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TO BE lIAD AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. T U E NEW N 0 V E L S. .LUST PUBLISHED BY MR. COLBURN. I. HARRY LORREQUER,S " ARTHUR O'LEARY," Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIRSHANK. 3 vols. 2. The WILFULNESS of WOMAN. By the Authoress of" The nistory of a Flirt," &c. 3 vols. 3. CHATSWORTH ; or, The Romance of a Week. Edited by the- Author of " Tremaine," and "De Vcre." New Edition. 3 vols. 4. WHITEFRIARS ; or, The DAYS of CHARLES 11. An His torical Romance. Third Edition. 3 vols. h. The PERILS of BEAUTY. By CAPT. CHAMIER. 3 vols. 6. HANDLEY CROSS, a Sporting 'Novel. By the Author of " Jorroek's Jaunts and Jollities." 3 vols. 7. THE BROTHERS. By the Author of ", Oliver Cromwell." 3 vole. - 8. The BAIZNABYS in AMERICA ; being the Sequel of The WIDOW BARNARY. By Mrs. TEOLLOPE. 3 vols. 9. HYDE MARSTON ; or, A Sportsman's Life. By "CRAVEN." 3 vols. (In the press.) Henry Colbura, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. WILLIAM lIOWITT'S NEW WORK. On Friday, May lith, will be published, 1 vol., fcp. B vo. GERMAN EXPERIENCES : addressed to the English, both Goers Abroad and Stayers at Ilonte. By WILLIAM HOWITT. By the same Author, THE LICRAL and SOCIAL LIFE of GERMANY. 21s, THE STUDENT-1417E of GERMANY. 21s. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. On Thursday next will be published, In imperial Bvo., price 31s. 6d., half-bound morocco, 11LAIR'S CHRONOLOGICAL and HIS TORICAL TABLES, from the Creation to the Present Time ; vliV 7 Additions and Corrections by the most Authentic Writers ; Inzln ding the Computation of St. Paul, as connected with the Period fro n the Exode to the Temple. Under the Superintendence of Sir lENRY ELLIS, K.H., Principal Librarian of the British M 14e!tm. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Long,mans. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ,tignat FO RNA'ARI has the honour to inform the Nobility, Sub.. sorberi to the Opera, hii Friends, and the Public, that HIS BENFaTr will take place THIS EVENING, May 9, when will be performed Herold's Chef d'oeuvre, Z A MPA._ _ . Carty 11a, Madame PersianiTicti; Madame Bellini ; Zampa, Sig nor F ,rnaiari (his fir-t appearance in this character) ; Alfonso, Signor Core'li • Daniel Capuzzi, Signor F. Lablache; and Dan doia, 81e nor Lablache (his first appearance in this character). After the 0 sera, the celebrated Pas de Quatre, from La Lac des Fee," by old! le. Ccrito, Mdlle. Scheffer, Mdlic. Plunket, and M. St. ,eon. After which. the Second Act of NORMA, by Madame Grief, Mdlle. havi• di, :Signor Lablache, and Signor Mario. To conch; le with the Grand Ballet, in Six Tableaux, by M. Perrot, ent it led ONDINE, ou, LA NAIADE. The Scorer/ b; Mr. W. Grieve. The music composed by Signor Pugni. Principals! aractc re by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Scheffer, shills. Fer dinand, Mdlle. Planket, Mdlle. Barville, and Mdlle. Adelaide Frassi ; M. Perrot, M. Montassu, and M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at seven. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, DEURY-LANE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING. MAY Will be performed the opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL Count A rnheim, Mr. Borraut; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Arline, 1111ss Rainforth ; Queen of the (;ipSiefi, Mi!s Betts. At the end of the first act of the Opera, a Grand MISCELLA NEOUS CONCERT. After the Opera, the Last Scene of LUCIA DI LAMMER MOOR. Edgardo, Signor Salvi ; Raimondo, Mr. Boranni. To conclude with the I rst Act of the Opera of THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count A:berto, Mr. W. Harrison; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr. Borrani ; Naima, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdlle. Albertazzi; Francesca, Miss Romer. Dress Boxes is., Second [rice 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.. Second Price 35.; Pit . ::eoond Price 25.; Middle Gallery 25., Second Price Is.; Upper Be, allery Is., Second Price 43d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSER THIS EVENING, MAY 9, Will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Stricklani; Master Slender, Mr. C. Mathews; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett. To be followed by a New, Os iginal, Occasional, and Local Extra. vaganza. founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Evening with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Lee. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN A SACK. Orchestra Stalls, 55.; Boxes, ss. s • Pit, 3g. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes Re. ; Pit, ‘2s.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at half.past Six, and the Performances commeace at Seven 'rickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. PitINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 9, Will be performed a Comic Drama, called BLASE; or, The Man it) Search of a Sensation. Monsieur Blase, Mr. Wright ; Grosfer, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Louise, Madame Eugenie Prosper ; Madame Pipou, Mrs. H. P. Gra , tau. To be followed by the Petite Drama, called THE GREEK SLAVE. Sir Henry Norton, Mr. Fitzjames; Dr. Robertson, Mr Granby ; Lo•d Betton, Mr. Higgie ; Zaida (the Greek Slave), Madame Eugenie Prosper. To which will be added, the Farce of the SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. After c !Act), BO MB ASTES FURIOSO. To conclude with be. Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the May day Bride. P: ick, Mr. T. Hill; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert; Rhona, Miss Charll ; Leola, Miss Bailin. THEATRE ROY *.• LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA.. HOUSE Under - Management of Mrs. KEELEY. 6 ' Open Sesame; o 'ght with the Forty Thieves," continues to be nightly reel; itb perfect enthusiasm by crowded and faishionableaud . s co.*. • t' EVENING, MAY 9, Will be repeat..o an Original Comic Drama, entit'ed THE THREE WIVES A DRID. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Dictelear,' "natthews, Emery, Wigan, Craven, Turner, Yarnold, Miss Wahl ,t,r, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove. Miss Turner, Mrs. Wigan, and M: - Keeley. After which, w:11 l eplotuced a new Comic Drama, called THE LOVE BIRDS. Pis nelpal Characters by . Messrs. F. Mathews, Young; Mrs. Woitge, Mrs. Usher, Miss I =brother, Miss Chaplin, Miss Grove, and Miss toscue. To be followed by In Apropos Bagatelle. called POLK AM ANI A Characters by Mr. F. Mathews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Xceley. To conclude with a Grant Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves. ( ha ractets by Miss Woolgr.r. MLA E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Mrc. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, ?Jesse& F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF AIT MiSSlON.—Balcony Poxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 23.; Gallery 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 26. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d.; l'it, ft. Private Boxes on the Balcony 'l Her ((holding eight persons), wo Guineas Private Boxes on the Second flee (holding eight peso One Guinea and a.Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Fier (Is-A la; six persons), One Guinea. ' — ,ASTLEY'S ROY A f . AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprictir and Manager, Mr. BATTY. firand Attraction. 'IRIS EVENING, MAY 9, Will be repgated the Hato),'cal Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR ; er, the Battle of Hastings. With al : the *Beets of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &c. Entire Change of lb.! Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with tl.e Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the Htndous of the Ruby Chills. The doors will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances Commence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been re:obstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stageln t.iager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. PAwIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. FOR THE BEN F.I IT OF MISS BARNES. THIS EVINING MAY 9, Transcendant Success of Mie Barnes' Tragedy of " Octavia Bra galdi"—an entirely New Piece, and " Whittfriars" at half-price. Will be repeated a New Tragedy, entitled OCTAVIA BR A GALDI ; or, The Confession. Supported by the Entire Company, and Miss Charlotte Barnes, from New York. After which, a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA. To be followed by THE. CAPTIVE. The Captive, Miss Barnes. To conclude with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, eutitleel WHITEFRIARS, in which the entire Company will perform. Paces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box from Eleven to Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL OPEN EVERY EVENING. The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH is getting more and snore mysterious. He nightly introduce; new wanders. Ms Mystic Temple is thronged with most brilliant audienfes, 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, than all other Professors could accomplish in a mouth. 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 A L EXPERIMENTS of Natural Phi. 1'5.P 11 3 , , 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, th e B an j o i s t, will nightly appear. The THREE INFANT ARABS, Seren Nine, and 'I we've years of Age, go through anew and orikinal Performance. Dress Circle, 3s, ; Pit, Is. 6d • Gallery, Ed. Reserved Sea's, and Private Boxes can be secured at y ' the Theatre, tre, and of all the Agents. Second. Price at Nine o'clock. DJors open at Half-past Seven—the Wizard al trs at Eight. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. . • . ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU sEuM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Ilisto !'ical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have beim formed ly 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 CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, tho Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies, also many thousitruls of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curioAties, 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 oao. The price of admis• lion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly, daily from Tell till Dusk. . THE WEATHER.—StTN OFFICE, MAY 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 51; Highest, 64 ; Noon, 67. BAROMETER, 30.04.—W1ND, S.W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is tsually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. nu m NVATtAt. AT LOIOON-BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning 50 minutes after 6 1 Evening ... 21 minutes after 7. S ECOEDITION: . . d ot ••• '.lz4A 1 02::',.V . 1 .. •, - X' ' .‘, -... • ' t4l. dl ... . -4 ; , ,• , ..,-:" 5 ,, m , - ,r T . ,... f , A ' \ ," . 1ft.... ...,., - - -,, A tic:. : P 7 , f ia il. 7ri - 5 ,.. ; •;". 4‘ -•3t 0 ' i 'olilii : i/RoiT :_W ---- "` 1 1Ait.t . ,..;.;- , '' ' • - ' Vitt ' . .... . , 1.......,. Attain LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1844. The Anti-Corn-law League ;till continues to hold its weekly meetings at Covent-garden Theatre, and the crowds who flock to hear its speeches.still continu e as numerous as ever. What stronger proof than thi s could be adduced of the justice, the common sen s e, and the policy of the principles which it advocates? Had the League appealed merely to the passions and prejudices of the people, instead of grounding if s , claims to consideration , on their \ calm, unbiassed itulgment,• it would long ere this have lost its prestige, and sunk, like :other ephemeral clap traps, into insignificance : but it has preferred rather to appeal to the intelligence and interests of the community, and its appeal has been triumphantly answered. The very opposition that it has encou n t e r e d has t en ded only to increase ' i ts influence, and stimulate its energies; and perhaps the very best thing that could have happened for the cams is the astablistunent of the Protection Society, whose, altrlgi out gp --1- pnisra9, by coming into direct ccintrast• with ire strong, clenching arguments of the free-traders, hey. euithied even the most thoughtless and superficial to see the immense superiority of the latter, in point of reasoning. At last night's meeting of the League, Mr. 'WARBURTON de livered one of those plain, emphatic, hard-hitting speeches for which he is so remarkable, and, alluding to the progress of free trade, said :—" There was another instance which there was cause to con gratulate them on, not only in having their prin ciples acknowledged, but also in having, in the reduc tion of the price of sugar to the consumer, a prospect of reaping the benefit. He said that, because he thought considering all the opposition that the landlords and the West India proprietors gave to the principles of free trade, they ought not to bear too hard upon a Minister who had even but partially carried the princi ples of free trade into effect." We cannot agree with Mr. WARBURTON that it is inexpedient to " bear too hard" upon Sir ROBERT PEEL, merely because he has from time to time given a cold, reluctant, hesitat ing support to the doctrines espoused by the League. On the contrary, we think that a constant pressure should be kept up against him ? he should be squeezed without mercy, for it is thus only—as he has himself I hinted in no very ambiguous terms—that anything is to be got out of him ; and in exact proportion to the vigour of the squeeze will be the extent of the conces sion. If forbearance is exercised towards him, he will immediately, with his usual tact, allege that forbearance as a proof that the public interest in favour of free trade is on the decline, and adhere with more tenacity than ever to the RICHMONDS, the BUCKINGHAMS, and the rest of that amiable, intelligent, and most disinterested squad ; but if he be urged and remonstrated with in a bold, downright spirit of perseverance on every suit able occasion, the chances are that in time he may be brought to make those concessions which it is in finitely to his discredit as a sagacious statesman that he has so long withheld. To appeal merely to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S sense of justice is perfectly hopeless ; the thing has been tried a dozen times already, and has failed as often ; he is accessible only through his apprehensions and his no tions of expediency, and these can only be roused by the League's boldly resolving, and persevering iri its resolution, to give him no respite, but beset him in cessantly with its vigorous importunities, which it is bound to do, representing, as it does, such vast masses of the intelligent and industrious portions of the eom munity. We are glad to learn, on the authority of Mr. VILLIERS, who briefly but significantly alluded to the subject last night, that it is the intention of the League to make every effort in its power to procure the return of a free trader for South Lancashire. This is a struggle well worth making—as much, per haps even more so, than the late triumphant struggle for the representation of London ; and should its issue be fortunate—and we see no reason why it should not be, if the advocates of free trade exert themselves with becoming vigour—an immense im pulse will have been given to the League; the sphere of its influence will have been widened tenfold; and the crazy, unwieldy fabric of Monopoly will have received a shock, the decisive effects of which not all the Protection Societies in the world will enable it to overcome. The approaching contest in South Lancashire is a subject of such interest and importance at the present crisis, that it behoves all free-traders, not only in that electoral district, but throughout England, to spare no pains to ensure success, for they may be assured that, to a considerable extent, the great question between Monopoly and Free Trade is staked upon the issue. A sudden vacancy in the representation of such a constituency must, under any circumstances, create considerable difficulties in all parties; there are rival claims to be adjusted, family interests to be considered, private jealousies to be conciliated, and inveterate prejudices to be respected. If the League were regarded as an ordinary political party, these circumstances would create perplexities which might seriously impede its course; but now the League stands before the world as a national association formed for national purposes, and, therefore, all that is merely local must be placed out of sight on the present occasion. The free-traders of South Lan cashire must not look so much to what would please themselves, as to what they have led the nation to expect at their hands. England looks not to them fur a man of any particular family, or connected with any particular interest ; the general body of free traders, which has come forward at their summons throughout the country has little knowledge and less care about local connections, prejudices, and asso ciations ; they look to see a great principle asserted, and they care as little about the name, family, local influence, or conventional position of the person chosen to represent that principle, as they do about the colour of his hair or the cut of his coat; they ask for "free trade," not this or that free-trader. Under ordinary circumstances such a wealthy and numerous constituency as that of South Lancashire would have a right to require a combination of varied qualifications in the candidate offering himself for their representation. But they have themselves ap pealed to the constituencies throughout the empire to merge all qualifications in the one great principle in volving not merely the prosperity, but this very vitality of England's commerce and manufactures, and they are bound to give an example of the ex clusive devotedness which they have so strenuously recommended to others. We are glad to see that the Council of the League has already addressed the constituency in this spirit, putting forward not a man, but a principle ; canvassing for a national object, not for an individual or a party. Many, we doubt not, are ambitious of the honour of representing such a constituency as that which is now vacant, and the task of selection may perhaps be difficult and invidious; but the free-traders of South Lancashire have so often given proof of the un bounded confidence which they repose in their leaders that we believe they will not object to any one who has satisfied those leaders of his steadfast ness in the cause of free trade, and his unflinching determination to use every exertion to bring the war against monopoly to a successful issue. Under such circumstances the canvass should not be delayed until the candidate is named, for the individual candidate is about the least important person in the struggle ; the free-traders of England are not so much in terested in procuring for any individual, however worthy or exalted, a seat in Parliament, as they are in obtaining a triumph over a system of ruinous mis government, pernicious in its present effects, and threatening to be still more destructive in its future consequences. We never remember an election in which national interests were more directly involved in a local con test, and we are therefore anxious to impress on the constituency of South Lancashire, not merely the importance, but the absolute necessity, of sinking everything local in the great national object. The electors must vote for free trade, and for nothing else ; attention to any other consideration is a breach of confidence to the thousands and tens of thousands, who, at their call, have come forward to aid them in the great struggle against monopoly. When the Lom bard cities, in the olden time, took up arms to defend their liberties, some dispute arose respecting the choice of a standard-bearer, but the dissensions were ended when the soldiers exclaimed with one accord, "We will fight for our banner by whomsoever borne !" They marched forward to assured victory, and so trifling did the dispute respecting the coveted banner appear, that history has not recorded to whom the standard was committed on the day of battle. Such should be the policy of the electors of South Lancashire ; they are to struggle for the success of a cause, and not of an individual, and their battle-cry should be "Fight for the banner of Free Trade by whomsoever it may be borne 1" At the Mansion-house,on Saturday last, one of those cases occurred of heartless oppression on the one hand, and domestic suffering on the other, which painfully depict the penalties that social legislation, in this as in every other European capital, visits upon helpless poverty. That the rights of property should be capable of prompt and easy vindication is one of the first conditions, as well as most intelligible signs, of that high civilization to which the community must have attained where the processes for their vindication are to be with so much facility invoked. It is lamentable to think that the results of their exercise are perhaps a daily source of incalculable misery to some of the most forlorn and desolate of- our fellow.creatures, struggling against the temptations to crime and dis honesty and violence, through the most bitter physical privations, and under t he keenest sense of mental an • g• uish Surely such a case as that to which we ar e upon the Legislature to de referring imperatively calls vise—if not some landlords' guarantee of less stringency and peremptoriness, yet, at the least, some tenants' protection'against its tyrannous abuse of its terrible powers. It is instructive to observe, in the case of the poor victim of such an abuse in this case, ELLEN MYERS, how a failure of punctuality, which it is scarcely within the pale of human possibility to avoid at all times in the transaction of human business—a delay of three minutes (!) in the payment of a week's rent, may involve the hopeless and irretrievable ruin of a poor, industrious, unprotected woman ; and how it may give to some unfeeling ruffian, clothed with a " little brief authority," an all but safe impunity in enforcing, with savage pertinacity, against such a suf ferer, the inconceivably oppressive enactments of a scandalous and atrocious law : for, taking the facts as they appear in the report, we fearlessly apply these epithets to a law which, it seems, from the LORD MAYOR'S admission, may subject the pauper debtor of four shillings, in three minutes after the period has lapsed within which she might have re ceived a quittance upon that payment, to five shillings and sixpence (nearly a hundred and fifty per cent. additional) expenses 1 The most capricious savagery of mob law, or revolutionary tribunals, never dictated any principle of payment more despotically unreason able. ELLEN MYERS is a shoe-binder, lodging in some one of the miserable tenements which swarm in the vicinity of Bishopsgate, and had contracted a debt of 4s. to her landlord. One of those people who earn a hard-hearted livelihood by " collecting rents" and distraining on the goods and chattels of needy tenants, a species of legal scavengers who perfoim that work which other men shrink from, under warrant of the law, by wringing from the wretched the last rags and shreds which have clung to them in the last stages of their destitution—a broker, was sent by the landlord of MrEas to distrain upon her goods. This man's man—for the law will have deputies for its officers down to the last and most . binding of them all (who compels payment of the , last debt of our common nature)—calls on the young woman, and tells her that if she can contrive to pay the amount, 45., in twenty minutes, no expenses will attach to the war rant. She runs off to some neighbours, and returns, as she assures the LORD MAYOR, within the time specified ; but then a demand of ss. 6d. additional is made, and BROWN threatens to sell off all her goods if she refuses to pay the whole sum of 9s. 6d. With the utmost difficulty she raises the amount, and pays it to BROWN, who refuses to deduct a farthing from his demand. Under these circumstances she appeals to the LORD MAYOR for redress. On inves tigating the case, the broker, one BROWN, impudently pleads that as the young woman had returned too late by nearly five minutes, it was proper to demand the expenses. The wretched complainant solemnly af firms that far from being over, it was within the time allowed to her by CAPEL, BROWN'S man, that she brought the rent ; and she states that a little while since BROWN " had threatened to be even with her, and do for her; and she was afraid he would be." CAPEL, examined by the LORD MAYOR, admitted that the young woman was only three minutes over the time ; and then BROWN, with the cowardly instinct which always prompts such bullying and cruel natures against those whom they have already wronged, interposed that "the landlord wanted to get rid of MYERS, for she was a bad 'un." The unhappy girl, on this fresh outrage, referred the LORD MAYOR for her character and good conduct to the respectable employers whom she had served for four years ; adding " that she had paid her landlady four shillings only the night before, and had never experienced such cruel treatment." We hope not. Such cases are a disgrace to a Christian country—infamous to those who countenance or direct such iniqui tous oppressions. After all, the LORD MAYOR expressed his regret that he could not punish the fellow BROWN, for his charge, but held him to bail for twelve months for threatening the poor complainant ; and he then gave her the amount of the extra costs. Is such a landlord and tenant law as this to be upheld in times like these of indus trial distress and penury ? And are such creatures of an abominable law as BROWN and his man to be permitted, on the wonderful security of their oaths, forsooth (we presume that he is a "sworn broker"), to be permitted any longer to administer it ? Madrid journals of the Ist instant have been re ceived, and fully confirm the accounts already published of the alarming fall in Spanish Funds by the change in the Ministry. A. Ministerial paper, the Castellano, admits the fact . in these words, " The opera tions on the Bourse commenced to-day under the in fluence of the news that the whole Administration was about to be changed. The Funds fell to 29, then rallied to 291 for cash, and 30 at sixty days. After wards on the news spreading of the Cabinet's resig nation having been accepted, the Funds experienced a disastrous full." In fact, they were offered as low as 28i. They rallied a little, and on the Ist instant, the Three per Cents. closed at 291 for cash, 30 at sixty days, and the Fives 21 at sixty days. The Paris papers in general simply announce the formation of the NARVAEZ Cabinet. We are not surprised at this. There have been so many new Cabinets since the flight of ESPARTERO, and the people of Spain have fallen so low in public estimation, that any change of government hardly deserves notice. The Government, the army, the church, and the nobility, are evidently favourable to the old system of despotism, and in a few months probably the Cortes and the Constitution will be formally, as they are in reality, thrown aside like old almanacs. The Con,sti tutionnel, almost the only journal that condescends to make any remarks on the " Sabre" Ministry, evi dently anticipates such a result. " The accession of NARVAEZ to power," it says, "maygive rise to various conjectures, but whatever those surmises may be, the political meaning of this Ministerial revolution is evi dent. It is no other than the result of a restoration. In the time of ESPARTERO it was the reign of the Exaltados. A defection of this party overthrew Es- PAUTERO, although the OLOZAGA. Ministry was com posed only of Progressists. A fresh defection throws the power into the hands of those who brought to the moderate party the zeal of fresh converts. Now the old Moderado party govern alone, and the new Cabinet brings back Spain to the time of the ministries of the Duke DE FRIAS, or of Count n'OrALIA. If this re trograde movement continue, it will bring into power the authors or the partisans of the Estatuto Real, of en lightened despotism behind which Carlism can alone be found." Little has been published in these journals lately about a commercial treaty between England and France, but the exposition made by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER has called new attention to the subject. When France finds that England will make no reduction of the duties on wines and brandies until France exhibits more liberal commercial views, and there is otherwise little chance of raising these articles from their present state of depression, the Govern ment may deem it necessary to show something like an intention to act on reciprocal principles. The Globe, a Ministerial paper, throws out the fol lowing, probably as a feeler, on the question : " It is known that the English Government intended to take the initiative in the question of reducing the tariffs, and that it was to commence by diminishing the duties on wines and brandies. The budget, presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has disappointed those hopes. It would ap pear that the British Cabinet refrained from adopting a mea • sure so important until the Customs Bill, now before the French Chambers, should have been discussed, and that the question relative to foreign threads and linens should have been definitively solved. Notwithstanding this adjournment, negotiations respecting the reduction of the tariffs of the two countries have been opened by the English and French Go vernments, and will be prosecuted with greater activity dur ing the interval of the session. Persons engaged in the wine and brandy trade must not, accordingly, lose all hope. The question is adjourned, and not decided, and sooner or later it must be settled in the interest of the extension of the com mercial relations of the two kingdoms." It is stated in some of the journals that negotiations for a commercial treaty between England and Naples have been again renewed, and that the conditions will prove highly favourable to British interests. The French Funds continued to advance. On Tues• day the Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 65c., and the Fives at 122 f. 40c. THE BOURSE—TuEsDAY, MAY 7. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French:l'lve perCente. . Three per Centa B4 60 • • 84 65 .. 84 55 .. 84 60 Bank of France....... 3lOO • • 3100 • 311/0 .•3100 Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Sliai•esii6i . so .• ..1167 50 .•1170 5,000 f. Sharessl62 50 ..5162 50 ..5162 50 ..5162 50 Belgian Bank..•.•. Belgian Flees, 1831.. - 1840 • • • • • .• • 106 .. 106 • • 106 • • 106 1842 •••• . • • • 1081 .. 1081 • • 1081 1081 Spanish Active Threes ....... Passive 6 .. 6 .. 6 .. 6 Neapolitan ..... . ...... 102 . • 102 05 • • 102 Portuguese Five per C en t s • . 46i • • 46f . 46 . • 461 • • 102 05 UAW, ei 4iY ..... .• ••• • • 104 104 ' t:/4 !. 104 RAILWAY' SHARES. Versailles, R. 8.• •••••. • . • • • 375 .. 380 • • 373 • . 380 L.B. .. Rouen • . Rouen to Havre.. •• •• •• •• •• 737 50 .. 737 50 .. 735 735 Orleans Strasburg to Bale•• •• •• •• 275 .. 277 50 .. 275 .. 275 Avignoalto Marseilles.. •• •• 770 .. 770 768 75 .. 768 75 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Veraffles, R. 8.. . 375 .. 380 .. 375 .. 380 L.B. ..... 252 50 .. 260 .. 252 50 .. 260 Rouen Rouen to Havre.• •••• • • • • • 737 50 .. 738 75 .. 736 25 .. 736 25 Orleans Strasburg to Bale • • • • • • • • • • 277 50 • • 277 50 .• 275 .. 275 Avignon to Marseilles—. • • 770 • • 770 . 768 75 .. 768 MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—During the week ending Saturday, 4th May, the number of deaths was 877, the average being 883. In a num ber of cases there has been a decrease ; and the in crease has occurred chiefly in deaths caused by small pox, croup, and consumption. The number of deaths from small-pox was 31, and of these 20 had not been vaccinated, average 12 ; from croup 13, average 8 ; consumption 168, average 155. The number of vio lent deaths was 17, of which I was from murder, 2 from suicide, 3 from burns and scalds, and 2 from falls caused by intoxication. The thermometer was highest on Thursday, the 2d of May, 67.3 deg. ; and lowest on Monday, April 29, 35.9 deg. The fall of rain fur the week is marked 0.02 of an inch, which nearly approaches to nil. THIS DAY'S. NEWS. QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY). (Sittings in Banco.) This was the first day of the sittings in banco after term, and the Court took cases in the special and the new trial papers. No case of any public interest came on up to the hoar of our going to press. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Baron GURNEY and Common Juries.) STEVENS V. MAGUIRE. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Stevens and Fearon, solicitors, carrying on business in Gray's Inn, to recover of the defendant, who is a solicitor, in Dublin, a certain amount, as charges for conducting through a com mittee of the House of Commons a petition having refer ence to the election for the borough of Athlone, in Ire land, in 1842, when Major Beresford was the unsuc cessful candidate. There were two petitions from a Captain Kelly and another person, members of the borough constituency, against the successful candidate, and Mr. Maguire was employed by them as the solicitor to conduct the affair. On the 20th of March, 1843, the defendant, who had engaged the plaintiffs to act as his agents in the matter, signed an undertaking to give them 50/. if they con tinued to conduct the petition, and in two days afterwards the Committee concluded its inquiry, up to the 20th of March, when that undertaking had been signed by the defendant. The plaintiff's expenses were, he alleged, upwards of 90/., and for the continuance of the agency to the rising of the Com mittee, he brought a charge .which increased that sum to 1401., and for this amount the present action was brought. Mr. Peacock appeared for the plaintiffs, Mr. Petersdorff for the defendant. The following witnesses were called. James Lennox examined—ls a solicitor. Knows the plaintiffs and the defendant. Saw the memorandum now handed in signed by the defendant Mr. Maguire, on the 20th March, 1843. (The memorandum was here read. It was an undertaking on the part of the defendant to pay the plaintiffs 50/. for acting as his agent in conducting the peti tion through the Committee of the House of Commons.) Mr. Bramble examined—ls a solicitor, carrying on busi ness in Verulam-buildings. Was formerly in the plaintiffs' office. Has looked through the plaintiffs' bill, and examined the charges made in it. Its amount is 140/. 4s. 6d. ; the amount of the bill to the 19th of March, 1843, is 97/. Con siders the charges very reasonable. Cross-examined—Is not sufficiently acquainted with Parliamentary business to state with certainty that the charges are reasonable. Had attended one Parliamentary Committee previous to that which was the subject of the pre sent action. Does not think that there is a difference made between the charges of a solicitor, when acting as agent, and when acting as principal in the conduct of a petition, through a Committee of the House of Commons. These were the only witnesses• called. Mr. Baron GURNEY suggested that the better course would be to take a verdict for fifteen guineas, with liberty to the plaintiff to move to have the verdict increased to 50/. if the Court should think proper so to direct. This arrangement was ultimately agreed to by the parties, and the jury, by the direction of the Learned Judge, returned a verdict to that effect. There being no other cases to come before his Lordship, the Court then rose at half-past twelve o'clock. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT THE MARYLEI3OSE MURDER. At ten minutes after ten o'clock Mr. Justice Coltman took his seat on the bench. Immediately afterwards William Crouch was placed at the bar. The jury, who had been in deliberation during the night, then entered the Court, and having answered to their names, The Clerk of the Court asked them if they had agreed on their verdict? The Foreman said that his brother jurors and himself were desirous of having those portions of the evidence read over which related to the prisoner's sanity or insanity. The Learned JUDGE said he would dispatch a special mes senger to Mr. Baron Alderson, before whom the prisoner was tried, and who was then engaged at Westminster. The jury would therefore retire until his Learned Brother arrived. The jury then withdrew. Shortly afterwards, it having been represented to the Judge that some of the jury were in a faint and exhausted state, from their long confinement, Dr. 11‘Murdo, the physician to the prison, was directed to see the gentlemen of the jury, and report to the Court on their condition. Dr. M'Murdo entered the Court, and said that the whole of the jurymen were much exhausted, but more particularly seven of them—they had all been used to stimulants. lie thought them unfit to exercise their mental powers. Mr. Justice COLTMAN—Do you think they are in danger, if not immediately discharged? Mr. M`Murdo—No so as to destroy life, my Lord. Mr. Justice COLTM.AN—IS there a probability, unless they are immediately discharged, of their health being injured? Mr. M'Murdo—l think so, my Lord. The Learned JUDGE directed the jury to be brought into Court. On their entrance he said he had received a commu nication from Mr. Baron Alderson, in ivhich he stated that he would be there directly, or in half an hour ; and if he did not arrive in that time , he would send for them agai n . Shortly after twelve o'clock Mr. B aron Ald erson arrived, read an over the id and thejury evidence, entered the bo x , th e L earne d J u d ge ce, minutely detailing the circumstances of the case, and, in fact, charged the Jury a second time, who retired at a quarter past twelve o'cock, again to consi der their verdict. THE LATE ABDUCTION CASE. —On the application of Mr. Wilkins the tiial of William Burton Newenham, charged with the abduction of Miss `Northam, was postponed until the next session. At half-past one o'clock the jury returned to the Court, the prisoner was again placed at the bar, and the names having been called over, the Clerk of the Court asked them if they had agreed on their verdict, and whether they found the prisoner guilty or not guilty. The Foreman —" - Guilty, my Lord." Baron ALDERSON—" Let the prisoner be brought up again on Saturday." The prisoner was again removed, but in a few minutes Baron Alderson desired that he might be again placed in the dock. . _ He was accordingly brought forward, and silence having been proclaimed, the Learned JUDGE proceeded to pass sen tence of death upon the prisoner in the most impressive manner. Having put on the black cap, he said :—William Crouch, the jury, after a long and p a i n f u l cons id erat i on, h ave come to the conclusion that you were in a responsible state of mind at the time when the act was done with which you stand charged—that you were not in a state of you irresponsible for your actions. ( o re n d e could entertain the slightest doubt ; imt)fiwntdahsecwfiloaleriti el tlmiistetrlefe no rende red the open day, in the presence of others, and committed towards one to whom you were bound in all the ties of love and duty, and at a time when the unfortunate female was administering, from her own bosom, nourishment to your unfortunate child. All that now remains f o r me t o d o is to tell you the fate which awaits you. The end of these things is death—death which . will be eternal. Throw your self on the mercies of Christ, and employ the short time you have to live in seeking pardon from the Almighty. The sentence of this Court is, and I am but the minister of the law in that respect, " that you be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and that after your death your body be buried within the precincts of the prison." During the delivery of the sentence of the Learned Judge the prisoner was unmoved, but listened with great attention. At its conclusion he bowed slightly to the Bench, and was understood to say, " I am an innocent man." He walked from the dock with a firm step. MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) Frederick Hamilton was placed at the bar charged 'with horse-stealing. James Roustage, farmer, at Kilburn-lane, said that he missed one of his horses from the straw-yard on Thursday morning last, and gave information to the different police stations. Ile on the same day, accompanied by police-con stable Ilimbury, 102 D, went to Mr. Winkley's slaughtering yard, 23, Green-street, Blackfriars-road, and found the stolen animal. The constable gave similar evidence, and said that he took the prisoner into custody yesterday evening, in the tap-room of the White Lion, Edgeware-road. He endea voured to conceal himself below some seats, but was disco vered by the witness. He denied all knowledge of the robbery. Richard Lindsay, in the employment of Mr. Winkley, proved that the prisoner had offered the horse for sale in his master's yard for three pounds, - but on Mr. Winkley's put ting several questions to him respecting his name, his place of residence, and where he got the horse, "he took hisself off all at vonce" without giving the required explanation. The prisoner was not more fortunate on the present occa sion, and he was at once committed for trial. He had before been convicted for a similar offence. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Margaret Morgan, a young, handsome, and very fashion ably-dressed French woman, was charged with robbing Mr. Thomas Graham, of No. 7, T rev or-square, 'Knightsbridge, and a membe r o f th e St oc k E xc hange, of 10s. in silver, under the following circumstances : Mr. Robinson, the solicitor, attended on the part of the accused. _ . _ The prosecutor stated that, between 3 and 4 o'clock that morning, as he was passing up the Haymarket with a port manteau in his hand, having just returned from Brighton, he was accosted by the prisoner who, after persisting in walking by his side for some distance, suddenly thrust her hand into his right hand trowsers-pocket, and withdrew it grasping the amount of silver in question ; he immediately seized her, and called " police," and on a constable of the S division coming up, and taking her into custody, she scattered some money over the carriage-way. A number of cabmen and other fellows of the lowest grade were about, and the police-constable was only enabled to pick up three shillings out of the ten. He had seen his money safe but a few minutes before. In answer to questions put by the prisoner's solicitor to the prosecutor, he admitted that he had been drinking. Mr. HARDwicK—A drunken man is not, as a matter of course, to be robbed. The prosecutor said he came forth on public grounds as he had noticed several of the swell mob, who infest the West end, following up the prisoner, and he had no doubt that the intention of the parties was to rob him of his watch, a valuable one, guard-chain, portmanteau, and ether property he bid About him. Mr. HARDWICK said he must see the public protected from such nocturnal depredations, and committed the pri soner to take her trial at the Central Criminal Court. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) John Faulkner was charged in the police-sheet with at-. tempting to cut his wife's throat. A noise was heard in the prisoner's room at one o'clock that morning, and a policeman entering, his wife was found bleeding from a slight wound in the throat, which she said was inflicted by her husband. She was the worse for liquor at the time; her husband was sober. The wife was not in attendance. The prisoner denied the charge, and gave a melancholy account of his wife's propensity for liquor, which had reduced him to beggary. Mr. CorriNGnA3r said that the wife not being in attendance to press the charge, he should discharge the accused. MONE YAND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. , There was an animated inquiry for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, at fully previous rates ; sales about 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 American were on speculation.—Shares had rather a quiet appearance :—Dublin and Cashel, 4i ; Great Western, Fifths, 21k ; Brighton, 45 ; South-Western, 85 ; North British, 3 ; Paris and Lyons, 3 ; South-Eastern, 38i ; Do. New, 12i. The private bankers who have the privilege of issuing notes, are up ia arms at the prospect of there being, before many years have expired, but one point of issue established for England and Wales; Ireland and Scotland being left out of the Premier's plans for the present. The joint-stock banks are pretty passive, as they have obtained more than they expected from the Government. Private meetings were held yesterday, of the principals, not only of the joint-stock but of the private banks ; mid of the former the shareholders are to be convened in public meeting on an early day, to consider—not oppose—the intended alterations in banking and currency. There is no doubt but that the proposals of the Ministers will be passed into law with but slight modifications. From a periodical that has been sent us, we extract the following as to the Tea trade : " The rate of consumption, upon the average, has more than doubled in the United States within the twenty years, whilst in this country it has progressed something, more than one third only. The exports of Tea from Canton to the United States, in 1840, exceeded 9,000,000 kilogrammes. The inference from such premises would seem to be clear and un mistakeable. The growing customer for the teas of China will, paripassu, become the largely growing monopolist of the supply of China with cottons, woollens, hardwares, metals, &c. What the United States do not produce them selves, or do not produce cheaply enough, they can be fur nished with in European Ccitinental markets, on more ad vantageous terms. British merchants are already exporting German and Belgian woollens to China, because the differ ence of prices, as compared with British manufactures, is equal at once to a reasonable profit. We may remark, that, for one, Captain Pidding himself has verified the fact, as suredly with no feelings of satisfaction, whatever the per sonal advantage accruing. Out of a bad bargain, nationally, arising from the exorbitant taxation of tea, the public are partially, compensated, however, in one sense. For if with cheaper German woollens the merchant is enabled to obtain, ton cattier of tea against nine which Leeds or Gloucester cloths would only procure, it is evident that from the larger Supplies, the price of tea must be cheapened to the consumer. " We shall conclude for the present with remarking that in the heavier and more substantial qualities of cotton cloths, American domestics' are already largely supplanting, and in long cloths advantageously competing with, the similar fabrics of British make in the markets of China. The raw cottons of Georgia and New Orleans have but recently sought the same regions, yet, from their superior preparation and finer as well as longer fibres, they can hardly fail eventually to supersede or to greatly interfere with the vent of one of the chief export staples of British India. The lead of the United States has already excluded that of this country in all neutral marts." We have been favoured with the sight of a commercial letter from Mexico, which states that trade was excessively dull there, and at Tampico matters were equally bad. • The Stock Markets have been very firm this morning, at a quotation within a mere fraction of par. The Commis sioners took about the usual amount of Consols at 99k. A few bargains were made at 994. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are firm. Exchequer Bills are at 755. premium, and India Bonds at 925. premium. Bank Stock is at 1951, and India Stock at 2881 to 289, a rise of li to 2 per cent. since the day before vestilrday. The Spanish Securities have fluctuated frequently this day, and the tendency has been rather to improve. The Three per Cents. have rallied from 33i• to 341, and the Active Bonds from 23fr to 24. Portuguese Stock is dull at 451. Dutch and Belgian Bonds are steady, and in the South American Stocks the alterations trifling. A fair amount of business has been transacted in the Rail way Shares, but prices have not generally materially altered. In Bank Shares little is doing. tRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK,. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 195% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 99% 3% per Cent Reduced Annuities New 3% per Cent. Annuities. .... .... ........ Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 12%% Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. lE6O. India Stock India 80nd5,1,000.......... ............. .................. 92 Ditto under 1,000 92 Consols for Account ......... ................ 9 9% %% Exchequer Bills, I%d. I%d 1,0001. 5001 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent ION Columbian Bonds Mexican Bonds, 1 837,5 per Cent. .....- .... Ditto Deferred Stock 15%% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted 4'l4 45% Ditto for the Account. 46 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 23%%% Ditto for the Account 1.......... ............. Ditto Three per Cent. . ....... - ....... ........... "34, 34;6% Ditto for the Account Dutch 2% per Cents 6 ) % 8% New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents. 99% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Bristol and Exeter '7o 76% to Chester and Holyhead 5 Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered. 81. 61. Rd....... 14% Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent 13.. 4d.... 1% Edinburgh and Glasgow SO • Ditto Registered Great Western Ditto 4 Shares 5O 75% ... to 75 Ditto Fifths Harwich (Braithwaite) Ditto ( Lo ke) Hull and Selby London and Birmingham. lOO 233 ......... to i... London and Blackw4ll 16% ...... 7% to London and Brighton BO 44%%;,... to London and Greenwich - ... to London and South Western 41% 85% to Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. .18 North Midland - 100 .. —p Ditto Thirds... .... ~. .. ... 214 13s. ild ' 30 .. South Eastern and Dover 32% 374:;1fi to Yarmouth and Norwich lB .... ..... 25 York and North Midland ......... 50 Ditto 34 Shares • Paris and Orleans 58% to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY B.—There is no material change in our market to-day ; our quotations are : Manchester and Birmingham, 59 to 591 ; North Union, 1101 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 801 to 811 ; South-Eastern, 381 to ; Ditto, New, 12 to 12/ ; Caledonian, 4 11-16 ; Man chester, Bury, and Rossendale, 5 15-16. ebtrb Won NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. Lord Lonsdale's b c by Emilius • • 1 Col. Anson's ch f by Emilius Won by a length. Three started. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for three yrs old 7at 71b; four, Bst 91b ; five and upwards, 9st. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 200 sous., if demanded, &c. Lord Orford's Nininka colt .. 1 Colonel Peel's c by Slane ... Lord Exeter's Mocha . . . Mr. Roger's Clara—. Won by a length. Four started. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE I'RICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended May 4, 1E44, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat sss. 3d. Oats Barley 3ls. ed. I Rye .... 30s. lid I Pease 3ls. 2d AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Weeks ending' WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. I RYR. I BEANS. ..-.-- T EASE. Mar. 30 April 6 13 56 5 55 5 55 1 32 71 19 B 33 3 32 10 i 0 1 33 9 33 1 20 1 32 4 31 2 30 11 31 2 31 0 31 8 32 5 31 4 31 9 27 May 4 ... 55 6 55 3 32 7 2O 1 3l 2 31 8 20 1 30 11 30 8 31 1 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THZ SIX WEFES Wheat.... ..... 551. ed. Oats 8ar1ey......... 325. 'M I Rye DUTIXS ON FORXIGN CORN. Wheat ..„.....17s. Od. Oats Barley 1 be. Od. I Bye ..... 10s. 6d.1 Pease IO3. 6d. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) BAY PILA.RICETS. Si ITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ lOs ; use ful ditto, 31 lOs to 3/ 15s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 16e to 41; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to- 5/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 118 s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply but moderate, and trade steady. CUMBERLAND. —Coarse Meadow Hay, 2118 s to 3/ 10s ; use ful ditto, 31 12s to 3l 16s; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 17s to 4/ ; Clover Hay, 31 to 4/ 18s; Oat Straw, 1/ 86 to 1/ lOs; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off freely at full quotations. WHITECITAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 18s to 318 s ; useful ditto, 3/ lOs to 3/ 15s; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 16s to 71; Clover Hay, 315 s to 515 s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 118 s ; Wheat Straw, 118 s to 1/ lOs per load. A moderate supply, and a fair demand. MEAT MAEKETS. SOUTHALL, MAY B.—We had a full average supply of each kind of fat stock on sale this morning, yet the demand was throughout steady, at, in most instances, a trifling improve ment in the quotations. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s 2d ; Veal, 33 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 8d per Blbs. Supply—Beasts, 40; Sheep and Lambs, 2,041; Calves, 39 ; Pigs, 36. Romronn, MAY B.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in de mand at full currencies. Otherwise, the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 46 ; Lamb, 44 10d to 63 ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork 23 4d to 35 8d per Blbs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 181 lOs each. LEWES, MAY 7.—There was a fair amount of business doing here to-day, at fully previous rates :—Beef,from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 58 10d; and Pork, 4s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 9.—Wind, westerly, light breezes, and fine DEAL, MAY B.—Wiad, A.M. N.N.E., r.m., E.N.E., light.— Sld. Java, Hong Kong; Auguste, and lifeline, Port au Prince. PORTSMOUTII, MAY B.—Wind S., light.—Sld. Cleopatra, China, FALMOUTH, MAY B.—Wind variable, and light.—And Admiral Nelson, Queripol. CLYDE, MAY 4.—Sld. Douro, Halifax. s. —Adam Smith, Rio; Brant, Quebec aad Alontreal. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.-(THIS DAY.) 'The eleventh annual meeting of this flourishing institu-. tion was held to- day, at the Company's offices in Bishops gate-street. JOB N lIIRLYILLE, Esq., took the Chair at twelve o'clock, and after entering into a statement of the affairs of the Com pany, read the following report : " It now became the duty of the Directors to present to the Proprietors their Eleventh Annual Report. " The Directors in the first place, have to inform the Pro prietors of the following important acquisition to the business of the Company. At Torrington, the private bank of Messrs. Loveband and Cox, and at Bideford, the old Bideford Bank of Messrs. Ley and Cox, have been incorporated with the Branches of the National Provincial Bank which had already for some years existed at these places. " Similar arrangements have led to the establishment of two new branches—namely, one at Sherborne, and the other at Newport, in the Isle of Wight. At Sherbome, the Bank of Messrs. Pretor and Co., which had been in existence for nearly a century, has been transferred to this Company ; and at Newport, in consequence of the dissolution, of the Isle of Wight Joint-stock Bank, the Company has succeeded to the very respectable business of that establishment, with the con currence and support of its numerous and wealthy share holders. " In accordance with the views expressed in the last report with respect to the discontinuance of minor branches and agencies, the Directors have closed the following, namely, Knutsford, Charteris, Ringwood, and Shepton Mallet. By an arrangement also with the Devon and Corn wall Bank, which was considered mutually benefi cial, the branch at Kingsbridge has been relinquished to that establishment, for which it has given an equivalent, by retiring in favour of this Company at Dart mouth. The observations with which the Directors pre faced in the last report the annual statement of account are applicable, and with still greater force, upon the present occa sion. Since the last meeting the employment of the Com pany's funds has daily become more difficult, and notwith standing an improvement in some branches of trade, the value of money has gradually decreased until it has reached an unprecedentedly low point of depression. " Under disadvantages so unusual and protracted, the Proprietors will naturally be prepared for a correspond ing diminution of profits, and accordingly, from the state ment of accounts now to be submitted to the meeting, it will be perceived that, in order to maintain the dividend of 6 per cent. for last year, recourse has been had again to the re served fund. In 1843, on the Ist of January, the amount of undivided property was 57,867/. 15s. sd. ; and on the 31st of December, in the same year, the nett profits, after making allowance for bad and doubtful debts, and for a proportion of preliminary expenses, was 21,4351. Os. 3d., making a total of 79,302/. 15s. Bd. ; from that was to be deducted the dividend of 6 per cent., 24,6491. 165., which left the undivided profit, in Decembre, 1843, of 54,652/. 19s. Bd. Although with , large accumulating re sources, employed in safe and available investments, and with the means, consequently, at their command of in creasing the profits of the Company when a demand for capi tal shall return, yet the low rate of interest on money having assumed a somewhat , permanent character, the Directors trust that the Proprietors will agree with them in thinking it more advisable to reduce the dividend than to encroach further upon the reserve. The Directors, accord ingly, now propose that the dividend for July next should be at the rate of five per cent. , " Since the foregoing report was prepared for the Proprie tors, the Government has submitted to Parliament its inten tion with respect to the renewal of the Bank of England. Charter, and to the law affecting joint-stock banks. " Without explanation of details the Directors feel it would be premature to give any decided opinion as to the proposed measure, but as Government has avowed its inten tion of respecting existing interests, and to proceed on the principle of facilitating the operation of joint-stock banks, the Directors entertain an expectation that any new legisla tion will not operate any disadvantage to the National Pro vincial Bank." After a short discussion, the report was adopted. Mr, Henry Weymouth, Mr. Isaac Nicholson, and Mr. Thomas. Wilson, were re-elected Directors ; Mr. Edward Stewart and Sir D. Scott were elected Directors, in the room of Mr. George Lynch and Mr. Archibald Paul. _ _ _ _ _ A dividend of 5 per cent. was declared, And, after a high eulogium had been passed by several of the Directors upon the courserpursued by the Manager, Mr. Robertson, the meet ing separated, every Proprietor appearing well pleased with the prosperity of the establishment. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: NEWMARKET-TUESDAY NIGHT. Arrivals.—.-Duke of Rutland, Duke of Montrose, Mar quis of Exeter, Lord and Lady Albemarle, Lord Orford, Lord Vivian, Lord W. Powlett, Sir R. Bulkeley, Sir D. Baird, Hon. Colonel Anson, Hon. G. Fitzroy, Hon. Captain Rous, Colonel Peel, Colonel Brinkman, Messrs. Thornhill, Batson, Newton, Gardnor, Higgins, Port man, S. Stanley, Rush, jun., Forester, Jaques, &c. WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate of 501. for three yrs old and up wards. A.F. Lord Exeter's f by Gladiator, out of Elegance, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (W. Boyce) 1 Mr. Crockford's Pine Apple, 4 yrs, Bst 1 llb 2 Mr. Berrington's Father Mathew, 3 yrs, 6st 1316 3 Mr. Newton's Jenny Jumps, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 4 5 to 4 agst Jenny Jumps, 3 to 1 agst Father Mathew, and 3to 1 agst Elegance filly. Jenny Jumps made slow running to the bushes, where, on her followers joining company, she resigned. Father Mathew went on with the running, to within 100 yards of the chair, where Pine Apple and the Elegance filly challenged ; a pretty race home was decided in favour of the filly by half a length, Father Mathew a capital third. The Suffolk Stakes of 15 Sovs. each, 5 ft if declared, with 100 added. Last mile and a-half of R. C. (69 Subs., of whom 44 declared, and four did not name.) Mr. Villiamson's The Cure, 3 yrs, Est 31b (R. Cotton) 1 Lord Glenlyon's Ben-y-Ghlo, 4 yrs, 7st 91b 2 Duke of Bedford's Minotaur, 4 yrs, 7st 71b The following also ran :—Mr. John Day's St. Law rence, aged, 9.t—Duke of Grafton's Cataract, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Lord Exeter's Albion, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Mr. Philli more's Syntaxina, 6 yrs, 7st—Col. Peel's 'Hartshorn, 4 yrs, 6A 71b (carried 6st 121b)—LordItown's Bourra Tomacha, 4 yrs, 6st 41b—Lord Maidstone's Deuce Ace, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Lord Chesterfield's. Buzz, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Mr. A. Glenn's Lucy Long, 3 yrs, 4st 81b—and Lord Albemarle's Candidate, 3 yrs, 4st 811. Betting-2 to 1 agst The Cure, 2to 1 agst. Minotaur, 7 to 1 agst Ben-y-Ghlo, 10 to 1 agst Cataract, and 10 to 1 agst Candidate. The Manto filly was declared not to start at about 12 o'clock this morning, having previously beeii backed at 6to 1. St. Lawrence made running for three quarters of a mile at a strong pace. The Cure, who had followed him in company with Minotaur, overpowering the lad, then took the lead from him, and went two lengths in ad vance to the corner of the plantations, where St. Lawrence was beaten. Ben-y-Ghlo now joined Minotaur, and beat him at the foot of the hill, but could not reach The Cure, who, albeit hanging to the right, maintained his lead to the end and won by three lengths; Cataract was fourth, St. Lawrence fifth, Lucy Long sixth, and Buzz seventh; all beaten a length or two from each other. The Jockey Club Plate of 501. ; for four yrs old, 7st 21b; five, Bst 31b; six and aged, Bst 91b; the pro perty of members of the Jockey Club. B.C. Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 4 yrs (Mann) 1 Duke df Rutland's Hyrcaman, 4 yrs 2 6 to .4 on Hyrcanian, who was beaten easily. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each; for four yrs old colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 51b. Last three miles of B.C. __(4_ Elixir, - Brother to Mango, walked over. (RECEIVED THIS DAT.) NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, winner to be sold for 200, &c. Mr. Rogers's Clara, 4 yrs—Lord Exeter's Mocha, 3 yrs— Lord Orford's Nininka colt, 3 yrs—Colonel Peel's colt, out of Jason's darn, 3 3 - rs. Handicap Sweepstakes. T.Y.C. Colonel Peel's Canton, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Lord Exeter's Maria Diaz, 4 yrs, ist 61b—Mr. Stephenson's Dr. Wood, 4 yrs, 7st 41b. The only bet laid in the evening was 300 to 100 agst•the Ugly Buck, nearly all the " ring" having taken flight for town. A new match has been made between Semiseria and Ex tempore, to run at even weights, on Monday in the Hough ton Meeting, 500 each, 100 ft. SHREWSBURY RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Whitehall Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added. Mile and a half. (4 Subs). Mr. A. W. Hill's Beaumont, 3 yrs, 7st 21b walked over. The Tankerville Stakes, of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100 added ; the second saves his stake. Two miles. (43 Subs, 31 of whom declared.) Mr. Mostyn's General Pollock, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b Marlow 1 Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b Mr. Gough's Greenfinch, aged, 7st 12Ib' 3 Mr. Tomline nd Xanthus, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b Mr. Collett's Cattonite, 5 yrs, Bst Sib The following also started but were not placed :—Mr. Ed monsistone's Ermengardis, 6 3, , r5, 7st 41b—Mr.Ongley's Rode rick, 5 vrs, ist—Lord Miltown's Birdeen, 4 yrs, 6st, and Mr. D'lsraeli nd British Tar, 3 yrs, sst 51b. A good race with three, was won by about a neck ; Rode rick beaten off a long way. The first heat of the County Members' Plate was won by Mr. E. Herbert's Joanna, Fausta second, Princess,of Wales third, and Brewood fourth. The race was not run out when the post left. EGLINTON PARK RACES.—TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. The last to pay the second horse's stake. Half a mile. ; 111 Subs.) Mr. H. Johnstone's The Era, 4 yrs, list 41b . (Johnstone) 1 Mr. Ferguson nd The Whistler, 3 yrs, lOst 21b 2 The following also started, but were not • placed :—Lord Eglinton's The Potentate, aged, 12st 61b—Mr L. Palk's Billy Button, aged, 12st 61b—Major Campbell nd Wayward, aged, 12st 61b—and Mr. Ramsay's Whistle Binkie, 5 yrs, llst 111 b. Match, 100 sovs, ft. Two miles.—Mr. Palk's Cerito, aged, list (Lord Wilton), beat Lord Maidstone's Emperor, aged, lOst 91b, The Southbar Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added ; for three yrs old, 9st 101 b, four yrs, I 1 st 61b ; five yrs, 12st 21b ; six 7rs,'l2st 71b aged, 12st 101 b. Winners of 100/. 41bs ; twice, 71bs extra ; Scotch bred horses allowed 51bs ; mares and geldings, 31bs. Two miles. (8 Subs.) Lord Waterford's Firefly, 5 yrs (Owner) 1 Captain Boyd's The Conqueror, 5 yrs 2 The following also started :—Mr. L. Palk's Billy Button, aged ; Mr. A. Robertson's Tinder-box, aged ; and Mr. San diland's Whitney, aged. The Irvine Cup of 150/, added to a subscription of 10 sovs. each. Once round and a distance. (16 Subs.) Mr. Johnstone's William le Gros, 5 yrs, list 121 b (Mr. W. H. Johnstone) Lord Eglinton's Aristides, 4 yrs, list Mr. Ramsay's Shad ow , age d, 12 s t 41b 3 Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, 5 yrs, llst 121 b Mr. G. H. Moore's Red Rover, 6 yrs, 12st Ilb The Produce Stakes of 50 Boys. each, li ft. Half a mile. (Four Subs.) Mr. Ramsay's Rose of Cashmere, Bst 11b.......(W. Noble) 1 Mr. Alexander's Pilot, Bst 71b The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added. Two miles. (10 Subs.) Mr. Milbank's Robinson, aged, 12st 101 b walked ever. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added Mile and a quarter. (11 Subs ) Lord Eglinton's Quebec, 4 yrs .. ... 1 Mr. Moore's Oh Don't, 5 yrs Sir James Boswell's Miss Julia, 5 yrs .. Sir Robert, Cerito, and Bourdeaux were not placed. The Earl and Countess of Kenmare, Lord and Lady Hatherton and Hon. Miss Littleton, the Bishop of Lincoln and family, Sir E. and Lady Thomason, &c., were among the arrivals announced last week at Great Malvern. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vtibitt Optnton. " Who runs may read." • FOREIGN. On Tuesday the King and Queen of the French, and th e rest of the Royal family, with the Duchess of Kent, left th! Tuileries for Fontainbleau, where they were to remain until Thursday evening. *Sf °ll. The two Chambers were respectively occupied during d day with the adjourned discussions on the Education Bill an the Prison Reform Bill. On the latter, the Marquis de"J rochejaequelin, in speaking of the new prison of La fol: c° now in construction in Paris, drew a very melancholy Plc' ture of the celis destined on the new system for the priiall er° ' The Marchioness of Hertford continues aeriouslr - ittr posed at her chateau of Bagatelle, near Paris. Her LitdY"'n has been for many years an absentee. M. Marchand, who was valet-de- chambrs to Napoleon , Ii! addressed a letter to the Constitution ne l, re s pe c ting the se', " by the executors of Sir Hudson Lowe of vari o us artichttf scribed as having belonged to the late Emperor. chand declares that some of the articles so described never in the possession of the Emperor. He mention's pb*" cularly the Brequet watch, the portrait, an d the iard e ' l ; chair, and adds that, although the hair in the medallioalnk„ be genuine,.the ribands connected with it h a d never 1)°" worn by Napoleon. One of the journals states that on the day of the fete the receipts at the toll-house of the Pont des Invalid e !: at one sou for each passenger, amounted t o 30,000 f. If this ' true 600,000 persons must have passed over the bridge. • The marriage of the Arcllduke Albert of Austria with tD Princess Hildegarde of Bavaria, w as ce l e b ra t e d a t Munich on the Ist inst., in the presence of the R o y a l Family', b ladies and gentlemen of the Court, the members of the diP,°; matic corps, the Hereditary Prince of Af o d ens , and Princess, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of H ess e, Ft iv be and Princess Luitpold, the Duchess of Leucht en berg, Duchess Louisa of Bavaria, and Prince Edward ofyil Altenburg and his Princess. The Dowager Empress of 14 0 Duchess of Braganza, was present in the King' s pew. The fact of the Prince de Canino, Charles Napoleon WI; parte (says a letter from Rome), having obt a i ne d lead to visit Naples for five days, gave bi r th t o a crow d o f c.enr tures. His only object, however, was to ar range about tb ° scientific congress, which is to meet next summer at NOT - , The King received the Prince at a pri va t e au di ence , vilt s ,,r lighted with the plan, and promised to have th e sava nt tail in the court carriages to the foot of Ve suv i us . Th e Millis' San Angelo, will be President of the meeting., A Frankfort journal states that the Ki ng o f Prussut ordered his Ministers again to present - a Bill to the Stated the modification of the Penal Code, and that it i s i n tended abolish corporeal punishment. LAW AND POLICE. At the Mansion-house the wife of an industrious man, for' man to an extensive engin eer , was comm i tte d to t h e DI of Correction for one month, for attempting to destroy u_ ll self. It appeared that her unf or t una t e h us b an d h a d 1) " nearly ruined by her profligate habits. At Guildhall a woman of the name of Lee was charg ed with a similar offence. Having spent in a couple of days money her husband had left her to keep her for a week, '",t took 50 drops of laudanum. This was her third attempt self-destruction. Mr. Alderman Hughes attempted to ~ vince her of the heinous nature o f se lf- mur d er , b u t Or: rently with no effect, and she was remanded for a week. At Worship-street, a woman of the name of Brown, M t r : six years of age, was brought from the Bethnal-greenly' to house before Mr. Broughton, upon a charge of attempting drown herself. The case was a curious one. Something 1 ;. seen floating on the canal, nea r th e wor kh ouse , an d on c_^,, amination it turned out to be the prisoner's cl oa k, which/5 partially inflated, and kept her body from sinking, th° l , 4 . wholly under water. When b r o ug ht as h ore s h e was aPfolo rently dead, but great pains were t a k en an d an i m ationi w restored. She was ordered to be passed to herplace of 1 ment, which is St. Clement Danes, in the Strand. COTTNIT-raszirovr.asum. to The Court is expected to leave to wn f or Wi n d s or on 27th inst., and on the following day (Whit Tuesday) of Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert will b°ll - Montem, at Eton, with their presence. e ta/ It is now stated that th e Ki ng o f H anover h as gife the intention of visiting England this year. The Marquis and Ma rc hi oness of Waterford, on leap Eglintoun Castle, where they are staying with the Earl : i g Countess of Eglintoun, will c ome t o t own , an d d ur ing stay in the metropolis will reside a t Mi va rt's hotel, St Y ments having been taken for their reception. • CI End de Grey does not intend to l eave th e sea t o f h 1 • 1 _, vernment until the autumn for this country. He purPnyl pass a short time at Newby Hall, Yorkshire, and the5,,,,p Yorkshire Hussars, of which fine provincial corps the';'_:;,:j . I Earl is Colonel-Commandant, will as s e m bl e f or their aw'" training. 00 The Countess of Blessington entertained at dinner of Tuesday the Marquis of Normanby, Earl and Countess., Tankerville, the Hon. Spencer Cowper, the Right 14 00 •;0 2 0 Stanley, Mr. Luttrell, and Mr. Charles Sheridan. , 11 . 1 .1 ;;.0 evening some distinguished vi s ito rs arr i ve d, an d M. and Herr Koenig enlivened the party by perforraillg co ll brilliant success, their new compositions and the " 4 '.to Polka," lately composed by M. Jullien, and dedicat e Lady Blessington. ; g General Espartero and hi s l a dy an d n i ece are paastud season in comparative reti r e men t a t th e i r v ill a , called A Lodge, Park-road, Regent's-park. DlClsczzlatz. The operation of poleing has commenced rEotrii •rltbe generally i d , ot , hop districts. In those of M a id s t one , some lnindre o r acres have been already tied, and th e bi ne i s s t r ong and , j rows. We have nearly similar accounts from Mereworth s. Hadlow. The flea had made its appearance in some Rip e , Toe agents for the traversers, M essrs . O'Connell, 'o wl * and others, have served a n o ti ce u p on th e C r own solic i t apprising them that their counsel would, on Wednegni move the Court to have several alterations and amend l made in the postea, and in other portions of the record. 4f, On Monday morning, the new course f or th e Ri ve r I t s between King's-bridge and Barrick-brid ge , was openeu4r presence of his Excellency the Lord-Li eu t enan t The 11P4e and lower dams were cut thro ug h at eleven o'clock, and 11 tide flowed in rapidly and s moo thl y , so - th at t h e entire .1 was filled in less than a quarter of an hoar. His Excell congratulated the contra c t ors on th e rapid manner ill 11-19 they had repaired the recent damage. . • Al' A dinner was given yesterday at the Albion Frotel, r lss dersgate-street, on a scale of grea t sp l en d our , by th e f tp and supporters of the Charter • house-sonai-cnnfirillarY . to th e wards of one hundred and sixty gentlemen do t Th s a t d0 .....e diner. The following subscriptions were announced . • gUldsmiths' and Mercers' Companies contrib u t e d respecl 4 ,Wo 50 guineas; " One who knew the value of the CharilY , guineas; Lord John Russell, 10L ; M r . Emerson Tennel lt s'i l ' the Lord Mayor, 10/. ; Mr. Sheriff Moon, 10/. ; the Fairleigh, 20/. ; the Auxiliary Society, 36/. ; Messrs. "it; bread, 10/. ; Alderman Cop e l an d, 10/. ; M r . J o h n Foster, Mr. James Foster, 10/. ; Major Moore, 51., &c. THE STATE TRIALS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) O r / The postponement of j u d gmen t i s ow i n g to,! l :, :tv rence of opinion amo ng th e J u d ges as to th e Tao'lo the objections raised by the t raversers ' co unsel og gi ft l e the verdict, and the charge which produced it. said, and on some authority t oo , th a t M r . J u stice 13 'ior dissents from his learned brethren, and yields to th e b o pression that the accused an d conv i c t e d gen tlemen o 'o not had a fair trial. Some say that Judge F er ofi mind inclines a little in th e same wa y ; b u t this, t` events, is certain—there will be no judgment this t t e o he This will enable Mr. O'Connell to gratify his wish: for present at the debate on the Factoriesßill,andto lo : - r got the ten hours against the Mi n i s t er i a l p ro p o sal. I to mention another rumour, which was currently v,i ott rt lated in the hall of the Courts to-day, that the 10t1 were disposed to grant a new tri a l— an ev ent wi ic all probability, would terminate the proceedings, 49 ;er the traversers, as it is exceedingly likely the Y ; • • meat would not renew the eng ag eme n t aga inst the DUTCH PAPERS. e 12 c THE HAGUE, MAY 4.—The Minister of Fintt n , e e h published the result of the inscriptions made on and 2d of May for the loan of thirty-four Mi lli :00 e florins, at four per cent., on account of our trans" possessions. The inscriptions were— n 0 0° In money Lorrenter charged in the colonies Total 22 ,155, 1 " -e 0 , The Minister declares that, in consequence, all M pg scriptions are excepted. It appears by the Pr - 7 1 7 h fl notice that the maximum of thirty-five millions l ' ti •sfie" been obtained. However, th ere i s reason to be s ap id'' with the result of this fi rs t t r i a l. W e know, b e re that offers of conversio n f or cons id era bl e s ums We 100' ceived after the moment fi xe d f or th e c l os i n g of th e , and which, consequently, co u ld no t b e acc epted. e AMSTERDAM, MAY 4.—We learn from the ilag li ger t A the project of law relative to the tariff of imports& t e and transit duties, is under consideration in the of State. THREE PERSONS DROWNED IN THE ElV"'",inf evening, about seven o'clock, three unfortunate in ° n od whose names are at present unknown, were drow,ircsOli Battersea-bridge, under the following melancholltio OLP, stances :—lt appears from inquiries made uP° ll , t iv Wr i o that the first unfortunate person, who was appare l " fi ciec l- of tleman about 30 Years of age, was rowing up th e - n rcliv t o wherry alone. Ile had passed through one of the ea of , he Battersea-bridge with railroad speed, in consecille ll o deC ns t very strong currents which are mostly prevalent big arches of this bridge, when the head or „ be came in collision with one of the numerous ,4 there stationed, and he was precipitated r ut bef o i water and disappeared. He, however, rose twice, 'OOl l 4 the boats which had put off to his assistance had Ita the id e. went down a third time, and was carried away bathe Two other unfortunate beings—a young man es also lost their lives in a similar manner a b ou t the or; and place, and although the drags and boats were re as diate requisition, neither of the bodies were, or . Oare. C° been, recovered. The numeroua accidents wh ieh _ Agew nually occurring at this bridge calls loudly for bode 0.. remedy to prevent a recurrence of them. meeting. b ol d Of f i ne _ .IIIE MEDICAL PROFESSION.--A - Committee of the Medical Protection Assembly - jt__ Ae s ueparea., ' 4 . 0 pit Aie Tuesday at Exeter Hall, Mr. Simpson in the eb .. .„''', o s - 0";j, proposed that a detailcd account of the grie_rZaprie bl ic; which the profession labours should be in the shape of an address to the profession and of ap 0 f but the subject was deferred for the consideration_ (atone meeting, which is to be called so soon as the min_!;i a l retf;i Sir James Graham's Bill on the subject of me e ecrerio shall become known. It was announced bYo''eving,khe that Mr. Hawes had expressed his intention v for_ the House of Commons, within the next fei !la .. ); ei v . ed_S s use of the Society, for a return of the amount _ Vent nually for the last ten years from the stamps ,?u r , 7 1 - r etar i o. i i for the same, of patent medicines; and ele ° held i n EITSO the verdicts, &c., of coroners' inquests .u __ ma de 4 , 0 , during the last three years, similar to thei•et_r" in Aie, " House of Commons, ou the motion of Sir R. rePeel years since. VINEGAR AND GLASS DUTIES. an d dra e ;es the duty on vinegar, and to make the duties host e on bottle g• th now payable on flint glass the same as o _ uses. T i v ec yesterday printed. It contains four_ter ,T tinne for,S )1a 10th of October next, the duties and r f o ti an u , y are a l ow ; the duty on vinegar to cease, savtcakaesout licenses t &JO or penalty. Vinegar makers to Jul next th e loon tO " fore, or be fined. From the sth July xi , o ther .. s johe and drawbacks on flint glass to cease, and the &row the' 6th management of fore ea t imposed, to be under the m —The out of store be of Excise. Glass may be taken ° (t)be ise, i on : , l ye July next, notice being given t not securie6._m tO of the full duty. Makers of - flint g ass ded to be stored , IA lently removing glass so inten full duty, together With Peualti". Bill to iv—Gl, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1644.