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EVENING EDIT lON he (Mr. Thompson) was mad, because, the measures wh Mr. Watson said could be approved of by none but a madman, he (Mr. Thompson) regarded as wise measures and a proof of wisdom in him that had brought them forward--( Laughter. ) MEETING OF THE TOWN-COUNCIL. An adjourned meeting of this body was held on Wednesday, and attended by forty members. The Mayor presided. Mr. Wade brought forward his motion on the modification of the Corn-laws, and recommending a moderate fixed duty instead of the present fluctuating one. He advocated the alteration in a long speech, full of calculations, making it appear that the people of this country are compelled to pay a tax upon corn amounting- to 70 per cent., and upon beef and mutton a tax of 150 per cent. The question, he contended, was not one of party politics, but one in which every class of the commu nity was deeply interested. Mi. Wade then moved—" That in the opinion of this Council, the present Corn-laws are alike iniurious to the consumer, the manufacturer, the farmer, the general merchant, and, in short, all classes of the community, except the landowner, and therefore ought to be repealed. And that such a moderate fixed duty on corn ought to be substituted for the present fluctuating one, as will not only encourage a steady importation from our own colonies and distant countries in British vessels ; protect the English farmer from those ruinous fluctuations in price to which he is at present subject (and stimulate him to a better mode of cultivation ; but also form a source of revenue to the State, without raising the price of that prime necessary of life beyond what it is relatively in other neighbouring manufactur ing countries, with which the British manufacturer must either be enabled successfully to compete, or be successfully driven out of the different markets of the world." Sir WILLIAM LOWTHROP seconded the motion. After some further discussion, two or three verbal alterations in the petition were moved by Mr. SQUIRE, by way of amend ment, and agreed to. DERBYSHIRE. A high-respectable correspondent from Bakewell writes as follows:—" I am happy to inform you that the petition we have adopted has been most successful in this district. From all the larger townships we have applications for fresh sheets, those which we sent them having been filled with names. In several places every male adult resident has signed. In Bake well about 400 already, and our work not done. I believe the petitions from the district will be far more numerously signed than those for the Reform Bill. The enthusiasm at that time was very great; but there is now a steady determination which seems to combine all parties, except a taw ultra- Tories and anti- PL.or-law Chartists. The landed propriet ors and farmers have,wit h very few exceptions, signed ; also some of the clergy and moderate Tories, who have not hitherto supported Ministers. The pre sent, however, is not a party question in this neighbourhood, and the national cause, in contradistinction to that of mono poly. was never so triumphant in this agricultural part of the Peak of Derbyshire." Another correspondent writes that, " In Chesterfield and the surrounding district the same steady determination to sup port the Ministerial scheme of finance is visible as is mani fested in I3akewell. In Scarsdale, the petitions in favour of the Ministers have already been numerously signed, and those not yet presented to Parliament are still receiving additional names in great numbers, especially in villages where the popu lation is partly composed of persons engaged in mining and ma nufacturing. PROSPECTUS of the 7,000 MONEY DI VIDENDS which will be divided amongst 7,000 BONDS of the IMPERIAL and ROYAL POLISH LOAN, Contracted in the Year 1835, under Guarantee of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, By the Distribution of Ist July, 1841. Di;idends. Florins Polish Currency. 1 of... 1,000,000 1,000,000 1 2 6 8 12 . ... 7,000 ...... 84,000 20 100 150 200 1,000 5,500 7,000 7,970,000 41 Florins Polish Currency are equiti to £1 Sterling. Every Original Bend belonging to the Distribution of Ist July obtains at least a Dividend:of £lB Sterling. Largest Dividend £24,400 Sterling. Direct for Original Bonds, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. CAMBRIDGE. A correspondent, who gives his name and address, sends us the following account of some disgraceful proceedings of some Tory gownsmen. In pursuance of a numerously signed (though hastily prepared) requisition to the Mayor, that respected gentleman called a meeting in the Town-hall, to take into consideration the presentation of a petition to the Lower House of Parliament, in support of the late propo sition of her Majesty's Ministers respecting the abo lition of trade monopolies. Accordingly, at one o'clock, the room was tolerably filled. At a quarter past one the chair was taken by the Mayor. Mr. G. H. E. Gray proceeded to address the meeting in his usual happy style, when, by degrees, there collected sit the extreme end of the hall a mob of gowns men, who all at once, evidently by a preconcerted scheme, com menced a series of disgraceful interruptions to the speaker, howl ing, yelling, and making the most discordant noises which a gownsman's lungs are capable of producirg This was partially borne for sometime, when the better disposed part of the audience resolved to eject the offendeiss7, Upon this a desperate scuffle ensued, but the Tory mob of gownsmen, who had pro vided themselves with potatoes, &c. from the stalls below (it being market day), evidently had the better of their more peaceful a•sociates. One aged gentleman was thrown down against a window frame, and his hoary head was stained with blood. The windows were broken by the To ries in wanton mischief ; chairs, tables, &c. were scattered about in confusion, and there is no saying to what lengths this fury might have proceeded, had not the simulta neous arrival of a strong body of police and the • proctors put a stop to the tumult, though not without some difficulty. The meeting was adjourned till Monday, when measures, we understand, will be taken for personal security, as well as the peaceable despatch of business. HYTHE. Mr. Paulton, of the Anti-Corn-law league, delivered a lec ture on the Corn -laws here, on Tuesday evening, at the Guild hall, to a very large assembly ; indeed the hall was crowded almost to suffocation,—Dover Chronicle. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS THIS EVENING, MAY 25, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart, Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace arkaway, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbv. Atter which will be repeated, the Grand Romantic Fairy Ex. travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vestris ; The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant ; Queen of the Roses, Min Lee. To-morrow, London Assurance, with Beauty and the Beast. Doors to to opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 23. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may ue had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. DOVER. A petition to the House of Commons against the Corn-laws has been numerously signed by Whigs, Tories, and Radicals in Dover during the present week, and will, we understand, be sent off about Monday next to our worthy Member, Mr. Rice, for presentation. Petitions against the Corn-laws are getting up at Hythe, Folkestone, Canterbury, &c.—Dever Chronicle. FAVERSHAM. Petitions in favour of the existing Corn-laws, also in favour of an alteration in the Corn-laws and a revision of the import duties, have, during theso last few days, been carried from house to house in this borough. Every interest has been made to obtain signatures to the former, but with very ill success. This agricultural borough is doing its duty to the best interest of the country, and we have no hesitation in saying that full three-fourths of the inhabitants are in favour of the principles of free trade.—Dover Chronicle. SHROPSHIRE. The large proprietors of land in this county, whose tenants are the most thriving, have all expressed a desire for an altera tion of the present system of the Corn-laws, on the ground that the present laws discourage commerce and trade, and op press the poor, withoutaffording any adequate advantage to the firmer. The Lord Lieutenant of the county, the Duke of Sutherland. has long intimated his dissent from the policy of these laws ; the Duke of Cleveland declares his rule towards his tenantry and the manufacturing classes to be, " Live and let live," and moderate protection for the English farmer. The Eat I of Shrewsbury, the Earl of Craven, Lord Stafford, Lord Wenlock, Sir Francis Lawley, and Mr. Wolryche Whit more, and others of similar rank and territorial possessions, all advocate a similar policy.— Shrewsbury Chronicle. NE WCASTLE-ENILYN. A great number of petitions have been sent to Parliament from this neighbourhood, praying for a revision of the Corn laws. MANSFIELD. Petitions frpm this neighbourhood have been sent from the nine places following :—Kirkby, Kirkby Woodhouse, Selston Common, Annesley Woodhouse, Bagthorpe, Portland-row, Bleakhall and buildings, in the county of Nottingham ; and TilAelf and Pinaton, in the county of Derby. Petitions are also prepared, or are in progress, from Nottingham, Skegby, and Sutton-in- Ashfield. STROUD. We have received a communication from a correspondent, from which it would appear that the Chartists were by no means a majority of the meeting, only their turbulence made them appear stronger than they really were. We are told also, that the original resolution and not the amendment was de clared to be carried. This is ♦ery likely to have been the case, and our reporter may easily have been mistaken, for the confu sion was so great that scarcely any person seemed to understand what was the real question submitted for the decision of the meeting.— Gloucester Journal. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. :Miss Vincent as the Heroine of Domestic Tragedy. Immense sensation created by the affecting Drama of " Simon Lee." The Legendary Romance of " Rockwood'!" with a New Pit, a New Gallery, and New Splendid T,*corations THIS EVENING, MAY 25, AND TO-MORROW. A New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled SIMON LEE; OR, THE MURDER OF FIVE.FIELDS' COPSE. Simon Lee, Mr. E. F. Saville ; and Grace Hatherleigh, _Visa Vincent. After which, the Romance of ROOKWOOD; OR, THE LEGEND OF THE OLD LYME REGIS. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Lyme (Dorsetshire), ha= taken place, to adopt a petition against the Corn-laws. The _Mayor was in the chair. A week's notice of this meeting was publicly given out, and on market-day it was proclaimed by the town-crier. All the influential Whigs were present, but not a Tory was to be seen, and but one solitary paw was held up in favour of the existing Ccrn-laws. The proposal to petition in favour of a moderate fixed duty was most cot dially rel.onded to, and the petition will contain a large majority of the electors of Lyme and Charmouth amongst its subscribers. DUNBAR FOR EVER!—LET OTHER PLACES GO AND DO LIKEWISE!! A more animating scene has been displayed in this burgh than has recurred within the memcry of the oldest inhabitant. The people having learned that the Town Council had for warded to Parliament a petition in favour of the existing Corn laws, they got up placards for a meeting at the shore on the evening of Tuesday last. At mid-day the town's drummer was sent his rounds to intimate the meeting, but he was ordered off the street by one of the Magistrates. This was quite enough. Men were seen running to unfurl the Reform banners, and the instrumental band was soon at the head of the throng. On their arrival at the place of meeting they were hailed by a thousand voices ; but an imposing cortege came upon their heels—Sir George Warrender, Sir A. Maitland, and Captain Hay, of Belton, followed by two or three Magis.. trates and Committees, and a few of the neighbouring farmers.. Mr. A. MESTO N, shoemaker, was called to the chair. He concluded his address in these terms:_" 1 am a non-elector. and I appeal to all of my class if it is not time to look to our-- selves, when we, sitting perhaps with a half-fed family, see houses opened, wherein the electors are bartering away our dearest rights and interests for a poisonous and intoxicating: draught, or perhaps the old cast-off coat of a nobleman ! !" Mr. C. S. Sawaas moved the first resolution; seconded bx James Wil.un, Esq., Belhaven. Sir G. WA RRENDIER. then called for a hearing, saying- he had a counter-motion to submit. Way was made for hi nt , and after trying in vain to con vince the people that a free tre.de in corn would greatly reduce their wages, he put his amend ment, which not one of his friends had the courage or sense to second. The resolutions were then put and carried amidst the - most deafening cheers. Mr. Join( RENNIE, farmer, Oxwellmains, moved the second and last resolution. He said, in answer t o Sir George, " There are no separate interests, all must prosper or _uone. We can not have too much food for our people. 11 Ac r i el - a e t l r r l i ' ng countries are the poorest, as instance Poland and he latter sends us plenty of corn, but the people must come over here to eat it. Give us (said Mr. Rennie) a free and unfettered trade, and we fear not to compete with any corn-growing Conn_ try in the world." Everything passed off satisfactorily (except to the Tories); but the good folks of the burgh will not soon forget the scene they witnessed. ORTRAIT OF THE WINNER OF THE DERBY. —Bell's Life in London of Sunday next, May 30, will contain a Portrait of the Winner of the Derby, wi th copious account of all the " Doings" cf the " Epsom week." —Price of Bell's Life Fivepence. ANOTHER STEAMER SUPPOSED TO BE THE PRESIDENT SEEN AT SEA. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24.—Mr. Court, Secretary to the Underwriters, has this morning re ceived, from his correspondents at Lisbon, a letter, stating, that the Conde de Palmo, arrived at that port from Rio, saw on the 23d of April, at 6, p.m., in lat. 31 24, long. 40 23, a lame steamtr, with three masts, punted a dark colour; the paddles were not in action, nor did any smoke issue from the chimney. :he did not exhibit any flags. She was under a press of canvass and steering N.N.E. At eight o'clock on the following morning, the steamer was still in sight, with topsails and fore and aft sails set. Some persons hope, that the steamer seen by the Conde de Palmo, on the 23d of April, was the President, which would then have been out thirty-six days from New York. Others suppose that it was the same steamer which was seen on the 10th of April by the Lord Saurnarez, the particulars respecting which we published. ln neither in. st.nee did the steamer make any signal to the sails in sight, an act which the President, in her peculiar circumstances, would scasenly have omitted, and the omission of which, in both in au* ees, satisfies us, that, whatever steamer or steamers they were that were seen on the 10th and the 23d of April, neither of them was the President. Besides, if the steamer sailed so as to keep in slain of the Conde de Palmo, and was bound for Eng land, we ought to have heard of her arrival at some port before now. Still, as the , lette r much interest, received by Mr. Court has excited we have deemed it our duty to publish its con tents for the information of the pablie.—( From the Liverpool dal". editiel!; _The above report has revived the hopes of the safety of the xre llwest-• Thbest informed nau tifid men here tee puzzled to decide what steamer the above could be. LONDON TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1841. Another very earnest debate on the Corn-laws took place last night in the house of Lords. Our indefatiga- , ble friend, Earl FITZWILLIAM, took the opportunity of repelling some of the assertions at the Leicester meet ing—such as that one-third of the soil would be swept away—such as that corn would be shipped from the Continent at 265. the quarter—and such as that this was a tenant and a labourer's more than it was a landlord's question. The Noble Earl insisted that it was a land lord's question, and that the law was passed only to raise rent. Lord WILLOUGHBY D'ERESBY endeavoured to show that wages were high in proportion to the price of corn. The Earl of WINCHILSEA also entered at large into the subject of wages, and stated that they had risen in Kent from 9s. to 155., a statement which is contrary to what we have heard. The Noble Lord was vehement against a fixed duty, and we coincide with him that it is undoubtedly the worst duty that can be levied. To another part of the Noble Earl's speech, as well as to some of the points of Lord RAD NOR'S and Lord ASHBURTON'S speeches we have else where adverted. Some smart and bitter words uttered by Lords REDES DALE and HARDWICRE, and the silence of their Lord ships when they were spiritedly rebuked by Lord RADNOR' prove that their Lordships are made to feel in these debates. They cannot shake off their convictions and their alarms. They begin to be sensible that something of even more importance than their rent is at stake, and a good demonstration on the part of the people will make the majority of the Peers abolitionists. Their Lo r d s hip s a dj ourne d a f ter t hi s, no t ver y agree able, Preparation for their dinner. In the House of Commons, as soon as the hour for commencing public business began, Sir ROBERT PEEL , - •!. - I c..i4(4N.lik '41464 •,; c ~,bAr_11111&./N - • "4- 0--bit ,SAtn4 NAPIER FOR MARYLEBONE. THE COMMITTEE for CONDUCTING the ELECTION of COMMODORE SIR CHARLES NAPIER MEET DAILY at the ROOMS of the REFORM and REGISTRATION ASSOCIATION, No. 62, Warren. street, Tottenham- court-road. Electors are earnestly requested to enrol their Names in ad. dition to the numerous recorded Supporters of the Gallan Commodore. By order, May 24, 1841. JOSEPH PTIME Y, Hon. Secretary. MR. 13, Great Marlborough-street. BURKE'S NEW PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1841, WILL be READY for DELIVERY en THURSDAY; MAY 27. •,,* Orders received by all Booksellers. Nenry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW TRAVELS IN THE HOLY LAND. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations , T HE HON. MRS. DAMER'S DIARY OF HER TOUR IN GREECE, TURKEY, EGYPT, and the HOLY LAND. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Svo., H E TRUSTEE An Historical Romance of the Days of Henry VIII. By the Author of the Tragedy of " THE PROVOST OF BRUGES." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY D•VIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) oder many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING BONDS for the said DIST ItIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions ta a v receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of £25,000 £6OO £l2O £BO 5,000 400 110 70 1,500 200 100 60 1,000 150 90 50 800 100 The largest Dividend of the Distribution of Ist March last, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS, was remitted to London and vicinity by HEINE BROTHERS, who remitted, during a few years, 21 large Money Dividendi, from 6001. and upwards unto 25,0001., besides many Dividends of smaller amounts to England, Ireland, and Scotland. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDUE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Extraordinary Novelty. Last Week before the Holidays. Last Nights of Mr J. S. Balls. An entire change of pieces, supported by the most talented Company in the Metropolis. THIS EVENING, MAY 25, Will be acted the Drama of THE IRON CHEST. Wilfred, Mr. J. S. Balls. After which, THE UNIFORM. To conclude with THE PILOT. Long Tom Coffin, Mr. Hicks. LIME TREE. Dick Turpin by Miss Vincent, with the Flash Songs of Hurrah for the Game of High Toby !" " Nix try Dolly, Pals, Fake away !" and " My Bonny Black Bess." To conclude with the Laughable Burletta of THE LORD MAYOR'S FOOL. Richard Witless, Mr. Gardner; Mabel, Mrs. Howard; Mar• - garct, Mrs. Lee. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—Gallery, 6d. Half-price at Half-past _Eight. . ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Whit Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. SPLENDID AND EXTRAORDINARY NOVELTY !! ! THE first grand ROMAN FESTA, in imitation of the rejoicings which take place in Rome at the celebration of II glom° di S. Pietro," will be given on MONDAY,MAY 31st, when will be presented an exact fac-simile of the superb GIRANDOLA from the Castle of St. Angelo, the greatest and most magnificent display of Fireworks in the World, with the ILLUMINATION of St. PETER'S, when the whole of this vast and glorious edifice is brilliantly lighted with count less myriads of lamps, presenting together a coup d'eeil of in conceivable splendour hitherto unattempted out of Italy. The unrivalled Band of this Establishment, conducted by Mr. God frey, augmented by the addition of many performers of emi nence, will give the first Promenade Musicale et Charnpetre, commencing at Six o'Clock. The Menagerie, including the great male Orang Outang, and several other rarities, is exhibited daily, with Danson s Colossal Pictorial Model of Rome ! Open at Ten. Admission One Shiiling. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW Morning 40 minutes after 5. f Evening 9 minutes after 6 the Publication •f the Evening Edition of Tux SUN corn raenced at 10 miniites after Three. THE SUN,' LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1841. gave notice, that on Thursday he would move a resolu tion that Ministers do not possess the confidence of the House, and that to hold office under such circumstances is at variance with the spirit of the Constitution. On Thursday, then, will come the tug of war, and Sir ROBERT'S notice was received with long and loud cheers. The country will be delighted to see the question brought to an issue, but it will not de bate it, neither will the House of Commons, on the nar row grounds of the Tories. Such a resolution admits of the widest discussion, and the Tories, who pro voke a war of principles, may prepare themselves for a complete and most dismal defeat. In re ply to Lord SANDON, Lord PALMERSTON stated that the Government of Monte Video had applied to the British Government to bring about a reconciliation be tween it and the Government of Buenos Ayres, and instructions had been sent to our Minister at Buenos Ayres to offer her Majesty's good offices in bring ing about an accommodation. He hoped the mediation would be accepted. In reply to Mr. MACLEAN, Lord PAL3IERSTON stated that the British mission to Persia was still at Erzeroum, and that England was not yet satisfied with the conduct of Persia. In reply to Mr. POLHILL, Lord J. RUSSELL announced that he should not proceed with the Poor-law Amend ment Bill this Session. The House went into a Committee of Ways and Means without opposition. In the Committee the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved a resolution that the Sugar Duties be granted to her MAJESTY. Sir R. PEEL seconded the motion, expressing a deter mination not to throw any obstacle in the way of carry ing on the Government, or engaging in any conduct which he knew would be called factious. Mr. HUME expressed his astonishment at the conduct of Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Tories, and hoped it would go forth to the people of England that the Tories de nied them all relief. On every hustings, he said, they should be met with a demand to know why they would not lower the price of sugar, when they could with ad vantage to the revenue, 3d. per lb. Sir R. PEEL said he should be ready to defend his coulluct at the hustings, by quoting a speech of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. The Hon. Baronet, with a a similar degree of good fortune as attended him o n the debate of the sugar duties, in reference to the Manchester pamphlet, and, we believe, with a similar lack of sincerity and uprightness, quoted a speech of Mr. HUME'S, in which he had pointed out that slave-labour sugar was being brought into the country, and that he preferred free .labour sugar. Mr. HUME, by referring to the circumstance on which he had made the observations, showed that Sir ROBERT had perverted them from their just bearing. After a little sparring between Lord STANLEY and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, with that raciness which dis tinguishes the quarrels of friends, and a sensible speech from Mr. WARLEY, to make amends for the attack he made on Ministers when they brought forward the Budget, and after a few observations from Mr. SLANEY and Sir C. GREY, the resolutions were agreed to. So we presume ends the apprehended stoppage of the supplies. The Tories have not yet made up their minds, greedy as they are of office, to attempt to seize it by so bold a measure. The Report of the Administration of Justice Bill was postponed, after some conversation, on account of Sir E. SUGDEN'S proposition to limit the salary of the Ac countant-General to the sum of 4,0001. a year. The Victoria Park Bill was reported. The Drainage of Towns Bill was thrown out, because it gave the Com missioners of Sewers a power of levying taxes, and it ought, therefore, to have originated in the House of Commons. The Copyhold Bill was reported. Several measures of little importance were forwarded, and the House ad journed at Half-past Ten o'Clock. The discussions now continually provoked on the Corn-laws are throwing floods of light on that important _question. For example, the sublime inventor of the Kentish fire, who, a few nights ago, vehemently denounced the Bs. duty as a tax on the poor man's bread, last night pro nounced a spirited eulogy on the present system which at this moment levies a tax of 235. on the poor man's bread. What the Earl of WINCIIIL-• SEA objected to, then, was the smallness of the tax ; and, while Bs. would be unjust to the poor, 235. is only a fair protection to the agricul turist. Such is the consistency of one advocate of Corn-laws. The Earl of RADNOR, one of the most spirited_ of their opponents, made a bold speech, which deserves to be cherished in the innermost heart of every man in the empire. He told the Peers— That the whole object of the Corn-laws was to uphold. rent. It was said that the object was to employ labour in the cultivation of the land. Now, if that were the case, why was the produce of grass land protected ?-- (Hear, hear.) There was a tax upon the importation of horses, also upon the importation of asses.—(Laughter.).' Horned cattle were prohibited, so were sheep and swine. —(Hear, hear.) Turkeys, fowls, cheese, milk, and eggs were taxed.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) There was not. an article of food of any description which was not taxed. What could be the object of that but to put, money into the pockets of the landlords ?—(Hear, hear.) Not only the produce of the land, but that of the seas was taxed.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Now, this was said „ to be done for the sake of protecting the fishe ries, and of encouraging a race of fishermen.. How was the fact ? What fish was the most highly taxed ? Why, salmon the fisheries of which had nothing to do with educating seamen. Several Noble, Lords, by means of this tax, derived as much as 4,0001. and 5,0001. a year from their salmon fisheries. But what fish did their Lordships think wes exempt from taxation ? They would suppose it was some ignoble fish; but it was no such thing. It was a fish that never was seen on the table of a poor man. It was turbot.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Yes, there was another fish not taxed. Was that a poor man's fish ? No, indeed ; it was lobster, that their Lordships might have sauce for their turbot.—(Laughter.) This was not a subject for their Lordships to laugh at. Hundreds of thousands of their countrymen were starving around them ; whilst every animal upon the earth, every fish in the sea, and every bird of the air was taxed to prevent its coming to those famished people.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord emphatically added and re peated, " That is discreditable to your Lord ships." And the Noble Earl's words will be echoed by every man with a human heart in the kingdom. It is discreditable to their Lordships to allow turbot and lobsters to be im ported duty free for their own tables, and to keep out cattle and fish and flour, which might keep the people from starving. With such charges clearly brought home to the Peers, they can no more be respected and honoured by the nation than the Principle of Evil. We must add another illustration of what the Noble Earl put so well, relative to taxing the produce of grass land, encouraging at one and the same time the cultivation of arable land, and the laying them down in grass requiring little la bour. At the Lincoln meeting, held on Friday, Sir M. CHOLMELEY said— He had that morning, on his way to the meeting, rode over Lincoln Heath, which within his recollection has consisted of nothing but rabbit gates, and which was now covered with copious and abundant crops. The former condition of the land was similar to that which a lady had given as a description of Norfolk, who, when asked what she had seen in that county, said the only object she observed was two rabbits fighting for a tuft of shear grass.—(Laughter.) Now, he thought it was not the true object of a supporter of liberal measures to do anything which would bring back Lincoln Heath, and many other districts, to a similar state. The people, then, have been tared to the ex tent of fifty or sixty millions a year to bring Lincoln Heath into cultivation. Now, if it were really the object to promote the cultivation of poor soils, and so extend the cultivation of the country—which is the pretext of the landlords—. why should they not give the cultivators of the poor soils exclusively a bounty proportionate to the difficulties they have to overcome ? By the protecting plan they raise the price of all the pro duce of the soil, and give an equal bounty on cul tivating the wheat and beans land of the Isle of Thanet, the fat Vale of Evesham, and the heaths of Lincolnshire. A more absurd, as well as un just and cruel plan of promoting the cultivation of poor lands never was imagined. We hear a great deal, too, about the tithes and heavy taxes in relation to the light taxes and fer tile land of the Continent, as an excuse for taxing the whole of the people's food. That argument should make the Legislature confine the bounty on cultivation to land subject to tithes, which all land is not, and to land of which the produce would not enable the cultivators to pay the taxes. With a want of discrimination that is only admirable for the level manner in. which it plunders all the consumers, the Peers ; make them pay an equal bounty on the cultivew tion of tithe-free land, and the poorest and th.e fattest land of the empire. We see, too, by Sir M. CHOLMELEY'S stat e ment, why the Lincolnshire gentlemen are so deeply attached to the Corn-laws. They get a large share of the fifty or sixty millio ps we pay for the cultivation of such land as Lincoln Heath. But are we to pay that sum for ever ? It would be better to buy up the interest of these gentlemen, as we bought up the interest of the slave-owners. Untaxed bread would be better worth 20,000,0001. than the freedom of thenegroes. It is quite plain, from these facts, that keep ing land in cultivation is a miserable pretext to conceal the plunder of which the landlords are ashamed. There is no proof whatever that an acre of land would go out of cultivation were the Corn-laws abolished, for the decreased ex pense of cultivation would more than counter balance the fall in price, —more than counter balance the present bo.mty, and, stimulating the population and increasing the demand for food, would rather increase than decrease cultivation. The whole of the arguments of the landlords are fudge, pretexts, and humbug, the coinage of their own brains, to gloze over their own wrong doing. In his speech Lord ASIIBURTON dilated last night at considerable length on the superior food of the English, and quoted Mr. JACOB to show that no white bread was met with in Ger many to the east of the Rhine. Our own expe rience is different from that of Mr. JACOB. We traversed a great part of Germany before Mr. JACOB, and found white wheaten bread, in some shape or other, in all the towns to the east of the Rhine, and in most of the respectable inns. But it is not the common food of the people. The bread which they in general consume is made of rye flour with only the bran taken out. The cele brated Pompernickel is, we believe, made of rye flour, containing the whole of the grain ; both kinds are dark coloured. At the same time, the English like dark-co loured mutton, why not dark-coloured bread ? Rye bread is much liked by the Germans ; and they assert that it contains more nourishment than wheaten bread. We know, from personal experience, that it is wholesome, and many of the Germans prefer it to any other bread. Lord ASHBURTON forgot Ireland, however, where the bulk of the people have no bread at all. They have not got so far as to manufacture and use bread. They live on boiled potatoes. Many of them, too, live on the worst kind of potatoes, which the Germans appropriately call Vieh cartele (cattle or pig potatoes), and which they would disdain to eat. Lord Asti- BURTON forgot Scotland, too, where many of the people live on unleavened oat-cakes, and are unacquainted with the use of bread. Perhaps, too, if he had asked the Duke of RUTLAND, his Grace would have told him that the labourers throughout the union of which his Grace is a guardian, and we believe throughout a considerable portion of the counties of Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Yorkshire, and the mid dle and north of England, live on barley bread, and, therefore, his Grace humanely pro posed that barley-bread or cakes should be the food of the paupers. At least, barley cakes, not bread, for barley will not make bread, was the common food in those counties twenty five years ago. When Lord ASHBURTON re ferred to white bread as the food of the people of this country, he meant, and could only mean, the inhabitants of our towns, the seats of our commercial and manufac turing wealth; and if it ever were the food of the peasantry—as we believe it was of the yeomanry and little farmers of the south of England—it has in most cases now been superseded by pota toes, and of them the people cannot get enough. The labouring classes in England, poor shivering, unclad, unhoused, unfed, and still more the peasantry of agricul tural Ireland, would esteem themselves happy were they as well fed, as well clothed, and as well housed as the black-bread eaters of West phalia, and all the north and east of Germany. Lord ASHBURTON only proved hinnoelf extremely ingenious in finding reasons, wholly false though they were, why the people of England should submit to poverty and starvation. They will not, however, consent to be starved, to enrich Lord ASHBURTON, because the Germans eat black bread, and the French do not consume on an average more sugar than the Irish. The most wonderful part of Lord ASHBURTON'S oratory was, that this great stickler for class legislation, which breaks up society into repelling classes, reproached the Ministers with causing dissensions, as if the Anti-Corn-law League were never heard of before the Budget was brought forward, and as if the landowners had not been stigmatised as plunderers from one end of the land to the other, before the Ministers proposed a fixed duty on Corn. No, Lord ASHBURTON, the horrid dissensions which certainly exist in society are the result of your class legislation; and Ministers, instead of extending and fanning those dissensions, have taken the first step towards extinguishing them for ever, by extinguishing the scandalous injus tice that causes them. The Corn-law men have at length roused a spirit in the land which will never be laid till the Corn-laws are wholly swept away. The willing ness to accept the fixed duty offered, which has been shown at several places, but only as an in stalment, is an evidence of the prudence with which the Anti-Corn-law men are work img out their cause. London, already mov i.n g in its wards, is about to respond by its ammon Hall to Manchester and Liver pool. Aberdeen echoes Southampton. Not a sip igle town in the empire, except it be a cathe-. dr al town, or some corn market, will fail to de nounce the Corn-laws. Even at Lincoln, where thc Corn-law men seemed very successful, a strcng spirit of opposition was evinced ; and vr.nen the enthusiasm shall enable the enthralled people to break the landlords' chains, the latter wi 11 find more enemies, even on their own estates, du In they dream of. :Poetry and prayer, with all their fervour and all their sincerity, are engaged on our side. Ite;ligion is for us, though the established priest h 00A I be against us. Statistics and political s aer, ce furnish powerful arguments at every im?eti ng, while a sense of injury gives' th ? . /n poignancy and force. Justice is with us, an'd our opponents have only wealth, the fruit of extortion, corruption, hypocrisy, and deceit. We have no fear for the result. To doubt On which side victory will ultimately be, would be to doubt the wisdom and goodness of the ALMIGH',"Y. The friends of the Liberal party will be glad to learn that a Committee of Reformers has b,?.era constituted to attend to the coming elec tion_ The Committee will sit daily at the Re form Club, Pall-mall, where all communications may be addressed to the Secretary The whole of the Paris Journals of Sunday have reached us. In the debate in the Chamber of Deputies, on the commercial treaty `pith Hol land, several Members who spoke in favour of the treaty took occasion to express a hop e that no similar measure would be adopted betown Fraace and Great Britan. " Fortunately," ob servod M. FOULD, " every Adnlinistration has recoil ed from the u n i versa l maledictions to which a com mercial treaty w ith England would give birth. In treating with Holland we treat with a I t nation of consum ers ; i n treating with England we trea with a manufacturing nation not having Inarkets e noug h f o r its produce." Propo sitions so general as those laid down by M. FOULD admit of long lists of exceptions. We presume that even the lion. Deputy would admit, if hard pressed, that in the course of his political studies he had read or heard that the vineyards of England do no t su pply a stock of wine ade quate to the co nsum pti o n of the population, while in France the revers e of this is pretty generally admitted ; m ore es p ec ially in the southern de partments of that kingdom. Coals are not over abundant in France, and yet in England we could spare a few at even a cheaper rate than they can be raised in Belgium. We are a nation of pro ducers no doubt, but if M. FOULD were a little better acquainted with commercial statistics, he would not require to be told that we are also more extensive consumers of foreign and colo nial produce than any other nation in the world, Holland not excepted. Not that we disapprove of the commercial treaty with Holland. On the contrary, we are always glad to witness an exten sion of the principle of free trade, no matter who may profit most by it. What we seek to establish is the fact that however beneficial to France is a commercial treaty with Holland, one with Eng land would not be without great and manifest advantages. M. GUIZOT supported the Treaty with Holland chiefly on political grounds. The following ex tract from his speech is worthy of attention : Government is convinced that France should be on good terms ssith Holland, and that there is a great political interest in such being the case. This interest alone legitimates the treaty. In time of peace, as in time of war, we require the good feeling, nay, the amity of Holland. It has always been the policy of France to keep up this feeling. I need not tell you, gentlemen, that France has constantly sought the alliance of the small States around her. Need I speak of her intimate relations with the electoral circles? I have no hesitation in declaring that this is a first-rate interest.—(Agitation.) You have been told that Holland is above all others a consuming na tion. Her 3,000,000 inhabitants consume as much as 7,000,000 Germans. The treaty, moreover, opens to you the rich islands that Holland possesses in the seas of Asia. England has not understood the importance of these islands. She has overlooked the resources presented by this group of islands, the Indian Archipelago, Java, &c. . She has confined herself to the Continent—she has signed the treaty of 1824, and re grets it deeply. Let us show more foresight than England has done. The Sovereign, who has abdicated the throne of his noble free will was the first who resisted the coalition against France. The good will of Holland gave to France, on the 15th of July, 11,000 horses. Commercially speaking, the treaty has less importance than some persons pretend to say ; but, politically speaking, it is of great importance. To prove this ha, been the purport of my speaking. It is in the name of the political interests of the country that I declare myself hostile to all amendments on the subject. We have pleasure in stating that the health of the young Duke de CHARTRES, second son of the Duke of ORLEANS, is so far recovered that he is considered out of danger. So amiable in private life are all the members of the Royal family of France, that the chance of any calamity befalling them excites the sympathies of every class in this country. The Duke and Duchess of ORLEANS removed with their household on Friday to the Chateau of Villiers. Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied by their children. TEXAN LOAN.—" The issuing of the Texan loan had been received with such general disapprobation and distrust that the firm. of J. Laffitte, which had undertaken to bring it out, and had inundated the country with its prospectuses, was obliged to abandon it." " The golden times of the Cortes loan are over," says La Presse, " not, however, without having left sad recollections and bitter regrets in the minds of those of whom it absorbed their painfully earned savings, and deceived the credulity of the Liberals." MARRIAGE OF A RUSSIAN PRINCESS.—The Leipsic Gazette of the 19th inst. states, that the Princess Olga daugh ter of the Emperor of Russia, was about to be married to a son of the Archduke Charles, and that Field-Marshal Prince Witt genstein had passed lately through Vienna for the purpose of arranging the treaty of marriage. THE Louis PHILIPPE CORRESPONDENCE.—The Journal des Debats, after alluding to the petition to the Chamber of Deputies, signed by 5,000 citizens of Paris, demanding an in quiry into the Louis Philippe letters, and after referring to the acquittal of the Haro of Caen, for an article on these same letters, states that the question of the authenticity of the cor respondenee ought not to be left to the discussion of political parties. The Crown cannot condescend to prosecute the COll, temporaine in London, and place itself at the mercy of some fo reignjudges. The Debats winds up by stating that the only course to be pursued by the Government is to declare in the Cham.. ber of Deputies thejforgery of the letters, since Juries had given verdicts which factions we re ma ki ng the most of. " These verdicts," concludes the Debats, " must be broken by a Court of Appeal, and that appeal is the Chamber. Let the Deputies then enter upon the question which has so grievously irritated and tormented public opinion for the last three months. Its sovereign impartiality must decide the discussion of a question that originated in forgery, and was transferred to the Court of Assizes. An answer must be given to the five thousand sig natures of the National's petition, and to the cries of joy uttered by unpunished libellers. It is for the Ministry to pro voke this reply, and for the Chamber to make it." RAILWAYS.—A letter from Geneva of the 18th instant, states that the Sardinian Government having proposed to the Directory of that Canton to join it in constructing a rail way between Seyssel (Savoy) and Geneva, which would run along the left bank of the Rhone, the offer had been readily ac ceded to, and the plan was about to be carried in execution. DESERTION OF ARABS.—The Toulonnais of the 19th inst. publishes a letter from Oran of the 14th instant, which stated the rather improbable fact, that 700 Arabs, belonging to one of Abd-el-Kader's regular battalions, had presented themselves to the French advanced posts, and surrendered their aims into their hands. The Commerce is mistaken in saying that the Duchess Orleans had been sponsor to a son of the Count a. IlautpOO) s the christening tools Place at the Tuileries, but the godmother of the child was the Princess Wagram, who is a Princess of Bavaria.— Gazette de France. We have received the following letter from Berlin dated the 16th of May : " The King, yielding to the remonstrances which are made in all parts of the States belonging to the German Customs Union, against the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation. con cluded on the 2nd March last, between Prussia and Great Bri tain, in the name of the other States belonging to the Customs Union, has just ordered that before it is rati fied this Treaty shall be submitted to the examination of the; new Reformed Representative Committee, being re solved not to decide on the propriety of ratifying the Treaty till the Committee has given its opinion, but public opinion having already expressed itself very decidedly against the Treaty, it is not at all probable that it will be rati fied, and the less so as, according to one of the clauses, the exchange of the ratification ought to have taken place within two months after the conclusion of the Treat; at London, that is to say, on the 2d of the present month of May. A letter from Toulon, of the 19th of May, says, " A Rear- Admiral, Baron de Lassusse, is expected every moment from Paris, and the division, the command of which has been given him, is ready to sail for the Levant." The squadron which is cruizing off the Hyeres Islands, under the command of Admiral Casy, for the instruction of the Cap tains, the officers and crews, consists of the following ships of the line :—Souverain, the Marengo, the Scipion, Jupiter, Alger, Ville de Marseilles, Trident, Genereux, and the', enus igate.— Le Commerce. The Madrid Papers of the 16th speak doubt fully of the formation of the new Cabinet. An impression prevailed that most of the difficulties which the REGENT at first experienced were over come, and that a list of the new Cabinet would appear in the Gazette of the 17th inst. ESPARTERO has commenced the great work of reform by reducing the army. This is an excel lent measure and will be popular with the indus trious classes. The following is a translation of the Decree to this effect : Peace and tranquillity being re-established in all the pro vinces throughout the kingdom, the period is arrived to com mence an organization of the army suited to the state of affairs, and better adapted to the military territorial division of the realm, at the same time introducing in the public expenses an economy which the condition of our finances so imperiously ne cessitates. Actuated by these principles, I as Regent of the kingdom during the minority of Queen Donna Isabella the Se cond, have considered it incumbent upon me to decree as follows : Art. 1. The rank of General-in-Chief of the united armies is abolished. Art. 2. As a consequence of the preceding Article are also aboli,hed the rank of Chief of the Staff, of General Com mandant of Artillery and of the Engineers,of Military Intendant of the said armies, with their respective dependencies, the au ditory and the service of the military hospitals. Art. 3. The divisions and the brigades composing the five corps of the army in the districts of Catalonia, Valentia, Aragon, the Northern Provinces, and the Two Castiles, will retain their actual organization, under their respective chiefs. Art. 4. The troops, for the time being in each military dis tract, will be placed under the superior command of the Captain General of the same district. This decree, as having heard it, you will enforce the ful filment of. Given at the Palace, May 14, 1841. The Duke de la VITTORIA. To Don Pedro Chacon, Minister of War. EPSOM RACES. BY EXPRESS: THIS DAY. TUESDAY. Mr. Dixon's Saracen filly, 36 yrs (Bell) 1 Lord Lichfield's Corsair, 5 yrs Mr. Westbrook's Mobarek, 3 yrs Mr. Mostyn's Birthday, 3 yrs 4 Colonel Wyndham's Father Mathew, 3 yrs 5 Even on 11obarek, and 9to 4 agst Corsair. Won by a length. The Shirley Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for 3 yrs old. Lord Albemarle's Minaret (Cotton) 1 Duke of Grafton's Mosque 9 Captain Ridge's Monody colt 3 Won cleverly. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 25.—Wind this day at noon, fresh from the north, with passing clouds. DEAL, MAY 24.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived from the River and sailed, the Aurega and Enmore, for Port Phillip; John, Sydney ' • Manila, Calcutta ; Le van t P ac k et, M aur i t i us ; Crest, Cape of Good Hope; Margaret, Rio Janeiro; Tobago, An tigua; Lady Katherine Barham, Jamaica; Elizabeth, River Gambia ; Henry, Alexander, Naples:; Washington, Barcelona ; Rambler, Cadiz ; Teaser, Lisbon ; Anna, Rio Plata. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24. —Wind S. S. E. to N. N. W.—Arrived the Maria Cleaves, Thompson, from New Orleans ; Caroline, Cimpbell, Mobile; Nile, Baltimore; Lady Milton, St. John's, N o v Brunswick. Sailed the Heart of Oak, for Calcutta ; Blau-Eyed Susan, Alexandrietta ; Champlain, Philadelphia; Atlantic, New York ; Willi am T usc a n , G en oa ; Aureo, Trieste. The Mary, hence to Malta, got on shore inside Dulas Island, '22d, but came off yesterday, with two feet water in her hold, and will put back here. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24.—Wind E. S.E.,—Sailed the Em blem, Hill, for Miramichi. COWES, MAY 24.—Arrived the Bellona, Lesberel, from Pernambuco. PLYMOUTH, MAY 24.—Wind N.—Arrived the Brothers, and David Clark, from London for New South Wales. Sailed the Forth, Sydney, for New South Wales. Arrived off, the True Briton, from Madras. FALMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind E., fresh.—Arrived the Bra ganza, for Vigo. Arrived off, the Ceylon, Hart, from Hon duras, sailed about 7th ult. Sailed, her Majesty's ship Avon, on a cruise, with supplies for the homeward bound. , Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince and Princess Leinin g en, are expected to leave Claremont Park in the course of this afternoon, on their return to town. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat this morning to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Scar borough, and the Earl of Beauchamp. HILL V. THE EARL OF HADDINGTON. This case came before the Court upon appeal from the de cision of the Lord Ordinary. The only question in the case was, whether under a post-nuptial contract, a sum of 3,0001., vested absolutely in a lady of the name of Houston, and by such vesting passed to her representatives. The Lord Ordinary de cided that it did, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. . _ • Mr. B. Andrews and Mr. Anderson appeared as counsel for the appellant; and the Lord-Advocate and Sir William Follett were counsel for the respondents. The arguments had not concluded when our reporter left. PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to-day at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, for the purpose of hearing the remainder of the arguments in the important case of Sir M. Wood and others v. Goodlake and others. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL proceeded to reply on behalf of the parties who claimed under the codicil, and had not con cluded ,N hen we went to press. The speech of the Learned Gentleman will conclude therarguments in the case, which have already occupied ten or twelve days. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) CROTTY V. PRICE AND ANOTHER. Mr. PLATT moved in this case, which was tried before Mr. Justice Whiteman at the last Guildhall sittings, and in which a verdict was had for the plaintiff for 7201., for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the ground of misdirection, and that certain facts had come to the defendant's knowledge at a time when he could not adduce evidence to support them. It was an action of assumpsit upon three bills of exchange, dated December, 1839, and January, 1840, drawn by one Atkinson, an attorney, upon Price and Telfer, the two defendants, and accepted by them. The defendant Price suffered judgment to go by default, and the defendant Telfer pleaded first that he had never accepted the bills, and then he pleaded that he and Price were partners for executing certain works for the Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway Company, on which contract only they were partners. That after the execution of the works the partnership terminated, and that the bills in question were accepted by Price without the knowledge, privity, or authority of Telfer, and for the private purposes of Price alone. On the trial the deed of partnership was put in, and it contained a dis tinct clause that no bills were to be accepted by either of the partners on account of both, without the consent of the other in writing, and no such consent was proved. For the plaintiff a witness wag called, who proved that he had received a bill from Price for 67/. 145., accepted in the same manner as the bills in question, and which Telfer paid, and it was alleged that from that circumstance the plaintiff, Crotty, might have pre sumed that Price had authority to accept bills on account of the partnership. Now he (Mr. Platt) submitted that there was no evidence of authority whatever— Lord DENMAN—But is not the payment of one bill evi dence, prima facie, of authority ? Mr. PLATT said, if there had been a general partnership that might be sufficient, but in the present case the only evidence of partnership was the deed, which of itself contained a clause negativing the presumption of authority. But he did not rely upon that alone—he had affidavits to show that a gross fraud had been practised upon the defendant Telfer, who, in his affidavit, deposed that on the day of the trial Price, who was then a prisoner in the Queen's Bench, sent for him, and told him that he had been advised to accept those bills, and although they bore date in December, 1839, and January, 1840, they were not drawn, nor had they any existence, before June, 1840, long after the partnership had been dissolved. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to state some further facts, when Lord DENMAN said he thought a sufficient case of fraud had been stated to entitle him to the rule. THE QUEEN V. THE BRISTOL DOCK COMPANY. The Court gave judgment in this case which was an applica tion for a mandamus against the defendants. The writ recited that the Company was created by a local Act, the 43d George 111., chap. 140, for improving the port and harbour of Bristol by the performance of certain works, and for making and main taining a new cut or channel from the river Avon at Redriff, and keeping it at a certain width and depth, and the sides of a certain inclination, as near as circumstances would admit of. The 30th section of the Act required the Company to make and maintain these works, and the writ, after reciting the en actment, alleged that certain parts of the south bank and the sides thereof had become broken down and out of repair—that the inclination of the sides and the depth of the channel had been altered to the injury of the navigation. It then enjoined the de fendants to repair and maintain the said sides of the south bank. The return of the Company was that they were riot bound to maintain the said sides of the south bank, and that as iiear as cir cumstances admitted thereof they had maintained the channel of the full depth and breadth required by the Act. It was urged in the course of the argument that the writ could not issue to the Company because it only enjoined them to do that for the omission of which they would be liable to be indicted, but that objection was not entitled to any weight because those who obtained an Act of Parliament for executing great public works were bound to fulfil all the duties entailed upon them, and although the omission might occasion a nuisance, it did not dispense with the interference of that Court. It appeared to them that the return was insufficient because the defendants merely denied their liability, although the south bank appeared to be a part of the channel which they were bound to repair. The Court, therefore, was of opinion that the peremptory mandamus must go. ROLAND V. BLAKESLEY. In this case, which was heard before Lord Denman at the last London Sittings, and in which a verdict was had for the plaintiff, damages 1411., Mr. CROWDER now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered. It was an action brought by the Captain of a vessel for wages, perquisites, and work and labour done, to which the defendant pleaded, non assumpsit, a set off, and a sum of 20/. paid into Court_ p utmedcat cu detail tilts ram of the case, and the various items proved in behalf of the plaintiff, and contended that there was not evidence to warrant the Jury in coming to such a decision. The CO t/ItT took time to consider its judgment. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) LATE ELECTION FOR BRIDG EMASTER. John Baker, alias Darrell, John Jones, and William Fry, were brought up in the custody of the Marshal of the Queen's Bench, and Charles Haggett in that of the Governor of New gate, in order to plead to an indictment charged with perjury in having voted several times for the successful candidate at the late election for bridgemaster. He pleaded not guilty. Mr. CARMEN moved that the prisoner Haggett (who was stated to have polled three times in three hours) be let out on his own recognizances. His Lordship refused the application, and remanded all the prisoners back to their respective cus todies. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) SMITH V. DOBSON. This was an action to recover the value of a barge which was sunk below London-bridge, by the steam-boat Water-Lily, the property of the defendant. It was tried at Guildhall in the sittings after last term, before the Lord Chief Justice, and a verdict found for the plaintiff, damages 201. Air. Sergeant SHEE this day moved for a rule to enter a verdict far the defendant, and for a new trial, on the ground that the special verdict was in his favour, the Jury having (after being locked up for several hours) found for the plaintiff in the amount stated, but added specially, that another vessel, the Remona, was principally the cause of the damage. The COURT having reserred to the notes of the Lord Chief Justice, held that there was no reason to disturb the verdict, and refused the rule. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) The Csurt was engaged the whole of the morning in hearing cases in the new trial paper, none of which were of any parti cular interest except the parties concerned. COURT OF SEWERS.-(THIS DAY) The Commissioners of Sewers for Westminster, and part of Middlesex held a Court this day at their offices, Greek-street, Soho. The whole of the sitting :was occupied with hearing appeals against rating, none of which contained any points of general interest. BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) Ann Dillon was placed at the bar, before Mr. HaLL, charged with having stolen two rings, several coins, a pair of bracelets, and several other articles, the property of Mr. Josiah Gander, publican, of Drury-lane. It appeared that the prisoner had been servant to Mr. Gan der about four mor.ths, and about a month ago she gave notice to leave, which notice expired last evening. Mrs. Gander having missed a great quantity of articles from her drawers, went to the prisoner's box a few days ago, and there found the property she had missed, consisting of rings, bracelets, stockings, &c. She took no notice of this to the prisoner until she was about to leave last night, when she sent for a police man, and requested to examine the prisoner's box, which she did, but part of the property ‘ she had seen there:two or three days previously was gone. On examining the premises the missing property was found concealed under a gentleman's bed, who was lodging in the house, and the prisoner admitted having placed it there. _ The prisoner did not deny the offence, and she was fully committed to take her trial. SHAKSPERIANA. Yesterday there was a large assemblage (at Evans's) in con sequence of the sale of a deed with Shakspere's signature ; the Shakspere cup, &c. Many attended to examine the deed, the authenticity of which is rendered indisputable by the fact of its having been enrolled. The catalogue thus describes it : " Shakspere's autograph affixed to a deed of bargain and sale of a house purchased by him in Blackfriars, from Henry Walker, dated March 10, 1612, with the seals attached." The bond is described as "Wm. Shakspeare, of Stratforde-upon- Avon, in the countie of Warwick, gentleman." The pre mises are thus described :—" All that dwelling-house or tenement, with the appurtenance, situate and being within the precinct and compasse of the late black ffryers, Lon don, sometymes in the tenure of James Gardiner, Esq., and since that time in the tenure of John Ffortescue, Gent., and now or late being in the tenure or occupacon of one William Ireland, or of his assignee or assignees ; abutting upon a streete leading down to Pudle Wharffe on the east part, right against the King's Majesties Wardrobe; part of wch said tenement is erected over a great gate leading to a capitall messuage wch sometyme was in the tenure of Wm. Blackwell, Esq. deceased, and since that in the tenure or occupacon of the Right Ho nourable Henry now Earle of Northumberland." The deed at the commencement is stated to be " betweene Henry Wal ker, Citizen and Minstrell, of London, of thone partie, and Wm. Shakspeare, of Stratforde upon Avon, in the countie of Warwick, gentleman ; William Johnson, citizen and vintner, of London • John Jackson a n d J o h n H ems ng, of Lon don, of thother partie ;" and that the property was abso lutely sold to all feur, " theire heires and assigns for ever." 'The deed is regularly entered in the Rolls' Court. Sir F. Madden (continues the catalogue) states in his " Oh servations on the autograph of Shakspere, in Florio's trans lation of Montaigne's Essays, which was sold in 1138 : There are five acknowledged genuine signatures in existence, exclusive of the one which forms the subject of this comine_ Hication. Of th ese , t h ree are attached to his will in the _ rogative Court, executed the 25th of March, 1615-1',:,: ; the fourth is written on a mortgage deed, dated the 11th M arch, 1612-13, of a small estate purchased by Stiakspere of Henry Walker, in Blackfriars; and the fifth, ' a n the counter part of the deed of bargain and sale of 'che same property, dated the 10th of March, 1612-13, and speaking of the last, Sir F. Madden says, at p. 14—" What has become of this do cument?" a query, say the auctioneers, now answered. Of these six signatures, three to the will are in Do:itors'-commons two of them much injured by the hands of the lovers of Shak spere ; the one in Montaigne's Essays is now in the British Museum ; what has become of the mortgage deed is quite un known. This, therefore, is the only-autograph of Shakspere ever likely to be offered for sale. After many and very ani mated biddings, it was eventually knocked down to Mr. Elkins for 165/. 15s. (1,444) The " Shakspere Cup," made from the mulberry tree planted by Shakspere, beautifully carved on the sides with a medallion of Shakspere and his arms. It was nearly 30 years in the possession of the late Mr. Munden. 21. EVENING EDITION• THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. Little business done, but prices of most articles were "". tained. B. P. Sugar, though sold in very limited quantities, brought last Friday's prices, and the importers showed firm ness. Coffee very dull, and to effect sales rather lower pric!3 were accepted. Rice steady, but in very slow request. Cassia Lignea much wanted, but b us i ness was prec l u d e d by actual scarcity. Cotton dull, and may be had upon easier terms. TEA MARKET. Prices are rather firmer to-day and a moderate demand We! experienced. Company's Congou sold at 2s. Sid. to 2s. 8 1 (k per lb. cash. TALLOW MARKET. In prices no alteration► ; the market very quiet, and to foroe sales lower rates must be submitted to, which the holders rebs e to do. Fine Yellow Candle Tallow 475. per cwt. on the syot•' WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply was goad, the demand by no means brisk, wr" hut the best qualities met with ready buyers, the tniddl4 and ordinary sorts dull of sale. Clover, 41. 12s. to 51; .175.? Meadow Hay, 4/. 12s. ; Straw from 11. I7s. to 2/. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS' CITY, TWELVE O'CLOC- 11 ', LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 24.—The busi°,‘": in the Cotton Market has been again ver y li m it e d, the sv e 7 comprise 2,500 bales, wholly to the trade. LIVERPOOL SHARE-MARKET, MAY 24.—A ver y limier business has been transacted at the Stock Exchange this dit• Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock, 29i; Midland Counties, OW shares, 21 3 4 ; North Midland one-third shares, sa. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 24.—We 'l°ll o experience any improvement in the Share Market Midland (Thirds) 5i 5 13-16, and 5a Manchester and Levin 50} to 51. , do. Half Shares, 20 ; Manchester and ham, 25 ; Bank of Manchester, 7 ; Manchester Assurance , • THE FUNDS. Sir Robert Peel's notice in the House of Commons last night that on Thursday next he would muve that her Majesty's i t ",; nisters do not sufficiently possess the con fid enc e of . 1 . 1 1 House of Commons, h as no t h a d any e ff ect on t h e funds, and caused but little excitement in the City, it how!, been already anticipated f or severa l d ays past. Th e pre voili e l opinion is, that a new Ministry cannot last for six months. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of Y e :: terday, 89 1 / 8 90 for Money, and 904 4 for the next ACCo July 16. This being Settling Day in the British Funds the broke rg h _ and jobbers are chiefly emp l oye d i n adjusting their accoolL , ,"" which are to a littl e ex t ent , as t h e extreme fluctuation the present Account not being more then 4 per cost. quently it will be easily se ttl e d w i t h out any difficulty. co t s , , quer Bills 8 10 prem. ; Bank Stock, 168 169 ; India Stocks `251, 253; India Bonds, par., 2 premium. In the Foreign Market very little doing as yet. Spat Active, 234 a ; Deferred, 114 4 ; Passive, 84 > ; Portue,"7 344 ; Three per Cents., 204 201; Brazilian, 674 685 ; lombian, 224 4 ; Mexican, 284 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a -Pl' . per Cent 3. 525 4 ; Five per Cents., 99 1 / 100. SHARES.—Great Western, 26 27 premium; New, 1 ,, 31 / 46 prem. ; London and Brighton, 44 4 p rem . ; Bl ac k wa ll t, ‘ dis ; Birmingham 67 69 prem. ; Southa m pt on , 554 565 pe r sow" Croydon, 134 134 per share; Greenwich, 85 per share; M chester and Birmingham, 151 144 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. • Great Western London and Brighton London and 131ackwall London and Birmingham 9O — i IDitto Thirds London and Greenwich - Ditto Scrip - London and South Western 3Bi ssiii .. to Midland Counties ... 100 Ditto i Shares .. - North Midland - Ditto New HALF-PAST ON I O The settling of th e B r iti s h A ccount i s go i ng o ff well, st to the present time it i s a B ear Account, continuation to 33e 0 Time may be quot e d at 1i to 6 per cent., and Money rit e s from & per cent, i n th e h ouse . N o b usiness of couse q has been done during the morning. Stock is scarce. a The general topic of conversation in the city this momo entirely relates to Sir Rob e rt P ee l' s no ti ce i n the House is ';/1 night. All persons are anxiously awaiting the decisica Thursday's motion. • Consols are at present 90i fo r M one y, f or th e opening,' ifi r i al , 16, 901 1 , 3 ; Exchequer Bills 10 8 p rem ., l ower ; Bank Si ~ 168 ; India Bons 2rem., ar. There is scarce any thing doing in the Fdreign Market ; S.r:ii nish Active, 23i- ; Belgian, 1001; D u t c h Two-and -3"3 per Cents., 54. Cire si The Share Market is heavy, with little doing. . Western, 9141; L on d on an d B r i g h ton 44 i; do. Birl i o l. ham ( I birds), t,2 1 / 2 ; South We s t ern , 55} i k; N ort h land, 331 34. QUARTER TO THRO * Consols, Money, 90 90h ; for Account, 94 /I. No business whatever doing in the Foreign Funds. COURT CIRCULAR. „ Her Majesty and P r i nce Alb ert, w i th the i r resi y e leL., suites, attended Divine Service in the Gallery at mont, at twelve o'clock on Sunday. th e The service was perform e d by th e D eputy Cl er k of Closet. Her Royal Highness th e D uc h ess o f Kent, attended Lady Anne Maria Da wson , arr i ve d at Cl are mont ift so r o'clock yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her Mar from town. cto r Viscount Melbourne took hi s d eparture from - mont at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, for town. st Late in the afternoon, the following visitors arrive; s a Claremont. and had the honour of joining th e 10 /of :—The Earl of ITxbrite, Circle at dinner_ ok; Erroll, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord Ito ert G11)0 0 1 ., the Hon: AMelia Murray, and the Hon. Harriet I lis L%t Maids of Honour in Waiting ; Sir Henry Ivh aL tleY• George Couper, Colonel and Lady Isabella ` tear: Hon. William Cowper, Mr. George Edward Anson, Captain Francis Francis Seymour. Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, and the two Miss° the , Gardiner, had also the honour of joining the Royal ner party at Claremont, last evening. Tier Majesty the Queen Dowager attended the r ehes#' sal in the Hanover-square Rooms yesterday raorui o Her Majesty's suite included the Viscountm3 Bakrilf ton, Hon. Sophia Wheatl e y, H on . Charlottde Hasl: Earl Howe, Earl of Denbigh, and Sir Andrew Baru 1. 01; The Duke of Sussex visited the Duchess of KeillP . Sunday, at Clarence House, St. James's. , 0 Her Majesty the Q u e en D owager too k an a irig be Kensington yesterday afternoon, m an open barovs e and four. 1- r The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the F r - fi g cesses Augusta and M ar y o f Cambridge, took. an se w to Kew yesterday. Her Royal Highness au .d the •"'. cess returned to town in the afternoon. • 41 , Mr. Hodges, M.P., and C o l one l Anson, bad i n teririeo with Viscount Melbourne yesterday afternoon, a t official residence, in Powning-street. With th e Mr. Brothert on , M.P. , h a d an interview w"_„-- Marquis of Normanby yesterd a y, a t the Home-oa'; ° CHARTIST MEETING AT TIT CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN , STRA ND tlO Last evening a T or y-Ch ar ti s t meeting was held s a. ,. : ' 1110 Crown and A nc h or T avern, i n t h e Strand, ostensibly j'" 0 0 purpose, as declared in the notice convening the rceeting!, l adopt res o l u ti ons , h av i ng f or their object the release of fee litical offenders, sad carrying out the peoples' chutes , Oe Y in reality to attempt, by a side wind, to depreciate the sures brought forward by her Majesty's Government. 11 %,-;i 0 curing fo r th e wor ki ng an d poorer classes the neces9a-7.. existence at a cheap and reasonable rate. 0 0 :e g o An intelli gen t wor ki ng man named N AGLE was cane"' chair, on t a ki ng w hi c h h e expressed a hope that the 10, tbeif would not experience an Irish rebellion in. the course , • proceedings. Mr. ROSE RO S E p ro p ose d th e fi rst resolution, to the effect,at was the opinion of the meeting that no Government serving of the confidence of the people who had unc. lig rr: tionalry b ro k en d own t h e sp i rit of the law, by introdltliosi, army of forei gn s pi es an d bl udgeon-men ; who had ' PI the poor of all protective aid; and, under the pretence 0 be lieving, in carcera t e d t h em i n the accursed bastiles.; / Ad , denied the wo r k man t h e constitutional shield of the 5 „wii. possessed by his ancestors ; and who, whilst couter a s, other acts of aggression, treated the petitions of the with studied indiff erence and contempt. Of M o k 'r. SMART ( a p rov i nc i al dele-ate) seco n ded the resel ; and, in doing so, said that he heist. Toryism in abhorral ee , he would vote for any Tory , nab f or th e ver devil h ie , a i with his seven h oo f s , ten horns, saucer e y es , a nd loog v 0: (Cheers and laughter)—before he would vote for 4: 0 1 The Chartists - now ma d e use of the Tories, in order 00T politically, th e th roats of the Whigs, but when they ! i f it ; that the people required, then they would turn ..11.°1. tilv cut the throats of th e T ories. He trusted that tew of the provincial Chartists would be followed by tbeir , politan breth ren . Th e measure brought forward by. the Ale vernment was not mean t f or th e benefit of the c classes, it was intended to enrich the exporters - 10Na' mere tub to the wh a l e , a sprat to catch a mackerel. .` and hisses.) f CO" Dr. M DOUALL, a member of the former Ch.— red - 1 tion, spoke to this resolution, and denied being adu s b 00' factious or party spirit. He had been victimised hY t r?e . „ IP vernment—(the doctor hat, bee n on l y recent l y discharge at. a protracted confinementl_ but their necks w ere novr AP:, grasp of th e Chartists, a' id be pledged his life and Ebert g,llr, they would di e i n t h a t grasp. Government now told the „, they were going to lower certain duties, and thereby coe .. .'" h e• r wouldvxri e e n s a g t ni boon. ntotr:e .1 necessaries eo v N ef eodiwt from r h bo e ym w t oh a s ofenl eciafonems life; ; fgbi v ,ulu o ent c iathetyoee.nrfaloa As i t s r ip rAs tvp the ll : oea l c people f o n f p eoa l it a r h t a a g Corn-laws, although he was prepared to aceept the reps` it would not make. a difference of a halfpenny in the cln l o r▪ ta; loaf. He questloned the wisdom of those men who could ~t . th, forward such 'a measure, or the propriety of their diverts people from the pursuit of their just rights by a bribta" this.—( Immense cheers.) Afterdwelling at considerable on the principles of the Charter, and urging the nece their adoption, the speaker sat down amidst loud cheers. ' sr Mr. SA NKEY next addressed the meeting, after 111 ' 1 ' t 44 Chairman p u t th e resolut i on, wh i ch was carried unanhon •, t I. Mr. RibLEY proposed the next reso l u ti on , t o the eff,ei sia„i it was the o pi n i on o f t h e meet i ng that the exertions of 0170 Duncombe, Esq., and all other members who aided in Pr o ' 1 bsfi the rele a s e o f a ll political prisoners , deserved their best now, and their cordial support at the next election. Mr. SEEFFINGTON, in seconding this resolutie r l that the p e titi on bearing a. million and a quarter . 1 , 1 4, 1 ,4, i , tures, praying for the Tele'ase o f a ll pb a o litical would be pr esen t e d to.morriw—( Hear)— e vening,., 114, Duncombe. It - was to be inirried down to the House el number of ;Idstian jackets, accompan i e d b y a Pr° rret/ which \`'Or . .d leave the Old Bailey at three o'clock• 00 0 01 sPea".er in laying before the meeting the course to be , sl e j by t• .e Chartists at the next election, mentioned that e e s ' f or P ion, .Mr. Feargus O'Conn or , was to be proposed, a n p 1,1 I into Parliament triumph an tl y , as t h e representa t i ve ter.—( Cheers. ) Mr. MA I'LT I N (an Irish Chartist), who opposed nell at the me e ti ng i n E xeter-hall last week, nex t a" be the meeting, an d was l oudly cheered. fee; Mr. W ALL , w h o had created the disturbance a d 1 0,4 previo us ly at the meeting in the Old Bailey, prefo'e a e7tl o resolution, t o t h e effect that it was the opinion of th e that th e H ouse of Commons, being altogether cornP°_ s ! kar representatives of land and capital, tot a lly ex cluded te!' ,t 1 ing p o p u l at i on. ihr The resolutions having been all carried unanimo were given t o th e Chairman, and the meeting separ ate a ' 7 0A Lord Melbourne, on quitting the VP' .. 15 0;1 04 0 i Lords last night, was loudly cheered by the persons 2 . 5 1 o r e about the Houses of Parliament. Such is the cr cial' , 0 , what is going forward in Parliament, that there are Ing o f0 0 : 0 1 sembledabout the doors many and very well dressed j quit The Duke of Wellington was also warmly greeted as he the House and mounted his horse. • 1,