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JERSEY, APRIL 23.— SA Nan J'eA, Lat)rad , irs ; Unity, ditto. DRAL, APRIL 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Jein Daniel, Batavia; Borneo, Ilariaon, ditto, both for IloAand; Co tnThine, Crisp, Mauritius; Maria Sabmand, Sorensen, liio Janeiro; Minna, 1 - livanr:ah; Wellington. Chadwick, Ne w York. Arrd. from the River on the 21th Pagrirn, Francis, New Zealand; Choice, Robertson, Montreal. Arrd. from the River and sic?. on the 25:h P2rJ, Ethott. S[ll Francisco. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 6,000 to 7,C00 bales , a nd com p rised about 5 , 3 00 American at 3d. to W., 100 Bahia at sd. to 5d., 2 " Egyptian at 52d. to eid., and 300 Surats at 3.-}d. to 3 1d. p er lb. Th e market closed firmly.—The market for Railway Shares closed heavily. Accounts from Now York of the Bth inst. have been received by private ship. The Money Market was easier, and the exchange on England was 1051 to 106,-}. Boston advices of the 7th notice no alteration in the exchange, but a rise seems to be ex p ected. Bre adstu ff, had a downward tendency. The Hibernia steamer, to leave next Saturday, will take out about 200,0001. in specie. Altogether be twi en 500,00-o/ and 600.0001. have been shipped from Liverpool. Sydney accounts of the 9th of January, by a direct arrival, state, that the sales of the property of the Bank of Australia engrossed great attention, and that the Cali fornia gold discoveries had also caused much excitement. Shipments of goods were being made to San Francisco and passengers were also going. General business was dull. The Van Diemen's Land papers of Jan. 1 7, allude to the continued dissatisfaction felt at the arrival out of ss marry convicts, and as far as we can judge there was a superabundance of labour in many of the large towns of. Australia, although employment could be found in the interior. The Molong Mining Company in New South Wales exhi bited indications of a good deal of mineral wealth, though not much was procured. The advices received from the continent are still un promising in reference to the Danish affair, and in Ger many matters were unsettled, owing to the procrastinat ing policy of the King of Prussia. The late affair at Pesch between the Austrians and Hungarians is said not to have been decisive. The prospects of the Mexican bondholders appear by the advices received yesterday to have very sensibly im proved, and thanks to the exertions of Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, the agents in Mexico of the London Committee, aided by the perseverance and talent of Mr. Parish Robertson, there is every reason to conclude that the Republic will do ample justice to its foreign creditors, and perhaps even succeed in effecting a permanent arrangement of the arrears of interest, and in paying dividends ere long upon the whole. The arrears may possibly be con verted into a Three per Cent. security. As to the productiveness of the Customs' revenue, we find already that the 350,000 dollars advanced by an ar rangement with Messrs. Baring, and paid in Lon don, have been made good, and that a re sumption of remittances may be almost immediately expected. On the other hand, the duties on silver are becoming available, and although only 1,200 dollars came by the steamer, and not 65,000, as reported yesterday, it is the beginning of what may be a considerable annual remittance. Mr. Robinson states that he has been excellently received by the Mexican Government, and that part of the indemnity money will probably be applied to an ar rangement of the debt, as well as to the establishment of a National Bank, from which such important results are expected. As there are so many contradictory reports circulated concerning the position of the Eastern Counties Rail way, we believe we may confidently state that the report of the committee which will be issued this evening, recommends no dividend to be paid for the past half-year, although 3 8. or 4a. may have been earned, if no allowance is to be Made for wear and tear. There are, however, carriages, engines, &c., to be replaced, and as funds are Wanting and cannot perhaps be readily borrowed, the revenue it is consideree, must supply the requisite sum. The line, as Mr. Hudson has stated, is most expen.ive to manage, and it is extremely difficult to say how it can be worked cheaper, while the Great Northern will prove a formidable rival, and must be met by the con struction of one cr too small branches, involving ne cessarily the raising, by loan or new shares, of some additional capital. It is to be hoped this amount will not be large, for the prospects of the share holders, with so many guarantees to pay, and the bonus capital created years since, and before Mr. Hudson joined, are sufficiently bad without fresh incurn brances. Many doubt, if money be not borrowed, whether, even in the current halt-year, a dividend can fairly be paid, but, perhaps, some arrange ment may be mate to pay something as a relief to the more needy holders. The Funds have been rather flitter this morning, with business as dull as ever. Cc,nsals have been 911 to 92, and are now 92 to k. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have realised 91i to 91k. Bank Stock is 1921 to 1931, and India Stock 243. Exche quer-bills have been at 455. to 48s. premium. Mexican Bonds are very buoyant still, being 311 ; to 32. Venezuela have realised 25k. Spanish Three per Cente. have been marked 25k, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 28i Dutch Four per Cents. are 774 In Shares there is not a great deal doing. Caledonian, Bristol and Exeter, and Eastern Counties are retire'. better. Great Northern Midland, South-Eastern and York and North Midland are lower. North-Western and Brighton much the same. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 193% 192 3 4 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 90' 04 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 92 1 / i 91% 92 New 3% per Cent. Anna e. 9 1l etia i ea Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... 8 9-16 India Stock 9 43 Do. Bonds, 10001 6B p Consols for Account ... Exchequer Bills. I%d. zd. March. June. 1,0001. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCIi. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent........... 70 Equador Bonds 4 Mexican Bones, 1846, 5 per Cent 31% Ditto Account, with C. upons.. 32 31%32!531 3 / 4 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Russian 80nd5.1822, 5 per Cent..... 105% 101% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account .... Venezuela Bonds .. • 2 51 Do. Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.. 12 Guild Ditto 4 her Cent. Certificates BEISINES.; DONr. IN RAILWAY SHAMES AT ON F. O'CLOCK RAthwAxe. PAID. Pan Reese. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference .. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Eastern Counties .... Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do.Exten., 5 par ct. No. 1 , 6 /. 13 s. 4 d East Lancashire Great Northern Do. 1 / 2 A Deferred ..... ... 12% VA-- to Great North of England 100 ...... ...... to Ditto, New 104 .... ..... .. - 40 Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 301 ... 30 ... .. 70 Great Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 23 - Do. New 171 Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto Fifths Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Leeds and Bradtord 5O - ... NOLA 3 / * .. to London & Illackwall Lund., Bright., &South Coast 50 De. Pretexential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... 51 _..to Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... 52 1 , London b North Western....,loo .....132 D.). New Quarters. Do. Fifths Do. 101. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 .. Ditto, New 504 - - 4234...,.. 29 Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls ..... 5 • ... 5 % .... to _ Midland .....• ............. ...100 7l LA 72... to 69% Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... '25 North British ••.. •••.••••• .. 12% 6 25 Ditto Pali Shares..... ...- Do. Quarters ................. 6LA ...... 3 1 /e V to North Staffordshire... .. ...... 17% ...... 1334 ° lford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton ... .............. 50 to ...... 19 % Shrewsbury and Chester to (Nor. W. Wlin. ) ............ 18 •••••• Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 ...... 14% to South E as t ern .............. ... 33% .. ... 21%. Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. ..... .. 10 .. 7 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ...... 2 2 L 4 .. Do. and Newcastle Eaten. 20 ...... 16 ‘, Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. S . - 5 . A 4 6 to 5% '°_rk and North Midland .. 50 ...... 39 ..... to 37% Ditto, Preference Ditto East and Ni eat Riding Extension 25 ...... 19% ..... to -- FOREIGN RAILWAYS. G reat Indian Peninsular 105....... - 1) 0 . , To '-'° 5 Touts & Nantes ... . .. 11 - MINES. Australian .............. 3 Brazilian lmperial ..... 24% Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 ..... l l l , -.4 to - - GRAND MASONIC FESTIVAL.—Last evening the annual grand festival of the Masons of England took place at Freemasons'. hall, Great Queen street, to cele brate the ele c ti on of officers for the year ensuing. The Earl of Zetland, Most Worshipful Grand Master, pre sided, supporled by Lord Suffield, R. Alston, Esq., W. F..Bead . on, Lsq., &e., who, with about 400 brothers, attired in full masonic costume, sat down to a most ex cellent repast. The hall was most appropriately deco rated, the centre ornament of the tables being the mag nificent solid silver temple, with c an d elabra of the weight of nearly 200 ounces, originally presented to the late Grand Master, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and since re-presented to the Grand Lodge by, her Grace the D uc h ess o f I nverness . The Right Hon. the Earl of Yarborough had ibeen unanimously. elected a Deputy- Grand Master. The evening was enlivened by vocal and i nstrumental music, under the direction of Mr. J. W. Robbs, aided by the Misses Pyne, and Messrs. Francis, Genge, Young, and Lee. The Couttess of Zetland and about 100 ladies were in the gallery. The festivities 4enerally were of a highly satisfactory charActer, and °id not conclude till a late hour. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) Nn X.X111.11.711`71/10::1.. Three mvkets were extiemely heLly, to-dey, and prices had a down ward tendency. Beef, from 2s to 3s 2d; Mutton, 23 2d to 3s 2d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 103; Veal, 35 41 to 4s; and Pork, 3s to 4s 2d per 3h5 by the carcase. GRAND BANQUET IN THE CITY TO HER MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. Yesterday the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor enter tained at dinner, in the Mansion-house, the Members of her Majesty's Cabinet, together with the chief dignitaries of the Chnrch, the Speaker of the House of Commons, several of the Foreign Ambassadors, and a number of Mem bers cf both Houses of Parliament. The noble Egyptian hall was completely filled on this occasion with the guests who had assembled at his Lordship's invitation, and the scene, comprising as it did the (Vie of the rank, the talent, and the beauty of the country, had a most imposing effect. Among the company we observed the f flowing : The French Ambassador, the Turkish Ambassador, the Austrian 11 nister, the Netherlands Minister, the Portu guese Minister, the Prussian Minister, the Danish Minister, the Bavarian Minister, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Miss Sumner, the Archbishop of York and the Hon. Mrs. Musgrave, Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Mary Howard, Duchess of Sutherland, Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Lord and Lady John Russell, Marquis and Marchionesa of Lansdowne, Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Lord and Lady Cottenham, Marquis of Breadalbane, Earl and Countess of Minto, Lady CLarlotte Elliot, Earl and Countess Grey, Earl of Carlisle, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, fir Ge , rge Grey and Miss Baring, Lord Camp bell and Baroness Stratheden, Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood. Sir Francis and Lady Arabella Baring, Sir John and Miss Hobbouse ' Right lion. Henry and Mrs. Labouchere, Earl Granville, Lord and Lady Seymour, Lord Edward Ho ward, M.P., Lord and Lady Marcus Hill, Lord Harry Vane, M.P., Lord Charles Russell, Lord George Lennox, Earl and Countess Fortescue, Earl of Chicester, Earl and Countess of Yarborough, and Lord Worsley, Earl and Countess Cowper, Earl and Countess of Lovelace, Earl and Countess of Shel burne; the Speaker of the House of Commons, Mrs. Shaw Lefeyre, Miss Shaw Lefevre, and Miss Helen Shaw Lefevre; Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, Lord and Lady John Hay, Lord C. Paget, M.P., Lord Hastings, Lord and Lady Mil ford, Lord Howden, Lord Eddisbury, Viscount Ebrington, M.P., Right Hon. Fox Maule, M. P., an I Hon. Mrs. Mettle, Right Hon. Sir William Somerville, Bart., M.P., the Lord Chief Justice Wilde, the Lord Chief Baron Pollock and Lady Pollock, Right Hon. Sir Henry and Lady Bulwer, Right Hon W. G. Hayter, M.P., and Mrs. Hayter, Right Hon. W. S. Lascelles. M.P., and Lady Caroline Lascelles, Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P., Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., and Mrs. Gibson, Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin, 'M.P., the lion. Charles Gore, W. Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper, Colonel Keppel, M.P., Miss Isabella Lister, J. E. Elliot, M.P. and Mrs. Elliott, E. Lloyd Mostyn, M.P., G. E. Anson and Hon. Mrs. Anson, Sir John Jervis, M.P., and Lady Jervis, Sir J. Romilly, M.P., and Lady Romilly, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, the Solicitor-General of Scotland, Baron and Baroness Rothschild, Admiral Dundas, M.P., and Lady Emily Dundas, Mr. M. T. Baines, H.P., Mr. G. C. Lewis, M.P., and Lady Theresa Lewis, Captain M F. Berkeley, M.P., and Lady Charlotte Berkeley, Mr. H. Tuffnell, M.P., and Lady A. Tufnell, Lady Mac naghten, Sir Charles Trevelyan, Sir W. Burnet, K.C.H. and Lady Burnet, Mr. John Pa:ker, M.P., Mr. 11. Rich, ;LP., Mr. W. Gibson Craig, M.P., Mr. R. M. Bellew, M.P., Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, RN., Mr. Matheson, M.P., and Mrs. Matheson, Mr. James Wilson, M.P., Rear-Admiral Sir A. Clifford, Bart., Rear-Admiral Sir C. Napier, Major- General Wemyss, Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P., Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Vivian, Mr. F. C. 11. Russell, M.P., and Lady Elizabeth Russell. Mr. 11. G. Ward, M.P., Mr. J. Walter, NI.P., and Mrs. Walter, Mr. J. Hume, M.P., and Mrs. Hume, Mr. R. B. Sheridan, M.P., and Mrs. Sheridan, Captain Alexander Milne, R.N. (Admiralty), Mr. R. W. Grey, M.P. , Mr. E. H. Bunbury, M.P., Mr. J. Loch, M.P., Mr. A. Hastie, M.P., Mr.C. P. Grenfell, M.P., Baron de Schappingk, the Rus sian Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Lisbon ; the Chevalier de Barboza, Portuguese Minister at the Court of Berlin ; Mr. H. J. Prescott, Governor of the Bank of England ; Mr. Thomas Hankey, jun., Deputy Governor, and Mrs. Han key ; Mrs. S. R. Cattley, Mr. George Nichol', C.B. ; Mr. J. J. Travers, Mr. W. P. Richards, the Provost of Montrose, Mr. James Burness, Mr. Douglas Cook, Mr. Michele, Mr. J. T. Delane Mr. Beard, Mr. Crowe. Aldermen and their Ladies—Sir Claudius Hunter, Bart., W. Thompson, M.P., Sir Peter Laurie, C. Farebrother, W. T. Copeland, M.P., S. Wilson, John Humphery, M.P., Sir W. Magnay, Bart., Mr. Gibbs, Sir George Carroll, J. K. Hooper. T. Farncomb, J. Musgrove, W. Hunter, T. Challis, T. Sidney, M.P., F. G. Moon, D. Salomans, R. W. Carden, Mr. Sheriff Finnis and V rs. Finnis, Mr. Sheriff Goodhart and Mrs. Goodhart; Mr. C. Pearson, M.P., and Mrs. Pearson ; Mr. Under-Sheriff Shearman, and Mr. Under-Sheriff Tamplin. After the cloth was removed, The LORD MAvon rose and said—My Lords and Gentle men, surrounded as I have the honour to be on this occasion by the Ministers of the Crown, and by so many distinguished men connected with our Gracious Sovereign, and being ho noured also with the presence of a Noble Lady- who holis a high place near the person of her gracious Majesty, it is a source of much satisfaction to me to propose The health of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria."—(Cheers.) The citizens of London have always been distinguished for their loyalty to the Sovereign, and while we are sensible of the many blessings we enjoy under her constitutional reign, we venture to hope that it will be gratifying to our gracious Sovereign to see that, amidst the many changes which have taken place elsewhere, the loyalty and affection of the peo ple of this country have remained unshaken, and that they are glad of every opportunity to demonstrate their at tachment to the Crown and the constitution of the land. The people of this country also see that her gracious Ma• testy, in her high station, feels anxious to set an example of every domestic virtue which can adorn her exalted position. —(Cheers.) lam sure, my Lords and Gentlemen, that you will all join in the ardent wish that her most gracious Ma jesty the Queen may long reign in the affections of a happy, and loyal, and a prosperous people. I give you " The health of her most gracious Majesty the Queen," with three times three. prosperity toujours croissants de ce pays, le respect des loss ob ie s e n o u h v o e n r n a n u e r , e el t u l;a f, i , t n a t c L h a e m fo e re n e t c ( 1 . i p a s g u i ( ) ) l L e re A d n e g lAis n p g o l L r e s rr a e n . remercie particulierement neon Lord Mayor de ce qu'il a Lien voulu dire d'obligeant pour l'Ambassadeur de France peneen nellement. Je ne laisserai pas echapper cette heureine cir constance qui me fsi;. trouver nu milieu de cette asseetbice ou figurent lee homincs les plus distingues de l'Anglcterre, sans (i:nencer route ma gratit u d e p our l' acc ueil bienveillant que j al trouve d :non arrive dans ce pays. et des nombreuses sympa thies qui sent venu audevant do l'Ambassade Francais. the two Loins MeYou th en proposed " The healt hs of the two distinguished dignita r i es of the Church—the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York. whose exertions on behalf of the charities of the City had often been dis played. lie rejoiced that he was honoured to -day, he be lieved for the first time in th e City, with the presence both theof rih ebegged Archbishop eg g o ed of Canterbury now Lup r andpe Thetite Clerg y Archbishopnf of Yo Church of England, c o upl e d with the names of these dis tinguished pr e l a t es ."—(Ch eers .) The Ancitrusnor said—Mv Lord Mayer and Gent lemen, in the name of t h e c l erg y, I b eg t o th a nk you for the honour the rk; which you have done them, and in my own name I beg to thank you for the way in 'Which sou have spoken of me, and of those services which it was not less my inclination than my bounden duty to perform. Allow me to say, my Lord Mayor, that in inviting to your hospitable board the dignitaries of the Church with the eignitaries of the State, you have acted upon the broad principles of the ancient constitution of the country, which united the dignitaries of the Church and the State together in harmonious co-opera tion. The connexion I believe to be a most important one for the prosperity of this country, that they should act toge ther not in the spirit of rivalry or competition, but that each should strive which can best promote, in their respective spheres, the prosperity of the country—(Cheers.) The LORD MAyort then said—His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury had just told them that it had long been the custom for the Government of this country to honour the chief magistrate with their presence in this hall, and he felt particularly gratified to see on the present occasion so many of her Majesty's Cabinet. He regretted that severe family affliction had kept away one of the members of the Cabinet, otherwise he should have been in the happy and proud position of being honoured to entertain the entire Cabinet of England. He was anxious to pay a mark of respect to the Noble Lord at the bead of the Government—(Cheers) —not merely as the Prime Minister of England, but as one of the representatives of the city of London—(Renewed cheers) —and although the feelings of attachment which he bore to his Lordship and the Government were well known, yet it was his anxious wish, on the present occasion, to state nothing which the citizens of London could not concur in. He was aware that everything like party politics or party feeling were wisely and properly excluded from such entertainments as the present; but looking to the difficulties which beset the path of the present Government, he trusted he might be pardoned for looking back to the claims they had on public support and approbation. It would not be forgotten that at the very moment when the present Govern ment came into office they had to contend against the mis fortune of a famine in Ireland, followed by considerable disaffection in that country. In the following year the commercial interests of the country, and especially of this great metropolis, were nearly prostrate, and during the past year mighty convulsions had shaken almost every state in Europe, except this happy Ned. The Noble Lord and her Majesty's Government had succeeded in steeripg the vessel of the State safely and honourably through these peculiar dangers, and the citizens of London would be wanting in those acknowledgments which were due to the Government of this country if they did not thank them for the past, and put confidence in them for the future.—(Cheers.) He was unwilling to enter more particu larly into their claims, because he feared that his feelings of partiality would lead him to say more on this occasion than it might be proper for him to do, considering the position which he had the honour to hold; but his feeble language was inadequate to describe the gratifying spectacle which the Noble Lord and his Government witnessed on this occa sien, surrounded as they were by the dignitaries of the Church and of Parliament, by the highest rank in the coun try, and by the beauty of the land, who had come here not to do honour to the Lord Mayor of London, but to evince their admiration and to show their appreciation of the ciaims which the Government had upon the support of the country. He trusted that the Noble Lord would long be spared in health to devote his energies to the ser vices of his Sovereign and the cone/try ; but if circumstances should arise to induce the Noble Lord to retire into pri vate life, the citizens of London would recollect with pride and satisfaction that they had the honour to have for their representative in the Commons House of Parliament one of the greatest statesmen of the present day; and the country would not forget, but would remember with grati tude, the many great and glorious measures with which the name of Lord John Russell would be for ever associated. He begged to propose " The health of Lord John Russell and her Majesty's Ministers."—(Loud cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL—I rise, in the name of my colleagues as well as of my own, to return our most grateful thanks for occasion. Jr. so doing I recollect that I have not only the the honour you have done us in drinking our healths on this honour to be a Minister of the Crown, but that I am likewise in .your service, as I have the honour to represent you in the Commons House of Parliament. But you have referred, in a manner for which I was totally unprepared, and for which I cannot sufficiently thank you, to the mode in which the duties of a INlinister of the Crown have been discharged considerable during times which no one will deny to have be en ti mes of difficulty. Whatever ma y have been the e cess of our endeavours with respect to some of those diffi culties, and whatever hereafter may be our success with respect to otheys which are not yet _ overcome, I feel that it is not to us, but that, next to the f Almighty rovidence of God, it is to the institutions of this countr y , and to the temper or spirit of the people of this country, that you owe the success which has hitherto attended our efforts. Tour Lordship has referred to the difficulties of the past year and to the convulsions which then took place. It is true that great responsibility was impose d u p on us, thou g h it is also true that vast means were placed at our disposal. But those who observed the events of the past year must have seen that mere authority was broken, and that arms a placed in the hands of even the bravest men fell powerless , least for a time, before the popular will. It would have been madness, therefore, in us to have rested our reli• ance solely on these surports ; but we did rest our reliance on the arm of the constitution—on that union and co-operation among the different classes of the country, which have hitherto formed, and hich, I trust, will continue to form her strength. We knew that if we have a monarchy, we enjoy the blessings which a monarchy dispenses —we knew that if we have an Established Church, the name of the Established Church is connected with the dispensation of those religious and spi ritual comforts which it administers—we knew that if we country that alicahtathen efeeling for have the law on our sid e , we h ave the sense of t h e peo pl e of this that g thelaw h e by learned and upright men. U nder these circumstances , a nd knowing is v fairly tohresecoa(nit andr3, not e wf q oa u rs t l iye thatb administeredeatnt better, r ity a\an g e would s upon this feeling that we placed our reliance, and not upon any authority which we could exert, however necessary it might be to exert authority to meet particular exigencies. In the course of that period we had to consider also the dangers that might meet us from abroad; but we had the satisfaction of finding that the nations of Europe generally remained in close alliance with this country, and that we received assist ance from most of them in keeping the peace of Europe; and more especially did we receive that assistance from an alliance with that c ountry which we most counte d u pon. The alliance between F rance and this country h as , i n our opinion, been most inst rumental in preserving peace; a nd I believe that the excell ent understanding which prevails be tween the two Gove rnments is only a symptom an d a con firmation of the friend s hi p that exists between th e two nations.—(Loud cheer s .) I n addressing you on t hi s occa sion, I may take the lib erty to say, that we t h oug ht our selves bound, also, not only to keep in mind the excellence of the institutions which we have preserved, but also the fact that these institutions could not be preserved if we at tempted to guard them with superstitious veneration, and did not adapt them, in time, to the changes that are continu ally going on in this Country. The fairest and most beautiful of temples, if it be neglected, will be subject to decay, and requires continual care and supervision. Let us endeavour, in any alterations which we may find it necessary to make—let it be our care to make those alterations in the same spirit in which those institutions were originally founded—in the spirit in which the great and wise men who founded them would have altered them, if th e y had had the circumstances of our day before them. L e t us not endeavour by any new at tempt of our own to mak e some f anciful and unreal construc tion, which appears to us to be better that the British con stitutiOn, as a substitute for those institutions which now exist.—(Cheers.) But let us not,on the other hand, imagine that by preserving that which is defective we shall be the more able to maintain the best of them.—(Cheers.) I can not sit down without adverting to the auspicious circum stances under which we have assembled together. A short time ago circumstances occurre d with regard to the hostilities in India, which were calculated to throw . doubts on men's minds as to the probabll relied, nation of hostilities in that country ; • our army in 'lndia, and we have now seen as I felt we might rely, on the spirit abnidit all those ms.—(Cheers.) appre hensions dispelled and victory adorn or a b r e overcome by My belief is, that similar difficulties will animated our sol dierssimilar means—that the same spirit which _bravery of in whatever pursuit they may various classes of this country, be engaged—the same firmness, the same indomitable cou• rage, the same resolution to do their duty in the face of all in India will animate, in their different spheres, all the difficulties. With this belief and conviction, I cannot claim fur myself and my colleagues any undue credit for any good success which may have attended our efforts; but I do ex press my firmest reliance on the fate and the fortunes of this mighty empire. —(Hear, hear.) The LOAD MAYOR then proposed " The Duke of Norfolk and the House of Peers," for which the Duke of Norfolk re turned thanks. Lord Jolts RUSSELL proposed " The health of the Lord Mayor," for which his Lordship shortly returned thanks. The LORD MAYOR then said they were honoured with the presence of three dignitaries of the law—the Lord Chancellor, Chief Justice Wilde, and Chief Baron Pollock. He begged " The Lord Chancellor and the Judges of Eng land,"that the citizens of London, from th e i r ex perience the man ner in which justice was admi n i s t ere d at to of observing the Central Criminal Court, were fully satisfied that the bench was never more adorned with learning and integrity than in the present day.—(Cheers.) The Loan CHANCELLOR—I beg leave to return my best thanks for the honour done me and my honourable friends the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and the Chief Baron of the Exchequer; and 1 beg to thank the Lord Mayor for the expressions he has used, and the commendations he has bestowed on the manner in which he has seen the law ad ministered. That applies indeed to my Learned Friends, rather than to me, as they administer justice within the pre qua i r o rn h cincts of the city of London. But lam sure th e y f ee l, as I do, that the exer tions of public men, and the a nx i ety t h ey f ee l to discharg e th e i r d u ty, are much support e d an d encourage d by the app ro b a ti on o f th e ir fellow- c iti zens . Th e value at whichot dou ble lh u p : e r e r i . i(ace a j n p ehse p ete r ey o ri b st .a a )se t i otN o o:n n , tel se d i ;e e l p acl e ni Ni n vcio d a et s hoc ea a ori fei g eftod o hr o etei d pc oti h d tni e eze a cia l inrn u sl ov p :g o f: N( t ( ) h i e er f a e e.. n n w value.__ e and exp er i ence o f the Lord Mayor give his commendation \ Ll T:nisei to ann ounce t o t h e t h en L ord Mayor elect. the appro don, I ventured to foretell that the citizens of London would f t e o e n h d a p t p h 3 a - t i n t h t a h t e n ti e c L e p a t he t Lo y nhadhas m h a e d e e n . a l m a p m l ynosy realised,lrat iatine(dl tihheatly chief n prophecy rnagistr has ate,g b ra e v e e n a na importantfor rho a s they ie are, duties re. eeu could not have fallen into abler hands or been executed with more care and zeal than by your Lordship.—(Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR said he wished he could find language to express the respect which he felt for the Right lion. Gentleman whose health he was about to propose. He had now been for twelve years an humble and a silent Member i n h e Ls k e n orn ew pa w n when e of the H o use o f the Commons, but h e cou ld not fa i l to mark the high respect and e s t eem i n w hi c h healthwbo had t 9 the Right Ho n o ura ble Gentleman was h e ld w h o pres id e d containing to so p m ro a p y os d e is Dir. gu S is p i e le a d ke n rl over the deliberati o ns of that House.—(Loud c h eers .) n co h n e t a r daily opportunities of witnessing his great talents and expe rience, as well as his kindness and courtesy, that it w as un necessary for him to make any apology for Cis inability to do justice to the toast. Ile could assure the Right Honourable Gentleman that ho had long and highly weaned hiss for The toast was drunk with loud cheers. The LORD MAYOR then proposed "The health of her Majesty the Queen Dowager." The LORD MAYOR then proposed " The health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the other branches of the Royal Family." He wished he had the eloquence of his Noble Friend the Noble Earl at the head of the Woods and Forests, to describe to them the en thusiasm with which his Royal highness was received this day week, on a great public occasion, in a distant part of the country, and he trusted his Royal Highness would continue to take an interest in every great pubic undertaking in this country.—(Cheers.) He concluded by proposing the toast. The Loan MAYOR had great satisfaction in proposing " The Army and Navy of England." In no part of her Majesty's dominions were the services of the army and navy more highly appreciated than in the city of London, and though in these times of pressure they were anxious to sec affairs conducted with economy, yet he was sure the citizens of Londo would be the last to see the efficiency of the services crippled by any niggardly retrenclim-nts. lie was gratified to see the appointment of the Right Honourable Gentleman Sir F. Baring to the head of the Admiralty, satisfied as he was that that Right Honourable Gentleman would ad minister its affairs with economy, and yet with efficiency. He was glad to see so many officers of the navy present, and be begged now to drink the healths of the army and navy, coupled with the names of General Wemyss and Sir F. Baring.—(Applause.) General Waxvss said it was an unexpected honour on his part that he should be called upon to return thanks for the British army. It must be gratifying to every British soldier to feel that the late efforts of the British army claimed, not only from his Lordship but from the country at large, the gratitude which was lately bestowed upon it by both Houses of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) He felt from the bottom of his heart the greatest satisfaction in knowing that that gal lant and unflinching officer (Lord Gough) had added by his conduct fresh laurels to the British army, and had obtained the favour of his Sovereign and the gratitude of his country, not only for himself, but for the officers and soldiers that were under his command. Would they permit him now to digress for a little from the duties of a soldier, to claim for himself the privileges of a citizen, that he might congratulate the Lord Mayor on the peaceful and social condition of this great mercantile city, and to assure bim thut the British army fervently wished that the Crown of England, which her Majesty wore, the sceptre which she wielded, might never require to he defended with bayonets or with cannon, but that her Majesty might long reign in the hearts of a loyal and affectionate and a prosperous people I Ile again thanked them for the high honour conferred upon the British army, and wished that his Lordship and the other members of the Corporation might long enjoy the greatest prosperity.— (Cheers.) Sir F. BARING returned thanks on the part of the navy for compliments which had been paid to that branch of the service, not only now, but on all other occasions by the city of London. lie could not forget that in addressing the Lord Mayor he was speaking to one whose early recollections were connected with the naval service, and from him, there fore, he would always expect a kindly feeling towards the navy. But be could not either forget that the city of Lon don had always been among the foremost to honour the ser vices of the navy, that on all occasions it had hastened to pay its tribute of admiration to those who distinguished themselves in the service, and that it included in the roll of its citizens some of the gretest heroes in the naval history of our country.—(Cheers.) He again thanked them on behalf of the naval service for the compliment which had been paid to them. The Loan MAYOR then said he was particularly anxious, on the part of the city of London, to give a cordial welcome to the distinguished foreign Ministers who had honoured them with their company on this occasion. He regretted that indispo.ition had deprived them of the presence of the Prussian Minister, and of one or two others. But he had the gratification of seeing here the Russian Minister on his way to Lisbon, and the Portuguese Minister on his way to Berlin, and he could assure those distinguished men that the city of London was always gratified when they were pleased to honour the Chief Magistrate with their company in this hall. Ile was anxious, on the present occasion, to give a cordial welcome to the distinguished representatives of foreign powers who had recently come into this country—he meant his Excellency the French Ambassador and his Excellency the Turkish Minister.— (Cheers.) He was gratified to see the way in which the names of these ambassadors were received in the hall, and he could assure his Excellency the French Ambassador that he hailed his presence in this company with the kindest and most auspicious feelings.—(Cheers.) They had reason to belieye that his Excellency the French Am bassador, having had frequent intercourse with British offi cers, had become attached to the institutions of this country, and he would venture to hope that his coming here in his character as Ambassador was a proof of the kindly feeling which existed between France and this country.—(Cheers.) They felt grateful for the friendly intercourse which existed between the two countries; and though it would be improper oo p y eh re their haietni firpounotneurtht:esure::::teecbti te t hwo u i l i eft t d : in him at any time—and more especially at the present time f —to refer to the disturbances that existed elsewhere, he trusted he might be permitted to say that the general feel ing of this country was in favour of the cordial unity now existing between the two nations of France and England— (Cheers)—not with a view that they should em eidtii s e a c s ff r o e a discreet r t s w u a s o r e: e.nwg o ofetHtsoi He 3, might (g n renri l ii t rlst i 3t n :eg d ado , kveleal governments, taiEle t eex h nci u tnes s l:oe p ttnhh r c o airt, a m i n ato o d rtl t tit e si so t p i fif l c r e n o ol in du: tend to unite all classes more closely in the bonds of affection and loyalty to our most gracious Queen. Whatever changes of government might be desired in other countries, here the people were satisfied with the cons'itution, and 'yielded a cheerful obedi encemightto interfere prevent temperate to the law. Whatever disaffection there might be in other states, hero the people were pursuing their peaceful avocations, and breathing anxious wishes for the peace of the world. He trusted that under the able and experienced guidance of the Noble Lord who conducted the foreign affairs of this country—and conducted them successfully too, though in times of unparalleled difficulty—tranquillity would soon return, and that he and his colleagues would be able to preserve th e peace of the world.—(Cheers.) With the se observations he begged to propose " The health of his Ex cellencyhe French Ambassador, and the other members of t Corps who had honoured them by their pre. the diplomatic cones:'—(Lo ud c heers.) AMBASSADOR spoke to the following effect : The FREN CIE —My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—Permettez met de des membres (In corps diplornatique remercies, au non i 4 a or de la saute qu'il a hien voulu porter presents, le Lord L ) eCorps diplowatique se rejouit,de yoir la en leer honneur. SEWERS. TILE STN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, If4o. his public character, as well as for his kind courtesy to dif fident Members like himself, and to young Members, who I were deficient in experience. When the Right Honourable Gentleman retired flour his high office, he would, in the words of the Prime Minister when lie was last elected to his present position—he would leave behind him the recollection of being the ablest, the most courteen', and the most diligent Speaker the House of Commons ever had.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. the SPEAKER said—l feel greatly in- • debted to your Lordship for the kind manner in which you have intrcduced my name to the notice of this assembly, , and for the too partial notice which yea have taken of my services in the chair of the House of Commons. The expe rience of ten years in that position has satisfied me that un less I had met with the support of all parties in the House, my efforts to discharge my duties would have been alto gether unavailing. But I have received from all parties the most generous and cordial support—a support for which I desire to take this opportunity of expressing my sincere and heart-felt gratitude, and to express the hope that I may not prove myself unworthy of it.—(Cheers.) The Loun MAYOR said he had the honour to see present • many distinguished Members Of the House of Commons; and lie was anxious to take this opportunity of paying respect to the Noble Viscount who had long been a Mem ber of the House, and who had long been at , the head of Foreign affairs in this count! y. The ' Noble Viscount was well known as one of the most eloquent Members of the house of Commons ; and those gentlemen who bad the advantage of hearing him on the first or second night of the present session would remember with great satisfaction the triumphant manner in which the Noble Lord vindicated the administration of the Foreign affairs of this country. He could assure the Noble Viscount, whatever party 'feeling might allele, that the people of this country reposed with the utmost confidence on his judgment, experience, and temper, for preserving friendly relations with this country and all the states of Christendom. They were anxiously desirous to cultivate friendly relations with all the continental states; but they were confident that in doing so the Noble Viscount would not forfeit the honour and the dignity of this great empire. He was happy to have this opportunity of expressin the confidence which the citizens of London had in the Noble Viscount, and he begged to propose his health in connexion with the House of Com mons.—(Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON—I beg, in my own name and on behalf of that great and distinguished assembly with which you have done me the high honour to couple my name, to return you ray best thanks for the honour you have done us in drinking our healths. I feel that lam unworthy of the honour which has been done me in calling upon me to return thanks to you and this distinguished company in the name of the House of Commons. It is indeed natural, my Lord, that in this hall the House of Commons should receive the honour which you have proposed to this company to confer upon it; for the House of Commons and the city of London have been to gether the great defence and the mainstay of the liberties of this country—(Cheers)—and the House of Commons can never forget that in the darkest period of the political history of this country, the liberties of England found their safest refuge and protection within the precincts of this great metropolis. The city of London, in the worst periods of our history, has ever stood forth as the fore most g l a and nd. — stoutest defendercheers.) of You the v e been freedom pleased, o f England.— my Lord, to refer to the arduous duties which, in my official capacity, it has fallen to my lot to perform. I can assure your Lordship that you have truly understood the manner in which I consider those duties ought to be performed. I believe that it is the wish and the desire of the people of England that those who have the charge of conducting her foreign relations should, on the one hand, maintain the honour and assert the dignity and the rights of this country; and that we should, on the ether band, exert our best en deavours, not only to continue to this country the blessings of peace, but, as far as the influence and moral exertions of this country can extend, that we should endeavour to secure the same blessings to the rest of the civilized world.—(Great cheering.) It has been our endeavour during a very diffi cult period—which, I was going to say, bad now passed, but which, I fear, still unfortunately exists—to act up to these principles ; and in the endeavours we have made we have, as you justly observed, had the happiness to main tain a good understanding, through a frank and cordial ex planation of our opinions, with our great neighbour on the Continent—a country which is so worthily represented by the gallant Admiral who sits at your right band ; and I am happy to have this opportunity to state that whatever changes may have taken place in France during the last year, the public men who had administered the Government of France have met us invariably by a system of friendly cordiality, in frankness and good faith ; and by the aid of their support we have achieved, in some degree, our desire, either by averting hostilities for a time, or by mitigating their virulence when they burst out. I beg again, my Lord, to thank you for the honour paid me on this occasion.— (Cheers.) The other toasts were " The Lord Mayor of Dublin," " Sir W. Somerville and the Government of Ireland , " " The At torney-General and the Bar," " The Lord Advocate of Scot land," " Baron Rothschild and the Members for the City," " The Aldermen," " The Sheriffs," " The Governor of the Bank of England, and prosperity to the trade and commerce of the city of London." Mr. Harker efficiently discharged the duties of toast-mas ter on this occasion. The dinner and wines were furnished by Messrs. Ring and Brymer, and comprised the following delicacies : Turtle, and iced punch, turbot, salmon, fried fish, cod's head, turbons de filets de soles, carpe en matelot, anguille a la broche, anguille ala tomata, perches ala yeas fiches, mackerel en matelot. SIDE BOAAD.—Petit pates ; Turkey poults, larded ; chickens, capons; hams and tongues, ornamented ; ribs of lamb, raised ornamented pies, lobster salads, prawns, Chan tilly baskets, ornamented trifles; pine, strawberry, noyeau, Rhenish, and Italian creams; nougat with cream Dantzic, noyeau, and Maraschino jellies ; Charlotte a la Busse, gateau de pomme, grteau a la duchesse, apple tarts, Fan chonettes, boudin St. Clair; raspberry, apricot, and green gage tourtes ; trifles, cabinet puddings, Nesselrode puddings, cream-d tarts. REMOVES.— Quarters of lamb, haunches of venison, chines , of mutton, sirloins of beef, pea-fowls, ducklings, goslings, turkey poults, guinea fowls, leverets. DESSERT.—Pines, grapes, apples, oranges, dried fruits, . brandy and cherries, savoy cakes, mixed cakes, almond t cakes, wafers, preserved ginger. millefruit, raspberry, lemon, ginger, cherry,&c. THE CIT Y COMMISSIONERS OF Yesterday a meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers took place at Guildhall; Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair. Upon the motion of Mr. Deputy LAKE, who com plained that the carriage-way of Leadenhall-street, although lately repaired, was in a very bad condition, the water occasionally breaking into it, a view was ordered to be taken of the locality, in order to ascer tain whether some permanent measure for improving it cannot be adopted. Upon the motion of Mr. BLAKE, a list was ordered to be kept, for the information of the members of the commission, of the names of those inhabitants who complied with the directions of the Court as to the drainage, a species of knowledge not yet attained in consequence of the absence of system. zvizz.T r.aann.r.TS. SOUTIIALL, APRIL 25.—Our markt•t today, was fairly supp'ied with arch I , .ind of fat stock, the dematu; for which was is a very inactive stato, at barely lost week's vo . atienF. Beef, from 25 8.1 to 3s 61; Mutton, Si to 4•; Lomb 5,3 4d to 53 101; Veal. 3s fid to 35101; and Pork, 356 d to 35 8d per *lbs,to sink the offal. ROMFORD, ArniL 25.—We had a very dull trade this morning, at drooping prices. Beef, from 2s 101 to 3s Gd; Mutton, 33 2d to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 53 4tl to 6s ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s; and Pork, 3s Gd to 3s 10d per Slbs. Suckling Calves, 183 to 275; quarter old store Pigs, 16, to 21s; and Nlilch Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 118‘ each. ITAILSLIAM, APRIL 25. Beasts, and Sheep, sold heavily, at TCtillet d prices. In other kinds of stock no material change took place. Beef, from 3a to 3s 101 ; Mutton, 33 2d to 43 4d; Lamb, 5s 4d to Gs ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 81 per 81bs. RuNDEL, APRIL 24.—Our inarket was heavy to-day, at reduced prices. Beef, from 2s 10,1 to 3, 83; Mutton, 33 to 4s 2d; Lamb, 5s 4J to 6s; and Veal, 3s 6d to 3a 101 per Blbs. CHICHESTER, APRIL 25.—We had a slow trade this morning, and rices were not supported. Beef, from 3s to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4J to 4s 4d ; Lamb. 5s 41 to 6s ; Veal, 3s 61 to 4s ; and Pork, 3s 61 to 3s 101 per Eilbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 263; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16, to 21s; and Milch Cows with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. BETE PfLARIEMTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow flay', 2/ 103 to 3/ 15s; Clove) ditto, al to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 103 pm load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—MeadJw hay, 21 12s to 31 161 ; Clover ditto, 31 to 41 14s ; and Straw, 11 6s tc , I/ 103 per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WRITECHAPEL.—Mcadow hay, 21 103 to 31 153 ; Clover ditto, 3/ is 41 1;s; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 10. per load. Trade dull, at baraly stationary prices. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN for the Week ended April 19, 1849, made up from the Returns of tie Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Exgland and Walee per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. I RTE. BEANS. PEAL PRICE .. 144 s Id 1 285 8d I 16s 8d 221 4d 28s 101 1 285 Dd DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I 6TX. I BEAM. PEAS. Is Od is Od is 051 Is Od Is Od Is 01 GOVERNESS teS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. The sixth anniversary festival of the members and friends of this interesting institution was held last evening at the London Tavern. The duties of the chair were most efficiently discharged by the Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby, supported by the Right Hon. Earl Talbot, the Lord Saye and Sele, Mr. Blakemore, M.P., and a numerous body of clergy and gentlemen. The society is under the patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, her Majesty Queen Adelaide, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Reyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, her Grace the Duchess cf Beaufort, and a large circle of the elite of the female members of the aristocracy. The report of the society for the past year embraces many interesting details. The proceeds of the fancy sale, at Chelsea, in 1848, were 2, 2 6 4 /., and it is pro posed to continue and complete the sale at the open ing of the Asylum, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge in person, on the 12th and 13th of June, 1849. A legacy of 1,5001 has been left dur ing the year to the society by A. Maclew, Esq. The sum paid to the Commissioners of the National Debt for annuities has been 7,679/. ; the subscriptions have been 2,3251.; the pupils' fees at Queen's College 782/. ; and the ladies' payments .at the house 8151 Under the head of assistance rendered in cases o• temporary difficulty, it is noted that the total numberf of applications to the ladies' committee has been 670, and the amount disbursed 3,0381. The number of annuitants at present is 32, receiving annually 515/. The provident fund during the year amounted to 43,585/. The savings bank is becoming more gene rally useful, and each lady's money stands in her own name at the savings bank in Montague-street, Blooms bury. The " Home" provided has laid open the means of self•support to many a friendless lady, and there is nothing to record but the thankfulness of its inmates. The aged asylum is nearly com pleted, and its opening will be celebrated, as already intimated, by a fancy sale. The new institution, called "Queen's College," has opened its doors for an improved system of female education, and with a degree of success that its most sanguine friends dared not to anticipate. After the toasts of her Most Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and other members of the Royal Family had been most warmly proposed and responded to, the Noble Chairman proceeded :to give the toast of the evening—" Prosperity to the Governesses' Benevolent Institution." In doing so the Noble Earl took a cursory view of the leading objects of the society and the benefits it had conferred. He adverted to the edu- cation that those who undertook the arduous duties of cultivating the female mind had received, to the high respectability of their families, albeit, perhaps, after having provided for the sons by giving them a profession, there was but too frequently left for the daughters, by their parents, little more than the un certain emoluments to be derived from cultivated minds. Their very occupation evinced the necessity of superior intellect and refined tastes ; and how acute must be their feelings when, in too many in stances, their services were forgotten, and they them selves were cast, as it were, into a corner, like for gotten things.—(hear, hear.) But he knew what were the feelings which occupied English breasts, and he felt that it was only for them to be made aware of the many tales of sorrow and distress that might be recorded, in order to enlist their active and efficient sympathies in their behalf. The Noble Chairman concluded by stating that their institution had already received public attention in our colonial possessions ; that families who there required the ser vices of efficient governesses were beginning to apply to the society for those whom they could recom mend ; and that he believed this feeling would rapidly extend, and afford the society many opportunities of doing good.— (Cheers.) Mr. HALL, in proposing " The Ladies' Committee," aptly remarked on the zeal and kind-heartednees with which they had discharged their duties. He must also take the opportunity of coupling with their names the health of a fair lady, who had given him the cheque for 2001. which he held in his hand—that lady was Jenny Lind—(Loud and prolonged cheer ing)—and with the donation he must also convey her warmest and best wishes for the success of the so ciety.—(Cheers.) The Rev. D. LAING, the very zealous and energetic honorary secretary of the society, then read a list of the donations attendant upon the day's festival. It included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, 20/. ; the Noble Chairman, 20/. ; the Duke of Rut- land, 10/. 103.; the Marquis of Northampton, 20/.; list handed in by Mr. Francis, a steward, 163/. 16s. ; Lord Saye and Sele, 20/. ; Earl Manvers, 21/. ; and a lady, whose name the Reverend Secretary was - a nst authorised to give, 3001.—(Loud applause)—the whole amounting to the munificent sum of 2,518/. After several other toasts had been given the Noble Chairman withdrew, followed by the rest of the company, all evincing the most lively delight in having been engaged in promoting the prosperity and advancement of " The Governesses' Benevolent Insti tution." LYCEUM THETRE. Last evening her Majesty and Prince Albert, accom paniedele.gant b a y nd a n fa u v m o e u r r o it u e s an d brilliant suite, honoured this theatre with another royal visit; being the third one within a very short period. The Queen and Prince arrived s hortly after the commence ment of the performance, an d m were received at the private n en f t t r h a e nc e e st o a f hl t is h h e na th en ea t tre an ki h Mr. R. Roxby and the chiefs him conducted to the royal fwhich Nothinghieh were e o r u e l d o exceed m the ost box prepared for the ' occasion y box an d . the anti-room, the beauty of the fittings of the . elegance of the appointments o beautiful and recherche n descrip ti p d . The performa nce on appeared. This Le the occasion commenced with flo highly yyour Tongue, in which e w M a a s da f m nl e lo V vre e d str h is y a p o i d an Mr. he ,C s . hi M gh a hew u mag nificently grand of all burlesques, the ns S even and most Cham pions of Christendo m ; Miss Fitzwilliam,H oward, MusenCham- Mrs. C. Horn , Miss J. Coleman, Miss Marshall , and Messrs. C. Mathe ws, Ilarle y , J. Reeve, and Selby, each su staining their re s p ective p arts with more than ability. The frequent marks of a pp lause from the ro y al box were of the most liberal and complimentary de scription, which must have been highly flattering to the talented artists engaged in the performance. Her Ma jesty and Prince Albert, on leaving the . theatre, ex pressed themselves us highly delighted with the per formances. The royal visitors, both on entering and quitting the box, wrre most enthusiastically cheered, The house was crowded with rail and fashion. THE WEST j: JON DON UNIoN.---An inquest was held yetterday at the Coopers Arms, Wes.t-street, Smith- field. by Mr. Payne, on OIL) body of a young man named William Evans, who died in the W( st Londolence on Uniand on, and in whose treatm ent it wa s alleged great vi ill-usage had been resorted to by the officials employed in that establishment. The jury viewed the body, which lay in the dead-house, and which exhibited on the arms and legs marks of violent pressure, and of ligatures which had ab - radAl the skin. The body was also very much emaciated. A great deal of evidence was heard impli cating the person employed as taskmaster and his as sistants, and, after a lengthened examination, which ex cited great interest, the inquest was adjourned till Thursday next, to afford an opportunity for the attend ance of the guardians, and for the further examination of witnossea. CESSPOOL NUISANCES. Two persons, landlord and tenant of a house in Fan-street, Bishopsgate, were charged by a police man with having caused a cesspool to be empited into the common sewer, contrary to the Act. The excuse made by the defendants did not at all touch upon the main question, but merely called the attention of the Court to the fact, that the drain bad been made by the proprietor of the premises ten years ago, and that the rate had been raised upon him notwithstanding. The policeman said it was quite impossible to describe the offensiveness of the stench occasioned all round thei neighbourhood by the act of which he complained. Mr. BLAKE said, upon the retirement of the parties from the Court, that if the members failed to take notice of the matter complained of there would be no advantage derivable from the Act which had been passed for the City, and other inhabitants would follow their exatnple, for the purpose of evading the expense. lie moved that the defendants be summoned before a magistrate by the policeman, as the Act AIRMAN said that Mr. Haywood, the sur veyor directed that offences of the kind were p unish ab l e by such authority. Theo Commission,ldnonot b ei nt h r a o d duced prepared a h a m r o ep re ort pr u o p p o e n r tcititccould the very subject which they were discussing, and he thought time. The Surveyor then put in the following report, which was read by the Chief Clerk : To the Honourable the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London, and the Liberties thereof: " Sewers Office, Guildhall, April 24. " Gentlemen,—l beg to bring under the notice and consideration of your Honourable Court a nuisance of a very seriDus description, the perpetration of which has lately become a very frequent occurrence. I allude to the practice of turning the contents of cesspools into the sewers in an undiluted and undeodorised condition. " Recently this has occurred very continually, and in all cases has been with ill effects. It not unfrequently happens that the whole contents of a cesspool, which has been a dozen or more years accumulating, is all at once turned into a sewer, and the whole neighbourhood is for days poisoned by the stench which, despite the traps of the gullies, finds its way into the streets and houses, and which is only abated by men being sent in to re move, and flush it away ; the effluvia is frequently so bad from it, that men are with difficulty found to enter the sewers for that purpose. It has also frequently oc curred, that sewers which had previously been per fectly clean, are for a; length of twenty or thirty feet half filled with the soil thus turned into them, which, in its undiluted state, is with difficulty removed, and the expense of removal is generally double or treble what it would have cost the offenders to have emptied the cess pool by means of the engine•pump which you have pro vided for the use of the citizens for such purpose. About this the offenders care very little, as once in the sewer, they know it will be removed, and the expense has hitherto been defrayed by this Commission. " If cesspools are emptied into the sewers by means of the cesspool pump, no ill effects are experienced; tor, in the first place, the contents are deodorized; and, in the second place, aro in that state of fluidity which will enable it to ink with and be carried away by the ordi nary flow of the sewer. I beg to su;glbt to our Honourable Court, as the only means of preventing this offence, that you should make it imperative, and should give notice to all persons making applications fur drains, to empty their cesspools before constructing any portion of the drainage, and that the islet to the sewer should not be constructed before the cesspool is properly cleansed, and known to be so by your officer; and that in the event of the offence still in any caso being perpetrated, the parties offending should be punished under the clauses in the City Sewers Act for that purpose emen, made and provided.—l have the hono ur to be, gentl your most obedient servant, " WM. Havwoon, Surveyor." Mr. lls,srvroon informed the Court that there were five case which came under the class of offences alluded to in his report within the last week. The motion of Mr. BLAKE was agreed to unani mously, and the surveyor's report was ordered to be entered in the journals. THE CITY GAS QUESTION The following communication, addressed by the Secretary of the Great Central Gas Company to the Chairman of the Court of Sewers, was then read: " Great Central Gas Company, 45, .Moorgate-street, April 24. " Sir,—The attention of this company has been called to a letter signed P. J. Barham,' addressed to the Com missioners of Sewers, in which the City Gas Company excuse themselves from giving their promised answer respecting the reduction in the price of gas, on account, as they say, of the promoters of this Company's Bill having delayed its progress for six weeks.' lam de sired by the directors to lay before you the accompany ing statement, just issued by them, from the concluding paragraph of which you will perceive that the delay which has taken place has been occa sioncd by the old City Gas Company. In conse quence of an objection raised by their counsel, the com pany was compelled to ask for an adjournment, or to erect their works within the limits of the City—an alternative to which, as economists and citizens, they could net under any circumstances consent. I am likewise de sired by the directors to state they are unacquainted with the objections to the mode by which their engineer, Mr. Croll, proposes to lay the mains, upon which Mr. Bar hatn desires to afford the commissioners soma informa tion, and they req”ctfully request leave for Mr. Croll to be present, if the purposed interview is to take place, in order that he may receive and give the fullest infor mation upon this subject. By a clause to be introduced in the Bill, as prepared by the officers of the commis sioners, this company's main will be laid under the su perintendence and crontrol of the commissioners; and the directors are most anxious to acquire information in the mode of effecting these neces , ary operations in a man ner which shall provide for the public convenience in the most ample manner, and in confortnity with the wishes of your officers.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, " T. P. BARHA M , Secretary pro tem. " To the Chairman of the Commissioners ot Sewers." Mr. WILLIAMS said he considered that it was quite right that Mr. Croll should have the opportunity of being present at the meeting at which it was solicited that the directors of the existing gas companies might attend. Mr. Deputy HARRISON moved that the letter should be referred to a Committee for consideration, and report as to what step it would be advisable to take. He was of opinion that the two companies had not done what they ought to have done in the matter. He contended that it was the bounden duty of the companies to have sent an answer to the question of the Commissioners. Irrespective of any other com pany, the old companies ought to have decided as to what they intended to do. If the directors had dons so, the Commissioners would have known how to have acted ; but now they were placed, as the representa tives of the citizens, in a very peculiar position, and from the mode in which they had been treated, he did think that it was incumbent upon them at once to declare their adhesion to the new company, and to give it all the support in their power.—(Hear.) Mr. 11. LOWMAN TAYLOR said it was quite no torious that the promoters of the new gas company could not get their Bill at least in the present session. They were not, in fact, at all supported by the public —(Cries of " Oh, oh")—and they found great diffi culty in getting customers for their shares. He did not suppose that they would ever get their Bill, and he believed the commissioners pretty well understood that such was the case. Mr. STEVENS said the Commissioners understood no such thing. He was convinced that the Bill bad a chance of being passed in the present session. At any rate the delay would not go beyond the session. It had been asserted, too, by Mr. Taylor that the public did not support the Bill. That, too, he would most positively deny. The public did support the Bill, and he believed to the extent of taking all the shares.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Deputy GODSON declared that the citizens were deeply indebted to the company for attempting to relieve them from a most extravagant demand. Mr. Deputy LOTT said he belonged to no compa nies, but could see that the two old companies were justified in entertaining suspicions of the new one. He protested against complying with the request contained in the letter. Mr. STEVENS—The old companies have certainly good ground for suspicion, and for apprehension of danger to, from the new company, inasmuch as the latter would supply better gas at 4s. than the former supplied at 6s. per thousand. The letter was then referred to the General Pur poses Committee. Annexed to the letter was a document which was said to be of much importance, and which several of the members wished to have published. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, however, strongly protested against the pub lication of what had not been read, and the Court adjourned without deciding upon the question. LITERATURE. CHINA and the CHINESE ; their Religion, Cha racier, Customs, and Manufactures : the Evils arising ' from the Opium Trade S -c. 4.c. By Henry Charles Sirr, M.A., Barrister-at Law. The history of so strange and peculiar a people as the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire must at all times excite interest, but now, when we have plinted a young colony amongst this extraordinary race, and opened new sources of political and commercial inter course, an examination of their customs, character, and climate must prove unusually important as well as useful to the inhabitants of Great Britain. The author of the present work has supplied matter to amuse or interest every class of reader; every object of the smallest interest has been most minutely described. The antiquarian, the entomologist, the poet and the painter, the lover of birds and flowers,—all will find much to interest them in these com prehensive and beautiful volumes. In short, he has omitted nothing, from the pencilling of a lady': brow to the most occult wonders of magic. lie appears as much at home in the atelier of the painter as in the war-junk of the mandarin. His descriptions are simple and graphic, displaying much practical knowledge and minute ob servation. His denunciations of the iniquitous opium trade are as just as they are humane and Christian like—this poisonous and debasing drug is, indeed, the curse of China. The slave trade was too odious, too horrible to be endured, that vile and unnatural traffic in human flesh has been abolished at the loud call of indignant humanity ; British traders can no longer with the whip and the chain coin human flesh into gold—this unnatural sacrifice can no longer be offered at the shrine of mammon. Yet the chain and the whip merely tortured the body, while this abominable poison destroys the soul, and reduces man below the level of the " beast that perisheth." Both policy and humanity call aloud for such stringent measures as will entirely put an end to this iniquitous traffic. The visit to the war-junk, and the mandarin's proposal to purchase the English lady, is exceedingly amusing; the warning to curious ladies may prove useful, some of them may perhaps agree with us that a crumpled dress and well-pinched skin is too high a price for an exploratory visit into the odorife rous regions of a Chinese lady's boudoir. The de scription of a Chinese feast will no doubt be accept able to many of our readers ; we shall, therefore, trrnscribe it, in the graphic words of the author : " Invitations and the mode of sending them vary as cording to the rank of the guest, or the respect intended to be paid to him, by the comparative value of the material on which the invite is written, being either inscribed on paper, silk, gold, or sirer tinsel, and by the length, is to be measured the respect intended to be paid and accorded to the guest. " This missive is borne by one or more servants, where great respect and ceremony is paid and observed, the domestics invariably expecting and receiving a douceur. This document sets forth all the posts and dignities of the individual invited, is compressed into narrow folds and enclosed in a silken corer and tied round with cord of the same material. The Chinese code of etiquette is most punctilious, and would outvie the usuages of the most ceremonious court of Europe. The moment a guest alights from his sedan chair, the host steps forth into the verandah to salute the visitor; this is done by compli mentary speeches, bowing the head until the chin rests upon the chest, bending the body and knees, joining the hands. " In front of the person, and with them knocking the chest, when the master of the house intends to honour a guest most especially, he takes the visitor's hands be tween his own, gently tapping or striking them against his breast, this being the Chinese mode of shaking hands. Now follows a contest for precedence, neither party choosing to enter the dwelling before the other ; after various and divers bowings, bendings, knockings, and genuflexions, this point is settled by host and guest entering the house together. After entering the same ceremony takes place as to where each shall sit, mad who shall be seated first ; and this overstrained courtesy is observed with each guest, therefore equals are only in vited to these feasts. As soon as all the g uests are assembled tea is handed round in small covered cups, which are placed on silver stands shaped like arse t,oarnd. are beautifully chased or ornamented with Mework. The cups were of antique porcelain, exceeding And valued, as thin as tissue paper, of a pure w transparent and ornamented with fihgiutree:.s.,.ethewidieenlictahtee tracery and painting being only pereep lb! vessel is filled with liquid. After the tea had been im bibed. and a little t alk indulged in, a tribe of servants, clad in long white grass-cloth robes, entered the r oo m, ' • Erick the silk en curtains of the door-way Urnwing • leading to tho e ating-room. Tho host then arose begging the guests to enter the room, where a humble r epast had been prepared , which be hoped they 'could deign to partake of. Now began another battle of cere mony, which was settled by the host placing himself dms' b e tween two of his guests, the others prece • The ta ble was laid for six, and nothing c ou ld have been in better taste or more elegantly arranged—chairs of equal size and form were placed round the table, and the whole party acknowledged their h e equality by takin g th e ir seats at the same moment. T shape, and on it was table was of a circular spread a silken cover, the edges being bordered with an embroidery of gold and silver, porcelain jars, of form exquisite and brilliant colours, were filled with the choicest flowers of the orange, citron, lemon, camellia japonica,and china aster, these flowers being so disposedinth jars as to form various patterns. Interspersed between th e e ornaments were representa :l°tilaseooyftlicimiyalistiithue. frame-work . se . made of split bamboo, I tte moo, jekkomi4e, and ether biusl4 flowers, so as completely to conceal the frame. Various descriptions of dried spices, preserved fruit, and sweet mtotts were tastefully arranged in carved ivory and tor toiseshell baskets, whilst pine-apples, tumbelows, guavas, mandarin oraeges, ichees, and bananas were placed in bowls and sauces about the table with due regard to effect. L would be impossible to describe tho exquisite appearance of this dinner-table loaded with the most exquisite flowers and the most luscious fruits of China, the variety and arrangement of the colours producing a pleasingly novel effect upon a European. All the viands are cut into sm a ll square p i eces, an d served up in a rich gravy, the food being placed in bowls, instead of dishes; the sauces, such as oil, soy, vinegar, and capers were placed in small bowls, which stood upon silver trays, very finely embossed. Sam-shoo—a sort of spirituous liqucr extracted from rice—both hot and cold, and the native wino of china—resembling in flavour weak and acid 'Madeira—were put into highly chased silver pots, of a slender, upright form, with handles and spouts, which were dispersed round the table at equal distances; before each person was placed a small em bossed silver cup, about two inches high, to drink the sum-shoo and wine from, ar.d by the side of etch of those elegantly minute tankards was an embroidered silken case, containing a knife and chop sticks; the latter were of ivory, but the handles of the knives were richly carved and Composed either of Jaid-stone, ivory, sandal wood, or chased silver. The first course was served on antique white porcelain ; a small bowl containing boiled rice and an empty bowl to eat his food from, being placed before each guest. This course consisted of salted and highly seasoned meats Of various kinds, pounded shrimps and other fish moulded into the shapes of various animals, there wss a stew of sharks' fins and beche de wer, and a kind of soup, which was made from the fre:h water tortoise, very like turtle. It has been asserted that earth worms are to be found at the table of the luxurious. This we believe to be incorrect, but we saw on this occasion what might easily be mistaken for them—the grubs which are to be found at the root of the sugar cane, and which are consi dered a delicious morsel by the Chinese epicure. The food is eaten from a bowl with the chopsticks, and after each dish a little warm shampoo is taken. The mode of taking wine is somewhat like our own, the host rises from his chair, challenges a guest, who rises also, the parties bow lowly and empty the cups, tapping with them on the thumb-nail, to show they have been com pletely emptied. The next course was served on coloured porcelain, and consisted of variously dressed poultry, cut into small pieces in the forms of birds and other animals; with this course appeared the celebrated birds'-nest soup, which is made from the gelatinous lining of the swallow's nest, and tastes like unflavoured calves'-feet jelly, until the various sauces are added, when it becomes exceed ingly piquant and palatable. The succeeding course was served on white porcelain, with a green dragon por trayed on the white ground. These beasts had but four claws, those with five being only used by the Em peror. This course consisted chiefly of water fowl, among which was the mandarin duck, fattened to an enormous extent, salted, dried, and smoked. It is then cut into small pieces, stewed in a rich gravy, and esteemed a great delicacy by the Chinese. The rice bird was also on the table, which is one delicate delicious morsel of fat of a gamey flavour. The vegetables are dressed with a quantity of oil and toy, or stewed id gravy, and but few are used by the wealthy. The water chestnut, the stem of the 'rate:x.4lly, the root of arrow wort, and the sweet potato or yam, are in vogue among the wealthy. Next followed a course of pastry and sweetmeats, all being placed in bowls; the contents of these basins were formed into the shapes of animals, birds, beasts, fishes, and flowers coloured, to represent nature in a very correct wanner. The interiors of these nice creatures were filled to repletion with the sweet meats, and although the idea is not a nice or a delicate one, the internals cf these pastry animals were very pleasant and delicious. This course was succeeded by others, the numbers and variety of which would only weary in description; each following course was served as the preceding one, the contents of the bowls only being varied. In such a feast of ceremony the masti catory process continues for four or five hours. The greatest mark of attention on the part of the host is to press his guests continually to eat more; sometimes he will transfer morsels from his own bowl to that of his guets, at other times he will with his chopstick at once deposit the tit-bit in the mouth of the favoured one. The Chinese mode of living and cocking is so luxurious and luscious, that the digestive organs of a European should be in good order to enjoy it with impunity. As soon as the lengthy repast is over, tea is handed round as before. The host then ushers his visitors to witness theatrical representations and pyrotechnic displays. The costumes of the actors were rich; each character advanced to the front of the stage, and informed the audience whom he represented and what he was about to perform. The Chinese are proficients in pyrotechnic art; and the fireworks which were exhibited at the end of this enter tainment were, chef d'ceuvre of skill, the four elements having been called into requisition to furnish animals, birds, fishes, and reptiles, both real and imaginary, from whose bodies issued streams of flame. Fire-dragons as cendrd into the air, and were metamorphosed into fire vomiting lions; a huge bird of some unknown speeies fluttered in the air in a sheet of flame; presently a huge serpent crawled from the beak of the bird, and was lost to view in many tinted flames; ~ n e large lantern ascended in a mass of fire, from which smaller lanterns issued, which, in their turn, sent forth various and innumerable forms. On the back of an enor mous fish was seated a portly mand trio, from a hose aldermanic corporation burst forth the streams of lire, which appeared to c use intense delight and excite the greatsst merriment amongst the spec tators. The last firework was by far the most beautiful and perfect, being completely artistic in its dstails. This represented a mandarin's house, with the whole of the adjacent buildings belonging to the rEsidence. the roots being ornamented with belle and figures. This burnsd for some short time, and then changed into a mandarin seated in his sedan chair, with the usual train of atten dants, bearing flags, beating gongs, and carrying lan terns. The effect of this mass of many-coloured flames, defining the outline of the various forms, ha descrir lion; and as the last spark died away we could have been to mpted to follow Oliver Twist's example, and asked for nt - >re.' " Such is the author's very interesting and graphic account of a Chinese feast and its amusing accompa niments. The astounding and wonderful feats of Chinese jugglers remain still unexplained by the most acute speculators on the mystic art, and for our selves we confess we are unable to guess whether these wonders are the result of dexterity in legerde main, and that we labour under a deceptic vim, or that these strange beings are still really in possession of that occult science which was known to the magi of old, and enabled the Egyptian sorcerers to imitate the miracles of Aaron. Ilre shall extract one or two feats performed in the author's own house : " The room in which the performance took place was denuded of naatting and every article of furniture except chairs, which were arranged close to the walls for the spectators, leaving a clear and wide area for the per former. He was attired in the of &nary dress of the middle ranks of the Chinese, a loose jacket and trousers, white calico steekings, and Clack silk shoes. He had no covering on his head, and was followed by his coolee or servant, bearing an unpainted teak-wood box, about three feet by two. The juggler advanced to the middle of the room and delivered a pompous oration in Chinese, to the effect that he never before exhibited the mysteries GI his art to any save natives of China and mandarins of the first rank, &c.; that he was chief and head of all. professors of his art, &c. He then commenced opera tions by placing the box at his side. fie stripped off his jacket, leaving himself nude from the waist upwards, ' with the exception of a white cloth which was twisted about his loins. H. then twined his long tail of plaited hair around his head. He then took from the bar an ordinary earthenware bowl or basin, about 18 inches in diameter. He then placed the box in the middle of the room, completely exposed to view. The basin was then examined by each person successively, the juggler all the time muttering an incantation in Chinese. All were sa• tisfied that the basin was an ordinary one, and empty. He then placed the basin on the floor, about five feet from the box, untwisted the cloth from about his loins, and threw it over the basin, continuing the incantation during the time. Ho spread it out smoothly. This magic cloth was about a yard and a half long, by one wide. Before three-quarters of a minute had elapsed he raised the cloth from the basin, when lo! it was filled with limpid water, with a living, veritable fish, three or four inches long, swimming about in it. We satisfied ourselves that there was no deception, neither false bottom nor lining; and the performer never ap- proached it from the time of placing it on the floor till the cloth was withdrawn. Ile next took from the box a flower-pot filled with mould, about 12 inches in height and 18 in diameter. He then handed round for our in spection the flower-pot and what appeared an ordinary seed. He then made a cavity in the mould, placing the seed in it, and covering it over carefully with theearth He then placed it on the floor where the bo wl had pre viously rested, covered it in like manner hieh l as ted about ten wit h the cloth, and recommenced his mutter ing, e which young and tenderplant, two t inchesand w e a b b e o h r e o ld th a h e mould. It was of a de lica te minutes. He then wi t drew about t b fi ri c ht o b green ' colour, with plant that had just sprouted front its replaced the flower-pot o n iatlsl parent the a e e s ar ra th nce of a m the ground, and recommenced his incantati on f or a b out t hdr about aw n foot and thean d e nde twen ty minutes; during t hi s period we o b serve d the cloth gradual l y rising untilsitahgaadinri,ase, a tender plant w had be w h en the ci t h m: a . a small shrub, clothed with verdure, and having its branches covered with buds and leaves. After due examination, the pot was again re placed, re-covered, the incantation renewed for about half an hour, when the cloth was once more removed, and, to our amazement, the shrub was now clothed with blossoms and flowers, in appearance resembling those of the China aster." We regret our srace will not allow us to extract the more astonishing feats that followed, we must only refer our reader,. to the work itself; and a more readable, amusing, or instructive beck it has not been our good fortune to nicet with for a long time. His Royal Highness Prince; Albert has arranged to lay the first stone of the additional Pauper Lunatic Asylum for the county of Middlesex, at Colney Hatch, on Tuesday, the Bth of May, at twelve o'clock. The ma gistrates and their friends will be admitted by tickets. i'aued by the visiting justices—the public.without tickets. Colney Hatch is situated about nine miles north east from London, near the village of Soutbgat!. Inconse quence of the building being only two atones high, it will range nearly a quarter of a mile in length. It is intended to accommodate LOOO patients. PEDESTRIANISM.—C. FERGUSON AND W. Yin r.— This match, six miles, for 201., was brought , to a conclu sion yesterday, at Harlington Comer, Ferguson receiving one minute start. This advantage he kept, for on turn. ing the last mile he was above 300 yards in advance, and finauy onit in, an emY , Talluert is 56