The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-18 00:00:00

YOUNG ENGLAND, T HE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, of This Day, . conuons:— 1. A Dissection of Mr D'lsraell's Novel of Coningsby; or, the New Generation-2. Ireland. No. 31. The History of the Union.-3. Tho British Colonies, from the Official Reports.-4. Important Judi cial Decision on Church-rates.--5. Analysis of the Factory Division. Lord Lyndhurst's Chancery Job the 1,000,000/. Compensation to Clerks for ceasing to du nothing.-7. A Last Word on the Ten Hours' Folly.-8. The French Navy, and its capacity to fight Eng lawL By the Prince de Joinville.-9. Annexation of Texas to Ame rica.-10. O'Connell in London.--1 I. The South Lancashire Election. —l2. Gorhamhury Races. The Derby Prophecies ; with an the News of the Week.-13. The Anti-Slavery Society and Free Trade. Office, 337, Strand ; and all Booksellers. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING, MAY 18, Will be performed Herold's Chef d'oeuvre, ZAMPA. Camilla, Madame Persiani; Rita, Madame Bellini ; Zanapa, Sig nor P I laapari ; Alfonso, Signor Corelli; Daniel Capuzzi, Signor k. Lablache; and Dandola, Signor Lablache. Between the acts of the Opera the admired " Ia Gitana" by Corlto. To be followed by the Garden Scene in Donizetti's Opera, entitled DoN PASQUALE.' Norma, Madame Grisi; Ernesto, Signor Mario; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Fornasari ; and Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. To conflude with the Ballet of ALMA (omitting the first Tableaux and compressing the Fete in Germany and the Ball Scene.) Applications tbr Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Orera.celonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Igost LA BLACHE has tho honour to inform the Nobility, Sub. soli 'ors to the Opera, hii Friends, and the Public, that HIS ZEN El IT will take placo on THURSDAY EVENING, May 23 when will be performed Cimarosa's Comic Opera, entitled IL MATRIMONIO SEGItETO. F:lisetta, Madame favanti ; Carolina, Madame Persiani ; Paolino, Sig. Mario; Count Itebinson, Sig. k. Lablache ; and Geronimo, Sig. Lablache. After which, a New Divertissement, entitled LA. VIV AN DI ERE, introducing the Redowa ; or, Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mdlle. Cer.tio and M. St. Leon. To cone, ude with the Grand Ballet of ALMA. Alma, Madame Cerito. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box lithe., Opera tokmnatle. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will coeds - lone° at Halt past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MAY 18, Will be performed Vic opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Anaheim, Mr. Borraiit; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilshoof, Mr. Honicastle; Arline. Miss Rainforth; Queen of the Gipsies, Ifli.yßetts. •To conclude with the revivod Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled THE REVOLt' OF THE HAREM. Mahomet, Mr. Howell; Ismael, M. Silvain ; Myssouf, Mr. W. H. Payne, Zulma, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn ; Zehlta, Mdlle. Clara Webster ; The Genius of the Harem, Madame Giuhilei. Dres4 Boxes 75., Second nice 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second l'ricu 3s. ; Pit 3s :second Price 'ls.; Middle Gallery 25., Second Price Upper Galiery ls.. Second Price 6d. THEATRE R(YAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, I EsSEB. THIS EVENING, MAY' 12, Will be performed a New Comic Drama, called THE ABSENTEE. Sir Patrick Delany, Mr. Tilbury ; Edward Macarthy (the Absentee), Mr. H Hull; Larty Lurgan, Mr. Leonard; Norah, Miss Julia ; Katy, Miss Carre. 'Fp be followed by the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART ACHE: Old Bapid, Mr. W. Farren; Young Rapid, Mr. Charles Matnews; Vortex, Mr. Strickland; Frank Oatland, Mr. Webster ; Ellen Vortex, Mrs Edwin Yarnold; Miss Vortex, Mrs. W. Cliftbrd Jwisy Oatland, Miss Julia Bennett. Alter which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Clvirles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis Leueb, Mr. l'ilbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humbv. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Orchestra Stalls, hs. ; Boxes, fas. • Pit ? ;•.s. ; Gallery. 25.; Upper Gallery. ls. Malf.price—Boxes, ; Pit 25.; Gallery, D. ; Upper H Gallery, lid. Doors opened at alf-paet Six, and the Performances eounnexce at Seven _ _ . ...... tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Boa— o:lace, iron. Ten till Five. PitINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY IS, Will Le repeated a New Comte Opera, entitled CROWN IHAMONDft. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weis.; Don Hen riquez de Satidova!, Mr. Allen; Rebolledo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; La Caterina, Madame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Mils Grant. To be followed by a New Farce called CU L' FOR PARTNERS. Atter which, A DIVERTISSEMENT. To conelude with BOMB ASTES FURIOSO. .411EAr1tit ROY .L LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the ifanagement of Mrs. KEELEY. . . "Open Sesame; or,a Night With the Ferty Thieves,"continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable audiuces THIS EVENING , 'MAY 18 Will be repeated an Original Comic Drama, entitled THE THREE WIVES OF .1A DRID. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keoley, Diddear, F. matthews, Emery, Wigan. Craven, Turner, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner, Mrs. Wigan, and s.. K‘cley. After which, will be pi odiiced a new Comic Drama, called THE LOVE BIRDS.• 1 r , ncipal Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Younge, Mrs. Woollige, Mrs. Usher, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Chaplin' Miss Grove, and-Miss Fait szue. To be followed by in Apropos Bagatelle. called POLKA MANIA Characters by Mr. F. Mat.hews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a than 1 Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or,. a Night with the Forty Thieves. Cha. eactess by Miss Wts.lgar. bliss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Mr.:. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley. Nlcssrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PACES OF AUMtSSlON.—lialcony Foxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, as. ; Pit, '2s. • Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is tid ; Pit, P. Private Boxes on the Balcony Fier (holding eight person.). leo Guineas Private Boxes on the Second fie; (ho'ding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit lier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROY AI. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. 4 jrand Attraction. 1111 S EVENING. MAY IS, Will be reptated the iii.totical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIA M THE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle of Hustings. With ail the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &c. Entire Change ni thz Splendid Scenes of the Circle. T. conclude with the Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the H ndeos of the Ruby Cliff's. The door.; will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances c irrimeuce at seven. Box-oftice opened daily from ten till four. The Private boxes hays been re;obstructed and decorated with care and bfilondour. Acting and stage.an wager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. On Monday, Ma'y VI, M. Plege will re-appear, for the last week of his Engagement, and will take his Benefit on Friday, IMar.24. DAV IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAIRE. THIS EVENING, MAY 18, • , %Yill be performed a New Drama, emitted HUGH, THE GIPSY. Supported by Messrs. E. F. Saville, H. Hughes, R. Honner, Neville, V .A.e, Mrs H. Vining, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. Lewis. Atter which, a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLK A. To conclude with an entirely New. Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFIti A RS, itr which the entire Company will perform. Pisces and Private Boxes to be bad of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.. edict. from Eleven io Four. THHATRE ROYAL t ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. With the astounding Wonders of the Extraordinary Being the GREAT WIZARD OF 114 E NORTH, and the ARAB BROTHERS, aged seven, nine, and twelve years of age, whbse Cks.it Groupings, and Surprising Feats of Strength, are the theme ofaeneral admiration A trick worth Knowing! How to fill a Theatre by Magic! This is the Fourth Season of the Great Delusionist in London! He has cam p'etcd the 'thirtieth Night of his present Season ! His Miracles have ben witnessed by upwards of Five Hundred Thou gaud apectato si tttill his Magic Temple is nigh ly honoured with most brilliant and crowded audiences ; thus proving to the world the eeli sing superiority of his unparalleled Entertainments He nightly eleites the astonishment of Hundreds, by his Scientific Experi ments ; the peculiar effect of which beggars description. His new us, THE FLYING RINGS, and THE ENCHANTED HAT, are wonders which have no equal I I ! And, Novelty being at present the rage the GREAT WIZARD intends MAKING WITCH! Therefore, any LAtly, desirous of appearing as the Great \Vitch, in conjunction wlth the Great Wizard, is informed, that,the latter will be happy to initiate her in the Mysteries of his ArL—.4. French, German, or Italian Lady would be preferred. , 35.; Pit. Is. fid.; Gallery, ed. beserved Seats, and Privat ores can be secured at the '1 heatre, al/f/ of all the Agents. tSe rice at Nine o'clock. DJoni open at Half-past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight. kijiXTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. 11./POILT.INT NOTICE. 'ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU "ELM,' the most magnificent and extensive 'Collection of Illsto lira Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed ny . One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in stinctive and Interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.--CHARLES 1., OLIVER CRO3IIVELL, and LOVIS XIV.; to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in ibVt. This unique Museum has been .visited often, du - Ting the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very line pictures, &e., his previous almost incredible number and variety of AISS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it eurit to be, a National Museum.. Many thousand have inspected it; and TifiliTir PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS has stated Hilt it ought to be seen by every oae. The price of admis • lion Is reduced be ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM to be seen only at the " Egypttau MIL" Pi illly, dally from Ten till Dusk. • THE WEATIIER.—SuN OFFICE, MAT 18. puntatomwrait, Lowest, 34; Highest, 51; Noon, 42. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND, N.N.E. ICOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the f jezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is .Gaily placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. .• MUST WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIES DAY. I ll4 ?rnlng _ii minutes after 2 I Evening:... 42 minutes after 2. • - - • , pt — i.. . A...tr. .." , . •• t • • 4,, , , 0,11111..4. . ~ It = 'NI) . -1.4 " ‘ ' ) ,' ": i V • 01f,v,, ...!...„ iiir , Am ilik2- ~,,, ~,, -.1. li ' .., .1. , ;,/ . 'VW. :"' •? . . A .t ... ,d0 ~ i ' ' f al "' '', . . 4 , . All i t o .: .• "; V" . *- --, " • ..o.• ..„ -.• ' , • * t o _ • SECOND EDITION: „ o,enxilg LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY is, 1844. ,loi:d *AilNana, after the usual ceremonies, took his seat in the House of Lords, last night. Lord BEAUMONT postponed the second reading of the Roman Catholic Penal Acts Repeal Bill, and at the same time expressed a wish that the Government would allow it to be brought on with as little delay as possible. The Duke - of WELLINGTON gave notice that on Thuriday next he would move the adjournment of the house till the following Thursday. tb !n ans wer t o a ques ti on f rom L or d Buouc nAm, !1.4"r1 Q f ABERDEEN said he believed the treaty for r s air ( • of Texas to the United States had ~.,.i• he trusted the Congress would not a t 1„ ::`"..1 tever miettibe the result, his Lord s: 'T' 11 14 - ii - .. 0 1.4 i %MA 15\1 reference to this matter, act t e ts xar a n ll 4 l i i e n d ister of the Crown. - , waatni,a± quite u 'an tY in the history of Lord WHARNCLIFFE called the attention of their Lordships to the present state of the Houses of Par liament, and made some remarks not at all com plimentary to Mr. BARRY. He said it had become necessary to bring the sub ject under the consideration of the House, inas much as very extensive alterations had been made by Mr. BARRY in the plans as originally laid down— these alterations having been made without the con currence of the Committee which had been appointed to watch the progress of the new buildings. He moved that the matter be referred to a Committee of the Board of Works. Several other Noble Lords made remarks on the subject, but none of them seemed disposed to justify the course adopted by Mr. BARRY; and Lord BROUGHAM expressed a hope that the architect for the Houses of Parliament in future would make no changes without consulting the Go vernment. The motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE was agreed to, and the House adjourned at Eight o'clock. In the House of Commons, after a vast number of petitions had been presented, Mr. HUME gave notice that when the Savings Banks Bill came before the [louse he should move a repeal of the clause in the Act of GEORGE IV., which allowed the Government to deal with moneys deposited in the savings banks. In answer to some questions put by Mr. EWART, relative to the war between Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, Sir R. PEEL said he feared there was little chance of its speedy termination. British subjects, however, would be protected ; but he did not consider that England would be justified in taking any steps to put an end to the war between the two belligerents. There was a naval force in the Plata which would afford every protection to British subjects. The House went into Committee on the Customs Duties Bill, and a number of clauses were adopted. On the 13th clause beiiig read, Mr. EWART moved that the reduction of duty on coffee be fourpence, and on cocoa one penny per pound. The Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed the amendment, and on a division the amendment was rejected by a majority of 11. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed. The Stamp Duties Bill went through Committee. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. The Navy certainly owes a debt of gratitude to one of its most gallant and successful officers, Sir CHARLES NAPIER, for the consistent solicitude with which he avails himself of every opportunity to advocate the interests of the service in the House of Commons. In the course of the present session, he has already brought under the notice of Parliament many matters involving, unquestionably, some points im mediately connected with the efficiency as well as the rights of this justly popular arm of the national power. We may instance the force with which the Gallant Commodore pressed upon the consideration of the Legislature the folly of underrating the great exertions now making by other maritime States in getting up their fleets to a condition fur active service. He spoke, we remember, of the admirable manoeuvring which he himself had witnessed in a French squadron in the Mediterranean ; and contrasted with our own tardy progress in the business of providing harbours of refuge on our shores, the promptitude of the efforts made, and the advance of the works commenced, for similar purposes, by the French on their coasts. The Chambers, he stated, had voted, some years since, 170,000,000 francs on account of harbours of re fuge, and had voted 40,000,000 more for the same objects for the present year. By an article in Galignani, we perceive that the Committee of the Chambers, on admitting a credit of 46,000,000 francs for the improvements of the ports of France, has reported in favour of applying that large sum equally between the ports of Marseilles and Havre, for strengthening and improving the works of them. It is well that facts like these should not be with drawn from the observation of the British public. Incessant attention to them should be paid by both the Legislative and the Executive of England. Thus, whilst we please ourselves with the important fact that we have, at present, a large and un questioned superiority in the extent and force of our steam navy over, every other flag in existence, our ports and harbours, in their present state, at least, are by no means adequate to the exigencies of such squadrons as in time of war we must maintain. The French, on the other hand, at St. Maloes alone, have a magnificent basin, capable of containing 200 war steamers, with a depth of twenty-five feet water. Our readers will, no doubt, have concurred in the reflections of Sir CHARLES NAPIER on the impolitic caprice which seems to direct the counsels of the Ad miralty Board with regard to the staff and extent of our navy. The Board exercises as irresponsible a power in this respect as the Bank of England customarily does, in its analogous control of the currency. The vicissitudes of expansion and contraction in the latter case, are not more impolitic, though we may conceive them to be more absolutely mischievous, than the absurdity of augmenting our fleet one day, not so much in reference to the demands of the public service, apparently as that it may be reduced on another ! But the defective eco nomy of such a practice is as palpable as it must be unquestionable. There is this additional evil con nected with the variety of duties which the reduction of force imposes on superior officers; namely, that an admiral—on the Mediterranean station, for ex ample—may not be at sea one month consecutively, out of his five years' command there. It does not appear to us that any sufficint answer has been given either by Mr. S. HERBERT, Secretary of the Admiralty at the time, or by any authority connected with the Administration, since, to the grave complaint brought forward by Sir CHARLES NAPIER (on the discussion of the Navy Estimates the other evening), as to the quantities of rejected ship timbers which, after being refused by the superior Civil De partments of the Navy, had been, from time to time received into store by the store-keepers of the several dock-yards. The timber in question, it was said, had been so received, after rejection, by the order of some subordinate official ; but it is impossible not to participate in the sur prise expressed by Sir CHARLES NAPIER at this state ment, seeing that, by the late Act of Parliament con solidating the two Boards—Admiralty and Navy—all subordinate authorities were expressly deprived of any _power to issue such orders. Moreover, the Gallant Officer put it strongly to the Secretary to the Admi ralty, that it was no reason to plead for this irre gularity, " that such timber might well be received, after being rejected for ship-building, because, though it might be either too long or too short for that ap propriation, it might yet be advantageously employed in other work ;" for, as the Hon. Gentleman himself knew, it had been received into store after being rejected because it was bad timber. The impropriety of such proceedings had been urged on the Admiralty by the highest professional authorities. We have some fears that there is a sort of monopoly interest in the supply of ship timber, which it is the tendency of the Admiralty, like all other authorities in this country, to encourage ; or which is, at all events, too potential just now for the Board success fully to oppose and defeat. We may recur to this matter, however, more particularly at a fu ture opportunity. We cannot, in the mean time, abstain, for one moment, from remark ing on the momentous importance of a most rigid adherence to the duties connected with the supervision of naval timber received into store, whe ther we bear in mind the improving aspect of the French navy, or the much too lowered standard (as we deem it) of our own, notwithstanding all that occurred in 1840. Whilst we are on this topic of ugly unanswered questions, we could much wish to learn what reply the Government are prepared with to the complaint preferred on behalf of our seamen, engaged in the late affairs in the Chinese seas, as to their being kept out of their prize -money, on account of the numerous captures made by them of enemy's craft, &c. &c. To have removed those of her MAJESTY'S vessels engaged s captured—to i uch haveservices, —to have retained the craft, &c., o had them ransomed by the Chinese authorities —and then to treat the general compensation paid, i n Sycee silver, as a simple State payment made into her MAJESTY'S Exchequer, was, as Sir CHARLES NAPIER has strongly phrased it, neither more nor less than "a piratical act," calculated to excite the utmost discon tent among the seamen who have been robbed by this mode of proceeding. Another proposition which Sir CHARLES warmly advocated some time since, has more immediate connexion with the subject matter of his re solution on Thursday night. He touched on the invidi ous distinction which has been habitually made be tween public acknowledgments of naval and of military services. His reasoning was irresistible. Why not give sailors medals for the great victories achieved by them, as you give soldiers for their illus trious successes ? Why not havq distributed medals to all engaged at Trafalgar, as you distributed them to all engaged at Waterloo ? They might yet be given to all the survivors of our greatest naval battles, in and since the reign of GEORGE III.; and let the honour be thus more largely distributed here after, whenever it shall have been deserved, for vic tories of similar importance 'and distinction at sea. In this way, that good understanding now subsisting between the two services might be most admirably maintained. We must defer, to another opportunity, a careful notice of Sir CHARLES'S speech of Thursday evening. It very cleverly, though unsuccessfully, advocated a proposition, not only of great interest and novelty and justice in itself, but, to our mind, one which it would eminently contribute to the welfare of the British naval service to affirm. We may remark, by the way, that in May last year, he moved an address to the Crown, praying her MAJESTY to give directions that a certain number of old officers should be allowed to retire on a separate list, with increase of pay, with a view of bringing forward young and active officers ; " Lord INGESTRIE seconded this motion (observed Sir CHARLES, on Thursday), and was reprimanded by the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir ROBERT PEEL) in conse quence." His motion of Thursday wag, ",that this House recommend that previous to the preparation of the navy estimates, to be submitted to Parliament in the year 1345, some plan of retirement for officers in the navy on the top of the respective lists should be devised, so as to make the naval service more effective, and to afford the opportunity of re warding old and meritorious officers." It must be allowed that in the debate which ensued, at all events a much more respectful hearing and lengthened discussion were conceded than the pro position of May 1843 met with. 'We trust that this fact was not wanting to induce the Gallant Officer to persevere. After considerable throes and much apparent suf fering, Sir ROBERT PEEL at a late hour last night was safely delivered of a brace of heavy jokes, in the House of Commons. Hon. Members were exceed ingly considerate and complaisant on the occasion— as they usually are when a Prime Minister affects the comical—and laughed heartily as each joke sprang into existence, infinitely of course to the delec tation of the waggish utterer. The circumstance that called forth his drollery was this. The article of Confectionary having been incidentally touched upon, Mr. *Humes'Ear asked what was the reason that the duty on plums was to be altered, whereupon Sir ROBERT PEEL, delighted at the opportunity of making a humorous hit, observed—" Ile could scarcely be much surprised at the remarks of his Hon. Friend, the worthy Alderman, for he was no doubt so en couraged by his extraordinary success last year in discussing the duties on turbots and lobster sauce, that it was no matter of astonishment to find him now standing forward as the advocate and defender of the great plum-pudding interest. In discussing the first course his triumph had been so complete, that at a late period of the festivities he could be expected to do nothing less than bring the same energy and equal know ledge to bear upon the subject of plums and puddings." Having thus demolished Mr. Alderman lIUMPHERY, the irresistible Premier next proceeded to let fly the keen arrows of his wit against the Hon. Member for Kendal, who, it seems, had had the hardihood to make some unpalatable remarks on the increase of the duty on foreign apples, adding that he "should be very glad to hear any excuse given for the increase, except that it was agreeable to Sir EDWARD KNATCIIBULL and the Kentish farmers." Upon this the facetious Premier replied—" He could assure the Hon. Member that when his Right Hon. Friend accepted office with the present Government , he made no stipulation whatever on the subject of the apple duties, and had entered into no compromise upon that great and important question, wh:ch ap peared so deeply to agitate the mind of the Hon. Re presentative for Kendal." This, it must be confessed, was brilliant ; though, so far as we can perceive, it had no more to do with Mr. WARBURTON'S question respecting the increased duty on foreign apples, made —as that gentleman observed—" in the very teeth of the Report of a Committee of the House," to whom the subject had been referred—the Premier's sarcastic reply, we say, had no more to do with the Member for Kendal's question, than it had with the turbot and-lobster-sauce question so eloquently and im presively argued last year by Mr. Alderman Hu/o pium.. But great wags are seldom close reasoners, and in our admiration of the PEEL drollery, we must consent to overlook the deficiencies of the PEEL logic. In answer to the Premier's humorous allusion to the turbot and lobster duties, the discomfited Alderman observed :—" It is true I talked about them when the tariff was on the table, and now I will go on. I've spoken of plums, and now I'll go to another question of importance— orange-peel. Orange• peel was not to be touched, and yet they were going to raise the duties on preserved plums ! Why was this ? He was sure there was something more in it than met the eye." The worthy Alderman is right. There is something more than meets the eye in the proposed non-inter ference with Orange-Peel. Orange-PEEL —that is to say, the PEEL who was once Orange, but is now ready to adopt any colour that may best suit his interests— is a privileged person, who must not be touched, nor even indirectly interfered with. He must be left free to pursue his own course, without let or hin drance. No Member must presume to question his motives, or offer the slightest opposition to his sovereign will. When Orange-PEEL —or rather Camelion-PEEL—says a thing must be so—why, then, it must be so ; as we saw the other day in the case of the Factory Bill, where a body of upwards of eighty Members hastened to recant their opinions merely because the Premier had assured them that their perseverance in a consistent course of action would be exceedingly distasteful to him. He willed, and they obeyed. How long this abject submissiveness on the part of the House of Commons is to continue, we know not ; but this we do know, and rejoice at—namely, that it has already damaged the party, which calls itself Con servative, irretrievably in the eyes of all the thinking portion of the community, who now see clearly that it has no fixed, manly, principles of its own, but readily takes whatever impress Sir ROBERT PEEL may choose to stamp upon it—sees with his eyes— hears with his ears—wears his livery—and accommo dates itself, without so much as a whisper of remon strance, to every change that may from time to time take place in his course of action. The intelligence from Madrid is destitute of in terest. The funds still remained in a very depressed state. On the 10th, the Three per Cents. were quoted at 28k, and the Fives at 21, both for 60 days. Paris papers of Thursday, and the Madrid mail of the 10th, have been received. The intelligence from the United States respecting the annexation of Texas to the republic, has caused some sensation in Paris, chiefly among the parties hostile to England. The National calls on the nation to disregard the entente cordiale of M. GIIIZOT, and to think only of the great advantages which a good understanding with the American Union must create for France. The writer adds that the annexation of Texas to the States is a new political combination, weakening the British Government and its aristocracy in the most sensitive point; that the relations of England with the Cabinet of Washington cannot be friendly ; that her Canadian possessions are in danger ; and that the European Powers, and particularly France, who have tolerated the insulting yoke of British supre macy, should be prepared o to take advantage of the chances which this new combination must ere long afford. The veteran Braham, aided by his two sons, gives a concert on Monday evening, at Covent-garden Theatre, when. many attractions are promised. Few individuals have so much claim upon the patronage of the public as this gen tleman ; and it is to be hoped that, in this instance, the claim will be duly and liberally honoured. It is confidently rumoured in the legal profession that the venerable Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Sir Nicholas C. Tindal, has expressed his resolution to retire from the bench he has so long adorned, on the ten pination of Michaelmas Term next . NE' • ..-;" 1 0 . 3\ , .. \::2111--- THE CURRENCY QUESTION. This day - is published, price f, ) ,3, AN INQUIRY into the PRAC FICAL WORK . ING of the PROPOSED ARRANGEMENTS for the RE IN LWAL of the CITARTER of the BANK of ENGLAND, and the REGULATION of the CURRENCY, with a REFUTATION of the FALLACIUS advanced by Mr. TOOKE. fly It. TORRENS, Esq. Smith and Elder, Cornhill. :cow ready, at all the Libra r i es , i n 3 vo l s., T HIS WILFULNESS OF WOMAN. A NOVEL. By the Autbercae of " The Blistery of a Flirt," &c. " Tll4 ii a very brilliant novel. The vigour and power displayed tee pagee shames the manuline intellect of the best male writer of the day, at the same time the writer's knowledge of the female heart is so great and subtle, that we can imagine that no one but a woman could have written them. The character of the wilful ilarriet Trelawney is drawn in a most masterly manner ; but it would be needless ee pick out particular actors iu this most extraor divary novel. No novelist of the present day has so much mastery over the pt./lions of the reader as the writer of the work before us. has iestuxl from the press equal to it shace the last work by the same hand."—Weekly Chronicle. !leery Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Mariborongh-street. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubltt Optitton. " Who runs may read." LAW AND POLICE. At Queen•-square John Thomas Mathewson, police-con stable 202 B, was charged with committing a violent assault on Henry Knight, a cooper, in the employ of Messrs. Elliott and Co., brewers. The complainant, whose head was ban daged, said that on Thursday the policeman in his uniform entered the cooperage at the brewery, and having observed that he had been brought up in that line, conversed for some minutes on the subject of the trade. A man who was em ployed to light the tires came in for some chips, when defen dant, seizing him by the arm, declared that he was the man he was looking after, and he should take him as his prisoner, and began pulling the person about. Complainant requested him to desist, as skylarking was not allowed there. Defen dant then, without the slightest provocation, took his truncheon from his pocket, and struck him once on the left arm, and then twice on the head with it. The defendant admitted he struck complainant, and would make any re compense in his power. He was ordered to pay a fine of 51., or be committed to hard labour for two months. A man about forty-five years of age, with evident marks of care on his countenance, but dressed in most respectable style, was brought before Mr. Jardine, at Bow-street, charged under the name of William Toole, living at No. 2, Milton street, City, with using threatening language towards Sir Robert Peel, the night before, in Whitehall-gardens, and with having sent threatening letters to Lord Eliot, the Irish Secretary, and also to Sir Robert Peel. Evidence of these facts having been given by the police, the defendant was or dered to find bail and give forty-eight hours' notice. A Lancashire man, named Richard Rhapson, was brought before Mr. Ballantine, on a charge of assaulting Charles Sexton in a very serious manner. The prosecutor stated that lie was in the employ of Messrs Ditchburn and Mare, of the iron steam-boat factory, Orchard House, Blackwell. The prisoner was also employed in the same establishment. On Thursday, the 9th instant, he went into the tool-house, where the prisoner was, to fetch a tool to work with, and the prisoner turned him out, and, as he got him to the door, kicked him and disabled him. The injury he had received was of a peculiar nature. Mr. Ballantine said this case was a most serious one, and must be further investigated. He re manded the prisoner for other evidence, and intimated that he should like to hear the medical attendant. . C OTTET-WILSHION.ELBLIII. „—— His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has issued cards (or a grand dinner at Cambridge-house, on Wednesday next, to the Duke of Wellington, Earl of Cawdor, Arch bh,liop of York, Earl Howe, and a distinguished party. It is an early dinner, as his Royal Highness and friends after wards adjourn to the Ancient Concert, of which the Royal Duke takes the direction for the King of Hanover. The Earl of Westmoreland is shortly expected from Prussia, having obtained leave of absence from his Govern ment. The Earl and Countess of Kinnoul, after a lengthened tour in Italy, have arrived at llampden-house from the Continent. The Countess has since gone to Brighton, to join her youthful falai, who have been residing there during the absence of the Earl and Countess. Earl and Countess Cadogan, and Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cadogan, are expected at Queensberry-house in the ensuing week, from Rome and Nice. The Countess has been abroad nearly two years, and the Noble Earl and daughters, with the exception of a few weeks' visit last summer, havo also been in Italy for that period. The Prince of Solms and suite arrived at Mivart's Hotel yesterday from Germany. His Serene Highness, it is said, contemplates making a sojourn of four weeks in this country. His Excellency the Rajah Meer Jafur Alec Khan, attended by an extensive suite, and accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Scott, has arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from the East Indies. Lady Peel has an assembly to-night. Invitations for above 400 persons have been circulated. The anniversary dinner of the Noblemen and Gentlemen educated at Eton College, is to be celebrated this evening at the Thatched-house Tavern, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., in the chair. A very numerous circle have engaged to support the Right Hon. Chairman. MISCEZZANZOI7II.. On Friday night, the second annual meeting of the society for granting annuities to aged poor and infirm freemasons was held at the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street. The Earl of Zetland took the Chair as Grand Master of all England. The report stated, that out ofls annuitants elected in May, 1842, one having died, fourteen of that number only conti nued on the fund at the annual aggiegate payment of 290/. The balance on hand last year was stated to be 227/. ls. 2d. The dividends had amounted to 521. Bs. Bd. The amount of donations and annual subscriptions, from the 16th of May, 1843, to the 16th of April, 1844, had been 445/. 1 ls. and the further receipts to the day of meeting 1811. 1 ls. The annual payments by Grand Lodges and Grand Chapters, 4251. Total receipts 1,311/. 1 ls. 10d. The expense had been 879/. 4s. Bd. ' including payments to annui tants 305/. : and purchase of 4001., Three per Cent. Consols, 395/. 10s. The balance in the bands of the treasurer was 4521. 7s. 2d. On the same day the annual meeting of the supporters of the Sailors' Home, Destitute Sailors' Asylum, and Episcopal Floating Church Society, was held in the Hanover• square Rooms. Admiral Lord Radstock, in the absence of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, took'the chair. He was supported by Admiral Hawker, Captain Gambie g r, Admiral Sir Edward Parry, the Rev. Edwin Sydney, &c. From the financial statement, it appeared that the total subscriptions had been 973/., and that the sum received as board money from the sailors amounted to 4,3361., which, together with a previous balance and some other items of resources, made the entire receipts 6,541/. Deducting the expenditure, a balance of 3791. remained with the treasurer. Into the asylum there had been admitted during the year 2,433 persons, making the total number ,since the commencement (natives of various nations) 22,935. _ _ , It appears from a return made to the House of Commons, that the total receipt for the sale of the Parliamentary papers printed by order of the House, from the year 1836. to the year 1843 (both inclusive), amounts to the sum of 38,403/. ; and the total net produce to the suns of 34,4521. The net profit to the public by the sale of Parliamentary papers has been re duced by the sum of 4,2631. lls., being the amount paid by the country in the same period (18.36-1843) for prosecutions for libel, or actions instituted against the House of Commons through its officers. The annual dinner in aid of the Finsbury Dispensary, took place on Friday, at the Albion Tavern. The chair was filled by the Marquis of Northampton, the President of the Society, who was supported by Arr. Byng, M.P., Mr. Burchell, Mr. Nicholson, Rev. W. Faulkner, &c. It appeared that upwards of 5,000 persons had received the benefit of its assistance during the past year, and upwards of 230,000 since its estab lishment in 1780. Th , s Secretary, Mr. Halliday, announced i il s a long list of subscriptions, amongst mpwhich.., sweir.er Mr.t B e .B. Presi dent(ilabb e a i ld C 1 o h l a . i r i sn o a s . ; n, 20/. Mr.; ISEr Ncho 3 in n o g' , 101. 10s. ; Mr. Pat tison, M.P., 10/. 10s.; Mr. llanbury, 10/. 10s.; Sir F. Booth, 10/. 10s. , • Mr. E. Wigram, 101 . 10 s., &c. PROGRESS OF STEAM. MAGICIAN AND METEOR STEAMERS. In the present age there seems to be no limit to the march of improvement whether on land or water. Our forefathers boasted of the march of mind ; but we can boast not only of the march of mind but of the march of matter also ! What the ancients dreamed of as barely possible, we prove to be easily practicable and marvel lously true. With us the old idea of impossibility has Icst its fettered charm ; and mind and matter, yoked in happy fello‘s ship, realise far greater wonders than the magician's wand ever attempted. By the agency of steam, places once remote are brought so neartogether as to seem neighbourly hamlets:; and to people now set ting out on a journey or voyage to a distant land, the idea of parting with friends has lost its terrors. Instead of the anxious question, "Do you think you will return next year ?"—the jocular observation is—" I suppo se y ou 'll b e b ac k to morrow, to dine at six ?" and the prompt reply is, "Railway time—all right !" Nor is this the 'only ad vantage—the concentration of time and space so fami • liarises the mind to action, that we lose sight of the narrow prejudices of mere locality, and become denizens of the universe ! The mind expands with the rapidity of motion, and objects which once appeared too gigantic fur contemplation, now dwindle into ordinary circumstance. Prejudice becomes self-abashed, and would fain harmonise with the ruling spirit of the scene. People grow wiser and better the more they see, and more tolerant the further they go—till, in due time, we realise the noble idea of the poet, that " Man and man, the world o'er, Shall brothers be, and a' that." Steam is now, and will become daily more and more, the grand agent of civilisation. Interchange of sentiment and manner, beget a community of feeling. Such being the happy result, how much praise is due to those whose active genius never tires in the march of invention—improving upon improvement ! It was but the other day the world was astonished at a speed of a few miles an hour on the river by steam ; but now we behold vessels urged three times as fast against wind and tide Thus one improvement suggests another ;—" Go ahead" is the moving principle. Com petition moderates vanity, while it stimulates ambition. For example—the last new wonder on the Thames is the Meteor, which has come out as a Star of the first magnitude, and the greatest wonder in the Channel is the famed Magician, which runs from Dover to Bou logne, and from Boulogne to Dover in two hours, some times in less I This is the true antidote against sea sickness. In former times the passage to Gravesend took a long day—it is now performed by, the Meteor in an hour from Blackwall. This is rather sharp practice for the old stagers, but it is a stirring lesson ; and the dullest must profit by the force of example. What the Star Company have done for Gravesend by the Meteor, the General Steam Navigation Company have achieved for Boulogne by the Magician ; and'of either vessel it may truly be said— " She walks the waters like a thing of life." MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—A few days since, one of the shipwrights engaged in repairing the Superb, 80. in this dockyard, descended from the quarter-deck to the main-deck, and walking forward fell through the hatch way, which he did not perceive, having'been momen tarily blinded by the sun, in the glare of which he had just before been working. In his fall into the hold of the vessel, a depth of between 40 and 50 feet, he came in contact with a piece of half-inch deal, which was shivered into 20 pieces, and after turning and tumbling over several times, he fell with considerable force against the bottom of the vessel. His fellow-workmen picked him up to all appearance dead—but in a moment after they were astonished, as well as relieved, by the revivi fication of the lucky fellow. Clapping his hand on the part, he exclaimed, " Well, I have bit myself a terrible crack on the head !" On examination it turned out that beyond a contusion of the thigh, no injury whatever had been sustained from this tremendous fall.— IVest of Eng lund Conservative. THIS DAY'S NEWS. MONE YAND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY,_QUARTER TO THREE The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed very heatrily, prices having a downward tendency. The demand was limited, and the sales were only 2,500 bales. The heavier Railways were rather firmer, and there was a good inquiry for French. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 664 ; Grand Junction, 221 ; Great Western, Fifths, 22 ; Birmingham, 225 ; Ditto, Quarter, 26i •, South-Western, Eighths, 44 ; North British, 24 ; North Midland, 90 ; Norwich and Brandon, 21; Paris and Lyons, 34 ; Paris and Orleans, 384; South - Eastern, 384; Trent Valley, 84. There are no arrivals to-day. ' The result of the interview between the delegates of the joint-stock banks and the Premier was just that which was anticipated and noticed by us. Sir Robert Peel is re solved to stand by the principle of his plan for the future conduct of banking and currency. There was some thing of sarcasm, it was thought by some of the delegates, in the reply of Sir Robert that he was not desirous to fetter the transactions of the bank ing interest, while he, at the same time, would not concede the principal point asked for, an extension of the period within which the average maximum of issues was to be esti mated. However, the question of any liberal concessions to the private and joint-stock banks as requested, may be con sidered as settled, for in Parliament no effectual opposition will be made to the new scheme of Sir R. Peel. _ _ The English securities have to-day been heavy, and there is but little doing. Consols for Transfer have realised 993 to 991; and for Account the same. Exchequer Bills are at 665. to 725. premium ; and India Bonds at 945. premium. Bank Stock is flat again at 192 ; and East India Stock nomi nally is 286 to 287. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 1023 to 1023 ; the Reduced, 1013 to 101 k ; and the Three per Cents. 99i to 994. The Spanish market has been a little better this morning, but there is not a large business doing, as the French mail did not arrive in the ordinary course, and the jobbers leave early on Saturday. The Active Spanish Bonds have been 231 to 24; and the Three per Cents., 35 to 341. The Passive are 51 to 6, nominally. Portuguese Converted have been marked 461, and Russian 1173, the latter being a decline. Brazil Stock is at 81i ; Dutch Five per Cents. are 1003 to 3 ; and the New of 1837, 99k. There is nothing doing in Mexi can or Colombian. For Railway Shares there has been a moderate inquiry, prices being generally good. The rejection of several new lines, by the Parliamentary Committee this week, will per haps check the too indiscriminate promotion of doubtful pm~ects. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) Bank 5t0ck.......... ...... ........... . 194 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 983 8 '% 3 r Cent. Consols. 99% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 101% •New 3% per Cent. ....... 102 6 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 7-16 Consols for Account »«.».«.».».«.».».» O9 Exchequer Bills ? 150. I%d 1 ?.. 0001. 00000000000 ••••••••••••• •••••• ••••••• 00000 72 PM. auto.'Ll. ••• 000000 o "••••• 69 pm. DIttoair:•••••••••••••••.. •-•• 00000 .....•• 72 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839. 7B % Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 44% Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll7 Spanish Bonds Five per Cent 1840........,..», — Ditto for the Account ..... .......... ....• 24 Ditto Three per Cent. ••....".. .......... ..... •••• 83 3 4 % Ditto for 'the Account Dutch 5 per Cents 1001.4%304 New Loan 1837. 5 per Cents.... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. Pea SHARE. l i Brsto and Exeter 70 B 2. to 81 Bristol and Gloucester 3O 4Sh to Caledonian Dublin and Cashel ............. .. ..... 2% 4g to Eistern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... .... 66N% ... to Great North of England lOO 97% to Great Western Ditto % Shares Ditto Fifths l2 Harwich (Braithwaite) Ditto( Locke) ' 2 31 3% Lancaster and Carlisle London and Birmingham. lOO ... , 225 to 224 Ditto New Thirds Ditto li share , ... 2 London and Blackwell 1631 ...... 7%% ... to London and Brighton 5O - London and Greenwich .. 12 , '' - 6 1 ' i"" tr ... to London and Greenwich (Preletence) 18% iB►l... to London and South Weeteru 41% 87% Ditto Eighths London and Croydon Manchestet:end Leeds 7O lO6 to•— North British Midland Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover Ditto New Trent Valley York and North,Midland ......... 50 ll9 to Paris and Orleans . ....... ...... 40 Strasburg and Basle MANCHKETER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 17.—The market has been dull to-day, and stocks more freely offered. London and South-Western, 88i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 57 ; North Midland, 90 ; Paris and Lyons, 311 ; Blackburn and Preston, ; Eastern Counties Perpetual No. 2,12 s. 6d. premium. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Our market was somewhat extensively supplied with choice fruit and vegetables, yet the demand was throughout steady, at prices about equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight. Pota toes from 2s ed to 5s per cwt ; young Onions, is 3d to 2s 6d ; Turnips, is 9d to 2s 6d ; Carrots, 5s 6d to 7s ; and Leeks, 9d to Is 2d per dozen. bunches ; Spinach, 4d to 6d per half sieve; Asparagus, 3s to 7s ; French Beans, 9d to is 6d ; Oranges, 8s to 15s ; and Lemons, 8s to 13s per 100 ; new Potatoes, 3d to 6d ; Pine Apples, 7s to 9s per lb ; Hot-house Grapes, 'ssto es ; and Forced Cherries, 25s per lb ; Peaches, 40s to 455; and Summer Cabbages, 10d to Is 9d per dozen ; Strawberries, 4s per small pottle ; Cucumbers, 8d to 7s per brace ; Cauliflowers, 2d to 6d each ; Horse-radish, 2s to 5s Celery, 8d to Is 3d ; Rhubarb, 4d to is 6d ; and Brocoli, 10d to 2s per bundle ; Sea Kale, 9d to 2s 3d ; Mushrooms, 9d to is 6d; and Small Salad, 2d per punnet ; Radishes, 3d to ed per dozen hands ; Lettuces, ed to is ed perscore ; green Gooseberries, 4d to ed per quart. NEVIGATEI AND LEADENHALL. We had: only a ' moderate supply of ' poultry hero yet the demand was heavy, at barely late rates. Capons, 4s to 7s; Guinea Fowls, 2s to 3s ad ; Fowls, 2s to 4s ; Chickens, 2s to 3s ; Ducklings, 2s 3d to 3s ; Goslings, 5s to 8s ; Pigeons, 5d to 9d ; and Rabbits, ,9d to Is ad each. For each kind of prime Meat we had a steady demand at a trifling improve ment in the quotations, while those of other qualities were fully supported. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 3s ad to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s 2d per Blbs. lIIINGERPORXI. Although the supplies of- most articles on sale were by no means large, the demand was throughout heavy, at barely late rates. NEWPORT. The supplies of Meat were Oiii - nTcderate, while the trade ruled steady at our quotations. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to Gs 2d ; Veal, 38 Gd to 4s 6d; and Pork 2s 8d to 4s 4d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. For each kind of Fish, the supply of which was good, the demand ruled inactive, at previous currencies. NIMITECHAPEL. With the exception of prime meat, selling freely at full prices, the demand was in a very sluggish state :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 84 ; Lamb, 5s to Gs ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s 4d per Vbs. by the carcase. 1132111 AD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 8d to Bid ; of Household ditto, 60 to 74d per 41b loaf. HIDE DIAitnET. Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and heifers, 5s 6d to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; inferior ditto, 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin—Market calf, 6s 6d to Ss ; long woolled sheep, 3s 6d to 5s 6d ; short ditto 3s to 4s 6d; lamb skins, 10d to is 8d ; and shearlings, 6d to 8d each. SAY • _ SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3l; use ful ditto, 31 3s to 31 8s ; tine Upland ditto, 3/ 103 to 3115 a ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 5153 ; Oat Straw, 1/ 0 to 118 s ; Wheat Straw, 11 83 to 1110 s per load. Both Hay and Straw met a dull sale at barely late rates. : CL MBERIAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ ss; use ful dittcl, 31 6s to Si 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 13s to 4/ ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 51; Oat Straw, 11 7s to 11 9a; Wheat Straw, 11103 to 1/ 12s per load. A moderate supply, and a heavy demand. Prices about stationary. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarso Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ Gs ; useful ditto, Si 7s to 3/ 103; fine Upland ditto, Si 12s to 3116 s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 53 to Si 8s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 118 s ; Wheat Straw, 118 s to 1/ 10s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-FRIDAY. There wire good arrivals of Wheat to this day's market, and as the demand is limited, a decline of ls. per quarter has been acceded to, in order to effect sales. Little business passing in Barley, at last• week's prices; and no alteration in the value of Oats, Shelling, or Beans. . Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel. EXTRA. NEW. Waeat Suflblk, Essex, and Rent..„ Red. —to 57 54 to 55 Ditto ditto ....... White... 60 56 58 Norfolk Red 55 51 54 Ditto ditto White... 57 54 55 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red....... 55 • 52 53 Ditto ditto White... 56 54 55 Yorkshire Red..... 55 52 54 Ditto ditto White... 58 54 57 • • Foreign Red 56 53 - 54 Ditto ditto 60 55 57 . ' Per quarter imperial. Barley, Norfolk andSuffolk 32 21 30 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 32 20 30 • Grinding . ........... . . ................ .............. — 27 28 Foreign 31 27 24/ Per qr. if 631 b. to the bushel. Beans, Small Cite — 33 3l 32 Ticks -- Foreign —' •••., Om. ... Oats, Potato and Polo. d --s. --s. ... —ff. Moaling lod. to 12d., Fercign —d to --d. pet Stone. &lolling .. 1 5i. to 25: Ed. per Load. hint39s. fine 425. per Lce.d ..... 0000000000 ••••• 1111.. r. R ipeseed..... I••• 251.05. 271. Os. —I. Os. per Last. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 18.—N.E., strong breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, MAY 17.—Wiad N.W. to N. ; P.M. N.E. to N.N.E., strong. — Acrd. Ariad ne , Ri o , f or Hamburgli ; Donna Maria, Antigua. Sld. St. George and Pestonjee Bomanjee, Sydney; Barossa, Hobart Town ; Siam, Calcutta ; Seriagapatam, Madras; Mina, Sierra Leone, not Mona, Milligan, for Laun ceston, as reported. OFF DOVER, MAY 17.—Princess Alice Maude, Gray, St. John's, New Brunswick. COWES, MAY 17.—Arrd. Diligentia, Arica, out 104 days. OFF THE W I G HT , M AY . 14 . —F or t una , New York, for Hamburgh. OFF SALCOMBE, MAY 13.—Harlequin, Charleston, for Hull; Robert Sevroon, Batavia,for Havre. FALMOUTH, MAY 17.—Wind, N., strong and squally.— Arrd. British Queen, Nickljohn, Aliguery (Africa); Ceylon ; Leslie, Calcutta, and sailed for Newcastle ; Bachelor, Napier, Africa, for Padstow ; William Bayley, Tyack, Cape of Good Hope, out 67 days; Penelope, Trinidad. The brig Norval was wrecked at Pram Pram (Africa). The British Queen, off here from Ahguery, was boarded whilst lying at Whydali, by her Majesty's ships Spy and Star, having on board seventy negroes, taken from a slave schooner in a sinking state, and on March 14, in lat. 2 S., long. 4 W., was boarded by her Majesty's. ship Rapid, having in company the Spanish brigantine Carlist, bound to As.zen.sion, which she had de tained. .;. SALCOMBE, MAY 17.—The schooner Tom Codd, of Balti more, lumber laden, was waterlogged, and with mainmast gone;was boarded by the Harlequin, arrived here. HARTLEPOOL, MAY 16.—511. Ann Bates, Rio ; Janthe, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, MAY N.E., moderate.--Arid. Nimrod, Bombay; Isabella, Turner, Arica, Jan. 4; Joseph Garnett, Davis, Valparaiso; Tiber, New Calabar; Success, Demerara; M'Ogilvie, St. Domingo; Lord Seaton and Louisiana, New Orleans ; Aber( leen, Mobile ; Margaret, Charleston ; Ambassador, New Yotic. Sid. Don, Rio Grande ; Jane Mitchell, Trinidad ;..Xerwick, Philadelphia; Europe, New York ; Glenburne and 11.5: al Adelaide, Boston ; Le ander, Quebec. Coux, MAY 15.—Arrd. Kate Kearney, Belcher, Jamaica. Off, Margaret Wilkie, Suttie, China, for Clyde. Blum', MAY 17.—Sid. Eling, Trinidad. NEWPORT, MAY 16.—S1d. Champlain, Sierra Leona. OFF KiNs.s.u.7., MAY 13.—Amazon, - of Waterford, St. John's, New Brunswick. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YEaTunniv. DERBY. 9 to 4 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck 7 to 2 agst Mr. Crockford's Ratan 12 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Bay Momus 18 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Qui Tam 40 to 1 agst Mr. Quin nd Loadstone We did not hear a single bet against the Ugly Buck, but nothing under sto 2 would have been taken. 7to 2 was laid against Ratan to two or three hundred pounds, afterwards offered currently. (The report that he passed through London on Thursday was premature; he sweated at Newmarket that morning, left yesterday, and arrived at Leatherhead in the afternoon per van.) Takers of 12 to 1 about Orlando, and of 18 to 1 each about Akbar and Leander. Qui Tarn, although not backed, cannot be quoted at more than 25 to 1, nor Loadstone more that 40 to 1. OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Martingale—t. 7 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's The Princess—taken 20 to 1 apt Mr. J. Robinson's April Noddy—taken 30 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Buzz—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Denham's Fair Charlotte—taken. Even between five and the field. We understand that all the trains on the South- Western Railway will stop at Kingston from this day up to the close of Epsom Races. ASCOT RACES. These races, which commence on the 4th of June, promise an abundance of sport, and fully deserve the patronage bestowed,-on them. By the programme of the races published in the last sheet " Calendar," we per ceive that the large sum of 1,250/ is advertised to be addbd to the different Stakes, Plates, &c. (exclusive of the Gold Vase and her Majesty's Plate), independent of the recent outlaY of 5001. for the new weighing stand and other improvements. In order to enable the worthy Master of the Buck Hounds to meet these heavy de mands, his Lordship has determined on admitting none to the small inclosure for carriages opposite the winning post, except subscribers of Si. each to the Race Fund, for whose accommodation it .was originally intended ; and as the space will be very limited, an early applica tion to the Clerk of the Course is absolutely necessary to ensure a place in undoubtedly the best situation on the course. Should the weather prove favourable, a large and fashionable company may reasonably be expected. The course is in beautiful condition, and the ploughed gallops we are sure will be found superior to any other description of training ground ha such dry weather as the present. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCPIESTER—FmnAr. DERRY. 9 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lot 20 to 1 agst Running Rein 20 to 1 agst Forth's lot 25 to 1 agst T'Auld Squire 9to 4 agst The Ugly Buck—t 25 to 1 agst lonian 7 to 2 agst Ratan—t 40 to 1 agst Campanero 11 to 1 agst Bay Momus—t 40 to 1 agst Qui ram 12 to 1 agst Orlando 50 to 1 agst Phalaris 18 to 1 agst Leander 50 to 1 agst Telemachus 20 to 1 agst Akbar—t OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Barricade 7 to 1 agst Sis to Martingale, t 8 to 1 agst Princess 10 to 1 agst All-round-my- Hat—t 12 to 1 agst Merope EPSOM RACES—HORSES ARRIVED OR EXPECTED. DERBY.—Ratan, Ugly Buck, Orlando, Bay Momus, T'Auld Squire, Leander, Fair Jane colt, Cockamaroo, Odessa colt, Mainstay, Akbar, Campanero, Running Rein, Dr. Phillimore, Mountain Dew, Ann filly, Qui Tani, Phalarig, Sir Diggory Diddle, King of the Gipsies, Al iss Etty colt, Monk of Dree, British Tar, Mount Charles, Boniface, Zenobia, Elemi, Lancet, Radnor, Beaufront, Croton Oil, Loadstone, Barricade, Voltri, Needful, Ashtead Pet, Arethusa, Dick Thornton, Falconer, Attaghan, Lightning, Dalesman, Lord Saltouri; Moustache. OAKS.—Sister to Martingale, Princess, Barricade, The Bee, All-round-my-Hat, Emerald, Fair Charlotte, April Noddy, Miss Wilfrid filly, Ann filly, Lucy Long, Zenobia, Molly Mogg, Hashed Venison, Coal Black Rose, Eccola, fby Camel out of Lady Elizabeth, Joan of Arc, Buzz ' f out of Sister to Clare, Susan, Omphale, Example, Cestus filly, Barbara filly, Arethusa, oor-hen filly, Muff; Metope, and Economy. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Harrington Bache, a builder at Peckham, was charged be fore Mr. Cottingham, with forging a bill of acceptance for 501., purporting to be drawn by D. and M. Davis, with in tent to defraud Ebenezer Fitzgerald. The complainant stated that he was in the habit of lend ing money, and that he discounted a bill of 501. for the pri soner, purporting to have been drawn by the above-named parties. When it became due, and he presented it for payment, he was then informed that the name of the drawer was forged, and having communicated this fact to the prisoner, he insisted on his im mediately accompanying him to Mr. Davis, to have the matter cleared up. Complainant then, in the presence of the prisoner asked Davis whether his name, attached to the bill, was his hand writing. He disclaimed it ; upon which the pri soner asserted that it was, adding that he was present in the room, and saw Davis write his signature to the bill. Davis, however, having still persisted that he knew nothing what ever of the transaction, the complainant gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner, through his solicitor, declared before the magistrate that Mr. Davis had drawn the bill in question, and as the latter person was not in attendance, Mr. Corrni mar directed that the case should stand over for his attend ance. A woman named Hickson was charged with having in her possession a quantity of smuggled tobacco. The defendant was stopped carrying a basket containing tobacco, which she said was given to her by her sister-in-law, whose husband belongs to one of the Hamburgh steam vessels. She added that there were other articles in the basket, and the tobacco being underneath she was not aware of its-presence. This latter assertion, however, was contra dicted by the officer, who said the defendant must have known that the basket contained tobacco. The MAGISTRATE said that as the defendant was not known there before he should fine her twenty shillings, and in default, sentence her to be committed for seven days. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received•on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer thandise:— Week ended Name of Railway. Total. X. s. d. May 11 Arbroath and Forfar 103 9 q 11 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,321 3 9 10 Birmingham and Gloucester 2,147 14 3 11 Brandling Junction 564 12 4 10 Chester and Birkenhead 547 17 4 14 Dublin and Kingstown 1,049 18 5 12 Dundee and Arbroath 234 1 6i 11 Durham and Sunderland 243 6 9 fl Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,412 15 11 12 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,371 15 1 11 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 2,064 5 10 11 Glasgow and Greenock B6B 18 8 11 Grand Junction 7,534 4 10 11 Great North of England 1,315 19 9 12 Great Western 10 Liverpool and Manchester 11 London and Birmingham 12 London and Blackwall 1,044 9 0 11 London and Brighton 14 London and Croydon 16 London and Greenwich 854 12 2 12 London and South Western ....... • 9 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 755 11 9 11 Manchester and Birmingham 3,144 3 6 11 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 5,766 5 3 11 Midland Counties • 2,582 12 2 11 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,383 4 7 12 Newcastle and North Shields 299 5 0 11 North Midland 10 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,272 12 0 7 Paris and Orleans 5,885 4 0 13 Paris and Rouen 6,145 0 0 16 Preston and Wyre 299 9 4 11 Sheffield and Manchester 612 15 8 16 South Eastern 11 Taff Vale 12 Ulster 531 1 2 4 Yarmouth and Norwich ....... ...... „.. 269 16 0 11 York and North Midland SALE of MR. JEREMIAH HARMAN'S COLLECTION OF PICTURES. Messrs. Christie and Manson's auction rooms, were yester day literally thronged , with noblemen and gentlemen, at tracted by the sale of the very celebrated collection of ! pic tures, late the property of Mr. Jeremiah Harman, de ceased. The Duke of Cleveland, Sir Robert Peel, Earl Powys ; Lords Grosvenor, Hawarden, Radstock, and Nor manton •, the Duchess of Sutherland, and a large number of other distinguished individuals, visited the rooms during the morning. The catalogue for the day enumerated only about 50 subjects, and the amount realised by this portion of the collection—by far the least valuable—was 8,7711. ss. The following were among the lots chiefly calling for remark. The prices are in each case annexed, but, with few excep tions, the names attached are those of the dealers. who purchased on commission :—Lot 8. Ecce Homo, by Correg • gio, 82 gltineas, Stewart. Lot 10. A Palace on the Grand Canal, by Canaletti, 105 guineas, Neueuhays. Lot 17. A Dead Hare and Partridges, by Weenix, 91 guineas, Emery. Lot 21. His Own Portrait, by Vandyck, 100 guineas, Ste venson. Lot 23. Portrait of a Jewish Rabbi seated, a cloak thrown round llim, and a velvet cap on his head, formerly in the Duke of Argyle's collection. This beautiful subject was, after a sharp competition, secured by Mr. Farrer, of War dour-street, for 410 guineas. Lot 26. Portrait of a gentle man, by Vandyck, 63 guineas, Yates. Lot 27. A river scene in Guelderland, by Van der Neer, excited much'inte rest, and was bought by Lord Normanton, for 325 guineas. Lot 28. Portrait of Ann Carr Countess of Bedford,. by Vandyck, 75 guineas, Morant. Lot 30. A Group of four Cows, two of them standing and two of them lying down, by Cuyp, realised 400 guineas, and was purchased by Mr. Baker. Lot 34. His own Portrait, by Gerard Dou, 125 guineas, Mr. Seguier. Lot 36. A Virgin and Child, by Rubens, 50 guineas, Mordant. Lot 37. The Morning Gun, a sea piece, by W. Van de Velde, 198 guineas, Stewart. Lot 38. The elevation of the Cross, the original de sign for the—altar-piece of the church of St. Walburge, at Antwerp, by Rubens. This was the first public work of the master after his return from Italy. After an animated bidding, which lasted several minutes, this magnificent pic ture was purchased by Mr. Buchanan (for Mr. Halford, it was said) for 750 guineas. Lot 30. Peasants watering their Cattle at a Fountain, by John and Andrew Both, 162 guineas, Busland. Lot 40. A Dead Cock and other Birds, by Weenix, 73 guineas, Ward. Lot 42. A View from the shore, looking out to sea, while under the influence of a strong breeze, accompanied with squalls of rain, by Ludolph Backhyzen, 515 guineas, Farrar. Lot 43. A. Flemish Village, by Teniers, 120 guineas, Buchanan. Lot 45. A View in the Appenines, by Salvator Rosa, 570 guineas, ditto. Lot 46. La Queuronille a Ider, by Karl du Jardin, 360 guinea?, Buchanan. Lot 47. Figures unloading Merchandise from a Waggon, by Wouvermans, 250 gui neas, Neuenhuys. Lot 48. La Petit Canards, a sequestered woody scene, by Jacob Ruysdael, 360 guineas, Busland. Lot 49. A party of Gipsies assembled in a Cavern, by Te- . niers, 131 guineas, Lloyd. Lot 50. A Hall of Cavaliers, a t a blacksmith's shop, which is formed in a rock, by Bergbenl , 220 guineas, Neuenhuys. Lot 51. The Virgin seated, ito lu. ing a book, with the infant on her knee, before whom St- Franois is kneeling, 88 guineas, Morant. Lot 52. The Ascension of the Virgin, a chalk drawing, for the high altar of Antwerp cathedral, 200 guineas, Buchanan. Lot _ 5 . 3 ; The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, by Claude, 2t" guineas, Lloyd. Lot 54. View of Rome from the Ponta Molle, 310 guineas, Norton. Lot 55. Dover Harbour, wit h vessels in a breeze, by R. Reinagle, 113 guineas, Wilkin son. Lot 56. Byron's Dream, the celebrated picture by Eastlake, sold for 210 guineas ' • and the beautiful subject by , the same clever artist, so well known to all connoisseurs as " A Roman Peasant with his Wife and Child," was purchased for 265 guineas, by Mr. Pennell. The sale lasted from one until nearly five o clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS, (Prom the foga and Proceeding: of the House qj Com:nosh) IPRIDAY, MAY 17. CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL.—(IN THE COMMITTEE') Schedule : Coffee of, and from Foreign Countries, the lb. Duty proposed Afterwards, Duty proposed Motion made, and Question put, " That the Duty esiz Coffee of and from Foreign Parts be, the lb. 4d." The Com mittee divided : MINORITY—AYES, 28. • Aldam, William Hawes, B. Roebuck, J. A. Bannerman, A. Humphery, J.: Seale, Sir J.liclul Barnard, E. G. Marsland H. Thornely. Thomas. • Bowring, Dr. Mitcalfe, Henry •Villiers, Charles r Bright, John Mitchell, T. A. Brotherton, Joseph Morrison, James Browne, W. O'Connell, Maurice Busfeild, W. Philips, G. R. T Christie, W. D. Warburton, a t in enri ai : Philips, Mark Ewart, Wiliam ~i i Gibson, T. M. Phillpotts, John F. Ricardo, John (hanger, T. C. Plumridge, Captain MAJORITY—NOES, 79. Antrobus, Edmund Forbes,William Miles 'William Arbuthnott, Hugh Forman, T. Seaton Nicha :High ti it a Arkwright, George Gasket!, J. M. Oswald, Alexand Baird, William . Gladstone, W. E. Palmer, R. Baring. F. T. Godson, Richard Peel, Sir Robat Baring, T. Goulburn, Henry Pigot, D. R. Bateson, Thomas Graham Sir J. Pusey, P. R. Borthwick, Peter Grimsdit"ch, Thomas Ramsay, W. „ n o Botfield, Beriah Halford, H. Rushbrooke, Cow*" •• Boyd, John Hams,: E A. J. Sheppard, Thetas , • Cardwell, Edward Henley, J. W. Smith, T. B. C__st„, Cayley, E. S. Hinde, J. H. Smollett, Aleldw•••••r Chapman, Aaron Hope, Charlie Somerset, Lord o'l' Chttwode, Sir John Hope, G. W. , Stanley, Lord Clayton, Rice R. Howard, P. H. Stewart, P. M. • ( live, E. B. Ingestre, Lord Stewart, John Cripps, W. Inglis, Sir R. H. Dalrymple, Captain Johnstone, Hope T Si li 't e t s o i n g er, HenryF. )1:;ck Darner Colonel Jones, Theobald 'French, Sir Frea• Darby, George Kemble, Henry V a ne, Lord FL i i Denison, E rt. Krattchbull, Sir E. Vivian. John Sit Dickinson, F. H. Langston, J. H.' Welie i ley, Lord.. Divett. E. Lincoln, Earl of Wood, Colonel 1 ' Dundas, Hon. J. C. Lockhart, William . East, James Buller BP Geachy, F. A. !Russ& _ Escott, Bickham M'Neill, Duncan Clerk, Sir Georg Farnham, E. B. Marsham, Viscount Pringle, Aiello' ., Flower, Sitjames Malik, Hon. Fox Eg.) STAMP DUTIES BILL.—(IN THE COMMITT-- , Schedule : Third Paragraph (And where the same shall exceed the rat i : of twenty shillings per centum, and shall not exceed the r s of thirty shillings per centum on the sum insured, one shillintii Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " and she_all exceed the rate of thirty shillings per eenturn:"—Qugipf put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand Pe'• the Schedule :" The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 69. Acland. Sir T. D Drummond, H. H. Marsham if iscoU o Antrobus, Edmund buncombe, A. Martin, C. W or lit' Bailey, Joseph, jun. Escott, Bichkam -Mundy, Ed. ljaillie, Colonel H. Flower, Sir James Nicholl, J. ... Baird, William Forbes, William O'Brien, A. 3 . .. Bankes, George Gardner, J. D. Peel, Hon. Sit ... Beckett, William Gaskell, J. M. Plumptre, J. r• Bentinck, Lord G Gladstone, - Captain Rashleigh, Web Blackbunie, J. I. Gordon, Captain Shaw, F. Bolder°, 'H. G. Goulburn, Henry . Sibthorp , Colonel Boyd, John Graham, Sir James Smith, T. Ba , ' Brisco, Musgrave Greenall, Peter Sisuillett, A. a. • Broadley, Henry Grim.ditch, Thomas Somers e t, Lord '" Bruce, Lord E. Grogan, Edward Stanley, Lord 4. . Buckley, Edmund Hamilton, W. J. Sutton, Hon. 11 Burrell, Sir C. M . Henley, .1. Werner Thesiger. F. Cardwell, Edward Hepburn, Sir T. B. Trotter. , J.l Clive, R. H. Hussey, Ambrose Vesey, Ishoinsi Ccrry, Hon. Henry Johnstone, Hop e W ort l e y, Jae. To ol , Courtenat, Viscount Lincoln, Earl of W ort l e y. Hon. " Cripps, William Lockhart, William Young, John tiarby, George M'Geachy, F. A. *rattails. p Dickinson, FH. Mackenzie, W. F. Cl er k, Sir Geor_ig` e r Douglas, Sir C. . M‘Nei ll , Duncan Pringle, Alexaw MINORITY—NOES, 22. &Mani, W. Martin, John Maule, Hon Fax Duncan, George Mitcalfe, Heenry Williams, W. Elphinstone, Howard Morris, David Talbot. Warburton, _ i Ind... . r ... B. ... , , Brotherton, J. Wyse, Thotase' h.wart, W. O'Ferrall, R. M. Granger,:Thomas C. Philips, M. Mug& attbe vf Hodgson. Richard Sandon, Lord Forger, M Huhse, Joseph Scholeeld, Joshua Bowing, Dr. Hutt, W. Stuart, Lord J. CONFESSION OF A MURDER COQ" MITTED NINE YEARS AGO. (From the Essex Standard.) A report having been ci r c u l a t e d i n C o l c h es t er that a ee ti r: . of Polstead, at present in the East Indies, had been a lto hended for having committed a murder nine or ten t o. back, and for which an innocent man wa s h u ng, we ascertained the following particulars : of On Monday morning last, Sir Josh- R ' Bar. tg tasL, Joshua ~owlet', —,, A ; v ek Stoke-by-Nayland, received a communi c ati on from L' t. Dear, of the 21st Regiment of Fusiliers, stationed in the 1' 8 7, 8 Indies, with the copy of the Court of Inquiry on a e A which has caused a great sensation in that regiment,•„ o short time back a young man of the name of Wl"' 0 ,1 Towns, a native of Polstead, whilst on guard, ineutit i a to one of his comrades that he was most miserable or wretched, and was determined on committee suicide, a else (pointing to a filo of guns which were piled toget,„, ll it opposite them) he must shoot one of his o ffi cers , or NO"' t , t ha some deed in order that he might be h ung , and t justice might be satisfied. His comrade a d v i se d Ini°,,,jot get consolation from the minister of his persuasion ' ; pri at this period of their conversation th ree o th e r sld °l7 ,ii came up and inquired what it was that preyed so bet' b e upon his mind. He then told them, that nine years ar;o went out poaching in Hintlesham Wood ; that he nuirdelit, the gamekeeper; and that an innocent man was hung ' f°10 : 0 and he was present at the execution, with James Hill' , ° r ot same regiment. He added, that he had not been able to for some time ; and also stated that he saw both the 101 :4 3 4 his dreams, and was haunted by their visions day and 11 ' till death would be welcome to him in any shape. Air A court of inquiry followed, and the, soldiers severul l Y.,; o t posed to the confession of the prisoner, who made no a tte ; f , tl to contradict them. Colonel Dear wrote for informatioics. the subject to Sir Joshua Rowley, who placed the coral l . i rot tion in the hands of his brothe r , Ch ar l es R ow l e y, Es'F' ° f t be Bergholt, as the murder was comm itt e d i n th e division u ote , county for which that gentleman is a mos t ac tive rnegi st Thus— " Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy Justice still o'ertakes the crime; And oft a speedier pain the guilty feels : The hue and cry of Heaven pursues him at his he el o 9. It appears that, about nine, years ago, the gamekeeP, er g oe his assistant, in the service of Miss Lloyd, of Ilhit i le .;bee Hall, heard a party of poachers in the preserves, ap" , i p tea they got there, finding only three poachers, they att, e , l i - e keti to take them into custody; but they were violently aa'.." bst by the poachers, and Byant Green, the gam ekeeper barously murdered, his skull being literally dashed AA by a blow struck with a gun, which was left behind. so d A ward was offered for the discovery of the in ~, urdere : r ' w g man of the name of. Chalker, ali reach polisher, th s Ipswich, was apprehended on the charge. At his tr i o till' gun was distinctly proved to have bee n his, as ire" hg dog which accompanied the poachers, and it was, °furt ki4 proved that he was seen in the neighbourhood, !lII' up before the fatal affray took place. The evidence, I" „ u tali.. calculated to throw strong suspicion upon Chalker, ws s i rdotO of a circumstantial character, and it was a matter 0 tea' whether the Government of he day would allow h is . e , see' tion to take place. However, in accordance with 0 . 1 10 6 tence, the prisoner suffered the extreme penalty of te!,,tbo at Ipswich, protesting his innocence of the murder f, 01 last, but acknowledging having been one of the P ll.l poachers. We are informed that Green, the keeper, left aWI 004 a large family, as was also the case with Chalker. go iVert iSei r MODESTY AND PIETY.—The following - l obe, ment appears in a Manchester paper :—" To Draper's , e Warehousemen, &c.—Wanted, towards b tf e tiso`" ence end of April, by an eminently pious young man, of regularlyw sid h e o ra h b as iy b e e x en perige b n r e e r d al t l o y, th a:s e i a ta bo a v ti e en br as an as ch s e is s, t ;s c c n ie t r : :t manager, salesman, or traveller. The advertiser is t!„,isbl! four years of age, possessed of excellent health, sol'e"grel disposition, good ability, extensive knowledge of t be i Scriptural doctrines, strictly evangelical, and would ito , J of immense advantage in assi s ti ng t o a dvance the el° : reign of the Messiah's kingdom, amidst all the e l l ie vi ecclesiastical opposition so prevalent amongst th e 11 ;1,4 0 11 the earth in thestflatter agitating times. Testirooinistel , references to several eminent evangelical dissenting La per and members of the Gospel, as well as to the former ,tdevel sent employers, of the most strict and satisfactorY a tr on sp as to character and ability, with portrait, may woul d „t• plication. No objections to town or country, and willing to conform to the rules of a liberal Church ° r biros° ing family, holding evangelical principles, and loa,„ e 0, prt generally useful. A house favourable to evangeot'ung byterian, or independent Church principles, a libr e fstd°"' manent employment, and progressive advancem ent o f preferred." ~pn len° A GOOD DAY'S WORK.—A legal 5 - - t eakfa s 'tic> on Colchester left that town, after very ear ly br lot to Wednesday morning, by the mail train for Wan v l sg tott he reached by eleven o'clock, and went on to Lea o ; es t complete his business, where he had twenty mhr i l l ' e goy'. „ ja view with the respected Dr. Marsh and his son, 1 1 , on doll,„'4 Tilson Marsh. Our traveller then returned t° Coventry, and reached town by six o'clock r• 3l g ourg a° 0 kept three appointments during a stay of two late tea half, returned to Colchester by the mail train to a 4 the dal eleven o'clock, after which he finished the labours o f to by communicating through the same night's UP In'Jf e ,‘• ve? friends at Leamington Warwick, and London, tine tr 0,0,„ val and the result of his journey. The distance' in Lont: 00 , led in twenty hours, besides the pedestrian tour I 0 0_ was as follows :—From his house in Colchester_et°_.mto.Go!, fifty-two miles ; Shoreditch to Euston-square, .ItowL'esoortio, ventry ninety-four; to Warwick (posting), to ei kur ° Sh all ( ' ton, two ; to Coventry, ten ; to London, ninety ditch, four ;to Colchester, fifty-two ; three nu'" to twenty-two. —Essex Standard. dine 8 10 ° W OFFICIAL CHANGE.—Sir Henry -ar vir --- India as Governor-General, and Sir James W G I to th e • pected the appointment, goes for the presen . ill , Punch. - Accrnzivr.—On Monday last the _ rd Le ig , Henry Leigh of Trinity College, son of t-,4 o ___ lf p f r oni_, oo Stoneleigh Abbey, near Leamington, was to_tf... esn cusi ro .. horse near Six-Mile Bottom, and received a sever Ars t 0P ig of the brain, from which serious results were trended. We are, however, happy to l e arn tis l;, ae t „ i su toll "- progressing towards recovery in a very sa 0'"" —Cambridge Chronicle. y A COO' S -c o rd' , DEATH FROM C ONT AMINATION at tio poor woman named Owen, residing • d to " la}} o ut Colchester, was, a short time since, engage entering foe' corpse of a man for interment, and on scratched h er be roe ,of the deceased for that purpose, s li g htly . to , d u ty, 5 - in' with the latch. Having performed' the reqeeuta u e _awful.? or turned home, and shortly after her hand b e i s 'id 'I of flamed, which increased so much that macinetertbe w e e k s tained. The fatal poison had, however, r_ for several Wee, life, and, after lingering in great agony_ . _ died a few days ago.—Essex Standar d. StoOP!.,, HARROROUGH...—AN UNCLAIMED_ Inn' this ~170 person unknown, left a horse at the Angel ad ,..,,rtiset l d b y on April fair day, and although it has been 901 - ntly it vir e or person has come forth to own it, eonseg c on , i , ueso r, auction, by Mr. Foster, at twelve o'clock, I guineas. TIII 1 2 , 1 ti Of rest 2 , Mite of Ins ] vlar ge ?eel ( lette r • to La; 44 f th oug Petrel Prot% gailt thip lik e triort Tvas --, ge t . 1 4 , 1 tot ! r id 4, t i t THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1844.