distrust —let our Irish brethren receive the benefit of the im proved condition of their country. The Coercion Bill could only be justified by the inevitable necessity that existed of vindicating the law, and putting down with the strong arm violence and bloodshed. That necessity has now happily terminated—a milder treatment has been found efficacious, a healthy action has been restored. " Cessat ratio, cessat lex," is a universally ad mitted axiom, the truth of which has never been questioned or denied. The cause, which unhap pily evoked the necessity of such a restriction o the liberties of the subject has ceased. Even if the lawr ware now in actual operation, it should be forthwith terminated. A graceful opportunity is afforded to the Premier of acknowledging that he is no longer com pelled to press the Coercion Act rapidly through Parliament, and of adjourning, if not totally abandoning, its further progress, unless the re newal of disturbance and outrage should irnpera tively demand the carrying out of its provisions in all their stringency and severity. Such a course would in deed add many wreaths to the laurels he has already gained for himself, and plant him firmly in the heart of the people as the Minister of their choice—then, in deed, might he bid defiance to the attempts of faction, or of disappointed monopoly, to shake him from the proud eminence on which he would be placed, and from which he could not be removed so long as he should be influenced by justice and moderation. The Emperor of Russta, accompanied by Count ORLOFF, arrived in Warsaw on the 17th of May. Madrid papers to the 21st have been received. They contain no intelligence whatever. It being the feast of the Ascension, the Bourse was closed. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. They are principally occupied with comments on the escape of Prince Lows NAporatox from Ham, an event at which they almost all express satisfaction. The Chamber of Peers heard the report of M. FRANK CABRE on the case of LECOMTX at the sitting on Wed nesday. Although transactions were not numerous, there, was some fluctU tion en the Paris Bourse on Wednesday. The rise in Consols on our Stock lxchange produced a corresponding movement at the com mencement of business. A fall subsequently took place, but the Funds rallied towards the close of the market. The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 152.; the Five per Cents., 119 f. 75c.; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,237 f. 50c. ; Rouen, Avignon. o b n * T e r ; 4 ; 15 V f. 1 rz p o ai n ti , s 6 a 2 n s d f. 1,017 f. 50c.; Havre, 754 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 747 f. 50c.; to t r u d r e a uct,51.61;2f. Tours soo; andß Bo u logn e, l a o n g t i c i Strasburg, 518 f. 75e. ; Paris and Lyons, 541 f. 25e. mimes or 111111111. Lyons and Avignon, Detnitlves, 514 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette Deflnitives, 510 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, May 25. 11011logns and Amiens, 113 —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espeleta), 2--Ceatral of Spain, 1 3—East Indian Bourg, I% , I—Luxern- Namur and Liege, 31—Orlea ns and Vle r ze n, 15—Paris an d Lyons Constituted, 6%—ltogel} and Havre, 28% —Sambre an d Meese, s 4 • A " Constant eßeader":nßerourksphairpwee,irs, justh es us to o e w o a rreet * Stitt e - ofththeatprfe e e :d nU vaca g n e t r by C° t u h n e t‘e d t e s a a t o h tf was jas,swiaositichse and d t w a r ton. Lady Ann THE VICARAGE OF WANTAGE.—It is expected h D ll u a n ni rn il o ton re otihnfeethdlietvlwilnohgnico.hrpalrVp.:Heanotbaraedgrt, will be conferred appp the Rev. Mr. Kn one of the minor canons of St. G eorge `s Chapel, w. mdgor. Yv it t 4 vicarage, which is of the annual value of about 6001., is i n the gift of the Dean and Canons. No arrangement, however, is expected to be decided upon until after the induction of the newly-appoi n t e d Dean. AMERICAN NEWS. WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STA' ES AND MEXICO. PROCLAMATION " or TEM PILE:EIDEN T OF THE tNITED STATES. " Whereas, the congress of the United States, by virtue of the constitutional authority vested in them, have declared by their act bearing date this day, that ' by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war exists between that Government and the United States :' " Now, therefore, I, James K. Polk, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim to all whom it may concern, and I do specially enjoin on all persons holding offices, civil or mili tary, under the authority of the United States, that they be vigilant and zealous in discharging the duties respectively incident thereto. And I do, moreover, exhort all the good people of the United States, as they love their country, as they feel the wrongs which have forced on them the last resort of injured nations, and as they consult the best*means under the blessing of Divine Providence of abridging its calamities, that they exert themselves in preserving order, in pro moting concord, in maintaining the authority and the efficacy of the laws, and in supporting and invigorating all the measures which may be adopted by the constituted authorities for attaining a speedy, a just, and an honourable peace. " In testimony whereof, I have hereunto sat my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents. " Done at the city of Washington, this 13th day of May, 1846, aid of the independence of the United States the 70th. " By the President, " JAMES K. POLK. " JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary of State." On the 11th ult. the President transmitted to Congress the fol lowing message : THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. " To the Senate and House of Representatives, " The existing state of the relations between the United States and Mexico renders it proper that I should bring the subject to the consideration of Congress. In my message at the commenooment of your present session, the state of these relations, the causes which led to the suspension of diplomatic intercourse between the two countries in March, 1845, and the long continued and unredressed wrongs and injuries committed by the Mexican Government on citi zens of the United States in their persons and property, were briefly set forth. " As the facts and opinions which were then laid before you were carefully considered, I cannot better express my present convictions of the condition of affairs up to that time than by referring you to that communication. " The strong desire to establish peace with Mexico, on liberal and honourable terms ,and the readiness of this Government to regulate and adjust our boundary, and other causes of difference with that power, on such fair and equitable principles as would lead to perma nent relations•of the most friendly nature, induced me in September last to seek the re-opening of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Every measure adopted on our part had for its object the furtherance of those desired results. In communicating to Congress a succinct statement of the injuries which we had suffered from Mexico, and which have been accumulating during a period of more than twenty years, every expression that could tend to inflame the people of Mexico, or defeat or delay a pacific result, was carefully avoided. An Envoy of the United States repaired to Mexico with full powers to adjust every existing difference. But though present on the Mexican soil, by agreement of the two Governments, invested with full powers, and bearing evidence of the most friendly disposi tions, his mission has been unavailing. The Mexican Government not only refused to receive him, or listen to his propositions, but, after a long-continued series of menaces, have at last invaded our territory, and shed the blood of our fellow-citisens on our own soil. " It now becomes my duty to state more in detail the origin, pro gress, and failure of that mission. In pursuance of the instructions given in September last, an inquiry was made on the 13th of October, 1845, in the most friendly terms through our Consul in Mexico, of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, whether the Mexican Government would receive an Envoy from the United States intrusted with full powers to adjust all the questions in dispute bet s een the two Go vernments ; with the assurance that • should the answer be in the affirmative, such an Envoy should be immediately dispatched to Mexico.' The Mexican Minister, on the 15th of October, gave an affirmative answer to this inquiry, requesting at the same time that our naval force at Vera Cruz might be withdrawn, lest its continued presence might assume the appearance of menace and coercion pend ing the negotiations. This force was immediately withdrawn. On the 10th of November, 1845, Mr. John Slidell, of Louisiana, was commissfoned by me as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of Mexico, and was intrusted with full powers to adjust both the questions of, the Texas boundary and of indemnification to our citizens. The re dress of the wrongs of our citizens naturally and inseparably blended itself with the question of bouridary. The settlement of the one question in any correct view of the subject involves that of the other. [could not for a moment entertain the idea that the claims of our Much-injured and long-suffering citizens, many of which had existed fur more than 20 years, should be postponed or separated from the settlement of the boundary question. " Mr. Slidell arrived at Vera Cruz on the 30th of November, and was courteously received by the authorities of that city. But the Government of General Herrera was then tottering to its fall. lhe revolutionary party had seized upon the Texas question to effect or hasten its overthrow. Its determination to restore friendly relations with the United States, and to receive our Minister to negotiate for the settlement of this question, was violently assailed, and was made the great theme of denunciation against it. The Government of General Herrera, there is good reason to believe, was sincerely de sirous to receive our Minister; but it yielded to the storm raised by its enemies, and on the 21st of December refused to accredit Mr. Slidell upon the most frivolous pretexts. These are so fully and ably exposed in the note of Mr. Slidell of the 24th of December last to the Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations, herewith transmitted, that I deem it unnecessary to enter into further detail on this por • tion of the subject. • " Five days after the date of Mr. Slidell's note, General Herrer yielded the government to General Paredes without a struggle, and en the 30th of December resigned the Presidency. This revolution was accomplished solely by the army, the people having taken little part in the contest , and thus the supreme power in Mexico passed into the hands of a military leader. " Determined to leave no effort untried to effect an amicable ad justment with Mexico, I directed Mr. Slidell to present his creden tials to the Government of General Paredes, and ask to be officially received by him. There would have been less ground for taking this step had General Paredes come into power by a regular constitutional succession, In that event his administration would have been con sidered but a mere constitutional continuance of the Government of General Herrera, and the refusal of the latter to receive our Minister would have been deemed conclusive, unless an intimation had beep eiven by General Paredes of his desire to reverse the decision of his predecessor. " But the Government of General Paredes owes its existence to a military revolution, by which the subsisting constitutional autho rities had been subverted. The form of government was entirely changed, as well as all the high functionaries by whom it was ad ministered. . _ _ ....... ______. " Under these circumstances, Mr. Slidell, in obedience to my di rection, addressed a note to the Mexican Minister of Foreign Rela tions, under date of the lot of March last, asking to be received by that Government in the diplomatic character to which he had been appointed. This Minister, in his reply, under date of the -12th, of March, reiterated the arguments of his predecessor, and in terms that may be considered as giving just grounds of offence to the Go vernment and people of the United States, denied the application of Mr. Slidell. Nothing, therefore, remained for our Envoy but to de mand his passports and return to his own country. " Thus the Government of Mexico, though solemnly pledged by official acts in October last to receive and accredit an American Envoy, violated their plighted faith, and refused the offer of a peace ful adjustment of our difficulties. Not only was the offer rejected, `sut the indignity of its rejection was enhanced by the manifest breach of faith in refusing to admit the Envoy, who came because they had bound themselves to receive him. Nor can it be said that the offer was fruitless from the want of opportunity of discussing it; our Envoy was present on their own soil. Nor can it be ascribed to t want of sufficient powers ; our Envoy had full powers to adjust every question of difference. Nor was there room fur complaint that riur propositions for settlement were unreasonable; permission was sot even given our Envoy to make any proposition whatever. or •an it be ohjected that we, on our part, would not listen to any rea sonable terms of their suggestion ; the Mexican Government refused ill negotiation, and have made no proposition of any kind. "In my message at the commencement of the present session, I informed you that upon the earnest appeal both of the Congress and Convention of Texas, I had ordered an efficient military force to take 'I position between the Nueces and the Del Norte. This had become lecessary to meet a threatened invasion of Texas by the Mexican orces, for which extensive military preparations had been made. herself to our Union ; an d , un d er these circurn - The invasion was threatened solely because Texas had determined, nt accordan ce'states, +t to it was plainly our dut y to extend our protection over her ci tizens and soil. to ann wle annex e a solemn resolution of th e C ongress o f t h e U n i ted S' " This force was concentrated atCorpus Christi, and remained there until after I had received such information from Mexico as rendered it probable, if not certain, that the Mexican Government would re- Thse to receive our Envoy. " Meantime, Texas, by the final action of our Congress, had beesube sn integral part of our Union. The Congress of Texas, by its act 1 December 19, 1836, had declared the Rio del Norte to be the boundary of that republic. Its jurisdiction had been extended and exercised hey and the Nueces. The country between that river and the I)el Norte had been represented in the Congress and in the Convention of Texas, had thus taken part in the act of annexation itself, and is now included within one of our Congresslona districts. Our ' Congress had, moreover, with great unanimity, by the act approved December 21, 1845, recognised the country beyond , the Nueces as a part of our territory, by including it within our revenue system ; and a revenue officer, to reside within that district, has been ap pointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. It be came, therefore, of urgent necessity to provide for the defence of that portion of our country. Accordingly, on the 13th day of Ja nuary last, instructions were issued to the Generals *ti command of these troops to occupy the left bank of the Del Norte. This river, which is the south-western boundary of the State of Texas, is an exposed frontier. From this quarter invasion was threatened ; upon it and its immediate vicinity, in the judgment of high military ex perience, are the proper stations for the protecting forces of the Go vernment. In addition to this Important consideration, several others occurred to induce this movement. Among these are the facilities afforded by the ports of Brazos Santiago and th e mou th o f the Del Norte, for the reception supplies by sea, the stronger and more healthful military positions, the convenience for obtaining a ready and a mere abundant supply of provisions, water, fuel, and forage, and the advantages which are afforded by the Del Norte in forwarding -upplies to such posts as may be established in the interior and upon the Indian frontier. "1 he movement of the troops to the Del Norte was made by the com manding General, under positive instructions to abstain from all ag gressive acts towards Mexico or Mexican citizens, and to regard the relations bets, een that republic and the United States as peacefi.l, unless she should declare war, or commit acts of hostility Indicative of a state of war. He was Specially directed to protect private pro perty and respect personal rights. " The army moved from Corpus Christi on the Ilth of March, and on the 28th of that month arrived on the left bank of the Del Norte, opposite to •Sfatarnoras, where it encamped on a commanding posi tion, w hi c h has sines been strengthened by the erection of deld works. A depdt has also been established at Point Isabel, near the Brazos Santiago, 30 miles in the rear of the encampment. The selec tion of this position was necessarily confided to the judgment of the General In command. •' Tile Mexican forces at Matamoros assumed a belligerent attitude, and on the 12th of April Gen. Ampudia, then in command, notified Gan. Taylor to break up his camp within 24 hours, and to retire be yond the Nuec s river, and in the event of his failure to comply With these demands, announced that arms, and arms alone, must decide the question. But no open act of hostility was committed until the 24th of April. On that day General Arista, who had succeeded to the com mand of the Mexican forces, communicated to General Taylor that coosi lered hostilities commenced, and should prosecute them.' A party of dragoons of 63 men and officers were on the same day diepatched from the American army up the Rio del Norte, on its left bank, to ascertain whether the Mexican troops had crossed, or were preparing to cross the river, ' became engaged with a large body of these troops, and, after a short affair, in which some 16 were killed and wounded, appear to have been surrounded and compelled to surrender.' —: "ThePrevioua wrongs perpetrated by .. Mexico on our citizens throughout a long period of years remain unredressed ; and treaties, pledging her public faith for this redress, have been disregarded. A. Government unable or unwilling to enforce the execution of such treaties fails to pet form one of its plainest duties. " Our commerce with Mexico has been almost annihilated. It was formerly highly beneficial to both nations, but our merchants have been deterred from prosecuting it by the system of outrage aril extortion which the Mexican authorities have pursued against them, whilst their appeals through their own Government for indemnity have been made in vain. Our forbearance has gone to such an ex tent as to be mistaken in its character. Had we acted with vigour in repelling the insults and redressing the injuries inflicted by Mexico at the commencement, we should doubtless have escaped all the difficulties in which we are now involved. " Instead of this, however, we have been exerting our best efforts to propitiate her good will. Upon the pretext that Texas, a nation as independent as herself, thought proper to unite its destinies with oar own, she has affected to believe that we have severed her rightful territory, and, in official proclamations and manifestoes, has repeat edly threatened to make war upon us for the purpose of reconquering Texas. In the meantime we have tried every effort at reconcilia tion. The cup of forbearance has been exhausted, even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon the Aner.; i -can soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two ;Atkin, are at war. "As war exists, /MC 110tWiatstwidillif all Mir efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself, we are called 41) 0 0 by every eon• sideration of duty an d p a triotism, to vindicate with decision the honour, the rights, and the interests of our country. " ARLlPlPilting the possibility of a crisis like that which has arrived, instructions were glean In august last, ' as a precautionary measure,' against invasion, or threatened Invpslon, authorising General Naylor, if the emergency required, to accept volmileers, not from Texas only, but from the states of Louisiana, .ttlantnni, Dlissiesippi, Tennessee. On the authorised and Kentucky; and corresponding letters were addressed to the re• union of States, and in Janaazy leat z allective governors of those states. These instructions were repeated, Soon after the incorporation of Texas into our country again G st further'n a e p r p 4 re . h r el l ed lT in 9 v s asi' Pre sident to make a requisition upon the execiftlye pr that state. for such of its militia force as may be needed to repel invasion secureß Clip 2d d.aa l i iy of t h trei he was again icrete4e4, / the event of the approach of any con siderable Mexican force, promptly 4114 ptficleritly to pee the authority with which he was clothed to call to hlm such auxiliary force at be might need. War actually existing, and our territory having been invaded, General Taylor, pursuant to authority vested in him, by 4 1 t , 401;ictiou, has called on the Governor of Texas for four reel -4ents of State tF99l4—two to be mounted, and two to serve on foot ; red on the GOYeFla4r Pf Lewst * aua for tour regiments of infantry , to sent to him as soon --* I Zylon further vindication o f our rights and defence of ou r territory, ke the prompt action of Congress to recognise t he existence of the war, and place at the disposition of the Executive the means of prosecuting the war with vigour; and thus hast en the restoration of P ea "' Ts this end I recommend that authority s hould be given to 644 OPP barite aerFice a large body of volunteers, to serve for notiess tnarit six or t\ve n ti e &cats 4nless`Npt - fgr . tvg tear force is, beyond'a u 'itlp i rra' ore eptc.lenl . thp ioY'.mer ,e 5 P . 44 Cr Citiz en lieldieri .e itiui a is act to.Volot4t4d Wit oitum6or tISI I eyond that required would readily rash to the field upon the call Of their country. I further recommend that a liberal provision he made for sustaining our entire military force, and furnishing it with sup munitions of war. " The most energetic and prompt measures, and the immediate appearance in arms of a large and overpowering force, are recom mended to Congress as the most cert•tin and efficient means of bring ing the existing collisi. ti with Mexico to a speedy and suceessful termination " In making these recommendations, I deem it proper to declare that It is my anxious desire not only t terminate hostilities speedily, but to bring all matters in dispute between this Government and Mexico to an early and amicable adjustment; and in this view I shall be prepared to renew negotiations whenever Mexico shall be ready to receive propositions or to make propositions of her own. " I transmit herewith a copy of the correspondence between our Envoy to Mexico and the Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs ; and so much of the correspondence between that Envoy and the Secre tary of State, and between the Secretary at War and the General in command on the Del Norte, u are neeessary to a full understand. of the suhject. " JAMES K. POLK. " Washington, May 11th, 1846." LATER FROM THE SEAT OF WAR. REPORT THAT POINT ISABEL HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE MEXICANS. PHILADELPHIA, TM/ MIDAS, 7 P.M.—The editors of the Baltimore Son have received the following dispatch from their Washington cor respondent by telegraph, which contains items of verbal information from Point Isabel of considerable interest. The following intelligence received at Washington by the Southern Mail was transmitted to Baltimore by telegraph, and thence by letter to this city by mail. I have conversed with Mr. B. J. Ogden. a sutler attached to the United States army, who has this moment arrived in a southern boat. lie left Point Isabel on the 28th ult. There were then about 350 men at that port who could be depended on. The armament consisted of two 18-pounders, nine 6-pounders, and every man had a musket. The Point was surrounded by a ditch four feet deep and six wide. They were digging to make it twelve feet wide and six deep. Point Isabel was completely cut off from the army, having had no communication foi two days. The guides started from the Point to the camp, but were compelled to return, The very latest advises left no doubt that General Taylor was com pletely surrounded. No danger is apprehended, however, to our gallant band, except from starvation, they being strongly entrenched. It is said that a more gallant officer than General Taylor never lived. The supposition was that the Texa Volunteers from Galveston, by the steamer Monmouth, would be the first to reach Point Isabel. Companies from Fort Pike, H. F. T. Wood, under command of Colonel B. K. Pierce, of Ist Artillery, and compan , es F. Infantry, from Jefferson Barracks, were to leave N.C. on the 6th (Wednesday week), and would probably reach Point Isabel in 70 hours. Captain Thornton and Lieutenant Mason were still missing, with out any information as to their safety. Up to the evening the last express left the camp there were no tidings of them then, and none since. The Propeller Florida was expected to be the next to reach New Orleans. It is said that Governor Edwards of New Orleans arrived here this evening direct from Mobile, and states that it is currently reported, and believed there, that Point Isabel is captured. PosTscxtrr.—We have the advices to the 2d of May, and then Point Isabel was safe, but the letter gives no further particulars. This comprises all of the slightest interest, with the exception of military movements at the south, that has been received by the mail. STILL FURTHER FROM THE SEAT OF WAR ! (From the New York Daily Tribune.) The New Orleans Tropic of the 7th has Galveston dates to the 2d by the Telegraph at that port. She left Galveston on Sunday, 3d inst., at noon. At 4 r. M. steam-ship New York about 50 miles from Galveston. The Civilian of the 2d says :-.--We understand the U. S. schr. Flirt was endeavouring to get over the bar into Brazos St. lago, in order to co-operate mere effectually in the defence of the depot and posi tion at the mouth of the river. Captain Sympton, of the Alert, was assisting in the object, having taken off some of the Flirt's guns in order to reduce her draught of water. The steamer Monmouth left on Friday, the lst instant, for Brazos St. lago, with a number of volunteers for the army under General Taylor. The short time of her stay was not sufficient for many, who desired to go, to get reedy, but others will doubtless soon General Johnson has just reached town. He is a soldier in whom our citizens have confidence as a leader, and can doubtless raise a company or two in Galveston. I doubt not a general and immediate turn out of the hardy and experienced soldiers of Western Texas, to be toßowed by the whole state as rapidly as the occasion which de mands their services shall become known. General Taylor has not cried wooll until he has seen the animal, and those who go need not fear disappointment in findi: g the wily beast, as ample opportunity will doubtless present itself to those who desire to do so, on the other side of the Rio Grande if not on this. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 15. VECOND BOAlts. Dolls. 5,000 Pennsylvania - ----- 65 50 E. Boston - . • ----- b 3 14% 57 Nor. and Wor. 50 Harlem 200 Harlem - . - . opg. 43% 150 Long Island - - - • - 32 50 Reading 64 100 N. Am. Trust 50 Morris 13% MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 to 6,000 bales, at previous prices, the market being unsettled.—Shares were firm, and good stock realised filler prices. The accounts of the American markets are not considered favour able, nor could they be expected to be so, now the war with America has commenced. From Canada we are advised as follows: " The weather has been dry and warm at Montreal for some days past. To-day the thermometer is at 72 deg. in the shade. Wind south, cloudy, with appearance of rain. The progress of vegetation has been rapid, and the seed time favourable. The plum and cherry trees are in full blossom, and the flowers begin to show themselves on the early apple-trees. The Lombardy poplars are now green, although not in full leaf, and the forest trees on the mountain begin to look green. So far there.are indications of a favourable year. " It is singular, with all the appearances of summer, to see ice lying on three or four of the wharves, where it was left by the sudden fall of the water last month. " The communication with the upper part of the river and lakes, is now completely free. Propellers are daily arriving in the port with loaded barges from Upper Canada, and they return by the Beau harnois and Cornwall Canals, and may go to Lake Michigan, pass through the Welland. The passage from St. John to Whitehall is now down to 2s. 6d., breakfast included. They come from New York in 41 hours." there is a very sensitive market for the English Funds, in conse quence of the intelligence from Mexico, and the reaction in Consols is % to % per cent., money bargains having been effected as low as 9654 , and time transactions at 96%. The premium on Exchequer bills has been steady at 15s. to 19s. ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 97% to 97%. East India Bonds are worth 275. pre mium. This is " pay" day, and it g oes o ff t o l era bl y well. The Foreign Bonds have been more animated, Spanish Actives for.arconnthaVcrealised 24 to 244. and the Coupons - or 1846', 'lB%. The,Theee-per Cents. have been 36% to 37., Mexican Stock suffers materially from the warlike state of affairs in the republic. The Five per Cents. have been done at 30% and 29%, and the Three per Cents at 1734 and'l6. Grenada Deferred Bonds have been done at 44. Russian Stock is worth 110 to 10934, batch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are marked 60. • Shares are flatter to day, as might be expected from the reaction in the other markets. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Three per Cent. 'Reduced Annuities 954 34 95 9534 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96%14 5C 9634 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne, 9 7 %iii 97 34 Long Annuities, Expire •Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16 34 104 India Stock .. . 26534 26454 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. •. .• .. 27 p 27 p Ditto, under 1,0001, . 28 f'onsOls for Account . • • • •• • • •• 9754 96% 96% Exchequer Bills. I%d, 14d. 1,0001... .... 15 19 pm, 19 Ditto, Small 20 pm. 20 Ditto, Advertised .• • . 17 12 17 pm. 17 ONE ! LOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Grenada, 1 per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred .. •4 4 % Mexican Bonds, 1837, 8 per Cent .. 30% 29% 2954 Ditto, for the Account .. 2934 Ditto, Deferred .. • . 17 34 16 1534 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. 39 39 Ditto, 3 per Cent .. 56 34 Russian Bonds .. .. • • .. .. 110 109 3 E 1094 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 244 Ditto, for the Account • • 2434 24 54 Ditto, 5 per Cent. '38,39, 40, div.lB4o 24 24 Ditto. 1841 . • • • .. 2334 2334 Ditto, 1842 .• • •• 22% 224 Ditto, 1843 . • • • • • 214 21 34 Ditto, 1844 .. . • • • • 204 20): Ditto, 1845 .. • • • • 1934 1934 Ditto, 1e46 .. .. • • 1834 18 34 Ditto, Three per Cent .. 37 36% 36% Ditto, for the Account 36% 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 9634 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 60 60 . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92 92, MTSINE" CLOSING PRICES OF PAID. DONE AT PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. Buckinghamshire .. t . 425. .... p par Caledonian .. 10 .... 114 % • . 11% Ditto. Extension . • • • 21 4 •• • • 1 % %•••• • • • • 1% Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% % 34 Derby and Crewe .. • • • • 2 % •• • • 66 % 5 Direst Manchester (Rastrick's) . • 5% 3% Direct Northern .. .. • • • • 2 % •• • • IN %• • ••• • • I% Eastern Counties .. .. 141. 165..... 23% 23 Ditto New .. .. • • • • V. 16 5.• •• • 7 54 1: 3 • •••• - •• 75i P Ditto, York Extension • . 134 14 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 75 • • •• . . 75 Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 23 Great North of England . ' ..100 Ditto, New . .. 10 .... 39 Great Western .. .. • . 85 • • ..147 146 146 Ditto, Quarter Shares: .. .. 5 .... 17 1634 Ditto, Fifths • . .. 20 .... 33%34 ....... • 3354 Bull and Selby .. 50 . • ..103 ...... •• • . 103 Ipswich, Norwich. and Yarmo u th 2 .. 1 1 Leicester and Bedford .. 22 1. p London and Birmingham . ..100 .• • • 228 Ditto Fifths 2 .... 25 .• • • London and Brighton •.. .• .. 50 .. , 6554 % 64% Ditto ditto Fifths .• • • • .. 30 41 London and South-Western • . 411. 6s. 10d... Ditto, New .. •• .. 1734 29%14 ...... . 29% London and York .. .. • 24 t . % • 2% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 234 •. • • Londonderry and Coleraine .. 10 .... 6 • • • • ••. • • • •• 6 Manchester and Leeds .. .. •• 82 • • • • •• • • Ditto Extension 42s. .. .• 3p • .... • • 3 p Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 81 34 .• • • 81% Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) •.1• • • • 954 • • 9% Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... 1 0% p...... p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 134 •• • • ..... Midland .. .• •.100 ....150 ...... •• • . 150 Ditto, New .. 18 •• • • 314 31 .. 31 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .. • e Ditto, New • . 1 .... 934% Newcastle and Berwick .. •. 15 .. • . 254 24% 25 25 North British .. .• .. • • 2234 • • . 30% 2934 4 2 934 Ditto, Half Shares .. •• • 834 .... •• • • Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1%.,., 2t .......• .• 234 North Staffordshire .. • • .. 425..... 434 3% p p Oxfd.,Worcester,& Wolverhmptn. 1234 8 %X 54 .... • • $ Preston and Wyre .. • • •• 25 .... 3034 • 3034 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 234 .... 3 ...... Shropshire Union .. . 425..... 1% dis l% dig. South Midland .. .• 425..... 34 dis % dis South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 3334.. •• 39 384 ••• •• 3 834 Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 ... 19% ••••••• • • 19% Waveney Valley .. 2 • West Riding Union .. • • .. 425. .. 2% p.. •• . 2% p York and North Midland .. .. 50 •••• • .• 944 Ditto, Selby .. .. 30 .... 74% .......• Ditto. Extension .. 15 .... 3334 34 .. 34 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 • • 11 34 11 • • 11 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 12 .... 1134%.• ....• 11% Dutch Rhenish . •• 6 .. • • 7% %.• • • 7 % Louvain and Jemeppe •• 4 . .• Luxembourg 4 1 34 Namur and Liege .. 6 .... 3% .. •.•• • • • • 034 Orleans and Vierxon .. 10 .... 14% .. Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .. .... Sambre and Meuse .. , 8 Tours and Nantes Constituted ~ 6 .... 5 MINES. British Iron .. • • • • .. 10 .... 19 Real del Monte, Unregistered - 33( . . 4 Santiago de Cuba .• .. 10 .. • ....... 1634 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YES'rERDAY.) Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 104 Gibraltar .. Ditte, at sight .• .... 12 754 Leghorn 3O 75 11°1,4rd:tin 2U. 12 11 Genoa 26 15 Antwerp • •, • , .26 20 Milan . •• • llamburgh .. • . • M.B. 13 1534 Venice •• • Altoi la • • . , Naples 39 Paris, days' sight.. .•25 85 Palermo, per oz. .. 119 D,tto, 3 months...... 26 10 Lisbon.... • .. Marseilles • • • ••.. • • 26 15 Oporto ••• • • • i 2 Bourtleaux .... • • 26 15 Rio Janeiro ••••• • • • • Frankfort on Mains 123 Bahia ... ••••• • • • • :4" . Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • • -- Buenos Ayres •• • Berlin ... . si —, New York. 21 days' tlh .l 0. Vienna, effee. tio ••• • • • 10 li Philadelphia .•••• • • • • • Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 12 mess or 5tnt,103,4 144 t tax. A1t 1414 "•'"" " " • • 46% Foreign OPI4 in bars,• 3 IT ;0 —..1; .. ...; „.. .. as% Portugal Gold Coln :• 317 , 5 Bilbao.. —.: , „ ~ •• • ...... - New poialloons . •• .. 0 0 10 Nreeletia. ••••••• . • • • • New Dollar ••••• • • • 0 4 ,9% 9aidllo• t{.4r cel... ••••„II •• •• • • Stiver 10 bore IT 1,9, •, 0 414 _____—.....---••••••••.1--'"w" TILE SUMMER CIRCUITS.—On Thursday morningthe Judges chose their circuits as follows :—North Wales. Lord Delman ; South Wales, Baron Rolfe ; Oxford. "Lor d Chief Justice Tindal, and jr. 411stioP Mule; Itoinfa .. :ll, c l AT . 7 ls9 N4 31 c. 44tio Colt win t 'Norfolk, Mr. Baron ' er a r. ice ;Willesianterni.,llirf land, Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Justice Coleridge ; N orthern.' d' Dir. Justice Wightman and - Mr. 4ustice Cresswoll Justice Erie and Mr. Baron Platt ; at chambers in t Ban. own, t , chis Pooß's RATES..The amount levied as , file year n4p4 si,l 4 a4ylity ra. 7 45 , 4. Dot ' s fo 0i50T,49'41.' - - ' -4 " " , zr• / t Ail; ttic ' c ut1 'J 4,..L VM T 9 , COURT CIRCULAR. The following bulletin of the Queen's health was issued yesterday : "Buckingham Palace, May 29, 1846, " Nine o'clock A.M. Her Maje.sty's recov.rr goes on without interruption. "The infant Princess is well. (Signed) " JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. " ROBERT FERGUSON M.D. " No bulletin will be issued till Monday next." Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by the Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty was going on perfectly well last evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by tie Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yester day in an open carriage and four. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred took an airing yesterday in the pleasure grounds of the Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge gave a grand dinner yester day evening at Cambridge House, to the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke of Devon shire, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, - the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Bess borough, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, the Earl and Countess Bruce, Viscount and Vicountess Barrinron. Lord Ossulton, Lord and L*dy Beauvale, Baron Thile, Count de Noailles, Baron Nicolay, Sir Henry Mildmay, Mr. Bielke, Mr. F. Cadogan. The Marquis of Londonderry had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor-General of Canada, and also from the Governors of the other North American provinces. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES-FRIDAY. The attendance yesterday in every respect ex cee d e d the average of Oaks' days ; it included nearly all the leading patrons of the turf, a full and most industrious " ' and a very good show of general company. The interest of the racing centered in the Oaks. for which a field of twenty-four came to the post, a number exceed ing the most liberal calculation. It included two animals (Astonishment and Miss Verb). ridden by Mr. Burke, of trotting celebrity, and a Mr. Bartlett, both non-pro fessionals, the first• named riding Sib over the proper weight. According to Newmarket law, this ought to have been declared one hour before the first race of the day, so that had Mr. Burke adhered to his intention to exhibit, and had been fortunate enough to find his way first to the winning-post, a question would have been raised that might have de prived him of the fruits of victory, but he thought better of it, and had the good sense to put up a legitimate jockey. The betting on the course requires only a passing notice. Vanish, who was on the decline on Thurs day afternoon, came again into favour at night, was backed for large sums, and, up to the moment of start ing, was a great pet, but without affecting the position of Mr. Gully's mare to any serious extent ; Princess Alice and Laundry Maid had several friends, but the general prices showed very little change. From what is described below, it can scarce be doubted that the " best horse won," an observation that can scarcely be applied to the Derby. The last occasion on which the Derby and Oaks were won by the same gentleman was in 1815, when the Duke of Grafton won with Whisker and Minuet, Goodison riding both. Before we enter into the particulars of the race, we should give the names of some of the principal visitors, a duty that we had not an opportunity of performing on Wednesday. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, Duke of Beaufort, Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Exeter, Earls Chesterfield, Uxbridge, March, Rosslyn, Suffield, Spencer, Orford, Glasgow, Wilton, Southamp• on, and Easton ; Lords Stanley, E. Russell, Maidstone, W. Powlett, Somerton, Bateman, Newport, H. Lennox, A. Lennox, F. Fitzroy, E. Manners, G. Bentinck, Dun cannon, Leveson, Macdonald ; Sirs G. Heathcote, H. Peyton, J. Hawley, C. Cook, M. Farquhar, J. Shelly, W. M. Stanley, H. Campbell ; General Grosvenor, ' Hon. Colonel Anson, J. Macdonald, H. Forester, G. I Fitzroy, H. Pitt, F. Villiers, S. Lyttleton, Captain Roils, E. M. Mostyn, Colonel Peel, Colonel Knox, Colonel Hornby, &c. &c. BETTING ON THE COURSE. THE EMPEROR'S VASE. 5 to 1 agst Alarm—taken 7 to 1 agst Mentor 5 to 1 agst Wolf-dog 10 to 1 agst Orlando 6 to 1 agst Miss Sarah 10 to 1 agst Jericho 6 to 1 agst Sweetmeat 10 to 1 agst Peri colt The field agst three. ST. LEGER. sto 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes I 10 to 1 agst Brocardo Offers to take 10 to 1 about Pyrrhus the First. - - The Oaks Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each ; the owner of the second filly to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner • to parloll - sovs. towaNs.the police regulations of thesuursei last mile and a half. (140 Subscribers.) Mr. Gully's Mendicant • (S. Day) 1 Mr. Gratwicke's Laundry Maid (F. Bell) 2 Lord Glasgow's Emilia filly (Holmes) 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Bowes's Mowerina (F. Butler) 0 Mr. Bowes's Ukraine .(Templeman) 0 Mr. Littledale's Fantastic ( Simpson) 0 Sir C. Monck's Vanish (Cartwright) 0 Mr. Death's Camelia (Wakefield) 0 Mr. Drinkald's Ohio ("Whitehouse) 0 Mr. Preston's Osprey Mr. A. Johnstone's Fair Helen ( Marlon) 0 . _ Lord Orforo's Prussic Acid (Sly) 0 Lord Chesterfield's fby Elis, out of Morelle (Nut) 0 Mr. Combo's sister to The Nob (Bartholomew) 0 L rd G. Bentiuck's Princess Alice. (Abdale) 0 Mr. Gratwicke's The Fitch (H. Bell) 0 . __ )o Mr. Bristow's Marietta ........ . . . Mr. Osborne's Hopeful (Bumby Duke of Richmond's Cuckt,o (IV. Howlett, 0 Mr. Burke's Astonishment (E. Edwards 0 Mr. Matthews's Chamois (Mann 0 Lord Albemarle's Nell cook (Robinson) 0 Mr. F. H. Whitefield's Miss 1 erb (Bartlett) 0 Mr, J Day's Miss Slick 1 (A. Day) 0 Betting at starting-9 to 4 agst Mendicant, 9to 2 agst Vanish, 8 to 1 agst Mowerina, 12 to 1 agst Princess Alice, 12 to 1 agst Laundry Maid, 20 to 1 agst Osprey, 25 to 1 agst Hopeful, 30 to 1 agst Prussic Acid,and 30 to 1 agst any other. Chamois went off in front, but after 200 yards gave up her lead to Ohio, who was followed by Prussic Acid, Camelia, Cuckoo, and Laundry Maid; the favourite, Osprey, the Emilia filly, and Mowerina lying together in the centre. Princess Alice, who started in the rear, joined the first ruck half way up the hill, but this was the only change of any moment till they came to the turn ; Laundry Maid then took the lead from Ohio, the. Emilia filly lying behind, the latter with the favourite,Osprey and Mowerina waiting. Ohio was beaten about two distances from home, and immediately after Mendicant went in front, had it all her own way, and passed the post a gallant winner by two lengths, the Emilia filly beaten the same distance from Laundry Maid, Osprey fourth, and Mowerina fifth; the others tailed off. Run la 2 min, 53 sec. The Derby and Oaks Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 30 added ; three yrs old, 7st 4113; tour, Bst 91b; five, 94; six and aged, 9st 2lb ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; horses having started once at this meeting and been beaten, al lowed 31b , twice, 51b. The winner to be sold for 120 :cm. ; if entered to be sold for 80 soya., allowed 71b over and above other allowances. Heats, one mile. (16 Subs.) Mr. Drinkald's Elemi, 5 yrs (80/.) . (Ford) 0 1 1 Mr. Arber's Caroline, 4 yrs (804) Mr. T. Dawson's Kiss-me-quick, 4 yrs (801.) ...... 0 0 2 Mr. Ramsbottom's cby Mus—Belvidere, 4 yrs (804 ) 0 odr Mr. Langridge's Jessie Hammond, 4 yrs Drewett's Prudence, 4 yrs 0 0 dr Mr. Dockray's fby Camel, out of Sketch, 43 rs 0 0 dr M. Booth's cby Bentley, out of Emma, 4 yrs (801.) 2 dr Mr. Hornsby's The Maid of Barham, 3 yrs (80/.) 3 dr Mr. S. Scott's Flat Fish, 4 yrs (801.) ... 0 dr Mr. T. Walker's Attorney-General, 6 yrs (801.)... 0 dr The first heat was won easy by two lengths; second and third by a length. The winner was claimed. The Members Plate of 50 soya, for three years old, Bst 51b four, Bst 91b; five, Bst 131 b ; six and aged, 9st 21b; mares, &c. allowed Bibs. The winner to be sold for 200 soya. Heats, '2 miles. Sir G. Heathcote's br c by Velocipede. dam, . _. by Emilus, 3 yrs . . , (Wotton) 1 4 2 1 Mr. Langridge's n Stittenham, 4 yrs . 0 0 1 2 Mr. Parr's Slipshod, 4 yrs 0 1 4ds Mr. More's Breastgirth, 3 yrs Mr. Prate's Deodara, 4 yrs Mr. Hobson's Chatham, 4 yrs Mr. Death's Subduer, 6 yrs Mr. Bainbridge's The Wreck, 4 yrs 3 dis! Mr. May's Crocus, 6 yrs 0 dia First heat—won by a length ; The Wreck a bad third. Seeond heat—won by a length ; nothing near the first two. Third heat—won by a head. LsoFrlNE.—Mrs. Maberly's New Historical Novel, " Leontine," is making a great sensation in the fashionable circles, of which the talented authoress is so admired a member. It is a brilliant picture of society in France, when French society was characterised by excessive luxury and magnificence, and the agreeable pages of " Leontine" will introduce the reader to all the remarkable personages figuring at Versailles during the reign of the gay and gallant Louis Quinze. With his Majesty and his neglected Queen Marie Leczinska, appear the hapless Duchesse de Chateau roux, the more fortunate Pompadour, and the rest of the numerous train who intimately possessed the King's fields affections ; the Duc de Richelieu, the Duchess of Modena, and the principal grandees and exquisitea who stately Court the head quarters of w it and gall an" r)i the short, Mrs. Maberly has succeeded in producing on e eCourt of producing most lively and picturesque illustrations of made th at .y _ France in the last century t h at h as ev e r a ppeared ; and to her literary fame. there can be no question, has added grea tl y by the publica tionFATAL AND FRIGHTFUL ACCIDNNTS RETURNING fatal and fearful won- Epsom Races :—The first occurred while returning in is tour-wheel chaise, accidents mile on this side of Epso . .. 75055 Ersom.—On Wednesday case was about one . r p ersons, while they were in the act of des in which were seated t cameoa e vening the following in collision with another vehicle, whkii th 4 sceuding a hill titey who dressed the round, the force of which broke his hack. The ' driver, Mr. John Winter, a cousin to the ex-014141041 of Englaii.l likewise most seriousl other persons in the It 1 y injured. tl t ' ,wh c. er 4 e .* l 9 le W a e v r a U s found to have recetVeti the tn t ' pletely broken. Il s e thrownund subetquently ordered him to be conveyed to e .t i t t l a i o e l arricd to le neares surgeon s, w wl,:h at oruo.n.w tit.:c :low : op extensive injuries of the hack, which wa para was put under the care of t 4 house-surgeo ft,but lie expired i n two hours altey his adinission.—Another 4 fristlitfto character, occurred while de a l g ecide g llt4 4 situate about three miles from Epsom, A ‘anseenlifdnir-, ,h i ll, belonging to Mr. Mathews, egrni on of 1 ''''' ""-••,•,, -.VI street, Bermondsey, w is pii O w w.t .i i t hYtstreet, Nov Wotan. piously loaded, the tY 'jlig il Ward' 3 Wine very heavily mud ii , Judi- OIYPT (Air. Mathews), i a : •ilvio P Pent.2lt ol ' Ind 3,5 ividnais riding with the The van, was proceeding at a stea dy of a large quaatity of luggage. pace towards town, In narrow lane, when one of the near wheels ran into a deep hoe, whiilit broke it into atou.s ; the vehicle' completely over, throwing the par c e onsenu t en t Li swe . ryed or Wltleil Msome into the hedge. The dtiver ;iarslest 13 ,i 1 itt e adje s titin s fied, f a e l l : l d . g among the h94`ap, which were all In confus ' i v On and plunging idriotiillY. Alter a few minutes haa elapsed, Mr. Barnes, landlord P of the Two Brewers, Redcross-street, Southwark, was discovered witil fractured ribs and contusions over various parts of his l APdar! Anfltlicc. gentleman, landlord of the Rose Tavern. 4tloAvsl-ffeAcls, redelyed a fracture of the left arm and sceefe injury fo the lima: sr. WindsQl, of King- Stet, 49fongin also f;astalnen a isceritteo wound ofttes.4lp. C Y'' 4 'l' o-6 tir;klal4:o : tle . dentii ~ t Vitt Iliiike dc. Mont moreney, Peg efFrance. Tje we* „us of the minority of th e c our t of ea the trial oiltirshal lier.-4Wirteni. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISI ONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, MAY 28. THE ANDOVER UNION. Motion made, and Question put, " That the Select Committee on the Andover Union have leave to report the minutes of the evi dence taken before them irom time to time to the House." The House divided:— MINORITY-AYES, 16. Archbold, Robert Hamilton, Lord C. Somers, J. P. Armstrong, Sir A. Hill, Lord Marcus Stanley, W. 0. Bagge, W. Hume, Joseph Bowring, Dr. Morris, David TELLIES. Collett, John Pechell, Captain Etwall, Ralph Dawson, T. V. Plumridge, Captain Wakiey, T. Duke, Sir James Sheridan, R. B. MAJORITY-NOES, 81. Baillie, H. J Feilden, William Northland, Vlsoonni Baine, Walter Fuller, A. E. O'Brien, A. 3. Bernal, Ralph Goulburn Henry O'Connell, M. J. Itouverie, Edward P. Graham, Sir James Pattleon, Jame. Bowles, Admiral Greene, Thomas Peel, Sir R. Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, G. A. Pennant, Colonel Bretherton, J. Hamilton, W. J. Philips, G. R. Brownrigge, J. S. 'Wile, Archibald Phillpotts, John Bruce, Lord E. Hawes, Benjamin Plumptre, J. P. Cardwell, E. Hayes, sir E. Richards, Richard Carew, W. P. Henley, J. W. Round, C. G. Clerk Sir G. Hodgson, R. Smith, Benjamin Cockburn, Sir G. Hope, Sir I. Smith, Vernon Colebrooke, Sir T. Hope, G. W. Smythe, George Collett, W. R. Houldsworth, T. Somerset, Lord G. Craig, W. G. oward, C. W. Spooner, Richard Davies, D. A. James, William Trollop., Sir J. Denison, E. B. Jocelyn, Viscount Trotter, John Dennistoun, John Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Turner, Edmund Dickinson, F. 11. Kemble, H. Vane, Lord H. Divett, Edward Lincoln, Earl of Vesey, Hon. T. Douglas, Sir C. E. Lindsay, Captain Waddington, H. S. Drummond, 11. Lygon, Gen. Wlod, Colonel T. Duncan, George Mackinnon, W. A. Wrightson, W. B. Duncombe, 0. Mangles, R. D. Young, John Dundas, David Miloes, R. M. TELLERS. Egerton, W. T. Mitchell, T. A. Duncombe, T. Eiphinstone, H. Morgan, 0. Pakington, J. S. BRIDPORT ELECTION. - - - Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on question as amended. " That the petition of William Rockett be referred to a Select Com mittee, which shall be appointed to inq , :ire into all the circumstances under which Joseph Welch gave evidence before the Select Com mittee on the Bridport Election petition, that William Rockett voted f)r Mr. Ilomilly :"—Question again proposed ; debate resumed : Another amendment proposed, at the end of the Question, to add the words, " and whether any means were resorted to by parties to the petition, or others, for withholding from the consideration of the Committee matters contained in the allegations of the petition having reference to bribery and treating :"—Question put, " That those words be there added." The House divided:— MINORITY-AYES, 48. Ackers, James Duncombe, T. Mostyn, E. M. L. &Ilia, J. P. Etwall, Ralph Newdegatc, C. N. Armstrong, Sir R. Evans, Sir Do Lacy Pechell, Captain Benett, John Floyer, John Plumridge, Captain Bennet, Philip Fuller, A. E. Rashleigh, W. Bentinck, Lord H. Grosvenor, Lord R. Richards, Richard Beresford, :%I ajor Halsey, T. P. Sheridan, R. B, Borthwick, Peter Hamilton, J. H. Spooner, R. Bridgeman, H. Bildyard, T. B. T. Stanley, W. 0. liiiroadwood, H. Hill, Lord E. Thornely, T. Brotherton, Joseph Hindi, y Charles Trelawny, J. S. Buller, Sir Y. Hume, Joseph Trollope, Sir J. Cayley, Edward S. 'ingest:ll, Viscount Villiers, Charles Christopher, R. L tw, Hon. C. E. Wakley, Thomas Collett, John Lawson, A. TELLERS. Dawson, T. V. Marsland, Henry Bankes, George Duncan, George Morris, David Henley, J. W. MAJORITY-NOES, 80. Alexander, N. Fitzroy, Henry Mies, E Moncktoa Archbold, Robert Forman, T. S. Balfour, J. M. Goulburn, Henry N M e ° l r l P l e le t , h h Baring, W. P. Graham, Sir J. N or thl an d, Viscount. Bernal, Ralph Granby, Marquis of P a ki ng t on . J. S. Bowes, John Greene, Thomas P ee l, Si r R o b e rt Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, W. J. P ee l , J ona th a n Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, Lord C. P ennant , Col o nel B rownrigg, J. S. Hawes, B. Viscount alph Philpotts, John Bruce Lord E. Hayes, Sir E. R ep t on, G . W. J. Busfeild, W. Herbert, Sidney Ricardo, J. L. Butler, P. S. Hope, Sir IJ. sasythe, George Cardwell, Edward Hope, G. W. Somerset, Lord G. Clerk, Sir G. Hernby, John Somerville. Sir W. Clive, Viscount Humphery, Ald. Stewart, John Coc burl, Sir G. James, Sir W. C. Thesiger, Sir F. Colebrooke, Sir T. Jermyn, Earl Trench, Sir F. W. Corry, H. Jocelyn, Viscoun Troubridge, lI I Z H. Courtenay, Viscount Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Vane, Lord H. Cripps, William Kemble, Henry Vivian, J. E. Dallier, Colonel Kirk, Peter Wellesley. Lord C. . Davies, D. A. S. Lineoln, Earl of Wood, Charles Denison, E. B. Lindsay, Captain Wood. Colonel T. Douglas, Sir C. Lygou, General Wortley, J. S. Drummond. H. H. Mackinnon, W. Duke, ink J. Mahon, Lord TXLLZIa. Egerton, W. T. Marjoribanks, S. Raring, Henry Ellice, Edward Meynell, Captain Young, John FLANDERS and HAMBURG MAILS' BRUSSELS, MAY 26.—The average price of wheat in the. week ending on Saturd a y, t h e 23 d of May, was 23f. 82c., a n d that of rye 18f. 61c., per hectolitre. M. de Theux presented to the Chamber of Representatil e+ in its sitting to-day a project of law, which was expect eu i ; the object of it is to p ro l ong to the Ist of October,' end p the Ist of December, the allowing the importation of c ortly duty free. — he Chamber then commenced the discussion of the Pr °- ject of law relative to the canal from De nte to Schipdoah• After M. Donny, M. d e R oo spo k e at grea t length against the project of the Government and that of the central section; He expressed his opinion th a t th e works pro insufficient to prevent inundati ons; th a t the canal of SchiPr donk is only an experim en t, w hi c h w ill l ea d t o expense every year, and will i n th e en d occas i on h eav y expenses , which the Chamber is no w unw illi ng t o i ncur . The opinions of the C e nt ra l S ec ti on were th e n defended by ?if 7 Delabaye, who d es i re d th a t th e cana l o f Shipdonk should tern - dilate at the sea, and not stop a t Deynze.posed would h M. Maerlin spoke in favour of the observations of Donny and M. Desmaisieree, and in defence of those in the Central Section. The discussion will be continued to-morrow. The King, who was expected at Lacken on Monday. rs" turned yesterday from his estate at Ardenne. - VIENNA, MAY 21.—Her Ma j e sty the reigning Empress accompanied by the Archduke Francis Charles, will go to morrow evening by a steamer to Lunz to meet the Empress of Russia, who may probably stay there three days.—dike mein Zeitung, 24th May. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MAY 29.—Wind variable, light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, MAY 28.—Wind N.N.E. to Emily, Rampach• St. Thomas's. Arrd. from the River, and sld., Herschel, Robertson. Mauritius; Stefanino, Seculorich, Rio Janeiro; Rosalie, Boyea, A u " tigua ; Susan King, St. Kitts. BRISTOL, MAY 29.—Wind fresh.—Arrd.-28th, Glenelf. Cother, St. Vincent. Sld., 26th, Englishman, Dyer, Africa; 28 P'' Dochfour Backe, Quebec. LivEarooL, MAY 28.—. Wind N.N.E., moder-Ite.—Acrd. Cambric steamer, Judkins, Boston, left 16th inst., and Halifax 18th ; Ha abe Iceland; Julius, Iceland. Sid. 28th, Bellairs, Webb, Calcutta ; „.„.. vest Home, Carlyle, Calcutta; Orissa, Smith, Bombay; GYP se m ; Mitchell, Rio Janeiro; Princess Victoria, Thomas, Marimba._ Frances, Corkhill, Barbadoes ; Burley, Cooper, Jamaica; Corneli a ' French, New York ; John R. Skiddy, Luce, New York ; Sprin_ Roy, LIU :hebucto ; Tamerlane, M'Leary, Montreal; Lima Pa' k Robinson, Quebec ; Niagara, Tilley, Quebec. • lc, ea , Ounix, MAT Foigh-a-Ballagh, Brawl, St. John No Brunswick. Coaa, MAT 26!--Wind N.W.—Sbl. Albion, Wallace, Boston• In our list of atvtions to-day our friend, Georg e Robins, indulges us with some of his best told tales, and they are all lengthened beyond his usual taste. The annotificr ment of Ford Abbey exemplifies this observation; this sale has literally caused a furor in the world of auctions; t he historical account of this extraordinary monastery Mr. Roloi n ,l takes no mean credit for—it is the handiwork we are to'," of the cleverest lady throughout the county ; i t w ill , indee d, amply compensate for its perusal; verily it must find a plass , (eh, and keep it too) in every one's library. The interest Of the notori.sus Judge Jeffr.'ys is kept up throughout, and fete' there are who are aware of the extent of his fearful rob beries. The drawing gives a splendid view of the monastery of which it is believed there is nothing like it on record. 14 is 300 feet long. THE COAST DEFENCES.—The armament for the de fence of the ships of war on the Canadian lakes being CO O pleted, and the advance-ships being for the most PT; equipped, orders have been received to expedite the But% of ordnance for the coast defences at home. The giant sef of on which these defences are to be formed may be judged__ from the annexed details of the supplies of and ammunition which are to be forwarded to the folloest,. places :—For the additional defences at Sheerness, ono '.'. pounder, 97 cwt.; 17 8 - inch, of 65 cwt. each ; 28 32-,r.,0un t. 0 . ere, of 56 cwt. each; and 12 24-pounders, of 20 c.".t. eac h ' total for Sheerness, 58 guns. The 24-pounders are 0 a mounted on iron-carriages ; all the heavier P-,ins on carrisg_, with traversing platforms. For the intlitional defences at Tilbury Fort, 50 32-pounders of 56 cwt. each, on carlis i g,2 with dwarf traversing platforms ; 19 32-pounders o f 4't cwt. on iron carriages; total additional guns for Tilbury r f guns, carriagnse", 69. Additional guns for Gravesend, 15 32-pounders of f.'s c wt " ar on carriages with dwarf traversing platforms. .Guns' ' riages, and traversing platforms for the defences at P ort!" mouth, Gosport. Portsea, and Priddy's Hard, in addition. 7 the existing armament :-2 50 pounders of 97 cwt. ;A... 8-inch guns of 65 cwt. ; and 15 8-inch of 50 cwt. ; 2 1 . 0 b pounders of 56 cwt. ; 39 24-pounders of 50 cwt. ; 36 ca.' e h howitzers and 1 24-pounder carronade. On iron 75 24-pounder guns of 20 cwt. Total for Portsmouth , es . port, &c., 246 pieces of ordnance. Grand total for Sheers' ~. Tilbury Fort, Gravesend, Portsmouth, &c., 388 pieces of Or ' l _, nance of various sizes. A small armament of light pieces 0 ! ordnance, consisting of 6 6-pounder guns, 6 3-pound e rs, 4 2-5 howitzers, and 8 4 2-5 mortars, is ready for shin , a ; forts of the Hudson's Bay Company ! I i t inge l s e occurring n in con for Quebec. This armament is to be forwardedert-twheesvta‘lri. tory, to be ready in the event of 0 conveyed ever mountain districts. A of war, have to be . , which the v e n d t e e- d h e r e b r )of , and . i t S h a s P b e nc e sa l 1 1 . i cr f ia l:t: n b. nexion with Oregon, as guns of this hs kind will, in .. the crop carriedco etriva b n e e t e we h en as a be g e i n ve i n n numb everal trials 0 ! , the , Thame s poliee-c ~ . the invention have been m a somewhat o orious impostor vr through -- letters . tA for trial, and as there had W ri n g - Otir as charged before ,st f . detreit _ lengthy , of spnrious 'liturgist"' prisoner, he should return the dePlo iti tO 3 . that esjteor i i , t tEa i y s p lit quite hisAtrtoi p ty r or a f b e c At t h i dfoo c tep b gnira l 1 ii e ts . j considered it to be his dia... '4 epitintegAdurt,trY. 1 Criminal Court. As the offence was bailable , ."4 The mag istrate.. **t er Broderip with wivjesday the interesting event of launching 2001. himself; the prisoner was discharged. eaci:weeeraet talc:dockyard of Mr. Richard GreTelotid ~c _ ...... vessel of 1,100 tons burden , and trade under the Inamedia,te superintendence R an A d 3t h A av T ing ßL gi A v C en ;: etid , 0 - I Blackwell. The Barham is as p .lndi° Ill of ln ti e i r e Cb o• 6 ,, ev , er . tb si e the 3fttC:ir M: esh fi etee r ine lE CC :C of tool , took o°1: , wel r l: A kn u o il w c n ß sh o i has been built for the Bo' The launch Caine off at thr ee thousand persons, th o'clock in the afternoon, before ?Avg e c place from which a dockyard' the Blackwall pier, and ever , ' l t tattled, n. a the launch could be ob tain , sco os crowded with a 11104 immediately atterwards, die First Lord ,I at ship-bu ilder s o I: : io, of the Admiralty, Lady Ellenborough, soda oc' party or frletvii, were invited on the cm i cal, At a iew by Mr. Green to be present _esi wog ebristened by Lady minutes after three o'clock t o h r e` lt iesi St: assemblage. Lord Elennuurneroo Ellenberough, with the usual f tru" 1 9-, music of abe amid the cheers of the spe c tates' welto nti stationed on the pier, and the loud -sounding . _ boa st of the caillion discharged from a neighbouring yacht inoer'od_f s . 0 ef the dockyard, the " dog shores " were struck away, and Li. e L en t. iestic vessel glided graceftilly to the bosom of I _'.'s future el ,n w e d i. The vessel plunged several hundred yards into the river ii i ,„' too' rection ef Greenwich, when she was swilng round and takl i x rthers by four steam-tugs, who brought her ViPper.hotteducti and fitted up With masts and rigging. - Th_ nif i c ent Will be ready for sea in six weeks. A ft er the launch e r n , i .t .- f tit' ',rack to the dock, t ° . Bahia n Mager was prepared in the mould left, to which the h''' e i srr guest* and the friends er Air. Green were Invited. Ano t her ve , sel will shortly lie leunehed froin the same yard. lip u s - AccouclmENT OF THE AIARCHIoNESS ° dares „, dares cesTite ~-r_The Marchioness of W orces t e r, a ft er acute suffe r o•T _ flo or A Peried of upwards of twenty hours, gave birth to a sun at 4 q .- Ce In gee residence eUr eYed to five o'clock on Thursday morning, at the family keley-square. We regret exceedingly to add, that the in fant„., cow— only a short time, having to the great grief a the fam es o; we are within two hours after its birth. The Noble Mareh b r 0, 1 ,e cieee' l glad to learn, is progressing satisfactorily. Her Majesty ,„,„ e trisa Dowager and several of the noltility sentyesterday to make .^. after the health of the Marchioness. ASSAULTING A ToLL-KEEPER.—Lord- —1 _, th As- Thurtday charged at Lambeth Court, before Ur. Nortoti.,7; n w ith- A D i l lon wa s 00 saultiag the toll-collector of Vauxhall -bridge, by thraannY..n k vat aid, tie Darby, was inconvtnieneed, sites the toll had been flortou COS" whip. His Lordship, who was driving a four-in-lisha "" by the son of the complainant seighate the horses' beads. Mr :... tideged the cogectnr the wrench and dismissed 10 CP..