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THE NEW SWEDISH NOVEL. Just published, 2 vols., post Bvo., 215., T " ROSE OF TISTELO N. A TALE OF THE SWEDISH COAST. By EMILIE CABLEN Translated from the original Swedish. " A story of surpassing Interest—a tale of exceeding pathos and power."—Atlas. " Its Swedish scenery and manners have nearly as much novelty as in TN Neighbours.' "—Spectator. " Such a work as Crahbe would have pro Inced, had he written in prose."--Court Journal. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. HER NIAJ THEATRE. Signor FORNA 'AR! has the honour to inform the Nubility, Soh scribers to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public. that HIS BENEFIT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, May 9, when will be performed Herold's Chef d'reuvre, ZAMPA. Camilla, Madame Perciani; Rita, Madame Bellini ; Zampa, Sig nor Fornasari (his fir t appearance in this character) ; Alfonso, Signor Corelli ; Daniel Capuzzi, Signor F. Lablache; and Dan dola, Signor Lablache This first appearance in this character). After, which, the S cond Act o NORMA, by Madame Grist, Mdlle. Favanti, Sianor Lablache, and Signor Mario. To conclude with the Grand Halle•, i❑ Six Tableaux, by M• Perrot, entitled ONDINE, on, LA NAIADS. The B,lc.nery by Mr. W Grieve. The music composed by Signor Pu_gni. Principal characters by Mdlle. Cerito, lldilr. Seheffer, Fer. dinand, Mdlle. Minket, Mdlle- Wardle, and Mdlle. Adelaide Frassi; M. Perrot, M. !Wilt:ism, and U. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. Doors ( - pen at Seven. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven. THEATIth ROY At., DRiAtv.LANt. THIS EVENING, MAY 9, Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W Harrison ; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr. Porrani; Na:ima, Mrs. Alfrcd Sh.w ; Geraldo, Mdl'e. Albert .zzi ; Francesca, Miss Romer. To &include with the reviv. d Grand Fairy Ballet. entitled THE REVOLT OF THE /I A RENE Mallomet, Mr. Howell; Ismael, M. Silvain ; Myssouf, Mr. W. 11. Payne, Zulma, Mdlle. Lucile Gratin; Zebka. Mdlle. Clara Webster ; The Genius of the Harem, Madame Dress Boxes 75., Second Price its, Ed. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., second Price 3.5. • Pit 3s , Second Price M tittle Gallery is., Second Price Is. ;'.Upper Gallery Is., Seconi Price &I. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE THIS EVENING, MAY 9, Will be revived the Comedy of LONDON ASSURANCE, Sit Harcourt Courtly, Mr. W. Farren ; Max Harkaway, Mr. Strick. land; Dazzle, Mr. Charles Mathews; Mark Meddle, Mr. Webster; Mr. Spanker, Mr. Buckstone; Lady Gay S..anker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Grace'Hailt•way, Miss Julia Bennett; Pert, Mrs. Humby. To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra. vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled T HE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Even.ng with Pia Principal Characters by Mr. C. Matkewe, Mr. J. bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Lee. To conclude with fa New Farce, entitled LOVE IN A SACK. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the &m -alice, from Ten till Five. PRJNCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 8, • Will be repeated a New Comic Optra, entitled CROWN DIAMONDS Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weis,; D-n Hen rlquer de Sandoval, Mr. Allen; Rebolle.lo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; La Caterina, Madame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Mils Grant. After which, BO MB ASTES FURIOSO. To conclude with the Grant Ballet, entiled LEOLA; er, the May-day Bride. Patrick, Mr. T. Hill; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert; Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola, Miss Bailin. THEAFRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OrEitA. HOUSE. Under the Management of ;lire. KEELEY. Open sesame; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable audiences. THIS EVENING, MAY 8, Will be repeated a'a Original Comic Drama, entared THE THREE WIVES OF MADRID. Princi 'at Characters by Messrs. Keoley, Diddear, F. Matthews, Emery, Wigan, Craven, Turner, Yarnold,•Miss Woolgar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Greve, Miss Turner, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed hv an Apropos Bagatelle. called POLK AMANIA Characters by Mi. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs Keeley. To conclude with a Grand Burle - que Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves. (ha. racters by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Mira Turner, Miss Grove, M - 8. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Foxes, O.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony 'tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (ho eing eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Grand Attraction. THIS EVENING. MAY 8, Will be repeated the Historical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle of Hastings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &c. Entire Change of the Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with the Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the andoos of the Ruby Cliffs. The doors will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at seven. /Sox-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAVIDGE's ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING MAY S Transcendent Success of Miss Barnes'fragedy of .. Octavia Bra galdi"—an entirely New Piece, and .. Whit friars" at half-price. Will be repeated a New Tragedy, entitled OCTAVIA BRA. GALT)! ; or, The Confession. Suppo ten by the Entire Company, a td Miss Charlotte Barnes, from New York. After which, a New Piece for the Million, entitle) LA POLKA . To conclute with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS, in which the entire Company will perform. P aces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. o lice, from Eleven .o Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH is getting more and more mysteri• us. He nightly introduces new wonders. His Mystic Temple is thronged with moot brilliant audiences, who proclaim him to be the only legitimate Professor of Modern Magic, the very " ne plus ultra" of Cabalistic Phenomena. He performs more wonders in one night, thau all other Professors could accomplish in a month. The " Great Wizard of the North" has no rival, no equal in Europe or the world. He will be fouhd nightly " at Home," Plucking from his Mystic Caul dron NEW M AGICCOPIC AL EX , ERIMENTS of Natural Phi. I 'sophy, bringing from any Gentleman's Hat a Feather Bed and the Gifts of Flora. Between the parts of the Wizard's Performances, Mr. SMITH will perform on his new instrument, the CRYSTALOPHION. Mr PHILIPS, the Banjoist, will nightly appear. The THREE INFANT ARABS, Seven, Nine, and 'twelve years of Age, go through a new and original Performance. Dress Circle, 3s. ; Pit. Is. 6d.; Gallery, ed. Reserved Seats, and Private, Boxes can be secured at the 7 heatte, and of all the Agents. Second Price at Nine o'clock. DJors open at Half.past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to TILE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo- Neal Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed op One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in 'structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMIVELL, and LOUIS MV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., anal the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and tkeir Ladies, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very tine 'pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this Most instructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to be seen by every ose. The price of admits • lion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian Ilan," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. H'OU WATER AT LONDON-BR[DGI TIES DAY. Morning ... 53 minutes after 5i Evening... 22 minutes after 6. .. -;' , . , ..3 - ,-. ':- - i -, :1 -7. : , ~•.- i '', , • . r , ~4kf ...t.ti,,, .. .*., , . z; , ....7.y.,4risissiirk ,:•• -:: 41 ?-•••:::' ~, 4:!,.. 1 ..; •tr-11Lif ':. • , • '',' ' ' ;- ' .4 • 7 .Y. - : t7''`V . . l. '"'• I P`• ••'',.•••. ' si f . . ,,,,,, 1•• •It 0 • , • ~4-s•tgo I).R OIT , '1,.,......;•,, . • '.., ' ~...,_•..,,,, ~.. •4 , ~ .• -"" . 'l.• Paßilatiim LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1844. The Marquis of NORMANDY, in the House of Lords last evening, made some remarks about the recal of Lord ELLENnoabuthr, - and faintly called for docu ments which he evidently knew would not be granted. He, at the same time, defended the course pursued by the Indian Board of Directors, and contended that lentil the correspondence en the subject was produced, the House and the country could not entertain a shadow of suspicion as to their motives. The Earl of RIPON declined to produce the corres pondence, or enter on the matters adverted to by the Noble Marquis. Lord BROUGHAM, after adverting to the recal of Lord ELLENBOROUG If, expressed his satisfaction at the appointment of Sir HENRY HARDING E, and inferred from this, that the policy which Lord ELLENDOROUG H had pursued, and which had been so successful, would be continued by his successor. The Duke of WELLINGTON disclaimed any inten tion of interfering with the privileges of the East India Directors in the remarks which he had made on a former evening; but, at the same time, he must repeat that he did not consider they had exercised their priiilege s with discretion. Severatother Lords spoke, and thus the discussion ended. The 'joule adjourned at Half-past Seven o'clock. In thd House of Commons Mr. MACKINNON moved that the'report on the Leeds and Bradford Railway Bill be -considered tha t day six months, and on a division the amendment was lost by a majority of Sir R: PEEL contradicted the statements that had appeared in some newspapers to the effect that Cap tain DRUMMOND had refused to ail' dor protection to Colonel BONET, the leader of the • Insurgents at Ali cante. Colonel BONET had never applied for pro. tection. Mr. HUME moved for all copes of correspondence between the Court of Directors of the East India Company and the Government, respecting the recal of Lord ELLENBOROUGH. Sir R. PEEL opposed the motion. Si: H. HAR DINGE, he said, would proceed to India by the next packet, and nothing should induce him to send out at the same time a correspondence that might fetter his administration. From the remarks made by Sir ROBERT PEEL in his speech, and from remarks made in the Lords, the public may infer that Sir HENRI HARDINGE will pursue the policy of his predecessor. A number of other Members spoke. Mr. MA' CAULA.Y hoped Mr. HUME would not press his mo tion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL concurred. Mr. HUME persisted- in his motion, and, on a division, he was supported by 21 Members, and opposed by 197. The House adjourned at Half-past Eight. Sir ROBERT PEEL 1 - evening, gave a direct contradiction to the accusation made against Capt. DRUMMOND, commanding the Scout, off Alicant, for not protecting Colonel BobiET when he applied to him to save his life. Captain DRUMMOND, in a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, states, that at the request of the British Consul, he bad an interview with Colonel BONET, whose object in visiting the ship was to offer any assistance in his power to Capt. DRUMMOND during his stay at Alicante, to which the English officer made a suitable reply. Colonel BONET then left the ship, and never after wards made any application for protection. This is. at utter variance with statements which have appeared both in Whig and Tory journals. The Madrid cor respondent of the Morning Post gives the following melancholy account of the interview :—" I am glad to see that Capt. DRUMMOND'S refusal to give a re fuge on board his ship to the rebel BONET, at Alicante, has been brought before the House of Commons. The Morning Post was the first to mention this ex traordinary occurrence, which has since been severely commented upon by several foreign journals. It is quite true BONET was shot through the back, without trial, becauae Captain DRUMMOND denied him an 1 asylum on board the Scout. The insurgent leader went on deck, accompanied by Mr. WEARING, our Consul at Alicante ; and an eye-witness of the scene says, in writing to me, that he will never forget BONET'S look of utter despair, as he went over the vessel's side, and entered the boat which rowed him on shore to certain death." Now, this is an atrocious accusation against a British officer, and, therefore, should not have been made but on the best authority. It turns out the charge is utterly false, and the Eng glish navy and the English nation, too, are thus ex- I posed to the most cruel obloquy by foreigners, for acts which never were committed. No vacancy which has occurred since the general election—not even that of the City of London—is so important to the friends of free trade as that of South Lancashire. The League would have only rendered itself ridiculous by attempting to wrest un fortunate Woodstock from the Duke of MARLBO ROUGH, or Launceston from his Grace of NORTHUM BERLAND ; these agricultural boroughs are valued by the nation at their proper worth, and a contest in them would scarcely excite more attention than a squabble in a servants'-hall—but the southern division of Lancashire, the great seat of those manufactures which have suffered most severely under the curse and blight of monopoly, is a constituency which, at the present crisis, holds the destinies of futurity and the fate of England's industrial prosperity. If the manufacturers allow themselves to be mis-represented by a monopolist—if they aid or assent to the return of an enemy of their class and order, with what face can they hereafter ask the Eng lish people to help them to burst chains which they have themselves forged—to break fetters which they have themselves riveted ? Under such circumstances, it is the duty of all free traders in South Lancashire, to be up and doing; the crisis has come upon them suddenly and unexpec tedly, but the supporters of a good cause can never be wholly unprepared, for truth is an inexhaustible ar moury and sincerity is a ready weapon. We know not whether the free-traders have yet fixed upon a candidate, and in fact the man in this case is of infinitely less importance than the principle. The great question placed in issue, and perhaps to some extent staked on the result of this election, has but a very remote connection with family interests or even mere political parties; it is simply the question between "good trade" and "bad trade "—between " open markets" and "closed markets"—between " remote payments" and immediate returns ;" and under such circumstances a man should select his candidate, as he choses his clerk, irrespective of all considerations but his aptitude for the task entrusts(' to his charge. We have heard several persons named as likely to be put in nomination, and we may add, that not one of those mentisned could fail to be a useful repre sentative ; but in all constituencies, there are local elements of strength, not easily discoverable by stran gers, of which advantage ought to be taken in so close a struggle as that which is impending. Pre judices must be conciliated, hereditary prepossessions respected, and old topics of irritation avoided. To court opposition is to invite defeat; it is the policy of the League to win by persuasion rather than to conquer by force. No political party that ever existed in this country has had so simple and intelligible a creed as the League ; it is comprised in two words, FREE TRADE. To increase the articles of this faith would greatly diminish the chances of proselytism, and, at the pre sent moment, any addition to the avowed objects of the League would be equally wrong and impolitic. No man when selling his goods asks whether the purchaser is a Whig or a Tory ; the question would be just as absurd if asked respecting those who bring customers to his shop. No matter what the creed or party of a. monopolist may be, he is the man who drives away purchasers from the manufacturers' warehouse, by telling them that the only payment they can offer shall not be received ;—no matter by what conventional designation a free-trader may be known, he is the man who opens the world's markets to the manufacturer's productions, and brings him ready payment from all the ends of the earth. To prefer the monopolist, because he is baptised with some name hallowed by unmeaning prejudice, would be worse than the folly of the Byzantine r, who chose their leaders from the colours they wore in the chariot-races of the circus ; to reject a free-trader because he had received some nick-name not in ac cordance with irrational prejudice, would 'be to imi tate the folly of the Republican patient CROMWELL'S days, who refused to be healed because the physician prespribed a sovereign remedy; or the worthy alder man of our own days, whose stomach revolted against a radical cure. The men of Lancashire, and particularly of its southern division, have taken the lead in appealing to the . people of England against the restrictions by which the industry of the nation is crippled, and rendered unproductive. They have thus voluntarily incurred a responsibility which they are now called upon to fulfil. On them the eyes of the nation will be fixed for the next fortnight, and their example will either point the way to speedy victory, or furnish an excuse for the retardation of a cause, the ultimate success of which is certain, but every delay of which is fraught with serious peril to the general community. On Monday night Sir If:PEEL submitted his eleven resolutions, connected with the conditions on which he will propose to Parliament, at a future day, the re newal of the charter of the Bank of England. The Premier expressed a strong desire that Members would not, then, enter into any discussion of them, but take time carefully to deliberate upon and digest them. Some of our Contemporaries, we per ceive, have taken this hint upon its literal expression, by abstainir g for the present from any detailed exa mination of the purport and effect of these "resolu tions." If we were sufficiently alive to the honour of having our opinions confirmed by Ministerial authority, we should have sufficient grace to follow the example of those brother journalists. 'We perceive that Sir ROBERT took the same view of the universal pervading importance of this question of the Bank Charter, which we hazarded in a leading article on Mon day. He considers it as " entering into ever" transaction of which money forms a part." He al lows, as we have argued, " that there is no contract, public or private—no engagement, national or indi vidual, which is unaffected by it." That "the en terprises of commerce, the profits of trade, the arrange ments to be made in all the domestic relations of so ciety, the wages of labour, the transactions of the highest amount and of the lowest, the payment of the national debt," &c., &c., are all affected by it. But if w e f o ll ow th e course th us se t us , an d th e Premiers recommendation to Hon. Members, we e is a , n t n o o o t e v a i b a s e t n ai t n ly , , in th th e e pu m r e p a o n s t e i m o f e h , e f r r o .l m i A r j e E m s T a r y ki , S n G g o t v h e a r t n i - t ment to give to the Bank a greater, because a more im mediate, control than ever over the currency of the coun try, and to extend and aggravate the pernicious princi ples and influence of the disastrous Bill of 1819. It is air ROBERT PEEL'S clear desire and intention to enhance the evil which he has the unenviable distinc tion of having already inflicted upon our national prosperity, by enactments which can have no other o?eration than to make money dear. If he have abandoned his original purpose of constituting the Bank of England the sole bank of issue, he has pro posed that there shall be no new joint-stock ( of issue) authorised hereafter. But we purposely re frain from going at present into the examination of his plan in detail. The Right lion. Baronet laboured, with moot pains-taking but not very felicitous application, to bring a few jokes to bear on the impugners of his Currency Bill, and of the sagacity of the Bullionist, but his "great guns" were harmless. A speech more illogical in its attempts at "reasoning down" (as this process is called in Parliamentary parlance) his opponents we have never perused. He talked in re ference to the gold standard, "of the principles which I determine the price of that of which paper is • merely the representative." From whence we infer that Sir ROBERT really would have us believe that money must necessarily be metallic, or that value can be expressed only in money. He must recant such paradoxes as these, before he next attacks the writings of the " Gemini," and Birmingham in general, albeit, Birmingham will always he redolent of distasteful associations to the non-reforming Mi nister of 1829. But if Sir ROBERT was unfortunate in his exposition of principles, he was not less at fault in his illustration of a pound. " What is a pound," said the gleesome Baronet, "and what is an engagement to pay a pound ?" . . . " The whole foundation of my measure rests upon the assumption that according to practice, according to law, according to the ancient monetary polity of this country, the mean ing of a pound' is neither more nor less than a CERTAIN definite quantity of gold, with a mark upon it to determine its weight and fineness ; and that the engagement to pay a pound' means nothing, and can mean nothing else, but the promise to pay to the holder on demand, when he demands it, a definite quantity of the precious metals." Now, how does the reader suppose that this close reasoner—this acute and ironical scourge of the TAYLORS, and LEATHAMS, and ATTWOODS—illustrates his own definitions by the " practice," the " law," and the " ancient monetary system of the country ?" To begin, first, with the last, he thus re-states and answers his own question : " What is the meaning of the pound, according to the ancient monetary polity of this country ? In the reign of WILLIAM the CONQUEROR a pound of silver was the pound of account. The pound represented both the weight of metal and the denomination of money." Why, then, a pound (of 12 ounces, Troy) was, by our " ancient monetary polity," NOT " neither more nor less than a CERTAIN definite quantity of gold,"—to wit, one ounce of such weight and stan dard as to be equivalent to the Idint value of 3/. 17s. 10id. "By subsequent debasements of the currency, a great alteration took place—not in the name, but in the intrinsic value of the pound ster ling." How ? Then the pound, in all that subse quent period, was NOT, either in " practice," " law," or " our ancient monetary polity; a certain definite quantity of the precious metals." But it was an in dPfinite quantity. "It was not until a late period of the reign of Queen ELIZABETH that SILVER, being THEN the standard of value"—(good bye, " ancient monetary system," and " polity," and " standard" of GOLD !) —" received that determinate weight which it retained without variation, with constant refusals to alter it, until the year 1716, when gold was prac tically substituted for silver as the exclusive standard of value." So, from WILLIAM to ELIZABETH, our " ancient polity" recognised, NOT the pound of gold, but the pound of silver, as the standard of value. From a period not a century after the close of WIL LIAM'S reign till 1567, say about 300 years, even this pound was of greatly debased silver ; and from 1567 to 1719, or for 150 years, the enhanced value of the pound remained unaltered. Farewell, the "ancient prac tice" by which our gold standard of value is said to be sanctioned ! Well ;—"for a certain period afterwards, both gold and silver constituted the standard of value; and in 1717, it having been determined that the value of the guinea should be 215., in 1774 it was enacted that no legal contract should be discharged in silver for any sum of more than 251." Adieu! most con sistent, unbroken, venerable, presumptive "custom of the country," only chequered by these trifling changes !—" That" (measure of 1774) " therefore made gold substantially the measure of value in this country." Sir ROBERT'S " therefore" is about as good a sequitur as his definition of " certain definite" (that is, unchanging and unalterable) quantity. One more citation, and we will leave Sir ROBERT for the present. He supposes himself to be arguing against any change in the existing standard of value. " There is no more reason," he says, " why a pound should not be bound by all transactions—notwith standing our increase in wealth—there is no more reason wby you should change your pound—than there is to say that a foot shall be a foot and a half." The difference between the two cases, the reason for such a principle of adoption in the one—•the utter absurdity cf its application in the other—are things so self-evident, that we will not waste one word of commentary on such a preposterous analogy. lied the Premier proposed his own "foot" for the standard of Parliamentary symmetry in that member, it would have had not one tittle less of relation to the matter in hand, or been one iota less inefficient as a measure of comparison I A Correspondent in the Times, of yesterday morning, makes some forcible and pertinent allusions to the shameful manner in which Trafalgar-square has been already disfigured, notwithstanding it is only a few days since it was thrown open to the public. " Already," he says, " this noble Square has been polluted by brutes in human shape ; and dirty boys, besides, are suffered to disfigure the reservoirs, and fill them with orange peel, wood, filthy rags, and paper. Meanwhile, the police, whom we pay so well, aro idly looking on, or engaged in the elegant employment of ogling the women." It is a remarkable fact, but one that has been ob -erved a hundred times, that wherever the police are most wanted, there they are sure never to be found. On almost every occasion of a street disturb ance, whether by day or night, it invariably happens that they make their appearance on the scene of ac tion just at the moment when order is restored, and their services may be dispensed with; while they may be seen idly lounging about in twos and threes, and ever ready at one's call, when there appears not the slightest chance of any demand being made on their interference. Where were they, let us ask, when the nuisances alluded to by the- Times Correspondent were perpetrated in the most magnificent Square of which this, or perhaps any other, metropolis can boast? Why were they not actively on the alert to repress with a firm hand any attempt at a nuisance ? It might have been taken for granted that the throwing open of Trafalgar-square more especially when it is borne in mind that the opening of the Royal Academy Exhibition to the public took place nearly at the same time—would have attracted a vast and motley crowd, and for some days to come at least, the police should have mus tered strongly in the neighbourhood. True, there were a few policemen about, scattered here and there among the mob—we saw one or two ourselves yes terday—but they must have paid very little attention to their duties, otherwise the reservoirs would never have been in the condition which our Contemporary's correspondent describes. We trust that the nuisances which he so justly de nounces will not be suffered to be repeated ; or, if repeated, that the offenders will be instantly taken up by the police, and summarily dealt with accord• ing to law. It is perfectly intolerable that in one of the greatest thoroughfares in London ; which is in the immediate neighbourhood of some of our most po pular public exhibitions; and which is thronged every hour in the day, nuisances should be perpetrated with impunity which, as the writer in the Times observes, are "an offence to common decency." The terrace in Trafalgar-square is one of the greatest ornaments of the metropolis, and should be thronged by re spectable people, for whom it forms a most agreeable, airy promenade at all hours of the day; but if no pains are taken to keep it in a decent, orderly state, it will assuredly ere long be quite deserted by all hut the lowest and most vagabond portion of the com munity, and instead of being the boast, it will be come the disgrace of London. . We have received Madrid papers of the 29th nit. but they bring no political intelligence in addition to that conveyed by the telegraphic dispatch of the 2d inst. One of them contains a letter from Malaga, giving the following details of the expedition to Morocco. " The frigate Christina arrived two days ago, along with a sloop of war, and has jast left for Tangier, to demand satisfaction for the insult offered to our nation in the person of its representative. Probably this satisfaction will not be given. Th e M oors prepare for the struggle, and are al ready approaching the coast. Foreseeing this, the head of our naval force has made the proper preparations to carry such of the consuls and the Spaniards as may wish to quit Morocco into Spain- The expedition sailed to-day, the 24th, and yesterday an English ship left Gibraltar for THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNENG, MAY 8, IM4. Tangier, no doubt to watch in ease of an outbreak of hos tilities." _ Nearly all the Paris papers have articles on a mea sure which now excites general interest in France— the abolition of slavery in the French colonies. The subject, as we have already stated, was brought un der discussion in the Chamber of Deputies on Satur day, when M. Guam' made one of those impressive and common-sense speeches for which he is so re markable. The measure, he said, was taken up earnestly by the Government ; slavery in due time should cease for ever in all the French colonies, and all the Government wanted to carry such a gloriow purpose into effect was the support of the Legislature. The Chamber responded to the appeal by unanimous cheers. The subjoined is a brief outline of the speech : . . "No doubt or uncertainty ought to exist, either in France or in the colonies, at the conclusion of this discussion, as to the intentions of the King's Government. It must not be said, either in France or elsewhere, that it had drawn back in place of advancing. The Government decidedly wished to have the abolition take place. No person would, he thought, recommend that measure all at once, and no proposi tion of the kind would, he believed, be made in the Cham ber. What the Government demanded was to make certain preparations for the measure, both in the colonies and at home. Measures had been already taken to produce an amelioration in the condition of the slaves, and establish a better intercourse between them and their masters. It was true that some resistance had been experienced in the colo nies from the landowners, but how could it be expected that so considerable a step could be taken without some difficulty being experienced? But all difficulties would be surmounted by the Government, either by the authority it possessed, or by coining to the Chambers to ask for additional powers. The Government did not suppose that it was by doing no thing, or by waiting for the benefit of emancipation to ar rive by the will of Providence, that the great negro family was to be set free. That could be effected only by strenuous endeavours on the part of all. Much had been already done, and the Government felt convinced that if it were firmly sup ported by the Chambers, the abolition of negro slavery would be attained with better conditions than had been effected by England. It was an immense and grand result, the one obtained by that country. And yet faults had been committed. Nobody admired more than he the grandeur of resolution and excellence of result connected with the Eng lish measure ; but something better still could be done. The French Government would profit by the experience of their neighbours, and attain the same object as they." The Reforme seizes the opportunity of the change of Ministry in Spain to make an attack on M. GUIZOT, and blames him for conferring the Legion of Honour on such a renegade as BRAVO. This is a most unfair mode of attack. The writer in the Reforme knows who is only responsible for that act, but has not the courage to lay the blame on the right shoulders. " The Spanish Ministry," it states, " his been over turned. BRAVO, a deserter from the ranks of the Radical party, has experienced the fate of all rene gades. He has been made use of to betray_ and per secute his former friends, and when, after accom plishing his task, his services as an informer and exe cutioner were no longer wanted, he was rejected with contempt by the Moderados, who could not suffer the presence of a traitor in their camp. It is to that man, nevertheless, who is an object of indignation to all parties in Spain, that M. GuizoT has lately sent the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour !" The police have discovered another infernal ma chine, invented by a gentleman with a Polish name. The affair, which appears very ridiculous, is thus re lated in the Siecle "M. Leweski is the inventor of a machine to be moved by atmospheric pressure. His workshop is in the Avenue des Veuves, in the Champs Elysees. He was anxious to form a company to work out his invention, and for that purpose he was making the necessary experiments on board of a boat which he had purchased for that purpose, and which was moored at the Quai de Chaillot, near the Avenue des Veuves. While doing so, he was visited on the 26th of April by a com missary of police and four officers, who inquired what he was doing, and M. Leweski, who was afraid that his secret would be discovered, told the commissary that be would not allow any one but himself to enter. A few minutes after M. Leweski was arrested and carried to prison ; seals were placed upon the machine, and his assistants were also arrested. The fol lowing day the assistants were liberated, but M. Leweski is still detained, and no communication is allowed with him. Some of his friends have made anxious inquiries as to his fate, but the only information they have been able to get is, that he is detained on a charge of constructing an infernal machine." On Sunday the Three per Cents. were quoted at TORTONI'S at 84f. 55c. A Court of Directors was held at the East India House on Monday, when Lient.-General the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, K.C.8., was appointed unani mously Governor-General of India. ART-UNIONS.--A deputation on the subject of the Art-Unions had a conference with Sir R. Peel yes terday. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. NEW SPANISH MINISTRY. MADRID, MAY 4. General Narvaes, President of the Council, and Minister of War. The Marquis de Villama, Minister for Foreign Affairs. M. Mon, Minister of Finance. M. Pidal, Minister of the Interior. M. Mayans, Minister of Justice. And General Armero, Minister of Marine.—Times. PORTUGAL. FALL OF ALMEIDA. Almeida surrendered on the 28th ult., at four o'clock. The officers and chiefs were permitted to retire into Spain ; the men were to depose arms, and to be held exempt from punishment. Our correspondent's letter is dated the Ist inst. The details of the whole sale sweeps of despotism which have been recently practised—of the transportation of newspaper editors, Deputies, members of the Opposition, and others ob noxious to the Portuguese Minister, deserves atten tion.—Chronicle. LATER FROM the UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. We have received, by the politeness of some of the passengers by the New York packet-ship, Indepen dence, Captain Nye (who left the ship when she was detained by contrary winds off Kinsale, and arrived hereby the Dublin mail this morning), New York papers of the Bth April, the day of her sailing from that city. They do not possess any news of political impor tance ; it was expected that Mr. Calhoun would in troduce the Texian and Oregon questions, in a short time, as the sympathy of the . West might thus be brought to the support of Texi.ats movement, and also to give time for negotiations with Mexico to become a party to the step. At present he is frequently engaged in conference with our Minister, Sir R. Pakenham. In the Bill before the House to prevent private ex presses, Mr. Hannegan proposed to add a clause, authorising the search of passengers' trunks and boxes, when they were suspected to contain letters, an inva sion of the subject that bad caused some stir. Professor Sanderson, favourably known as the author of " The American in Paris," died at Phila delphia, on the sth Of April. The American brig Frances Lord, Captain Brown. of New York, was visited by her Britannic Majesty's ship, Alert, when off the west cla.st of Africa, on the 2d January ; a musket shot was fired into the Frances Lord, and great want of courtesy is complained of. At New York, business generally-is reported to be in a good state, though the amount of actual transactions in the week was not large. Money is more in de mand, the banks obtaining .readily 5 per cent. fur short, and 6 per cent. for long date bills. The rate of exchange was firm at 8i to 8i prem. on London, and sf. 28ic. per dollar on Paris. In the Cotton Market there was decidedly an im proved feeling. In fact, the reduction in price which had taken place was quite recovered, so that the market stood as it was before the arrival of the last steamer. The sales of the week ending 6th April were 17,000 bags, viz.', 9,150 Upland and Florida at 7i to 8 for middling to ordinary ; 8 1 to 8 i; for midd ling fair to fine ; and 9to 9 for good fair to fine ; and 7,850 Mobile and New Orleans at 7 4 to 81 for midd ling to ordinary; 8} to 9i for middling fair to fine; and 9i to 10i for good fair to fine. Freights have slightly relaxed, being now 7 9-16 for cotton to Li verpool by the packets. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND 11) uWtt ptnton. " Who runs may read." TOREIGN. On Friday, the King of the French, the Queen, and Royal Family, accompanied the Duchess of Kent to Versailles. A handsome collation was served up at the palace immediately on the arrival of the Royal party ; after which they visited the Royal galleries, the chapel, the theatre, and the pleasure grounds. The Royal party returned to Paris at nine o'clock in the evenirg, The. Duchess of Kent was to leave Paris on the 9th, when the Royal Family would take up their residence at Neuilly for the season. The fall of the Spanish Ministry excites - no surprise at Paris, as it was generally foreseen. On Saturday the Cour Royale heard the appeal of M. Felix Piat, the proprietor of the iVforme, and M. Grandmenil, the editor, against a conviction pronounced against them for a libel on M. Jules Janin, contained in a criticism upon one of that popular writer's last works. The Cour Royale confirmed the judgment of the Court below, by which M. Felix Piat was accordingly adjudged to six months' imprisonment and 1,000 francs of damages, and M. Grandmenil to 3,000 francs damages and one year's imprisonment. The French Government have determined to discontinue the Transatlantic steam -packets which were established at Havre, and to adapt the steamers for the service of the navy. LAW AND POLICE. In the InsolveTtDetito7.4' Court, William Gilbert was op posed on the ground that he had committed breaches of trust against the parties who had employed him as a com mercial traveller. The insolvent lead been engaged by a person named End as a traveller, and had received large sums on account of his employer and others, who had en gaged him in a similar capacity. The insolvent petitioned the Court of Bankruptcy under the new Act, when his peti tion was dismissed on the ground for which he was now op posed—namely, that he had incurred debts by means et breaches of trust. The Chief Commissioner said two distinct cases had been proved ; one was to 2001., and the insolvent would be remanded. The imprisonment he had already undergone would be considered. At the Central Criminal Court Wm. Carrell, aged 48, was convicted of stealing, on the 2d of January, 70 sovereigns, and four Bank of England notes, value 51. each, the property of James Ford, and was sentenced to be transported for seveu rem. Win. Henry Whitfield, a commercial traveller, who was remanded from the last session, was indicted for embezzling and stealing the sums of Si. 65., 71. 65., and 2/. 10s., in the months of October, November, and December last, which he had received on account of Messrs. Reader, Stukely, and Co., his employers. There was a second indictment charging the prisoner with similar purloinings. He pleaded guilty to both charges. He was sentenced to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for 18 months, and kept at hard labour. At Bow-street, WTm. Nix, an errand-boy, aged 15 years, in the service of Mr. John Ward, treasurer to the Infant School Society, was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with stealing 8/. 10s., belonging to his master. The prosecutor wished to decline proceeding against the prisoner, as it was his first offence, and his friends were very respectable. Mr. Hall said his duty would not be performed if he did not commit the prisoner for trial ; and it would rest with the Court to con sider the prosecutor's recommendation in his behalf. The prisoner declined to say anything, and was removed to Newgate. Wm. Burton Newenham, charged at Clerkenwell with the abduction of Miss Frances Louisa Wortham, was fully corn witted to Newgate, and will be tried during the present sessions. COURT-FABZIONAZI.B. Her Majesty's banquet this evening, at Buckingham Palace, will be given to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The performance of the Concert of Ancient Music being under the direction of his Royal Highness Prince All)ert, he has engaged Madame Caradori Allan and Mrs. A. Shaw, Misses Rainforth and Dolby, Signori Mario Lablache, Salvi, and Mr. H. Harrison. Her Majesty is ex pected to honour the performance with her presence. . Earl Fitzwilliam, the Ladies Wentworth Fitzwilliam, and the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam, M.P., have arrived at Mortimer House from Milton Park, near Peterborough. In consequence of the somewhat sudden death of Lady Stanley's brother, the Hon. Sir R. Bootle Wilbraham, M.P., the dinner and evening party appointed for Saturday next, will not now take place. Lord Alexander Russell's marriage with Miss Holmes, daughter of Lady Worsley Holmes, and the late Sir Leonard Holmes, Bart., is on the eve of being solemniied. The nup tials will not be celebrated in town, but at Lady Worsley Holmes's seat at the Isle of Wight. The Dowager Duchess of Bedford has gone to Newport to visit Lord Alexander Rus sell, who is staying there with his regiment. The Earl and Countess of Warwick, with Lord Brooke and Lady Caroline Neeld, have returned to Warwick Castle, from Bath. The Noble Earl, notwithstanding his visit to that city for the advantage of its waters, continues in a very indif ferent state of health. The Earl -and Countess of Eglintoun, during the present week, wlll receive a distinguished circle at Eglintoun Castle, Ayrshire during the races. The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford have arrived on a visit to the Noble Earl and Countess. The Marquis of Salisbury has left town for Hatfield House, Herts, in order to be at the assembling of the South Herts Yeomanry, of which corps the Noble Marquis is Colonel Com mandant. The Marchioness of Clanricarde contemplated giving two grand balls to the beau monde, to introduce her daughter, Lady Elizabeth de Burgh, into fashionable society ; but, in con sequence of the death of the Duchess of Portland, aunt of the Marchioness, these parties have been put off for a time. MISCET.Z.B.NEOIII3. The third concert of the Societa Armonica took place on Monday at the Hanover-square Rooms, and there was an ample attendance of visitors. Miss Rainforth, Signor Salvi, and a Signor Pergetti were the vocalists. In a duet of Donizettes there was some misunderstanding between the singers and the accompanyist, and a break down nearly ensued. The 'Hifi-city however was got over, and they came smoothly to An end. Signor Pergetti i 3 a male soprano—a class of singers, after the experiences in Velluti, not likely to be tolerated again in this country. The lady of Sir IN oil Douglas, Commandant of the Forces in Scotland, presented new colours to the 26th Cameronians, on Friday last, on Bruntsfield Links, Edinburgh, after having been consecrated in the usual manner, by the Rev. Professor Lee. The soldiers were entertained at dinner in the Palace-square, at the castle, and a ball and supper were given in honour of the event, by the officers, to about 500 of the elite of the city and neighbourhood. A conditional Order fora mandamus directing Mr. Board, of Trinity College, Dublin, to admit a gentleman, named Heron, of the Roman Catholic persuasion, as a scholar, was obtained a few clays ago in the Queen's Bench, Dublin, and excites a good deal of anxiety as to its result, especially as it is said Mr. Longfield, one of the fellows of College, and a gentleman of some celebrity at the bar, has given his pro fessional opinion that Papists are eligible to scholarships. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NIIIWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FOUR O'CLOCK. The attenuated condition of a list that on its first ap pearance in " outline "looked very much like " business," is partly ascribed to the unpopularity of the handicap for the Suffolk Stakes, and partly to the excessive hard ness of the ground, which naturally disinclines trainers to risk horses that already arc, or will be, engaged at Gorhanibury, Epsom, or Ascot. A suspicion that the mighty promise on paper would come to nothing, coupled with the announcement that Oakley's matches with Emma and St. Lawrence were off, sufficiently explains why the attendance on the Heath this afternoon was so small, and leads us to anticipate that although, a race of some kind may be knocked up for Thursday, the meet ing, as far as the public are interested, will terminate to-morrow. The sport this afternoon will speak for itself. 501., for three-yrs old, fist 21b ; four, Bst ; five, Bst 71b ; six, and aged, Bst 121 b. T.M.M. Winner to he sold for 200 sovs. Duke of Grafton's Asop, 4 yrs (Nat) 1 _ Lord W. Powlett's Falconer, 3 yrs Lord Exeter's Maria Diaz, 4 yrs Mr. Batson's Tipoe, 3 yrs .2Esop made all the running, defeated Falconer's chal lenge half way in the cords, and won cleverly by a length; Maria Diaz a bud third. The winner was claimed. Even on 2Esop, and 7to 4 agst Maria Diaz. 501., for three-yrs old, colts Bet 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. R.M. Duke of Rutland's Welbeck (Robinson) I Lord Exeter's Pergularia 2 Lord Chesterfield's Tiddly Winks 3 The following also ran :—Mr. Thorhill's Elemi, Lord Albemarle's Winfarthing, Mr. John Day's Vates, Mr. Francis's Seven's the Main. Betting 6to 5 agst Vates, 7to 4 agst Welbeck, and 4to 1 agst Elemi. Welbeck made all the running, and won in a canter by three lengths; a fine race for second, Yates fourth, and . Elemi fifth, close together; the others nowhere. Robinson's stirrup-leather broke immediately after passing the post, and he was nearly off; the horse ran nearly half a mile before he was puled up. Match, A.F., 500 sovs., 100 ft.--Mr. Thornhill's Ex tempore, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Chifney), beat Mr. Jaques's Semiseria, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Robinson). Even on Extem pore. Won by a length. Match, 200 soya., h ft.—Lord Chesterfield's The Miser Scarve, received forfeit from Lord Exeter's Plush. Match, A.F., 200 soya., h ft, both 3 yrs old.--Duke of Bedford's Espoir, Sst, received 50 sovs. compromise from Mr. Osbaldes:on's Sister to Martingale, Sat 71b. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Loiwox, MAY 7.—Light northerly breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MAY 6.—Wind N.E. to N.N.E. light.—Sid. Ran dolph. Cape of Good Hope ; Jos. Anderson, Jamaica ; Arc turs, Llanelly, Cape of Good Hope. Poirrsmouni, MAY 6.—Wind N.N.E. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Cleopatra, London for China. PLYMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Win. Brom hand, Taylor, Sierra Leone. FALMOUTIi, MAY 6.—Wind N., moderate.—Off Glenairn, Guy, New Zealand ; Ulverston, Smith, Mauritius ; Vesta, Matanzas, for Bremen. WTWITSTABLE, MAY s.—The Hero, Harris, of this port., from London, sank in the Bay yesterday morning, but has been raised and into the harbour. - - - --- Lord Ward, who is still on the Continent, at the audit of his Lordship's Worcestershire estates, held at Kid derminster on Wednesday, returned ten per cent. to the tenantry on their respective rents. OLYMPIC THRATRIL On Monday Mr. E. L. Blan chard, the son of the once-favourite actor, had his benefit at this theatre, as author of many successful pieces which have been performed at the Olympic, and at other theatres. The bill of fare was most abundant, and consisted for the most part of performances written by Mr. Blanchard, interspersed with dances of various kinds. The Road of Life took the lead, on completing its hundredth night ; next Caine a new interlude, written for the occasion, called the Invisible Client ; then Polichinello in Italy, in which the part of Punch was admirably pantomimed by Mous. Stilt ; and lastly, the burlesque of Cinderella. The house was filled with an audi ence that seemed pleased with their entertainment. FRENCH PLAYS.—These performances were on Mon day fully and fashionably attended. Among the audience we observed the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duchess FOOT RACE roll. TWENTY PouNns.—Monday the of Norfolk, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the French foot rac e of 140 y ar ds between F. Smith and Tass Parker (the Ambassador and Countess St. Aulaire. the Earl of Malmes- pugilist), came off near the Old Hat Inn , at Ealing. The bury, the Turkish Ambassador and suite, Lady Meux, Lad y match created much interest, and drew tog ether a large con - G. Sloane Stanley, the Baron and Baroness de Rothschild, the course of s p ec t a t ors . At the start, Parker took the lead for Baroness de Calabrella, Sir Augustus and Lady Forster, Sir thirty yards, when Smith challenged him, and a spirited con- Henry Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Platt, the Belgian test ensued; and after some strenuous efforts by both men, Minister and Madame Vander Weyer, LordPitzroY Somerset, Smith came in th e winner. The race was a well- contested Lord Fitzharris, Sir John Abel Smith, Lord and Lady one. In the betting Smith was the favourite, and a good Vivian, Sir Richard and Lady Bulkeley Philipps. I deal of money was speculated. OFF SALCOMBE, Me.137- 2 11enry Tanner, China. MUMBLES, MAY 2.—Sid. Ellen Simpson and Jane Boyd, St. Jago de Cuba. The Johanna Sophia, from Stettin to London, foundered below Casarow and Oil, during a gale. LIVERPOOL, MAY 6.—Wind E., light. —Sid. Mice Kilham, Colchester ; Pera and Peruvian, Ichoboe ; David Banks, Bahia ; Triton, New York ; Blonde, Quebec ; Abigail, Amherst ; Cheetah, Newfoundland. Off, Independence, Nye, New York. CORK, MAY 4.—Sld. Clio, St. John's, New Brunswick ; her Majesty's ship Vernon, P or tsmouth. OFF CROOKHAVEII.—Azannuta, Roger, Bombay; Ann Rankin, M'Arthur, New Orleans. TORQUAY, MAY 4.—Sid. Leander, Miramichi. LLANELLY, MAY 3.—C4elydra, Valparaiso. GRAXGEMOUTII, MAY 4:—Sld. Ocean, Cape of Good Hope. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The Stock Market closed this afternoon with a firm appearance, Consols being 99A- to ; Exchequer Bills were 755. to 775. premium ; Bank Stock realised 196 to 197. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. receded a little, being 1024 to A-. Spanish Bonds rose upon the intelligence of a new Ministry being formed. The Five per Cents. were 23 and the Three per Cents. 34+ to A-. Portuguese Con verted improved to 45 and 46, owing to the surrender of Almeida. Cuba Bonds were at 92 to 93 ; Russian ob tained 111. The Railways were rather quieter, and the alterations since the morning are not material. The Exchange on Hamburgh and Paris was steady. On Antwerp and Trieste it was rather lower, and ou Amsterdam a shade higher. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Tuesday last : Silver coin to Rotterdam . 5,000 oz. „ Bars ditto Gold coin to Bombay (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 were on speculation. Prices were firm for all descriptions.—There was a good business doing in shares, and prices in some instances rather advanced : Bir mingham and Gloucester were 96 ; Caledonian, 4 ; Dublin and Cashel, 4.i ; Great Western, Half, 744 ; Birmingham, 232 ; North British, 21 1 - ; Pads and Lyons, 31. Is. 6d.; Do. and Orleans, 371 ; Do. and Rouen, 37A ; South Eastern, 38} ; Do. Scrip, 11a. The all important topic of conversation in the City this morning is the ex; ns made last night in the House of Coin mons of the intenf :ona of Government on the subjects of banking and currency. In general the plan as proposed by the Premier meets with approval, but the subject requires, it is admitted, a more careful attention than has yet been given to it, owing to the shortness of the time that ha's elapsed since those most deeply interested have been made acquainted with the details. For this reason it is pro bable that the meeting of the Bank Proprietors, convened for this day, will be of short duration. The papers will probably be ordered to be printed, and then an adjournment be carried, to allow the Proprietors time to consider the terms upon which the charter is to be renewed. The Joint-Stock Banks are well satisfied with the concessions that have been made to them. The following remarks from the report of the Manchester Stock Market, by Messrs. Railton, are worth the attention of intending subscribers to new lines : " The prevailing spirit for speculation in new railway pro jects, and the imposing manner in which some of them are set forth, renders it very difficult for private individuals to steer rightly with their interests in such matters ; and the embarrassment is increased when persons, professing to be share brokers, place their claims on every list of applicants for the allocation of shares, thereby hurrying on premiums by which unpractised adventurers are attracted to their detriment. Thus circumstanced allocating committees should weed out their lists with due discrimination, to keep jobbers as much in their right position as possible. The great and increasing amount of national wealth, arising from individual industry and care, now attracted by railway establishments, and on a rapidly growing scale, renders it desirable that per sons unacquainted with the relative value of railway stock should not allow themselves to take a first step or move, by thus investing property, without the aid of some intelligent and disinterested private opinion to govern them." The Stock market, as was anticipated, has become more animated now Sir Robert Peel's plans are fully develop e and prices have had an upward tendency, though this has induced a few sales, and a partial re-action is the result, Consols for immediate transfer have been 99* to # ; and for time the same. The Commissioners have given 991 for their stock. Ex chequer Bills have realised 755. to 775., and India Bonds 925. premium. Bank Stock is at the advance, to 196 and 197, and India Stock to 287 and 288. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 1021 to #, and the Three per Cents. at 988 to t. Very little has been done in the Foreign Securities. Spanish are steadier, at 23i- 1 for the Actives, and 33-1 for the Deferred. The new Ministry seems to be approved of. Mexican have been 351 to and Colombian 144. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 1001 to $, The report circulated yesterday, that the West India steamer had been telegraphed, is incorrect. A moderate business is doing in Shares, and generally at steady prices. South Eastern Scrip, Great Western, and one or two others are rather buoyant. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 6. —Although there has not been much business done to-day, prices are firm :—Sheffield and Manchester, 801 ;Trent Valley, 111 12. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock I 3 per Cent. Red 1.8% Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Bei 101% 'Ditto New Annuities... New 3% per Cent. 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 150... 77 pm. New S per Cent. Ditto 5001 Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 77 pm. Jan. 1860 l, 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct.... 195 Oct. 1839 • Consols for Acct 99% Jan. 1860 'lndia Stock for Acct.... 287% FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — Portuguese, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent — !Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds — Trussiaii, 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Ceot... Russian, 5 per Cent 117% hllian, ii per Cent — Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent Cato, 1824 Ditto, :4 per Cent 34% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferrel ........... Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18;5, 5 per Cent — Exchange Mexican, 5 per Cent • Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1817 Dutch, 2% per Cent...... Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent 29 Ditto,s per Cent SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) , Caledonian (5 paid) Chester and Holyhead ( Spa Eastern Counties (23 paid) , Ditto Registered (816 s 8d London ai,d Blackwall (161. Londea and South Western South Eastern and Dover p] Ditto New Shares ( 4 paid Yarmouth and Norwich (18 Paris and Orleans (20 paid) COURSE OF EXCHA/ Amsterdam CF. 12 Ditto, at sight l2 31 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3Us 36i Berlin 7 Vienna, effect. fl. 3 M 954 ' Trieste, ditto Madrid 361 Cadiz Rabat) 3G Barcelona 36 Seville 76% ... id) 13 ,aid) 13s 4d,) 7 OIL 6s. tOd. paid) 8 112 s 4d paid) ) paid) :AN GE.—(YESTERDAY* Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 90 Milan Venice ....... Naples 39 Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon 534 Oporto s3i Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres — NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9i Silver in Bars 0 4 11 j LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE ISLAND OF BERMUDA. The cast-iron lighthouse for the Jamaica Lighthouse Commissioners, which was constructed at Messrs. Bramah and Robinson's manufactory three years ago, and erected on the east end of Jamaica a few months afterwards, on the specification and under the imme diate superintendence of Alexander Gordon, C.E., has given so much satisfaction, that the Lords of h er Ma jesty's Treasury were induced to contract with Mr. Gordon for the construction of a similar lighthouse, but on a still larger scale, for the top of Gibb's Hill, on the main island of Bermuda, where numerous engineering difficulties have hitherto prevented the erection of a lighthouse in masonry. The work has been several weeks in progress, and may now be seen rising above the houses near the Waterloo-bridge-road. The construc tors of the iron work are Messrs. Cottam for the tower, and of the lantern, Messrs. Wilkins and Son, of Long Acre. The tower is conical, and the diatneter at the base 24 feet, tapering to 15 feet at the narrowest part, near the ',:top, when it is sponsoned out for the gallery, on which the lantern is to be placed. The total height, from the base to the top of the lightning rod, will be 138 feet, and when erected on Gibb's Hill, Bermuda. will be 368 feet above the level of the sea. The lantern is to be fitted with a lenticulated apparatus of the first order, on Fresnas plan, and the light (a fixed one, with bright flashes) will be visiVe all around the dan gerous reef of rocks to the northward and westward of this valuable military and naval station in the Atlantic Ocean. The outside carcase of the tower is composed of 139 past-iron plates. There are seven rooms, lighted by port-holes and ports, fitted with pl tte glass. The rooms are line] with wrought iron, paneled in oak frames, and the ascent from the bottom to the top is by Ind-ans of a spiral staircase of iron with oak treads. The floors aro all of cast-iron, end there is in the centre a hollow column, sixteen inches in diameter. for waste water pipes, and for the asc,nt and descent of whatever may be required in the light-room and lantern, or for any of the seven rooms, thus obviating the necessity of carrying anything up or down the staircase. The whole is constructed with a special view to the resistance of those terrific hurricanes and thunder storms so common in Bermuda, and some of the West India islands. Being a perfect conductor of electricity, no lightning can affect it; being also incombustible, it cannot be destroyed by fire. Alt , gether, in short, it gives the fairest promise of being another lasting monu ment of the engineering talent of the mother country. Mr. Cordon's lighthouse at Jamaica we described at the tim of its temporary erection in this country, three years ago. It has several times been struck by lightning, but without sustaining the least injury. —Mechanics' Magazine; _ SAVINGS' BANKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the garden at Claremont on Monday afternoon, after the return of the Prince from town. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were also taken on the lawn in front of the mansion. Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert walked in Claremont Park. The Royal Family were taken their accustomed daily airings in the gardens of Claremont yesterday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert will, it is expected, leave Claremont early this afternoon, and return to Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes terday in an open baronche and four, attended by the Hon. Charlotte Hudson and the Hon. Caroline Boyle, Maids of Honour in Waiting. Her Majesty drove through Regent Park and Hyde Park, and also paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. Her Majesty afterwards returned to Marlborough House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town from his residence at Kew. His Royal High ness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester in the afternoon. A deputation from the general meetinz of Artists, on. the subject of the suppression of Art-Unions, consisting of Mr. Wyse,M.P., Mr. R. W. Buss, Mr. George Raphael Ward, Mr. J. B. Tyne, Mr. Christopher Moore, Mr. Augustine Aglio, Mr. W. Findvn, Mr. Alfred Clint, Mr. Richard Bothwell, +lr. Edward Goodall, Mr. James Stephanoffi Mr. Frederick Y. Hurlstone, Mr. Henry Warren, and Mr. James Fahey, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Ecclesiastical Commission for England had 6 meeting yesterday afternoon at the office in Whitehall place. The Commissioners present were the Arch bishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Durham, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of Carlisle, the Bish.p o f St. Davids, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Ripon, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Bishop of iVor• cester, the Earl of Besborough, the Dirt of Chichester , the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Dean of Wo,t minster. His Highness the Prince of Oettingen Wallerstein, and his Excellency M. Van de `Meyer, transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Earl of Ripon arrived in town yesterday from his residence on Putney lleath. The Governor of the Bank of England, and the De'. puty-Governor, had an interview with the Chancellor et . the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. - .Lord and Lady Stanley's grand dinner party and assemblage on Saturday- evening next are unavoidably postponed, in consequence of the death of the Hon. K- Bootle Wilbraham. Lord Worsley and Sir Francis Doyle, had interviewe with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. MR. WILSON'S « JACOBITE RELICS" On Monday night Mr. Wilson produced, at the Store street Room, a new entertainment under the above title. His object appears to have been to describe the birth and growth of what may be called the Jacobite muse of Scotland—to trace the origin of that body of poetry and music, inspired by enthusiasm for the Stuart dynast', which ,contributed to keep alive a Jacobite feeling in Scotland long after it became, politically and rationally , a mere absurdity. In his lecture Mr. Wilson went back to the very commencement of Jacobitism—to the period when Graham of Claverhouse—Viscount Dundee—fell on the last of his fields in the cause of the last of the Stuarts. He gave a narrative of the insurrection of 1714, into which he introduced a number of lyrical ellu sions produced by the enthusiasm of that period ; end - he brought the subject down to the great rebellion of 1745 ; thus connecting his present entertainment with the very popular one which is founded on the occur rences of that period. Mr. Wilson's entertainment was characterised by the, same qualities as his former ones—great good sense On judgment in the choice of his topics—a simple and uti affect, d, yet very animated delivery—a variety of into* resting and amusing aitecdotes,—and, above all, a fluor ber of beautiful Scottish Jacobite ballads, sung as Wilson alone can . sing them. The Killiecrankie songs, with which he commenced, are full of racy Scottish humour; but we should have thought it impossible to make theta at all intelligible to an English audience, had it not been for the great hilarity they produced, and the applause with which they were received. There were several' however, of a plaintiff and melancholy cast, with which every listener must be delighted and moved. Amenf.', these we were enchanted with the beauty and pathos " Derwentwater's Farewell," and " The sun rises bright in France." In this last some of the sweetest poet"' imaginable is united to a most expressive melody. The first four lines strike us as exquisite : " The sun rises bright in France, And fair seta he; But he has tint the blink he had., I i my ain countrie." Mr. Wilson also introduced the well known song of " Leivie Gordon," but gave it all the charm of novelty by the manner in which he sang it. Taken altogeth. , r, this is a most interesting entertain ment; and it will, we have no dowl, have the success which has attewed Mr. Wilson's pre.vious eff.rts. CAPTURE OF THE REDOUBT _ FREDERICK THE GREAT, MS COURT, AND T IME'. the —The most glorious of the sovereigns, and peril-15V 0, most extraordinary man of the eighteenth century,is beyond dispute, Frederick the Great, of Prussia. 16 a singular tact that it has been reserved for a writer of t; own country to furnish a wore complete and satisfactot.ro account of this monarch and his times, than has h ither appeared in any language. This work, to which Cat ,Pe; bell the poet has performed the office of editor, P''ss ure es • indeed, the most diversified attractions. The portrait of the main subject, the King himself, is placed . in ra . . ° ;f prominent rel.ef before the reader, in his quali ti el ri . hero, statesman, legislator, and father of his con b i g His character and his opinions are freely cativasee";tten excel encies duly marked, and his foibles not forg".„t„, The numerous anecdotes of. his kindliness, his affabit'Sy his humanity, nay, his very eccentricities, furnish a % or , explanation of the universal enthusiasm for hi s F e gus t which, perhaps no monarch ever excited in e ll e ras ed degree. Such of our readers as have not yet P C t hat this highly interesting work, will be pleased to legit; its a n-w and much cheaper edition of it has just tn_e: b i c h appearance, complete in two small volumes, tu Mr Campbell has prefixed a copious introductiOn- loos. HUNGERFORD AND LAMBETH SUSPENSIO N Bliwor'ol —The piers and buttresses and other necessary deice for the erection of this bridge, under the superinte° pil ot' Mr. R. Brunel, engineer of the Great Westere lion of way, are just completed, and this important itte .Si so ots Lambeth with the west end of the metropolis And be carried into effect, as the placing of the chain' part the bridge itself will be commenced in the expected of next week, and it is confidently leo than bridge will be opened to the public in and 6t16.' three months from that time. The iron Iv o ct pending chains, weighing upwards of 800_ ins, cop earttPthe cast by Messrs. Sandys, Came, and Vivian, n_ b_ a s uite perhouse Foundry, Hale, Cornwall, are nevi„'_,,,idere• of forwardness at Messrs. Smiths' wharf, pc' _ a li o r toota th e construction, it has been found necessar nro per road, Lambeth, where, in consequence of their P e . c • - e suspending chains before position. The centre span of the bridge n3a k... feet, with seccndary Ones of 331 feet on eacl I _7 oooo l ing a total of 1,340 feet from shore to shore. Tne placing them in theirw i ;", 678 centre being will be 14 feet wide, the lower part of the 'The supcorting 35 feet above the level of high water.r o adway , 1 of the , piers which are 60 feet above the level will be en- DISCOVERY AT HAMPTON-COURT PALACE.—Since the finding of the remains of an infant in the sewer at riched with castings in iron of a very Ins, 51 ,7„ roftc hes Hampton -court Palace, further and most active investiga- T tions have been instituted, and other portions of a child have in besides the ornamental additions. n and 80 , feet above the level of high waten descrip. the Middlesex side will be from 1-lungern been discovered—a hand, a part of a face, &c. The horrible h • Surrey side near to Messrs. ttocn:e. :from and those on t e affair has, naturally enough, caused no ordinary excitement ;this 11 - and no doubt the strictest scrutiny will continue, in order to trace the criminal—for that crime has been committed they siding in various parts of Lambeth, by using_ can be no doubt. will be eared. the Lion 13n/weri . Itis eaktilated that to /n r 'b age, a distance of nearly half a mile • SlR,—The Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes not to alter the gross amount standing in the name of any indi vidual depositor, when the new law which is intended to be passed, comes into operation. Here he is at fault. The 9th George IV., c. 92, (passed 28th July, 1828), did not (though it ought to have done) disturb the then existing amount invested. Now, some of those amounts are great, and, if interest is still to be. paid upon them to their full amount, it will be a continuance of serious loss to the country ; and, that the public generally should suffer for private gain, is the very reverse of what it ought to be. No depositor ought to have more invested than 1001., and interest allowed up io that amount. Persons who are enabled to invest more, are not those for whom banks for savings were established. There is another circumstance requiring rectification, i. e., the salaries of 'paid officers, which ought to be settled by a definite rule. I know banks in the country where the salaries are widely different in proportion to the quantum of labour performed (and have no doubt it is the case generally), some being over-paid, and others otherwise. It is most desirable to have competent individuals as paid officers, and their being adequately compensated for the duties (which require uni form attention and care) they perform. For this purpose I think a fair table might be settled applicable to every bank. May 8, 1844. A TRUSTEE. DES AUGUSTINS. The following extract respecting the capture of one of the re loulits at Toulouse, by the 79th Highlanders, is from the Note-book of Captain John Ford, which ar pears 'n the last Number of the United Service Journal :--- " When the enemy attempted to recover possession of the redoubts, I was in the triangle,' a kind of fieche or out" work of the one we had taken, but separated from the main part of it by a deep farm road,—and a French regiolee. - marching up by that road, cut off my retreat, and that o' seven men who were with me, and we immediately sa t down close to the parapet. One of these men who first saw th e enemy advancing on our left, had the presence of mind to ell, out, " Sit down," and if the wo r d s h a d come f r om a gene r r t officer, they could not ha v e b een more p rom ptly obeyed. Z: this moment we heard a c h eer i ng , an d that portion of enemy then close to us appe ar ed panic-struck, went to the right about, and immediately retreated. One French officer looked at us, and shrugged up his shoulders, (supposing 1 , 1 1 were wounded, and thereby intimating that he was sortY -I° ‘ us), and a French soldier attempted topull the epaulettes ° J . • Captain John Cameron's coat, as he lay dead a few Y a rds from us, but did not succeed ; Captain Cameron comma nd company I belong to. It was altogether a momellta`j business; the cheering came from the 91st, then advancing. to meet the enemy, for Lieutenant Roberton, at the head oi a party of his regiment, immediatel entered the work , lo surprised at seeing us there, said, " ord, are you wound ed Having been thus released, we joined our regiment where it had re-formed, having had a narrow escape of being bayonetted or dragged along as prisoners with the retiril French army. After the regiment had left France, I h e many incorrect reports respecting the attack of the two ee".: tral redoubts by the enemy, the time they held posses sl° ,l of them, &c., &c., and having been by mere accident p lae h e : in a position which enabled me to speak positively on t to subject of one of them, I became naturally anxious at l ast have some confirmation of my statement ; and having as c tamed that Lieut. Roberton whom I had not heard of fo r period of seventeen years, lived in Edinburgh, I wrote to him, and received a very satisfactory reply, of which ta following is an extract : " Edinburgh, 28, Greenside-street, June 21, 183 1 : he " The circumstances which you mention relative to ',in battle of Toulouse, are quite fresh in my memory; and it ! l t afford me great pleasure if anything I can say on the subjh prove satisfactory, or avail you in any shape, of wh ie hope you will do me the favour to acquaint me. " My entering the outwork with some of the 91st Inet and my surprise at finding you there, happened just as Y ° • describe. " It was the body of Captain John Cameron which laY,, the fleche, as marked by you with red ink in the Pc - e ; sketch you sent me. Lieutenant D u ncan Cameron, bro t h of Kenneth Cameron, the then adjutant, lay in the oplot ile ,- angle; the latter when I aroached was qu ite dead, iti a the other writhed in apparent agony. The body of CaP"'" Purvis lay in front of the fleche." ...' .-- , ..t., .s ti l a t ri l at a 11 te , all P 1 h t t t , r t.t.4