The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-11 00:00:00

-pßElilurls ON AAIERICAN STOCK. PEY2.; , 2,--YLVAIIA BONE'S of PA.E. 7: - Elv YORK T tE *cr I fA,.',..ACHC, I .SE II .2 BOYD 3 JTES' TER CENT. ABOVE FAR. °d3), -KENTUCKY, and any NOV. 12IIER:.•i - at PAIL. UNIT.ED $T TES' BONDS at TEN PER CENT. _ABOVE Any of the above vr_ll tc tate: at the -a' j. 2" a Xrf.?:ct- F-tc- In 3 vols., cussMrt, IYISRAELFS `°CONINGSBY ; OR, THE NEW GENERATION," Fi NOW READY AT ALI. THE LIBRARIES. Henry Colburu, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION, NOW READY, Comprised in 2 vols. small Sao, price 21s. bound, F REDERICK THE GREAT. HIS COURT AND TIMEg. Rdited, with an Historical Introduction, By THOMAS CAMPBELL. " This work has the high honour of being introduced to the world ty the Author of ' Lochiel' and Hohenlinden.' "—Edinburgh Review. " This Life of Frederick the Great will become a standard work in the libraries of England."—Scotsman. " No book ever passed more rapidly into a standard work."—Bri tannia. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MAY 11, Will be performed Herold's Chef d'oeuvre, ZA MPA. Camilla, Madame Persiani; Rita, Madame Bellini ; Zampa. Sig nor F ; Alfonso, Signor ; Daniel Capuzzi, Signor 1. Lablache ; and Dandola, Signor Lablache. To comets lc with the Grand Ballot, in Six Tableaux, by M. Perrot, ent it led ONDINE, ou, LA NAIADE. The Scener; 117 Mr. W. Grieve. The music composed by Signor Pugni. Principal et aractcrs by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Scheirer, Mille. Fer dinand, Mdlle. Minket, Mdlle. Barville, and Mdlle. Adelaide Frassi ; M. Psnot, M. Montassu, and M. St. Leon. Applications fru' Vote!, Stalls, and Ticket' to he made at the Box Oilier., Opera CckAinatle. Doors open at seven. The Opera wilt commence at Hairp.°4 Seven. EIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nubility, Subsctibers to the Opera, and the Public, are re— spectfully informed. that there will be an extra Night (not included in the Subscription) on THURSDAY NEXT, May 16, when will be performed Mozart's eh( f dceuvre IL DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Favanti ; Zerlma. Madame l'ersiani ; Don Giovanni, Fornasari ; Le poi ello, Latilaelic ; . Masetto, Sig. F Lablache ; II Comman datore, Sig. Felice ;. and Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario. • To coneMde with ALMA. Alma, Madame Cerito. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera-colonnade.. THEA'IRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. • THIS EVENING. MAY 11, Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count A.berto Mr. W. llarrison ; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr. eoirani; .Nalittia, Ars. Alfred Shaw; Gerald°, Mdlle. Albertasri; Francesca, Miss Bonier. To eonclude with thr reriv.d Grand Fatty Ballet, entitled THE REVOLT OF THE HAREM. Malmmet, Mr. Howell; Ismael. M. Silvain; Myssonf, .Mr. W. 11. Payne, Zutma, Mdlle. Lucile sirahn ; Zehka, Millie, Clara Webster ; The Genius of the Harem, Madame (;iubilei. Dre,s Boxes 76., Second Price Ss. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes'.. Se and Price If. ; Pit as :•econd Price Vs.; Middle Gallery 2 5., &mend Price IL.; Upper dal:ery fs„ Second Price ed. II EAT R RUY AL, tIAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MAY Will be performed Shakspeare's Coinedy of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Pettucio, Mr. Wel:ster ; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone; l'ilritoplier Sly, Mr. Strickland; Katharina, Mrs. Nisbett; Bianca, rtennett. • o be followed by a New, O, iginal, Occasional, and Local Extra- - vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Evening with Putt. Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mat;sews. Mr. J. IsLid, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and )liss Lee. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN A SACK. Orchestra Stalls, sa. ;' Boxes, fls. ; Pit, ; Gallery. ls.; Upper C.,iiery, Is. flait.rrice—Boxes, ; Pit 23.; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Callery, bd. opcne.l at Ilall-paat Six, and the Performances comrnevze at Seven Tiel , ets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box— othce, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 11, Will Le repoated' a New Comic Opera, entitled CROWN DIAMONDS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss; Don Hen da : . -.3.:m10va% Mr. Allen; Rebolle.;o, Mr. Paul Bedford ; La Catering, Madame Anna 'Chinon; Diann, Mi is tlrant. Fo which will be added, the Farce of the SPFPALFIELDS \l'E AVER After which, BOMB ASTES FURIOSO. LYCEUM, LAI ENbILISH OrEttA. HOUSE. enter tht Management of Mrs. KEELEY. " Open sesame; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to be nightly rece"yed with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and THEArlitel ROY fashionable audinees THIS EVENING, MAY 11, Will be repealed an Original Comic Drama, entit'ed THE THREE WIVES OF DRID. Princival Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, F .oar.hews, Emery, Wigan. Craven, Turner, Yarnold, Miss Wont gar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner, Mrs. Wigan, and Nu Keeley Atter which, pi olticed a new Comic Drama, called THE LOVE BIRDS'. Poot,ipal Characters by Messrs: F. Mathews, Toting; Mrs. Wo.s.l.ge, bars. Mite:, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Chaplin, Miss Grove, and Miss I' oi t )szue. To be followed by . lii Apropos Bagatelle , called POLK AMANIA Characters 11 Mr. F. lilat,hews, Mr. Wigan, Mr.. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. lief:ley. To conclude with a ant Burk que Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a sight with the Forty Thieves. Cha racters by Miss Wts,lg - r, Miss K Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Mi,,s Grove, tire. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, " Mcsirs; F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. _ PRICES OF A OMlS'lON.—Baletiny coxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25,.• Callcry, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 25.; Upper Boxes, Is fid ' . • I'it, E. Private Boxes on the B alcon y Tier (holding eight persoit."lstr. Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (ho sting eight- persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit tier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROY A I AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprictor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Brand Attraction. 11113' EVENING. MAY it, Will be repeated the tii•tin‘cal Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY W ILIA A M IFIE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle of Hastings. With all tile edects of the Norman Conquest, Death I Harold, &e. . Entire Change E et Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To ernclude with 11,si Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; o s, the II 110..3s o' the Ruby Cliffs. The ctors will open ntglit.y at six o'clock, and the performances commence at s h a y: B opened daily deco ten till four. The private boxes hal': been le an.structed and rated with care and splendour. s. Acting and stag-San ranger, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot, AV WOE'S RO i'.4L SURREY TUBA"' RE Wonderful Attraction—The celebrated General Tom Thumb, Twelve years of Age, weighing but Fifteen Pouts s, and only Twenty-five inches in Height, Who has twice performed before her Majesty the Oneen, and the entire Court, is engaged, at an enormous oxpence, to appear 'Phis Evening; his immediate deparlu.e for Paris will prevent his being seen on any S age again. THIS EVINING MAY 10, Will be repeated a New Tragedy, entitled OCTAVIA BR A- C ALDI; or, The Confession. Supported by the Entire Company, a ui Miss Charlotte Barnes, from New York. After which, a New-Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLK A. To conclude with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strati. , effects of the celebrated - work, entitled 'IV HITEFRI ARS, in which the entire Company will perform. Paces And Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box sdice, Emu Eleven to Four. _ _ _ • THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. The GREAT WIZ ARD of the NORTH is getting more end snore mysterieus. tie nightly introduces new wonders. His Mystic Temptc is thronged with most brilliant audiences, sts who proclaim hip to be the only legitimate Professor of Modern • Magic, he very "ne plus ultra" of Cabalistic Phenomena. he performs snore u misters in one night,. than all other Professors 'could accomplish in a trout's. The " Great Wizard of the North" has no rival, no equal in Eu, ope or the world. He will be fouhd nightly "at tome," Plucking from his My,tic Caul dron NEW MA GICCOPIC AI, EX: ERIMENTS of Natural Phi ..,..saptiy, bringing trews Ally Gentleman's Hat a Feather Bed and the Wets 4.. f Flora. Between the park of the Wizard's Performances, Mr. SMITH pern'rm on his new instrument, the CRYSTALOPHION. fir PHLLIPS, the Banjoist, will nightly appear. The THREE INFANT ARABS, Seven, Nino, and Twelve years of Age, go through a new and original Performative. Ore's Circle, 3.%;.Pit. Is. fid.; Gallery, ed. Reserved Seats, and Pt irate Boxes can be secured at the . 11leatte, and of all the Agents. !'rice ar Nine o'clock. floors open atHalf-pasteven—the Wizard appears at Eight EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMP' RTANT NOTICE. osir, SHILLT,NG . Admission to TILE NAPOLEON MU SE.:T3I, the most may.nineent and exteniive Collection of Ilisto 71cal :I;itriosities anti Works of Art .ever known to have been formed by One Pemon, duribg Twenty-live years of elaborate research, at a Cost of GO,Co/Priiineas; and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive ana u.teresti'm a stlltCr, the Most important part of Euro pean . history, v 1 CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and EOLIS XIV., to theAcaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been ♦isited often, during the last and preset': year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Piince..`. Ambassadors, and their Ladles, alFo many thou - sands" of the Ni,b;lity and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to inc: ease. by several very tine pictures, Re., 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 hunflreds have said it ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, rani THIRTY . PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS nave stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admit'. alon is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON . MI:SELTM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian Ball," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. --- THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 11. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 62 ; NOM, 60. B ARO3 IETER, 30.—WIND, N.E. Ye E.--The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the eezing, point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair i 8 u 'pally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. 1,. 011 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIES DAY. Morning ... 8 minutes alter 9 I Evening...4l minutes after O. Sir J. GE1...W1 presented some petitions, chiefly from rnillowners, employing 100,000 persons, and p,tying 60,000/. a week in wages, against the Ten liour' Bill, as it would be fatal to the manufacturers of the country and to the operatives also. Mr. 3-47,:4:1 - .. gave 7.otioe that oa an early day lae vA•duld put oue*tions to the Earl of LtriooLY, respects ing the expenses of the new Houses 'Parliament. The CHAMALLOR of the EXCHEQUVR stated that he would bring forward the Sugar Duties Bill on the 24th inst. In answer to a question from Mr. SHEIL, Sir J. GRAHAM said the Irish Registration Bill was not abandoned, and he would move its second reading at an early day, but that day was not fixed. This ex cited laughter, as every one believes this obnoxious Bill is given up. • On the motion that the Factories Bill be read a third time, Lord ASHLEY moved, that from and after the Ist day of October in the present year, no young person shall be employed in any factory more than eleven hours in any one day, or more than sixty-four hours in any one week; and that from and after the Ist day of October, 1847, no young per son shall be employed in any factory more than ten hours in anyone day, or more than fifty-eight hours in any one week ; and that any person who shall be convicted of employing a young person for any longer time than is in and by this clause permitted, shall for every such offence be adjudged to pay a pe nalty of not less than 31., and not more than 101. The Noble Lord entered at some length into a state ment of facts regarding the price of labour, the pay of operatives, and other details, for the purpose of showing that the restriction proposed would not be injurious. The House, he said, was placed in a cu rious position. It was called upon to rescind a reso lution to which it had deliberately agreed; but what ever might be the vote of that night, he felt that the object for which he was contending must eventually triumph. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, after complimenting the Noble Lord on the goodness of his intentions, op posed the motion, on the ground that, if carried into effect, great evils would ensue. If, as some argued, no reduction of wages would take place from the change, then there must be loss on the capital, and either that capital would be withdrawn from the country, or parties would retire from that particular branch of trade, and a fearful decrease of wages must ensue, and with that would come general po verty, physical degradation, and increase of crime ! He was, therefore, convinced that shortening the hours of labour would be most injurious to the work ing classes, and he never could vote fur such a pro- position. Lord HowlcK supported the motion. The Legis lature had already restricted the labour of women to twelve hours, which was, practically saying, ten hours' work, and he could see no danger if the practice was carried still farther. Mr. C. BULLER, Mr. ROEBUCK, Mr. MUNTZ, and several other Hon. Members, spoke on the question, when, after some confusion, the debate was adjourned. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'Clock. On Sir JAMES GR AHAM moving the Order of the Day in the House of Commons last night, for the third reading of the Factories Bill, Lord AsnLEY brought forward his clause respecting the limitation of the hours of labour for women and children, which led to an interesting debate, in which his Lordship and the Home Secretary were the chief speakers. The former, after a brief but impressive exordium, wherein he insisted that " what was morally wrong, could not be politically right "—a noble sentiment, which we recommend to the Premier's special con sideration—went on to adduce a variety of docu mentary evidence, with a view to show that the proposed reduction in the hours of factory la bour would not be attended with the slightest injury to trade ; but on the contrary—and here the Noble Lord quoted the authority of one of the most exten sive mill-owners in Europe—" that the workers would be so improved in their physical condition, that they would do very nearly as much work in ten and a half, as in twelve hours." On the subject of the antici pate I fall in wages, on which the opponents of the mea sure lay such stress, his Lordship observed—"the opera tives, in contemplation of the great advantages which would otherwise accrue, were ready to accept this reluc• tion of wages. They say that by working fewer hours they woull enjoy greater health and vigour of body ; they would obtain increased social enjoyment, for they would have first to learn, and afterwards to practise, domestic thrift and home economy. But the greatest advantage they would obtain, and the one which they wanted to press more particularly on the country was, that they would have conferred on them two or three, or, may be, four or five years' prolongation of their working lives, which they could devote to the support of their families." These forcible rea.ons made, as might have been anticipated, not the slightest impression on Sir JAMES GRAHAM, who opposed the measure with more pertinacity than ever; and hinted, in no very ambiguous terms, that if it should be carried against him, he should feel it his duty to retire from public life, and cultivate a modest privacy among the classic shades of Netherby. This threat, which, to our thinking, is anything but an alarming one, was nevertheless not without its effect on the minds of some of the more sensitive Members, and so excited the apprehensions of Mr. LIDDELL, that he announced his intention of voting with Go vernment, though he declared that his "feelings were with Lord ASHLEY." And he made this announce ment, notwithstanding—according to his own state inent—" Ministers had not actel on this question with their usual ability, consideration, and foresight!" Who, after this naive confession, will ever again dreafn of placing confidence in a man who, for mere party purposes, votes against his own feelings, and the impulses of his better nature, in favour of a Government which has shown itself deficient in " ability, consideration, and foresight," and which, as such, is unworthy of the support of a considerate and conscientious Member ? But Mr. LIDDELL'S was not the only instance of apostacy exhibited last night. Mr. GALLY KNIGHT, too, evinced a strong desire to recant the heresy of his late vote on the factory question. When he gave that vote, he was drunk, as he told the House—metapho rically speaking, of course—but since then he had had time to grow sober, and the consequence of hi s restoration to unclouded sense was, that he was re solved to throw the poor factory operatives overboard, and stick to the Government ! Truly a most cre ditable and benevolent determination, and one that will be pretty sure to be followed by many other Members, who will, no doubt, plead the same " un toward" state of mental eclipse as an apology for their former vote, and urge, like Mr. KNIGHT, their restored sobriety as a reason for their now siding with Ministers! What a humiliating confession for public men to make—that they were wholly in the wrong when they advocated the cause of humanity, and are in the right only when they declare against it ! Mr. Roanucx, who, with his usual success, at- tempted to reply to an admirable speech of Loyd HowicE, quoted, in allusion to what he was pleased to call his Lordship's " rash and meddling legislation," PorE's well-known line, that " fools rush in where angels fear to tread." The point—the delicacy—the gentlemanlike propriety of the word " fools," applied to an indivi dual with whom the pert, pragmatical Member for Bath cannot bear an instant's comparison in point of intellect, is worthy of all praise ; and not less commendable is the spirit of modesty which induced Mr. ROEBUCK to omit that portion of the line which refers to " angels, " for as he himself is one of the non-interference gentle men, who " fear" to touch the factory question, the ll?use, had he quoted the whole line, could not have failed to apply the word " angel" to himself, notwith t standing that he has as little of the angelic character 1 about him as any man we ever remember to have seen, not excepting even Mr. Mun T z. At a l ate h our th e debate was adjourned, but we fear that there is little doubt that Ministers Is ill carry the day, and that the cause of the oppressed factory women and chil drenfo; this session at least, sustain a humili - _ ating widelfleat. The Madrid Gazette of the 4th publishes a list of the new Ministry, and it will be seen from a tele graphic dispatch received at Paris on Thursday, that the state of siege was raised on the same day. On the 3d the Three per Cents, were done at 29 _ v - tl'i • - All • . . I '4" • 'MIeV t• ,4, ' ' . ~• ( 0 . 4 ~, ikg 145 4......._ \‘ ~ ,,il k .: \ tt b).l"'t <s ," .:: , f. : ... ... . ~A -yat v i a Ci : ir 0 kos .. ;,... 4el7:cnaosv i , _.. , i lIKI' .6 SECOND EDITION: Int LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1844. In the House of Lords a. number of Bills received the Royal Assent, among which were eight railway Billi. _ The Duke of RICHMOND, after some brief remarks, moved for several r eturns rela t ive to the importation of foreign wool. • The Earl of DALHOUSIE, Vice-President of the' Board of Trade, said he had no objection to the mo tion. A brief conversation ensued, and the only re mark worth notice was made by Lord KINNAIRD, who said he had been informed lament the commence ment of the session certain gent, who concurred with the Duke of RiontoNn, had waited on Sir ROBUAT PEEL, and had tried to stipulate that neither the earn-laws nor the Irish Church should be touched, but Sir ROBERT PEEL would give no pledge s . The motion was agreed to. Lord CLORRIC moved for the appointment of a Select COmmitteis)ni Public Works in Ireland. The motion was opposed by the Duke of WF,1,1,11%6T0N, and after some remarks from other Noble Lords. was withdrawn. The House adjourned at a Quarter-hart Eight. *fn the Commons Lord F. EGERTON, in moving for a new writ for South Lancashire, in the room of the late Mr. - WILBRAHAM, paid a high compliment to the amiable and upright character of that gentleman, which was responded to by all parties in the House. THt SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1844. for cash, and 31 at 60days, and the Five per Cents. at 21. 4$ The Journal des Debats states that the Committee, appointed to examine the proposed line of railway from Paris to Belgium and the English Channel, had resolved, by a small majority, 0.31 it was their opinion the line should be completed by the State, and that it should also conduct the working and traffic, as well as the formation of the railroad. This announcement has caused some sensation in Paris, as it was feared other Committees would follow the eitample, and either compel the Government to call out the two remaining instalments of the loan, or put a stop to the construction of railroads for many years. The Government journal, therefore, expresses great alarm as to the consequences of this resolution, and says, " If it be persevered in to its full ex tent, and formally carried to the Chambers, it is of a gravity which we shall not attempt to con ceal. In the present state of affairs, it amounts, in fact, to a proposition for the adjournment of all the railroads, without exception ; and at the end of a few years France would find herself behind all the rest of Europe. It is not at all pro bable, however, that the Chamber will accede to the recommendation of the Committee. The discussion on the Education Bill was proceeding in the Chamber of Peers, when, on the introduction of a clause evidently directed against the Jesuits, the Count DE MONTALEMBERT and the Duke D'HARCOURT de fended that body, and opposed the clause. M. PASSY and M. DupiN supported it, and the debate was ad journed. --- - The state of affairs in Italy and Sicily appears to be very unsettled. The • .Augsburgh Ga2ette of the sth publishes a letter from Palermo, announcing that serious disturbances had taken place in Catania, and that the country was also • suffering from the effects of destructive fever, which had carried off many of the inhabitants. The following letter from Leghorn is also very unfavourable : " LEGHORN, MAY 4.—The news which we have just re ceived from the legations is very.serious. On the evening of the 2d, several' persons were arrested at Bologna, among whOm are M. Calleti (doctor of laws, and one of the most dis tinguished lawyers of Italy), and his first clerk, MM. Orsina, father and son, who are furnishers of military stores to the Government, a student of medicine, and two or three others. These arrests make the greatest impression, as it was expected that after the numerous condemnations by the military commission, the Government would. have relaxed in its rigour. With regard to the condemned prisoners, it is 'expected that they will be shot within the soldiers' barracks, and not publicly. At Ancona, M. Giannini and two others had been committed to prison, and at Rimini, M. Lerpiri and several others have been arrested, and are to be tried before the military commission. The Maria Christina, which has just arris:ed from Naples, says that at Rome also, severalper sons were arrested, and in Calabria a great number have been shot." The French Funds continued firm. On Thursday the Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 40c., and the Fives at 122 f. 60c. The following telegraphic dispatch was received by the. French Government on Thursday : "MADRID, MAY 4. " The state of siege was this day ordered to be raised. By two decrees of the same date M. Mazaredo was appointed Captain-General of Madrid, and General Shelley, Captain- General of Seville." THE BOURSE—TRURSDA.Y, MAY 9. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents 122 35 .. 122 35 .. 122 30 122 35 Four per Cents. Titres per Cents B4 40 .. 84 40 . • 84 25 . • 84 25 Bank of France..." ..... 3105 —2105 . 3105 ..3105 Laftitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesl 170 —ll7O ..1170 .. 1170 lislgian Bank 687 50 .. 687 50 .. 687 50 .. 687 50 Belgian Fives, 1831. 1840 ........ 1051 .. 1051 .. 1051 .. 105 1 1842 ........ 1081 .. 108 t .. 1081 1081 Spanish Active Threes ............ 35f 351 • • 35 1 35 1 Passive 6 61 .. 6 61 Old Deferred ......7 • • 7 • • 7 • • 7 Portuguese Five per Cents .• 461 .. 461 •• • 461 • • . 461 Neapolitan • 102 20 .. 102 30 .. 102 20 .. 102 30 Roman, ex div. ••• • • ....... 104 .. 104 .• 104 104 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.R.•• L. 11.• • • • • • ...... 258 75 .. 258 75 .. 255 50 .. 257 50 Rouen .............. Rouen to Havre. • • • • • • • • • • • 732 50 .. 732 50 • • 732 50 .. 732 50 Orleans .• • • •. • .. Strasburg to Itale •••• • • • • 272 50 .. 271 25 .. 270 .. 270 Avignon to Marseilles• • • • • • 767 50 .. 767 50 • • 766 25 .. 766 25 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain .• ••• • • ... •• • 82•) 825 .. 815 .. 815 Ver - ailles, L. 8.. ....... 257 50 .• 258 75 .. 257 50 .. 258 75 Rouen •• •• •• •• •• ........ •• 973 75 .. 975 .. 975 • 975 Rouen to Ilavre.• ••.• • ... • 732 50 .. 732 50 .. 732 50 .. 732 50 Orleans 978 75 .. 978 75 .. 977 50 .. 977 50 Strasburg to Bale.. • ..... 272 50 .. 272 50 .. 270 .• 272 50 Avignon to Marseilles.— .. 767 50 .. 767 50 . 767 50 .. 767 50 Her Majesty held a Court this afternoon at Buck ingham Palace, for the reception of the Spanish Am bassador. The Judicial Committee of the.. Privy Council sat this afternoon, at the Council-office, and resumed the hearing of an appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, " Meddowcroft v. Huguenin. THIS DAY'S NEWS. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY). (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) The Court was occupied during the morning in trying an actian for an alleged illegal distress, but the case, " Hollings • worth cr. Pursett," presented no feature of interest except to the parties concerned. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) Sittings at N:si Prius, before .Lord Chief Justice TINDAL. ELIOT V. ELLIS AND lIICKS. This case was resumed this morning, when a few witnesses, in addition to those who gave evidence yesterday, were called for the plaintiff. After the plaintiff's case had been closed, Mr. Sergeant SuEE addressed the jury for the defence. He called upon the jury to defend the parish officers in this case, who had done no more than their duty, and what they were bound to do, in protecting society from a person in the state of mind to which the plaintiff was reduced. He would be able to prove to them that the plaintiff was not in a sane state of mind—that he lived in the most extraordi nary manner, and was in the habit of acting in such a man ner as no person of sound mindwould act. He would show that when he was brought into the workhouse, he attacked one of the inmates named Harris, most vio lently, and that when he was dismissr by the Magistrate he was found near the canal by . two policemen, under such circumstances as led them to be lieve that lie intended to commit suicide. He denied that the plaintiff had suffered any pecuniary loss. He would prove that he had not a sixpence in the world, and that he even owed money ; that he was living in a most wretched manner, and in fact, that it was an advantage to him to be taken to the workhouse. The plaintiff was as mad as M‘Naugh ten, or any other madman, who committed acts of violence on society, and the parish officers would not do their duty towards society and towards the prisoner himself, if they did not take the steps they had taken. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to call witnesses to establish those facts. We understand there are between twenty and thirty witnesses in attendance on the part of the defence, so that it is probable the case will not terminate to-day. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY. OLD COURT. Mary Ann Brown, a rather interesting looking female, about 26 years of age, and John Francis Skinner, a fashion ably dressed young man, wearing meustachios, were indicted for forging a cheque for 1901., with intent to defraud Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith the bankers, on the 9th of January last. The name forged was, as may be remembered - from our recent police reports, that of Lady Margaret Nettlethorpe. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Doane conducted the prosecution, while Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoner Brown, and Mr. M. Chambers appeared for Skinner. Mr. BODKIN having stated the particulars of the case to the jury, Mr. Evyson, clerk to Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, deposed to the fact of a cheque having been cashed on the day named in the indictment, alleged to be drawn by. Lady Net tlethqrpe., Lady Margaret Nettlethorpe stated that _she was the widow of Sir Henry Nettlethorpe, and resided at River Hill, in Kent. She met the prisoner Brown in London, who made application to her for an engagement as a companion, but this was only accepted for a short time, during which Miss Brown had had frequent opportunities of seeing her (Lady Nettlethorpe) write. Witness never gave her authority to sign any cheque in her name. Was aware that Miss Brown belonged to a most respectable family, but had latterly been in rather distressed circumstances, when she lent her some money. Cross-examined—The opportunities which the prisoner Brown bad of seeing her write, was when she was writing letters._ Used printed cheques, and seldom wrote more than two or three during the year. Miss Brown was aware that she banked with Smith, Payne, and Smith. 1 The, next witness was Mrs. Mason, who deposed that the 1 prisoner resided some time at her house at Kingston, and in payment of her rent, &c.. gave her a 51. note. The note was identified as one of those which had been paid away upon Lady Nettlethorpe's cheque. Several other witnesses having been examined, who gave collateral evidence, all of which has been already published in our police report,' Inspector Pearce, of the Detective Force, deposed to taking the prisoners into custody at Kingston, when they both declared their innocence of the offence of forgery. The two prisoners were living together as man and wife, and when the witness went to their lodging, Skinner acknowledged that the female was not his wife, but begged of him not to let the people of the house know anything about the transaction, as they had lived there most respectably, and without the slightest imputation or suspicion. Mr. WILKINS addressed the jury on behalf of his client in an able and lengthened speech, and in illustration of the diffi culty with which the identity of a signature was beset, men tioned the case of a Learned Judge in that Court (Mr. Justice Mattison) who mistook his own handwriting. Mr. M. CHAMBERS addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner Skinner, and commented strongly upon the impro bability of a person who bore her Majesty's commission and held the high station in society which he did, being guilty of the crime with which he was charged. The Learned Counsel also commented upon the honourable feeling which he exhibited in not availing himself of the offer of Mr. Bush to become a witness against the female prisoner. Several witnesses, most of them officers of the army and navy, were called, who gave the prisoner Skinner the highest -1, Mr. Baro: aracter for honour and respectabilily. One 6 , ,. ...i r , u mE parA of ALDEuscee baying summed up, The jury, afteiii. short consultation in the box , stated to t a h ft e e jr whichua g e th theyattheretired y Cl l.l dri an o n r 0,... t be likely to agree for some time, the Court to the jury-room to considecifieir N . t. ry, --- - Ir tur The ju, after about an hour's d e lib era tiorie; ned into Court with a verdict of Guilty against Mary Ann Brown, and of Acquittal in favour of Skinner. The female prisoner, who wept bitterly upon bearing the verdict, was removed from the dock for a few moments, but was again brought up for judgment. Mr. Baron ALDEasos said, it was with much pain he was compelled to indict the very severe sentence he was about to do, but he felt that he would not be otherwise discharging his duty. The sentence of the Court was, that she be trans ported beyond the seas for fifteen years. The unfortunate young woman , upon hearing the judg ment, nearly went into hysterics, and loudly implored mercy. When being led below to the cells she encountered Skinner, who was standing at the back of the dock, waiting to be discharged, when she threw her arms round his neck, and passionately embraced and kissed him, saying, " Good bye, dear John, for ever." Skinner seemed to repel her as much as possible, and walked coolly out of the dock. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Two men named Murphy and Clarke, and a woman named Palmer, were charged before Mr. Cottingham with breaking into the house of Mr. Taylor, landlord of the Black Horse, in Black Horse-court, Southwark, and stealing a variety of property. It appeared that between one and two o'clock this morn ing, a policeman on dirty in the above court, saw the two male prisoners in the act of dropping from the wall of the. yard at the rear of the premises. The female was apparently waiting for them, and when they were all secured, .it was found that the above house had been broken into, the thieves having effected awentrance by getting through the first-floor window into the club•room, and from thence into the bar, from the till of which they took all the money, amounting to a considerable sum, a portion of which was found in the prisoners' possession, besides lucifer matches and other articles. Another charge was entered into against the prisoners, by which it appeared that on Saturday last the " Marquis of Granby," in Lambeth, was broken into and robbed, and the prisoners having been there the preceding night, they were suspected of having committed the offence.—Remanded. Two well-dressed young men, named Edwards and John son, were charged with stealing a piece of cloth, value 171., from the shop of Mr. Somers, woollen draper, of Bridge house-place, Newington. The prisoners entered the complainant's shop that morn ing, between eight and nine o'clock, under the pretence of getting measured for some trousers. They left the shop, and one of them returned again, and no person being there at the time, he ran to the shelves, and taking down a piece of cloth immediately rushed out of the shop, joined his companion, and they both went to a cab, and throwing the load into it were in the act of getting in themselves, when they were taken into custody. There was a third person with them who escaped. The prisoners said they should reserve their defence for trial. As their companion is likely to be taken into custody they were remanded. MURDER AT BATTERSEA. WANDSWORTH POLICE COURT—(THIS DAY). The Court opened this morning at ten o'clock for the re examination into the late dreadful murder at Battersea bridge, kr which the man Augustus Dalrnas is in custody. Precisely at fiveynnutes past ten the prisoner was placed in front of the bar. Ile seemed a little nervous, and evidently paid great attention to the statements of the different wit- nesses. Rebecca Seaward, 5, King-Street, Chelsea, glover. I recol • lect Monday was the 29th April. At about half-past ten I was coming down Beaufort-street into Duke-street, and saw a man and woman standing close to the new rails on the Middlesex side of the bridge; and on the right side coming to Surrey. They were standing close together, and I was on the opposite side of the way. They appeared to be guar- gelling. - • Cross-eXamined by Mr. Gilham—Was sure that the hour was half-past ten, because she observed that she was late in coming home, and looked at the clock in conse quence. Mentioned the circumstance of seeing the man and woman to parties that same night, and many times after wards. The female had on a dark shawl, a light dress, and a white bonnet. Had not heard from any other person the description of dresS which the prisoner or woman had on. It was the man's voice I heard quarrelling. I did not see his face, as it was concealed by the woman's bonnet. They were standing still when I saw hint By the CoußT—The words I heard were spoken loudly and angrily. The words were, "So you won't, then ?" James Cook, 11, Danver-street, coal-porter—l remember Monday, the 29th of April. I was returning home about twenty-five minutes to eleven, and stopped my master's stables, opposite Chelsea old church, speaking to the carman. Whilst talking to him, I saw a mail running down Duke street, in the direction from the bridge, he was calling Police" not in a very low voice. He ran up Church-lane somewhere, and soon returned and said to me and to ethers there " a woman .has cut her throat on the bridge." He passed quite close to me and used that expression as he passed. I did not speak, nor did I hear others speak to him. I went in, and he went by the church. The man had on a black frock'coat. I went on the bridge, and there met a police constable. I said " I was told that a woman has cut her throat on the bridge," and we went together to the toll house. The man I met in Chelsea seemed about five feet six inches, was stout and ftill.faced, and wore his hat over his eves. The prisoner Dalmas was then desired to mix with the crowd in the body of the Court, and the witness then identi fied him as the person he had met in Chelsea. By the COURT—Uelieve the prisoner to be the same man. Never had known the prisoner before. Did not know him by sight. By Mr. Gilham—l mentioned the circumstance the same night to the pot-boy at " the Swan." I saw the prisoner for about three minutes—saw him coming from the direction of the bridge and running past:---had a look at him atter. Mr. CLIVE to Mr. Gilham—l cannot see the necessity for recapitulating the evidence already given by the witness. The case will take an endless time if such a system is perse vered in. Mr. Gilham—l will endeavour to be as concise as possible. Examination of witness continued—l did not tell the person Wells with whom I had communicated that night, that I had seen a person running. I have seen no accounts, have read no accounts. I did not tell the police, but I suppose the potboy told the customers what I had told him, and • so the police got informed of it. I told my mates next morning, that I had seen the man running, and they did not advise me to communicate with the police. I was at the toll-house at twenty minutes to eleven o'clock, and saw some policemen there, but did not open my mouth about the man running away. I told my wife the circumstance that same night. I believe Mr. Hall, the toll-house-keeper, saw me on the Monday night upon the bridge. After I got to the toll-house I saw a knacker's cart standing on the Surrey-side of the river. Mr. CLIVE again complained that Mr. Gilham was wasting the time of the Court, by needlessly going over the same ground. Examination of witness continued—Cannot swear that the'man I saw had his waistcoat buttoned. Did not notice his whiskers, nose, mouth, or collar particularly. I have never been in any trouble myself. Mr. CervE—Really; I-must interfere, Mr. Gilham. You then have asked these questio ns e v er and over again. Any new q uestions you may put as long as you please; but spare us so many s : \ll m A l a r needless. Gilham—When on Saturday last was read ov er . B A, aihrrkaein)raieti_swltviaohseen called, a n d th e ev id ence given she cam e up t o me an d sa id, by him "Will you oblige me b y hel p in g me to the toll-house," and n informed me that so mebod y had c ut her, she did not say then who had done it. After bein g ta ken into the bar of the Swan , I heard them put the question, " Did Dalmas cut your throat ?" By Mr. CLIVE—When at the toll-house I heard some one say, "Oh, it is Mrs. M‘Farlane ; then Dalmas has done it." By Mr. Gilham—The question might have been repeated by the policeman. I did not hear him reply, as I was stand ing, and Mr. Gosling and the policeman were stooping over her. Mr. Gosling said, "Mrs. M`Farlane, who did it?" but , I did not hear the reply. By Mr. Ceive---4 thought the question of the policeman very harsh and coarse, considering the state of the unfortu nate female at the time. I did not know the value of the woman's reply as dying evidence then, and when I use the term harsh and coarse, I refer not to the effect of the question as militating against the prisoner, but simply with respect to the unfortunate deceased. An objection was raised by Mr. Gilham to the reply of the dying woman being put in evidence, on the ground that she had not been apprised of her dying state; but the Ma• gistrate overruled the objection. • Mr. Hall, the toll-keeper, was next examined, but the greater part of his evidence was a mere repetition of what has already appeared in our columns. When the deceased, Mrs. M`Farlane, came up to him at the toll-house, she said— " See how I have been ill-used upon the bridge ; take me home—take me home." I called my wife and another female who was there, and the woman' then, from weakness, fell. I gave the alarm at the Swan; and, with the sssistance of some persons, she was taken thenk I did not follow, as I could not leave the gate. I heard some person close to de ceased, when she was at the toll-house, say,'" Good God ! her throat is cut." I had seen the deceased and the prisoner's youngest daughter go over the bridge about eight o'clock. • By Mr. Gilham—Did not hear the deceased say who had ill-used her. I did not put the question, as I was rather con fused at the time. She was perfectly sensible, and could have told who had injured her if she had liked.. Eliza Long, 19, Fenel's-walk—l was going to Chelsea about half-past ten or eleven o'clock, and after getting off the bridge I heard a cry of " Police" near Battersea Folly, and I went back to where the female was lying, and she was bleeding from the throat. Saw her careW into Mr. Gos lings, the Swan Tavern. IleArd_a person say, "-Good -God, the woman will bleed to death,:' : When in the Swan I re marked'that she was dying. She could have heard me say so. By Mr. Gilham—l heard the policeman put a question to the woman ; he said, " Mrs. ISPFarlane, who has cut your throat ?" I did not hear her reply, but the policeman seemed to understand it. He then said, " Oh, did Dalmas do this, or it ?" I cannot say which, and she replied very faintly, " Yes, yes." I then-came out. No one has spoken to me on this subject. Police constable Langton, 36 V, was then called, and his evidence was read over. Augusta Dalmas was called, and said that three letters produced in Court, marked A, B, and C, were in her father's writing. Langton examined by Mr. Gilham. , —He asked the deceased "My good woman, who cut your throat ?" She said " Dal mas." I called Mr. Gosling's attention to her answer, and again repeated my question, "Was any other person with you when he did it ?" She said, " No, no." I then asked her the third time if Dalmas had done it, and she said, "Yes, yes." I heard her'replies distinctly. She was perfectly sen sible, and died in five or six minutes after. By Mr. Cuvi—The reason why I put the question was, because I had heard that the deceased and Dalmas had been on intimate terms. I know a man named Cook, but did not hear his evidence as regardS the man running past Chelsea old church on the might of the murder. William Gosling was next examined,. and confirmed the constable's evidence as to the statement of the dying woman. Three letters, marked A, B, C, were then put into Court, and read by the chief clerk. They were proved by Augusta Dalmas to have been written by her , father. The first, A, was undated, and was addressed to the deceased. The contents were, however, of so grossly obscene a charac ter, and ; couched in such indelicate language, that it is impossible tcl report them. The prisoner reproached deceased with having robbed him, and, after criticising her conduct as regarded her intercourse with a Mr. Meredith, he concluded by stating, that by the same post he had sent a letter to her 'sister, containin* similar allegations. The second letter, marked B, was the one referred to, and was almost a counterpart of the other. The third, marked C, contained, what he termed a statement of facts, th e so-called facts being of the most disgusting description, and illustrative of the de reased's profligacy. •It concluded with a farewell to his chil dren, and an expressed determination to commit suicide. Police-constable Langton—Those letters were found in the prisoner's apartments; and were all unsealed. Superintendent Bicknell, of the V division, found other letters, now produced, in a drawer in the first floor of de . cease.d's_residence. Another was given him by, a brother of Ihe deceased. They are dated at various periods, from No ' , yember last up to the present time. • Abu ta Palmas was recalled, and identified them as hay •-- -I.e. father ing been written Mr. Bicknell—l got the lends numbered Ito 10 included, in the drawer described, upon the Tuesday morning following the murder. The other paper was given to me by Andrews, the deceased's brother, on the Ist May. Those letters were also. addressed to deceased, and were now read in Court. They were couched in the extravagant and inflated language so common with lovers, and con tained protestations of eternal fidelity, intermingled with many complaints of deceased's coldness and cruelty. The writer also stated his determination to commit suicide if treated with continued coldness by her. It evidently appeared from their contents that the intimacy between the prisoner and deceased had been of the closest character. Mr. CuvE—lt will be necessary to adjourn the examina tion till Tuesday, and the witnesses will therefore be pleased to be in attendance on that day at 10 o'clock. The prisoner was then removed in the custody of Superin tendent Bicknell. • The daughter Augusta dating her examination directed many furtive glances at her unfortunate father, but he did not in the smallest degree appear to notice her. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. (THIS DAY.) This morning the Commission of Lunacy against William Parker, Esq., wasresumed before Mr. Commissioner Winslow. The inquiry had been adjourned for the attendance of Mr. Freshfield and Mr. Scotto, two professional gentlemen, whom the lunatic insisted upon attending. Upon inquiry it was found that Mr. Scotto had been dead souse years, and Mr. Freshfield refused to act, being wholly unacquainted with Mr. Parker. Mr. Yany, barrister, appeared in support of the Commission, and Air. Rogers attended on behalf of Mr. Parker's sister. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Parker was a partner in Messrs. Bagshaw's house, of London and Calcutta. In 1840 Mr. Parker proceeded in a steamer to Calcutta. The vessel anchored about eight days at Madras, during which time Mr. Parker went ashore with the other passengers, but instead of taking the precaution necessary for Europeans of travelling in a palanquin, walked from the beach a short distance into the country for the purpose of visiting the inhabitants and comparing their customs and habits with those in the West Indies. On re turning on board•the vessel Mr. Parker's manner was con siderably changed, when the passengers came to the con clusion that he had received a coup de eoleil, or stroke of the sun, a very common occurrence to Europeans who walk only a short distance exposed to the sun. On arriving at Calcutta, about four days after leaving Madras, it was discovered that he was insane, and it became necessary to have him watched. He was shortly afterwards removed to England, and placed in Betblem, and afterwards at Dr. Oxley's Asylum, Hoxton. Dr. Oxley and. Dr. Arnott deposed to the state of the prisoner's mind. He was very wild and incoherent, but not unmanageable or at all violent. Amongst his delu sions he supposed parties to be alive who had been dead many years, which was the case with his mother, whom he said lived with the Duke of Wellington, and that they in tended to visit him shortly. During the examination of the witnesses Mr. Parker continually interrupted them, denying their statements, and generally finished with a thrice repeated exclamation. The jury returned a verdict that Mr. Parker was of unsound mind, and had been so since Feb. 18, 1841. MONE AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A moderate business was done yesterday in the Liverpool Cotton Market, at previous rates ; sales 4,000 bales.—Shares remained firm; without much activity : Birmingham and Gloucester, 92 ; Caledonian, 44 ; Birmingham, 231 ; Brighton, 444; South-Western, Eighths, 44; Midland Counties, 90k; Paris and Lyons, 3; Ditto and Orleans, 38k; Ditto and Rouen, 374 ; - South-Eastern, Scrip, 114. Accounts from Port Phillip of the 21st and 26th of De cember have been received to-day, by separate arrivals. The colony was rather more thriving, and the new system of melting down tallow and salting meats for exportation to Europe, had been of sensible advantage to the flock masters. There had also been arrivals of a few parties from England possessed of moderate capital, and which were very . oppor tune, after so long a cessation of beneficial immigration. There are accounts in the Port Phillip papers of the 15th De • cember from Van Diemen's Land, and these, from their general tenor can scarcely be looked upon as much more favourable than those previously come to hand. The Directors of the local bank (the Colonial) had convened a meeting of the proprietors to consider the propriety of winding up. The Western Australian papers to Jan 10, show that the colony is rising. The Toronto, from New York, furnishes advices t6the 11th ultimo. After some flatness, stocks had become in better re quest, and were held for higher rates ; while, on the other hand the symptoms of returning speculation in cotton had not become more developed. In the Consol Market not much business was transacted to-day. The prices remain at about the same as they were yesterday, viz., at 99 .4 for Money and for the Account. The premium upon Exchequer Bills has advanced to 775. 795. India Bonds have been done at 945. premium ; and Bank Stock for the Account at 1954. A slight improvement has taken place in the Spanish Bonds this morning, the Three per Cents. having touched 364 4 ; and the Active Bonds, 244 to 254. The variations in the other foreign stocks have been trifling. A good deal of business has been done in the Railway Shares, but the prices have not changed much. The Com mercial Bank of London Shares have been bought at 160, or 40 discount. . BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From tike Official List) • 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - 1;8% 99 3 per Cent. Consols, Annuities 9 9%% 314 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 1014% New 336 per Cent: Annuities 102% 31 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860....... l2 7-1634 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1660. ___ 12 11.16% , _ _ India 80nd5,1,000........„..„„ .......... „...., Ditto under 1,000 94 Bank Stock for Account . 103% Consols for Account ••••• 99 Ma Exchequer Bills, I%d. 154 d. 1004 5001 ............ 16 pm. Ditto 5ma11.... .......... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 102% Columbian Bonds. 14% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .... ?5%, Ditto for the Account 35% Ditto Deferred Stock. 15% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. 293( Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 46% Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 117% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 24% 2554 Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds. . .......... ... ..... ......... Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account 35% 36% Dutch 234 per Cents 615 61 Dutch 5 per Cents ... .. .......... « ............. .........• 100% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Bristol and Exeter '7o Caledonian Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered Si. 6s. 8d...«.. 14% Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent l3s. 4d.... 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ••......«6614 Great Western Ditto N 1 5 Shares SO Ditto Fifths l2 .....«.. 21 Harwich (Braithwaite) Hull and Selby Leeds and Bradford 5 ... . ..... 24 London and Birmingham.. .. ..... 100....... . ..232 . ... London and Blackwall London and Brighton 5O 44% to London and Greenwich .... ...... .. 12% London and Greenwich ( Preference ) 18% Londan and South Western ...... 41% 85% to Ditto Eighths 73% London and Croydon Midland Counties Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 18 South Eastern and Dover 3 2% 3'7% to Paris and Orleans •••••••••••••••• ..... SO ..... 44.• 28% 54 ••• to .... Rouen and Havre. JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock Union of London PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, MAY 11. 3 per Cent. Consols , 98% 10 Three and a Half Stock ...... 1% Ditto New, It• 30 334 per Cent. Debenture. 94% Bank Stock l9B Grand Canal Stock 15% Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent. 56% LAST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SRAM Dublin and K. Road Drogheda 55 Dublin and Cashel ditto 2% Hibernian Bank 25 30% National Bank Royal Bank National Insurance Patriotic ditto Wi c klow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 Steam Ship Building Company MANCiiKsTEE STOCK EXcitAKGE, MAY 10.—The market to-day has been rather inanimate, and stock has been more freely offered.— Hull and Selby, Quarters, 111 t ; Manchester and Birmingham, 60 ; South-Eastern, 38 ; Preston and Wyre, . 20i ; Blackburn and Preston, .5i ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, loi : Union Bank of Man chester, 9-1-10. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 1 I.—W ind, light North-easterly breeze : and fine. _ _ DEAL, MAY 10.—Wind, light and variable.—Arrd. Sarah Lydia, Batavia; Judith Allan, Bombay; Panock Hall,Whar ton, Manilla; London, Gunton, Cape of Good Hope; Niord, St. Croix for Copenhagen ; Ada, Jamaica; Perthshire, Drake, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. John Tomkinson, Hobart Town ; Orion, ichoboe ; Amity, Tagura ; Pub n, Rio ; Helen, Tobago • Hendrik Hudson, New York ; Trent, Miramichi ; Java, ehina ; .Glenalvon, Aux Cayes ; Napier, New York ; and the whole of the outward-bound. PORTSMOUTH, MAY . 10.—Wind, N.N.W.—Arrd. Toronto, Griswold, New York, sailed 11th ult.; transport Nautilus, Gibraltar. Oft; Agincourt, Nisbet, Calcutta, sailed Jan. 25, St. Helena March 22. COWES, MAY 10.—Arrd. :Montreal, New York, 24 days, and sailed for Portsmouth. PLYMOUTH, MAY 10.—Wind, N.N.W.—And, Alicia, Scott, Port Phillip, Dec. 27. FALMOUTH, MAYlo.—Wind W. to N. moderate. Sld. Peterel packet, Madeira, &c. Off, Neptunus, Havannah, for Amster dam ; Napoleon, Scott, Swan River (Jan. 14) ; JongeArie, Post, Rio, for Amsterdam ; - James, Williams, Port Phillip (Dec. 25); Pandorus, Le Maistre, Buenos Ayres. BRISTOL. MAY 10.—Arrd. Lord Redesdale, Bally, Buenos Ayres. LIVERPOOL,MAY 10.—Wind N.W. Arrd. Clydesdale, Payne, and Pearl, Valpy, Ichoboe ; Workington, Doyle, Rio ; James Stewart, Pernambuco ; Friendship, Potts, Sierra Leone ; Mary Marsden, Savanilla. Off, Malcolm, Calcutta. • WRITEHAYEN, MAY 9.—Arrd. Lady Shaw Stewart, Wise Antigua. HARTLEPOOL, MAY lO.—Sld. Dart, Quebec. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) COVENT..GAILDMN. Notwithstanding we had a very extensive supply of both fruit and vegetables on sale here to-day, the general de mand was active, at mostly full prices. Potatoes from 2s 6d to 5s per cwt ; young Onions, is 3d to 2s 6d; Turnips, is 9d to 2s 6d; Carrots, 5s 6d to 7s ; and Leeks, 9d to Is 2d per dozen bunches ; Spinach, 4d to 6d per half sieve ; Asparagus, 3s to 7s ; French Beans, 9d to is 6d ; Oranges, 8s to 15s ; and Lemons, 8s to 136 per 100 ; new Potatoes, 3d to 6d ; Pine Apples, 7s to 9s per lb ; Hot-house Grapes, 5s to 6s ; and Forced Cherries, 25s per lb ; Peaches, 40s to 455; and Summer Cabbages, 10d to is 9d per dozen ; Strawberries, 4s per small pottle ; Cucumbers, 8d to 7s per brace ; Cauliflowers, 2d to 6d each ; Horse-radish, 2s to 5s ; Celery, 8d to Is 3d ; Rhubarb, 4d to Is 6d; and Brocoli, 10d to 2s per bundle ; Sea Kale, 9d to 2s 3d ; Mushrooms, 9d to is 6d ; and Small Salad, 2d per punnet ; Radishes, 3d to 6d per dozen hands -, Lettuces, 6d to is 6d per score ; green Gooseberries, 4d to 6d per quart. ivEv.roaTE LEADZNIIALL. Very little business was doing to-day, and previous rates were barely supported. Capons, 4s to 7s ; Guinea Fowls, 2s to 3s 6d; Fowls, 2s to ss; Chickens, 2s to 3s 3d; Ducklings, 2s 6d to 3s 3d ; Goslings, 5s to 8s ; Pigeons, 5d to 9d ; and Rabbits, 9d to is 6d each. The supplies of ea ch kind of Meat were extensive, owing to which, the trade ruled heavy, and the quotations were not supported. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d 19 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. 5 to 2 agst Ugly Buck 3 to 1 asst Ratan 9 to 1 agst Leander 20 to 1 agst Orlando 25 to 1 agst Akbar The rest to 1 agst Sister to Martingale 8 to 1 agst Barricade 9 to 1 agst Princess 11 to 1 agst Crenoline • 1111 WP ow. Prime Lamb and Veal sold steadily, at full prices, otherwise. ' ttiAßy oF the demand ruled heavy. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, tre 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 5s to es 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; yia , a and Pork 2s 6d to 4s 4d per Sibs. HUNGERFORD. We had, the time of year considered, only in , 'dere() sup plies of most articles on sale to-day, yet the general demand was in a sluggish state, at about stationary prices. • BILLINGSGATE. There was a limited business doing in Fish to-day, yet prices were supported :—Turbots, 5s to 13s ; Cod Fish, is to 3s ; Haddocks, 4d t o l s ; and Brills, 6d to 2s 6d each; Soles, 6d to 2s ed per pair; Sahnon, is to is 2d per lb WHITECHAPEL. We had a heavy trade here this morning on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 44 to 4s per Blbs. • . The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 8d to. Bid ; of Household ditto, 6d to lid per 41b loaf. RIDE VIILIMET. Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and heifers, 5s 6d to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 5s to 5s 4d ; inferior ditto, 4s 4d to 4s 10d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin—Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s ; long woolled sheep, 4s to 5s 6d ; short ditto 2s 6d to 4s 3d ; lamb skins, is to 2s ; and shearlings, 6d to 8d each. HAY MAILIEETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 155 to 3/ 3s ; use ful ditto, 31 5s to 31 10s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s. to 3115 s ; Clover Hay, 3/ lOs to 515 s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 118 s . Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs per load. Supply limited, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2118 s to 3/ 58; use ful ditto, 31 6s to 31 148 ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ ; Clover Hay, 31 lOs to 51; Oat Straw, 117 s to 1/ 9s ; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold steadily at full currencies. _ WIIITECIIAML.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/ ; useful ditto, 3l 3s to 31 103; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s to 3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 31 lOs to 518 s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ Ss to 11 lOs per load. A. moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY. Fine fresh Wheat being rather scarce, has commanded a free sale, at an advance of Is. per quarter, and chambered samples have sold more freely, upon rather better terms than last week. Barley in limited demand, and dull sale. Oats must be noted id. per stone dearer, and Shelling Is. per load, with an improved demand for each article. Beans must again be quoted Is. per quarter dearer. Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel. Erma. NEW. Wheat SIM)lk, Essex, and Kent Red. to 57 64 to 55 Ditto ditto ...... Norfolk Red 55 51 54 Ditto ditto White... 57 54 55 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red 55 52 53 Ditto ditto White....— 56 54 55 Yorkshire Red 55 52 54 Ditto ditto White... 68 54 57 Foreign tied....... f 6 5:3 54 Ditto ditto White... 60 55 57 Per quarer imperial. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 32 2i 30 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 32 29 SO Gri n di ng 27 28 - ' Foreigv 31 '27 29 Per qr. i f 631 b. to the bushel. . Beans, Small Inc 33 31 32 Ticks Foreign — —.— Oats, Pntatt, at .d Pola d Munn, ICU to 146 , Fcrt ign —d to —d. pet Stow . S'islling...... .....4.21. to 25, per Lead Malt ...... ...... ......... ..................39, tine 425. per 1., U - R weaved.... ....... 25/.os i. 7401. —.I. tic per La , t. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BEDFORD RACES. —FRIDAY. Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 20 added. Once round and a distance. (5 Subs.) Mit Wesley's Counsellor, 5 yrs, Bst 61b 1 Mr. Smith's El Wherry, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b Mr. Bainbridge's BletSoe Lass, 3 yrs, sst 111 b 3 Mr. Ongley's Fama, 6 yrs, 9st 41b 4 Mr. T. Day's Europa, 7st 111 b The Farmers' Plate was won, in two heats, by Mr. Wes ley's Brilliant, beating Mr. G. Higgins' f by Mundig, 4 yrs, Mr. T. Price's Little John, and Mr. Peacock's Equinox, The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Two miles. Mr. Phillimore's Skeleton, 3 yrs, 7st. (Abdale) 1 Mr. Ongley's Humility, 6 yrs, lOst 41b Mr. King's Nubia, 3 yrs, 7st Mr. Hussey's Rabbi, 4 yrs, 9st 21b—Mr. H. T. Walley's Fisticuff, 4 yrs, 9st 21b—Mr. IVlassey's Young Touchstone, 4 vrs 9st 21b ; and Mr. Wesley's Counsellor, 5 yrs, 9st 1 2 1 b. 'The Consolation Stakes of 3 sovs. each, for the beaten horses, with 15 added, three-quarters of a mile (3 Subs.), were won by Mr. Ongley's Fama, 6 yrs, 9st 51b (Sly), beating Europa, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b, and the Lawyer, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b, by a neck. SHREWSBURY RACES. FRIDAY—(CONCLUDED.) The Cleveland Stakes of 100 sovs., by subs. of 10 sovs. each, 3 yrs, 7st llb ; 4 yrs, Bst 31b ; 5 yrs, Bst 111 b ; 6 yrs, and aged, 9st 31b ; mares, &c. allowed 31bs ; the winner of the Queen's Plate 51bs extra. Two miles and a half. (13 Subs.) Mr. Collett's Cattonite, 5 yrs (G. Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 4 yrs Mr. Charleton's Nix-my-Dolly, 5 yrs . 3 Won by a heal. The Innkeepers' Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared, with 50 added ; the second receives 10/. ; mile and three quarters; (22 Subs.), 13 of whom declared. Mr. Gough's Greenfinch, aged;lst 131 b (Dodgson) .. 1 Mr. Minor's Sinbad, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Edmondstone's Ermengardis, 6 yrs, 7st 111 b 3 3 to 1 on Greenfinch, who made all the running, and won by half a length. EGLINTON PARK RACES.—THURSDAY. The Two-year-old Stakes of 20 Sovs. each ; colts, Bst 31b ; fillies, Bst ; half-a-mile (5 Subs) Lord Eglinton's Britannia (Masson) 1 Mr. Ramsay's Mildew 2 Sir .1 . : Boswell's John Harris • - . Won by a neck. The Stewards' Cup, by subscribers of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added. Mile and a half. (22 Subs. ; 10 paid.) Mr. Johnstone's William le Gros, 5 yrs, list ... (Owner) 1 Mr. H. Johnstone's Era, 4 yrs, lOst Lord Eglinton's Aristides, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b Mr. Boyd's Lara, 6 yrs, list • 4 Mr. Merry's Christopher, 5 yrs, 9st 111 b Won easy, by a length. The Milton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added. Once round. The winner to be sold for 2C03 &c. (5 Subs.) Mr. Milbank's Arnagill, 6 yrs (Mr. H. Johnstone) 1 Mr. Moore's The Bride, 4 yrs ..... ......... ..... ... 2 Mr. Campbell's Sheffield, 5 yrs ... Won by a length. The Hydropathic Stakes of 7 sovs. each, with 50 added, for hunters. Mile and half. (8 Subs.) Lord Waterford's Firefly, 5 yrs (Owner) 1 Hon. J. Sandilands' Whitney, aged Lord Drumlanrig's Red Ribbon, 6 yrs .Won in a canter. A Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, one mile, was won by Mr. Milbank's Sir Robert, Ilst llb (Mr. H. Johnstone) beating The Bride, llst.llb ; Lara, 13st ; Oh Don't, 11st 101 b ; Archer, 9st 71b ; Cerito, 9st ; Miss Julia, lOst 41b ; and Conqueror, llst 41b. The Forced Handicap, for winners, of 7 sovs. each, with 20 added, one mile and a half, was won by Mr. Milbank's Sir Robert, 11st llb (Mr. H. Johnstone), - beating Oh Don't, 10st 101 b; and Arnagill, list 71b, by a length. The following horses have arrived at Epsom in the course of the week :—Bay Momus, T'Auld Squire, Coal Black Rose, Humph, and b m by Bay Middleton out of Adriana. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. DERBY. 127 to 1 agst Running Rein 30 to 1 agst Campanero 45 to 1 agst Qui Tam 40 to 1 agst King of the Gipsies 30 to 1 agst Mount Charles , as before. XS. 12 to 1 agst Merope 20 to 1 agst Charming Kate 20 to 1 agst Barbara filly—t 20 to 1 agst Fair Charlotte COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. _ _ The Kestrel, the Earl of Yarborough, which was last week hauled up on Hansen's slip for alteration, has this week had her stern taken out, for the purpose of having it shortened ; she is to have a cutwater, figure-head, standing bowsprit, and jib-boom, and tobe otherwise rigged as a ketch. This altera tion, it is considered by connoisseurs, will be a decided im provement. The schooner Ariel, Almon Hill, Esq., has been hauled off the mud, and moored alongside Messrs. Thomas and John White's dock, and will shortly commence fitting out. She is to be ready on the Ist of June. The Charm cutter, Mr. Higgins, is up the river all a-taut. The Talisman, R. Meiklam, Esq., has completed her repairs, &c., having been lengthened, and has had a new bow placed in her She was yesterday launched afloat from John White's slip. The schooner Camilla is off the mud, and has commenced rigging; she is to be hauled up astern of the Waterwitch; to undergo some improvements. The Owen Glendwr, Mr. Barwell, is fitting out. Mr. Michael Ratsey has sold the yacht Eagle to Clement Ruding, Esq., of the Royal Thames Yacht Club. The Nautilus, Stewart Wardell, Esq., sailed on Monday for Weymouth, and will return in a few days, to prepare for the Mediterranean. Arrived yesterday—The Royal Yacht Squadron's cutters Turquoise, Sir E. Scott ; and the Intrepid, the Earl Tyr conn ell. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col. Wilde, paid a private visit yesterday to the London Library in Pall-mall, of which his Royal Highness is the patron. He was received by the President of the Institution, the Earl of Clarendon, and by Lord Lyttelton, Mr. Hallam ' the Rev. Mr. Milman, and Mr. G. C. Lewis, members of the Com mittee. His Royal Highness went through the suite of rooms containing the library, examining the books, and making inquiries and remarks, exhibiting an extensive ac quaintance with general literature. His Royal Highness on departing, after remaining upwards of an hour, expressed his great pleasure with' what he -had seen, and his satisfaction with the progress thelibrary had made. THE PIERS IN DANGER.—About four o'clock yes terday morning the river Thames, near to London-bridge, presented an extraordinary scene, arising from an order issued by the Lord Mayor to the City police to remove the watermen's pier at Fishmongers'-hall -stairs. Accordingly, at the above hour, twenty of the City police, under the su perintendence of Inspector • Waller, armed with hatchets, saws, and other implements, proceeded to the above pier, and, by the direction of the water-bailiff (Mr. Saunders), in a very short time cut the pier away, the men belonging to the Watermett's Company looking on in mute astonishment. The pier was then removed for the present to the foot of the steps leading from London-bridge to the river. It appears that, owing to the numerous boats stopping en and about the wharfs in Upper Thames-street, the owners of the different Companies have been extending the piers so far into the river as to impede the navigation, and as the Waterman's boats are by far the largest, the pier was further extended, and it being placed without license from the Navigation Committee, an order was issued by the Lord Mayor for its immediate removal. A notice has also been served on all the Steam Companies to decrease the length of the different piers by seven feet, so as to enable barges and other craft to go through the near arches of London-bridge, and which regu lation is to come into immediate operation. TEMPERANCE Suirs.—The Board of Customs has just issued a general order, by which masters of vessels, who have adopted temperance principles, are allowed, upon their waving all right to any allowance of spirits, to ship brandy for medicinal purposes, duty free, in the proportion of one tenth of the total quantity of brandy and other spirits to which they would be entitled as stores, according to the com plement of the crew, and the duration of the voyage; and also to ship such brandy in stone jars, provided the whole quantity required be contained in elle package. Who runs way read" roumxGAr. 11 L. ri AND optittzi)tt. - The King and Queen of the French, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Lemingen, and the Royal Family, arrived at Fontainebleau on Tuesday evening, at six o'clock. The Pre fect of the department, the Sub-Prefect, General d'Astorg, and the civil and military authorities of Fontainebleau, were in waiting to receive the Royal party. In the evening the King gave a grand dinner, to which 40 guests were invited. The Count de Syracuse, brother of the King of Naples, has arrived in Paris. This is the second visit paid by Highness to this capital. The National says :—" It is announced that the Committ ee of the Northern Railroad decided on Tuesday on the princip le that the Paris and Lille line, already almost terminated b y the State, should be finished and worked by it." his Royal The Courtier Francais has the following:—" It is asserted in political circles, which are generally well informed, that the Count de Reuss (General Prim), who has had frequen t conferences with Queen Christina in Madrid, will shortly ar rive in France, with instructions to treat on a very important affair. The negotiation with which he is charged is said to be connected with the renunciation of the claim of Den Car los to the throne of Spain, and a marriage between the young Queen Isabella and the Prince of Asturias." The postscript of a letter from Constantina of April 24, in the Toulonnais says:—" It is reported that our soldiers have experienced a pretty serious check. The column, divided in three, was about to attack the Ouled-Sultan, when the ad vanced guard, having gone a little too much forward, was attacked with loss." The Vienna journals announce that the exhibition of Na" tional Industry in that city will open on the 15th instant, and close at the end of June. The exhibitions in future are to be quinquennial, as in France. A fire took place at Bremen on the 30th ult., in which eight pemns were burnt to death. We learn from Munich, May 3, that some attempt had 'been made to renew the disturbance caused by the rise in the price of beer, but that tranquillity was maintained, without the necessity of having recourse to violence. - On Thursday last two French artillery soldiers blew our their brains at Valence. They were intimate friends, an d one of them having in vain endeavoured to induce the other to abandon the idea of suicide, resolved at length to die with him. Their lifeless bodies were found side by side on the staircase of their barracks. " On the day of the King's fits," says the Constitut ionne4 " whilst the crowd on the Pont des Invalides was at 4. 4 height, a young man dressed in a blouse climbed over the balustrade, and threw himself into the Seine. He 'W drowned before assistance could reach him." The Stockholm journals publish an account of the funeral d the late King of Sweden and Norway, which took place °li the 26th ult. The coffin was borne by Noblemen, and fol' lowed to the church by the King arid Queen. It was de posited in the Royal vault, and two Bishops, in presence ° I . the Archbishop, performed the Jordfastning, a ceremony used in Sweden at all - burials—the priest casting three clods ot earth on the coffin, and pronouncing the fol.owing words ' " From earth thou earnest, to earth thou returnest—throug u Christ thou shalt rise again." At this moment the batteries of artillery at the Kungsholmen and the Kornhamer fir e ', 256 shots, and the infantry two volleys. The procession then returned to the Palace, where it enteredat half-past O a t o'clock. The whole of the diplomatic corps were present $ the ceremony. LAW AND POLICE. At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, Henry Hardil* was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labo vi , r ; for highway robbery; and James Lemens, a .black man , 10 cutting and wounding Jane Smith, was sentenced to thr' e f months' imprisonment, the jury having found him guilty. 0 assault only. ea At Bow-street, Edward Youngman Cotton was charg,,•,, with having committed a serious robbery in the house or master, Mr. Edward Driver, of No. 8, Parliament-street, nr. to Whitehall, and then setting fire to the mansion, witb in tent to burn it down, and thus destroy all proofs of his gut',.. A young woman of prepossessing features, named Rennet' Smith, was charged as accessary. After a lengthened ill° . tigation, the prisoners were both remanded. At Lambeth-street Francisco Lfancheris, a Spanish 01- • dier, was brought • before Mr. Norton for further examb l F, tion, on a charge of stabbing a young man named Benj e t lll Rogers. He was again remanded for a fortnight. Richard Redwood, Alexander Cecil, James Carter,. Clarke, and John Walker, were charged at Woolwich P olio : court with stealing six loaves from the cart of Mr. TauT o baker, of Hare-street. The baker declined to prosect' s , them, as they were in a starving state. Mr. Grove said tb e . l must not go about stealing bread ; they ought to keeP l '', home, for their parish must support them. However, as t i 'd baker himself humanely declined to prosecute, he sli9 ul discharge them. COURT-rAssx ON.A.IIX.E. The Rimier of the Horse (the Earl of Jersey) has la h. made a reduction in the number of her Majesty's stud at t Royal mews, in consequence of so many of the Royal jourvel being made by railway. The Marquis of Bute, the Lord High Commissioner to t l 2: General Assembly, is expected to arrive at Holyrood riu e ; early in the ensuing week. We understand that the arrani4 inents for the company who will dine with his grace dal ci the sitting of the assembly are to be on a scale of magnificen beyond that of former years. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon and family left our venor-square,' on Thursday, for Arundel-terrace, Br i g ht' where his Lordship has taken a mansion fora month Ato The Earl and Countess of Cardigan are not expecteZro, return to Portman-square from Stephen's-green, Pu'' s j i . where the Noble Earl has taken the spacious mansicu of late Lord Chancellor Manners, for a limited term. The Earl and Countess of Albemarle returned to Der ley-square, on Thursday, from Newmarket, for the seasell' Mr. and Mrs. Standish Standish entertained his El‘ c , e t ,, lency the French Ambassador and the Countess de Aulaire, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, and the C°7l; tess Bjornstjerna, Lord and Lady Aylmer, Count Louis Bream ' Noailles, Count Esterhazy, Barons de Talleyrantl, and Taylor &c., at dinner last evening, after which 1 Standish had a soiree. On Thursday last was married, at the Catholic Chur c d Chelsea, by the Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Catholic Bishaio the London District, Sir Pyers Most y Bart., of Talac ret the Hon. Frances Georgians Fraser, n second daughter of 14° and Lady Loyat. JEWISH MARRIAGES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. r 9? SIR,—An article headed " Wholesale Marriages, o i r peared in your paper of yesterday, in which you serve that marriages are prohibited for twentrel7o days at this season amongst the Jews; whereas it shnver have been for seven weeks from the Feast of ra s kr, to that of Weeks, excepting on the thirty-thil l- L 4 of which, as you mentioned, was Tuesday. The ual n 7ol marriages supposed to have been solemnised on tha t was thirty-seven. May 10. A FIEBR -------- -------- .0 0 THE BANK CII*RTER.—Last week prouuc-_,.10-, Ministerial Budget ; this week has witnessed a far ron,"' si i portant Parliamentary expose—that relating to a re11e..." the Bank of England Charter, and the plan of a fllt ii f elf tional currency. These two public questions are connected, and we wish it were in our power to sPeffliqt, terms of commendation of one or the other; but we °l 'D*, 'When we reflect on the rapid diminution of the Public 1 819, which took place previous to the " fatal measure" n, f , uir tb". a decrease of twenty millions per annum, and consl" - ad. r ' O ,lO constant struggle we have had ever since to keep 0 ,1 1 . above water, and that we are now, after twenty. P n , - ;a, of peace, in the predicament of the drowning man esters ala': a straw in the shape of a surplus revenue of ler to 400,000/., for which we are indebted to the return 0 ' d iger noxious income tax, we can scarcely restrain our in it re' Lion at the financial folly that has produced sll y ° S A ir t sults. Unfortunately for 'himself and his coun t '; Robert Peel, in the beginning of his career, into very bad company—that of schemers, bullionispies self-styled political economists, who succeeded ill Iy ° t li his mind with foolish dogmas as to free trade in even t AP" except the most important of all commodities-9dd' la yed ~° llO never our misfortune to hear more ignorance the subject of the currency than was exhibited_ i / i f 131 Premier on Monday night ; indeed, we doubt Illn%phic r knows what money is—of course we mean in a Ph u° ' op e, sense ; for in his eagerness to get the command of it' ll , tb u part of Government, he evidently confounded it ifint ?lite mercantile currency of the country, so that, not corte o f tb of exercising the prerogative of the Crown as the isa ll !jlege 4 l money of the realm, he would, forsooth, usurp the Pilot P banker in general for the nation, as if the Goverou' it 001 not quite enough to do to mind its own affairs, but 0 00 0 needs look after those of other people. Let the ' Gn,v, sue issue its receipts (we do not want gold ones) for all plies, services, salaries, &c. &c., which it raises "" ti ol people, and let these receipts pass current as inonegj A tO • receivable at the Treasury in payment of taxes, an prs tli will be thus formed of legal tender, on which the o '" e tura of mercantile currency may be safely reared ;., s , ss r e ; then be guided by the wants of our own commulliTifed,A gards the circulating medium, instead of being n c j i ia. now, to fix our gaze on Amsterdam and Paris, wa' r 6,, the changes of the bullion market, for the purpose,;be lating our circulation on some fanciful theory and changes. Gold, as an article of commerce, WOO c ali‘ * ould 0, t ° go according to our wants, and it is likely we c - 1 10 0 , command our fair share f it, seeing that we c an t i l e " o f pay the best price for it. We all got rich during a re when the foreign exchanges were against us our all impoverished with the foreign exchanges i n ° ee an d So much for the wisdom of the Bullion Comp utt disciples !—Pictorial Times. BIRTHS. a of If. On the 6th inst., at Stansted, Mountfitchet , the w'ec4, ' t he F. Maitland, Esq., of a son. ' s 'ilo On the 6th inst., at Willow-cottage St. Johnn. eof lady of Mr. Thomas-H. Barber, of New York, of 3 9( 7" att h On the 6th inst., at Shirley, the lady of the Bev° ~ v. T. Farrer, Vicar of Addington, of a son, still-born. i c e of ''' On the 6th inst., at Brooklyn, New York, th e W Blackburn, Esq., of a son. eiv tbe r°ll' On the Bth inst., at Highgate, the lady of N. T. oi l/ Esq, of a son. a Wil ler ' On the Bth inst., in Hans-place, Mrs. W. —• daughter. til l 13.1. On the Bth inst., at tlMlepliaßrisßhlcEhuDich of St. Pa ri v e p ra e ttrl ft f . G H e o o n r . g a e nd Rev Hnry Montague % iiiiers, A.M. .-- fscl. ,° second Thomas S' burgh dau Spencer V Bloomsbury, Raymond D'Arcy NeivtoMihe pate t a . e n r d . .. o l f V s a a r: p ic s k on •sq u ua o r l e d , sin se i z n E d sci s 7 o ol::fiet 7 , assail, .E N sq., of Clapham-common, to 1./o. f gec int O e n E tih s :e ll 9 a N t r h e ap in ie s r t , ., at St. John's, Paddington, C h a fe t r '4o-11 / tTer. .E;lt:'.oll.,pteonLnaertditianoonuslYe,dsalicarg rs_e.;t4ll4llo4} w w r id e _o_w s _ of . the Rev. C. 11. Pulsford, Canon Resicten" II Cathedral. DIED. Dun bar, the 30th ult., at Win terfield HOUSO Lieutenant-Colonel R. Anderson , R.H.,_ late 91st near On ii. Ii• On the Ist inst., at Berghol t, near Colchester, Taylor. ' On the 4th inst., at Blurton Parsonage, Ju dith 11(ger91 ,1 o w n o l oo : nna c ttt h hh i ge ld B7lit o thh f the Rev. J. Hutchinson, M.A. T. 18' ' on the 6th i i n n s s t t . : at Theberton House, Saxroundilaill. on, sq. Franks, Esq. Cloodesler inst., in. at i3 C ai o , l e e r l_l s o t u r s e e e , t !D o r egl:....vg iErsecliericic On the Bth inst., at Lower Islington-terrace, square, 51 r. W. Bl"'—'—*eckt'----""-------------''' r -:° f -- - --- -- - YO O " y London : Printed and Published by Su 1/ ' No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ofl celn.llol cf iStrand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in Ol e , " 1 " BLidclleasx, Saturday, May 11, 1844. s '