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Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. madame GRISI has the honour to acquaint the Nobility, Sub- Scribers, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 14, When will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, I LOMBARDI •. ALLA PRIMA CROCIA l'A. With new scenery, dresses, Sze. ; the scenery by Mr. Marshall. Gr selda, Madame Grist; Soda, Madame Bellini ; Vie.inda, Mdlle. Corbart; Oronte, Signor Mario; Arvino, Signor Corelli ; firm, Sig. Acciano, Sig. Giubilei ; Pagano, Sig Fornasari. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which w:11 appear Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, Lucile Grahn, Moncelet, Cassan, De menage ; MM. St. Leon and M. Perrot. After which (for this occasion only), Gnecco's Opera Buffs, LA PUOVA D'UN OPERA SERIA. Campanone, Signor Lablachc ; Fedrico, Signor Corelli ; Gillett°, Signor F. .Lablache ; Violante, Madame Bellini ; Corilla, Madame Grist. To conclude with the admired Ballet of ONDINE. Ondine, Male. Cerito ; Matteo, M. Perrot ; Giannina, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni. 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. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be produced (for the first time in this country), Verdi's cele brated Opera, in Four Parts, entitled, I LOMBARDI • ALLA PRIMA CROCIATA. - - Griselda, MWdanledrisi; • Arvino7 Signor Corelli ; Pagano, c signor Pornasa.ri ; Viclinda, Mdlle. Corbari ; rirro, Signor Botelli ; Oronte, Signor Mario. The epoch is that of the first Crusade. The following is the de scription of the incidental scenery Part First.—Scene of acti-n is Milan, in the 11th Century. Scone 1. Moonlight—Cloisters and church of St. Ambrose, built in the 7th Century. Seine 2. :Night—Gallery in the Palace of Polio. Part Second.—Scene of action, Antioch, and its vicinity. Scene 1. Hall in the Palace et Acciano, at Antioch. Scene 2. View of Palestine—The prominence of a sloping mountain. Scene 3. The Interior of the Harem at Antioch. Part Third.— Scene of action, the vicinity of Jerusalem. Scene 1. The Valley of Jehoshaphat—Jerusalem ; Mount Moria, crowned by the celebrated mosque of Omar. Scene 2. Arvin's tent. Scene 3. A grotto on the shores of the Jordan. Part Fourth. —Scene of action continued. Scene 1. A cavern in Palestine. Scene 2. Encampment of the Lombards, near to the sepulchre of Rachael. Last Scene. Arvino's tent. Tableau. To conclude with the grand Ballet, by M. Deshayes, rearranged In Three Tableaux, by M. Perrot, the Music by M. Costa, entitled ALMA ; ou, LA FILLE DU FEU. The principal characters by 3fdlles. Cerito, Demelisse, 3foncelet, Cassell, L. Taglion: ; NI. St. Leon, Gosselin, Bertrand, and Perrot A New Grand Ballet is in active preparation, and will shortly be produced. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Opera, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar de Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. Stretton ; Maritana, Miss Romer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. Between the first and second Acts of the Opera, will be intro duced a Pas de Bergers, by thirty-six of the celebrated Danseuses, with a Pas Soul, by Fanny Prager ; and between the second and third Acta, twenty-four Danseuses Vlennoises will execute the famous National Polca Paisans. After which, the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. Duke of Silesia, M. Mathis; Hilarion, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Prince of Cour land, Mr. Howell ; Wilfrid, M. Adrien ; Giselle, mills. Sall; Mirtha, Mdlle. Louise; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Louin ; Bertha, Mrs. Payne; Principal Willis, Mesdames Adele and Giubilei. During the Ballet will be introduced Le Pas Oriental, by forty. eight of the Pupils of Madame Weiss. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy 6f THE RIVALS. Sir An thony Absolute, Mr. Farren ; Capt. Absolate, Mr. Roll ; Acres, Mr. Webster ; Sir Lucius o"frigger, Mr. Hudson ; Fag, Mr. Brindal ; David, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Glover; Lydia Lan guish, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lucy, Mrs. Humby. The Band will perform the Overture, " Edourdo e Christine," the Fantasie, " Era Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," " Antoinette," Cellaritts Waltz ; the " Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the " Brunow Polka." To be succeeded by an Original Farce, called THE IRISH TIGER. Sir Charles Lavender, Mr. Howe ; Paddy Ryas, Mr. Hudson , Alderman Marrowfat, Mr. Tilbury ; Bilbury, Mr. T. F. Mathews ; Julia, Miss Telbin ; Nancy, Mrs. Caulfield. After which, an experiment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHINES : on which occasion they will be presented to tee public with new Names, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. Mathews, and Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Another brilliant Triumph ! " Robin Hood and Richard Cceur de Lion" eTery ETening ; and (oy express desire) " The Cricket on the Hearth." THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. In which Mrs. Keeley, Miss Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Vining, and Mr. Keeley will perform. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St , rtling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD C(EUR 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. TIIIS EVENING Will he performed a popular Comedy, entitled EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY ; or, Who's to Father Me ? Sam Swipes, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Swipes, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Miss Melrose, Miss Chaplin , Lair Cranberry, Miss Harding. After which a new and Original Farce, called, WHO DID I ? or, WHAT'S IN THE WIND ? Vandyke Brown, Mr. .Vright ; Ramona Peewit, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by the Burle:que, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Paal Bedford, Mr. Mull) ard, Mr. Mitchenson, To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be perfarmed the favourite Drama of DON C2ESAR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana. Mrs. Stirling. After which, a New DIVERTISSEMENT. principal dancers will appear. To be Mowed by a New Drama, entitled ERNESTINE. The principal characters supported by Messrs. Cooper, Wallack, Leigh Murray; Mrs. Stirling, Miss E. Stanley, Miss May, &c. To coneude with a New Farce, called TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH. Gregory Granite, Mr. Compton ; George, Mr. Oxberry ; Fanny, Miss E. Stanley. In which all the ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATEE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial p ttronage of her most gracious Majesty, and their Royal lI ghuesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Prixcess Alice. Uninterrupted career of success of Mr. Leman Rede's popular Asiatic Spectacle, which is nightly hailed with the most enthusiastic applause. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AND Hts DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. Introducing the double stud, &c. New and popular Scenes of the Irippod7ome. First appearance of the astonir ing French Artiste, Mons. Leonard Houck, aided by the British Professors. First Week of a Novel Grotesque BALLET. In which the prin cipal Pantomimists of the Establishment will . perform. On Monday next, May 18th, M. Lelim Bridges, the famed eques trian, will appear. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAViDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Brilliant success of the new Play of "Bianca." First appearance of Miss Brentnall, from the Theatre Royal, Bath. THIS EVENINCI NW be performed a New Play, entitled, BIANCA ; or, The Three Trials. Characters by 3lessrs. Hughes, Maynard, Johnson, Lewis, Cowell, Heslop, Edgar ; Mesdms. H. Vining, Martin, Daly, &c. Atter which, GYMNASTIC EXERCISES by Herr Deulin and Herr Nicolo, •s Lrs Deux Chi lois. To be followed by a New Ballet, called LA STATUE BLANCHE. Le Tonneau Roulant ; or, Running Tub, by Herr Nicolo. 'NEW STRAND TH EATRE ENTIR E " CTIANGE.—NOVELTLES AND _SIA.GIC EFFECTS. La- gaiete eat la sante denim., La tristesse en eat le poison." THIS EVENING M. PIIILLIPPE begs leave to announce that, in consequence of the Triumphant Success that h as attended his EASTERENTER TAINMENT.s', they will be repeat e d every Wednesday and Sa turday 7iforning, and every Evening until further notice. 3!. PHILLIPPE will Commence the Entertainment by Lightlrg Two Hundred and Fifty WatX Candles by a single Pistol shot! This unique and brilliant Experiment was originally performed by Mons. Phillippe for urrwards of 700 consecutive nights in Paris. M. Phillippe will also have the honour of introducing HIS GRANDMOTHER'S CAP , with all its laughable and r a pid Trans fornyttions. varied by the Dancing of the The Entertainments will be CHIARINI FAMILY, and the Olympic Gambols of the AME RICAN BROTHERS. The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the Evening at a quarter to Eight. Stalls, 3s • Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; 11. 19.. and 10 s. td. Gallery, Gd. ; Private Boxes, Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. MONDAY, MAY 11. '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 grandeurt 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 culaneum and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction of Mr. Denson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantlyllluminated 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 Sant complete mid effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Phoebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. rarinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in hetiliht,on to the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him and bear him to his chrystal home. __An illioninated Marine Cave, and the Glass Conservatory, splen didly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to 14 sw the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. ?ceding of the Carnivore at five • the Pelicans, &c., at half-past five ; Concert at si x ; alai the Eruption at dusk. Admission, Is. THE STRIKE IN THE BUILDING TRADES AT MAN cussTka.—The men are coining in by degrees, and as many as from 700 to 800 have signed the declaration required by the masters, and commenced working again during the past week or ten days. A large number more commenced working yesterday morning, who also signed the declaration. The impression is, that the turn-outs will keep going In, and that ere long the shops will be as full of men as may be required under existing cirecmstances. The masters have been compelled to form themselves into an association, whigh it is Intended should extend all over the country, for the purpose of counteracting the dangerous effects of the eombination of these general trades unions ; for, unless they be counteracted, the masters think that they will be placed in the humiliating position of having to accede to any, and indeed every, demand which the turn-outs may think proper to make upon them. On the 2d of the present month there were 600 Joiners en the strike, upwards of 100 plasterers and painters, about 40 plumbers, and about 80 or 100 bricklayers ; and itis calculated that there are at the present moment upwards of 200 workmen who are yet out of employ. We have reason to believe that there is not the slightest =the rumour that the Hon. Member fOr Oxford, Mr. Maclean, to reign his rot is Dirliitratut. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 12. a rf4ERMOMETER, Lowest, 45; Highest, 67; Noon, 65 BAROMETER, 30.—WIND S.E.; fine. WATEIi AT LONDOI , i-BRIIiGE TIIIS DAY. V:Tning •• 24 minutes after 2.1 Evening .. 43 In - ,notes alter 2. -,3 ...-. s ~( . 1 .,,3„, ,, , _ ...,, . ...‘k.5...,,r0r z:...,,. \l' l / 4 4 4 .' E T , ' ' ' '' • 0 s .1" , 4 ____: , ..„, ..,)-- N - - THE STTIC. LONDON, TUESDAYEVENING, MAY 12, 1846. 7 - representatives? In our innocence, we had always thought that a public salary, or fees taken from the public, were granted in return for services to be rendered, or supposed to be rendered, to that public. But here the fortunate sine curist, not satisfied with the large emoluments received during his life, secures a handsome independence for his family after his death. It is like the parish watchcoat de scribed by Svarr, which the constable desired to have after his death made into a petticoat for his wife, a jacket for his aon. Our most gallant officers may perish in the service of their country on a well-fought field; their names may be en deared to our recollections by every tie of gratitude, by every sentiment of admiration ; they may have purchased the commission, the possession of which enabled them to risk, to sacrifice their valuable lives, by the expenditure of large sums of money, and that money may have been applied in the public service; they may have left widows and orphans unprotected and destitute, save in the rich inhe ritance of a gallant and honoured name, and yet• the nation makes no provision for objects so worthy of their gratitude, their protection; but when the sinecurist at length dies many thousands per annum are to be paid for seven years after his death to his representatives, the tribute of a grateful nation for his condescending to accept at their hands sums sufficient to enable him to roll in pomp and state, and to acquire and hoard up a princely fortune Shame, shame, that such things should be tolerated, should meet with defenders. Madrid papers to the 4th instant have arrived. The Government have determined to dissolve the Cortes without again calling them together. A circular has been addressed to the different political chiefs on the subject of making up the electoral lists, and it is supposed that the elections will take place in September, and that the new Cortes will be called together in October. Acccording to the Hera!do, the physicians have recommended sea bath ing for the QUEEN'S health, and her MAJESTY will certainly go to the sea-side towards the end of next month, but whether to the Basque provinces, to Catalonia, or to Anda lusia, had not been determined on. Don ANTONIO ZUMALACARREGUI, who had been Presi dent of the Cortes and Minister during the regency of EsrAR TEIIO, died at Madrid on the 2d. Don Awromo was the brother of Don TOMAS ZUMALLCARIVEGUI, the celebrated Carlist chieftain. MADRID BOLSA, MAY 4.—The Three per Cents. were ai 32% cash; Five per Cents. not quoted; Bank of San Fer• nando, 310; Bank of Isabella 11., 187. Exchange on Lon. don, 37%. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. On Satur day the Central Railway ( Vierzon to Chateauroux) Bill passed the Chamber of Deputies. The railway is to pan through Nevers instead of through Moulins. The Bordeaux and Bayonne Railway Bill, which still remains to be dis cussed, will not, it is thought, pass this session. The fol lowing is a list of the railway Bills which have passed the Chamber :—The Bordeaux and Cette, the Western, the Caen, the Dijon and Mulhausen, the St. Dezier and Gray, and Central. In the Chamber of Peers, on Saturday, the discussion on the commercial treaty with Belgium commenced. The ill lowing extract from the Journal des Debats shows the great progress which the sound doctrines of free trade are making in France-- " If anything was wanting to prove the progress which the doctrines of commercial liberty are making in the higher and more enlightened regions, assuredly it would be found in the language hear 4 on Saturday in the Chamber of Peers. Count Beugnot showed in an excellent speech the great inte rest that France had in closely allying herself to Belgium, and preventing the latter from inentitying herself with Ger many. In this report the Count regards the conventions concluded by France as entirely insufficient. He does not accuse the Government; on the contrary, he acknowledges it to be in advance, on this question, both of the Chambers and country, but he accuses the interested coalitions, which for our part we have always strongly opposed." IBRAHIM PACUA leaves Paris in about a fortnight for London. On this subject the Constitutimnel perpetrates the following amusing bit of absurdity : " The British Cabinet has watched, not without jealousy, the long stay made by Ibrahim Pacha in France. It has therefore intimated to the Cabinet of the Tuileries that it would be glad to receive in its turn the son of Mehemet Ali, and our Government has neglected nothing that could tend to the gratification of this wish, in spite of the repugnance felt by the Egyptian Prince to expose his health, which is hardly re-established. to the intemperature of the English sky ; Ibrahim Pacha will therefore go to London in about a fort night. The British Cabinet, always pre-occupied with the question of the transit across the Isthmus of Suez, will, doubtless, not fail to make use of all the means of seduction in its power with respect to its guest, in order to draw him into their views on the subject. The journey of Ibrahim Pacha in Europe will thus serve more to further the views of England than ours. On his return the Prince will visit Holland and Belgium." The concluding portion of this paragraph contains a clumsily awkward admission. " The journey of Inn Anna PACHA in Europe will thus serve more to further the views of England than ours." 'Buono( PACHA then, according to the Constitutionnel, was invited to France only to servo French interests. The PACHA, no doubt, appreciates the compliment. On Saturday the PACHA dined at the Hotel de Ville. The Duke de MONT PENSIER, who was present, proposed the health of MEHEMET ALE, the regenerator of Egypt, and of his son Inusi DI PACII&, their illustrious guest. The Egyptian Prince, having returned thanks, proposed the following toast :—" To the King and to the city of Paris, the capital of civilization and the arts, the great monuments and liberal institutions of which do honour to the genius of man, and are the object of univer sal admiration; to his Royal Highness the Duke de ➢IONT PENSIEB, who honoured Egypt by his visit, and whose pas sage left indelible recollections among those who had the honour to approach him." The Constitutionnd cc ntains the following in relation to the approaching trial of LECOJITE : "An important circumstance had for some time created some difficulty in the affair of the assassin Lecomte. The authorities were not able to discover the history of the gun with which he had committed his crime. The gun is a double-barrelled fowling-piece of excellent quality, though not very splendid in its appearance. In the search made at Lecomte's lodging another double-barrelled fowling•piece was found, which was recognised as the one which he gene rally used when he was a guard in the forest. It was there fore concluded that, as Lecomte had left his gun in Paris, he must have got from a third party, or h ave b ought at the last moment, the gun with which he fired on the King. Lecomte, either to give himself more importance, or from some other motive, had made a great mystery of this question, but the matter is now cleared. It has been as c e r t a i ne d t h at t h e gun was sold to Lecomte six years ago by a gun-maker in Paris. He had made use of it at Orleans. It has been recognised by the gun-maker, and by several persons who had seen it in Lecomte's hands. The report of the commission appointed by the Court of Peers to draw up the charges will be made on the 18th of the present month. The trial will take place in the beginning of June." The journals have advices from Algiers to the 3d inst., announcing that Ann-EL. KADER, who had for some time past concealed his movements, had suddenly re-entered the Kabyl country, and was in the vicinity of the Jurjura. Owing to this other unexpected irruption, it was believed - that the French columns under Marshal BUGEA UD and the ..Duke D'AUMALE must again hasten to the east of the pro vince of Algiers. According to the Presse, it was with the greatest reluctance that Queen VICTORIA yielded to the desires at her Ministers to postpone her intended visit to France. It was a fortnight before her consent to the postponement oould be obtained. The Univers, the organ of the Jesuits, Luis a long article describing the progress of the Je su it s in various parts of the world. It thus alludes to the progress of tlik Jesuits in England :—" The zeal of the Order is not less active in England. According to authentic data, 98 Protes tants, instructed and guided by those venerable ecclesiastics, returned to the faith of their fathers in 1843, and in 1844 and 1845, 172 others have imitated their example, au], never therms, nobody in England is thinking of expelling them front the British dominions." tirnins SAM LONDON, TUESDAY. MAY 12, 1846. As we yesterday conjectured the debate upon the Corn Im portation Bill was adjourned last night with the general ac quiescence of the Commons. This additional postponement was very naturally to te anticipated for reasons which we have already particularised —any further delay of the settle ment of this measure will now, however, be more than vexa tious, it will be tampering to an unjustifiable extent with the whole commercial relations of the empire. Such a de claration as this originates in no factious anxiety to precipitate a victory which at this present moment is virtually achieved; it is based upon the unanimous consent of society, upon the hesitation visible during this session in almost every quarter of the country, upon the anxiety of every member of the population, whether manufacturer or agriculturist. It was from being fully impressed with this conviction that the Home Secretary prefaced his elaborate wid conclusive speech yesterday evening by expressing his disinclination to occupy the attention of the House, because it was "evidently weary of this protracted discussion !" Never theless, harassed as the representatives must undoubtedly be with so much " lengthened sweetness long drawn out,"—but, especially, the true representatives of the people, the supporters of the Government policy, we rest assured that their patriotic feelings are too ardent to permit of their becoming lethargic at a juncture so propitious to the future prosperity of their fellow-countrymen. They are sufficiently imbued with a repugnance for those enactments which are on the eve of being expunged from the statute-book, they are in spired with sentiments sufficiently exultant at the approaching emancipation of commerce, to merge every feeling of exhaustion at the balderdash uttered night after night by the delinquents below the gangway into one paramount sense of satisfaction at participating in a triumph so bene ficent With these ideas we feel satisfied every Parlia mentary advocate for free trade is actuated ; the vicinity of those boons for the acquisition of which they have yearned so hopefully and laboured go .valiantly during so much untoward opposition, is surely an adequate preventative of anything like marks of fatigue. The greater the difficulties, the nobler the consum mation—the more numerous the obstacles, the more agreeable the achievement. There is an axiom in warfare which de clares that whenever cruelty is displayed by the conqueror towards the vanquished troops it is a sure sign that the losing party were at some period of the struggle near being the winners. The converse of this is a proposition, we take it, equally undeniable. And ob serving that, throughout the time which this debate has occupied, the Protectionists have been uniformly treated with the most lenient placidity, that their garrulity has been generously permitted to die away of itself, and that their very acidulated personalities have been re torted sometimes by silence, sometimes by a remon strance, but never by a •" counter-blast " of personality, it is clear that the Free-traders felt their superiority from the first moment ; and evincing this knowledge of their superiority at the commencement, it is assuredly not sur prising that they should evidence a great confidence as to the result immediately anterior to its eluci dation. Hence it was Sir JAMES GRAHAM declared over night, "I have a very strong opinion that the measure under consideration will in a very short time become the law of the land." Nor is the fact less mani fest, that the country party have been heaping burning embers upon their own heads by their most illusory and pernicious system of procrastination. Instead of having to compete with bushels, the farmers will new, in all likelihood, have to compete wild' whole granaries directly the proposed Acts come into operation ; and for this agreeable difficulty their gratitude is solely due to their pseudo- friends in Parliament. From the delays which these meddling po liticians have caused in the progression of the Corn and Customs' Bill through the Lower House the bonded wheat from foreign countries, which has been accummulating in our seaports in expectation of the reduction of duties, amounts to the enormous quantity offiffeenhundred thousand quarters! Against this and (as the Home Secretary judiciously observed) against the next harvest the unfortunate pets of the protectionist will have to enter the market—the competition, of course, producing a tem porary but most embarrassing diminution of price. This fact, which was last night ably insisted upon by Sir JAMES GnairAm, is merely an application of the arguments contained in Mr. COBDEN'S letter to the Tenant-Farmers of Great Britain, deducing from a delay of months what he deduces from a delay of years, an applica tion of those deductions to Augut or September, which the Honourable Member for Stockport applies to 1839. The Secretary for the Home Department adduces "an enlarged experience," as the primary cause of his con version, from the very obsolete credence in the efficacy and excellence of a protective policy, and a more eligible or ac ceptable reason for such a conversion could not possibly have been advanced. If, in like manner, the Pro tectionists could persist in giving themselves such severe lessons of experience by moving fresh adjournments upon the question, they,would before long delay themselves into free traders. As a specimen of the preposterous style of logic with which these gentlemen have been endeavouring to bolster up their very dilapidated system, we may mention an argu ment which was dragged into the discussion by Mr. MILES, the honest, blundering Member for Somerset. This sagacious legislator actually pro pounded, as proofs of the necessity of protection to agri culture, that wheat is cultivated in Virginia for a hun dred successive years without the application of manure; and again, that there is in Russia an annual accumulation of 28,000,000 quarters of corn over and above their home consumption. Never were facts more untbrtunately produced by a protectionist reresentative ; in pro nouncing them Mr. MILES actually shuttlecocked over to Sir JAMES GRAHAM a most crushing argument against himself. Why, as that Right Hon. Baronet justly inferred, "if those statements were true—if Russia had 28,000,00 of grain ready at all times for exportation ; and if in America they grow wheat for a century without manure, every attempt ' to protect this country, every attempt to guard this country, must be worse than useless." A patient analysis—of which, however, they are almost invariably unworthy—would as plainly demonstrate the inefficiency of the thousand similar pieces of absurdity uttered by the followers of the Noble Member for Lynn. Saving that it would exceed the etiquette of the House, and be of an unparliamentary character, the opposers of this vast measure would long since have been dispatched to Coventry —so wonderfully old-fashioned and conventional are all their most cherished opinions. As it is, they have nearly "strutted their little hour upon the stage," and those Members who, according to Sir JAMES GRAHAM, never until the present session gave the agricultural interest the "advantage of their eloquence," will be reduced to the necessity of subsid ing into their original obscurity as legislators. For this— though by their departure we lose the cause of considerable merriment—we rejoice. Assured, however, as is the triumph of the free-trade principles upon the division at the third reading, let every individual lover of those princi ples render the majority still more triumphant, than upon the two preceding occasions, by his attendance. Let every supporter of the proposed policy, as he loves his kind, as he wishes well to humanity, as he is desirous for the prosperity of his country, and as he is ambitious of the t s i u t m le p o t f a ion Philanthrop i c t,.,aulegislator,enro enro l his ndaimnehuips pon lace a t majority i n e n r . t e; list. A new and peaceful era is to be commenced • le t him partake in a glory so bloodl ess and so imperishable! ' A leading Paris journal, universally admitted to be under the influence of M. TIIIERS, and to represent faithfully his political opinions, occasionally puts furth leading articles of such a trifling, contemptible, and juvenile character, that not one reader in a hundred could believe for a moment that they were the production of the great statesman and historian that once presided over the destinies of France, and is generally regarded as the successo r o f the present able Minister, when accident, or royal caprice, or some great national question may cause his resignation. One of that description has just appeared in the Constitution o d, w hi ch, though of the very lowest character, bears all the marks of the author of the "Consulate and the Empire." R exhibits his petty jealousies, his unconquerable re pugnance to England, and also a wilful departure from truth, merely to serve A temporary purpose. The British Cabinet, the writer asserts, beholds with a jealous eye the protracted stay of Inrtamm PAcitit in France, and has signified to the Cabinet of the Tuileries its desire also to receive the son of MEitEstEr Au. The Prince reluctantly consented to accept the invitation, though he did so at the risk of injuring his health by the intemperate climate of England. Then the grand object of the British Cabinet is disclosed—namely, the settlement of the question of transit across the Isthmus of Suez; and in reference to this subject it is said England will use all the powers of se duction at its disposal to convert the PACIIA to its views. " Thus (in order that M. GUIZOT may not escape) the tour of IBRAHIM in Europo will have served more the English than the French interests." This is all in perfect keeping with most of the accounts of sea battles given by TnIERS, in which he takes every opportunity of lessening the merit of the English, or concealing it altogether, and of attributing to them motives of action so mean and unworthy of a great nation, that the reader feels astonished how they could be imputed to a respectable rival by a man professing t' , write impartial history. Everything English that M. THIERS touches he tries to damage. England can do nothing good from honour able motives. Sh e h as a l ways some selfish interests to in dulge, and, above all, 512 e, takes care to we every opportunity, while she pursues her own schemes, to inflict some injury on France. That malevolent feeling is well represented in the paragraph respecting the PAC A'S visit to the British Court. Her MAJESTY and her Ministers do not invite the son of MEHEMET ALI to England for • his own sake, or out of respect to the high qualities of his illustrious father, or as some return for his impartial and generous conduct to wards English merchants, and indeed Englishmen generally, during the Syrian expedition, but solely to serve its own purposes and drive a bargain with his successor for the free passage of British troops through Egypt. And not satisfied with stating that the attempt will be nixie, M. THIERS con cludes that it will be successful, that France will lose all the expected advantages from the visit of a Prince which the ex-Minister took under his especial protection, and that jealous England will snatch the prize from her hands. It is hardly necessary to say that England neither has nor can have any such motives. Our gracious QUEEN only gives another proof of her wish to live on the best terms with other Sovereigns, and with that view pays the usual compliment of invitation to the son of one of the most remarkable men of the age. Her Ministers know that the question of transit cannot be set tled by IBRAHIM P.tcyrn—that any attempt of the kind would excite unfavourable feelings towards England on the part of the present ruler, who will both reign and govern to the last—that the health of IBRAHIM PACHA is of the most un certain tenure—that it is doubtful if he can survive his father—and that new arrangements, as at Lahore, may be necessary, when the band that reared the Egyptian sovereignty, and has kept it so long together, shall have become cold and helpless. And, besides, we are not cer tain that it is for the interest of England and her Indian possessions that a passage for troops of all nations, through the Isthmus, should be conceded. The expense incurred by sending troops to India by sea may be more than counter-balanced by rendering India liable to the sudden in vasion of European troops by the way of Suez and the Red Sea. After all, why is the scheme opposed by the ex- Minister? Solely because he believes England is bent upon it. France could not in any way suffer by the concession ; some slight return, too, might be made to England for throw ing open the China trade and conferringa great benefit on our neighbours, but M. THIERS has no sympathy of that kind, and should it be the misfortune of this country to see him again restored to power, she must expect neither favours nor fair play at his hands. The striking characteristic of the British nation is the perfect freedom of discussion enjoyed by our Legislature, our public meetings, and by the press, of fully and fairly commenting upon all matters of general interest which may from day to day arise. It is to this freedom that we owe the abolition of abuses which long were suffered to exist, and which affixed a stain on our Constitution, To this we owe the existence of civil and religious liberty throughout the British dominions, the abolition of rotten boroughs,and the rendering the popular branch of our Legislature what it professed to be—a fair representation of the people. To this we owe the adoption of the principles of free trade, the prostration of monopoly, and the admission of cheap food for the people. None of those great results were obtained without many years of anxious discussion, of a prolonged, and apparently hopeles, contest. At first a small, but zealous body, brought forward the abuse, stated it fairly and simply, urged its injustice, and called for its reformation. In almost every in stance their suggestions were received with contumely and their proposals rejected by large numerical majorities. But, though defeated for the moment, they were not dismayed. Again and again they invited discussion, secured a debate; the force of public opinion was enlisted in the struggle, the minority increased, became a mighty and formidable phalanx; that which at first was feebly whispered, was now thundered within the walls of St. Stephen's till at length truth and justice pre vailed, and bigotry, corruption, monopoly, were swept away in the overwhelming torrent, and such we have no doubt will be the result of the exposure made by Mr. WATSON, on Thursday evening, in bringing forward his mo tion for a Select Committee " to inquire into the nature and extent of the taxation of suitors by the collection of fees in the courts of law and equity, and the application of such fees, and the compensations paid to retired officers of those courts, and into the propriety of the continuance thereof; and particularly to inquire into the orders for compensation made by the Lord Chancellor to the persons filling the office of clerk of the enrolments, comptrollers of hanaper, riding clerks, six clerks, sworn clerks, waiting clerks, and others, under the, Act 5 and 6 Vic., c. 103, and to inquire into the nature, duties, and emoluments of those officers before the passing of that Act, and their right to compensation during life and for seven years after the death of such persons." Indeed we have the assurance of the great benefit conferred on the public by the discussion in the speeches made by the Home Secretary and the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of the Government. The former Honourable Gentleman stated, "that if the mo tion had been confined to the introductory part of the motion before the House, namely, for an inqury into the nature and extent of the taxation of suitors, by the collection of fees in the courts of law and equity, he would have had no objection to the motion, because he considered that an inquiry of that nature might be attended with beneficial results," and rested his opposition chiefly on the fact that Mr. Huang had, in the course of the debate, designated the transaction in reference to which the inquiry was moved for as " the job of obs,' and that the conduct of the Lord Chancellor might be incul pated. Surely this will not be received as a sufficient excuse for the suppression of the inquiry. He admits that it may be at tended with beneficial results and yet he totes against it—on what principle can this inconsistency be justified? If the conduct of the Noble and Learned Lord was pure and irre proachable, as it was asserted to be, what could he have to fear from investigation? Why should his friends be anxious to smother inquiry —to avoid publicity? On the contrary, it would alone be a sufficient reason for acceding to the proposi tion. It is impossible after this that Sir JAMES GRAMAM can continue his opposition to the inquiry from which so much good must result. But the speech of Sir R. PEEL contains a far more gratifying announcement. Nothing more able, more powerful. could have been urged in support of Mr. WATSON. The Right Hon. Baronet, with all the force and eloquence so peculiarly his own, says— " But let us put an end to the sale of these offices in future; and let us also ensure a periodical inquiry into the fees received by every person, in order that when their amounts reach an extravagant sum, they may be reduced- In some years they . were of great magnitude —as in this present year, for instance, by a pressure of business, the amount of fees taken may be exceedinglylarge. Reduce them; but, at the same time, keep them sufficiently high to remu nerate men of talent. Let us provide for this inquiry. So much for the future. I think it a scandal to the courts of justice of this country, that this House has abolished sine cures, but that we have sealed our eyes to the legalised con tinuance of these fees, collected in extravagant sums from suitors, because we have had no public clamour for their abrogation. If those sums had been received by a Minister of the Government, or by any one of the clerks of this House, who sit at the table, they would have been taken away; but you have allowed these things to continue, while you have, as I said before, abolished sinecures." And concludes by assuring the House, " that as far as legis lating for the future on the subject, the reformation of these abuses should have the cordial support of the Government." Were there no other result of the motion than these ad. missions and pron.ises, Mr. WATSON may well be proud of the service he has rendered to his country. But we will hope that perseverance on his part will at length be rewarded to the fullest extent. It is not to be conceived that a Bill smuggled through the House of Commons, of the guardians of the public purse, almost sub silentio, which passed through all its stages in one short week, should be considered so bind ing in its nature, so efficacious in its operation, that no re medy can now be obtained. Its injustice may be admitted, the com pensation thereby awarded may be so enormous as to be almost incredible; sinecurists may receive sums for subordi nate offices, requiring no knowledge, skill, or education, ex ceeding in amount the salaries of the learned and laborious judges who preside in those very courts; and shall it be sail, that when this crying grievance is expo3ed, its enormity made manifest, the public indignation aroused, that this hurried legislation was final, and that it cannot now be altered or amended? Certainly not. Under any circumstances the taxation of the suitors of the courts would be unjust and iniquitous. Why should the Legislature tolerate a system so abominable, why should any person, because his fortune or character is made the object of attack, be thereby made the object of special taxation ? Will he not suffer enough in the payment of the large fees necessary for his professional advisers? Is there not anxiety and expense enough attendant on the unfortunate liti gant, without his having to pay those enormous fees, without bearing the whole expense of the judicial staff of the country, nay, further, of the harpies, the drones, who, without rendering any service themselves, are contented to dip their hands into his pocket, and receive ruinous salaries for doing nothing? These things cannot be suffered to con. tinue—there must be a remedy, and a speedy one, afforded. It is ridiculous to say that their abolition would increase litigation ; such could not be the case on the part of the defendants, for they are brought into court without their own consent. No matter whether the expense be great or small, they must encounter it; no option is afforded them; and in the case of a plaintiff, the only person who can be thereby deterred is the poor man, who, although his case may be equitable, may be unable to obtain justice, from the enormous expense attendant on the progress of his claims, and the delays which may be thrown in his way by the skilful wiles of a wealthy antagonist. Is this desirable? should the system te continued for such an object? We think not; and we doubt not that the public will be of a similar opinion. Is it because there has been a long continuance in this shameful waste of the public funds that the proceeding should be tolerated and allowed to remain? We think the gentle men may be well satisfied with impunity for offences, in being p erm i tted to retain evreevelpri in principle of spoilsjust ice, of they the pubic, ttlilteeilrargpeasstums heretofore received by th em , w i thout being compelled to disgorge their p lunder. Is it because, by th e a have et been permitted sol perversion on g of every to ol t i h t i s o t n t hoefvthsahtoupldow ? As well might the light nois receive an enormou s sum f or the :b - Engered gentleman, who made a handsome livelihood from h e improved isn system of police, and call for compensation t of his pleawg peccadilloes; longer indulged in the enjoyment the pockets of his neighbours , ime n ig s l a l ti a o g n ai b n e s e t s a u n se h should it be ex ersonal tended for seven years beyond his lif e, to p but even supposing there was any ground for granting such a payment to the sinecurist himself, The Prince De Jorriviima arrived at Toulon on the 6th. On Saturday the KING and the Royal Family removed from the Tuileries to the Chateau of Neuilly, where they will reside during the spring. The Three per Cents. were done at Tortoni's at 83f. 95c. LUSINE SS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 11. Boulogne aild Amiens, 'VA—Dutch Rhenish, 6%—East Indian, ii—Louvairt and Jeinappe, 1y —Luxembourg, 2—Namur and Liege, 1% —Paris toad Lyons Constituted, 7%—Paris and Rouen, 403 i Sambre and Meuse, 5%. A variety of very charming objects, sculptured in Italy, from b eautiful Cararra marble, are to be sold at Robins's Auction Roo ms, on Thursday. We parti3ularly noticed the figures of Di ana, I'ysche, Cupid, Cleopatra, the Virgin, and Infant Samuejt and St. John, as being very fine examples of modern art ; likewiso a noble model of the Warwick Va.e,' with some rei narkably fine busts; whilst the chimney pieces, of various foi Ins, covered with the most beautiful sculpture, would adorn a palace, and, as the opportunity to obtain such splendid objec2s seldom occurs, we have little doubt the Present will ha well appreciated. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean's visit to America is pro ducing golden results, and were they to repeat their engage ments at all the places where they are solicited to do so, their return to this country would be extended to an indefinite period. They were last heard of at Mobile, from whence they were proceeding tc. St. Louis. On Monday evi ming the artillery division of the Hon. Artillery Company, us 'der the command of Captain Iselin, with a demi-battery, was exercised with cartridge, in the spacious grounds of the Hon. Company, Finsbury. The guns were advanced by horses. The various evo.'utions were well performed, and the firing given with great steadiness and precision. Sergeant-Major Keard, of the Royal Artillery, sup erintends the drills generally, and has been appointed by Captain Iseult drill instructor for the remainder of the season. The Marquis a n d Marchioness of Lansdowne enter tallied a la rge c i rc l e to dinsier last evening, at Lansdowne 'louse. The Nellie Marquis and 11.1archioness have another dinner party on iday next. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and family have arrived at Lii!osvenor House from Motcombe House, Dorsetshire. Lady Lyndhurst will . give a grand ball on Monday next, in honour of the debut of the Hon. Sophia Copley, the youngest daughter of the Lord Charlet afar. Yesterday afternoon the Countess of Jersey had a Juvenile party in honour of , the yopithful Prinoe I'aul and Prince Louis Esterhazy, children of their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Nicholas Est er h szy. DEATH OF V ISCOUNT f oot) .—W e h av e to record the death of Vi scount Hood, who expi, 'red on the Bth i nst. a t hi s resi dence in Brya ns t on-square, at the ear ly age of 38. He was son o f the sem 4 Vi scount, police took possession of ilanitnond. His Lordship was born to 1808. The first Peer was the celebrated admiral who took art jo. Rodney's celebrated victory over the Count de Grasse. P by the daughter of the late Sir Andrew Snipe InE T° wER — Yesterday : tfternoon the metropolitan They have superseded the old irdnaiace watchmen, and will du duty, this morning at the WestrolinsWterElßllDTPii day and night, within the fortress. A station-house has been erected for the accommodation of one sergerint and thirteen men. THE OUTRAGE the Towe r of London fur the dist time. fertuuatt wonauu, =Met]; rullen. ts geinf ouraTeur4 l 4. ta.isrwr it E was l L —staUttdOnthaitntluituiry. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was firm, but not animated. Sales, 6,000 to 7,000 bales, including 1,500 on speculation. Shares improved a little, the market being firm and steady. In consequence of the late forgeries in ti.e Buckingham shire Railway scrip the Share Market has been rather dull, which was evident at the public sale of Messrs. Wickham and Co. by the low prices obtained; but, notwithstanding the imputations cast upon these sales by some of our contempo raries, the characters of the gentlemen who conduct this equit able mode of dealing are too well known to suffer by any un just attacks made upon them, and this was clearly evinced by the many and valuable lots of scrip disposed ed. We select a few quotations :-South Midland, 755. 6d.-Belgian Eastern Junction, 205.-Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia, 10s. 6d.-Derby, Uttoxeter, and Starlbrd, 32&-London and Croydon, 221.-Direct Northern, 435. 6d.-Newcastle and Berwick, 20/. ss.- Cornwall and Central Devon, 30s. 6d.- Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 675. 6d.-North Staf fordshire, 71. ls.-London and York, 465. 6d.-Lon don and Birmingham, Fifths, 251.-Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, lOs 6d.-North British, Halves, 11/. 108.- Gloucester, Aberystwitli, and Central Wales, 75.-North Kent, 335. 6d.-Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge, 245.- Bridgewater and Minehead, 13s. 6d.-Reading. Guildford, and Reading, 21s. 6d.-West Riding Union, 1025.-Wave ney Valley, 145.-South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 705.- East Indian, 16s. There are no later arrivals in the City to-day. The pro gress of the Corn Bill seems to engross more attention than anything else. The Funds are very steady to-day, but basinees is very dull. Consols realise 96 1 ,4 ; , pj for present transfer, and 96 3 / 4 for time. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 235. to .465. Bank Stock is firm, at iOS. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 97 3 / 4 to 97%. - The propositions for an arrangement of the Mexican De ferred Dett, and the payment also by an issue of new stock of the arrears of dividend on the Active bonds, have had very little effect upon their value, and the quotations are merely nominal. It is certain that the latter part of the scheme is unpalatable, and might be rejected at a general meeting of the bondholders. It is unnecessary at present to enter further into the matter under this head. ...... The nominal price of the Active Mexican Stock has been 32. Chilian Six per Cents. are 96, and Peruvian Bonds for Account bring 39 to 39%. , Spanish Five per Cents. have been 24 3 / 4 %. Russian Stock has been 109% to 110 1 /. Dutch Four per Cents. are 91% to 92%. The Railway Share market has been inactive, but keeps up in nearly all respects. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 205 205% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 95% li % 95% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96%% 96% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97% %% 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10%4 10}{ India Stock .. .. . .. .. .. .. 266 Consols for Account .. .. .. .. .. 96% 96% Exchequer Bills. 1% cl. 1% d. 1,0001... .. .... 26 23 pm. 23 Ditto. Small .... 26 23 pm. 23 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 110 BRITISII FUNDS. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Chi Han Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . .. 96 Dutch, 239 per Cent., 12 Gull 5) Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 32 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. 39% 3934 Russian Bends 1103( r 10934 110 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 24% 24% Ditto, Three per Cent .. 36% Venezuela floods, 2 per Ceat Ditto, Deferred .. .. 13 13 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. Ditto, Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 55 55 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91 h 92% 92 % PRICES OF BUSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSING . RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen .. 10 .... 5)4% 6 Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2% •• .. . l% Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .. 1243 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .. 2% % • • 3 % Bristol and Exeter .. 75 -. •• .. •• • . 86% Buckinghamshire 425. .... % p........ p Caledonian .. 10 .... 12% Ditto, Extension .. 234 .... 21% • Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% % Direet Manchester (Rastriek's) .. .... 3IA 339 Direct Northern .. 239 .... 2 I% Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 23% 24 23% 24 Ditto New ........Si. 165..... .. • • Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. GI. 13s. 4d. ..... Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. 'A p Ditto, York Extension 1b5..... 1% 2 Eastern Union .. .. 25 „ Do. Extension to Harwich .. .. .. Do. Extension to Norwich .. Do. Cambridge and Ely .. 239 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... .. • • Ditto 34 Shares .. .. 10 ....:1839 % Ditto New Shares.. .. 1239 .... 17%.......... Goole, Doneast., and :-heffield,&e. 425..... 3e p........ Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 24% Great North of England . ..100 ....21634 Ditto; New . 139 .... 14% .......... Great Western 85 .......... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 17%• ...... Harwich & Eastern, Count. Junet. 2 .... .......... Hull and Selby .. 50 .• . -103% .... Ditto, Halt ;,hares .. • • • • .... 28 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2 .. • • I% Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 26 .... 55 .......... Leeds and Carlisle .. 2% .... 1 34 Leicester and Bedtord. Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425..... 1 ells.— London an t Birmingham . lOO ....22634 Ditto Thirds , . London and Blackwall 161. 13s. 4d. 7% 8........ Ditto, New .. 2 34 .... 3% % London asid.Brighton .. 50 .... 6539 ........ London, Hotinslow, & Western .. 2 .... % .... • ..... London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10d. 79% Ditto, New . 1739.... 29% 30 London and York .. .. 239 .... s % London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 239 .... 1% Lynn and Dereham .. 10 .... 7 ••.. • • Manchester and Leeds 82 ....125 Ditto, Fifths .. .. 3 .... 1234 • Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 • ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 4 .. • • 12% 12% Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 4 .... 12% .. 12% Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) I ...• 8% 9 9 Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. 1% % p .. • Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 234 2.• 174 Midland —lOO —155 154...... • • 154 Ditto, New ~ 18 .. • • 3334 33 33 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 Ditto, New . 1 .... 10 9%.. ••• 9% Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .... 25% 26 25% .. 25% Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2%.... 13% Norfolk .. 20 . ..... Ditto, Tenths .. .. • • • • 2 .. • . .... • .... 2% Ditto, Extension .. • • .. 2 .... 1/ .......... North British .. 2234 .... 29% .......... 29% Ditto, Half Shares .. 859 .... 113 q . 12 Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 134.. ...... •• .. 2% North Kent and Direct Dover • . 239 .... 1 r,9 % ........ 1 North Staffordshire .. .. • • 425. • . 4%74% p.. • • 4% p Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 239 .. 3% 1 A % • ..... 334 Shropshire Union .. 425. di5.....• • • % dis. South Devon .. .. 35 .... 34 .. •• • 34 South Midland .. 425. % p...... South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33%.. • . 405, ........ Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 ... 20 Do.. New (do. 33/. 68.13 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 13%.• • Do., New (do. 15/.) .. No. 4. 2% 3% •• • ..... Staines and Richmond .. 1 ...... • ... Welsh Midland .. 2%.... 1 425. 3 % P 2 West Riding Union • • • • .. .p•.....• ~ York and Carlisle .. .... . York and Lancaster .. .......... York and North Midland 50 Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.. • 1 •••• FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 24% 216% 14% 17% 1 1 /, 103% 2 p 4014 20 13% 3% 1k Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 12 .... 12 IA 12 .... l2 fiord., Toul., & Cette kMackenzie) 2 .... 174 2 2 Ditto, ditto, (Espelete) . Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast .. 1 dis Central of Spain .. 2 .... I 4 Dutch Rhenish • • • 5 .• • • 6% 3f, 7• • 7 East Indian .. . 55, Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 15 l5 Lyons and Avignon .. • . .. 2 .... 2 . Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia .. 2 ... 1 Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 7%%,. • • Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 5 ..... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia .. .. .. MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. et tri) •.'ibittort E WMARk - ET RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) BY THE EASTERN COUNTIES ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Match, 501. Ganyrnede filly Brainless Match, 50 sovs. T.Y.C. Killie Krankie . Captain Phebus 2 501. Plate. R. M. Mr. Gurney's Messene colt Lord Exeter's Lebanon Lord Orford's Blackie Mr. Ford's Ignus Fatuus 3 4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAT 12.—Wind S.E., light airs, and tine clear weather. Porrssrouvi, May 11.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Robert Small, Madras and Calcutta ; Japan, Tult, Mauritius. Off, May 7, Srea, Godbersen, Pernambuco ; Julius Cesar, Stehn, Tobasco. OFF COWES, MAT 7.—lsabel Thompson, Meddle, Trinidad. OFF ST. ALBAN'S HEAD.—Argonaut, llederlck, Now York. CASTLETOWN, MAY s.—Sid. Garland, Small, St. John's, N. B. BRISTOL, MAY 11.—Wind S.W. fresh—Arrd. Belmont, St. John's, N. B. GLOUCESTER, MAY 9.—Sid. Rover, Forbes, Quebec. CARMARTHEN BAY, MAY 9 —Arrd. Lady Phillips, Warlow, Pictou. LivEaroor., MAY 11.— Wind W., fresh.—Arrd. Gunge, Greaves, Adelaide, sld. Jan. 11 ; Friendship, Johnston, Sierra Leone ; Ara minta, Rodgers, Patagonia, sld. Feb. 28, and from Pernambuco Ist ult. ; Wilton, Wilson, Laguna ; Belinda, Kelly, New Orleans. Sid. 11th, Elizabeth Archer, Cobb, Bombay; Chalco, Monte Video. The Jane Dixon and the Smile, were lost at Patagonia previous to the 28th February ; crews saved. HARTLEPOOL, MAY 11.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Bth, Thomas and Hannah, Bern uda ; Mary Rowe, Goble, Bernltlia NEwrowr, MAY I.—Sld. Goodluck, Lecroix, Grenada. COWES, MAT 11.—The Dorcas, Block, which arrived yesterday from Jacmel, Is leaky, and Is come Into the harbour to discharge. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) itAT 11241 %MISTS. SurruttELD —Meadow Hay, 315 s to 41 8s ; Clover ditto, 4/ 55 to 51 158 ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 143 ; Wheat Straw, 11 145 to 11 165 per load. Supply moderate and trade dull. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 4/ 105 ; Clover ditto, 41 45 to 51 12s ; Oat Straw, 11 I3s to 11 158; Wheat Straw, 11 165 to 11 175 per load. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 418 s ; Clover ditto, 418 s to 61; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 11 145 ; Wheat Straw , 11 14 s to 1116 s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. PRAYER-BOOK AND HOMILY SOCIETY.— Yesterday the thirty-fourth annual general meeting of the supporters of this society (the object of which is to circulate at home and abroad prayer-books and all other works of the church) was held in the lower room, Exeter-hall. The Marquis [of Cholmondeley was in the chair. The report set forth that a fifth edition of the liturgy in Chinese had been printed. The Reformation in Germany had called forth the energies of the society, its correspon.ents in that country having been supplied with copies of the prayer-took and of some of the homilies in tile German language; also the Thirty-nine Articles of religion both in German and Latin. The attention of tile mana gers of the society was in a great measure directed to the •piritual condition of British seamen, and during the past year no fewer than 3,667 vessels in the port of London had been visited, making a total within the last twenty years of more than 50,000 ships of various kinds. Agents had been stationed at the principal ports of theki:ge dom for the purpose of distributing religious books amongst ;he crews. The Lord Mayor went to Spithead, on Sunday morn ing, to view the line-of-battlo ohips Ravingly tp Weir ilepartu re tgy the Ideclittrrantan. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) IMPORTANT DECISION. GROUP IV. GREAT NORTH or SCOTLAND, PEaTH AND INVERNESS, AND INVERNESS AND ELGIN. The Select Committee appointel to c6llBlder the merits of the Bills comprised in this Group, reassembled at the asual hour this morning, idr. B. Hope in tine chair. The room was densely' crowded, owing to this m orn i ng h av i ng been appointed by the 'Committee fur giving their decision upon tho engineering merits of the Perth and Inverness line. Immediately after the Committee had formed, the room was cleared, and after the Committee had remained in consultation for about half an hour, the parties were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee bad come to the following decision : The Committee are of opinion that the preamble of the Pcrth and Inverness, and the Inverness and Elgin Junction Railroad Bills, are not proved. Tile Committee have come to this conclusion, with reference to the proposed altitude and engineering character of the proposed Perth and Inverness line. as compared with those of any other line of railroad now actually completed and in operation. The Committee, in coming to this conclusion, have not omitted to consider the suggestion that the Perth and Inverness line might be laid with a double line of rails instead of with a single one, as now projected. The Committee, however, wish it to be understood that they have arrived at this result solely on the present state of experience as to the severe gradients of considerable length over great altitudes, and are not to be taken as giving any opinion against the formation of the Perth and Inverness line, should experience of the working of railways now in progress of formation, or of others of a similar cha racter, support the principle on which the Perth and Inverness is proposed to be constructed. Neither is it the intention of the Com mittee in any way to prejudge the question—whether, if a line be constructed from Aberdeen to Inverness, the northern counties of Scotland are not entitled to the benefit of a second line from Perth to Nainie. Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS wished to know what course the Corn. mittee intended to pursue now. The CHAIRMAN stated they intended now to proceed with the proofs in favour of the Great North of Scotland Bill. Mr. Sergeant BELLAsis begged to state then that the promoters of the Perth and Inverness Railway had evidence to produce in relation to the nature and extent of the traffic which would be accommo dated by the railway proposed by them, which evidence, in their judgment, would fully justify the engineering peculiarities of the line, and they tendered such evidence to the Committee. Mr. CRAUFORD, on the other side, stated that they were prepared with evidence to prove that there was no such traffic. The Climax-ix said these facts would be noticed in their report to the House. Mr. Sergeant Muuriff applied to the Committee to be heard on be half of the Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, as a competing line to the Great North of Scotland Railway. lie was prepared, he said, to prove that the Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin line, was infinitely su perior to the Great North of Scotland. The roo n was cle.s.red for considering this request, and after a short consultation titi Committee came to the resolution to hear Mr. Sergeant Murphy it 'his clients were determined to proceed after the declaration of the Committee in favour of a particular line of railway from Perth to Inverness, being in the route of the Great North of Scotland, but the Committee must call upon Mr. Sergeant Murphy to open his case at once. GROUP XIV. NORTH KENT DISTRICTS (SOUTH EASTERN). The Committee to which this district is referred met to-day at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 30. Present, Mr. Protheroo (chair man), Lord Etnlyn, Mr. J. O'Connell, and Mr. Grogan. Mr. AUSTIN (on the part of the South-Eastern Company) pro ceeded to call evidence in support of the South-Eastern Branch, through Greenwich park. 111 r. Stephenson stated that the nearest point at which the Green wich branch would approach the Observatory would be 255 yards from it. Has made experiments with reference to the vibration that the trains will cause in passing through the tunnel, and what effect they would have on the astronomical instruments. The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee were very anxious to hear Mr. Stephenson's statement with reference to the ♦ibration of the trains, but the main point was, whether the consent of the Admi ralty could be obtained? Should they not consent the Committee would consider the reason they had for withholding their permission. ➢ir. AUSTIN said that the Committee would probably excuse his taking the course he was then pursuing, but if the Hon. Chairman would recollect he would find that the Committee had desired to bear more evidence with reference to the line as between Greenwich and Woolwich. The Custabusr said that the Committee were rather disposed at present to take into consideration the probability of the consent of the Admiralty being given. Still there were other parties to be heard. In fairness to the North Kent their objections should be heard, and the landholders also should have an opportunity of coming before the Committee. If the South-Eastern Company had the con sent of the Admiralty then they were ready to hear what evidence could be offered, and if they had not the consent of the Admiralty the Committee would deliberate whether it would be worth while to enter upon the inquiry. Mr. AUSTIN said that in obedience to the suggestion of the Com mittee he had come prepared with full evidence as to the utility of the branch. Ile would ask the Committee were they prepared to go on if he produced the consent of the Admiralty ? The CHAIRMAN —We are. _ _ Mr. Avails said that he had a letter from the Admiralty addressed to the Deputy-Chairman of the South Eastern Company, and was dated the 9th of May, Saturday last. The letter was from the Secretary to the Board of Commissioners, and stated that he was com , natided by the Commissioners to state that the opposition to the South-Eastern Greenwich branch would be withdrawn on the understanding that the railway should be carried through the park in a tunnel, and that a clause should be inserted in the Bill giving to the Admiralty the power of regulating the speed and weight of trains passing through such tunnels, and of imposing such penalties as they might think St for any infraction of the regulations they might lay down. They further wished to make such regulations as they might deem necessary for the purpose of preventing any injurious effect on the astronomical observations at the observatory, of which injuries they were to be the sole judges, and giving them the power of inflicting such penalties for the infraction of such regulations as they might deem necessary, and also, in the event of the continned contravention of those regulations, to stop the trains altogether. The CHAIRMAN said that it would be very important to the Com mittee to know the nature of the restrictions to be proposed by the Admiralty. Were the clients of Mr. Austin satisfied that these re gulations would be such as would not injure the traffic; and would Mr. Stephenson be prepared to take that branch as his only line with those regulations? Mr. Stephenson—Quite so. Mr. TALBOT said that he was prepared to prove that the trains could not be worked with safety to the observatory. The Committee here deliberated for a short time, and at length The CHAIRMAN said that the consent of the Admiralty was de pendent on certain conditions which struck the Committee as very important. The Committee were desirous of ascertaining what those classes would be, so that they could be satisfied that they would not injuriously affect the public interest, or the traffic. The Committee could therefore not proceed until such information had been obtained. Mr. AIIsTIN said that the Committee could not expect to find any code of regulations contained in those clauses. They would simply contain the power of making regulations. He apprehended that no regulations would be imposed on the line until the Admiralty found that such regulations were necessary, which he believed they would not. The CHAIRMAN said still such information should be obtained, and a sufficient time allowed to do so. The Committee then deliberated, and the Chairman announced that they had reversed their decision, and had determined to proceed at once. Mr. TALBOT said that he was instructed, and he believed correctly, that the consent of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests would oNly be given on such terms as would render the formation of the line of no use. The Committee should adjourn until those terms were known. Mr. COCKBURN said that he had no doubt of the consent of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, but still they had not got a formal consent. The CHAIRMAN said, that under those circumstances, though it might appear to be vacillating, the Committee would adjourn until such consent could be specified and obtained. At the suggestion of Mr. J. O'CoNNRLL, The CHAIRMAN inquired whether so much of the evidence could not be gone into as would permit of the objection of the landowner to be heard. The Greenwich portion was but an inch in the yard of road they had to lay down, and the objection to that question might be deferred. The Committee were very anxious to save both time and money to the Companies. ...Both sides seeming to consider this arrangement as not likely to meet their views, The Committee adjourned until twelve o'clock en Thursday. GROUP XVIII. SOBTERSETSHIRE MIDLAND. This Committee resumed its sittings this morning at the usual hour ; Mr. B. Denison, chairman. Mr. E. Hippesley, surveyor, of Wells, in Somerset, proved that the line, as laid out on the plans and sections, could not be com pleted within the lines of deviation, or if completed it would be utterly impracticable to work it, as it would consist of a number of small curves of not mere than a quarter of a mile radius. In his cross•examination by Mr SMITH, he Amitted that he had not been employed in la 3 ing out a railway before he had levelled upon several lines of railways. Mr. Stable corroborated the accuracy of the levels as taken by the previous witnesses. Mr. Ashrnead and Mr. Fox gave evidence to the same effect. Mr. Ilubbersty—Had estimated that the amount of earth-work ne cessary in the construction of the line would be 1.211.157 cubic yards 'wore than stated by Mr. Bill. The cost of the necessary earth-work wou:d be 125,541/., or about one hundred and twenty per cent. more than Mr. hill's estimates. Cross-examined by Mr. DEEDES—HC had not been on the line. The estimates were made up by his clerks in the office from data furnished to him by the sections of the previous witnesses. This witness concluded the case on the part of the promoters. It was then proposed that the further consideration of the case should be adjourned till Thursday next, in order to allow the pro- inoters to call witnesses to rebut the evidence which had been laid befcre the Committee. The room was then cleared for a division. Upon tke parties being called in, The CHAIRMAN informed them that it was the unanimous opinion of the Committee that it would be useless to waste the time of the parties, or themselves, in receiving further evidence, as the Com mittee had come to the conclusion, irrespective of this portion of the evidence, that it would be unwise hi them to grant the Bill. The preamble of the Bill was, therefore, declared not to be proved. The Committee then adjourned at three o'clock. GROUP XXVII. This Committee reassembled this morning at the usual hour; Sir C. Lemon in the chair. SOUTH MIDLAND. Mr. Upton, a corn-factor from Bedford, was the first witness ex amined this morning. His evidence proved the benefit which the proposed scheme would confer on the town of Bedford and the (.Is trict generally. He thought this line preferable to the competing wile, inasmuch as it was so constructed as to be more easily con nected with any southern communication to London. The engineering evidence was then gone into. Mr. Liddell, engineer of the line, examined by Mr. MecauLaY, described the course of the line, and stated that it was laid out with a view to the accommodation of the district generally. Wit ness then detailed the curves, gradients, tunnels, cuttings, and em bankments of the two schemes, the result d the coutc.arlson being greatly in favour of the South Midland line as regards the construc tion of the works and the consequent saving of expense. He con firmed the evidence of Mr. Stephenson, which we have already re ported. The cross-examination of this witness occupied the remainder of the day, and the Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. This Committee reassembled this morning at the customary hour. The Bret Bill called on was the WILTS, SOMERSET, AND SOUTHAMPTON, the standing orders in which case were not allowed to be dispensed with. WARWICK AND WORCESTER. Not allowed to proceed. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (NEWPORT PAGNEL BRANCHES) Standing orders not dispensed with. PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR PIER. Allowed to proceed. BIDEFORD AND TAVISTOCK. Not allowed to proceed. WEST RIDING UNION (No. 2). Allowed to proceed. GREAT WESTERN and WYCOMBE RAILWAY, SPECIAL MEETING (Tills DAY.) A special meeting of the proprietors, shareholders, and scripholders of this Company took place this day at the offices of the Company, 449, West Strand, in pursuance of the sessional orders of both Houses of Parliament. Robert Wheeler, Esq., in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN stated the objects of the meeting, and said that the capital of the company was 150,000/., divided into 10,000 shares, at 151, a share, s 5 that the number of shares present to constitute a meeting should be between three and four thousand ; but he had much pleasure in stating that four thousand two hundred and two of these were placed at his disposal by their proprietorge to vote for a continuance of the scheme.—(;leer, hear.) The SECRETARY having read the report, which atatad the prosper. ous condition of the Company, resolutions in favour of proceeding with the JAM were put, and carried unanimously. " A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then put and carried, and the meeting broke up. The number of shares represented at the meeting amounted to five thousand. GREAT WESTERN and UXBRIDGE RAILWAY.-(THIS I)AY.) A special meeting of the shareholders, proprietors, and scrip lio:ders of tins Company took place at the Company's offices, 449, West Strand, to take into consideration whether or not it would be advisable to proceed with their Bill at present betbre Parliament-- the sessional order of both Ilouses requirink that such meeeting should be held, in order to take the sense of the proprietors upon the subject. - • The Szcarrani haying read the advertieeineut calling the meeting toptlntr, The CHAIRMAN (Robert Wheeler, Esq., of Wycombe, and deputy-. chairman of Ihe Company) addressed the meeting, and briefly ex plained to them why it had become necessary to call the meeting together. Their Erie was only three miles in length, and its esti mate) cost was 45,0007., and on a careful examination of the surplus traffic, the directors were of opinion that nine percent. would be realised upon the capital of the Company. In consequence of the opposition of the London and Oxford Railway their expenses had been considerably increased ; but although lie could nut plcdze him self to the exact amount of the liabilities of the Company, they were estimated at about sixteen shillings a share.—(Hear, hear ) The capital of the Company was 50,0001., divided into 3,354 shares, and he had entrusted to his ears 1,220 shares, which amounted to more than was requisite legally to constitute the meeting.—(Hear.) The SECRETARY having read the report of the Board of Directors, which set forth the prospects of the Company as most satisfactory, resolutions in favour of continuing the scheme, and of proceeding with the Bill, were carried unanimously by the meeting. The usual vote of thanks hiving been given to the Chairman, and responded to, the meeting separated. CRIMINAL COURT- 7 -(THIS DAY.) OLD COUlit (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman 'ITCHES.) STEALING OATS.—Thomas Save and Thomas Crane, the first et carman and the latter a groom, were charged with stealing a sack and three bushels of oats, the property of Mr. Hanson, the !ate em ployer of the first mentioned prisoner. The prisoner Savell was defended by Mr. Payne; the prisoner Crane by Mr. Ballantine. After evidence had been received, and Counsel had spoken, The RECORDER summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty Sentenced to imprisonment for three months in the louse of Cor rection, and to be kept to hard labour. ROBBERY FROM THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—John Tapson , aged 23, a plasterer, and John Beard (the latter of whom had been out on bail), were indicted for stealing a portmanteau, a gown, a pelisse, it watch, and other articles, the property of the Great Western Railway. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin were for the prosecution ; Mr. pal' 'entitle and Mr. Parry for the prison 4 rs. Mr. CLARKSON opened the case, and detailed the circumstances connected with it, which will be fully understood by a reference to the evidence adduced. The following witnesses were then called David Williams said that he lived at Brcnth, Brecknockshire, and on the 31st of March last they were passengers by the train, which reached the station at Paddington at half-past eight. He had a port manteau on the luggage box, addressed " Miss Williams, passenger." That portmanteau had gone. The contents were principally articles of dress belonging to his daughter, and might amount to 151. Sarah Williams said that she accompanied her lather to London, and she had a portmanteau on the luggage box, which was found to be gone on arriving at the station. Mary Elizabeth Wetherden was residing with her father in Palace New-road, Lambeth. She knew the prisoner Tapson in Cornwall. Their acquaintance was very slight. On the 19th March he called at her father's to give information of her friends in the country, and he asked if they had a spare bed with which they could accommodate him. On March 31st the prisoner said that he would take her little brother to meet two cousins of witness's who were expected by rail way, and he should bring them home. She had not expected these relatives. Her cousins were named May. She (witness) went out on the same evening, and did not return till a quarter past ten, and she found Mr. Beard down stairs, and in a quarter of an hour Tap son came down. He said that his key would not fit the box, and he would be obliged to cut it open. Beard asked w h e th er his (Tapson's) friends had sent him any cream? Beard said, when he was going away, that he would endeavour to get Tapson into the Old Bailey to hear the trials—(Laughter)----on the next day. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—She had never seen Beard before, and the only other time she saw him was when he was in custody. Beard did not go up stairs at all ; he said, " I wi s h T a pson would make haste, for I'm in a hurry to go." Edwin Wetherden, a boy of eight years old, had gono out on the morning of the 31st with the prisoner Tapson. The prisoner took him to the Ship public-house, where he changed his coat, and he afterwards took him to Covent-garden Market, were Tapson hired cab and called upon Mr. Beard, who came away with them. They then went to a beer shop, and afterwards to the Great Western Railway. Witness got sick from the beer he had had in the beer shop. Ile remembered the train coming in, and Beard calling out several times " May." Mr. Tapson was up higher picking out the portmanteau• Mr. Beard and Mr. Tapson were in sight of eaeh ether. Hu (witness) was with Tapson, who told him to take hold of the portmanteau a little way. Mr. Tapson took the portmanteau out of one of the railway carriages. It was put into the cab, and they drove to the Nen Inn, in the Edgeware-road , where they drank something. They then drove to Lambeth, to his father's house, where the cabman gave the portmanteau to the ser vant, and she put it outside the kitchen door. Mr. Tapson after wards took the portmanteau up stairs. Elizabeth Curtis, servant to Mr. Wetherden, corroborated the fact that Tapson had returned at night in a cab, bringing a portmantea u with him. Joseph David, constable at the Great Western Railway, saw the prisoners on the platform on the evening of the 31st, accompanied bi a little boy. Wm. Ayres, shopman to Mr. Poiles, pawnbroker, in Westminster road—The prisoner Tapson, on the Ist April, brought a satin dress , valued at 81., a pelisse, &c., and asked 16s. on the u, Witness asked him where he lived ? He said at Gravesend, and that a female lllOl given them to him a fortnight ago. Whe n as k e d w h y h e had come up from Gravesend to pawn them, he said that. he had slept the night before in Red Lion-str ee t, an d th a t h e had tll_,et day accompanied a friend to Charin g - cross , and had just stellPeu over the bridge. Witness told him that he would be justified in de taining the things ; and he sent the boy out for a policeman. The prisoner then left, saying something about "law." He returned again at half-past nine at night, and was given into custody. Police-constable L 52—Took the prisoner Tapson into custody lie said he had got the dresses from Miss Cato, St. John's-woOd• lie could not say more particularly where she lived. lie found ett.. searching him 21 . and odd mo n i es , an d some duplicates. He fennel some papers in his pocket with the address of Mr. Wetherde n and Mr. Beard, and on going to the first -named gentle; man's residence he found a portmanteau, which 111 " been cut open and rifled, with the exception of one scarf. He after% wards went to Mr. Beard's, in Basinghall-street, and took him into custody. Robert Wetherden corroborated the evidence of his daughter, and a shopman to Messrs. Whist'er, pawnbrokers, Strand, proved w" pledging of several articles of female dress with his emploYer . for 6s. Joseph Collard, Superintendent of the Great Western Railway I !'t lice, was examined at considerable length by Mr. Clarkson, and Dis evidence was confirmatory of the previous witnesses. A stateinet' of the evidence taken before the magistrate was put in, and sing''' larly enough the prisoner Tapson there admitted that he had tat!n the portmanteau, but on opening It, did not know what to do witu the contents. Mr. Parry and Mr. Ballantine having replied, the Recorder stun med up, and the jury retired, but had not delivered their verdict when our report left. NE iii C(,URT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Alderman FAZEmtoTHEIL) John Rogers, aged 20, remanded from last ses: ion was indicted (Or feloniously breaking into and entering a building within the eurttialTO of the dwelling-house of John Hillyer, and stealing one live fold, value one shilling. The young man was surprised as he was leaving the outhouse by A young woman, who called her brother. Several skeleton keys were found on the prisoner, and, on looking Into the building, the fowl ill question was seen lying dead on the floor, and its head wrung off. Mr. BALLANTINE, in his defence of the prisoner, contended that the fowl was not alive as stated in the indictment, that there was no evidence that the fowl had been stolen alive. The COMMON SERGEANT observed, that the objection was taken on a point of law, which would be perfectly satisfied if the fowl had only been removed a single foot and then killed. It was next to impas sible that one could wring off a fowl's head while it sat on the perch. and it was at least unusual far fowls to wring their own heads off. Mr. BALLANTINE said the point was, whether the fowl had Melt stolen alive. It might have been on the floor as the young telle entered, and if it had been killed without being lifted from the Ma , the jury must acquit the prisoner. The COMMON SERGEANT said it was for the jury to determine th e probability of the tbwl being killed as the Counsel represented. The prisoner was Sound Guilty, and as this was not the first con viction, he was sentenced to ten years' transportation. William Gay and William APlntosh, two young men, were indicted for stealing two asses. Gay gleaded guilty. John Brown said, he had two asses on Wimbledon Common abeT!! the 6th of April last, and missed them on the 7th ; but saw thee, in keeping of a policeman the same day. The constable stated, that he met the two prisoners in Brixton, leading the donkeys ; and, on accosting them, G a y sa id they were his, and M'lntosh that he had been with G ay to b r ing the donkeys home. The COMMON-SERGEINT directed the jury to emit M'lntosh. fo r there was no evidence before them that he knew the donkeys Wer e not the property of Gay. When the jury had found M'lntosh not guilty, Gay's story's _.. then heard. It appear e d th a t h e h a d f a il ed i n establishing a WON.'" as a pork-butcher, and that whets he was in a state of comparntif e . destitution he met with Wlntosh on the d a y i n quest i on, and Ile` before. The Common SERGEANT had no doubt that the prisoner M'lntoS l4 who had been convicted several times before, had induced Gay W commit the theft, and then to tell the story he had, in order to sale. M'lntosh being transported. A s t h e evidence was, the jury conic come to no other verdict than they had already given. In consideration of Gay's position he was sentenced only to four months' imprisonment and hard labour. Benjamin Yorman and John Paterson were placed at the bar, JO' dieted for stealing a chest of tea, value 121., the property of John Willian S. Strurt, carman to the prosecutor, stated that he can e ' at the French Horn public house, Crutched-friars, on the Ist of MAP and left a chest of tea under the care of the prisoner Norman, wi t° was officiating at that time as pot-boy, until he returned. When he had loaded with some other articles, he returned to the French ROM where he was told that a man had called and taken away the chest , and that Norman, who had absconded, helped him away with it. John Scott, a porter, was in the tap of the French Horn on the 1 7. t of May, about one o'clock, when a man wh ose f ace h e did not se: came in and said he was sent for a chest of te a f or John Eve Norman replied," I have one here," and assi s t e d t o pl ace the chic' e on his shoulder. After the man had gone , the• hoet,,,; said, Harry, do you know that man ?" N 0 ,,, was th e prisoner's reply, upon which the hostler remarked UP On the folly of giving away the chest to a stranger, and wane!a agreed with him. In a short time the man returned with the chat on his shoulder and called out to the potboy, " Norman, where sham I take it to?" " Oh, just outside to the cart there," said Norman. The hostler corroborated the last witness. Norman said he was employed by the carman to send up the c heat to him and employed Paterson. The jury, after consultation, could not agree, and retired. After half an hour's absence they returned, with a verdict of Not Guilty t" reference to each of the pris mers. The Court did not appear to expect the verdict which was returned. Intelligence has been received at Manchester Souse , announcing the decease of the Marquise Davoure, mother •f the Countess de St. Aulaire, who expired a few days since, at the ad vanced age of 81. GOODWIN AND WILLIAIII9.—These well-known men rowed a match yesterday for 20 sovs., from Putney-bridge to Mort lake. Alter a smart contest, the former drew ahead, and made F triumphant finale of a clear six-boats' length. CHELTENHAM COLLEGE.--Sir James L. Lushingtont . . one of the vice-presidents of this institution, has expressed his'l-idea tion of presenting the College with a cadetship, to he given to the best pupil in the modern department. near this city, from diseased seed. The e g S r t.M.fa i l , h a is i h lt a r g m gar er brought d,us a sample of new pota toes,Y potatoes are perfectly sound and clea d n, without any tra ce of t he original blight ; and what he thus tried an experiment has most agr ee a bly undeceived him. —Lim e r i ck C hro n i c le . DEATH or BOLOGNA.—We have to r€cord the death of Bologna, of theatrical celebrity. Lately he Was in the company of the Theatre Royal Adelphi, Glasgow, but within the lest eight or tea months, the decline of years became visible, and he rest. FATAL FIGHT ON A SUNDAY. --A fight his gradually sunk to Sunday last, in a field near the Marley t when one of them fell a corpse °' took place on the Railway, ;;o t j u b s e t tm a • s e between tworece received navies, ,, e b s i , 0 , , unnelon the South Devon W lion Telegraph. ant agonist.—Devon,ff BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., the wife of Mr. John Rhoades, of a son and lit ; ir On the 9th in s t ., i n Eaton-place the °' son o , n s t t h il e ti l-b 4 Still-born. , Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, inst., at Stockwell, Mrs. Winterbottom, °l . On the 4th h ist., at Soutlisea, the wife of Dr. Charles d il a . u Se gb o t t etr : °‘ a daughter, prematurely born. On the 6th inst., the lady of Robert Gee, Esq., of Hollywood, Stockport, Cheshire, of a son. On the 7th i nst., at Marlborough, the wife of the Rev. Joh n ' Brackenbury, of a son. On the Bth Inst., at the Avenue, St rea th am, t h e w i fe of IC' Sidgwick, Esq., of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at liomerton, the wife of Abraham De Some' Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst., Mrs. John Rawlings, of a boy. William Forsyth, Esq., of St. ofa Andrew's-place, Regent's-park, tilt: , los On the 9th in s t., a t St. J o h n ' s - wood, the wife of T. Henry 10 jun., Esq., of a (laughter. MARRIED. On the 2d inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington, Th omas S an key, o f of Islington, to MCI Mary Ann, eldest daughter of Joh n C a t e r, E'" - North Brixton to On the 7th inst., John I). Jones, Esq., of Queen's-road, Dolo' ° ,lo Louisa Frederica, eldest daughter of Mo r it z S c h mac k, Esq., o ' l, same place. DIED. ~vifo Of On the 17th of March, at Chuprah, Bengal, Anne Jane, W. M. 'Aron], Esq., lion. Company's Civil Service. On the 16th ult., at Fort William I nver ness-shira, 311,8 Cameron Culchenna, sister of the lute Sir J. C ameron , K.C.U., aged 79. On the sth inst., Mr. E. it. H o d son , surg eon, of Burton - np en Trent. On the 6th lust., Mr. De Ville, lamp manufacturer, Strand, aged _ 7 2• B I On the 7th inst., at Weston, n ear ]lath, Miss Jane Upton , aged 78• On the Bth inst., Mr. Thomas Lytle, of Park-place, Sevenoaka• _ On the Bth inst., Sarah Anti, the second daughter of Mr. Georg. Ellis, of Cumming-street, Pentonvitle. On the Bth inst., in Portland-place, Islington, Ann, the wife of J. White, Esq. On the Bth inst., at Sunbury, Middlesex, Mary, wife of JOl lll Mitchison, Esq , aged 64. On the 9th in t., Broad-street, Golden-square. Henry, son of Mr. Wadsworth, surg eon, . London: Printed and Published by idURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Freebies or the BMA. tu tin Calor of igtadjosa, noisy. XII nif