The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-29 00:00:00

THE JUNE NUMBER OF C 0 L BURN' S NEW MONTHLY MAGA iINE AND HUMORIST, Will contain the following int :Testing articles RECOLLECTIONS OF THE AUTHOR OF " VATHEK." With a fine Portrait of THE LATE WILLIAM BECKFORD, ESQ. A Dreamer Awakened. By Barry Cornwall. Unpossessed Possessions. By Horace Smith, Esq. Mr. D'lsraelfs " Coningsby." Arabella ; or, the Moral of " The Partie Fine," by Titmarsh. MEMOIRS OF A GENTLEMAN ON HALF-PAY. No. I. By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq. Author of " Stories of Waterloo," Bcc. • One More Savoy Ramble. By Mrs. Trollope. Finishing with a Dinner. By the Author of " Peter Priggins." How to make a Long Day. By Laman Blanchard, Esq. Recreations in Natural History ; Elephants, concluded. THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION. The Emperor Nicholas; his Nobles, Serfs, and Servants. The Lost Ship. The Voyages and Services of "The Nemesis" in China. The Winds, &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. In 3 vols., Not Svo., " C ONINGS BY ; OR, THE NEW GENERATION," IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ILLUSTRATED BY LEECH. The JUNE NUMBER, Price Half-a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELL ANY Will contain : THE FORTUNES OF THE SCATTERGOOD FAMILY, By ALBERT SMITH. With an Illustration by Leerh. Chap. XVlll.—Vincent is led by MEißolt to the edge of a precipice. Chap. XIX.—Mr. Joe Joint becomes joyous at Graysend, where Mr. Snarry relieves his mind. Chap. XX.—Frederick arrives at the' end of his journey. Chap. XXl.—The meeting of Vincent and Amy Grantham — T h e _ . _ burning of Brabants. The Whims of a Water-Drinker. By Ilal Willis. The Last Gathering. • My Creole Cousin. By Albany Poyntz, with an Illustration by Leech. The Whig and Tory. An Universal Newspaper to suit all Tastes and Opinions, composed by Steam. Benjamin of Breslau, and how he learnt the World. A German Tale. A Ramble through Styria, the Tyrol, and Illyria, in 1841, By C. F. Fynes Clinton. Vienna—Journey through Styria—Salzburgh— Valley of the Pinzgau—Falis of the Sabza—lnnsbruck. Love and Reason, By Anna Savage. A Fashionable Gaming House--Confessions of a Croupier. The Manxman and his Visitor. The Coryphee. By Menander. The Vetturino. By Dudley Costello. The Cabaret—Disclosures. A Song for the Sorrowflil. By W. Law Gene. Queen Elizabeth's Visit to Sandwich. By Henry Curling. A song. 'he Native Sentinel. By H. R. Addison. The Physiology of Loudon Life. By J. Fisher Murray, author of " The World of London." Parkilinentary Life—London-ophilists - - - How to get on is London, Richard Bentley, Nevi Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re spectfully informed that there will be an extra Night (not included in the Subscription) TO MORROW EVENING, TUESDAY, MAY SO, When will be performel Rossini's Opera of IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, by Madame Grist, Signor Mario, Signor Lablache, signor F. Lablache, and Signor Fornasari. After which be produced, a New Divertissement, composed by Mdlle. Cerito, ettitied LA VI VAN DIERE, introducing La Bedowa Polka, bynidlle. Cerito and M Et. Leon. To be followed b' ,the last scene of Rossini's Opera LA CENE RENT OLA. Ls Cenerenr ola, Mdlle. Favanti. To conclude with the Grand Ballet entitled ALMA (omitting the Dint Tableau), in which Mdiles. Cerito and Frassi, and Mons. M. St. Leon and Perrot will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office„Opera Coknnade. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MAY 29, Will be performed a New Grand Opera. entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W. Harrison ; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr .6orrani; Mama, Mrs..Alfriad Shaw; Geraldo, Mdlle. Albertlzsi ; Francesca, Miss Romer. To conclude with the revived Grand Fairy Ballet. entitled THE REVOLT OF THE HAREM. Mahomet, Mr. Howell; lamael, M. Silvain Myssouf, Mr. W. H. Payne, Zulma, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn; Zelika, Mdlle. Clara Webster ; The Genius of the Harem, Madame (iiubilei. Dress Boxes 75., Second trice 3s. (3d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.. Sc and Price 35.; Pit 3s, :second Price 21.; Middle Gallery 2a., Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WERSTVR, t.EssEB. THIS EVENING, MAY 129, Will be performed the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART ACHE. Old Rapid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Charles Mathews; Vortex, Mr. Strickland; Frank Oatland, Mr. Webster; Ellen Vortex, Mrs Edwin Yarnold; Miss Vortex, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Jeesy Oatland, Miss Julia Bennett. To which will be added a New Original Domestic Drama, entitled THE SEMPSTRESS. Goldring, Mr. Strickland; Bob Debit, Mr. H. Holt ; Plainwerd, Mr. Stuart ; Mercy Goldring, Miss P. Horton; Luey Sparkle, Miss Julia Bennett. To be followed by the extiaordinary Performances of Professor RISLEY and his TWO INFANT SONS. To conc'udc with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. • Pit, ; Gallery, 25.; Upper ttallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, ls. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery,' 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Perfonances commence at Seven Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box— office, from Ten till Fire. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 29. Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled CROWN DIAMONDS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss ; Don /len riquez de Sandoval, Mr. Allen; Rebolledo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; La Csterina, Madame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Min Grant. After which. BOMB A STES FURIOSO. To conclude with THE SOMNAMBULIST; or, The Village Phantom ; Elvino, Mr. Gilbert; Amina, Miss Balm°. THEATRE ROY AL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. --- HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. " Open Sesame; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable audiences THIS EVENING, MAY 29, Will be repeated a New and Comic Drama, cared TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keely, and Emery, Miss E, Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To which will be added a New Comedietta, entitled THE WHITE FEATHER. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Collier, Craven, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Fairbrother. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLK AM ANI A Characters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. ' To conclude with a 0 - aal Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or,- a Night with the Forty Thieves. Cha racters by Miss WoOgar, Miss F. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADMISSION—BaIcony Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 35. ; Pit, 2s. • Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d. ; I'it, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (holding eight persona), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea. • ASTLEY'S ROYAI. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Splendid Whitsun Holiday Fe'es. THIS EVENING, MAY 0, Will be repeated an entire new Military and Naval Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery. Dresses, Appointments, &c., to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Entire Change in the Scenes of the Circle. Brilliant Cavalcade—Feats of Horsemanship—The celebrated Polka Dance by Mdlle. Cushnic and Signor Milano. To c nclude with a Laughable Farce. The doors will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at seven. BoY—office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stagean viager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Extraordinary Novelty—Engagement of Mr. G. Wieland, and Three Entirely New Pieces. THIS EVENING, MAY 29, Will be reneated a New Drama in Three Acts, entitled THE INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE. in which Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, Hennor, Vale, Lewis, and Johnson ; Mrs. H. Vining, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs Elicks, will perform. After which a New Burlesque entitled GEORGEY BARN WELL. Supported by Messrs. Vale, Neville, Heslop, Mrs. Daly, and Miss Terrey. To conclude with a Grand Fairy Spectacle called THE SPRITE OF THE SNOW DRIFT. Zimmeir. the Sprite, by Mr. 0. Wieland. Superb Scenery and Dressy!. Extraordinary effects, and wonderful feats. Places and Private Boxes to be had Of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. THEATRE ROYAL,ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. FIRST WEEK OF MADEMOISELLE ROSSINI, IN ADD' TION TO THE WIZARD ' S NEW WONDERS. The Great WIZARD OF IHE NORTH is proud to announce to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, that he has, at an enormous expense, succeeded in engaginle. g, for ROSSIN Twelve Nights only, Modell, The Great Lady Violinist. She will have the honour of giving her Third Grand Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. THIS -EVENING, the 29th Inst , and every evening daring the Week , a ssisted by M. A DOL PHUS COLLINI, EMMA COLL' NI, VICTORIA COLLINI, and JOSEPH COLLINI. The stage will have a most brilliant sppearance ! To give effect to the most novel Concert ever given in England, a GRAND SCENE has beerr painted expressly for HONOUR, by Mr. William Beverley, AN ALLEGORY IN OF HAN. DEL, representing THE TEMPLE OF MUSIC ! The Great WIZAItD OF THE NORTH is quite aware that the Public expects something now at this season; he is happy to say he will not deviate from "a good old rule ;" for he is con vinced he has prepared the most splendid Banquet that can be offered to the Public in short, his present arrangements will totally , eclipse all his former efforts. He will, in addition to his already unparalleled performances intro.;uce NEW WONDERS, among which will be an origin/I Experiment, Magic Filtering, the 'Enchanted Silver Fish, and the Golden Circlet, with other asto .nishing New Mirac'es, which will decide a question at issue. This Entertainment will be divided into Four Parts :- -Part I. The WIZARD will he an hour in his Mystic Circle. Part 11. The ARAB BROTHERS' Classical Groupings. Part 111. Maddlle. ROSSINtS GRAND CONCERT, in the Temple of Music. Part IV. ald Conclusion, The WIZARD'S second mystic hour. Doors open at Half-past Six, to commence at Seven Private Boxes £1 15s. Orchestra Stalls, es. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 2 5.; •Gallery, Is. Second Price at. Nine o'clock. Stalls, 35.; Boves, 25.; Pit Is COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEASON. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, GRAND WHITSUN FETES. TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW. Strong as have been the claims of this favoured place of public resort at the beginning of each season, the Proprietor feels justified in asserting, that never before did it offer a tithe of the attractions it now presents. The Gardens have been complete:y renovated, Statues and Fountains Introduced, new and extensive Promenades formed, and the most lavish expenditure in every department, will evince the Proprietor's anxiety to insure a continuance of public Patronage. THE NEW GRAND PICTORIAL MODEL OF LONDON IN THE OLDEN TIME Painted by Manson and Telbin, ,Is the most gigantic achievement ever yet produced, and for grandeur • of composition, fidelity of design, and beauty of execution, it far oxceeds any previous production. It accurately represents ancient London—Old St. Paul's—Old L on d on Bridge—llaynard's Castle, and all the principal Churches and Buildings of the locality, and may with truth be designated the most wonderful production of mo dern tithes. THE' MENAGERIE, ALWAYS UNRIVALLED, , HAS RECEIVED MANY VALUABLE ADDITIONS; To defy all competition, the Proprieti,r has errgazed the celebrated AMERICAN DWARF - Tam T 1 UMB! now exhibitinat the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. The PROM ENADE CONCE , RTS—the splendid Band of Fifty Per f ormars , conducted by Mr. Godtrey—will perform a sele c tion o f the nowest and most pq ular music. The far-famed HIGHLAND DANCERS AND PIPERS are also engaged, and will - go throu g h two acts of their National Dances, which procured for them th T e ay Castle.distinguished approbation of he r h Majesty and Prince Albert at mout And at Dusk will take place the most astounding exhibitiQn ever • attempted, viz. a Representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF I.O th N e D ap O p r il . atio n of 'r Fire - Mr. Southby (to whom in justice be longsn tto this King") has exhausted the resources exhibition. London Bridge, • Old St• of his art, to give effec t Paul's Cathedral, a nd other and ' Buildings will appear devoured the c a l: c v n a r s d ta a t n i c n e g present a heap of blackened ruins, in - accordance willgive a vivid delineations taken at the period, and the coup a 11 wi th ee the best • ' representation of a Great City destroyed by fire. Doors opea at Twelve. Admission. One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. • • ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEOOII, SEUM, the most magnificent and . extensive Collection Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to havebeenformatead by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in .-Structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Elm , peen 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, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladles, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently . been able to increase, by several very flue pictures, &c., his.preVicna almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Museum. !daily thousand have inspected it, " and TIIIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to be seen by every ono. The price of adruis • ion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSLIM is to bo seen pp bt " Egyptian gall," Piccadilly, daily from Teu till Dusk. NEW WORK BY J. FENIMORE COOPER, ESQ. Ou the Ist of June, is 3 vols. post Bvo., AFLOAT AND ASHORE; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF MILES WALLINGFORD. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Author of " The Pilot," " The Last of the Mohicans," " The Deerslayer," Bcc. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The advertisement of the Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, Railway Company, which appeared in yesterday's Sun, was inserted by mistake instead of one which appears in our present publication. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAN 29. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44 ; Highest, 57 ; Noon, 49. BAROMETEII, N.E. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. BIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 9 minutes after 11 I Evening ... 41 minutes after 11. . , 43,1 i, t ',....kikp k . ~ ,s „sle.. 46, , , _ ,•,,,-..---. - ? , c k, , ~.. .„ ,A. , ... 1 / 4 .4'-'4.. es ~, ..... . 1..... ... , ~' o P , ' , . ' '' ..,..t ~ 4. . N. 1 Wt. , , , *. .. .,.. , •": - *Rf.- - : . . s,^. . Ilk 17,,, g yvV„ ti„ 1;.•'-e• " - t , -li , ----„,"'iV.,4:4,, , r • moli „ - A,ltits' ' PPsoit ''- I N '-.^ , -44.0 P ' , - 4 .46 0 - r ~.., T. ,-, - , • ~...... SEC OND EDITION: ': L;vnin...lA :1111.t. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1844. The South Lancashire election has terminated in the return of a monopolist, and yet .its result is a decisive triumph of Free Trade. A very large majority of the freeholders gave their support to BaowN, but their votes were swamped by the tenants-at-will, of whom more than four thousand were brought to the towns in feudal array, marshalled by the stewards and land-agents, and held in disci pline by the threat of a'summary court-martial, in case of desertion. The election has been also re marliable for a new division of parties; many of those landed proprietors who usually side with the Liberals, who became, on t his occasion, warm adherents of the monopolist candidate, 'regard ing the struggle as one between the despotism of land and the freedom of industry. They stood by their order, and have thus shown the people that, whenever proprietary usurpation is menaced, the landlords, by whatever idle designation of party they may be called, will be found banded together to maintain their unjust and injurious class-ascendancy. This was a lesson which many of the free traders of Lancashire had to learn ; they have been hitherto trammelled by old associations, and fettered by feel ings of attachment to titled leaders ; but they have now been taught the real 'nature of the struggle in which they are engAged; they now see clearly that the despotism of land, irrespective of petty and party distinctions,' is arrayed against them in one compact body, and that they have to contend against an entire class. The array of the serfs, for the tenants-at-will are as much adscripti glebe as ever were the vassals of a feudal baron, would have been ludicrous if it had not been melan choly. Among the. bands thus paraded were many whose sons and brothers depended for subsistence on mills and factories, which furnish them with the employment which the nig gard soil of South Lancashire refuses to an agricultural population ; these poor fellows followed their leaders with manifest reluctance, casting a wistful eye down the by-roads and cross-streets as if to seek means of escape ; but they were closely watched by the stewards and agents, more closely than are bands of slaves by Brazilian overseers. It is said that a gentleman travelling in the south of England during the war saw four men heavily ironed, securely tied on a cart, :and escorted by a file of musketeers. He inquired who the pri soners were, and was informed that they were volunteers from the Tipperary Militia. There was just as much volition in the tenants-at-will, who gave their support to ENTWISLE, as in these truly Irish volunteers. man's evidence, and the petition, they.report to the House ; but without expressing any opinion upon it. The petition of KING to the House of Commons, sets forth that during his residence in the Woodbridge union workhouse, he had witnessed, among other heart-rending acts of cruelty and neglect towards the sick and other inmates of that establishment, these : namely—" a poor man, aged 76 years, was. cruelly bound to the-bedstead, the cord passing three times over different parts of his body, to save the trouble of (the nurse's) sitting up with him, during the night ; in which state he was found dead, cold, and quite stiff on the following morning ;" that pe titioner was acquainted with the names of several other persons who were found dead in their beds, having died in the night time, and on whose bodies no coroners' inquests were held; that petitioner could prove the facts of two such cases ; and of " other two deaths caused by the extreme violence manifested towards the individuals by the officers of the house, and that as to these deaths the absence of a coroner's inquest arose from the expediency of concealment ; that petitioner having, in accordance with a sense of duty, repeatedly petitioned the . Poor-law Commis sioners to institute a full and searching inquiry into these cases, they had refused on the ground assigned in a certain correspondence . - (which then follows) between petitioner, the Assistant-Secretary to the Board, and the clerk of the Woodbridge union). The petitioner refused, under advice of counsel, to furnish any previous list of witnesses to the Commissioners, from apprehension of their being tampered with." Our readers will probably imagine that there must have been some gross exaggeration in such a cata logue of horrors as KING had thus opened to prove the criminal misconduct of the parties in authority at the Woodbridge union house. We are inclined to be lieve that of exaggeration KING has been guilty to a great extent ; but, that one half, one tithe, of such enormities should appear by the acknowledgement and finding of the Poor-law Commissioiners7—them selves interested parties, and, we will say, in refer ence to their gratuitous vindication of the unfeeling and most negligent master and mistress of the union house—implicated parties too;—that a fraction of At no former election did those manufacturers, who arc renegades to their own order, and traitors to their class, exhibit such suicidal zeal. They clearly proved the truth of the old adage, that men set them selves furiously against reason so soon as they discover that reason is decidedly against them. Since the days of Peterloo there has not been a more thorough manifestation of the bitter spirit which animates those who are conscious that they are apostates to the principles of their own natu ral order. The names of those who took a prominent part in the . Manchester massacre, and which had for years, for very shame, been withdrawn from public observation, were on this occasion ostentatiously pa raded, as if such persons were anxious to show that even in their ashes glow their wonted fires. The revival of such spectral apparitions of the worst of times revived many slumbering me mories ; but they were still doomed to feel that they could now only command the votes of serfs instead of the swords of cavalry. There was treason in the manufacturing camp—there was union beneath the agricultural banners ; but yet, under all disad vantages, the free traders have improved their position by more than a thousand votes ; they have also learned the exact force of the enemy ; they have discovered the elements of falsehood, and therefore of weakness, in their own ranks, and they have thus learned the !proper course to adopt in order to ensure future victory. these atrocities has been committed, is a fac't which calls on Parliament itself fur the sternest expres sion of its severe displeasure against the controlling authority, under the jurisdiction of which—large, inquisitorial, and well supported as it is, these criminal delinquencies can have been committed. They are a scandal to the national humanity and civilisation ; a reproach to the county of Suffolk; and a standing testimony to the im becility, as well - as the injustice, of that vaunted "Poor-law Commission," whose whole career will have been but one long drairi upon the public purse, and one protracted outrage upon public feeling—if they venture to commit themselves to such a mode of dealing with such offences, as they exhibit in their letter of the 20th of February last to the clerk of the Woodbridge union. An abstract of this report, and of the documents embodied in it, which we giye in another part of our paper, comprise this letter; and to it we earnestly direct the attention of our readers. The accounts from Madrid are to the 21st. On the evening of the 20th the Royal Family had safely reached Quintanar. The Carlist Chief, long a faithful adherent of Don CARLos, and two of his officers, had heen at last taken prisoner, and shot. The. Funds continue to fall. On the 21st, the Three per Cents. were done at 271 9-16 for cash, and 28 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 20 for cash, and 201 for 60 days. they dreaded very much. M. de Kalbermattan is operating a general disarming of the Lower Valais. The troops under the orders of this chief were to occupy St. Maurice to-day towards eight in the morning. They are also to occupy Monthoy and the other communes as far as St. Gingolph. There is no truth in the report of the burning of villages. The only fires were those of the bridges, and of a few de tached buildings." We read in the Courrier Suisse :—" In the midst of the sad scenes of the combat of the Trient, where several Lower Yalaisian leaders were killed in crossing the tozrent, we are well pleased to cite the following fact :—M. Davey passed without being wounded, but he was made prisoner. The men who had taken him wanted' to shoot him on the spot. A . cure, whose name, we regret, we are unable to state, pene trated into the midst of them, and said, ' Unhappy men, what are you about to do ? Do you forget that before a pri soner is shot time must be allowed him to prepare for death ? Let me confess him.' Thereupon he took him by the arm, and led him without opposition to some bushes which grew on the banks of the Rhone, and where they were soon hid from sight. The cure returned alone, and when the men asked him what he had done with the prisoner, he replied that he had escaped." THE BOURSE—MONDAY, MAY 27 . First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents •••••• 121 70 • • 121 80 •• 121 70 .• 121 75 Four per Cents.••.•• 107 75 .. 107 75 .. 107 75 .. 107 75 Three per Cents.•• • B4 50 .. 84 60 .• 84 50 .. 84 60 Bank of France .0 3075 •3075 .3065 ..3065 Laflitte Bank, I,ooof. SharesloBo ..1080 ..1080 1080 5,000 f. Sharesso62 50 • • 5070 .•5062 50 ..5070 Belgian Bank.. • • • • • • • • • • • • 665 • • 665 .. 665 .. 665 1841..•• Belgian Fives, 1840 .•• • • • 106 . • 106 .. 106 .. 106 1842 •• • • 109 .. 109 . 109 109 Neapolitan . 102 70 .. 102 70 .. 102 70 .. 102 70 Roman, ex div . • •••• • Mk • • 1044 a. 104 . • 104 k RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 862 50 872 50 .. 860 .. 672 50 386 25 386 25 .. 336 25 .. 386 25 250 .. 251 25 .. 250 .. 251 25 Roman.. __... Rouen to Havrc .... .. 77 5 Orleans .... • • _,.. In the due administration of the Poor-law, and the efficient discharge of their duties who are entrusted with the superintendence and protection, the manage ment and control of parochial paupers, every class of the community has a deep interest. It is an interest, indeed, much more immediate and absolute than cur sory observers can readily imagine. So long, how ever, as the inequalities of men's condition, and of the means of maintaining themselves, remain as various and as fluctuating as social constitutions have left them—that is to say, subject to movements which oscillate between the extremest points of opulence and of penury—so long it is the obvious policy of the fortunate few to consult the feelings whilst they relieve the wants, to respect the sufferings whilst they impose, for the sake of order and decorum, some necessary restraints upon the personal freedom, of those whom poverty or bodily infirmities have ren dered incompetent, of themselves, to alleviate those sufferings or to supply those wants. It is the interest of the few who enjoy the advantages of competence or the luxuries of-wealth to conciliate the many who cannot command the one, and know the other but by name. The neglect of 'this principle is calculated to precipitate events, the issue of which must always be far more disastrous to the possessors of property than to the victims of poverty. But its reckless and open violation can work to no other result than to encou rage, in the pauper masses, the growth of feelings to wards the owners of capital, or of the property it com mands, which, if not checked by the timely manifes tation on the part of the latter of a willingness to relieve all wretchedness that is not culpable—tO a cer tain extent, fairly defined and honestly and • impar tially acted up to—may eventuate, at any moment, in some appalling and destructive collision of antagonist classes. On this mere prudential principle, therefore—and witbout any present reference. to the higher and still more imperative requirements of moral duty and of social sympathy—we' would plead the necessity for a most jealous and anxious watchfulness as to all cases of imputed cruelty, misconduct, or negligence in the officers and subordinate functionaries, from tke high est to the lowest, connected with the management of the poor, under the new Act. The "First Report from the Select Committee on Medical Poor Relief," together with the minutes of evidence attached to it (ordered to be printed by the House of Common's on the 22d instant), suggests the strongest confirmation of the value of that vigilanee we recommend. W e must add,it illustrates the defective machinery and unsatisfactory working of a system which too evi dently renders the Poor-law Commissioners judges in cases where, if they themselves be not the inculpated defendantt, their own creatures—subordinate s within their instant reach and control—certainly are. The Select Committee report that they have consi deredgations compri.,ed in a petition referred the allegations to them of THOMAS KING, schoolmaster, late of the Woodbridge union workhouse, in*the county of Suf folk, containing a complaint against the Poor-law Commissioners; and that they have also examined Sir Joan WALEHAM, one of the Assistant -Commis , sioners; in answer to such complaint, This gentle- owing The Paris papers of Monday announce the death of the celebrated banker and politician, M. JAcQuEs LAFFITTE. The melancholy event took place on Sun day evening, at seven o'clock. Ile had been suffering for some time from a pulmonary complaint. A favourable change had taken place in the morning, and some faint hopes were entertained of his re covery, but soon disappointed. He was born in the year 1767, and, consequently, had attained his seventy-seventh year. From all accounts, he was a man of very high character, uniformly consistent in his politics, the unbending friend of liberty, and a real lover of his country. Few men ever made such sacrifices for the, public good. That the Royal Family of France know well and they also know that to him, more than any one individual, Louis PHILIPTE owes his throne, though latterly this excellent man was seldom or never seen at the palace. The follow ing just tribute to his memory appears in the Na tional :—" M. JACQUES LAFFITTE died last evening, at seven o'clock, contrary to the hopes enter tained a few hours before of preserving him. At four his state appeared more satisfactory, and it was only at six that the change came on which in a short time terminated his existence. Up to the last moment M. LAFFITTE preserved his intellectual faculties fully, and he had the consolation of once more embracing those members of his family whom he loved the most. The deep and sincere grief that reigns at this moment in his house would prove, if it was necessary, how excellent was his disposition. Death, in fact, has rarely struck so noble a victim. For more than a quarter of a century the name of M. LAFFITTE has shone forth amongst us at the head of the list of the purest patriots, and for fifty years all persons in distress were accustomed to turn their eyes towards him as towards a Provi dence. M. LAFFITTE committed errors in politics. The generosity of his heart was such that he could not believe in the perversity of' which some men are capable, and this generosity rendered him more than once their lupe. But the people, whose feeling is so sure, never ceased to regard M. LAFFITTE as one of their best friends, and they were not mistaken. Every one has still in his recollection the speeeh by which this great citizen bade farewell this year to the•place of President of the Chamber, feeling a presentiment that he should no more ascend that chair, where he,had.inst uttered such unaccus tomed truths. FraiA not forget those words, which are, as it were, the political testament of M. J. LAFFITTE. She will not forget the man to whom misfortune never applied in vain. It may be asserted that if all those on whom M. LAFFITTE has showered his benefits should attend his obsequies, never will a prince's funeral have drawn together in a concourse greater in number, and formed of persons in a higher rank of life! The funeral was fixed for Wednesday (this day), and as it would to a certainty be attended by vast crowds, the authorities were making every preparation for preserving order. The Funds were slightly affected by his death, but soomircovCred, and the Three per; Cents. °kited at the prices of the previous day 84f. 65c. We learn by the Swiss journals that the fighting in the Valais had entirely ceased. The forces of the . Upper Valais have been completely successful in their conflict with those of the Lower Valais, which are so disorganised that there is little chance of their being able to rally. Mest of the other Cantons have called out troops for the protection of their respective terri tories. The Canton of Vaud have even sent a batta lion into the Valais. The question of convoking an extraordinary Diet for the adoption of measures for the maintenance of general tranquillity, has been re- . solved affirmatively by several of the Grand Councils. The Nouvelliste Vciudini df the 24th has the following, under the head of Lavey, May 21 : "The engagement which took place this morning in the' defile of the Trient was an effort made by the entire column of the Lower Valais to effect their retreat to St. Maurice. The conflict appears to have been long. About 400 men suc ceeded in passing, by wading across the water up to the waist, under a very sharp discharge of musketry. The resC turned back to Martigny, to the number of about 200. There; after having ascertained that they were surrounded on all sides, they dispersed, with .a-view to escape separately, though without much hope of succeeding. Messrs. Barman and Joris formed part of this second troop; the latter •was slightly wounded in the forehead. It is understood that they have both succeeded in effecting their escape. The cause is entirely decided, and the struggle is even finished. The Valaisian volunteers who occupied the position in front of St. Maurice have just returned, in consequence of the de mands made on them to do so. The prefect has given orders vet to allow any man in arms to leave the canton. They are .now bringing to the infirmary the wounded of both sides, taken up from the place where they lay ; there are at present sixteen of them. The number of killed in the last engage ment is supposed to be about twenty." Under the head of Lausanne, May 23, the same journal says :—" The mail from Italy yesterday passed the Valais without obstacle. The conductor of the diligence has brought word that the Upper Valaisiane are in number about - 2,400 men, well armed and well organised, under the orders cf M. ' de Kalb ermattan, an d t h at t h ey h ave prov i s i ons i n abun dance. It was o n l y yes t er d ay , a t f our o 'clo c k, that those troops occupied M a rtigny. In taking possession of it, M. do Kalbermattan issued a proclamation, inviting the inhabitants to return peaceably h ome , prom i s i ng them protect i on f or their property and p ersons . The population of Martigny viewed with great satisfaetiou this occupation, because it placed them under protection f rom any attacks from the in habitants of the lateral valleys, particularly Salvan, whicb. HE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1844. AMERICAN NEWS. DISGRACEFUL RIOTS AT PHILADELPHIA, WITH LOSS OF LIFE. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 4 O'CLOCK. The Royal mail steam-ship, Hibernia, Captain Judkins; has just arrived, having left Boston on the 16th, and Halifax on the 18th. She brings a heavy mail, and a large number of passengers. The dates brought by this arrival extend over a period of fifteen days, no sailing packet having brought late papers since the arrival of the last steamer. The only important intelligence in the papers is the ac count of a dreadful riot that had taken place in Phi ladelphia between the native American and the Irish population, originating, it is said, in some difference about the repeal question. Several lives are reported to be lo3t, whilst two Catholic churches, two Catholic school-houses, a Catholic nunnery, and nearly dwelling-houses had been burnt down. The power of the authorities and the police appear to have been quite set at nought, and nothing in the way of in terference appears to have taken place till the fury of the mob was spent. The following accounts of these lawless proceedings are taken from the American papers, and they may, therefore, be considered as not too partial to the Irish, who, by-the-by, seem to have beaten ihe Yankees to their heart's content. When the latter fuund they could not match the Irish in fighting, in a malevo lent and cowardly spirit! they set fire to the Catholic churches and schools, as well as the dwellings of the poor inhabitants. (From thePhiladelpliia papers.) The joyful shouts of the peaceful pithel-ink at Baltimore aad scarcely ceased to echo through our land, when from her fair sister city of Philadelphia arose the savage cry of an en raged mob, which has enacted scenes of riot and bloodshed, certainly the most appalling that have over stained our country's history, and almost without a parallel in atrocity and brutality. It appears by the United State§ Gazette that the Native American party held a meeting on Monday afternoon at four o'clock on a vacant lot at the corner of Master and Second streets, but before the meeting was organised a storm obliged them to take shelter in the market-house near by at the corner of Master and Cadwallader-streets. When the third speaker rose to address the meeting, a man standing at the outside of the crowd was heard to say to another, standing next to him (both of whom are represented to us as being Irishmen), "Now let's make a noise, so that he won't be heard." - They forthwith created a noise, and were remon strated with by some of the bystanders, who requested them to let the proceedings of the meeting go on in peace. They would not cease their clamour,,and were finally compelled to do so, in consequence of receiving a severe flogging. This fight caused a little excitement, which was raised to an intense degree, in consequence of several shots being fired from the upper windows of the Hibernia hose-house, in Cadwallader- street, fronting the market-house. By this volley several wounds were inflicted, and the native Americans gathered at the meeting, becoming highly exasperated, and the Irishmen having gathered into ensob, they made an attack upon them. A number of shots were fired from the crowd of Irishmen, but they were . finally 'compelled to flee. The native Americans pursued them, and several of the fugitives, finding themselves hotly pressed, darted into houses and up alleys, in order to escape. Several of the houses into which they were seen to enter were immediately attacked, and the front doors and windows of two frame houses in Cadwallader-street, below Master-street, and one in the same street above Master-street, were battered in with stones. Finally, the Irishmen rallied, and beat off the native Ame ricans, and there the contest ended for the time. • The worst result of this disgraceful contest is seen in the loss of life. From the beginning of the affray the shots were frequent, and one' man was killed instantly, and five severely wounded. The great excitement created in Bast Kensington by the occurrence was intense. Sheriff M‘Michael was early upon the ground, and we learn adopted active measures to prevent further violence. FURTHER PARTICULARS—TWO MEN KILLED. During the evening great crowds of people were gathered in the neighbourhood of .the scene of violence in the after noon, and about ten o'clock an attack was made upon a dwel ling-house in Second-street, just above Franklin. A cry was then raised of " Go to the nunnery," and a crowd proceeded up Second-street to Master, at the corner of which is a Roman Catholic school-house. A bonfire was kindled at one corner of the street, and the fence of the school-house set on fire. About this time, when the crowd bad halted in front of the school-house, a volley of musketry was fired from the house opposite, and when the crowd had parted, it was dis covered that several were wounded; one young man was . . taken up. dead, a bullet having pierced his left breast, just above the heart. Another was shot in the upper part of the left lung with a bullet, and when we left Was expiring. We were also told that two other men were seriously wounded. The native Americans then retreated, and up .to twelve o'clock (midnight) affairs remained quiet. On Tuesday the riots were renewed with terrible atrocity. In Kensington seven men were killed and a large number wounded, and thirty buildings, including the market-ho Use, were burnt. On the morning of Tuesday handbills were posted about the city, calling a meeting of native Americans at three o'clock ; before the time of meeting, however, a large crowd of persons carried an American flag through the streets, torn and defaced, having on it in large letters "Thisis the flag that was trampled upon by the Irish Papists." The speakers at the meeting at three o'clock vainly en deavoured to quiet the excitement. An immense body of men, some 3,000, adjourned from the place of meeting_to the scene of the' atrocities on the day previoits at Kensington, where the following barbarous scenes were enacted, as appears by the United States Gazette : Most of those present moved in a body to KenSington (at the corner of Second and Master-streets), and proceeded to organise a meeting, but they had scarcely nailed up their flag (the same that is spoken of above) when a number of boys made an attack upon the Hibernia hose-house. A number of shot were then fired from houses in the vicinity towards the meeting, and the native Americans, after dis persing for a moment, rallied and attacked the hose-house, took out the carriage, ran the hose off the reel, and then broke the apparatus up. The native Americans then (between four and five o'clock) took possession of the market-house, and for the next three hours, the shots were frequent from the houses in its western vicinity. Men were seen lying upon the roofs of a row of houses fronting the market ; and in every place of conceal ment near the same place others were occasionally discovered. About five o'clock another attack was made upon the hose house, and a large new bell found in it was brought out into the open square and shattered to pieces. Shortly after this a frame dwelling-house next to the hose Ouse was fired, and from that time up to nine o'clock in the evening, the flames continued to spfead without stay until twenty-nine houses were consumed, the greater part of them being upon Cad wallader-street;"and four upon the street facing the market. About seven o'clock the market-house itself caught •fire,, and at nine o'clock lay in a heap of ruins. At seven o'clock the First Brigade and two companies of the Third Brigade came on the ,ground, under the command of General Cadwallader, and famed on Master-street, facing north. Cannon were stationed so as to range on the street fronting the market, and on Master-street westward. A de tachment of two companies, under command of Col. Murray, marched to the north end of the market, and formed a cordon across the street. The military had previously been formed in like manner on Master-street. The Sheriff then detached a number of his constabulary force (which had preceded the military on their march up), and proceeded to examine all the houses from which shots had been fired ; in one of them a man named John Holmes was found, and in the same room in which he was was a rifle heavily loaded. He was brought out and consigned to the care of the military. In the meantime General Cadwallader made a brief ad dress to the great crowd assembled below Master-street, urging them to preserve peace, and to act in co-operation with .the The whole affair , !rested in the hands of the law, and he was bound to see that ~ t he settlement was lawfully made. His brief address seemed to meet the general approbation, and during the entire evening the crowd of per sons collected seemed disposed to let matters rest in the hands of the civil and military force. At half-past eight members of the Carroll House com menced to throw water upon the burning buildings, and succeeded in stopping the progress of the. fire northward. At •nine o'clock the United States engine arrived on the ground, under escort of a detachment of the Lafayette Light Guards, and immediately went into service. The Assistance engine shortly afterwards went into service, also under an escort of military, and shortly afterward nearly the whole Fire Department were upon the ground. The fire was then stayed, but not until, a vast amount of property was destroyed.. The result of the feW hours during which the contest between the native Americans and the Irish raged was that seven men were killed and five mortally, and 16 more or less dangerously wounded, among them was: one who was wounded by a shot fired by John Taggart. A negro, sitting in the market-house, immediately fired at Taggart, and seve ral shot struck him in the forehead. Taggart . then ran - into a house, but a number of the native Americans rushed in and made him a prisoner. • • • He was conducted down to Alderman Boileau's office, who, upon the oath of the spectators, com m itt e d hi m t o M oya -, mensingyrison. He left the office in charge of two officers and a number 'of citizens, but when- near BeaVer-street the crowd took him violently out of the hands of his conductors, tied a rope round his _neck, and dragged him some distance along the street. - His captors then passed the rope over the end of an awning post, and pulled him up for the purpose of hanging him, but thebeam broke and he fell to the earth; he was then dragged for some distance, and finally left - lying in the street, to all appearance dead. He was, however; 'alive when taken up, and remained so up to ten o'clock last' night. Ho cannot, however, survive. S. Abbott Lawrence, a nephew of Abbott Lawrence, of Boston, was standing on the outskirts of the crowd, when a bullet struck him and caused him much pain. It appeared l upon examination, that the ball had struck his waistcoat, and lodged against a cent which was in his pocket, by which its course was stopped. The cent was completely bent up, and the escape of Mr. Lawrence may be certainly considered pro vidential. Sheriff M'Michael was unceasing in his efforts to put an end to the riots. The military were called out at four o'clock in the afternoon, and they were put in motion at seven o'clock. Had they arrived on the ground at four o'clock, the terrible destruction of life would have been prevented, and the confla gration would not have taken place. - A meeting, of Catholics, we understand, was. held last evening at the Cathedral of St. John, for the purpose of con • sidering and adopting measures to allay the excitement. The Bishop of Philadelphia issued an appeal to the Catho lics calling on them to shun all public places of assemblage, and to do nothing that in any wry should exasperate. The military remained on the ground during the greater part'of the night. There is reason to believe that the immediate danger is passed and the riot quelled. Most earnestly do we hope that it may be the case. On Wednesday morning the rioting was renewed and a row of frame dwellings, from which the tena n t s h ave re moved, were fired, and soon after another row, likewise untenanted, just in the rear of Cadwallader-street, in the im• mediate vicinity of the late fire, were fired and destroyed. A short time afterward, two three story buildings, at the corner of Jefferson and Washington-streets, likewise untenanted, .were set on fire and shared the same fate. HALF-PAST Two O'CLOCK. —The Catholic Church, called St. Michael's, on Second -street a b ove M aster, has just been fired, which, with the dwelling of the priest, on the north, and small frame dwellings on the south, are destroyed. The priest, under the protection of the military, quitted. his resi dence, and was carried away in a cab. It was with extreme difficulty that ho secured a safe retreat. I can o'cLocx.-=The female seratnary at the corner of Second and Phcenii-streets has been fired, and remains a heap of ruins. During theburning.4 the church the mob continued to shout, and when the crops at the peak of the roof fell, they .gave three cheers, and adrum and fife played the Boyne Water: Nothing now remains of the.beautiful gothic struc ture but its blackened walls. _ _ _ FIVE o'cLocx.—The seminary has been completely de stroyed. The temperance grocery store of Mr. Joseph Corr, corner of. Phcenix and Second-streets, , opposite the seminary, and from which it was said the volley was fired on Monday evening, which killed Mr. Wright, was completely. riddled, and everything in the house destroyed. The firSt brigade, under the immediate command of Gen. Cadwallader, has arrived upon the ground, accompanied by SherifT M'Michael. Six o'cr.ocK.—The rioters have proceeded to the house of Alderman Hugh Clark, at the corner of Fourth and Master streets, and have entirely gutted it out. The military arrived upon the ground after all the mischief was done, and were there when we left. SEVEN O'CLOCK.—By this time the district was compara tively quiet; the mob having apparently expended all their wrath, and the military was posted in various sections. HALF-PAST EIGHT O'CIA)CK.—ATICIIICT outbreak has oc• curred. The house of Matthew Quin, in Master-street, be low Germantown-road, has been battered with stones. It was untenanted. The mob forbore to set fire to the building because it would involve a large number of Americans and Protestants in the destruction. Between eight and nine o'clock, Harroonr-conrt, consisting of six or eight houses, - situated near Cadwallader , street, was destroyed by fire. _ _ About half-past six o'clock information was received by Mayor Scott that an attack was contemplat3d upon the St. Augustine Church, in Fourth-street, below Vine, and that a large crowd had already gathered in its vicinity. He imme diately repaired, upon horseback to the spot, with a body of the city police, and addressed the crowd. The police were posted around the chapel. The mass still increased. The first city troop were immediately ordered out, and were upon the ground in a short time; In consequence of the stale of things, the Mayor issued the following proclamation : "There is reason to believe that the spirit of disorderraging . in the county is about to extend itself into the city, and to seek vent in the destruction of property and attack upon life. All good citizens, desirous to preserve the public peace, are therefore required to - prepare themselves to patrol the streets, to resist all invasions of property, and to preserve the public peace, by resistance to every attempt to disturb it. " Each ward is requested to meet immediately at the place of their'usual ward elections. " JOHN M. SCOTT, Mayor." - The crowd still continued to increase at the church, and at ten minutes before ten o'cloc - , fire was communicatca to the .vestibule of the church, it is said, by a boy about 14 years Old. At twenty tminutes past ten O'clock the cross - which sur-' mounted the steeple, and which remained unhurt, fell with a loud crash, amid the plaudith of. a large portion of the spec= tators. In ten minutes afterward the steeple, which stood till burnt to a mere skeleton, fell,'throwing up a mass of cinders. AMOUNT OF Loss 'AND DISTRESS.—The St. Michael's church and seminary in Kensington cost fur building from 35,000 dolls. to 40,000 dolls., and St. Augustine's not less than 30,000 dolls. The amount of property thus far destroyed cannot be less than 150,000 dolls. No less than 200 faiaulies have been compelled to remove from their homes. HALF-pAsT ELEVEN o'CLocK.-- The City Councils are now in session, to take measures to subdue therioters. A boy, fourteen or fifteen years of age, has just been brought to the city police-office, who was arrested in at tempting to set fire to a vacant building in Kensington, near the market-house. The fire was extinguished by the military. The mob- has in a great measure left 'Kensington, and is divided in squads at various points- in the city, and the southern part of the country. .s • • , Fears are entertained that attempts will be made to. fire other Catholic churches, and the military hive been strongly posted in the vicinity of them. The conflagration at St. Augustine's has nearly tibsided; several houses in the immediate neighbourhood were injured.' At this place -several of the police-officers were knocked down, and the Mayor was struck in the breast with a stone. TWELVE O'CLOCK.—AII avenues leading to St. Mary and St. Joseph's churches, in Forty,_near Prune, and in Willings alley; have been guarded by troops, who suffer no person to enter the space, unless they live in the square. The fire now raging at St. Augustine's is occasioned by the burning of the, magnificent library of books attached to the church. They are piled up in front of the house, and made a bonfire of. (From the United States Gazette of Thursday morning.) • uring the night hostile demonstrations were made against the Cathedral Church of St. John and St. Mary's Church. At the former General Cadwallader informed them that martial law had been proclaimed, and allowing the crowd five minutes to leave the ground, the mob dispersed. At the latter the United States marines enfiladed the street, and were brought to a charge. The mob dispersed. No persons were killed yesterday, and but one (James Lenox) wounded, and he not dangerously. (From the North American.) THURSDAY, HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK, A.M. About eleven o'clock the Ist division were withdrawn from Kensing ton, and the Ist brigade marched to St. John's-chyrch. . Kensington, in the meantime, was left under the protection of only two companies from Germantown. The citizens of that district were in great alarm, owing to the. absence of the division. ORDER RESTORED. The latest accounts (Friday) state that Order is at length restored- in -Philadelphia, and law has the asceridaucy. Governor Porter arrived .on Thursday afternoon and prOmptly issued a proclamation for the suppression of the disturbances and the arrest of the rioters. The citizens of the several wards were also promptly organised for the preservation of the peace. All the officers commanding detachments were authorised and required to repel force with force, and the Generals com manding. were authorised and required to enrol, arm, and 'or ganise, for the preservation of the peace, any number of citizens that might be required. During the day, a proclamation was issued, signed by the Sheriff and Mayor, enjoining all good "citizens to: abstain from mingling in crowds, to aid in preserving the peace, and to stay at home as much as was practicable. Another proclamation was also issued, signed by the Mayor and Sheriff, announcing that citizens were forbid from assembling in such streets as were in the possession of the civil and military authorities, and authorising the said au thorities to break up any such assemblage by force. . General orders to the military were issued by Major- General Patterson, giving the directions for the defence of the churches. • The United States Gazette of yesterday (Friday) morning says, " Although it was evident that much excitement existed in Kensington yesterday, yet no.outbreak occurred. Large numbers of men Were gathered about the streets, but they were principally strangers, drawn thither by curiosity, to view the destruction made by the bands of lawless rioters. "In the neighbourhood of St. Augustine's church large numbers were gathered, and a crowd was also gathered in the vicinity of the church of St. Philip Neri, in Queen-street, Southack, which greatly increased towards nightfall. .All the Catholic churches were however guarded. " The city councils Met last evening, and placed 20,000 dolls. at the disposal of the committee of police, for the pur pose of protecting the property of the community and ensur ing the public peace. The Mayor and Sheriff were actively engaged during the day and night. Generals Patterson, Cadwallader, and Hubbell, with their aids, were also con stantly employed in busy and judicious movements. "We understand the Governor was accompanied to the city by two companies of troops from Dauphin, and three other companies are on their way. "There has been but little disposition manifested to break the peace to-day, though there is evidently a bad feeling existing in groups of men and boys of the lower classes. There is, however, a unanimous determination among the military not to bear any more insults from this class of per sons; and the first breach of the peace will be put down promptly by force. This measure is now absolutely neces sary, as the several posts within their jurisdiction have been declared to be under martial law; we believe they will act with vigour." TWELVE o'Crococ, MIDNIGHT, THURSDAY.—We learn that everything is quiet, - both in northern add eastern, as well as in the other sections of the city and county. Not the slightest dispoSition is evinced in any quarter, to disturb the • . comparative tranquility of the' eity. The reported list of dead and ,wounded, as far as we have been able to learn, embraces 14 killed, and 39 wounded: " It is thought, however, that many persons have suffered from these scenes of violence, who are not included in the above list. The amount of property destroyed is probably between one hundred and - two hundred thousand dollars, which sum the county will undoubtedly be compelled to pay." The proceedings in Congress since the last accounts possessed little interest. In the Senate, the long argued Tariff Bill had been defeated, and silenced at least for the session. Nothing whatever is said on the Oregon question or the annexation of Texas affair. The House of Representatives, by a vote of 114 to 88, have agreed to dose their session on the 17th of next month. The Senate will probably concur. HAT TL COMPLETE OVERTHROW Or THE MULATTO GOVERNMENT. , From Captain Hoyt; of the brig Republic, who left Port Republican 27th ult. , . and arrived at New York, we learn that the blacks have been entirely successful in their 'engage meats with the Government troops. nerard's forces had dis banded in the north , and he took refuge in Port Republican, but was hotly pursued by a superior numerical force, and it is believed he could not hold out many days. The Revo lutionists have established an independent Government in the Spanish part of the island. The French Admiral lay . off Tort:Rep, with three frigates,. waiting the issue of events. lie would probably take possession of the island, and the ex. pected failure of the Government to pay the indemnity due to France would be used as a pretext for that purpose. The black population have been fighting for a Republican form of Government, instead of a militarfdespotism, and we think the possession of the island will cost France much more than any pecuniary advantage she can ever expect froth it. STOCK AND MONEY MARKET. - . (From the New York 4c:rican, May 15,) The internal trade of the coun f ry is active and vigorous. The imports from abroad also continue large—and withal there is a healthiness and soundness of business that promise the best results. The money market is free alike from agitation and pres sure. ' Sound dividend paying stocks maintain a steady value —speculation being altogether confined to what are called fancy Stocks, of - no certain value, and therefore just the ob jects for gambling wagers: The very high quotation of Consols, together with the - great abundance of money in London, and the low rate of interest at our latest dates from there, render it matter of, sur prise that no demand should be forthcoming for our United States Six per Cents. Possihly the steps taken by Pennsyl vania to reinstate her credit may induce a More favourable view of American securities. Pennsylvania Stocks, since the passage of the tax law, have improved Bor 9 per cent. . By the cotton circular, it appears that, with something like 300,000 bales less i - eceiVed this year than the last, there are on hand about 200,000 bales more now than then. Prices have declined here, as the necessary consequence of the decline in Europe. • - • In bread stuffs there is also a tendency to decline, and large quantities are coming.forward through the canal. . PRICE OF COTTON. • - -• New York, Wednesday, May 15, 1844. Liverpool Classification. Uplands. New Orleans and Mobile. Inferior ... ..... 53 to 6 ' Ordinary - 64 to 61 Middling G4 to 7 Good middling :74 to 73 Middling fair Fair Fully fair - 84 to 84 . Good fair B3 to 8/ .. , . ~,,- . . 9 84 t t o o 9 8 4 4 ~1.0 to 11 •FiAo . B4 to-9 - , bale Estimated sales of yesterday ................. I, oo ° 2,500 Ditto' reviously this week - 1 • Ditto total since the Ist inst. - Ditto receipts since the Ist inSt ................. . Exchange on London is rather dull to-day, at 9 prem; on Paris, bills may be quoted at sf. 27c. The alarming occurrences in Pennsylvania have naturally created serious apprehensions among th e holders of their State's securities. The utter inefficiency of the city autho rities of Philadelphia—the insecurity of life and heirproc.rtf ots there—the fact that on the °cession of the Ila rrisburg some time since, the State authorities refused to recompense the army that quelled the disturbance—all tend to rouse the, most serious apprehensions for the honour and integrity le y the people of Pennsylvania. Much of the S tate tax, w. is soon to be levied, was expected from Philadelphia, but it evident that the occurrences of this week wilt tend t o the withdrawal of capital from that city, and greatly embarrass the citizens, who risk their lives and property by remelt:llog in it. • PitILADELPHIA. DlVlDENDS.—Commercial Bank of Pen T; ' Ban, s Sylvania, Three per Cent. Farmers' and M echanics • 4i ; Western Bank of Philadelphia 4; Mechanics' Bank,_lt:i Southwark Bank, 5; Philadelphia Bank, 3; K ensin l';' ° Bank, 3i ; Northern Liberty Bank, 3 ; Bank of Penn Town ship, 3. SALES AT THE NEW Y OR K STOCK EXCHANO' MAY 15. 30,000 United States 6's, 1853 ...... .....,- .... . 1( 6 4 9 6,000 Ohio 6's 1860 8,000 Kentucky 6's .....••.••••• b 3 46 4,000 Illinois special 1,000 Pennsylvania s's 1,000 Tennessee 6's 99& 3,100 City s's, 1870 . 40 shs. Merchants' Bank . ........ ................. 109 97i 14 do. Bank of America 10 do. Delamcre and finds°n •. 75 do. Merchants' Exchange 8 . an .:: 10 :. ................ 1 9 164 , 50 do. New York Insurance Company ..•• 1 ; ';', - 1 , 100 do. gorth Amet*att Trust ... ...... ... .. 7 1 ' 6 1 100 do. Mohawk ‘ "• . ... •-• .... 14 20 do: Erie Railroad .120 i - 100 do. Syria and Utica - . .. 1 07 / 20 do. Aub. and loch. • 100 do. Rea'g Railroad 52 5 do. Ston'ton .. :, •• s 3 68 150 do. Non:and Wor. , 115 do. New Jersey Railroad ... ............ ... 9 4 < 150 do. Long Island ...... -••• PUBLIC STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 15. 99X.. 2,000 Ohio' 6's, 1860 .. ..... ..... ...... . ........... 44 • 4,000 Illinois 6's, 1870 59 25 shs. Canton Company 1)30 8 ° 3 100 do. Long Islandlailroad 100 do. Vicks. 25 do. Morris Canal 50 do. Far. Trust. • b 3 42 53 25 do. Stonington 75 do. Nor. and. Wor. __,_ ..../ - 17 - virS . MONEY AND CO teiiIIIERCIAL r4LP — ,. _CITY, QUARTER TOT111?,--P0;ii The transactions in Cotton were on a limited ate is 2,000 bales changing hands, and all to the trade, re'ties, rates.-Shares were dull and not so firm. Eastern un t lji; 11h ; 'Grand Junction, 223 h • Great Western, Fif tbs too Birmingham, 224 ; South-Western) Eighths, 4i ; •hitto, Midland, 88 ; Ditto, Half, 44; South - Eastern , 36t; "0(.1 New, 11h ; Trent Valley, 9 ; Paris and Lyons, 3i; Rouen, 38i. ~„ir t g , The private commercial accounts received this 113° `Itish speak in more satisfactory terms of the demand for Br' fla , c ts manufactures, and certainly, taken altogether, the Pr (35 ,4 0 k as respects trade for the' future in America are iniin'°;,,,, fot The rejection of the Bill by the House of Representator`jr. an amelioration of the tariff, is much regretted by n u cantile and shipping interests.' • ' , t littl e Political affairs m Canada do not look 'well, 1 ,A 1 ,011, doubt was entertained that matters would settle downs 'OA The season had opened unusually early, and the timb er osn was animated. The transactions in American. •Vi r il ea d t istft been considerable, the produce of which, when go"' be forwarded to this country. - • S et O s 1 • Halifs-x papers received this morning give an exti,Ltito the speech of the Governor on the closing of the Leg."' body. It is as follows: • t 10" I thank you for the supplies you have granted _f:',).riect current year ; and I shall take due care that the melf:Zosif have placed at the disposal of the Executive are ja'"'" - and economically expended. : r a la $ T r "It is gratifying to me to observe on your j on-- n a i tt t=- 1 solution expressive of implicit confidence in me, an ; 00 desire I have always entertained and acted upon,te"fi s , de' to all classes of her Majesty's subjects, and I am 1n7: 1 "..e se' terinined to continue a course of conduct by " w hich 1 lime cured the approbation you have so kindly express ed.' , e at There :_were not any purchases by the Goa Cor so brokers announced this morning. The value of t or; for Money and Account has rather receded this o teo , ing. The price for — the, former has been 4 111 0 at 99* to i, and 'for the' •latter at 99 7 1 to E.:' 11„t,bettaer other Stocks are a trifle lower also. ,101 Bills are the same as yesterday. Bank Stock openeu,,Ttiiifr and is now 199. India Bonds' are at 945.. to 925• pr` IC I This is the pay-day on the account settled yesterdni. have not heard of any defaulters. P e a, bas'" Spanish Bonds have dropped a shade, but ~- -6 , ...eePe doing is small. The Actives are at 23ih, and the l'.. yCi: Cents. at 344. Dutch Stocks were nearly the same:l;o' .terday. Russian Five per Cents. have advanced to 11N Mexican to 35i-h. O P A slight improvement has taken place in most of tt e oliii s way. Shares this morning, and business has been 50...1,001- brisk. National Bank of Ireland Shares are at 2a a c i g, BRITISH. FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CO Frorn, the Official List) 10 199 Bank Stock soW44 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...........«......• na il - 8 per Cent. Consols. Annuities' 8% per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3% per Cent. Annuitie5........... .. . »a::: i 11 r , 21 ,1 7 69 , ii t0t Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 18641.......... 1 . .,...• ..1"' Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1850 ...... ... I ' 7 ' India Bonds, 1,000 O2 Ditto under 1,000 - ;9O - Consols for Account ' Exchequer Bills, I%d. I%cl. 1,0001. ..5........ .............. ... ..... ... 71 pm. Ditto Small Dit to Advertises .68 pm._ ~.,.ii„ FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'C IA /. Vi Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. .+.•••• e4 4 Ditto for the Account . Ditto Deferred Stock 15'4 )6 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent llB% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 „ „ 9 - 5Z Ditto for the Account - ........... ............. BVir Ditto Passive Bonds. Ditto Three per Cent: 4 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .............. . ..... 1' 06 1 i 14' Ditto Deferred 6 1 1 42 ' 1" Dutch 2 36 per Cents 100,4 Dutch 5 per Cents.... .................... .... ..... - .. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT 01. 1 "''., . , RAILWAYS. PAID. rEs Soi sa io --. Bristol and Exeter 7O .....«.. 78g;•-!' to '. Caledonian S Dublin and Cashel .... 2% ss ....• .- .... ..7 Eastern Counties - Ditto New Registered Si. 6s. Rd. ...... 13,-. ''''.. to '''.:_ Great Western Ditto % Shares 75% • .... . to A s Ditto Fifths London and Birmingham. lOO 224 .....'•• to - Ditto New Thirds 2 36U .'''. to • Dit o % Shares .......:«........... . London and Blactwal 1636 .. 6% "". to - London and Brighton London and Greenwich London and South Western 41% ...... 86%, ... 7.. yr-, Ditto Eighths hit London and Croydon Manchester and Birmingham Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 18 Northern and Eastern 45 57% ...... to , Sheffield and Manchester - .... ..... to 5 1 ‘ Ditto % Share. 6 ..... South Eastern and Dover 32% • 35}4 . • ... .. to „, Ditto New .. . to,, Thames and Medway Trent Valley Yarmouth and Norwich lB . 2 l3* ..... we Pik MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE', MAY' 2 8 . _ as y %0 little business doing, and prices are much the saaw, p. , ' day. 7 Manchester and Birmingham, 56h 57*; Sl"' New, 11i ; Trent Valley, 9h. SUICIDE IN A --------SRITTLE-GROUND.--Tihainsdrovrds r r 3.5 , 0, 00 1 0 , ; * about half-past seven o'clock, as Mr. Temple, 1 Jolly Gardeners, iu the Cornwall - road , Lambeth, p„ 3 se re A me ing through his skittle-ground, he was astonishe'oe io.iig a man hanging by the neck to one of the beams. ~ 0 o_ o ° 0, diately called for assistance,.and having succeeded' si irb'''',;(B the unfortunate man down, sent for Mr. Sewell, the oce ir ti; of the New-cut, who preimptly attended and prol lotigo quite extinct. The deceased, it appears, had b i e j o .4 ,ol ole e r,' at the above house for onlytwo or three days, an" higll , '' of in the neighbourhood. He was five feet ten inches , ye rs ,e a stout, and apparently between forty-five and li Yht, 011 - ei, age. He was dressed in corderoy small clothes, 1,,,,, sl'oe waistcoat, blue ribbed cotton stockings and nevt , i $ ill je , and white fustian shooting jacket. The bodyril_ e tt o l e o , vault of St. John's Church,• to be identified. I ‘ l l be l c ceased applied to Mr. Temple for a lodging , be sal „oil ( farmer's bailiff from Essex. o ho Music.—A concert will take place t°l,ll3oder,ftlit)so evening, at the Crosby Hall, in Bishopsgate-street47o. .'ilei direction of those able professors, Mr. and Mrs. 5c. ,,, ,,,a ai,l'oe bill of fare exhibits several of the most 'distingtt'oo- ow in the musical world ; and, as the great' proflTea Pt. Professor and his wife are well known to a los a families, the halLwill doubtless present a erovded peel,filelo LONDON AND BRIGHTON . RAILWAY % ~,v tilf i Steff rectors of this Company repeated on Whit-Mont".rdat .eterll which they found so beneficial to their exchat tl ' i . to be Sr of issuing holiday tickets, entitling the passe an d t. e j p 1 either on Monday, or Tuesday for a single fare, _oe,,,iv_oo4 suit was again most successful. Brighton never iffte,cl;ooo large an influx of visitors as it did on Mond 3 P v bto . abl which usually leaves London-bric!ge at half-paA e _.;e Ill', 01 was delayed for nearly half an hour by the iuone.,_rrogevor, of passengers. It at last started with forty-five sox h er l i rfoieugresenangindeasn;dtahteNreeNnvgi-cnroe7 and d w e as t joiPe a b X alle tb •oll° , cro yden DY re hellP s v er. carriages and a sixth engine. The greatest. OP tu pero ll a oq an accident prevailed at Brighton anuofg th e It 0 0° sons who thronged the terminus, as elevlillt ti tW tr e a lf. fl e : t i l e to r o'clock passed without bringing the expe cte , „ j oie .., poll engine with one of the Directors then stafterbitlf 1" elln ascertain the cause of the delay, and in ab s e,`",f at, v 07,, later returned hEralding in: the monster train mow ed.t, . d fro rig es and six engines. Close in its rear fo , ', oo o o ,; a rly.; train of sixteen carriages, and the passengers ' v i e „ o lt, the terminus in an apparently endless stream. ~, .r i v e ct;og tg:', ters' Benevolent Society, 980 in number , stet ',spenivsfice:i in the morning by a special train ; and lf te eo veY ni pri, s o day in Box's Eoyal Gardens, left by the ate,..train qv P.: 00 half-past seven o'clock in the evening- l' e ,i l ics• n tain i thirty-three carriages, propelled by three .113.bi-1.05t co_ a c„ .00 two up-trains were also unusually large, the ` 5, on olf t thirty- two carriages. Altogether between . 1 ,, , , ; 3,0w persons travelled on the London line, and nea r - ;rod pal;°, Shoreham branch. - .. - rm .., f„ t CO;f ExTnionniivAny EXPEDITION.----,- '''' ..,_ ,c 1:. wag' steamer, belonging bathe City of Dublin Stet' pa elel3re,oil pany, left Kingstown,harbour, under the il l `„ r id a y , et iet,,t, Captain Christie, at half-past 7 o'clock of : [,, i , the 1 , o b t i . c' e bearing an express containing the ho u r that o u . o ning:4 It, Queen's Bench, delivered at a late hour that rea c e mo t (forwarded by a special train from Liverpool)lto....-41.1,fietl, t l a 7 n h c o e u h rs a . vinf il b e e r en ime tra s Times office at half -past 12 o'clock the ample report of the proceedings. This ols.l ) _ ..r i o! , i i the character and energy of the leadinigvif'oec o!,.v'o,(ffor All the parties concerned in the rapidcoil ej I ; h e st cre d g e llit;co leefrsgadtuiardtahye, ;at z, ll ;nc e ge 2 "i's,: c e s i i : ,° ;,e r t °,,n,' 1 0: , :g i ,,,Y . , ; ? : ,portant intelligence are entitled to the . g , ~,c , e ry _ Ae (4 , is with pleasure we arc enabled to addetfif_lab `i raii 11.,:o " 1 the speedy transfer of the express t , V ;0 0oW e t he cheerfully afforded by the Dublin an u -L.- Company.—Dublin Evening... Mail• kn acc iden f t i l, f e l' e s :i A CIIILT) BURNT TO DEATIL iessacsg ° A n e tt :i i 's most frightful nature, owing to they care wo ol w A rents, occurred yeSterday in Wesuninsterea. ive s fo_ 4 o: , Hill, who vends articles in the BroadwaY,o etsoeirwl.,,o, rents, went out at about one o'clock t g „ e ars ' es , UP:4, leaving an infant in bed, and a child, thle,e_,: tw in of of , tc ,, fire in the room, and on her return, in 10l three Yes.l7l to Ftw vered the room in flames, and the c hild, a _ con veYr_tes. burnt in the most frightful 'Danner. Itw ; few l ni I,' Westminster Hospital, where IV expired in •• 775 772 50 .. 775 ••1007: 50 .•1003 75 ..1007 50 Strvburg to Bale • • •• • • • • • • 261 2 5 • • 262 50 . • 260 Mignon to Marseilles•• • • 77 5 • • 7853 . 775 • • 261 25 .. 'lB5 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. .._. St. Germain „_. 860 •• 672 50 •• 860 •• 872 50 Versailles, 1t.8... .. ... .. 3 ,, .. 385 L.B. 252 50 •• 252 50 .. 251 25 .. 251 25 Rouen ——••••••..• • • • • • • • 9 85 •• 987 50 .. 985 . 987 50 Rouen to Ilavre.• .• .• • •••• • 7 75 •• 775 .. 770 .. 775 Orleans Strasburg to Bale Avignon to Marseilles• ••• • • 777 50 •..785 • • 775 .. 785 THIS DAY'S NEWS. PORTU,GAL. PARIS, MAY 28. The French Government has received the fol TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. ' BAYONNE, MAY 27. We are assured that the Portuguese Ministry has been modified as follows : M. COSTA CABRAL, Minister of the Interior and President of the Council. Brigadier CORDEIRO TENTARDO, Minister of War. Baron DE CATAINA, Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. LOPEZ PASTERO, Minister of Finance. M. TERRAGUSTO, .Millister of Justice. M. DUGUE DE TORESECA, Minister of Marine. —Times. g CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat to .day for the first time since Saturday, and proceeded with the hearing of lunatic petitions. IN THE MA'PTER OF DICE SOMBRE,• A SUPPOSED LUNATIC. Mr. WAKEFIELD, at the sitting of the Court, stated that Mr. Dyce Sombre arrived in London last night at six o'clock. That he and Sir Thoinas Wilde had had a consultation with him for an hour and a half; and, after that, they were ready to proceed with the case on any day his Lordship would ap point. The LORD CHANCELLOR asked if- the parties on the other side had been made acquainted with the fact? Mr. WAKEFIELD said they had not. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought the best course to adopt would be for Mr. Wakefield to consult with Mr. I;ethell, and he would hear the case on'the earliest day possible. The Court was occupied the whole morning with un. opposed lunatic petitions. ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.) His Honour the Master of the lions was occupied during the morning in disposing of petitions, none of which possessed any feature of public interest. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor of, England sat for the first time since the Whitsuntide regss. SPARRES v. WHITTON. The arguments in thiss.part-heard 'case were resumed and concluded, and His Hoxoun.gave judgment, dismissing the appeal with costs. (Before Vice• Chancellor Sir J. Wzonaut.) His Honour sat this morning in the ,Magistrates'-room at the Westminster Sessions,house. The case of "Taylor v. Harewood'' came before the Court for judgment upon the minutes. The point upon which his Honour's decision turned was of n• interest except to the parties concerned. In con Sequence of the Court being occupied, Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. L. Bruce postponed his sitting until to-morrow. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court took the Crown paper to-day. No case of any public -interest came on during the course of the morning. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court took the special paper to-day. Nothing of the least importance came before the Court. • • BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A female pauper, named Mary Roach, was brought up in custody from St. Giles's workhouse, charged with assaulting an aged pauper, of the name of Eliza Ticton, by striking her with a pail in the workhouse-yard. The poor old woman said that she told the prisoner, on the previous afternoon, that the bell was ringing, and the pri soner immediately said what is that to you ? and struck her with a pail in the face, by which her eye was very much in jured. She had given the prisoner no provocation whatever. Other witnesses corroborated this statement. The prisoner, in her defence, said the complainant struck her first, and she appealed to the Magistrate, whether it was likely that she would have struck the complainant under the "equivocation" (provocation) of being merely spoken to. She also insinuated that the food in the workhouse was not of a aid lie should fine th e p r i soner 20 5. , or i n Prisoner—Well, I don't care ; th ere i s good v i ctuals in p d r e o f 3f a p u re l r. t Td o e f TYsc p rl a i i trl m iDo e n. n a t, commit her fora month. prison, and that's what there isn't in the workhouse. In the workhouse they only "pines " us every day. • She was locked up. 31ARYLEBONE.7-(THIS DAY.) Henry Danton, jun., was placed at the bar, charged by his father with having committed a violent assault upon his mo ther, sisters, and complainant. The evidence proved that yesterday evening the prisoner had entered his father's house, at West-end, Hampstead. He commenced abusing his mother, and from words pro ceeded to blows ; he also kicked her severely, inflicting there by considerable injuries. llis sisters and complainant inter fered, when he knocked the two first down, and turning then upon the latter, served him in a similar manner. Mr. RAwriNsorr—Why, what reason had he for doing all this? Complainant—Ohsno reason at all ; it' s a wa y h e h a s when he is drunk. The sisters and mother did not appear to prosecute. The prisoner expressed his sorKow for his brutal conduct, and attempted to set up a plea ofdrunkenness in extenuation. Mr. RAwuNsox - said that as his fiifher was the only pro secutor, he (the Magistrate) would only take the assault upon him into consideration. rer it he should fine the pri soner 405., or in default of payment- two months in the House of Correction. The father prayed very earnestly that the punishment might be mitigated, and Mr. RAWLINSON said that if the prisoner could bring good bail Tor his future good conduct, he might be induced to lower the fine. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( T HIS DAY). LONDON, MAY 29.—Northerly light breeze, with rain. RLYMOUTII, MAT 28.—Wind Easterly.—Arrd. Hiram, Buenos Ayres. SCILLY, MAY 20.—Arrd. Lydia, Brunton, Calcutta. 24th, Atlantic, Robertson, Ichiboe, sld. 20th ; Goldfinch, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off; Gloucester, Beard. and Moun tain Maid, Wrightson, Havant - fah; Christina, Surinam, for Amsterdam; Catharina, - Cliarloston, ;for Antwerp ; Wood .hobse, Tate, St. John's, NewßrunsWick ; Gaulior, Doran, Guadeloupe, for Havre. . • . SWANSEA, MAY 27.—Arrd. Argentina, Nelson, Valparaiso. LONDONDERRY, MAY 13.—51 d.• Londonderry, Hattrick, Quebec ; Janthe, New York; Warren Hastings, and Provin cialist, Philadelphia ; Mary Stewart, Ichiboe. . LIVERPOOL, MAx 28.—Wind E.N.E., light.—Arrd. Regi nald Heber, Calcutta ; Rienzi, Victoria, and Ann Jeffrey, New Orleans ; Eliza, Warwick, Charleston ; Hibernia steamer, Boston .16th, Halifax 18th ; Princess Royal, St. Andrew's ; Industry, St. John's, N.B. Ski. Ann Rankin, Maranham ; Jane, Duffus, Boston ; Arab and Valleyfield, Quebec. Off, Ellen German,' La Guayra ; Acadia, .Sa vannah ; Garrow, . Charleston.; Brunswick, Caledonia, -Mo nongahela, —. • OFF CONIC, MAY 26.—North Esk, Allen, Hayannah. OFF CAPE CLEAR, MAY 25.---CaMillUS, Ashton, Bombay; . Brothers, New York ; Ben Nevis, Savannah. , HULL, .MAY 28.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Augusta, Pernambueo for Gothenburg ; Augusta, Newcastle for Stet tin, leaky, and must discharge. . OFF DUNGENESS, MAY 26.—Trifolian, New Bedford, for Hamburgh. OFF KINSALE, MAY 23.—Heury Thiggan, Charleston. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE • -WEDNESDAY. There was only a moderate supply o f English Wheat, yet the demand for that article was inactive, at about Monday's quotations. In Foreign Wheat next to nothing was passing, yet preVious rates were supported. The Barley trade - was inactive, yet Monday's prices.were supported. In Malt ex ceedingly little was doing, at late rates. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour sold at full prices. ARRIVALS.' 11 Wheat. Barley. Pats. Flour 1,210 qrs. 100 qrs. 7CO qrs. 1,470 sacks "3,750 —. 9,030 4,900 1,660 alt, 1,2'0 qrs. WHITECNC.II2EX. We had only a moderate supply of meat, yet the demand was in a very sluggish state, at barely stationary terms.— Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Yeal, 3a 4d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 43 2d ler Bibs. English Irian..•."." 00000 Foreign ...... HOLIDAY EXCURSION.—The General Steam Navi gation Company's steam-ship Monarch, Capt. J. W. Morris, arrived in the River yesterday afternoon with a large party of ladies and gentlemen from Hamburgh, Magdeburg; Berlin, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, &c., who have come over to this country for a visit until the 6th of June, when they will return in the same ship to Hamburgh. Tile Monarch being a large skip of 1,000 tons, presented a very gay appearance as she came up the River, having the flags of all nations hoisted. The paseage was performed in 44 hours. ce , Dig g By s on ., and th, Culla be en k o n receiv e Ra u b ° and 11L pal Atli;