The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-24 00:00:00

EVENING EDIT lON THE ME CAST. The debate of eight days on the Sugar Duties termi nated in the defeat of Ministers by a majority of 36, which was rather under the expected number. Previous to the division Lord John Russell intimated his intention of bringing the whole of the financial pro ject under discussion ; and though he does not appear to have said anything distinct as to an appeal to the country, yet he gave the clue to an arriere pensee in the remark, that the expectant successors of Ministers did not cer tainly enjoy the confidence of the country to such an ex tent as to justify them in taking the Government, and he proceeded to say that the results of the single contests on which they relied were no tests of the sense of the et,untry. On Thursday all doubt as to the intentions of Minis ters was removed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's notice, that on Monday he would move the annual Sugar It may perhaps be requisite to explain that the sugar duties expire early in July, and that it is necessary to renew them before a dissolution, as there would not be time for a new Parliament to pass them. Here is the opening of a great scene in English his tory—" the be?inning of an end"—the b eg i nn i ng o f an end of the pillage of the people—the beginning of an end of the sacrifice of the interests of the many to the profit of classes—the beginning of an end of the inju rious restriction of commerce—the beginning of an end of the crushing burdens on the springs of industry— the beginning of an end of enhancing the price of th e poor man's bread, and by the same impolitic means con fining the market for his labour. Without decrying what has been done since the pass ing of the Reform Bill, we rate it all as not comparable in importance with the great measures of relief now proposed. If not the first, they are destined to be the noblest fruits of reform. We have seen what the country could do under the disadvantage of the rotten Parliamentary system, to carry reform, which was but the means for such great ends as those now before us ; and remembering how complete, notwithstanding the greatest disadvantages, was the victory for the machinery of good government, how confidently should we now reckon on the result of a far less arduous struggle for the great practical objects for which reform itself was so eagerly sought. There are large faults still in the representative system, but what are they compared to those, in spite of which the people returned a decisive majority against the borough mongers, fighting in their own holds for the life of the abuse in which they trafficked ? How much easier, then, is victory in the present conflict, with the greater power which the Reform Act has placed in the hands of the people. In all the general elections since '33 the public have been apathetic. They have now, for the first time, a great object to strive for, and the improved electoral system will be worked with a vigour and earnestness which have not, as yet, been applied to it. Ministers have done their duty nobly. They have taken a st.l) involving mighty consequences, with the courage which can only be derived from a sense of right. They have confided in the people; it now only remains for the people to do their duty to themselves. The entire absence offanfaronnade—the calmness and simplicity with which great purposes have been signified by the liberal chiefs, in contrast with the proud boasts and the contemptuous menaces of the champions of the monopolists, reminds us of the fine passage in Scripture descriptive of David's preparation for the combat with Goliath— " And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them into a shep herd's hag which he had, even in a scrip ; and his sling was in his hand, and he drew near to the Philistine." We shall see anon how the first smooth stone from the sling will smite the broad forehead of the giant. With prophetic bodings, Sir Robert Peel concluded his speech with this admission of the potency of the ap peal of Ministers to the country— " He did not deny the power of such arguments, and that the use of such appeals coming from men in the po sition and with the authority of the Noble Lord, would give them an overwhelming potency. Yet, at the same time, it could not be denied that such arguments might easily be prostituted in a conflict between opposing in terests. By such arguments, it might be easy to rouse the excited passions of a populace against what were called class interests ; and very possibly in the collision which took place between opposing interests, men might be able to gather up the fragments, and to Combine them into the elements of an increased party strength." The question now is, how will the Tories meet the motion of Monday! Will they, in order to cut off the Government from the succour of a ge neral election, and in the hope of breaking it up at once, oppose the Sugar Duties Bill, which they themselves, if in office, must pass as a matter of course ? To oppose the renewal of the sugar duties would be nothing less than refusing the supplies, an extreme step, which the whole of the Tory party are surely not reck less enough to be prepared for, and which would cer tainly re-array, on the side of Ministers, the Whig Members who have deserted it on the question of the reduction of the foreign sugar duties. The consequence would be, the restoration of the Ministerial majority. But let us for a moment suppose the contrary event — that the supplies are refused ; the Government, inspired with a courage equal to the rectitude of its course, should not be daunted or deterred by this blow of the monopo lists ; it should, in default of a Sugar Duties' Bill, sup port the national credit by an Order in Council levying the duties, and then confidently appeal to the country against the faction which both refuses relief to the suf fering people, and the necessary supplies to the State. This would doubtless be a strong step, but it would be called for by an extreme necessity,—it would be the extreme resource of a just Govern ment against the extreme violence of an interested fac tion. The idea of a coup d'etat is startling, we know, but for what do the prerogatives of the Crown exist if not for exercise upon such an occasion as that imagined, in arrest of the factious triumphs of the banded mono polists, and in protection of the most important interests of the people ? The country, in a general election, would give judgment on those who had combated so resolutely and so boldly for its good, and on those also who had gone to the extremity of refusing the supplies, and leav in.. Ministers no other choice than recourse to an Order in Council or the surrender of the country's cause to the monopolists who happen to have a majority in the exist ing Parliament. - But we cannot believe that the Tories as a party will venture to go the length of refusing the supplie s . Th e y will hardly dare to place themselves in the double odium of starving out the Government, in order to continue starving out the people and the manufactures. They will surely not be frank enough to raise the standard of starvation in all its branches—starvation of the Govern ment for the starvation of the governed. they cannot be so very candid as to adopt means so congenial to the end, so accordant with the object. If they do not attempt this mad forlorn hope, which wopld shock the best ideas and the prudence of the best men of their party, the field is open for the discussion of the whole project of Ministers, which should be fully ex pounded, and made thoroughly understood, before a dis solution, and then it will be for the country to give judg ment on the great cause of the public versus the mono polists. Upon this all-important appeal the lines of Swift may be addressed to the people— " If, then, oppression has not quite subdued . At once your prudence and your gratitude ; . If you yourselves conspire not your undoing, And don't deserve, and won't draw down your ruin; If yet to virtue you have some pretence ; If yet you are not lost to common sense, ASSIST YOUR PATRIOT IN YOUR OWN DEFENCE, That stupid cant, He went too far,' despise, AND KNOW THAT TORE BRAVE IS TO BE WISE." —Examiner. THE LATE MURDERS AT SEA. It is to be regretted that the pressure of poli tical circumstances on the public mind during the last fortnight has diverted attention from one of the most awful crimes committed within the memory of man—we mean the murder of six teen unotfending British subjects by a portion of the crew of the American emigrant ship William Brown. It appears that this ill-fated vessel, • freighted with our own poor people, and bound front Liverpool to Philadelphia, fell in with an • iceberg . on the night of the 19th April last, in lon. 49 deg. 39 m i n . W ., lat. 43 deg. 3 0 min. N., and sunk in about two hours after. She struck ut ten by the log, and being stove in, filled and settled, and went down about midnight. Pre vious to her g oing down the captain, the lieute nant, a lady, and live sailors took to the jelly boat; and the mate, eight of the crew, and thirty-three of the passengers embarked in the long-boat. Three-and -twenty persons went down with the ship. Peace be with them. In the course of the night the captain bore off for Newfoundland, and the mate steered for the south. What became of the cowardly captain, who took so much care cf himself as only to re ceive a sufficient number of hands into the jolly boat to man her, is not clearly stated; but it is supposed he perished, together with those in that boat. But in the long-boat a tragedy was enacted that sickens the heart to think on. " Finding she was likely to sink," say the ruf fians who survived, " the mate consulted with the crew;" and the result cannot be more strongly' stated than in his own words—the cold blooded villain. " On counting the passengers sixteen were missing." Sixteen had been mur dered during the .night—thrown overboard by the mate and the crew, after consultation—for murder it was, and nothing else. The survivors, consisting of a few helpless women and the mur derers, were rescued the next morning by the Crescent packet ship, from New York to Havre de Grace, and brought to the latter port, where they were placed in the hands of the police. But here comes the most strange part of the transaction. The murderers, for we can call them by no other name, were taken before the American and British Consuls, and being ex amined privately, were discharged—free men. By all the laws of nature and nations homicide is jus tifiable only when an aggressor is on the point of taking away the life of the party assaulted; and it has been held by the ablest jurists that not even the prospect of starvation at sea is a sufficient plea for taking human life, though the form of ballot may have been gone through be fore the sacrifice. According to Puffendorf (Law of Nature and Nations, book 2, chap. 5), " the time of making an unblameable self-defence is set within such Ivry narrow bounds as to be re duced almost to a point or instant :" and yet self defence is the only ground that these wretched ruffians could rest on. It is surprising that Mr. Gordon, the English Consul at Havre, and Mr. Beasley, the American Consul, should, in the first instance, have conducted the inquiry with closed doors; and in the second, that they should assume not alone the functions of Judges in the matter, but also of Jurymen. It was decidedly the duty of the former to make an effort to bring the mate and crew to trial, if not in England, at least in France, the hapless victims having been our fellow-subjects. But what did he do instead? He wrote a letter to a Havre newspaper—a French newspaper be it bornei n mind--and, in conjuction with Mr. Beasley, made the following statement : " In all this affair we have not been able to discover any act deserving censure upon any per son whatsoever." Gracious God ! not " any act deserving cen sure" in the wholesale murder of sixteen innocent helpless persons, who, in strict right, had never ceased to be under the protection of those that so inhumanly destroyed them ! "No act deserving censure !" Does Mr. Gordon mock us ? Does he think to bolster up such a sacrifice of human life by a few fine words? Does he think the people of England will be satisfied with his ipse dixit? or that he will not be held accountable by public opinion for the escape of the cowardly, cold-blooded assassins? Do we live in the 19th century, and in a Christian country ? In all this affair, tbrsooth, he is not " able to discover any act deserving of censure." On the part of the survivors and friends of the unfortunate creatures immolated to the ease of a crew of ruffianly Americans — on the part of the people of England, we de mand of the Government that it institute an im mediate inquiry into this terrible tragedy, and that justice be done to all parties. It may be convenient for the American Consul to screen those of his own nation; but what could be the motive of Mr. Gordon ? Doubtless he is a mer chant, and, as far as we can learn, engaged ex clusively in the American trade; but we cannot for a moment suppose a bias on that account. At all events, the case is one which cannot be passed over, and we therefore again repeat our demand for justice. We want no more ; and the people of this country will be satisfied with no thing less.—Observer. PROVINCIAL BANK OF IRELAND The sixteenth yearly general meeting of the Proprie tors of this establishment was held at its office, in Broad street, on Thursday, the 20th instant. Sir ROBERT CAMPBELL, Bart., took the Chair. The SECRETARY then read the advertisement calling the meeting. The CHAIRMAN stated it was the duty of the meeting to elect four Directors, in the place of those going out by rotation. The gentlemen going out were, by the provi sions of the deed of settlement, immediately re-eligible, and their names had been accordingly put up within the public office of the Bank for twenty-eight days, as the deed required. No other candidates having been pro posed, he should now take the sense of the meeting on the question that Henry Alexander, Esq., Matthias Attwood, Esq., M.P., Sir Moses Montefiore, F.R.S., and James Holme, Esq., be re-elected Directors of the Pro vincial Bank of Ireland. It was carried unanimously in the affirmative. The CHAIRMAN then stated that the Dire€tors had prepared a report of the affairs of the bank for the past year, which would be read by the Secretary, and to which he requested their attention. The Secretary then read the following report " REPORT. " In the report made to the Proprietors at the last yearly general meeting, tne Directors took occasion to refer to certain causes which had for some time pre viously been operating. Among those causes were the two preceding bad harvests of 1838 and 1839, the latter of which had been in an extraordinary degree unpro ductive. Both years had been marked by improvident speculations in foreign corn, attended with their usual disastrous effects. The linen trade continued to be de pressed, and the commercial and monetary relations of the empire, both at home and abroad, were in a state of great fluctuation and derangement. Similar causes con tinued to operate throughout 1840, nor have their effects ceased in what has yet passed of the year 1841 ; for, although the season of 1840 was not, in the same sense, as its immediate predecessor, an adverse one, inasmuch as the oat crop was both good in quality and equal in quantity to that of an average year, the crop of wheat was palpably insufficient for the wants of the country, occasioned partly by the small quantity sown of that description of grain, owing to the dis couraging results of the two preceding years, and partly by the very scanty produce reaped from the land which had been prepared for it. The consequence was that for the third year in immediate succession, Ireland, instead of being, as in ordinary years, an exporter of about 1,000,000 quarters of wheat, had to import of that grain very largely, under all the disadvantages of a seri ous diminution of her resources resulting from the cir cumstances above enumerated. Nor must the effects pro duced upon certain classes of traders, by the increasing progress of the temperance movement, be overlooked. For, however efficient the principle of it may be to im prove the condition of the people, that improvement must necessarily be a work of time. The moral effects of temperance are undoubtedly instantaneous, but it is evident that a longer or shorter period must elapse ere the void in the internal traffic of the country produced by the disuse of spirituous and fermented liquors can be filled up by increased expenditure upon objects better calculated to afford to the inferior classes of the popula tiod comforts of a more substantial and durable nature. In the mean time its prevalence has been so extensive and sudden as nearly to annihilate the business of nume rous distillers and brewers (not to mention publicans), whose transactions have hitherto been considered as bear ing influentially on the interests of agriculture. " Under such a state of things it was felt by the Di rectors to be their duty to proceed with the utmost cau tion, and to confine the business within the most mode rate limits that the circumstances of the times, and a due regard to the customers of the Bank, would admit ; and notwithstanding all the discouragements that have been referred to, they have the satisfaction of announcing to the Proprietors that they have not only been able to maintain the usual rate of dividend at eight per cent. per annum, but have also made an addition of between 4,0001. and 5,0001. to the amount of the rest—(Hear, hear)—or undivided profits of the 27th March last. " Applications for the establishment of new branches continue to be received from various quarters of the country ; but the Directors do not consider it expedient to add to the number of branches at present. It may be mentioned, however, that at Enniscorthy, where the Bank has for a number of years transacted business hv weekly visits of the Manager from the Wexford Branch, a regular branch bank is about being established, aim will shortly commence its operations. " Before requesting the attention of the Proprietors to the statement of accounts, which is now to be submitted to the meeting, the Directors consider it proper to advert to the failure of the house of Messrs. Wright and Co., one of the London bankers of this establishment since its commencement. To that house was assigned the busi ness of a small number of the branch banks in so far as drawing on London was concerned, and it was of course necessary to keep in their hands a balance adequate to the amount of such drafts. When the house stopped payment the balance due to this bank was 5,1431. ss. 9d. ; one dividend of ss. per pound has already been declared thereon, and another of similar amount is expected.—(Hear, hear.) The meeting will now b€ pleased to attend to the following statement. By the account submitted to the last yearly general meeting of Pro prietors, the amount of the rest, or undivided profits, on 28th March, 1840, was £101,178 6 8 From this sum there has been deducted the amount of two dividends, since paid—viz., at at Midsummer, 1840, 4 per cent £21,600 At Christmas, 1840, 4 per cent 21,600 43,200 0 0 Leaving the sum of To which are to be added the amount of the net profits for the year ending the 27th, being the last Saturday of March, 1841, after deducting all ex penses, and providing- for all bad and doubtful debts.. 57,978 6 8 47,513 10 11 Remains amount of the rest or undi vided profits 27 th March, 1841 . ....... £105,491 17 7 " On this statement the Directors- intend to pay to the Proprietors, in ..July next,. the usual dividend of 4 per cent. on the capital stock fur the half-year ending at Mid summer, being at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, or 4/. upon each 100/. share, and Bs. upon each share of 10/." It was then moved and seconded that " The Report which has now been read be r ece i ve d , and printed for the use of the Proprietors. Captain PORTER suggested that it would be of great advantage if in future the report were printed and made accessible to the Proprietors a f ew h ours previously to the general meeting. A — discussion at some length now followed, when Cap tain Porter declining to move a resolution to that effect, it was moved, seconded, and unanimously resolved, " That the concerns of this Company be conducted in the same way as usual as regards the report." The original motion was then unanimously agreed to. The thanks of the meeting were then moved to the Directors, for their continued attention to the concerns of the Bank ; and to the Chairman, for his conduct that day. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks for himself and his brother Directors. A vote of thanks wa.-. then given to the Local Direc tors and Managers of the branches in Ireland, for their valuable services. In conclusion, the thanks of the meeting were given to Mr. Marshall, the secretary, to Mr. Murray, the agent of the Bank in Dublin, and to the other principal officers of the establishment, for their exertions in the service. Mr. MARSHALL and Mr. MURRAY briefly returned thanks, and the meeting separated. ELECTIONS.—Now that a dissolution is placed beyond a doubt, we are gratified to announce to our friends that Southampton is in a condition to bear her share in the approaching conflict, and if information, on which we perfectly rely, is correct, this risin& and intelligent town will not be disgraced by the infliction of the slip-slop Tory imbeciles, who aspire to be its representatives.— Hamoshire Independent. John Sealy, Esq. has been appointed Solicitor- General of the Island of Barbadoes. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1841. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CHRONICLE.—Due pains have been taken by the Tories to convert their actual minority in the House of Commons into a majority on the question of turning out Ministers. Urgent and repeated remonstrances from the squirearchy have been addressed to the few Liberal Members who now represent agricultural districts, to the effect that any further vote in favour of the Government will be construed into a vote against the Corn-laws. Backed as they are by gross, but plausible misrepresentations, their remonstrances may have some effect; but the Government must have been fully prepared for every annoyance and obstruction which could be placed in its way by the fury of its unthinking opponents, wielded in the most mischievous direction into which it could be turned, by the skill of the candid Sir Robert Peel. We have said that the confederacy of Tories and monopolists is the stronger party in the present Parlia ment. Will it be so in the next? We believe not. But as suming that the result would be doubtful even in case of a dis solution by the present Governmen•, with a dissolution at which the name and power of the Crown—now arrayed on the side of the people—should be transferred to the oppressors of the people, that result would be more than doubtful. But the Ministers have done their duty : and it is now certain that a dissolution will take place before the influence of the borough mongers and privileged classes can be swelled by that of the Executive Government. Ably and fearlessly have Mi nisters done their part: and the recent debates have shown with what comprehensive yet deliberate foresight their plans were prepared, and with what ability they have been sup ported. The claims of the agricultural body to adequate pro tection and those of the manufacturing classes to necessary relief, have been fairly weighed with each other. ' But the measure of justice is not that which our lords of the soil choose re have applied to themselves. The great majority of 'fory land lords have chosen to convert a national into a party question, and have attempted to drag the more liberal and considerate minority of their body into a banded opposition to any altera tion of the present Corn-law. By pretences as hypocritical as those on which they relied for the defeat of the Ministerial Flan for the reduction of the sugar duties, they have sought to array the farmers and farm labourers in de fence of a system which can be of advantage to none but the owners of the soil. But if such is to be the game of the other party—if by such combinations every measure designed for the benefit of the people is to be thwarted, surely those whose trading and commercial interests are the first and principal victims of the present system, must lay aside every division on other questions of politics, and exert themselves to return Mem bers to represent the interests of British industry, and there fore the principle of freedom of trade. The commercial and manufacturing towns of Great Britain can, with perfect ease and certainty, protect themselves. TIMES.—In the debate on Lord Sandon's motion, Sir Ro bert Peel, as our readers will doubtless recollect, alluded to a conversation which he had recently had with a Quaker gen tleman named Ashworth. who had waited upon the Right Ho nourable Baronet as part of a deputation 'rem the Chamber of Commerce at Manchester. Under the manifest conviction that Sir Robert is on the eve of assuming the reins of Govern ment, the Deputies were anxious to lay before him their free opinions upon trade in all its multitudinous branches; and in the progress of this discursive lecture, which was conducted in the most amicable spirit, Mr. Ashworth, by way of fortifying the Chamber's hostility to prohibitory duties, requested the Premier elect to peruse a certain pamphlet by a Mr. W. It. Greg, on the unanswerable force of whose reasonings, as inevit- ably" insuring the Right Hon. Baronet's - assent, the worthy Quaker declared that he was quite willing to stake the entire question of an unfettered commercial intercourse. With no small misgivings lest his long-established sentiments might be thoroughly overturned by the lauded pamphleteer, Sir Robert, in his usual candid way, agreed to give it his best consideration. A careful perusal was immediately bestowed upon it—when, to his utter astonishment, the sharp-witted statesman discovered that the production recommended to him by Mr. Ashworth afforded in truth a strong confirmation of his own views : and as he had apprized the deputation that he should reserve an explicit development of those views for his place in Parliament, Sir Robert felt at perfect liberty in the course of his speech on Tuesday to detail the particulars of his interview with the Deputation, and especially the grotesque effect of Mr. Greg's pamphlet in absolutely anni hilating the dogmas of its free-trade panegyrists. This he did, in a strain of graceful and good-natured satire, which convulsed the House for several minutes. The unctuous and refined ten derness of Izaak Walton in impaling his dear little worm upon a comfortable new hook was nothing to it. The Chamber of Commerce at Manchester has had some untoward passages in i's time. It ha=, before now, been cruelly burlesqued by its own Chairmen, as Mr. G. W. Wood can testify : but never till Tuesday night was that unfortunate Corporation's capacity of endurance tested to its full extent. Altogether it was a scene of the most courteous and insupportable torture which the Chamber has yet experienced—its own deputies, as a per verse fate decreed, having been once more the principaln struments of the infliction. Wherefore, it is not very unlikely, we think, that deputations may stand some chance of going out of fashion. That Mr. Henry Ashworth, the chief leader in this species of "chambering and wantonness," must have felt sorely chagrined at the tremendous retribution which it led to, was only to be expected; and accordingly, he has sent a very egotistic letter to the newspapers, in which, what with at tempted, explanations, disclaimers, and non mi ricordos, the highly estimable gentleman has, as is usual with talkative igno ramuses, placed his case considerably more in the wrong than when he first submitted it to the eagle eye and frightful talons of Sir Robert Peel. 1 POST.—Everything contributes to prove that Ministers, knowing themselves tobe beaten and powerless, have conceived the design of prolonging to the beginning of next year their possession of office, by intimating the intention to dissolve Par liament, and obtaining upon this pretence such grants and enactments as might absolve them from the necessity of meet ing the new Parliament before January or February next. This, could they have accomplished it, would indeed have been a coup de maitre. It would have given them their salaries for three quarters of a year—no slight matter in their estima tion. It would have given them the incidental patronage of Government for the same period, with all the advan tage in this respect that can accrue to an Administration perfect in the art of jobbing, and allowed an interval of nine months for practice between its doom to dismissal and the execution of the sentence. But more and better even than these—it would have given them the opportunity of exer cising for six months all the arts of corruption to which a des perate and unprincipled Administration can have recourse, upon the constituencies throughout the country, or, at their own option, upon the newly-elected Members of a new Parlia ment. We do not know what Ministers can have seen in the conduct of the Conservatives in the House of Commons to in duce them to hope that the ingenious contrivance we have described might be permitted to succeed. Without at tempting to reconcile the calculation of Ministers to com mon sense, which is no business of ours, we are content to announce to them and to their followers that, within the next twenty-four hours, they will discover it to have been a terrible miscalculation. That Ministers, for sake of retain ing place a few months longer, would willingly throw over board the whole of the important public and private business now before Parliament, their conduct has sufficiently proved. There are thirty-seven Orders of the Day, and twenty-four Notices of Motions, all of importance, on the Paper for to night. And Ministers have placed the House of Commons in a situation in which it is morally impossible that any business, public or private, which does not immediately affect the ques tion, •' Who are to be the Government ?" should receive ade quate attention. They cannot, however, throw overboard the business of providing for the two millions and a half of defi ciency, which will remain to be supplied after the sugar du ties are granted. Neither can they throw overboard the busi ness of providing for the maintenance of the poor after the expiration, in the autumn of this year, of the existing Act. Now the Conservatives, although they will certainly refuse no thing that is strictly necessary to shield the public service from injury or inconvenience, will as certainly grant nothing be yond what is strictly necessary for the exigencies of the State during the period that must be consumed in electing and con vening a new Parliament. Neither will the Conservatives of the House of Commons permit the important duty of legislat ing for the poor to be hurried over in a House of Commons, the Members of which are distracted by the turmoil and anxie ties of an approaching election. Ministers have begun the game of dissolution, and they are to play it out, with the con dition, which, we believe, they had overlooked, that the new Parliament must assemble to complete the necessary business of the year immediately after its election. HERALD.—It is not yet " Midsummer," and the so'emn citizens of London (those of them, at least, who are of a tern. perament sufficiently mercurial to daily with politics and Par liaments), have announced a vision which, for its burlesque absurdity, surpasses any " dream" that ever visited the slum bers of mankind at that period of the year ! " A Midsummer Night's Dream !"—need we add, utterly without its poetry, and of which the " fii.e fancies " can have been inspired by no other Helicon than the spiritual water s of Mr. Fearon's peren nial fountains on Holborn-hill, or some other such classical acclivity ! If we are to trust the intelligence with which a Correspondent supplies us, a certain party in the livery of the City of London are actually disposing themselves, in the event of a dissolution of Parliament, to dispense with the public services of Mr. Grote, and to get up a requi sition, calling on Lord John Russell to allow himself to be put in nomination as a candidate to represent the metropo lis of capitals. Whether it be that a recent inspection of Charles Knight's new periodical " London" (a book full o 1 topographical and antiquarian interest, despite of the obtru sively offensive politics which its clever compiler will thrust by the head and shoulders into passages where they are least wanted, or welcome), or our respect for that corporate com munity, that, with all its political deficiencies and mistakes, has taken an active and determined lead in many noble works of benevolence end justice (for such surely were its consistent efforts on behalf of the amelioration of the criminal code and of the abolition of slavery)—whether that cause or this feeling has specially excited our sympathies touching the " re presentation of London," we know not. But we do feel an anxious desire that if Mr. Grote have really intimated his in tention of not soliciting, in the event of a general election, the renewal of such an expression of the confidence of h:s fellow citizens as the honour of representing them—they should, at leas►, choose a successor equally well entitled by his fortune and commercial station—better qualified by the soundness of his political opinions and his commercial views, and not less eligible on the grounds of his frank and ingenuous character and decided principles (much as- we dissent from them), as a public man, to occupy the vacated place of Mr. Grote. The Royal Tradesmen's Association dined to. gether at the Freemasons' Tavern on Friday, in honour of her Majesty's birth-day. One hundred gentlemen int down to an excellent dinner, including two fine bucks presented by the Lord Steward of the Household. The toasts of her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal were received in the most enthusiastic manner, as was also that of her Majesty's Ministers. The music department was ably sustained by Messrs. Jolly, Ransford, and Fitzwilliam. We regret to learn that letters have just been received in town from Italy, which announce the sud don and serious illness of the Countess of Coventry. Her Lady s hi p , w i t h h er on ly daughter Lady Holland, is sojo urn i ng at R ome, an d w hil s t taking an airing in the vicinity o f t h e anc i ent c i ty , h er L a dyship was at tacked by a coup de goleil, at least it is so supposed, from the suddennes s and seriousness of the attack. Lord Holland, who was making a short excursion, was at Pisa at the time of the occurrence, and was sent for expresS. GRAND ENTRANCE TO HYDE PARK.—NuM bars of workmen are busily employed in taking down the spacious brewery recently belonging to Messrs. Go d:ng, at Knightsbridge, preparatory to forming the grand entrance into Hyde Park, on the site of which are to be erected splendid foot and carriage entrance gates, with a keeper's lodge, to be named Prince Al oert's Gates. Surveyors have also been taking plans for the erection of splendid mansions, the fronts of which will be towards the park, extending from the new en trance nearly to Hyde Park Corner. The small old houses and shops on that side are speedily to be re moved for that purpose. We are authorised to state that Sir Robert L. Dundas was prevented by severe indisposition from at tending in the House of Commons and voting in favour of the Government against Lord Sandon's resolution, on Tuesday last, the 18th inst. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. __ EPSOM RACES. SATURDAY NIGHT.—The following are the fixtures for these races, completed with the entries this afternoon : TUESDAY. The Craven Stakes of 10 sov;.each, for three years old, Cst Alb four, Bst 10Ib, five 9st 41b, six and aged, 9st 101 b, Craven Course. Colonel Wyndham's b c Father Matthew, 3 yrs; Mr. West brook's b c Mobarek, 3 yrs ; Mr. Mostyn s br f Birthday, 3 yrs; Lord Lichfield's b h The Corsair, 5 yrs; Mr. Dixon's ch f by Saracen, out of Delightful, sister to Deception, 3 yrs. 'f he Woodcote Stakes of 25 sons each, 10 ft for two year old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies 84 Mb from the Roads in, less than half a mile. The Shirley Stakes of 25 soya. each, fir three years old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, B,t 41b., one mile. Ceptain Ridge's b c by Y. Wanderer, out of Monody ; Lord Albemarle's Minaret ; Lord Exeter's Syria, by Sultan, out of Marchesa ; Duke of Grafton's b c Mosque. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 sovs. added •, three yrs. old. 7st., four, Bst. 21b., five, Bst. 101 b., six and aged, 9A. 21b., mares and geldings allowed 31b., the winner to be sold fir 250 toys. New T. Y.C., three quarters of a mile. Mr. Greville's ch c Perseus, 4 yrs ; Mr. Walter's ch c sir George, 4 yrs ' • Col. Anson's nd ch c All F ours . 5 yrs • M r . Westbrook's ch f Decision, 3 yrs ; Wr. Wright's ch m 4 yrs; Mr. l3alchin's Dromedary, 4 yrs; Mr. Dixon's Came lino, 5 yrs ; Mr. Lichtwald's br c by Augustus out of Courte san, 3 yrs. Fifty Pounds, for three yrs old, 6st 91b, four, Bst 61b, five, Bst 121 b, six and aged, 9st 21b ; the winner to be sold for 250 sovs. Entrance 1 soy. to go to the second horse. Heats two miles. Three to start or no race. Mr. Hornsby's ch g Whalebone, aged ; Mr. Booth's br m Isabella, 6 yrs ; Mr. Lowerby's ch f Pbingari, 3 yrs ; Capt. Pettat's br h Caliph, aged ; Mr. Goodman s br c Mungo Park, 4 yrs ; Mr. Wright's br m Camille, sister to Pickwick, 5 yr= ; Mr. Stirling's br c The Pocket Viper, 3 yrs ; Mr. Shackell's ch c Cantle, 4 yrs. THE GENERAL ELECTION. (FROM A WORKING MAN.) Mn. EDITOII,—The time has arrived when the working classes, to a man, should shake off the lethargy which has taken possession of them. If ever the working men of Great Britain and Ireland possessed the power of doing good (which is undeniable) they at this moment pos sess it to an eminent degree. Neither Whig nor Tory deny it, and the only question for conside ration appears to me to be the manner in which they will exercise that power. Now, Sir, I address myself exclusively to those of my own political creed—Chartists, leaving Ireland entirely out of the question, wel knowing how that brave, patriotic, and long.- oppressed people will behave themselves. The major part of England is entirely Chartist. I can safely say the same of Scotland ; there ap pears no difference between the two countries in political feeling; all who are Chartists are alike guided by the one grand principle, equal rights, equal laws; therefore, th e act of England be comes the act of Scotland ; the indiscretion of one the indiscretion of the other. Each country, one to the other, is answerable for any evil that may arise out of the intemperance of their political leadership. That intemperance will be exhi bited; that evils great and incalculable will arise from such conduct, I have more than reason to expect. The characters of certain leaders, both metro politan and provincial, are too ►ell known to me, and many more, ever to expect any good from their pretended exertions. They are all poor men, (if honest, they would be the better for that), most of them unwilling to work, while they can do better upon frothy exclamation, and hypocritical juggle; and as such, should be narrowly watched; but by no means too speedily judged. But to the substance of my story. You may remember, Sir, and so will many of your readers, that a few months back I warned the Chartists against allying themselves with men whose conduct was anything but honourable; whose interests were diametrically opposed to anything like justice to the working-classes; and many whose prosperity in worldly matters is deeply rooted in the oppression of the many, and which prosperity would melt into thin air, when justice found its balance. And 'these cun ning declaimers are the parties who will, at the next election, lead the people into the quagmire of folly, and will, by specious reasoning, point out the way to redress their grievances, urging them, by every art they are masters of, to " Rise up as one man," and tell their "Oppres sors" that "a people need but will it to be free !" Oh, Mr. Editor, even half-honest men must de spise this base trickery—this usuring cajolery. To the easy believing multitude they say " your battles are to be fought at the elections." Very true. But how, Sir, think you these self-quali fied surgeons of justice would have the people act? Why, at the coming nominations we, the "Chartists," are to find Chartist candi dates, and, if possible, return them as Mem bers—easy work (?); but should we not have a good chance of a majority; we are by no means whatever to allow a single vote in our interest to be given on the part of the Whig, rather should we return the Tory. This conduct will, you must perceive Mr. Editor, end in discomfiture of the principles of Chartism ; the elections over, a fresh agitation begins, and on again go the paid delegates for another canter through the country, making the working classes, not their horses, but jaded asses, upon whose fretted backs they ride pleasantly at will. Talk of the " paid bQggarman of Ireland!" London, May 23, 1841. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, MAY 22.—The Reindeer brig, of six guns, commanded by Lieut. Bisson, arrived this after noon from Chatham ; she has brought supernumeraries for the ships at Spithead, and men from the Volage, who have volunteered for the Excellent. She has sea men also for the Cornwallis, at Plymouth. Her desti nation is to lie as a guard-ship at Gibraltar. The Lieu tenant in command of this vessel is lent from the Poic tiers, and the crew from other ships, who, as soon as the Reindeer is navigated to Gibraltar, will return to Eng land. Captain Boxer, of the Pique frigate, whose dis creet and judicious, as well as gallant conduct at Acre, fully deserves the appointment, is fixed on as Commodore on the Jamaica station, in the room of Com modore Douglas, whose term of service has expired. The Pelican, 16, Commander Napier, is orderel to Lisbon, to supply the place of the Trinculo, ordered to be paid off at Plymouth. The schooner Fair Rosamond, destined for the Cape and African station, will be ready to proceed thither about the 28th instant, being quite manned. The Pelorus, 18, stranded in a gale of wind, at Port Essington, has been got off, and rendered fit for service. Lieut. W.W. Chambers has been appointed Acting Com mander of her. It is pretty certain the Queen, 110, will be sent to the Mediterranean, for the flag of the future Commander in-Chief of that station ; her place in this harbour will be filled by the St. Vincent, 120. ___ , The Euphrates, freight-ship, is hourly expected here to receive on board a detachment of the 35th Regiment, for the Mauritius. She will proceed from this to Cork, to embark detachments of other corps for the Cape, Mauritius, and Ceylon. The Spitfire, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander W. Tringham, was expected to leave Woolwich to-day, for this port, where she will be paid wages in advance, and afterwards proceed to the West Indies for service on that station. The Trafalgar, 120 guns, will be launched at Wool wich on Saturday, the 19th of July next. In Harbour—Queen,Victory, Excellent, Dublin, Royal George, Fair Rosamond, and Echo, steamer. tit Spithead—Monarch, Indus, Vernon, Pelican, Nau tilus, and Rapid. _ The Ward-room officers of the Queen gave a magnifi cent parting dinner to Captain Montague, on his leaving the command of that ship, on Thursday. A large party of the heads of departments and naval and military gen tlemen were invited to meet him. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenaut W. W. Chambers (of the Wellesley) to be Acting Commander of the Pelorus. APPOlNTMENTS. — Lieutenants Clavell, to be Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Thomas ; E. R. Power to the Excellent ; W. Need, to the Monarch ; Charles Starmer, to the Pelican, vice Hay, sick. Master—James Wood, to command the Tortoise store ship. Assisiant Surgeons—Dr. H. Richardson, and Mr. James Rae, to the Queen. Mates—Samuel H. Derriman, Thomas E. Sanders, and W. F. Mowbray, to the Dublin. Midshipmen—W. F. Lapidge, Thomas D. Sullivan, B. S. Pickard, and Blackett, to the Qiieen ; H. F. Elliott, to the Dublin. Vol. Ist Class—Edward F. H. Holme, to the Dublin. Naval Instructor—R. M. Inskip, to the Impregnable. Gunner—W. Smith, to the Tortoise ' • W. Rich ar d s (late of Acorn). i s p romo t e d t o th e sec ond class, Second Engineer—Charles Hobb, to the Victory, for service in the Wildfire. Coast Guard—Lieut. W. H. Lloyd (1815) to be Chie Officer. Royal Marines—The four vacant . Adjutancies in the corps have been filled by the appointments cif Lieute nants J. K. Wilson and G. C. Langley, to Portsmouth Division ; Lieutenant A. D. Stransham, to Woolwich Division ; and Lieutenant J. H. Wright, to Plymouth Division ; and Lieutenant W. G. Mahon is placed on the Staff at Pembroke, vice Langley ; Captain Evans, and Lieutenants March and Hockings, to the Dublin. Royal Marines.—On Tuesday last, after a most satis factory examination, the three following young gen tlemen obtained Commissions in the Corps :—Mr. Robert Boyle, son of the late Mr. Boyle, who recently died on the coast of Syria, when serving as Purser of the Edinburgh • .T. H. Jolliffe, son of Captain J o lliff e , R.M., of the idinburgh ; and John Elliott, son of the late Captain Sir Wm. Elliott, R.N. ; and on Wednesday, Messrs. C. 11. Wilcox and Henry Spratt. were examined and entered as Marine Cadets. It is worthy of remark and to the credit of Mr. Neave, of Portsea, that four of these gentlemen, Messrs. Boyle, Spratt, Jolliffe, and Wilcox, were educated at his academy. ADELAIDE GALLERY.—THE TERPODION.--. —A highly respectable and numerous audience attended at the Gallery of Practical Science, Strand, on Saturday, to hear a performance on this new instrument. Mr. Bashmann, the son of the inventor, and his lady, played several airs from " Masaniello," and other favourite operas; which were loudly applauded. The sounds pro duced combined the qualities of the bassoon, violoncello, and the aeolian harp. The touch of this instrument is different from any hitherto invented, although a pianist, with a little practice, would soon accomplish it. As an opportunity is afforded at the Gallery to witness this piece of mechanism; the ingenious will, without doubt, be highly pleased with its construction, arid the lover ( f combined and beautiful sounds will derive great pleasure on hearing the melody which it i s capa bl e o f produc i ng. A Chartist Meeting is to be held in ti e Crown and Anchor, this evening at seven o'clock, to take into consideration the proper course to be pursued by the working classes at this important crisis, and likewise to adopt re;olutions having for their object the release of all political prisoners, and carrying out the People's Charter. THE CRISIS.—The die is cast. The. Minis ters will not resign. They are still, and will long re main, the constitutional and confidential advisers of the Queen, who, with unexampled fortitude and courage, stands by her Ministers whilst they fight • the battles of the people against the most greedy monopolists of any age or country. The Government has nobly done its duty ; it is now for the people to perform theirs. There must be no surrender now—no compromise. The people must resolve either to assist the Government in uphold ing their rights, or make up their minds to lose the most remote chance 'of further reforms for the ameliorati4 n of- their condition, or a lessening of their intolerable burdens. The commercial code, which deprives millions of labour and food, must be reformed, or revolution, with all its htirrors, will sweep over the nation ; and the only party . that can or will reform that code is that of the prasent Government.—Brighton- Herald. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. CITY ELECTION (LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—At a meeting of a large and highly influential portion of the constituency of the City of London, held on Saturday last, it was unanimou,ly resolved to request Lord John Russell, in the event of a disso lution, to allow himself to be put in nomination to represent the City of London. This resolution was adopted in conse • quence of the expected retirement of Mr. Grote. An active Committee was appointed to take steps to carry the resolution into effect. BOROUGH OF MARYLRBONE.--We are authorised to state that Sir Benjamin Hall will again come forward as a candidate for the representation of this borough, at the approaching dis• solution. YORKSHIRE. (From the Leeds Mercury.) THE APPROACHING ELECTIONS.—We earnestly hope that the West Riding of Yorkshire will not, at the coming elec tion, return a single Monopoly-man. Fur the Riding itseV, Lord Morpeth will be returned triumphantly. Whether Sir George Strickland will again offer himself is doubtful : we un derstand that he is desirous to retire, if a suitable successor should appear ; and it is possible that a son of Earl Fitzwiliiam, whose dauntless and disinterested advocacy of the interests of the people in the House of Lords has won the admiration of the whole country, may be induced to become a candidate. For the borough of Leeds it is known that Mr. Baines retires, owing to the state of his health. It is rumoured that the Tories have tried to induce one of the Beckett family and the Hon. James Stuart Wortley to come forward; but, if we are rightly informed, those gentlemen have had the prudence to decline the invitation. As for Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, and Sheffield, we cannot entertain a doubt that they will return staunch anti monopoly men. Knaresborough is threatened with one, if not two, monopoly men as candidates ; but we hope the electors o f that seat of the linen trade will :show themselves true to the principles of commercial freedom, and return two supporters of the Govern ment measures. Will not Ripon make a desperate effort to fling off the yoke of Mrs. Lawrence and the surrounding aristocrats, and join in the great work of putting down monopolies ? We call also upon the seaports of Hull, Whitby, and Scarborough, and upon York and Beverley, to support her Majesty's Government in their great undertaking—an undertaking eminently calcu lated to promote the prosperity of foreign commerce and of the shipping interest, and to give a mighty impulse to all our eastern seaports. WEST RIDING OF YORESHIRE.—The announcement of the names of Morpeth and Milton as candidates for the West Riding of Yorkshire has just reached us. Sir George Strick land having announced his intention of not again soliciting the suffrages of the electors, a requisition has been presented to Lord Milton, who has sent them an answer, in which he ac cedes to their wishes.—Leeds Mercury. Astnovee.—We do not expect any opposition here, parties being so nearly balanced. Any effort to displace either of our Members would, we have no doubt, be unsuccessful. ASHBURTON.—News arrived at Ashburton, on Thursday evening, that C. Lushington, Esq., the member for this bo rough, intended to resign at the next dissolution of Parlia ment. A meeting of the Liberal electors was speedily congre gated at ,Foaden's Assembly-room. A letter was read from Lord Cranstoun, assuring the electors he should d o hi s u t mo ,t to assist in the return of Mr. Jardine, a gentleman of Liberal politico. Mr. Jardine is a wealthy merchant, largely engaged in the China trade, and from his well-known principles, will be well received at Ashburton, and will be sure to be elected. It is expected that Mr. Jardine will address the electors this day (Friday. ) Western Tines. BRADFORD.—In consequence of a rumour that E. C. Litter, Esq., one of the present Liberal Members for the above bo rough, intended to retire from the representation, in the event of a dissolution of Parliament, a numerous meeting of the friends of Reform was held in the large room of the Bowling Green Inn, T. G. Clayton, Esq., of Bierley, in the chair. After some time spent in conversation, Mr. W. Lister, eldest sen of the Member, formally stated that he had been authorised by his fattier to signify his determination to retire from public life at tke close of present Session of Parliament. A reso lution was adopted, inviting the Hon. Gentleman to continue his services, and thanking both him and Mr. Busfeild for their past services. It appearing, however, that the determination of Mr. Lister to retire was unalterable, a motion was proposed and adopted to the effect, that the meeting would not support any candidate who might offer himself who was not pre pared to support the principles of free trade, and especially with reference to the repeal of the Corn-laws ; the abo lition of Church-rates, and an extension of the suffrage were also mentioned. Mr. W. C. Lister was mentioned as being an eligible successor to his father, and that gentleman said, that if he was theught worthy to occupy so distinguished a post he should feel highly honoured, and that, in fact, it was an object of his ambition. On Wednesday night the Radical As sociation a meeting at the Hope and Anchor Inn, and passed a resolution to the effect, that strenuous endeavours should be made to effect the return of an individual who would exert himself to obtain an extension of the suffrage. Three gentlemen—Colonel Thompson, Richard Cobden, Esq., Man chester, and Hamer Stansfield, Esq., of Leeds—were men tioned as being agreeable to the Radical electors. The Chartists also formed an election committee, and determined to bring forward a candidate.—Leeds Mercury. RAPE OF BRAMBEIt. —There is a very preponderating num ber of Whigs in Steyning, Worthing, and Shoreham, and the elections for the Rape almost turn upon the majority there. It is believed in several quarters,. upon reputed good authority, that D. Salomens, Esq., a gentleman unanimously esteemed in this part of the county, will come forward at the proper time.— Brighton Herald. BIT a . —The ghost of Toryism stalks again in this borough. It was raised on Saturday night last in the shape of Horace Twiss, Esq., of rotten borough notoriety, and over whom. Schedule A put an extinguisher, which some of the Bury poli ticians of the Gall minus the Bpurzheim genus are vainly at tempting to remove.—Su f folk Chronicle. CHICHESTEA.—J. A. Smith, Esq., the Liberal Member, will be returned as one Member, and either Lord Arthur Len nox or Lord March as the Orange or Tory Member. Should an opposition be started, we rely with confidence on Mr. Smith being at the head of the poll.—Hampshire Independent. CHRISTCHURCH.—We rejoice to hear the borough will be contested at the next election by Sir G. T. Gervis. The electors of Christchurch will thus have the opportunity of knowing how much they value the blessings of dear food, and how they appreciate Sir George Rose's determination that cheap sugar and cheap bread shall not, as far as lie is con cerned. be the portion of the hard-working labourer and operative of England.—Hampshire Independent. COLERAINE ELECTION.—If an influential Liberal comes forward his success is sure. EXETER.—Mr. W. Hobson Furlong and Mr. Alderman Woolmer have been to town to look for " a man" to stand for Exeter. They were most graciously received by the Carlton Club, but no " man" was forthcoming. The last report is, that Mr. Benjamin Salter, of the Brewery, Exeter, and Mount Radford, Devon, will come forward.-- Western Times. is rumoured here that a party of the burgesses are determined to have an opposition, for the sake of getting some thing for their votes, as they cannfit understand why they should not have a share of the Carlton Club gold, equally with Ipswich, Norwich, and other neighbouring boroughs.—Suffolk Chro nicle. FALKIRK.—It is quite remarkable and ridiculous, that all the fuss lately made by the Carlton Club should have evaporated into something lighter than air, and that the vaunted opponent of Gillon now shrinks from the contest I The Tories are gnawing their fingers how to disunite us and our sister burghs from our tried, able, consistent and first representative.—Perth Advertiser. GREENWICH.—We are authorised to state that, in the event of a dissolution of Parliament, our former faithful and honour able representative, Captain Deans Dundss, will offer himself, in conjunction with Edward George Barnard, Esq., as a candi date on the Liberal interest ; and there is not the shadow of a doubt but that he will be successful.—Kentish Mercury. HELSTON.—Mr. Basset, the present Member for this borough, has already addressed the electors in anticipation of a dissolution. The Honourable Gentleman proffers a continu ance of his services.—lbid. HULL.—One of the Liberal candidates to be brought for ward at Hull on the ensuing election is Mr. Clay, nephew of the Member for the Tower Hamlets. We hope the electors will immediately select some other decided friend of free trade, to turn out Sir Walter James, who has disgraced that great commercial constituency by voting in favour of monopoly.__ Leeds Mercury. KNA RESBOhoucx.--Various are the rumours of candidates for the representation of Knaresborough, in the event of an early dissolution of Parliament, some of the leading parties being anxious to support two candidates who will take shares to the amount of 10,0001. in a proposed railway from Bolton station, near Tadcaster, to Knaresborough ! and one of these, it is reported, is to be a certain Alderman, of York, who is a large railway speculator, and who, if returned, would be cer tain to obtain for Knaresborough the proposed railway ! We entreat the Reformers to rouse themselves at the call of their Queen and their country, and by immediate and energetic efforts to secure the return of two friends to commercial free dom.—Leeds Mercury. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH Laiscasniar.---Electors of South Lancashire, arouse your energies ! Select two candi dates pledged to support her Majesty's Government in their endeavours to alter the Corn-laws and the Timber and the Sugar Duties. I have no doubt of success. They will be sup ported by the commercial men of Liverpool, excepting the West India monopolists; manufacturing Manchester, with her Anti-Corn-law League, will support them without distinction of party. Whig, Tory, and Radical, will rally round the Anti- Corn-law banner. They likewise will he supported by the manufacturing towns of Stockport, Bolton, Bury, Wigan, Roch dale, Blackburn, Oldham, &c. Let no time be lost ; let our candidates be brought before the electors, and victery is cer tain.—Letter in the Liverpool Mercury. LEICESTER. --We are convinced that no league between the Tories and the Chartists—should such take place—can overcome that power which the Liberals yet possess, and can, if they choose, exert.—Leicestershire Chronicle. PETERMELD.-It is rumoured that the present respected and deservedly-popular Member is about to retire, and that his secession will be the means of introducing Mr. Edward Carter, the son of the late respected Bonham Carter, Esq., to the people of Petersfield. If anything could console us for the loss of Mr. Hecter, who has long been identified with :the in dependent electors of Petersfield and of Hampshire in their struggles against the Tory oligarchy, it will be that he is likely ;to be succeeded by the son of Bonham Carter, a man never to be forgotten by the Liberals of Hampshire, while political integrity is respected and revered. —Hampshire In dependent. SOUTHAMPTON.—We are g,atifled to announce to our fr:ends that Southampton is in a condition to bear her share in the approaching conflict, and if information, on which we perfectly rely, is correct, this rising and intelligent town will not be disgraced by the infliction of the slip-slop Tory imbe ciles who aspire to be its representatives. It is only by com bination and energy the Tory faction can be defeated. " A long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," and the Victory is certain.—Hampshire Independent. SUNDERLAND.—Rumours have been prevalent during the past week that it is the intention of our honourable and worthy representative, Andrew White, Esq., to retire into private life, in the event of a dissolution of Parliament, which it is probable is not far distant. We believe these reports are all premature, Mr. White not having, as yet, publicly expressed his intentions on the subject. We hope, indeed, that he will again offer his services to the constituency of this important and populous borough.— Sunderland Herald. TRIIRO.—We are authorised to state that, in the event of a dissolution of the present Parliament, our borough Member, Mr. Turner, will immediately pay his respects in person to the electors. Of his cordial reception there cannot be the slightest doubt.— West Briton. WINC HESTER,. —We rejoice to see the name of Mr. Paulett Mildmay in the minoiity on the division of Tuesday night. The vote of Mr. Mildmay if taken, as we take it, to be a proof of his opinions on the ministerial policy, his election for Win chester, come when it may, is quite safe. We are much pleased to hear that there is every probability of a second Reform can didate coming forward for this city at the forthcoming election. —Hampshire Independent. Yoroc.—:.C. F. Barkley, Esq., of London, has offered him self as a candidate on the Reform interest for the representa tion of the city of York at the next election. He is only very partially supported by the Liberals, many of whom consider hia coming forward only calculated to divide the illtere4t and weaken the cause.— "Sunderland Herald. HESSE HOMBURG.—The official journal o f Hesse Homburg of the 16th inst. publishes a proclamation of the Landgrave, dated the Bth, promising a constitution to his subjects. EVEN ING EDITION. THE MINISTRY._ ( FROM A Calt RESPONDENT.): The North Devon Reformers are quite easy..as..to4bliff°rt coming in for some ti me , even s h ou ld th e p!esentilailligrY 1 "" beaten in the new ?ornament, on Corn-laws.andiineopiraer eial poicy generally; it is considered almost certain , tharber the reins of Government will be placed in Tory,handirana: the retirement of L or d M e lb ourne as P rem i er, t h at- et jesty will command the Lord Ebrington to form an•lSeltiliu" - tration." _ MR. °TONNE Lit'SADD HESS': T° THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND. London, May 19;18 4 l . Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow sit FELLOW COUNTRYMEN,—The crisis has arrived. We in the throes of a great a nd i mportant c h ange. Th e ancient and virulent enemies of Ir e l an d now re j o i ce. Th e Tory fac tion which, under various denominations, has so long nuagr, '!, verned England, and brutally ty rann i se d over Ireland, wet assume the tyrannic domination once aga i n. Th ey havene f conquered the Queen, and j o y ous l y ant i cipate t h e pleasure bi once more trampling upon the people. This the time to try men's souls. Prepare, then, for the coming struggle. For the pi esent, I take the liberty of s u _ r'; gesting to you the p r i nc i ; lea upon w hi c h t h e com i ng e lection ought to be contes.ed ; and on whi c h, I t rust , eve ry ll°n Repea!er will embark in the contest. The principles which s h ou ld govern your conduct ough t ' my judgment, to be these : ia First—The paramount object of every faithful Irishman' .0 the pre:,ent contest, should be, t o a d vance t h e on l y peril - 1 0 4 a. and rational mode of p rocur i ng f ree d om and prosperity for land—THE REPEAL OF THE LEGISLATIVE UNION. d, Secondly—That sacred ca use w ill be betrayed and injured, if it shall be in any i ns t ance ren d ere d su b serv i en t to the triumph of a single Tory. Thirdly—Every constituency in Ireland, capable of ret,urni; ing a Repealer, should re t urn an a d vocate for the r e pe al, i preference to every other human being ; and, in particular' preference to a Whig, or even to a radical. • Fourthly—Every Lib era l constituency in Ireland which tad • be unable to return a R epea l er, b ut be competent to retu rn Radical, should return a Radical in preference to a Whig' $ Fifthly—Every co ns tit uency i n I reland, unable to re ntal Repealer, or Radical, should return a Whig in preference to Tory. tint Sixthly--Nothing can be more base than that any colt ency in Ireland should affect to be Liberal, yet return a' 'a ch i . ' s , The Liberal Protestant who may vote for a Tory forfeitsl o , and should be deemed a hypocrite and a traitor. B u t a Oat, be lie elector, who, in this struggle, votes for a Tory, shell' „a deemed a base renegade, and a vile enemy 01 his country his kind, and he should meet the disregard, the contempt, au the execration of all who know him. turn Seventhly—The man who, in the fruitless attempt to m ead a Repealer, gives, di rec tl y or i n di rectly, assistance to a. f'" to be returned, should be set down as the enemy of Irelaisd• Eighthly—Any man who, in the fruitless attempt to r.iturare Radical, gives, either directly or indirectly, assistance to & to be returned, should be set down as the enemy of Ireland- 50 Ninthly—The man who affects patriotism by now WO if the Whigs—even upon points on which they merit censure": o by so &nag he adva nces t h e i nterests of a T ory, that may his folly in not recollecting that the great crime of the is to resemble Tories ; and that a Tory is nothing more tb.a i l lig exaggeration of all Whig faults, without any particle of merits. Tenthly—The man t herefore who, by abusing the • Ili, advances the interests o f th e T or i es, d oes, out of his sheer 0 4 serve the cause of the worst and bitterest enemies that Jsel' w ever had Men of Ireland—You are a shrewd—an intelligent s t e r s Bible people. You have, for many years past, been; lu habit of consulting y our un d erstand i ngs rather than 11,13nr e ines—your judgments, and not your resentments. 'tou r at the ensuing elections is plain and obvious. It is this Firstly—Get Repealers wherever you can. Secondly—Get Radicals where you cannot get Repealerld Thirdly—Get Whigs where you cannot get either Rep° or Radicals. Fourthly —Oppose the Tories everywhere, and in everft"'7 4 , Fifthly—his also your d u t y to enterta i n the utniesse on th tempt for the juitgment of any man, and to suspect his b one s who shall now, by abusing the Whigs, serve "and - promote interests of the Tories. thr e Men of Ireland !—I arraign before you the Tories upon several criminal indictments. Firstly, It w as th e T or i es who originally imposed nr°l' 30 D. country the supp or t o f an a li en church—the church of the t el rity—giving to that church those temporalities which, in of right and justice, the statute law should allot to she n " all the people. Secondly—lL was th e T or i es who sustained and Lave t the hands of that church, by the oppression and by ,e' ea be sanguinary massacre of the people, the blood-stained ,tit ensanguined tithe composition, and now the more call''' . and vexatious tithe rent-charge. D , Thirdly—lt was t h e T or i es who, as long as I rerr.emberf s o , tinned in full force the penal laws against the Catholic's; s od who, having been discomfited and defeated by the qyie de majestic patriotism of the people of Ireland, now seek, i n of the lusive and swi n dli ng manner, to deprive us of the benefit ° Emancipation Bill. , Fourthly—lt is th e same Tories, who, under the Ras ie of Lord Stanley, now seek by atrocious calumny to au' .''h-oo' the franchise cf the Irish people, and, as f ar as they a cc corned, to repeal th e Reform Bill. 11 Fifthly—lt is the same T or i es w h o have insulted t/ * e Pe o bi of Ireland, and robbed them of their corporate I.'l 0„ 1 1,01 1 an insufficient, a del us i ve , an d a swindling corporate' , Sixthly—lt is the s ame T ory f action that now s e , ' it " .our counties with Orange Magistrates, ,Orange as-d - je Juries and Sheriff s , an d to crowd the superior benehe tice with the most partisan, virulent, and bigoted Jude ; d Seventhly—lt is the same T ory fact i on that foments t„nlisll courages contemptuo us h atre d o f Ireland among tho -"'" ot sr• people, and ani ma t es t h em b y falsehood and calumny t °eiatri tain, in comm on w i t h th emse l ves, the most rancorous ~11" against the Catholic religion. Eighthly—The Tories are Orangemen under another narna they hate the people of Ireland, whom they desire to (1 ores they vilify the re li g i on o f t h e people of Ireland, -yea e " would, in all practical ways, persecute. ;I tb i Ninthly—The Tories support and most richly r' rutr:— y public press, that designates the brave, the gem alms.. t or moral, the temperate, and the loyal people of Ireland .as" o i derous wretches," as " execrable villains," as " a „ 071 . 1 / felonious rabble !" Men of Ireland ! Such is the description they gi , re rr f r Which of you will support the Tories? tri Tenthly—They d es i gnate your venerable and yes , Ito clergy—the men who endure the chilling air and :talc • 01 of bitter winter's night, and the most toilsome labours air ,der tb° noonday sun—th e men w h o b rave pest i lent disease a Pe' tbe horrors of poiso nous i n f ect i on, i n order to administer to _d poorest and lowliest of the poor and the lowly, the s ac re l e §r heavenly consolati ons o f pure re li g i on ;—vas, the Tel 'lea nate the anointed priests of the living God as " s TIOUS TYRANTS," as " BRUTAL MONSTERS," and ; mem) RUFFIANS!" Y °tl Catholics of Ir e l an d ! — l n any and every event sho N t hat v 11( inherit the gl or i ous sp i r i t of 1782. Demonstrate 1%, Wl' ,0 ' o ° title to the inherit ance o f freedom ; and as sure as t; t-tarCel' sun will rise, the Irish Parliament will again assem Is!c in lege-green I —HURRAH, THEN FOR THE REPEAL! DANIEL O'CO ORTUGAL. THE PRESIDENT. 17 111 tothe tar We have received letters and papers from Lisb an, -- regu ill inst. inclusive, which arrived at Falmouth, t i . o . steamer, with the Peninsula mails. The folios' ling letter be read with unusual interest, as it contains int e lligene' t may, perh a p s , re l ate to the long-missing Presi( Sent. w ed e LisBON, MAY 17, 4 P.M.—The foll ow i ng is a tea coo i. from the minutes of the log-book of the Porto; re ,ese sbiP o bie k de Palma, Captain Sabine Antonio de Cabo 4 1 k linehla' t b e 6; arrived at this port from Rio de Janeiro in six' ty dayiuP eo el t , inst. A general hope is entertained here ' are 1 the - c ..idell g question must be the long-missing steam- .pa, cket efr o ttll it Captain Almeida, however, not being awar eon . his artl e _ ,s„ this ship was overdue, did not mention th e d i „ ins tan r t. e ',' some days after the departure of the last mail . for Ens ,lo . : o o ' is to be regretted that he did not commit' ak-ate- with the' ` to place her identity beyond a doubt. o9o' "On the 22d of April, at 3 p. m ., b eing : in lat. 29a " jes' f . ; 1 8x. north, long. 40d. 28 m . west of Gr eenw it h, wind . ' r ig 0 . , saw, at about five o r s i x miles a-110;V,, a , else ' whes ,, ;P, could not well make out, stethering the sa t se cerurse, ' ith lis t : f The same wind continued rourlhout t' se night , ' vi rn irCa weather, but rather a rough sea. Early on the 111D i a rb , w e r the 23d the same vessel was about six m iles on the quarter, when we could well perceive her to be a larg e ,„ er . ' o ', under all sail, and making no use of he r steam P" . .U e hre°, 4 noon, lat. by observation 31d. 24m. 36 a, , long..bl r „ t 'a r; meter 40d. 20m., she was fast falling t a leeward ; lif t er t o l g j j she was scarcely perceptible on the ho, i zon . soon 6 0 , ,, wind shifted to E. N. E., N. E., N. N. NI r., 1S 1 , WW. . 13 1j0 e. ,, W., and blew strong with an agitate ,r sea;.. this e''' n d P', until the 3d of May, when the weather 0n finer_,3-ght wind veered from W. to W.S.W. and S, w ~ w hich b'' — he r to the Tagus on the 6th inst. boo' s; steamer had three ma i s t s - did not s- f ahe - r colours, or mite any signal nor eidd 0 „L o w any - o f h e s , going on easily with all her e sails, set, ma ki ng t o o e s virl" j machinery, and was using every en d ea . ward, but was making much 1e,,, way the funne 1 Wa s „ sss te white, and we have a coat:sect idea the at the vex ,e1 11 , 4 : 5 ' with a white streak." :t 00 me ~ b es t t o vour. to beat . W pa i l ite a The Finance Committee formed to emitter •t" e ' rese r ' i be P to meet the yearly deficit is drawing u ,pare r . sort t 0 be a t al ,i s s to the ens9ing Cortes, in which it is proposed i -A rd . s lty O lci. 20 percent.nt. on the Civil List, and art addition a'. „, c on eat' r ir conpt of wi:ne, as well as to e errand city uds- ,i iS le ' G abler it, all viikges without the city - gate s„ A rer,,,' ec itle' d prevalent that the Baron de Lagos is to be appointed rl " sa lari of the Portuguese Finance Committt *in of 1,0001. sterling per annum. ~ 14 No advantageous offers having I J e an Cora any • t hey will--elP mLadoend(f:r, wits tiipi : : so, of the new Exchequer-bills, it is •proba . ble that , the of „" ve,, r ; . the any Son D a "' a s t b h e e n ie zot d ia ep te e d nd for u b po y n th t e he Co d n ir fi e z iono are also large shareholders in f i n s . ~- ,ert ° i,s Letters from Braganza ar,d .agateig state that; the u.- - t t ee front the 3d Cacadores at tl-Je former, and 6th Int 'antrf e3lif latter place, have been F talions have been confirral to their quarters ; sous e ha ve •ofl u i : ..o numerous of late, ill: .t dies s i t sti given themseives Up, 'and confessed tla t th ey hatrb ee° 2tie l ' i l tog, they with sevriral robberies,No enced to desert by p, 'and less have .than bee n 3. even 4 near Braga within the past month. lis` ; ha oy The districts of San Martino and Cal? .as ds. - Ra' ° , if i s become so infested with bands of ' high, ,raymen., P r 'in c til °- composed of deserting recruits, as to rent' ler .rave, ' , parts very dangerous. Pe on 's The late Treasury, situate 'in 4 the Praca e k e Do ° , o Ai j which was burnt in July, 1836, is • to b a mover ted in' t o tional theatre. ,be 5 i The line-of-battle ship which has . bet li on the stocks ".,, e t '' s e 18 years, and now nearly ready f • or la unching, is , at d a G quest of her Majesty the Queen, t, Ibe c ailed tae \rase ° , J. p , instead of the Cidade de Lisboa, az , st is at first i nteoueie An te The decree exonerating from „ "his duties the 1 Wee" " of : 4 t ee , corvo, the ranPortuguee Exmoy • s t Lon, len, as Secretary f ., , w . io for Foreign Affairs, ti co, ,firinin - NI. Rodrigy d a i , ii ,Le•l Mag.lhaes in the portefeit' s il e pro g t empore, was Pi' to the Diario do Govern() of. Tuesea h tat- 0 , joa l : i to I subjoin the conditivas of an A y sso. ?dation for ;A 0e ,),5 31 ct d Government of 660 ct.nritos de reis (15 2,000/. s,:er lincond°lo D: LS'S.. ftesida - a t aih be raised to pay the dividend of the foreign 101 l et t , ~,A under the managira, partners of the tobacco coa ti : 4 l%OP e ll' transaction was etriecotcd by a decree of the Bth al ~0 09 published in the Diario do Got r and 'the cona"' e no„ tered into on the san d . le ay, ,_ retie ° r Exeha • nsge upon London at 30 d • s' sight, 53 a ,'. „, to a 3• milrie, and little or no oat ifs T paper. he following are conditions eta be ?Brining I n ' a ss s ch t ° ja r ' lend to Government 660 contos de r( i s blo nf 1 , ", 1- to crab, and 140 in titulos of the Sta' u d eli s OStA I. ' °r t io° 18331 at ebt P Olg a ,01 } a 0 u r ) , , ... T l -0 loan to be effected with ' 4, 0 1 es an 1- ea 9 e . eta ~ us blic r ~ , c re ""2"eressed in the conditions registe red in tl le VI" by au ' ta tie Bth cf the current month, an d approp ea of . „ e d , e ' ts' the same date. this be jou- 'vet 4 1 2: 'I he eirculwion of t „ autiat i ort to ose de ' ie nc j MM. Jose Dias Leite Sarrip it' slo and M oche -1 To e as",roi at S 3A CO' Guimaraes, who will sign alt . acts inherent t • 0 and circulation, signing "Jose Dias Leite Sam I T, " Manoel Jose de Freitas ___ , ~,. timinaraes and t-1 WEDNESDAY. The Derby Stakes of 50 Soya. each, h ft, for 3 yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b ; the second to receive 100 sovs out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100 sovs. towaris the police, and regulations of the course. Last mile and a half.. (154 Subs.) The following are in the neighbourhood :—Lord Albemarle's Ralph, Mr. Winbush's Finchley, Lord Westminster's Van mburgh, Marshal Sault, and Satirist, Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the. Whistle and Mehemet Ali, Colonel Anson's Duke of Wellington, Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation; Mr. Mos tyn's Prince Caradoc, &c., by the Tu ip, out of Queen Bess, Mr. Vansittart's Galaor, Lord Lichfield's Belgrade and Brother to Phosphorus, Col. Crauford's Ermengardis, Mr. Greville Palae mon ; Mr. Thornhill's Eringo and E. 0., Capt. Gardnor's Ben Brace ; Mr. Theobald's The Grand Duke; Mr. Westbrook's Mo barek and Decision ; Capt. Williamson's St. Cross ; Mr Griffith's Hereford; Mr. Batson's Revel and Potentia ; Mr. J. Boast's Clarendon ; Mr. Combe's The Nob ; Mr. Nixon's Knights bridge ; Duke of Grafton's Mosque ; Sir G. Heathcote's Mongolian and Tonquin ; Lord Jersey's Joachim ; Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans; Mr. J. Negus' Negus Portsokeu • Mr. E. Buckley's Gilbert ; Mr. Copeland's Mustapha M ' uley ; Mr. J. Wood's Paul Potter; Lord Orford's Arundel ; Mr. Ford's Metternich and Young Quo Minus; Capt. Ridge's Canizzaro ; Mr. Rush's cby Plenipo, out of Bangtail, and c by Plenipo out of Obelisk's dam; Lord G. Bentinck's Mus tapha ; Col. Wyndham's Monsieur le Sage and Father Mathew; Mr. Sadler's Protection; Lord Exeter's Abydos and Cesare witch. The Epsom Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 sovs. added : three yrs old, ist 101 b ; four, Bst 11Ib ; five, 9st 21b ; six and aged. 9st 61b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The win ner to be sold for 120 sovs. One mile. Mr. Houldsworth's ch c Hampton, 3 yrs; Mr. Walker's ch c Sir George, 4 yrs ; Mr. Hornsby's ch g Whalebone, aged ; Captain Martyn's bl g Dismal Jemmy, 4 yrs ; Sir C. Cocke rill's b m by Zinganee, out of Effie, aged ; Mr. Wright's ch m Folly, 4 yrs ; Mr. Osbaldeston's gr c by The Saddler, out of Fickle, 4 yrs; Mr. Mostyn's b c by The Tulip, out of Queen Bess, 3 yrs ; Air. Bacon's br h Ascanius, 6 yrs. The Walton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 sovs. added ; three years old, 7st l Olb ; four, Bst 111 b ; Awe, 9st 21b ; six and aged, 9st 61b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The win ner to be sold for 100 sovs. One mile. Mr. Daniels's ch g Orion, by Young Emilius, 6 yrs; Capt. Gardnor's bl c Ethon, 3 yrs ; Lord Exeter's br f Silistria, 4 yrs, Mr. Turner's b h Doncaster, aged; Mr. Mostyn's b c by The Tulip, out of Queen Bess, 3 yrs ; Mr. Theobald's ch c Fear nought, 4 yrs; Mr. Kling's Dahlia, 4 yrs; Mr. Balchin's bin Clematis, 4 yrs. The Burgh Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 40 sows. added ; three yrs old, Bst 21b; four, Bst 111 b; five, 9st 61b ; six and aged, ost 41b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner t o be sold for 80 sore. ; la s t half mile. Mr Houldsvvorth's ch c Hampton, 3 yrs ; Mr. Higgins's ch m Maid Marian, aged ; Lord Exeter's b f Syria, 3 yrs ; Captain Gardnor's ch f by Sultan, out of Garcia, 3 yrs ; Mr. Goodman's gr g Ange'o, 4 yrs ; Mr. Budd's ch h Adrian, aged ; Mr. Bird's 1) f Cast-off, 3 yrs ; Mr. Armstrong's ch g Bonnet Rouge, 4 yrs; Mr. Theobald's ch c Fearnought, 4 yrs; Mr. Greville's b g Pickwick, aged. THURSDAY, Fifty Pounds, for three yrs old colts, Bst ilb ; and fillies, Bst 21b, Derby Course. Lord Huntingtower's ch fby Langar, out of Sister to Por• trait, 3 yrs ; Mr. Boast's b c Clarendon, 3 yrs ; Duke of Grafton's b c Mosque, 3 yrs ; Captain Gardnor's b c Ben Brace, 3 yrs ; Mr. Mostyn's br f Birthday, 3 yrs ; Mr. Wilt brook's b c Mobarek, 3 yrs ; Mr. Ridge's ch c by Ccelebs, dam by Young Woodpecker, 3 yrs. The Plate of One Hundred Soya., three yrs old, 7st 21b ; four, 9st 21b; five, lOst; six and aged, lOst 51b. Cup Course. Two Miles. Mr. Booth's ch c Benjamin, 4 yrs; Mr. Sowerby's eh f Phingari, 3 yrs ; Lord Lynedoch's b c Jeffy, 3 yrs ; Mr. Collins's gr g Isaac, aged; Mr. Goodman's ch h Bedford, 4 yrs ; Mr. Westbrook's b c Mobarek, 3 yrs ; Mr. Mitchell's b m Lady Liverpool, 4 yrs ; Mr. Osbaldeston's gr c by The Saddler, out of Fickle, 4 yrs; Mr. Shackel's ch c Cantle, 4 yrs ; Mr. Sherrard's br c by the Colonel, dam unknown, 4 yrs. Fifty Pounds, for three years old '''st ; four, Bst slb ; five Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9,t 11b, mares and geldings allowed 31b, the winner to be sold fur 200 soya. Heats, one mile. Lord Huntingtower's br g Bristolian, 5 yrs; Mr. Walter's ch c Sir George, 4 yrs; Mr. Booth's ch c. Russell Frost, 4 yrs; Captain Lamb'r ch c Chit Chat, aged; Captain Pettat' b h Caliph. aged; Captain Colquitt's ch f Miss Emily, 3 yrs; Mr. Shelley's br c Hellespont, 4 yrs; Mr. Shackel's ch Cantle, 4 yrs ; Mr. Balchin's Dromedary, 4 yrs ; Mr. Kling's Dahlia, 4 yrs ; Mr. Wright's ch c Wanton, by Nonsense. FRIDAY. The Oaks Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three-year-olds ; fillies Bst 71b each; the second to receive to receive 100/., &c. Last mile and half. (119 subs. ) The following fillies are in the neighbcurhood :—Lord West minster's Ghuznee and Lampoon; Mr. Batson's Potentia and Barbara ' Colonel Craufm d's Er mengar di s ; M r. T . 0 . Fair re's fby Muley Moloch out of Mystery ' • Mr. Theobald's Black Duchess Colonel Anson's Witch of Worley Hill ; Mr. Et wall's Pelerine ; General Grosvenor's Miss Anny ; Sir G. Heathcote's Nannette filly and Jane filly ; Mr. Preen's Una ; Mr. Mostyn's Birthday ; Captain Gardnor's f by Sultan, out of Garcia; General Wyndham's Aspatria ; Co!onel Wynd ham's Nora Creina ; Mr. Collin's f by Sir Hercules, out of Concordia's' dam ; Mr. Westbrook's Decision ; Mr. Grat aicke's Clementine fby Saracen. out of Delightful; Duke of Grafton's Florence ; Mr. Sowerby's Phingart ; Mr. Cooke's Sequilla ; and Lord Albemarle's Minaret. The Members' Plate for 50 sovs. ; for three yrs old, 6st 71b ; four, Bst 91b; five, Bst 131 b; six and aged, 9st 21b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs. Two mile heats. Lord Huntingtower's ch fby Langar, out of sister to Por trait, 3 yrs ; Mr. Hornsby's ch g Whalebone, aged ; Booth's br m Isabella, 6 yrs; Sir C. Cockerill's b m by Zin ganee, out of Effie, aged; Mr. Goodman's gr h Colchicum, 5 yrs ; Mr. Wright's br m Camille, sister to Pickwick, 5 yrs ; Mr. Sowerby's ch f Phingari, 3 yrs; Mr. White's b c Fugle. man, 4 yrs ; Mr. Shackel's ch c Cantle, 4 yrs. The Derby and Oaks Plate of 50 sovs,; for three yrs old, 7st ; four. Bst 61b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Horses which shall have started or.ce at this meeting for any race, and been beaten, allowed 31b; twice, 51b. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs. Heats, one mile. Lord Huntingtower's br g Bristolian, 5 yrs ; Mr. Houlds worth's ch c Hampton, 3 yrs ; Mr. Higgin's ch m Maid Ma rian, aged ; Mr. Hornsby's ch g Whalebone, aged; Mr. Daniel's ch g Orion, 6 yrs ; Mr. Booth's ch c Russell Frost, 4 yrs ; Lord Exeter's br f Silistria, 4 yrs ; Capt. Lamb's ch h Chit Chat, aged ; Capt. Martyn's bl g Dismal Jemmy, 4 yrs ; Capt. Pettat's b h Caliph, aged ; Mr. Alostyn's b c by The Tulip, out of Queen Bess, 3 yrs; Mr. Turner's br h Donca,- ter, aed ; Mr. Wright's eh t olly, 4 yrs ; Capt. Colquitt's ch I Miss Emily, 3 yrs; Mr. White's b c Fugleman, 4 yrs; Mr. 'I heobald's ch c Fearnought, 4 yrs Mr. Armstrong's ch g Obelisk, aged ; Mr. Shelly's br c Hellespont, 4 yrs ; Mr. Kling's Dahlia, 4 yrs; Mr. Balchin's b m Clementis, 4 fir,; Air. Bacon's br h Ascanius, 6 yrs. Besides the Derby and Oaks horses mentioned above thy' following have arrived for the plates, &c. : The Corsair, lEthon, Dismal Jemmy, Chit Chat, Isabella, ch. h. by Y. Emilus, out of Lady Henry, Russell Frost, Cur lew, Whalebone, Revoke, Fearnought, Hellespont, Jole, Va lentissimo, Bokhira, Pairaguin, Argus, Dark Susan, Col chicum, Angelica c. Mungo Parke, Bedford, Barabbas, Rem nant, c. by Agreeable, out of Morel, c. by Agreeable, dam by Whisker, c. by Agreeable, dam by Sam, sister to Pickwick c. by The Exquisite, out Maresfield's dam, brother to Plenipo tentiary, Black Beck, All Fours, Lady Liverpool, Camel ius, Dark ness, Wanderer colt, Cantle, Lyster, Munchausen, br. c. by The Colonel, Richard Roe, Pickwick, Colebrooke, 2 yrs, The Plover, Mountain Sylph, Queen of Beauty, Barrister, George, f by Langar out of Sister to Portrait, Bristolian, Perseus, Cast off, Isaac, Caliph, Janus, Tupsley, Nongifted, Jeffy, Quick silver, &e. LATEST BETTING ON THE DERBY AND OAKS. The following list of prices is made up to seven yesterday evening :-3 tot agst Scott's lot, taken; 11 to 2 agst Ralph; 7 to 1 agst Van Amburgh ; 8 to 1 agst Marshal Sault, taken ; 6to 1 agst Coronation, taken ; 12 to 1 agst Galaor ; 12 to 1 agst Belgrade ; 20 to I agst Joachim ; 27 to 1 agst Ermen gardis, taken; 33 to 1 agst Sir Hans ; 40 to 1 agst Mustapha Muley ; 40 to 1 agst E. 0. ; 50 to 1 agst Knightsbridge, taken ; 1000 to 10 agst Hereford, taken ' • 1,000 to 10 ags t Mosque, taken. (A t one t i me 9to 1 was lard agst Coronation ; 10, 11, and 12 to 1 agst Van Amburgh ; and 33 to 1 agst Joachim.) OAKS.-14 to 1 agst Mystery f, taken ;34t0 1 agst Una. t. A report havi ng b een c i rculated t h at h er M a j es ty w ill h onour Epsom races with a v i s i t on the Der b y d a y, we h ave ma d e in quiries on the s u bj ect i n the proper quarter, and are enabled to state that probab i li t i es are aga i nst i ts t a king place. Her Ma jesty will have a di nner party on M on d a y, at Claremont, will be at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, and on Thursday the Prince and Princess of Leiningen will take their departure for the Continent. No preparations have been made at the Grand Stand in anticipation of her Majesty's presence, nor has any intimation of the kind been received by the Directors. - - LEWES, MAY 21.—The sensation created by the announcement of the intention of Government to grapple with the great monopolies, has by no means sub sided in this town. The avidity with which the tracts on the bread-tax have been sought after proves the in t-nst felt by the public in this now all-absorbing sub ject; The petition in favour of the repeal of the Corn taws was signed by no less than 1,132 persons, and that in the face of the threats of Mr..Ellman, that no farmer or gentleman would buy or sell with any man who signed the petition. Many were the expressions of 'regret which we heard from persons who were deterred from signing. Some exclaimed, " I wish you success, but I- dare not sign it." Other s exc l a i me d , ‘. 4 I wish you may get ten thousand, but if I s i gn I l ose m y bread." Deeply are the public at large convinced of the absolute necessity of the measur es w hi c h G overnme nt have introduced.— Brighton Her a ld. Her Roy a l Highness the Duchess o f K ent has , we hear, postp one d h er i nten d e d journey to the Conti nent in conseq uence o f the 'prolongation of t h e so jo u rn of their Serene Hi g h nesses the Prince and PrineesS of Leinin gen, who have been so much gratified by the splendour and gaieties of the British Court and high life at this animated period of the London season as, to induce them to re main in this country some, weeks longer t ha n was a t first contemplated. Their Serene llignesses will, we hear, accompany th e i r R oya l re l at i ve ' the Duchess 'of Kent to i Germany. • _Sunday Paper. s l t