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• NEW SPORTING NOVEL. , - - ,ustizeitcy; in 3 vo. l- s., poi 80; Y D E . MARSTON; OR, . _ . • A - SPORTSMAN'S LIFE. By "CRAVEN." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street, In 3 vots., post is vo., MR. IYISRAELI'S "CONINGSBY ; OR, THE NEW GENERATION," Li NOW READY AT ALL THE lle_Jry Colburn; Publisher, 13, Greta Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO.MORROW EVENING MAY IS, Will be performed Donizetti's (kers, entitled DON POSQUAL Norina, Madame Grisi ; Ernesto, Signor Mario; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Fornisari ; and Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. Between the acts of the Opera the admired "La Gdana" by bid, le. Cerito. To con,iude with the Grand Ballet of ALMA. Alma, Madame Cerito. Applications for Boxes, Stall; and Tickets to be made at the Box. office, Of era.colennade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. THIS EVENING, MAY 17, Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count A-arena. Mr. W . Harrison; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr. dorrani; Nairn*, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdlle. Albertazzi; Francesca, Miss Romer. To conclude with the revived Grand Fairy Ballet entitled THE REVOLT OF THE HAREM'. Mahomet, Mr. Howell; M. Silvain ; Myssouf, Mr. W. H. Payne, Zulma, Mdlle. Lucile Grahis • Zehka, Mdlle. Clara Webster ; T h e Genius of the Harem, Maclaine Giubilei. Dress Boxes 75., Second Frice 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 54.. Second Price 35.; Pit 3s, second Price 25.; Eddie Gallery Ss., Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second ?nee 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MIL BENJAMIN WEBSTER LESSER THIS EVENING, MAY S 17, Will be performed (by desire) CAUGHT IN A TRAP. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr. Tilbury; Wursle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. lo be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra. , raganza, founded on Fact, entitled T HE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Evening with Putt Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews. Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs Glover, Miss P. Horton and Miss Lee. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN A SACK. Orchestra Stalls, be. ; Boxes, Ss. • Pit 3s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, 3a. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, ltd. Doors opened at Half-past Sax, and the Performances ecEnineotee at Seven Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Boa office, from Ten till Five. PKINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 17, Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled CROWN DIAMONDS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss; Don Hen riquer de Sandoval, Mr. Allen ' • /tebolledo, Mr. Paul bedtbrd ; La. Caterina, Madame Anna Thillon; Diana, Miss Grant. To be followed by a New Farce, called CU r FOR PARTNERS. To conclude with a Comic Drama, called BLASE; or, The Man In Search of a Sensation. Monsieur Blase, Mr. Wright ; Grosler, Mr. Paul Bedford; Louise, Madame Eugenie. Prosper; Madame Pipou, Mrs. H. P. Grattan. THEA TRE ROY LYCEU3I,. LATE ENGLISH OPERA.• under the_V.anagenlent of Mrs. KEELEY. Open Sesame; or, a Night With the Duty Thieves," continues to be nightly reeeNed with perfect enthtus'aun by crowded and fashionable audi. THIS EVENING, MAY 17, _ _ Will be repeatea an ..riainal Comic • Draina, entat'ed THE THREE WIVE , OF :A DUID. Princi si Ch eten by Messrs. Keeley, 'Mildest, F. ~ .it; hews, Einery, Wig n, Craven,. Turner, Yarnold, Miss Wonigar, Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner, Mrs. W.gan, and .„ Kteley. After which, well bo pioaiicsd a new Comic Drama ' called THE LOVE BIRDS. 1 - I;iitipal Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Yoling.t, Mrs. W 0 J 1 )3 , 4, Mrs. Usher, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Chaplin, Miss Grove, and di.is ern t s.nte. be followed by in Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKAM AN I A Characters Ly Mr. L'. Mathews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Nit's.. :iccley. - - , To conclude with a If Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SEsAME; Or. a Sight with the Forty Thieves. t ha ractets by Mimi Oa E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, .Mies Turner, Miss Grove, M. Wigan, Miss James, Miss fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, 4csirs. Alstliews, Turner, Younge,. Wigan, Yarvold, and Chaplin. PRICE.; OF A Itllf,F lON.—Baleeny Loxes;.' 4i.;• Uppr.4- . Boxes, ds. ; Pit, es. • Celery, 6d.. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, , Upper Boxes, Is tid.; Pit, I'. Ptivate Boxes on the. Balcony ler (holding eight persott+). 'ln, 'guineas Privae Boxes on the second Tier (ho sting eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit tier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROI Al. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Prephetor and Manager, Mr. BA ITY. .7 - 7nd At; raction. 'IUII , !:VENING, MAY 17, Will be repeated vie t.,-r ...cal Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WII L.t t M THE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle of Hastings. With all 11:e ..nects of the Norman Conquest; Death of Harold, &c. Entire Change (.1 th! Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with thc Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the H ndeos o the Ruby Cliffs. The doors will open n.glit:y at six o'clock, and the performances commence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been writ.structed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage-in Liager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. On Monday, May .20, M. Plege will re-appear, for the last week of his Engagement, and will take his Benefit on Friday, May 24.. DA V MOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE THIS EVENIING, MAY 17, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled HUGH, THE GIPSY. Supported by Messrs. E. F. Saville, H. Hughes, R. Honner, Va e, Mrs H. Vining, Miss 1 errey, and Mrs. Lewis. After which, a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA. To conclude with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS, in whic!) the entire Company will perform. P.aces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box ottice, irom Eleven io Four. THEATRE ROYAI,ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. With the asto.inding Wonders of the Extraordinary Being the GREAT WIZARD OF IHE NORTH, «nd - the .ARAB BROTHERS, aged seven, nine, and twelve years of age, whose -tits is tiroupings, and Surprising Feats of Strength, are the theme of getierel attmtrition I A trick worth Knowing! How to fill a Theatre by Magic! This is the Four n Season of the Great Delusionist in London ! He has co ',vett(' the '1 hirtit th Night of his present S .aeon ! Miracle; have b en witnessed by upwa ds of rive Hurvired Thou sand Spectato s! still his Mag . c Temple is nigh ly hononred with in at brilliant and crowded audiences ; thus proving to the world the cell sing superiority of his u paralleled Entertainments He nightly excites the astonishment. of Hundreds, by his Scientific Ex.,eri ments ; the peculiar effect of which beggars description. His new ns, THE FLYING RINGS, and THE ENCHAN TED HAT, are wonders which have no equal ! I I And, Novelty being at present the rage the 6 iIEAT WIZARD intends . MAKING A WITCH! Tiler: for., any la,cly, desirous of appearing as the Great Wi*ch, in conju-ction with the Great Wizard, is informed, that the biter will be happy to initiate het in the Mysteries of his Art. A French, I;erman, or Italia Lade would he preferred. Boxes, 2e. ; Pit. ls. Gallery, 1 . 41. lieserved Sews, and Private duxes can be , ecured at the theatre, and ~f all the Agents. •becond Priw at. Nine o'clock. DJors open at Half-twat Sven—the Wizard appears at Eight. Ef IV ['TIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPOUTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU 'SEUM, the most nrigniticent and extensive Collection of Hist., Ouriosities and Works of Art ever known , to have heettformeo. DY 01le Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate retearch, at a cost - of 60,000 guineas, and to completely . illustrate, in the most in .structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL,. anti LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE IliSnd the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in Ib2l. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the' Royal Family, the Duke of W.:ran:44m, tin PoKeilm Princes, Ambassadors, sad their Ladies, • iikany thou6ailds of the Nobility and .Public; said the "Pro prietor has recently -I)een able . to increase, by several very : fine k(!.. hi , prevlons almost . iwly;lible number varity a.' • Wor!:s of Nrt, - and multitn , te of vain:6le Relic.:; CtiriaAiti; most ittstrlteti, e as hiliiiTfed liftve sold it i), , f.1-3.lttactilii. _Many titQui,..lli(l.llave iiislicrttul it, XClr.tf, of • the PUBLIC 1,5" verr c;ile..litZt . f.;riCe Of actniis ; t)1111.LING. T. - EON E It is to se6n only at the Egyptian fp . ra Ten till THE SV.EATIIER.--Suzz OFFICE, MAY 16., Tunr.momETEir., Lnwe.it, 43; Highest; 5$ Noon, SS. B.iii:ONIF.TER; 31 2.- V,' IN u, N.7' —T7e number 32 on the Thermotheter denotes the Pint, and 55 temperate. In Barometeis fair is. opposite 30, and rain at 29. . GU WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIV.S DAY. ?doming ... 51 minutes after 1 I Evening ... 7 minutes after 2. 4 .7V % ' ='.. tirtjes...:ii''-. . 4 \ , i:''' :. ~g,"..:•4 :V . 1, iii SI -•• .f 7 1 . - 4 f 6" ''' rilit' ' 4l 41 . :- ' 1 -'''' ).-• ' ' ' 1 * " 4 "':,i1:. ; ,..; D IE ;,, ~. .I, f ;%.1.,.' 'W Wit:• -: ' I' ;'• .. '-' . ' I Z ." S . 4%;4:7.e:464i 7 ' DR. e'' _.-,:-.•.• .. " ., nit - OIT r. , ..-. • ... 4 'tilt - AM. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1844. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Dublir, praying the House of Commons to suspend the Standing Orders with respect to the Dublin and Cashel Railway Bill. A number of other petitions to the same effect were presented by Mr. &law, Mr. SHELL, Mr. HAMILTON, and Mr. O'BRIEN. The Ashton and Staleybridge way'Bill was read .a second time and ordered to be engrossed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER announced that on the 3d of June he would move that the Rouse resolve itself into Committee on the Sugar Duties Bill. Mr. WARD gave notice that on Thursday week he •woull move that the House resolve itself into Com mittee, to take into consideration the Temporalities of the Irish Church. ' In answer to a question from Mr: COILETT i rel4tive to the Whitson holidays, Sir ROBERT PEEL said he should propose that the House should adjourn from Friday week till the Thursday . following. • On the motion of Mr. DuxCoAinx, .a return was ordered. of the money paid, or to be paid, to Govern lnent "short-hand writers during the trial of Mr. .O'CONNEi.L . and other's ; and also of . the - money paid for notes 'taken at Conciliation Hall, hetWeen the Ist 1843, and the present ti me.! of August, Sir C. NAPlElik . brought forward 'the ipreient state. of the NavY. List, and pointed out the disadvantage s t) the service by retaining officers on service who were ;incapacitated by age or infirmities, Aile so m any young officers had nothing to do. The list, he said, showed there were only two: Admirals Under 70 year s `of age, twenty-five - Rear-Admirals under - 65; and fifteen under 60 years of age. He entered. into length -ened'detaits ''respecting the . 'State' of the.,navy, for which we refer-to the-report, and moved, " That it be a ree9mmendation to' the House, that' previous tO , the preparation of the estimates for 1844 and' 1545,.i . plan 'of retirement be devised - , so as to render the naval ser vice efficient, and with a view to reward old and de serving officers." Sir ROBERT PEEL, after paying some compliment. , ,to Sir CHARLES NAPIER, said the 'treasury had given lest consideration, and if they hesi )n account of the expense, but from the n.easure, if adopted, would " not which the llon:and Gallant Officer t it would not clear the list of Cap ad positively do no god whatever, ig particular officers to "exercise their fhether they would retire or not. from several naval officers the mo tion was rejected by a majority . :of forty-three, awl the House adjourned at Ten o'clock. At the weekly Covent-garden meeting of the League on Wednesday night, Mr. JAMES WILSON, who was one of the principal speakers of the evening, quoted the following remarkable passage, in direct recommends stion. of free-trade, from a speech which was delivered by the Earl of CHATHAM,. eighty years ago, in the House of Lords :—" I do not despair of my country, and I have no objection to state what, in my opinion, would restore it to its once flourishing condition. Give freedom to commerce, lighten the pressure of taxation, and __you will have no complain ing in your streets. As commerce is al ways a change of equivaleffits, a nation that will not buy cannot sell, and every restriction to imports is an obstacle to exports. On the other hand the more we admit the productions of foreign nations, the more extensive becomes theiidemand for our com modities. Let the system °four cop-laws be cautiously and gradually abrogated, and allow the cheap agricul tural produce of the north of Europe and America to be freely introduced, and we shall obtain an ex tended vent for our manufactures." These are, in every respect, memorable words, full of plain, prac tical truths intelligible to the obtusest ca pacity; and when it is _ borne in mind that they express the calm, deliberate con victions of one of the most illustrious statesmen that this or any other country every produced, we are quite sure that they will be perused with the deepest attention by our readers, and make a permanent im pression on their minds. Though nearly a century has elapsed since they were spoken, during which pe riod—a brief one in the life of nations—the commerce of the country has increased a hundred-fold, and it has raised itself to the proud positiOn of the first mer cantile community in the world—though, as a neces sary consequence of this astonishing progress, ques tions of trade are infinitely better understood than they were in the days of Lord CHATHAM, yet these remark able words of his Lordship are quite as liberal .and much more intelligible than any that have been spoken by Sir ROBERT PEEL or his colleagues on the same sub ject—a striking proof how little benefit Our states men have derived from the bustling, practical, com mercial experience of the last eighty years, and how small is the advance that sound. principles of legisla• tion have made among them. Lord CIIITIIAM with, comparatively speaking, little or no help from experi ence,• seems to have known quite as much about free trade as our present Premier, notwithstanding that the latter has had a thousand practical advantages which, from the character and circumstances of the age in which he lived, and which, for some years, he moulded at his will, were , wholly denlesi to the former. ,But the truth is, CLIATHAM was in • many respects a statesman in advance of his time ; while Sir ROBERT PEEL . is a statesman behind, rather than before it, and unable to mould or discipline it, from a want of capacity fully to appreciate and sympathise with its stirring and eventful character. Hence his mind is in a perpetual state of vacillation and bevsil derment, and he only maintains his position by oscil lating, like a pendulum, between the free-traders and the Monopolists ; now throwing a sop to one•and now to the other party, and keeping both in a constant state, of suspense and uneasiness. Unable to play a commanding and decisive part on the political arena, he must perforce content himself with playing a small one; and seems to think—a very pleassnt re flection to a timid and distrustful statesman—that Government has no other duty to fulfil than to keep itself at the helm, by dint of a majority in the House of Commons, which though at present undoubtedly large, cannot be relied on with any confidence for the future. Mr. BRIGHT, who took the chair at the League meeting, alluding to the approaching election contest for South Lancashire, observed :---" He was quite certain there were thousands within those walls, at that hour, who were anxious that the great contest, which was now commencing in Lan oashire, should end in the signal triumph of the free trade Cause. Yes, the present meeting sympathised with that contest. It was anxious to convey to the Lancashire electors its sense of the importance of that contest, and he found that even they, anxious as they were, did not regard the struggle as of the im portance which it merited." We should hope that there are but few free-traders who are not fully alive to the paramount importance of having a Member of their own principles returned for South Lansashire. Such a return would at the present crisis be a ;einu3ph for the good cause greater even than that achieved a few • months since in the me tropolis ; and we trust therefore that every man who has a vote to give, will make a point of giving it in favour of Mr. BROWN. That gentleman's pros pects of success are, we are happy to assure our readers, exceedingly encouraging ; still, the mono polist party—who are quite shrewd enough 'to see that the struggle is one of life or death to them—are actively on the alert throughout the - county ; and not an hour must be lost in the attempt to counteract their exertions. There is not one question of fiscal.reform xpoo which her MAJESTY'S GlOvernment have manifested more pertinacious obstinacy, and more perverse mis conception, than the . proposed revision of the Sugar Duties. . Of course the lately announced intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to reduce the duties on foreign sugars to, a limited extent, does not at all affect the general policy which they are determined still to act upon in reference to the sugar duties re venue in the aggregate. It has long been ascertained that sugar is one of the most wholesome, nutritious, and fattening condiments which is used by mankind. In the East it is asserted, and upon good authority, that in many regions the relative physical superiority of races would seem to be determined by the abun dance or scarcity of sugar—their use or their destitu tion of it. In proportion to numbers the population of the British islands are probably its largest consu mers ; but this luxury, or necessary, like too many others, they are not permitted to enjoy, except under heavy and oppressive duties, which greatly diminish both the number of coftsumers and the amount of each individual's consumption. The inevitable result of our great experiment of 1834, whereby the whole slave population of our sugar-growing colonies in the western hemisphere were emancipated, has happened— diminished production. This diminution of a produce so essential not only to the comfort of social existence in this country, but to various proCesses essential to certain arts, and to the perfection of many commodi ties that are staple articles of our trade, is very imper fectly supplied by the equalization of the heretofore excessive duties on our East India grown sugar. In the first place, the continued droughts of the pro longed, summer of India, and the harshness of the superficial soil consequent thereon, are elements very adverse to the capacity of raising.sugar in any exten sive quantity, equal to that of the Antilles. In the second, the far inferior culture and husbandry of the East, as Compared with the almost Eiiropean processes and 'improvements adopted on sugar estates - in - the West Indies, are a drawback that largely counter balances the inferior expense of raising sugar in Ben gal. Finally, the excessive difference of the freight, as between two voyages of such utterly , dispropor tionate duration, is a permanent element of preference in the markets of Europe for the sugars of the West Indies over those of the East Indies. We very lately direeted attention to the interesting contents of a "Blue BOok,'' issued by Parliament in the present„ session, on the subject. of the "Emigra tion of native free labourers from India, China, and the Western Coast of Africa, to the British We'st. Indies and the Mauritius." On that occasion we endea voured to explain the . overwhelming necessity .which existed tor' replacing the 'deficient amount of tour now furni s h e d . in those coloni es - by the enianCipated black popul a ti o n; by means eoluntarf rant of yello w and.CopPer-,c'olOilred Viet - 11.1de . iinporNitions of races, as . being those who. would he bet qualified by physiOni constitution- and tempera men t to eridtik- the field labours of those tropical regions: It might laVe , been hoped that the rapid a n d prodigious improvement effected in the condition of Hill Coolies, w'.-:o had quitted the miserable and squalid poverty of their eastern homes-settled for some time in Mauritius, Demerara,&C.—and, at the eipiratiou of th e i r l a b6 ur _ contracts, returned the possessors; for the first time in their livei, of little coinpetencies'in hard Spanish 'dot tars; to an extent calculated to ialiOly of their passing the remainder of their live, in -their own country, in ease and comfort ;—it might have been expected that Such examples would have encouraged a much, larger application of the same experiment. But a senseless outery, raised, at first, by a few interested West India planters .and owners, who wished to have their proper ties exclusively well worked and attended to ; and subsequently kept up by that section of our country men at home who are ever compromising the true in terests of humanity by a pseudo philanthropy, the objects of which are as vague as its plans are unrea sonable—prevented this desirable consummation. It was thought that a design to entrap these poor fellows into slavery must lurk behind propositions fyr provid ing a liberal market for their unoccupied and ill-paid labour. As to the negroes in the free settlements and British possessions of Western Africa, the same sort of suspicion might be more natural; but its operation was still harder and more vexatious on their interests. With the aid of steam navigation they could have been brought from the African coast to the West Indies in a voyage of one fortnight. Instead of starving at Sierra Leone, or deserting into the bush, and returning into the savage habits of their own or their ancestors' original condition, they might be now employed, in any number, at ample wages, secure of their freedom in the British possession of their residence, and at all times able to command a passage back to their native coasts. This policy of employing immigrant labour has been managed, hitherto, with such a degree of favouritism or imbecility on the part of the , Colonial Government at home, or the local Governments abroad, that we believe we are correct in saying Mauritius has been allowed to import at various times 20,000 Coolie labourers, large drafts of whom have since gone home with their handsome earnings, and well pleased with their treatment in all respects, whilst less than .500 have been distributed throughout the whole of our West India possessions. We have now before us a paper (No. 250, H. C. of the present session), moved for by Sir JOHN REID, entitled, " Sugars, &c. An Account of the Imports into the United Kingdom of Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Coffee, and Cocoa, from the West Indies and British Guiana, distinguishing each Colony, from 1831 to 1843, both inclusive, and distinguishing each Year." The Mauritius, of course, is not included in this re turn, which embraces, as to sugar, Antigua, Bars hadoes, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christopher, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Tortola, Trinidad, Bahamas, Bermudas, Demerara, and Berbice. Now the diminished aggre gate of the produce of all these possessions is quite startling, and more emphatically illustrates than any language of ours could do the vast importance of facilitating, instead of discouraging, the immigration into the West .Indies of those classes of free labourers, whose services alone can restore the production of the islands, &c., to the scale at which it stood fourteen years ago. Last year the whole amount of our im ports of sugar from them was but 2,509,701 cwt. In 1841 (the lowest amount in the series of thirteen years here given) it was even 361;484 cwt. less (namely, 2,148,218). But in 1831 the amount was 4,103,800 cwt., or 1,955,582 cwt. greater than in 1841 ; or 1,594,099 cwt. greater than in last year, a difference of some 40 per cent. In 1834, the year in which the Act of Emancipation was discussed and carried ice the British Parliament, the production rose from 3,646,205 cwt. in the preceding year, to 3,843,976. In the four years following, to the date of the extinction of the probatioriary and apprenticeship terms, this amount declined to 3,520,676 cwt. in 1838 ; to 2,214,762 cwt. in 1840; to 2,148,218 in 1841 ; to 2,508,725 in 1842 No wonder, in this official statement of dintinisbed supply, that so general an indignation has been excited against the Government for not admitting cheap foreign West India sugars, lest they should have been raised by slave labour ; for the effectual facilitation on their part, and that of the colonial authorities, of free immigrant labour, would have obviated the diffi culty, by doing away with all the necessity for the alternative they have thus distinctly refused to the British consumer. The recent announcement of the gratuitous exhi bition at the rooms in King-street, St. James's square, of the decorative works of art intended for the adornment of the two new Houses of Parliament, reminds us that we have not yet received any satisfac tory answer to our apprehensive inquiries, made a few months ago, about the intended omission of the statue of OLIVER CROMWELL from the sculptured series of the more renowned and victorious monarchs of Eng land. We need not repeat the grounds upon which we then urged the paramount claims of the Illustrious " PROTECTOR" to a most distinguished niche in any gallery that was to, contain the effigies of those master spirits who, in past ages, have exalted the renown of their nation, and immortalised their own remem brance among men by the sUperiority of their intel lect; the grandeur of their policy, the grasp of their mental and physical • energies,. or the happy fortunes of their heroic intrepidity. In all these titles of Nature's Nobility, CROMWELL was, perhaps, supreme among the mighty competitors for fame of that remarkable age.. At once the man and the master of the people—a profound statesman— an enlightened legislator —a consummate captain—he combined, and could, as if by absolute intuition (with out faltering or preparation), employ all the resources of subtlety and - stratagorn, or the most direct, hold, and simple ends, for the achievement of his purpose. An inherent native sagacity—whilst it amply sup plied 'the defects r Of . .an irregular and interrupted edUcationL—was that- property. of.taind best fitted to direct his . career thronpik:the . teitti c o,ifs mazes of all the practical b usiness.: with yThiCl if . r was the chief occupation of his if Lis 0 'atory wanted perspicuity and elevation-if his .reigi,.;us opinions were deeply tinctnred. withmyiticismr. fanaticism— if his own pers , inal* integrity, of *.vhiell'heVvas severe and exacting judge in othe rs,. was sometimes warped out 'of its straight and onward path by the suggestions of self-aggrandiSeirient, or the intoxica tion of ambition ; these were disparagements from the perfection of his character in no greater a degree than—perhaps not to so great an extent as—they were in the case of others, his contemporaries, whom it has been attempted to exalt above him. They were flaws and defects which charge, if you will, the escutcheon of his honours with a "band sinister;" but the same heraldic " abatement" is perceptible ,in the bearings of some Royal houses which it has never been thought to disqualify for the same proud rank, whence it is absolutely proposed i n 184 4, to extrude the great champion of a nation's liberti es aga i nst t h e encroachments of a sordid and debasing tyranny. We have again to ask upon what pretence is it that this indignity is to be put upon the memory of the great vindicator of his country's name, authority, and power, at home and abroad ? Such a capital offence against the genius an d. pre possessions'of the - British people is' so unaccountable, that we are sometimes disposed to think it can be attributable only to some defect of adequate ac quaintance with . .the authentic history of the seven teenth century—and its events and influences among our countrymen of that time—in the judges or * Com mittees to whom is delegated the task of selection and arrangement in reference to this series 'of British worthies. It is difficult to believe—what is vet con fidently asserted—that the principle of this invidious omission is affirmed to be—the fact that the Pito- T ECTOR was -never inaugurated King by the ceremony of coronation. .We grant the fact ; and what then ? Such an accident in the' ase of CaomwELL—reign ing virtuallyi. but uncrowned- 7 supplies the most shallow and paltry plea which was ever suggested fOr any similar proceeding. It would not be more un gracious to say, were her MAJESTIC disposed, like the Royalty 'rot Prance,' to construct a "Wall of Mar shals," that his Royal Highness Prince ALBERT -could-have no-title-to a place among its portraits, for that he who had never been a soldier, could' not rank • • • among Field-Marshals ! GOD knows-:-though the Selec Committee in question does not appear to be aware of the faci--4hat we do want a large and. spirited infu sion of moral 'greatness and statesmanlike grandeur among the iculptured decorations of-the New Houses, to outbalance.ffliat must appear, in theeyes of every foreigner, a most 'inordinate indulgence in the quaint fopperies of heraldic blazonry. To say 'nothing of interminable'bidges, infinitessimally multiplied quer terings ; Brobdignag stone roses to typify the pale and the blushing cognizances of York and Lancaster; and crowns royal, whose huge proportions are more frigid and formal than was required, we think, even by the most heavy of the German associations con tThoew e S r p a a k e s r w ' s a n n H i o n u g s e m e a n ti a d g e t ri h e eT con nected with th em; we have, on the river ' frontage— fanthdeilntieccoorrnds in ponder ous ü bi qu i ty, which w " e would exchange :f 3 on o s with joy for one graceful ``, milk-white" hart, like that which watches, over the beamtiful pOrch of West minster Hall, as if gill , awaiting his former mistreSs ...• _ , We own that-we have little faith in, and less respect fur, the practical ability of these Commissioners to i superintend the details of A great work, that hitherto is only likely to be ever " pictureNue" and " deco rated" in virtue of the expectations founded on the Cartoons of last year, or the King-street Exhibition of this. Before we leave these "Public Works," let us express our regret at the ill-judged economy which is bung ling the pavement of that noble area around the Tra falgar column. Instead of being tesselated with small blocks of our British and Irish marbles, or exhibiting, in compartments, designs that might have been exe cuted in some of the harder of our many-coloured spars, or laid down in massive slabs of English and Scotch granite, it is floored with a vile asphaltum surface, in which there has been attempted some sort of radiated star. When we examined it, a few days since, the joints, or seams, were already so imperfect that the rain of two or three hours before was retained in them. The asphaltum itself is not even set upon an even plane. It should be at once removed. We find little or nothing of importance in the Ma drid papers of the Bth, if we except the slaughter of a number of smugglers on the sea coast of Grenada. On the 3d instant an encounter took place at Almeira between a body of these daring outlaws and some detachments of cavalry. Twenty smugglers are stated to have been killed and ten wounded, and the goods they were escorting were captured. The Spanish Funds still remained very low. The Three per Cents. on the Bth closed at 29, and the Fives at 22, both for 60 days. We find no domestic intelligence of importance in the Paris journals. The accounts in them, however, from other quarters, are unfavourable and of a dis tre4sing character. The POPE, it appears, is as little inclined ,to show mercy to political offenders, as the blood-thirsty Government of Spain. We lean from Bologna, that the military commission which sat in that town some time since, tad condemned twenty persons to death, thirteen to the galleys for life, three to the galleys for twenty years, and two for five years, with the confiscation of all their property. Of the twenty condemned to death, fourteen had their sentence commutecito condemnation to the galleys for life, and the remaining six were shot at Bologna, on the 4th instant, at four , o'ci , J;:k in the morning. The names . of the unfortunate victims are—MoNAßi, GOROS!, VARONESSI, LAND!, RAMIE, and MIN GEIETTI. These executions, too, by the head of the Church, excite the more sympathy, as it is generally admitted that the late insurrection had only one object in view—the redress of grievances, and that the system of government in the Legations, is the worst possible. We learn, also, from Munich, that a large number of arrests had been made in that capital; on the 6th and 7th instant. No further danger, how ever, was apprehended, for the KING, as will be seen from a letter of his MAJESTY'S, had resolved to set out for Italy without delay. The following docu ments appear in the Munich Gazette of the 7th inst. " I have the honour to notify to the citizens of this capital tut autograph letter which has reached me from his Majesty the King. " Doctor BAUER, First Burgomaster. " Munich, May 7, 1844. " Mr. Burgomaster Doctor Bauer,—Amidst the crimes so sorrowful to my heart, of which my capital and residence has been the theatre during the first three days of the present month, I have beheld with joy and consolation the limn atti tude of the citizens,-and the intrepid zeal with which they have. co-operated in. the restoration of order; and I have found frsh. p!'oof of the spotless fidelity, and of that good feeling which have, at all times, and in all circumstances, distinguished those citizens. The confidence which that fidelity and that, feeling deserve, induces me to undertake, without any hesitation, now that order and tranquillity are restored, the journey long determined upon for the strengthen. ing of my health. I commission you, Mr. Burgomaster Dr. Bauer, to communicate this to the citizens of my capital and residence, at the same time expressing the satisfaction their conduct has given me, and assuring them that my heart is intent on their welfare, as well as on that of all the faithful subjects whom God has entrusted to me.—Your affectionate King, LEWIS. " • Munich, May 7, 1844."? . We learn from the Revue de Paris, tilt' the Prince de JoDivtu.s is about to publish a pamphlet, which is looked to with some interest, and is entitled " Notes on the State of the French Navy." That journal. gives one extract film it, in which the Royal author states that he has vi'ited all the ports of France, and. several of those of England, and that the navy, espe cially the steam navy, of France is greatly inferior to that of England, And below what it ought to be, con sidering the power and wealth of the country. On Tuesday the French Funds fully maintained the prices of the previous day. The Three per Cents closed at 84f. 45c. ; and the Fires at 122 . f. 30e. MAY .; THE BOURSE — TUE S DAY, M 14. ' First Highest Lowmt Last l•riee. Price. Price. Price:: French Firi.pereetits....••- 1 22 15 •• 122 15 .. 122 10 .. 122 10 Three per Cents.• •• • $4 45 .. 84 45 .. 84 30 .. 54 30 Bank of France . . .3120 ..3120 . 3120 —3120 Latlitteßunk, I,OOOE sh a resll67 30 ..1167 50 —1167 50 —1167 50 • —5,000 f. Sharessl62 50 ..5165 ..5162 50 —5163 Belgian 8atik..................... 680 .. 675 .. 675 • 1841 •• .....1105 ..1195 ..1105 ..1105 Belgian Flv(., 1831 ••.• • • • 104 k .• • • 105 ~ 104 i ... 105 ' • -• 1840 •••••• •• I°6 , ' •• - `lt)6 .. 104 .. 104 ~,,,,,.: D 1 8, ,,4 i ,e: r 7. , d . ....• • •• •• • • • : 1 1 : 2 : . 2 .3 .......1 1 0 51 8 2 : 2 ' 5 ...... 1 1 0; 2 : . .. 17 panlsli Actlye ••• ••••• • • • • • 3 .., 4 , •• 33i .. 33,1 . • 331 'rhreess — 4 n 36i .. 36t .. :161 ' Passive lii:reea:nin , et.n ll( Lit l Deferred .1;:..:::.. .. .R.. ,.. .t .. i..L.:54 : 1: 2 :y5 :1 . : i...i:;s . 5 0 ...... ,t.:: ::: 50 ....... F 47 ; sr, 25 .. 102 23 ROman, ex dir•••• - . ~ .• 10-1) ••• 1041 •• lt).11- .. .1042, • St. Germain .... .• .•• •••• ••• 8,1,1. .. il O .. SlO l .. 310 1t0ue1i.............. , ....... ? 75. .. tiVl 75 .. 1175 .. 978 73 ORouen to Havre.. .• • !••• ~ '3 7 3 ... 2 7 7 41 ; * w - . .... 2 7: 0 7.50 ..: 2 7 7 40 1 , A rleans - ...••• .. •• •••• 9 " -•• 93 25 .. 995 .. 95 , 6 B Toßt u rirne as teea a. ::::: ... : t 111 ; 1 ,13 4.. 3 r 1 . 1 l e : . 71:1" . . : A ..., ' ... T ... ..: S .... 1 .... 1 . ....A R . .... : 21, E . 7 ;4 2 : i • :,F 7 0 0: 0 R . .... ..... 1 ,4279 ' 7 ; 270 E . 5500 A C .:. : : :i 738381 1 7 ; 55 . ..-.: ~.. 72:78368 501 27,5,, Ver•iilllel,R.ll.•• •• •••• •• •• 374 •• 375 ••• 375 .. 375 4 1,,i1. ..... •..• 242 50 .• 243 73 .. 242 40 .. •243 73 4 trasburg MORTALITY IN TUE MErnorous.—Tbe number of deaths during the week ending Saturday, May 11, was average, 883. Deaths from 8 lungs are 28 below the average, and from ;previous ol diseasesd a o g f the et e e leuk, is n a decrease of 27. The num ber carried off by small Pox was 27, beingls above the average, and of that number 18 had not been vacci nated. During the week there had been 5 suicides. The thermometer stood highest on Thursday, marking 74.1, and lowest on Monday, 44.3. LADY BROUGIIAdi AssExnur.—Wectuesday her Ladyship had an assembly . at her residence in Grafton-street. Above 250 persons of distinction were present, including the Lord Chancellor, Duke of Buccleuch, Sir George Murray, Sir Frederick Trench and Lord Ashley, who came front the entertainment at the Mansion-house in their full dress, the Duke of Wellington, Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, Duke of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Paulet, Countess de St. Aulaire, Marquis of - .Normanby, Marquis and Marchioness of Ailes bury, his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, Marquis- of Salis bury Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Elizabeth- de „Marchioness of Westmeath, Lady Lyndhurst, and Counte-is of. jersey. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION.—The contest for the representation of South Lancashire is now fairly coiti menced. The candidates have taken the field. The free traders have been singularly fortunate in the man Of their -choice. The monopolists are'. equally satisfied with the gentleman they have put forward. So far, therefore, the op ' posing:parties - are - equally matched. The progress of the struggle will be wattched with the most intense interest. It is incomparably the most important contest which has taken place since the cominesicement of the crusade against mono poly. Great as was the importance of the struggle for the City of London, it fades into insignificance as compared with the battle which is about to be fought in Lances:hi' e. At the last election the free traders were defeated by a majority of nearly 1,500_ If, therefore, they shill triumph on the present occasion, their victory will be one of the most signal which it were possible to conceive. At the League meeting in Covent-garden, last eight, Mr. Bright dwelt at great length, and with .muchemphasis r on the incalculable import ance of the coming contest, and took the . opportunity afforded him, as Ilhairman of the Meeting, to "implore, en treat, beseech, exho'rt," the Liberal electors of South Lanca shire to rettirn the free trade 'Candidate. Wb trust that to- the earnest appeal of the Hon. Gentleman there will be a cordial ~ response. 'We have the best reason to believe, that the cons'-law repeal era iii that County; have the means in their, hands of returning &fr. Brown. Can we doubt that, at such a crisis as the presesit, they will turn their opportunities to their proper account ? In proportion to the magnitude of the interests at stake, will, we are sure, be their zeal and efforts to secure the election of the candidate of their choice. If the free traders suffer themselves to be defeated, it may delay, though it, will not prevent, the ultimate triumph of the anti- - corn-law cause; but if, on the ,other baud, they succeed, the return of Mr: Pro - Wit - will give the - finishing blow to mono poly. The.atmou. - acement of a free' trade triumph in tai case will be the death-knell -of commercial prohibitions.— . Afor ! nbtg Advertiser: • •'• - • , ANCIENT. CoNrcEnTs.-:—ThC sixthpertormanco of ancient music toOkplaOe on:Wediicsilay, atthe 13 allover ROoni,,, ululq•the 'direction - of the Earl of Cawdor. Conductor, • Sir"l H. R. Bishop ;Leade re, Messrs' F. Cramer 'and Loder Organ, 1 Mr. Lticas. The Earl of Cawdoi havitig in his I . w :sess ion a very valuable musics:l library, containing many productions by the old masters, availed himself of it, and introduced se- , vend compositions on this occasion, which were never per fore at these concertS, among which are those by Bach, Righini, Vogler, Cllari and Berton. •An obligato (oboe) part in Bach's aria was well performed by G. Cooke. The song by Righini is mod.dled on Handel's line bass songs; it was excellently sung like Sta•udigl, and well received' by the cent- pany. The first two bars of Vogler's quartettu are almost note for note like the Scottish (or Irish) air, "My lodging is on the cold ground," amid the accompaniments have the same phrase, while the voices sustain the harmony, which produced avery fine effect. 'Miss S. Flower sangCherubini's song extremely well, and. her debut at these concerts was highly successful. It were impossible to speak too highly of the brilliant manner in which Dorus Gras sang Mozart's dine scena from the " Zauberilote." Handel's grand chorus brought to a conclusion a very fine performance, and one that ap peared to give great satisfaction to a very brilliant assemblage of tank and fashion. '' • • _ . MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. Consols leave off buyers at 99i. The market is just now in favour of purchasers. Exchequer Bills fell again to 665. and 68s. premium, as there is a talk of a further reduction of interest being intended. Bank Stock closed at the decline to 192 and 191, and India Stock to 288 and 286. Spanish leave off much the same as in the morning. The Five per Cents. were 943 3; and the Three per Cents. 351 3. Colombian were 141, being fiat. Bel. gian, 103.' The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Bristol and Exeter were 11 to 10; Bris tol and Gloucester, ex div., 19; Eastern Counties, New, 53 to 53; Great Western, 46; Ditto, New, 271; Ditto, Fifths, 10; Lancaster and Carlisle, 13 to 2; Birming ham, 123 to 124; Birmingham, Thirds, 353; Birming ham, Quarter, 24 to 241; South-Western, 473; Croydon, 53 South-Eastern, 51 to 53; Thames and Medway, 104; York and North Midland, Scarborough Branch, 17; and Rouen and Havre, 9 premium. Brighton have been 5 discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 7 to 63 premium. • (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very flat, and prices receded d. per lb., being id. since Friday. About 4,000 bags were sold.—There was no change in the Share Market, and not a great deal was done :—North Midland, 90i ; Paris and Lyons, 3/. Is. ; Ditto and Orleans, 38} ; Ditto and Rouen, 371; South-Eastern, 384; Ditto New, 12i ; Great Western Half, 76. Much satisfaction has been expressed among the commer cial and shipping interest by the announcement of the fact, that the Commissioners appointed to consider the most im portant subject of constructing refuge harbours, are really actively engaged in the task delegated to them. Our Dover correspondent mentions that yesterday the Commis sioners, nine in number, were all day off that port taking surveys and soundings. For the pre servation of life and the safety of property, it is ardently hoped that the Government will not withhold the most ample - means to construct harbours of refuge in all much frequented parts of our sea-girt isle, where at present such accommodation is needed. It is the current statement in the City, that at the meeting (a private one) of the Joint-stock Banking interests, held yesterday, the propositions of the Chancellor of the Exche quer. fcr the renewal of the charter of the Bank of England, the regulation of the currency, &c., met with pretty general approbation—that is, no opposition is to be made to them: the advance towards one bank of issue, however, is not liked. The private commercial accounts received from the United States and Canada, do not read so well as could be wished. After all the crop of cotton will reach very near 2,000,000 bales. The Tariff Bill occupied a large share of the attention of the mercantile interests of the Stetes;aS well as of the British North American colonies. The Stock and Share Markets of New York were in an unsettled and fluctuating coil Lion. The state of trade in Montreal is thus referred to in our advices :—", We have, within these few days, had opportunities of conversing with gentlemen on their return from journeys of buSiness, made to different parts of the United Province, in' anticipation of the breaking up of the frost; and the accounts they give of the piospects of the spring trade are uniformly' favourable,' both as respect imports and exports. With respect to the former, money is more abundant than it has been for some time, and the lightness of 'stocks in the stores of the dealers is uniform. With respect to the latter, a great improvement in the lumber trade is generally anticipated on the opening of the navigation ; and near and above •Montreal, in the more cultivated parts of the country, the grain trade is already in a state of great activity. Not merely are large shipments in preparation in the Western States, by way of the Welland Canal and the St. Laurence ; but there will be a more consi derable amount than for several years to export from the.pro vince itself." . _ Not a great deal of business has been done this morning in the public securities. The quotations of Stock have been rather heavy. Consols for Money and the Account have fluctuated but from 99i to 99i 11. The Commissioners bought 20,0001. Reduced Three per Cents. at 98k. For Bank Stock the market is again lower, the presumption being that under the New Bank Charter law the profits of the corporation must be diminished. Some sales were made of Bank Stock this morning at 191, a fall of 2 per cent. on the previous value. The price now it 192. India Stock is 1 per cent. lower, and Exchequer bills have gone back from 70s. to 675. 9d. premium. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have not var►ed much. Spanish• Bonds have been fiat this mornirg, the Three per Cents. at from 35j to 35k, and - the Actives at 24 the lower value being the latest. For Portuguese Converted Bonds have been quoted only at 46k. thC Dutch Two-and-a- Ralf per Cents. at CA, and the .Five per Cents. at 100 Mexican •Stoek was offered. at 35k, and the Deferred at 154. • In the Share Market prices scarcely rule so high. - The London and Birmingham Railway, at 130 prem., have just been sold at 122 prom., but are rather better now. The Great Westerns keep their ground ; the South-Western are rather higher, but the Birmingham and Gloucester are rather heavy.. Santiago de Cuba Shares command a ri.e to 10 prem., and the London and Westminster Bank Shares are at 0 6 premium. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 15.—We have no material change in the state of our market to :—Eastern Counties, 128 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 1081 ; Man chester and Leeds, Quarters, 9/1 ; Trent Valley, 10%; Manchester and Birmingham, 'Quarter Shares,, 5 5% prem. South-Eastern, New, 12%; Paris and Strasburgh, 2%; Man chester, Bury, and Rossendale, 6 3-16. CLOSING PRICES. • BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock '3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent. Cons 3% per Cent. Re 1 ... ..... New 3% per Cent 102% :Ex. Bills, 1,00/. l lid... 64 pm. New 5 per Cent. — Ditto S00/ Long Annuities to expire I liitto Small 67 pm. Jan. 1860 1.% ;Bank Stock for Acct.... 192 Oct. 1859 - - Jan. -1860••.....•.... 12.5 i India . Stock for Acct.... - - FOREIGN FONDS. .Austriasi, 5 per Cent ........ 1134 Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent lO3 Ditto, New Ditto — Etat dim Bonds — Prussian, 5 per Cent ... ...... -- Buenos Ayres, ti per Ce.q — Russian, 5 per Cent..„.„..... Chlliaii C per Cent — Ditto, Metallic 11Noinblan, 6 per Cent Ditto, 113i. , .4 Cuba Bondi, 6 per Cent...... Ditto, Deferre ' 13% Dniish, 3 per Cent nreek, 1ti . .,5. 5 per Cent.... Exchange ..... ......... —E —.e. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, ti per Cent., 1Etn....... Dutch. 23 per Cent...— 60% Per/Avian. 1825, 6 per Cent... Ditto, 5 per Cent lOO% SHARES. - Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) Bristol and Gloucester (3d paid) • 49 Eastern Counties (•23 paid) ........ Ditto Registered (816 s Bil viid) ...... ........ - 13% Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares Oil paid) Ditto Fifths, .2 paid Harwich (Braithwaite), 2 paid g Lancaster andCarli4l. 5 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto Quarter Shares (2 paid) ........ . ..... London and Brighton (59 paid) .. 45 Loudon and South Western (411. tis. tUd. paid) B9 Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) . 4% London and Croydon (Trunk)... ..... .......... 19 Nottl,ern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip (15 paid) • ' 21 youth ):astern and Dover (3312 a !d paid) ...... Ditto Niw Shares ( 4 paid) York and Scarborough Branch (::). paid) * 19% Rouen and Havre, S paid _ --.......... A, l .thit matter the full, lei) .1V , _ . that t qt ." ti not of ‘.*" ~ 4 ", 't \ ll tTeet 4 ... ,,, kik V at - •i- i.,-,,._ j „,„\:‘, 1, .. Th, .:.:--,-.: . 7 i . 4,a1. .4,4,•;m1:.:‘,F9L,c WOU " '' i1 1 00:14 ; '1 bill 4 -- diiereti4n.l) ii ' s.. to w I - - ------- eches i hII - •' - •' - . LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, '3IAY 16.—Windi light westerly breeze and tine. Cowtis, MAY 15.—Arrd. Venus, Higarne, Batavia, FALMOUTH, MAY 15.—Wind, Variable and ;Maria; Milky, Calcutta ; Flora, Reeves,Aralparaiso ; Trotum, Bahia, for Altona; Andromache Barbadoes ; Olof, Charles ton,. fbr AmSteratitn; Luca., .Yew York, for Cronstadt ; Erneald, Layton, and Bridge; Baker, St. John's, N.B. ; Hor tensia,Buenos Ayres. • • OFF DOVER, MAY 15.--Montreal, Newcastle, for Cape of Good Hope; Caroline, ditto, for South America. OFF BEACIIY READ.---Christian, Batavia; for Altona. Potasmourn, MAY 15.—Wind, N.E., fine.—Arrd. Maid of Athens, Lary, St. Helena. DEAL. MAY 15.—Wind, A se., N.E., fine; E.N.E.; fine.—Sld. Henry, Rio; Victory, and Brunswick, Quebec; and the outward bound. Olor HASTINGS, MAY 15.—Port Fleet Wood, Fidler, Cape of Good Hope; Gibraltar, Forman, Dominica. - PLYBIOuni, MAY 15.—Wind, Variable.-011; Pysche, Stephenson, Singapore, ..NPVTOTZT, MAY 14...-71.51i0 Severn (ste,aurer)•whieh March 4, ttie river, has been repaired . Aga put; into • 'the graVing dock. • PWWIELT, 'MAY 13.—The Mary Arta„;cif!:l;ill, , ,v;;l'tll, Wiikh sink' :here, March • •16, has been raised, lying at Fachall. • • • • • OFF SALcomnu.--4'ioletta, Rio,. for St. Petcrs urg - I ; ;Nat ch ez, Boston. OFF EIMYSTONE, Y 1 I . .—Ainelia,Havannali, for Stettin. LlvEnt.oot, MIY 15.,—Wind E., moderate.—Arrd. Bleng, Stewart, Singapore; Reliance, Bedford, Ceara; George Canning, Maranliam ; Alexander, Jamaica; Chatnplain, Maranham, and Potomac, New Orleans; Acadia (steamer) Boston, sailed let inst.. Olf, Nimrod, Aleie, and Lord Seaton. A - ship was seen ashore to the eastward of Havarmalt, 13th all, with her head east, .and a brig on Lookey,,l7th ult.. OFF 110LYIIV.AD, MAY 14.— r Osear, Steed, _Africa, all the crew dead except two. . . . . . , . , . . OF CArt CLEAR.—Essequibo, Cain, Cape of Good Hope. LONIXESDERRY.—Ax rd. Mary Stewart., Welber, .Trinidad. Shl. Ann, ditto ; Envoy and Sea Nymph, St. Johss's, N.B. BRISTOL, MAY 15. --Ii1(1. Mohawk, Africa. SWANSEA, MAY 15.—Cynthia, Golsworthy, Cuba. ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, Amur. 2.3.—Ninety-five vessels have pia back from the seal fishery, some with damage r sixteeu are reported to.be lost among the ice, which is unusually heavy and dangerous. - OLYMPIC TuEATue.7—Wednesday a young actor, named Wellington Price, made his first appearance before a London 'audience, at this theatre, in the character of Hamlet. In the course of his performance he evinced con siderable judgment, and was much applauded throughout. T.xperience will, no doubt, make him an. acquisition to the. Louden stage. The characters of Ophelia and Horatio were very creditably supported by Miss Melville and Mr. Simpson: The house was a very good one, and on the fall of the cuttain, Mr. Wellington Price was loudly called for by the audience. • • QENERAL PosT-OFFICE.—Tbe amazing increase in the 'dailyduty of the General Post-Office is manifested n every department of that gigantic establishment. So greatly is it felt iu the newspaper-office that the authorities have b'een compelled to resort to every practicable means of as sisting the executive officers by the introduction of mecha nical contrivances to lighten the labour of the department. From the bulky size and weight of the double papers, and their great numbers (now nearly one hundred thousand per night); it is found necessary to make them up iu immense sacks, which, the men being unable to carry, are wheeled upon a tramway to the floor of the omnibuses, whence they are taken to the termini of the several railways in transits to their destinationS. Since the reduction of the rates on forei ti, colonist, inttcolonial, and inland letters, the num , ber,..hoth inwards' and outwards, has materially increased. 'The three first atsses per annual amount to 8,583,040, and the - inland letters to 209,611,508. The deliveries from the provinces r bt mitt-day mail also continue to increase, and the money-Oider.seriiee has multiplied 25 times in comparison with its amount 9f duty before the reduction of the rate of poundage. The acceleration of the mail trains, which came into operation on the . Western line yesterday.(Wednesdav), and the prejected employment of the Eastern Counties Rail way for the conveyance of day bags ,to Brentwood, Witham,, Chelmsford, and Colchester, and the opening of the Canter bury and Dover lines throughout, will tend also to increase the duty; and add material' vto theaccommodation of the public. PRomoTioN.--The 'Gazette lately contained 'the tolinwing announcement:—" 67th Foot—Sergeant-Major J.. Graham; to . be 'Ensign, without purchase, vice Mont gomery, deceased. Wur7tOce, *ay 3.", • EriSigitt Graham is a native. of Girvan. . He entered the army as a private about tvieh;e years ago; and by his own me:it, without any influence, whatever, has thus obtained the rank of a commissioned` officer. As this is a circumstance ex trernely rare in the BritiSh . army, 'he and his friends .have just reason . to.feel proud of the provautiou.—.4yr Observer. • SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Public Dptnton. " Who runs may read." POIZEIGI4. On Monday, Lank Phillippe, accompanied by the Queen and the Duke de Nemours, paid another visit to the grand exhibition in the Champs-Elysees. . The exhibitors whose produce the King was in particular to inspect received tickets for the admission of themselves and their families, A few other persons 'were allowed to enter. His Majesty's attention was turned exclusively to the silks and other produce of the loom, but so numerous are the articles that, although he was thus engaged from two till half-past five, he could not get through much more than the Lyons manufactures. The King looked remarkably well. The Commerce states that the Prince de Joinville will return to Itochefort towards the end of next month, to hoist his flag on board the Gomer, and take the command of the squa dron which is to convey the King to England. The King of Bavaria left Munich on the Bth inst., for Italy and Sicily. Letters of the 6th inst., from Algiers, quoted by the Presse, stated that Marshal Bugeaud has met with resistance in his expedition. The tribes of Ben Salem, after taking twenty four hours for reflection, have declared that they will oppose his progress. In consequence of this,. the Governor-General sent to Algiers for reinforcements, which have already marched to join him. The Censeur of Lyons states as positive that five-franc pieces, with the head of the Duke de Bordeaux, as Henry V., King of France, are in secret circulation in that city. A storm, accompanied by heavy rain, which continued for two hours, visited Paris and its neighbourhood on Sunday evening last. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the operations of the sinking fund for the last three months of the present year. The receipts were 2,118,626,639 E, and the disburse ments for the redemption of stock were 2,100,847,195 E, leav ing a surplus of nearly eighteen millions. The French Minister of Finance has presented to- both Chambers a general return of the property belonging to the State. According to that document, its entire value may be estimated at 1,287,000,000 f. (51,500,0001. sterling.) The pro perty appropriated to public services figures in tile return tie. about 550,000,000 f., and the forests of the State are estimated at 729 1 000 000 f. _ _ Letters from Semlin state that the two Servian gentlemen who accomplished the last re‘'olution, and who were banished at the instance of Rassia—Messrs. Petroniwitch and Wisty wich—have been pardoned, and their return to the princi pality officially permitted. For some time past, according to a letter of the 10th from Frankfort, a violent schism has existed in the Jewish com mune of that city Nearly two-thirds of the commune have separated themselves in a very marked manner from the or dinary ritual of the synagogue, and are about to forma sect apart. They call themselves the reformers. They recognise neither the religious ceremonies nor the fundamental laws of the Talmud. In their profession of faith, they declare that they will not any longer have their children circumci,ed, and they deny formally the belief in the Messiah. M. An same de Rothschild, the head or the banking-house, has declared an unrelenting war on this sect, and refuses bills signed by any member. LAW AND POLICE. At Guildhall Henry Dawkins, late a warehouseman in the employ of Mr. Swainson, of .72, Wood-street, a dealer in Berlin wool and worsted goods, was finally- examined before Mr. Alderman Hughes, charged With robbing his master of 300!. worth of goods, and George Buxton, a fringe-minu facturer in Eden-place, Ivy lane, Hoxton, was charged with receiving a portion of the goods. After hearing some further evidence, Mr. Alderman Hughes said that on the last hearing a strong application was made to admit Buxton to bad. He could not hesitate a moment as to the propriety of com mitting both the prisoners for trial, nor could he incur the, responsibility of yielding, to any applicltion respecting bail. It was a robbery of alarming extent, - and exceedingly mis chievOus, as shaking the confidence which ought to exist between employers and servant. The prisoners were com mitted for trial. James Harris, a notorious dog-stealer was charged at Marylebone with having stolen a black-and-tan terrier, the property of a gentleman named Henry Louth. The case was clearly made out, when Mr. Rawlinson remarked, that he felt it his duty to make as strong an example of the prisoner as the law would alloW, and inflicted upon him the full penalty of 20/., in addition to 17., the TaTtii3 . of thCaTifimal • and in default of payment; to 'six months: imprisonment. • . . At the Thanies.Police-court; Vrancis Harri,i, a .pOliee'Lcon stable, 59 K, and 'Eliza Harris, his v ! ife, Were brought before Mr. ..Broderip, 'for re-exambiatiou on several chargc4 of robbery preferred agaliast . thein„ and ware coinmitted Tor trial. On ordering their commitment Mr. Broderip said that the woman appeared to have robbed everyplace where she had been hired. as cool:, and hor busbaMl, before and since he had been in the'police force, bad been receiver of stolen pro perty. He committed the prisoners foe trial on two charges, and remanded them oti a third till Saturday. CaOURT—rAL. tinvz4.ll-US4E. It is understood that neither the Queen nor Princ,? AP)ert will honotir Epsom races (which commence on Tuesday next) nor the forthcoming meeting at Ascot, with their presence this year. The Duke of Wellington intends giVing a grand ball at Apsley House at the close of the ensuing week. The Duke of Devonshire will give a grand ball and supper this evening at Devonshire House, . when all the state apartments, thirteen in number, will be thrown open and brilliantly illuminated. Lady,Eleanor Balfour has postponed her announced ball in Grosvenor-square, and many other parties have been also .put off, in consequence of the Noble Duke's ball being fixed for that evening. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst had a grand dinner last evening, and her Ladyship afterwards had an assembly. The Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P.,. and the Dowager Countess of Leicester, entertained a select party at dinner on Wednesday evening in Arlington-street. The Baron de Talleyrand has left Hertford House for Paris, bearing dispatches for the French GoVerrnent. The Baron is to return to his post after a week's sgjourn in the French capital. rats ;4 - .; :cm ;Awls rts. The annual festival, at which subscriptions are made in sup port of the charity for the education and support of the female children of Masons at the Freemasons' School, in St. George's, Southwark,. was celebrated on Wednesday at the Freema sons' Tavern. The Earl of Zetland, M.W.G.M., presided on the occasion; supported by upwards Of 200 of the craft. The Secretary announced a subscription of nearly 800/. At the monthly meeting of the Society for Promoting Christian knowledge, the LOrd Bishop of Exeter in the chair, the Rev. J. D. Glennie, the secretary, stated that the circu lation of the books and tracts between the audit of April, 1843, and April, 1844, bad been as follows 112,668 ; New Testaments,lo4,994 ; Common - Prayer-books, 282,992 ; Psalters, 6,133 ; Books and Tracts, 3,268,659. Total -3,775,376. St James's Theatre was offered for sale on Wednesday, at Garraway's, when only 9,4001. was bid, and the property was bought in. The second reading of the Factories Bill In the House of Lords is fixed ; for 3lenday, and for which occa s i on th e L or d s have been specially summoned. - The, General Assembly of the Church of Scotland com menced its sittings at Edinburgh yesterday. The anniversarydinner in support of Middlesex Hospital took place on Wednesday, at the Thatched. house Tavern, the Duke of Cambridge in the chair. The sum announcedtbr the eveuhig was upwards of 650/. Among the subscribers Were Sir C. .Forbes, 501.; J. Tomline, Esq., M.P., SOL ; J. Nichol!, Esq., 50/. ; W. Harman, Esq., 31/. 10s. ; J. B. Brook, Esq., 311. 10s. ; F. Sal Mon, Esq., 31/. 10s. ; B. B. Cabbell, Esq., 251.; and several donations of 101. THE FACTORY QUESTION. TO OM 'EDITOR. OF THE MORN) G POST. , • Slit,-- 7 lediscussing the merits of any scheme for the im provement of our currency; there is one point which should never, _for a in ,, ment, be lost sight of, and that is, whether such currency will afford to the labouring classes of this country; both agricultural and manufacturing, such a scale of ayges as will not relieve them from the pressure of in direct taxation ; but; in accordance with the demands of .philanthropy, .rill I;erunit of direct interference on the part of GOVernno in in ;ging the hours of labour, and thereby enabling ,yOl cl-1 ,ses tb devote a portion of their time to Moral and religious imprOVement. That this desirable re sult, Can never be.attained under a gold, or a gold equivalent paper eitri-elicy; like the present,'Will appear obvious from the folb,whige9usiil e rat ion s :—'T'hat,ithereas, wages are the means of dikributi rig wealth among the great mass of the people, and that it is only.by-aleigli rate of wages they can be defended from the effects of that taxation which at present enters into every necessary of their life, and that they can be enabled to de ! vote a portion of their time to the improvement of their mind, so necessary to their elevation in the social scale. But high wages paid to the workman requires that the employer should obtain from the general consumer high prices; otherwise the whole burden of taxation and elevation of the condition of the labourer would fall upon him,' and the rich and unpro ductive classes would wholly escape. Now, seeing that these high prices are high prices in gold, and that the country con sists of producers and consumers, it is evident that the pro duiers would have little chance of selling their goods either at home or abroad; for, as free trade is' the order of the day, and as we generously give the foreigner the advantage of our improved machinery, the producer will have some difficulty in persuading the consumer to buy dear at home what he can buy cheap abroad; and he will be unable to compete in the market of the world With the pindiicer of lightly taxed coun tries, where the standard of living is lower than that which we wish to establish here. Under such a currency, then, and such is the one under which this country now groans, we must abandon all hope' of alleviating the condition of the labouring classes, for the stern necessity under which the producer is placed of struggling - against foreign compe tition, renders it imperative onhirii to diminish his good wages. , This gives rise to extra toil, to lengthened hours of labour, to the slavish employment of Women and children in facto ries, and to all the miseries we daily witness—the burden of indirect taxation is thus thrown on the shoulders of the op pressed Producer —master and man ; the rich and unproduc tive, the fundholder, sinecurist, absentee and idler escape free at the expense of the overworked and underfed millions. With a symbolic money, how different is the case! With such money, representatives ofialue; not - value itself, we may have any scale of wages that Government may see fit to este blish—in such representative money, the price of gold would rise like that of all other commodities; thus preserving the natural relation that all commodities have to each other. High wages and high in ices might thus be maintained be this country, without in the least interfering with our foreign trade, because our goods being sold abroad at their untaxed or natural value Would bi returned to our merchants in the gold or goods of other countries whichwould command the high prices of this country. Ot this symbolic nature was the currency which existed of old in Sparta, which flourished for 500 years under the money established by Lycurgus. Such was the currency which existed in "merry England" when Exchequer tallies repre sented the supplies levied by Government oh the people, and passed current as money. Such was the currency which existed during the last French war, when a Bank of Eng land " rag" enabled the producer, by means of high prices at home, to. recover from the general - consumer the immense sums raised by indirect taxation; and at the same time to give high wages to the labourer; when, in short, the whole country flourished, and " war prices" became proverbial of prosperity. Was there any virtue in war to produce all this ? Are there not far nobler triumphs to be achieved, by the same means, in the ARTS of PEACE? • I trust, therefore, that those patriotic Menthers who have more than once defeated the :Ministers and mammon-wor shippers on.the Factory Question, Will follow up their advan tage, by rejecting the 'perniCions resolutions of Sir Robert Peel on the Bank charter, and compelling him to adopt an honest monetary system, without which their , benevolent en deavours to improve' the condition of-the labouring classes will be ultimately ineffectual.--I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Q. T. London, May 11, 1844. Captain. Polhill paired off on .Mon ay night in fit your of Lord Ashley's clause . Tfith General Lygon. . COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the PrincesS fore six o'clock , yesterday'afternoon) in a carriage , four, escorted by a .party of Lancers 'frObi. -Claretnent: His - Royal Highness the Prince 4' Wi&A . next royal carriage.; and. the - Countess of Mount Edg cifittig;-Lady in-Waiting,- -Colonel--Arbuthnoti- - EgirrrY in Waiting, and Cobaiel W'ylde, Albert, followed in another .11oyal carriage. .-Her • Majesty, and Prince Albert - fw.erEncitted-;" ) •Buckingham Palace by the' Lord' Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the' Master of the Horse, 'Vise-6in! Hawarden, and Sir Frederick StOVin, - the Lord 'spa Groom in Waiting ; . and' the Granby and Captain Francis Seyinonr, the LDrd and' GrOonl . Waiting to Prince Albert.. • • - Sir Robert and Lady Gardnei had the 'honour of dining with her. iajesty,..,at.clareraeß,t;,,iin Wedne*dg evening. . • Yesterday-morning the Queen and :Prince Albert took their accustomed' early walk in ClatemOnt Park. Her Royal Highness the Princess ATiee Was taken an airing yesterday in-the 'Royal Gardene :cif Itiickinghbra Palace. Her .Majesty , the Dowager 'attend'e d -' Pi frie r service yesterday, naorning :in' the Cfaipel 'Royal; §t." James's. , . • His Royal Highness the Duke Of Cambridge lei. town • yesterday morning for . the Royal..Mikitary Sandhurst. his Royal Highness travelled by.theSouth • Western Railway. • • Her Royal Highness, the Duchess' - of" .Cambridol., attended by Baroness Ahiefeldt, took an airing yestl: day, to her residence at Ke:v, in an open baronche. R• .yal DuChess returned . In the . evening :to'Ctinebew House. A Cabinet Council 'Was - held„ yesterday afternoon at two o'cloclr,.at the Foreign-office. It was attendedrhy Sir Robert Pe,-I, the Duke of.. \V% llington; L - ord Chancellor, Lord Wharnclitfc, the . Duk e o f Bucelatcb , Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ari . of Haddington, Earl of 'Ripon - ,.th e -Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and Sir Ed w d.K n atchbull: The Council sat two hours and a half. - A deputation of private country bar,kers,. consisting Mr. Plumpire (Fier-0, ell (Suffolk), the A. L. Melville (Liucolusiiire), Mr. VeaSey (hunting'- donshire), Mr. Spooner (Birmingham), Sir. .TWee d Y (Cornwall), and Mr. Birkbeek (Yorkshire), had An 1 0 ; terview with Sir Robert P ee l y es t er d a y, at hi s residence in Downing-street. • Murphy, the Mexican Minister, transacted 0 77. ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. • _of Dispatches from Sir Charles Metcalfe; Governor Canada, atd the. Governors of 'the other North A m eriCal' provinces, were received Yesterday at. th;:- Dispatches were sent off yesterday evering, front th e ' Colonial-office, for the ,Governors 7 of the West colonies. • The Judicial Committee of the 'Privy Council* so yest-rday. The Lords present.. were Lord B r oughanh e : the Vice-Chancellor Knight 'Brace, th e , Chancellor OF the Duchy of Cornwall, and- the JudeY of the Admiral' ; 1 ; Mr. Roebuck, ,Queen's Counsel, was beard .oa . an appeal from the i cites' Court, of Ciinterbury• Piggott v. Bearblock and Newmanrelaiive tä a churclf7 rate at•Romforil, Essex. . ..• , Dr.. Addams .ww.i.heard for the respondents, and support of the rate. Lord Brougham gave judgment - on the part of then Lordships, reversing the decision of the Court below, 1: account of theretrospcctive. nature of the rate. , respect :tei costs, their Lordships 'reversed that .pitro the decision of the Judge -in the Court below; whiP gave costs against the appellant ; and were pl e a:Rd 0 . order that th e a pp e ll an t s h ou ld ne i t h er pay nor receiv e costs, either in the Court of App e al of th e P r i v y C(,uncr or in the Cou r t b e l ow .—Th e i r L or d s hi ps th en adiourufu( INTELLIGENCE. -; TATTERSAL L'S.—YEars.unez. . DERBY. r 8 to 1 agit Col. Peel's lot—taken • 20 to 1 agsb - Mr. Ford's lot—taken • 9 to 4 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—taken 10 to 3 agst Mr. Croekford's Ratan—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Bay Momus‘—taken • 13 to 1 agst 001.•Pee1370rlando • 20 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken 20 to .1 agst Sir G. tleatheofeS Akbitr 30 to 1 a,gst rorn (.14 TAW 50 td 1 rigst gr. Ford's Plialari, 100 to 1 agst Mr. M. Jon6S'S•Britisli Tar. The arrival of Ratan in, tow ti yestedas; - , Epson:l!,. eonpled with a. that he ISl3erfectry•Y?'-'t completely restored him to fa!:ourl '7OO to taken three. times, and-10 to Bat least to ,1,0001.--titis.' in addition to some heavy bets •at the West-end on N . V7 P tlesdity night ! The Ugly Buck• was not loss iu t" a " maul; 5 to'2 having been taken once in hundreds , an: 9to 4to nuarlv 2,0001. ! The new favimrite; li4.V Ito' patisc . lVas backed Ertel); at twelve to 1 ; Orlando, b u t t 7 no great amount, at 13 to 1 ; and Mr. Ford's horsl singly and jointly, at a considerable improvement on last . quotations. All sorts of prices were laid 80% Leander, frorn 14 up to 20 to I. We return him at„ t ",. latter figure. believing it to be his genuine price. Nothl n " said about T'Auld Suire, Running Rein, or lonian. OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Martingale 7 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade 8 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's The Princess—taken • 12 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Merolie—taken • 12 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's All Round my Hat —t . 20 to 1 agst Baron Rothschild's Emerald—taken - 20 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Charming Kate • - 25 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's The Bee—taken 30 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Buzz—taken - 40 to 1 agst Sir It. Bulkeley's Coal Black Rose—t. The Princess was backed by three or four ptirtl7, Merope for a "rouleau" or two, All-round my list 1 ,-; f about 2001., Emerald freely, and the other. favourites .1, small sums at the odds given above. Crenoline is saaZ and will probably be declared not to start belbre. week is out. eon The Subscription-room will be opened this after o and to-morrow. s NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, NIA Y 15,j—The Roy al Yach t.=-The Eroh2 barque, Beach master, hired by Government from 00 celebrated • transport contractor Soames, arrived. 0 a Sunday, from LGudon, with the new tubular boilere i t! to funnel for the Royal Yacht Victoria. and Albert. _ (; , 0 was obliged to have her main hatchway, combing s bt away to adroit the boilers below ; the funnel was bro t h s , on deck.-., It is expected. she 3vill have had PO her bp pairs. completed, and be ready for her Royal Mistr oi the latter end of this or beginning- of next month. e st, The Nautilus transport, Lieut. %V. C. Saunders, fag o a sailed, pursuant to Admiralty orders, for ,Chathau''' Sunday inorning to disembark her invalids.' The .Rattlesm'ike, .2, troop-ship, Master-,Cotun ni 'f3iie Richard Brown, arrived on, -Sunday, from China., ti oy has brought 202 invalids ' out of 268 orig t it) 4 embarked,. -dysentery haVing : carried off of them: One died on Monday, while the the steam-vessel was taking the oth e rs out wi rtY ship. Thirty have-gone to the hospital. 0 f 51 , th e of thirty of tha Royal Artillery, fifteen, commanding officer died. The whole of the 5"32.‘,4 t° disembarked on Monday. Great blame is 0 a ttac" in those who authorised . the crowding so many . pe r ` au ill state of health, for such a long voyage, lit so a ship as the Rattlesnake. ! The Indus, 78, Captain Sir James Sterling, kg ri, ob e hourly looked for at Spithead, from Lisbon, vini c left on the 4th instant. f IY6I The Court-martial on Mr. T. Spokes, carpen ter t io - which was announced to .take place on bow ,. Vincent, the flag-ship of Sir Charles Rowle.Y,l fo sdif G.C.8., G.C.H., &c., Commander-in-Chief, ou7„ o rter last, is indefinitely postponed, with a view; it is . ! of settling the matter without a trial. 6 11 qi The St. Vincent, 120, Captain R. F. RowleV , out to Spithead to-morrow, and there atwait.ibe: ,bc of the flag-ships from the o th er c hi e f p o rts, for' l ' l' . l 7: squadron of exercise. : •• PUNCH'S POLICE. w G a l ,. lk ei r nst ß ea L rud E ,ae l yx \S rat : h6red C rn A eati t gr l i T hb l: s T i l a t t E eh f E d.e X x TRAORDr:',) been. understood, that that very our oo of our b p force, Letter A, had on the previous night sue ',471 at foretag an entry into .a •;vell-,known house,:l4° Crockford's, and capturing, some ,dozen ,1 -1 0r1 " Ir least as many Commoners of distinction, all of t t hee r vig c t i t t l e u m t laWfullY assembled . fix the purpose , of ;beggaring i; sli t ; selves and families, by means of cards and tlic e , " 4 . o lce g j geared that the house had long given gieat many virtuous shopkeepers in the neighbotirl.ol 01,0' the t h w e t i l l s u s ;s e a le n c e l e e t ei as the, happy fnrl.Werraona:l: m las e t nt ni o g f b There were in all five-and-tWenty prisoner s ' Alarq"o whom we neticed- the Duke of „Fourhonors,, 13,ai , of Cutace, the Earl .of Rouge, Vise-taint Jacques O'Spade,-Sir Harry Finefinger, the w e ll IL O4° t terleeoup, Charles Roulette, Esq., and others:bco to the " play" , world. The pri s oner! , havi"l r , u ght h : n r e in the watchhouse all night, did not whe n t ,,, the " f te show to the best advantal.e. ll4wever, truffsee instinct of aristocratic blood, they put boil_ ou od t b % matter,,and looked loftily, ,nteuiptuouSly as they wete brought up in pairs, and Pitt answer for the misdemeanour— hot the John Smith, policeman, deposed that Pe Ous e, tkr9. vious night effected- an entrance into: the burst the drawing-room window. . Other policernetlyo;re s o ° l; ', the doors : they all rushed to the play-r°l r i-of . S ° ea found the Duke of Fourhonors and the 3 6 goof 0 . playing with dice_ the othur prisoners e r o n - oe; 0 - ° ° ;, ab.)ut the table, playing a game with ca ale. bat' ;A re the police the prisoners attempted to.ese'dt;ged),,,oo seized. Two packs of cards (they were Pr" . t ;: i l ti i. r y found ir. the Duke of Fourhonor s sir P but swore very singular oaths on being Sea Finefinger attempted to swallow a p 0417,.. • was preiented by Sergeant Quick g ra t s i p ni ,otit throat ; whereupon Sir Harry spat i ern • • 'the Stea salver. d er , bt uny. capture.,hest se ° e t, a foregoing 6 to a th u e el object tß°sritgh.gl ° ttihhnc..edre. pss it o ch t e i e e n r . t e er t c' re: t°l iebn'; °.()i ;1I je r All the ,prisoners were fined the pen j mimed by the statute ; and, havinsr" departed homeward in their severalcarriage By a curious coincidence, ven. houses were entered on the same eoemrix7,lo4 .ti: and a host of their inmates taken 1 11- strerte fetlx,'"?,,,liat be fore Mr. Hardwick, at Ma,rlbsoTei!gw, them accordingly. Thus, it i 1 45 11 , iv ,.ti r dei l l r :st , the same watchful spirit which C a stle' onto lower hells, like that of " the I!Tittg, . I ° l !gettir.,oii or persong,..l., ?,,er is no respecter of place _ an die c , D!„if e art v Creekford's, and captures Duaes,r of justice in this ; matt , ' 9 ,1 partiality every true-horn h ` to . 6 .11 .. fi e i : 3 l; The receipts of the'.L ondoti 60,41 it) for the week ending 4th MAY, Were::;41011.1q, ' corres ponding week of last y • f:,01,00.1•,) " ear. `_ ME SUN, LCiNTDON, FRYDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1A44 .0.e..., thQ f tl4h ti t ied tts3a At u h utt ., alsot b e st 11: % e tht, ' 111(1 .1 1 tht