The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-28 00:00:00

NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND. (THIS DAY.) The tenth annual general meeting of the Shareholders or the National Bank of Ireland was this day held at extnueror:ey, tsci., lock at the Bank, 13 , Old B roa d- stree t; T. L am i e in the chair. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by calling Pon the S ecretary to read the advertisement convening the meeting. The SECRETARY N. S. King, Esq., then read the ad vertisement convening the meeting. The CRAIRMAN said that the Directors had prepared 41)(34 of the transactions of the Bank during thel I° an Past IL year, up to t h e 31st o f D ecem b er ; an d account of the assets and liabilities of the ~_3 llk ; and of the profits and loss. He hoped they would ''ulthe report sufficiently ample and explanatory as to the situation and affairs of the Bank. He would not Elete them longer, but at once call upon the Secretary " It lui it. ,h 50,7'he SE CRETARY then read the followin g Report : „ It e Directors of the National Bank of Ireland have d at th e the pleasure of meeting the Proprietors assemble teeth annual general meeting of the Company, liskiia►ui:°•f„lubtnitting the usual statement of the assets Bank ap C r , ll : l ,es, with the profit and loss account of the B• it s "ine 3 1st'of December last, exhibiting the result of iperations for the past year. 9 zb tiu " e mnmendement of last year it was generally inT e ted that a marked improvement would take place Which a° and commercial interests of Ireland, Th ese previously had been so seriously depressed.. expectations were well founded, and it is gratify pe'ai.'o the Directora to report that they have . been Itner ed b Y an uninterrupted increase of the business 4sources of the Bank during that period. saq .t ad the Directors been enabled to employ with te:ltn,d advantage in Ireland the large surplus means inte e ' ir ha vantage the profits of the year just ended would greater. ° mu ch The difficulty in effecting his some-:iu - ' r able object has existed up to a late period ; crea sed demand for money has, however, been altek4,l,Y indicated, though as yet unaccompanied by any 1 ," 01 1 in the rates of interest. F l 'lver r h eti°ll s to the development of the measures of the 'and - a rne nt affecting the monopoly of the Bank of re pitekr Directors, with a view to absorb and render l ankld ub e to some extent the unproductive capital of the . es*' h e their attention to the extension of its bus'. f air dent large district of the south of Ireland, where a existed"Thand „,'" lr ectors, after an anxious and careful exami u liake c a the information furnished to them, have este kitty kntlieles in the following places, • viz.:—Clona alfo-``Qhereen Midleton, Killarney, Rathkeale, and I f t. , t ty tit ee lv e ' b ki ritt ' l so far as the business hitherto transacted eiles has progressed, the results . 'are very Lio n a " and 4 ,, ' 4 would seem to indicate a judicious selec , Th e appreciation of the wants of the community. i h r° ,jeeti n 1 7 0 tors have viewed with much satisfaction the . a ph e 'snd. ° - rp ° ,' several lines of railway communication in ZrY regard them as undertakings which, 11- " e l':l 4 o rt- ' out, will give a new stimulus to the yet " Th e 13.,,e;c1 r esources of the country. °ll th e -1-hreetors have to congratulate the Shareholders l and, and Posed measures in regard to banking in Ire the withdrawal of the exclusive privileges an& 11hich 44 been so long enjoyed by the Bank of Ire f"kilts n7,tbe proposer measures the existing joint-stock lett enj,'„lssue will be empowered to transact on a per- Eakin y' with respectto each other, all descriptions t 4 g lag business in Dublin, and within sixty-four ttliles thereof —a district always considered ele. banking operations. t'vsr:" birectors are prepared . to secure to the Bank tee„ - .l_ adventßt•mti o age Which the alteration of the . laws for the ! 1 „of banking in Ireland may permit. :Sat th w i," be satisfactory to the Proprietors to learn utpkin• iiirectors have recently erected a commodious Word-house in the central part of Dublin, which will l iets 'eta the "TO th at tit facility of t ransact i ng an extens i ve busi y• 184, undivided profits at December, N• e , t)) were ....................................£30,286 3 4 ee_iipofits fbr the year ending De 440er 1 844 ....... 20,842 16 6 4, £51,128 19 10 '' for 14.educt , h -Ili - year's dividend 41)4, iasurniner, 1844 £8,750 41to ditto Christmas, 1844 8,750 £17,500 0 0 4 41 4t b tl e n g the amount of undivided profits 4rh etuber, 1844 t A ber £33,628 19 10 11% , e are now to be elected four Directors, in the B taie t , i t John Keene, Esq., Christopher Fitz -445, ie,s' ' -as q ., John Rawson, Esq., and Colonel the Hon. Qy o-tt,tej Stanhope whose seats at the Board f ar t e e v 0 _ ee d , 111(1 eligible ; all of whom are candidates for the th e t ea l i .ble_ to be re-elected ; and th . e r. M a , p a p nother of the et or : f Nicholas Maher, (s i , will require the confiErmsqa.'tionofthics Chairman. '4, tzle(1 ) ~ T. LAMIE , Tli, MURRAY,t e laert laa,vinz been read, 44 bilii;"' t euLT AR y proceeded to read the account of the 444 1 08 : 5 . an d assets, together with the account of profit I`l l , r eport „k'flitAlaltAN said—Gentleman you have heard the he - N. et 4 %lull: Directors, and also the accounts of the as "gbilit; t ''"e ti lm Iles and of the profit and loss. Before I Qom" the ~. ani --4 ' gentleman. ' ‘,;• e iP °rt an d the accounts be received and que st i on on the p es 7 n ai t t an u ,. irhile, in order to afford After a Pause — .Y opportunity of putting any subj ect , i . ut the accounts or the report. The c uA :of som e minutes, 6ed with ation Wishe d to I A.'" Proeez.=ded Since no gentleman Wa s n addre s a_ mclie .-- Any question to the chair, that tam e of i ethe bee that the Shareholders were satis !Lear wh i e ch gtate which the Directors had h,,,,, °f Bank.—(Cheers.) Certainly the et tt te eo "''', Passed away, and that which w n a t s sonle degr e e afforded signs of the commencerne h 14 0 1 1 t .4,, • Th e ,of Prosperity as regarded this establis - let °f m Y 'lad hitherto had an unexampled quan titliq em r e Y , for which they had been unable t ot - ' l l4 gs P (Iment. Finding the pressure of this state tfi rntinued so 1 the Directors had looked out kilti ed for • ong, much care i, tut" r its o e h es (limn i, employment, and after °f ' t ueY had determined to extend the V i elie g the 13 ank, and had selected for those , b %here', the. places named in the report—Clonakilty. 1 i'e held in hi Niidleton, Killarney Rathkeale, Mallow, I;: t ti lelie s ti d uis hand an account of operation of those that 11 lies li !lng the short space of time which they had thoseexistence, and it was gratifying to know liNted accounts were satisfactory.—(Cheers.) He et bee); 11l ePinnaon with his colleagues, that . they 6tL the, Ueprived, on this occasion, of the services N7.Ne it .(laistinguished Governor—(Loud cheers) — . N. 7. th e e Z ... 3 an. occasion on which no man could have 1 ,- ` 4 4t h , li tr with more ability, considering the . i ~Itil on-ttahsures which had been ' announced by Sir H. Nf t Pessib i e subject of banking in Ireland. R. ittijkop os eto contemplate the advantages which Sir R a. ed to killid „ -nen. Stn give to the existing banks without great iti. )t her sir,.,:, ar Fe the Fommencement of .v th il i c s B es a o n f k ih i e t Pti 4 7,. or f." 2; institutions had, by . the pri . 4 44 , t „"Jand, been placed in a circumscribed ks4.,proposneu_, one of considerable d difficulty. It tatov ) TO to abolish those privileges.—(Hear, tW l les ee"bila, would open to them an entire .,. peg rieh " li ning a population of a million and a halt 11 1, Th e 1,411.(1 fertile district, including the metro >co* th e 4-'irectors were not called upon to-day to ti lt.. y 2itter Y intended to take advantage of this. Next . Nlit L - e„"t'ald h the had duly considered the subject, 0 4 " itfl,„ - ° able to state in what manner they had httZeue l tage ef that opening, and, therefore, Mari "c.t now enter on its discussion, I : i r till t. la,Y 4 a th ~,1% , 1' h et ,. e Measure itself was now before Parlia- Otir ei ger or not the details of those measures h t , Itig Ithy tatisfaetory, he would abstain from ex 1ht411.4 -1 1410 n. If they were not so the Di tk Q W eill 1 -Nk - -Ov er) , not fail to make representations to I ) l , '\ filet 7,,,n'ent—(llear hear)—but he did not Cabe cc° Government ought to be embarrassed , l iti h _llta.l s % „ ti f s siell of the peculiar opinions of 'lt ' 4 4 "" a Meeting like the present. The ki t til, 44 Poncluded by moving that the report be rv r o e - - 117:1,,td, printed, and circulated among the Vil et l , ueers.) ke._ .. 4 6.- 13 ,_ 11 w ag then put and carried unanimously. loti se , ",`..04,7°r5, 'v ,ho wcrit out by . rotation, John Joseph w e ► .p . 4, -I, cnristopher Fuzsimon, Esq., John Raw i,ehth4.l. ti,„: 14 Colonel the Hon. Leicester Stanhope, ot it t kr, Il l l ttnitn o ' 4l l , re-elected. e f 'Point " • -holas Maher, Esq., M.P., as ecthe 1,. anent of buc.- i e Itemreeters was lqnfirinea. i ll tz tpk e a tl 4l, v oill . re rielAtl'apolEelE:usbavoid, eat vote the -rs for e Propri t to the ta 44414""4Y. ID r: the business being c irio r, ling to 4 v o:i hde D 4,7 i . N I the e ary N 014 .great assiduity with li"' t e . Y The itev. e st ket e e t i lltu : 0 4 , that had devolved upon the Pk, - gro- Oita in the by moving the thanks of n'it - 4 motion manner. hi e - ite e i . ewe with great cheering, and ti l) .k ie h lrket - ii ri Zi tt a s ti lre on e . • d 4 4 44 t t . 4lo x, in returning thanks on behalf . of h i , : et Los cll t.%' l 's th e 0 eagues, expressed his gratifica tliNh* 14 *in Ded feeling that pervaded_ the tl b t ) . 11.,,' oa 1,,,,,,g.,--(Hear, hear.) He could_only -ti hk - ',e114, -14 'f of his colleagues and himself', 0 1 at i; 'lle Pa st to discharge their arduous duties d tht :4 %%id s t il l 37=i, to the best of their abilities, an I. o 4k o tte etin t 1 continue to do so,—(Great cheering.) iN e 11 1 th o 4 th en broke up ;:,i.l, 41, ,i . ip ra B.s Present we • observed—Directors, r. 1.( % 5 1ita4e431.. sci., chairman . J . C. Ruding, Esq. ; „ 4 4, 141 1 '"-f, 1119,,5q., Ala or of dlonmel; John Joseph 4 tki l ''°4l Th . ' 4 ' l ',,,s 2 er B. Renshaw, Esq. ; Fowler 4 h op e ts 1, 11 ;, , • „I. ; ‘jelonet the Honourable Leicester 7 1 / 41 . ''' 4 q.; 0 11 4ht:rt butt o ,, iun., ~ ,E , i i A. I ) . John -., Shareholders, b 49,,,. ;,911ri ell d ,' 1.1. Coe ' hiane, .r.,..„.. ~ L. whee w r It'4li4oin vt,',_-c.sq., of l‘iitcheistown ; I \': i ri sq ,, oi 4 41, ; ,T,.,,, aeele e , E sq. ; Denis O'Nci , 1, 41 4 ; - •,sq "' lkw.lan li - o of Clonogat ; ‘ l 4._ •tit ' ' Rev 1) C ' ''' Augustus Vigue, Esq. , i er„i d, • Es r• Itagee i . Augus_ . it. .. the Rc , V' Charles . t_ 4l ad ge . q., of Caticit t -oln-b c u ~, ,,;(ba itia. , n, ; 41: ~j; ii. Francis J. O'Neil, L'syl' $ Dalii,,,ll, • 411 Vid• a eon, Esq ;Edward James - 4 14 , 4 s, Eq. 1 1 1 h ht AT Eby `..•; ' ZP'i11e,4,4,111(1---.llle pi*titititit on gold at Paris '44 ~; ,„ oun ce lat the English Mint ityleP Pf. 31. I'''., th 4 .4 i,0,(1th, _ for standard gold, gives an exenangg Pi ;;(4(11i ~I°llpwekehage at Paris on London at short being : I/ 18 t 4 1s. th at gold is o.'r Per cent dearer in London ,i 1 74 tla p 13Y adVie '1: - 1 b * oli the price of - 1 in„ deer mark, t tGin dant ur p , . .. c of 140 Lund. per , whic k , at the English Mint pile (ye rt 7; 4 0 1. th ee 44. tei t td the fOr standard gold, gives an excliaia bat w lt i ll ?13 124 , i t at Hanaburgh on Londoncent. ' 44°1 4.41 th it fill-lows that gold is 0.57 per all ill Hawburgh. HER MAJESrI"S DRAWING ROOM. The Queen's birth-clay was celebrated yesterjay at Court, a drawing-room held in St. James's Palace. The attendance of the nobility and gentry was very nu me, ous. The company began to arrive soon after one o'clock, and continued setting - down at the entrance for entree and general company during the space of two hours. 1. he state aloons were soon filled with company, and also the anti ooms. The grand banqueting-room, and a second grand chamber, which had been fitted up this season, were opened for the reception of the numerous visitors, and were also 6114. The costumes of the ladies were of the most splen did description, and were new for the occasion. The Minis ters appeared in the full dress official costume, and the officers of the royal household in the full dress household uniform. Being a collar day, the knights of the several orders of knight hood wore the collars of their respeetive orders. The Lord Chancellor came in state, wearing his gold gown, and was attended by two of his secretaries, his mace-bearer, Le Colonel Perceval, and his purse-bearer, Mr. Haines. The Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor of England, the Vice-Chancellor Wigram, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall also wore their gold gowns. The. Lord Chief-Justices of the Court of Queen's Bench and the Common Pleas. and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer wore their splendid collars of S. S., with the rose and portcullis. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons came in state, wearing his gold robe, and was attended by the Ser. geant-at- Arms, Sir William Gossett, and the Chaplain to the House of Commons. The whole of the Ladies of the Bedchamber to her Majesty, the Maids of Honour, and the Bedchamber Women, attended on this auspicious occasion, The Queen and Prince Albert arrived at two o'clock from Buckingham Palace, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by the Mistress of the Robes, the Countess of Mount Edgee.umbe, Lady in Waiting; Hon. Misses Murray and Kerr, Maids of Honour in Waiting ; Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting; Captain the Hon. Arthur buncombe, Groom in Waiting ; Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting ; Messrs. H. W. Byng and G. Grant Gordon, Pages of Honour in Waiting ; the Marquis of Granby, Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert ; Captain Travers Seymour, Groom in Waiting; and Cols nel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness. The Lord Steward and Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert received her Majesty and Prince Albert at St. James's Palace, and conducted them to the Royal Closet. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart. Her Royal Highness wore a most splendid costume. The dress was of the richest white satin, of Spitalfields manu facture, with elegant silver trimmings, and having the stomacher ornamented with diamonds and amethysts. The train was of costly silver brocade, of Spitalfields manufacture. The head-dress was composed of violet-coloured velvet, with silver lappets, feathers, and diamonds. The necklace and ear rings were diamonds and amethysts. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge were attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan, Baron Knese • beck, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, his Royal Highness Prince George, and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, were present. The Royal Family were received by the Vice Chamberlain, who conducted the illustrious visitors to the Royal Closet. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms were on duty in the State Rooms, the Presence Chamber, and the Portrait Gallery. The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the ante-rooms. A party of the Life. Guards, with the band of the regiment, in state uniforms, was on duty in the East Court of the Palace. The Queen's Guard of the Foot Guards was stationed in the Colour Court. Soon after two o'clock the Archbishops of Canterbury, Ar magh, and Dublin, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Dur ham, Norwich, orcester, Rochester, Lichfield, Gloucester and Bristol, Llandaff, Chester, Carlisle, St. David's, Chichester, Peterborough, Bangor, Sodor and Man, and Ely, entered the Royal Closet, when the Archbishop of Canterbury delivered an Address of Congratulation to the Queen on the auspicious re turn of her Natal day. His Grace and the . Right Reverend Prelates afterwards retired from the royal presence. The Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, the Prince of Leiningen, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, having entered the Throne-room, and her Majesty having taken her usual station, the Foreign Diplo matic circle were introduced when the following presentations to her Majesty took place : Madame la Duchesse de Coigny, et Madame la Baronne de Talleyrand, by the French Ambassadress. Monsieur d'Accia, a gentleman of Milan, and Captain Bog hnrst, in the 3d Regiment of Lancers in the Austrian service, by Count Dietrichstein, the Austrian Ambassador. Le Lieutenant-General Comte Duval de Beaulieu, et Le Baron Duval de Blaergnies, by M. Van de Weyer, the Bel gian Minister. M. Manuel Sehastiano Moreno, Attache to the Argentine Legation, and son of the Minister, by M. Moreno, the Ar gentine Minister. Le Prince Galitzin, Conseiller d'Etat Actuel et Chambellan de S. M. L'Empereur de Russie, by Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister. Le Comte de Heiningen, Capitaine au Premier Regiment Suisse au service de la Majestic Sicilienne, by Prince Castel cicala the Sicilian Minister. The Foreign Diplomatic Circle was attended by the French Ambassador and the Countess de St. Aulaire, Baron de Talley rand, and Count La Grange, Attaches to the Embassy, the Duke de Broglie, le Comte et la Comtesse de Flahault, and Madame la Baronne de la Ronciere Le Noury ; the Austrian Ambassador, the Countess Dietrichstein, and Baron Koller, First Secretary of the Embassy ; Sarim Effendi, Ottoman Ambassador; Edib Effendi, first Secretary, and M. Agop, Secretary Interpreter to the Embassy ; the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, and M. Delepierre, Attache to the Legation • the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto; Monsieur Dedel, the Nether lands Minister, and Mr. Stratenus, first Secretary of Legation; Count de Potion, Sardinian Minister, and Count Revel, Secre tary of Legation ; Mr. Moreno, the Argentine Minister; the Portuguese Minister and Baroness de Moncorvo ; M. Lobo tie Moira, Secretary, and the Baron de Lagos, Attaché to the Legation, and the Baron de Folgoza ; the Russian Minister and the Baroness de Brunnow, and M. Alexander de Berg, First Secretary of the Legation ; General Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan Minister, and M. G. Causfari, Secretary of Lega tion; Count de Kielmannsegge, Hanoverian Minister; the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen ; the Brazilian Minis ter and Madame Marquis Lisboa; the United States Minister and Mrs. Everett and Miss Everett ; the Danish Minister and the Countess de Reventlow, and Mr. de Bielke, Secretary of Legation; the Spanish Minister and the Duchess de Soto mayor, le Chevalier de Pedrorena, Second Secretary, le Comte de Galve and M. J. Antonio Lopez de Ceballos, Attaches, and le Comte de Crescente, Attache Militaire to the Legation; Baron de Gersdorff, Saxon Minister; Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Affaires, and Count Rosen, Attache to the Legation ; Mr. Ashbel Smith, the Charge d'Affaires of Texas, and General Terrell, of Texas ; Baron de Linden, Attache to the Wurtemberg Legation, and Coun Adam Bonkow'ki. The general circle was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household. the Comptroller of the House hold, the President of the Board of Trade, Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench ; Lord Chief-Justice Tin dal, the Lord Chief Baron, the Right Hon. the Speaker, the Vice-Chancellor of England, the Right Hon. the Vice-Chan cellor Wigram, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge-Advocate-General, the Hon. J. A D. Bloomfield, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, Mr. S. March Phillips, Under Secretary of State, the Treasurer to Prince Albert, Alajor-General Sir Henry Wheatley, G. C. H., Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, the Master of the Cere. monies, Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Lieutenant of her Majesty's honourable corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Sir Henry Robin son, Sir George Philip Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeoman Guard; the Queen's Advocate, the Solicitor-General, the Attorney-Ge neral for Ireland, the Attorney-General of the Prince of Wales, the Attorney-General to the Queen Dowager, Sir C. Young, Garter ; Mr. Colquhoun, agent for the Hanse Tewns; the Lord Mayor; the Lady Mayoress ' • Sir George Houlton, Ensig n of the Yeomen Guard ; Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart., Gen. tleman Usher of the Black Rod ; the Adjutant-General of the Forces ; Mr. Sheriff Hunter, Mr. Sheriff Sidney, Mr. Thomas Shiffner, Paymaster of the Household; the Hon. Charles Law, M.P., Recorder of London, one of her Ma jesty's Counsel ; Mr. R. Ormsby Gore,, Groom in Waiting to her Majesty ; General Sir George Anson, G.C. 8., Groom of the Chambers to his Royal Highness Prince Albert; the Dean of Hereford, Deputy-Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, and Chaplain to the Queen-Dowager; the Rev. Dr. Foord-Bowes, Chaplain to her Majesty ; the Chaplain to the House of Com mons; Colonel Cavendish, Silver Stick in Waiting ; Dr. Chambers, Physician to the Queen, and to the Queen- Dowager; Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., Sergeant-Surgeon to the Queen; Colonels Clark Kennedy, Owen, Monteath, Wood, Wear, and H. Bentinck, Aide-de-Camps to the Queen; Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerries to the Queen ; Captain Pechell, R.N., Equerry to the Queen. Do wager ' • Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., first Equerry to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; Major. General Sir James Reynett, Equerry to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ; Mr. Bushe, Attaché to her Majesty's Legation at Frankfort; Mr. J. B. Heath, Governor of the Bank of England ; the Queen's Proctor ; Fir W. C. Ross, R.A., Miniature Painter to the Queen; Mr. Barge (Queen's Counsel), Agent for Jamaica; Mr. Edmund Nugent, Agent for Antigua; Captain Kincaid, and Captain Sadler, Exons of the Yeoman Guard ; Mr. Ellerthorp, Adjutant of the Yeoman Guard ; the Queen's Harbinger, Sir Benjamin Smith, C. S. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederic Smith, Gentleman Usher to the Privy Chamber; Mr. Beresfard, M.P., and Mr. Arthur Blackwood, Grooms of the Privy Chamber to her Majesty; Sir John Strachan, Bart, (in Waiting), Captain the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, and Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Gentlemen Ushers to her Majesty ; Colonel Godwin and Captain G. C, Blake, R.N. (in Waiting), gentlemen Ushers to his Royal Highness Prince Albert I Colonel §ir J. Morillyon Wilson, C. B. and K. 11:, Gentleman Usher to the Privy Chamber of the Queen Dowager; the Master of the Temple ; Mr, Henry Birchfield Swabey, the Queen's Registrar ; Colonel 4 99 .6 ppr ft afieF pilFds ! Field Officer in Brigade Waiting, &c., State dipners in honour of the day were given by the prin cipal Oinister? and great Officers of State, the distinguished guests invited appearing at all the banquets in Court dresses. Sir Robert Pee!, as first Lord of the Treapry, gave a grand dinnee at his residence in Wiiitehall-,gardens. Sir James praliani, as Secretary pf State for the Home De partment, entertained the Plowing at his residence in Hill street—The Lord Chancellor, Lor4 Denman, Lord Chie Justice of the Queen's Bench ; Lord Langdale, Master of the itulls: the Right Honourable the Speaker of the Heuse of Commons, the 144 Chief : Tustine er lily Court of Common Pleas ; tte Lard Chief Baron of the Court. of Exchequer, the Viee-Chancellor of Fngland, the Right Hon. Sir James Wigram, the Right Hon. Dr. Pwhingtin ; the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bart., Chief et...retary for If Flarid ; the Hon, Mr.Birn 41. derson, the Hon. Mr. Justice Pattesori, the Hort. Mr: Jiistice . Williams, the Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge, the Hon. Mr. Justice Coltman, the Hon. Mr. Baron Rolfe, the Hon. Mr. Justine Wightman, the Hon. Mr. Justice Cresswell, the Hon. Mr. Just* 16r•le, the Hon. Mr. Baron Platt, the Hon. Mr. H. Ala,npers 'Setten, th 2 Night Den , the '4,91 1..,ia0f, rn Attprikey-Oenei:arfor frelatikthe Lord-Mvdcate 'Scdtlanef. the Recorrter LOodon, Mr. Sheriff Iliiiiter; Mr. She'riff Sidney; Mr. IsJa i tzr;F r are Asr. Lyall, $: M. Phillips, and Captain H. O'Brieri. ''" The Earl of Aberdeen received the whole of the Corps Diplomatique at his residence in A rg yll- s t ree t. • kA,- , t r l Stanley, as Secretary o f St a t e f or W ar an d the Colo nies reeelVed ate Commander-in-Chief, the Master-General ot the Ordnance, the ,Vi•gaident 't!tf tne. Boarii p' i7,onteei, the •••••tee.Adyecate General, the Adjutant-General, the Quarter :ecretary ` . he 31ilitar S to the Commander-in- Chief, Mr. Bonham, Captain Boldero , Mr. Sulivan , Mr. F. Master Genera, . y Elliot, Lord Jocelyn, Sir Frederick Trench, Colonel Peel, Mr. A. Wedd, 4p.• A. Maclean, Sir R. Schom. bergh, Captain J• 1411; I%Ni:4* lar - !F elie, 104. George Hope, Mr. Stephens, and Colcnel W4ralitti#: •". The Right Hon. 604ibOTP, as Chancellor of the Ex chequer, entertained the Chief Commissioner of the Wood's and Forests, the Chancellor of the Duchy. of L a ncaster, the Secretary at War r the Paymaster-General of the Forces, the TIE SUN, LONDON, WEIVNESDAY EVENING, MAY - 28, 1845: Vice-President of the Board cf ral ,the Secretary to the Postmaster-General, the Covernnr and Deputy-Governor of the rank of England, tl,r Chairman of the Customs, the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the Excise, the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the Stamps arid Taxes, the Chair man of the Audit Office, Air. Greene, M.P., the Lords of the Treasury, and the Secretaries of the Treasury. The Ear] of Liverpool, as Lord Steward,gave a gr.ind ban quet, in celebration of the Queen's birthday, at his residence, Fife House, Whitehall, to a party of between forty and fifty of the nobility and gentry. Her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentleman-at-Arms had a full dress dinner to celebrate the day. The Queen gave a concert yesterday evening at Buckingham Palace. The following was the programme Part I. Overture (Der Vampyr) Lindpaintner Recit " Der Holle Selbst," Herr Pischek ( Faust) Spohr Aria " Liebe ist die Zarto Bluthe" Herr Pischek (Faust) Spohr Gesang " Die Boths-chaft," Maddle. Rupplin Kucken Cavatina, Madame Blaes Meerti (Catarina Cor naro) Lachner Duet " Folg' dem Freunde mit vertrauen," Madlle. Rupp'in and Ilerr Pischek ( Faust) Spohr Air " Nina jolie et sage," Madame Thillon( Ac teon ) Lied " Zaar and Zimmerman," Herr Oberhotfer Loi tzing ilomanze de Blungini.—" Der A b,chied de. Troubadours," voice, Madame Alaillard ; Mayseder and harp, M: Godefroid ; violin, Mr. Lila- Moscheles grove; and pianoforte, Mr. Moscholes Part 11. Duet—" Die Sehvralben and der Jager," Madlle. Hupplin and Herr Oberhoffer........ Kucken Air.—" 0 mon Fernand," Madame Maillare (La Favorite) Lied—" Die FahnentNacht," Herr Pischek ; harp obligato, M. Godefroid Fantasia sur des molifs des Bellini—Clarinet, M. Blaes Romance—" Dieu m'a conduit ver vows"-- Madame Blaes Aleerti Air Varie—" La Biondina"—Mad. Thillon Paer Duet—" Jetzt alter! jetzt hat es Eile"—Herr Pischek and Herr Oberhoffer (Fidelio) Mr. Moscheles presided at the pianoforte. Her Majesty's private band, under the direction of Mr. Anderson, was in attendance, and accompanied the vocal music. Beethoven EPSOM RACES -TUESDAY Last year, and for years antecedent, the administra .on of the Epsom races was entrusted to Sir Gilbert E( athcote and Baron De Teissier, with Mr. Clark as udge ; the veteran, but almost worn-out " Joe Ferran " as clerk of the course, Mr. H. Dorling steward's clerk, and Mr. Perrin as starter. This ministry had no con nexion whatever with the Jockey Club. Racing men had, in consequence, fur a considerable period argued, and their opinions were fortified by the notorious Blooms bury case, and by the untoward Running Rein. affair of last year, that this isolation of the Epsom executive was defective in principle, and a meeting so likely to produce disputed questions, and to moot points of racing law, ought to be, like Ascot, connected with an associa tion, which, though far from having perfect laws or un objectionable Methods of carrying them into effect, must still be regarded as the legislature of the Turf. This isolation, so long, and we think so justly impugned, has been got rid of, and, for the present and future, the Epsom meeting will be under the conjoint direction and control of the two local, aed of those fur the time being of the Jockey Club. Within the last, twelve months other changes affecting Epsom have occurred. Mr. Farrell has quitted the course of this life, and the duties of the office he so long tilled are now discharged by Mr. Henry Dorling. Mr. Perrin, in consequence of not having fulfilled satis factorily to all, the arduous and very difficult appoint ment of starter, has been displaced, and succeeded, both at Epsom and Newmarket, by Mr. W. Hibburd, clerk of Ascot Heath. Mr. Clark, we are pleased to find, still retains the office of judge, so long and ably filled by him. The races commenced yesterday with a meagre list, both as to the number and quality of the races it announced; for this no blame can with justice attach to the management, as the usual amount of stakes to be contended for was advertised, notwithstanding the de crease in the racing funds, caused by the extinction of gambling booths and tables. The list of races for the following days, exclusive of Derby and Oaks, contains the accustomed number of events, but the struggles for first places will, we fancy, cause but little excitement. We do not see the necessity for three secondary races following the almost universally interesting Derby, and we would suggest the withdrawal of one to be added to the first day. It would cause no hiatus to be regretted on the Wednesday, and would stop a gap desirable to be filled on the Tuesday. The weather was delightful, exactly suited for the enjoyment of out- of-door sports. Aft six o'clock in the morning the sun broke through a misty atmosphere, and shone steadily and serenely, its brilliancy being softened by fleecy clouds, and its sultriness by a moderately blow ing north-east wind throughout the day. The company was not numerous, for the celebration of her Majesty's birth-day by a Drawing-room retained most of the haul ton in town ; and the paucity of the day's races at tracted very few of the human fractions that compose the metropolitan million and a half. This day will compensate for these drawbacks, and should the weather be as fine, and there is every appearance that it will, the Derby meeting of 1845 will be one of the most nu merous that an attendance of more than a quarter of a century shall enable us to record. We hope for the pleasure of speaking flatteringly of it, and pending its eventful circumstances, shall detail briefly the very mo derate sport provided for the opening day : The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old, Gst Blb ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, Jet 41b ; six and aged, 9,t 10Ib. Craven Cou rse . (8 S u b s. ) Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle, aged 1 Colonel Cradock's Pagan, aged Mr. Ford's Attorney (carried 41b over), aged 3 The following also started, but were not placed:—Sir G. Heathcote's f by Sateareand, out of La fille mal GarC63, 3 yrs—Lord Stradbroke's Evenus, 5 yrs—Mr. T. Dawson's Crim Con, 3 yrs—Mr. G. Maffatn's Irene, 3 yrs—and Mr. Forth's Remorse, 3 yrs. Betting-7 to 4 agst Crim Con, 3to 1 agst Kuight of the Whistle, and 6to 1 agst Evenus. Crim Con made running at a strong pace, followed by The Attorney, The Knight of the Whistle, Evenus, and Pagan, all keeping well together to the turn, where Evenus was beaten. The Attorney hero obtained the lead, which he kept to the road, and there gave way, and Crim Con having had enough of it, the Knight and Pagan singled themselves out, the former with a lead of nearly a length. At the distance Pagan crept up, made his effort at the stand, and, after a close race home, was beaten by a neck. The Attorney a bad third. The effect of this running was to drive Idas back a shade, and to raise the hopes of the Jinglepot party, to what extent the quota tions on the Derby, given underneath, will show : The Woodcute Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added; fur two-years-old colts Bst 6lb, and fillies Bst 31b. New T. Y. C. (14 subs.) Lord Bentinck's Cherokee..., (Nat) 1 Mr. John Day's The Hero Mr. Dawson's Lord Harry 3 The following also started but were not placed :—Sir G. lleathcote's b f by Liverpool out of Carolina—Mr. W. Scott's Malt—Mr. Nord's Ipecacuanha—Mr. Baker's br c by Camel out of Dais3—Mr. E. Walker's Guzman —Mr. Boyce's Tom Sare—and Mr. Herbert's f by Elis out of Delightful. Betting::-11 to 8 agst Cherokee, 3to 1 agst Lord Harry, and 5 to 1 agst Tom Sare. Two words will describe the race. After one false start, owing, not to the starter but to the jockies, Chero kee jumped ofr with the lead, made all the running, and won easy by a length. Lord Harry a bad third. The Manor Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with forty added ; 3 yrs old, 6st 101 b ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 111 b. Mares arid geldings allowed 31bs ; the winner to be sold for 3001. ; and the second to savo his stake. Heats, two miles. (7 Subs.) Mr. Dockeray's Dalesman, 4 yrs ...(Buckle) 2 1 1 Mr. T. Dawson's Montgomerie, 3 yrs Mr. Worley's John Davis, 3 yrs Mr. Roles Hampton, 6 yrs Mr. C. Smith's Antonio, 3 yrs sto 2 agst Dalesman (taken). John Davis won the first heat cleverly by a length, and was mounted for the next, but, to the chagrin of his backers, was drawn, in order that he may take his chance for the Derby. Dales man, who was second in this heat, won the two next in a canter. DERBY. From the following list of the probable starters, with the names of the riders, it will be seen that the field is likely to be larger than has hitherto been calculated upon:-- Lord Stradbroke's Idas—G. Edwards Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—John Day, jun. Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel—Calloway Mr. Greville's Alarm—Nat Mr. Gully's Old England—J. Day Mr. Gratwicke's Doleful—H. Bell Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa —Marlow Lord Chesterfield's Pam—F. Butler Mr. Ford's Fuzbos—Sly Colonel Cradock's Jinglepot—Templeman Duke of Richmond's LAird 'Cockpon—Whitohouse Mr, Wroforcr4 Woohless—j. Howlett Mr. i4t. Paes Mentor—Lye Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt—B. Edwards Mr. Waller's Columbus—Wakefield Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon. -Mann Mr. Worley's John Davii—Unknowii Mr. A. W. Hill's Salopian--Arthur Mr. Gratwicke's The Merry Monarch —F. Bell Colonel Anson's Kedger—Unknown Mr. 4. 401 - illstow's Annacdale—Marson Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—Holmes Mr. Wyatt's Sister to Laundress colt—Crouch Lord Verulam's Corumba colt—W. Cotton Sir G. Heathcote's Gwalior—Chapple Mr. Theobald's Desperation—nom Mr. Lintott's Mr, W4t'i nd Adonis—Macdonald Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-way—Robinson Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—W. Coleman It is not improbable that one or two of the horseg enumerated above may remain in the stlAhlet ),311. OAKS. The following mares were expected at Epsom last night from Goodwood :—Rose of Cashmere, Miss Elis, Refraction, and Longitude. No material change oc gurred in the betting on this moo, r tilE OLP ENGLAND Ay.FApt.—For 112,Q0 to. 400, as printed yesierdaY, read 12,000 to 400, LATEST IiETTING OV: [N TOW N—TIMVE ,qc4. ;BT. 28 to 1 agst Jing,lepot 30 to 1 agst Fuzbos 33 to 1 agst hedger 1000 to 30 agst Columbus 140 to 1 agst C o b we b co l t 40 to 1 agst Worthless 40 to 1 agtot Laircl co"t:Tockpm 50 to 1 agst Mentor 66 tot agst Vilood Pigeon le doing. 5 to 2 agst Idas--- : take 3 to 1 5 to 1 agst Weatherbit—t. 6 to 1 agst The Libel—taken 7 to) agst Alarm 17 to l agst Pantasa - 1S to 1 allst Poleful to I 4s§t. ( 1( 1 Pg l 4 l ld -- ' taken freely tOragst Very litt 11 PROPHECY for the OAKS, 1845, In days Of chi when fervent spirits wrought, And 'Ml:he's Oracle the future taught, When ge d Seers, through dar:est gloom of night, Were gated to forese , J, like second sigh:‘, Through chaos the event! of coming strife, When man 'gairst man was doom'd to wage his life, And in old Troy Cassandra's voice was heard, Majestic with great mind a prophetess appeared. Into the depths of darkness dared to pry, With wond'rous wisdom show futurity ; But though Cassandra's visions are no more And Delphe's shrine has crumbled to the shore, And I am little skilled in Grecian lore, But, following such bright examples great, A humble scrawler seeks to emulate, And dares the Pythias priestess imitate. Greece, now debased, is not what once she was When the Parthenon rang with loud applause ; But to my theme—the Derby day is o'er, Tho' many aching hearts the clay deplore. The Oaks remain some comfort to impart To the desponding and the sick at heart ; Their blighted prospects still may find relief And bring a panacea for their grief. Haste to the ring, from moody- thoughts relieved, The ruined fortunes yet may be retrieved, For in the race see Hope is there to-day, Let's trust that she the distance long will stay, Tho' pressed by one whom children's taught to shun The Witch of Lancashire the dangerous one ; But sec, to snatch the frighten'd from despair, The lovely, beauteous, Rose of fair Cashmere, With Lady Wildair, and a virgin guide, Called Miss hlis, Goodwood's joy and pride, Aided in glittering armour, too-remark, - The Maid of Orleans, glorious Joan of Arc. " Though burnt by wicked Bedford - for a witch, Behold her statue placed in glory's nich ;" And with them witness moving gallantly Rogers' lively, laughing filly Glee. The start is made, and up the hill they hie, The Wild Rose making running recklessly; Miss Elia doing all a maid should dare, Yet cannot reach th' aristocrat Wildair; The Persian Cashmere, dazzling and bright, With generous ardour rushes to the light, To save her bosom friend frOm dire disgrace; But she, alas! herself can't live the pace : Hope will not aid her, and her course is o'tr, Expiring nature can ac hi e Y e n o more. And see who comes, urged on with gory spur, That petted dame the Pride of Lancashire, Orleans, heroic maid, so fleet of foot, And Lady Wildair, now are coming out. They run so close, one knows not which is which; Not Lancaster's, but wicked Bedford's witch, First meets the unerring eye of Mr. Clarke. The mist dispels, and nothing now . is dark, Lancaster's beauty and tbe proudWildair,, Second and third will pass the .Judge's chair. Bicester, May 27, 1845. ESAU, THE DERBY DAY. (From Mr. D'lsraeli's "Sybil.") " Will any one do anything about Hybiscus ?" sang out a gentle. man in the ring at Epsom. It was full of eager groups ; round the betting post a swarming cluster, while the magic circle itself was surrounded by a host of horsemen shouting from their saddles the odds they were ready to receive or give, and the names of the horses they were prepared to back or to oppose. " Will any one do anything about Hybiscus ?" " I'll give you five to one," said a tall, stiff Saxon peer, In a white great coat. "No; I'll take six." "Seven to four against the favourite; seven to two against Caravan; eleven to two against Mango. What about Benedict? Will any one do anything about Pocket Herc•4les ? Thirty to one against Dardanelles." "Done." ' Five and thirty ponies to one against Phosphorus." shouted a le man vociferously and repeatedly. T will give forty," said Lord Milford. No answer—nothing done. "Forty to one:" murmured Egremont, who stood against Phos. phorus. A little nervous, he said to the peer in the white great coat, " Don't you think that Phosphorus may after all have some chance l''' " I should be cursed sorry to be deep against him,' said the peer. Egremont with a quivering lip walked away. He consulted his book; he meditated anxiously. Should he hedge ? It was scarcely worth while to mar the symm e t ry of his winnings; he stood "so well" by all the favourites; and for a horse at forty to one. No ; he would trust his star, he would not hedge. " Mr. Chippendale," whispered the peer in the white great coat, "go and press Mr. Egremont about Phosphorus. I should not be surprised if you got a good thing." At this moment, a huge, broad-faced, rosy-gilled fellow, with one of those goad-humoured yet cunning countenances that we meet occasionally on the northern side of the Trent, rode up to the ring on a square cob, and dismounting entered the circle. He was a carcase butcher, famous in Carnaby.market, and the prime coun cillor of a distinguished nobleman for whom privately he betted on commission. His secret service to-day was to bet against his noble cn:ployer's own horse, and so he at once sung out, "Twenty to one against Man-trap." A young gentleman just launched into the world, and who, proud of his ancient and spreading acres, was now making his first book, seeing Man-trap marked eighteen to one on the cards, jumped eagerly at this bargain, while Lord Fitzheron and Mr. Berners, who were at hand, and who in their days had found their names in the book of the carcase butcher, and grown wise by it, interchanged a smile. " Mr. Egrernont will not take," said hump Chippendale to the peer in the white great coat. " You must have been too eager," said his nebla friend. The ring is up ; the last odds declared; all gallop away to the Warren. A few minutes, only a few minutes, and the event that for twelve mouths had been the pivot of s much calculation, of such subtle combinations, of such deep conspiracies, round which the thought and passion of the sporting world have hung like eagles, will be recorded in the fleeting tablets of the past. But what minutes ! Count them by sensations and not by calendars, and each moment is a day and the race a life. Hogarth in a coarse and yet animated sketch has painted "Before" and "After," A creative spirit of a higher vein might devclope the simplicity of the idea with sublimer accessories. Pompeius before Pharsalla, Harold before Hastings, Napoleon before Waterloo, might afford some striking contrasts to the immediate catastrophe of their for tunes. Finer still the mariner who has discovered a new world; the sage who has reveal e d a new planet; and yet the " Before " and " After" of a first. rate English race, in the degree of its ex citement, and sometim es i n the tragic emotions of its close, may vie even with these. They are slddling th e h orses ; Caravan looks in great condition; and a scornful smile seems to play upon the handsome features of Pavia, as in the becomi ng colours of his employer, he gracefully gallops his horse before his admiring supporters. Egremont in the delight of an English patrician scarcely saw Mango, and never even thought of Phosphorus—Phosphorus, who, by the bye, Was the first horse that showed, with both his forelegs bandaged. They are off! As soon as they are well away, Chifney makes the running with Pocket Hercules. Up to the Rubbing House he is leading; this is the only point the eye can select. Higher up the hill,. Caravan, Hybiscus, Benedict, hiahometan, Phosphorus, Michell Fell, and Rat-trap are on the grey, forming a front rank, and at the new ground the pace has told its tale, for half a dozen are already out of the race. The summit is already gained ; the tactics alter : here Pavia brings up Caravan with extraordinary severity—the pace round Tottenham corner terrific ; Caravan leading, then Phosphorus a little above him, Mahometan next, Hybiscus fourth, Rat-trap look. ing badly, Wisdom, Benedict, and another handy. By this time Pocket Hercules has had enough, and at the road the tailing grows at every stride. Here the favourite himself is hors de combat, as well as Dardanelles, an d a crowd of lesser celebrities. There are but four l e f t i n the race, and of these, two, Hybiscus and Mahometan, are some lengths behind. Now it is neck and neck between Carav an and Phosphorus. At the stand Caravan has decidedly the best, b ut j ust at the post, Edwards, on Ph os . pharus, lifts the gallant little horse, and with an extraordinary effort contrives to shove him in by half a length. " You look a little low, Charley," said Lord Fitzberon, as taking their lunch in the drag he poured the champagne into the glass of Egremont. .. By Jove !" said Lord Milford, ~ Only think of Cockle Graves having gone and done it I" PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. MONDAY, MAY 26. The following Bills were read a first time:— Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway. Goole and Doncaster Railway. West London Railway. Standing Orders Committee,Resolutions reported ; 1. " That, in the case Of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hast ings Railway (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension) peti tion, the Standing Ordrs ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." '2. " That, in the case of the North Wales Railway peti tion for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—Tltat the parties be permitted to intro duce such additional provision on proving to the Committee on the Bill the consent of the owners of the l an d s t h rough which the proposed deviation is to be made." 3. "That, in the case of the Newport and P on t ) . P oo l Railway petition for additional provision, the St an di ng Or ders ought to be dispensed with : — That the pa r ti es b e per mittedit te d Committeetoiiitro introduce e t h s e u c l l u i lll th additionalec()ns of the owners, l essees, ent provisi on , on proving to the andoe is occupiers, brs,eonflatdhe.„elands through which the proposed de viation 4. "That, in the case of the Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway petition for additional provision, the Standing Oi'ders ought to be dispensed with :—That the par ties be permitted to introduce such additional provision, on bro to the Corn e permitted to in troduce to the Committee on the Bill the consent o f th e owners, lessees, and occupiers of the lands through w hi c h the proposed deviation is to be made." 5. "'That, in the case of the Preston and Wyre R a il way petition for additional provision , t h e Standing Order s oug h t o :—'That provision,the partiesn o p proving mittee on the Bill the consent of the owners, t be dispensed s s p u e c u h se a d d nt i l t i mal : lessees, and oc cupiers of the land through which the proposed deviation is to be made," 6, " That, in the case of the Birmingham and . Gloucester Railway (Worcester Branch and Ch eltenham Extension) petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed With their Bill on omitting such clause or clauses as enable the Company to sell or lease their Railway to the Midland Railway Com pany." " Tharthe eemmittees on this and the three preceding Bills'do examine, in the first place, how far such Orders have been complied with, and do report the seine to the. Souse on the' report of the Bills." 7. " That, in the ease of the North British Insurance Company Bill, amendmenla on consideration of report, the said amentlin,ao are of such a nature as to justify the Houst--, in entertaining them, if they shall think fit." 8. "-'That, in the case of the Athlone and Galway petition for leave to present a petition for a Bill, the Sessional Order ought not to he dispensed with." 9- "That in the ease of the Southampton and Dorchester Runway petition for additional provision, the Standing Or ders ought not to be dispensed with." 10. "That, in the case of th e Sheffield Waterworks peti tiontheStanding for additional provision, be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to intro duce such additional provision." 11. " That, in the case of the Portr,r,ix,gion and Tullamore Railway Petition. 4 OP Standing Orders ought not to be dis pensed with;' - 12. ..f That, hi the case of the London and B r i g ht on Rail way' (Wandsworth Branch) petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with:—That the parties be permitted to proceed witlitheir Bill.' First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, tenth, and twelfth resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Ha3tings, Bye, and Ashford Extensi,n),—Report (this day) from Select Committee on Standing Orders re,,d; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Darby and Mr. Henry NOTICES GIVEN - AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway,—Committee on Bill, Tuesday, June 3, at twelve. SeleCt COnitnittee on Group N. adjourned till Thursday, Mav 29, at twelve. Select CoMmittee on Group A. adjourned till Wednesday, May 28, at twelve. Select Committee on Group Q., adjourned till Thursday, June 5, at twelve. Exeter and Crediton Railway,- 7 -Third reading, Wednes day, May 28. Eastern Counties (Ely and Whittlesea Deviation), Rail war,—Third reading. Wednesday, May 28.11u1l and Selby (Bridlington Branch) Railway,—Third reading, Wednesday, May 28. Leech:, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway,—Third read ing, WiAnesdav, May 28. Blackburn, baruen, ALAI Bolton Railway,—Third reading, Wednesday, M:1:;' 28. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,--Third reading, Wednesday, May 28. Leeti, and TfradAwd Extension Railway,—Third reading, Wednef day, May 28. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Third read ing, Wednesday, May 28. North Wales Mineral. Railway,—Report, Wednesday, May 28. Goole and Doncaster Railway,—Second reading, Friday, May 30. Dies, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway,—Second reading, Friday; May 30. Edinburgh and Hawick Railway,—Report, ,Wednesday, May 28. Wilts, Somerset. and Weymouth Railway,—Third reading, Thursday; - May 29: . . _ Berk and IlantS Railway,—Third reading, Thursday, May 29. Select Committee on Group KK., adjourned till Thursday, May 29, at twelve. TUESDAY, MAY 27. Whitby arid Pickering Rffilway,—Third reading, Friday, May 30. -• • York and Scarborough Railway DCyiation,—Third read ing, Friday, May 30. York and North Midlhnd Railway (Bridlington Branch), — Third reading, Friday, May 30. Ely and Huntingdon RailWay,--Third reading, Thursday, May 29. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Third reading, Thursday, May 29. London and Greenwich Railway,—Report, Thursday, May 29. Hull and Selby Railway (Bridlington Branch),—Third reading, Thursday, May 29. Exeter and Creditor.' Rairway,- 7 -Third reading, Thursday, May 29. - Eastern Counties (Ely and Whittlesea Deviation),—Third reading, Thursday, May 29. THE LATE DREADFUL FIRE AT RAGGETT'S HOTEL. LOSS OF FIVE LIVES. The following additional facts, collected from statements made by the Earl of Huntingdon and other survivors, leave no doubt as to the origin of the fire, and that five persons at least, viz., Mrs. John Round, the lady of the Hon. Member for Mahlon, Essex; Mr. Raggett, sen , the proprietor of the hotel; his daughter, Miss Raggett, aged 27; Mts. Jones, a nurse in the service of the Earl of Huntingdon ; and a servant woman, have perished by the sad occurrence. It appears that the hotel (which is a very capacious one) was at the time of the outbreak completely occupied by families, chiefly from the country. The Earl and Countess of Hunthigdon, with their infant son, Lord Hastings, occupied the front drawing.room on the first floor, and the corresponding rooms above for their ser. vents, Mrs. Jones and the nursemaid, &c. The back drawing. room was occupied by Airs. John Round and her daughter (who had only arrived there late on Monday afternoon from Brighton, to be presented at Court as yesterday), and they had also a sitting. room and other apartments on the second floor. Another suite of apartments on the drawing-room floor were occupied by Mr. Richard Poer King and his sister; and beneath these were apart ments in the occupation of Lord Louth, the Hon. Col. Bouverie, and other gentlemen ; the remainder of the building being de voted by Mr. Raggett to his own family and domestics, and those of the families staying at the hotel. Singular as it may appear, when the fire was first discovered, the hotel had not [been closed for the night. Mr. Raggett and his daughter retired to rest shortly before twelve o'clock, as did the servants, with the exception of the head waiter and the cook, who, as well as Mr. Raggett, jun., were sitting up for those inmates who had not then returned home. Mrs. Round and her daughter had been to the St. James's Theatre to see the Freneh plays, and the Earl and Countess of Huntingdon to the Opera. Mrs. Round and her daughter came home a few minutes after twelve, and retired to her sitting-room, on the second floor, to partake of supper. They had scarcely sat down when the head waiter, who had seen Miss King whilst going up stairs entering her bed-room at the back of the first floor, and who had again descended, was alarmed ,by hearing screams of fire. On rushing up to the first floor land ing he met Miss King coming down in a distracted state, ex claiming that her bedroom was in flames, and that she feared she had set fire to the bed-curtains. He found the whole room in a blaze, and entrance impossible from the dense smoke that issued from it. The screams had attracted the attention of the inmates, and on his rushing up the second.floor stairs he saw Mrs. Round on the land. ing in the same dress in which she had arrived from the theatre. He told her the house was on fire, and to make her escape. He ran down stairs, supposing the lady to be following him, and saw no more of her. Miss Round states that she was with her mother at this time, and either from the smoke or fright the lady fell on the stairs, but at the same moment a man caught her up, saying he would save her ; and seeing her, as she sup. posed safe, she ran back into the apartment occupied by her attend. ant, but was unable to proceed down stairs, on account of the in. tensity of the heat and smoke. She and Miss Raggett again went back to the front rocm, and opened the window ; and when the fire.escape arrived the fire was coming into the apartment. Miss Raggett was the first to go out, but did so before the conductor could get up, and fell on to the pavement and was killed. Miss Round then got out, with her attendant, and effected their escape. A minute or two before this occurrence a painful sight was wit. nessed by the crowds which had already assembled. A poor fel low servant to Mr. King, was seen to snake his appearance at an adjoining window of the second floor to that from which Mies Raggett fell. The flames were in the apartment, and in the hope of immediate assistance, he got outside, and clung to the window sill for several minutes. The flames bursting through the win dow burnt his hands so dreadfully that he let go his hold, and fertu. nately fell into the balcony, from which he ultimately managed, with difficulty, to scramble into the street. About three or four minutes prior to the cries of fire being raised, Lord Huntingdon had arrived home, and his Lordship states that he had scarcely put his hat down when he was startled by the alarm. His first impulse was to run to the room where his son and servants were. Mrs. Jones, the nurse, had heard the alarm, and was preparing to dress the child, but his Lordship snatched his son from her arms, and with the Countess ran out of the house, telling her to follow him. He believed she did so, but returned for some article, and must afterwards have mistaken the staircase, and got Into one of the back rooms, and out of the window, from the position in which her body was found. The person whom Miss Round sew on the landing with her mother is supposed to be Mr. Raggett, sen., from h r fact a t o o f ge t t h h e er. The efactY' rapidity thatthat were the the ud close two bodies, when dis covered yes. d of the fire may be acc ounted for from the that there was three times as much wood in the buildi ng as i s usual tte f on andremains whole intensity o f theapartments were wain scoted, and in modern houses. Although, therefore, there were ten engines In attendance within half an hour of the outbreak, and a pl ent i ful supply cf water, the whole building, .with the singular exception of the sitting-room of Mrs. Round, which remains with the supper flames. th ings still standing en the table uninjured and unto uc h ed, was in The first body discovered was that of the unfortunate woman Mrs. Jones, about three o'clock, by Mr. Inspector Aggs, of the C division, and some of the firemen, lying in a state of nudity, and dreadfully burned about the head, face,and arms, on the top of some leads in the rear of the premises and over the kitchen. She had evidently dropped from one of the second-floor windows. She had also a frightful wound on her head, but her body was imme diately identified by Lord Huntingdon. '1 he ruins were not suffi ciently cool to commence a search for the other bodies supposed to be there until ten o'clock, when, at the earnest request of Colonel Boucher, Colonel Rolt, and other relatives of Mrs. Round, some of the brigade were induced to enter, and, after a short search, they found what are supposed to be the remains of Mrs. Round, lying on a part of the burnt flooring of the first floor, and close to them the remains of another person, supposed to Le those of Mr. Raggett. They presented a truly horrifying spectacle, scarcely anything but the mere trunks remaining. They were placed in shells, and conveyed to the workhouse of St. George's, Hanover. square, in Mount-street, as was also that of Mrs. Jones. Miss Rag. gett was conveyed to No. 8, Dover-street, exactly opposite the hotel, where she died almost immediately after. It appears that the Countess of Huntingdon has lost the whole of her jewels, the estimated value of which his Lordship stated yesterday to be as much as 3,0001. ; and those of the unfortunate Mrs. Round and her daughter, which they intended to have worn yesterday at the Drawing-room, are estimated at a much larger sum, In addition to the plate. Mr. King, who is a merchant from Bristol, had, in one of his apartments, a huge and valuable chest of plate, supposed to be destroyed. Mrs. Round's family had, up to the discovery ofthe bodies, enter. tained a hope that the unfortunate lady had escaped. Her Majesty had herself witnessed the progress of the flames from the Palace, and a messenger was at an early hour sent to inquire into the extent of the damage. In the report made last evening by Mr. Braidwood, he attributes the rapid progress of the fire to the fact that the whole of the doors were thrown open, and thus a free current of air tended to in. crease the flames. The inquest on the bodies is expected to take place this evening. A singular circumstance in connexion with this shocking affair occurred yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock. Lord Hunting don came to Inspector Aggs and asked if it was safe to enter the drawing.room on the first floor, as he remembered that in his flight he had left a valuable gold watch on the mantelpiece. He was referred to the firemen, one of whom his Lordship accom. panied up the ladder and through the window into the apartment, and shortly after returned, having found the watch in the fender, partially melted. Prior to taking apartments at Raggett'a Hotel, on Monday even ing, Mrs. Round and her daughter applied at Mivart's, but that establishment was full. - -- - Too much praise cannot be given to the police, under Superin tendent Beresford and Inspector Aggs, for the efficient aid they afforded the firemen in their arduous and dangerous duties ; and it is also a gratifying fact to mention, that Lord George Cavendish, the Hon. Charles Cavendish, and several other noblemen, during the raging of the fire, exerted themselves vigorously, in the cause of humanity. IRELAND. Duet's, MAY `.26,—The weekly meeting of the Repeal As,o ciation was held this day in the Conciliation Hall. On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL, the chair was taken by Coun sellor Moriat ty. The SLCRETARY read a letter from the late Lord Mayor, which acknowledged, iu suitably terms, the vote of thanks which had been passed to him on the last day's meeting, for his patriotic conduct during his year of office. On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL it was inserted on the minutes. Mr. S. O'BRIEN, having handed in his own subscription for the current month, and several contributions, proceeded to address the meeting. After a few preliminary observatio.is he commented verely on the conduct of Mr. Hume in persevering in his inten tion to move a call of the House, and accused him of ingratitude towards the Irish people. The motion of Mr. Hume, however, was useful in one respect, foe it had been the•means Of deciding that the law gave the British. House of Commons no power over the Irish Members. The Whigs were annoyed at the Irish Members, because they would not lend themselves as an appendage to an English faction, and he himself had been taunted by the press of that party with aspiring to the crown of martyrdom. He would tell the English press, that when he joined the Repeal Association he had made up his mind to encounter any extremities or danger that might arise when acting in the service of his country. But lie considered these taunts, like a great deal that Caine from the other side, as mere idle vapour. Ile then pro ceeded to condemn the Academies Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL would rot remain silent any longer. He came there to denounce the New Colleges Bill from . end to end. He spoke authoritatively in condemning this execrable 13111. They were all united on the point; there was no dissension among them. He admitted the value of education. The foulest part of the penal code was that it prevented education; but he saw no redeeming quality in the new Bill, except merely that it recognised the importance of education. He s ugt,t nothing fur the Catholics that he would not concede to the Protestants. He did not under. stand 'mixed education. Education, if religiOus at all, must be exclusive. A more atrocious Bill was never attempted. He would not bid at all for it. A fouler attempt at public pro fligacy was never made. It was a Bill to bribe and corrupt. It was replete with horrors and abominations. He pronounced his emphatical denunciation of it. It was altogether a graft from the French system of Louis 'Philippe. Ile read the resolutions agreed to by the Roman Catholic Bishops at their synod held in Dublin last week. He thanked the Catholic Bishops for the ex. plicit manner in which they had condemned this abominable Bill. He heard a great dal of German education, and then pro ceeded to read a report on education in Prussia, to show the pre. vailing ignorance of the people, particularly on the subject of re ligion. Education, he insisted, must be religious ; any other might corrupt, but could not enlighten. He would go to London, if ne. cessary, to oppose the Bill. He objected to every part of it except the money part. As to Trinity College, he repeated his opinion that the Protestants ought to have it . to themselves. He wished the Catholics to have one also for themselves. Under present cir . cumstances, Trinity College proved a sort of snare to many Catho. lies, who were tempted to recant by the good things which it had to offer As to Lord J. 'Ruisell, his political hardihood—not to say impudence —was unmatched. He was himself the first repealer; for It was his unjust partial Reform Bills which had first greatly excited the repeal agitation. No living statesman had done such injustice to Ireland as Lord John Russell. They were all agreed about the Bill. The Government refused to alter the Bill; this he knew ; but they would all unite and rally—all Ireland together—to defeat this atrocious measure. Mr. GRarraN next addressed the meeting in a long speech. He denied that they were hostile to British connexion; they were only hostile to British tyranny. They would be on their guard against a desperate Minister, who wanted no more than to reduce them to perfect captivity. The people of Ireland were not agita. tors. They were only too quiet. If they were agitators they would be up in arms against their oppressors.—(Hear, hear.) — They would not, at all events, be deluded by any insidious bribes from Ministers. They rejected the colleges Bill —nay, they would kick it over the bar of the House.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL deprecated the idea of turning out in arms; it was quite contrary to his system. The people of Ireland would continue peaceable.—(Hear.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL spoke against the new colleges, and parti cularly was very hard against the system of mixed education German education he looked upon as equivalent to sheer infidelity and such was the system which he argued it was sought to intro. duce here. He contended, with his learned sire, that Trinity CO lege should be left to the Protestants, Mr. BARRY, a barrister, also denounced the Bill, but was favour. able to mixed education, providing there was a sufficient guarantee for the religion of all parties receiving it. The rent at five o'clock amounted to 3001., and was not likely much to exceed that sum. ACADEMICAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. The following is a copy of the memorial proposed by the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland, in accordance with the resolution agreed to at the late synodical meeting in Dublin : "To his Excellency Lord Heytesbury, Lord Lieutenant-General and General Governor of Ireland. " The Memorial of the Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, " Humbly sheweth—That Memorialists are disposed to co. operate on fair and reasonable terms with her Majesty's Govern ment and the Legislature, in establishing a system for the further extension of academical education in Ireland. " That the circumstances of the present population of Ireland afford plain evidence that a large majority of the students be. longing to the middle classes will be Roman Catholics ; and me. morialists, as their spiritual pastors, consider it their indispensable duty to secure to the utmost of their power the most effectual means of protecting the faith and morals of the students in the new colleges, which are to be erected for their better education. " That a fair proportion of the professors and other office. bearers in the new colleges, should be members of the Roman Catholic Church, whose moral conduct shall have been properly certified by testimonials of character, signed by their respective prelates. And that the office-bearers in those colleges should be appointed by a board of trustees, of which the Roman Catholic prelates of the province, in which any of those c.illeg-s shall be - erected, shall be members. " That the Roman Catholic pupils could not attend the lectures on history, logic, metaphysics, moral philosophy, geology, or anatomy, without exposibg their faith or morals to imminent danger, unless a Roman Catholic professor shall be appointed for each of those chairs. " That if any president, vice-president, professor, or office. bearer in any of the new colleges shall be convicted before the buard of trustees of attempting to undermine the luith or injure the morals of any student in those institutions, he shall be imme diately removed from his office by the same board. " That, as it is not contemplated that the students shall be pro. vided with lodging in the new colleges, there shall be a Roman Catholic chaplain to superintend the moral and religious instruc tion of the Roman Catholic students belonging to each of those colleges; that the appointment of each chaplain, with a suitable salary, shall be made on the recommendation of the Roman Ca. tholic Bishop 01 the diocese in which the college is situate, and that the same prelate shall have full power and authority to remove such Roman Catholic chaplain from his situation. " Signed on behalf of the meeting, " X D. MURRAY, Chairman. Dublin, 23d May, 1845." The first vessel direct from the West Indies, with sugar, that has for several years arrived at Galway, is the Paella, Leggett, from Trinidad, now discharging there. _ . . _ A Limerick paper says :—" The extraordinary progress of the crops, notwithstanding the continued prevalence of dry weather, has been the subject of general remark and thankfulness to Divine Providence. Not a single failure has been reported in the potato crop ; on the contrary, so rapidly is it shooting forth, that the trenching of them up is going on with general celerity. Should it please Providence to continue the same favourable prosperity, the next harvest will be one of the earliest and most abundant ever remembered in this country. The rain of Thursday evening last has produced a most beneficial effect in field and garden. The growth of grass, MA on light soils, was never better so early in the season. LI TERA T URE. SCENES AND ADVEATI7RES IN SPAIN from 1833 So 1840. By Poco Mo.v. 2 Vols. The writer of this work describes many of the singular events which took place during the civil war carried on by the Carlists, and though facts of importance are not exhibited always with the striking effect that might be expected from art eye-witness, they bear the stamp of truth. The author performed a part in the dismal tragedy which so long afflicted Spain ; he . was 'acquainted with the leading men of the Constitutional party, but he neither overrates their deeds nor fails to do justice, when merited, to the chiefs of the other side. We only regret that the descriptions of the stirring scenes which occurred are so few, and that he should have filled up so much of the book with minute details of adventures at inns, conversations with the worthy hosts or their daughters, and descriptions of yentas, and cathedrals, and convents, which are already so well known to the reading public. - The account of the downfal of th e Liberal Ministry at Barcelona, the deceitful con duct of Queen Christina, and the plots of the new race of Alisolutists which now govern Spain, is so well written, end contains so many interesting facts, that we only regret the writer did not devote more of his work to similar features in the brief history which he relates. The following conclusion of the Barcelona affair will show what confidence could be placed on the honour of Queen Christina. After having formed an absolute cabinet, after being corn• [wiled by the public voice to break it up, she at last appealed to Espartero, and he obeyed, though un willingly, her commands. We give the result : " He speedily firmed a ministry at Madrid composed of men well-known for their attachment both to the Sovereign and the Constitution; hastened, in their com pany, to Valencia, presented his colleagues to the Queen-Regent, who expressed her approbation of his - choice, and acceded to their programme—which ens the same as that originally proposed by the Duke to her Majesty at Barcelona—signed the decrees, appointing theth her Ministers, received their oaths in due form, and when his colleagues had retired, her Majesty an nounced to the Duke de la Victoria her intention to embark immediately for France! '' The Duke's astonishment at this startling declare. tion may be easily imagined. He implored her Majesty, in energetic but respectful language, to change her re• solution, and it is even said that, on his knees, the tears flowing from his eyes, this faithful veteran besought her Majesty not to abandon her adopted country, her infant daughters, her faithful subjects ; and pointed out the evils and the perils which must arise from adopting so fatal a course. " All was in vain. Queen Cristina embarked, shortly afterwards, in a steam-vessel for Port Veedres, in France, leaving her two royal daughters under the charge of the Duke de la Victoria, notwithstanding his earnest and dutiful entreaties that she would remain, and not deprive them of her maternal care at their tender age. " When Queen Cristina and her agents arrived in France, they lost not a moment in denouncing the Duke de la Victoria, in whom her Majesty had, but a few hours previously, declared that she placed such implicit confidence as to leave her infant children in his charge —as a traitor, and an unpolished military adventurer!" The subjoined description of a military execution will be read with melancholy interest : " The place appointed for the execution is called the Campo del Sepulero, an ample space at a short distance outside the city. The battalion to which the deserter had belonged, and smile cavalry, infantry, and artillery of the National Guard, were drawn up hi the Campo, at ose angle of which there is a tiled shed, its blank wall facing the troops. At a short distance in advance of this wall was a wooden post, from which at about a foot and a half from the ground a narrow seat jutted; three musket-balls which had evidently traversed the body of some unfortuaat: , malefactor were imbedded iu the post 6"l'he concourse of pereons was not very great ; a considerable portion consisted of women and boys. The Campo del Sepulcro is pared all over, and is used as a threshing-floor for the corn gathered from the neigh le,uring fields. There were several heaps of bean-straw ready placed for being trodden out; some of them were close to the spot where the man was to be shot, and great numbers of boys were amusing themselves by, at. one moment, examining the fatal seat, and the next, tumbling over head and heels on the bean -straw, cover ing each other with it, and laughing and leaping with as much buoyancy of spirit and action as though they were beuiling the time until the arrival of Punchinello, or any other puppet dressed out for their diversion. "Soon the sound of the funeral drum was heard, and the melancholy procession approached. It passed behind the ranks of the troops drawn up, and entered the Campo del Sepulcro at an open space between the cavalry and infantry. "Immediately afterwards came an ecclesiastic carry ing a large crucifix; the wounds and flagellated back of the Saviour were prominently marked. Close to the bearer of the Cross was the prisoner, attended on each side of him by a military chaplain bareheaded. The prisoner, a man of about thirty, wore a green military jacket, coarse white linen trousers, and &pat yatas, or sandals ; on his head was a foraging cap. Ills hands were tied before him, and fixed between them was a, small crucifix ; the procession was closed by a few soldiers. The countenance of the culprit was forbidding: the colour of his face was a dark yellow ; he was perfectly collected, and kept pace with the beating of the funeral drum. The chaplains were constantly ad dressing to hint short sentences iii under tones, and, ap parently by the movements of his lips, lie was making responses. Ever and anon the large crucifix wW.eh was carried in front of him was lowered by the ecclesiastic who bore it, so that the penitent might kiss the hands, side, and feet, whist' he did with apparent reverelice. When the procession arrived in front of the regiment to which he had belonged, he was instructed to kneel down whilst the Town Major of Zaragoza read the sentence in a loud voice. " A new white cotton handkerchief, doubled trian• gularly, was now tied over his eyes and face, and the chaplain who had retired about two yards pronounced. the creed in short sentences, which were firmly repeated. by the penitent sinner, now on the brink of eternity. The effect was most solemn, singular, and affecting; th e voice of the robust young man who was so soon to be a corpse, coming from under the white handkerchief ; the black brethren with their lighted tapers standing to the right and left; the chaplains performing their last duties; the solemn silence which reigned around ; and, just as. the creed was being finished, the quiet approach of eight soldiers belonging to the culprit's own regiment under the command of an officer ; all this, I say, was imposing and affecting. The soldiers were drawn up in tau ranks. —four in each. The credo being finished, and every one having retired from the soldier's side—his breast having been previously bared—the chaplain, who stood by the officer, absolved the prisoner in a clear and elevated voice. Whilst this short cerentrmy was being performed, the four soldiers in the f,•ont rank were ordered by the officer to make ready and present.' As the chaplain uttered the last word, the officer said fire!' and in a second the soldier's breast was pierced with four musket balls. He fell dead without a groan." The loss of property is estimated at little short of 30,0001. TROTTING MATCH AGAINST TIME. —An extra ordinary horse (of the sort, having been engaged for the last two years in drawing a bricklayer's cart), belonging to a respectable tradesman of Eton, was backed two months ago to trot five miles in seventeen minutes, for 50/. The snatch came off on Monday evening, on Ila.tford- bridge Flat. A great number of persons from the towns of Windsor and Eton, and the adjacent districts, were present. The betting for some days previously was two to one on time, and very large sums changed hands upon the issue of the event. The horse (rising six years, and fifteen hands high), which had been well trained, and was in excellent condition, was admirably ridden by Cator, a professional jockey from town. The five miles were performed in seventeen minutes and twenty-five seconds; the backers of time thus winning, and to a very large amount. The horse, which was somewhat "hustled" by the horsemen pressing upon him, did not once break into a gallop throughout the whole distance. In its trials it had performed the five miles within the time with apparent case, thus inducing the presumed knowing ones to back him to a large amount. kiss GRACE THE LORD PRIMATE7n the n a most te positive r ro e cerely happy to have it in our po wer to state, manner, that there is not the slightest foundation for a rumour put forth its an Evening Paper, of the sudden demise of the Most lie. verend Prelate in the fo renoon of yesterday. Gracellis was at subsequently usui her Majesty's Drawing.ro om i n the afternoon, with the Lord Bish o p o f L ondon, and retiredto dined rest at his hour, and, we rejoice to add, in his usual state of heallh.—Post. THE STOCK EXCHANGE. Moxnxy, 26.—Government Three per Cent. Consols, 95 3 -, ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 1011 101 /; Na. tional Bank, 231; Steam ship Building Company scrip, 54 ; Great Southern and Western Extension, 13 1:2e,t 1 ,-; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 10?- e i; Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone, 4 Ai; Dublin to Galway, 41 4 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 81 ; Dundalk and En. niskillen, 5 ; Waterford and Limerick, S ; Wexford and Car low, 4 ; Cork and Bandon, 8i , Derry and Enniskillen, 411 ; Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Junction, 2i7 ; Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction, 51; Limerick and Ennis, 31. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SUi Slll,—l see in The Sun of the 14th current, an extract article from the Times, headed " Kirkmichael and Cullicudden," beginning with—" The Friiniatcr writes," and concluding thus : " He states that none of the heritors contribute anything to the poor funds, except an occasional small contribution on the Sabbath." Will you permit me, as one who ought to feel, and does feel, a deep interest in the poor of Kirkmichati and Cullicudden, to correct an erroneous impression, which the concluding statement in this paragraph is calculated to make, and which might prove in. jurious to the poor. The paragraph bears to be in reply to an address of the House of Commons, inquiring into the " Management and Support of the Poor, from 1836 to 1841 inclusive." I was not minister of Kirk. michael and Cullicudden until 1843, and would not advert to any statement made by its former minister—it being but fair to as sume that he knew what he stated, as he is responsible for its accu. racy—did I not suspect that many might read the statement, as showing ;not only the present condition of the poor, but also as proving heard-heartedness and cruel indifference in the owners of the soil to their present privations. In justice to them, and with the confident hope that I may have continued proofs of their charity In benefactions to the poor, whilst they depend, as they do now, on the contributions of the charitable, I have to state that the heritors of this parish do give more to the poor than an " occasional small contribution on the Sabbath." Most of them, in proportion to the extent and population of their estates, have, regularly, since I became its minister, made very liberal money donations to the poor. The principal heritor, besides his money donation, annually, gives meat and fuel to the poor; and from two heritors, whose estates add only one to the number on the poor's roll, I have regularly had donations for general distribution. These are facts which justice demands of me to state, and which it might be injurious to the poor to suppress. Doubtless the poor in the Highlands and Isles of Scotland are numerous, and occasionally their privations are severe ; and it forms an important part of the duty of the Legislature of the country to make a searching inquiry into their condition, and to devise the means for its improvement—which should be means, at the same time, to release the soil and to relieve its owners from the heavy pressure of pauperism —whether a legal assessment be, or not, the best means to accomplish that important end ; but surely this may be set about, and ought to be effected, without denying the merit which really belongs to any set of men, or injuri , ,usly affecting their character. If the proprietors of other Highland parishes were ` . ..0 heartlessly indifferent to the state of their poor as those of this parish are said once to have been, I have had the good fr ,rtune never to have come in contact with such. For tweli' l years t h at I have been pa-'s of the Duke of S u th er l and ' s minister of a parish, forming a domains, I witnessed the mos' munificent liberality to th e poor, and to many representatio:is in their behalf I never received an un. favourable reply. Hoping that you will, in justice, give a place to the above few lines in your intelligent and talented journal, I am, Sir, your obe dient servant, JOHN BIACKENZIE, Minister of Kirkmichael and Cullicudden. Manse of Kirkmichael and Cullicudden, May 19. TO THE EDITOR OF THE sup should be much obliged if you would be good enough to correct two: errors which have accidentally crept into an article, in The Sun paper of the `2•2d inst., connected with the Austrian and Sar.linian Railway, the original line, and which, for the sake of distinction, is called Parken's Original Line. The errors consist in my name being given as Parker, instead of Mr. John P. Parken, and in the name of the Ambassador being called Count Pillon, instead of Count de Pillon. I am sorry to give you so much trouble, and remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN P. PARKEN . N ew Boswell.court, May 24. E Qi ,UEEN'S BIRTHIIA Y.--Yesterdav being the day appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's birthday, the London District and General Postmen, in accordance with annual custom, shone forth in all the glories of new hats and coats. The mail-coach guards and the few remaining coachmen were similarly decorated. The precession of mail coaches through the City has of late years been di , continued, in consequence of their number being reduced by the powerful competition of railways. We understand that A. Macpherson, mail-guard between Thurso and Helmsdale, stands fully committed for trial, on the serious cha rg e o f o p en i ng the mail-bags, and abstracti ng money the' efrom..—Ross.shire Ativcrtirer. BEARS versus BELLS. On Saturday last, the 24th instant, being the anniversary of the birth-day of our beloved Queen, a scene, Which we hope is a solitary instance of disloyalty, occurred at D'jwnton, Wilts. In consequence of the vicar and churchwarden•. refusing to allow the church-bells to be pealed in honouk of so important an event, Mr. James Hobbs, Mayor of the be:rough, addressed the vicar as follows : "TO T fl a ' REV. RICHARD PAI NE. " Sir,—As her Maje , ',y's chief representative in this borough I feel it my duty CO nt,erve every demonstration of loyalty on the occasion of her ),I..jesty's natal day, and therefore request that you permit thc parish bells to be rung to-day, the 9.4 th instant, in honour of so important an event. (Signed) "JAMES HOBBS, Mayor." To this, it is said, the Rev. Gentleman gave a very evasive reply, and the day being far advanced the worthy Mayor, determined taking the responsibility on himself, immediately engaged the only set of ringers in the parish, at his own expense, to welcome the joyous day with a merry peal. Accordingly, the ringers and him self proceeded forthwith to the bellfry for that purpose, when just as they had got the bells oiled —and what is termed " up" —up came the said Rev. Gentleman, and his churchwardens, in breath less rage, and demanded the ringers to desist, when his worship insisted on their commencing, and what may be termed " a jolly row" ensued—the parson declaring if the ringers offered to put( the bells in honour of the Queen, or any one else, he would have them taken into custody. On the other hand, the Mayor threat ened to put the parson into the stocks if he prevented them frohn, so doing. In the midst of the row the ringers, fearful of the con sequences, left the bellfry, No reasonable cause can be assigned for this disloyal condiire on the part of these worthy officials. And it may here be ob_ served that the ringers are all respectable tradesmen —one of them at the present time, and for years past, filling the office of parish clerk, another that of 'sexton, and a third that of organist. The Parson, till very laf'Jy, was curate of St. Michael's, Winchester, but through fri - ends was presented with the living of Downton, worth about 7001. per annum—a sum it appears inadequate to purchase a parson's loyalty : ! Mr. John Beeves, hoop and sieve &c., is the vicar's churchwarden, and Mr. John Woodlands. tP ..oner, &c., that of the parish. THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY AT WOOLWIC H Y ester day the troops in the garrison assembled on the Common, in review order, at a quarter before 12 o'clock at noon. The Royal Llofse Artillery, !fader the command of Major Strangways ; troop F, un der the command of Major Macbean ; troop 11, under tho command of Captain F. Warde , and the the Rocket troop, under the com mand of Captain Grant, were stationed on the right of the nine battalions of Royal Artillery, the right wing under the command of Lieutenant -Colonel Grant, and the left wing under the command of Lieutenant -Colonel Rawnsley, with Captain and Adjutant Needham, of the 4th battalion. The Royal Sappers ant Mners formed on the left of the Royal Artillery, under the corn.. mand of Captain Howarth, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Webb, of the Royal Engineers. The right wing of the Royal Marines formed under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel and the left wing under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Coryton, with Lieutenant and Adjutant Maxwell. The field batteries of the Royal Artillery occupied the extreme left of the line, under the command of Col. Cleaveland. Col. Turner, C. 8., commanded the whole of the troops assembled, and proceeded along the line and up the rear, accompanied by Brigade-Major Cuppage, Royal Artillery ; Brigade-Major Sandham, Royal Engineers; Captain and Adjutant Cockburn, ILA., and Lieutenant and Adjutant Varlo p Royal Marines. At precisely 12 o'clock the Royal Horse Artillery commenced firing a salute, which was followed by of u de joie by the Foot Artillery, the Royal Sappers and Miners, and the Royal Marines, and subsequently a salute was fired from the guns of.. o t r h a e l field batteries, the bands of the varous corps playing th e e N h a e t l i e Anthem. Three hearty cheers were then given dbyinttho marchingw of the assembled troops. They were the r n the R oyal Horse Ar tillery, the field batteries in the rear o which concluded the duties for mar ched past the and many thousands remarkably fine, the stay. The weather wa s s the scene. The workmen at s were present to wanes of spectator t C i o n l e o r i ) i ' :l a c n o d in h m e a ad n e d il ing y at the dockyard obtaine d their slow s that es t ablishment; hut the workmen of t r i e m sl e , e , ctive bands, the Itoral Arsenal having , national depot of naval and military stores was open, anti nd admission that great for stranger • 411' 0 ° 13 1 t d . a a i ) cd a their holiday consequently :r e d a w y as las i t i : s t pe tio c i t i isat.nds of strangers availed themselves of the opportunity t o in. , the ror - KIN firsg