The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-25 00:00:00

Rink PRICEN OF STOCKS THI s DAY A r ONE O'CLOCK. n "tC Stock 7, P'''' r Cent. ~;;:,-17. •203N1.414 'lndia Stock .. 2GON 9,11,4 ti ,;litto 1.',0n4s 'Per Cent. Co ns 'll LA slHti South Sea Sock — Der t_.. nitt, - e nt• ..... .... ............ G • 'Old Annuities ~,._.. '.1,e1l per......... • .... 97 7/s S New Ditto — %;,,; 'hz Cent.. " 1 4 ',. : 3 per Ccnt. AllnlitilOS, 1751... -- ..... : 5 per Cent • ! Exch. Bills, £ I,OM ...... 33 36 31 pm. "., it' Lone A nnuitiestoexpire :Ditto 500- ...:t3 "•Ii 31 pie. Jan. 5, 1810 l4 9-16 : Ditto Small l3 26 34 ont Oct. I, '. Isl,l ...... . 14y 7-16 Ditto Commercial _. pin Jan, 5, 1319 . ...... ' Di. I-1 12-16 : Ditto Advertised — pm a n. 5,1.4 g , April 5 ItIo" ; 'tank Stock for Acc0unt......... .ls , Onn itunl n • 5 . 1879 ...... India Stock for Account ... _ — l Coo.lols for Account ..- 9 l/ 2 t. 3 . 4 ------ pm. „ _--.- v.I?ICES Ol° FOREIGN FUNtiS THIS DPkr AT ONE O'CLOCK. „.,-",,mman Builds .. —' Peruvian Bonds tleigian Bonds ' rlit' , ) Account ...... ..... ~..... ~,, Dr .to Account t Portuguese Bonds , , nra .ilian Ron& ritto Account . ' Ditto Account 47 1 ,4 11- .euns A yres Bonds „... .--( Ditto New Ttornis 'lltto ~. Acco,:nt•••' Chilli” pOil 4, i l . i Ditto, 3 per cent. e, 4 ' ...- ; Prussian Bonds. ......... ........ . e)Ditto Ascot ... . i Russian Bonds, itg1........... omhian P..nds - - ....... ' Ditto Accoite,l — Ditto A'•coin v.i, • " , Intbi..n itund., :g.)l 24 ,, Spanish Bonds .. „ WU'''. Account ...smi..h " Z 2% Bonds ... 'Ditto Account .....d Ditto Accomkt *heck Rotids .. ..,, _ French, 5 net. cent.......... —f -- Ditto Ditto Bond s ; . Isto . i ..... ..-••••• _;—. 4 per rent —f. --c. Account - 3 per cent. —f -.. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cen —l. Ditto Account Ditto, ti p‘sr Cent ......... -- Exchange ! Dut;.'h, N per cent ....,...... , Ditto Account — Ditto Ac , .."—..... ' Ditto, 5 per cent. ..5 ........_121 ,„ .n, 'earin- ...°U'it ........ ..... .... Ditto Account ...... .......... . P KICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Ilirr Paid. Per ?ha re Th. 4 righam and Derby Railway Company lO 3 '4% rat Western Railway Company 4fl 42 5 i ,titton (Rennie's) toLondon cod Birmingham Railway Company B5 127 1 ~ ndon and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 17 I t 1-Dhrtnn and Southampton Railway Company 4O 17% Irichester and Birmingham Railway 5 4 Mritish North American Bank Nexican and South American 5 6 National Provincial Bank of England • 3 per Re Consols OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY .11. Ditto Reduced 99 Grand Canal Debb. filler cent. a/per Cont. Stock — Ditto, 4 per cent 5874 974, Hibernian Batik ~ itto New, 1830 108;4 City Debentures, 4 per cent... 4°Yal Canal Stock — Ballast Office ebentures, 4 r and C I Stock ..............._2l_____•,a • per cent — MAILS. Arriv e d . Due Arrived. Due, Arrived. Due 0 A merica.......... 0 1 France 0 0 Mahon 0 0 Brazil.. . 0 1 quern. &Jereey 0 0 M a l ta „ _ ll ..... .... o " ti enos Ayres.. 0 0 H am b urg. Carthagena 0 0 Holland 1 nublin... ...... 0 0 Jarnaka 0 0 Sweden .. ti .............._2___l Fland ers 0 0 Lermardlslande 0, I Waterford 0 M orning. HIGH W A TER AT LONDON triIDGE TO.MORRW. .53 minutes after 6. Etrening......22 minutes O after 7, nitATA.—ln referring to the Glasgow Election yesterday, in an article on Sir Andrew Agncw's Sabbath legislation mania, we inadvertently substituted Sir George Murray for Sir George Clerk. It was Sir George Clerk who pre dicted the triumr'a of cant in Glasgow. pulohcattor, of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 15 minutes past Three o'Clock. se,‘ ;it • • • 1.1 4 t7 • _ ' 2.4.1 foC 11114'111 11114„ "6( ..4‘ • L. 4 ' 71 . 7 . \eft- Bill." It is very unfortunate that this " utmost con fidence" for the first, and probably the only time, ex pressed by our Contemporary in any deterrninati of his MAJESTY'S advisers, slmulr„ l ur n Obt to be so grievously misplaced happens' to be. We can announce will ': " utmost confidence," that so far fro,n, , tL .iere being any foundation for the abOVe " termination," Ministers are titig - ffiined to brin g i n th e Bill, and t o r rmleea with it as far as the House of Cetr.r.ibiis will follow them. They are satisfied, in 'eommon with the great majority of the nation ) that the measure which they have proposed i 3 On-tit-Ably calculated to secure the best intertq't.,' Of the Church ; while it removes an intoliaable grievance from all who are without the pate of her communion ; and while they s beid this persuasion, it would be an unjustifiablt 4ttthction of duty not to persevere, A motion for etfeding the petitions of Claimants on th e French Indemnity Fund stands on the votes for this evening, in the event of there being a House. We insert in another column an article from a Morning Contemporary, shortly detailing the origin and present state of these claims, to which we beg to refer as con veying a clear statement of the whole case. We trust that the CHANCKLLOR of the EXCHEQUER Will not, for his own credit's sake, oppose Mr. MACKINNON'S motion for a Select Committee, to investigate the grievances complained of, which we regret to under stand, are but too well founded. A Select Coxmittee would therefore shortly and finally settle tat long pending affair. 'he Paris Papers of Tuesday have all been re ceived. They contain but little intelligence of any interest. We extract from them the only advices re• ceived from the North of Spain up to the departure of Tuesday's mails for London : The expeditionary army passed the river Arga on the 19th, at Galissinzo, where a bridge had been thrown over by the advanced guard. Irribarren marched out of Tafalla the same day, taking the direction of Caparroso. General Evans left Iron on the 22d, joining Espartero at Hertiani. Three Christino battalions occupy Irun, Fontarabia, and Oyarzun. The objects of the Infante Don Sebastian in his expedition to Arragon is not known. The Phare among other reflec tions says, " It is said that the object is to obtain provisions, of which the insurgents are wholly destitute, or to divert the attention of Irribarren ) *ho was at Lerin with 3,000 infantry and 900 horse. 'nits last supposition seems to us to be im probable, and we believe that General Irribarren will have an opportunity in a few days of giving another proof of the acti vity which he has manifested since he succeeded General Sasrsfield in tbe Viceroyalty of Navarre, and in the command of the treepa of his corps. Tiro insurgents have evacuated the Bastan ; some detach ments still defend the defiles of Lecumberri, but their resist ance cannot be long or serious. In a few days the whole frontier line will be in the power of the Christinos. The in habitants tem to be very favourably disposed towards the Queen's troops, and every body sees with satisfaction that the French Ministry is acting in a manner more conformable to the spirit of the treaty of the Quadruple Alliance. The Biacayans in the army of the Pretender come in crowds to the authorities of their respective districts and deliver up their arms. Precautions will doubtless be taken to prevent their enlisting again when the constitutional troops leave the provinee.—Le Commerce. The Constitutionnel has a long programme of the preparations for the nuptial festivities at Fontainbleau. 1•To guests are to be invited but such as are distin tinguished for the " purity of their blood I" So much for the republican sympathies of the Royal Family. We have received the Phare of Bayonne of the 20th, with details of the capture of Irun and Fontara bia. Want of space compels us to postpone their pub. lication till to-morrow. FRENCH FUNDS —PARis, MY Q 3. Five per Cents., 108 f. 30c. 35C, 311 f. Four per Cent., 99f, 1 hree per Cents., 79F '3oc. 35c. 45c. Bank Aft!Ohs, 2,435 f. nente de Naples, Std. 70c. 75c. 70c. Roman Five per Cents., 101%. Spanish Actives, 26 25%0 2 %. Spanish Differes, Spanish Passives, 6 5% it. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents.. 101%. Portuguese L oan, Three per Cents, 301. EXCHANGR 05 LONDON. One month, paper, 25c. 3.5 c.; money, 25r. 35c. Three months, paper, —c. ; money, 05t. 16c —Cow", Aulhentioue. LAST PRICES Five per Cents., 1031. 40c. Three per (..Zrits. 79f. 411 e. Ftf,ttk Actions, 2,435 f. iftllte de Naples, 99f. 70c. Roman Five per Cents., 101%. Belgian Loan, 101%. Brussels Bank, 1,430 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 30%. panish Actives, 25%. Spanish Passives 5%. Nisnish Differes, 7%. New Differes, 9%. Advices from Athens to the 26th April have been received. Before the departure of the mails for Lon don a partial change of Ministers took place, in con sequence, as was announced, of dispatches received from the British Government. M. BOTASSIS retains the portfeuille of Minister of Finance, but his late col leagues have been obliged to make way for M. Rizos, who is named Councillor of State ; M. POLYZOIDES, who is appointed to the department of Public Instruc tion ; and M. PAICOS—in heart a Russian—who is charged with the Ministry of Justice. The War De partment was unoccupied a►t the date of these advices. Generally speaking the accounts from Greece are un favourable. The people were discontented, and the late Cabinet, in order to shift the blame from its own shoulders, threw all the responsibility upon the KING. We do not wonder at the prevalence of discontent among the Greeks. They are treated as aliens in the rand of their fathers—as Bavarian colonists rather than as an independent people. The coun try is filled with Bavarians who monopolize all places of honour and profit to the prejudice of the most distinguished Greeks, who very na turally consider themselves insulted by the prefe rence given to his own countrymen by the KING. This anomaly must be eradicated before the Govern ment of Greece can hope to acquire that stability which is derived from the affections of the people, and which constitutes the strongest cement of thrones, and the firmest bulwark of new dynasties. Brussels and German papers have been received this morning. The former make known a singular instance of representative scrupulosity in the person of the burgomaster for Namur, who has declined to receive his salary as deputy, for the last two months, because he happened to be absent occasionally from his legis lative duties. What an example for Cabinet Minis ters, and particularly for the French Chamber of De puties ! The Belgian Chambers have passed a law allowing the relations of foreigners dying in Belgium the same right to the property of the deceased as the country to which they may belong allows to Belgian subjects under similar circumstances. Advices from Rome of the 11th inst. announce the holding of a Consistory in the course of this month. Several members will be added to the College of Car dinals. His Highness the Landgrave Frederic of HESSE CASSEL died on the 20th inst., in the 90th year of his age. His Highness! brother CHARLES died last year at the advanced age of 92. fIELOIAN I UNDS—BaussaLs, MAY 23 Actual Debt, 2% per C ent . Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO4 Loan of Thirty Millions 91% Loan of City, 1832. 4 per Cent 9S% Society of Commerce, 4 1 ,, per Cent 132 Bank of Bel g ium, 5 per Cent l4O Brussels Papers, May 24. DUTCH FUNDS— ANISTERVAII, MAY 22. Actual Debt, 2% per r!bnt Money. Bills. 5:44 52% Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A Irma Svnilic, 4% percent...... ............ Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent Commercial Company, 4' 4 per cent l 7B 180 Ditto W:32 and 1833) 5 per cent. Loan 1536, 4 per cent. Ditto 1027. 6 per cent. Exchan g e on London, One month : 1 14% Two months According to letters received from Constantinople to the 4th inst., the SULTAN arrived safely at Varna. Previous to his Highness's departure, Lord Po x- SONBY had the honour of a private interview, :which was calculated to afford his Excellency the greatest gratification. According to the Smyrna Gazette, the reception which his Lordship met with was altogether unprecedented. The SULTAN received him with marks of the greatest ki n d ness , an d a d m i t t e d him dur ing the interview, which was unusually long, to some degree of intimacy. His Highness parted with our Ambassador with an appearance of regret, and it was stated, on the same a u th or i ty, that communications of high political importance were made on the occasion. A Russian fleet of five line-of -battle ships, three frigates, and two brigs, with a large land force on board, sailed from Odessa on the 21st of April. Their destination was supposed to be the Circassian coast. Mr. WAGHORN, whos e ser____ vices _,_ as General Agent in Egypt for effecting an intercourse by Steam between &\ - 14-^YIY. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1837, The Princess VICTORIA'S birth-day was celebrated Yesterday, as we anti c ip a t e d it wou ld b e , i n t h e most f ervent spirit of loyalty. London was generally illu minated ; political differences were laid aside ; and all Cla sses v'ted, each with the other, in demonstrating their respect and affection for th e H e i ress P resumpt i ve of tliese realms. We know not that we ever witnessed 4 more general spirit of rejoicing —not even on that memorable occasion when the Reform Bill became the law of the land. Among the public dinners given in honour of the auspicious event, was one which took place at Lambeth, and which was attended by almost all the respectable and intel ligent Reformers of th e district, as well as by many Members of Parliament well known for their zeal in the cause of good Government. At this fes tive meeting but one sentiment prevailed, namely, that of warm, resp'zctful attachment to the person of her who w ill one day be called on to sway the British iti sceptre. 'Ar. SIIEIL'S remarks on this subject were the hest possible spirit—full of truth, eloquence, and earnestness . He drew an affecting picture of the comdition of Ireland, and of the suffering it had en (blued for years at the hands of the Tories ; but ex pressed his conviction that a brighter day was about 1 0 dawn upon it ; and that the young Princess When she should be called to the Throne, w ould diligently watch over the interests, and conciliate the affections, of her Irish subjects. This "uviction is shared, by the Honourable and lLearned Gentleman in cotr.imon with the majority of is countrymen, who rcceignize in the judici ous an d liberal education that the. Princess VICTORIA has re ceived, an omen of good to the interests of Ir e l an d. s he can have no passible motive in encouraging that B Yster n of misrule under which the sister -country has 8 , 4 long groaned ; b ut, on the contrary, she has every Inducement t;o put a stop to :t. The faction that could °/ ;, e , s et hy ;.t s overw h e l ming ma j or i t i es i n e i t h er House rej thwart the wishes of the reigning Sore thgn, and k eep hi m i n a state little better than raid om, exerting an " i n fl uence b e hi n d t h e t h rone gr!cer than the throne itself"—that insidious, all !itr'sPing faction is now i n th e l ast stage o f po li t i ca l ecrepitude, struggling vehemently, it is true, but only 80 Blruggling from the effects of morta l convu l s i on an d therefore when the PRINCE SS i s ca ll e d to the helm h~State, s h e w ill h ave no malign. influence to prevent t ; s r foll ow i ng up t h e dictates cc her heart, as regar d s fe interests of her subjects. or to thwart her zeal for t r . ela nd, as was done by the Tories throughout the 1 ,,,;(4 1- i of GEORGE th e Y ourt h . W ell, therefore, may S ITEIL congratul7 are hi s countrymen on t h e c h eer- AR lt 'g • Prosp ect held o at to t h em b y t h e atta i nment of the olNctss's mai•Jrity. It is the bow of promis e h ung it) her in Ir elaud'e. horizon—the turning over a new l ea f Politir...nl annals. AM -eicninc, Paper devoted to the interests of the l 'irdr .sti Club ' , would fain have the public believe that h ) 3. er s. is a diff erence o f op i n i on b etween t h e K ING an d IVlinisters, with respect to the selection of the per wh° are to compose the Household of the Prin it2iie"„VlcToßt A. We should he sorry to impute to 'forning Post, the only organ of Toryism in the ali e n t o r i ° Nlis, which allows a regard for principle to to finis its attachment to party, a wilful attempt thi s --s trad its readers on a delicate question like t heref .4 erely for factious purposes. We must not -4' conclude that our Contemporary h as w 1 10," sufficient pains to sift the evid e n ce on ti a . t he st a t ement a ll u d e d to rests ; b ecause if h e h a d '‘, l . B 'e B ° , his u n d erstan di ng , acute enoug h i n ot h er mat bo have told hi m a t once that th ere cou ld b e serv o re nee of opinion b e tween his MAJE S TY an d hi s hli s i —4, en any p o i nt connecte d w i t h t h e f uture esta wh Imen t of the PRINCESS. It is quite obvious that had ate h v cr personal authority his MAJESTY may have 1) e e v' '. ll° actioEf,, or entitled to act, in loco parentis, must I„,,iettrely at an end when the Princess arrives at that age ":h entitles her to a separate Household. By the law land th e H eiress Presumptive of the Throne is now otrta°leof exercising all the functions of sovereignty with she r s e stricti on , li m i tation, or controul of any kind. But of 21 8 still in law a minor, and until she reaches the age Po ra will hav e no such establ i shment as our Conte- r ; mn Y ima g i nes. When that period arrives the KING' S it is step s will a d v i se hi s MAJESTY how to act, for the relation to the nation, not her affinity to ler e • ° "reign, that gives the KING a right to inter holdl4 the appointments of the officers of • her House and ! arid this appointment being an act entirely official f ornl t t ) volvi i , g responsibility, cannot possibly be per taelited.")Y his MAJESTY, except through the instru ality of his Ministers. in, 4 public expounders of Tory principles and feel- Pa r 6 )4 " a knack of doing that which in common , Th ey is called " reckoning without their host.' Ilksj are very fond of jumping to a conclusion without e ver t h i g through certain preliminary steps, which, how. le sg 'eY may sometimes be unpleasant, are neverthe tn vi nece ssary, in or d er to arr i ve safely at the object P se ew • Thus w e fi n d i t stated by one of the Tory Atriiits this morning, th at as a matter o f course the exti iil e:ri,al measu re f or t h e abolition of Church-rates is t) ed by the di v i s i on of Wednesday Morning." The th e rityno s print even takes u pon itself to "announce,with ~visi e ovidence," t h at , i n consequence o f t h e sa id to att°", M inis ters have come to " a determination not proceed further with the Church-rate SUN, LoNDoN, filitiisnAv. MAY 25, .1837 England and India by way of the Red Sea, cannot be too highly estimated—and whose letters on the subject • . ,t7.t " to tzlt Egyptian flower and 0 ciViii2atiOn v - c trot, Little to time appeared in our columns—has just published a pamphlet; dedicated„to the Meniliers of both Houses of PArlitiiiient; it faidur of thir of the national independence of Egypt, and the lawful sove reignty of MEITENLET ALL The subject certainly de , serves consideration; but the time selected for submitting it to the attention of the Legislature is most inaus pitiath. neAda - , WAaildiMnoes trot •nb:tii to us to have considered the question in all its bearings. He regards the downfall of Turkey as inevitable—as.- sures us that the seeds of dissolution have taken root in the vufy heart of the Ottoman dothinidii---7-aild offers as a consolation for the establishment of the sway of Russia on the Bosphorus the novel and splendid spec tacle of England and F rance roc ki ng th e cradle o f Mo narchy ragypt 1 This will never b. On no account must England permit Russia to fix her seat of empire on the shores of the sea of Marmora ; for were that to happen, we would not give a farthing for the inde pendence of the newly-established Monarchy of Egypt. The question for consideration is this :—Can Egypt be declared independent without materially diminishing the actual power of the PORTE, whose existence is so necessary as a barrier to the designs of Russia ? There is nothing affirmative in Mr. WAGHORN'S pamphlet upon the subject. His proposition through out appears to be that Turkey must perish, and Egypt become independent. SPORTING INTELLIGEACII. EPSOM RACES.-Y ESTI': RDA Y. 1,1'1!) f' l 4 1 4 e5t 131 ever peen on a second day at Epsom, the assemblage yesterday, a....0de. tsrstrserous and respectable, fell short of what the supporters of the rnCtii::f? , !".7,(1 a right to expect. A great many fashionables visited the Grand etend, and the muster of the horsemen on the hill was large, but there certain''. w 4, 4' 'lis a good attendance of general company. We regret this the more, :"..E ! . ." 0 ± Stewitds and inhabitants have exerted themselves with spirit and il'o'Cirty in catering fer the amusement of the public. The pickpockets iiiillftred in immense numbers, but they were so closely watched by the p01:66 hest tfadd Mtitt bare been very dull; the Course was admirably kept, tiff dlci,iivd. heart of any accidents worth recording. Nearly all the fasiiio'ffsae't resent on Tuesday were again on the Downs ; but as it vimild !lot include any fresh names it would be useless to repeat the list. the rechi,,T was eidelletst, and did not terminate until five o'clock. The following are partieillar:` ‘-sss The Ewell Stakes of 50 sovs., 4'o ftY tiree years old carrying ist. ; four yrs, Bst. ; five yrs, Bst. 91b. ; sii yn. aged, Bst. 121 b. Mares and geldings, and horses that have ever .sfltl4ffl four times and not won, allowed 31bs. ; a winner at any time twice (Ztatrthes excepted) to eittil thrice, 51bs.; four times and abofe f 71b. extra. New T. Y. C. ithst half mile. Colonel Peel's gr. f. Zenana, 4 yrs, Bst. tltt: Pavis Sir G. Heathcote's ch. f. Countess, 3 yrs, 6st. i Lord Suffield's b. h. Newlight, 4 yrs, Bst. 51b Mr. Osbaldeston't clt, h. Whitefoot, 6 yrs, 9st. 31b Even betting on Newlight, 2 to 1 against Zenana, and 5 to 1 against Whitefoot. After two or three false starts the two favou rites and Countess got off beautifully, and ran nearly head and head to the Grand Stand, where Zenana parted company, and won by a length. Newlight was only a neck from the second. Whitn foot never showed in front. The Woodcote Stakes, of 30 soya. each, It, ft., for two years old ; colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. Last half mile.. 8 Subs. Duke of Rutland's ch. f. by Hawker, dam by Pan Pavia 1 Mr. Goodwin's f. by Shakspeare, out of Sprat Lord Egremont's f. by Gaberhanzie, out of Mermaid Lord Exeter's f. by Sultan, out of Salute Captain Lamb's b. c. The Warwickshire Lad - 5 Betting-10 to 3on the Hawker filly. A most eteellent start, the horses getting off well, and keeping nearly abreast to the Grand Stand, where the favourite quitted the line, and won easily by a length. The Sutton Stakes of 50 sous., free for three years old, 7st ; four, Bst ; five, Bst. 91b ; six and aged, Bst. 121 b; mares and geldings, and horses that have ever started four times and not won, allowed 31bs. A winner at any time twice (matches excepted) to carry 31bs, thrice 51bs, four times and above 71bs. extra. New Two Year Old Course. The winner to be sold for 250 soya. Colonel Peel's ch. c. Clifton, 3 yrs Paris 1 Captain Gardnor's gr, f. Sister to Zenana, 3 yrs Mr. Chamberlayne , s b. f. Ayesha, 4 yrs Mr. Forth's ch. f. Sister to Hatfield, 3 yrs Lord Exeter's oh. c. Gauntlet, 3 yrs No betting. Ayesha took the lead and supported it to the turn, where Clifton, who had been lying in the rear, went forward, took the running from her, kept it to the end, and won by a length. The,Gold Cup, of 100 sovs. in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; three yrs old, 6st. 41b ; four, Set ; five, Bst. 101 b ; six, 9st ; and aged, 9st. 21b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner of a Plate or Sweepstakes in 1837, to carry 31b. ; of two, Mb, and of more, 71b. extra. The winner to be sold for 400 sovs., if demanded, &c. Two miles. 7 Subs. Captain Gardnor's Magician, 4 yrs Lord Exeter's Adrian, 3 yrs The following also started, but were not placed : Colonel Peel's Fantastic, 3 yrs, Mr. Osbaldeston's br. c. Mic Mac, by Tramp, out of Octavia, 3 yrs ; Lord Chesterfield's Edgar, 3 yrs, and Mr. Brown's Cornborough, by Tramp, 3_yri, . 5 to 1 agst Magician, 3 Id 1 apt Fantastic, and ,4 to 1 agst Edgar. The rannittg fer the first mile was made by Edgar. Magician then took it up, foliated by Adrian and Mic Mac, and maintained it till near the Grand Stand, where Adrian began creeping up. A few yards further he was at Magician's quarters, and a stride or two from the Chair at his head—a very severe race, ending in a dead heat. Mic Mac was so good a third that his owned decided on starting him for the Derby. The betting on the second heat was 2tol on Magician. Adrian made all the running to the dis tance, where Magician challenged, and they ran abreast until within a stride or two of the Chair, where Magician made a desperate effort, and won by a neck, after one of the most interesting and closely contested races ever seen on this or any other course. The Croydon Stakes of 50 sovs ; three yrs old, 7st. ; four years, Bst. 71b. ; five years, 9st, ; six years and aged, 9st. 21b. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs. Heats, one mile. Lord Exeter's ch. c. Gauntlet, 3 yrs S. Man 2 1 1 Mr, Bacon s sch, m. Tiara, aged Mr. King's flectie, 9 yrs 1 3 dr Lord Stradbroke's ch. E. MN!, 3 yrs 0 dr Mr. H. Smith's b. f. Prodigal, 4 yrs Both heats won cleverly. After the first, even on Hectic ; and after the second, even on Gauntlet. THE DERBY. The most striking feature in the afternoon's betting was the unaccountable advance of Wintonian. At one time he was quoted as low as 10 to 1 ; why, we are quite unable to state. He then, with about as much reason, gave way a second time, and when we left the Downs was at 25 to 1. Phosphorus and Mickle Pell receded several points, and were without backer& Hybiscus and Wisdom were in demand, but the change amongst the principal favourites was not sufficiently marked to require notice. The last prices were 3 to I agst Mr. S. Stanley's Rattrap—taken to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Caravan 11 to 2 agst Mr. Oreville's Manse—taken 11 to 2 agst Lord Exeter's Hybiseut to 1 eget Mr. Wreford's Virisdottt 25 to 1 agst Captain Gardnor's Benedict 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Mickle Fell 25 to I agst Mr. Wreford's Wintonian 30 to 1 agst Lord Berners'a Phosphorus 40 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mahometan 50 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Dardanelles—taken 2000 to 6 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mic Mac—takett The following are expected to start, with the names of their riders : Mr. S. Stanley's Rat-trap (Robinson), Lord Suffield's Caravan (Pavis), Lord Exeter's Hybiscus Conolly), Lord Exeter's Darda nelles (Darling), Lord Exeter's Troilus (Nelson); Wr. Wreford's Wisdom (J. Day), Lord Berners's Phosphorus (G. EdWrtrds), Mr. Bowes's Mickle Fell (Scott), Mr. Osbaldeston's Mahometan (H. Edwards), Mr. Osbaldeston's Pocket Hercules (Rogers), Mr. Osbaldeston's Mic Mac (unknown), Lord Chesterfield's Critic (Chifney), Mr. Theohald's Frederick (Macdonald), Mr. Barclay's Pegassus (unknown), Captain Gardnor's Benedict. (Chapple), Mr. Greville's Mango (Nat), Mr. Cooke's Norgrove (C. Edwards). THE OAKS. We did not hear two bets made on this race; it is worth notice, however, that Chapeau, after figuring at 10 to 1, came again, and cannot be quoted at higher odds than 3to 1 ! The quotations were—. 5 to 2 agst Mr. Thornhill's Egeria 3 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Chapeau d'Espagne 5 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Vacuna 10 to 1 agst Mr. Powlett's filly The following is a list of those expected to start for it, with their riders : Mr. J. Day's Chapeau d'Espagne (J. Day), Lord Chesterfield's Vacuna (Scott), Mr. Thornhill's Egeria (Conolly), Mr. Powlett'S f., out of Miss Fanny's dam (Holmes), Mr. Fox's Teresa (Temple man),'ltir G. Heathcote's La Meprise (Chapple), Mr. Batson's Voluptuary (Nat), Lord Exeter's Velure (Nelson). Lord Exeter's Comate (Darling), Lord Verulam's Duvernay (Mann), Lord Lichfield's Cassandra (S. Day), Colonel Peel's Garcia filly (Paris), Mr. Osbaldeston's Ebberston Lass (H. Edwards). TUESDAY'S RACES.—Pavis rode Alfred, the winner, and not Boyce, as stated in our account of the Craven Stakes. MANCHESTER RACES.-SA TU RDA r. A Sweepstakes, with a handsome Silver Cup, value 20/., added, for ponies, heats, mile and a distance, was won easily, in two heats, by Mr. Brocklehurst's Rat-tail (Mawdesley), beating Mr. Mascoe's Snowball, Mr. West's Ascot, Mr. Wood's Yorkshire Lass, and Mr. Brookes's Jerry (distanced). _ _ A Hurdle Race Sweepst'akes of 5 sues. each, and 40 added, heats, twice round, was won cleverly, in two heats, by Mr. M`Donogh's ch. g. The Disowned, aged (owner), beating Mr. Sherratt's b. g. Zanga, aged, and Mr. S. Johnson's b. h. Lady Teazle, aged. A Trotting Race, fur a Silver Tea Service, value 50 gs., and 50 gs. in specie, and a Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, h. ft., was won in four heats, cleverly, by Mr. G. Smith's Kitty (Mr. Rich ardson), beating Mr. Woodhalgh's br. m. Martha, Mr. Johnson's b. m. Fanny, Mr. J. Richardson's br. h. Alexander (distanced), and Mr. Taylor's ch. m. Lady (distanced). BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. NEWTON SIIRIGLEY CUP, P.P. 4 to 1 agst Sir J. Boswell's Gen. Chasse—tak. and aftewards offered LIVERPOOL JULY CUP. P. P. 8 to 1 on the field, 10 to l agst Vestment (taken), 100 to 8 agst Snyders (taken), 100 to 6 agst Pelops (taken), 100 to 5 agst Ge neral Chasse, 100 to 4 agst Kalmia's dam, and 100 to 5 agst Heron. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 7 to 1 on the field. ARCHERY. The St. George's Archers gave on Tuesday last a grand fete at Bayswater, in honour of their patron Saint. Several handsome prizes were contended for. The successful compe titors were—Captain Ansdell, Mr. Forsyth, Lieut. Dison, Mr. Betty, Mr. Harris, and Mr. Cookeman. We arc happy to state that not the slightest accident occurred, as the ground was well marked out by the flags and banners of the society The company sat down to dinner at seven o'clock ; several loyal and patriotic toasts were given, and the evening concluded with much hilarity. EPSOM RACES. THE DERBY-BY EXPRESS. The Derby Stakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft., for three years old. Last mile and a half. 131 Subscribers. Lord Berners's Phosphorus G. Edwards 1 Lord Suffield's Caravan 18 started—Won by a neck. On May-eve the people of the Isle of Man have from time immemorial burned all the whin bushes in the island, conceiving that they burn the witches and the fairies, which are believed by them to take refuge there. After sunset the island presented the appearance of an universal conflagration ; and to the stranger to our customs it must appear most strange to see old and young persons gathering peculiar herbs, and placing them at their doors and in their dwellings for the pur pose of preventing the entrance of " warlocks."—Mona's Herald. On Saturday morning, as Joseph Webster was re turning from Thorpe Hesley, through a wood called Oaking reane Wood, he found a man suspended by a silk lidndkerchief to a bough of one of the trees. Information was immediately given to Isaac Ashforth, the constable of Scholes, and every possible inquiry made to ascertain who the man was, when it was discovered that his name was James Smedley, a nail maker, residing at Clarbro', near Retford. The deceased hung himself, being at the time of unsound mind. —Sheffield Mercury. Such was the disposition yesterday for "holiday keeping., that upwards of 1,800 persons visited the Surrey Zoological Gardens. • HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR and Lords BROUGHAM and WrN FORD sat in the House of Lords to-day, to hear appeals. Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with the part heard case of Cunningham v. Duncan, the arguments in which had not, concluded when our Reporter left. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR did not sit in this Court to-day, having to attend the House of Lords. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the Vice-CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole morning with the further arguments in the part-heard case of Abbot v. Williams. Tile arguments had not concluded when our reporter left. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The MASTER OP THE ROLLS having got through his Paper, rose at one o'clock. There was no case of any interest in the Paper. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, • MAT 24.aWind moderate,—=No arrivals. POkTSMOUTH, MAY 24.—Wind N. N. W—Artited the Etna, —, from Licata. Off port, the Alexander, *Lachlan, from Manilla. PLYMOUTH, MAY 24.—Wind S.W.—No arrivals. FALuotmt, MAY 23.—Wind variable.—No arrivals. LIVERPOOL, MAY 23.—Wind variable.—No arrivals. GUERNSEY, MAY 23.—Arrived the I-lope, Cable, from Dantsic ; and the Ootfriea, Paulzitzou, from Ditto. MAY 23.—Arrived the Edward, Solomon, from Pillau; Isabella, Brown, from Dantzic; and the John, Strachan, from Windam. tioLTHEAD, MAY 23.—Arrived off port—the Kingston, M'Lean, from Sierra Leone ; Spring, Fletcher, from St. Jo seph's ; and the Patelena, Gassen, Charleston. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) TIVELYR O'CLOCK. This I an idle day in all operations of the funds, owing to the attraction of Epsom Races. The Stock Exchange at present is thinly attended, with little business doing. FUNDS. The settling of the Consol Account yesterday passed over without any failures. All is quiet in the City this morning in respect to commercial affairs. _ Consols, which closed at 91i for Money, and for July Account 91 2 -I, opened this morning at the above prices ; Exchequer Bills 35 prem. ; India Bonds, 37 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2061 ; India Stock, 2601. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, which closed at 231 Ex-Coupons, arc at present 232 1, with Coupons; Por tuguese, 47i ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents., 53k. HALF-PAST ONE. From Manchester the private letters received this morning are more favourable. It appears that there was a demand yesterday for cotton twist ; they were sold at low prices. All is quiet in the City to the present time in recrect to com mercial affairs ; we do not hear of any failures. Consols have been during the morning at Ali for July Account, and 91+ for Money. Exchequer Bills lower-34 prem. ; India Bonds, 37 prem. ; Bank Stock, 206+; India Stock, 260+. Spanish Active, 24- Ex-Coupons ; Portuguese, 474 ; Three per Cents., 2q-; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 541; Spanish Coupons, s‘q ; Passive, 51 6 ; Deferred, q 9, THREE 0' CL 0 CA; Consols for the Account, 918 A-. The Landgrave Frederic of Hesse Rumpenheim, uncle to the reigning Elector of Hesse, died on Saturday last at Frankfort, where he had arrived only a few days before. He was born on the 10th of September, 1747, and conse quently was in the 90th year of his age. Sir John Franklin, the new Governor of Van Diemen's Land, and Captain Maconochie, the late Secretary to the Royal Geographical Society, who accompanied him as Secretary, arrived safely at their destination on the 6th of January. The election for " Sutler" to the Lumber Troop took place last night, at the Golden Lion, Smithfield. Three candidates were in the field, but the votes went in favour of Mr. Beck, of Johnson's Tavern, 80lt -court, in whose house the meetings of the troop will be held in future. The ballot was es follows :—Mr. Beck, 199 ; Mr. Hobbs, 182 ; Leg gett, 94. Majority for Mr. Beck, 17. The Magistrates of Marylebone Office have issued a public notice cautioning all persons against suffering their dogs to go unmuzzled, several individusls having been bitten severely in the district of the Marvlebone Office. The operative glovers of Worcester, who have for some years suffered great destitution, have been reduced by the present depression in trade to the last extremity of despair. In the well-founded confidence that the Queen, who has " a heart open as day to melting charity," would readily do all in her Majesty's power for the alleviation of their distress, the poor fellows, through the Bishop of Worcester, memorialized her Majesty—" Humbly praying that her Majesty will gra ciously vouchsafe to signify her Royal pleasure that gloves of native manufacture shall be worn in the public ceremonies of the Court, or other articles, for the relief of the petition ers, in such manner as to her Majesty's gracious kindness and benignant judgment shall seem fit." In answer to this memorial her Majesty immediately caused the fol lowing kind and gracious answer to be transmitted to Worcester:—" Windsor Castle, May 13,—My dear Lord,—l hasten to acknowledge your Lordship's letter of the 1 2th in stant, and to inform you that I have submitted the address of the poor glove-manufacturers of Worcester to her Majesty. The Queen is deeply affected by this statement, and begs you to inform Mr. Bayliss that, from preference, her Majesty in variably uses Worcester gloves herself, and promises those in dustrious but suffering people that no endeavour shall be want ing on her Majesty's part to impress the necessity of supporting every branch of natio na l induary amongst all classes within her Majesty's influence.—l am, my dear Lord, very truly and faithfully yours, " HOWE. " The Bishop of Worcester." The benevolence of the Queen has not stopped here. An order for gloves for her Majesty's use has been transmitted to Worcester, and is now in course of execution. In Miss Martineau's work on " Society in Ame rica." there is a singular claim to sup e ri or correc t ness , w hi c h we copy for th e comfort of those whose auriculars aro blunted. The authoress says :—" I laboured under only one peculiar disadvantage, that I am aware of; but that one is incalcula ble. I mean my deafness. This does not endanger the ac curacy of my information, I believe, as far as it goes; because I carry a trumpet of remarkable fidelity—an instrument, moreover, which seems to exert some winning power, by which I gain more in tetes.a.tetes than is given to people who hear general conversation. Probably its charm consists in the new feeling which it imparts of ease and privacy in conversing with a deaf person." A porpoise was shot yesterday in the river Lea, near the lock, by Thomas Barter, landlord of the Imperial Crown, Bromley, Bow. The porpoise measured four feet two inches in length, and twenty-seven inches in girth. The produce of the Isle of Wight is in greater ex cess over the amount of its population than any other equal portion of the King's dominions. Upon an average there is corn enough produced in the island in one year to maintain the inhabitants and visitors for seven ; while of lambs alone, between 7,000 and 8,000 are annually sent to the London markets. A quarrelsome officer lately traversing one of the Boulevards at Paris observed a person turn towards him and laugh. Becoming indignant, he asked---“ Why do you laugh, sir, as I pass ?" To which the other quickly rejoined---" Why do you pass, sir, when I laugh ?" At the meeting of the Entomological Soci e ty, on Monday last, speci mens o f a m i nute ant, which Mr. Shu(kard stated to be new to science, and which had been very trouble some by swarming in houses at Liverpool, were exhibited by Dr. Bostock, who stated, that lime had been found of service in expelling them, when sprinkled near their retreats. Accounts received from Colonel Light, surveyor to the South Australian Association, give a very unfavourable description of the weather. That gentleman describes that it was then raining and blowing hard, and that he never ex pected such weather, which changps at every phase of the moon, and rarely continues settiettifor a longer period then five days. COURT CIRCULAR. Yesterday being the birth-day of her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria, Kensington was more than usually gay. At seven o'clock Messrs. Weippert and Rodwell, with their party, gave a serenade in the gardens under the Duchess of Kent's and the Princess's bed-room windows. At an edit./ boor the bells were ringing, the streets decorated with flags, &c., as were also the coaches With flowers. The gar dens and parks were thronged with people, as on a public holyday, hastening towards Kensington Palace. Their Royal Highnesses received their household at half-paat trVelve o'clock, and the following members of the Royal Family at two—the Princess Sophia, the Princess Sophia Matilda, the Princess Augusta, and the Duke of Sussex. As early as nine o'clock in the morning visitors arrived to enter their names in the book of the Duchess of Kent, and during the whole day, up to a late hour in the evening, the Palaee' was crowded with company, so much so that they were obliged to leave it by another gate. In the course of the afternoon the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, and the Princess of Leiningen drove thronA the Parks in an open carriage. In the evening the Duchess of Kent's tradesmen illumi nated, and assembled to dine together at the King's Arms, Kensington. A State Ball was given last evening at St. James's Pa lace, the Princess Augusta receiving the company on the part of the Queen. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the King at Windsor Castle on Tuesday afternoon. His Lordship dined with the Queen and the Duchess of Glocester ; Lord Hill and a select party were present. The Noble Viscount slept at the Castle, and left for London yesterday, arriving in town at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. A Cabinet Council was held at 4 o'clock at the residence of his Lordship, in South-street, at which most of the Mi nisters were pregent, Lord Glenelg left torn yesterday morning for Windsor Castle, to have an audience of the King. Lord and Lady Stanley had a dinner party on Tuesday evening. The company included the Earl of Stamford, Lord Skelmersdale and Miss Wilbraham, Lord and Lady Frances Sandon, Lord and Lady Lilford, Mr. and Mrs. Egerton, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Patten, Messrs. Murray, Powys, &e. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir Alexander Johnstone, in Great Cumberland-place ; the Earl of Orford and Lord Walpole, from Dorsetshire ; the Bishop of Killaloe and family, in Ulster-terrace, Regent's-park ; Lord Brabazon, from a tour; Colonel and Mrs. Doyley and family, in Eaton•place ; General and Mrs. Grosvenor and family, in Grosvenor-street ; Viscount and Viscountess Maynard, and the Hon. Miss Maynard, in Grosvenor-square ; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Ives, in Grosvenor-square ; Lord Havordale, at the Earl of Ilehester's, in Burlington-straet, from Molbury, Dorset ; Mrs. Robinson and family, at the Berners Hotel, Berner*. street, from the Continent; the Miss Wards, at ditto, from their seat, West Hill. Cowes, Ise of Wight ; T. F. Robinson, Esq., and Mrs. and Miss Robinson, at ditto ; J. Mason, Esq., Miss Mason and Miss Bresin, at ditto, from Stratford-on-Avon; H. Hanbury, Esq., at ditto, from Oldfield Grange, Essex ; Captain Croker, at ditto; Captain Stogden, at Warner's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from America; J. Aspinall, Esq., and the Miss Aspinalls, at ditto, from Manchester ; R. Blegborough, Esq., at ditto, from Cambridge ; the Count de Vandes and Miss de Vandes, at Fladong's Hotel, Ox ford-street, from Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. Tupper, at ditto; Mr. and Mrs. C. Griffiiths, at ditto, from Cheltenham ; Rev. Mr. and Miss Whinfield, at ditto, from Tilgrove ; H. Lucas, Esq., - Gee, Esq., - Colquhoun, Esq., - Watts, Esq., M'Nab, Esq., at ditto ; the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, from Trentham Hall ; the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, at Apsley House, from Strathsfield saye Rectory ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham, in Portland-place, from Latham House ; Lord de la Mere, and the Hon. Thomas Cholmondeley, from Vale Royal House, Cheshire ; Sir John and Lady Mordaunt, in Grosvenor-place, from a visit to the Bishop of Rochester, at Bromley ; Sir John Chetwode, Bart., in Alontagu-square ; Earl Jermyn, at the Marquis of Bristol's, St. James's-square, from Ickworth Park ; Sir Hussey and Lady Vivian, in Pall-mall ; Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Brisbane, from Kelso ; Admiral Sir George Martin, from Lee, Kent; Lord Macdonald, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street ; the Rev. J. and Lady Cecil Delafield, at ditto, from their seat near Southampton ; William Forbes, Esq., M.P., and Lady Elizabeth Forbes and family, at ditto, from Scotland; Lady Wilmot, at ditto, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Shackeley, at ditto, from Cheshire; Mr. and Mrs. Manning, at ditto, from the seat of the Baron Dimsdale, Campfield Place, Herts ; Mr. and Mrs. Houman, at ditto, from Surrey ; Lady Fraser, at ditto, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Bosanquet, at ditto, from Boxhournbury, Herts. DEPARTURES. Archdeacon Probyn and Mrs. Colonel Tyler, from Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street ; Mr. and Mrs. Burdekin, from ditto ; Captain Wynne, from.ditto; Lord Ongley, horn do. ; - Law rence, Esq., and C. Lynch, Esq., from ditto ; Lad' Taylor, from Warner's Hotel, for Roehampton ; Mrs. Hume, from ditto, for Bath ; G. Morgan, Esq., and Mrs. Morgan, from ditto, for Leamington Spa ; Captain Jones, from ditto, for the Isle of Wight • J. Puget, Mrs. Puget, and family, from I3er ners Hotel, Ilerners-street, for Brighton ; Admiral O'Brien, from ditto; J. N, Lloyd, Esq., from ditto; Sir J. P. Orde, Bart., and Lady Orde, and family, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, fur Kilmory, N.B. ; Mr. and Mrs. Barton, from ditto, for Stapleton-park; Sir Francis Hopkins, Bart., ditto, for Ireland; Mons. h! Baron de Behr, from ditto, for Brussels ; Mons. 4nd Mad. Hubbe, from ditto, on a tour ; Mrs. Walker, from ditto. for Leamington ; Mrs. Brown, from ditto, for Devonshire ; G. 13rtixne;:, Esq., and family, from ditto, for Richmond; Mr. and Mrs. Knatchbull, from ditto, for Kent ; .1. Rawson, Esq., from ditto, for Yorkshire ; the Rev. G. H. Deane and ,family, from ditto; Mrs. Ogle and family, from ditto ; Miss Campbell, from ditto. The Earl of Stamford and Warrington had a large party tO dinner on Tuesday evening, at his mansion in Hill street. Mr. A. Ogilby, Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Waterford, gave a grand dinner to a distinguished party of friends, at Mivart's Hotel, on Monday evening ; covers were laid for 16. _ The Earl and Countess Bruce, who are at present at Tottenham Park, the seat of the Marquis of Aylesbury, will shortly leave town for a tour of France, Italy, Germany, &c. The Archbishop of Armagh's dinner party, on Sa ttuday evening, ill Charles-street, St. James's, was attended by General Sir James .Nempt, Lord Kenyon, Sir Thomas and Lady Elizabeth Reynell, (ja: gain Jones, M.P., Major Whyte, Mr. Whyte, Mr. and Mrs. Beresbrd, Captain and Airs. West, and the Marquis of Waterford. Lord and Lady Stanley gave a grand dinner last evening in Carlton gardens, to the Earl and C ountess of Wil ton, Earl - de Grey, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Ossulton, Earl and Countess of Dunmore, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Bootle Wilbra ham, Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, and Mr. Herbert. The Noble Lord's dinner on Tuesday evening, wag given to the Earl of Stamford and Warrington. Earl of Lincoln, L ord and Lad y Lilford, Lord Skermersdale, and the Hon. Affqa Wilbraham, Lord and Lady Sandoa, Mr. and Mrs. Egerton, Aa- and Mrs. Wilson Patten, Hon. Charles Murray, Mr. Powys, a?'d Mr. Gladstone. We learn that the Emperor of Russia, apprised of the merits of Lithotripsy, has requested Baron Heurteloup, the distinguished professor of that art, to repair to St. Peters burg, in order to confer on his subjects the benefits of so ad mirable an operation. The Baron left London, in consequence, a few days ago ; and, with the view of assuring his speedy return, a Committee of distinguished Russian surgeons has been named, and is awaiting his arrival to receive instructions in Lithotripsy. A Committee of Artillery officers is also ap pointed to decide definitively on the Baron's Koptipteur Mus ket, on which the Russian engineer officers sent here have given the Emperor a very favourable report. DREADFUL FIRE IN HOLYWELL-STREET.— This morning, shortly after five o'clock, a fire broke out at the " Wheat Sheaf" public-house, in Holywell-strect, Strand. The upper part of the house was let to four or five tenants. About the time stated as two of the Brigade of the Bedford bury Station were proceeding down the street, they perceived the flames to be raging in the back part of the house, and in a very short time the whole of the building was in one entire blaze. The Fire Brigade exerted themselves in a manner that deserves the greatest praise. We regret to say that two young persons arc missing. On Monday morning, while the Trinity Corporation were going down the river to Deptford in their state barges, two labouring men, named Charles Tull and John Bowli►►g, saluted them as they passed the Thames Tunnel Wharf by firing a small cannon which they had procured for the purpose, and were about to reload it, when the gunpowder suddenly ex ploded, knocked them backwards, and mutilated and scorched them in a most frightful manner. Their hands were shattered, and Tull's right thumb was , completely torn away. Their fea tures were much burnt, and their faces so much blackened by the explosion, that their own relations could scarcely identify them. They were immediately removed to Guy's Hospital. The Council of the Ornithological Society of Lon don met on Saturday to elect new members and transact gene ral business. There were present the Earl of Liverpool, Pre sident; Earl of Orkney, •Mr. Ridley Colborne, M. P. ; Dr. Royle, and others. Among the members elected were Vis countess Milton, Lady Rolle, Mrs. Vaughan Williams, Vis count Beresford, Lord Boston, and Sir Gore Ousely. Many donations of specimens and books were announced, and ar rangements were made for opening the Society's Rooms in Pall-mall, to the General Meeting on the 3d of June. The Secretary reported that several add►tions had been made to the public collection of birds in St. James's Park ; and the Council adjourned to Saturday next. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 23.—We have had a good demand for Cotton to-day--sales 4,000 bags, chiefly American descriptions, at the full rates of yesterday. The schooner William and Thomas of Plymouth, in ballast, arrived at Cardiff last week, without a hand on board except the Captain, William Vaughan, his only com panion on the voyage being a dog. It appears that the crew deserted the vessel previous to her leaving Falmouth. The vessel being of considerable burthen, it is extraordinary that she could be safely navigated such a distance by a single pair of hands.—Carnarvon Herald. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, 21Lir THE KING V. JOHN MORGAN. Sir W. FOLLETT showed cause against a rule, calling en th , ::t defendant to show cause why a quo warrant() should not lxt filed against him, calling on him to show by what authority he: claimed to exercise the office of Mayor of the borough of Car narvon. The affidavits on which the rule was obtained statedi that the defendant had been elected in November last to the office of Mayor, and had taken upon himself that office, and had ever since acted in the discharge of its duties. The state. ment in those affidavits was distinctly contradicted by the afli davit of the defendant, which stated that he was elected ott the 9th of November last, and that the election took place in his absence, and without his knowledge or consent ; that he had not in any way taken upon himself to act in the office ; that he had done no act or thing which directly or indirectly amounted to an acceptance of the office ; and that he had de clined, refused, and still did decline aod refuse to act as Mayor. It was a clear proposition of law that no application of this sort could be made unless the party against whom it was directed was actually usurping the office, or had exercised its power. Here the defendant had done neither, and the rule must, therefore be discharged. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL agreed as to the rule of law, but denied that the facts in this case would enable the Court to to apply that rule. —Rule discharged. BAIL COURT, MAY 24 In consequence of Mr. Justice Coleridge having mot with an accident by falling from his horse on his way to Court, Mr. Justice WILLIAms presided in his absence. His Lordship went through the 13ar:and no motion having been made, the Court proceeded to dispose of Nisi Prius cases at eleven o'clock. BLAGDON V. WARREN Mr. PLATT (with whom was Mr. EATON), stated the case to the Jury. In this case the plaintiff' was the collector to Messrs. Carrington, the ale brewers, and the defendant the celebrated blacking manufacturer. The action was brought to recover compensation in damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff's phaeton, in consequence of the alleged negligence of the defendant's servant, who had charge of a carriage when the accident took place. It appeared that on the 13th of Oct., the parties were on their return from Barnet, acid had repeat edly passed each other on the road. On corning down Child's hill, a waggon appeared, coming up, and in at/empting• to pass it a collision took place, which caused tl‘ plaintiff to be thrown ent on the road, by which his clothes were considerably damaged, and his body much bruised in several places. The plaintiff on recovering himself demanded to know whose property the carriage was, but the servant at first refused to tell, as he might lose his place if the cir cumstance came to the knowledge of his master. After much altercation, the plaintiff proceeded on his journey, not intending to report the matter to the defendant ;,..isart he had not gone far, when he was overtaken by a policeman, who in formed him that he was accused by the defendant's servant of having damaged his master's carriage. The plaintiff be came very indignant at being accused of causing the damage, by the person who had only just before requested the cir• cumstance might not be made known to his master, and on his arrival in town, having made a demand for the injuries he sustained, he was told that the cause of the accident origi nated on his part, and if he was entitled to compensation it should be decided by a Jury. Mr. KELLY, who appeared for the defendant, was about t 6 examine the coachman who had charge of the defendant's carries e. Mr. PIATT objected to the testimony of this witness. The COURT, after hearing arguments on the points, decided that the testimony of a witness under such circumstances was inadmissible. Several other witml'sses were examined, whose evidence went to show that t'ee d,'fendant's servant was driving at a slow pace on the left side of the road ; that the plaintiff and the person in the phaeton vvil'h him, were the worse for liquor. and that the damage was done .;n consequence of the plaintiff driving at a furious rate between :he waggon and the carriage, where there was not room for him to bass. The Jury, after having heard the Wht:lo of the case, decided in favour of the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, 31.4 r 24. S'TOCKLET V. HORNIDGE AND ANOTHER. In this case Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD obtained a rule on a former day, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause wig the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had. The ac tion was brought to recover damages for false imprisonment_ The plaintiff resided in Brussels, and bad acted as an agent to Lord William Paget. The defendants, his Lordship's so licitors, had written to the plaintiff respecting the sum of 5001., which was stated, on the affidavit of his Lordship, to have been due to him, and on his arrival in London to enter into an arrangement, he was arrested for the debt in the Novem ber, 1835, and remained in prison till the May following - . Sir F. Pollock was heard to-day against the rule Sergeant Bompas and Mr. Busby are on the same side ; Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Channel on the other. The Court was occupied nearly the whole day in hearing the address of Sir F. Pollock. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Mar 24. JOHNSON AND OTHERS V. DODGSON. This was an action of assumpsit for goods sold and deli vered. The defence set up was that the goods were not ac cording to sample. At trial, before Lord Abinger, in Lon don, the plaintiff hz.,cl a verdict, subject to a point raised by Mr. Creswell, that thcre was no sufficient contract in writing, signed by the party char t ;eable within the meaning of the sta tute of frauds. It appeare, 4 that the plaintiffs apreed to sell defendants a quantity of hous. The defendant, at the time, wrote in his own buok a acotorandum of the sale to him by plaintiffs of twenty-seven poCkets of Plaisteds and f o u r pockets of Selmes' hops. to be for Carded to him by the Leeds coach. SampleS were subsequently Ztcnt down to the defend ant, and the goods forwarded according to order. Th e de fendant, ho wever , re f use d t o r ece i ve th*.:l l , and plaintiff s brought their action. A rule to set aside the .'crdict and enter a nonsuit was subsequently obtained by Mr. Cr.:•ivrell, against which r. TIIESSIGER showed cause.-IZulo discharged. GOELBURN BROOKS. This was a bill filed by a legatee to enforce payment of a legacy, which, it was alleged, had lapsed. His Lordship, upon coming into Court this morning, briefly gave judgment. The principle which was to govern his decision was clear, namely, that a legacy does not lapse by the death of the legatee until the time of payment arrived. He must decree in favour of the plaintiff.—llecreed accordingly. ADMIRALTY CO URT, MA Y 24. THE MEG MERRILIES-SALVAGE. This was a suit promoted by the owner and master of the St. Patrick steam-boat for salvage services rendered to the brig Meg Merrilies. The brig left Liverpool for Africa with a valuable cargo on the 30th of September last, but met with very bad weather, by which she was much injured. The vessel had been dismasted, leaving only her foremast stand ing, when, on the 4th of October, she was fallen in with off the Land's End by the St. Patrick steam-boat, which was on her voyage from Waterford to London with passengers and a full cargo, consisting of goods and live stock. The brig at the time had a signal of distress flying, and was making water fast. The St. Patrick hauled in her sails and proceeded to the relief of the Meg Merrilies. After great difficulty, the see running high at the time, the crew of the St. Patrick suc ceeded in getting a warp on board, and took the brig in tow and gut her safely anchored in the Catwater, off Plymouth. The value of the brig and cargo was estimated at 9501. For a reward for these services the action was commenced. Sir J. Nictior.L, after referring to the facts, awarded 7501. to the salvors, with costs. No other case of interest was called on to-day. Nathaniel Si: leheath and James Graham Stokes, Esqs., were admitted as Procurators-General excrcent in this Ccurt, with the usual formalities. DIVISION OV TUESDAY"--There were but 84 Members absent from the division, and of these not more than half a dozen were lost to the Tories. Mr. Bish would have v o :ed last night in the majority, but he was unfortunately shut °sit on the division, having accidentally been locked in the library, Colonel Thompson was absent, having accepted an invitation to dine with the Mayor and inhabitants•of Hull yes terday, we believe, in celebration of the birth - d a y of the Princess Victorid, Sir F. Burdett and Sir W. W. Wynn came down on their crutches to swell the intolerant minority ; and gush was the condition - of the Welch Baronet, that he had to sit in the Speaker's room until the division bell rang. Be sides Colonel Thompson, Sir It. Heron, Sir G. Strickla nd, Sir T. WinningtO. Me. Benett, Mr. Hoskins, Mr. B. King, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Wintitig, Sir P. Bellew, Mr. R. M. Bellew, Sir Wm. Brabazon, Mr. Maurice O'Connell, Mr. L. Dobbin, and Col. Gore Langton, were all a bsent without pairs, and all in favour of the Ministerial measure. _Messrs. M. O'Connell, Dobbin, Langton, and Sir T. Winnington wero pnfortunately kept aviay by illness ; and the two Messrs. Bellew have been obliged to go to Ireland to pay the last tribute of affection to a deceased parent. Sir William Brabazon is at present in the county of Mayo, organizing opposition to the Irish Tithe Bili. It will be for his constituents to say whether it is there or in the House of Commons the calls of duty ought now to find him. ' It is not by such untimely absence he will stimulate the Liberal electors of Mayo to vote for him, on another occasion, against Mr. James Browne. This is the first in which the name of Sir F. Burdett figures among the Tories ; the place which the alphabetical arrangement gives him i! not in appropriate—between Sir J. Buller and Sir C. Burrell, ultra- Tory and Stanleyite. Lady Grey has arrived at Mivart's Hotel, accom— panied by the youthful Lord Grey, from Groby, after an ab sence from town of five years. The Earl of Stamford and Warrington, her Noble father. in-law, visited her Ladyship shoctly after her arrival in town. Lord Maidstone has arrived at Mote Park, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Romney, from a visit at Paris. Count de Boigne has arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from Paris. The Duke of Brunswick, Count d'Orsay, and sevdral other distinguished noblemen, visited the Count yes terday, at the above hotel. Lord Francis Egerton, we regret to state, is still labouring under an attack of the gout, at his scat, Oatlands, in Surrey, which prevented his Lerdship being present at the division on the Church•rate Bill. Lady Charlotte Greville, mother of her Ladyship, is on a visit to the Noble Lord and Lady. The grand review of the household brigade in Hyde-park, which many thousands of persons assembled to witness 3 esterday, is postponed to Monday next. The circle ,in Hyde-park yesterday, from two till five P. si., was very gay in c onsequence of the throng of car riages going to and returning kam the palace at Kensington.