The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-06 00:00:00

NEW NOVEL BY L. E. L. I ow ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., with Portrait of the Authoress, by Finden. LA.DY ANNE GR..A,NARD; ' OR, KEEPING UP APPEARANCES. B Authoress of " Ethel Chu rchill," " The Improvisatrice," &c. " This legacy left to vs by one of the most brilliant and gifted female writers of our own , or any other time, will not merely maintain, it will enlarge and strengthen, the high re putation of its lamented Author. It is a most amusing and attractive novel."—Naval and Military Gazette Henry C,olburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in one volume, comprising as much matter as 20 or dinary volumes, with 1,500 Engravings, &c., 38s. bound, MR. BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1842; Corrected to the Present Time, from the Communications of the Nobility, &c., and containing a Supplement, with ALL the NEW CREATIONS. " Mr. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage is the most com plete, the most convenient, and the cheapest work of the kind ever offered to the public."—Sun. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THOS. HARRIS and SON'S TELESCOPES are warranted um quailed by any other house at the prices. Sent, carriage free, to any part of the kingdom. Cash first remitted. Exchanged if not approved. Tourists should not be without one. A pocket telescope to show objects 8 miles off... £0 18 0 A pocket telescope to show objects 12 miles ... 1 10 0 A pocket telescoi rto show objects 16 miles..... 2 2 0 A pocket telescoi eto show objects 20 miles. ... 4 0 0 Thomas Harris and Son, Opticians, 52, opposite the British Museum, London, established 60 years.—T. Harris and Son are neither related to, nor in any way connected with a firm of the same name. lIEINE BROTHERS beg to state that the AUSTRIAN MONEY DISTRIBUTIONS, for which they are selling Selected and Genuine Bonds, take place egularly on the following days-Ist of March, Ist of May, and st of September. On the Ist of June a selection of Bonds is taking place relative to Distribution of the Ist of September. The Bonds belonging to the Distribution of Ist of May have al ready been selected on the Ist of February. Direct for Genuine Bonds from those selected to take part in the Distribution of the let of May, without delay to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. Every Genuine Bond, taking► part in the Distribution of Ist of May, is sure to obtain at least 641. sterling ; largest Divi dend 22,500/. sterling.—Haynburgh, April 1842. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Wonderful attraction, and matchless Stud of Horses. THIS EVENING. MAY 6, Will be presented Lord Byron's MAZEPPA ; OR, THE WILD HORSE OF THE DESERT, with lucteased splendour. extensive auxiliary aid, and unapproachable effects. After which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever nefoie witnessed. NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. B &TTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting of nu. merous and matchless Cream-coloured Horses, Andalusian Chargers, Spotted Coursers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Poneys, and ,the most talented Vaulters, Riders, Gymnastics, and Contortionists in the kiogdorri, with a gorgeous Entree, called the AMAZONS of the GOLDEN BUN and the KNIG Errs of the SILVER SPUR. To conclude with the Meledrama of ROBINSON CRUSOE; OR THE BOLD BUCCANEERS, with New Scenery, &c. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. First Appearance of Madlle. Dejazet. THIS EVENING, MAY 6, The Performances will commence with LA DEMOISELLE A MARIER ; OU, LA PREMIERE ENTREVUE. After which„VERT VERT.— Vert Vert, Madlle. Dejazet. To conclude with LA FILLE DE DOMlNlQUE—Catherine Bianco'elh, ;Madlle. Dejazet, Boxes, tis. ; Pit, 3s. tid. ; Amphitheatre (or Gallery Stalls), 3s. ; Gallery, f2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per fonnances commence at Half.past Seven. Applications fo- Boxes and Stalls for the remainder of the Season, to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Library , 33, O ld Bond-stre e t ; Mr. Se win's, 12, Regent-street; Mr. Sams's, St. James's-street; and at the Box-ottiee of the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven till Five o'clock. THE INDIA SUN, CONTAINING A MAP AND FULL ACCOUNT OF AFFGHANISTAN AND THE THEATRE OF WAR IN INDIA, IS NOW READY. THE ‘VEATHER.—NooN, MAY 5. ROY AL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET Thermometer .... 59 1 Highest 6l 1 Lowest 4 Barometer 29.85.—Wind W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 3 minutes after 11 I Evening 29 minutes after 11. frb ) iv , A ',N. , '" • x.. 2 .°010 :4 b; . ‘,„7 • • ,„ e* m o .777, N. • 11.1 -..._,bit :matt e LONDON! FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1842. Mr. lioEnucit last night gave notice, and, in giving it, was loudly cheered by both sides, that he would ask this evening, Lord CHELSEA, Mr. ltussELL, Captain PLCIIIRIDGE, Sir J. C. ilosHousE, Sir G. H. DE LAE PE:s:T, Mr. ELPHINSTONE, Mr. JOHN ATTWOOD, and Major BEIIF.SFORD, if any one of them was cognisant of, or a party to, any arrangement by which he is to vacate his scat, notwithstanding a Committee has declared him duly elected. The lion. Member is also to move for a Select Committee to inquire whether certain parties con nected with the trial of election petitions have not been guilty of a breach of the privileges of the House. We regard this as a spirited, a proper, and an independent, though, perhaps, not a delicate proceeding, and we have no doubt that Mr. ROEBUCK will make out such a case as %lin astonish the public. He will show, if we are not misinformed, that in nu merous cases the judgments of the Committees, though according to the evidence brought before them, have been dictated by the parties to the contest, settling amongst themselves who shall have the seats. He will show that gentlemen have entered into bargains to retire from the House after short periods, to make way for their opponents, and if he can get at the facts he will probably prove that in these cases money to pay costs has been an ingredient of the corrupt bartering. We earnestly hope - - that the Hon. Member will unveil the whole of the roguery, and place the legislation of this empire before the public in its proper character. What that is, it may not be prudent for us to say; but Mr. ROEBUCK'S motion properly carried out, will.prove whether it deserve the public confidence, or whether it be as corrupt a body as ever presumed to usurp the great and solemn function of Jaw-making. We will say no more, preferring to wait till Mr. ROE has stated the facts in the House of Commons ; we shall merely observe that the mode of leading evi dence, by which the Committee is compelled to come to any decision on which the parties have agreed, will not be remedied by any other mode of forming Election Committees. Against this species of corruption even Mr. O'CONNELL'S plan to make the Judges of Westmin ster Hall the Presidents of the Committees, would be of no avail. They could only decide according to the evi dence, and the parties would place before them such evidence as would produce the decision they 'wished. An officer appointed by the House of Commons to carry on the proceedings and arrange the evidence, indepen dently of the parties, will be required to give efficacy to the scheme. The electors may, in some degree, pro 'Wet themselves, by invariably defeating the objects pro posed by those who enter into such compromises. A great Whig-Tory, or Tory-Whig philosopher, we know not which, has found out that the people are not to be entrusted with political power, because " they think in herds." The argument seems applied on the old principle, that any stick is good enough to beat a dog ; the people are to be denied political power at all hazards, and any kind of argument will bolster up the foregone conclusion. One more inappropriate, and, at the same time, more correct in statement, is difficult to find. Individuals of the lower classes, middle classes, up per classes—the clergy, the military, the navy —men of different trades, do think alike or in herds, and so thinking, each class follows some corresponding line of acti on , an d i s , by its thoughts and conduct, separated and distinguished from every other class. To. think in herds, therefore, is common to all mankind, and to draw an inference from that against intrus Ling some portion of them with political power, is like dooming them to exclusion because they have two hands and two legs, which they do not use in precisely the same manner as the aristocracy use their hands and legs. What, too, is the process of thinking, that it should be made, as it were, a matter of reproach to the lo er classes that . they follow it in herds? In all cases, thinking is tt,e result of the action of the external world on man. The test of truth is always an outward and ma terial otject. That is the link between all minds, and there is no other. We cannot see each others thoughts, but we each suggest. something to the minds of others, by referring to the universal external standard. The most profound philosopher—a. BACON or a NEWTON, and the humblest workman, equally appeal to some external fact, in the last resort, as the test of the accuracy or truth of the thoughts he communicates to others. If the standard and source of the thoughts of all men be one type common to all, though it affects individuals differently, men not only must think in herds, but in proportion as they all agree, so will their thoughts be accurate. Not to think in herds, is to be a crotchety person, a person destitute of common sense, a madman; whence it follows, on the sublime theory of the Tory-Whig writer, that only the crotchety or the insane are qualified to form the constituency and the Legislature. The same fact is true of the passions. Men pursua the same objects, as well as think in herds. To say nothing of the common appetites, which we all share and seek to gratify much after the same manner, the pur suit of wealth, of political power, or ambition is a very gregarious propensity. But far from looking at the universal truth, that men think and act in herds, as a reason for excluding any portion of the people front po litical power, it seems to us the very element of political stability. It is because people do think in herds, because one generation hands down its trains of thought to another, and because peculiar trains of thought are common to the bulk of the English, the French, or any other people, that the national existence of each, and the national institutions of each, are maintained separa to and independent. That the multitude may, in so thinking, follow one mind, is a true, but not a disabling fact. Every truth dawns first on some individual mind, and the multitude are no more to be censured for following Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR, if he expound political truth, than for follow ing NEWTON after he had expounded the principle of gravity. The great object of politics should be to guide and govern society at every moment by the sum of ALL THE KNOWLEDGE extant—an end which can never be reached by excluding from all power, as far as the Constitution and the law can exclude them, five-sixths of the mature males in existence. It is customary, we allow, for certain classes to assume that their peculiar knowledge should alone be the guide of society. They call themselves the authors or heralds of civilization. We differ from them. The civilization of society in one age does not take its hue from the poli tical or religious leaders of the preceding age. WAL POLE, CHATHAM, NORTH, and Fox, had little or nothing to do with the invention of the steam-engine, and the development of that manufacturing system which is the peculiar feature of the civilisation of this age. It was not by the will of the priesthood, prior to 1780, that Dissent has become formidable. Thus, we take leave to say that the political leaders leave little or no impression on the civilization of the next age. It is not their peculiar knowledge, but the general knowledge of their age, which is the parent of the civilization of the next age. It ought also to be the guide of the national policy, which it never can be, as long as the bulk of the nation is excluded, by the vain and selfish few, from all direct and immediate control over the Legislature. Ample details of the news brought by the over-land mail from India and China will be found in another part of The Sun. We have perused all the accounts which have yet come to hand, with attention, and it affords us pleasure to have to repeat what we stated in our edition of this morning, as to their being more favourable than, under all the circumstances, we were warranted in expecting. The Caubul massacre was nut quite so conclusive as Dr. BRYDON reported it. There is no longer a doubt that many officers and men escaped who were supposed to have fallen, and such as were made prisoners by the Affghans were kindly and humanely treated. We have little doubt that hundreds will be be found to have escaped who are now numbered with the dead. As we sus pected from the first the real traitor was the Shah SooJan, who was jealous of British influence, and who plotted their utter destruction. The discovery of the Shah's treachery was made in a singular manner. The inhabitants of Nissar, in Kohistan, have given shelter to the Caubul rebels, and refused tribute to the Shah ; the British Envoy sent a message to their chiefs, threatening them with destruction unless they submitted to the Royal authority. They, in answer, enclosed to him private letters from the Shah, of undoubted authenticity, in which the King informed them that he detested the English infidels, and that he only awaited the ar rival of the Royal family at Loodiana, to destroy them, or drive them out of his country. He- also sent the Chaoos Basha, an officer of his Court, to Candahar, to advise the chiefs there to fall upon the English and destroy them. This fact was authenticated by Major RAWLINSON, the political chief, and directly communicated to Sir WILLIAiu M‘NAGH TEN. The SHAH of course denied everything, and the Envoy was weak enough to believe him, although the Shah's seal was affixed to letters before him, and his very Ministers dared not pronounce them forgeries, against the testimony of so many chiefs. This fatal credulity cost the Envoy his life, and Great Britain the loss of an army. There is little doubt, however, that the summer campaign will reverse all our misfortunes,in Affghanistan. We have nothing to acid today to the opinion already expressed of the news from China. So far as yet developed, we cordially approve of Sir H. POTTINGER'S policy. There is no news of the slightest interest in the French rapers, save the little contained in the subjoined extracts : The Moniteur of the 3d publishes :the remainder of the Addresses made to tha King on the Ist of May, and his Ma jesty's answers. _ . . _ _ The official journal does not publish this morning his Ma jesty's answer to the speech of the Archbishop of Paris. The Memorial Bordelais of the Ist of May says—" The ac • counts from Spain give reason to conjecture a speedy change in the Cabinet. " The Regent Espartero seems to be at present inclined to this expedient, and does not wish to arouse political passions by new elections. It it said that he has declared that he intends to letthis legislation sit its proper time. " According to the Constitution the duration of the Cortes is three years, and the present Chamber was elected in 1841. . "It is said that the Government will be confided to M. Olezaja, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and President of the Council. This nomination would be more favourable to a good understanding between Spain and France, than the present ad ministration of M. Gunzalez ; in this case M. Costina would have the department of the Interior.— Constitutionnel. M. Briten, of Nantes, asked the following question, to which, probably no answer will be given :—" Why is the produce of the English Newfoundland fishing admitted into our Colonies, while the produce of the French fisheries is prohibited in the British possessions ?" Commerce. BOUESE—PARIS, TUESDAY, MAY 3. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prie.. Price. French 5 per Cent 5........... 119 95 ... 120 ... 1.9 90 119 90 4% per Cents lO7 80 .. 107 80 ... 107 80 ... 107 110 4.per Cents. 102 15 ... 102 15 ... 102 15 ... 102 15 S per Cents Bl 95 ....' 82 10 ... 81 95 ... 62 5 Loan Rank of nance ?.%5 ...?:.915 —3365 —3305 Lattitte bank 1,0001. Shares 1037 se ...1040 ...1037 50 —lO4O 5,000 f. St.arcs 5052 50 ...5052 50 —.50)2 5,1 ...SOY? 51) Selaian Bank _ _ _ _ 11111 Belgian 5 per Cents. a i..r Cent:., 1840 10 5 56 ... 105% ... 105% .. 105 % ,psnish Ac , ,ve 26 ... S 6 ... 25% ... 25% Passive 4X ... 4% ... 4A, ... 4% Portuguese 5 per Cents. l'2)4 ... fiN ... 3256 ... 32 Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHARER. St. Germain . ....... ............. 842 50 ... 655 ... 812 50 ... 855 ... Vex' s' L.B 2i.5 DI 50 ... 205 ... 207 ftwen ........ 560 .... 560 .... 557 50 ••• Orleans St' asburg to Bale 235 ... 2 ... 233 ... 23.5 A FRAUDULENT LEGISLATURE:-011 April 5, Sir Ro bert Peel gava the definition of fraud—a " combination, for the purpose of influencing the market."_ He was speaking on the Corn-law averages, while he was carry ing a Bill, by a combi na ti on o f near ly a ll th e l an dl or d s in Parliament, to influence the market. We appeal to Sir Robert Peel, therefore, whether ours be not a frau dulent Legislature ? Mr. Simpson, of Bucklersbury, as will be seed-from the advertisements in The Sun of this day, has received directions to sell some valuable estates in Ireland, as well as in different parts of England. Some of these have an annual rental of from 50eI. to 10,0001. a year ; and, when Money is so plentiful, there is every probabi• lity that there will be a keen competition for the pro perty. Mr. Simpson has long been employed as the principal agent for the sale of Irish estates ; and from the faithful description which he generally gives of their value, his estimates have been received with implicit confidence. Gentlemen who wish to purchase can judge for themselves ; and will, therefore, naturally consult their own interest, by making personal inquiry of Mr. Simpson, who will give them every information. The Non-Intrusion Bill, which has been postponed for six weeks, will no doubt form an important subject of debate in the next General Assembly, which meets on the 19th instant. The majority in the Scotch Church have become alarmed, and some of their leaders, in consequence, have entered into a com munication with the Government, as they evidently have no hopes from any other quarter. It will certainly be a singular result if, after all their noise and fury, they ac cept Lord Aberdeen's Bill, which they denounced as a wicked attempt to dethrone the Head of the Church. The following was posted at Lloyd's yesterday :—" A communication has been received id Liverpool from the Neapolitan authorities in London, requesting the Consul there to caution the Captains of Neapolitan vessels against the pending danger of reprisals, in consequence of disputes that have arisen between the Neapolitan and Dutch Governments." CORN AVERA GEN GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, Fort the Weelt ended April 29, IS-12, made up from the Ileturcs f the Inspectorsin the uifferent Cities and Towns in Englan•t and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 6ls. Od. [Oats Barlev 271 7.i. Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Week ending WHEAT. BARLEY.! OATS. 1 RYE. BEANS. MASK. ...-.--...—..-- .--.--- ....-- I Mar. 25 56 4 b... 6 6 17 4 33 4 s 9 9 22 0 April 1 8 53 2 16 2 19 11 33 10 ;20 7 19 4 15 '22 29.., 6l : 0 ' 27 6 19 1 j 31 71 31 6I 3i I IMPERIAL AGORROATZ AVEItACPs OF THE SIX WFi.K Wheat......... 595. 3d. I Oats ......... 18c. 9.1.1 Beans.... .. ... :'11,: - s'. Bade!. 20. gd, 1 Rye ..,...... 35.1Cd.1 Pease. .... ....305.10d DUTISS ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat l3s. Od. I Oats Barley los. WI. I 21. Ye TILE A RKETS=-YESTERDAY. COLONIAL MARKET. There was little business transacted. Holders were firm, and refrained from pressing much produce for sale. The im ports have commenced to come in more freely from all quarters. Raw Sugar scarce and wanted, and prices rule high. -R kJe less in request, but prices keep up. Saltpetre in good demand at 265. to 295. per cwt. TEA MARKET. The market was dull, and few purchases were made. Is. 9 1 4 d. was the nearest price of Company's Congou cash. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND public Opt Mon. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Speech of the Archbishop of Paris to the King, on Saturday last, is the prominent topic in the original articles of the Paris journals. The Constitutionnel, Courrier Francais, and National, bestow unqualified censure on the clergy of Paris for this manifestation, which they describe as highly improper, whilst the Quotidienne, France, Globe, and Univers declare that it must appear unobjectionable to all right-minded persons that the clergy should attempt tis induce tha higher powers to put an end to the desecration of the Sabbath. The Correspondent of a contemporary writes from Madrid as follows. The statement is astounding :—" France would appear resolved upon carrying out her hostile policy towards this country by any or every means in her power. Her pre sent project for effecting her objects is the worst and most shameful of all she has yet attempted. You are aware that she claims from this country a debt of something like a mil lion and a quarter sterling for the expenses of the Army of In vasion of lts23, and putting down the constitutional system of that period in the Peninsula. France has now, I can assure you of the fact, made a formal demand for the payment of this sum to the Spanish Minister ! In other words, France has the shameless audacity to exclaim to her victim, Spain, a million sterling, or the marriage of your Queen to the son of the bigot-despot Don Carlos !' Commentary upon such atro cious conduct would be superfluous—no exposition could add to its baseness." PARLIAMENTARY. The Lords did not meet yesterday. In reply to Mr. P. N. Stewart Sir James Graham stated that he had not promised immediately to introduce a Bill rela tive to the Church of Scotland; he had only said that her Ma jesty's Ministers had hopes that a settlement might be made of the unhappy disputes in the Scotch Kirk ; if those hopes should be realized, a Bill would be introduced. _ _ _ It was stated by Sir Robert Peel, in answer to Mr. Reding ton, that the motion for introducing a Bill to disfranchise Sud bury is not to he put off next Tuesday by Government having then the right to proceed with orders instead of motions. Mr. Hutt, in moving for copies of circulars sent from the Home-office relative to the Magistracy, brought before the House the manner in which the Tories, since their accession to office, had been thrusting their creatures into the Magis tracy, in defiance of the local authorities. Sir James Graham defended the improper proceedings at great length, and pointed out that the Whigs had done quite as bad, or a great deal worse than the Tories. The Right Hon. Baronet was indeed smart and heavy in his accusations, and was rehemently cheered by his friends. The House was occupied all the evening with the de bate; the Members of one side hurling fierce party accu sations against the Members of the other. Towards the end Sir Robert Peel defended the Tories, and assuming— though how the opinions of men can be. so accurately known we eannot say—that 745 Magistrates, out of 1,026, were Liberals when the Tories came into office, he asserted that his party had only redressed an unequal balance, and by their appointments had saved the administration of jus• tice from suspicion and odium. Lord John Russell defended the conduct of the Whigs, and showed that they did not act on such bad principles as the Tories; that they had not swamped the county Magistracy with Whigs when they came into office in 1830, though the Magis tracy was then all Tory; that the Tory principles followed out would lead to place an equal number of political partisans on the bench, and would tend to make the administration of justice a party matter. The Noble Lord condemned very severely the appointment of 400 new Magistrates, on the corning into power of the Tories, and apologised for the political inconsist ency of which he had been accused, by saying that he had never deviated into Radicalism, except when he had voted for Sir James Graham's motion in 1830. For those votes he had repented, and he asked pardon of the House ; but he did not think he had so heavy a load to repent of as Sir James, who had now made himself the servant of the party he then vilified. There was no opposition to Mr. Hutt's motion, though the party debate to which it gave rise occupied the whole evening. Sir J. Graham postponed his motion for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Poor-law Commission, till Tuesday. ----- -- ------ . - The House - rose, after disposing of the Orders, at One o'Clock. MONEY—TRADE—COIVIMEILCE. The meetings of hand-loom weavers in the vicinity of Man chester still continue; between 5,000 and 10,000 met on Dir pley Moor last Sunday, but were quite peaceable. At a meeting of the creditors of the Renfrewahire Bank, held at Greenock on Monday, the liabilities of the Company were stated to be 225,6201. 15s. sd. ; the assets, 115,300/. ; de ficiency, 110,321. 15s. sd. ELECTIONEERING. The Nottingham Election Committee closed on Wednesday in affirming the election of the sitting Members. The disputed double return for Thetford was decided on Wednesday, when Sir James Flower was declared the sitting Member. NAVAL AND MILITARY. Lieutenant-General Sir William Nicolay, the predecessor o' Sir Lionel Smith, in the government of the Mauritius, died al Cheltenham on Tuesday, having been 55 years in the service. LAW ANIV POLICE. A man of the name of Mathew Wayling, who is supposed to have committed the murder of Mr. Simpson, landlord of the Dirpley Arms, in Lancashire, and afterwards robbed his house, now more than thirteen months ago, has been arrested, and on being brought up to the Thames police-office on Wednesday, was remanded till Monday week. Investigation into Messrs. Wigney's bankruptcy case was resumed on Wednesday at Brighton. Mrs. Wigney on examina tion affirmed that the plate, pictures, harps, and other effects which had been removed, had been since unreservedly delivered up to the creditors. PINE ARTS. The sculptured fi gures of Cramer, Ridley, and Latimer, for t4plartyr's Memorial, executed by Mr. Weekes, the sculptor, were fixed in their niches on Saturday. THEATRICAL. Her Majesty visited th e St. James's theatre on Wednesday, night, with a select Court party, and witnessed Mdlle Ple,sy' performance, who took her farewell m Celimene, Valerie, and Rose. SPORTING. Mensen Ernst, the famous Norwegian runner, now at Mos- cow, has engaged to walk from that city to Jerusalem in thirty days. Several Russian noblemen have made wagers, amount ing to 80,000 *flyer rubles (320,000 f.) His departure is fixed for May 1. He is to receive 25,000 silver rubles if he succeeds in his undertaking. He is at present fifty : -nine years of age. CO if kl T -FASHION:A.I3I.4:I. The Duke of Beaufort left Beaufort House on Tuesday for Bristol, in order to head his regiment, the Gloucester Yeomanry Cavalry, which is assembled for eight days' duty. he Countess of Kinnoull gives a splendid ball at Hampden House on the 9th, in honour of the dtbut of her daughter, Lady Louisa H ay. The marriage of the Hon. Mr. Liddell, son of Lord Ravens worth, and Miss Cecil Wellesley, daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Gerald V. Wellesley, is to be solemnized on Wednesday next. Earl Grey was among the equestrains on Wednesday, on Cono stitution Hill, apparently in the enjoyment of excellent health. Lady Spencer Stanhope's ball in Harley-street, on Tuesday, was attended by upwards of a hundred persons, among whom were the Duchess of Inverness, the French Ambassador, &c. ZKISCW.I.LEINEOU S. Thalberg is expected to arrive in London next Sunday ; and, on the ensuing Friday, will give a Concert at Willis's Rooms. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW S CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. A broker, acting for the Court of Bankruptcy, having appeared as a purchaser, an advance took place in the prices of the English Funds, and consols closed at 92a 921 for Money, and 924 92i for the Account; Bank Stock, 167 168; India Stock, 247 1 A 24q ; Exehequer Bills, 37 39 prem. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are a shade higher, being 53 533; the Five per Cents. remained at 101 104, as did Belgian at 102 103 ex div. ; Danish, 80/ 81i ; and Bra zilian, 67 68 ; Mexican was quoted somewhat lower, namely, 34 343. Railroad Shares were flat, but the only alteration in prices was a rise in South Eastern, which lett off at 32 33 per Share; London and Birmingham were 90 92 ;_ Great Western, 28i 29* ; the Half Shares, 14 1 153 prem. ; Birmingham and Glou cester, 52 54; South Western, 633 64; Gosport, 63i 64 ; North Midland, 65 66 • the New Shares, 32 33; Eastern Counties, 91 10; Blac kwall, 12 123; the New Shares, 10 103, and Brighton, 36i 36 , 1 per Share. The quotations of the Bonds of the insolvent States, with the exception of Spanish, which is lower, are as yesterday. Colom bian, 26i 26i ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 373 37 3 / 4 ; the Three per Cents., 223 22%; Spanish Five per Cents., 24124* ; the Three per Cents., 24 23. It is stated, upon unquestionable authority, that a gentleman holding a prominent situation in the commercial world, and who takes a leading part in bank affairs, and another of high standing in the Stock Exchange, are about to proceed to Ame rica with the view, in addition to pursuits of their own, of con ferring upon measures which, it is hoped, may tend to restore American credit, and to bring about an equitable adjustment of the deranged monetary affairs of that country. It is, however, sincerely to behoped th at no intention exists of introducing any I r new loans here. Sufficient loss and consequent ,suffering hav ing already been incurred without risking any more. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The English Funds continued firm at the - improved rates of yesterday, Consols being 921,4 92% for Money, and 924 for the Account; Reduced Three per Cents, 91i 91i; Three and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 993.; New Three-and-a- Half per Cents., 1004 1001; Bank Stock, 1674 ; India Stock, 247 248; India Bonds, 21; and Exchequer Bills, 36 38 prem. No alteration at d but few transactions in Foreign Securities. The prices are, Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53i; the Five per Cents, 101 1014 ' • Belgium, 1034 1044'; Danish, 804 814 ; and Brazilian, 67 68. The Share Market has been comparatively neglected, and the extent of business small ; prices, however, remain good. The sales have been—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 55 ; Birming ham and Gloucester, 53 - South Eastern and Dover, 32 32 4 ; the Scrip, 3% p r e m . ; Eastern Counties, New, 10 104 and Greenwich Old Shares, 5.6. A solitary quotation appears for the bonds of the insolvent States. It would almost appear t) at one bargain is daily en tered into, in order that they may be kept on the official lists, I and not IJst sight of altogether. Columbian, 26% ; Peruvian, 19 ; Portuguese, 37 1 / a ; Spanish Five per Cents., 234, and the Three per Cents., 23g. Yesterday, the fourth of the month, passed off satisfactorily, but it must be admitted that it has seldom occurred that so few bills have fallen due, which can only be owing to the de pressed state of trade. The letters by the Overland Mail from India delivered to-day, are far more numerous than usual. The most interesting intel ligence has already appeared in The Sun. It is stated that a commercial treaty had been concluded hetween this country and Persia, which is considered to be satisfactory and liberal. It provides, that merchandise in either territory shall be placed upon the same footing as that of the most favoured nation. The most important points, however, are those by which internal transit duties arc abolished, and the appointment of Consuls. These duties have long been a serious annoyance to commerce, and press very hardly upon merchants. A British Consul-General is to be resident at Tabreez, an agent at Teheran, and another at Bushire ;_ while the Persians are to have a commercial age n t its London, and one also at lit,mbay. These appointments will materially assist the trade alluded to a few days since, as having been opened with India via the Red Sea or the Persian Gulph, and if this treaty be effectually carried out, the route thus marked, will prove of in calculable advantage to our merchants in their intercourse with the central parts of Asia, by way of Syria and the eastern coasts of the Mediterranean. Intelligence from Sydney to the 4th December has also arrived by this mail. Business as far as trading is concerned, is in the same dull state. The growth of svool is rapidly and profitably increasing. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 4.—The sales to-day amount to 3,000 bales, including 300 for export. Business was transacted in a very dull and spiritless manner, owing partly to the bad accounts from Manchester. In prices there is no alteration, but are firmly maintained. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 4.—The market is rather quieter to-day. Few Shares have been sold, and the market remained very languid at closing. The following ire the quotations:—Eastern Counties, New, 5/ 15s. sd. ; Liver pool and Manchester, Half Shares, 89; London and Birming ham, 181; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 61 ; Manchester ana Birmingham, 28k; North Midland, 65/; Paris and Rotten, 17* ; South Eastern, 32. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 4.—Our market has been quiet to-day, and without any material alteration in prices. London and Birmingham, 181 ; Manchester, and Birmingham, 29*; South Eastern New, 9i 9/. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock . . 167 i India Stock 3 per Cent Red 9li Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons 924 Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red.. New 3i per Cent New 5 per Cent.. — Ditto 500/. . . 39 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 39 pm Jan. 1860 ..... ..... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct ... Oct. 1859. ......... I:2i , India Stock for Acct.... :lan. 1860. ....... Consols for Acct FOREIGN FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto 37a Prussian, 5 per cent Austrian, 5 pei vent.— Belgian, 5 pei rent Brazilian 80nu5.... Buenos Ayres t I percent Russian, 5 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic ...... . Colombian, 6 pet cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent.. 231 Ditto, 1824.......... ..... Ditto, Deferred.... .. 128 Dani , h, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent. —l. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange -c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 33i French, 3 percent. 81 . 62i e. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 IDutch, 24 per cent. , 53 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. 'Ditto, 5 per cent. 101 a SHARES. Birmingham and Glougestcr Rail•cay (100 p) 53 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ..... 10 Ditto New Shares ( paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 55 London and Brighton (50 paid).. London and Birmingham (90) . ..... .. 181 London and Greenwich Railway I pd) London and South Western London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 134. Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... Ditto New Shares (30 paid... Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) North Midland Railway ( IOU) Ditto New Shares (40 paid) , ........ 324 South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ...... . 32 Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS.—YESTERDAY. A few of the Chester visitors left at Wednesday's races, and were in attendance at the room 3esterday afternoon. The muster nevertheless was uncommonly thin, and the inclination to do business so slight, that not a dozen bets were booked from first to last. Vi e have therefore merely to give the quo tations, and refer to our report of the proceedings at Chester on Wednesday evenin; for a general list of the prices, pre mising that Canadian is now the property of Air. Greville (the price said to be 2,000 guineas, with contingencies), and Chat ham of Lord George lientinck. DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Forth's lot. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Trelawny's Frederica c.—takes to 2001. 9 to I agst 31r. Greville's Canadian—taken. 15 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland—taken. 25 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Chatham—take 30 to I. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Batlinkeele—taken. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Fireaway. EGLINTON PARK RACES —TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added by the Club. Half a mile. (8 Subs. ) Mr. Ramsay's Nubian, aged, 12st 61b (Major Richardson) I Lord Howth's The Augean, 12st 6lb Mr. H. Johnstone's Charlie, 12st 6lb The following also started, but were not placed:—Captain Pettat nd. Black Diamond, aged, 12st 6lb : Lord Waterford nd. Anna, 6 yrs, lust 31b; and Mr. Moore's Magic, 4 yrs, list 41b.—Won easy. The Three yrs old Stakes of 20 sovs. each ; colts, Bst 31b ; fillies, Bst. Mile and half. (5 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's fby Patron (G. Noble) 1 Sir J. Boswell's Monarch dis The Marchmont Stakes of 5 sovr. each, with 50 added, once round. (7 subs.) Mr. Johnstone'a The Returned, aged, 12st 101 b Lord Eglinton nd Gipsey, aged, 12st 101 b 2 The following were not placed—Mr. Crawfurd nd Patriot, aged, 12st, and Lord ifowth's Anonymous, aged, 12st 101 b. Won by a length. The Irvine Cup by subs. of 10 sovs. each, with 150 added by Lord Eglinton, and the Town of Irvine. Once round and a distance. (13 subs. ) Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius, 5 yrs list 121 b (Capt. Pettat) 1 Lord Hovvth's St. Lawrence, 5 yrs, list 121 b 2 Won by a head. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 50 added. (Two Miles.) Mr. Johnstone nd Clem-o'-the-Cleugh, 6 yrs, 12st 4113 Mr. W. M. Alexander's Jock, 5 yrs, list 71b......... 2 The following not placed a—Lord Howth's The Augean, aged, 12st 101 b ; Lord Cassillis's Curtius, aged, 12st lOst. Won easy. Match. Half-a-mile.—Mr. H. Johnitone's Crescent, 6 yrs, list 41h (Major Campbell), beat Mr. Redfern's Slashing Harry, aged, I Ist 111 b, in a canter. CHESTER RACES.---WEDNESDAY. The Dee Stand Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added, if three horses start. Two miles. (7 subs. ) Mr. Kirby's Lanercost, aged .... . • walked over. Two yrs old Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each ; colts, Bst 51b; fillies, Bst 21b. Half a mile. (12 subs.) Lord Westminster's Maria Day...... (Marson) Mr. Griffith's Newcourt, by Sir Hercules 2 The following also started, but were not placed Price's Colin Clink, Mr. Tallentir o's Flirt, Mr. Mostyn's c by Velocipede, out of Her Highness, Lord Stanley's colt by Amu rath, out of Mysinda, I lr. Critchley's Delia, Mr. G. Ogden's Blacklock, Mr. Worthington's cby Despot, out of Blue-Bell. Betting-3t o I agst Maria Day ;3 to agst Colin Clink ; 4 to 1 agst Mr. Mortyn's colt; 5 to 1 agst the Mysinda colt ; and 6 to 1 agst Newcourt. —Won cleverly. The Dee Stakes, of 50 toys. each, h ft, with 200 added. The second to save his stake. For three yrs old ; Derby weights. Grosvenor course. (28 Subs.) Mr. Copeland's Combermere. (Marlow) 1 Lord Westmir.ster's William de Fortibus.. The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Miltown's Master Edward, Lord Stanley's Rocbana c, Sir R. Bulkeley's Jemima c, Mr. Prince's Marion, Mr. Orde's Bees wax, 3.1 r. Graydon's St. Bernard, and Mr. Bird's 14. Allen. Betting-5 to 4 agst William de Fortibus, 3to 1 agst Ala ion, 4 to I agst Dr. Allen, and 10 to I agst Combermere. Won by a head, in the last strides, after a good race from the pit. The City Members' Purse of 60 Guineas; heats, once round and a distance. Mr Jones's Portrait, 4 yrs Mr. Meiklam's c. by Physician, out of Solace, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b. Mr. Langley's Rancour, 4 yrs, Bst. 61b. Mr. Owslei's Happy- go-Lucky, 3 yrs, fist 101 b. Mr. Dawson's The Biddy, 3 yrs, 6st. 71b. The favourite won cleverly. ELECTION COMMITTEES. NEWCASTLE. UN DER •LYNE. _ The Committee met at 11 o'clock. The poll-books having been put in, and other preliminaries gone through, Mr. TALBOT, for the petitioners, proceeded to,call witnesses to prove the agency of a Mr. Harding. Two witnesses, Mrs. Anne Millington, and a Mr. Cobden, were examined, but proved nothing conclusive. Mrs. Ann Wayte, wife of John Wayte, who keeps the Cock public-house at Newcastle, was next examined. The witness, a young woman of respectable and prepossessing . appearance, seemed to find great difficulty in recollecting any circumstance, great or small, respecting which she was examined, and her ob liviousness frequently elicited smiles from the members of the Committee. She at length admitted that a committee met at her house during the election ; that they frequently had refreshment s, and also ordered refreshments for numbers of the burgesses, who came there, from time to time, during the canvass and the day of election. The orders were chiefly given by one of the committee, named Galmore. Mr. Harding did not give or tiers. She looked to the committee for the payment of her hill, which amounted to 50/. The committee consisted princi pally of journeymen hatters. She did not look to Mr. Galmore for payment, nor to Mr. Harris. She did not know where the money was to come from, but she would swear she looked to the committee. She did not know the names of any of them. She knew some of them by sight. Her husband was examined, and admitted that he had applied to Mr. :Harding, the attorney of Mr. Harris, the sitting Member, for the expenses incurred at the Cock by the c ommittee. He said that the only liquors served to the committee, or by their order, were wines, ale s, _ and cyder. He denied that any sp irits were ever served to the burgesses. Liiza Davis, servant to the two former witnesses, being examined, said, that she saw Mr. Harris the sitting Member, three times in the committee-room, at the Cock. She had also seen, on one occasion, spirits served to the voters, who had become very clamorous, and declared that they would net vote for Mr. Harris , unless t he y were served with spirits. The Committee adjourned at Four o'clock. The Committee met at eleven o'clock, when Mr. Sergeant Shea summed up a t great length on the part of the petitioners , and Mr. Austin h av ing concluded his reply shortly after three SOUTHAM PTON. o'clock, the room was cleared. In three quarters of an hour strangers were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN said the Committee had conic to the fol lowing resolution :—That Lord Bruce and Mr. C. C. Martyn had, by their agents, been guilty of bribery and treating at the last election for the borough of Southampton; that it was not proved that either Lord Bruce or Mr. Martyn had been guilty of personal bribery at the said election. Mr. Coczenart then called on the Committee to declare the , late election for Southampton null and void. 'The CtrA IRALAN asked if Mr. Cockburn abandoned the claim Petition, that Messrs. Mangles and Hutchins elected? se su t o forth uld b indeclare d the ----- Mr. COCKBURN replied that he thought be could not press for that point. The CHAIRMAN then said it would be necessary for the Committee to frame a resolution, to the effect that those Gen tlemen were not elected. It wis then announced that the Speaker was at prayers, and the Committee adjourned till this day. DR. REIn'S LECTURES ON CHEMISTRY.—Wednes s at Exeter Hall. day evening, Dr, •‘eid delivered an other lecture on this branch of science, to as crowded an au di enc e as usual, in the great room i which he also expe rimental part of hi s l ecture i ncre ased in brilliancy. His theore tical explanation o f the pr i nc iples involved in Argand lamps , Being now upon the subj ect of g ases, the lecture. Show ing th a t flame and air mu tuall y fed and practi ca lly illustrated , was an ornament to his strengthened each other, he proceeded to demonstrate how that, by the formation of th.. se lamps, which consist of conc ent r ic circles of flam es , they reciprocally imparted powers of light and brightness to each other, producing on the whole a body of light, clear and intensely luminous. Dr. Reid, in his next lecture on Wednesday, treats u p on the sub j ect of heat, as relates to stoves, ut ens il s i n daily use, and steam-apparatus in general. A melancholy instance of sudden death occurred, a few days since, at Orleans. 1%1. de Ktamguy, of St. Pol, in Brittany, who had arrived at Orleans by the steam-boat, on his way to Paris, % hu e s i t ting surrounded by his four daugh ters in the court-yard of the diligence-effice waiting its depar ture, was struck with apoplexy, which, notwithstanding the prompt assistance of a medical man, immediately terminated hi existence. . . . . _. The passage of the steam ship Antwerpen, Captain Jackson, from London to AntWeTp, on Sunday last, was effected in twenty hours. She returned here this morning, with nume rous passeAgers, bringing the Brussels papers of yesterday , R. Norma's BEN I; Notter takes his benefit at Drury-lane 'Theatre thisevening, for which occasion tickets and places are to be had of him at the Lox office. The pieces selected are the Gamester, with a powerful cast of characters, and the attractive opera of :leis and Galatea, rich with G ay 's pr et ry, Handol's music, and th e vocal abilities of Miss p. Horton, Miss Bonier, Mr. H. Phil lips, and others. The civility and attention of Mr. Notter, as box-keeper . at Covent-garden, and now at iDrury-lane, entiVe him to public s ipport. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. We have received New York Papers this day by the Virginian, Captain Allen, to the 15th ult., being four days later than before received. Since the arrival of Lord Ashburton in the States, a great degree of interest has been excited as to his Lord ship's instructions, and the policy which will be pursued: the general opinion is that his mission will result in a favourable adjustment of the difficulties between the two countries. his Lordship has already sent a com munication to the Governor of Maine, and an extra ses sion of the Legislature of that State was to be called im mediately, to take the subject into consideration. The Loan Bill has been read a second time in the Senate, and ordered to be engrossed for the third read ing. There is no doubt that the measure will pass, though it is said there are some influential Members of the Senate unfavourably disposed towards the measure. By the latest accounts from Texas, we learn that the reports of the invasion of that country by the Mexicans have been greatly exaggerated. The mighty army of 21,000 men has suddenly dwindled down to about 1,000, and these have retreated beyond the Rio Grande. The business of the New York Market had slightly improved, cotton having been in good demand, and a trifle higher in price. The following are extracts from the papers : !Caw ORLEANS, MARCH 31.—The Mexican forces have re treated beyond the Rio Grande, amounting in all to about 1,000 men, and the Texians are in hot pursuit. Private letters which I have perused state that General Houston had deter mined on the invasion of Mexico, and no doubt was entertained but that an amy of s 0,000 men could be raised for that pur pose within sixty days. In addition to this, authentic intelligence was received by an arrival from Tampico last night, that the Mexican army had bees augmented to 50,000 men. Fur what other purpose could so large a force have been assembled, but for the invasion of Texas. Indeed, all the accounts received from Mexico within the past two months, plainly show that there is a settled determination on the part of Santa Anna, to reconquer the last province. 1 have seen newspapers up to this, 10th March, but they do not contain a word of news, as is usually the case with these journals. The steam-ship Natchez arrived at twelve o'clock last night in 72 hours from Havannah. A fresh difficulty had arisen be tween the British Consul and Government in relation to the transportation of letters by the Royal mail steamers. The steam -ship Tay, on her arrival from Vera Cruz, was requested to hand over the letters to be assorted at the Ilivannali NO office, to which the person in charge of the mails returne'd a flat refusal. He was forthwith imprisoned, and the British Consul despatched a re esserger to the Admiral commanding on the West India station, asking fur some vessels of war enforce the liberation of Queen Victoria's subjects ! It is evi• dent that serious difficulties will grow out of this Royal mail line. (Cori espondence of the Courier and Enquirer.) NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 2.—A fire broke out last night be tween nine and ten o'clock, in the store of-Messrs. Kuhr, Da ran and Co., situated in Bienville-street. The contents were entirely destroyed, and the adjoining building, ocecupied by Messrs Schmidt and Co., suffered some damage from water. The loss is estimated at about $50,000, which is covered by insurance. The branch of the Union Bank at Donaltisonville was robbed two das s ago sf $40,000. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. NEW YORK, MARCH 14, 1842. The transactions at the Board of brokers this morning were to fair extent ; prices, however, are unsettled and fluctuating. New York State Sixes advanced 1 1-4; Ditto Five-and-a- Half per Cents. declined 1-2 ; Ohio Sixes of '6O fell off 1 per cent. ; Indiana Bonds, 1-4; Delaware and Hudson, t 1-4; Farmers' Trust, 1.4; Utica and Sehenectady, 1-2 ; Long Island, 1.8; Canton, 1-4; Mechanics' Bank, 1; Syracuse and Utica advanced I per cent. ; Paterson, 3-8 ; Boston and Providence, 1-2; and Mohawk, 5-8. There is but little doing in Foreign Exchange for the Liver pool, London and Havre packets, which are still detained by head winds. Sterling is dull at 106 1 / 2 to 107, and Francs at 5.40. Treasury Notes are inactive at 1- 1 4 per cent. discount for notes of 1,000 dollars, and 4 to 1 per cent. for notes of a similar denomination. Cotton is in fair demand, and rates have undergone a slight improvement. 800 bales have been taken to-day for expert. PHILADELPHIA, April 12-5 P. M. The same good feeling as mentioned in my letter of yesterday still prevails, and prices of Stocks and Loans are on the ad vance. 2,900 dols. Pennsylvania s's, 1864, sold at 39 1 / 2 ; 2,000 dols. Kentucky 6's, 1871, at 70 cash; 1,300 dols. Phila delphia City s's, 1846, at 95 ; 1,000 dols. Cincinnati 6's, 1865, at 62 ; 1,650 dols. Wilmington R. 6's, 1844, at 60; 2 shares Reading R. at 184; 1,000 dols. U. S. Bank Notes at 60 per cent. discount ; 20 shares Wilmington R. at 12k ; U. S. Bank closed at 21 a2B ; North America Bank, 158 a 200 ; Exchange without alteration in quotations; Relief Notes, 12 to 15 ; Penn sylvania Bank, 15 a 20 ; Moyamensing, 20 a 25 ; Six per cent. Treasury Notes, late issue, 1 a 2 per. cent. discount. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, took an airing yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and four. Pi inae Albert, att en d e d by Col. Wylde, visited the studio of the late Sir Francis Chantry yesterday afternoon. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the Princes Royal were taken an airing yesterday in a carriage. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening included her Royal Highness the Ducht ss of Kent, the French Ambassador and the Countess St. Aulaire, Baron de Mon corvo, the Portuguese Minister, the Russian Minister and Baroness Bunsen, the Duke and I %uchess of Buckingham, Mar quis of Tweeddale, Marquis of Norrnariby, Lady Ann Maria Dawson, Count Raczynski, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Jermyn, Earl and Countess of Zetland, Lord and Lady Haddo, Lord and Lady Walpole, Rev. Dr. Buckland, and Colonel Scott. The band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner, and performed the following pieces :—Quiek step, " 23d Royal Welch Fusiliers," R. Sibold. Air varia, Fausta," Doni zetti. Scene ed aria, .‘ Ah quista pena io eolsi," Pacini. Walzer, Wettrenner," Strauss. Quadrille, MS., Musard. Fantasia, .‘ Lucrezia Borgia," C. Coote. Galop, Brepsant. 'fhe following Addresses oi Congratulation on the birth of the Prince of Wales were presented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday, at Buckingham Palace:— From her Majesty's Council of the Virgin Island., ; also from the Legislative Assembly of St. Vincent-11y Mr. Culquhoun. From Great Malvern—by the Rev. Dr. Card, Mr. Erlwa' d Foley, and Mr. Essington. From Colchester—by Mr. Henry Vint, the May or ; accom panied by Mr. Richard Sander son, and Sir George Henry Smyth, Bart., the Members for the Borough, Mr. .14,hn Round, M. P., High Steward, and Mr. Round. M. P., Recorder. From Sunderland—by Sir Hedworth Williamson, the Mayor. From Lyme Regis—by Mr. Pinney, M.P. From Shrewsbury—by Colonel Tomlime, M.P. From Luttlow—by the Mayor. From Hastings ; also from St. Leonard's—by the Right Hon. J. Planta, M.P. From Saffron Walden—by the Mayor, and Mr, Councillor Baron. . . His . Royal Highness Prince Albert was attended by the Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the St,le ; Lord Colville, Lord in Waiting; Captain Francis Seymour (Scots Fusilitr Guards), broom in Waiting; Colonel Wilde, Equerry in Waiting; and Captain Blake, R.N., Gentleman Usher in Waiting. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Hon. Miss Mitchell and the Earl Howe were in waiting on her Majesty. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen Dowager on Tuesday evening. The following Gentlemen presented Addresses of Congratu lation, on the Birth of the Prince of Wales, to the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's:— The Rev. Dr. Card ( Vicar), Mr. Edward Foley (Lord of the Manor), Alr. J. W. Knight, M.P., and Mr. Essington— from Great Malvern. Col. Tomline—from the Corporation of Shrewsbury ; also from the Inhabitants of Shrewsbury. Mr. R Wakefield, Mayor, Mr. G. Anderson, Alderman, Mr. Ackers, M.P., and Mr. Botfield, M.P.—from the Borough of Ludow. Mr. F. Smith, Alderman, Mr. J. G. Shorter, Town-Clerk, Right Hon. J. Planta, M.P., and Mr. R. Hollond, M.P.— from Hastings ; also from the Queen's St. Leonard's Archers. Sir H. Williamson, the Mayor, and Mr. D. Barclay, M.P. —from Sunderland. Mr. Emson, Mayor, Mr. Councillor T. Spurgin, Mr. Coun cillor C. Baron, and Councillor J. Clarke—rom Saffron Walden. Her Royal Highness the Duckess of Kent was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady in Waiting, and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., Comptroller of her Royal Highness's Household. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Wednesday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and .the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, went to Kew yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses returned to town in the afternoon. The Duke of Sussex honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne with hia company at dinner on Wednesday even ing, at Lansdowne-house. The company to meet his Royal Highness included the Duchess of Inverness, the Duchess of Somerset, the Marquis of Anglesea, the Earl and Countess of Rosebery, Earl of Yarborough, Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady Cottenham, Lord Sudeley, Sir John Hobhouse, and the Right Hon. E. Ellice. A'deputation from the counties of Kent, Surrey, Worcester, and Sussex, consisting of Mr. Deedes, Mr. Hodges, Sir E. De ring, Dr. Lamb, Mr. Selmes, Mr. Alderman Lucas, Mr. El;is, General Lygon, Mr. Knight, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Marne, ac companied by Viscount Marsham, Sir E. Flirt - Tr, Mr. Plump tre, M.P., Mr. Fuller, M.P., Mr. Curteis, M.P., Mr. Brad shaw, M.P., Mr. G. Darby, M.P. and Mr. Trotter, M.P. had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. at his official re sidence in Downing-street. A deputation, including Captain E. Cleather , - . Mr. Leo Schuster, Mr. J. P. Westhead, and . Mr., W. Slater, bad an interview with the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation respecting the Portendic claims, including Mr. Divett, M.P., Mr. Hawes, M.P., and Mr. Harrison Lad an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign *ce. Baron de Griesheim had an interview with Lord Stanley yestt relay at the Colonial, ffice. A numerous party of scotch Members of the House of Corn mons had an interview on Wednesday with Sir Robert Peel, in Dow' ing-street. _ _ Mr. Bankes, and a deputation, including Alderman Johnson, Mr. Freeman, and Mr. Foot, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. Gladstone yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Deitatches from the Governor of New South Wales were received yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial•effice. - - DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BODY OF A MURDERER.- We understand that the hody of the man Cook, of Baton, who committed murder and suicide, and whose interment, owing to the peculiar nature of the verdict of the Coroner's Jury. could not take place without permission of the Judges. as secretly removed at. night from his late residence, and con veyed no one knows where, or by whom, or f or what purpose. That the door was found open in the morning and the body gone, is all that the neighbours know about the matter. — Bristol Times. HOLY THURSDAY. — Yesterday being Ascension Day, or Holy Thursday, according to annual custom, the clothed chil dren, belonging to various parochial schools in the metropolis, headed by the minister and other parish authorities, went in proces.sion, for the purpose of what is termed " beating the bounds"—viz., claiming the extent of the parish. The children ar afterwards regaled with a good einner. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel, the Ocean, Fife. from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house yesterday morning with the Dutch Mail. The Journal de St. Petersburg is accompanied by a supplement, printed in the form of a pamphlet, in 40 pages, containing the speech of Sir R. Peel on the 11th of March, iu proposing his financial plan. MURDER OF A POLICEMAN. Last evenieg, llighbury and its neighbourhood was thrown into a state of great exciteniew, in consequence of the following dreadful occurrence:— Information was received by the police authorities 1 . that a robbery was to be committed near Hornsey. Police-constable Moss, 162 N, having been ordered to be on the look-out, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon saw a suspicious looking man lurking be tween Hornsey-wood House and Hornsey. The police man asked him his business, and on his refusing to give a satisfactory account of himself, he was about to arrest him, when the villain fired a pistol at him and wounded him. An outcry was raised, and the assassin lied to wards llighbury. On his way he was seen to load the pistol he had just discharged. When he reached High bury, Police-constable Timothy Daly, and several other persons, attempted to stop him, and cried out to him to halt, but he refused to do so, and. said he would shoot any one on the spot who attempted to lay a hand on him. Daly boldly advanced to collar him, but when within a few feet of him was shot through the heart, and instantly fell dead. A baker, named Motte, then rushed upon the murderer, but received a pistol ball in the arm, which has since been extracted by Dr. Drury, of High bury. A crowd collected round hint, and he was ar rested, after much resistance, and taken to Islington station-house, where he was charged with the murder. After receiving the usual caution he was asked if he had anything to say. He coolly inquired "Is Daly dead ?" "Yes," said Inspector 'Thatcher. "Then 1 have nothing to say," he replied. His name was not ascertained. On his person were found two holster pistols, two balls, a large butcher's knife, and fburpence in money. He will be brought be fore - ..he Clerkenwell Police Court this morning. The dead body of the policeman is, we heard, at High bury, where it awaits the Coronet's inquest. STRA WBERR Y HILL. This sale will now begin to assume. unusual interest, every succeeding day puts forth additional claims. 'I he great guns will fire a royal satute to-morrow, and the scene of excitement and animation may be expected to progress interruptedly during the next sixteen days. 'l'o-morrow's sale will include the service of gold and silver plate of elaborate workmanship, the celebrated coilection entitled the " lligby Miniatures." Some of the fine pictures, and the Royal Series Porcelains. Friday is devoted to the matchless collection of rare and curious china, of almost evt ry age and country, and the ancient Venetian glas ; with tome interesting specimens of Faenza or Raphael ware. Mondati is devoted to the original collection of cabinet pic tures It includes the works of some of the best of the ancient school—all undoubted; especially the fir Joshua Reynolds', both of which are matchless, with the splendid exhibition of bronzes and other inimitable works of art. Tuesday and Wednesday wilt bring to light a portion of the incomparable contents of the Tribune, li:eluding the irecious enamels and minatures, by Pettitot, Zincke, Bott, &c. There is no collection iii England at all comparable ix jib this ; also antique ring,. cameos, and intaglios, with a variety of relicts of singular interest. On the latter day a magnificent treat is in store for those who know haw to appreciate the finest works of art in the creation. We have not space to particularise except very slightly—all are absolutely matchless—but we dare not overlook the magni ficent misal by Raffaelle, superbly enriched by stones of im mense value—executed for Claude, Queen of France. Oh, what a prize this will be I Then the celebrated silver bell re nowned throughout the globe as the finest effort ot that unri valled artist Benevenuti Cellini—it is said that at least four of the great Potentates in Europe will be com petitors by deputy. Then the matchless volume—the incoinparaWe missal, by Don Tulio Clovio, pupil of Giulio Romana, with the Psalms of David, written with a pen on floe vellum. This magnificent gem, is considered the most perfect of any of the works of th unrivalled Master. There are twentv-one inimitable Illuminations, all most vivid in colours and effect. This is, indeed, a treasure; and It will approach sacrilege, if it be allowed to adorn any other Court or coun try than Great Britain. We will not exhaust our readers to-day by alluding to more pof the preco.us contents that have been cursorily and hastily remarked upon, only observing that throughout the succeed ing nine days there is a never-ceasing combination of all that is classical and rare ; the ensemble presenting a proud record of the imperishable fame of Horace Walpole. The public view, it has been wisely arranged, is to continue uninterruptedly during the entire progress of the auction. Yesterday the first portion of Horace Walpole's numismatic collections were sold, arid produced the very moderate sum of 444/. The following are the only lots worth notice : Lot 4. Fifty-one Greek brass coins, Philip and Alexander of Macedon, Antiochus, Alexander Bala, and others, sold for thirteen shillings; yet the same parcel was purchased by Wal pole, at the sale of the Ilarleian Cabinet, in March, 1742, for two pounds. The Greek gold consisted of but five specimens—Philip of Macedon, which sold for 1/. 15s. ; Agathocles, King of Syria, reverse a thunderbolt, fine and rare, 31. 10s. ; Hien), King of Sicily, fine and scarce, 21. Bs. ; Syracuse, reverse a figure in car, tine, 2/. 2s. ; and a Panormus, reverse a horse, fine, 11. 2s. Lot 105. The Penny of Offa, King of Mercia, fine, and ex tremely rare, was purchased for the British Museum, at W. ss. Lot 107. A Penny of Williarn the Conqueror, canopy type, on reverse moneyer's name " Liofwine on Stamford," fine and very rare, 31. lbs. fot 108. A penny of Henry 1., head turned to the right, with sceptre ; reverse, moneyer's riame, Osvlf on Welliol, ' figured in Sneiling, pl. 1, No. 2., with some error in the legend on reverse, was purchased 'or the British Museum for 9/. Walpole obtained it for a guinea and a half at the sale of the Harlrian Collection, in March. 1742. Lot 112. A shilling of Henry VIII., Mint mark a fleur-de lis, with eight groats of that King and his predecessor, sold for 21. 14s. Los 120. The crown and shilling of 1655, with the head of Oliver, Lord Protector, b3th by Thomas Simon, fit.e, 31. 7s. 6d. Lot 136. A noble of Henry VI., with fleur-de lie on the stem of the ship, soil for 31.55. ; the half aogel of Henry VIII., and -the half sovereigns of Edward VI., the head crowned, fine, sold for U. 19s. ; and the sovereign of Quech Mary, 1553, a scarce piece, purchased from the liarleian Col le( non. for 21. 18s., frold . yest, rday for 2/. 155. Lot 139. The thitty-Ahilling piece of Queen Elizabeth, mint mark an e,ealop shell, fine, sold for three guit.eas. GLZEA'I OR 1 RAiLW.\ Truffle Lunis C,1 . 111,2 weuk April 30. 1z•42 £706 7 6 Merchandise 461 16 6 £1,168 4 0 I)arlingt.on, May 4. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary: LLOYD'S SHIPPING LONDON, MAY 4.—Wind this day at noon S. DEAL, MAY s.—Wird 'W. N. W. to W. S.W.--Artd. Paragon; Canning, Calcutta ; Druid, Alauritius ; England; Sierra Leone ; Gunn, Robb, Mauritius, for St. Petersburgh; Barrys,'_and Transport, No. 10, Westward; FrP.ncis, Berl.ace, Arrd. from the River ar:d sailed, Gene, al Palmer, Ascension ; Camillus, Demerara ; Sarah, Philadelphia. CowEs, MAY 4.—A rrd. Mentor, Lackaness, Marrom, in 59 days; Tu-eany, Prince, Ma , anzas. OFF THE WIGHT, MAY 4.—Flora, Bremen, St. Thomas. PLYMOUTH, MAY 4.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrd. off, Ann, Withycombe, Sydney. FALMOUTH, MAY 3.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W., fresh.— Arrd. Panope, Candlers, and Liverpool, Potter, Alexandria; Hoyle, Palermo, for St. Petersburgh, short of previsions. &c. ; Forth (steamer), Southampton, for West Indies, with machine' y damaged. BRISTOL, MAY 4.—Arrd. William Thompson, Roberts, Ja maica ; Conquest, Wilson, Ancona. PORTSMOUTH, MAI 4.—Wind N.N. W. to W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship President, Valparaiso, sailed 30th Jan., with 128,097 dollars ; Plato, Plimney, New Orleans, sailed 21st March • Orestes, Porter, Ancona; Circassian, Heath, Gibral tar, sailed 22d ult. ; her Majesty's ship Resistance, westward. Arrived off, Enterprise, Barber, Sydney; Ellen, Rose, China; Agincourt, Walker, and Southampton, Bowen, Calcutta; Re. liance, Cape ; Charles, Dallin, Tobago ; Eector, St. Domingo, for Ilamburgh ; Amelia, Havannali, for Baltic; Marion, Char leston, for Antwerp. LIVERPOOL, MAy 4.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Heteford, Raiburn, Calcutta; Fanfield, Wilson, New Orleans ; Virginia, Allen, New York, aid. 14th ult. Sid. Acadia steamer, Hali fax. Arrd. off, Majestic, Bombay; Atterspool, Mary Ellen, 13iiant, Independence, Frances, Express, John Bull, Prospero, and several others. BEERHAVEN, APRIL 30.—The vessel wrecked in Bantry Bay is the Leon, of Rouen, supposed from Cette, with a cargo of wine and brandy, 53 casks of which have been saved; crew supposed to have perished. DOVER, MAY 4.—Arrd. Eengsezenaneid, Amsterdam for Surinam; Konig Willen de Tweide, and Vande Burgh, Ba tavia for Rotterdam; Stadt Dordrecht, Vanhassan, Batavia for Dordrecht. T EIGYAIOUTH, MAY 4.—Arrd. Traveller, Vickerman, Ja maica, and sailed for London, after being supplied with provisions. OFF EASTBOURNE, APRIL 30.—Six Sodskende, Junker, Messina for St. Petersburgh. 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Export orders for all climates ex- LAW INTELLIGENCE. col'RT OF CHANCERY, May 4. THE ATTORNEY•GENERAL V. THE MAYOR. AND coarORATioN OF LUDLOW. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL, on the Lord Chalicellor taking his seat, proceeded to reply in this case. ROLLS' COURT, May 5. BISHOP OF EXETER V. HAWKINS. Mr. PEMBERTON, with whom was Mr. Prior, moved for an injunction to restrain the defendant, Henry Hawkins, the legal representative of Sir Christopher Hawkins, from working O' receiving, or retaining the profits of certain lodes or mines of lead, contained in and under the will of Sir Christopher Haw- , kins, who possessed leases of the said lands or manors, as also certain property lying near and adjoining to the township of Newlyn Church, in the county- of Cornwall. Sir Christo pher Hawkins had leases of the property from the Lord Bishop of Exeter, in 1807, which property was afterwards divided, and one portion of it became the property of Sir Christopher Hawkins, the other remained with the See. The shaft of the mines, which are at present worked by the de fendant, and which run in the direction of the Bishop's manor, was sunk in his own lands, but in the course of working them the boundary of the Bishop's lands was arrived at and trans gressed, and the defendant was at present working his mines in the Bishop's manor. Counsel contended that the defendant had no right to do that which they sought to accomplish, and that the only possible title the defendant could get up to work ing those mines, was one which would ins aiidate entirely the grant under which they claimed ; and the only question was, if the former Bishop of Exeter had granted a right to work those mines, could the present Bishop confirm that grant, or had he done so? _ _ Lord LANGDALE thought the question a mere legal one. ilfr. 'fuelsEn and Mr. TEED, who appeared for the defend ant, admitted that the boundary of the Bishop's manor had been tran,gressed a few feet, but contended that whatever questions might be raised as to the original lease of 1807 being voidable, it certainly was not at present void. Lord LA N DALE was;of of nion that, with the evidence which was now before the Court, and the disagreement between the parties as to the state of facts, he could not make any decision. He, therefore, directed the cause to stand over to the first day of next term, by which time the parties could agree as to the state of facts, and the Bishop cowd be consulted as to his con senting to let the defendants win k the mine, ou the conditions that account be kept o, what was done, in case the ultimate decision should go in his favour. C; 0 URT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 5. THE QUEEN V. ALLEY NE.--JUDGMENT. The defendant in this case, Henry Lee Alleyne, who bad been convicted at the last Warwick Assizes of sending a chal lenge to Mr. Henry Power, an attornry,' residing at Hinckley, in Leicestershite, was this day brought up for judgment. . Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN read the ten es of the tt ial, which took place failure the Lord Chief Baron, who had made a note at the end of the trial, stating that he would notpa,s sentence, in order to give an opportunity for further investigation, as the truth of the case would make all the difference. 'l'his note alluded to the circumstances e hich had led to the sending of the challenge, and which may be gathered irons the affidavits. It appeared that a cross-action had been entered for slander, in which Mr Power, the prosecutor, was defendant, and Mrs. Hemming' the present defendant's sister, plaintiff; and to the facts elicited on the trial the note of the Chief Baron alluded. The affidaviis in mitigation of punishment were then put in and read. From these affidavits, which extended to an int• mense length, "and the reading of which occupied more than two hours, it appeared that the defendant was the son of Henry Denham Chard, a ship-builder of 'Lyme Regis; that he had been a Custom-house officer at Liverpool ; that while living there his sister, Rebecca Mary; had come to reside with him I that in consequence of pecuniary difficulties he altered his name to Henry Lee Alleyne, and his sister also adopted the name of Alleyne ; that subsequently defendant and his sister went on visit into Warwickshire, where they became acquainted with Dempster Hemming, Esq., of Caldecott Hall, who *shot* afterwards married the defendant's sister ; that shortly after the marriage reports were in circulation that defendant and Mrs. Hemming were not brother and sister, but had, pre" viously to the marriage of Mrs. Hemming, been living together in an improper manner ; that the defendant hay' ing traced these reports to Mr. Power, had sent him the challenge which had led to these proceedings. There well affidavits from the defendant, himself, from Mr. and Mrti , Hemmings, and from various members of defendant's family , distinctly denying the truth of the slanderous reports which had been circulated against the character of defendant and his sister. There were also affidavits from medical men, stating that defendant's health was very had, and that he was labour ing under disease of the heart. Several affidavits of an aggra• nation of punishment were then put in. The affidavit of the prosecutor, Mr. Henry Power, wee' into various matters relating to the Hinckley Banking Com' party, of which Mr. Hemming had proposed to make the 1147 fendant a Director. Lord DENMAN interrupted the reading of this portion . of the affidavit, by asking if it was necessary in the present ease to go into those circumstances ? Are there any affidavits relating to the immediate cause of the challenge? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL !(who appeared for the proseeiv, tion) said that he had a ffi davits showing that the conflict o f defendant was such as to justify suspicions being entertaine d as to the fact whether Mrs. Hemming was his sister. Lord DENMAN—It is to be regretted, if such be the:-caset that no justification was pleaded in the other trial. ;A The SOLICITOR - GENERAL said that no J ustwea,. e ..oneou 1 4 have been pleaded without proving a marriage, as the words imputed bigamy. Lord DENMAN thought it was much to be regretted that the defendant had not accepted Mr. Power's offer, to leave 11l partit matter to the decision of gentlemen to be chosen by.im. parties. Mr. Power had acted with the greatest propriety making the offer. It appeared, from defendant's own am' davits, that he had put himself in the wrong, because the mar riage had taken place in a false name, and under a false descrirt tion. There was not the slightest doubt, however, but t he the defendant. and Mrs. Hemming were brother and siste r ' and the suspicion to the contrary, therefore, was totally to' founded. the Ihe SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, if the Court thought „ reading the affidavits unnecessary, he would not press i, their being read; he would merely mention the fact that be had an affidavit from a person, named Baker, stating gist had taken the house No. 7, Wandsworth-road. alluded to i' d e d ,fendant's affidavit front a person named Rhoda Mary C h r the daughter of ' Henry Chard, since the marriage o f _,-• Dempster Hemming, and that he had seen Mrs. Dew i tj e a t r; Hemming, who was not the same person as 1111 0 1". a dd Chard, from whom he had taken the house. He magi" that it w s his intention to read an affidavits for the iiose of showing that there was any improper connexion b elm..- the parties ctly Lord DENMAN thought that since the fact was diPi L . t ee i admitted, it would be useless guing further into the fact co ing case. The question really was whether a gentleman st an " , , on the floor of the Court should be fined one shilling or:tWerl „° and that was the narrow foundation on which it was. For to build up this monster process. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he proposed to show t he ; the reports did not originate with the prosecution—tha t t rot were in circulation throughout the country, and that th e y their origin ill the misconduct of the defendant. n! t L rd DENMAN—The reports were that they, were brother and sister, but man and wife. Now as that intpu!,a., , t tion is withdrawn, it strikes me that all the rest is unimp ortv to the present case. 'I he SOLICITOR - GENERAL suggested the propriety O 1 having those parts of the affidavits read which went to su that the prosecutor did not originate the report. ' 0 . The reading of the affidavit of Mr. Power was then e re , tinued, from which it appeared that the defendant had reP s i e sented himself and his sister to be the nephew and niece Of 00 4 Reinhold Alleyne, and that, on the discovery of the f aleell bs . of that representation, various reports derogatory to the e_ ,I raster of defendant and Mrs. Hemming were eirculated,:o that the prosecutor drew the attention of defendant to toL'io reports, but that defendant neglected to take any measures, consequence. The affidavit of Baker, alluded to by tra d e . licitor- General, was likewise read, and also the affidavit 0 ' bee J. W. Moore, win had known defendant and his sister sco, they resided at Finchley, as Mr, and Miss Alleyne: i'oll peered from Mr. Moore's affidavit, that he had at that Peri ta fallen in love with Miss iilleyne, but the defendant refuse St d permit him to be introduced to her until he (Moore) hatly l ;. o down 3,0001. Moore did lodge 2,0001. in the bank of W O and Company, in the name of trustees, of whom defers . ., o e , was one,for the purpose of making a settlement on the roe riage. Moore gave the receipt to Alleyne, who drew o, r ea s money. The day for the marriage was fixed, when 1 0 64 . 1. informed Moore that an aunt of his sister's had died . at ; e d. don, and that consequently the marriage must be pO ,t rosa l Alleyne asked Moore to accompany them to the funele ? w e tl re they set out in a mourning-coach for Croydon. As 0 1 °1; 0 ' proceeding down Milbank-street, Miss Alleyne was t . ,elFeti s s ati denly ill, and the defendant asked Moore to take her. rd' he consented to do so, and returned with Miss Alleyne alert ingly to her brother's house. On inquiry it turned ouethe.t, rj eo had been no funeral at Croydon on that day, nor had sYjib' of the same name as that represented to have been the ow aunt died at Croydon. Various excuses were Made.kfrib, iponing the marriage, until at last Mr. Moore heard tP,„test, lady was about to be married to Mr. Hemming. '.1)0'1, 1 ! 0 0 ened to prosecute Alleyne and his sister, when the be gave Moore a cognovit for 2,000/., the m oney , - , ho t had drawn front the Bank ; and after some difficulty4o2 r, „ - b to ad got his money back by instalments, but not until, n!jh threatened a prosecution. Another a ffi davit was put show that Henry Chard had been a bankrupt, and that i aminatior. had been adjourned sine die by the Commissio!ite is Lord DENMAN—From the a ffi davits it appears that t!!000' strong evidence against the defendant and his sister fob, , 00 0 spiracy, but we are not now trying him for conspiracy i o ei. say that they may not have some effect in the sentence tobe P but it is obvious that the defendant ought to have an opp0r: 00 1a of answering them. It appears to me that the best nie": 4 ! - Osiel° be to give him an opportunity of answering them if A i poo s proper, and after that the prosecutor may bring the,,, up tot judgment, if he• thinks it necessary. ' b i n d the The ::^oLICITOR-GENERAL—We had better, than , • affidavits over to the other side. dele „_ndsot, Mr. Sergeant Gov Lauttiv, on the part of the would take any cou.-se the Court mi a h n t svi t . h e i r n in k a fit t.ticin, he s. o lea Lord DENmAN—Copies of all the affidavits snail b e han jll to your client. if he is desirous of have the opportuGoUnit for Mr. Sergeant y. fns will your Lordship PS. bringing up the eefendsnt for judgment? . • Lord DENMAN—W e w ill not fix any time. i ' The defendant then withdrew. • THE QUEEN V. H•BNEY•--QUO WA RRANTO. dig In this case a rule nisi had been obtained calling ne,, 00 0 detentiant to show cause why a w rit of q uo warrant° e.'60,1 the "o t iss uece coafilAnlgdeurmpoannhoimf th io e show wbhy what right he tael: of Liverpool. bail It. appear, d that on the 29t h Oc to ber , 1841, Mr. Harvelo. been elected an Alderman o f Li v e r pool. Among the '11,014' cations to hold this o ffi ce , it was enacted that the person -efs iog such office must be entitled to be upon tbe list of the borough. It was admitted that Mr. rk; o til was not upon the burgess-roll which cam e , d 0 operation on the Ist of November, 1840, that he was en titi • be in the list made oat by the Overseers on the 15th of SeP,Ol , ber, 1841, approved by the Assess o r o n 15th of October, •I,oi, and which would become the B urgess - r oll on the Ist of NO 5 her, Mr.B 141. 0 16 1 KELLY showed cause against the rule, and centfii(oo, tl,at the fa c t o f hi s b e i ng on the new list was his qualiWtyl and that the Legislature intended the qualification t 01 5 41, 00 a person should be on the list of burgesses in contra dic t to this roll. • Mr. CROMPTON followed on the same side. e s, • V s' The SOLICITOR-GENERAL contended that the 00 1 liflcation was, that a person must be on the 0070' roll ; that the distinction attempted to be drawn betwe:i e iei list and the roll was fallacious; and that the LegiSha ipseo tended that the roll, and the roll only, should be the cW to which reference was to behad to prove a qualific.ations Mr. WORTLEY followed on the same side. The COURT took time to consider its judgment. if 1 1 fe' Several accidents have occurred during the of b '3)iclar days in consequence of ho r ses taking fright at groups ° keeping chimney sweeps. ;P , The Augsburg Gazette states from 110104,1 io; ult., that reports of an it tended n arriage between the Mod' Duke of Brunswick and Prince s Mary of Baden are unt.°"" . r2t__ ) London Printed and Publi s h e d by AMID() Y 0 , TI N' 71.0 i, td Nu. 112, Strand, at Thc Sus. Office, No. 11 2, °` the County of Middlesex, Friday, May 6, 1842 ??I'r ‘ K Ih T tr3l rre; • pri fra Ne dai hac Pq MDT suet and Obta it'd - Bi,;( losil sta N] the all .4, • L. IA be , cotin tread Addi eyes, with The filth chilli Ileale So 250, H. EYes Woo( R I 6-1 i'_ci 'mark turif,i used cat t 1 • It E qualit !! I `4 l • .33enj, -______. ...INrc (el box ; Da 11, p CA Co., Ithopk #cle, a S' ~oilbmi Corin far en Four Four Col For N,I they f any pl pricg s blank ! tor a p f , ere ry Lists J. most ARM' forty y His aible q vann3l him to equal, house Ilavan AIIII7 rleireu Shiraz tooth, ''is k; Inanuf Vinagr _ East Kaiy h, sortnu smoke ings, v J. H In con .n opts her, 12, qtiests his old Cierxe I 'vst H button tem. ' Li ne "l in t e t o , n ‘4 l hntise the se] -.---- V] Ci In c Mann er grav e , wh l'r e court, nicn t , ringdc 2e. g d. eitth.l 7THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1842.