The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-25 00:00:00

LONDON : \VEI)\ESFL AIOICSING, MAY 25, 1842. Mr. VILL!Eas deserves the thanks of all classes for his spirited, eti'ort last night to reduce the duty on cattle to Is. a-head. if the tariff is to be passed by the help of the Liberals, the least they can expect is that it be made, worthy of their acceptance. He failed, however, in his well-Meant motion, being wholly unsupported, we regret to say, by the Whigs. At the same time, his statements were appalling, and ought to have made statesmen of all parties heartily ashamed, if shame at their continual and repeated failures were not worn out by excessive use. Mr. Via.- ERS stated that criminals imprisoned had increased one-third, or from 20,000, in 1836, to 30,000, in 1840. Since 1837, too, pauperism has increased 25 per cent., and we know that the relief bestowed on the people bas not been equal to their extraordinary endurance of privations. In one case, Mr. VILLIERS stated, a man -vas detected stealing potatoes ; he had an aged mother and two sisters depending on him, and when his dwelling was examined there was a pot on the fire, which contained a dead dog, boiling for the food of the family. We believe that is only a specimen of the hardships and miseries to which the population are, in many cases, reduced; nevertheless, our rulers wll give them no relief; they insist,, in fact, in withholding food from them, which might be obtained in abunJance, both in the United States and on the continent ‘lf Europe ; and for this surpassing cruelty they will yet have to answer. The language used by some of the speakers on Mr I MlLEs's motion was singularly instructive. The motion itself; to levy a duty by weight on all live stock imported for food, was a practical absurdity. Let the reader suppose the Legislature to impose on the importing merchant the duty of weighing every Licking bullock, every struggling and squeaking pig, every frightened sheep of the many million head of titese -various kinds of cattle which the Squire 3 assert will be imported, and he will at once see that none of the tasks imposed on HEncums equals that which Farmer MILES would impose on the importers of cattle. Such a ridiculous motion was, fortunately 1 for the reputation of the House, crushed by a large -Majority. It is worthy of no further notice, except is an index to the foolish things legislating Squires can concoct and attempt. Amongst the sayings worthy of being common°- . ;rated, we must place.fi ' rst that of Mr. GALLY KNIGHT, ereWilne, we believe, ,a soi disant Liberal, and corre spondent of the Examiner. This gentleman, with .mare sincerity than generally belongs to his party, ...avowed that what they opposed, when they voted against . the late Ministers on the Sugar question, was not free.,trade, but Radicalism and extreme doctrines. 'These, he said, were what the Conservative party were 'Afraid of, not free trade. We did not expect to have s o soon an avowal that the real source of the neces sity- of Sir ROHM PEEL for the Tory party, as 'we st „tg on Monday, is their dread of the people. Mr. DALLY KNIGHT, however, admits it; so our boasting Conservatives of freedom already submit to a dictator from their 'dread of the unpropertied masses. We know that the Chartists are growing in strength ; but this is an unexpected acknowledgment of their extreme power. The immorality:. however, of such Parliamentary conduct, is especially worthy of notice. Mr. GALLY KNIGIIT avows that .votes against allowing the people to have cheap sugar, and cheap bread, • though he_ is convinced that they ere advantageou!, to the pub lic, in order to stave Off political improvements. Ire speaks, too, not for ltirnself 0n12,-, hut for the whole Conservative party.' 'Amy' are d.. ing, tl 'en, every day that very thing for.which ,Nir. I Int' was so long re.; prehended by the Tory press, voting black is white. They are far worse, however, than Mr. HUME, for he wished by his vote to save the commonalty : the Conser vatives, on the contrary, avow that ;hey wish to oppress and impoverish the people. Such Gnen political Pro fligacy surpasses in Aurpittule all the disclosures of Election Committees, end. it;dicates that the Legis lature is completely dem`ohliv.ed. The folly of this proc. .3edi4: is equal to its guilt. Mr. GALLY KNIGHT ha tes change, .and Wishes to avoid it, and he votes Par a measure which makes the injustice which provo'kes a change more glaring and insulting. He sees o I building crumbli ng to ok To published with the Magazines_, on the 3 1 st instant , , complete in one Pocket, Veltune,embell ished with Engravings, rice 6s. LI, IN TIIE WRONG; OR BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. By THEODORE HOOK, Esq. Author of "Jack Brag," " The Widow and the Marquis," &c. FORMING THE NEW VOLUME OF " THE STANDARD NOVELS AND ROMANCES," Which also comprise the following Works by the same Author : The Parson's Daughter. I Jack Brag. Maxwell. 1 Gilbert Gurney. The Widow and the Marquis. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. TO GROCERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. WANTED by a STEADY YOUNG MAN, a SITUATION in the above line of business. 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A system k loudly censured for its oppression, and he makes it more odious, in order to ensure its continuance. Par liamentary error's are provoking a revolution, and he wilfully multiplies them, adding to the general irritation which exists, in order to put a stop to change. If we may take Mr. KNIGHT as a type of his party, we must conclude that they are already overtaken by that loss of intellect which is said to be the precursor of annihilation. Their leader's language and conduct predicate like Mr. KNIGHT'S avowals, a thorough demoraliza tion. He has lately exerted himself to pass a law to limit and curtail the supply of bread. His Corn-law is a totally new law, and its essence is to keep food away from the people. The night before last, how • ever, he expatiated on the necessity of looking out for a wider area for a supply "of food." He had a deep conviction that population was increasing more rapidly, he said, than the supply "of cattle." He told his agricultural friends, that justice to the cone smilers, required increased facilities for the admission of food. And having laid down these important truths, he acts in direct opposition to them. He prevents corn from coming freely in which we can get from the wide area" of the world, but he gra ciously permits cattle to be imported at a high duty, which, he consoles his agricultural friends by assuring them, can only be obtained from very limited spaces, and at such an expense of importation asto preclude them from coming in in any great quantities. The true protection of the horned cattle interest, he as serted over and over again, is to be found in the expense of importing cattle. To meet the exigency of a deficient supply, which he acknowledges, he permits the importation of cattle, which he says can ' not be brought in, and he passes a law to keep out corn, which can. He strives, therefore, to keep out the supply of corn, which the course of nature show, can be obtained, and he mocks us by permitting the importation of a supply of cattle, which he knows cannot in the nature of things come in. Justly and properly did Mr. VILLIERS stigmatise this attempt to cheat the people by vague words. It is customary for the Radical or Liberal party to compliment Sir ROBERT PEEL on his good intentions. We heard Mr. HUME, the night before last, say he believed that the Right Hon. Baronet was convinced in his heart of the necessity of giving the people free trade, but he could not carry out his views, because he was obstructed by Hon. Gentlemen behind him. If Sir ROBERT PEEL, have an honest and sincere con viction of the necessity of establishing free trade, he could give effect to his conviction to-morrow. He is the master of his party. He has no such conviction. He is a mere expediency politician, with no honest convictions whatever, but with a strong determination to keep in office. If he have such convic tions, it is a disgrace to him not to aet on them ; and of the two characters—the not having any such convictions, while he uses certain slang phrases which represent them, and the having them and not acting on them—the latter is the more mean, discreditable, and dastardly. By taking, as we think, a more accurate measure of Sir ROBERT PEEL, we exonerate him from the charge implied in the praise of the Liberals, that he knows what is right, but for the sake of office consents, against his getter judgment, to injure the country for behoof of the country gentlemen. . When we trace such continual contradictions as we have pointed out, yesterday and to-day, between the opinions of our statesmen, and be tween their language and their acts ; when we are made sensible, by Mr. KNIGHT'S avowal, that the whole Conservative party are daily acting, as it were, a great and living lie, we have traced quite enough to alarm the country. In all the common affairs of life, truthfulness, faithfulness, and the honest use of words in their common and accepted signification, are essential to success. Chicanery, delusion, and humbug, are univer sally scouted as not only unworthy, but in jurious. In common life honesty is not only the best, it is the only policy. Can public affairs he carried on successfully on the opposite principle ? Must a Minister have a double tongue ? May he use words only to deceive ? he, of all men alive, exonerated from forming clear and definite convic• tions, and honestly expressing them ? We answer, No ; and when we find the affairs of the nation, the great and solemn business of legislation, conducted as at present, on principles directly opposed to the prin ciples that all men acknowledge in private life, we may at once conclude that danger and disgrace are not far off. Mr. PAKINCTOX, the Member for Droitwich, has given notice of a motion for extending the provisions of the London Police Act, as regards the closing of public houses, to every other part of the United Kingdom. As this notice was given before the Public-houses Bill went through Committee, and that clause to which the Hon. Member's motion refers had been struck out, we hope he has given up all idea of forcing such an obnoxious law upon the rest of the community.. Independent of the great incon venience caused to the public by closing up public houses at twelve on Saturday night, we have every reason to believe that the change has in creased immorality, and led numbers of worthless people to establish houses for the illicit sale of spirits, to the great injury of the fair trader. Over these places the police have no control ; they can be reached only by means of informations ; the profits are considerable, and the keepers of them are thus enabled to bribe persons who might threaten to bring them before a Magistrate. , But the inconvenience caused by such absurd regulations in London is only trifling compared with that which would be felt in the country, where licensed victuallers would be harassed by informations without end. Travellers on Sun day would be exposed also to great inconvenience in pro curing necessary refreshment during part of the after noon, and the whole of the forenoon of that day. Were any real benefit derived from such a law, we should be the last to oppose it ; but being firmly convinced that the evil far overbalances the good, we call upon the publicans, as well as the people in general, to get up meetings, and petition the Legisla ture against this wanton interference with their business and mode of living. Tho day fixed for the further con sideration of the Report on the Bill is Wednesday, the Ist of June, when Mr. PAKINGTON, or, failing him, Mr. PLuateTaß, will probably attempt to attach to it some such clause as that proposed. The licensed victuallers have. no small influence at elections; at the last general election they returned a great number of Members, and among the rest, the author of the Bill, Captain lions, and if they fail, there fore, to take advantage of their circumstances, 'they hare themselves only to blame. They are sufficiently restricted already by Police Acts, and , the licensing system ; their trade, we hear from many quarters, is worse than it has been for many years; and were such an infliction as this to be added to their other burdens, the probability is, that, in a short period, not a few of them would be bankrupts. Lord JOHN Russr.u. and Sir R. PEF.r, were exceed ingly annoyed on Monday night, because Mr. IlumE told the House that neither the Tory nor Whig leaders were sincerely desirous of putting down bribery at elections . Sir ROBERT PEEL was willing to concur in a measure for allowing the ATTORNEY-GENERAL to prosecute electors convicted of the crime of selling their votes, but with his usual Jesuitical cunning reserved to himself the right of determining how far he should go in rendering that measure effective. Let Lord J. RUSSELL and Sir R. PEEL, say what they please, the Hon. Member for Montrose is perfectly right. The wealthy Whig and Tory aristo cracy delight in extending bribery, which, by increasing the expenses of election contests, keep men of limited means, and nearly all honest men, out of the House of Commons. No candidate can now presume to stand for such boroughs as Ipswich, Nottingham, Lewes, and an hundred m ore b es id es. who. is not pre pared to spend in bribery, direct and indirect, sums vary ing from 2,0001. to 8,000/. This effectually keeps out of the House of Commons, as the representatives of those boroughs, such troublesome men as Mr. ROEBUCK, or such honest men as the Hon. Member for Montrose. It is, moreover, a sort of guarantee that the Member „;,, turne d is a person more remark a bl e f or hi s wealth . than his integrity, and every way quali fied for presentation at Court, and a seat at the dinner-table of the Premier of the day, or the leader of the Opposition. If the suppression of bribery and cor ruption he left to the great Whig and Tory chiefs, they will flourish while the House of Commons has an existence. The people must take up the question. The pure constituencies of the kingdom must no longer alloW their influence to be swamped by the impure. The first step to be taken is to pass a Bill for the disfran chisement for life of every elector convicted of •:•ecehing a bribe. No other punishment will carry with it such a wholesome fear as this. It will be the mark of CAIN by which his unborn childreni will learn that their father THE ,SUN, LONDON ,solight s the unhQught-r4ghts—of a free citizen for vr 4l9ll e.Y. • The, dreadful destruction of the British army in Caubul has reduced to misery some thousands of women and children, many, of 'whom have no legal claims upon the Go7oinment. It is estimated that the number of camp . followers Who quitted Caubul, with the British troops, after the murder of the lamented Sir WILLIAM AFNACHTEN, was not less than five thousand, nearly the whole of whom have perished, the rest still remaining in captivity. The mass of misery produced by this terrible catastrophe is so frightful that the Commander-in-Chief of the British .army in India has authorised the raising of a subscription for the relief of the sufferers. This course is so unusual on the part of a Commander-in- Chief, that its adoption on this occasion is the best proof of the utter destitution of those for whom the appeal is made. Heavy as are the demands upon the charity of the wealthy classes, we trust that the prayer now addressed to them for the relief of the soldier's widow and .orphans, by a Gallant Veteran Officer will not be made in vain. A fraction of the sums squandered by the affluent upon useless luxuries may suffice to save the lives of hundreds of our fellow subjects now dying with hunger in a foreign land. We never scruple to profit by the victories of our gallant troops. We ought as little to hesitate to relieve the sufferings of their wives and children, when,.for a brief space, victory deserts, the British standard. . We really ought not to be angry with our French. Contemporaries when they seek to persuade their Go vernment that a people are never so patriotically em ployed as when resenting fancied insults by blowing out the brains of their neighbours. Fighting is with them as much a passion as the love of dress is a passion with . the fair sex. On the slightest fancied provocation, they are ready to-day to make war on their dearest friends of yesterday. This is well manifested in an article in the Courrier Francais .Sunday, upon a discussion in the Chamber of Deputies, on the previousday,relative to the French and United States' tariffs. M. LEGENTIL com plained that the proposed changes in the United States tariff would greatly injure the trade of France. This was admitted by M. Gutzor, who said that the French Government had made remonstrances, which if not at tended to, recourse might be had to reprisals in the shape of increased duties upon the importation of American producu. Now this "war of tariffs " is openly denounced by the Courrier Francais. That journal is for remon strance at the cannon's mouth. If the Americans will not modify the tariff to please France, the Courrier affirms that the true remedy is at once to declare war against the Republic. Why it is not four days since the Courrier Francais assured its readers that the Ame ricans were the dearest friends and allies of France, ready to join them in crushing England, should she per sist in enforcing a right of search. And now war is to be declared against them for choosing to increase their tariff ! Verily, public writers in France regard war as a very trifling affair. As this tariff question is important, we subjoin a sum mary of the debate in the French Chamber of Deputies concerning it : CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.-SITTING OF SATURDAY. FRENCH AND AMERICAN TARIFF. M. Legentil directed the attention of Government to a sys tem of imposition practised by the American authorities to wards foreign merchants, which, if it continued much longer, must, he said, end in the complete rupture of all commercial relation between France and the United States. According to the new tariff, now before Congress, the import duties of 20 - per cent. would be shortly raised to 30. This tariff, combined with a duty ad valorem, another on the weight, so that cer tain goods, and the silks amongst others, ,would be liable to pay a duty ad valorem and a weight duty, which on an average would amount to 15 or 20 per cent. also—in all to 35 per cent. The wines and other products of France were to be subjected to similar extortions on their importation into the United States. The latter. on the other hand, with a view to compel foreign nations to consume their tobacco and flour. were about to lay a tax of 10 per cent. on the products of the countries which did not admit those two articles on the same terms on which they were introduced into America ; so that the pro duce of France will shortly be burdened with another duty in addition to the general duty of 30 per cent. M. Legentil then recapitulated the advantages which France had conferred on the United States, and which entitled the former to more gratitude on their part. France imported 175,000,000 of American pro ducts, whilst she exported to the United States only 136,000,000. Of the 85,000,000 of kilogrammes annually pur chased by France. 79,000,000 were of American growth ; of the 7,000,0000 f kilogrammes of imported foreign flour, 6,000,000 proceeded from the United States, and of the 13,000,000 of to bacco, 8,500,000 were raised in America. M. Legentil then showed that the duties levied in France on Ameriean products did not exceed 10 or 11 per cent.; and concluded, should the Americans persist in their pretensions, by recommending that France abrogate the Navigation Act of 1822, which assimilates the vessels of the United States to those of France, and recur to reprisals. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, in replying to M. Le gentil, admitted that the measures about to be enforced by the United States were likely to be most injurious to the trade of France. Impressed with that persuasion, the French Govern ment had, during the last year, repeatedly addressed to the United States the most urgent remonstrances, but it was im possible for him to tell what would be the result of those repre sentations and negotiations, because of the financial and internal crisis now prevailing the United States, which prompted the latter to adopt extreme measures as respected I reprisals. 111. Guizot observed, that if they militated against the United States without injuring France, recourse should be instantly had to that expedient , but he thought that France could not with safety increase the import duties on the raw materials constituting the great de ' ment of her manufactures. With regard to the navigation duties the cue was different, but M. Guizot would not express any opinion on that subject, the question nos' undergoing se rious examination before a Committee composed of most com petent and enlightened men; but when they should have made known to him their advice, he would propose to the King's Government such measures as appeared to him practicable and expedient, and be ever guided by the principle that re prisals are good only . inasmuch as they effect the interests of others without injuring those of France. M. Grandia, who followed the Minister, denounced another vexation to which French merchants were exposed at the hands of the American authorities. There being no bonding stores in the United States, as in France, goods intended for re-exportation are subjected, on being landed, to pay the same duties as if they were intended for domestic consumption. The payment of those duties was required in specie ; but when the merchants claimed the restitution of the duty, on the re exportation of the bonded goods, it was paid back in paper at a loss of from 15 to 20 per cent. This was, he said, a real spoil ation, and a prooceeding unworthy of acivilized country. M. Mermilliod, the deputy for Havre, who spoke next, ex pressed a hope that the decision of the American Congress would be influenced by the representation of France and the other countries, ard advised the Government to renew them with additional energy. The question was then dropped, and the Chamber proceeded to dismiss the other items of the budget. We have the following letter from Toulon of the 17th of May : " The journals are in the wrong in announcing the speedy arrival of the Prince de Joinville. The despatches received by the second in command of the Belle Poole, announces, on the contrary, the departure of the Prince far London, and orders h a ve been given to the frigate to join the Vice- Admiral, in order to take part in the manoeuvres of the squadron. It is to be presumed that the Belle Poule will afterwards go to Cher bourg, if, as has been announced. the Prince is to go to the South Seas; but it will wait for him in our port, in case no change is made in hie proposed cruise in the Mediterranean. Nothing, however, is yet fixed."— Constitutionnel. The Medea frigate sailed for Toulon on the 17th, to join the squadron of Admiral Hugon off the Hyrres Islands. That squadron left those islanls on the 18th, and it is thought that it will not return to port for some time. All the vessels of the squadron sent on that day all the sick they had on board by the Veloce steamer to Toulon. AND The mail from Africa, which was expected every moment had not arrivedat Toulon on the J Bth. A letter from Munich, of the 15th of May, which has been communicated to uq, says that amidst the enthusiasm which is everywhere manifested to relieve the sufferers by the fire at Hamburgh, it may seem surprising that Bavaria shows no sign of sympathy. The sole cause, says the writer of the letter, is the absence of the King, who is so jealous that no person can venture to propose a subscription, however urgent the necessity may be, without his previous permission. I am persuaded, says the writer, that as soon as the King is informed of the dis aster of Hamburgh, he will be as generous as the other Ger man princes, and will allow his subjects to follow their chari table inclinations; but he is in Sicily, arid the delay which will result from this circumstance will deprive those acts of genero sity of the promptitude and spontaneousness which constitute a great part of their merit.—Commerce. SPITALFIELDS ,BALL.—The splendour of the last ball fur the Spitalfields weavers at the Italian Opera House, in 1837, will be well remembered,by all who witnessed it. The forthcoming ball will, however, it is expected, far exceed the former in the decorations of the house, as well as in the bril liancy of the company, and, being under the highest patronage, will, no doubt, be the most brilliant assembly during the season. The interior of the house will be greatly altered for the occa sion ; the pit will be floored over level with the stage. The box entrance, we believe, will be open as usual, with the addi tion of the private entrance used by her Majesty. The prin. • cipal entrance, however, will be nearest Pall-mall, where a new entrance, with wide staircase, will be made expressly for the occasion. The side scenes will be cleared away entirely from the stage, which will be hung all round with rich drapery ; and a range of Corinthian columns, in white and gold, across the back of the stage, will be introduced, in the centre of which will be a trophy of armour, &c., and men in armour on each side. Devices, also in armour, flags, Bze., will decorate the columns. On each, side of the stage the red curtains at present in the front of the-boxes will be removed, and replaced by a profusion of various-coloured satins in festoons, tastefully interwoven with each othei, and trimmed with gold-coloured fringe, with gilt drops. White and gold-fluted columns will be placed in front of the partition round each tier of boxes, each column surmounted with a crown connected with the dra deiadc.h pavilio n fest festoon wills erecting pa s r throughth the goldperi th e col umns laurel wreath . Queen, which will occupy the centre of the house, and reach nearly up to the gallery, surmounted by the royal arms; the curtains and linings are to be of crimson silk velvet, lined with splen tati i and trimmed with gold lace. Three glass chandeliers are to be suspended in the box; and, in addition to the chandelier in the house, there will be seven other large gas chandeliers from the ceiling. SINGULAR AND MELANCHOLY AiTIDENT.—On Saturday a mason's labourer, who was employed at work on the roof of the mansion in the course of erection in this neigh bourhood (the property of C. Whiteford, Esq.), was blown from the roof, and, singular to relate, fell into a well seventeen feet deep, with seven feet of water in it. Being, however, almost immediately missed by his fellow-workmen, they, on searching, discovered him in this situation, and having quickly released him, he was taken to the Devon and Cornwall hos pital, where he lingered until Mofiday, when he was released from his sufferings by death.—Falmouth Packet. ELECTION BILLS.—We understand that writs have been served upon fifteen gentlemen constituting the commit tee of the out parish of .St. Philip and Jacob, for conducting the last election on behalf of the Conservative candidates, Messrs. Miles and Fripp; the writs were issued at the instance of Mr. Mountain. landlord of the Lamb public-house, West street ; and his bill, which amounts to 290/., is for refreshments afforded to the voters on the day of polling,—Bristol Gazette. AY t , " S Oubitt evittion. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN... In the debate on Saturday in the . French Chamber of Deputies, M. Guizot bovine*, in: reply to M. Legentil, who had complained of the measures adopted by the United States, as being injurious to French commerce, said, that if France could by way of reprisal adopt mea sures which would cause more injury to the United States than to France, it was the duty of the Govern ment to do so. The Courricr Francais, with a singulor notion of the rights of nations, says that the only re prisal worthy of a great nation is war ; but as to com mercial reprisals, a war of tariffs, whether against Eng land or the United States, it can see in it but a puerile act. The National disapproves, though complaining of the conduct of the United States, that AL Guizot, in the de bate on Saturday, used the word reprise's, and adds, " Certain is it that the United States shows such an ill feeling to our commerce, that the Trench Government cannot submit to it." Count de Pontois, the Frene . h Ambassador, now on leave of absence, is to reach' Constantinople once more in June, and the Baron de BOurqueney is to return to Paris in July. from whence he will come to London as Minister to this Court, during the temporary absence of the Count de St. Aulaire, who will, it is expected, remain three in‘ hs in France. _ The state of Syria continues to be most deplorable. The revolting cruelty of the conduct of Omar Pacha to wards the sheiks of the Druses has excited the indigna tion of the whole country, whose inhabitants have risen to resist their oppressors. Violent collisions with the Turkish troops are daily expected. In the meantime the Porte has taken no serious steps, in conformity with the strong representations of European diplomacy, against the new system of violence adopted in Syria. The energetic efforts of Sir Stratford Canning, which have been again renewed, appear to have been forgotten in the celebration of the feast of the Prophet, which has been done with a degree of unwonted splendour. The Gazette of Upper G erm any, of the 19th inst. states, that M. Pageot h as b u t little chance of succeeding in his mission to the Court of Berlin, as the Vienna Cabi net rarely abandons a resolution once adopted, .on which they previously consult the .Courts of Berlin and St. Petersburgh. The Gazette asserts that M. Guizot in sists on the necessity for negotiating the marriage of the Queen of Spain, in order to prevent Espartero from dis posing of her hand to^ the son of Don Francisco de Paula, or to the son of the Duke de Medina Celi, as Es partero threatened the Court of the Tuileries he would do. A letter from Hamburgh of the 20th inst. says :—" A few small failures amongst houses here trading in manu factured goods have already taken place, and an exten sive corn-jobber has this week stopped for an amount of 60,0001. These events cannot be ascribed to losses oc casioned by the fire. They have arisen amongst over traders and speculators whose affairs were previously deranged. It is now ascertained . that three out of the four Hamburgh Insurance CoMpanies are insolvent, and the amount of their insolvency must of course depend upon the ability of the parties interested to pay up their liabilities. The course of Exchange on London fell again to-day schilling banco, and would have probably fallen still further, but for the arrival by the steamer of a considerable amount of silver from London, per account of the Royal Exchange and other Insurance Companies, whereby the coffers of the bank will be replenished, and heavy amounts, which would otherwise have been nego tiated on London in drafts, are kept out of the market," The Madrid Gazette of 15th May publishes accounts of the sales of national property down to the 31st March, 1842, from which it appears that a number of 50,309 national properties, lying in 41 different provinces of the kingdom, have produced by sale 1,821,562,093 reals. N'ESDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1842. mommlr—TuAnT. , ,s—colnrezEncm. - Ciently indicate its source acd origin. Trace it back, and pit will find it in the robbery of the poor man for payment of the landlord's bread-tax." That section of the village of St. Mauves, which constituted the late borough, was sold by auction at Truro, last Wednesday. This obscure village, which so long, retained the elective fran chise, had, since the days of Elizabeth, been the pleasant re treat of the Tredenhams, the Clams, the Nugents, the 13 , 15- cawens, and the Grenvilles. The dilapidated quay, and its few adjoining houses, were purchased by Sir Samuel Spry. The United Law Clerks' Society held their tenth anniversary festival at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on Monday. Vice. Chancellor Knight Bruce, and many leading Counsel of the bar were present. The balance in favour of the Society on the transactions of the past year was nearly 5,000/. Subscrip tions also, to the amount of 3001., were announced. LAW /1.111) PO IaXCZ, William Halford, a fellowship porter, appeared at Guildhall on Monday, to answer the charge of Charles Howcroft, the calf of whose leg he had severely bitten, while being conveyed on conviction by that turnkey to the Giltspur-street prison. Mr. Alderman Thompson ordered, that as the prisoner had behaved like a mastiff, he should be treated as one, and his teeth filed or drawn by the prison surgeon. The defendant having repeatedly cried for mercy on this score, he was permitted finally to make compensatien, On Monday, Wm. Wheels, the conductor of one of Powel's Brentford omnibuses, was charged with as,aulting a gentleman of the name of Burrell, residing at No. 111, Long Acre. The plaintiff had refused to pay ls. for what he considered a six penny fare, upon which the defendant made efforts to throw him down. The Magistrate severely remarked on this ruffianly conduct, and fined him the highest penalty, 5/., which was paid. L7TERIVR4 AND SCIENTIPIC. Sir Robert Ker Porter, the celebrated traveller, died on the 3d of May last, at St. Petersburgh. Eighty-two unpublished letters of Henri IV., have been lately found by parties employed by the Archwological Com mission in France. PAZTZ.A.MENTA2T. The subject of locking passengers into Railway Carriages, was again mentioned last night in the; House of Lords, and the Earl of Ripon stated, that after consulting with the Inspector- General of Railways, and having ascertained that locking the doors was dangerous and unnecessary, he had written to the Railway Directors, recommending them to discontinue the practice. Lord Campbell was sure the communication would give public satisfaction. Several petitions were presented by the farmers' friends against the tariff, and the Duke of Richmond expressed a strong opinion against the great changes it would make. The Earl of Ripon defended the clause relative to horned cattle, and denied that it would be productive of injury to farmers. Both Earl Fitzwilliam and Lord Kinnaird expressed their satisfaction at this statement. Lord Kinnaird said of their Lordships that they did nothing but throw out good measures and pass bad ones, and, to give them something better to do, he will, on Thursday, move for a Select Committee to inquire into the distress of the people, when he is also to move for the pro duction of the Queen's letter to beg for the people. Their Lordships then adjourned. In the Commons Mr. O'Connell moved a new writ for Meath, he having being elected for that county and for Cork, having decided to sit for Cork. Mr. Miles not having succeeded about oxen, Mr. G. Palmer gave notice of a motion to stop the importation of foreign ve getables. Sir R. Peel mentioned that the intercourse he had had with dapt. Elliot induced him to place the greatest confidence in his integrity and ability. We presume, therefore, that the Gallant Captain will soon depart on his mission to Texas. As to his qualifications, we differ entirely from Sir R. Peel. Sir R. Peel fixed Friday week for a discussion on the Sugar Duties, without reference to the state of the tariff. On going into Committee on the Customs Acts, Mr. Miles stated that his wish was to impose Id. per pound on meat, and ss. 6d. per cwt. on cattle of all kinds. . Sir Robert Peel, in spite of some coaxing by Mr. Pusey, would not assent to this proposition, and a short debate ensued, of which Mr. Milner Gibson's straightforward speech is worthy of notice. He called on the Ministers not to attemit to gull the people any longer. Mr. Ward said the speeches of the Members were more valuable than the tariff itself, and he assured Mr. Gladstone, the Corn-law advocate, that he would be unable to answer Mr. Gladstone, the advocate of cheaply provisioning our ships. Mr. Villiers made an excellent speech, pointing out very forcibly the distress which existed amongst the people, and moved to substitute Is. per head for horned cattle, instead of 20s. The Committee divided on this question ; but the smaller duty, which was opposed by Lord John Russell, was lost by 209 to 44. Major 'Vivian proposed that the duty on cattle, meat, and other provisions should be the same imported from Canada as from other places. This gave rise to another debate, during which Sir Robert Peel said that 22,000 quarters of corn had been entered at a 12s. duty under his new law. Major Vivian, however, did not press his motion to a division. Mr. O'Brien was not so modest, and he divided the Com mittee on a motion to substitute 4s. a cwt. for the ss. per head on hogs, but the motion was lost by 121 to 32. The Coma ittee continued to sit through the whole evening, getting through the article fish, and at one o'clock, after a smartish debate, divided on a proposition to substitute 5 per cent., ad valorem, for the proposed duty of 6d. per bushel on apples, which wasilost by 51 to 101. The House then resumed, and after passing the Incumbents Leasing Bill, adjourned at Half-past One. PUBLXC OPINXON. The Post thus alludes to the new Reform Association of which Mr. Warburton is a member :—" We see little reason to hope that the new reform movement will be a whit more re spectable or more efficacious than the old one, althongh the Parliament, the thing to be reformed, stands unquestionably in greater need of that process now, than it did when the charla tans first began to operate upon it. Nor can our diffidence be regarded as unreasonable when it is seen that the new Re formers are no other than the men whom the old ones were compelled to throw overboard, because they were too silly and impracticable to be of any use—the men who were felt to be a drag and impediment to the cause they affected to espouse—the men with whom all persons of influence and respectability, how much soever addicted to the delusion of reform, have always felt it a disgrace to be associated." The Chronicle says :—" Lord Ashley has, we perceive, given notice of motion, on Thursday next, for leave to bring in a Bill founded on the Report of the Childrens' Employment Commission, and subjecting labour in mines to certain regula lations as to sex and age. In framing such a Bill, WC trust it will be remembered that the Commission has only begun its work, not completed it. Other inquiries remain to be insti tuted ; and some have been already made, or are in progress, the results of which are not yet before, the publie. These hor rible disclosures, as to a portion of the mining system, are only a partial development of the toil and miseries to which the children of the poor are subjected. Not that any delay in legislation should take place on that account. Heaven forbid that such cruelties as have been described should be allowed to continue for a single day longer than is requisite for putting a stop to tl.em. At the same time it should be borne in mind that Parliament may be called ere long to apply to the farm and the factory the principles of legislation which shall now be sanc tioned relative to the colliery and the mine. The whole sub lea be of infantile labour must eventually taken under legis ative cognizance. The State must go through with its work of guardianship; and the particular instance of hardship will best be met by looking fairly in the face the whole extent of the task to be achieved. The Times alludes to the decision of the Election Committee in the county of Cork case, in the following terms :—" Of all the decisions which have been arrived at by Election Com mittees, it is impossible to conceive any more injurious to the public tha n th a t o f th e Whig majority in the e ase o f th e coun ty of Cork. H a d any l ess p e rson than the ar c h-A g it a t or b een concerned, justice must have been done upon such overwhelm ing evid ence as was su b m i tte dto them. The most favourable hypo thesis of th e i r con d uct w hi c h we can suggest is, that they were more afraid of h e i n? the objects of M r. O'Connell's foul.mouthed obloquy j than of facing the reasonable indignation of their countrymen in gene ra l. T hey h ave d ec ided that, for the future, no voter for any O'Coonell-ridden county in I r e land shall venture, on pain of d eat h , to exerc i se hi s f r anchise in favour of a Conser vative ca n did ate. Th a t suc h a. system of savage lawlessness, so blood-thi rsty a consp i racy a gainst freedom of election, as was disclosed b y t h e ev i dence i n thi s case, should exist is a disgrace country which to any pro f ess es to have laws and a Govern ment—that success should be guaranteed to its machinations, by the decision of a legal tribunal, is a blow to society of which, it it were to pass unreproved, the consequences must be worse than any thing which we could predict." The Herald remarks, in an article on the subject of bribery at elections:—" For the social estimation in which bribery is held, the House of Commons is chiefly to blame. There has hitherto been a total want of earnestness in that assembly as to the suppression of bribery ; corruption has been fostered into its present rank growth and pestilent strength by legislative negligence and indifference, aided very much by the Reform Act; and so long as the House de t e rmines to retai n its judi cial function s in matters of bribery, when brought before it by election petitions, that negligence and indifference will con tinue, because they are involved in party tactics and struggles. The proceediugs of Election Committees are brieging the House into sari contempt with the public." The Advertiser, speaking of thej present distressed state of the country, says :—. The distress of the country is extend ing. It hid traversed through many districts, and desolated thousands of once happy homes; but now it bids fai r to em brace all —to leave none uutouched—none unvisited. It first overtook the operative employed in supplying clothing for the consumption of those of his own class : It ruined his employer, and shut up the active, busy mill. Silently, yet surely, it sped its way amongst the fabricators of articles of less necessity than these. Circling wider as it progressed, it weekly embraced more extensive limits, and brought down fresh victims. In its stern inevitable march it has gone through nearly every branch of industry, and despite the eight months' trickery and cajolery of a Tory Cabinet, its removal is as far distant as ever. The paltry charity of a Queen's letter is an insolent mockery of the working man's demand for justice. It . can neither satisfy his fixed and 'determined pUrpose, nor overtake the terrible suf fering he endures. The rise And progress of that distress sufl- SPORTING. The officers of the I.stlTfoot,nC; stationed-at Windsor, played a cricket match with the Etonians in the College shoot ing-fields on Saturday ; both sides were equal in the first in stings, but the secon i decided the game in favour of Eton, with five wickets to fro down. _ _ Cbt7ll.T-PASHIONADZE. The Archbishop of Canterbury gave his annual entertain ment to the stewards of the sons of the clergy on Monday at Lam beth Palace. Lord and Lady Brougham gave a dinner on Saturday to the Dukes of Devonshire and Cleveland, the Countess of Jersey, &e. Lord ar.d Lady Stanley had a dinner patty on Saturday in St. James's-square. NXISCELMANZOITS. The reflection of the great fire at Hamburgh was seen in the Baltic by the passengers of a Swedish steamer, at a considerable distance from Lubeck, and pieces of burning paper, tapestry, silk, &c., positively fell in this latter city from the fire. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS: CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The extent of business in the English market has not increased since the morning; prices, however, are rather better than at the commencement, Consols being 92i for Money, and for the Account; Bank Stock, 167 168; India Stock, 249 251 ; Exchequer Bills, old, 37 39, and those advertised for payment 33 35 premium. The only variation in Foreign Securities is that of Dutch, being a shade below yesterday, the Two and a Half per Cents. leaving off at 523 52k, and the Five per Cents., 101 101 i; Belgian remained at 102 103 ; Danish, 1101 81i ; and Bra zilian, 67 68. Shares were rather flat, although the alteration was very trifling. London and Birmingham, 179 181 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 51 53 ; Great Western, 91* 92k, the Half shares, 63 3 4 641; South Western, 63* 64 ; Gosport, 6464 ; North Midland. 65 67, the New Shares, 32 33 ; South Eastern and Dover, 291 29*, the Scrip, 71 7*; Eastern Counties, 9 91; Blackwall, 11 11/, the New Shares, 9 91; and Brighton, 36 361 per Share. A great improvement in the rate of Exchange en the prin cipal Continental cities was observable to-day, Hamburgh 13 10% 13 104 ; Amsterdam, 12 4* 12 44 ; Rotterdam, 12 4 3 / 4 ; Frankfort, 1514 1511 Paris, 231. Me., 25f. 82*c. The quotations of the various Bonds were—Colombian, 261 27A ; Peruvian, 191 19%; Portuguese Five per Cents., 371 38 ; the Three per Cents., 22d 224 ; Spanish Five per Cents., and the 'Three per Cents., 221 23. By the way of Sydney, intelligence has been received from New Zealand. It would appear that the various settlements are progressing rapidly and successfully, which is attributed solely to the fact, that wherever the Anglo-Saxon race are placed they are determined to go ahead. The Legislative Council had assembled, at which the Governor had delivered a speech which was generally deemed satisfactory, In mention ing his late visit to the several locations, it may be gathered that the emigrants were comfortably situated, and he states that at whatever settlements had been farmed, the best feeling continued to prevail between the Europeans and the natives ; that the former were to a certain extent dependent upon the latter for many of the necessary supplies, which were readily and willingly granted. (Front The Sun of Last Night.) The want of business in the English funds still exists, which may be accounted for to-day, by some of the leading dealers having engagements elsewhere; prices however are exceedingly firm. Con s ols are 9 4 92* for Money, and 921 92* for the Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 91i 91% ; Three-and. a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 991 100; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. , 1001 101; Bank Stock, 167 168 ; India Stock, 249* 2504; India Bonds, 19 20 ; Old Exchequer Bills, 37 39 ; ditto advertised, 33 35 prem. The only Foreign Securities in which purchases have been made to-day, are Dutch, the prices of which are 524 54 for the Two-and-a- Half, and 1011 1011 for the Five per Cents. ; the New Loan 981, and Brazilian 67. The quotations for Mexican are 36* 371 for the Account. In the Share Market the sales have been confined to London and Birmingham, 180 ; Northern and Eastern, 44 ; South Western, 63a 64 ; Eastern Counties New, 41. 14s. 2d. ; Greenwich, 51; South Eastern, 71 ; and Brighton, 36. The quotation for the Bonds are—Colombian, 261, and Spanish Five per Cent. Active Bonds, 22i, and the Three per Cent. Stocks, 22L. Accounts have been received from Sydney to January 19, and Hunters' River to January 9. The intelligence from the former colony is rather more favourable, and business appears somewhat to have recovered, although great complaints are made that when orders for goods have been transmitted to England, double the quantity had been sent out on manufac turers' account, "who had availed themselves of the knowledge of their corropondents to spoil the market." The subject of internal communication was still exciting considerable atten tion, and the advantages which had been derived from such roads as had been formed, or steam-boats already established, had led to renewed exertions to increase these facilities. Bank ing affairs appeared to have improved: at the meeting of the Sydney Bank Company, a dividend of 5 1 ,4 per cent. on the half year had been declared out of the profits, which were stated to have been 9,0001. with a stock of bullion amounting to upwards of 26,000/. The export of colonial produce con tinuedgood : 17,231 bales of wool hail been shipped to England during the year 1841, beside large quantities of other articles ; and it may be here stated that New South Wales wool, from the great care now taken i preparing it for market, as well as in improving the quality, n is becoming a formidable rival to that from Germany and Spain. The colony at Hunter's River was fast progressing, and up wards of twelve hundred bales of wool had up to Christmas last been sent to Sydney by steam, exclusive of the quantity for warded overland or shipped direct. Letters from the Mauritius to the 13th Febmary have also arrived. No alteration had occurred in the Sugar market, which continued firm, especially for the finer qualities. LIVERfOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 23.—The Market was very animated, and a large quantity was disposed of. An ad vance of from ad. to Id. per lb. on the lowest rates of last week was obtained for inferior to middling qualities of American; other descliptions were steady. 7,000 bales were sold, of which 2,000 American were on speculation. LIVERPOOL. SHARE MARKET, NAY 23. —The market was very dull, with hut little inquiry and few sales, which were confined to a small number of Eastern Counties at 91, Deben tures 101. 1 Is. Bd. and New 41. 1 Is. Bd. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow New 11 ; brand Junction 156%, Halves, 92%; and South Eastern New 2. - " e l. 111ANCIIESTEa STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 23.—Although we have had more inquiry for stock to-day, yet, in consequence of a very limited supply, a small amcamt of business only has been done. South Eastern (New), 24 prem. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 12 to 121 ; Manchester and Leeds, 83 to 84 ; Ditto Half zrihares, 36 to 364 ; District Bank, 101 to 101. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock l6B India Stock 2501 pm 3 per Cent. Red. 91i Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons 92i Ditto Old Annuities 3} per Cent. Red... ..... . 9% Ditto New Annuities — New .3i per Cent... ...... 101 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2 id —pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001. .... . pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small pm Jan. 1860 ... ...... 12i Bank Stock for Acct — Oct. 1859 Jan. 1800 ;Consols for Acct. 92i FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. — Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — ;Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds... 67 'Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent — CI - Inm, 6 per cent — }Ditto, Metallic . .... -- Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 22i Ditto, 1824 — ;Ditto, Deferred.... . , 104 Danish, 3 per cent — ;French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825,5 per cent — ;Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent 37 French , 3 per cent. —f. —e. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 --IDutch, 2i per cent. 52 Peruiian, 1825,6 per et. • IDitto, 5 per cent. .. ... 101 i SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .... — Ditto New Shares ( paid) Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 63i London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) ...... ....,... 180 Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 371 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ... ........ London and Greenwiehßadwav (12/ 15s 4d pd) 5i London and South Western (3? , / I7s 9d pd) 63i Northern and Eastern (45 paid) 4t South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) -- . . Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) COURSE 01 EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 7i:Gibraltar „. .. 46 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7iiGenoa , 25 95 Antwerp Hamburgh M. B. 13 131 i Venice 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65 Palermo, p er oz 1 20 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeau x 25 93 !Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 1521 Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us .... 361 IBuenos Ayrea Berlin 7 New York, 21d a y s sight 464 Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M 9 56 'Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto Madrid .. 361 Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Cadiz Bilbao ... 36 ;New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville THE QUEEN'S LETTER.—We have seen three testi monials to the fact of the Queen's Letter, begging for the people, being read in church on Sunday inst. The affair has gone off so quietly that we should presume it has been a failure, did we not know that the charity of the clergy and of the wealthy landords is so unostenta tious, that they do not allow their left hand to know what their right hand has bestowed on the poor. In the House of Lords, last night, Lord Kinnard very properly called this a begging letter, which we are afraid will de grade the people intoyaupers, with ou t g i v i ng them relief. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We understand the marriage of the Marquis of Waterford and the Ron. Miss Stuart, daughter of Lord Stuart de Rothesay, is to be solemnized in the course of the second or third day in the ensuing month. The precise day has not yet been deter mined on. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES—TuEsnAy. There is not one day of the year a greater harbinger to all ranks of which this mighty metropolis is composed of three or four days' exciting, pleasure, than the first day of Epsom races. It is a sort of overture to a g'rand opera—a prologue to a drama in which some 100,000 persons, if we make the corps drama tique complete, are to be more or less actors. Of course in comparison to what follows., it is of itself insignificant; yet calculated alone—measured without comparison to that which follows—it is far from being- despicable. Of its nature no other country can exhibit the like. It is not a (lay fur sight seekers, nor for those who visit gay scenes to be seen rather than to see ; but it is rather for those who do not measure pleasure by the variety and bustle of exhibitions, but for what they really are worth. If the troth were told, the great majo rity of us, though the English are undoubtedly the most thorough-going lovers of horse-flesh in the world, care little about horse racing, and thousands who go to Epsom would (but of course they dare not acknowledge their bad Caste) enjoy more cordially a race of donkeys, with sweeps on their backs, than that of the best racers known, best-ridden by such immortal jocks as the Robins:lts, the Chiffneys, the Scotts, or the Days. Hence it is that the first Epsom day finds on its Downs chiefly persons really fond of racing, or called thither for gain, or to practice their callings, some of which, it must be admitted, smack strongly of the disreputable. On Tuesday, and on the Oaks (lay, weather permitting," a greater number of quiet and timid familiei may be found upon the Downs than on that most remarkable day of the year to the inhabitants of London, called "The Derby." Persons who do not like to be hustled, who do not choose to make a toil of pleasure, who do not like the contact of their inferiors, who detest that the odour emitted by the living corses of the " rude rabble" should come " between the wind and their nobility ;" your finicking young lady, and your very genteel young gentleman—he who imagines effeminacy gentility—prefer your quiet Tuesday to the " day of days." They are, perhaps, after all, right, and certainly so are those mothers who wish to show their young ones a race without being continually on the fidgetts least they should by some accident have their race run out. None of the Epsom days can be without interest, for on each and every one of them great interests are at stake, and consequently none of them can be badly attended. The thorough sport ing character must be on the course on Tuesday, as well as Wednesday, for to be perfectly polished he must witness small as well as great doings. Ep om raee course, every day the races last, is well worth seeing, and so it was yesterday. It is always a very pleasant thing to see a number of our fellow beings congregated together in search of happiness. Such a spectacle Epsom Downs pre sented yesterday. Nor do we every day see abroad a con gregation of country gentry, or an assemblage of well dressed persons of either sex, a fair sprinkling of our nobility, giving an inkling, at any rate, to the foreign spectator of the personal appearance, and of the taste and splendour, of the nation in which he is a passing sojourner. That was seen yes terday. There the gentlemen who live by their wits had already pitched their tents—the early bird, they well know, catches the worm—and that motley concourse of race camp followers had arrived, and the course exhibited, in the shape of booths, with inviting signs, most artistically painted anit let tered, that preparations were made to satisfy the diversified appetites of the myriads expected on the morrow (this day). The activity that prevailed in the morning at Nine Elms, and at the Croydon Railway terminuses particu larly, since the " Stoats' Nest," to which that railway runs, is not more than six miles front Epsom, the unusual crowds on the r,:ad leading from London and from other places to the Course, showed that the racing week had begun. We have little to add in the way of preliminary ; the programme for the first day was unusually inviting, the sport fully elual to expec tation ; the weather, however, was adverse, the rain having descended without ceasing until near twi and at the same time that it laid the dust and refreshed the thirsty soil, kept away hundreds who had made themselves up for " a day's pleasure ; ' the attendance, in consequence, was thin, and that it was not so distiisgue as usual, the following brief list of fashionables will testify :—Duke of Beaufort, Marquis of Nor n:anby, Lords Albemarle, Chesterfield, Villiers, E. Russell, Roslyn, C. Fitzroy, G. Bentinek, March, Maidstone, Mil; toun, Uxbridge, Verulam ; Count Bathyany ; Sirs D. Baird, G. Heatheote, J. Shelley ; Hon. General Grosvenor, Hon. G. Anson, G. S. Byng, G. Fitzroy, A. Villiers, H. Rous, Ponsonby, Westenra, Colonel Peel; Messrs. Rush, Bat son, Neville, Beauchamp, Boyle, Elwes, Grevillo, Irby, Payne, Hawkins, Skillimore, &c. The racing commenced half an hour after the time ap pointed, with— The Craven Stakes of 10 cove. each, for 3 yrs old, 63t 81b,"4 yrs, Bst 101 b, 5 yrs, 9st 41b, 6 yrs, andaged, 9st 10114 Craven Course. (14 Subs. ) Mr. Forth's ch f Lucy Banks, 3 yrs Lord Westminster's Satirist, 4 yrs Sir G. Heathcote'sPannakeen,3 yrs The following also started, but were not placed :—Colonel G. Wyndham's Nora Creiria, 4 yrs; Mr. Price's Marshal Biron, 3 yrs; Mr. Thornhill's Eifination, 3 yrs; Mr. Rush's hr c, by Plenipotentiary, out of Maresfield's dam, 3 yrs ; Mr. Balehin s Epaulette, 3 yra ; Mr. Oshaldeston's f, by The Saddler, out of Ebberston's dam, 3 yrs ; Mr. Goodman's Music, 3 yrs ; and Lord G. Bentinck's b t,by Camel or Rockingham, out of En terprise, 3 yrs. Betting-5 to 4 and 11 to Bon Satirist, and 4to 1 sgst Lucy Banks. After one false stirt, Epaulette took the lead, at a moderate pace. followed by Satirist, Snowdrop, and Equation, Lucy Banks lying in the rear. There was little change in the posi tion or pace, till near the distance, when Lucy Banks went in front. and the lot closing ran well together three parts up it; Satirist and Lucy Banks then singled themselves out, and made a severe race home, the mare winning on the post by a neck. Pannakeen was a respectable third, and Nora Creina ssas fourth. The Shirley Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for 3 yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. One mile. (3 Subs. ) Mr. Herbert's Nessus,by Sir Hercules ( Rogers) 1 Mr. Shelly's Tole 2 Sir G. Heathcste's Arkansas Betting-5 to 4 acrst Nessu., and 11 to S apt Tole. The filly made all ilie running, Nessus waiting on her to the end of the rails in front of the Grand Stand, where he chal lenged, and after a pretty race, won by haif a length. The Woodcote Stakes of 15 says. each, with 30 added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 51b ; and fillies. Bst 21b. The winner of the two yrs old stakes at Gorhambury, 51b extra. (5 subs. ) Mr. G. Ongley's bf, by Camel, dam by Octavius ...(Sly) 1 Mr. Forth's Venus, by Sir Hercules 2 Sir G. Heathcote's bt c, by Velocipede—Dryad 3 General Wyndham's Handmaiden The Camel filly made all the running, was challenged at the distance, and won, after a good race, by half a length. without having been caught. The third and fourth were beaten off. The Manor Plate of 50 sovs., three yrs old, Est 101 b ; four yrs, Bst 71b ; five vrs, Bst 121 b ; six yrs and aged, 9st llb , mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 390 sovs. ~ .. Two mile heats. Mr. Nightingale's Ajax (late Nick), 4 yrs... ...... (Sly) 1 1 Mr. Kingsley's Jessica, 4 yrs 4 Mr. S. Lucas's The Traitor, 3 yrs. Mr. Bradford's Sister to Confusionee, 3 yrs . ... 3 dr Mr. King's Exton, 3 yrs Ajax was the favourite, and won both heats in a canter. THE DERBY. _ _ We have to record two instances connected with this race, which cannot fail to excite considerable interest. They relate to Canadian and Auckland, who .stood on Monday third and fourth in the list of favourites, the latter w;th a host of backers. The first betting at Epsom yesterday morning betrayed a dis position to lay against both, and the effect was to drive Auck land to 16 to 1. Canadian, as far as we could collect, being little in favour. The Craven Stakes was followed by the retreat of Auckland to 25 to 1, and by a deelar.stioo that Cana dian was lame, and would not start 1 We need net dwell upon the dismay that ensued. For'the decline of Auckland various reasons are asssigned ; some say that he is amiss (he was walking in the paddock the same evening, looking well enough), others that he has been " made sate," while a few do not hesitate to declare that he is " good for nothing ;" whether each or either of the causes assigned be the true one, we do not pretend to say ; all that we have to observe is, that the odds quoted are purely nominal, as twice 25 to 1 would not have been taken. Osborne, his trainer, we believe, left for London Mose the races to see his master, but with what object has not transpired. The result of the Craven Stakes was of conse quence beyond the influence itmay have beer► supposed to ex ercise on the position of Auckland, inasmuch as it immediately brought Policy into notice at 25 to 1. The following list of the prices at the close of the racing will show two or three other changes of some consequence :- 2 to 1 agst Mr. Trelawny's Coldrenick 7 to 2 agst Col. Anson's Attila Bto 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jack . 10 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Agreeable colt 20 to 1 agst Col. Peel's .Seahorse 25 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Policy 30 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Hydaspes 40 to 1 agst Mr. Greenwood's Lasso 66 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barrier 66 to 1 agst William de Fortibus 100 to 1 agst The Oneida Chief 101 to 1 agst Mr. Ihroshay's Moss Trooper 100 to l agst Mr. Pry,e's Cheops 100 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Ireleceur 17 to 1 agst Forth's lot The following is a list of the horses likely to start, with the names of their riders • Mr. Trelawny's Coldrenick John Day Colonel Anson's Attila , Scott. Lord Chesterfield's Jack J. Holmes Lord Westminster's Auck'and J Alarson , Mr. Ramshay's Moss Trooper... ............ M. Jones Mr. Gregory's Barrier Robinson Mr. Gregory's Defier E. Edwards Mr. Copeland's Combermere Marlow Sir G. Heatheote's Hydaspes ... ..... ... Chapple Mr. Greenwood's Lasso Mr. Meiklam's Agreeable Colt S. Chifney Lord G. Bentinek's Chatham S. Rogers Mr. P. Pryse's Cheops Mr. Connop's The Oneida Chief Mr. Forth's Policy F. Butler Mr. Forth's Golden Rule Bell Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorhani ... Cotton LordWestminster'sWilliam de Fortibus...Francis or Cartwright Mr. Allen's Beleceur..... . F. Buckle Mr. Etwall's Palladium Mr. Goodman's Rover Macdonald Duke of Beaufort's r e.—Miss Craven's dam W. Butler Hon. S. Herbert's Nessus Darling General Yates's Seahorse Nat Mr. G. Clark's'Baronet Templeman Colonel Wyndham's Singleton.., T , mpleman (It is not improbable that the above lot may be reduced to 24 or 25. ) OAKS. 7 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's Adela filly 6 to 1 apt Dil-bar 12 to I agst Topsail—takeit 12 to 1 agst Mr. Newton's Ma'Mie 14 to 1 agst Lucy Banks 20 to 1 agst Pharmacopoeia 20 to 1 agst Fury filly Having in Monday's paper alluded to the bad state of the course, it is right to add, that between two and three hundred loads of mould and tan have bben wed to put. it in order, and that, although still nut what it ought to be, it is greatly im proved. FATAL CART ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held yesterday, at the Bull and Pump, High-street, Shoreditch, be fore Mr. Baker, on the body of Charles Mason, aged 17 months, the son of Mrs. Mason, milliner, of No, 95. Holy well-street. It appeared in evidence that, oit the afternoon of Friday last, the deceased, in the care of a girl about fourteen years of age, was walking along the kerb-st:ine in Cock-lane, Shoreditch. when a cart, laden with goo d s , approache..± them. Before it could pass it was necessary for the driver to Ake the cart close to the foot pavement, andat the moment that he did so, the deceased fell in front of the, wheel. The driver was uw aware of the accident until the wheel had completely crushed the child's head against the ground, The witnesses said that the driver was not to blame. .Deceased shed upon the spot. Verdict, " Accidental Death." During the past week, parties have been very busy in passing spurious coin in the neighbourhood of Coggeshall : Mr. Terry, of the Chapel Inn, had four half-crowns thrust upon him. The utterers taking advantage of the fair, had an easy opportunity of effecting their purpose, by . tendering the money to servants employed on the occasion. A clue has been obtained, and it is hoped the parties will be brought to justice. —Essex Herald. COURT - - celebrated Gas l 'et er a a y t c t e a n r: o n r i lt v . e r a rr r h y of e band en d h of t Qae co ;s d st t: e a a ta ra l the,_ attended at an early hour in the morning in front of tion, and performed the following pieces as a serenatj; Morning Hymn—" God of Israi.l" (Joseph), bY: Al b e rt; German Air, composed by his Royal Highness Print! Eho Chorus (Preciosa), Weber ;" Merry Bell' Brittnnia ;" " God Save the Queen.' Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent bre ak. lust, before nine o'clock, from town. stAl Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Duchess o f Xtoto the Connts V, afterwards walked in the grounil L 0 014 . The Hon. Charles Augustus Murray arrived in t h e .forell 5 and Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon. Miss - D over in the afternoon. - The Her Majesty had a dinner-party in the afterwM l igeat• company consisted of her Royal Highness the Dtiches 9° 0 , 00 1 his Excellency Count Mensdorf, Count Hugh Menaltim. co at Alphonso Mensdorf, Count Alexander Mensdorf,' Arthur Mensdorf, Lady Portman. Lady Anna Mars cu e a , Hon. Miss Liddell, Hon. Miss Paget, Lady Caroline ,„„01, lion. Miss Devereux, Baroness Lehzen, Earl of Li ve ' r d Earl Delawarr, Earl of Jersey, Marquis of Exeter,; C °/ • °° r 'Gard° and the Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot, Sir Robert and Lady neerg • two Misses Gardiner, Sir George Coupar, Bart., Mr. " Edward Anson, Captain Francis Seymour (Scots:1:o Guards), the Marquis of Ormonde, Hon. C. A. 31 Captain Duncombe and Colonel Wylde. v _ de r, The Band of the ' Coldstream Guards attended durinVuur Her Majesty's private band attended in the evening:, , s pi A very fine trout, caught in the Weir at WinciOnde weighing upwards of twelve pounds, was forwarded tel s Tijr, sent to the Queen yesterday forenoon, at Claremouts' u f R. Tebhutt. ..! r em His Royal Highness Prince Albert inspected last i 0 Buckingham Palace, two splendid pictures, by Le"•4.. , 00 Vinci and Correggio, submitted by Mr. John Gibson, , pleased to express himself highly gratified. LITERATURE. POEMS CHIEFLY OF EARLY AND , •a I ' YEARS. By W. WORDS WORTH*: Moron, London, 1842. , - ~,' , e tr To calm and contemplative natures, su ch asi,Si n g speculate on humanity in a philosophic spiriti'r i r t he aloof from the stir and turmoil o f: the creviang poems of 'Wordsworth will aff or d a. ne ver source of delight, for none are better 'calcoE-411 • nourish, quicken, and open up new veins of theN , none are more fully informed with sentimenteer2 t he gest more striki ng an d or i g i na l re fl ect i on s: - to homely, familiar common-places of life. .) 3 ) (0 01 readers of a shr ew d, k now i ng , wor ldl y turn of.:' A o ro they will afford littl e sa ti s f ac ti on. S uc h peoplesALl l- tlit necessarily more conversa n t w ith th e material, tzw-ssi spiritual, part of our c ommon na t ure, whose taste " oil habits prevent them f r o m go i ng ou t of themselOSlAit were, or thinking deeply on any subjects but Sat7.,ir appeal to their own self-interests, or lie in theit -° 4 O nary course of study, will be sure to misinteld the spirit of Wordsworth's poetry; to discovers , but insipidity in his repo se , an d no thi ng but 1' ..4 , ness in his strength, because that strength ii. 5, 5 11 companied by the spasm a nd convu l s i on w him' OP have been accustomed to regard as energy, pia Wordsworth, who is st r i c t even t o austerity poetic notions, st ern ly re j ec t s a ll th e trickery 0, art ; he deals in n o soun di ng common -plii.t4 popular themes ; a v oid s ever ythi ng i n the s!r;g4H tawdry, rhetorical diction ; is sparing of. iiirr,_ .0 and so careful, and even f as tidi ous , i n th e allegiv epithets, as to select no n e b u t suc h as shall ie.., rectly to throw light upo n th e th oug ht w hi c h he. 0 to develope. Thus in describing the aspe4'w.b, clouds at sunset, when a s t orm i s p ass i ng of 4 -1 0 gives him the idea o f magn ifi cen t cas tleS4 palaces piled up confusedly i n a i r , he : - I e ti of their " restless battlem en t s ," w hi c h, it lr t t€ 4 observed, is the epithet of all others best s to convey the notion of the quick shiftings and 0 AN 44 ings of :.the clouds. Again, i n hi s sonne t t e o lti Abbotsford on a summer evening, when Sir "40 Scott's death was hourly expected, he alluded.t e- .0 setting sun's pathetic light" —an expresSion exiltr,ty beautiful and appropriate, and whi c h we adnu? more, because we entertain a noti on , a mountnol all the force of a moral conviction, that ' it islhtto Mr. Wakley's comprehension. Those who desk 41 get an insight into the true character of WordsiTift , genius, will do well to peruse with attentiM e cti Sergeant Talfourd's masterly essay on the.s: 4 !t o ollil which appeared some years since in the New. ..„'OO Magazine, and has lately, t o geth er w ith his otnek, 47,1 criticisms, been republished in America, as iN'e :,-. 0 0 the New York journals. This essay, whiohig searching, analytical nature, and g blends sonn4 l l i ment with vigorous eloquence in a yerf- t' degree, may be fairly said t o ex ha . ' [fat subject, and has materially as si s t e d t o ext4' i admiration of Wordsworth's poetry. ula t itei now so general both here and in the United. But it is time to turn to the volume before,' iplit ej al 11, 1 10 consists of poems written chiefly in the autha.'',i- it youth and his declining age ; but what prinaiP! 0' duces us to notice it is, that it contains a f6rh i T i ist° act tragedy. A tragedy from the pen 4,`T- Y Wordsworth! We should as soon have e*./ ir , flO o have seen one from the pen of INIr. *tT4Ol reviewer ! Yet, strang e t o s ay, 0 0 - .'•ea a tir a th n o d u p g h - h il p os r o o p c i e l e ic ecl in in i Lt s 'ro o m f th ot e le ag o e f , the rees means ii ~ is by no 1 ., e d i r e a n n t m i t n i c tpassio n,otcles tilt. Its great defect is its 'construction, wh i ? no living aI SO aasnldiroexshuirbpiatssseodecia)ys,ionally such dramatic uniformly feeble, and violates probability- 4 e- $ step. Men come and go without a . wilY(34 a wherefore; incidents are strung togetheto no conceivable purpose ; and the most ' ° _,iet preparations are made for catastrophes ,that.l,7o arrive. We subjoin a portion of one of the:Or mix, pressive scenes, in justification of our asser!lt? .. , 0 the author occasionally exhibits true dramatic..eie and feeling. Marmaduke, a Scottish border-010(16r has, it seems, undertaken to murder a blind old - 'l O O lish baron, who has lately returned in disguise... the Holy Land, and who, having been long aul7::.010 dead, has lost his patrimony, which has' PAsse u jo tel the hands of others. The reasons of Mara Lor hatred to the Baron Herbert are, first, that h e . m il ceives him to be an impostor; and secondly, thiof t oe led to believe, by the artful suggestions' e ir d other borderer, Oswald," that he is de s ,d to sell his daughter Idonea—with whom galcie, duke is in love—to a profligate English ri , o fe mss, Lord Clitford. Impressed with this ,two iS belief, the_ young man decoys the old Baron, I . o .thj travelling about the country with his daugliter' l o l disguise of a mendicant, into the dungeon of 11. 140 ruined castle, under the pretext of turnishilllit with shelter for the night ; and when he is,' enters the cell in order to perpetrate the act of Sliae. nation, but is so struck with the old man's reser i doi o e. to his child, Idonea, that he cannot find it in D _.,. - of t, to become his murderer. lie therefore rusa9 o again, the deed uncompleted, when the folloWill:',0! place between him and his insidious tempters "j i wald:— MARMADUKE re-enters from the dungeon. i A . OSWALD. - : -1, I . ' s It is all over then ;—your foolish fears .. t' Axe hushed to sleep, by your own act tind'tleetit;,o-. Made quiet as he is. - - '"' ; , li: „4c MARMADUKE." ' '''' : • :t' ', Why came you dowii ?'"'": .'')" And when I felt your hand upon my arm - . ' ..,', li f And spike to you, why did you give no answe!`! - ;elf, • Feared you to waken him ? he must have. beeni:: OP In a deep sleep. I whispered to him thrice. :,- i'''. ll : There are the strangest echoes in that pla ce ! - ' . ~..0 OSWALD. i I . ' Tut ! let them gabble till the day of d oom . •c 4 -l 0 e , • •''. 'f o . MARMADUKE. ~ , 1 • • 1 Scarcely, by groping, had I reached th e Sp o t, ' •Y I ,I When round my wrist I felt a cord drawn tigol, ; ,:t lP ,', As if the blind Man's dog were pullin g a t it. `'4l 4,' ,J OSWALD. ) ` 4 1 . • j '4 MARMADUKE. _4O it. The features of Idonea • ''' °l) ; , (A . Lurked in his face— . :!1° is i ° ,l) OSWALD. • . ' ' 3 , 4 r ., Pslia ! Never. to t.4o t'' Will retribution show itself again • : . i ct- , l'`'')9‘ l With aspect so inviting: Why forbid.J4e, :,sa , ' s :oit i To share your triumph ? ' - .nolo • 9iv ii e 0 if MARMADUKE. • 'r-,-, fy....,,fav -1 Yes, her very 1044; 1 ; 13 ? , t o r 4 i Smiling in sleep— • I - 0 0 OSWALD. • il . 21 t -- A 1,1 A pretty feat ofFancs - A, 3IARMADUKE. -30,...0 Though but a glimps e , it sen t me to my prayer.i:R )t 1 .20 1 ' OSWALD. ;.; 1. fr . Is he alive ? ..)iiil l 'ilk t MARMADUKE. , j p) • What mean you ? who alive /. ." . ;g :5 . OSWALD. • l' w :; 1 Herbert ! since you will have it, Baron Herbert ;,, ,, ,g He who will gain his Seignory when Idonea : '',,o Hath become Clifford's harlot—is he living ? i' , i MARMADUKE. t.. 4 The old Man in that dungeon is alive. OSWALD. Henceforth. then, will I never in camp or field • . al , , Obey you more. Your weakness, t o th e Bana' he ,a4!" Shall be proclaimed : brave Men, they all shall "' • ~,' You a protector of humanity ! Avenger you of outraged innocence m A RMAD UKE. . ~ .. j , "fwas dark—dark as the eTavi.: ; yet did I see , 0 thr.) Saw him—his face turned toward we ; and Ite :i'. Idonea's filial countenance was there . .. To gaily. nw—it pin Inc to my prayers. .:' Upwards 1 east my eyes, and, tiwough a crevice, ',.. Belt& 0 star ttrina nil above my head, ...l • l e ' id, by the God, I opth 01l a l not do it. ~ 4 L e 'f, The abrupt allusions to th e "strange eel-94111V dungeon, and to the smiling features of the lis tin Ave as seen in her sleeping father—a. trait of 1 c bev-01 the bye, suggested by Shakspeare's Lady 3 , - ` a ro sill ice i the incident of the conscience-smitten 33a. " 0 1 j i being suddenly sent to his prayers, at the / th e i O ,, limit when he was meditating his crime, by tlivel o gi mentary glimpse of a single star shining 11,0 0 ,04 the crevice ; and above all, the disturbed, s° i tA be. of; ;, tone which he is made to preserve through 11n'; eltv.i: logue ;—these, we think, are touches of feel l .,j,o9.iii ‘ . tially dramatic, and. such as we should neve' ri ' ot'-110! petted to h ave met w i t h in any produetio •00 -e Wordsworth. B u t th ere i s no s peculatli 4 p erv er ' works of men of genius, who seem to take '' But after that ? 47 Sligu 7. 4 ": (In th e Priu (34 ? 11.'1