The Sun. — London, England, 1835-05-06 00:00:00

SOUTH DEVON ELECTION. (From the Morning Advertiser.) Y E XETER, TUESDAY NIGHT, HALF - PAST FOUR. sl' o would, no d ou b t, observe the differences between '" numbers of the result of Monday's disastrous—or dis trae_ efel poll :—th e diff erences are those of the C om mittees, the illore unfavourable numbers being those of Lord John krss.e,ll's Committee, they giving the majority of 634 to sente r d ar ,, ker, whil e Mr. Parker's Committee here repre- Le '' eir majority t o b e 616. Wh ere t h e error i s , as s,..vve know not. e country would not, could not, be prepared for such s,oandonment o f d uty, and of positive promises to L or d p o currell, and of compromise of principle. The "No (th l'e o „ r r ell', and th e coerc i on o f t h e " Fif ty - poun d ers " t o Csu, after the triumphs of former elections, we ought totTe expected perseverance in well-doing) have had a 1 14 bdeal to do with gaining the temporary victory that add ed en achi eve d ; and to these advantages have b een fort s he most a d m i ra bl e an d e l a b orate l y - com bi ne d ef o4re ° t the part of the Tories, for months past, to Se an() eve ,rY vote th a t cou ld b e comman d e d or t h rea t ene d di ed n ot It was f e l t t h at Si r R o b er t P ee l diatetlel not retai n office, therefore preparations were imme aeTs Y b egan to s ecure votes i n t h e event o f L or d J. Rus ti]eseretern to office, and consequent appeal to this consti -11 and thes e were ma d e b y t h e most a d ro i t as we ll Itesju l i : tr iao!, and countenanced and backed by the most andsad thY „ by the mos t i n fl uen ti a l men among th e T or i es dors a l e nigh Chureh party, which party here is tremen y l a b o po werful, of sleepless activity, of great cunning, and stNy:it 2 1 ;sna and c os tl y d ec i s i ons , espec i a ll y w h ere it s p ower , y : Privileges are likely to be affected. Among the t it illence has been that of Lord and Lady Rolle, the lot ts % Darlington, and above all, of Sir T. D. Acland, 144 itt eli or Member f or th e C oun ty, a man un d ou btedly o f amiable manners, excellent character, and of the great tliisPsPttlarity t h roughout the County. He i s so great i n r;l 4 „„ eu ett, that hi s espous i ng th e cause o f M r . P ar k er th l (" ° egli to decide the fate of the election favourably for gait g e ntleman ; an d h av i ng un f ortunate l y d one so , h av i ng aft e , L I the re cesses o f pr i vate lif e, i nto w hi c h h e h a d gone tott i ff Own defeat, t o m i ng le once more in p o litical con titcee embarked in the struggle with as much never tokd ze al asif he had been the candidate. He marshalled ktri reds of voters, they appearing on horseback and in o a ge,s, sad h e at the h ea d o f t h em . ti erti t ee other side it was soon evident that in point of on 4 an d causes, Lord J. Russell's friends had far too tsto rs ' n , re ded on th e strength of their cause, on the corn- W eight of principle, and on the feeling, or convic kr,',"44t those who had before voted, would again vote in rt.; ef Lord J. Russell, especially as he was unchanged, k hich"r tit e j t SUCCESS had attended one main abject, for J Russell war last returned, namely, the driv- N ° li i ,' Tories from office. Besides coaxings, and en ktoii and politeness, with which many votes were a rea w ell-informed persons down here speak openly of 41 e11, - f °f cases of intimidation observed towards " trades kg. T il ers, and fifty-pounders," who had before voted t° tiii: rt ` J elin Russell, and who were again going to vote thd shLordship but who were told that if they did their bein'ured, or their farms taken from them. l'egi v l ll e gener a l j assertion—many, many instances might 41 e f a „.,; 4 ' and no doubt will be given. The statement of Th e is Sufficient for the present. . 41 1 1 1eP t 'uleg went o n slowly enough to-day, Lord J. Rus-et ar nittees and party having evidently abandoned 9ithe,, ,contest —as four-fifths, at least, of the voters of of tl iat ' is len had voted on Monday, long before the close 44 , 0 ;Y 8 poll ; and as many of the remaining fifth can -4110- ' w et not, vote at all ; there indeed appeared to be ° f retrievi ng th e l o ss, even if nearly all the un g ~ ( , ) te rs were t o vo t e f o r his Lordship. The poll here 1 lti43Leeed at eight o'clock, and yet, by one o'clock, c 1 ad voted—'for Mr. Parker 60, for Lord John ' O ll4 .rumoured here (in the enemy's camp) that Lord th ere g o ne to canvas Tavistock, the place, by the way, T o s r ead so d ec id e d a ma j o rity on Monday. ' O rd ,f ow how decidedly the Committees and friends of t iler : :,Russell re li e d on success , a re li ance w hi c h, toge 41Q:e the intimidations already mentioned, produced so ten °u s a res u lt, a leading man in the Central Commit -I,orf.''e• few days before the election, declared that the )1 ,4 1 ,.1 in favo ur o f L or d J. R usse ll wou ld b e " THREE 'rt t li - ` B . meaning that it would be a hundred, or bun at all events! Th e res ult has not more astonished Lord en ds of Mr. Parker, than it has astounded these of .1. Russell. The "'ER, THREE O'CLOCK..•—•SECOND DAY. state of the Poll here is for to-day— ,4r- P ar k er 7l 441 'd Russell 26 Majority —45 at Honiton igence is just received, per express, that Itt;,r ker, at half-past twelve o cock, was fifteen a-head tk, s ;' °lB days poll, and at Newton three a-bead at half-past b k. e 4 l , l °'e teek. The numbers on each side were not for e o ~ily majorities ; thus Mr. Parker is now 679 "s' of Lord J. Russell-- Yesterday • To-clay, at Exeter 45 Honiton ......... Newton . 3 Majority —679 EXETER, FOUR O'CLOCK. I ltry e 1)oll here is just closed. The following are the num eel -this day's poll : Air. Parker Bl ttord J. Russell Majority —s3 Ller accounts have been received from the other 1 11 Nacos tha n th ose g i ven a b ove . 111) "es oo rrect ma j ority in favour of Mr. Parker, yester -616. By EXPRESS. (PROU OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) a ll e t ha ve re ce i ve d t h e f o ll ow i ng L e tter by Express : li te o 'ZI sent y ou l as t n i g ht by express the unfortunate ltda Y. ' t he poll. W e s h a ll not have improved our state , N h; ,, ttleA t —ig can exceed the intimidation and influence exer /Net t / L th e Tory ari s toc rac y and clergy on the yeomanry 1,4 he n' controul. t c e e a lnil uenee of the Earl of Devon, which had been here klci th e . 4ll- mant, has been united to that of Lord Rolle, ° h er —e l ' combined with that of the other great land lititti:"ave Subdued the cause of the Liberals. In th e ft - " to this, the senseless cries of ~ No Popery," and til e_ el: 41.4 in danger r have been sedulously used by lv,, e- 0 on the ignorant. ti tt ott 0 - f 4 ,,,, r e niartyrs to the Chandos clause, and the domina mplav o verbearing Tory Aristocracy. The firm spirit 4 4 1 ) ; e‘i bY those who were able to declare themselves free, t iot44 l44 eri Painfully coerced by the tenantry of their more A ristocracy. --I am, Sir, 1. 0 , 1 j Your obedient Servant, 111 Russell' s C omm i ttee -R oom , T. J. ,th Exeter, May 5, 1835. ti leti e l 'esult of th e po ll a t th e se veral divisions of the toll ow, °II for the S ou th ern Di v i s i on , the second day, is as . —..., F it - Lord J. Russell Mr. Parker Gross Poll. i t aY ipi v . 2738 3354 6092 iet.::ek. 42 14 56 1 4 t h 2B 81 109 4 0 „. 411 1)to n qit oti . 85 157 k pionclg e... N ... 2 is. , 44 1 3117 3745 6862 3117 8 L ord , Majority f or M r . Parker J. Russell comes into this city to-morrow from Mr. t 4 cl eB B ' and pr ocee d s t h ence t o L on d on . His Lordship's 4°l l /v l l :a sent h ere f or t h e purpose . H e will, it is stated, 1`1,"" issue an address on past events. Foss majority, on the two days' poll, is 628. I, t4 et v - ' l°r row evening the Merchant of Venice and lf lt4 e, f I T Popular entertainments, will be performed . at Drury h, l4l leit °r the benefit of Mr. Parker of the Free List, who . by ettilt4-°throle i i irbanity, and an . xiet to give general satisfaction, h o ue j a.st oest support of the y public. As to-morrow night tlse. of the season, we have no doubt there will be a full Th Nitit e h tad of Derby, Lord Lieutenant of this t t/ 11 :14; - L as, appointed Mr. George William Wood, one of his t i 'cotenants ; and Lord Holland, the . Chancellor of vilLof by of Lancaster, has placed his name in the Commis- Le Pe ace —Manchester Guardian. ls • u 4 tited „, E xcellency the Earl of Mulgrar be ho lith a triumphal procession on his arrival in Dublin to Tb - toe reins of Government as Irish Viceroy. k4ei-tofiOtning steam-vessel is appointed to convey 44 for f i t .; lalgrave and suite to Ireland, and is to be at Holy- It h Purpose on the 9th inst. 41 8 • a s been the fashion of late with the Tory jour tit ill thi s 11 at th country, to praise the character of Sir Edward Sug essor • e expense of Lord Plunkett, his predecessor and suc ih!Stilo the Irish Court of Chancery. If we are to take the t tlei l 7 ?I the latter Noble Lord by the bar itself as any f' 2 t ueir opinion of him, we think that his return to his th ' B . 4 e Zl , m . ust be satisfactory . to them, as we find that on ver from_ othuteSoCuotelirrtblaras.t week he was received with a general it Y.) s present nd, Lord fy Lords, appointed of King's I there- Cis having taint your ;sion ap n., in the en read , Strangers ead. Captain rdered to :e before half-pest Are Mr. alleged by w which Pendant. ained by ed Judge fterwards the rule. It having from the e halting ;d by anY a IVirg• sion of a wes, be r the de had ob ired that )n of the up a nn: servant nt, Mrs' ner wif den, an then re' ,ur,d that , d Judg e a verdict lie fie r of w e to mak e yid claim e for ti !ships to !sped ° the pro' be made ) po sses' y 013' 0 , that rove t intiff up Pc'g cell° 1.) m onths , 4ollandt rrival uA °f ,nte fore the ,3r, they m upo° ) nw vel l [ lts h ad the B , C " ontraL'7 i n ) or :erne repre' 3hang e ' White, ►d Mt. ne. ecelY ed rupti cli distur b The nt-- - it • tioo m° i r aevt'S ivering 'A vi es 4 7( ` LI to.. and Ice 'Pr ; can" ? ' under irse of r s uch :amp le but f tre Elto 4 ob br4o° DONCASTER.-.MONDAY. The Tories in the West Riding of Yorkshire have been straining every nerve for the last fortnight in opposing Lord Morpeth. On Saturday last, according to appoint ment, Mr. Wortley visited Doncaster. The most active preparations had been going forward for some time, more particularly amongst the agricultural interest in this district, to render his entrance as imposing as possible ; and nothing short of a spectacle equal in splendour to that of a Roman triumph was anticipated : indeed it was evidently their in tention to operate as much as possible on the minds of the country people, by making a show of their strength on the market dad•. Not content with drawing the Tory covers in the immediate neighbourhood, they had recourse to those even of Lincolnshire and Nottingham to swell out the train. The cavalcade was ordered to assemble at the Toll Bar, on the York Road, about one mile north of Doncaster, to escort the candidate into the town, and when got together, amounted to upwards of two hundred horsemen, presenting a motley group of farmers, landlords and their servants, parsons, lawyers, down even to their very clerks, and at least one-third of the group did not possess a vote. The utmost excitement prevailed in the town, and the whole line of streets through which the procession had to pass, presented (in spite of the rain, which continued to fall) one dense mass of people, above whom the Orange flags of Lord Morpeth fluttered from almost every window. It appears that on entering the town, some of the escort party of the Blues, in their zeal for the cause in which they had embarked, tore down one of the Orange flags. This was the signal for immediate hostilities, and the immense crowd assembled in the streets commenced pelting them with mud, which, from the state of the weather, was most abundant ; and upon the horsemen reaching the centre of the town, many of them " bore their muddy honours so thick upon them," as scarcely to be recognised by their most intimate acquaintance. This sort of attack was continued upon them, mingled with hisses and groans " both long and loud," until- they reached the Horse Fair, where it was in tended Mr. Wortley should address the electors. The candidate having mounted the platform with his friends, a vehicle with four horses, which contained a band of mu sicians (from whom, by the bye, not one single note ever escaped), drew up, directly in front of the hustings, beyond which the horsemen formed in a sort of half-circh,..thus cutting off all communication with the immense nurn'ir of people on foot. Some altercation having ensued beta !en a part of the crowd and the horsemen, who seemed deter- • mined to--keep the ground, and also to keep back the people, who now began to show a disposition to be peaceable and quiet ; but on observing this, and upon Mr. Wortley attempting to speak, the hootings and yellings completely drowned all attempts to obtain a hearing, and mud and sticks flew around the hustings " thick as leaves in Vallambrosa." A scene of confusion ensued, which baffles description ; all that passed was mere dumb show, as not one word of his speech reached any one, save the re porters and those immediately behind him on the hustings ; in fact, it appeared from their own arrangement they never intended it should ; and, in truth, from a printed report of it, which has since been circulated, the crowd have nothing left to regret in the loss of his eloquence : for a more tame piece of sophistry never escaped from the lips of a Tory. The candidate escaped from the platform unobserved by the crowd, and took refuge in a neighbouring house, while his valiant followers on horseback made the best of their way to their respective inns, amid the execrations of the whole multitude. Had it not been for the timely inter ference of Captain Elmsall, of the Woodlands (whose con duct merits the highest praise), it is not easy to foresee what consequences might have ensued from Mr. Wortley's visit to Doncaster ; as it is, some serious injuries have been sustained by both parties, but the conduct of the Tories in thus introducing him into the town, with a mounted escort en a market-day, when they well knew the state of public feeling towards him, is highly reprehensible—and not the less so is their conduct in persisting to occupy the front of the hustings on horseback, and which has (and not without reason) been the subject of much comment. After this market specimen of public opinion towards the Tory party, in a district upon which they have all along calculated as being their strong hold, they will hardly be so blind as to think of a contest. The cause of Lord Morpeth stands as well as the most anxious of his friends could wish ; and if it does come to a trial of strength (which is doubtful) he will certainly be returned by an overwhelming majority. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent's first assembly at Kensington this season, on Monday evening, was very numerously attended. The bands of the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards and of the Royal Horse Guards were in attendance, and played alternately during the evening. The former were stationed on the staircase, by which the company passed, after alighting at the entrance of the Duke of Sussex. This staircase was filled with exotics and other plants. The visitors were ushered by the pages of Her Royal High ness up the grand staircase into the state rooms, the whole of which were brilliantly illuminated with glass chandeliers. After passing through the suite of drawing rooms, the company en tered the Grand Saloon, where the Duchess of Kent, accom panied by the Princess Victoria, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of her household, received her numerous and dis tinguished guests. The saloon had been tastefully fitted up for the occasion ; it was hung with fluted muslin drapery over pink ; the sides of the room were divided by pilasters into compartments, each division having a large looking-glass. The windows had rich draperies of pink, and the room was illuminated with glass chandeliers. The whole had a very charming effect. Near to the saloon the band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards played during the evening selections and marches from favourite operas, in a tent erected by the Garden Vestibule. The tent was illuminated with variegated lamps, and was orna mented with evergreens, presenting a very picturesque appear ance when viewed from the state rooms. The choicest refreshments were served to the company dur ing the evening in the Refectory. The carriages of the party entered by the gate to the Palace at Kensingten, and were afterwards arranged in a large open space near the Palace. On quitting, all the carriages left by the Bayswater gate ; by this arrangement all obstructions were prevented. Amongst the company were Her Royal Highness the Prin cess Sophia, attended by Lady John Thynne ; the Russian Ambassador ; Countess Sebastiani, the Lady of the French Ambassador; the Neapolitan Minister and Countess Ludolf ; the Prussian, Wurtemberg, Belgic, and Netherlands Minis ters ; the Danish Minister and Baroness Blome ; the Portu guese, Brazilian, Spanish, Saxon, and Turkish Ministers ; the Bavarian Special Minister; the United States Charg6 d'Af faires ; M. de Hummelauer, First Secretary to the Austrian Embassy; Messieurs de Bourquenay and De Brennier, Secre taries to the French Embassy ; Messieurs de Lomonosoff and Labensky, Secretaries to the Russian Embassy; M. de Lich tenberg, Privy Counsellor of the Hanoverian Legation ; the Chevalier Ribeiro, Secretary to the Portuguese Legation ; Count d'Oberg, Equerry to his Hanoverian Majesty; the Bishop of Ohio, of the United States of America ; Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, Marquis de Marmier, Counts Vincent Esterhazy, Ponstater, de Reventlow, de Baslau, Nicholas Pahlen, de Seckendorff, de Frias, d'Aceto, and Bathiany, Countess Bathiany, Barons Selby, Rehausen, Messieurs de Paggenhohle, de Odelga, Jabat, de Milon, Iturbide, Garro, Moreno, de Regina, Chevalier de Lisboa ; the Secretary to the Turkish Legation ; the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress ; the Knight of Kerry. The Duchess of Cambridge and suite arrived at Cambridge house soon after six o'clock yesterday afternoon from Dover. Prince George of Cambridge, accompanied by his preceptor, the Rev. Mr. Wood, also arrived in town from Windsor Castle to meet his Royal mother. The Duke of Cumberland paid a visit to her Royal Highness. The King will hold a Council this day at St. James's after the Levee. The Right Hon. Charles Grant left town yesterday morn ing for Windsor Castle. Mr. Grant had an audience of his Majesty, and returned to town in the afternoon. The Right Hon. Gentleman afterwards visited Viscount Melbourne at the Treasury. The Earl of Mulgrave visited Viscount Melbourne yesterday. Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador, had an interview yesterday with Viscount Melbourne in Downing street. WINDSOR. TUESDAY, MAY s.—Their Majesties drove out yesterday in a pony phaeton, accompanied by the Landgravine. Other Ladies of the suite followed in a carriage and four. Baron d'Ompteda had the honour of an audience with his Majesty in the morning, and joined the Royal dinner party. This morning the King took his accustomed drive ; the Queen rode to Virginia Water, accompanied by the Ladies of her suite. Prince George of Cambridge left the Castle yesterday, for Dover, whither the Prince proceeded to await the arrival of his mother. The Duchess is expected at the Castle in a few days. Lord Denbigh, Master of the Horse to the Queen, will arrive at the Castle to dinner this evening. To-morrow the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria are expected to arrive at the Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are also ex pected to-morrow. AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—Yesterday evening a party of gentlemen entered the Marylebone Police-office, and among them were Mr. John and Mr. Maurice O'Connell, who had been brought up in the custody of Collard and Franklin, officers of that establishment, charged, as it was understood, with having contemplated a breach of the peace by threaten ing to fight a duel, and were liberated on giving bail. Mr. Hoskins excluded the Re p orter, w ho was therefore unable to give a correct and interesting account of the matter, or to state where the parties were taken, through whose instrumentality a knowledge of the intended hostile meeting came to the Magistrate's ears, or whether any shots were exchanged or not. The Earl of Malmesbury has taken possession of the splendid residence in WhiLehall Gardens, adjoining Pembroke house, so long occupied by his aunt, the late Hon. Mrs. Ro -1 bin son. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1835. LORD ALVANLEY & Mr. O'CONNELL. No. I. No. 11, Grosvenor-street, May 5, 1835. SIR,—In consequence of the event of yesterday evening, I think it right to give publicity to the accompanying letter from Mr. O'Connell, together with my answer. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, G. D. DAMER. No. 11. Merrion-square, Dublin, May 1, 1835. SIR,—I have received three letters, two purporting to be written by you, and one by Lord Alvanley, but under such circumstances of a ludicrous nature, that I can scarcely bring myself to believe them to be genuine. If not, I trust you will excuse me for giving you this trouble, and blame only the persons who used ypur name. The first letter is indeed dated the 22d of April, but was not put into the London Post Office until the 27th, and did not and could not reach me here before the 29th (Thursday). Your second letter is dated the 28th (Wednesday), and expresses surprise that I did not before then answer your first letter, which I could not receive until the day after. Again, Lord Alvanley's letter is nothing less than a chal lenge to fight, to be delivered to me in London, as it would seem rather an inconvenient distance, as the letter is dated. at Cliefden. But this letter assumes an air of more comi cality when it turns out to be one sent by one person in Cliefden to another person in London, to be transmitted thence to a third person in Dublin, to fight a duel at a truly long shot. This, as we say in Ireland, " bangs Banagher." It is, however, after all but an unvalourous—l believe I have coined the proper word—an unvalourous absurdity in Lord Alvanley to send me a challenge, when my sentiments on that subject have been so publicly and so frequently pro claimed. But there is really a serious view of the subject, which it is, I do believe, my duty to take. It is this—that these let ters are a distinct breach of privilege. It seems to me at present that I am bound to treat them as such ; and if I continue to think so, I will bring them to the attention of the House of Commons accordingly. As to duelling—l have no hesitation to tell you that I treat it with the most sovereign contempt, as a practice in consistent with common sense ; above all, as a violation, -14fri and palpable, of the divine law. At the same time I wish you distinctly to understand that although I totally disclaim everything connected with duel ling, yet I am most anxious on every occasion upon which any man can point out to me that I have anywhere or in any manner, done him an injustice, to repair it to the ut most extent of his wishes. So, if I have, without a com plete justification, offended any man, I am always perfectly ready to make the fullest atonement he can possibly desire. Therefore, neither Lord Alvanley nor any other person re quires the absurd code of duelling with me. I would have the greatest alacrity to atone to any man who showed me that I had unjustifiably assailed him.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, Hon. Danner Dawson, &c. &c. DANIEL O'CONNELL. I now learn that this matter has already got into the London Newspapers. I presume, indeed, that it is only calculated for that meridian. No. 111. ANSWER TO MR: O'CONNELL'S LETTER OF IST OP MAY. sth of May, 1835. Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of May Ist ; and as you therein state that you consider it to be your duty to bring Lord Alvanley's letter to you of the 21st before the House of Commons as a breach of privilege, I have recommended him to wait the result of such a determination. I beg to affirm that I put my letter, enclosing Lord Alvanley's of the 21st, into the usual letter-box of the Travellers' Club before five o'clock, on Wednesday, the 22d ; and I must request that you will forward to me the envelop that enclosed it, that I may be able to ascertain from the Post-office whence this extraordinary delay originated. GEORGE DAWSON DAMER. Daniel O'Connell, Esq., Merion-square. MR. D'ISRAELI AND MR. O'CONNELL. (No I.) 31 A, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, Tuesday, May 5. Sin,—As you have established yourself as the champion of your father, I have the honour to request your notice to a very scurrilous attack which your father has made upon my conduct and character. Had Mr. O'Connell, according to the practice observed among gentlemen, appealed to me respecting the accuracy of the reported expressions before he indulged in offensive comments upon them, he would, if he can be influenced by a sense of justice, have felt that such comments were unne cessary. He has not thought fit to do so, and be leaves me no other alternative but to request that you, his son, will resume your vicarious duties of yielding satisfaction for the insults which your father has too long lavished with impunity upon his political opponents. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient Servant, Morgan O'Connell, Esq., M.P. B. D'ISRAELI. (No. II.) 9, Clarges-street, Tuesday, May 5. Sir—l have this day received a letter from you, stating that a scurrilous attack had been made on you by my father, without giving me any information as to the expression com plained of, or when or where they were used, and which I now hear of for the first time. I deny your right to call upon me in the present instance, and lam not answerable for what my father may say. I called on Lord Alvanley for satisfaction because I conceived he had purposely insulted my father, by calling a meeting at Brookes's, for the purpose of expelling him the club, he being at the time absent in Ireland. When I deny your right to call on me in the present in stance, I also beg leave most unequivocally to deny your right to address an insulting letter to me, who am almost personally unknown to you, and unconscious of having ever given you the slightest offence. I must therefore request that you will withdraw the letter, as without that, it will be impossible for me to enter into an explanation. I have the honour, &c., B. D' Israeli, E sq. M. O'CONNELL. This letter will be delivered to you by my friend Mr. French. (No. III.) 31 A, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, Tuesday, May 5. Sir—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, delivered to me by Mr. Fitzstephen French, by which I learn that you do not consider yourself " an swerable for what your father may say." With regard to your request that I should withdraw my letter, because its character is insulting to yourself, I have to observe that it is not in my power to withdraw the let ter, which states the reason of my application ; but I have no hesitation in assuring you, that I did not intend that it should convey to you any personal insult. I have the honour to be, &c., B. D'ISRAELI. I feel it my duty to publish this correspondence. (No. IV. ) I'o MR. DANIEL O'CONNELL, M. P. FOR DUBLIN. London May 5. Mr. O'C onne ll—Al t h oug h you h ave long placed your self out of the pale of civilization, still I am one who will not be insulted, even by a yahoo, without chastising it. When I read this morning in the same journals your viru lent attack upon myself, and that your son was, at the same moment, paying the penalty of similar virulence to another individual on whom you had dropped your filth, I thought that the consciousness that your opponents had at length discovered a source of satisfaction might have animated your insolence to unwonted energy, and I called upon your son to re-assume his vicarious office of yielding satis faction for his shrinking sire. But it seems that gentleman declines the further exercise of the pleasing duty of endur ing the consequences of your libertine harangues. I have no other means, therefore, of noticing your effusion but this public mode. Listen, then, to me. If it had been possible for you to act like a gentleman, you would have hesitated before you made your foul and insolent comments upon a hasty and garbled report of a speech which scarcely contains a sentence or an expression as they emanated from my mouth ; but the truth is, you were glad to seize the first opportunity of pouring forth your venom against a man whom it serves the interest of your party to represent as a political apostate. In 1831, when Mr. O'Connell expressed to the electors of Wycombe his anxiety to assist me in my election, I came forward as the opponent of the party in power, and which I described in my address as " a rapacious, tyrannical, and in capable faction"—the English Whigs, who in the ensuing year, denounced you as a traitor from the throne, and every one of whom, only a few months back, you have anathema tized with all the peculiar graces of a tongue practised in scurrility. You are the patron of these men now, Mr. O'Con nell : you, forsooth, are " devoted" to them. I am still their uncompromising opponent. Which of us is the most consistent ? You say that I was once a Radical, and now that I am a Tory. My conscience acquits me of ever having deserted a political friend, or ever having changed a political opinion. I worked for a great and avowed end in 1831, and that was the restoration of the balance of parties in the state, a re sult which I believed to be necessary to the honour of the ,calm and the happiness of the people. I never advocated a measure which I did not believe tended to this result, and if there be any measures which I then urged, and now am not disposed to press, it is because that great result is obtained. In 1831 I should have been very happy to have laboured for this object with Mr. O'Connell, with whom I had no personal acquaintance, but who was a member of the Legis lature, remarkable for his political influence, his versatile talents, and his intense hatred and undisguised contempt of the Whigs. Since 1831 we have met only once ; but I have a lively recollection of my interview with so distinguished a person age. Our conversation was of great length ; I had a very ample opportunity of studying your character. I thought you a very amusing, a very interesting, but a somewhat overrated man. lam sure on that occasion I did not dis guise from you my political views : I spoke with a frank ness which I believe is characteristic of my disposition. I told you I was not a sentimental, but a practical politician ; that what I chiefly desired to see was the formation of a strong, but constitutional Government, that would maintain the empire, and that I thought if the Whigs remained in office they would shipwreck the State. I observed then, as was my habit, that the Whigs must be got rid of at any price. It seemed to me that you were much of the same opinion as myself ; but our conversation was very general. We formed no political alliance, and for a simple reason— I concealed neither from yourself, nor from your friends, the repeal of the union was an impassable gulf between us, and that I could not comprehend, after the announcement of such an intention, how any English party could co-operate with you. Probably you then thought that the English movement might confederate with you on a system of mu tual assistance, and that you might exchange and circulate your accommodation measures of destruction ; but even Mr. O'Connell, with his lively faith in Whig feebleness and Whig dishonesty, could scarcely have imagined that in the course of twelve months his fellow-conspirators were to be my Lord Melbourne and the Marquis of Lansdowne. I admire your scurrilous allusions to my origin. It is quite clear that the " hereditary bondsman" has already forgotten the clank of his fetter. I know the tactics of your church ;, it clamours for toleration, and it labours for supremacy. I see that you are quite prepared to persecute. With regard to your taunts as to my want of success in my election contests, permit me to remind you that I had nothing to appeal to but the good sense of the people. No threatening skeletons canvassed for me ; a death's-head and cross-bones were not blazoned on my banners. My pecu niary resources, too, were limited ; I am not one of those public beggars that we see swarming with their obtrusive boxes in the chapels of your creed, nor am I in possession of a princely revenue wrung from a starving race of fanatical slaves. Nevertheless, I have a deep conviction that the hoar is at hand when I shall be more successful, and take my place in that proud assembly of which Mr. O'Connell avows his wish no longer to be a member. I expect to be a representative of the people before the repeal of the union. We shall meet at Philippi ; and rest assured that, confident in a good cause, and in some energies which have been not altogether unproved, I will seize the first oppor tunity of inflicting upon you a castigation which will make you at the same time remember and repent the insults that you have lavished upon BENJAMIN D'ISRAELI. MR. O'CONNELL AND MR. D'ISRAELI, the REJECTED CONVERT to CONSERVATISM. We see by a report in the Dublin Morning Register of Monday, that at the last meeting of the Trades' Union in Dublin, Mr. O'Connell adverted to the " No Popery" cry, and retorted with much severity on Mr. D'lsraeli for the terms in which he had designated the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin in his recent speech at Taunton. " I perceive (said Mr. O'Connell) that at present in England the only chance the Tories seem to have of once more rallying their party is by raising the stale and bigotted cry of ' No Popery.' I believe, looking through the History of England, it will be found that no sources of deep mischief were ever comtem plated, or actually practised against the people of that country, that were not prefaced, aided, and accelerated by raising the religious and bigotted cry of Ne Popery,' and by endeavour ing to frighten them with the horns of the Pope—( Hear, hear, and laughter)—in order those who intended to plunder them might, by thus terrifying them, do so the more easily with safety and impunity.—( Hear, hear.) I might go farther and say, that the civil wars which ended in the sacrifice, I would call it, and murder of Charles the First, were principally instigated not only by the grievances of the people, which were sufficient, but also by the foul tyranny towards, and apprehensive of, the unfortunate English Catholics, who were far too powerless, if even willing, to affect any species of political mischief. It is a fact of the utmost importance in the history of English Catholics, that they never once re belled or took any step against their allegiance to the throne, or submission to the constitution, and if they be tarnished, as they are, it is by the cruelty of Queen Mary, during her reign in persecuting the Protestants.--( Hear, hear, hear.) I feel for the Catholics, however, this consideration, that when she persecuted the English Protestants,—the Irish Catholics in particular, co-operated in establishing an asylum for them in Bristol, where they actually supported seventy four families of \English Protestants, flying from the persecu tion of Catholic Mary, and not only kept them safe, but maintained, fed, and clothed them, during the entire con tinuance of that persecution.—( Cheers.) Yet, Sir, the ' no- Popery' cry is again raised in England--(Hear, hear)—and every enemy to Ireland in this country does me the honour of directing the arrows of his malevolence against me. But I have risen to a magnitude I never thought I would attain by the quantity of slander poured out upon me, through the medium of the English press.—( Hear, hear.) They make me a bug-bear of the first magnitude—(Laughter)—though any bug of my size would be a humbug-4 Continued cheering)-- but literally, nothing is more ludicrous than the importance which they attach to my humble name. lam not accustomed to feel much surprised at their resorting to me for " lack of argument," but I must confess, there is one of the late attacks on me which excites in my mind a great deal of astonishment. —( Hear, hoar.) It is this—the attack lately made at Taun ton, by Mr. D'lsraeli.--( Hear.) In the annals of political turpitude, there is not anything deserving the appellation of " blackguardism" to equal that attack upon me. What is my a c be q g u i n a n i n t a g n c o ew f 183,it1; t t h h i m es boroughan ? ofJust Wyckham t this. I n 8 b e e l am 3 l e , or vacant. I then knew him, but not personally. I knew him merely as the author of one or two novels. He got an introduction to me, and wrote me a letter, stating, that as I was a Radical Reformer, and as he was also a Radical—( Laughter)—and was going to stand upon the Radical interest for the borough of Wyckham, where he said there were many persons of that way of thinking, who would be influenced by my opinion, he would feel obliged by receiving a letter from me, recommen datory of him as a Radical. His letter to me was so distinct upon the subject, that I immediately complied with the re quest, and composed as good an epistle as I could in his be half. lam in the habit of letter-writing, Sir,--(cheers and laughter)—and Mr. D'lsraeli thought this letter so valuable, that he not only took the autograph, but had it printed and. placarded. It was, in fact, the ground upon which he can vassed the borough. He was, however, defeated, but that was not my fault.—( Laughter.) I did not demand gratitude from him, but I think, if he had any feeling of his own, he would conceive I had done him a civility, at least, if not a service, which ought not to be repaid by atrocity of the foulest descrip tion.—( Hear, hear.) The next thing I heard of him was, that he had started upon the Radical interest for Marylebone, but was again defeated. Having been twice defeated on the Radical interest, he was 'just the fellow for the Conservatives —(laughter)—and accordingly he joined a Conservative club, and started for two or three places on the Conservative interest.—(Loud laughter.) How is he now engaged ? Why, in abusing the Radicals And eulogising the King and the Church, like a true Conservative.—( Renewed laughter.) At Taunton, this miscreant had the audacity to style me an incendiary 1 Why, I was a greater incendiary in 1831, than lam at present, if I ever were one.--(Laughter.) and if I am, he is doubly so, for having employed me—(Ci.,.. - rs and laughter.) Then he calls me a traitor. My answer to that is—he is a liar.--(Cheers.) He is a liar in action and in words. His life is a living lie. He is a disgrace to his species. What state of society must that be, that could tolerate such a creature—having the audacity to come forward with one set of principles at one time, and obtain political assistance by reason of those principles--and at another, to profess diametrically the reverse ? His life I say again is a living lie. He is the most degraded of his species and kind ; and England is degraded in tolerating, or having upon the face of her society, a mis creant of his abominable, foul, and atrocious nature—( Cheers. ) My language is harsh, and I owe an apology for it ; but I will tell why I owe that opology. It is for this reason, that if there be harsher terms in the British language, I should use them, because it is the harshest of all terms that would be de scriptive of a wretch of this species—( Cheers and laughter.) He is just the fellow for the Conservative Club. I suppose if Sir Robert Peel had been out of the way when he was called upon to take office, this fellow would have undertaken to supply his place. He has falsehood enough, depravity enough, and selfishness enough to become the fitting leader of the Conser vatives. He is Conservatism personified. His name shews he is by descent a Jew. His father became a convert. He is the better for that in this world ; and I hope, of course, he will be the better for it in the next. There is a habit of underrating that great and oppressed nation—the Jews. They are cruelly persecuted by persons calling themselves Christians—but no person ever yet was a Christian who persecuted. The cruelest persecution they suffer is upon their character, by the foul names which their calumniators bestowed upon them before they carried their atrocities into effect. They feel the persecu tion of calumny severer upon them than the persecution of actual force, and the tyranny of actual torture. I have the happiness to be acquainted with some Jewish families in Lon don, and amongst them, more accomplished ladies, or more humane, cordial, high-minded, or better-educated gentlemen I have never met.—( Hear, hear.) It will not be supposed, therefore, that when I speak of D'lsraeli as the descendant of a Jew, that I mean to tarnish him on that account. They were once the chosen people of God. There were miscreants amongst them, however, also, and it must have certainly been from one of those that D'lsraeli descended.—( Roars of laugh ter.) He possesses just the qualities of the penitent thief who died upon the cross, whose name, I verily believe, must have been D'lsraeli.—(Roars of laughter.) For aught I know the present D' Israeli is descended from him, and with the impres sion that he is, I now forgive the heir-at-law of the blasphe mous thief who died upon the cross.—(Loud cheers, mingled with laughter.) LIVERPOOL, MAY 4.—We have had a very ani mated demand for Cotton to-day, and prices are rather higher than on Saturday; 6,000 bags have been sold, of which about 1,500 were for export, and 1,000 on speculation. FROM LAST -NIGHT'S GAZETTE. OFFICE of the LORD CHAMBERLAIN to the QUEEN, QUEEN'S-HOUSE, ST. JAMES'S, MAY 4, 1b35. Notice is hereby given, that the Queen will hold a Drawing- Room at St. James's-Palace, on Thursday, May 14. The cards of those Ladies who intend having the honour of being presented to her Majesty, must be sent to the Office of the Queen's Lord Cham berlain before 12 o'clock on Monday the 11th instant. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 5. The King has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Granville Leveson Earl Granville, G. C.B. to be his Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the King of the French. WHITEHALL, MAT 1. The King has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Honourable Robert Montgomery Lord Belhaven to be his Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. WHITEHALL, MAY 4. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto the Right Honoura ble Charles Grant, and th• heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, anti title of Baron Glenelg, of Glenelg, in the county of Inverness. WHITEHALL, MAY 4. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Lieutenant-General the Right Honourable Sir Richard Hussey Vivian Bart., K. C. 8., the office of Master-General of his Majesty's Ordnance of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 4. The King has been pleased to appoint Robert Torrent, William Alexander Mackinnon, M.P., William Hutt, M.P., John George Shaw Lefevre, George Palmer, jun., John Wright, Jacob Monte fiiore, Samuel Mills, George Fife Angas, and Edward Barnard, Esquire, to be his Majesty's Commissioners for carrying into effect certain parts of the Act, passed in the last session of Parliament, intituled " An Act to empower his Majesty to erect South Australia into a British province or provinces, and to pro vide for the colonization and government thereof ;" the said Com missioners to be styled" The Colonization Commissioners for South Australia." LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 16. The Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household has appointed Dr. Henry Holland Physician Extraordinary to the King. CROWN OFFICE, MAY b. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. CAsHm.--Louis Perrin, Esq. EDINBURGH—Sir John 'Campbell, Knight, His Majesty's Attor ney General. HADDINGTON, DUNBAR, NORTH BERWICK, LAUDER, and JED BURGH—Robert Steuart, of Alderston, Esq., MANCHESTER—The Right Hon. Charles Poulett Thomson. NORTHUMBERLAND, (NORTH)—Henry Grey, commonly called Viscount Howick. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Sussex. A. E. Fuller, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 30. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wilts. Ramsbury and Aldboume Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry—J. Mey rick, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Popham, promoted, March 28. PRIVATE AND JOINT STOCK BANKS. An Account of the aggregate Amount of Notes circulated in Eng land and Wales, by Private Banks and by Joint Stock Banks and their Branches, distinguishing Private from Joint Stock Banks, between the 27th December, 1834, and the 28th March, 1835.—From Returns directed by 3 and 4 W. IV., c. 83. Private Banks £8,231,206 Joint Stock Banks Stamps and Taxes, May 4. £10,420,160 JOHN WOOD. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE WILLIAM TURNER and HENRY DAVEY, paper-manufacturers, Bermondsey, Surrey, May 12, at ten, and June 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clift, Pocock, and Fisher, Ely-place, Holborn ; Clark, official assignee, St. Swithin's-lane. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ARCHBALD, sugar-refiner, Rat cliffe-cross, Back-lane, St. George's in the East, May 13, and June 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row ; Graham, official assignee, Coptha ll -buildings, London. JOSEPH POLYBLANK MORTIMORE, upholsterer, De vonport, May 19, and June 16, at eleven, at Elliott's Royal Hotel, Devonport. Brooking and Surr, Lombard-street, London ; Sole, or Elworthy, Devonport. JOHN FORD, iron -founder, Fieldgate-street, Whitechapel, Middlesex, May 15, and June 16, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Pearce, Phillips, and Bolger, St. Swithin's-lane, London. EDWARD THORNTON, ironmonger, Oxford-street, Middle sex, May 12, at half-past two, and June 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, o ffi cial assignee; Dawson, mpton-street, Gray's-Inn-road. RICHARD VAUGHAN, coffeehoise-keeper, Freeman's -court, Cheapside, May 15, at one, and June 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gale, Basinghall-street, London ; Whitmore, Ba singhall-street, official assignee. WILLIAM DICKER STROUD, linen-draper, Woolhampton, Berks, May 12, at twelve, and June 16, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Warne, junior, Leadenhall-street ; Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street. JOHN ADAM'S, corn-dealer, Vauxhall, May 12, -at eleven, and June 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pritchard and Goddard, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars ; Goldsmid, official assig nee, Basinghall-street. THOMAS SEAMAN, brewer, Manchester, May 20 and June 16, at three, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Swain, Stevens and Co., London ; Harding, Manchester. WILLIAM CHURCH, civil engineer, Birmingham, May 20 and June 16, at one, at Radenhurst's Royal Hot9l, Birmingham. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, London ; Wills, Bir mingham. ELI DE CARLE, grocer, Norwich, May 11, and June 16, at eleven, at the Bell Inn, Norwich. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Beckwith and Dye, Norwich. ROBERT TODD, builder, Cheltenham, May 18, and June 16, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham. Wilson, King's Bench walk, Temple, London; Hyatt and Harvey, Newcastle-under-Lyme. JAMES SUDELL TROUTBECK, manufacturing chemist, Darcy Lever, Lancaster, June 3, and 16, at eleven, at the Bridge Inn, Belton. Blackstock and Co., King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; Dean and Irlam, Liverpool. JOSEPH DOWNS, grocer, West Retford, Nottinghamshire, May 29, and June 16, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, East Ret ford. Bell, Bedford-row, London ; Cartwright, Bawtry. THOMAS WIIISTLEY, baker, Coleshill-street, Middlesex, May 12, at one, and June 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, O fficial Assignee ; Kearns, Sts Inn. DIVIDENDS. S. Fitch, victualler, Cambridge-heath, Hackney, May 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Harvey, timber-merchant, Dartford, May 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Tombs and T. Tombs, builders, Emerson-street, Southwark, May 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Lintott, butcher, Leadenhall-market, May 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Emmit, grocer, Bourne, Lincolnshire, May 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. C. Welman, linendraper, Bridport, Dorsetshire, May 28, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Beasley, upholsterer, Maidenhead, Berkshire, May 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. T. Taylor, merchant, Austin-friars, May 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. B. Clay, timber-merchant, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, May 27, at eleven, at the Rose and Crown Inn, Huddersfield. J. Shaw, cornfactor, Great Driffield, Yorkshire, hay 26, at eleven, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon-Hull. T. Atkinson, woollen-draper, York, May 29, at elven, at the White Swan Inn, Goodramgate. W. Carr,. banker, Hexham, Northumberland, May 27, at eleven, at the Bankrupt Commission Room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. Pyke, corn-merchant, Liverpool, May 28, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. J. Robinson, wine dealer, Manchester, June 1, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. J. White, innkeeper, Marlborough, Wiltshire, May 21, at twelve, at the Castle Inn, Marlborough. D. Bennett, spirit-merchant, Walcot, Somersetshire, July 18, at one, at the White Hart Inn, Bath. W. Brice, merchant, Bristol, May 29, at one, at the Commer• cial Rooms, Bristol. W. Penny, brewer, Bristol, July 21, at eleven, at the Com mercial Rooms , Bristol. T. Latham, innkeeper, Liverpool, May 26, at one, at the Cla rendon Rooms, Liverpool. G. Beeby, dealer, London-wall, May 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. CERTIFICATES, MAY 26. A Wiseman, druggist, Quadrant, Regent-street. J. Jay, upholsterer, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. J. R. Pidding, merchant, George-yard, Lombard-street. W. Taylor, surgeon, Great Yarmouth. G. Nippin, upholsterer, Northampton. T. Dawe, painter, East Stonehouse, Devonshire. H. Brown, J. H. Bradley, and B. Harris, merchants, Gloucester. J. Berry, inen-draper, Vine-place, Tabernacle-square. H. H. Newington, china-man, High-street, Southwark. G. A. Ray, lodginghouse-keeper, Ramsgate. J. Carter, woollen warehouseman, Coleman-street. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Hanxwell and T. Clarke, leather sellers, Drury-lane. P. Heath and F. P. Barker, engi avers . , Villiers-street, Strand. W, Jones and R. Whittle, auctioneers ; ,Whigmore-street, Caven dish-square. A. B. Rowley and J. Stainbank, solicitors, Manchester. J. Kilpin and J. Pickering, upholsterers, Bedford. R. Smith and W. Hayward, haberdashers, Birmingham. F. Cutler and A. Jacquinot, wine merchants, Mincing-lane. J. and R. Nash, booksellers, Tunbridge Wells. S. Strong and Co., linen drapers, Oxford-street. J. and J. A. Webster, paper manufacturers, Loxley, Yorkshire. S. Lakeman and Co. T. Barker and Co., hat-manufacturers, Oldham. G. F. Hardy and T. Briggs, hatters, Cornhill. K. Warner and Co., seedsme n ( so far as regards W. Seaman). W. Jenkins and G. Allfree, merchants, Lime-street-square, London. W. Walter and J. Taylor, printers, Colchester. J. Pym and G. Whaley, drysalters, Liverpool. C. Harris and H. Brookman, surgeons, Gracechurch-street. W. Galloway and Co., lace manufacturers, Nottingham. W. Clayworth, sen., and W. Clayworth, jun., farmers, Nettle ham, Lincolnshire. B. and J. Bury, manufacturing chemists, Church, Lancashire. G. Robinson and J. Lodge, fancy cloth manufacturers, Hudders field. J. Bosley and Co., silk manufacturers, Manchester, as far as re gards J. Smith. W. Hutton and P. Paul, timber dealers, Broad-street, Golden square. WORTHlNG.—Excitement has prevailed here all the week in consequence of the sudden disappearance of a . Mr. Teush, a teacher of languages, whom report has sent on his travels to America ; and the large amount of liabilities which within the last few days he has incurred with various tradesmen, has given to his flight a dishonest character. FESTIVAL of the SONS of the CLEIFGXL ) -0'.., The public rehearsal of the performance of Sacred Mt 2.4 in celebration of the Anniversary Festival of the 'Soni M' the Clergy, took place yesterday morning at St. Paul's Cathedral. This excellent Corporation has been long in existence, and in the year 1739 made an engagement with the Members of the Royal Society of Musicians, that they should provide a band for the two performances which take place for the be nefit of this Institution. In consideration of their services on this occasion, the Corporation make an annual donation of 50/. towards the funds of the Royal Society. The per formance consisted of the " Hallelujah Chorus," " Corona tion Anthem," and the " Te Deum" of Handel, the latter of which was composed on celebration of the victory of Det tingen, and has, for nearly a century, superseded the " Te Deum" of Purcel, whiqh was also composed for the use of this Charity, in the year 1695. A " Cantate Domino," by Aftwood, and the anthem, " Lord I thou hast been our re fuge," by Boyce, followed. Mr. F. Cramer led, and Sir G. Smart conducted. The principal vocal performers were Goulden, Hawkins, Vaughan, and Phillips. The instru mental performers were Cramer, Lindley, Cooke, Mackintosh, Willman, Platt, Harper, &c. &c. Some new effects were attempted in the composition of Mr. Attwood, by means of the brass band ; and the verse and chorus, " Let the sea make a noise," were judiciously imagined, and characteristically instrumentated. It is to be regretted that the number of singers and instrumental performers is so disproportionate to the size of the building. Surely the musical amateurs, of which so many are to be found in the metropolis, might be prevailed upon to enlist themselves in the cause of so meritorious an in stitution. An orchestra of upwards of a thousand persons might be readily brought together by an exertion of this kind. The voluntary upon the organ, performed after. this service, was a very school-boy affair. Surely Sebastian Bach deserves better treatment than to have his works performed in tile manner they were yesterday afternoon. Who could recognize the admirable and learned fugue in D sharp minor, whilst under the hands of the gentlemen who attempted its execution. We presume the Organist was not a little discontented at his performance of this composition, as he immediately com menced the hacknied but comparatively easy fugue in E natural. This is the second time this fine organ has, on these occasions, been degraded by the exhibition of such performances. We recollect that at the anniversary of last year, something of the same nature took place, although Wesley, the greatest organ performer in this or almost any country, was within call of the Organist. We trust this exhibition will not be re peated on Thursday next. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. Monday Night. A few additional particulars are necessary to complete our ac count of this day's sport, as sent from the Heath. The second race was exceedingly well contested between Zulima, the St. Pa trick colt (since christened Pholus), f. out of St. Julien's dam, and Spinning Jenny. These four ran nearly abreast till within the cords, Zulima lying a little in front. A beautiful struggle home terminated in favour of Pholus by half a length, the third (Spin ning Jenny) not being beaten a length from the first ; Zulima was close up, but the other two were beaten off. In the Handicap race Burden laid in front throughout, and won by a length easy. Becassine was second, and the others were tailed, Sir Felix playing whipper-in. Both the winner and the second are by Camel. The last race was productive of no slight anxiety to those who betted the odds on Nonsense, inasmuch as he had so much the worst of the race from the turn of the lands, that it was at least 20 to 1 on Datura at the Duke's Stand, and 10 to 1 was actually laid after its conclusion that she had won. Nonsense took the lead at a severe pace, Datura waiting on him, Trustee running with them only to the ditch, where he shut up. There was no other change till the men of the lands, where Nonsense seemed to have had a belly ful of it. Datura now took up the running, and had all the best of it till within a hundred yards of home, by which time the pace and the distance had taken all the "go " out of her. Paris, who had been nursing his horse from the turn of the lands, now came a second time, and, much to his surprise, won by three parts of a length. (In the race won by Burden, Lord Chesterfield's filly was backed immediately before starting, and the jockey weighed, but did not run). . Dinner parties this evening at the Rooms, the Palace, and Lord Exeter's. Newmarket, Tuesday. Match 100, h. ft. D.M.--Mr. Pettit's Ibrahim received from Lord Chesterfield's Teddy the Tiler, Bst. 71b. each. The King's Plate of 100 guineas for mares. R. C. Mr. Batson's Revelry, 5 yrs, 9st. 41b Mr. W. Richardson's Lady le Gros, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b 2 Mr. Pettit's Chantilly, 5 yrs, 9st. 41b . . 3 Lord Exeter's Bodice, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b Betting-5 to 2on Lady Le Gros, 6to 1 agst Chantilly, 7to 1 agst Revelry, and 10 to 1 agst Bodice. Won by a length. Sweepstakes of 100 each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. ; untried stallions or mares allowed 31b., both 51b. R.M. 12 subs. Lord Chesterfield's Fergus, Bst. 71b Scott 1 . Lord Tavistock's c. by Royal Oak, Bst. 41b Lord Exeter's c. Gladiator, by Redgauntlet, Bst. 41b 3 Lord Orford's c. by St. Patrick—Mulebird, Bst. 41b 4 Betting-5 to 2on Fergus, and 4to 1 agst Royal Oak. Won by half a length. The 2,000 gs. Stakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft., for three yrs old; colts, Bst. 71b. • fillies, Bst. 41b. R.M. 26 subs. Lord Jersey's Ibrah im, by Sultan... Robinson 1 Col. Peel's c. by Emilius—Fille de Joie, Bst 41b... 2 Mr. Robinson's Stockport, by Langar Lord Orford's Stargazer 4 5 to 1 on Ibrahim, who made all the play, and won in a canter by a length. Sweepstakes of 300 each, 100 ft., for four yrs old; colts, Bst. 71b.4 fillies, Bst. 21b. B.C. 11 subs. Mr. Cooke na. ch. c. Bentley Davis 1 Mr. Walker's br. c. Delirium Duke of Grafton's ch. c. Olympia Lord Chesterfield's Alexis... 7t04 on Bentley, 4 to 1 agst Olympic. Bentley won easy by, two lengths. Kingston-house Rooms, Tuesday night. The following alterations .have taken place i n th e Derbybetting 2 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ibrahim: 9 to 2 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Coriolanus 6 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Ascot (taken) 12 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Silenus 10 to 1 agst Bamfylde and Luck's All 15 to 1 agst D. of Richmond's Leopoldine c. (taken) 15 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle colt 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Mundig 25 to 1 agst Mr. Grant's Knobstick 40 to 1 agst Mr. J. Peel's Trim 11 to 8 agst Lord Jersey's lot 3 to 8 agst Mr. Scott's stable (taken) 13 to 1 agst Coriolanus and Mundig (taken) 7 to 2 agst Mr. Ridsdale's lot 7 to 1 agst Silenus and Pucelle 17 to 2 agst Bamfylde, Lucks All, and Mundig (taken) 1000 even between Silenus and Pucelle. -pm& 4 -100 , 344:71iitt= 7 .- nif‘ loL ie - 7\ t " 4 ti* t " i r I 1_ ~. _. CHESTER RACES, MONDAY. A Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. Two miles. Sir T. Stanley's Jacob Faithful... 1 Mr. Mostyn's L'Hirondelle The Tradesmen's Plate of 100 sovs. in specie, added to a gandicap, Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., and 5 ft. only if declaret+4sn or before the Ist of February. +.. Mr. Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime, 4 yrs . . Mr. G. Cook's Red Rover, 4 yrs Mr. Nanney's Ratcatcher, 5 yrs 3 A Maiden Plate of 50 sovs. in specie, the gift of the Stand Com mittee, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Heats, twice, round. Sir G. Pigot's Altamont, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. R. J. Mostyn's The Miner, 3 yrs ... 2 2 Mr. Acker's Luck's All, 4 yrs Mr. Thompson's Predicter, 3 yrs Mr. Alston's b. m. by Tramp, aged 4 that. EMIGRATION.—The spirit of emigration, which usually appears at this season of the year, already manifests itself amongst the peasantry in this and the surrounding neigh bourhood. Within the last ten days nine families, each on an average consisting of four individuals, passed through this town, on their way to Dublin, to embark for America. They are chiefly from the lower part of the county of Roscommon, and seem, in general, to be persons in comfortable eireum stances.—Athlone Independent. Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, Elizabeth Spurling, a young woman between eighteen and nineteen years of age, housemaid in the family of Powney, Esq., Carlton-house gardens, was ascending the steps of the area, when stepping on to the flag-stone which forms the land ing place, her feet slipped and she fell backwards down the steps. She was taken up apparently lifeless, and her skull was found to be so extensively fractured, that she is not expected to re cover. Our island has been visited during the past week, like most parts of England, by heavy falls of hail, which lay in heaps of several inches thick for many hours. The open ing buds of the peach and apricot trees, we are sorry to say, have severely suffered in consequence. Such have been the effects of the late storms near London, that the roads from Hampstead and Highgate were strewed on Wednesday last, with blossoms and young twigs; and "even branches from trees of years' standing were blown down by the violence of the wind."—Jersey Argus, May 2. BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON AND SPORTING CHRONICLE.—" The Comicality" for Sunday next will be the thread of a series of political caricatures, by Seymour, now in progress, entitled, " Nurse Brougham and the Irish Bill, or the Three Warming Pans and the Woolsack." " The three Commissioners of the Great Seal are mere warming-pans for Lord Brougham, who is to nurse the Irish Church Bill to maturity, and then resume his seat on the woolsack."—See Times of last week. " Poet's Corner." The Doings of the great O's ' and Fat and Foolish. Full particulars of the duel between Morgan O'Connell, Esq., and Lord Alvanley. The great Dan and the little Jew. The Devonshire Tories and defeat of Lord John Russell, with all the political, foreign and domestic, news of the week. The " Sporting Chronicle" embraces all the sporting intelligence of the week, and on Sunday, the 17th inst., will contain the " Laws of C r i c k e t," as amended by the Marylebone Club—indispensable to all cri ketters. " The Comicality" for Sunday week will be " The Irish Hercules cleansing the Augean Stable." Price of Bell's Life in London, Seven-pence. _ _ TILE FOREIGN Ex c lIA NGES.—Yesterday the quotations of most of the Foreign Exchanges were still de- pressed, and the demand for the exportation of the precious metals was expected to be continued ; there is, however, e good amount of bullion in London, which, it is expected, tv . be further increased by the anticipated arrivals from v Cruz. The returns of the liabilities and the assets r era Bank of England are anxiously looked for, as it is thou the a diminution of the stock of bullion in the coffers of A lit that will be still further shown by . them. The rate of E icea nk e Amsterdam yesterday was 12 ; Rotterdam Ac ban ti atn . burg 13 12; and on Paris 25f. 90c., which pr . ...a 411 than on last post day. The price of foreign r jces are lower 31. 17s. 9d. per oz., and new dollars at 4s. ' Uld In bars is at • 9.1 d, per oz. MINI il.) b e re• e She aY. daYt rauc" I, s f' on 00 T the D2i; OW ,~~ ~ • -~_ :..