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patronage of the office, with a view to the regulation of the same before the occupation of the new Houses Of Parliawelit, an d w h o were empowere d to re p or t from tim e t o time to the Hou.e,' as they may deem expedient." — Agreed to. Upon the question of bringing up some paper=, the Route was counted out at two o'clock, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proeeedinps of the House of Clivanons.) lISDA is. PU BLIC lIEALTII T 111; BILL.— Y, (IN NAY THE COMMITTEE.) Clause three—(And be it Enacted, That the First Com missioner f or the time being of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, together with such two other persons as her Majesty, by warrant under th e royal sign manual, may be pleased to appoint, 91111 be and constitute a Board for s uperintending the execu li.en of this Act, and shall be called " The General Board of and Shall have and execute all the powers and duties vested in or imposed on such Board by this Act; and the said First Commissioner shall be the President of the !mid Board; and it shall be lawful for her Majesty, from time to time, at her pleasure, to remove all or any of the persons 60 appointed by her, and to appoint others in their stead ; and the powers and duties vested in the said Board by this Act n"Y be exercised and executed by the said First Com missioner, or by the two other members thereof —Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause be post poned." The Committee divided:— MINORITY-AYES, 45. Anstey T. C. buncombe, 0. M a sterman, John Ar gkwri ht, ‘eorge ' Egerton, W. T. Need, Joseph lial dock, E. 11 . N e wdegate, N. I4ankes, George Fitzroy, henry Pearson, Charles Forbes, W. _Bentinck, Lord G. Fuller A. E.., Pechell, Captain Berestord, William Galway, Viscount Bohlero, 11, 0. Ilrook, , "rd Halford, kir H. Hall, Sir B. , Il uck, L. w. Harris, Captain ' S r' s ' i in °l h i: L i t:h i t na o h tg r , tt p '° J , Colonel Ln on d CW .James k.erd w .. i , Spooner, Richard , .i, Edward Henley, J. W. Christy, Samuel Hildyard, T.. 8. T. Stuart , L ord D. Cliot, li. B . Corap t ,,, u c Johnstone, Sir J. Sutton, H. M. , . . Disraeli ja . Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Titrner ; f LL . z J it . s. Lincoln, Earl of 3),-.4gean. Visc ount Lindsay, Colonel U ..1111combe, A. Lowther, Henry n r u ct is uh e a n r , t, G Davideorge MAJORITY—NOES, 145. A •bdY, T. N. ,l and. Sir T. D. Gardner, Richard Parker, John . Adair, It. Shaft° Glyn, G. C. Pigott, Francis a g li° nbY, 11. A. Grace, O. D. Pinney, William Anson, Colonel Graham, Sir J. Power, Dr. Armstrong, Sir A. rower, Nicholas Granger, T. C. Arundel, Earl or Greene, John Price, Sir R. Ashley, Lord Grenfell, C. Pascoe Pugh. David ialn " , M. T. Greaten, Charles W. Pusey, Barnard, E. G. Grey, Sir G. Reynolds, John • B4rrin gton Lo d Grey, R. W. Rice, E. R. Bellew, It ' r Grosvenor, Lord R. Rich, Henry J. L. M. B erkeley, IL F. Guest, Sir John Rebartes, T. J Blackall, s. W. Hawes, Benj. Romilly, John Boyle, Colonel Hay, Lord J. Russell, Lord John Brarnston Hayter, W. G. Russell, F. C. H. . T. •sy. . Brow n. . Heald, James Rutherford, A. Burke, Sir T Heneage, G. H. Balwey, Colonel Itusfeild, T. j. Heneage, E. Sanders, George Butler, r S Henry, Alexander Scholeneld, William Carter, . , John It Hindley, C. Seymer, Henry ker : Cavendish, c C. t' Hobhouse, Sir J. Shafto, R. D. evennho 4 Nv. - ii llobhouse, T. 13. Sheil, it. L. Cla y , James —, Hodges, T. L. Shelburne, Earl of ClaY, Sir W. Howard, C. W. Slaney, Robert A. Cockburn, Richa r d Howard, E. G. Smith, J. A. ` - ' ° ekburn , Alex. Howard, P. 11. C4 Narngh, Sinollett, A. Sourten,l'',. Lord A. Hume Joseph uo vr , ~, . ...,ord Jaekso ' n, William Somerville, Sir W. c..., , Cllarla i Jervis, Sir John Stanton, W.U. . "Per, 'ty I , • Crat" • . Keppol, George T. Start, Tall ward, Sergt.ant Kershaw, James er awf • G . ,_ ord. p r. 8. Lemon, Sir Charles Tenison, E. K. '!" , vett Lewis, G. C. '1 hicknesse, Dodd, p, Loch, Loch, James Thompson, Colonel Dru n , _ nu. mond, Henry Lushington, Charles Thornely, Thom l as Towneley, C ar es b Cl 'itt, John Mackinnon, 1% . ~,alida.s, Admiral M.cußagh, W. T. i ownley, R. G. uundas Sir Maitland, Thomas WahualeY. Due, , David :Mangles, R. D. Watkins, Colonel E4st Francis r• Marshall, J. G. Wawn, JT. Ellie Sir J' R. t, j o b. E. Martin, C. W. Williams, John Williamson, Sir li. •,,, va 'ris, John Maxie, Fox serg m, J . }... Mitchell, A. T. Wood, Sir Charles P , o.ey. J. t i" . ' ?Grey ' Merpeth,..Viscouit Wood, w. r. Wyld, James Mulgrave, Earl ... - ce, A,. D %rater, Matthew Munta, G. F. TELLIES. I, ftiChard w Nugent, Lord !,7, 01 , W. . 31 ' Ogle, S. C. Tufhell, li. 11111, Lord Marcus e rea ch, r. Owen, Sir John Palmer, Robert BOROUGH ELECTIONS (No. 2) BILL. ti Order for Second Reading read; Motion made, and Quo. eodoeed, " That the Bill be now read a s econd time :" th e A meat proposed, to leave out the wo rd " now," and at end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six oontlas th "—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part e Question." The House divided:— Abdy , Tii MAJORITY—AYES, 198. 4,, A ci omits N. WI, Sir T. Ferguson, Sir R. _ Parker, John Ma r i R. Sh Fitzpatrick, J. W. Pearson, Charles Mar . aft° Fordyce, A. D. Pechell, Captain A e. - Viscount Fox, Richard M. Peel,',Sir Robert ''' . glieriby, H Fox, W. J. Perfect, Robert Adcock Th . .. t _ , ORME French, F. Pigott, Francis A Anson, Colonel Gibson, Thomas 11. Pilkington, James ."'"U a. r . t rong, Sir A. Gladstone,Pinney, W. Instrong, R. B. Glyn, George Carr Plowden, W. H. ~..krundel, Earl ot Granger, T. C. Power, Dr. t a gshaw, John Greene, Joha Power, Nicholas ' la thes, M. T. Gray, Sir G. Price, Sir It. .., ara.,Y, H enr y Grey, Ralph . b w• Pugh, David - "ellew, It. M. Grosvenor, Lord R. Posey, Philip Berkeley, H. Oiliest, Sir J. Rawdun, Colonel Blackstone, Ralph Hall, Sir Benjamin Reynolds, Jouh ~,glackatone W. 3 Hawes, Benjamin Ricardo, Osman V s ouverie. E. P. S. Hay, Lord John Rice, E. It. ...Wring, Dr. Hayter, IV. G.. Rich, Henry Boyle, Colonel Headlam, T. E. Robartes, T. J. Brand, Thomas Heald, James Romilly, John Bright, John Ileneags, G. 11. W. Russell, Lord J. Brotherton, J. Ileneage, Edward Rutherfurd, A. Brockman, E. D. Henry, Alexander Salwey, Colonel Brown, W. Herbert, Henry A. Sandars, George Browne, R. D. Herbert, Sydney Seyneer, 11. K. Bulkeley, Sir R. E. Heywood, James Seymour, Lord Butler, P. S. Hill, Lord M. Sheil, It. Buxton, Sir E. liindley Charles Shelburne, Earl of Cardwell, E. Hodges, T. L. Simeon, John Carew, W. H. polo Holland, Robert Smith, John B. Carter, J. B. Howard, C W. G. Smythe, G.. 1 Cavendish, C. C. Howard, E. G. . Somerville, Sir W. Cavendish, G. H. Howard, P. H. &Aileron, T. H. S. C avendish, W. G. Howard, Sir R. Stanton, IV. H. Ca 1 Y•eY, Edward S. Hutt, William Strickland, Sir:G. C laY, James, Jackson, William Sullivan, Michael Clerk SirG. Johnstone, Sir J. Talbot, C. It. Clifford, R. 5 1. Keppel, G. T. Talfourd, -ergeant ~,C obd eh. Richard Kor, Rickard Tancred, 11. W. k.olebrooke, Sir T. Kershaw, James CO Tenison, E. K. nYlighain Lord A. King, P. J. Thicknesse, It. A. 9 ° TrY IL ' ux Labouchere, Henry Thompson, Colonel `'nay. Viscount Lemon, Sir C. Thornely, T. ~ Cowan, Charles Lennard, T. B. Towueley, Charles ‘,-, -r aid, W G ~ .rawf • Lewis, George C. Townley, R. :G. Currie ord, W. S. Lincoln, Earl of Townshend, Captaia , r ,, Henry Lindsay, Colonel Trelawny, J. S. "airy, , , D P.e..Captain biacnamara, Major Tutnell, llenry . A . s avie, Sir Id .„'"e..ed es w M'Cullagh, W. T. Vane, Lord H. b"e,vereax. J. T. Meagher, Thomas Walmsley, sir J. Mahon, O'uorman Ward, H. G. b e.yneourt, T. Maitland, Thomas Watkins, Colonel ,-, 4a can. Lord •- Mangles, R. D. Wawn, J. T. Du —, Cieorgo Marshall, W. West, F. R. , a ctift. John .ung A Martin, C. W. Westhead, J. P. Buna,„,' ,f`lrhiral Matheson, Colonel Willcox, Brodie, D u --, oir D Elkolin, F t , • Maule, Fox Williams, John bria,,, • • MiMes, It. M. Williamson, Sir 11. E t ° 911 , Lord Mitchell, T. A. Wood, Sir Charles ketc,: urt j • • Monsell, William Wood, t !atl,4 : J . B . IS • Mulgrave, Earl Wrightson, W. B. p . ,.._ ..... Wyvill, Marmaduke Norreys, Lord ,_aris. William ;wart. William Norreys, Sir D. Yung, Sir John p i g,,, a4 , Willi am Ogle, S.C. TELLERS. ...)vreil, Z . Paget, Lord A. Hanmer, Sir J. • Palmerston, Vis. Hume, Joseph Es, 35. krkw r i '.MINORITY—NO ES, Godson, Richard jt.,,_ Pub, G. bedeck,oeeph. JUL Gore, W. 0. be E. 11. Granby, Marquis of Newry, Viscount V SEr ise L " ti n ci t us , libovr. John Grogan, Edward .clinet, ?hill Hale, R. B. l ieun o , P IpF: Prime, a e a i n mk u e a e n r ' C I t t , Robert.i c C V o a r le 1 h erw , Lord G. Henley, J. W. Repton, G. W. ~ iord, William Herries, John C. Scott, F. Ziarnitearnrd_, Viscount Ilildyard, R. C. saiythe, George Il lande 're' K. Ilildyard, T. B. Soluenlet, Captain .. ord, Niarquis Hill, Lord E. L ld b '' ero. i f G ...o wl , - • Hobhouse, I, 8, Adnsiral Hodgson, W. N. eirciihreidire. Richard Hope, Sir .1. Stafford,sStanley, E it Augustus hrd Stuart, Henry Christ 'ter' Lord J. Inglis, Sir R. H. c iiv, T, Mateuel Jolllffe, Sir WG. codrininry 8 . Jones, Sir W. Col t, If t 7 . S.ir W. Kerrison, Her E. ole t , i i. „. I Lascelles, Ce ' ' ' 6 . Lowther, lion. Col. Villiers, F. W. Como ton, ii c Lowther, Hny ST Verner, SlurmtrStuart, Trollopsli je nSirS'riyrAN U. tno W. 11 . Vivian, J. E. ,blitt e l i h • Lygon, Gen. Vyvyan, S i r IL R. &Nod ' • Mandeville, Viscount Waddington, H. S. .._ as, George Manners, Lord G. Worcester, Marquis Nt, Sir J It. Me.sterman, J. Wortley, J. S. fr,aiwircl e alenry Miles, William ~,,`Yer, j w .,„ Napier, Joseph TELLTIS. i ib o rt rb, 4 will — L.. Neeld, John Hudson, G. t'all er r ' G • c. ' Dreeld, Jseph %i v 'A. E. • ar N. , Ylacoi n t ewdegat o e, rp C. N. Sibtho, Colonel Newport, Viscount . . teCIR . TING INTELLIGENC E . TA TTERSALL'S —IOESTERDAY. eNtArgreltt, oomber of the subscribers attended for the which occu- Pied °I., o toparing books (a proceeding the p a portion of the afternoon); the betting, ltst re :,, A re ' 'lid not commence until late, was extremely wite -tellvititout much effect on the market . 1 Surplice Gl en ti Nil e Deeper 4 good deal of money at 2 to 6 to I d , and ,--ceodows,,.l4oclurn at 5 to 1, 11 to 2, and force, but, on ""e other ' I t ` 9 to 1; no others were in h Eagle's Ilona, -r. ° Etnd, we may select Besboroug , 0 „ fit ' "GI 13 - • been particularly out t loUr, , Seeyerlac, as having F a r i y e erat 0.1::: nTieht ihr:elipi scarcity were backed for the . Oaks, the Ir e : -. e r , diz ose a ed r , ci t ty g of ra b n o t o . ks, D b o e - in it g -a j g u a s i ; , w c h y a n3 t ue t bs h at e : 7to 4 and Aspasia, were most in req DERBY. I 1 DERBY. Lord Clifden's Surplice t° 2 Nat Mr . J. B. Day's Ni Bt o , tt, agst Mr. Payne's Glendower 10 ' I Desparandum—tkn 14 - 1 apt Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—taken to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Loatistone 14 to 1 20 t agst . 13. Green's Swiss Boy 25 to 2 1 stgst Mr. B. Green's Shvlock ~ 1 agst Duke of Rutland's The Fiddler -u to 1 ao t agst Mr. J. Scott's The Stinger :33 : 1 nest Mr. Pedley's Besborough , 40 to 1 nest 14,rd Eglinton's Eagle s Plume , t 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Beverlac :„,° to 1 asst Mr. Baker's Oscar `fu to 1 agst Mr. Sandford 's The Sheriff—taken . 0_ to, 1 agst Mr. Hussey's Telegraph 2 ) ,,: ) ,°_ . t 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fugleman ',',10 to 30 agst Major Pitt's Fern —taken , ton was declared not to start at half-past four ° clock. °AIM 5 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Do-it-again—taken _7 to 1 tigst Mr. Pedley's Cymba 1 0 to 1 agst Mr• Poljambe's Queen of the May , 111 to 1 ugst Baron Itothschild's Sister to Satirist—t ") to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vexation 12 to 1 ay.st Lord Exeter's Tisiphone 13 is t t( 0 ) i t agst Mr. S. Conwa y's Lady Elizabeth Attraction agst Mr• Qu i n ' s f l 20 to 1 Sathe 8 batiger'itpNtiiora. Merry's Aspasia—taken ree y urd ay u r oo m will be opened this day and A. letter from Bologna, of the Bth, positively an rioUnees the rXo deta. , e -capture lie ar o f Udine by General Durando Th e the arri e give n , G : l z o e f tle du Midi (Marseilles paper) announces the steamer Leonidas, with advice% fro m iresolved4Ples to the Bth• The Dragenetti Ministry, having to refuse the demands of the Sardinian Amb in a t s , - ) I:NI:alto dispatchdi the whole of the Neapolitan army lied to; tril, been accused of treachery, and conspe tenth their portfolios. LICENSED VICTUALLER 5' ASYLUM. On Wednesday evening the twenty-first anniversary of this society was celebrated by the annual festi val of a dinner, at the While Conduit House. There is nothing in the social condition of this country which so I ire-nut • neatly distinguishes it as the character and nut über of the philauthropic institutions which have emanatt d from the spontaneous efforts of private persons, to provide for the necessities of those whet, having occupied indepen dent and respectable positions in society, have been forced, by untoward ei eats, and the vicissitudes of human lite, into adverse circumstances. The ancient corporate guilds of the various corporations, in the olden time, it is but reasonable to believe, had the means of alleviating those accidents of life ; but in modern times other means were required to alleviate the sufferings and privations of unsuccess ful industry in honest are' honourable exertions. It was to meet the exigency of modern necessities that this society was instituted, by which so many respectable families are not only relieved from the degradation and hardships of the workhouse, but the public exonerated from the charge of supporting them from cumpulsory rates. There were not lass than five hundred connected with the trade assembled on this occasion to forward the charitable objects contemplated by this praiseworthy institution. The room in which the festival was celebrated was fitted up in a manner to cote respond with the design. There were two transparencies, in which the virtues of charity and benevolence were delineated with considerable skill. On the one hand the philan , hropist was seen performing the part of the good Samaritan, relieving , the wants of our afflicted fellow-creatures ; and, on the other, the widow, fostered by charitable benevolence, bestowing her blessing on her orphan child ; an apt illustration of the noble efforts of the trade, which provides an asylum for the old and destitute, and an educational establishment for orphans. The chandeliers were decorated with flags and penons, on which were emblazoned the royal arms, the crown, the anchor, and the union, which, by their combined effects very much enlivened the picturesque appearance of the scene. William Wigram, Esq.t presided. On either side of the chairman we noticed William Reid, Esq ; Edward Wigram, Esq.; Octavius Wigram, Esq.; Money Wigram, jun., Esq.; F. W. Flavell, Esq.; and Charles Bleaden, Esq.; Mr. Raven, chairman of the Asylum; past chairmen, Messrs. Vousley, Float, Wallis, Stennett, Hodges, Findley, Button, and Mr. Jones, the secretary. Of the Incorporated Society, Mr. Jones, the governor; past governors, Messrs. Ireland and F. Ward; Mr. Smalley, secretary; and J. Scott, Esq, editor of the Morning Advertiser. Of the Protection Society, Mr. Bennett, chairman; Messrs. Hughes and Hook, past chairmen, and Mr. Smith, secretary. Of the Trustees and Committee of the Incorporated Society, we noticed Messrs. Bishop, Kirkpatrick, Phillips, Finney, and Hill. Of the Protection Society, Messrs. Hair, Shepherd, Rouistree, Green, and several others. The cloth being removed, The CHAIRMAN called upon the vocalists, Messrs. G. F. Taylor, C. Kenny, Smirke, Morley, Shoubridge, and Jones, to give the musical grace, Non nobis Doming, which was sung with great taste and effect. The CHAIRMAN said the first toast he had to propose was one in which he felt convinced all would agree and drink with enthusiasm. It was that of " Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen," and God bless her. Drunk with three times three, the company standing. The vocalists gave the National Authem, " God save the Queen," in which the whole company joined chorus. The CHAIRMAN then gave the " Queen Dowager." Drunk with three times three. Song—" Sleep, gentle Lady, sleep." The CHAIRMAN said he had next the honour of pro posing "The health of her Majesty's Consort, Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." Drunk with all the honours. Glee—" The Prince and the Queen." The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Army and Navy," which was drunk by the company standing, with three times three. Mr. Smirk° sang "Poor Jeanette," which was received with great applause, particularly the couplet, " Let those who rnahe the quarrel Be the only men to fight." The SECRETARY then read the report, and subse quently the first list of subscriptions, which amounted to upwards of 1,2001., among which appeared Messrs. Reid and Co., 100 guineas, and 30 guineas a nnual subscrip tion ; William Wigram, Esq., 10 guineas ; W. Reid, Esq., 10 guineas ; Edward Wigra m Es q ., 10 guineas ; Octavius Wigram, Esq., 10 guineas ; Money VYgram, , Esq., jun., 10 guineas—making a total from the firm of 170 guineas, which, added to the subscriptions of the so licitor to the firm, and other parties connected with it, amounted to a total of 2151. 18s. The CHAIRMAN proposed " Prosperity to the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum and success to the Endowment Fund." The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of the brewers, distillers, wine-merchants, and other supporters of the institution." " John Scott, Esq., Editor of the Morning Advertiser, and the Press of England." " The Ladies who were the supporters of the Institu tion—with a hope that those who were not would soon follow their example." " The Chairman of the Asylum, the Trustees and Committee, and the Out-door Committee of that Insti tution ;" and " The Governor of the Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers, the Trustees, and Committee of that body." The CHAIRMAN then rose, and, accompanied by seve ral of his private friends, retired amidst the cheers of the company. Mr. Raven, the Chairman of the Asylum, was then called to the chair, and the festivities of the evening were kept up for some time longer, atter which the company generally retired, highly gratified with the pro ceedings of the evening. We must ob , erve, before concluding, that the dinner was of that choice and abundant character for which the White Conduit House, under the management of Mr. Rouse, has been long renowned, and that throughout the whole of the entertainment Mr. Higgs proved himself to be a most efficient toastmaster. FESTIVAL OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY. The anniversary festival of the Sons of the Clergy was celebrated yesterday in the usual way; first, in St. Paul's Cathedral in the afternoon by a full choral ser vise ; after which an excellent sermon was preached by the Bev. Thomas Dale, vicar of St. Pancras, and after wards, in the evening, in the Merchant Tailors' Hall, Threadneedle-street, when upwards of two hundred and thirty gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous entertain ment, provided by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, the tasteful and munificent proprietors of the London Tavern. The chair at the dinner was occupied by the Lord Mayor, supported on his right by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Viscount Camden, Mr. Justice Patteson, the Lord Bishop of Exeter; and on his left by the Earl of Harrow by, the Lord Bishop of Winchester, the Lord Bishop of Norwich, the Bishop of Oxford, &c. At the high table were also most of the Aldermen in their scarlet robes; amongst whom we observed Sir Claudius Hunter, Sir George Carroll, Mr. Alderman Copeland, Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. Alderman John son, Sir Chapman Marshall, &c. Near the chair were also Lord Bolton, Thomas Greene, Esq., W. Cotton, Esq., Sir R. P. Glyn, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sheriffs Cubitt and Hill, &c. The vocalists engaged for the occasion wers Messrs. Francis, Barnby, Martin, Bailey, Machin, and Shou bridge, assisted by the young gentlemen of the Chapel Royal. The cloth having been removed, and the usual loyal toasts disposed of, The LORD MAYOR proposed the " Health of his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, the Royal Steward of the year." His Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY (the Pre sident of the festival) apologised for the absence of his Royal Highness, and proposed the " Health of the Lord Mayor." The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and proposed the " Health of the Archbishop of Canterbury." His GRACE returned thanks. The LORD MA.YOR next proposed the " Health of Lord Denman, the vice• president of the day." Mr. Justice PATTESON apologised for the absence of the Noble Lord, and made an eloquent and forcible appeal to the hearts of all present in behalf of the Clergy Orphan Society, and the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy. Ho described the vast benefits conferred on society by the indefatigable zeal of the clergy, and the claims which such services gave the institution on public support. As a going judge of assize, he had many opportunities of witnessing the fact, that in those parishes where clergymen discharged their duties zealously and diligently crime was least prevalent, and that it abounded most in crowded towns, where the number of the clergy was not adequate to the wants of the population. The Learned Judge then went into a long statistical statement for the purpose of showing that crime was the invariable attendant on imperfect education, and concluded by pay ing a compliment to the population of London for the readiness with which all parties, from the highest to the lowest, had enrolled themselves as special constables on the 10th of April last, for the preservation of public order.—(Cheers.) A collection was then made in aid of the funds, which, with the collection in the morning at St. Paul's Cathe dral, and the dividends accruing from funded property, was stated by the treasurer, Mr. Hargreave, to amount to 976/., and elicited cheering. The LORD MAIOR next proposed " The health of the S te wards." The Earl of HIRROWBY returned thanks. " The health of the Bishop of London," of " The Rev. Thomas Dale, the preacher of the day," of " The Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's," and various other toasts, were given and responded to during the evening. The last toast on the list was " Prosperity to the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy," which was responded to with 1 cordial approbation, and the company broke up at half past ten o'clock. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—With reference to a paragraph in the news paper*, stating that an accident occurred on the Eastern Counties Railway on Saturday last, I be g to inform you that th e N ewmarket Railway, upon w hi c h it Happened, is not under the management of this company. statio I am, Sir, y our ver y o b e dient servant, Eastern Counties Railway Office Bish C o . p g Station, London, May 18. v i ) . at ß e ONEY. The Madrid Gazette publishes a decree, ordering the dissolution of the regiment of Espana. The cor porals and sergeants are to be reduced to the ranks. The superior and subaltern officers are to be placed on the retired list. CONVOCATION OF THE CLERGY. Wednesday having been appointed for the convocation of the clergy of the province of Canterbury, in con formity with the mandate issued by the Most Reverend the Primate, the Members of the Upper House assem bled at the Chapter House of St. Paul's, at eleven o'clock, and the Members of the Lower House (consisting of the representatives of the various dioceses, archdesconries, and cathedrals), together with the capitular body, met at the same hour in the vestry•room. The Archbishop of Canterbury, accompanied by his chaplains, having arrived at the Chapter House, was net by the Bishops of Winchester, Hereford, Bangor, Salisbury, Llandaff, and other Right Reveread Pre lates, and the business of convocation was formally opened. The Very Rev. William Rowe Lyall, D.D., who had been elected Prolocutor, presided at the meeting of the Lower House, there being present the Very Rev. the Dean of Norwich, the Very Rev, the Dean of Hereford, the Venerable Archdeacon Hale, the Venerable Arch deacon Sinclair, the Venerable Archdeacon Crofts, th• Rev. Dr. Russell, Rector of Bishopsgate ; the Rev. Dr. Spry, Rector of Marylebone ; the Rev. Charles B. Dal ton, M.A., Rector of Lambeth; the Rev. Dr. Randolph, Rector of Sanderstead; the Rev. James Lupton, M.A., Rector of Queenhithe; the Hon. and Rev. H. M. Vil liers, M.A., and other clergymen elected as represen tatives. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, having taken his seat as President of the Upper House, stated that they had assembled, in accordance with ancient usage, for the purpose of adopting an address to her Majesty. The Convocation had met in November, but, in consequence of that meeting having been prorogued, the address had not been presented, and it had become necessary for her Majesty to issue to him (the Arch bishop) another writ, commanding the re-assembling of Convocation, a writ which was of a similar nature to that directed to his late lamented predecessor. The members of the Lower House having then been summoned, entered the church in procession. The Litany Service, in Latin, was then read, and a Latin prayer for the occasion. Her Majesty's writ of summons was next read. The Archbishop then rose and said—l am sorry that I am not enabled to state to you the precise day on which the address which was unanimously agreed to be presented to her Majesty, can be received. It cannot, however, be presented before Thursday, the 25th inst., the same day on which the address from the University of Cambridge will be presented, at least that being a matter of notoriety, I think that will be the day fixed. The Convocation must, therefore, stand prorogued to that day. His Grace added that although the Convocation stood adjourned to the 25th inst., it was by n• means certain that the address would be presented on that day. On receiving a communication from her Majesty, he would give due notice to the clergy. The members of the Convocation then separated. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Mer 16.—Disputations will be holden in the Divinity School on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, May 22, 23, and 24, by the Rev. Thomas Carteret Maule, M.A.; the Rev. James Bellamy, M.A.; the Rev. James Gram Brine, Fellows of St. John's College, previous to their taking the decree of Bachelor of Divinity, on the following subjects:— " An libri dicti Apocriphi recte a Canone S, Scrip tures rejecti tuerint." " An Cultus Angelorum et Sanctorum Christianis in terdictus sit." " An Sacrificum sit a Deo institututn." "An I'reces Public lingua popula intellecti peragi debeant." " An in Christo Seryatore nostro, dun Naturte, Diving ac humane, inseparabiliter conjunct tuerint." " An Spiritus Sanctus a Patre et Filio procedat." In the convocation to be holden on Thursday next, at ten o'clock, it will be proposed to confer the honorary degree of Doctor in Civil Law on tho Right Rev. Alex ander Penrose Forbes, M.A., Brasenose College, Bishop of Brechin in Scotland. The Regius Professor of Modern History (Dr. Cramer, Dean of Carlisle) proposes this term to continue his course on the Diplomatic History of Europe, from the French Revolution to the Congress of Vienna ; the lectures to commence on the 23d inst., at two o'clock. Those gentlemen who are desirous of attending are requested to leave their names with the porter of New inn Hall. CAMBRIDGE, MAY 17.—THE BURNEY PRIZE.—This annual prize, founded by ➢Miss Caroline J. Burney, to be awarded to the Bachelor of Arts in the first year of his standing who shall produce the bast English essay " on some moral or metaphysical subject, on the exist ence, nature, and attributes of God, or on the truth and evidence of the Christian religion," has been awarded to Granville Hamilton Forbes, 8.A., Downing College. Subject : " The doctrine of a Divine Providence is inse parable from belief in the existence of an absolutely perfect Creator." The medical examinations by the Regius Professor of Physic will commence on Monday; the 29th inst., in the schools under the public library. Candidates are to send in their names on or before the 22d inst. The professors of botany and chemistry will examine candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Physic on the 25th and 26th insts. A permanent curator of the building of the Fitz william Museum (in addition to the curator of the col lection) is to be appointed with a salary of 1001. per annum. Such is the recommendation of the museum syndicate, and there is no doubt of its adoption by the senate. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE. Voluntary Classical Examination, May, 1848. First Class.—Burnett, Curt, Gee, Harrison, Hou. lir. C. Her bert, Irving, Kemp, Morley, Powell, Wawn. Second Class—Aitkens, justice, Attenborough, Codd, Cooke, Hadfield, Jones, Kearney, Lovell, Price, Tatham, Wee ton, Woodhouse. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER TUESDAY.—The dark and threatening appearance of political affairs of the continent generally, and particularly the renewal of disturbances in Paris, with the increasing prospect of intervention by France in reference to the affairs of Italy and Poland, have ex ercised an injurious effect upon our market to day. There has scarcely been a transaction for any part of the con tinent of Europe; and, although the home trade conti nues good, the absence of demand for markets which, under ordinary circumstances absorb so large a propor tion of the entire production of this district, is neces sarily felt in the gradual accumulation of stocks and the continued decline of prices. The little business done has been at irregular rates, and, in many cases, at a slight concession from the prices of last week. From what we have heard upon the subject, we are inclined to believe that goods and yarns are scarce, and decidedly wanted, in some of the continental markets; but the difficulties of negotiating aro so great as to pre sent almost insuperable obstacles to mercantile enter prise. In most of the commercial cities of Germany, we believe, it is almost impossible to make purchases or to procure foreign credits, excepting by means of specie, or short dated paper, with good English acceptances. And such is the want of confidence in the stability of governments and institutions on the continent, that it seems probable that, for some time to come, payments even between cities comparatively near each other, will be generally made by bills on England. Before that can be accomplished, foreign bankers will have to provide funds here to cover their drafts; and we have reason to believe that large sums, in specie and in bills drawn against shipments of produce, have been placed in the hands of London bankers for that purpose. We are glad to learn, that although the cotton trade is suffering under so severe a depression, the silk trade, which is carried on to a large extent in this neighbour ' hood, is in a comparatively prosperous condition. The very low price of the raw material, the former prudence of the manufacturer in limiting their production to the wants of the trade, sad the prostrate condition of the silk manufacture in France, have concurred in causing a very active demand both for broad silks and for mixed goods; and the workpeople engaged in the manufacture are fully and beneficially employed. We learn too, that the that the fine weather has been decidedly advantageous to the muslin printers, and other parties engaged in the production of articles suited to the finer branches of the home trade, who aro generally well employed. For the same reason, and also on account of a rather extensive inquiry for India, the muslin manufacturers at Glasgow have experienced an improved demand for their fabrics, and are in a much better condition than they were in a few weeks ago. ROCIIDA.LE, MONDAY.— There was some slight im provement in the demand for flannels to-day, and rather more pieces sold than last week, but the prices given were very low. In wool, the demand is fiat, and the sales limited, without any change in price. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—A little more is doing in light fancy goods for trouaerings, but not so much as might be expected at this season, and in other sorts there is no improvement. The state of the continent prevents all exports of yarn, with the exception of the demand for the Russian market, and the deepest depression in consequence exists. In wool, scarcely any sales are effected. The stock in the market continues light, and little is coming forward. If there be any alteration in price, it is in favour of the buyer. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There has not been much doing, either i❑ the Cloth Hall or warehouses, although several buyers have attended to-day's market. In good fancy woollens, there is a complaint of great scarcity; and the uncertainty of the result of the wool sales now on, has had a tendency to prevent the production of new stocks. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We have no alteration to report respecting this days market. The attendance has been as usual, but very few goods changed hands, and prices ruled very low, although not lower than goods can be replaced by the manufacturers at the present depressed raw material, which may be bought on easier terms than for many years past.—Manchester Guardian. THE CONVICTS ANNETTE MEYERS AND MARY ANN HUNT.--The governor of Newgate has been re lieved of the custody of these two wretched criminals, who have been so long confined under respited sentences of death within the walls of that prison. Yesterday Mr. Cope received from the Secretary of State for the Home Department a communication informing him of the com muted sentence which it had been determined to inflict up m both convicts. This sentence is two years' im prisonment in the Westminster Brideweli, and, at the expiration of that period, transportation for life to a penal settlement. In accordance with this order, the prisoners were yesterday removed to Tothill Fields Prison, where it has been directed they are to undergo the first portion of their sentence. Franconi's celebrated equestrian troupe of per formers terminated their engagement at Drury-lane Theatre on Tuesday night, and yesterday morning em barked at St. Katherine's -wharf, on board the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Wilberforce, from Havre, en route to Paris. FINE ARTS. HERBERT'S GREAT PICTURE. THE ACQUITTAL of the SEVEN BISTIOPS. Painted by J. R. Iferbert, Those who visited the exhibition of the Royal Academy in 1843 will not have forgotten the extra ordinary work of art which elevated the name of Mr. Herbert t o th e fi rst class among contemporary artists. The elaboration of the design, the multitude of the figures, th e greatness of the su bj ec t, th e ex quisite combination of the colouring, the correctness of the costume, were all too remarkable to fade upon the recollection. It was a picture to be seen once to be remembered always. In its production Mr. Herbert ambitioned much, and his ambition was very far from being disappointed. He consumed in its production three whole years, and those three whole years were not lost, for they enabled him to complete a great historical painting worthy of the daring of his theme, and almost worthy of his own genius. Among those who, in 1848, w ill stand before his scr i ptura l com position of " Herod and H ero di as ," in the Royal Academy E x hibiti on, and especially among those who, in 1847, p ause d b efore his noble represen tati on of the " H o ly F am il y, " there will b e ve ry few indeed who will no t b e solicitous to exam i n e again his celebrated picture of " The Acquittal of the Seven Bi s h ops ." F rom time to ti m e cir cumstances have revived the curiosity of those who have not been fortunate enough to see the production itself. One while the Reverend Hugh M`Neile delivers a discourse illustrative of its merits, at another the . Rev. Hugh Stowell p ronounces a sim il ar e ulogium. At the same time it is generally known that the engraving of the picture is progressing steadily in the at e li er o f M r. S. W. Reynolds, and that the original has received many master touches from it s last hand of M r . H er b ert since the per i o d of last public exhibition. We had the gratification of ourselves witnessing the admirable finish of this work of art wh en we v i s i ted, the ot h er mo rning, the picture gallery at No. 25, C oc k spur - s t re et. To analyse the painting anew w ou ld b e su perfluous, but it will not be sup er fl uous to remar k that its excel lence grows upon the mind the longer and the oftener it is seen. Assisted in a great measure by the strik ing character of the costume of the seventeenth cen tury, the artist has diffused a peculiar splendour over the canvass ; and, while th e eye i s successively at tracted to the jury-box in the centre of the back ground, to the judges on the right hand side, to th . e young law students on the left, to the spectators the body of the hall and in the gallery, unity and concentration is imparted to the picture by the pro minence of the seven accused prelates seated in the middle of the foreground. This is the more remark able inasmuch as the necessity of preserving the cos tumes as accurately as possible compelled, the artist to delineat e a row o f sev en bishops clad in.a monoto nous white--the prelates being, of course, the Arch bishop of C an t er b ury , S a ncroft; the Bishop of Bris tol, Trelavvney ; the Bishop of St. Asaph, Lloyd; the Bishop of Chichester, Lake ; the Bishop of Peterborough, White ; the Bishop of Bath and Wells, Kenn ; and the Bishop of Ely, Turner. In these, and altogether in nearly twenti eight instances, the likenesses have been preserved with the most scrupulous attention— s circumstance which enhances the value of the com position a hundredfold. Among these portraitures there is very considerable power in the visages of the four judges—Sir Robert Wright, the Lord Chief Justice of England; Justice Powell; Justice Hol loway ; and Sir Richard Allibone. Sir Roger Langley, Bart., the foreman of the jury of t we l v e good men an d t rue , i s just delivering in the memor able verdict of " Not Guilty ;" and a youth is pro claiming the glad intelligence to the crowd assembled in Westminster Hall. One face and one figure, however, have an interest to us paramount to all the rest. It is the face of a young man—handsome—in- telligent—nonchalant. It is the figure of a junior barrister. He has already delivered his speech as the last of the counsel of the accused, and although his maiden speech, his oration has profoundly influenced the verdict. The young barrister afterwards be came Lord High Chancellor of England. It is the celebrated Lord Somers—" an illustrious states man, of consummate abilities and irreproachable integrity." There is much genius —genius of a peculiar character in Mr. Herbert's delineation of Lord Somers, then Mr. Somers. He is represented as looking at the Lord Chief Justice, who is inter rupting Sir Roger Langley with an objection—and the physiogomy of the future Chancellor is expressive of his perfect conviction of the futility of such inter ruptions, and his confidence in the result of the cause he has himself defended with so much eloquence. As indicative of his placidity in that moment of inde scribable anxiety, he is calmly extracting a pinch of snuff from his snuff-box. We might unquestionably enumerate a variety of blemishes in the production ; we might condemn the feebleness of the back- ground, the want of serial perspective, the over-minuteness of some parts, such as the very weaving together of the threads in the Brussels carpet, we might cavil at the introduction of a lap-dog into a subject so infinitely austere in its moral—but we cannot but feel that, with t he counterpoise of so many extraordinary merits as are perceptible at the first glance, such an enumer ation would be little better than hypercritical. It is an honourable fact—a fact worthy of remembrance in the records of art—that the idea of this great picture was suggested by a provincial publisher, Mr. Thomas Agnew, of Manchester, and that to the munificence of Mr. Agnew is attributable, in the first instance, the encouragement of the artistic genius of John Rogers Herbert. ART-UNION JOURNAL. Another admirable number of the Art-Union Journal has just been published, illustrated by a beautiful engraving of the " Grape Gatherer of Capri," from the original painting by Rodolph Leh mann. Mrs. Hall's serial of " Pilgrimages to Eng lish Shrines" continues to be among the most attractive features of the p e riodical; the present instalment of the series being descriptive of the Residence of Dr. Isa ac W atts. S ome o f the original designs for domestic purposes are really exquisite — instance the coffee-cup and tea-cup at page 146, by Henry Fitz-Cook. Mary Thornycroft's Statuette of the Princess Alice, as Spring, is prettily repre sented by E. Corbould ; and Mr. Collins's picture of " Crossing the Sands " is excellently engraved by Radclyffe. Most of the miscellaneous notices and criticisms evince considerable intelligence. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday morning at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the lion. Alexander Gordon, went yesterday morning to inspect the model lodging-house. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and attended by the Hon. Ma tilda Paget, took an airing in an open carriage and four, yesterday afternoon. The Hon. Colonel Grey, Equerry in Waiting, attended on horseback. Prince Alfred, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, were taken a drive in a carriage and four yester day, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. The Princess Alice took an airing in the garden of the Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Charletnont, Earl of Morton, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon, honoured the performance at her MaiestY's Theatre with their presence last evening. Her Rnyal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Au gusts Bruce, and his Royal Highness the Prince o f Prussia, also honoured the performance ye sterda y even ing, with their presence. resented to Major Hagart, of the 7th Hussars, was p the Queen by the Marquis of Anglesey, on Wednesday, at the Levee. W T es h tm e in ß s ec te t r o , r wi a t n h d an Ch A u d re d h re w s aden srwhserofmSatielsityar,ghaardeta'an, o g n s o i f s t i t n h g e interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home office. A a 11 1 I d A s cl y d , r D e I ss r . . The Rev. William 11. Biederman had an interview on Wednesday with Sir George Grmeyr., t j o o p s r e e p se h nt Mr. Cunard, Mr. M‘Cartlay, glad Mr. Wyse had in terviews with Earl Grey :yesterday, at the Colonial office. consisting e erica rate-of A lpr d a. e 3 p Ge u r. t s a E t o i t: o n m theu nntzo,appointedroAolg.rh. a , t o f anpirumbilnicghmaerne,ti William Kerkhoff, and Dir. Joseph Corbett, had an in terview yesterday with Sir George Grey. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had Et general meeting yesterday. , wereoffiDceis,pfarotemhetshen Pro vinces. The Mayor of Liverpool, Sir Thomas Phillips, M Governorsreceiy e do of the t s h t e e r isi otti o y r t h a t A r. Hindley, and Mr. Pollard, bad interviews, yesterday, with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office. -..............----- DESPERATE STRUGGLE IR A RAILWAY CARRIAGE, —ln connexion with the increasing necessity for com munications in emergency between the passengers and guards of a train, the Ilirmingham Journal narrates a singular and desperate encounter between an officer and three thieves, who m he was taking to Warwick gaol by railway. Wh en the train had passed stitchterd the fellows suddenly sprang upon the constable, and at tempted to force him out of the window. The officer, named Pearson, struggled agai nst his opponents and cried aloud for help. His cries they would an d, overpowered by the desperadoes, they would probably clip t his his r handcuffs,e a d ful st r u have accomplished their purpose but for the smallness of the aperture through which they endeavoured to thrust him. Failing in this, he was pinioned to the floor of the carriage, while two of the villains pressed their knees on his chest with such force at the blood gushed from and, e zet one t o h f e t o h ffi e c t e h r ie 's ve m s ou co th n ting out of the window, threw himself off the —• tram and succeeded in escaping, as no trace of him bas since ' been discovered. On the arrival of the train at Marsto n Green, Pearson apprised then uard of what had occurred) and one of the railway cotables was placed i n . trii i red uri t n o g nth carriage as an additional security, and accompanied the prisoners to Warwick, where they were safely lodged in gaol. ..ii,i'J:~~~ IRELAND. ................1. DITHLIN, MIY 17.—REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—This body met to-day at half-past one o'clock, and were attended by Mr. O'Connell, M.P., Mr. J. O'Connell, M.P., Mr. D. O'Connell, Mr. J. 11. Dunne, Mr. T. Galway, and also Mr. Fitzgerald, one of the jurors in the case of " The Queen v. W. S. O'Brien." Mr. O'CoxNELL filled the chair, and congratulated the Irish people upon the defeat sustained by the Government in the late state prosecutions against the Hon. Member for the county Limerick and Mr. J. F. Meagher. Mr. STOCK then brought forward a resolution, ex pressing the delight of the Committee at the result of the two prosecutions in which the Crown were defeated. ' The motion was as follows:—" That this associa tion hails with inexpressible delight the refusal on the part of the two special juries, composed of a selection carefully made by the agents of the Crown, from what they declared to be the in telligence, property and character of the citizens of Dubli n , to f i nd a verdict of Guilty,' against Messrs. O'Brien an d Meagher, inasmuch as the most convincing proof h as b een thereby furnished of the light in which the question o f repeal i s regarded by the class to w hi c h those juror s b e l ong, and an incontrovertible answer has been give n t o t h e calumnies of the English press, and. down nationalitya be com mun i cated with our sincerest thecongra boasts o f t h e Whig Ministry. That a copy of the foregoingtulations t o M essrs. O ' Brien and Meagher. " The b al Learned G ent l eman, in conclusion, expressed it as his opi t nion that the Whi gs would never again attempt to pu packing Council juries, or according to h b yfor i c a e. ldr plan, GALWAv seconded th e mot i on, and i nsisted on t h e formati on of a Ntion y notwithstanding the proclamations of Government, which they s h ou ld regard as waste paper. The motion was adopted, and the rent was announced at four o'clock to be 331. APPLICATION TO ADMIT MR. MITCHEL TO BAIL. An application was made in the Que 8 Ben en' ch cham ber, bef o r e th e Chi ef Justice, at half the admission o f M r. J ohn Mitchel to Past ten o'clock, for Sir Colman O'L og hl en read a bail. portion informa tions under whi c h M r. Mitchel hadh of the een committed to prison, and stated that by a recent Victoria, the off e n ce w i t h whichMr Act, the 11th charged was made a f e l ony, Mitchel s t oo d Y, otherwise .h been admitted to bail i n the usual w e would h ave ay. The f the case rendered it a ma t ter of right that Mr. M eats of should be admitted to bail if t h e court were Mitc h satisfied c that he would afterwards be amenable tojustice.l to "Blackstone's Commentarie s " a ll offences were e ba ng able except those of murder, t reason, and some other felonies therein specified ; but it leaves the ordinary cases untouched. This offen ce was the same as thos bailable at common law, and the Co ur t i n a ll such e cases never refused bail, except in something of an extraor dinary description. In delivering judgement in the case of "The Queen e. Wood," Mr. Justice Crampton said that in all such cases, where sufficient bail could be given so as to ensure the attendance of the party accused, the Court should always accept it. In the case of " The Queen v. Gray," an application was made to Judge Perrin on circuit to have the prisoner admitted to bail, but he having some doubts on his mind as to the pro priety of doing so, referred the application to the Queen's Bench, and they acted on it. The prisoner was accordingly admitted to bail. There was nothing to pre vent bail from being taken in common law, except in cases of the offences of murder, manslaughter, and some other cases, which come under the peculiar construction of the statute. He•would therefore call on the Court to admit Mr. Mitchel to bail, which was a matter en tirely at the discretion of the Court. Mr. Baldwin opposed the application, and said that the offence with which Mr. Mitchel was charged was not only felony, but it was an instigation to commit the highest class of offences known to the law, hav ing a tendency to deprive her Majesty of her royal prerogative and Crown, and to establish a republic. Mr. Mitchel stood charged with two offences of that description under the third section of the Act, and his Lordship would see the propriety of not admitting Mr. Mitchel to bail, who was In the habit of repeating the offence. He did not dispute the right of the Court to exercise its jurisdiction, and did not mean to say but the Court might take bail ; but it was an extraordinary kind of offence. The only effect that bail would have would be to discharge Mr. Mitchel for two days, as he was entitled to take his trial on Saturday before his commission. Sir COLMAN O'Locrustia—l wish to observe, with respect to Mr. Baldwin's remark about Mr. Mitchers offence being treason — Mr. BALDWIN—I beg your pardon, I don't mean to say so ; I allude to its tendency. CHIEF JUSTICE—I wish to state that I will be con siderably influenced on the subject, in coming to a deci sion, by an affidavit from Mr. Mitchel, stating that the publication of such documents will not hereafter be _repeated. • Sir Comizasr O'Locumsti—My Lord, I have received no instructions to that effect. CHIEF JUSTICE—WeII, then, I must refuse bail, as there is no security given that the offence will not be repeated. His Lordship then left the chamber, and the parties retired. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Share market is steady, and a good demand prevails for the stocks and shares, particularly London and North-Western and Midland, Dover, Newcastle and Berwick, and Great Northern. The sales are—Amber gate, Nottingham, and Boston, 51e. 3d. dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 6/. 13s. 9d. dis.—Caledonian, 32 1 A —Eastern Counties, 15—Ditto, New 101. Shares, I ls. 3d. p.—Great Northern, 9% dis.—Lanca. shire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3 4 dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 3% c. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 21% dis.— London and North-Western, 1344—Ditto, Quarters, 2% p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Linc o l n shire, Quarters, No. 1, c. dis.—Ditto, ditto, No 2, 15—Ditto, Eighths, 44 dis. —Ditto (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 204 dis.— Midland Stock, 107 c.—Ditto, New Halves, 4% dis.—North Staffordshire, 2% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, \o. 4, Thirds, 2% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B. Extension), No. 2, I:p.—York, and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension, 3134. MANCHESTER, MAY 18. STOCK ExcitAxon—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 2 9-16 dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 9-16 dis.—Eastern Counties, 15—Ditto, Preference (min. 6 per cent.), % p.—Great Northern, 9% dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 3 11-16 die.—London and North-Western, New, 2 1 ,4 p.—London and South-Western, 49—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, Preference, 3 p.—North Staffordshire, 2 3-16 die.— Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 18 dis.—South- Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 2 l3-16 dis. ROBERT HOUDIN'S SOIREES FANTASTIR,UES.—The extraordinary and interesting experiments of this masterof magic continue to increase in popularity ' andattrac tion. The St. James's Theatre was last night crowded with a fashionable audience, notwithstanding the counter attractions of Jenny Lind and Grisi, at the two great lyric establishments. During the past week the fol lowing distinguished persons have visited these per formances:—The Marquis and Marchiones of Douglas, the Marquis of Donegal!, the Marquis of Blandford, the Ladies Cadogan, Viscount Strangford, Lord Churchill, La Marquise Como de la Force, Lord Rivers, the Coun tess of Blessington and the Misses Power, the Count d'Orsay, Lady and the Misses Domvile, Viscount Nowry, Lady de Dunstanville, Sir John and Lady Lyster Kayo, Hon. Mr. Ashburnham, Sir George Talbot, Mr. and Mrs. Lyne Stephens, Mr. and Mrs. Brunel, Mrs. Dodd, Mrs. iFitsgerald, Mr. and Mrs. Arabin, Sir F. Trench, Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Ad miral and Mrs. Mitford, Mr. B. B. Williams, Captain Lyon, Mr. Williamson Ramsay, Miss Leigh, Captain Boyd, Mr. Baillie, the Misses Buller, Mr. and Miss Holford, Mr. Little Gilmour, Mr. Addington, &c. GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.--YeS terday forenoon the annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of this well -supported and useful society was held in the Hanover Square Rooms. The Hon. Sidney Pierrepoct, who presided, opened the business of the meeting by a few prefatory observations on the progress and advantages of the institution. The Rev. David Laing, honorary secretary, read the report for 1847. The receipts of the institution had considerably in creased, and assistance in temporary distress had been rendered in 331 cases, to the amount of 7811. The num ber of Irish cases was particularly large, and their dis tress great. Seven additional annuities to aged go vernesses had been granted. In relation to the Pro vident Fund, the receipts for annuities on Go vernment security amounted to 5,3891. 10s.; in this branch the severe pressure of the times has been painfully felt. The sum deposited last year in the Savings Bank was 6851. 6s. The Home has fully an swered the purposes of its formation as a permanent shelter for the sick and needy, and a site has been se lected on which to erect an asylum for the aged. The number registered during the past year was 1,343, of whom 742 have obtained engagements. 10,558 persons entered their names on the porter's book. The financial statement showed the receipts of the institution to be 9,037/. 15s. 5d., the expenditure left a balance of 6 15/. The receipts towards the Provident Fund amounted to 8,3261. 12s. 11d., and residue, left after the disburse. ments, 1651. The Right Honourable Lord Manners moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Viscount Ingestre, and passed unanimously. A vote of thanks to the committees, officers, and chairman_ closed the proc ee din gs . REPRESENTATION OF CIRENCESTER.---TWO ad dresses have been issued to the elect ors o f this borough. The Honourable Charles Ponsonby, son of Lord d e Mauley, a Whig, has issued an address, wherein he says---.' Having during the last t wo Parliataents sup ported reform, the experience of past events has streng thened my conviction that a liberal policy is best adapted to our constitution, and the best and surest guarantee to the stability of our institutions. Although a supporter of the general policy of the Government, I cannot view but with regret the re-imposition of the income-tax in its present oppressive form; and hope that, before long, property will bear its fair share of the national burdens, and that by strict economy the industrious classes will be relieved from a tax which presses so unequally upon them." Mr. Joseph R. Mullings, who is a Conservative and resident of the town, has issued an address, in the course of which he says--" I am a strenuous supporter of our invaluable institutions, and especially all apper taining to Protestantism ; and whilst opposed to:measures calculated to destroy our venerated constitution by or ganic and ill - considered changes, I am, and ever have been, a friend to civil and religious liberty, in the true and proper meaning of those terms. lam anxious, and will use my endeavours, that the necessary and inevitable burdens and taxation of this country shall be placed upon a footing which shall secure, as far as practicable, a fair and equitable adjustment; and that in measures of legislation, the proper advancement and the interest of its inhabitants shall have my first and most devoted re gard." The late Mr. Cripps was a son of Mr. C r ip ps, the father, as he was called, of the House of Commons, who represented this borough in successive Parliaments for nearly thirty-ive years. err tyrn • THE CHINESE WAR JUNK KEYING. Yesterday a private view of this novel and beautiful vessel took place at the East India Docks. After having successfully encountered many perils by sea, the junk has at length safely arrived in the river Thames, owing, in a great measure, to the enterprise and nautical skill of Captain Kellett and Mr. Revett. The Chinese being for the most part only coasters, and, although they know the use of the compass, are averse to long journeys, or, indeed, any travelling by sea in which it is likely that traces of land may be lost, the utmost efforts were re quired to get the vessel past the Bogue Forts without ' interruption, more especially was this the case, as con siderable suspicion was aroused on account of the junk being registered in ballast only. It was, however, ulti mately got out to sea, with a crew consisting of thirty natives and twelve English seamen with officers. Great care was necessary in keeping the natives in good humour, as they had never before taken so long a voyage. Before they would sign their articles Capt. Kellett was obliged to purchase, to a considerable amount, tinfoil, silvered paper, and josh-sticks, for the purpose of their worship. At first they scrupulously performed their idolatrous worship, but after a time they grew cold, and on the representations of the captain, voluntarily abandoned it. One of their most common and highly-prized super stitions was a belief in the efficacy of tying red rags on the rudder, cable, mast, and principal parts of the vessel, which were considered safeguards against danger. The largest junks are of about one thousand tons burden, the "Keying" is of the second size. The following descrip tion of it will, in some measure, give our readers an idea of its peculiarities. The " Keying" is so named out of compliment to the Chinese Commissioner at Canton; is built entirely of teak; and is understood to be nearly a hundred years old. This seemed highly probable, as one of her former crew had sailed in her upwards of fifty years since. Her extreme length is one hundred and sixty feet; breadth of beam, twenty-five feet and a half ; depth of hold, twelve feet ; height of her poop, f r om the water, thirty - eight feet ; height of her bow, thirty feet. She carries three masts. The mainmast is ninety-five feet in length, and is made of one large piece of teak, ten feet in circumfer ence at the bottom, but not perfectly straight, and is hooped round with iron in consequence of being cracked, while undergoing the process of hardening. The mode adopted to accomplish this last purpose by the Chinese, is to bury the timber for a considerable period in marshy ground ; and teak, after being thus treated, is said to become as hard as iron. There are Chinese characters painted on the body, signifying " Good luck to the junk." The foremast is seventy-five feet in length, and thirty inches in diameter, it rakes forward, and is supported by a large piece of wood on the after part. The sails are made of closely woven matting—a substance much lighter than canvass, holds the wind better, and rarely splits, because it never shakes in the wind. The main sail w e i g h s n i ne tons, and covers a surface o f e l eve n hundred yards. To raise such a ponderous weight requires forty men , w i th the aid o f t h e ca p s tan, without the aid of which eighty men would be needed. The rudder is, perhaps, the most singular part of the vessel. It ism!,de of i ron woo d an d tea k, bound with iron, its weight is from seven and a half to eight tons. It is perforated with rhomboid a l h o l es , and, in deep w ater , i s twelve of feet below th e b ottom o f t h e vesse l. The great elevation the st ern enables the rudder to be elevated or depressed ' according to th e d e p t h, an d by this means th e d raught of water of th e K ey i ng may be t made to vary f rom twelve to twenty-fo ur f eet . Wh en mu the rudder is rai se d up, as be the case i n shallow water, the vessel i s steered with st a shorter tiller on the second poop. When let down to its greatest depth, it requires occasionally the aid of fifteen men to move th e large tiller, and even then with the aid of this aid purchase, and the best patent blocks. Without luff t ac kl e it would require thirty men. On one occasion, the junk was running before a fresh spp r e o gale, attended when hail squalls, a tiller rope of nine inches with in ith was n two. Instead of braces and pintles, two immense a made of bamboo and grass pass under the bottom, and s come over the bows on the upper deck, where they are fastened; these serve to confine the rudder to the stern. The anchors are made of iron wood, the one weighing three thousand, the other two thousand seven hundred pounds. The cables aboard are very curious, and are made either of bamboo or rattan—of these the former is the more preferable, as it does not chafe so much on rocky ground, and lasts equally long, whether used in salt or fresh water. The windlass, which is made of iron-wood, has no palls, so that one part of the men employed at it are obliged to hold on. The whole mode of building is most peculiar; instead of the timbers being first raised, as with us, they are the last in their places, and the vessel is put together with immense spiked nails. The next process is doubling and clamping above and below decks. Two immense beams or string pieces are then ranged below, fore and aft, which keep the other beams in their places. The deck frames are an arch, and a platform erected on it protects it from the sun, and from other in juries otherwise inevitable. The wales form an other singular feature in this vessel. They usually project about three feet from the side. Their object is threefold, to enable the vessel to carry more cargo, to save tonnage dues, for the wales are not regarded in the measurement, and to prevent the vessel's rolling. The vessel is roughly executed, as indeed is the case with most of the Chinese boats. In every respect does this junk differ from any vessel of ours—its build, absence of bowsprit and shrouds, and other minutia, all serve to form a marked difference from our pre sent seafaring craft. Surveying the deck from the summit of the poop, it has much the appearance in its general arrangements of the large early English men of-war, such as the " Great Harry." The galley or cooking-house is built of bricks, painted a bright blue, and having two compartments, the one for fry ing meat, and the ether for boiling rice. The saloon, or state cabin, in which most of the curiosi ties are placed, will next demand our attention. The entrance is protected by a sort of sky-light, the sides of which are formed of the prepared oyster-shells, so commonly used in China instead of glass, the latter being too expensive for general purposes. It is thirty two feet long, twenty eight broad, and fifteen and a half feet in height. From the ceiling are suspended specimens of some of the different kind of lanterns for which the Chinese are so remarkable. They are made of every imaginable form and size, and the materials of which they are composed are extremely various. The Joss-house is situated at the back of the saloon, and with the idol it contains is held in the highest venera tion by the sailors. In the second gallery is the sailors' Joss-house, which contains the deity of the sea. Her most gracious Majesty the Queen, accompanied by hi s Royal Highness Princ e Alb er t an d the Prince of Wales, has been over the junk, and expressed her gratification at the view. On the occasion of her Majesty's visit, the junk was decorated with the most beautiful flags and banners ; the foremost of which, and the one which first caught the royal attention, bore on it a Chinese inscrip tion to the following e ff ec t :—" M ay the Queen live a thousand years." AFFRAY WITH THE MILITiRT.-WOOLWICE, MAY 12.—A disturbance of rather a serious character occurred at Woolwich last night. The representative of the Guelphs and Ghibbelines were in this case the gunners of the Royal Artillery and the privates of the Royal Marines, and, as tar as we could learn, the origin of the feud was this:—An athletic gunner of Artillery, named Walker, was a few nights since "set upon" and ill treated by several privates of Marines, who were drink ing at a public-house in the lower part of the town. The Artilleryman, smarting to avenge the injury, mustered a clan of recruits, in number about twenty, who visited the low p u bli c -h ouses, and i nflicted summary punishment upon all the members of the amphibious corps who were unlucky enough to fall into their clutches. Last night it became the turn of the Marines to retaliate, and accordingly, between eight and nine o'clock, about 150 men of that corps assembled, many of them armed with heavy sticks, and visited all the public-houses, turning out the artillery, and administer ing the summary law of Justice Lynch to all they met. The artillerymen resisted as well as they were able, and at one time matters assumed a very serious aspect. The alarm was g i ven at head quarters, and extra pickets were sent out, who paraded the streets with drawn b ayonets, and at length succeeded in restor ing order. The re su l ts o f the bate e were, that one artilleryman was conveyed to the barracks on a stretcher, tw o . or three others w ere so severely i n j ure d as to be carried off the field hors de combat, and a multitude of the belligerents on both sides swelled the catalogue of the wounded, having :received broken heads, black eyes, and other contusions. Threats have been made of a renewal of the conflict to-night, but it is to be hoped that the au thorities will confine the men to barracks. The police did not interfere, in consequence of a standing order in terpose except the Commissioners that they are not to except complaint is made by a civilian. TEE SALE OF ARMS 'IN MINCHESTIE.—Yester day morning a shop for the sale of arms was opened in the Rochdale-road, at the corner of Gould-street, by a boot and shoemaker, named Douney. His stock of weapons apparently consists of only two descriptions— a pike head, having a blade about a foot in length, by tapering from about li inch in breadth to a point, spring ing from a heavy piece of iron about six inches in length, which has at the other end two cheek pieces about one foot in length, by which the head is to be fastened upon the staff. The other weapon is a rude cutlass, with a blade about two feet in length, fastened into a common wooden handle, without any guard for the hand; this is apparently the same description of weapon as that sold by the well-known Dr. Reynolds, at Liverpool. The shop was in the early part of the day surrounded by a considerable number of persons. When we visited the spot in the afternoon there were but few persons about it, chiefly Irishmen. They were critically discussing the merits of the weapons, which they seemed to think but very indifferent ones, as they observed that the pike heads would prove far too heavy for effectual use, at the end of an eight-feet staff, while the inferior materials and workmanship of the cutlasses, would render them easy to be broken.—Manchester Guardian. OUTRAGE AND DILATE IN CONNAUGIIT.—In the week past, four butchers of the town of Sligo made an excursion to an adjacent market for the purpose of pur chasing cattle. When there, they were pointed out to certain desperate individuals of the mob who, at the late election, were hired, according to the expression of the locality, "to shout and fight for Towneley." The persons singled out for the ferocious, assault to be per petrated at a later hour, were GilganAGorman, Healey, and Burns ; and accordingly, on their return to Sligo from Ballymote, they were assailed with merciless brutality. One of the number, Burns, had hil leg fracsared in the affray, and died, in consequence, on Sunday last. The poor fellow leaves a, wife and family in the depth of grief and destitution. Two of the cowardly offenders have been identified and lodged in prison. Their confessions are expected to reveal the shameful instigation to which the savag be aseribod.—Frons a Correspondent. e outrage is to uaciou Ai 9F C OittL *Ca 1.6.1 W LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, May IS. (1349 re Mr. Under-Sheriff Btracsra.L. SEIRLE V. GRAPE. This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damage fu an action to recover compensation for an assault a nd f a l se impriscnment, under the following circum stances : The plaintiff, a compositor, having rece ived his wiages on Saturday night, the Bth of January, in the pre dent year, was returning home to Lambeth, where he resides, in company with a shopmate named Beret], an d . on passing through Blackfriars-road, they turned into a public-house to have a glass of ale. Plaintiff celled for a pint of ale, and wishing to obtain ch before he returned home, he requested a femalie at the bar to give him change for a sovereign. 31rt. Grape; the landlady, shortly after brought the changa and handed it to the plaintiff; and the - latter, in re , turn, gave her the sovereign. Soon after, however, Mrs. Grape again returned, and said that the plaintiff had not given her the sovereign, upon which an altercation took place, the result of which was, that Mr. Grape, the de fendant, went for a policeman, and gave the plaintiff into custody on a charge of felony; he was consequently conveyed through the streets to the station-house, at Tower-street, Lambeth, where the charge was fornially entered against him, and he was locked up in a cold, damp cell, where he remained until Monday morning. The plaintiff was then taken to the Southwark Police court, and the case heard before Mr. Cottingham. The magistrate, however, dismissed the case, and discharged the plaintiff, with the remark that he (the plaintiff) left the court without] the slightest stain upon his cha racter. It was alleged that the plaintiff's health had been materially injured by the confinement in the cell at the police-station, and that it also affected his mind to a considerable extent. These facts were proved in evidence by several wit nesses. Other evidence was given, which established the fact that the defendant had attempted to compromise the affair. For the defence, evidence was given to show that the plaintiff did not give the sovereign, but in this they failed. After some further proceedings, The UNDER-SHERIFF, in summing up, said Ole plain tiff was entitled to whatever amount of damages the jury considered would:compensate him for the injury inflicted on his health and character. From the evidence it ap peared that he was a man of character. The fact of his being eighteen years in the same employment spoke much as to his respectability. The defendant had cer tainly acted very incautiously. He should have taken care to have properly investigated the matter before he gave the plaintiff in charge. The jury were to take all the circumstances into their consideration, and give the plaintiff fair and reasonable compensation for the injury inflicted on him. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 71. 10s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. George Smith and John Barris, were charged before Sir Peter Laurie, with committing the following daring robbery. Joseph Dalton, 366, stated, that while on duty on Holborn-hill, about twenty minutes before eight o'clock, the previous evening, he observed the two prisoners and another man walking up and down two or three times in front of Mr. Thompson's shop. They looked in as they passed, and observing the shopman's back was turned, Smith immediately took a large roll of cloth from the doorway. and they all walked away towards Ely-place. He followed them, and when they arrived at Mitre. court, Harris opened a sack, and Smith put the cloth into it. Witness rushed forward, upon - which the last mentioned prisoner dropped the cloth, and bolted, leaving his hat behind him. A cry of " stop thief " was raised by Dalton, and he was captured in Ely-place t b h y ir t d he m p a o o retesropod. , a while the officer secured Harris. The Daniel H ump h reys, a porter, at El y -pl ace , d e p ose d t o bearing e the gate gates cry n of u o s i t b o o p r n .h i thief, u . th and seising the prisoner near Francis Franklin, a shopman, in the service of Mr. Thompson, yards of plaid g draper i and trimming seller, identified the to his master. It consisted of 291 Sir PETER LA.URI property as belo ng i ng doeskin, valued at 31. 4a. bid. They had committed : bold d d the case was quite clear. sooner they were sent out of andthe daring robbery, and the T country the better. They were committed for t r i al. of Bat!: Mr. George Alexander Buckland and Co. , John Gibbs, in the servic e o packers, and George Scott, in th-st.rept, Newgate street, and Charles Webb, of Colemane- employ of Messrs. John charged, the former with stealin g street, merchants, were the latter with purloining a quantit y a p o i f ece of cloth, and pro perty of their masters; and Benjamin Cohen , the passage, Basingball-street, described u a dealer,gener,ftiCliurch with receiving the same, knowing it tab. 'stolen Evidence having been received, all: three . • prisoners were committed to Newgate for trial. W ORS HIP-ST.R.EE T. Three men of notorious character, named Themes Jones, Samuel Smith, and Harry Douglas, were charged, conjointly with a woman named Elizabeth Smith, with having assaulted Emma Underwood, and stolen from her person a purse containing 17s. The prosecutrix stated that she bad occasion to pro. teed to Whitechapel in a cab on the preceding evening, and on parting with a friend who accompanied her, as she was a stranger in that neighbourhood, she entered a public-house, to inquire her way to Holborn, where she resided. The prisoners, who were drinking in front of the bar and overheard her inquiry, intimated that they were going that way themselves, and offered to see her as far as they went. She accepted their proposal, and, after taking some money from her purse to pay for some refreshment, and replacing it in her bosom in their pre sence, she proceeded with them till they reached Finsbury-square, when the prisoner Jones stepped hastily in front of her and struck her a violent blow on the face, which knocked her down in the road. The prisoner Douglas then seized her by the shoulders and forcibly held her down, while Jones knelt upon her chest, and, thrusting his hands down her bosom, ab stracted her purse and money, when the whole of them ran off; but her cries of " murder" attracted the atten tion of a policeman, and they were almost immediately secured. Police-constable Fisher stated, that upon hearing the woman's outcries, he ran to the spot, and found the pro aeeutrix, whose mouth was streaming with blood, in the act of rising from the ground, and observing the pri soner Douglas running rapidly from her he pursued and took him into custody. He afterwards accompanied the prosecutrix in the direction the other prisoners had taken, all of whom were also shortly overtaken, and having been at once; recognised by the young woman as her assailants, were secured and lodged in the station. In their defence, the prisoners, with the exception of Jones, who declined saying anything, gave a general denial to the charge, and the magistrate ordered them to be brought up again on Tuesday next, that the depo sitions of the witnesses might be taken. THE MURDER IN SPITALFIELDS. Yesterday Mr. W. Baker held an inquest at the Duke of Wellington, Spitalfields, on the body of Henry Lazarus, aged six and a half years, who was murdered on Monday night last. Mr. S. Gates, solicitor, attended on behalf of the friends of the deceased to watch the case. The jury having viewed the body, the following witnesses were called : David Lazarus, a general dealer, of 26, Tenter-street, Tenter-ground, Spitalfields, identified the deceased as his son, and having repeated the evidence given before the magistrate at Worship-street Police-court, added that he saw the deceased last alive at about half-past nine o'clock on Monday night. The CORONER—When you last saw the deceased, was any one with him? Witness—There was; my wife and cousin were there. The CORONER—How was it that you first missed the child? Witness—l had ordered my wife to make the bed, when the deceased went to the front door, and sat on a chair. It was from the chair I missed him. After the bed was made my wife called the children one by one, and after the two girls were undressed I found that deceased had left the chair unknown to either of us. We then went about the neighbourhood making inqui ries about him, but could gain no tidings of him. He was dressed in a pair !of dark corduroy trousers and jacket, but no waistcoat, and a pair of stout boots. CORONER Was there any mark on the clothes? Witness—One of the buttons was broken off the jacket, and I removed one from the hip of the trousers to supply its place, and fixed an ;odd one on the trousers; besides which, the legs being too long, I turned them up at the bottom, so that I should be able to identify them if amongst 10,000 pairs. The CORONER—This is very important, and if it finds its way into the newspapers it will have the effect of causing every person to examine any clothing that may be offered for sale. A juror—What was the value of the clothes? Wit ness—They would not fetch above half a crown. The boots might probably fetch another Is. 6d. Joseph Levy, of No. 9, Fryingpan - alley , sai d that he was in the service of Mr. Cartesso, a coal dealer , of 16, Tenter-street. Ho left off wor k at eleven o 'clock on en you left was there a n y one i n the Monday night, and went ho me to slee p . The yard? C Witness—l ga—h am certain then © was not, for before I left, in conse q uence of having missed some things - f ro m the yard, I looked round an d f oun d that oN nobody was there. The next morning, w h en I went t o the yard I saw the child 's ear through a crevice in the board. The board had been removed from where I placed it to the wall against the house. Nothing else w as disturbed in the yard. Mr. Gilbert, surgeon, said that be was called up on Tuesday morning to see the deceased. When he ar rived life was extinct., and had been so some hours. H isimpression was that death was caused from stran gulation. The CORONZR said it would not be right to bring a case of such importance hastily to a conclusion. He should like the contents of the stomach to be analysed, as it was impossible to tell what might hereafter arise. He did not think they ought to leave a stone unturned, and it additional time was given the clothing of deceased might be traced. The case was certainly one of the most mysterious nature he had ever heard of. The jury were therefore bound over, each in the sum of 401., to appear on Monday next. Istsa IMTUD/INCE.—A few days since an Irish beggar addressed a respectable inhabitant of Taunton as follows:—" Good morning, yer honour, and is it yerself that will place to be kind enough to giTe me a penny?" The reply of the person appealed to was that he hadn't one. " And is it yer ownself," asked the Irishman, " that would be kind enough to go and ask that gentle. man for one for me:" Finding that it was not himself that would do anything of the sort, Paddy walked of DON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY l9, 1848.