The Sun. — London, England, 1839-05-18 00:00:00

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IcAL S 105 red t",f o e cb' R ive 0P P A O, r ; 6( s' re d th e s rifil ij ; Jane' oil; g 1/c o c Hope filed rtia, to W L' 4l Bab ill; 0 0. per Al's ~a u w _ t a; ° 63P"' sa• ile a W. g o ° to .' g Sprott. • oe; MOP" e jet' 2 400 h ° WI I • ),doC ... ditto ; rSCO Ie' Ma lta 4 0 ,0; ,bot, 43 ,rr00P: m oor d i t to , u' .bec ley olor ideo Ldes" on bi ; Cia• rni i n d gra ;r 7;T,biP i ' b r s „ r a by ;" viro t o i za th be e Du" EVENING EDITION This day was published, No. 1., of n i p HE FOREIGN WEEKLY REVIEW of —IL POLITICS, LITERATURE, and the FINE ARTS, in Engl and Textual Extracts in French, Italian, or Ger man. Price dd. (stamped), to be published by L. Fenwick de Porquet, Li, Tavistock-street, Covent Garden ; to whom all communications and Books for Review are to be addressed and forwarded as early as possible in each week. Orders received by all Booksellers and Newsmen in Town and Country. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. The Public is respectfully informed, that the PRESENT MANAGEMENT WILL TERMINATE WITH THIS SEASON ; The f•ll•wing Pro;ramme is therefore given •f its final ar• rangements The Standard Plays, as brought out at this Theatre, w each be performed once mere, viz. : THE TWO FOSCARI, lON, aid \VERNER. _ _ _ - • -------- ON MONDAY, MAY 20, Will be performed the Tragedy of lUN. After which, the Nev. Dramatic Romance, called AGNES BERNAUER, THE MAID OF AUGSBURG After which, the 'New Farce, in One Act, *ailed SAYINGS AND DOINGS. WHITE CONDUIT GARDENS, Will Open for the Summer Sea.,:on, On WHIT-MONDAY, May 20, 1839, With a GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT, by a Band of Fifty First-rate Performers. The Proprietors have great pleasure in announcing the en. gagement of the following eminent artistes—Miss Ford, from the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Mr. Benson, Mr. Manelark, Madame Rossini, who will make her terrific Ascent and De scent, surrounded by showers of Fire. Also an extraordinary Arab, Ab Shekir Abdallah, who will go through the whole of his wonderful Performances. The Fireworks and Illuminations will be upon a more spiendid scale than any former Season. Admission, One Shilling, Juveniles, Sixpence. Doors open at Seven, commence at half-past precisely. For particulars see Bills of the day. ~ -t e , r ,- ~ y. ,_.,„ ktk= , - V° 4, (an .-.11:11+ LONDON : SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1839. The news which we received last night from Birmingham, and published in a third edition of the Evening Sun, is of considerable importance. Some of the Birmingham Delegates to the Con vention have been wrested. Though no riot or disturbance of any kind followed the proceeding, it caused great excitement in the town, and will, we apprehend, be followed by important conse quences. It appears by the evidence given before the Ma gistrates, that the principal violent language attri buted to BROWN was used by him as long ago as March 21, and was sworn to by a tax-gatherer, who is not in the habit of taking notes. As we remarked in the case of STEPHENS, this is not the best evidence which could be procured, and nothing but the best and most certain testimony should satisfy the Magistrates. Moreover, suf _ farin g two months to elapse before BROWN Was ' 4 „ r r te stsd, if he then committed an offence, is hardly Per, and p er h a p s it i s re p re h ens ibl e to wa i t t ill li rh e e for P e eonle were in a high state of excitement, they arrested him. Som e of the evidence against him, though unim portant in its nature, dates, however, from the last few day s . That was given by Inspectors of Police, and by policemen sent from London. The evidence of the tax-gatherer was considered, according to Mr. O'Cosgoß, of comparatively little value, and he was not bound over to give evidence on the trial. The evidence of the policemen, though it deposes to less violent language than that of Mr. CHAP MAN, is much better than his, and applies to much more recent transactions. At the same time ` i t' relates chiefly to the second person, FussxLL, and only v e ry sma ll p ort i ons o f i t b ear aga i nst t, Itowx. It was considered, however, quite suffi cient by the Magistrates to justify them in holding th e two Delegates to bail, BROWN in 800/. and FUSSELL in 4001., which sums Mr. O'CONNOR justly called excessive, if BROWN and FUSSELL be members of the working classes. We cannot ap prove of taking such heavy bail, because it justifies the assertion of the Chartists that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor, and still fur ther weakens the authority of the law. The offence with which these men are charged is assembling tumultuously large numbers of people, and using inflammatory language to ex cite the people to violence. We have a great objection to prosecute or punish men for words or for any opinions, or for the influence of those opinions, because the danger obviously results altogether from the disposition and temper of those to whom the language is addressed ; and t ° punish a speaker because his words make a great topression on them, is to punish him for their feel ings. Suppose BROWN and FUSSELL had ad dressed this language to the Bench of Bishops, or to the General Assembly, or to the gentlemen who meet at the Carlton Club, it would have excited Only the most contemptuous indifference, but be cause it happens to strike a chord in the bosoms of the workmen it is held to be criminal, and the opinions worthy of punishment. Now, we protest at once against the principle of deciding that the opinions and language of any man are criminal by the temper and opinions of his auditory. The Magistrates belong to the class who are alarmed—t o the class who object to the conduct of the Chartists, as an attack on their privileges ; and if they are to condemn Messrs. BROWN and FUSSELL because their language ex cites feelings hostile to their privileges, we are afraid an additional injustice will be done. Great excitement, our Reporters assure us, exists in Birmingham. The hint we threw out yesterday of the neces sity of the friends of humanity interposing at present in the affairs of England, as they have interposed in the affairs of Jamaica, receives force and illus tration from our Birmingham news. Arrests have begun there ; they may intimidate, but they may exasperate the people. Surely, if Societies to preserve peace between different nations, and prevent foreign, wars are useful, Societies to preserve peace at home, and prevent domestic war, must be of still greater utility. It is supposed, indeed, that the law is sufficient for this purpose, and that the necessity to form Societies to cherish peace abroad, arises from the circumstance of there being no tribunal to decide the differences between nations. But, in fact, and this is the peculiar condition at present of our country, the law has lest much of its torce, and i 3 no longer willingly submitted to as the arbiter in the great dispute which has risen, and is extending, between the lower and upper classes. The com plaint of the former is that the law is wholly made by the latter, and for their purposes. The Char tists call it an instrument of tyranny not of protec tion. If it be called into operation against them, they will, in fact they do now, speak of it as a mere extension of the system; it may defeat, but it will surely exasperate them. The different classes in fact, therefore, now stand in the same relative position to each other as different nations ; they no longer defer to the law, but ap peal to force on both sides. Under such circum stances, we consider it very advisable that reflecting and independent men should consider the propriety of exerting themselves, not to call a sanguinary and decried law into operation, but to preserve peace and restore the harmony which ought to exist amongst all the classes of the community, who are brethren of the same family. We have been requested to give insertion to the following letter, addressed by Prince NAPOLEON LOTT'S BONAPARTE to the Times, relative to the late insurrection in Paris. The Prince is most aimious to have it known to the French people that he was wholly unacquainted with the events of Sunday and Monday till the news reached him in the ordinary way, and that were he to plot the downfall of th e Gov e rnme n t h e wou ld not shrink ;Tih the danger of witnessing its development. His contradiction of such statement is well-timed, v` ~~; as it was whispered in Paris on Wednesday, that among the papers about to be laid on the table of the Chamber of Peers, were certain documents connect ing his name in some mysterious and dangerous way with the insurrection. It did not surely enter into the head of that diplomatic noodle, MONTE-. BELLO, during his ad interim administration of Foreign Affairs, to trump up some new edition of the Swiss plot as a pretext for demanding the ex pulsion of the Prince from this country ? MONTEBELLO is capable of a thousand absur dities, but we can scarcely believe that even he could entertain one so monstrous as this. We subjoin the Prince's letter, with a translation : " 17, Carlton House Terrace, Mai 17. " MONSIEUR--ie vois avec peine par votre correspon dence de Paris, qu'on veut jeter sur moi la responsabilite de la derriere insurrection. Je compte sur votre obli gear-ice pour refuter cette insinuation de la maniere la plus turmeric. La nouvelle des scenes sanglantes qui ont eu lieu, m'a autant slit-pHs qu'afflige. Si j'etais lame d'un con - iplot j'en scrais aussi le chef le jour du danger, et je ne Le nierais pas apres une defaite. " Recevez l'assurance de mes sentimens distingues, " NAPOLEON LOUIS BONAPARTE." (TRANSLATION.) " SIR—It grieves me to perceive from your Paris cor respondence, that a wish exists to throw upon me the re sponsibility of the late insurrection. I rely upon your kindness to refute this insinuation in the most positive man ner. The news of the sanguinary scenes which have taken place, have surprised as much as they have afflicted me. If I were the soul of a conspiracy, I should be the leader on the day of danger, and would sot deny it in case of a defeat." The proceedings which have taken place within these few weeks at the Marylebone police office, and the attacks made by some of the Newspapers against a most useful and benevolent association— the " Children's Friend Society," connot fail to be productive of the worst consequences. 'We had paid some attention to the statements made before the Ma gistrate, as well as the character of the parties ; and were fully convinced that these statements were either unfounded or grossly exaggerated. The result of the meeting on Thursday at the London Tavern, to the fullest extent strengthens this conviction. It was publicly announced that the meeting would be held on that day, and those who impugned the conduct of the Society, as well as the Society itself, called npon the accusers to come forward, and substan tiate their charges. We leave the public to judge from the Report how they have been substantiated. Lord GROSVENOR, the Earl of ELDON, Messrs. YATES, TALLY KNIGHT, W. WILBRAIIAM, and several other Members of Parliament bore the highest testimony, not only to the humane and charitable intention, but to the general good ma nagement and to the beneficial results of the Society's labours. Colonel MITCHELL, late Surveyor-Ge neral of the Cape Colony, who could have no interest one way or another, and who had full opportunity of judging, said he found the children generally comfortable and contented, and their Dutch mas- ters were the most kind and truly Christian men he had ever met with. Mr. J. LABOUCLIZRE and others bore similar testimony ; and, on the other side, appeared Captain ACKERLEY, who asserted, but could give no proof, that the children had been sold, and insinuated that Mr. PEEL had become a subscriber, because he held 20,000 acres of land in the colony, and wanted to purchase some of the children ! There was a lad of the name of PAL MER, too—one of the " poor unfortunate boys," who had been " kidnapped," and sold into slavery, who described the horrible treatment he received from the Dutch boors ; but it turned out that his conduct at Hackney-wick was notoriously bad, and that after the Society had paid twelve guineas for his passage to the Cape, he ran away with another boy, and came home as a volunteer sailor. And who are the distressed fathers and mothers that complain so bitterly of separation from their poor children, and of riot having received even one letter from them for years ? Those who de serted those very children, left them to wander about the streets naked and hungry, and ready to become the prey of practised thieves, and ul timately the inmates of gaols ? And who was the person that was the prime agent in forming this Benevolent Society ? Captain BRENTON (of whose conduct Captain ACKERLEY expressed his high admiration), who since 1830 had devoted the greater portion of his time to the laudable object of rescuing these unfortunate vagrants from destitution and crime, and for this was loaded by these ungrateful and unfeeling parents with abuse ; denounced by a public Journal as the agent of " eminent kidnappers," and finally sunk under this load of ingratitude, which, in the words of Lord GROSVENOR, " weighed heavily upon his feelings only a f ew d a y s b e f ore hi s d eat h. " It may be truly said the ways of Providence are mysterious, when a man of such benevolence, and engaged in such a holy cause, was suffered to fall a sacrifice to the most malignant and unfounded charges. About 500 persons attended the meet . . _ W ng, and the general and decided feeling was, that ,he grossest fabrications had been put forth against ,he Society. Will such conduct encourage the 'ormation of similar charitable institutions ? The rage of the Tories knows no bounds since their sate disaster. The more they think of their present position and future prospects, the more violent and reckless do they become in denouncing and calumniating every one whom they suppose to have been any way instrumental in their overthrow. The throne itself is not safe from their attacks. The sacred person of the youthful Majesty of England is made the subject of ribald jesting by one acknowledged organ of the discomfited faction, while another imputes to his noble-minded and warm-hearted Sovereign the crime of preferring the gratification of a selfish disposition to the wel fare of the realm I Let the Morning Post and its worthy coadjutors rest assured that they are doing the Tory cause no good by pursuing such a course. They have hitherto arrogated to that party an ex clusive loyalty ;it is now evident, disgustingly evident, to the country that it is t o Toryism,not to the Throne, that they have sworn fealty, and that they can be as foul-mouthed against the Monarch who repulses their arbitrary dictation, as they habitually are towards their fellow-subjects, who reject their villanous principles. It is but a lame excuse for this indecency of language towards the QUEEN, to say that those who hold it are under violent excitement. We grant that point at once. Nay, we will go so far as to admit that never since the Tories were a party have they had so much cause for despair as they have at the present moment. They have been ever since the accession of her MAJESTY boasting that, how ever, from peculiar circumstances, appearances might seem to favour the belief that the QUEEN was unfavourable to their principles, yet in her heart she was sincerely attached to them, and would take the first proper opportunity that offered itself, to remove all doubt on the subject. That opportunity has arrived, and her MAJESTY has settled the point now and for ever. Toryism has not only found no congenial soil in the Royal bosom, but there it is repudiated—proscribed —cast out with dishonour. There is no hope, no chance, for it in future. The conduct of its professors has now exhibited it in such odious and revolting colours, that the doors of the Palace must, as a Matter of course, be barred against its entrance while Vic- TORIA sits upon the throne of England. Now, hard as this lot must be—harder it can scarcely be to a faction—still it forms no justifica tion for the unmanly, disloyal, and scurrilous at tacks which the organs of the baffled Premier-in expectancy are daily making upon her MAJESTY. Good policy, good sense, and good breeding equally require that nothing but the most respectful deportment should have been observed by the ultra-loyal party towards their Sovereign, let their own plight be ever so deplorable. The Marylebone R eform A ssoc i at i on had a meeting yesterday, at which an able and highly satisfactory Report of the proceeding s of the Ma naging Committee was read. The Committee ap pear to have been indefatigable in their ex ertions to prepare the way for ousting Lord TEIGNMOUTH from the misrepresentatio n of the borough, and giving their respected Member, Si r BENJAMIN HALL, a colleague worthy of him. We sincerely hope that before the next election takes place—and it cannot be far off—those unfor tunate disputes among the Reformers of Mary-le bone, which have proved so disastrous to the Libe ral cause, will be settled ; and that some Candidate may be fixed upon who shall unite the suffrages of all. The news from France is more satisfactory than poli tically important. According to the Moniteur of Thurs day, " the most perfect tranquillity has not ceased to reign throughout France." Nevertheless, numerous THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1839 arrests were taking place in the capital, of persons sus pected of being concerned in the late insurrection. The news from Spain is highly interesting. The Moniteur publishes the following telegraphic despatches received by the French Government : " BAYONNE, MAY 15. " The Queen of Spain, by a decree, dated the 10th inst., accepted the resi gna ti ons o f M essrs . Pita Pizarro, Chacon, and Hompanera, and appointed to fill their places ad ink rim Messrs. Vigodet, Arrago, and Jose Ferraz." The next is highly important : " Guardimino has fallen into ESPARTERO'S hands, with 300 prisoners." ESPARTERO had previously taken RAMALES. The following account of this affair was received at San Sebastian on the 12th inst.:— " Ramales, May 8, at night. " Ramales, or rather its cinders, fell into our hands this afternoon, at three o'clock. The enemy abandoned the houses. " The enemy having received a reinforcement, succeed ed in repulsing the chasseurs of Luchana, who had ad vanced close to the above houses ; but the escort of the commander-in -chief having come up, it charged the enemy with such resolution that they were compelled to fall back and abandon the village, the whole of which is b u rned to the ground, w i t h the exception of the church and the hermitage belonging to Don Alonzo Alvarado." A few more such victories and Don CARLOS will be forced to keep his court on the French side of the Pyrennees. But there is no dependence to be placed on the energy of ESPARTERO. The Echo de L' Orient has an article from Constanti nople, dated April 22, which says—lt is affirmed that a detachment of Egyptian troops, pursuing some deserters, has entered the Ottoman territory, which it has thus accidentally violated, notwithstanding the pacific assurances which Ibraham Pacha is continually giving. Captain Dallorso, commanding the Sardinian ship Buona Tamiglia, who has just arrived from Odessa, from which place he sailed on the 14th of April, says that on that day a Russian squadron of three ships of the line, two frigates, a corvette, a brig, and a steam-boat, arrived at that port. When he touched at Constantinople on the 20th of the same month, the Turkish fleet, consisting of twenty ships of the line and a good many frigates, was fitting out with great activity. All the mills and ovens were at work making biscuit for the fleet.—Le Commerce May 10. The most perfect tranquillity has not ceased to prevail all over France. The telegraphic despatches announce that all out great towns are in a state of profound peace. PARIS, MAT 15.—A letter from Tunis, of the 12th of April, published in the Semaphore of Marseilles of the 20th of May, announces that Sidi Mustapba, Minister of Finance at Tunis, may soon be expected or, a mission to Paris, to make a complaint on the part of the Bey against the French Consul, with whom he is still at variance. The Consul, on his part, sends M. Duchenoit to Paris. The following are the facts : One of the Dey's soldiers went to drink at a tavern, kept by a Greek under the pro tection of France ; the Greek presuming that the soldier's purse might be light, but seeing that he had a good cloak, supplied him with liquor till he was intoxicated, when, not being able to pay, the Greek attempted to take his cloak, a scuffle ensued, the soldier was overcome and remained, with his cloak, in the power of the tavern-keeper, who immedi ately went to complain to the French Consul, who caused the soldier to be carried before the Bey, and required exem plary punishment. The Bey replied that he would examine the matter, and that justice should be done. The Consul, not satisfied with this answer, wrote again to the Bey, saying that, if the punishment were not immediately inflicted, he would break off all intercourse, and take down his flag the next day at three o'clock. The Bey being alarmed caused the soldier to undergo a severe bastinado, and wrote to the Consul—" Your threat to strike your flag leaves me no time to reflect. I grant your demand, for God forbid that I should cease to see the French solours displayed in my city of Tunis. But I protest against your threat, which makes me commit an act of injustice. I give you notice that I am going to send an Ambassador to Paris to complain of you."—Moniteur, May 16. BOURSE, PARIS, THURSDAY, MAY 16. MALF.PAST TRRRE.—Business has been flat today, and not much done. For the Account the Three per Cents, opened at 81f. 65c., rose to 111 f. 70c., declined to SIC 55c., and closed at elf. 60c., being sc. lower than yesterday. The Five per Cents. have been weaker than the Threes; from 111:. 50c., they receded to 111 f. 25c., and closed at 111 f. 30c., a fall of 15c. For Money the Three per Cents., however, are not altered ; but the Five per Cents. are 10c. lower. The Bank of France Shares, and the Laflitte Bank of I,ooof. Shares, have declined sf. The Belgian Five and Three per Cents. have not been quoted for money, but for the account the latter are 72f. 90c. The Spanish Active is lower, having from 20 fallen is 19,1. A great many small transactions have been done in the Versailles Left Bank Railway Shares, which are 2f. 50c. lower, the St. Germain 5f., and the Versailles Right Bank 7f. 50c. also lower. The Havre continues at from 965 f. to 967 f. 50c. f first Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 4 per Cents let 90 ... 101 90 ... 101 90 101 90 3 per Cents VI 50 ... 81 5t 81 40 ... 81 45 Bank of France Laffitte sank I,ooof. Sh 1075 ...ICS „..1070 Belgian Bank 921 50 ... $22 50 820 Coupons Spanish Active 2O ••• 20 ... 193 i ... 19 Neapolitan RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R. It 747 50 ... 747 50 ... 740 .. 742 50 L.II Ham 965 967 60 965 ... 967 50 ••• • •• • •„ Orleans .. 475 ...475 ... 475 ...475 Strasburg to Bale 3:17 50 ... 337 31 ... 357 50 ... 3117 51 ... ..... . BELGIAN k , UNDS—Baussete, MAY 15 Actual Deist, 253 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 1 ,'1% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3 per Cent. ..... —. 72% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 9 2 ' Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent llB Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent Bl% . National Society —Brussels Papers. May 15. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAY 7' Five per Cents. Metalliques 107% Four per Cent 5................................ ............. lO2 Three per Cents. ... Bl% sank Shares 1533 —AllgemelneZeitung. May 124 HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, MAY 14. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1533 1531 An lo. Russian Loan l , lB 107% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, let Series 102% 182 Russian 5 per Cent. Hop! and Co. 3d and 4th Seiits Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pe Cent 54% 54% Ditto 5 per Cent l, 1 Polish Bonds New . icket Anglo. vanish Loan, 3 per Cent 725 7253 Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent . .. lOl% 1t.15¢ EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MAY 14.-13. 6.—Two months, 13. 4%. sTocanot.st, MAY 7.—Thirty days, 11. 32. PETRRSBURGH, MAY 26.-11 t-16. VIENNA, MAY 4.—Two months, 9 51. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— Beaux, MAY 11. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent 103% 102% Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 102% 10218 kbichange on Landon, three mont'es 6 ths% —Prussian State Gazette, May 12. DOVER-(FRIDAY.) (FEOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Arrived from Calais her Majesty's steam-packet Swallow, with Lady Taylor, the widow of the late Sir Herbert Tay lor, and suite. Her Ladyship was accompanied from Rome by the Right Hon. Sir Brook Taylor. Just before the departure of the packet from Calais, a telegraphic dispatch was received from Paris, dated Eleven o'Clock this morning, announcing everything remained perfectly quiet there. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The only precedent in history which I have been able to find for the recent conduct of a certain Noble Duke and Right Hon. Baronet towards their Royal Mis tress, is contained in the following passage from the life of that unfortunate young Prince Edward the Fifth, which I subjoin for the information of your readers:— " Gloucester (afterwards Richard III.) and Bucking ham (whose subsequent fate our Shakspeare represents in a remarkable line of great dramatic effect) sent away from the King whom it should please them, and set new servants about him such as liked them better than him ; at which dealing he wept, and wasnothing content, but it booted not." But for the spirit of the Queen, this example might have been exactly parallel. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, SCRUTATOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. beg to state, in reply to the observations con tained iu the report of the proceedings of the General Con vention, which appeared in your paper of Thursday, that I have no intention of resigning—that I mean to take part iu the proceedings—and that my reason for answering " Absent," when my name was called over on Tuesday, was, that I had only been in the Convention a few mi nutes prior to its adjournment. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, Staleybridge, May 17. JOHN DEEGAN. MARRIED.—At Gorabdes, Presidency of Bom bay, on the 16th of March last, by the Rev. Dr. Wilson, William M Callum, Esq., merchant, and proprietor of the Bombay Gazette, to Agnes, youngest daughter of the late John M'Callum, Esq., of Glasgow, and sister of Mrs. Northhouse, of Parliament-street, and Storey's-gate, St. James's-park, London. Mr. Cooper's New Work, " The Naval His tory of the United States," will present a narrative of some of the most obstinate actions at sea ever fought. As these for the most part were single-handed contests, either be tween frigates or sloops of war, the details, if without the grandeur of those appertaining to the general engage. merits of fleets, must greatly exceed the latter in romantic interest, and in traits of individual heroism. TORRES VEDRAS.—Dr. Millingen, author of " Adventures of an Irish Gentleman," who was with the British army during the whole Peninsular war, has em bodied the stirring incidents which came under his obser vation during the great events of that protracted contest, in a work of historical romance, which will appear in a few days. The obstinate and sanguinary struggle in Spain and Portugal gave birth to more adventures of startling interest—to more exciting scenes—to more deeds of indi vidual heroism—than perhaps any other modern war. This work, which in popular interest will i ank with the " Sto ries of Waterloo, is entitled " Torres Vedras ; or, Stories of Wellington's Campaigns." We are glad to see that the Reformers in Mary lebone have come to the determination to unite in support ing two candidates, to,be named by the two general bodies associated for the promotion of Liberal principles. Mr. Butler, formerly of Covent-Garden Theatre, is negociating for the management. He promises, if he should succeed Macready, to tread in the steps of his pre decessor. He has already proposed terms to Macready, Vandenhoff, Farren, Cooper, Harley, Mrs. Nesbitt, &c. It is said his closing with the proprietors depends on the talent he can secure. HANOVER, MAY 12 —His Excellency Count Munster had yesterday an apoplectic fit, in consequence of which be is in a state which gives ground for alarm. CARLOW ELECTION COMMITTEE (THIS DAY.) The Committee was occupied the whole day with hear ing evidence against the vote of Patrick Doyle, which was objected to on the part of the sitting Member, on the ground that he had parted with part of his qualification since the registration. THE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY --,..--- COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. The supplies were good of most descriptions in season ; prices rather lower. New Potatoes 9d. to 2s. per lb. ; French Beans Is. per 100; Gooseberries Is. per pottle ; Spinach 9d per sie ,e ; Cabbages Gd. to Is. per dozen ; Cucumbers, Is. 6d. to Is. per brace ; Strawberries, 6d. to Is. per oz. ; Rhubarb, 4d. to 9d. per bunch; Apples, 3s. to is. per bushel ; Lemons, 4s. 6d. to is. per 100; Oranges, ss. to 10s. per 100; New Turnips Is. per bushel ; Brocoli 2s. to 4s. per bundle ; Carrots 6s. to 12s. per dozen bunches; Onions 4s. Gd. to Gs. per sieve ; Celery Is. to Is. 6d. per bundle ; Asparagus 2s. to is. per bundle. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. Supplies good, and so was the demand ; prices a little higher. Beef, 2s. 10d. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton, 3s. to 4s. Gd. ; Lamb, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. ; Veal, 3s. 10d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. bd. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. Bd. ; Geese, ss. to 7s. ; Fowls, 4s. to ss. tid. ; Guinea Fowls, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Chickens, 2s. 6d. to is. NI. ; Tame Kabbits, Is. 6d.; Pea Fowls, is. to 10s. ; Pigeons, 4d. to 9d. ; and Quails, 2s. Eggs, 4s. to ss. per 120. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Supplies good, and demand brisk. Beef, 7d. to 81(1. ; Mut ton, 7V. to 81(1. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Pork, 70. to 81. Turbot, ss. to 20s. ; Cod, Is. tid. to Bs. ; Soles, 10d. to 4s. per pair; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. and ss. each; Salmon, 10d. to 2s. per lb. CITY FISH MARKET. Fair supplies, and the transactions were considerable. Turbot ss. to 18s; Soles 6d. and 3s. 6d, pair; Salmon 10d. to 2s. per lb. ; Cod is. 6d. to Bs. ; Mackerel, sd. to 10d. ; Whitings, sd. to ls. ; haddocks, Bd. to Is. 2d. ; Red :gullets, 2s. to •2s. 6d. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.—The same cir cumstances which have influenced the Market for some weeks past, continue to govern it, nor do we look for any amelioration but in the removal of the depression which hangs over the manufacturing interests. The demand has been very moderate, and the transactions in ac cordance thereto, being divided into numerous small portions, evidently carrying out the existing princi ple of buying only what necessity absolutely requires. There is no inclination on the part of the consumer to in crease his stock, and on the other hand the importer seem■ as little disposed, under present circumstances, :to meet the Market. Prices are no lower this week, save for Egyptian and Brazil, id. per lb Exporters have taken 200 bales of American and 100 Maranham. The sales to-day, 1,500 bags. From Hobart Town Papers received to the Bth of December :—" The Review, in a bitter spirit of vexation, has been compelled to admit that nothing could go off better than did the whole affair (alluding to the Re gatta), but adds, much disappointment was experienced in respect to a promised roast of 25 fat wethers, by Mr. James Grant. On Monday evening last one of the most splendid entertainments ever given in the Colony took place at the theatre. The friends of the officers of the 21st Fusiliers, resident in various parts of the Island, had united, inviting Major Deare and his brother officers to a ball and supper previous to their departure for India. There were 240 persons present. The toast of " The Queen" was amply responded to by the hearty acclamation of every one present. His Excellency returned thanks, and briefly expressed his high gratification at the scene be fore him. _ . " The weather during the week has been very favourable. On Monday there was a continued warm rain ; the weather since then has been very warm. The accounts of the grain crops are generally very favourable, excepting from the Swan port district, where the crops have suf fered severely for want of rain. The turnip crops throughout the colony have been very generally cut off by the grub, but its ravages have not nearly ceased as we an ticipated they would when warm weather set in. It is very remarkable that hardly any rain has fallen in the country round the lakes, and the grass is quite burnt up. There is still a demand for wheat for the Sydney market ; one gentleman is a purchaser to the extent of several thousand bushels in large parcels, at from Bs. to 95., according to quality ; but the holders of large parcels are not disposed to sell. There is an extraordinary circumstance observable this year, which is opposed to all that we have seen or learnt about agriculture, namely, that in this wet season oats are generally the worst crop, whereas barley is much more luxuriant than usual." By the letters from Liverpool it is announced that the packet ship Siddons, from New York, is off that port, left the 25th ult. ; no letters or papers as yet received. The Great Western brought dates of the 22d. Rio Janeiro papers and letters have been received to the 3d March, three weeks later than the last information from that quarter ; they do not bring any political news of consequence. Exchange, 30 ; } ; Stock, 76. The overland letters from India have been received this morning. They are of the same date as the dispatches received at the India House a few days ago, consequently do not bring any further intelligence of the military move ments than previously known. ' Accounts have been received at Marselles stating that on the 14th April a Russian fleet arrived at Odessa, composed of three sail of the line, one of which was a three decker, two frigates, a corvette, and a brig. To the present hour both the British and Foreign Mar kets are inactive, and there does not appear any spirit to to speculate. The accounts received from Constantinople continue to be of a warlike nature, but no dependence can be placed on the contradictory information continually re ceived fro:n that quarter. IMmense preparations no doubt on both sides have been making for some time past, but whether actual hostilities will take place is still doubtful. Consols opened this morning at the closing prices of yesterday, 93i Money; 93 ifor the Account; for the July Account 93i ; Exchequer Bills, 32 34; India Bonds, 35 37 ; Bank Stock, 195 196 ; India Stock, 255 236 ; Spanish Active, as they closed, 191 ; Portuguese 35} a ; Three per Cents 214 Brazilian 701 a ; Colombian, 30,i 3l1; Belgian, 1014 102,1; DutchTwo-and-a-Half per Cents. 564; Fire per Cents, 1021 PltloEs OF STOCKS 'I'HIS DAI A f ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 195% India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. SIN 14 South Sea Stock 3 , , per Cent Old Annuities Ditto Red. 99 % .'s New 3 Ysi per Cent.- 11:1V3, 1 ltO% New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Jan. 5, ISM l4 7-16 54 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860. Jan. 5, 1580 April 5, 18841, Jan. 5, 1570 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds I) tto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 11!I5 Ditto Account Mexican Bands, 5 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent 26% Ditto Account Neapolitan fRIOES OF SHARES THI: New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, lial Exch. Bills, £1,184) ... 33 34 pm. Ditto 500 ... 32 34 em. Ditto Small 12 34 pm. Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised Bank Steck for Account India Stock for Account Consols for Account 9 3 ,4 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account. Portuguese Bongs Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 1821 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1834 Ditto Account. French, 5 per tent. —c. • --- 4 per cent. ---3 pei - cent. ---- Exchange. --c. Dutch, 214 per vent. i t Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent 10 2 3, Ditto ...... S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per share. • l7 7 V4 90)i 0 65 5934 ANNE YESTERDAY. tiihranar 4s Leghorn 30 55 Genoa.. 31 Venice Naples per oz. 120 Lisbon S.IN -r- , Brighton Railway London and 111a4kwall Railway , North Midland Railway Company COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam C.F. 12 4)i L)itto, at sight RottLrdam °U. 12 5 Antwerp... Hamburg. M.B. 13 1134 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 33 Ditto••• ........ ...:3 Dls '2s 05 Marseille,. ?..I Bourdeaux .. .. .............. ''2b 75 Rio Janeiro Frankfort on Maine, Ex. At. lal Bahia 27 l'etersbuigh, ruble... 3 Us. 10% ' Buenos Ayres... ............ Berlin 7 0 New York, 21 days sight ... 4614 Vienna, effective f1...3 M. 10 5 1 Philadelphia 4h Tricite ditto lO 6 pttloE OF BULLION, per OZ. Ida&ld 37 . Portugal o,ld, coin.... X 0 0 0 Cdiz '17% Foreign Gold, in bars... 318 0 G a bon.... Barcelona 1614 New Dollars Seville 16 . ,,, Silver in Bars PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, MAY 16. 3 per Cent. Consols - 3!! per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced - Hibernian Bank .................. Ditto New, 1830 •.P.,:, per Cent. Debentures V2 , ,ii National Insurance (7 0 m pany Bank Stock _ City Debentures, 4 per cent. grand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock .......... HALF-PA 37 , og ff. The exports of bullion to the Continent and Colonies from this country, between the 9th and 15th May inclu- F.ive, may be stated as follows :—Gold bars, 15,160 oz. ; in coins, 3,344 oz. ; Silver bars, 37,447 oz. ; and in co i ns, 83,219 oz. Th ere was no alteration y ester day in 'the rate , of the Exchange, but th e notice from the Bank of En g l an d , in creasing the rate of their discounts, had the effect to keep the prices firm. The private letters received vfrom Bombay and Cal cutta this morning, state, that that the market for B r i t i s h manufactures was ra ther improving, but for a ll ot h er dc was a dull trade, scriptions there mo ney very sc arce , an d the unfavourable account s from Canto n respectin g op i um had caused a great depression in that article. During the course of the morning scarcely a bargain has b een done in either o f the Marke ts ; and Consols may be the Account 93 4 1 ; Exchequery ; be quoted, Money 93 h - Bills 3° 34; India Bonds 37 35 ; Bank Stock 1954 ; India Stock 256. i. Spanish Active 19i; Portuguese 35 ; Colombian 311 ; Mexican ` 9 6+; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 56g.; Five per Cents. 102 i. papers or l etters. We have not yet receiv ed the New York LUDLOW E L ECTION. -AI cock, who was within fifteen votes of being returned for Ludlow on the Liberal interest, at the last election, is now on the ground, ELI has every prospect of success. TH E LATE CASE OF STABBING AT HAYES. —At the conclusion of an inquest yesterday in the House of Correction, Mr. Wakley asked whether Medhurst was put to hard labour, and subject to the silent system ? The Governor—NJ; he was not sentenced to hard labour, and in consequence of the chaplain's recommenda tion, books were furnished him, and he is permitted to pro secute his legitimate studies. A Juror—Ah, that shows there is one law for the rich, and another for the poor. The Governor—Not as regards the regulations of this prison. The Judge did not sentence Medhurst to hard labour, therefore it could not be inflicted here. There is now in this prison a gentleman of large property, an d who keeps a first-rate establishment at the west end of the town. He was convicted of a misdemeanour, and sen tenced to hard labour, which he undergoes, and picks oakum as well as the meanest inmates of the prison. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Four men, named Shaw, Terry, Denbigh, and Garrlee, were indicted for a robbory, committed on a pedlar named Rock. The prosecutor, on the 20th April last, went into the Three Mariners, a public-house at Hackney, and had some refreshment. Being weary from his journey, he laid down on a bench and fell asleep. When he awoke he found that he had lost property to the value of from 10/. to 11/. Several witnesses who were in the:room at the tiMr, de posed to their having seen the four prisoners take the pedlar's pack and abstract numerous articles, shawls, and pieces of silk, from it. Mr. PAYNE appeared fir the prosecution, and said there was this peculiarity in the case, that the witnesses, who had seen the whole transaction, had not mentioned any thing about it, till brought before the Magistrates. The reason of that was, he said, that they were frightened_ beimr most of them boys—of the prisoners and their associates. Ail the witnesses, when asked why they had not men ,ioned the affair before they were themselves taken up__ aid it was because they apprehended violence from the prisoners. One of them, named Brown, was asked, on cross-examination, whether he had not had one of the shawls—ho swore positively tin t he had not. A policeman, who searched the prisoners, said one of them told him, " You b— you come two hours too late." Ho found none of the property upon them. Mr. C. PIIILLIP6 ( who, with Mr. anaxsoNjappeared for the prisoners) argued that all the witnesses came into Court in the light of accomplices, whose evidence required con firmation before any man coald he convicted upon it. Honest men would assuredly at least have given an alarm to some person ; instead of which they preserved a com plete silence, till they themselves were taken into custody ; and then it became their interest to throw off the suspicion from themselves to the prisoners. The Learned JUDGE, in summing up, said the offence had been laid in the indictment as stealing to the value of above b/. in a dwelling house—a crime much more serious than that of larceny. But as the prosecu tor had kept the pack under his own personal care ; it had not acquired the protection of the dwelling house, and the offence, therefore, was reduced to a lar ceny. :‘lost certainly the witnesses had come into the box under great suspicion from their not having disclosed the affair directly after it took place. The credibility, however, was entirely matter for the consideration o f th e Jury; and if they believed the evidence, most certainly the prisoners, or some of them, must be found guilty. The Jury found all the prisoners guilty, but Shaw, of larceny. They were sentenced to various periods of im prisonment in the House of Correction—from six to three months. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, attended by Lady Portman, took a carriage drive in the I'ark yesterday afternoon in an open carriage and four. The Marquis of Normanby and Viscount Nlelbourue had audiences yesterday of her Majesty. The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty yestgr. day. 'Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and attended by Lady Portman, Hon. Miss Spring Rice, Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Byron, Sir Robert Otway, and Lord Alfred Paget, honoured the Italian Opera house with their presence last night. Lady Flora Hastings was in waiting on the Duchess of Kent. The Hon. Miss Pitt and the Hon. Miss Spring Rice have succeeded the Hon. Miss Lister and the Hon. Miss Anson as the Maids of Honour in Waiting on her Majesty. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, honoured with their presence, last evening, the grand ball given by the Duke of Wellington, at Apsley House. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Forei g n Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbour ne , the Lord Chancellor, Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Marquis of Normanby, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Minto, Sir John llobliouse, Mr. Poulctt Thomson, Viscount Howick, and Lord Morpeth. The Council sat three hours. Lord Holland was prevented by indispostion from attending the Council. isms. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos, and Lady Anna Maria Grenville, at Buckingham House, Pall-mall, from Hollon House; Viscountess Dungarvon, at the Earl of Cork's, Hamilton-place, from Bath; Lord and Lady Orkney, from Taplow-court; Lord and Lady Farnham, from Dover; Sir Joseph Hawley, Bart., from a cruise in the Mediterranean in the Mischief yacht; Lord and Lady Clive and the Hon. Miss Herbert, on Hyde Park-terrace; the Dowager Marchioness of Conyngham, in Hamilton. place, from a visit to Lord and Lady Albert Conyngham, of Mickelham Hall, near Dorking; Mr. and the lion. Mrs. Coulson, at Lord Byron's, Eaton-place, from their seat in Northumberland; Sir Harry and Lady Verney, at their new residence, in Wilton street, Grosvenor-place ; Lady Beretford, in Portland-place, from Boulogne. THE THEATRES. HER MAJESTY'S. Mademoiselle Garcia, sister to the late lamented Mali bran, made her appearance here last night for the second time, in Rossin's opera of Otello. She is a singer of great promise, and it is very seldom that one so young achieves what she achieved last night. She had evidently overcome much of the tremor which checked her powers in the first act when we heard her Bran.--I.th. duet 4 ' Quanti son fieri palpiti," and in the terzetto .‘ Ti peril l'amore," she displayed much more composure and.taste; and in the parts which immediately precede and follow the superb " Empia I ti maledico" of Lablache, she deservedly shared in the applause which seas elicited by Elmiro. In the second act " Cho smania," and especially the subsequent celebrated passage " Se it padre m'ahandona," were given by Mdlle. Garcia with an effect which brought her forward to receive another round of applause on the fall of the cur tain. Of her execution of " Assisa a pie d'un sauce" aid " Deh, calms, 0 ciel," we have already expressed our opinion. The latter most beautiful morceau was even more pathetically sung than when we heard it a few days ago. At the close of the opera Mdlle. Garcia was once more summoned before the audience, and came forward with Rubini, whose performance, especially in the last scene, was at least as deserving of that tribute of approbation. Her Majesty honoured the 'theatre with her presence. Among the company present was a noble foreigner, who attracted the more attention as, while last accounts from Paris connect his illustrious name with the recent Repub lican disturbances in that capital, sonic persons fancied they had seen him riding in the Park yesterday afternoon with his Imperial Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia. We were glad to find that Grisi had so far re covered from the serious illness, which we yesterday noticed, as to be able to make a transient appearance in her box. SURREY. Davidge has been recently engaged in an experiment which at first sight appears a most hazardous, but which has turned out a most successful one, and which will go far to silence those wbo still affect to deny that the Eng lish are a musical people. Ile has engaged Miss Rumer, Templeton, Balfe, and the double chorus from Drury lane, for the purpose of producing a series of operas for the amusement of the frequenters of the Surrey Theatre. We last night had the pleasure of witnessing the ninth repre sentation of Bellini's Sonnandda, with all the original music. The house was crowded before the rising of the curtain, and of a more attentive audience it has never been our lot to form part. The fact of this opera having had a run at the Surrey is proofof the immense progress of musical taste among the people of late years. There is in Sonnambula nei ther magnificent scenery nor grand processsions, nor is the music written ad captandum. There are no tours de force; the instrumentation throughout is made subservient to the voice, and the harmony is the silken thread running through the pearl-chain of melody. And yet this opera was listened to by a crowded audience last night with in tense interest and deep attention ; an audience who testi fied their delight by their enthusiastic applause, and their taste by bestowing that applause with judgment. We look upon this as a symptom of a very favourable change which is rapidly taking place in the people—they are becoming a musical people—and no musical people can be a sottish one. The performances of Miss Romer, Templeton, and Balfe arc so well known that it would be needles to criti cize them, but we must awar I our meed of approbation to the band, who ably seconded the efforts of the talented artistes. The manner in which the opera was produced reflects the highest credit on G. Stansbury, who has had the conduct of the whole, and who presided in the orches tra. We would strongly advise those of our readers who are fond of a musical treat, at a reasonable rate, to lose no time in visiting the Surrey. Davidge, like a skilful ge neral, seems determined to follow up his success. On Monday he produces Balfe's Maid of Artois, and on Sa turday, for the first time on the English stage, D onize t ti ' s L' Elisir d' Amore. We sincerely wish him every success. In the afterpiece of No, which followed the opera, Mr. Henry Bedford sang the pretty ballad of " I'll not throw away the cower" with considerable taste and feeling, and rewarded by an unanimous encore. The vacant Deanery of Chester has beat con ferred on Mr. Anson. DREADFUL ACCIDENTS IN THE OLD BAILEY. —Yesterday about noon a distres s i ng acc id ent occurred opposite the Pitts Head, in the Old Bailey. Jane Laing, the mother of several children, and now in an advanced state of pregnancy, was in attendance with her sister, who had business to transact at the Central Criminal Court. When crossing the carriage way towards the Court, she was knocked down, and run over by a cart, belonging to Mr. Bland, of Union street ; Borough. Her shrieks were terrific, as the wheel passed over the lower part of her body, and she was conveyed to the Hospital, under the superintendence of N'Vebb, 83, City police, whose conduct was praiseworthy on the melancholy occasion. The driver of the horse, Charles Hamer, was then taken before Mr. Alderman Lainson, but there is abundant evidence to prove that no blame attaches to him, as he used every effort to stop the animal, and it is thought that the accident would not have happened but for the clamour of a set of idlers who always congregate d ur i ng se ssion time. At a late hour in the evening the report at the hospital was, that the poor woman was expected to ex pire in a few hours. Her place of residence was No. 9, New-court, New Gravel-lane, Shadwell. Between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, another woman was run over near the same spot, by a cart belonging to Peter Swinger, of the New Cut, Lambeth, and it was stated that both her legs were broken ; at all events, she was severely injured. A session seldom passes but serious accidents happen, which might be avoided if th e Corpora tion would adopt the system so often and fruitlessly recom mended—viz., not to allow a thoroughf are f or carr i ages, c arts, &c., during the holding of the sessions, excepting those which necessity requires. . It would require o n ly two a dditi o nal policemen to effect this desirable object. EPSOM RACES-YESTERDAY. We have hitherto omitted to speak of the alteration in the days of running the two great races to which the meeting. owes its celebrity; fur a long series of years they were de cided on Thursday and Friday, but at the meeting in 1839 the Derby Day was altered to Wednesday. The change was judicious in more eespects than one—it gave the public a day to recover from the turmoil and excitement of the Derby, and thereby enabled them to enter with greater relish into the more quiet, but not less pleasur a bl e , amusements o f the , Oaks day. As a proof that the alteration was appreciated, it is only necessary to state that the attendance yesterday, as proved to be the case last year, very considerably ex ceeded the average of bygone seasons. Besides suiting the public, it is of service to those who may have fillies in both races which happened at the meeting just terminated, with Deception (backed for each to a large amount) the second for the Derby. The weather yesterday was everything that could be wished, and the show of fashionable company quite as full as usual on the occasion. The Grand Stand had no rea son to complain of want of customers, for the receipts, as we are informed, exceed any former season. The cater ing of Messrs. Careless and Hare gave general satisfac tion, and has, we hear, proved a profitable speculation. The following is a list of the principal company : Duke of Richmond ; Marquises of Exeter and West minster; Earls Jersey, Albemarle, Stradbroke, Lichfield, Bruce, Miltown, and Chesterfield ; Lords G. Bentinck, Villiers. Maidstone, Kelburne, Eglinton, Cantaloupe, An dover, Stanley, C. Manners, W. Paulett, and Lvnedoch ; Honourables General Grosvenor, G. Anson, G. i3yng, H. Rous, W. Rous, W. Fitzroy, S. Herbert, J. Villiers, and Major Baring ; Sirs J. Shelley, D. Baird, and G. Heath cote; Colonels Peel and Crawford ; Messrs. C. Greville, Hawker, Batson, Newton, Thornhill, Portman, Irby, Payne, Worrall, Hunter, Garduor, Clive, Bayly, C. \Vil son, S. Stanley, Foules, J. Stanley, Biggs, Etwell, &c. Besides the above there were many others whose names we had not time to collect. Of the general arrangements of the meeting we have only to repeat what we said in our report of the first day—they were as perfect as zeal, liberality, and experience could make them ; the decisions of the various races were, as Mr. Clark's always have been, unimpeachable, and the duties of clerk of the course, rendered light by the excellent conduct of the police, were performed with praiseworthy attention to the safety and accommodation of the public. The four days' sport has exceeded all former meetings in quantity and in the extent of the fields brought out—a sure proof that money, freely and judiciously applied, will always bring horses. That the last day showed no falling oft; the following return will testify : The Oaks Stakes of .50 soys. each, K. ft. for three yrs old fillies, Sst 41b. Lost mile and a.half. The owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs , out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100 sovs. towards the expenses of additional police officers. 96 subs. Fulwar Craven's b f, Deception Sir G. Heathcote's ch f, Carolina Mr. C. \Wilson's b f, Louisa Mr.:l3owes's Mickleton Maid Mr. Ball's b f, The Shadow Lord Stradbrook's f, Hesione Sir G. Heathcote's b f, La Belezza 0 Mr. Forth's br. f. by Hokee Pokee Duke of Richmond's b. f. Reel 0 Col. Craufo7d's b. f. Dolphin. by Priam Lord Lichfield's ch. f. sister to Hector Mr. Rush's sister to Pickwick, by Camel 0 Mr. Osbaldeston's br. f. Alexandrina Betting-6 to 4on Deception-9 to 1 agst The Dolphin (all sorts of prices were laid, from 25 up to 8 to 1)- 9 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's two-10 to 1 agst Hesione —ll to 1 agst The Shadow—and 25 to 1 agst Reel. At twenty minutes before three the start took place without a blunder, and the race was run in so old fashioned a style that the task of describing it becomes easy. De ception took the lead with Hesione for a second, and Louisa, the Dolphin, and Reel, closely laid up ; they kept this order to the top of the hill, where Reel dropped off, and tailing began. In commencing the turn Louisa was second, and the Dolphin third, and they went so to the straight running, where Dolphin took a position next to De ception, which she gave up to Carolina after crossing the road, Louisa repassing the Dolphin at the distance. No other change took place. Deception,vvithout ever having been headed, won in a canter by two lengths; the same space separating Sir G. Heathcote's mare from Louisa, who was three or four lengths in advance of the rest, having, as her venerable owner anticipated, beat all the Newmarket public runners ; her own defeat was received from mares of which her trainer could have no measure. The Dolphin was fourth, and La Belzza fifth, Reel and the sister to Hector were last. The winner has thus shown extraordinary stout ness, and cannot fail to make Defence one of the most po pular stallions of the day; he has the Whalebone blood to recommend him, and his stock are especially recommended by size, power, and honesty. Value of the stakes 2,6751. As it is possible that the fact of John Day having ridden Deception for this race, might create an impression preju dicial to Trenn, we are expressly authorised by her owner to state that he had no reason whatever to feel dissatisfied with his riding for the Derby, and that it is his thorough conviction that Deception was beaten only by the superio rity of her opponent ; that he engaged John Day purely out of deference to the public, who had backed his mare to a large amount, and who were anxious to have a more ex perienced jockey on her; in all other races, in which the weight will permit, Trenn will continue to ride Mt. Cra ven's horses. The Burgh Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added ; 3 vrs old, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 31b; 5 yrs, B , ot 91b ; 6 yrs and aged, Bst I Ilb ; mares and geldings and horses that have started three times and not won, allowed 31bs ; winners at any time (matches excepted) to carry for twice, 31b; thrice, 51hs ; and four times, 7lbs extra. The winner of the Sut ton Stakes to carry albs extra, one mile, seven subs. Colonel Peel's lon, 4 yrs. walked over. Sweepstakesof 100 sovs. each, h. ft. ; colts, sat. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 41b, then 3 yrs old; those out of untried mares, or got by untried stallions allowed 3lbs, but only one allowance.. 6 subs. Lord Lynedoch's c. by Jerry, d.:Mandane, Sultan—J. Day 1 Gen. Grosvenor's f. Diploma, by Plenipotentiary Lord Albemarlo's f. Clove, by Cain, out of Perfume Sir G. Ileatheote's f. by Samarcand, out of Cantatrice 4 Lord Westminster's f. Daphne, by Laure The betting was very spirited at 5 to 4 on the Jerry colt-5 to 2 agst Diploma-4 to 1 agst Clove-4 to 1 agst Samarcand, f—and 5 to agst Daphne. Lord Lynedoch's colt following the successful course pursued by the winner of the Oaks, took the lead, follOvved closely by Diploma, and without being he.ded, won by half a length ; Clove was a good third, but others were a long way astern when the winner passed the chair. The Derby and Oaks Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added; three yrs old, 7st ; four, Bst 51b; five Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold fur 120 sovs. Mile heats, (Seven Subs.) Mr. Delasaux's gr g Jim Crow, 5 yrs...( Hornsby) 1 1 Mr Garrard's b h Rienzi, 5 yrs Mr. liiggi❑s's b m \laid of Kent, 4 yrs 3 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Lucas's b m Talebearer, 5 yrs ; and Mr. Shelley's ch m Gold, 4 yrs. First Heat.--Even on Jim Crow. Maid of Kent did the needful to the road, where Jim Crow went up to her with Rienzi, and the trio ran comfortably together to the distance; here Jim Crow cut his company, and won easy. Second Heat.-3 to lon Jim. The work this time was cut out by Talebearer, with Jim and Gold in waiting for four- fifths of the distance, when Jim ran by them as before, won easy, and was claimed. THE DERBY. The objection to Bloomsbury, we are sorry to find, is not likely to be brought to a decision in time for the settling on Thursday, each party having to send into Yorkshire for evidence. The statement on Mr. Fulmar Craven's part is, that the mare was covered by Tramp as well as Mulatto, but at present, we believe, no proof has been given beyond that supplied by the stud book, Mr. W. Ridsdale's case is strong, as witnesses are prepared to state that the mare was covered by Mulatto only. The ge neral opinion is in favour of Mr. W. Ridsaale's side, but in, in the mean time, how will the settling be ? We fear that it will be a very unpleasant one. We stated yesterday that the decision would not affect the bets, and we still en tertain that opinion, but it is proper to add that many par ties are of a different one ; this makes it the more important that the matter should be decided before Tuesday. Mr. Alcock, we believe, will be the Liberal Can didate for Ludlow, in the room of Lord Clive. The total amount of money in the Savings' Banks of Great Britain now reaches the sum of 22,699,7921. 3s. 7d. TII E QUEEN.—The news of Sir Robert's failure was received in Glasgow, as we believe every V. here else, with gleeful astonishment. The Queen has risen 100 per cent. in the estimation of the working men in Scotland since Tuesday last. It was on Sunday that a hard-work ing, hard-fisted, iron-minded son of the level and the trowel—a leading mind among the Chartists, though not a maid functionary—was told in Argyle -street of what had occurred, of Sir Robert's insolent demand, and of her Ma jesty's spirited answer. In a moment his arm was uplifted and he exclaimed, " Glorious ! would that she would show the same noble resolution in defence of the people, and the right arm of every working man in Scotland would be ready to strike in her defence I"—Glasyoto Chronicle. MARRIAGE OF MADEMOISELLE, SISTER TO H. R. 1-1 . THE DUKE DE BORDEAUX —The Quoticlitnne confirms the Gazette de France's announcement in the following terms :—" We knew for some time past that ne gociations had been commenced towards effecting an alli ance between the exiled Royal Family and the Royal Fa mily of Naples. We had also learnt that those negocia tions bad come to a happy issue : but we had thought, for reasons which will be easily appreciated, that our duty was to defer the publication of that intelligence. We believe that we may now announce that her Royal Highness Ma d .troiseile will sl o tly marry his Rival H ghness the Count de Lecce, brother of the King of Naples. Tl.e distinguished qualities of the young Prince have fixed the choice of the elder branch of the Bourbons." Prince An thony Pascal, Count de Lecce, sixth child of the la'e King, Francis 1., by Maria Isabella, daughter of Charles IV. of Spain, was born on the 23d of September, 1815. Louise Maria Therese, Mademoiselle, daughter of the late Duke de Berry and of Caroline Ferdinande Louise, daughter of the said Francis the First, by Marie Clementine, daughter of the Emperor Leopold the S;cond, was born on the 21st of September, 1819. PUBLIC MEETING IN PAISLEY FOR A UNIFORM PENNY POST. —A public meeting of Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders, and other inhabitants of Paisley, was held on Monday last, the 15th current, in the Court-hall, at twelve o'clock, noon. The meeting was called by the Provost, in consequence of a respectable requisition having been presented to him for that purpose, to petition Parliamen tfor a uniform Penny Post, as pro posed by Rowland Hiil, Esq., and as has been recom mended by a Committee of the House of Commons. Pro vost Bissit was unanimously called to the chair. A motion was submitted to the meeting by Mr. Farquharson in favour of a uniform Penny Post, which was seconded and ably supported by Mr. Peter Drough and carried unanimously. = ; r EVENING EDITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU.N. SlR,—From the noble stand you have made in favour of the rights of the people against the faction of tho friends of the King of Hanover in the House of Lords, I take the liberty of addressing these few ob servations to you, not with a view to their pub lication in the state they are,. but as they may serve as hints to be worked up -in the fat superior and more vigorous style that adorns your 'columns. In the first place, I would put it to your better judg ment, whether the Spectator, though universally ad mitted to be one of the most talented papers in London, is fighting under its real colours, when it professes to be the advocate of Reform. I remember the day when it was execrated by the Tery Press, and all sorts of exe crable puns made on the name of Rint-howl. But now we have nothing more. bland and smooth even in the speeches of " the proximate premier of England himself," than in the notices of the Post and Standard. The same papers which are in the direct. interest of Sir Robert , Peel, a n d w hi c h, t h e other d ay, wort hil y employed I themselves in representing ladies of unblemished re putation as enjoying the friendship of our maiden and youthful Queen by amusing her with tales of obscenity and lasciviousness, is now almost weekly complimenting " the honest Radical organ," " the talented Spectator," "the far-seeing Spectator," Sze., Sze. Allow me to make an analysis of the last Number, 567, May 11, 1839, and see whether the Tories are not acting with their usual shrewdness in thus eulogising a print that, by fomenting division amongst the Reform interest, whilst calling itself a Reform paper, is serving :heir cause much more effectually than were the same statements put for ward by an avowed Tory print. In his second article we have " Mr. Shaw Lefevre is the Liberal candidate. Mr. Goulburn, it is said, will be put forward by the Tories. Probably either gentleman would make a re spectable and efficient Speaker ; and it is a matter of small moment which is chosen !" Is it indeed ? Did not Air. Goulburn, in his place in Parliament, once say, " that if the smallest concessions were made to the Dis senters by the University of Cambridge, he would im mediately remove his sons from it." The contest, there fore, will in reality be between a prosy, narrow-minded, High Church bigot, and a high-minded and indepen dent gentleman. Whilst on this lsubject, I wil just re mark, that on Monday Sir R. Peel praised the Speaker, Mr. Abercromby, in his place, but on Tuesday his organ, the Standard, al used the Right Hon. Gentleman in good set terms. This is a parody on the half m an i ac an d malignant creatures i n Sir Robert's interest, who are endeavouring to poison the public mind at Exeter Hall, against the Roman Catholic portion of our fellow subjects. Sir Robert in a late debate expressed his horror at making religious creeds a bar to political preferment, and was reminded by Mr. Gibson, a Con servativeAlember, that it would be well if his friends at Exeter Hall would act as discreetly. Let us now turn to page 436, where we find " Sir Robert Peel is cunning and adroit, but not sagacious. If he had waited - for 450 Tory Members, the Queen would have been at his mercy, and must have given up her Whig worsen." Four hundred and fifty Tory Members. 'Where the devil are they to come from ? But; independent of this, there is something so heartless and un-English in this way of speaking of the helpless tress of the Queen's situation, that one almost blushes to- think the para graph could have been penned by a Briton: Come we to page 441, and the pen . tint produced the Tamworth manifesto might almost have been con jectured to have written the 'following Numerous measures of economical or social reform, involving no organic change, are either demanded by the public or required to improve the condition and calm the irri tation of the labouring classes. Will Post-office reform be denied by the present as it was by the late Government ?" (When was it denied?) "Or will Lord Lowther bring forward, as he would surely carry, a measure for giving effect to Mr. Warburton's recommendation • .on that subject ? The colonies and colonization present ample room for highly popular reforms, to which no rational Tory could object." ( Why, Lord John Ripon is now censuring Ministers for abolishing two useless places at Malta !) " The administration of law, and above all, equity, law, police, secondary punishments, and many other subjects which have no relation to questions of the Church or the Con stitution, invite Sir R. Peel's Cabinet to mark the inca pacity of their predecessors for even administrative im provements. It has long been thought by some" (the Swiss of the Tory party, perhaps) " that much more good, of one sort or other, might be got from a prudent Tory, than from the Melbourne-Whig, Government. Whatever the new Minister may promise in this way, he will, at all events, have a fair trial. Factious opposition he has more to guard against." (Admitted, though the new Minister and his party have played this off against their opponents since April, 1835.) '" Nor, indeed— unfortunately for him—serious opposition of any kind for some time to come do, or fail to do, what he may. And herein consists his only darter. For, if deceived by the present gloomy aspect of the Liberal cause, be should be led to imagine that the principles and practices of old Toryism may be safely followed (good easy man), he will soon re-establish the Reform party, composed of new men.'" This is very good, and no doubt good Sir,:Robert would mightily rejoice, if be could once see 450 prudent Tories in the House of. Commons. But unfortunately for this rigmarole ' about no opposition, the Times told us the other day, that the old Whig party mustered 130, the English and Scotch Radicals 150, and the Irish Liberals be tween 60 and 70, altogether about 350—and it must be recollected that it rests with the Queen whether or not she will dissolve. In confirmation too, of Sir Robert Peel having the people with him, I find in the last edition of Moss's Parliamentary Guide, page 310, the Liberal Electors of the United Kingdom, calculated at 498,781, and the Tory electors at only 482,537. As every city and borough:through out the kingdom will, no doubt, in the event of a disso lution, be hotly contested, as well as many of the coun ties, Sir Robert will, perhaps. find that " the tottle of bribery and corruption" to enable him to get a majority of fifteen or twenty,. which Lord Brougham calculated he might possibly achieve, will cost a " pretty considerable sum." ItyirTi I wish only in conclusion to extract the following excellent little bit of advice from page 441 A town constituency which ,shall elect one Reformer of ability with oue Tory will serve the good. cause" (Query is Toryism meant'.') " far more effectually than by returning two—what shall we -say ? good for nothings, calling themselves Radicals, or two sham Reformers called Whigs." Bravo Spectator : you may well say, " Let us see what virtue there is in the Re form Bill." What a, different style it the capital article on "The Triumphant Tories," written in—O si sic WHITE . CONDUIT GARDENS.--,OLIC readers will see from an advertisement in another part of the Paper that this place of public amusement wilt open on Whit- Monday for the season. Considerable improvements have been made since last year—several good singers have been engaged, and every evening there will be a Promenade Concert by a band of fifty performers We believe the amusements at this place have hitherto been conducted in a very respectable manner, and we have no doubt that the present manager will conduct it in the same niatinfr and with additional spirit. ' ;,. to • v: ,a..ts PREVENTION O F .1.--RosTiTuTio much system . of hostility, we ll organ i se d , would do 'uch good . ; and the breaking up of those houses which for a long time have been supported by the vices of one SA and the frailty of the other, would assist in the reformation of society. " Pull down the nests, and the rooks will fly' . away," is an old pr over b, an d app li es we ll to t h e case i n point: If mea sures were taken to disturb the panders to the vices of hoary sensualists and heartless seducers, some great good would most decidedly be effected.—Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. EBENEZEIS. ELLIOTT AND THE CONVENTION. Mr. Ebenezer Elliott has retired from the Working Men's Association in Sheffield, rather than be compromised by the infatuated conduct of the Chartists on the Corn-law question. He explains his views in the following letter : " To the Secretaries of the Sheffield.,,Wprking Men's Association. , " Sias Cannot your enemies start* T y ~off fast enough ? If they can, why do they 'keilj, to get you butchered like sheep? The ConventionXy deWnding mo nopoly, and advising physical force, are fi e hting the battle of the aristocracy, under the people's colours ; a battle ul timately for self-destruction, and which these magnificent wretches seem well able to fight for themselves, without your assistance. I learn, from the newspapers of Saturday last, that your representatives in the Convention (with the concurrence of your own man) are about to send deputa tions into the country to advocate the starvation laws ! Of those laws you will very soon have quite enough ; and so, thank God, with their authors. If you like such laws, what use do you intend to make of the franchise when obtained? I have no wish to force my opinions upon you. No. Be corn-laved to your hearts' content, for we shall not have long to wait ; but, in the meantime, it must not be supposed that I am one of a body of men who are will ing- to be represented by persons capable of supporting such barbarous legislation. If, then, my name is on your list of members, please erase it, and oblige your fellow_ townsman, " EBENEZER ELLIOTT. " Sheffield, May 6, 1839." GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY.—At the last meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, on M on d ay evening, it was jnnounced that the Council had this year decided t - on giving two medals for geographical dis covery. The first,- or King William's Medal, had been prevent, t, signifiedaee awarded to Mr. Simpson, for his zeal and persever ance i n his overland Arctic expedition; and the Patron's M e d a l to Dr. Ruppell, for his researches into the' interi or o f Af rica. Mr. Thomson native d o ' f A bbadie, Abyssinia, who whose wa s g p 4 Slave aciedbya of the Lord," gave a highly-interesting account of his late expedition into that country,. Even i n t h e very heart of Abyssinia the exertions of England against sla very and the slave trade was fully known, and he was often asked if this country would not, interfere to restore their slaves to their home. The natives had also a 'very strong wish for intercourse with the English, and the 'appoint ment of a Consul, who would be intrusted ti them with, means and authority to redeem theitic"alaiei, gird ape for the formation of commercial ports to relieve their:trade from the thraldom of the Turks. In this elassic land of slavery, where it has flourished since the time of. Moses, it now looked upon with feelings of disgust,Aod it is wi th a full sense of sh'ame that the English traveller was intro duced to their mtukets. THE STIRLING PEERAGE. This day was published, in Bvo., pries 10s. 6d. boards, THE TRIAL OF ALEXANDER HUMPHREYS or ALEXANDER, styling himself EARL OF STIRLING, before the High Court of Justjciary, lor FORGERY. 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