The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-19 00:00:00

THE COLLIERY SYSTEM. CRUELTIES AND INDECENCIES PRACTISED ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN. I XTEEN ENGRA.V 1 NC; S, from the Originals in Parliament, fully Illustrating these revolting prac tices, and occupying an entire Page of the Paper, will be given in the WEEKLY CHRONICLE of Saturday and Sunday next, the •2lst and 2.2 d inst.—Office, 337, Strand, 'and all Newsmen. Immediately, in 3 vols. post Bvo., THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON'S NEW WORK, " THE LOTTERY OF LIFE." .lorry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Alarlborough-strcet. To be had at. all the Libraries. HARRIS and SON'S TELESCOPES are warranted unequalled by any other house at the prices. Sent, carriage free, to any part of the kingdom. Cash first remitted. Exchanged 11 not approved. Tourists should not be w:thout one. 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The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains 701) MONEY DIVIDENDS, as follows: I of ...:.5,M;) 1 of .E6l 0 1 ... 5,000 2 ... .100 1 ... 1,590 2 ... 2U)) 5 ... 1,000 3 ... 150 6 1 ... 800 5 of Xl2O 10 of 4E:80 5 ... 11(1 . YO ... 7 '► 100 43 ... 60 90 593 ... 50 STifil.ING, amounting together to £72,170. BRITISH STERLING MONEY. _ - THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. In consequence of their great success, THIS EVENING, AIAY 19, The Perbrmances will counneoce with picTURESOUE AND I 3 uniu Vrineipal Characters by Hers,. Barker and Walter Lacvlttsr . whieb, the lhirlesivic Extravag,,nza of THE OLYMPIC Il LI" EL.s. —Principal ( hatacters. by sir. .1. Wand, Mr. tirantiy, Grattan Miss Murray. To be followed by the .tieces..fol Burletta of ENTHUSIASM. Succeeded by the Grand r airy I;ailet of I .A SYLPH IDE. To conilutie with THE I I;l,i' 'PUTUlt.—Terldy (PRouike, Mr. Brougham. Boxe., A.—Pit, IN - Jors open at Half-past Six ; commence at Sever ; Ilalt--price a thiarter hifore Nine. Private Ilexe - , to be bait of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-office; and of Messrs. Andrea,, Mitchell, Sams,anii Bally, at their Libraries. On Mooday iicxt, elf. Harley, Mr Oxlx , rri, Miss Paned, and Mrs. Htunby, v ill appear. THEATkiE Every thing New-1 he most splendid Novelties ever wit essed, with au immen..e outlay, and numbers beyond conception. THIS EVENINIi. MAY 19, Will be presusito4l a New Military and Equestrian Spectacle, enti tle MURAT—ME PEASANT, t: ENEII Al., PRINCE, AND KING, with Rattles, Grand Reviews f Horde and Foot, and gor •eous Tableaux , After which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever utinewitne.c.t. NEV SCENES IN Till , . CIRCLE, introduc.ng .310:TVS unrivalled Collection of Anunak, consisting of nu- CrOlisaild inatchle, Cream-coloured Horse:, An lalusian Cilargers, rotted cow- -airy Palfreys, and Pigmy Poney:4, and the most alented Vaulters, Riders, Gymnastics, and Cuntortionin., in the kingdom. PONY RACES, echring all t,,rmer etEn - ts, and a real Monkey, the only one trained as !Lacing Jockey. To conclude with a Comic Drams, eiilett 'POE SPRIG OF NO- ROYAL. VICTORIA THEATRE. uNDER THE DIRECTION VF MR. OS IiALDISTON. Extra"rdinary attraction—Scenic effect: hitherto unat tempted —Mis Vincent and Mr. Saville again as the tivroinc and Hero o: Dome, tic Drama. Tills EVENING, MAY 19: —.• win be pre,ente,l a New Dome,tic Drama, w Three Act:;, enti_ Den JA NE PAUL ; Oti, THE VIc:IIM OF UN MERITED I'EIt ,ECUTION —Jane Paul, Mi.s Vincent; ,Nlichael, Mr. E, Sa ville; Billy Brown, Mr. 6:anther; Marn,a, Miss Coveney. Alter which. TliE MILL OF BEREZINA ; OR, THE HOST AND THE DESEATER.—Count Itornanotr, Mr. E F. Saville; U rich, Mr.;. Lee. "io conclude w.th THE FORTY THIEVES, with New Scenery. Ali Baba, Mr. Dardner; Ilass,rac, Mr Dale; Mustapha, Mr. Paul ; Morgiana, nag Coy, 'ley. _- ROI AL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed that ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND THURSDAY NEXT, GRAND FESTIVAL S will he celebrated, in which will by embo. -died all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favors_ rite place of reereatatm its peculiar celebrity, with additions and ins trodactions, which it is confidently initicipa ed will render them even core generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valitable and im portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. The Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in sonic instances remodelled. ilia BANG will include some of the most .7inineot Performers, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. The Programme cf the PROMENADES M.,SICALES will be selected from the idlest works of the great Masters. The ILLUMINATION of ST PETER'S, the GI RA N OL A, the FLA M.NG M ESSEN. GER, the METEOR of ST. PETER'S, and a Grand HYDRO • PYRRHIC TABLEAU I • The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening 'cies, with the Promenades Musicales, Illumination of St. Peter's, Orondola of St. Angelo, Scc., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, fbursdays. Admission One Shilling. FHE INDIA SUN CONTAINING A MAP AND FULL ACCOUNT OF .A.FFGHANISTAN AND THE THEATRE OF WAR IN INDIA, WITH ALL THE LATEST I NEWS FROM INDIA AND CHINA, IS NOW READY. THE WEATHER.—NOO24I, MAY 18. R.Jt'AL GALLERY OP SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. liN.ermometer .....i9 highest 6O 1 Lowest 44 Barometer 30.09.—Wind N.E. HIGH WATER AT 1.0N1)ON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Nnrning...... 69 minutes after 8 1 Evening 45 minutes after 9, rill Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of " The Sun." i ~ l ~ ~~ LONDON THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1842. The question mooted by Lord Howicx, on Friday last, and which seems to have been misunderstood, 't has certainly been misrepresented,. was, whether it is advantageous, or otherwise, when duties are im-. osed on foreign commodities, for the sake of a re ., -enue, to subject similar commodities, the production , of our colonies, to a less import duty? Lord HowtcK i?roadly maintained that it is not advantageous ; and, % therefore, he objected to establishing, by the tariff, more differential duties, in favour of our colonial pro ductions, than now exist. The Ministers maintain that it is advantageous; and, therefore, they at first proposed, when they brought forward their tariff, a 4 whole series of such diminished duties. They con lune several of them by their amended tariff; and tczy resisted Lord IlowicK's motion, which was I.llus worded : That in making a new arrangement of the Customs' duties, it is not expedient to impose different rates of duty upon the same articles when imported from foreign countries or from British possessions, in any case where no such ditference now exists ; and that in those cases in which such a difference already exists, it is not expe c !ient that that it should be increased." The Ministers affirmed, then, that it is expedient to i m p o se different, meaning lower duties, on colonial articles ; and they persuaded the House of Commons, which, more fbolish than sheep, runs into danger Ivhithersoever its bell-wether leads, to affirm that ex•• pediency by a large majority. The Tories in Parliament, and the Tories l.ou out of Parliament, roar out in choru s— " You N the colonies as foreign countries, we would treat them .as integral parts of the empire; and the lower and more .numerous we can make such discriminating duties, the :Inure we approximate the colonies to ourselves, and the Imore we make their trade with the mother country a :home trade, a trade completely under our control, :and'the more we promote the welfare of both States." It that be the true principle, why do they not apply it to the Mother country itself? If it be good to .cncourage the growth of tobacco in the IVest and - 1.:1 - tst Inches; by a discriminating duty, it must be also g - ,11 to encourage the growth of tobacco at home by nilar diwaiminating(luties. But what has the Le datUre done ? It has absolutely prohibted the ,Towth of tobacco in Ireland, and passed a law to root it out. The very same f'act is true of sugar. A ruin wishel to manufacture sugar in Ireland, and put the duty paid on foreign sugar into his pocket ; the Legislature forbad him. But while it is so cruel to our own people—while it will not allow them to p:oduce an article which they might produce at the price of that article in the market as raised by the d u ty, if they had not to pay the duty on it which is imposed on the foreigner,—it permits the colonists, nay, it invites the colonists, to put a part of all su c h duties into their pockets, at thz.. expense of the duty paying people of England. Iri iftic , •aful Unhappily, our people have submitted with site"! unexampled pa tience to the continued extortions of the tax-gatherer, that the Tories have no conception that they commit any wrong, however much they may fleece them, to promote any idle scheme which that " insidious and crafty animal," as Dr. SMITH says, " vulgarly called a statesman," may take into his head. The instances of tobacco, and of sugar, set in a clear light the principle on which the Legislature acts. It imposes the duty on foreign commodities for the sake of a revenue, thereby it raises the price of thos;-, commodities in the market, and it will not permit its own subjects in England and Ireland, who can grow or manufacture those commodities, to bring a grain of them into the market without paying an equal duty with the foreigner. Why, then, should the colonists, ,ii if we consider them to be on the same footing as the English and Irish, not, like them, pay the sam-, , duties ? Is there any reason why they should be allowed to diminish the public revenue, by bring ing their commodities into our market at a less rate of duty than foreigners ? The practice, un doubtedly, has been to act on the Tory principle ; and coffee, sugar, and timber, each of which extracts large sums from the consumer here, which never reaches , the public Treasury, are examples of the pernicious effects of so acting. The Tories admit, in all these cases, that they have acted erroneously, and they only abstain from applying the same principle, of re ducing discriminating duty, to sugar, as they now pro pose to apply it to timber, by considerations extrinsic from those of revenue and the encouragement of pro duction, The objection to all such duties is, that they tax the consumer to the full amount of the discriminating duty, in order to encourage the trade of the colony. If the Legislature be bound to promote that, it is equally bound to promote the welfare of the people at home ; and every farthing it gives to the colonie s hy such discriminating duties, it takes from the pockets of our own people. If cheeke imported.from Canada, and cheese imported from Holland, he of equal goodness, the cheese will fetch the same price in the market. - The consumer will give 60s2a cwt., whether" he buy Canadian or Dutch cheese ; but the latter, according to Sir PEr,es tariff, will have to pay 10s. 6d. to the revenue, while the former will have to pay only 2s. The tax, as long as we consume any Dutch cheese, raises the price of all cheese sold in the market I Os. a cwt., and the consumer will consequently have to pay Bs. a cwt. on all colonial cheese which only pap,; 2s. duty. That Bs. will go into the pockets of the Canadian cheese maker, and to that extent he is benefited at the expense of the English consumer. It becomes a bounty to the manufacture of cheese in the colony. What is true of the, discriminating duty on cheese is true of every discriminating duty. It arti ficially directs labour into that channel which is not naturally the most profitable, otherwise it would flow thither of its own accord. The system of discriminating or differential duties, is only the old system of bounties in disguise. Govern ment undertakes to promote particular production, and direct farmers in the colonies how they shall employ their capital. Bounties, however, come from the pockets- of the tax-payers ; Government has at funds of its own. It unjustly takes something from some of its subjects, partially and fitvourably to give to others. The Ministers who .at this time act on that system have not yet learned the A B C of that great social science—the production and distribution of wealth, on which, above all other sciences, depends the well-being of the community. At the same time, it must be admitted, that those who tax the consumer to give a bounty on the pro duction of wheat at home, only follow out their own principle, when they tax the produce of wheat in Eng land, to give a bounty on the production of cheese in Canada. Their whole system is based on taxing each class in turn for the benefit of some other class, and making all believe, when they have taxed all, that all are benefited. Such a system requires a perpetual re adjustment of the tariff; such as Sir R. PEEL is now about to try his hand at ; and it would be prefer able gradually to alter it, on the principle laid down by Lord HowicK, and allow the prices of all com modities, and the profits of every trade, to be wholly and entirely regulated—abolishing all discriminating duties—by the " higgling of the market." A more sound feeling with regard to foreign loans_ fortunately prevails in this country at the present time than at any former period, and as that has been caused by sad experience, it is likely to continue. Thousands have been crippled in their •resources — many utterly ruined, by lending money to bankrupt States, , or to States that are able, but unwilling, to pay their just debts; and our loan contractors have theretbre found public opinion so strong against these instances of bad faith as to prevent them even from attempting to negotiate new.loans for unprincipled Governments anxious to get still deeper into debt. The question now is, will that feeling act as an effective check to the loan which the Government of the United States is about to contract ? If we judge from the tone of the public press, the question may bet answered in the affirmative. Scarcely one journal takes a favourable view of the sub ject, and some even go so far as to assert that no house in the City, however pow erful, would dare to take upon itself the responsibility of introducing American Scrip to the notice of their fellow-citizens, under existing cir cumstances. We are glad to see this new morality, for not many months ago, some who denounced in such strong terms American Scrip were very favourably disposed towards a new loan to a country that in all probability will never pay either principal or interest—namely, Spain. The United States certainly are not in such a desperate condition as that country; the Government we believe are quite honest in their promises to pay interest, and refund the principal at the stated period; but till the Executive and the Legislature obtain more power and influence over the separate States of the Union, we should-consider the credit of the Federal Government of a very doubtful character. The peo ple of Great Britain have lost vast sums by loans to some of the States and public bodies; the money has been expended in improving the country, in making canals, railroads, bridges, and other great works ; yet some of the separate Legislatures have repudiated these loans, and left - the unfortunate creditors to shift for them selves. The object of this new loan is to get money from other people, and save the citizens of the United States from additional taxation ; and, among others, those very States which have, refused to pay their just debts. If the representatives of certain States can thus evade payment with. impunity, if they remain unmoved either by the virtuous exhortations of President TYLER, or of the Presidents of the respective Legislatures, what security is there that the people, finding the interest of the new loan rather burdensome, will not return a majority of Members of Congress pledged to repudiate also the Federal debt ? There is no security but national honour and morality, and these, when trusted to in Spain, in South America, and even among a people of our own kindred and language, have been found but little better than broken reeds. Borrowing is not the way either to better their condition, or raise their credit. 'We wish well to the people of the United States ; they have long been good customers of this country ; the prosperity of one nation -is intimately connected with that of the other ; and therefore, in the most friendly disposi tion, we advise them to reform their conduct, to live within their means, pay their just debts,- and estab• lish their credit on a sure footing ; and after that, should • they want a loan for any national under taking, they will find no one so ready and willing as JOHN Bum, to assist them. There is but little news in the French Journals. A rumour prevailed that the Chamber of Peers would the following remarks not adopt the Railway Bill i • n its present form, to which, however, we raatuctaa haso importance. at is tach no ou l th h e e suppression ie s r F on of the Temps, as announced in our columns of yesterday : " The whole Press is thrown into commotion by an event which is without precedent in France, Or example in any other country. One of the most inoffensive of the Opposition Journals, a Journal which for some months WaS inclined towards the Ministry—the Temps. —has, through the persons of its two responsible editors, been condemned to pay fines amounting. t o 93,000 f., which, with the war decime, makes a total of 102,000 f. This exorbitant penalty . is equivalent to a confiscation of the whole of the caution-money. In ad dition to this the Correctional Tribunal has ordained that the Temps shall cease to appear. Thus a confiscation of the caution-money and the suppression of the Journal arc the consequences of a prosecution for a mere simple offence, against a paper which was not hostile to the Government. What may be expected by ,Journals which have a more open -and decided character of opposition ? The National has observed that the tribunal has only applied the minimum of the penalties, and that if the Judges had gone to the full extent of their power, th e y might have condemned the Temps to pay 231,500 f. The judgment, therefore, is • lenient, and, as it seems, in con comity with the law. This, is, however, a• wound of great complaint against the existing laws regulating the press. Is it not extraordinary, is it not monstrous, that a Journal should be liable to incur, for contraventions or omissions purely fiscal, pecuniary fines ten times greater than those which could be imposo upon it for a libel against the King, or an attack on the Constitution ?" On Monday afternoon the Chamber of Deputies voted the Sugar Bill for another' year. The beet root growers are therefore safe for the present. Some of the Paris Journals return to the Right of Search question, which serves for a handle for abusing England. We are so accustomed to such abuse that we have grown quite reconciled to it. Abuse is . a tribute paid by one nation to the greatness. of another. The alarm created by the railway accident has subsided in Paris, the number of passscngers by the same line being nearly as great as before. The Toulonnais mentions a rumour that it is in con templation to discharge from the navy all such of the sailors as have been two veers in service. The Armoricain of Bre * St states that, after the delivery of the despatches conveyed to the French Consul at Tan jiers by the squadron which arrived there from Lisbon, the Grondeur steamer proceeded to Oran, leaving the .Jena. and Africaine waiting for instructions from the Governor of Algeria. These vessels, after the departure of the Grondeur, cruised between Tanjiers and Oran, and had gun exer cise daily. It was the noise of this tiring which gave rise to the report of the bombardment of Tanjiers, which was current at Tarifa. The packet Leonidas, which arrived at Marseilles on the 11th of May, has brought letters from Constanti nople of the 27th, and from Alexandria of the 26th of April. Letters in the Sud de Marseilles say, that it was re ported at Constantinople that the Five Powers are satis fied with the promises of the Porte to recta Omer Paella, when an opportunity shall present itself, and after the investigation of Selim Bey, the Comthissioner sent by thn Porte. A letter from Alexandria., of the 26th or April, says, " There is a report of the passage (if English troops : it is affirmed that the question is under discussion at Con stantinople between the Porte and the English Ambassa dor. 'We have no other . news from Syria. The English Consul has just dispatched the English steamer, the Cyclops, to Beyrout, which was stationed here. It is said that it has taken despatches of importance, brought yesterday from Constantinople by the French packet Lycurgue.—Cornmerce. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, MAY 16. lust Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prit... Prier,. 'rencti 5 per cents ll9 55 ... 119 70 ... 1 - 9 5i ... 119 70 4 per Ceritti. ... 102 ... 102 ... 102 ... 102 3 per Cents ' 8445 El 83 ... SI 70 ... 81 80 al , . of clause Irt di tte Frank 5,004. EN arcs f. , 0411 ...5060 . .5C60 ...SOSO teivian Mini; Belgian 5 per Cents. 5 ;•er Cent!., 1840 10 5 1,' .; ... 10 5 ... 10' % ... 105% ipanish Active 24% ... •:4, ... 24 ,4 ... ,245, Passive 4l' ... 4% ... 4% ... 4% l'ortuguez, 5 per cent,. -•.:: ... 3?. ... 3:1 4 ... 31% grapoittan ..__. *" ..__ ••• ........ ••• allsian . 103% .. 103 k .... 143% ... 103 h RAILWAY SHARES. .;t,. Germain ... 822 50 ... 825 ... 822 50 ... 825 :...ailica.tt. p. L.B 161) ... 163 7i ... 160 ... 162 51 Ruler, 5:3 75 ... 55i 73 ... 553 75 ... 551 %5 Orleans Saatburg to Bale 212 50 ... 2 3 75 ... 232 50 ... 233 75 URI MARY OF NEWS AND ptibitc eptirton. " Who runs may read." V ers 0 , k ;\ ~ • ; • ') ' • j,,,4 T I-1 E SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY MORNING, MA Y 19, 1842.1 I•O7R.EXG2V. The remains of Admiral Dumont D'Urville, his wife, and son, who unfortunately perished by the railroad ac eident near Paris on the Bth instant, were interred with much pomp on Monday last in the cemetery of Mont Parnasse, after the usual ceremonies at St. Sulpice. The Presse, in an abusive article against England, urges the opponents of the Right of Search Treaties not to agitate the matter further in the Chamber, as Peers, Deputies, and the public at large, had so unequi vocally protested against the ratification of the December treaty, that no Minister dare ratify it. Letters from Madrid of the 9.th instant state, that the Vine CoMmittee of Puerto de Santa Maria had addressed a - petition to the Cortes in favour of the introduction of English cottons into Spain, on payment of a protecting ;luty of 20 or 25 per cent. The municipality of Xeres la Frontera had forwarded an appeal to the same eflct to the Regent. The petitioners of both places described the sad condition .to ; which the South of Spain would be reduced, if, through any delay in. concluding a treaty of commerce with great 'Britain, Spanish wines were excluded from the English markets. Letters from Naples of the Bth instant state, that the Court of Rome had accepted the proposition made to it by Holland and ►Belgium, to act as mediator in the dif ference which had arisen between those countries and Naples, respecting the affair of the Tavoliere. The King of Naples, however, would not accept the mediation of the Pope, and fresh negotiations were shortly to be opened. The Augsburg Gazette publishes the followin g extract of a letter, dated Palermo, the 28th ult. :—" OurGovern 7 . ment has charged the Minister Secretary of State, Prince Commitini, the Commander Forscinato and M. Spinelli, with the negotiation of a commercial treaty with Great Britain. The Hon. W. Temple, the English Ambas- , iador in Naples, and M. Parish have been appointed Commissioners for Great Britain. The English Govern mQnt appears disposed to favour the importation of our products, but it requires reciprocity." A private lettet from Munich,of the 11th inst., states, :hat the utmost exertions were being made at Berlin, Frankfort, Augsburg, and in fact throughout Germany, to collect subscriptions for the sufferers by the late cala mitous fire at Hamburgh. It was feared that many of the German insurance companies would be seriously Qompromised by that event. It was said that a company at Gotha would lose 10,000,000 florins. The number of journals and other periodicals now published in Russia, says the Augsburg Gazette, is 139, being five more than in 1841 ; 98 are in the Russian language, 22 in German, - 8 in French, 4 in English, 3 in Polish, 1 in Italian, and 3 in Latin. A letter from Aden, of the 10th of March, says : .. The India steam ship arrived here from Suez at two on the 9th inst. She lay aground near Saez nine lours, but it was fortunately calm. She was detained it Mocha three days to take in a supply of wood, having •”;pended her coals. One of the passengers, Captain `,'ernon, of the 15th Hussars, - died for want of medical ,ssistance, which has damped the spirits of the whole )arty. 1)r. Bloxham, of the Clive sloop of war, be one,ing •to the East India Company, has, since their arrival, kindly attended them." PUBX. IC OPINION. The Morning Chronicle insiststhat. , notwithstanding the large majorities by which its most obnoxious mea sures have been supported, the Ministry is not so strong low as it appeared at the commencement of the ses don, and adds :—" It is impossible td doubt that the vhole course of the Ministry has given the deepest dis iatisfaction to their supporkers. Every step that Sir Robert Peel has taken, has been a 'heavy blow and great liscouragement' to the Tory party. A great portion of he agriculturists have been completely alienated from lint by his Corn-law—still greater has been the disgust !mated among the same class by his Tariff. The agri •ulturists generally regard the Government as having crossly and needlessly betrayed them ; and without now riving an opinion at; to whether Sir Robert Peel has done right in sacriticit.hiS supporters to the public good, we .annot deny that ttioy have a right to complain of him. the rage of this`chiss of his supporters at, the late elec ion falls first on him, and secondly on their own repre sentatives, who have either supported him in his ob loxious measures, or have met them with an inefficient ,r rather counterfeit opposition. Another large class of ~ he supporters of the Tory indignant it are equally it the course pursued by the Government with respect o the Poor-law" The Post finds fault with the flippant manner in which he House of Cominons has dealt with the recent cases , f bribery and corruption at elections, observing— ' Thera has been something ridiculous in the way in vhieh the House of Commons has proceeded with regard o the allegations 'of bribery. But the absurdity is not that which arises from gravely noticing in particular lases that which is notoriously a general practice. It is hat which arises from dealing with a subject of great ;ravity and-importance—one affecting directly and im nediately the morality of the representative system of a great nation—as if it were sonic trivial matter of ordi lary legislative curiosity. An affair of greater gravity has not for years been submitted to the House of Com lions than that which has lately engaged its attention in • reference to boroagh elections—a matter which the erime Minister himself describes as one of immense im iortance ; and yet the House has gone into it suddenly and without consideration, upon the instigation of an Honourable Member, having no reputation for soundness ,f judgment, and who merely jumped at a rumour which attracted his attention, as the swift but foolish mackarel loes at a bit of red cloth hung upon a hook." We take the following from the Herall The un saralleled depression in trade throughout the country still continues ; few sytnptoms of alteration, much less of improvement, are visible ; and in every provincial town, is well as in the metropolis, there is but one feeling :;'xisi,ing—it is dread to enter on any business tramiaction which can be avoided. Yet is there no pressure on the aoney market ; on the contrary, that market is abso .utely plethoric. So abundant is capital in the City, that good bills can be discount: l at 3 per cent. ; and many of lie first merchants, instead of employing their money in he ordinary way of business, are seeking for its invest ient on loan—fortunate if they can obtain 43- per cent. ['here can be no question that this is a state of things vhich will not continue for any length of time, and that money will presently, though gradually, get. into more 4.eneral circulation, and give, by a rise of prices„conli thence to traders, and the power to renew those transac tions,Which a scarcity of money has lately rendered im possible. But that prospect must not make us lose sight of the dreadful and universal inconvenience and loss which are in the mean time inflicted on the community -; for it must be remembered, that although a severe de pression. or "panic, as it is now commonly termed, is usually followed by a great and often sudden prosperity, yet enormous misery and demoralisation are produced by the depressiOn, and evil to an immense extent is realised and left for the production of future calamities." . The Times says :—" The extent to Which bribery pre- vails in the borough constituencies of this country is a fact which cannot be contemplated without serious alarm. It matters little when or with whom it originated— whether it was nursed in the secluded haunts of needy patrons, or whether it sprung up in the hot-bed of party strife ; two things are certain—one, that it is now pol luting the very sources of law itself—the other, that, if not arrested, it will devour, by a just necessity, the very parents that gave it birth. It will not do to ridicule or trifle with this matter. you cannot point in all history to an age or country in which open and systematic bribery has not been the sure forerunner of decline and downfall. And what makes our case worse, while it proves the universality of the practice is, that those who admit the evil dare not boldly oppose it, or propose any measure that would really strike at its root ; but, as if paralysed by the hideousness of the monster, every one stops short, or is turned into stone at the very sight of it ; while others, earnestly anxious no doubt to amend the evil, do more harm than good by the plain inefficacy of their proposed remedies." MONEY-TRADE-COMP/XERCE. Little short of 25,000/. has already been contribUted at home and abroad, for the relief of the poor in Paisley and its neighbourhood. The disturbances at Dudley appear to have ceased : Many nailors arc rambling about, but the great pro portion have resumed their work at a reduction of ten per cent. Punxac lIVIEPROVEMENTS. At the meeting of the Home Missionary Society, held on Tu.►esday in Exeter Hall, it appeared from the Report that the Society had 147 agents, who preach in nearly 600 Owns, villages, and hamlets ; and that no less than 10,000 children are instructed in their schools. Their expenditure has this year exceeded their income above 2,0001., but a legacy of 3,0001. has, by the favourable issue of a law , -suit, been placed at their disposal. STATISTICS. Front a paper on accidents in coal-mines in Belgium, read before the Statistical t . .iociety, it appears that from 1821 to 1840, 2,39 2 persons were killed and injured, out of a population of about 28,000. In the years 1840 and 1841, the legislature voted 82,000 francs to the various institutions established for the relief of the miners. In Lord Francis Egerton's mines, a total of . lol per sons have been killed and injured during the last three years. ECCLESIASTIC/S.M. A new Roman Catholic cathedral is about to be erected in York, and upwards'of 40,0001. have been subscribed for the purpose. The Bishop of Lichfield still remains unimproved in health : prayers have been o&rod up in his Lordship's behalf at Lichfield Cathedral for the last three weeks. Ara'D The prize -agents appointed for ; the naval captures made in China are Benjamin Gilliam°, Esq., secretary to Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, K.C.8., and Richard M. Niche], Esq., purser of her Majesty's ship Blenheim. LAW AND PO LICE. Mr. P. Daniels, an equity barrister, has been appointed by the Home Office, to the Recordership . of Ipswich. The three inspectors of police; suspended by order of the Police Commissioners for alleged neglect, in the case of Daniel Good, the murderer of Jane Jones, have been reinstated in their situations, but are not to receive pay for the period they were off dray. WINE ARTS. A monument is about to be erected to the memory of Rear-Admiral in Paris ; and the Geogra phical Society - have opened.subseriptions for the purpose. The repairs in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, have Commenced, and will be finished in the ensuing summer. The rich stained glass of the great western window, which has not been-repaired fur the last 70 years, is en trusted for restoration to Mr. Willement, and will cost alone an outlay of 2,000/. or 3,000 i. THEATRICAL. Miss Hamblin, who killed her husband at Mobile, is a native of Bath, and her father, at the time that she was born, ►vas member of a dramatic company there. COURT -rASHION.A.I3LE. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland returned to Stafford House yesterday, from a visit to Lord and Lady Francis Egerton at Oatlands. The Earl of Ripon is staying on a visit with Lady Buckinghamshire-at Charlton. Lady Beresford arrived in Portland-place on Tuesday from Boulogne. The Earl of Burlington and family are expected to leave Holkar Hall t)-day, for Belgrave•square. The Earl and Countess of Rosebery arrived on the Terrace, Piccadilly, on Tuesday, from Hertfordshire. The Earl of Morley and Captain Bulkeley have been recently elected Commodore and Vice-Commodore of the Royal Western Yacht Club. .MISCELLANZOUS. On Wednesday last the entire machinery, sails, stones, &C., of a wind corn-mill, :Was shipped fur llamburgh, on board the steamer Transit, at Hull. About 300 tons of roeli i on the youth side of the river Wear, above the bridge, fell down a few mornings ago into the river. • About 30,000 persons visited the National Gallery on Monday and Tuesday. It is calculated that not less than 200,000 persons were present in Greenwich fair and park at sunset on Tuesday. The following arc the Most celebrated promenades of the chief nations of Europe and Asia :—the Bois de Boulogne in France ; the Garden of the Dead at Con stantinople ; the Gardens at Kensington; the Pra.Ner, in the suburbs of Vienna, situated on one of the islands of the Danube ; the Wood Of' the Falcons at Moscow ; and the Prado, in Spain. ..... The Killeagh Mills, in the county of Cork, were to tally destroyed by. tire on the .11th instant ; the property was insured to the amount of 4,000/., which will curer the loss. Three fires, supposed to be incendiary, have, during the last fortni"ht, broken out in the Blean woods, Kent, and destroyed a great portion, part belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and about forty acres to the Dering COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, yes terday evening, included the Marquis of Eketer, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Captain Francis Seymour (Scots Fusilier. Guards). The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance during dinner. The Archbishop of York, .the director for the evening of the Concert of Ancient. Music, gave a dinner last evening, at his residence in Groavenor-square, to her Royal Highness the Duchess. of Kent, at tended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Somerset, and a select party. • His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday afternoon, from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta So merset and Major Stephens, honoured Lady Antrobus with their company on Tuesday evening, at the ball given by her Ladyship, at her residence in Piccadilly. M. Tricoupi, the Grecian Minister, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in Whitehall Gardens yesterday afternoon. The Lords of the Judicial COmmittee of the Privy Council had a meeting yesterday in the Council Cham ber. The Lords present were —Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Vice-Chancellor Wigriun, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court.. ..•, After disposing of a motion from Bombay " Ram dass v. Dairdass;" and petitions from Gibraltar,"Hughes v. Porral ;" and from Trinidad (to dismiss), "Jackson v. Protheroc " their Lordships commenced the hearing of an appeal from the Prerogative Court, " Chambers v. Wood. " Mr. Thesiger, Queen's Counsel, and Dr. Addams, were heard for the appellant, and the Queen's Advocate for the respondent. The case was then adjuurned until this (Thursday) morning, when it is expected the So licitor-General *ill be heard. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, WEGNESDAY EVENING. The English Market has quite recovered from the de pression of yesterday, which is attributed, in quartets• likely to be well informed, to the delivery of several par cels for the heavy stocks, which had been privately sold a few days back. Consols left off at 92 7 4 92i for Wiley,. and 92-i 921 for Account ; Bank Stock, 167 •163 ; India Stock, 249 250 ; Exchequer Bills, 37 39 premium. The Foreign Securities were rather higher, especially Dutch and Belgian. The Two-and-Half per Cents. Stock of the former kingdom closed at 524 52k, and the Five per Cents. 100 - 1014- ; and the bonds of the latter nation at 102 103. _Danish remained at 80- : 811, and Brazilian 67 68. The quotation of Mexican is lower than yesterday being 364 37, Railway Shares were firm. London and Birmingham 179 181 ; Bi rm i ng h am an d Gl ou cester, 53 55 ; Great Western, 92 93 ; t h e H a lf Shares, 64 641 Midland, ; South Western, 63 64% Gosport, 63% ; North 65 67, the New Shares, 32& ; South Eastern and ; Dover, 30 30 , th e s cr ip, 7A- 71 . ; Eastern Counties, 91 9 ; Blackwall, 11' 1 - the New Shares, 9i 9i ; and Brighton, 36a to 36-,} per share. The bonds of the insolvent States were quoted—Co lombian, 26i 27,1- ; Peruvian,. 19A- - 2(A; Portuguese Five per Cents., 37 1 1, Spanish Five 37i-1 ; the Three per Cents. 22-1- 22i ; per Cents., and the Three per Cents., 23 24. It is to be observed that Peruvian is marked some what higher than y ester d a y. This alteration is conse quent upon a repo rt th a t t h e G o vernment have assigned the right of coll ect i ng guano , a species of manure, to cer tain individuals, the proceeds of which are to be appro priated to the. payment of the dividends. If this rumour be correct, it shows a degree of honesty which other nations similarly situated would do well to follow. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The demand for money has not been so great to-day and live per cent. has been the current rate on the Stock Exchange. The sudden pres Sure is owing, it is sup posed, to some public body, the ;a l3 nT( a ii i i i T k of England p k e eh r ti l . l ei a ne ps pc , oo c rn a sc l i et t l i nu g te • Th the prices arc, e English Consolsmar per Cents. for Money 9 t.) 9: i 0 , 2: 1 i ; ti N or ew, t , h l e ,h / r l e c e e . o a u n i c i t t . , a. 9 l 2? a:f. per Cents., 100-a 100 D Bank Stock, 167 168 ; India Bonds, 18 20 ; and Exchequer Bills, 38 40 premiam. The prices of Foreign Securities are firm, although but little has liten -done. Belgian Bonds are 103 ; Dittoh Two-a-Half per Cents., 52 ; and the Five per Cents., toll. Soule extensive transactions cave occurred in Mexican, the quotation of which has not varied materially, being 364 for Money, and 36?, 7 for the Account. The Share Market has been brisk, and the purchases rather considerable. Great Western, New, 64+ 641 - ; South Western, 64 64+ ; South Eastern Scrip, 7; VI ' • Eastern Counties, New, 41. 16s. Bd. ; London and Birmingham, lBO ; Manchester and Birmingham, 271 ; Manchester and Leeds, 84 ; Northern and Eastern, 431; Midland Counties. 75 ; York and North Midland, 93 94 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 56+ ; Blackwall, 111, and Brighton, 36i. The only quotations for the bonds of the insolvent States are—Colombian, 264 27, and Spanish Five per Cents., and the Three per Cents. alike, 23. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 16. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 99i Grand Canal 5t0ck......... Ditto Reduced ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New 1830... 093 Ditto 4 per cent 3i per Cent. Debs. There ar e no foreign arrivals to-day. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 17—The market was quiet, without any alteration in prices. The sales did not exceed 2,000 bale s , comprising 200 Surat at 3d. to 411. ; 100 Pernam, 7d. ; 120 Egyptian, 70. ; 80 Maranharn, 5 t) 6d. ; and 1,500 American, 4d. to 6.td. LIVERPOOL SHANE MARKET, MAY 17.—There was no change to notice in. the state of the. market ; business was very quiet, and confined to Edinburgh and Glas gow, 56 ; Grand Junction, 185 ; Halves, 924 ; Old Quarters, 46+ ; 'New Quarters, 25 ; and Manchester and Leeds Quartcrs, MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 17.-11 7 (4 have had very little doing to-day. Edinburgh and Glas gow New, 24 and 2+ prem. ; Manchester and .Birming ham, 27i; Bank of _Manchester, 4* and 4 1-16. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 163 !India Stock ' ... 249 pm 3 per Cent. Red. '.. 9I i :Ditto Honds 3 per Ceut. Cons.— ..... 92i Ditto Old Annuities 3i per Cent. Red......... 994 Ditto New Annuities B9l New 3 per Cent... ...... 100 i Ex. B►lls, 1,009/;...2id 39 pm New• 6 per Cent — Ditto 5001— ... 37 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 37 pm Jan. 1869 ... ...... 12 7. If; Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1869 - Iti India Stock for Acct.... Jaa. 18';t) FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lO3 'Ditto New Ditto Buenos Ayres6 per eeiot. Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent....,. Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, iVietilic ...... . .... Colombian, 6 per cent — - Spanish, 5 per cent...... 23 Ditto, 1824 27 Ditto, Deferred.... . 104 Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. -e. Greek, 1823, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c Alexican, 5 per cent l36q French, 3 per cent. 119 f. 23-. Ditto, 6 per cent.. 1837 ..... ; Dutch, 2i per cent. 524 Peruvian, 1823, b perct. _lDitto, 5 per cent. .. ... 101 SHARES. Cheltenham and Creat Western (72k paid)... 204 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ..... Ditto New Shares ( paid) Edinburgh arid Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 567 4 - ' Great Western Railway (tss paid) Ditto New Shares 450 paid) 634 London and Brighton (50 paid) iltto Loan Notes (74 paid) - ... ...... 8 London and Black wall (25 paid) ll4 London and Birming-ham (90) ...... ... ... 180 London and Greenwich Railway (121 Iss 4d pd) 54 Ditto Preference, or Privilege London and South Western (38/ I7s 9d pd) 634 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ... Ditto Quarter Shares (' 0 paid) 54 Manchester and Biriniugham (40 paid) ... .. 274 Midland Counties Railway ( 100 paid) - 75 Northern and Eastern (45 pail) . 43 South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) :y4 Ditto Scrip. (?5 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 94 BRITISH AND FOREIGN lEMPE RANCE_SOCIETY. The annual Meeting of the members. and friends of this Society was held on Tuesday, at the Aldine Chambers, Paternoster-pm, the Right Hon. LOrd Teignmouth in the chair, and aniono•st, those present were the Lord Bishop of Norwich mid several of the clergy and gentry. Lord TEIGN MOUTH expressed his satisfution at seeing so many old friends of the Society, which he considered was founded on principles at once praiseworthy and rational, and struck out; a clear line of distinction be tween the use of ardent spirits and those fermented drinks necessary for all useful • and medical purposes ; but, at the same time, it offered nothing controversial to societies conduCted on other principles. Their great object•was to check the progress of intemperance, which was a great and crying evil. In those southern countries, where they possessed a clear air and unclouded sky, there was no resort to ardent spirits, and it was only in the inure northern situations Where• this moral pestilence principally existed.. He could not say the result of the Society had been all that had been anticipated, for they all knew the difficulties that. baffled its exertions, but, on the whole, the result had been eminently successful. Every friend of temperance must rejoice in its success, for it was founded on truth and inculcated on rational and Christian principles ; and; whether the Society should rise or falt, the seeds they had sown would ulti mately yield- an abundant harvest, and the Legislature would one day loOk with pride and satisfaction at the rise, progress, and results of Temperance Societies. The Noble Lord sat down amid loud cheers. Apologies were read from the Bishops of Chichester and Sodor and Man, Chevalier Bunsen (the Russian Ambassador), Sir E. Parry, &c. The SECRETARY read the Report of the Society for the past year. The Bishop of NORWICH, in moving that the Report be received and printed, said the Society had his hearty support and full concurrence. He alluded to the oppo sition that had been shown to the Society by those of total abstinence principles, mid said that whatever change might be proposed, and however great the good that might be effected, or the benefitS it was capable of producing, it would he sure to meet with partial opposi tion. He did not object to the views taken by those of teetotal principles —on the contrary, he rejoiced in them for the good they had effect9d in Ireland, where they had brought many - confirmed drunkards to habits of sobriety ; bnt he certainly did object to the violence they exhibited, all the parties who slightly varied from their rules being denounced as traitors. He, himself, in com mon with - the' Noble Lord in the chair, had last year been branded 14y them as worse than drunkards. He coudd - attribiiie it only to mental and moral intoxication. They profeALVadp usehip article containing alcohol — what 'said-they'. to' sugar? Oh, what wretched chemists! They werelsbOttring, certainly,• under a fallacy and in toxicatiorr---4Art, of moral . delirium tremens, and he wished h&-iiiid'"milv - 2,000 teetotallers before him. In conclusion; the ittght Rev. Prelate said he was thankful for the good that had been done, and he hoped that the Society, Under the blessing of God, would still go on and prosper. The resolution was seconded by the Rev. D. RUEL, and carried unanimously. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and enforced its claims upon public attention. MONEY MARKET. and CITY NEWS. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mille, which, at the Diglish Mint-price of 31. 17s. 10Ad. per ounce for standard - gold, giiTs an exchange of 25 404.., and the exchange at Paris on London' at shOrt being 25 57k., it follows that gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 429 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 10 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 7, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 9, it follows that gold is 0.93 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. _ _ The course of exchange at NeW . York on London is 1071 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 2.32 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SUIFFNAL Sweepstakes of 5 Sow. each, with 35 added. Two miles Mr. Morris' Fat Jack, aged, 9st 21b --(Marlow) I Mr. Bird's Dr. Allen, 3 yrs, ist 2 Mr.. Skerrat's Hudibras, 4 yrs, Bst 21b 3 Mr. Haworth's Cattonian, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 4 Mr. Flintoff's Wings, 6 yrs, 9st 2lb 5 A good race. _ . . _ . _ The South Shropshire 'Slakes, of 3 Sovs. each, with 25 added. Mile and half heats. Mr. Walter's Wilton Brown, 3 vrs, ist 71b 1 2 1 Mr. Skerratt's Sidruphel, 4 yrs, Bst 61b 0 1 2 Hon. F. Ongley's Roderick, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 2 odr Mr. Charlton's fby Tomboy, 3 yrs, 7st 4th 3 0 dr. Mr. Tutedge's Jolly Tar, 4 yrs, Sat 61b 0 dr. Who cleverly. Sweepstakes of 3 Sovs. each, with 25 added, Heats, Two miles. _ .• _ __ _ Hon. G. Ongley's Humility, 4'yrs, 9st 81b 1 1 Mr. Killiek'siLmley, 5 yrs, lOst 91b - 2 2 Mr. Robinson's Finality, aged, lOst 131 b 0 3 Mr. Page's Brewood, 4 yrs, 9st 5113., 0 dr. 4. fine race. The Hurdle Stakes, of 5 Soya. each, and 25 added, 2 miles, were won by Mr. E. Herbert's Tommy, aged, list 1 llb (Mr. Powell), beating Mr. Bennet's Woodbine, aged, llst 41b, and Mr. Westley's Curate. 6 yrs, list 41b, easily. MANCHESTER RACES.—TUESDAY. The Wilton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 40 added ; three yrs old, Gst 31b ; four yrs, Bst 41b ; five yrs, Bst 12Lb ; six yrs and aged, 9st 21b ; mares, &c., al lowed 3lbs. Mile and quarter. (7 Subs.) Mr. Hesseltinz. , 's the Shadow, 6 yrs, walked over. Match-100 h ft. One Mile.—Mr. Brooke's c by Zealot out of •Zillah, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (Whitehouse) beat Mr. G. H. Muore's Hawkesbury, 5 yrs, Bst 71b.-3 to 1 on Hawkesbury, who was beaten in a canter by four lengths. The Manchester Cup of 100 sovs. addel to a Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. Twice round and a distance. (11 Subs., four of whom declared.)- Lord Eglinton's the Young'un,. 5 yrs, 7st 71b, walked over. Plate of 501., fur Horses that have never won 501.; :3 yrs, 7st; 4 yrs, Bst 41b 5 yr. 4, 8 91b; 6 yrs and aged, Bst` 121 b; mares allowed 31b. Heats, two miles and a dis. Mr. Thompson's Flamingo, 3 yrs (Lye) 0 1 1 Mr. Park's f by Physician, 3 yrs Mr. T. Walters's m by Velocipede, 5 yrs._ 0 0 2 Mr. Worthington's Kirkby Lonsdal', 3 yrs 0 0 0 Mr. Kirby's Sir Robert, 3 yrs Mr. Harrison's Oak Branch, 5 yrs First heat—Seven to 4 apt Sir Robert, 5 to 2 agst Oak Branch, and S to 2 agst Flamingo ; won in a can ter, Second heat—Two to 1 agst the Physician filly, and 5 to 2 agst Sir Robert ; won cleverly. Third heat — Five to 2 on Flamingo ; won easy. GORHAMBUBY RACE .-WEDNESDAY, The performance for the .second (lay contrasted un favourably with the excellent bill of litre provided for Tuesday ; it contained the same number of events, but no two yrs old or handicap race ; nothing, in fact, that made the moat distant approach to them, or that was calculated to attract either sporting-men or " the million." We understand that a new stake of considerable interest is, made for net, year, and that the most important oventi will be run so as to place the two days on a-par ; and that the progress o f th e su b scr ip t i ons t o the Gurhambury and other stakes is highly favourable. The racing commenced punctually at two o'clock with The Clarendon Stakes of 10 Soya. each, with three tidded, fur three yrs-old, 7st ; and .four yrs, Bst 101 b. Cherry Tree mile. (4• Subs.) • Lord Verulam's Robert de. Gorham. 3 yrs Colonel Peel's Arch v, yrs Baron Rothschild's cby SirHercules-IVorthless,3 yrs 3 Mr. Ford's Ballet, 3 yrs Betting-6 to 4on Archy. Robert de Gorham made all the running, and won by half a neck ; Archy made a waiting of it, but ran out close to the chair, — The Kingsbury (Handicap) Stakes of 15 Sovs. each, for three yrs-olds and upwards, ridden by Officers, &c. Cherry Tree mile. (3 Subs.) M'. Bastard's Teapot, 3 yr , :,-10st 711► (Air. R. Oliver) 1 Hon. G. Ongley's Humility*, 4 yrs, 1 Ist 811).. 2to lon Humility. Teapot had it all his own way. The St. Alban's Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 Sues. ettch, h ft ; three yrs, 6st 101 b ; four yrs, Bst slbs ; five yrs, 9st 61bs; 6 yrs, and aged, 9st 91b; mares, allowed 31bs. The Verularn Course. (7 Subs.) Mr. 8. Scott's Mosque, 4 yrs • (F. Butler) Mr. Nightingale's Nick, 4 yrs General Wyndham's Aspatria, 4 yrs 3 The following also started but were not placed : Mr. Booth's-Benjamin, 5 yrs, and Lurd Verulam's Con stantine, 4 yrs. Even on Mosque, 2 to 1 agst Benjamin, and 4 to 1 agst Concertina. Benjamin made play to the turn, where Nick took the lead, carried the running half way up the distance, and, with an experienced jockey, would have won. Wanting this, Mosque, who had waited, caught him at the stand, and won by a length. The Town Plate of 501., 3 yrs old, -7st; 4 yrs, Bst 71b; 5 yrs, 9,st; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 51b ; mares and geld ings allowed 31h ; and those that never won before the time of naming allowed 41b. The winner to be sold fur net —l-leaL,' the Stand Course. Mr. Parr's lis.aigh Robin, 5 yrs (Parr) 1 .1 Mr. Coleman'S Tenebrosa, 6 yrs Mr. Smith's Goreebush, aged LordVerulam's ch h, by Actaeon—Cornubia,4 yrs 2 dr Baron Rothsvhild's f, by :Buckingham, 3 yrs Mr. 'Teen's Ilaitoe, 3 yrs The first heat was won by a length ; the second by half a length. The race for the Beaten Plate was won easy by Mr. Parr's Ate (late Wiltuna),. 3 yrs .(a lad), beatin); Mr. Coleman's Tenebroqi, 6 yrs, and Lord Verulani's c by Acta on oat of Col nubia, 4 yrs. Match, 501. h ft. The last mile.—Mr. Phillitnore's b e Rochester, Bst Sib received forfeit from Mr. Coleman's Goneril, Bst. Mlt.th, SO/. '7lb each.—One mile.—Mr. D. Radc•.itle's Utlingten received from Mr. Shelley's c by Sir Hercules, dam by 'Pantaloon. Mr. Allen's Derby Colt Beleceur, arrived in town yes• terday from the north en route for Epsom ; 1115 Oaks filly, Belle Dame is amiss, and trill not travel south. LITERATURE, DECIDED PREFEIIENC E. 2 VA SiTplein and Marshall, London, 1842: " Decided . Preference" is a sentimental tale of the " Children of the Abbey" school, and' its object is to show how exceedingly silly it is in young people to marry, who have not a decided preference for each other. This useful, but not very original, moral is exemplified in the loves of Henry FOrteseue and Julia Fraser—a remarkably handsome and Well-intentioned couple, but who, nevertheless, are far from being as happy in the domestic life as their amiable qualities, —which are as numerous ss the items in a Strawberry Hill Catalogue—would entitle them to be. They are thus picturesquely introduced to the reader's notice : "Julia possessed the fairest form nature ever framed ; her beautiful black eyes spoke volumes to the heart of every beholder ; her raven tresses curled negligently round her well-formed head, and in her complexion, were blended the lily and the rose. Henry, her cow , sin, was two years her senior. He was tall and grace fully proportioned,- had a fine, expressive countenance, and dark Chesnut hair ; his eyes were of a hazel colour ; and he possessed, what was of far ;hare intrinsig value, every virtue the human heart is capable, of. We perfectly agree Ni ith the author that:it is far better for a man to possess virtue than even " dark chesnut hair," or "eyes of a hazel colour," though we fear that the majority of boarding school misses - will be of a diffe rent opinion. Shortly after their Marriage, Julia and Henry come up to town ,on a visit to seine friends in Portman-square, where the former happens to encoun ter, at a fashionable evening party, one of those hor rible lady-killers whom young ladies of a susceptible turn can never look on without the most imminent hazard to their peace of mind. This •monster, who answers to the romantic appellation of Octavius . Elliott, stations himself near Julia, while she is sing ing "Auld Robin Gra v y ;" and immediately she rises from the pianoforte, there he is, standing close beside her ! " There was : nothing • particularly striking in his appearance," we are told, "with the exception of a pair of very fine dark blue eyes, which were shaded by long dark lashes; but the greatest charin he pos sessed was his smile, which was captivating to a de gree." This smile it is that does all the mischief; though it is but just to Mrs. Forteseue to add, that when she first sets her eyes on the irresistible Octa vius, she holds him in orthodox' horror, notwithstand ing his seductive simper. "An involuntary shudder," observes the author, " spread over her, - but she could not account for the feeling ; at length she saw her husband approaching, and never did she feel so glad to see him, as if she thought his preSenee was a suffi cient safeguard against the Evil One !" Alas, Mrs. F. soon ceases to shudder at the Evil One ! On a se condinterview she chies not think him quite so black as he is painted ; a third enableS her 0 discover that he is uncommonly good-lookiii,, ; , and at length she is brought to confess -that Sti' Thtilly has a- very excellent opinion of him ; Oil her-4,, yiiig which, the Evil One i r " threw himself on 'his ktfe'erfkfbrW her, encircled her slender waist, and imprinted iiiip(iSsioned kisses on her luinds and lips !" The Sequel May be anticipated.. The lady-killer and his victim start off, one fine moon , light night, full gallop for the Continent, leaving the betrayed husband in a condition—to adopt the elo quent phraseology-of George Robins—" more easily imagined than described." After remaining a short time at PariS, Octavius Elliott and Mrs. F. resolve on a trip to Italy; but on their road, they are attacked by banditti, who, after slaughtering the former, allow the latter to make her escape to a priest's house, which, happens to lie at a convenient distance from the high way. From hence Mrs. Fortescue makes her way to England ; finds out her husband, who has retired to a sequestered cottage in the country ; obtains pardon at his hands ; and ; after being saf'ely delivered of a little Octavius Elliott, dies of a broken .heart, in the middle of an extract which the parson of the parish is reading to her from a pious Tract ! - Soon after her deatii, Henry Forteseue"forms an attachment to an other beautiful young woman, Miss Frances Seymour, of whom we are told that "- Never was there a more interesting being, Her mild blue eyes expressed both softness and feeling ; her light broWn hair wound in natural curls on her alabaster neck ; she was above the middle height, but elegantly formed ; she pos sessed the most touching sweetness of voice, and had in an eminent degree an unaffected simplicity, gen- 1 tleness, and sensibility." This angelic being reci- procates Mr. Fortescue's attachment ; but alas, a I, wicked Peer, Lord A., resolveS to blight the lover's hopes, by himself formally prOposing fbr Miss . Sey mour's hand ; and when she rejects him, he abuses her sweetheart in a way shocking to think of; and tells her in plain English, If you do not promise to be mine, by all the Powers of Love, I will bloW that fellow's brains out." On her reply that she will not be bullied, he coolly takes out a penknife with a view of sticking her and himself too; but being in terrupted in his diabolical purpose by the entrance of a morning visitor, he rushes in a paroxysm out of the house, threatening all sorts of horrors. And the wretch is as good as his word, for' soon'afterwards, while Miss Seymour is taking a walk before break fast in the Regent's Park, he hires some ruffians to gag her, and carry her off in a post-chaise and four to a secluded " cottage, situated at the bottom of at long shady lane." He then presents himself before her, but being repulsed with virtuous indignation, he instantly makes a point of getting drunk, by way of still further reconciling her to his advances ; and in this attractive condition, he attempts to " imprint a kiss upon her lovely lips," whereupon she very pro perly knocks him clown ! After remaining a few days at the cottage, one of the servants, struck with re morse for the share she had taken in the fiendish transaction, resolves to restore the imprisoned fair one to liberty, and accordingly let; her out at the back gate—while Lord A. is snoring drank in bed. Delighted at her unexpected restoration to freedom, Miss Seymour hurries with her companion along the high-road, "favoured by the light of the moon," when suddenly she perceives a chaise' advancing ra pidly towards her, and cries out at the top of her, voice, "Oh stop, for mercy's sake, and protect two young women, who are running away from a wicked man !" The chaise of course stops, and equally as a matter of course, out jumps Miss Seymour's sweet heart, who singularly enough, happens to be travelling in the right direction, just in the very nick of time ! A most touching scene now ensues. She faints, he is in agonies—she recovers, he is in extacies ; a n d O n -their 1 reaching their journey's end, the most interesting ex planations take place, after which, the happy couple , are wedded, with the full consent of their guardians and parents ; and go to spend their honey-moon at I Edinburgh, where they frequently . visit the theatre, whose manager, " Mr. Murray behaved to them most kindly and gentlemanly, for which he is remarked;" , and as a token of hi s goo d- w ill, p u t one of the wedding party "on the free-list !" It is gratifying to be able to add that the wicked Peer, Lord A., as a ...0 ,01 just reward for his nc - farious conduct, is visite l by Providence with a broken INT, of which he dies, :Ab out a week after his little atfa.ir 'With Miss Seymour; S' ) ends the story of ".Decider Preference," which abounds in umiable, sentimermal twaddle, s•ti CI ° 5 , formed the delight of our gr and t oothers, and is ill s b the sort of work to produce a col;;Iplete E° n 8 hot summer-day. HORTICULTURAL SOCIET On Friday last, the third lecture on (leans try AP' plied to cultivation, Wa s given by Mr, F.4,,urc jun., at the Society's Rooms, in- Regent 7 stmet, •wh i , c , l was well attended. W e observed amongst ence Sir John Sebright and family, Sir P.• 3 Lgert i ° , ll and Lady, Lady Caroline Pouleit, the EtiOis of chester and Sandwich, Lord Prudhoe, Sir (°h" rie3 Lemon, Sir 'O. Moseley, Sir J. South, Hon. IN Ir. VC' non Harcourt, &c. eze. We extract the following .from th Chronicle on the subject:— " Mr. Solly's third lecture wL delis erect He commenced by an account of the nature a lid Pro perties of nitrogen, showing,that it emi in of which it constitutes about ; at id being possessed of properties in all respects the' r e d i verse of oxygen, and distinguished by the , ab seruiL a i any marked characters, it appeared that its rrillq. h otlice is to dilute a‘c oxygen of the air, and c: unini~ the too powerful et:' , xts which it would produue tit'i undiluted state. In Jie air, however, oxygen on'` ll ,; trogen are only mixedwhen combined th ey 11 ' 0 - nitric acid ; and, on the other hand, when nitrl e and hydrogen are combined, they form an thus affording two excellent, illustrations of tl' en rious results of chemical coxubination, and the•Y e r. great difference existing bet wean compounds • 3 ' t their elements. having thus (It scribed the four gr eg , elements of Plants, or those e ompounds. of ox g el ' hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, in d ifferent proporious' which,- as woody fibre, gum, sc gar, starch, glu tef !' Sz.c., constitute vegetable, matter ; the properties , Lure, and different forms of the. se substances w„ described,. and the curious metamor? !hoses which the.' undergo, and. the transformations u Which they l oi t when acted on by acids and a lk a li es was .Px1)13,... gide Mr: Solly, coneluded by saying that, having r m ,; ( l through the introductory p ar t o f th e su l ) jest, lie sliwi s, next take up the great question of the food of 10 which would occupy the next lecture." ' THE MURDERER GOOD- 0 A good many incorrect statements in reree•enee ta" 11 , 0 treatment and the conduct of this m i se rabbe mall °l v his convictio». having been made public, ,it, ieaY tio , ecessary to state, frown an authentic source, . wha ;g e the real facts. zeince the'Mteration,and the amel'orit - o t that have taken place in'the Critninal law, .the trk , :ll, o of criminals, both before ant/ after conviction, IL: fis ,i e been very materially modified, Formerly uponi (t i e, viction for murder the culprit was taken to ii cell . arr„; priated for the purptise, and!kept in this cell alit 471 y darkness, and sufferingemany: other privations, u4;;11 cit time came Ibr him to, ascend the scaffold. At the*P7o time, however, person, charged with murder sae= t"' -' 1 • aPP to a room in the chapel yard,, where they rem til , d i e their trial, and if convicted they again retui eill",,: i o same cell, and remain there _in the charge of .00,4. ivardsmen until the period of cexecution. The firs iN sion on which this cell was appropriated in tteli c e above described, was in the (mat - of GI-eel - mere, MM e i,i, then it has been succe s siv e ly- oCeupied by - Goarvul',,t , Lees, and Blakeslev. Or But for the provisions of the!Central Criminal p e Act, many difficulties would -have been thrown ill'ot way of the prosecution, by reason of the diO D s l jurisdie:ions that were mixed up in the ease, " F ie offence in the first instance was cernmitt 4 the county of Surrey ; the prisoner wee. s,o. ' quently apprehended in Kent, ,examined li: r 4 , a Justice of that county, and then brought into ,*-',# sex for examination, and finally commii:'ted froP eil county ; and but for the provisions 'libove veferi!ed Wei° would have been difficult to have framed ill"- e' is tiio have freed it from technical objections. It rusts 05, with the Judges at the Central Criminal Coint ti' ere whether a convict shall be executed in the couleV W I d the .'lieged offence is committed, or in Middlesu% i o d as Lord Denman, in passing sentence, merely ineut in pi • " a place of execution," the convict will be eN eetlte tet s the Old Bailey, and not at Iforsemougur-kme. i.".;, sentence, the Sheriffs now have it in: fin it diS.'-' l '' ,11 not, however, exceeding a period of twenty-tine (14': name the day when the execution shall take:: plece ee , e ' it is understood they have ordered the sentience` w •t 9-! ,1 „ • carried into effect on Monday next. - ler Since his condemnation, Good has never been' 1 „e -- $, attended either night or day. For tile first twe Sir,'" clays, he persisted in the truth of the extraciWidoe statements made by him after the trial, but it is' 311 , 0 1, stood that he has recently made s ome f urt h er diecl o4 ° - pe mk odifying to a very considerable ext en t hi s fortliq t . e 4 ment ; but he still persists in asserting thili,this:Wf t , woman came by her death by her own hand. a0P e 9 , 1 40 any violence that was offered to her . by at i l"4o. On his being asked to state the address! who sold matches, and who according to lee statement, took such an active part In ~i ii il * awful business, he says that all he knows abbe ! e h, l , e 4' that he lives somewhere in Brompton. Jr' will' L' itt '', o (•ll membered that Greenaere told a story similar! nnwite .t 1 respects, to this statement of Good's as turiPeile. Su which his victim came by her death, and th n ' (latently gave several different versions o f the story, a of the p that only a feW hours before his execution he g r a , another account of the alleged mode. of, death. !et% 6 expected, however, that Good will yet declare wha t - 1 i fs truth of the case-really is, and it is said that h 0 has na l'o an intimation to that effect to the Chaplain, and a" i . Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate. It was at the suggestion of the Chief Justice that ' o b i: counsel for the prosecution forbore to examine the l'ei I soner's son as a witnesii• against him. All that he vin e o; have been able to depose - to, was the fact that the aeere bonnet belonged to the deceased, and that it was to:,: by the prisoner to Susannah Butcher's, and as Hits.''`' $ clearly proved by other testimony, it was thought : r t e the . painful spectacle of a child being produced as :i i Pl t t t against its parent upon a trial of and death,tn i ' spared. _____ ___ T• ' ' LONDON ELECTRICAL SOO. E rilad-- -1 ' ; TUESDAY, MAY I7.—At this Meeting were -- ~ it- Extracts of notes from Mr. Weeks, wherein it was 6 ',: 3 , that, when he commenced the experiments. which ' r shown the development of insects, he =tie mther ails, e similar arrangements, through Which he did net . s l e `, the voltaic current to pass, and in these cases 'l/ 0 11 r , ,1 1 are to be found. Mr. Walker, the Secretary, the n c A a long mid carefully written paper " On Ligh.tn ing b , „el ductors." He took for his subject, or rather,'- h ic ' his subject upon, the damage done to the sta'eP o e'Cy Brixton Church, by the thunder-storm of Su fobl!' April 241 and was induced to survey the 'Steeple, It 0, having just previonsly heard Dr. Faraday'slee 4 ".' ' l , the subject. The glaring error of placing iliscnatal y et: conductors at such elevation as, church-steepl es el sent was but too clearly evinced in this ease. An I ", fated cross overmounting the steeple, and an iron lope also insulated, gave the flash the opportmeitV of 'll' ''O r through twenty, and then ten feet of air. 'The,,ff4 quent explosions were attended with seric us ' l l'7 / JP The "lateral discharge" was much dwelt u non !" , 11 author. It is' a subject of great diffictilty eiiwlSil men of science. The mass of mankind do , 30,1,,,t, stand it at all, and think when they liiie , ir' e qe:' A i. a capacious conductor, they have done ealt,- I P oc ire' needed. The erroneousness of this position -v•rts e f f e manifest, first, by referring to the experimen to!.„'", Royal Institution ; and then by explaining A rfli7 i ," curred at Brixton, where the fluid left oue condos 4 di another, for no other reason than that it obtai/i , gi 0 this means a wider path. And it was shown4h/i el property of electricity, desiring a wider path as,el w ' O .. directone, renders a badlypLced lightning rod an el and not a friend. To prevent the " lateyal disc h ,4, , , wherever the probability occurs; it was recommenOelf convert it into a certainty; that iv, whenever it se for possible that electricity might pass front eiraluet o f conductor, it should be compelled to pass, not it ~, j through the air, to develope light and heat, but il l ' i a good metallic connexion, by which it c.ould pas,sf , 4 This communication was draw .1 up with a cons"' k o Pi tte degree of care, and was illustrated by drawing church, &c. We must refer our i•eaders to th e / number of the. Proceedings of the Soeiety fur 1,1!e . , „ . , in full, and meanwhile should recommend arch! . ' 'i' ' consult electricians on this important matter':' W ° ;4 4 ,,c, omitted to mention that Mr. Walker albetle ri i' Le o immense value of tree.; as conductors, and re 00011';:t.'°if their being planted wherever it was possib if• I` VO e i notices on "Electrotype Manipulation" and 'NI f.. ~ , ,f0 l t journal were then read. t o Ar. WHEAT AND FLOUR 1N P AND LONDON COPIPARI , :ti t ? WHEAL—The present price of w"ient of, d. 4: quality in Paris, accor di ng t o the latest ae< 0 11 0 fivo ceived from the " Halle," or C,;rn E Nehang abjcbo, city, is 28 francs f o r the hectolitre and a half.; ';100, t b G, the present course of exchange in Faris on 1 . 041 ;,-foc i bills at one moftth's date of 25f. 40c. " 1 " 11e j i ._. lt h 'e'o , pound sterling, corresponds with 425. .9a • fo r 14'4 fish imperial quarter-of eight bushels ; anti tJ current market quotation for . the best Ess ex, ' d e i onr/ Suffolk white wheat in London being 70s. for roil quarter, shows that the best wheat is &CD ' t i l er Atilt; don than in Paris by 275. 3d. for, or .r e , o pol;?;; the imperial - quarter, being in the . 1 ? 1 of sixty-three and very nearly three'i; 4 ). .L,44 (or, more exactly, seventy-four hundredth' ,aop cent., and that for the same amount 0 ,f:,:i4., 1 , 0 0 mum ly; 70s. as above, Which is the price in no more than eight bushels of the - best whit'eivil"i there may be obtained, in Paris, thirteen Boa tbry minute fraction of one-tenth bushels, Ei c l '7, - ,0) penal measure, of wheat of the first quality- , e n' observed that the above comparison is made bet‘,eiaitY highest current market prices paid for the bet , t 'Poti t t' wheat usually shown in the two cities of 1 4 '1 1 Paris respectively, without any reference to stl`',i,ol o ' l , ordinarily fine and picked parcels which are oc; 3- ce , to be met with in small quantities in tither e b itto r d ; e for which the prices demanded, being almost 3 : 0 ,1 c l cannot afford any practical information as r e „bdati f!a relative position of the two markets. The see°","proP" inferior descriptions of wheat bear the solt i `,.; tionate value between the two c iti es as the abo,:o notin.—The highest . eurrent market pri ce th of flour of the first mark cr quality, ne" 11 " - (!ori l i;g:.i latest report received from the " °i t .' i i s u 9l: z i e to t g jf rai t i l l'in a t e e s i a . 'w i e s i (. 1 1 u rt i 3 ;o i a s n ), l a r n a d t hl. which exc a e e t d t i h igis e 4.l6l p t.tf t i • rl e ela.q s er e tilec n as t lq c fut o (-°llr t r r tt s tih't e rires(e ' esF;be:l:l ! : ii di'la o :;lc:6 ; :°ll:Si Paris on London; of 25f. .40c. "money" Air , si si 1, t ti