The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-05 00:00:00

Preparing for publication, in Bvo. TTISTORIC FAI4CIE S. 11 By The Hon. GEORGE SYDNEY SMYTHE, 31. P. Henry C,l!,urn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-strect THE NEW SPORTING NOVEL. • Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., • CI RAVEN'S "IIYDE MARSTON; ‘_j Or, A SPORTSMAN'S LIFE." Among the various species of Life' which this lively and pleasant writer has undertaken to illustrate the following are but a few : Life at Oxford—Club life—Life at Doncaster—Life at Paris—Life at the scat of a Leicestershire Squire—Life under the Cotswold Hills—Life in Dublin—Life on the Curragh—Life at Moulsey Hurst, &c. A large proportion of the scenes are actual transcripts from the reality, and it is equally certain that many of the characters are drawn from ' ori ginals.' "—New Monthly. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • MR. J. FENIMORE COOPER'S NEW WORK. ALFLOAT AND ASHORE; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF MILES WALLINGFORD. In 3 vols. post Bvo. NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re— peatedly informed tha there will be an extra Night (not Included in the Subscription) TO -MORROW EVENING, JUNE 6, When will be performed (for the last time) Be Opera of I PURITANL_ _ _ Elvira, Madame Grisi; Giorgio, Signor Lablache; Arturo, Signor Mario; and Riccardo, Signor Fornasari. ♦Pith other Entertainments, in which Ma!ame Per,iani will appear. After which, will be presented a New Divertissement, entitled LA VIVANDIERE, introducing the Redowa Polka; the Original Dance of Bohemia, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. t. Leon. To conclude with the Last Scene of Bailin; Opera, entitled LA SONNAMBULA. Aruina, -Madame Persiani ; Lisa, Madame Bellini ; E7vino, Sig. Mario. - Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Ofera.colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, JUNE 5, Will be performed the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART ACHE. Old Rapid Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Charles Mathews; Vortex, fur. Strickland; Frank Oatland, Mr. Webster; Ellen Vortex, Mrs Edwin Yarnold; Miss Vortex, Mrs. W. Clifford;; Jess) , Oatland, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir .Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr. Tilbury ; Wurale, Mr. James Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Hurnby. To be followed l3y.the extraordinary Performances of Professor RISLEY and his TWO INFANT SONS, To conclude with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. Orchestra Stalls, 55.; Boxes, ss. • Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 28.; Upper tlallery, Half-prise—Boxes, ; 28.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, ext. Doors op e ned a Half-past Six, and the Performances c Intnexce at Seven. Tickets and YlaCelt to be had of Mr L T. Archer, at the Box. office, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JUNE 5, Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled CROWN DIAMONDS Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss; Don Hen miler de Sandoval, Mr. Allen; Rebolledo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; La Citerina, Madame Anna Thillon; Diana, Mi Grant. After which, BOMB ASTFS FURIOSO. To conclude with THE SOMNAMBULIST; or, The Village Phantom ; Elvino, Mr. Gilbert; Amina, Miss Bailin. I'HEArRE ROY AL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. • HOUSE Under the . 11anagement of Mrs. KEELEY. " Open sesame; or, a Night with the Ferty Thieves," continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable audiences. THIS EVENING, JUNE 5, • Will be repeated a New and Comic Drama, cal ed TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keeley, 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, Yartiold, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Fairbrother. To he followed by in Apropos Bagatelle, called POLK AMANIA Characters by Mr. E. Mathews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs:Kerley. To conclude with a G-40 t Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Sight with the Forty Thieves. Hassarac, Mr. Keeley; Morgiana Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF A 10 N.—Balcony Foxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d.; Pit, P. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (holding eight persons). 'Fwo Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Fief (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a.HaIE Private Boxes on the Pit Fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROYAI A MPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprtetor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Great Success of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, and New Military and Naval Spectacle 1111 s . 0 v ENING. JUNE 5, Will be repeated an entire new Military and Naval Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or. The Conquests of Amoy by Bnti*h Arms. New . teenery, Dresses, A ppointments, /sc., to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army ;aid Navy. :Rowlett's' Plege on the light Rope—Nev Scenes of the Circle— Hungarian Brigade of Female Cavalry. To c nclude with a Laughable Farce The doors will open nightly at six o'clocK, and the performances c Pmmence at sr ven. 13ox_othe - e opened daily from ten till four. The ri Ate boxes have been re-oi.structed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stagean lager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot DAV IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAIRE THIS EVENING, JUNE 5, N•Vill be repeated a New Drama in Three Acts, entitled THE iss - rau MENT OF TORTURE. in which alessrs. Savil:e, Hughes, Hicks, Ilonnor, Vale, Lewis, and Johnson; Mrs. H. Vining, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs ticks, will perform. A ter which, Pocuck's JOHN OF PARIS. John of Paris, Mr. N. 'F. Hicks • Princess of Navarre, Miss Betts. To cotichile with a Grand Fail y Spectacle c ,lled THE SPRITE OF THE SNOW DRIFT. Zimmeir, the Sprite, by Mr. G. CVs !and. Superb Sceaeryand Dresses. Ea trao: dinary effects, and ryonderfal feats. • aces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box bee, fro'n Eleven :o Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. The greatest triumph ever known in England ! Mdlle. Rossini, the NVontler of the Musical World!! mane. Rossini is a pretty young Lady, who has acquired a per. fcc, mastery over the Violin, using her bow with c :nfiden cc, exe. cut ing rapid pat,sagcs with facility, and producing a tene both • weet and powei itiL Ie net, she is a very clever young Lady."—Tiines .idl . e. Rossioi played two grand Fantasias on the Violin with admirable execution snit effect, and with a skill and command that 1r ew teem the audience repeated bursts of api:lause "—Post. " is young lAA , / execs so:ne very difficult music, with the real nets and hutch of a perfect a , tiste, and displayed her in •stery over the sorseveltat novel instrument in a Lady's hands, the Violin, ko , giving the modern effects,' the pizzicate, the h rmrinie , and other embelli-hments - f the Paganini school, in a style whica called forth repeated plaudits."—Harald. h pleasure of being pr :sent at the private Telieus I Co.icert of Mdl e. Ro sini, the Lady Violini , t, at the Adephi '1 heatre, and were hig`ily delighted and equally astonished at her Ferro mantes. There is about her playing a firmness and precision of ton h, and a freedom of b wing, which we should not have ex pected from a Lady. Her purity and correctness of tone are truly woadertul. In a Grand &etch Fantasia, she introduce! the beau tiful Air of Auld rt: bin arty,' and gave it wi•h an expressive pa , hos, a thrilling tenderness of toi,e, that reminded us strongly of the rube e styl •of Miss Stephens' to ce in the sant? Baal. She was admtrab y supported by the +embers of the Collini Fanrly."--Sun. bitter was trium li so b,illiant. ihe Adelo. is nightly crowded by audiences most fashionable, classic, scientific, and the musical elite, who pronounce Mdlk' ROSSINI to be the Paganini of the dat. The Great W z int of the North begs to refer the Public to the fillies in the Times, Fo•t, Herald, Sun, a d all the leading Weekly Journa's, on Millie ROSSI NI'S extraor,inary p4wers on the Viol Tlibre arc the best credentials he can offer To his own unparelleled Entertainment he is nightly ad big NEW WONDERS. He will tightly appear with the above hi^hly gifted La y, and prove, by ocular demonstration, that he is the Great I rofe:sor of NATURAL 11.1 : AGIC and EXPRIMIiN rA I. P -,ILOSOPHY. Doors open at Halt-past Seven, performance commence at Eight. Bo c es, .4s. ; Orchestra Stalls, :Is. ; Pit. is.; ()riflery, ts. •vcond Price at Nine &Klock. Private Boxes can be engaged at all the Libraries, and at the Box.c , ffice. Carriages at a Quarter before Eleven. - ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENs, LONDON in the OLDEN-TIME—GREAT FIRE of LONDON— P,7OIIE:NAISE CONCERTS-SUPERB MENAGERIE. The Prrprietor has the utmost pri le in contemplating the results of the n lest t our Nights of the Season. '1 he thou.ands who, in de. fiance of the weather,have crowded the Gardens each Evening, have pronounced the General Arrangements to surpass all former efforts, and decides him fo continue the Exhibition Four Nights cacti Week —viz. ' Monday, 'rues lay, Wednesday, and '1 hursday. The Day. Light View of the Match'ess Picture is attractive beyond all former precedent—it is a pet fect Gem. Open it Nine—Feedina of the C , rnivora at Five—Concert at Six— aConflagration at Dusk. - EGYPTIAN HALL, PICMDILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission" to THE. NAPOLEON MU FECAL the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo ^kat Curiosities and Works - of Art ever known to have been formed oy One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a east of fic4ooo guitiep, and, to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, • viht.:—CllAlt LES' 'I., 'OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOW S-X to-the deaths of- GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in This .unigue Mireum has been visited often, daring the last and present year, by the Royal Faintly, the Duke of Wejiiiigtoh, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladles, dth t,many. thousauds• of the. Nubility and Public; and the Pro prittcr has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pietUres,.&e., his•previous almost incredible number and variety of Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curioditiGs, 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 hate stated that it ought to be seen by every owe. The price of admis• iou is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON Mt:St . :it NI is to be seen only at the " Egyptian 119 n" ricelviiny. flatly front Ten till Dusk. - THE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, JUNE 5. TIIEMOMETER, Lowest, 49; Highest, 72 ; Noon, 70. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND, S.W. NOTE.— : The number. 32 on the Thermometer denotes V - e freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is :malty placed opposite 30,- and rain at 29. WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIES DAY. s T"linft ...W.minutes after 4 J Evening... 15 minutes after 5. (4 1 l c; • A-. - eiia . ii i . , x i -I. ' [ ' 'tk ' s „ . — 17... 1tt , ' ? O,, c At `VI ATatt A ,' 't.,- , .. - t - & -- Cr - '.*-.'7'. j c., , rs a - 1 .3 „ : , , V 10 , 1 - X',F r ----- . rv,, -c- .A...M.4. 4 4., _ ,....t1iii ,-- i. , 'olr - , ",,' • - 40 ~ . SECOND EDITION. • it trvins LONDON, WEDNESDAY, 41-TNE 5, 184 4 . No business of the slightest interest took place in the LoTAs yesterday; and the House adjourned at an early Your: In the Commons, a new writ was ordered for the • borough % sif Enniskillen, in the room of the Hon ARTHUR • COLE, who has accepted th: Chiltern Hundr6d e s. Mr. T. , l)mccomnE moved for a copy of the judg ment 4'o' the committal of Mr O'CONNELL and the other State priioners. Sir JAMES GRABAU said the shorthand writer had not yet transcribed all , his notes, but the documents would be laid before the 'louse with as little delay a s poSsiblet. Lord . &lAN RUSSELL moved for a copy of a dis patch from the Earl of ABERDEEN to the Earl of WESTMORELAND relative to commercial relations be tween EAg!and'and Prussim Mr. QLADSTONE said he had no objection to the production of the correspondence when it was brought to a clOse. Lord J. RUSSELL then postponed his motion for a fortnigt„ Lorilliatay,VANE, moved fur a Select Committee to take , irvto consideration the Act passed in the sth and Gtnr the 'present reign, for increasing the duty on coaU,expOrted frOm this country, and showed very satisfactoYily the irnpolicy of the measure. The •PRA'Ncgra.oa of the EXCHEQUER, however, thought otheilkiie, hi-l A-after entering into lengthened statistical details, said the present measure was work ing beneficially for the country. Mr. WARBURTON opposed the motion, and thought the Government would act wisely in maintaining the present duty. After a lengthened discussion, the motion for a Select Committee was negatived by a majority of 36. Mr. LYALL moved for a Select Committee to in quire into the state of our commercial marine. In the course of the discussion to which this, gave rise, Mr, GLADSTONE stated that the arrangements as to the Stade duties would come into operation in Octo• ber next. The motion was agreed to. No other business of importance was transacted and the House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'clock Every day's experience tends more and more to corroborate the " great fact" that the Tories—or Conservatives as they now call themstives, though it is their name only, not their nature that they have changed—cannot govern Ireland. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S " chief difficulty" becomes more embarrassing and complicated with every twenty-four hours that passes over his head. It is not yet quite a week since sentence of imprisonment was passed on Mr. O'CON NELL; and 10, instead of the lethargy and gradual dying out of the flame of Repeal, on which Ministers seem to have so confidently calculated, the flame burns fiercer than ever ; popular passions, compara tively dormant for some five or six months past, are revived with more than their former virulence and activity ; and the hatred of Tory rule, which in the eyes of Irishmen is synonymous with Tory oppression, is no longer confined to this or that district, but is spreading like wild-fire throughout the sister country ! How stands the Repeal Rent, which is a pretty accu rate barometer of the feelings of the people ? For the last week—that is to say, the week in which the Liberator's imprisonment took place—the sum re ceived at the Conciliation Hall was not less than two thousand five hundred and ninety-six pounds ! No proof of the declining popularity of the Repeal cause here. The amount of Mr. O'Corsasma:s fine is ac tually paid in hard cash within seven days, cheerfully and without a murmur, by the public subscriptions of the poorest country in Europe Leaving this fact to have its due weight with the reader, let us next consider the language held at the last meeting of the Dublin Repealers. Here are the sentiments of Mr. Samna O'BRlEN—one of the most intelligent and influential Irishmen of his day, and second only to the Liberatcr in popularity—coolly and deliberately spoken in presence of hundreds, perhaps we ought rather to say thousands, of his ex cited countrymen :—" What would be the effect of the events of the past week ? For his ewn part, when he heard the sentence pronounced which con signed Mr. O'CONNELL to a gaol, he felt that the doom of the Union was in those words. Vestigia nulla retrorsum, should be now their motto. The bridge had been cut away behind them, and for the future no man would dare to talk of any compromise. He conjured the Roman Catholics of Ireland of all ranks to come forward at the present juncture." There are no evi dences of shrinking here ! The language of the speaker is not that of hesitation and despondency; and if we may judge from the immense number of public meet ings that are announced to take place immediately throughout the country, the sentiments held by Mr. O'BRIEN are cordially responded to by the vast ma jority of Irishmen. Such are the first fruits of the PEEL policy as regards Ireland ! Such the result of three years of Tory legislation ! Never yet was so fine an opportunity of regaining the affections of an excitable, but generous-minded people so utterly—so wantonly thrown away, as if in sheer contempt, as has been done by the present Cabinet. When they entered upon office in 1840 the game was in their own hands, and they had only to play it fairly to p!ay it successfully. They had ample power, both within and without the walls of Parliament, to enter upon the great work of Irish pacification with every prospect of a fortunate result. England had not yet found cause to distrust them— Ireland was willing to hope—and even the an tagonist Orange party had lust much of its old in fluence,aid concurrently with this, much also of its old bigotry and inveteracy of purpose. But Ministers, with that strange hallucination which ever clings to Taryism—na matter how mild and modified be the form which it assumes—neglected one by one all the advantages of their pt;sition. With the words of promise continually on their lips, they did little or nothing for Ireland. Session after essktri carne and went, and still found . the acknowledged grievances of the sister country unredressed.. In vain her claims were brought forward in Parliament ; in vain Ministers were con jured by some of their own pai ty—arnong others by the llon. and Gallant Member for Westminster—to turn a considerate ear to the sunlications of Ireland —entreaties, remonstrances, menaces, all were alike ineffectual ; and the only boon which Go vernment would condescend to bestow on the sister-country, was that very equivocal, or rather deeply insulting measure—an Irish Arms Bill ! From the moment that this obnoxious measure be came law, Irishmen felt that the time for hope and confidence was past, and that nothing was left for them but to agitate a Repeal of the Union. How that agitation progressed—how Government interfered— and what were the results of that interference— our readers know quite as well as ourselves ; we may assure them, however, that the end is not yet; the " snake is scotched, not killed ;" and the day is not far distant when Sir ROBERT PEEL, and those who act with him, will deeply regret that, when the golden opportunity was afforded them, they did not pursue a more generous, enlarged, mad conciliatory system of policy towards Ireland. Meantime, we may just notice, en passant, the notorious fact—so humiliating to Toryism—that though her MAJESTY can visit Scotland, and every other part of her dominions, and make sure of a kindly re ception even in the rival kingdom of France, she cannot visit Ireland ; because were she to do so, she would be sure to learn, at every step of her progress through that country, how generally Unpo pular were the men who have been her confidential advisers for the last three years and upwards. A handbill has been forwarded to us with the beading " NicnoLAs of Russia in England ! ! !" and announcing that a public meeting will be held on Thursday, the 6th of June, in the National Hall, High Holborn, for the purpose of ascertaining how far the people of England are prepared to welcome to their country the Russian EMPEROR. The rest of the handbill is filled up with personal abuse of the Emßsaon, and with a detailed list of all the cruelties inflicted on the inhabitants of Poland. Against these cruelties no journal has protested in stronger lan guage, or with more sincerity of purpose, than 77te Sun—and that fact the Poles in this country grate fully acknowledge. May we ask them and their friends to grant us one favour in return, and that is, to avoid everything like insult to the AUTOCRAT while he is in a manner the guest of this great nation. England is ever hospitable, and her people would be the last in the world to heap abuse on a Sovereign who had come among them, trusting to their-gene rous and open dispositions, and anxious, perhaps, to improve himself by witnessing their free institutions. We, therefore, trust that no hostile demonstration will be made on the - occasion, and that at all events the friends of Poland will respect the feelings of our gracious and beloved SOVEREIGN, who, under the pre sent peculiar circumstances, would be greatly dis tressed by any insult offered to her Royal Guest. The Paris papers aro much occupied with the visit of the Emperor of RUSSIA to this country, and con tain almost every possible conjecture as to its object. One states that he has come for amusement, and to show himself off before the English people. Two of them regard his object as purely political; and a fourth, the National, believes he has paid the compli ment to Queen VICTORIA solely to annoy Louis PHILIPPE. "The CZAR," says the Siecle, can only have gone to England to obtain personally a solution of certain political questions, which it suits the Eng lish Cabinet to leave in a species of incertitude. England wishes to preserve the power, when her in terests make it desirable for her, to pass over to the side of the absolute Governments against France; but she has no notion at present of entering into a perpetual engagement with Russia; for this would compromise her freedom of action, and oblige her to give up a portion .of the benefits of the concessions which she rends from our feeble Government. when r England proclaims her love of peace, we construe her declaration. England desires that muEst thus uope may be divided into two camps , p l a cin g herself on the flanks of each, and offering victory to whichever may consent to buy it, by making the most positive 1 1 111: SUN, LONDON, IV I VDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE t, 1844. sacrifices to her. This is a fine position, and Sir R. PEEL has no inclination to give it up in compliance with the impetuous demands of the Emperor of RUSSIA." The Quotidienne gives the following solution : " The state of European Turkey, the condition of the Christians in the provinces bordering on the prin cipalities under the protection of the EMPEROR, the movements of Russian troops in the South of the Empire, and the need of coming to a direct under standing with the English Ministry on the part to be taken by Russia in the solution of the grave ques tions which may arise, are quite enough to impute a serious motive to the journey of NICHOLAS, however inoffensive it may be to our rulers. There was a time when the Eurzaoa might run about all Europe without exciting the attention of France. She then felt that no question of any importance could be treated upon without her; but now, such is her weak state, that the slightest occurrence disturbs our Conservatives." The Journal des Debats merely announces his ar- rival. A general belief prevailed at Paris that the Em peror of MOROCCO seriously intended to take part with ABD-EL-KADER against the French. A letter from Tangiers, which appears in the Algerie, a journal published at Algiers, announces that the EMPEROR has caused a holy war to be preached against France. The pretext is a belief of an intervention by France in the differences between Morocco and Spain. The EMPEROR is said to place great reliance on the preparations which ABZP.EL-KADER has been em ployed for several months in making among the great tribes on the frontier of Algeria. It is further re ported that a son of MULE!' ABD-EL-RHAMAN has joined the Emit. with a considerable body of forces. There appears to be some foundation for the report, as similar intelligence had been communicated to a Paris journal, the Commerce, which contains the following statements : "We have received accounts from Algiers of the 26th ult. Marshal Bugeaud, in his expedition in the East, has obtained the submission of the Flittas, and has sent some of his troops back to Algiers, which indicates that he has attained his ob ject, and is about to return himself to Algiers, where his pre sence is required in consequence of serious news from the West. It appears that we are threatened with an attack by the Emperor of Morocco, who has assembled from 9,000 to 10,000 men, at least, on his frontiers, and they are constantly receiving reinforcements. The son of Abd-el-Rhaman is at their head. The Marshal, informed of this, intends, it is asserted, to proceed to the spot. All the forces of the division of Oran are assembling on the frontier, in order to be ready for the troops of Morocco, if they should attempt to invade our territory." Considerable fluctuation took place in the French Funds on Monday. The Three per Cents. at one time had fallen to 84f. 20c., and the Fives to 121 f. 60c., kit they afterwards improved and closed as follows : Threes, 84f. 30c.; Fives, 122 f. 15e. THE BOURSE-MONDAY, JUNE 3. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents 122 .. 122 .. 121 60 .. 121 70 Four per Cents., lOB .. 108 • • 108 • • 108 Three per Cents... 84 45 .. 84 45 .. 84 20 .. 84 20 Bank of France • 3095 ..3095 • • 3095 ..3095 Belgian Fives,lß3l • 1840 ........ 106 .. 106 .. 106 .. 106 - 1842 109 .. 109 .. 109 .. 109 Spanish Threes Portuguese Five per Cents.• 464 • • 461 • . 461 ••• Neapolitan.-- • • • 102 40 •• 102 40 .. 102 40 .. 102 40 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ....... .. ..:: iiii - 50. -- iiii - io .. 897 50 .. *97 50 Versailles, R. 8....... •• • • • . 400 .. 400 .. 400 .. 400 L. 8.. ..... •• 262 50 .. 262 50 .. 256 25 .. 256 25 Rouen to Havre.-- -• • • • • 770 . • 770 . • 770 .. 770 Orleans ......... ...... ....1007 50 ..1007 50 —lOOO ..1000 Strasburg to 8a1e... ...... . 252 50 .. 252 50 .. 248 75 .. 250 Avignon to Marseilles.. .. 777 50 .. 777 50 - 775 .. 775 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR MAY ACCOUNT. St. Germain Versailles, R. 8... 405 .. 405 .. 400 L.B ........ 265 Rouen .......:............ 990 Rouen t01Havre....... •.. . 770 .. 263 .. 990 .. 770 .. 255 . )8O .. 765 Orleans S`xxiburg to Bale••-. Avignon to Marseilles.. •• .. 775 777 50 775 .. 900 .. 400 .. 255 .. 980 .. 770 -1000 .. 250 .. 773 RAILWAY SHARES FOR 15TH JUNE. St. Germain 9OO • • 905 .. 900 •• 905 Versailles, It.B •. • • • • ...... 405 .. 405 . • 400 .. 400 L. 8...• • • 262 50 .. 262 50 • • 257 50 • • 257 50 Rouen .................... 990 .. 990 .. 985 .. 985 Rouen to Havre •• • ..... •• 772 50 •• 772 50 765 771 25 Orleans ............. 1005 .. 1005 .. 998 75 —lOO3 35- Strasburg to 8a1e.... •• .• •• 252 50 .. 252 50 .• 246 25 .. 2f)o THIS DAY'S NEWS. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, n ..'EDNESDAY MORNING. The Teviot, Royal Mail Company's steam-ship, Captain William Allan, arrived this morning, at half-past four, from the West Indies, bringing all the mails, which were dispatched by the seven o'clock train, and which, of course, will be de livered in London this day. Her dates of departure are as follow :—Tampico, 24th April; Vera Cruz, 2d May • Jamaica, Bth May; Barbadoes, 9th May ; Havannah, 10th May; •, Grenada, llth May ; Nas sau, 13th May ; St.. Thomas's, 15th May ; and Bern - Ma, 20th Dray. The Tjtviot reports that things are still in a very unsettled state at Hayti. In Mexico, the castle of St. Juan de Alma is being strongly fortified with all possible dispatch ' • otherwise, matters are generally very quiet. Santa Anna has agreed to allow all those ships that had left England previously to the passing of his new tariff, to discharge their cargoes under the old duties. At the Havannah, the authorities have expelled the whole of the free blacks. A large party of them took shelter on board the Teviot, and were brought on by Capt. Allan to Nassau. Others have proceeded to Jamaica ai:d Mexico. Many executions are daily taking place at Matanzas and Havannah of those blacks concerned in the late insurrection. There is a great want of rain in the islands of Cuba, Ber muda, and the Bahamas. The latter are suffering dreadfully from a very long-continued drought, and the privations the inhabitants are undergoing are great in the extreme. Her Majesty's frigate Pique, Hon. Captain Stopford, was lying at Sacrificios when the Teviot left Vera Cruz. _ Tile Thames was at Havannah when the Teviot left, and was to sail the same evening for Vera Cruz, with the English mails of the Ist of April. On the 9th of May her Majesty's schooner Lee sailed for Belize with the Ist of April mails. The Teviot experienced fine weather generally the whole of the voyage, encountering, of course, the prevailing head winds. She was only due at Southampton this day at twelve o'clock. Freight-268 serons cochineal (from Vera Cruz); 91,461 dollars ; 155 doubloons ; 4,099 ounces of gold dust ; 1,3971b5. silver; and 29,500 dollars for the Mexican dividends.— Herald. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE s.—Wind westerly breeze, and fine. DEAL, JUNE 4.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Herschel, Robinson, Savanilla ; Paoli, Baltimore to Bremen. JERSEY, JUNE I.—Sld. Iris, Newfoundland. BRISTOL, JUNE 4.—Arrd. Britannia, Simmons, Batbadoes. DOVER, JUNE 3.—Arrd. Otto, Galveston for Bremen. OFF .DARTMOUTH, JUNE 3.—Alert, St. Croix for Copen hagen. Sountamrros, JUNE 3.—Sid. Great Liverpool (steamer), Alexandria. FALMOUTH, JUNE 4.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Sld. her Majesty's ship Pearl, Portsmouth. LivanrooL, JUNE 4.—Wind W.N.W., light.—Arrd. Emily, Foyle, Pernambuco; Royal Bride, Welch, Mara caibo ; Regulus, Child, Abbotsford, ditto ; Sesostris, Mobile Ben Nevis, Savannah; Leghigh, Charleston; Brothers, and Columbus, New York. Sld. Viscount Sandon, China; Eliza, Valparaiso; Charlotte, Haniom, St. Thomas's ; Celia, Lar ge , Jamaica Acadia (steamer), Halifax. Off, Ashburton (steamer), —. LEITH, JUNE I.—Sld. Clarendon, Sydney, New South Wales. OFF CAPE CLEAR—CrOna, Boston for Liverpool. OFF KINSALE.—Menas, Mobile. MARYPORT, JUNE I.—Sld. Hope, Quebec. OFF FALMOUTH —Hesperia, Morgan, Buenos Ayres ; Spheroid, Baillie, St. Vincent ; Bristol, Jamaica ; Mary, Porto Rico for Bremen ; Maria Franceska, Matanzas for ditto ; Louisa, Havannah ; Luebau, Charleston for Antwerp. SCILLY, JUNE l.—Arrd. Magnet, Williams, Ichiboe. Sld. Kate, Africa. HULL, JUNE 4.—Arrd. Diadem, Fax, Galveston. SHIELDS, JUNE 2.—Sid. Othello, Calcutta; Freedom, ' Quebec. SUNDERLAND, JUNE 3.—Sld. Harriet, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF ALDBOROUGH, JUNE 3.—Mayflower, Hutcheson, Ichiboe. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court took the Crown paper this morning and after wards proceeded with the new trial paper. Na case of any public interest came on during the morning. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTALAN.) There was nothing of the slightest general interest in the cases which came before the Court this day. MAR YLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) William Martin, a young man, of respectable appearan ce , was charged with having, this morning, created a disturb ance in the residence of the Rev. Mr. Ho'stock, Polygon, Somers-town. Mr• James Horton, residing there, said 'that the parlour . windows of the rev. gentleman bad been broken by seine mischievous person that morning, and the prisoner, who was passing at the time, was taken to the station-house, on sus picion of having been the offending party. Witness went to the station-house, and, knowing the prisoner, forbore to press the charge, arid he was set at liberty. About half-past nine this morning be called at the Rev. Mr. Holstock's, in order, as he said, to explain about the windows, but the rev. gen tleman wished to have no communication with him, and told him to leave the house. The prisoner refused to do so, and a disturbance was created, when the prisoner was given into custody. The prisoner—l did not break the windows. Mr. RAwLnisoN—The present charge is not for breaking windows, but for creating a disturbance. But I must say that it looks to me as if•you did break them. You were found alone, at two in the morning, in the Polygon, a place alto gether apart from the road, and where you could have had no business. However, it is with the other case I have to do. You will find bail for your good behaviour in time to come. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) A person of dissipated appearance was brought before the Magistrate on two charges of drunkenness. He was de scribed as Fitzgibban, a newspaper reporter on one of the police-sheets, and as reporter on the other. lie was found drunk by a policeman on Monday evening, and locked up, but was bailed out. He did not appear to his bail yesterday morning., and the Sergeant said the bail-men would be sued for their recognisances. Yesterday evening he was again found drunk and incapable in the E division, and locked up and charged by an E constable. Sergeant Dyer stated that the prisoner had been previously convicted before the magistrates of this court. The MAGISTRATE asked the prisoner what he had to say? The prisoner said he was soil.) , for what he had done. The MAGISTRATE fined him 55., and said that if he were again brought before him, he would most certainly hold him to bail. The prisoner having paid the fine, was discharged. MONE YANJ) COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool, y esterday, ani mated, but a fair business was done, at steady prices. Sales 4,000 bags, including 600 on speculation.—Shares were without alteration. The demand for Paris and Lyons was brisk, and the inquiry generally was good. Bir mingham and Derby, 61 ; Birmingham and Glou cester, 94 ; Eastern Counties, 118 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 66 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 222 ; Birmingham. Thirds, 37 ; Ditto Quarter, 26 ; Manchester and Birming ham, 564 ; Midland Counties, 908 ; North British, 2i, ; North Midland, 90i ; South Eastern, 37A ; Ditto New, ; Paris and Lyons, 31. Bs. 6d; Ditto and Rouen, 384. The advices per Teviot are not yet in town. By to-morrow ship advices are expected from various parts of the world, owing to the change of wind, but it is consi dered that Government might long ere this have thought of dispatching steamers to the Channel to bring off the mail bags from the detained ships, if such could legally have been done. The commercial advices by the Overland Mail are of as favourable a character as could be expected, though the un remunerating prices are still complained of. The English Stock Market has been very firm again, but the closing of the transfer books limits business. Consols for Money have been at 100 to 991 with the dividend, and for the opening at 98a to ex dividend. The unfunded debt is steady at 71s. to 735. premium. Bank Stock has been supported at 194. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. for Money are 103 .to 1031. The Reduced are 1011 to 1011, and the Three per Cents. 99i to 99g. .There is nothing calling for special remark. The Foreign Market has been dull ; 'Spanish Five per Cents. are 23k ; and the Three per Cents., 34 to -, 7 1 . The Passives are si. Mexican are down again to 35i to pro bably owing to some intimation received privately by the speculators, of a smaller remittance than was expected. Colombian Bonds were at ln to 13% ; and Brazilian at 81 to 1 4. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents. have been at 62 to 1 tie Railway Shares have been dealt in to a fair extent, and at good prices generally. Birmingham are rather cheaper, however. Great Western are firm, and South-Eastern rather fluctuating. Brighton have been steady. The French lines are well supported. Joint-stock Bank Shares are firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock - 199 1 / 4 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99 % 1 /4 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities l , O l /4 99% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 O9 936 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 101%3 6 1 / 4% New 33y per Cent. Annuities 1035( • Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 1•16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 6th Jan. 1860. Consols for Account Excheque • r Bills, I%d. 1 1/4 . d I 0004 loor •••••••••••• 72 pm. Ditto Small... .......... ....• Ditto Advertised — 70 pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SNARE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Bristol and Exeter 7O 80 1 / 4 to Bristol and Gloucester 3O 473 ...... to Caledonian Dublin and Cashel ••• 21 / 4 Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered... - . 8465. Sd. Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent 133. 4d.... 1 Great Western Ditto 1 / 4 Shares ..-. . ..... ~.. ...... 50 .....". 77%% London and Birmingham. lOO :223 4 to 22 3 Ditto New Thirds 2 36 to Dit o % Shares 2 . .... .... 25 London and Blackwall ..... ......... 16 1 / 4 ...... 75 London and Brighton W 47% to -- London and Greenwich London and South West ern ...... 41% 6 7 1 /4 to London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds 7O lO2 to Midland Counties Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 18 ... ..... . 39% to North Midland Ditto 54 Shares 4O . 48 4534... to 463( South Eastern and Dover 3235 363 373{ to 36% Ditto New . Trent Valley York and North. Midland ........ 50 ..- ..... 117 .... to 119 Ditto 1 / 4 Shares 25 .... ..... 59% Ditto Scarboro' Branch .... ..... 2 1 / 4 6 •• Paris and Orleans ..••••••••••••••••• 20 ..... •••• 39 N% ••• to -- . - Paris and Rouen ::::::::::::::::: 20 Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux... MANCHESTER STOCK EXCUANGE, JUNE 4.—The market continues steady, with a good general inquiry, but in the absence of sellers business has been limited.—Eastent Counties, 114 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 66 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 57 ; Ditto, Quarter, 44 prem. ; Manchester and Leeds, 101; North Midland, Halves, 454 ; Ditto, Thirds, 30 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 784; South-Eastern, New, 11g. .. CLOSING PRICES. . —. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. R e d 1,914 Ditto Bonds — pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 316 per Cent. Red lOl% :Ditto New Annuities... _ New 3% per Cent lO3 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. INd... 71 pm. New 5 per Cent — Ditto ill Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 73 pm. Jan. 1860 12% Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 Consols for 0pg.... ....... tB% Jan. 1860 l2 11-16 'lndia Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent lPortuguese,s per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent lDitto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — IRussian, 5 per Cent 11 7 1% Milan, 6 per Cent ~ Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1821 — Ditto, 3 per Cent ......... ...... 3IN Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 'Ditto, Deferred ' Danish, 3 per tent Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, ii per Cent., 1837. — ,Dutch, 2% per Cent 61% Peruvian, 18'25, 6 per Cent... Ditto, 5 per Cent ....„ 100% SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 raid) 91% Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto Registered (8/658cl paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fidhs, ,2 paid o % London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Brighton (50 paid) Ditto Loan Notes, :0 paid IS% London and Greenwich (121. Us. 4d. 'ix d) 7% Manchester and Leeds (70 paid , Ditto, Half Shares, :-.0 paid Midland Counties (WO paid) Ol Ditto, Quarter Shares (15 paid) Newcastle and Darlingron Junction. Is paid 4O Northern and F..a-terii (45 paid) North Midland (100 paid) Ditto. Thirds, £2l 13s. 4d. paid ......• South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) .. Ditto 'yew Shares ( 4 paid) t ................... • Yarmouth and Norwich (IS paid) ............ paid) , York and Scarborough Branch (i) :3(1% 2 19% MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY. WEDNESDAY. supplied with Wheat of home pr it was in a s l ugg i s h state, prices. Coourit N odt - produce, c markete, wasyt at barely Monday's quotations. In free Forei gn Wh eat a f a i r A business was doing; but the value of bonded parce l s was a E e C thell onl y demand m oderately N GE f mere drug. Barley and Malt were quite as de ar . Oats, Beans, ARRIVALS. m ic a. Barley. i Oats. Flour English. 1 ,E40 qrs. 7..0 qr s . 1,5: - 0 qrs. 2,610 sacks and Peas, and were held at very full Irish • -•-- , --- 1,840 ...--. Foreign. 1,990 — 0 2,0.0 —. alt, 348 qrs.. IXTITITECHAPEL. The supply of Meat on sale was only moderate, yet the demand was heavy at barely late rates. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 64 to' 3s 10d ; L am b , 4s 4d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s per 81bs. P ARLIAMEN TAR Y DIV ISION. (From the Votes and Proceedmgs of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, JUNE 4. COALS. Motion made, and Question Put, That this House will resolve itself into a Committee, to take into consideration so much of the Act 5 and 6 Vic. 47, as re l a t es t o an E xport Duty on Coal, with a v i ew toits immediate repeal:" The House divided : MINORITY-AYES, Acheson, Viscount Fielders, J. Plumridge, Captain Aglionby H. A. Forster, Matthew Pulsford, Robert Aldam, William Gibson, T. m. GGirioessvt,ensoirr, John n rd ft. Scholefield, Joshua Rawddn J. D. Bannerman, A. Granger, I'. C. Ric; E. R. B Ba a r r c in la g y . , F .D . l a s v . id Smith, Vei non Barnard, E. G. Hawes, B. Stuart, W. Villiers Bellew, R. M. Heron, Sir R. Stock, Sergeant Blcwitt, R. Hinde, J. H. Surat, Edward Bowes, J. Hodgson, R. Talbot, C. R. M. Bowring, Dr. Howard. C. G. W. Tancred, Henry W Bright, John Howick, Viscount Trail, 0. Browne, W. Hum; Joseph Trelaw ny, J. S. Butler, P. S. James, William T u f ne ll, Henry Gibden, Richard Layard, Captain Wakley, Thomas Colebrookc, Sir T. Leader, J. T. Walker, R. Collett, John Liddel, H. T. Wallace, R. Dalmeny, Lord Macaulay, T. B. Ward, H. G. Denison, W. J. Maclean, D Wawn, John T. D'Eyncourt, T. C. Maher, N. Wemyss, Captain Duncan, Lord Mitcalfe, Heenry Woraley, Lord Duncan, George Morris, David Wrightson, W. B. Duncombe, T. S. Morison, General Dundes, Admiral Naier 4 Sir Charles TELLERS . Dundas, David Og le, S. C. H. Vane, ba r d H. Egerton, Lord Fran. Ord William Hatt, W. MAJORITY-NOES, 110. Acland, T. D. Forman, T. Seaton Adore, Lord I. remantle, Sir T. Adderley, C. B. Fuller, Augustns E. Allix, Jahn Peter Gardner, J. D. Antrobus, Edmund Gladstone, W. E. Arbuthnott, Hugh Gladstone, J. N. Arkwright, George Glynne, Sir Stephen Astell, William Gordon,lCaptain Baillie, H. J. Goring, Charles Baring, Hon W. B Goulburn, Henry llaskerville, TB. M. Graham, Sir J. Boldero, Henry G. Granby, Marquis of Bottield, Beriah Greenad, Peter Bowles, Admiral Greet.e, T. Boyd, John Halford, H. Brisco, M. Hampden, Renn Broadley, Henry • Harris, EA. J. Bruce, Lord Ernest Heneage, GW. Bruges, W. H. L. Henley, J. W. Campbell, Sir H. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Chapman, Aaron Herbert, Hon. S. Chelsea, Lord Hope, Chad,' Clerk, Sir George Hope, G. W. Cockburn, Sir G. Humphery, J. Collett, W. R. Hussey, Thomas Corry, Henry Johnstone, Sir John Grippe, W. J o h nstone , Hope Denison, E. B. Kirk, P. Douglas, Sir C. E. K na t c hb u ll, Sir E. Douglas, J. D. S. Lawson, Andrew Drummond, H. H. Lennox, Lord A. Eaton. R. J. Lyall, George Eliot, Lord : Lygon, General Escott, Bickham Mackenzie, Wm. F. Estcourt, T. G. B. *Neill, Duncan Filmer, Sir E Mahon, Lord TELLERS. Flower, Sir James M.i nwaring T. Young, John Forbes, W. Manners, Lord C. Baring, 11. B. Manners, Lord J. Master, T. W. C. Maxwell, J. P Mitchell, 'l'. A. Mordaunt, Si' J. Morgan, Octavius Nichol], J. Nerreys, Lord O'Brien, A. Stafford Packe, C. Wm. Palmer, G.' Patten, J. Wilson Plumptre, J. P. Polhill, Frederick Pracd, William T. Pringle. Alexander Pusey, Philip Rolleston. Colonel Round, Charles Gray Round, John Rushbrooke, Colonel Shaw, F. Sheppard, Thomas Sin°llett, Alexander Sotheron, T. H, Stanley, Lord Sutton, Henry M. Tennent, J. E. Thesiger, F. Tnompson, Aid. Tyrrell, Sir J. Vesey, fhomas Vivian. John Ennis Warburton, Henry MONDAY, JUNK 3. DUTY ON SUGAR. PAIRS. FOR. - ---- AGAINST. Blake, Sir Valentina—Galway Egerton, Sir P.—South Cheshire Cayley, E. S.—N. Yorkshire Scott, Hon. F.—Roxburghshire Esmonde, Sir T.—Wexford C o . Hamilton, W.—Newport, Isle W Fitzroy, Lord'C.—Bury St. Edm. Manners, Lord C.—N. Lciccstersb Gill, T.—Plymouth Follett, Sir W.—Exeter Hay, Sir A. L.—Elgin, 8,, Broadwood, Henry Hatton, Capt.—Wexford Co. Conolly, Edward M. — Donegal Marshall, Wm.—Carlisle Egerton, W. Tatton—Cheshire O'Brien, Cornelius—Clare Bell, M.—S. Northumberland O'Brien, J.—Limerick City Ackers, James—Ludlow Oswald, James—Glasgow Bernard, Visa—Bandon Bridge Stuart, Lord J.—Ayr Cole, Hon. ArthurH.—Enniskillen Townelry, J —Beverley White, Henry—Longford Bruce, C. Hon. G.—Wenlock Tuite, H. M.—Westmeath Ffolliott, John — Sligo Co. C. L. C.—Elginshire Westenra, J.—King's. C.unty Baldwin, Charles Barry—Totnes Christie, Wm. D.—Weymouth Christopher, R.A.—Lincolnshire Philipps, Sir IL—Haverfordwest Beckett, W.—Leeds Clay, Sir Wm.—Tower Hamlets Egerton, Lord F. L.—Lancashire Collett, W. R.—Lincoln Traill, George- Caithness-shire Cavendish, Hon. G. H.—N. Derby Pennant, D.— Carnarvonshire Pechell, Captain—Brighton Borthwick, P.—Evesham Grey, Sir George—Devonport Baring, Thornas..fluntingdon SUMMARY OF NEWS AND VW)Ur taptitton. " Who runs may read." FOILEIGN. The Journal des Debats of Monday publishes•a long rescript addressed by the Pope to the Roman Catholic clergy against Bible Societies. "We recommend you," says his Holiness, " to announce and to explain in proper time and place to the people confided to your pastoral charge our present advice, and to use all your efforts to withdraw your faithful flock from any connection with those Bible Societies. It will be your duty to take from their hands any Bibles translated into the vulgar tongue, or published contrary to the sanction of the Roman Pontiffs." We observe a paragraph in the Constitutionnel, stating Louis Philippe's watch to have been stolen, on Monday be fore last, whilst he was again visiting the exhibition of works of art. M. Horace Vernet, the celebrated French painter, left Paris on Monday, to pay his respects to his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, who, it would appear, has a great personal regard for the artist. Mdlle. Taglioni re-appeared at the opera on Saturday night in La Sylphide. The receipts amounted to 11,500 f. Letters from Strasburg, referred to by the Paris papers, state that on the passage of the Duchess of Kent through that city her Royal Highness had been received with every possible testimony of respect by the authorities and the population. _ _ The Commerce states that M. F. de Lesseps is, at the ex piration of his congi to be appointed Consul-General of France at Alexandria, in place of M. de Lavalette. The Wurtzburg Gazette contains a letter from Berlin, May 27, which says :—" It is believed that the Emperor of Russia will go to Vienna after his return from London. His Majesty is to join the Empress at Sans Souci on July 13. The Revue des Deux Monde* mentions a report that the French naval division in the China Seas has received, orders, with the assent of England, to take possession of an island at a few leagues distance from Hong-Kong. The ltlemorial!de Rouen gives an account of the arrest in that city on Friday last of three Englishmen, detected in coining and issuing false one-franc pieces. They made a desperate resistance before they could be secured, 'The coun terfeit coin is extremely well made, and cannot be distin guished by weight without being put into the scales ; but on being rubbed the colour of the zinc becomes apparent. It bears the date of 1843, and the letter B. LAW AND POLICE. At the Mansion-house a person of very respectable appear ance, named James Egan, was brought before the Lord Mayor, in the custody of Daniel Forrester, the officer, charged with having received a Bank of England note for 1001., knowing the same to have been stolen. A vast deal of interest was excited by this case, the prisoner having, as was reported, been at one time manager and director of the National Bank of Ireland, whose property the stolen note was stated to be, and having been tried in the year 1842, in Dublin, for stealing a parcel of bank-notes, of which the WU note in question ,was one. After a lengthened examination the prisoner was remanded. At Guildhall, Thomas Hoare, a young man about twenty years of age, was brought before Mr. Alderman Humphery, charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwell ing-house of James Stone, with intent to commit felony. Mr. Alderman Humphery, after hearing evidence on the charge, and ascertaining that only a few pence had been missing, put some questions to the prisoner, who said he had not been near the place that was broken open, and did not know even where it Was. He was a printer by trade, but got his living by playing the accordion in gentlemen's houses, and lodged at No. 5, George-street, Tottenham-court-road. The Alderman determined on punishing him summarily, and committed the prisoner as a rogue and vagabond for three months. Michael John M'Cann was finally examined, at Marylebone, charged with having intermarried with Bridget Thomas, his first wife, Mary M'Cann, being at the time in existence, and fully committed. The long protracted case of the robbery and murder in Ratcliff was brought to a close yesterday before the Magis trate at the Thames Police Court. The prisoners were brought from Clerkenwell in the police van, at eleven o'clock. Their names are Alexander Nicholson, a milkman, in whose house the deceased was robbed of 30/, and ill-used; Richard Bragger; Rosetta Bragger, his wife; Mary Ann Ash, the sister of Rosetta, with whom Nicholson his for some time cohabited ; George Bragger, the brother of Richard ; and John Horsted, a non-registered coal• whipper. At the conclusion of the examination, Mr. Ballantine said he bad made up-his mind to commit Horsted, George Bragger, Ro setta Bragger, and Mary Ann Ash, for wilful murder; and I shall also commit Richard Bragger, Alexander Nicholson, and Mary Ann Ash, for the robbery on Saturday night, the 18th of May. The announcement caused a great sensation among the prisoners, especially those charged with murder. just reached our shores, is as much the guest of this country as they are, and that we are not only bound to be hospitable to him ourselves, but also to take care that he receives no incivility from others while residing in the dominions of our Sovereign. We are bound to resent any affront to him as if it was committed against ourselves. The Poles would show a very ill sense of any obligation that they may owe to Great Britain, were they in any way to treat with con tumely one who is riow trusting himself to British courtesy and British honour. Moreover, they should remember, that any improper conduct on their part would deeply injure them in the opinion. of their friends in England and elsewhere, and might prove, at some future time, most prejudicial to their coun try. I repeat, that I am convinced that, to the far greater portion of the Polish exiles, this warning is entirely unnecessary.—Believe me, my dear Lord, yours, very truly, NORTHAMPTON. London, June 3, 1844. To Lord Dudley Stuart, &c., &c. COTTET-rASZIONAI3I.2I. The Duke of Wellington is expected to return to Apsley House on Friday, from his visit to her Majesty at 'Windsor Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds are expected to leave the Clarendon Hotel, on Sunday next, for the Hague, where the annual sports of the Falconry, or Hawking Club, of which his Grace is a member, will shortly commence. Viscount Melbourne returned to South-street on Satur day last, from Brocket Hall, where his Lordship had been passing the Whitsun recess, and on Monday his Lordship dined with the Corporation of the Trinity House, he being one, of the elder brethren of that body. The Marquis Conyngham, accompanied by the Earl of Mount Charles and the youthful ladies Conyngham, embark shortly from Southampton (where his Lordship is occupying Belle Vue House), on board his Lordship's yachts, Flower of Yarrow schooner, and Seaflower cutter, for Ireland. His Lordship hoisted his flag last week as Commodore of the Royal Southern Yacht Club. the Earl and Countess of Winterton, and youthful family are sojourning at the Countess Dowager of Winterton's house at Brighton. SCELMANBOUB. The Emperor of Russia has announced his intention to give annually, as long as he lives, the sum of 5001., to be added to the race fund of Ascot—thus liberally and nobly following the example of his son, who, it may be borne in mind, contributes 3001. every year at Newmarket, to be run for under the name of the Cesarewitch Stakes. On Monday morning the West London Railway was opened for public traffic as far as its junction with the Great Western line, but the station and other r , reparations at its, junction with the London and Birmingham line not being completed, the opening of that portion was deferred until this morning. Since Monday trains have been running to meet the nine, eleven, and half-past six o'clock trains on the Great Western Railway ; and from to-day trains will also meet the seven, half-past ten, three, and six o'clock trains on the London and Birmingham Railway. A Parliamentary return has just been issued, on the motion of Mr. Hume, giving an account. of the law and other expenses incurred against persons for smuggling and frauds iu the Customs for 1842 and 1843. In 1842, in Eng land, there were 815 prosecutions, the expenses of which were 3,254/. 15s. ; the duties were 521. 10s. 2d. ; the penal • ties, 1,7821. 7s. Id.; and the amount received in compro mises was 694/. 19s. 4d. In 1843, there were 1,147 prosecu tions in England, at an expense of 5,599/. 15s. 7d. ; the duties were 267/. 16s. 6d. ; the penalties, 943/. 12s. 9d. ; and the compromises amounted to 2,533/. 16s. 4d. In the two years the expenses were 8,856/. 10s. 7d., and the amount re covered 3,228/. 15s. Bd. A similar return is given respecting Ireland and Scotland. On the whole, the expenses in the United Kingdom were 10,117/. Bs. 6d., and the amount reco vered in compromises was under 5,000/. On Sunday evening a numerous meeting was held at the parochial school-rooms, Church-street, Islington, on the sub ject of the Bill for the regulation of religious trusts. The Rev. Daniel Wilson, M.A., vicar of Islington, took the chair; and there were present the Rev. J. Hambleton, the Rev. J. Venn, the Rev. G. Smith, and several of the parochial clergy. Several addresses were delivered, and resolutions condemna tory of Lord Lyndhurst's Bill were unanimously adopted. THE EMPEROR. NICHOLAS AND THE POLES. Lord Dudley Stuart presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and would feel obliged by his inserting in his columns the accompanying letter, addressed to Lord Dudley Stuart by the Marquis of Northampton.—June 4, 1844. MY DEAR LORD,—I am induced to address to you the following observations, as I think that it is im portant they should be made public by some one, although I an quite aware that they must occur to the minds of most reflecting persons. I believe that they would come better from myself than froth almost any one else. In saying this, I am actuated by no per sonal vanity; it is not from personal considerations, but from those of the official situation that I hold, that I have forrped this opinion. As President of the Royal Society, I am the official, though in no other way the representative of English science. In that capacity lam neutral in politics, though I have of course the same right as any other individual to express my opinion when not in the President's chair. It is this official neutrality that encourages me now to address you. In my official capacity I am bound to express the sense en tertained by men of science in England for the liberal manner in which the Russian Government promotes the advancement of knowledge, and especially for the kindness with which they received the present Presi dent of the Geographical Society, Mr. Murchison, in his recent geological tour in that country. Still more am I called on to state how much the Royal Society feel the cordial manner in which the Emperor has supported the great magnetical inquiries now going on under the sanction and at the expense of himself, of our own, and of other enlightened Sovereigns. It is not, however, for the purpose of making the foregoing prefatory observations, that I write to you, nor yet for that of saying that nothing shall prevent me from expressing my own individual sympathy with the many brave but unfortunate individuals for whom you take so deep an interest, and whose pa tience in poverty and exile must excite respectful admiration in every generous bosom. My object in writing to you is to make some re marks on th e a p proac hi ng P o li s h b a ll . I re j o i ce to £61,952 11 6 learn that it i s no t i nten d e d to postpone it in conse •• From which sum is t o b e d e d ucted the amount P of the wholly ir r e covera bl e debts to the pe quence of the arrival of his Imperial. Majesty. lam r i n d o f b a l anc i ng the books at October, 1843, 16,639 18 0 convinced that the comm itt ee h ave ac t e d wisely in Leaving to meet the further losses which may coming to thi s d ec i s i on . I f ee l sure t h at th e E m - arise on d ou btf u l d e b ts, but the exact amount peror would not have felt at all obliged by the post- of ae which . cannot be ascertained until each count is finally woud u ponement, and that he would, however mistakenly, " The loss upon these doubtful debts can at present be only have considered it as rather an act of servility than a matter of conjecture, subject to a variety of contingencies. civility, and, therefore, rather deserving of contempt Should the state of the colonies improve, and the value of the than gratitude. Indeed, it would have conveyed no main property in them, namely, land and stock, advance, very flattering compliment to his own feelings. If, such improvement must tend to diminish the ultimate losses existingot thßai t ik ; one depression other . hand t , a f long contin ra u v a a n t c e e t g b t t he indeed, the ball were to be postponed on account of any other fete on the same day, which would inter- But, t s h a e t Direc e to p r r s es trm u k in trel, may repeat repeat aggravate confidence fere with it s suc cess , that would be a very different what has already been declared in the report, that even if and'very proper reason for the delay. the amount now available to meet losses should prove in- I trust that the Emperor will understand that no adequate, and involve an encroachment on the rest, it would incivility to him personally is conveyed by those who not, under the most disadvantageous circumstances t that t they p a a n r e (l a t i N p v r i e t s: nt t e o n s t u e m m p l b a o t w e , e t a o n f d i c b o g n s a i d t e r t a b e l c e t. x e c an o,f that like myself intend to be present at the ball : any i n - c tentional slight or affront to so distinguished a account; and any encroachment would become altogether foreigner would be disgraceful to our national cha- unnecessary, if the profits of the next two or three years ratter. lam sure you will allow me to take this I should admit Fund. of further moderate additions to the Bad-d e bt opportunity to address a few word s t o t h e Poles I themselves. I am convinced that to the greater lat " tU r l e a e s a t h i l , L e to ting th , e wish expressed by several Proprietors a balanced account of the assets and number it must be quite unnecessary; but there may 1 liabilities of the Corporation is also given, showing, in con be some young and -ardent spirits who may require nexion with the other two statements, the actual position of to be reminded that the exalted personage who has ; its affairs. The amount of the rest, or un divided profit, at the 10th of Oct., 1842, as shown at the last annual meeting, was 'To which are now to be added tLe profits realised both in the colonies and London, to the 16th of Oct., 1843, after defraying all expenses in curred £83,441 8 9 From which sum has been taken this year, to be placed Co the credit of Bad-debt Fund .X29,000 0 '0 Deduct therefrom the follow- . ing payments to the Proprie tors, viz. April dividend, 1843 £27,000 0 0 October dividend, 1843 £27,000 0 0 54,441 8 9 £168,854 10 3 54,000 0 0 Leaving as the amount of the rest, or undivided profits, on the 16th of Oct., 1843 £114,854 10 3 "In deference to the wishes expressed at the last annual meet ing, and under the peculiar state of affairs in the Colonies, the Directors also annex a statement, showing the amount and appropriation of the Bad-debt Fund, which has not hereto. fore appeared in the accounts submitted to the Proprietors, although the existence of the fund was not unknown to them, the prudence of having accumulated which, in times of pros perity, will, the Directors trust, be now fully apparent. , Balance of Bad-debt Fund at October, 1842.. £.32,952 11 6 Added thereto at October,l843 ASSETS. 0 Government stock, specie and cash £255,237 la I Landed property and bank premises 13,479 0 4 Bills receivable and other securities 1,486,319 2 LIABILITIES. Capital £900,000 0 0 Circulation 73,845 0 0 Bills payable and other lia- ._---- 5 £1,755,03 5 1i bilities Deposits .. 487,146 7 9 Bad-debt Fund 45,312 13 6 Rest or undivided profit £1,755,035 l i " The Directors further announce that the second ins! l % ment of 101. on the new shares will be included in the (1, dend to be declared in October nex t, a ft er w hi c h period 0 new shares will stand in all respects on the same tooting the old shares. " Regretting, as the Court of Directors do, that they bare not been able to make a mere favourable report on this "" 0 casion, yet they look with con fid ence t o t h e internal resourc for of those vast Colonies, and the energy of their populatio n 0. a restoration, within a rea sona bl e period, to a state of I ) perity, while they ha v e th e gra tifi cat i on o f stat i n g, th 3 ,00 ". no former period has this Bank sto o d i n hi g her estinis° than it does at present. (Signed) "CHARLES MORRIS, Chairman ; " Bank of Australasia, L on d on Offi ce , 2, M oorga t e -sire'" " 3d June, 1844." The CHAIRMAN then said that now, perhaps, he illig i/ e ! be allowed to say a f ew wor d s on t h e su bj ect o f the r r , port, and he should c ommence b y re f err i ng to that r be tion of the account, called the Bad-debt Fund. lis; l A t p r3 Directors brought this p o i n t b e f ore t h e Sharebeo, before, they might have b een bl ame d f or t h e l arg e aPP r I priatlon of profits t o m ee t suc h contingencies. Tileioc: however, felt that their scale of profits justified them a . such a course, and it now appeared they bad only a c i t : e s a with common prud ence an d f oret h oug h t . lhey m od done this on their own responsibility, _lbs 31 at the risk of bei ng t o ld th at they ",to have increased the di v ide n d i ns t ea d o f a llowing, large an accumulatio n o f th e rest . I n f act , they only taken the necessary precaution to provide aga l l 3 ', those casualties in busin ess t o w hi c h a ll s i m il ar establi? ments were liable, and he would put it to the me eting to say—whether, if the Di rec t ors had erred, they ) 1 , ) , ) , not erred on the side of prudence.—(Hear, hear.) e• amount of rest in a banking establishment was g e ! l • rally considered one of the chief elements of security' and it was with this view that the Directors, in the p re ; sent instance, had kept the Bad-debt Fund and the r e it distinct.—(Hear, bear.) Out of the Bad-debt Fi10,c 14 ,, 0 would be seen they had t a k en 17,000/. to sa ti s fy oe o l proved to be irrecoverable, and the remaining 45,°%, would go to liquidate those which might yet turn 011 00 /. be of such a character • leaving the "rest" of 1 14,8 , 4 (if interfered with at all), interfered with only to a v t. e 'l l immaterial amount.—(Hear, hear.) The Chairman tP e . concluded his observations by stating that in the 1 95) 0 ; meat of the next dividend, the new shares would be the same equality as the old. In answer to a questioi. from a Shareholder, The CHAIRMAji said prudence forb a de him to ple, f i e , himself on the subje c t of th e amount o f th e next ° I to dend. Ile did not think it right he should do so; b° saw no reason to apprehend that the dividend would n be at the same rate as previously paid.—(Hear.). o f Mr. LEVI said he should lik e t o see th e meetwgstba this bank held half-yearly inst ea d o f y ear ly. It w as 0 • case with the Colonial Bank an d th e U n i on B un k of , 0 tralia, and many other Companies he could name. " d' Mr. WILSON supported thi s p ropos i t i on , as dOl the several other Shareholder s , b ut t h e mot i on before 1 chair being the adopti o n o f th e re p or t, t h ere was a ge fil call to order. The report, after some discussion relative to the II; priety of adjourning to con s id er it s con t ents —a view ported by Mr. Sergeant Gas e l ee , M r . Hill, Mr. Frl3":i,ioa and others—was carried unanimously, and the prof° . of Mr. Levi put in the shape of a resolutio was Mr. A. A. GOLDSMID and Mr. G. R. Ron, BIN so: 4 , p in favour of the appointment of meetings half-yes: ll o ' d would increase confidence between the Directors o f Shareholders, and give the former the o pportunitk e i communicating to the latter any news o f i m p or tance w might have received. The resolution as moved by Mr. Levi, and seconded by Mr. Wilson, was then put and carried. da l° Mr. DE CASTRO said he saw by th e annua l re turn as( liabilities and assets of the B an k, that under the it° fie assets, bills appeared for the amount of 1,480,0001 in wished to know if that item had been much increase's the last year. a id The CHAIRMAN said certainly it h a d i ncr ease" , 0 0 by the accommodation afforded much good businos, been brought to the bank.—(H ear , h ear .) It couhis to said without vanity that the Bank of Australasia "if. the as high estimation as any oth er o f t h e b a nks ° b o a colony. To show the 'class of customers they t he secured, he would just state that the deposits o , doe i banks had increased upw a rd s o f 100,00 0 L in 6) al one. A SHAREHOLDER inquired w h a t p ower the ga rlil e g i e ff had in Sydney to prevent the local directors, Oaths whom were merchants wholly unconnected wi th f ie bank as Shareholders, from using their influence t° commodate themselves or their friends ? $ll The CHAIRMAN replied th a t th e M ana ger b oa , o de absolute veto.—(Hear, hear.) This was the best 'oie that could be adopted to protect the interests °' a Bank. The present Superi n t en d en t (M r . Hart) vosl• man of great experience, and he (the Chairman) ° ure a dered it most fortunate f or th e B an k th a t they sec h eft his services. He (Mr. Hart) arr i ve d a t a mo ment re' all the firmness that could be brought into action."' t a/ quired to protect the interests of the Bank, and it T ies have been a task of great a nx i e ty t o meet t h e diffio° o p which he experienced. Ile (the Chairman) alos t A , to that the Shareholders were un d er a d e b t of gratitude that gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) ed A SHAREHOLDER said the Chairman had info' 0d them in his report that the branches at Bathurst At e Maitland bad been su•pended. Would he please t ° some information about th e p oor Ad e l a id e branch l i ,ol' The CHAIRMAN said it had been f oun d that in ag.' oo et tural districts banks did no t a tt rac t t h a t descrietit the business which was pr o fit a bl e t o th em . To lac for° dealings of customers generally resolved into 10a05., 0 0 term of years. With resp ec t to Ad e l a id e , that ( 1 7 be 0 possessed a port, a nd th e i n h a bi tants appeared di rapidly becoming a commerc i a l community. As f/ st teed)' and progressive rev i va l was ta ki ng place i n that c l u o igh t , the Directors had h o p es th a t a pro fi ta bl e business t he be done by their branch ; the only drawback W I T ey e the distance prevented it b e i ng so closely under till) of their Superinte n d en t as th ey cou ld w i s h.—(g e e q ue The question was the n ra i se d o f t h e i ncreas e oft o ie lification of Directors, and, aft er a l ung debate, f , er was given for calling a s p ec i a l meet i ng to coot: se a/ 8 ' matter, as, according t o th e t erms o f the deed c" ast , ' ment, it could not be entered i n t o a t th e present°, 09 . ' The retiring Directors, Samuel E us t ace Maga° were Richard Norman, Esq., and William Sargent, FA" then re-elected unanimously. ;p a it h The remainder of the proceedings was oecn.P; I t o complimentary addresses to the Directors, by li r " . fe Robinson, Captain Grover, Mr. Wilson, and ' ° ,,, r ait eti. ter; and votes of thanks to the Secretary, sur dent, and the other officers of the Bank. ver The CHAIRMAN, in returnin g th an k s for tha se doc sa votes, said he was fully impressed with the kin , 3 00 e, which they were passed. On b e h a lf o f Mr' 0 he thanked the meeting, a nd sa id th a t there ". 0011 member connected with the Bank, more indefatiga fiatio that gentleman; and it afforded hi m (the C 133 , i 01P i P ' much pleasure to find that the Shareholders so _ _ preciaied his (Mr. Milliken's) exertions. The meeting then separated. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. On Monday the tenth annual meeting of the Share holders in this Banking Company took place at the offices of the establishment, Moorgate-street. J. S. Brownrigg, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The Secretary (Mr. Millikin) having read the adver tisement convening the meeting, and some preliminary observations having been made in reference to reading the report before the re-election of Directors, The CHAIRMAN said that before he read the report, he wished to state to the Proprietors that the Directors on the present occasion met them with great anxiety ; be cause, they were desirous of laying before them some specific information as to the general state of affairs of the Company. In the present report he thought they would find that such specific information was afforded, and when he had read it he should beg to be allowed to make a few observations on various points, to remove any doubts that might arise in the minds of Shareholders. However, before doing this, he should wish to advert shortly to what had occurred at the last annual meet ing. There were two or three points suggested then for the consideration of the Directors which had received their anxious attention. Some of those suggestions would be found and alluded t2_ in the course of the re port, and there was oulf one upon which they (the Directors) had not thought it their duty to act. That one was the suggestion that the re port should be printed and published some few days before the meeting took place. They had given their best consideration to that subject, with great anxiety to comply with the wish of those who advocated the plan, but they remained of the same opinion as at the last meeting, namely, that it would be impolitic for the interests of the Company to do so. There were no doubt a great many arguments in favour of the course pro posed ; but, in the minds of the Directors, and in addi tion to reasons formerly urged, they did not do away with the objection that the publication of the report might be brought to act .upon the value of the shares, and the parties on the spot have an advantage over those who resided at a distance. Besides, there was the other important objection, that the minds of Shareholders might be unduly prejudiced by the publication of a re port without necessary explanations, and hence so long as the Directors were allowed a discretion on the sub ject they thought it would be best to adhere to the pre sent course of laying the report before the Shareholders at the meeting, to whom it was competent to move an adjournment for its consideration, if they thought proper. The CHAIRMAN then read the reports which was re ceived with much apparent satisfaction : " The Tenth Annual Report by the Directors oethe Bank of Australasia to the Proprietors, assembled at the Meeting held at their Office, No. 2, Moorgate-street, on Monday, the 3d June, 1844. "In laying before the Proprietors the result of the transac tions of the Bank for the year of account ending on the 16th October, 1843, at this the Tenth Annual Meeting, held in compliance with the provisions of the Charter of Incorpora tion, the Directors are desirous of reel in ding them, that in their last two reports the distressed s t a t e of the Australasian Colonies was adverted to in strong terms. It is with feelings of disappointment and regret that they have now to inform the Proprietors that the severity of the pressure then noticed had since augmented to an unparalleled degree, shaking the credit and involving the ruin of large classes of the commu nity, and had continued to the date of the latest advices with but little mitigation. " Proprietors, will, therefore, not be surprised to learn that, in the general distress this Corporation has not escaped with out heavy losses, and its interests might have been more seriously affected, but for the precautions taken by the Di rectors at the commencement of its business, and since stea dily adhered to in the accumulation of considerable reserves to meet such adverse circumstances, inseparable, even in ordi nary times, from large and distant operations like those of this Bank. " The Directors have, however, the satisfaction of stating that the accounts which they have received from the various managers of branches, carefully revised in each case by the Superintendent, and examined by themselves, enable them to assure the Proprietors that the irrecoverable losses are more than amply provided for by the funds set apart for that pur pose, and that the debts due to the Bank of a doubtful cha racter, though it is feared they may prove of considerable amount, are not expected to be of a magnitude, even under the most unfavourable view that can at present be taken of them, to involve any serious impression on the rest. "The Directors think it necessary to advert, in this place, to a large advance made, in March, 1843, to the Bank of Australia, at Sydney, under circumstances of a peculiar cha racter, which was joined in by this establishment, to the ex tent of 150,0001., the knowledge of which, at the time, caused much anxiety. " It is not now necessary to bring under review the reasons which induced the superintendent and local board at Sydney to take this important step, but it• is incumbent on the Directors to assure the Proprietory that arrangements have been entered into for the repayment of the advance, of the perfect safety of which they entertain no doubt; and to add that, immediately they received accounts of this transaction, they issued instructions to prevent the recurrence of any similar ones, taking occasion at the same time to reiterate their previous orders limiting the amount of accommodation to all parties within moderate bounds. " The experience which the Directors have now had of the general working of the Bank having satisfied them that the smaller branches are not productive of benefit commensurate with the capital they absorb, and that they also divert the attention or the Superintendent from duties of greater im importance, authorised Mr. Hart to withdraw from those districts, which, in his opinion, did not afford a sufficient field field for banking operations. " Acting under these instructions, Mr. Hart had made ar rangements for closing the Bathurst branch on the let of March last, and he would probably adopt a similar course at Maitland. "By these measures the Directors hope to effect a reduc tion in the expenditure, and, by concentrating the business, to place it on a safer footing than when sprctd over a wider surface. " During a period of such unexampled distress and com mercial embarrassment as that which has prevailed in the Colonies for such a length of time, it required a person of no ordinary ability, prudence, and judgment to watch over the interests-of the Corporation ; and the Directors have much satisfaction in stating that the Superintendent, Mr. Hart, has proved himself tp possess those qualifications in an eminent degree, and to be thoroughly competent to the discharge o f the important trust confided to him. " Impressed with a deep sense of the importance of a due superintendence of the Bank's affairs, and of the serious in convenience which might arise from a temporary suspension of the office, the Directors have deemed it expedient to send out to the colonies a person competent to assist the Super intendent in the performance of his onerous duties, and who, in the event of casualty, could temporarily administer the affairs of the Corporation, until other arrangements could be madefrom home. "The gentleman appointed to the office is Mr. James John Falconer, a person of .considerable mercantile experience, and to whose character and qualifications most satisfactory testi monials have been received. "The Directors have now to present the usual statement of the accounts for the year ending the 16th of October, 1843, from which it will be seen that the profits have exceeded, those of the preceding year, but the Directors have deemed it advisable to appropriate out of them this year as large a sum to the Bad-debt Fund, as is compatible with the payment of the dividends. £114,413 1 6 erbtrb Ebttioli 10' ASCOT (THIS DAY—.BY EXPRE S- /1 ,50 The Swinley Stakes o f Z:ovs. each, 15 ft, ‘vit.ol,l! added, if not walked over for ; for three 7st 41b; and four, Bst 101 b; mares and allowed 31b ; the winner of the Derby "r (-)j 1 ' 1843 and 1844, 101 b extra. Swinley I Lord. Glenlyon's Ben-y-Ghlo ........ •• ' Duke of Richmond's Pastoral ........ • • • • ' l. • with The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 " o re s 50 added; for two yrs old, 7st ; three, 9 5 “ 13.3 C and geldings allowed 31b. To start at t Course post, and run in about half a wile' 1 Mr. G. Ongley's Mystery, 2 yrs ...... ••• 5 Mr. Edwards's Hedgehog, 2 yrs ......... • Mr. A. W. Hill's Beaumont, 3 yrs ...... • ' • .:** _ Six ran. ASCOT CUP. Alice Hawthorn is declared not to stall' east'' The Great Ascot Produce Stakes of 100 sov s f . r the h ft, for three yrs old, with 200 add ed :711 3 ; winner, and 100 for the second; colts, S s winner, fillies and geldings, Bst 21b ; winners of the v oi d 71b ; of the Oaks, 51b ; of the Tv° ° ,: e sti ll : Guineas or One Thousand GIIIIIOIS, 3 ` w tor t e' Untried horses or mares allowed 3113. To 6 the winning-post, and go once round. Mr. Osbaldestone's Sis. to Martingale . • • • ' • • Colonel Peel's Zenobia.... ............ • • • ' • Baron Rothschild's Emerald .......... • • • Seven ran. Won by half a length. • -V BIRTHS. J On the 30th ult., at Rutlandvilla, Monmouth-I.° of '8 wafer, Mrs. Georg Mawhood of a son. ladf On the 31st ult., e at the ReCtory, Hatford, the Rev. James Htrn, of a son. sco tt, MARRIED. Thoro as poi la ' On the 30th ult., at Ilfracombe, the Rev' , J. . .A., to Louisa Korence, eldest daughter al Esq., M.D. DIED. O P ' alia, G 0 1 On the 19th ult., at Wob bell, in n. Westph von Donop, late of the King's German Legio,e Dolt On the Ist inst., at Erith , Francis Albert/ tu of Mr. Crafter, of Stamford-street. fO, IJ--11;a1'1 ; London: Printed and P ublished by 111V1i-v460, 'i_. ° V No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Su* COPP Strand, in the Precinct of t he Savoft in Middlesex, Wednesday Juno 5, 1844.