The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-18 00:00:00

Now ready, at all the Libraries , in 3 v ols., T HE WILFULNESS OF WOMAN. A NOVEL.. By tho Authoress of " The History of a Flirt," &c.. . • " This is a very brilliant novel. The vigour and power displayed in these pages shames the masculine intellect of the best male writer of the day, at the same time the writer's knowledge of the female heart is so great and subtle, that we can imagine that no one but a woman could have written them. The chlracter of the wilftil Harriet Trelawney is drawn in a most masterly manner ; but it would be needless to pick out particular actors in this most extraor dinary novel. No novelist of tho preeentmlay has so much mastery over the passions of the reader as the writer of the work before us. Nothing has issued from the press equal to it since the last work by the same hand."—Wcekby Chronicle: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • YOUNG ENGLAND. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, of Thi s Da y , 11 Contains :- 1. A Dissection of Mr D'lsraeli's Novel of Coningsby ; or, the New Generation,--1. Ireland. No. 31. The History of the Union.-3. The Brithth Colonies, from the Official Reports.-4. Important,Judi cial Decision on Church-rates.-5. Analysis of the Factory Division. —6. Lord Lyndhurst's Chancery Job : the Loeo,oooi. Compensation to Clerks tbr ceasing to do nothing.-7. A Last Word on the Ten Hours Folly.-8. The French Navy, and its capacity to fight Eng land. By the Prince le Joinville.-9. Annexation of Texas to Ame rica.-10. O'Connell hyLondon.-11. The South Lancashire Election. —l2. Gorhambury Races. The Derby Prophecies ; with all the News of the Week Office, 337, Strand; and all Booloellcrs HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MAY 18, . Will be per:ormcd Herold's Chef d'ceuvre, ZAMPA. Camill t, Madame Persiani; Rita, Madame Bellini ; Zampa, Sig nor F r nav iri ; Alfonso, &gnu. Cr relli ; Daniel Capuzzi, Signor Lablache;r. and Dandola, Signor Lablache. Between the acts of the Opera the ad mired " La Gitana" by Mdtle. Cerito. To conclude with the Garden Scene in Don"zetti's Opera, entitled DON P kSQUALE. Norina, Madame Grisi ; Ernesto, Signor Mario; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Forrtasari ; and Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to Le made at the Box effic., Opera-colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE Sigin LAB LACHE has the honour to inform the Nobility, Sub. s-ri.ior 3 to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, May -23, when will be performed Cimarosa's Comic Opera, entitled IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Elisetta, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Mdlle. Favanti ; Carolina, Madame Persiani ; Paolino, Sig. Mario ; Count Robinson, Sig. 1.. Lablacbe • and Geronimo, Sig. Lablache. After which, a New Divertissement, entitled LA VIV AN DIERE, introducing the Redowa ; or, Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mdlle. Cer:to anci .M„ St. Leon. To conc;ude with the Grand Ballet of ALMA. Alma, Madame Cerito. Applications tor litotes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Mice, Opera .I,:elcunaile. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will commence at Halt past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. EVENING, MAY 18, Will be performed the opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count A rnheim, e r. %V. Harrison ; Deviishoof, Mr. Horncastle ;;Arline, Miss lain M forth ; Queen of the llipsies, Mi•s Betts._ . To conclude with the revived Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled THE REVOLI' OF THE HAREM. Mahomet, Mr. Howell; Ismael, M. Silvain ; Myssouf, Mr. W. li. Payne, Zulma, Mdlle. Lucile Graho • Zehka, Mdlle. Clara Webster ; The Genius of the Harem, Madame (liubilei. Dress Boxes is., Second Frice 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles o Galler f Boxes Second l'rice as. ; Pit 3s Second Price 24. ; Middle y 23., Second Price Is. ; Upper dallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mtt. BENJAMIN WEBSTER LESSEE. • "." THIS EVENING, MAY ' la, Will be performed a New Comic Drama, called THE A BSENTEE. Sir Patrick Delany, Mr. Tilbury; Edward Macarthy (the Absentee), Mr. H. Holt; Tarty Lurgan, Mr. Leonard; Norah, Miss Julia Bennett ; Katy, Miss Cane. To be followed by the. Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART ACHE. Old liapid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Charles Netnews; Vortex, Mr. Strickland; Frank Oatland, Mr. Webster; Ellen Vortex, Mrs Edwin Yarnold ; Miss Vortex, Mrs. W. Clifford Jessy 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; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, fis. • Pit, as. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, ; 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper H Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at alf-past Six, and the Performances eommexce at Seven - - 'rickets and Places to be had of..ldr 1. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five • .PKINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING; MAY 18, entitled CROWN Will tie. repeated a New Comic Opera, DIAMONDS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss; Don Hen riques de Sitnfloval, Mr. Allen; Rebollejo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; La Cat erina, Madame Anna 'ninon; Diana, Miss Grant. lobe followed by a New Farce called CU r FOR PARTNERS. • Altcr which, A DIVERTISSEMENT. • To conclude with BOMBASTES FURIOSO. THEATRE ROY L LYCEUM,USE LATE ENGLISH OPERA.. HO - Under the Wanagement of Mrs. KEELEY. "Open sesame; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded ant? fashionable audi a ces THIS EVENING, MAY 18, - Will be repeated an Original Comic Drama, entit!ed THE THREE WIVES OF .1 A D RID. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, I)iddear, F. ..iatthews, Emery, Wigan. Craven, Turner, Yarnold, Miss Wooigar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner, Mrs. Wigan, and M. - Keeley. After which; will be produced a new Comic Drama, called THE LOVE BIRDS. 11.ncipal Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Young:, Mrs. W oollige, Mrs. Usher, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Chaplin' Miss Grove, and Miss Fort sate. To be followed by sir Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKAMANIA Characters ,Ly Mr. Y. Alat.hews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrp. Keeley. To conclude with a (17z:ill Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves. ('ha racteis by Nies Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Mies Turner, Miss Grove, iU‘.-s. Wigan, Miss James, Miss .Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Ntcsars. F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES. OF A t)mln: -. 10 N.—Balcony Foxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. • Gal !cry, fal. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2 s. ; Upper Boxes, is 6d. ; I'it, P. Private Boxes on the Balcony Pier (holding eight persons). lAO Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (ho sing eight persons), One Guinea and a.Half. Private Boxes on the PA tier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROY Al. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. 41-and Attraction. • IIIIS eVENING, MAY 18, Will be rrinsted the H..tot'cal Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle of 11,sting:t. With al! the eflucts of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &e. Entire Change 4,f the Splendid scenes of the Circle. To conclude wits. tie Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the li•ndeo.lo! the Ruby qua.. „. s hri j , SIX o clock, and the perioimance , c ,minence at si•ven. Box-ottice opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been recoostructed and decorated with care and splendour. • Acting and stage-m wager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. On Monday, May CO, M. Plege will re-appear, for the last week of bin Engagement, and will take hil Benefit on Friday, May 21. DAV 'DOE'S ROYA I. SURREY THEATRE THIS EVENTING, MAY 18, Will he performed a New Drama, ertitled HUGH, THE GIPSY. Supported by Messrs. E. F. Saville, H. Hughes R. Honner, Neville, Vase, Mrs H. Vining, Miss Tcrrey, and Mrs. Lewis. After which, a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA. To conclue with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFR EARS, in which the entire Company will perform. Paces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the. Box. from-Eleven to Four. • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. • . . OPEN EVERY EVENING. '.'Pith the - asto , inding Wonders of the Extraordinary Being the GREAT WIZARD OF IHE NORTH, and the ARAB BROTHERS, aged seven, nine, and twelve years of age, whose Cl..B;ic Groupings, and Surprising Feats of Strength, are the theme of general admiration ! A I rick worth Knowing! How to fill a Theatre by Magic! This is the Fourth Season of the Great Delusionist in London! He has conip'eted the 'thirtieth Night of his present Season ! His Miracles have b:en witnessed by upwa.ds of t lye Hundred Thou sand Spectato s! Still his Magic Temple is nigh ly hononred with most brilliant and crowded audiences ; thus proving to the world the ecli sing superiority of his unparalleled Entertainments He nightly excites the astonishment of Hundreds, by his Scientific Experi. =ants ; the' peculiar effect of which beggars description. His new ns, THE FLYING RINGS, and THE ENCHAN rED HAT, are wonders which have no equal ! ! ! - And, Novelty being at present the rage, the GREAT WIZARD intends MAKING A WITCH! Therefore, any Lidy, desirous of appearing as the Great Witch, in conjunction with the Great Wizard, is informed, that the latter will be happy to initiate her in the Mysteries erf his Art.—A French, German, or Italian Lady would be preferred. Boxes, 35.; I'it. .Is. 6d.; Gallery, Ed. Reserved Seats, and Private tioxos can be secured at the lheatre, and of all the Agents. Second Price at Nibe o'clock. Doors keen at Half-past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight. , _ ,t EGYPTIAN UALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rlcal Ciu'ioslties and Works of Art ever known to have been formed oy One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, daring the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke Of Wellington, the. Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladles, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and tho Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, B:c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this - most instructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The priee of admis sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. _ WEATIIER.—SuN OFFICE, MAY 17. TUERMOMETER, Lowest, 44; Hihest, 62 ; Noon, 47. BAROMETER, 29.95.- WIND, N.E. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is sually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. WWI WATER. AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... '26 minutes after 21 Evening:... 42 minutes after 2. # lg. , ',,,,,,,, .stl , . . I •_AL, 4 _ ~,,,,,, t 11, 4. . 1 :.: . El l ! ir 1 '''' ... fr -.1 i% ji i it i , • 4 ~s 1 , , ' • ~, i rie.,4,l : • . 's .., , i. • '..& 1 4,.,..!. , .... -• oi; 0 , t 4-• A . ' , , 4.. tit - * , 4., .‘, . -,, ,, l edtv •31 0 S ,0„,,p0a, ''t ' , l ....,,, . Jontillff c 7-11113 LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1844. Lord ABINGEU, after the usual ceremonies, took his seat in the house of Lords, last night. Lord BEAUMONT postponed the second reading of the Roman Catholic Penal Acts Repeal Bill, and at the same time expressed a wish that the Government would alloiv it to be brought on with as little delay as possible. The Duke of WELLINGTON gave notice that on Thursday 'next he would move the adjouinment of the House till . the following Thursday. In answer to a question from Lord BROUG Ham, the Earl of ABERDEEN said he believed the treaty for the annexation of Texas to the United States had been signed, but he trusted the Congress would not sanction it. Whatever might be the result, his Lord ship added, be should, in reference to this matter, act consistently with his duty as a Minister of the Crown. It was a measure quite unexampled in the history of nations. Lord WHARNCLIFFE called the attention of their Loidships to the present state of the Houses of Par liament, and made some remarks not at all com plimentary to Mr. BARRY. He said it had become necessary to bring the sub ject under the consideration of the House, inas much as very extensive alterations had been made by Mr. BARRY in the plans as originally laid down— these alterations having been made without the con currence of the Committee which had been appointed to watch the progress of the new buildings. He moved that the matter be referred to a Committee of the Board of Works. Several other Noble Lords made remarks on the subject, but none of them seemed disposed to justify the course adopted by Mr. Thiaar ; and Lord BROUGHAM expressed a hope that the architect for the Houses of Parliament in future would make no changes without consulting the Go vernment. The motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE was agreed to, and the House adjourned at Eight o'clock. In the House of Commons, after a vast number of petitions had been presented, Mr. HuME gave notice that when the Savings Banks Bill came before the House he should move a repeal of the clause in the Act of GEORGE IV., which allowed the Government to deal with moneys deposited in the savings banks. In answer to some questions put by Mr. EWART, relative to the war between Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, Sir 8.. PEEL said he feared there was " little chance of its speedy termination. British subjects, however, would be protected ; but he did not consider that England would be justified in taking any steps to put an end to the war between the two belligerents. There was a naval force in the Plata which would afford every protection to British subjects. The House went into Committee on the Customs Duties Bill, and a number of clauses were adopted. On the 13th clause being read, Mr. EWART moved that the reduction of duty on coffee be fourpence, and on cocoa one penny per pound. The Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed the amendment, and on a division the amendment was rejected by a majority of 11. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed. The Stamp Duties Bill went through Committee. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. The Navy certainly owes a debt of gratitude to one of its most gallant andsuccessful officers, Sir CHARLES NAPIER, for the consistent solicitude with which he avails himself of every opportunity to advocate the interests of the service in the house of Commons. In the course of the present session, he has already brought, under the notice of Parliament many matters involving, unquestionably, some points im mediately connected with the efficiency as well as the rights of this justly popular arm of the national power. We may instance the force with which the Gallant Commodore pressed upon the consideration of the Legislature the folly of underrating the great exertions now making by other maritime States in getting up their fleets to a condition for active service. He spoke, we remember, of the admirable manoeuvring which he himself had witnessed in a French squadron in the Mediterranean ; and contrasted with our own tardy progress in the business of providing harbours of refuge on our shores, the promptitude of the efforts made, and the advance of the works commenced, for similar purposes, by the French on their coasts. The Chambers, he stated, had voted, some years since, 170,000,000 francs on account of harbours of re fuge, and had voted 40,000,000 more for the same ' Aljects for the present year. By -an article in Galignani, we perceive that the Committee of the Chambers, on admitting a credit of 46,000,000 francs for the improvements of the ports of France, has reported in favour of applying that large sum equally between the ports of Marseilles and Havre, for strengthening and improving the works of them.- It is well that facts like these should not be with lrawn from the observation of the British public. Incessant attention to them should be paid by both the Legislative and. the Executive of England. Thus, whilst we please ourselves with the important ?act that we have, at present, a large and un pestioned superiority in the extent and force of )ur steam navy over every other flag in existence, )ur ports and harbours, in their present state, at least, tre by no means adequate to the exigencies of such squadrons as in time of war we must maintain. The French, on the other hand, at St. Maloes alone, have 1. magnificent basin, capable of containing 200 war steamers, with a depth of twenty-five feet water. Oar readers will, no doubt, have concurred in the reflections of Sir CHARLDS IcAPIEU on the impolitic caprice which seems to direct the counsels of the Ad f iniralty Board with regard to the staff and extent o our navy. The power in this respect as the Bank of England customarily does, in its analogous control of the currency. The vicissitudes of expansion and 3ontraction in the latter case, are not more impolitic though we may conceive them to be more absolutely mischievous, than the absurdity of augmenting our feet one day, not so much v in reference to the iemands of the public service, apparently as that it • _ _ nay be reduced on another! But the defective eco nomy of such a practice is as palpable as it must be inquestionable. There is this additional evil con nected with the variety of duties which the reduction )f force imposes on superior officers ; namely, that m admiral—on the Mediterranean station, for ex unple—may not be at sea one month consecutively, .mt of his five years' command there. It does not appear to us that any sufficient answer has been given either by. Mr. S. HERBERT, Secretary 4' the Admiralty at the time, or by any authority connected with the Administration, since, to the grave complaint brought forward by Sir CHARLES NAPIER (on the discussion of the Navy Estimates the other evening); as to the quantities of rejected ship timber, which, after being refused by the superior Civil De partments of the Navy, had been, from time to time received into •store by the store-keepers of the several dock-yards. The timber in question, it was said, bud been so received, after rejection, by the order of some subordinate official ; but it is impossible not to participate in the sur prise expressed by Sir CHARLES NAPIER at this state ment, seeing that, by the late Act of Parliament con- solidating the two Boards—Admiralty and Navy—all subordinate authorities were expressly deprived of any power to issue such orders. Moreover, the Gallant Officer put it strongly to the Secretary to the Admi ralty, that it was no reason to plead for this irre gularity, " that such timber might well be received, after being rejected for ship-building, because, though it might be either too long or too short for that ap propriation, it might yet be advantageously employed in other work ;" for, as the Hon. Gentleman himself knew, it had been received into store after being rejected because it was bad timber. The impropriety of such proceedings had been urged on the Admiralty by the highest professional authorities. We have some fears that there is a sort of monopoly interest in the supply of ship timber, which it is the tendency of the Admiralty, like all other authorities in this country, to encourage ; or which is, at all events, too potential just now for the Board success fully to oppose and defeat. We may recur to this matter, however, more particularly at a fu ture opportunity. We cannot, in the mean time, abstain, for one moment, from remark. ing on the momentous importance of a most rigid adherence to the duties connected with the supervision of naval timber received into store, whe ther we bear in mind the improving aspect of the French navy, or the much too lowered standard (as we deem it) of our own, notwithstanding all that occurred in 1840. Whilst we are on this topic of ugly unanswered questions, we could much wish to learn what reply the Gpvernment are prepared with to the complaint preferred on behalf of our seamen, engaged in the late affairs in the Chinese seas, as to their being kept out of their prize-money, on account of the numerous captures made by them of enemy's craft, &c. &c. To have removed those of her MAJESTY'S vessels engaged in such services, —to have retained the craft, &c., so captured—to have had them ransomed by the Chinese authorities—and then to treat the general compensation paid, in Sycee silver, as a simple State payment made into her MAJESTY'S Exchequer, was, as Sir CHARLES NAPIER has strongly phrased it, neither more nor less than " a piratical act," calculated to excite the utmost discon tent among the seamen who have been robbed by this mode, of proceeding. Another proposition which Sir CHARLES warmly advocated some time since, has more immediate connexion with thesubject matter ofhis re solution on Thursday night. He touched on the invidi ous distidction which has been habitually made be tween public acknowledgments of naval and of military services. His reasoning was irresistible. Why not give sailors medals for the great victories achieved by them, as you give soldiers for their illus trious successes ? IVhy not have distributed medals to all engaged at Trafalgar, as you distributed them to all engaged at Waterloo ? They tight yet be THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1844. given to all the survivors of our greatest naval battles, in and since the reign of GEORGE III.; and let the honour be thus more largely distributed here after, whenever it shall have been deserved, for vic tories of similar importanQe and distinction at sea. In this way, that good understanding now subsisting between the two services might be most admirably maintained. We must defer, to another opportunity, a careful notice of Sir CHARLES'S speech of Thursday evening. It very cleverly, though unsuccessfully, advocated a proposition, not only of great interest and novelty and justice in itself, but, to our mind, one which it would eminently contribute to, the welfare of the British naval service to affirm. We may remark, by the way, that in May last year, he moved an address to the Crown, praying her MAJESTY to give directions that a certain number of old officers should be allowed to retire on a separate list, with increase of pay, with a view of bringing forward young and active officers ; " Lord INGESTRIE seconded this motion (observed Sir CHARLES, on Thursday), and was reprimanded by the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir ROBERT PEEL) in conse quence." His motion of Thursday was, " that this House recommend that previous to the preparation of the navy estimates, to be submitted to Parliament in the year 1845, some plan of retirement for officers in'the navy on the top of the respective lists should be devised, so as to make the naval service more effective, and to afford the opportunity of re warding old and meritorious officers." It must be allowed that in the debate which ensued, at all events a much more respectful hearing and lengthened discussion were conceded than the pro position of May 1843 met with. We trust that this fact was not wanting to induce the Gallant Officer to persevere. The rival candidates for South Lancashire have taken the field, and we have to congratulate the League on the homage that both pay to the principles of free trade. Mr. BROWN avows his conviction that " nothing can enable us to maintain our position among other nations but perfect freedom of trade," and therefore pledges himself to support that great cause, and to use every exertion to ensure its speedy success. Mi. ENTWISTLE reluctantly confesses that free trade is above all things desirable to the people of South Lancashire, but he refuses to promise any ad vocacy of its principles, declaring that other interests are to be consulted, and other considerations to be regarded. He cannot make up his mind to abolish monopolies just yet; he does not deny that the mono polies are unjust in themselves, and especially inju rious to the great bulk of the constituenoy he is am bitious of representing; but he tells the electors that he prefers other influences to their wants and wishes. It might almost be supposed that his address was de signed " a double debt to pay"—an offer of him -1 self for the representation of South Lancashire, and an offer of his conscience to some state doctor capable of giving it a safe and profitable direction. There is a studied obscurity in Mr. ENTWISTLE'S declaration, which has too much the appearance of paltering with principle ; like Mr. BARING, he is a free trader "in the abstract," and, like that same gen tleman, he leaves himself room for becoming a mono polist in the concrete. His reservation is so large that it can absorb the entire principle ; it is like the baptismal vow of the converted Indian, who professed that he adapted the conditions of admission into the Christian Church, with the discretion of, obeying them according to circumstances. At a subsequent time, when reproached for some gross crime by his pastor, he declared that his discretional application of circumstances released him from two Christian obli gations, which were only his duty towards GOD, and -his duty towards his neighbour. Archbishop WIIATELEY very justly remarks that men boast most of the qualities they possess least ; Mr. ENTWISTLE having put forth his sentiments on the corn-laws, from which CEDirts himself could not discover whether he intends to support total re peal, a fined duty, or a sliding scale, informs his con stituents that he has been " explicit" on the subject. Why no Delphic oracle was ever involved in greater obscurity ; his exceptions and reservations go beyond the cautious prediction in poor ROBIN'S Almanac, " if it does not rain, hail, or blow, freeze, or snow, and the sun shines out cl 9- Easter Sunday, it will be a - ft.c- clay. - His freedom of trade is " cte - ggect with worse conditions than the freedom of the press, which FIGARO found in Madrid. Translated into plain English, his declaration means, "provided that it does not interfere with the monopoly of food, or the monopoly of sugar, or any vested interest, or any profitable abuse, or any absurdity, or any injustice which any monopolist may find it convenient to re tain, I am ready to support free trade." If the electors of South Lancashire are deceived by so palpable a delusion, they deserve to be chro nicled in the history of gulls, as having a more capacious swallow than_ can be found in the whole range of ornithology. But we rather think that Mr. ENTWISTLE has taken a false guage of their capacity ; the men of Manchester have not forgotten that when he stood as a candidate for the representation of their city, he said, " I admit my own disposition to retain . . . in a modified form the principle of a fluctuating duty ;" in other words, he confessed himself a slippery advocate of a sliding scale. Now, the important point to be determined is, whether he has changed or not. Does he still adhere to slippery ways and sliding scales ?—or has he found a resting place in the fixed injustice of a fixed duty P—or has he made up his mind to the common sense and common jus tice of total and immediate repeal ? We wait for some comment on his oracular response, for the ad dress which he puts forth belongs to that class of documents which Puzzle by their explanation, And darken by elucidation. Though Mr. ENTWISTLES reference to the question of free trade is obscure, the purpose thereof is potent; -he merely wishes to furnish an excuse for venality or timidity to any free trader who may be bribed or intimidated, or brow-beaten into voting contrary to his conscience. No one can be deceived by his declarations but those who have a corrupt mo tive for wishing to be deceived. Such fustian can never pass for sound goods in the markets of Lanca shire, unless there be a fraudulent purpose in the transaction. It is rather gratifying to find that both the candi dates for South Lancashire are commercial men, and that both make their chief appeal to the commercial and manufacturing interests. The northern mono polists have at length abandoned in despair the solu tion of the problem, which they long made the basis of county representation—" how many acres make a wiseacre ?" If commercial skill, enterprise, wealth, and extent of mercantile connexion are to have weight in the decision, Mr. BRowN is in most, if not all of these points, immeasurably superior to his rival. But, as we have before said, all such conside rations fade into insignificance when compared with the great question really in issue—free trade or monopoly. The difference between "free trade in the abstract and monopoly" is nothing. When the Barmecide gave an abstract dinner to the barber's brother, the poor fellow would have been starved had he not boxed the ears of the person who mocked him with such unsubstantial entertainment. If the electors of South Lancashire are induced, like SHA CABAC, to accept an abstraction, it is not unlikely that they will have to treat him as that disappointed man did the Barmecide. But we have good grounds for hoping better things, and we have no doubt that BROWN and reality will, as they ought to be, be pre ferred to ENTWISTLE and abstraction. Madrid journals of the 9th have been received The departure of the Royal Family for the baths of Caldas, in Catalonia, was fixed for the 20th, and it was expected that they would not return to the capital for six weeks. The Three per Cents. were done at 28i, for cash and '2Bl at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at '2ll. The French Government have at last announced their intentions relative to abolition of slavery in the colonies, and we regret to find that the plan falls so far short of what was expected. It refers only to preparatory measures, without any allusion whatever to the period when emancipation shall take place. On Tuesday AdMiral MACICAU introduced into the Chamber of Peers a Bill, the object of which was, he said, to ameliorate the condition of the negro slaves in the French colonies, and to prepare them for the eventual abolition of slavery. The Bill con tains five clauses. The first related to the food and comfort due by the masters to the slaves ; and the other four to punishnients, duration of labour, the marriage of slaves, and their religious and elemen tary instructions, the savings of the slaves, and their right to purchase their freedom. Measures also were to be adopted to repress the cruelties committed on slaves; to modify the present courts of assize, and increase the number of magistrates. For these purposes the Government asked for a vote of 1,200,000 francs (48,0001.) The Government have also another important measure in view—namely, the improvement of the French harbours in the Me diterranean and the Channel. A Bill to that effect had been introduced into the Chamber of Deputies, and referred to a Select Committee. The sum re- wired was 46,000,000 francs (1,800,0001.) The re port had been presented, and that sum is to be prin cipally employed in the enlargement of the ports of Marseilles and Havre. The Committee recommend the reduction of a million out of the sums to be laid out on the works at Marseilles, and on the canal be- tween Bouc to Martigues. The Committee also re commend to have six years fixed as the period for the completion of those works, in place of eight, as men tioned by the Bill, and suggests five as the period for finishing the fortifications of Havre. In reference to this- subject the Prince de JOIN ♦ILLE has just published a pamphlet which is making some noise at Paris. lle distinctly states, notwith- standing all we have heard to the contrary, that France is not in a fit state to contend with England at sea,, chiefly for want of war-steamers. After calling the attention of the Government and the public to the state of the navy, the Royal author says " I wish it to be clearly understood that I have no intention of making this note, which i 5 consecrated entirely to the state of the French navy, a political one. If I speak of Eng land as I may do of any other country, it will not be in a narrow spirit of animosity, or even of national rivalry ; but merely to point out, by reference to what is occurring in foreign countries, what we ourselves ought to aim at and what we ought to avoid. If I talk of war, it is not by any means that I wish my country to exchange the benefits of peace for its ruinous hazards. My belief is simply this—that peace, to be dignified and durable, must 'always have the support of a force capable of making it respected. Taking, therefore, a state of war as the base of my reasoning, I shall pick out a case which will elucidate My thoughts, and I will suppose France obliged to defend herself against-the most powerful of the maritime powers, that is; against -England: Having stated this, and proceeding according to this plan, but always reasoning in the abstract and by way of hypothesis, I now enter into my subject. " The establishment of steam navigation has given France the means of re-establishing her decayed naval power under a newTorm, admirably adapted to the resources of the country and the genius of the nation. The establishment of a navy was hopeless at a time when the empire of the sea belonged to the power which could send the greatest number of sailors to am _ _ " The steam navy has changed the face of matters. It is now our military resources which will come to take the place of our impoverished naval establishments. We shall always have enough of officers and Men for the duties left for a sailor to perform on board a steamer. The engine supplies the place of a hundred • hands, and I have no occasion to say that we shall ever feel the want of money for the construction of steam-engines, nor of soldiers to light when they shall be called on to support the honour of the country. With a steam navy, the boldest war of aggression on the ocean is permitted. We are sure of our movements, free in our ac tions. Time, winds, or tides, give us no longer concern ; we can calculate to a day or an hour. In case of a continen tal war, the most unexpected diversions are possible. In a few house armies can be transported from France into Italy, Holland, or Prussia. What was once done at Ancona with a rapidity which was seconded by the winds, can now be done every day without their assistance, and almost against their influence, and with still greater rapidity. As I have already said, these new resources suit us admirably, and the forms of war, thus modified, do not leave the chances as they were thirty years ago, between France and the enemies with which she may engage. It is a subject worthy of inquiry, to what point the progresS of steam and its probable employment excites the attention of our neighbours. " These notes of alarm, uttered in the English Parliament, should call forth a similar sentiment in our Chambers and throughout the whole of France. Our line of conduct ought to be traced by the hands of our neighbours themselves; but that is not the case. We cross our arms while England acts. We discuss theories, while she puts them in practice. She creates for herself, with activity, a formidable steam force, and reduces the number of her sailing ships, of which she has discovered the uselessness. We ought to have preceded her in that reform, or, at all events, to have followed her with ardour; . but we have kardly six steamers capable of sustaining a comparison with the British navy. It is melancholy to say it, but people deceive themselves, and have deceived the country by flattering words and erro neous calculations. People have persuaded themselves, and have endeavoured to persuade the country, that it is in pos session of a strong and respectable steam navy. Deplorable error; source of a confidence still more deplorable ! " In case of war, the French navy would have two theatres of action, the Channel and the Mediterranean. En - gland could, in a few hours, disembark troops on any part of the coast,, and could destroy Dunkirk, Boulogne, or Havre, before anything could be done to save them. Even in the • roads of Brest, which were formerly safe, from the difficulty of the navigation, but which difficulty has now disappeared before steam power, the English flag might float. Thus, by the aid of steam, England is able to menace all our coasts on the Channel, and even to reign in the Mediterranean by cutting off all our communications with Algiers. She could, besides, effectually and closely blockade all our coasts, and that from this very day, if she likes. And. to resist her y t ahav i e n le u reaource, but one m i eaj! , l3 z t . ll .. at which she -4 ‘ The naval force of France is not in a fit state to - contend with England. England has 125 war steamers, of which 77 are armed. She has besides a commercial steam navy which can supply her, in case of necessity, with 200 steamers capable of carrying heavy cannon and troops. The French steam navy, on the other hand, only dates its origin from 1829, and hardy received any increase till 1840. The danger was then perceived, and an attempt was made to increase the steam power by the establis l ament of trans-Atlantic steam-packets, but that project has failed from mismanagement. " In all our harbonis splendid manufactories are con structed, of imposing architecture, and enclosed in mag nificent dockyards. These manufactories are intended to supply the materials and wants of a navy which is yet in its infancy ; but as these great establishments cannot be left unemployed, and as all the steam navy which we possess , is • employed at Toulon, where alone steamers exist which require repair, what was to be done with all those establishments which had been built in the harbours of the Atlantio? They have been employed for the construction of engines, instead of leaving that branch of manufacture as an encouragement to private enterprise and industry. We had Indret before, and its costly productions. But must we still add to these expensive establishments? Is it right to employ the money which has been set aside for the increase and improvement of the fleet to the construction of buildings, the utility of which is far from being clearly de monstrated? We have always shown too much anxiety to increase the immovable dead-weight of our marine, to the prejudice of that portion of the force which alone is active and efficacious. It would be well to try a contrary system, and I am convinced that it would be easy to find the means of arming a real steam fleet, and of encouraging a useful branch of industry, if we were to. employ the private manu factures of the country to supply those beautiful and excel lent machines which it is so well able to make. "If I drew here a real picture of our steam navy—if I said that in the whole number of forty-three vessels, of which our whole floating steam navy consists, there were not six which could stand a comparison with the English steamers, I should not be believed • yet I should only have affirmed a simple truth. The greater number of our steamers belong to that class of vessels which were good in 1830, when they were built, but which at the present day are certainly far inferior to those which the progress of art has enabled others to con struct. These ships, too, having been continually employed in the Mediterranean, have already become prematurely old. They arc no longer fit for the service of Algiers, or for those political missions in which, however, we are forced to employ them,'for want of better. The officers in command of them blush to see themselves so weak and impotent—l will not say as compared with the English only, but as compared with the Russians, the Americans , the Dutch, and the Neapolitans, all of whom have better ships than we have." He goes on then to show the part which the different por tions of the naval force ought to take in defence of the State. " The steam power would be employed to guard the coasts of the kingdom, and. to keep up a surveillance on the coasts of Great Britain, and to guard and to protect the conquests of France in the Mediterranean. Sailing ships would, at the same time, be used on distant stations; but in that case it would be necessary to employ more ships on those stations than are employed at present. At the present time France had only forty-gun frigates, with a crew of 300 men, on sta tions where England and America had fifty-gun ships with crews of 500." On each station there ought to be two or three frigates under the command of an' admiral, " instead of the small vessels now-employed, which were to our diplomatic agents a source of insult, and which, in the very first brush of a war, would be destroyed by the first hostile frigate that happened to fall in with them." The PRINCE closes his remarks, by stating that the power and dignity of the country can only be sup,. ported by a strong steam navy. The pamphlet, al together, is very creditable to his Royal Highness. It lets out some secrets, it is true; but the sentiments expressed are fiank and honest, and the statements will awaken the attention of France to the truth. The KING is said to have been opposed to the publi cation, but this., is not probable. A wish on his part would be equal to a command ; and, besides, the impartial and able view taken of the question, only does honour tothe author and the Royal Family. The following ,telegraphic dispat ches were received by the French Government on Wednesday : • " PERPIGNAN, MAY 13. " An English war steamer, coming from Malta, brought, the day before yesterday, to Barcelona, the news of the settle ment of the differemces which had existed between the Bey of Tunis and the,King of Sardinia." " BAYONNE, MAY 14. " Intelligence from Spain announces that the two Queens and the Infanta will lea ye Madrid on the 20th for the baths of Caldas, in Catalonia. These personages will pass through Valencia; and General TisTarvaez is, it said, the only Minister who will accompatiy the'r Majesties." THE BOURSE—WEDNESDAY, MAY 15. First Highest Lowest P r i ce . price. Price. French Five per Cents - • 122 15 .. 122 25 122 20 Three per Cents.— • • 81 40 .• 84 50 • • 84 40 • Bank of France Belgian Fives, 1831 . .. .. 10 105 5 • 1840 •• •• •• 1051 .. 106 .• 1 1842 logs .. 1081 .. 1081 Spanish Active • 331 331 .. 331 • Threes •••••• • • •• •• 361 .. 36/ 36t • Passive ••.• • • ..... 61 • • 61 • • 6 * • Neapolitan •••••.• • •• •• 14a 30 .. 102 30 • • • 102 30 • • Roman, ex dlr. • RAILWA Y SHARES. Versailles, R. 8..• •••••• • • • 374, .• 375 .. 370 L.B. • • 246 25 .. 247 50 .. 246 2 5 Rouen • .•• .. 984 .. 985 • • 980 Rouen to Havre •• 74t) .. 740 740 • • 98 7 50 Orleans .• • • • •••• • • •• •••• •• 937 .50 .. 9 95 • • 272 50 Strasburg to Bale ••• • • • ••••• Y73;Y73;75 .. 27 5 Avignon to Marseilles" .• 7601 .. 760 • 760 RATIVIY SRAkV } 'OR THE ACCOUNT. $ Per-ailles,R.B. • 37 11, .. 375 • • 370 ... JAR. 245 .. 247 50 .. 24.5 990 .. 983 75 50 740 Rouen to Havre. • • Orleans ••• • • • 987 rio , y 750 . 987 50 27$ 75 . .Strasburg to Bale ••.• • .• 272 M 50 7: Avignon to arieilles".. • 765 .. 76b . 765 24 .747 Last Price. 122 25 84 50 3115 . 102-30 . 370 . 247 50 . 985 . 740 . 995 . 273 75 .. 760 - 375 . 247 50 990 • 747 50 • 997 50 273 75 • 763 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. English Securities closed firmly, Consols at 99i East India Stock has been 286 to 287. Exchequer Bills are 675. to 695. - • The Foreign Bonds were all fiat, but Spanish Three per Cents. recovered slightly, being 35 to 4 for Account. The Actives were 24 to 234. Colombian stock was 141; Mexican, 354 to 1 ; and Brazilian, $ O4. The Northern Securities were the only ones that could be called firm. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Derby were 381 ; Bir mingham and Gloucester, 8 ; Great North of England, 11 ; Blackwall, 91; Midland Counties, 11 ; and Thames and Medway, 9 discount. Birmingham and Gloucester, New, 51 ; Bristol and Exeter, 11 to 12 ; Eastern Coun ties, Perpetual, I ; Great Western, Half, 27 ; ditto, Fifths, 94 ; llarwich (Braithwaite), 4to ;_ ditto (Locke), Ito ; Birmingham, 124 ; South Western, 45i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 17 ; Northern and Eastern, 12 ; Norwich and Brandon, 7 to 4 ; South Eastern, 51 to 4 ; Yarmouth and Norwich, 61 ; York and North Midland, 681 ; and ditto, Scarborough Branch, 171 premium. Australasia Bank Shares were 3 premium. The exchange on the principal continental cities was steady this afternoon. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was dull, and with a disposition on the part of holders to sell. Prices, however, were not decidedly lower. Sales, 2,500 bags. Shares were worse, especially Birmingham. Caledonian, 4/ ; Eastern Counties, I2i ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 664 ; Great Western, Fifths, 214 ; Birmingham, Thirds, 38 ; Brighton, 44/ ; South- Western, 854 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 58 ; Midland Counties Quarter, 221 ; Paris and e Lyons, 31. Is. 6d.; South - Eastern, New, 1 24; Trent Valley, 104. It is very much questioned in the City whether the altera tions that are contemplated, with regard to the savings' banks, are on the whole advisable. At the same time, it is not at all conceded that the reduction in the rate of.interest allowed to depositors will have any permanent ill effects, as with reference to the grand amount now, or recently placed in those most useful establishments. The deputation from the principal savings-banks' managers, which had an interview the day before yesterday with Sir Robert Peel, relative to the suggested changes; were received cour teously and heard patiently, but we are given to understand that the plans of the Government, as brought before the House of Commons, will in their essence not be departed from. The sooner all doubt is put an end to as to the alterations in the system the better. The policy of having loan funds attached to the savings banks, is one requiring attentive consideration, and may be adverted to on another occasion. The following extract from the Toronto Patriot, confirms some previous remarks made under this head a short time ago : " By letters received, via Boston, by the last mail from England, we are exceedingly happy to observe a strong con viction amongst well-informed people, that the Canada Corn Bill has been of essential service to this colony, and that the effects will be seen this year, and still more hereafter, in the settlement of men of capital in the province for agricultural purposes. Large deposits of money were being made for transmission to Canada, by parties who are now on their way out, vid New York." The Commercial Markets keep heavy. The Government contract for 100,000 gallons of Rum—half East, half West India produce—was taken yesterday ; they were firm at 2a id the gallon. The Commissioners took 30,0001. Consols this morning at 99k, which had the effect of rendering the market firm. This is the price, at the present writing, both for money and time. A shadow of improvement is noticed in some of the other Stocks as well as in the Unfunded Debt. Bank Stock is quoted at 192 ; India Stock at 286 ; Exchequer Bills at 70s. premium ; and the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 1021. Spanish Active Bonds, are on the decline, having been quoted at a fall to 23k, and the Threes to 241 6. Both are about t per cent. higher' now. For Portuguese Converted the market is heavy, at 46. Dutch Stock remains much the same as yesterday. Belgians have advanced to 1031. No bargains have been effected in the other Foreign Bonds this morning. The principal alterations in the Railway Share Market this day have been a rise in the Bristol and Exeter to 12 pre mium, in the Great Western to 46 premium, in the London and Brighton to 4i dis., in the Manchester and Leeds to 36 premium, and in the North Midland to 9 discount. The Bristol and Gloucester, and a few of the other Shares, have gone back a shade. London and Westminster Bank Shares have improved to 7 premium. MANcriEserin STOCK .EXCHANGE, MAY IG.—There has been but little business done in our market to-day, and prices, with some few exceptions, are lower. Bolton and Preston, 30 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half, 109 ; London and South-Western, 86* ; Manchester and Birmingham, 571 56* ; Ditto, Quarter, 5 5 prem. • Paris and Strasburgh, 21; Trent Valley, 94 ; Preston and Wyre, 21; Blanchester,Bury, and Rossendale, 6 3-16. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 1 per Cent. Red 9 3 3i Ditto Bonds 94 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons . 3% per Cent. Re 1 ...... New 3t per Cent lO2 % Ex. Bills, LOW/. 1%d... 69 pm. New 5 per Cent. .... Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ' 68 pm. Jan. 1860 l2 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct.... 191% Oct. 1831) l2 5-16 Consols for Acct. 99% Jan. 1860 ..... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ll4 !Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, S per Cent 103% Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds BO% Prussian, 5 per Cent ...... ... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — ,Russian, 5 per Cent llB% Lhilian, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent 35 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto, Deferred 13% Danish, 3 per Cent — IFrench, 5 per Cent f. —c . Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent — 'Exchange — f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent .. ..... 35% French, 3 per Cent.-- —f. —c Ditto; 6 per Cent., 18377.... Dutch, 2% per Cent..., 60% SHARE Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... i Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100% S. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 92 Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) ---- Ditto Perpetualrspereciii., 6i:4d:PT l. Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Ditto Filths, 12 paid 21% Harwich (Braithwaite), 2 paid '2 Ditto, Locke, 2% paid 2 • London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto Quarter Shares (2 paid) 26M London and Blackwell (161. 13s. 4ili) 7 Londe& and South Western (111.65. 10d. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) l9 Manchester and Birmingham 57 Midland Counties (100 paid) B9 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland (100 paid) Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) 9% South Eastern and Dover (3312 s 4d paid) Ditto 'Jew Shares ( 4 pa•d) Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) 1:8% York and Scarborough Branch (2). paid) ...... COURSE OF EXCHANcT.E.—(YESTERDAY.: Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 64 Antwerp 25 95 Flamburgh M.B. 13 144 Altona l3 15 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine 122 : Petersburgh, 3Us 361 Berlin 7 Vienna, effect. 13 M 954 Trieste, ditto Madrid 361 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville Gibraltar — Leghorn 3O 45 Genoa 25 90 Milan — Venice 47 Naples ........ Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon Oporto 5 54 Rio Janeiro e 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres — NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia — PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons.— 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9; Silver in Bars 0 4 11 SPORTING 'INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. — YEaTE RDAY. DERBY. 9 to 4 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck 7 to 2 agst Mr. Crockford's Ratan 12 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Bay Momus 18 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Qui Tam 40 to 1 agst Mr. Quin nd Loadstone We did not hear a single bet against the Ugly Buck, but nothing under sto 2 would have been taken. 7to 2 was laid against Ratan to two or three hundred pounds, a fterwards offered currently. (The report that he passed through London on Thursday was premature; he sweated at Newmarket that morning, left yesterday, and arrived at Leatherhead in the afternoon per van.) Takers of 12 to 1 about Orlando, and of 18 to 1 each about Akbar and Leander. Qui Tam, although not backed, cannot be quoted at more than 25 to 1, nor Loadstone more that 40 to 1. OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Martingale—t. 7 to 1 agat Colonel Anson's The Princess—taken 20 to 1 agat Mr. J. Robinson's April Noddy—taken 30 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Buzz—taken 30 to 1 agat Mr. Denham's Fair Charlotte—taken. Even between five and the field. ARRIVALS AT EPSOM. Ratan, Blackdrop, Keeley, Fakeaway, Falconer, Moor • hen filly, The Turquoise colt, 2 yrs, Loadstone (so named before the Irish Derby horse was christened), 2 yrs old, Naworth, Devil-to-Pay. April Noddy, Beau front, Nereus, Bishop of Romford's Cob. Inheritess, and several others, of which we s4ll give a full list in our next. We understand that all the trains on the South- Western Railway will stop at Kingston from this day up to the close of Epsom Races. ASCOT RACES. These races, which commence on the 4th of June, promise an abundance , of sport, and fully deserve the patronage bestowed on them. By the programme of the races published in the last sheet " Calendar," we per ceive that the , large sum of 1,2501. is advertised to be added to the different Stakes, Plates, &c. (exclusive of the Gold Vase and her Majesty's Plate), independent of the recent outlay of 5001. for the new weighing stand and other improvements. In order to enable the worthy Master of the Buck Hounds to meet these heavy de mands, his Lordship has determined on admitting none to the small inclosure for carriages opposite the winning post, except subscribers of 51. each to the Race Fund, for whose accommodation it was originally intended ; and as the space will be very limited, an early applica tion to the Clerk of the Course is absolutely necessary to ensure a place in undoubtedly the best situation on the course. Should the weather prove favourable, a large and fashionable company may reasonably be expected. The course is in beautiful condition, and the ploughed gallops we are sure will be found superior to any other description of training ground in such dry weather as the present. THAMES YACHT CLUB. At a meeting of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of this dis tinguished Club, on Thursday, at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-street, the following yachts were entered for the Grand Challenge Cup :—The Mystery, Exquisite, Gazelle, Enigma, Blue Belle, Gnome. The match will take place on Monday, the 10th of June, from Greenwich to Gravesend and back. The Mystery is the favourite. The Commodore announced that Captain Coxedge, of the Albion, had handsomely signified his intention of giving a Cup, value fifty guineas, to be sailed for by yachts of this club. It was arranged that this match should be sailed on Wed nesday, the 10th of July,the club expressing their satisfaction at the captain's liberality. THAMES GRAND REGATTA. *At the Royal Thames Yacht meeting, on Thursday, T. Mee • som; Esq., announced the Thames Regatta for the 20th, 21st, and 22i. of June. SUMMARY OF ;';EWS AND Vul.)Ur Optuton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. On Monday evening the King and Queen of the French entertained at dinner the Pope's Nuncio, the Turkish Am bassador, the Baden, Poituguese, and Swedish Ministers, Marshal Soult, Marquises d'Escayrac, de Lauture, and d'Ara mon, Generals Baron de Lascours and Janin. The Committee, charged with the examination of the Bill relating to the Paris and Lyons Railroad has determined, by six votes to three. to recommend to the Chamber to adopt the line running by the Yonne, the Armancon, the Brenne, and the Loze, on the ground that it shortens the distance, between Paris and Dijon, by 32 kilometres. The Council- General of the Ponts-et-Chaussees had previously adopted _ _ he same line, by a majority of 12 to 4. The National states :—" The Government is about to con ciliate the priesthood by a new concession, it being intended that the Pantheon is again to be converted to religious pur poses, by . celebrating in it, on the next anniversary of the days of July, a funeral service in honour of the victims of that glorious week." . M. Thiers has concluded his " History of the \ Empire," and was to deliver the manuscript on Tuesday to the publisher, who is to pay him 500,000 f. (20,0001.) for the work. The first year since the opening of the Paris and Rouen railway having elapsed without any accident occurring through the fault or neglect of the locomotive branch of the service, the Company, to testify their general satisfaction, re. solved to give, at the Batignolles station, a grand feast to all the engineers and their men. From the necessity of not in terrupting the service of the road, this was divided into two parties, on different clays. The Hera/do, of Madrid, states that the Spanish capital will soon be lighted with gas by the Company which has erected gas works at Barcelona and Valencia. A letter from Leipsic, in the Courrier de la Moselle, relates that at a grand concert and supper, in the evening of Sunday, the 21st ult., at the Hotel de Boulogne (the casino of Leipsic), at which about 400 persons were assembled, the inhabitants of the Rhenish provinces, who are still attached tothe French, called fori the " Marseillaise" in honour of their Gallic guests. Upon this, a number of persons from Berlin who were present opposed the call by a violent hissing. A row ensued, and soon became general, and as bottles, plates, chairs, and other missiles flew in every direction, many serious wounds and contusions were given and received before the tumult could. be allayed. The 'French Ambassador in Switzerland has addressed to the Vorort a series of questions, relating to the statistics of the periodical press in that country. He has requested an account of the charges laid upon the Swiss journals in the shape of 'stamps, postage, duties upon advertisements, &c., with the amounts of these imposts, and the number of the journals and other periodicals published in Switzerland, and their respective circulation. This inquiry is made, no doubt, with a view to a due consideration of the proposition made by M. Chapuys Montlaville, for the abolition of the stamp duty on journals in France. The Vorort has transmitted these inquiries to all Cantonal Governments, desiring them to return answers. Law AND POLICE. Mr. Andrew Van Sandau, solicitor, appeared before Mr. Twyford,•at Bow-street, to answer the complaint of Thomas Clarke, a clerk in the service of Messrs. Turner and Hainsman, solicitors in the Court of Review, for assaulting him. The complainant stated that on the 13th instant he had occasion to meet the defendant at the dice of the Registrar of the Court of Review, in Chancery-lane, respecting the minutes of a case in which he was concerned. A discussion arose out of an order of the Court ; the defendant at first applied the terms "knave and fool" to the complainant, and afterwards struck and kicked him with much violence. The magistrate in- . fiicted a penalty of 51., and ordered the defendant to find bail to keep the peace for six months. At Marylebone, Henry Wellby. proprietor and driver of an omnibus running from Paddington to the Bank, was summoned before Mr. Long, by Charles Hoppey, Esq., soli citor, for unlawfully driving to the danger of passengers. The evidence Went to show that on the 18th ult. com plainant and another gentleman named Needham, a special pleader in the Temple, were on the outside of an omnibus ' belonging to the London Conveyance Company, and that in Oxford-street the defendant crossed the vehicle upon which they were riding, thereby causing a collision which threw both the gentlemen into the road. Mr Hoppey was Ter, severely injured. Defendant was ordered to pay five gui neas, the expense* attendant upon surgical assistance for Mr. Hoppey, in addition to 255, for damage to wearing apparel, and ss.—a nominal fine for the offence for which he was summoned. At Clerkenwell, Caroline King, who was remanded from Monday last, on a charge of having assaulted and wounded George King, her husband, of No. 5, Little Warner-street, Clerkenwell, was again placed at - the bar for final examina tion, when her husband attended in a weakly condition. The husband said he did not wish to press the charge. The pri soner on being discharged clung to her husband, begged his forgiveness, and they went away arm in arm in tears, and ap parently on affectionate terms. Edward George Barrington, a native of Bristol, was brought before Mr. Ballantine, at the Thames police-court, on a charge of stealing two 101. Bank of England notes, a 5/. note, and 351. in gold and silver, from the Volunteer public-house, in Mill-place, Limehouse, the property of Mrs. Ann Blakey, a widow, and committed for trial. COURT—WASEIOZTABLM. Lady Sohn Russell's assembly, on Wednesday evening, in Chesham-place, was attended by the Duchess of Sutherland and the Ladies Leveson Gower, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Earl and Countess of Morley, Mr. Aysford and • Lady Caroline Sanford, Lady Theresa Lister and the Hon. Mrs. George Lister, the Earl of Miuto, LoalGlenelg, the Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Misses Emily and Fanny Eden, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Mr. Charles and Lady Georgians homily, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Labouchere. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst received the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Auaustabis ENcellencv. the aid sector ann. countess debt. Anlaire, V iscount and Viscountess Villiers, Earl of Lonsdale, Lord Forester, Lord Lovaine, Sir Wm. M. Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stanley, Mr. Tomline, Rev. Sydney Smith, and a select party at dinner on Thurs day, at the Noble and Learned Lord's house, in George-street, Hanover-square. Lady Lyndhurst had a soiree afterwards. The Hon. Colonel Douglas Gordon.,Per.nant, M.P., gave a dinner at Ingestre House, Belgrave-square, on Wednesday evening, to Lord Saltoun and a select party. Sir George Palmer, Bart., and family, the Countess of Mel ton, Captain Mainwaring, the Count - uva, &c. left London on Sunday.last, by the steamer Antwerpen, Captain Jackson Miss Burdett Coutts, Captain Bristowe, Captain Cotton, Colonel Hall and family, and the Rev. Mr. Porcher, were among the passengers that embarked on Thursday at the Brunswick Pier, Blackwell, on board the General Steam Navigation Company's Aeam-ship, Wilberforce, for Antwerp. Lord and Lady Northesk have arrived at Brown's Hotel in Dover-street. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Gloucester, visited her Majesty yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert walked out yesterday morning in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palimo. HiS Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday at a meeting of the Commission for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the re.buildiug tpe Palace of Westminster. The Commissioners assembled shortly before three o'clock in the afternoon at Gwydyr House. The Prince arrived, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting. The Commissioners present were the Duke of Suther land, the Marquis. of Lansdowne, the Earl of Linc.:An, Lord John Russell, Lord Colborne, Sir 'Robert - Haul Inglis, Mr. H. Golly Knight, M.P., Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M.P., Mr. Henry Hallam, Mr. George Vivian, Mr. Thomas Wyse, M.P., Lord Mahon, ,and the Right Honourable T. B. Macaulay, M.P. The meeting broke up shortly before five o'clock, when Prince Albert, attended by Col.inel Wylde, re- turned to Buckingh . am Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the _Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Ptincess Alice were taken air ings yesterday in the Royal Gardens. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes terday evening, included the Earl of Liverpool, Mr. Charles and the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, and Mr. George Ed- ward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Glow eester House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge' visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday. In 'the evening the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Duke of Devonshire with her company at the ball given by his Grace, at Devonshire House. • A deputation from the Committee of Joint-stock Banks consisting of Mr. Patrick, Mr. Stewart~ MX.* Mr. Joshua Walker, Mr. Samuel Perceval, Mr. Edward Smith, Mr. James W. Gilbart, Mr. Daniel Robertson„ Mr. John Amery, Mr. George Webb, and Mr. Charles Geach, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterdaY at his official residence in Downing-street. The Health of Towns Commission had a meeting on Thursday at Gwydyr House, Whitehall, The Com missioners present were, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Robert A. Slaney, Sir Henri Thomas de la Beche, Dr. Lyon Playfair, Dr. D. Boswell Reid, Mr. William T. Denison, Mr. J. Ranald Martin , and Mr. James Smith, of Deanston. A deputation on the subject of vinegar, consisting of Sir Thomas Wilde, M.P., Mr. C. Pott (Louden), /A W. Pott (London), Mr. Edward Evens (Worcester), tie,. Mr. Joseph Underwood (Norwich), had an intervief with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday, at tits office of the Board of Trade. The Commission of Metropolitan Improvements had 6 meeting on Wednesday at the office in Whitehall-place . The Commissioners present were the Earl of Lincoln, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. J. C Harries, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. H. J. Hope, Mr. IL Gaily Knight, Alderman Humphery, Mr. A. Milne, Hon. Charles Gore, Sir Robert Srairke„ and Mr. Charles Barry. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England bad meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office, in Whiteht#: place. There were present the Bishop of Rochester, We Bishop of Salisbury, the Earl of Besborough, and the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse. The Governor of the Bank of England, and -tbs Deputy-Governor, had an interview with Sir Roberi Peel yesterday. Lord Stanley arrived in town yesterday afternoolit from Lancashire. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes , and Mr. Highani, Secretary and Comptroller-General to, the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Nat•one, Debt, had interviews with the Chancellor of the ..EN chequer, yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing' street. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 01 yesterday. Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, was heard on Stephens ° petition (New South Wales). Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, Queen's Counsel, was heard Ot t . " Panton v. Williams," from the Prerogative Court oE Canterbury. The motion was granted. Dr. Addams was heard for a protest (on the part of the respondent) against an appeal, " Handley and Jones v. Edwards," from the Prerogative Court of C a nterburi' The Queen's Advocate, and Mr. Erie , Queen's C ounsel, were heard for the appellant. Dr. Addams replied. Lord Brougham gave judgment on the part of thei . !, Lordships, for the first protest and against t he a p Pe T (relating to the rejection of evidence in the Court below' dismissing this appeal with costs. As to the second protest. • It was necessary for 01 applicant to amend his appeal, and this being a matter of favour, must be upon terms ; their Lordships, there; ' fore, directed that payment should be made- by th appellant of the costs of the appeal up to the present tires. The Court then rose. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Loxport, MAY 17.—Wind, strong northerly breeze, withta i* DEAL. MAY 16.—Wind E., light.—Sld. Mona, LSUIICeStOR i Annandale, west coast of Africa; Blessing, Quebec. • ,„rt DARTMOUTH, MAY 16.—Arrd. Sir Hans , Odessa, for p7 :l men, cargo heated. Sid. George , Sutton , P l y mouth and Labrador. OFT PLYMOUTH, MAY 16.—Camilla, Havannah, for Stettin; William Harris, Hamburgh, for St. John's, New Brunawiek; Manchester, Antwerp, for New York. OFF FALMOUTH, MAY 15.—Adelia, New York, for Bremen; ' -nut. Sierra Leone, and sailed for Portsmouth ; Mary SO" - ' dart, AP.Neal, Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, MAY 16.—Wind variable and light.—Arr d " Oscar, Steed, Benin (May 17); Alice, Barbadoes ; B ol t o 0 Abbey, Savannah. Off, Nimrod, Ambassador, Jerelni sti Garrett, and Aberdeen. Sid. George Araastrong, Cakutts Lady Flora Hastings and Phalanx, Mauritius ; Lord Paltneer ston, Columbia River; Bella Portena, Buenos Ayres; Flpat Fish, Rio Village Girl, Santa Martha ; Themia , New Torl6. John Nunn, Quebec; Safeguard, Montreal; Othello, 1 011. duras. OFF CORK, MAY 14.—Blake, Fraser, lohoboe. DEAL, MAY 16.—Arrd. Medora, Havannah, for Hamb y, FRESERBURGH, MAY 13 —The Eliza, of Kirkcudbrig ht, coming through the Pentland Frith, got in the rocks an became leaky, crew (except one man) drowned. NEWPORT, MAY 15.—Sld. Alice Haviland, PhiladelphiAL BRISTOL, MAY 16.—Arrd. Feliza, Pike, Trinidad. Zoe, Cape of Good Hope ; Indian, Montreal. 1 WEXFORD, MAY 15.—The Roscius, Collins, from Livirlf • to New York, got on Arklow Bank, but was ass's'.. 0 yesterday, and Proceeded. GREENLAND FISHERY. PETERHEAD, MAY 15.—The Gleaner, Max here from the Greenland fishery, left the ice ult., and reports the following vessels : Hannibal, Laurie April 29, with 9,000 -1 "' Jean, Robertson Mary, Mackie " 28, with 800 olio' Resolution, Hogg " 27, " 1,700 Union, Ageston Jane, Brown Jan Auguston Weiser Elspel The sealing commenced on t : he 2222 5 0098 th :: on the 23d ult., and was made in lat. 73 30 to 74 30. - 1 . 00 with ult. and 77s ;213006000 t term' n 318:11 :41 P11 weather was favourable throughout. The peso sailed on the 27th ult. for Davis' Straits. THE CHATHAM—PROCEEDS OF SAL . The following has been forwarded to Lloyd's "Foreign-office, May 16, 1 8 : s " Gentlemen,—With reference to my letter or 7 1 15th ult., stating the instructions which her Government were about to send to her MajestYs ,nister at Lisbon respecting the cargo of the Chatlasinr:o am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to actiorsilAr i l o rti that his Lordship has received a dispatch from . g in, Howard de Walden, her Majesty's Ministe r at 11' 5 is• stating that the Portuguese Minister of Finance bati s s sued a ' portarim,' ordering the proceeds o f the new -0 saved from the wreck of the Chatham , amountilo 1,965/. 12s. 6d. (equal to 850,000 rupees) to be re,. _ lll ,d o o, in a bill to the Portuguese Financial Agency in IN, ss in order to be deposited in the hands of su ch persouncy, Messrs. Simpson and Cobb, the solicitors of the agot o may point out as a proper and legal trustee, to o, their sum until the parties interested shall have prvea right to receive it. " I am, Gentlemen, " Your most obedient humble servant' 1. (Signed) "H. M. ADDIN GTv' " To Messrs. Melhuish; Gray and Co." 01 VEBt4SL9 SPOKEN WlTH.—Margaretta, from Cad-ea in inst., lat. 44, lon. 11, by the Pearl, Pittuck, arr," 10, the river, Delhi Liverpool to Bombay lat. 48, d, by the Rhoda, Hills, arrived in the Dow ' ns. the Liverpool to Algoa 3ay, March 30, lat. 6, lon. 20, bl Oscar, Stead, arrived at Liverpool. Clyde, to Liverpool, 15th ult., lat. 26, lon. 80. Ann, .A.l0 b 0"-tbe St. John's, New Bunswick, lat. 39, ion. 47, , unt o Daphne, M`Millan, arrived off Salcombe. Incleponu.vsek. of Newcastle, bound to St. John's, New 10 11111 ,,„h . le l th 15th ult., lat. 42, lon. 50, by the Emerald, 1 6 ' 6- - .to arrived off Falmouth. Perseverance, Borclealei, Buctush, lat. 46, lon. 15, by the Windswortb, 5 arrived at Dublin. Woodbridge, brig, m TO' gow, March 17, lat. '5 N., lon. 20 W. ; a bar c l i ftl , - ' 1642, first distinguishing pendant, 22d ult. 30 ; Rariton, of New York, 30th, lat. 46, lon ; WO' Newport, to Bermuda, 2d inst., lat. 46, Jon. lu kinson, Troon to Algiers, 1 lib, lat. 49, lon. 10; 4 - 1 , o ci ..of Greenock, 12th, lat. 47, lon. 9 ; Hever, ( opt, from Hambrugh, 15th, lat. 49, lon. 6, by the Vandervoost, arrived off Falmouth. "", "-„. 3 1 1 Singapore, to Liverpool, 24th ult., lat. 42, 14)- 0 ,491 by the Sanspareil, arrived at Leith. . 11 1i . d .; Liverpool to New Orleans, 19th ult., off Cape ~t. Ark, Johnston; Matanzas to Cowes, 23d ult., lon. 66; Portland, London to St. John's, New 1 3111 3 ° 7 ; W St• with loss of fore top mast, 12th ult., lat. 49, ion, it , lo t ' 24th 0 2 ' 15G Mark, Williams, New York to Liverpool, 40, lon. 70 ; Minerva, Liverpool to Luna, Jan' 33 S., lon. 48 W. at H G e e r ne ß v o a ya o l n lgiln i day , and oukch:pss of lieet 06'14 lEcu de Geneve, t th e Hotel de ' , where apartments this m. dockyard , Pwri prepared for her. of 1 main - deck, and MIRACULOUS the shi • her abeuelsea' ~,,e0 ESCAPE.—A few days since , 011 6 e 0 , i 0 shipwrights engaged in repairing the Soper!), the b t : rotII: dweasclkeinndgedforf,aroamrdthfeell qthusroruteghtbelt ,tardy which he did not perceive, having been 01 2 „a arily blinded by the sun, in the glare of which L e a of just before been working. In his fall into the ~,0 1 0 the vessel, a depth of between 40 and SO feet, he e t ''` 5 , h via contact with a piece of half-inch deal, wilic- ling shivered into 20 pieces, and after turning an- ains d tutu° t over several times, he fell with considerable force ail the bottom of the vessel. His fellow-workmea Pidter him up to all appearance dead—but in a moment fici. they were astonished, as well as relieved, by the i r !, t he fication of the lucky fellow, Clapping hiss ban° C- ibie et a tho t part, lie exclaimed," Well, •I have hit myel f a ' from this tremendous out m a crack on the head" On examination it turr.d beyond a contusion of the thigh, no injury wht'te!f'erftir been sustained as a • land Conservative. - f 11 --- West qi IRELAND. C3URT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, DUBLIN, MAY 15. SEDUCTION---ANDREW GERITY V. THE HON. THOMAS O'G RAD Y. This was an action for the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter, and was set down fox hearing this morning. The jury were sworn, and Mr. M. J. Martin was pro ceeding on the part of the plaintiff to open the pleadings, when a communication was made by the defendant's agent to Mr. Martley, Q.C., plaintiff's leading counsel, who immediately after receiving it informed the Court that it would not be necessary to trouble his Lordship with the case, the parties having come to an arrange ment. The Learned Gentleman suggested that, as the jury had been sworn, the best course to take was to withdraw a juror. Judge PERRIN asked, was there to be a verdict ? Mr. Martley replied in the negative. Judge PERRIN then discharged the jury. The compromise was effected by Mr. O'Grady paying ' a sum of 601. to Miss Gerity. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. SEDUCTION-JAMES READE V. EDWARD HUDSON, GEN TLEMAN, ATTORNEY. 'This ease was called on for hearing at the sitting of the Court, and a special jury were empannelled to try it. After some conversation between the Learned Gentle men engaged on either side. Mr. Moons, Q.C. (addressing the Court) stated that the present action had been arranged, and it was agreed that a verdict for 250/. in favour of the plaintiff, and the costs, when taxed, should be entered as the verdict of the jury, This was accordingly done, to the great sur prise and apparent annoyance of a densely. crowded Court, and the parties interested then retired. The defendant in this action, a particularly well-look ing and fashionable person, about 30 years of age, re sides at Gardiner's-place, and is a member of the Dublin Corporation. Miss Heade, the daughter of the plaintiff, moves in the humble 'class of life. She is re presented as being a highly-sifted and most talented modeller, some of whose specimens in wax-work have attracted the attention and elicited the marked appro bation of several highly respectable families, including the Lord-Lieutenant and Countess De Grey. The young lady, who appeared at the entrance of the Nisi Prius Court, before the record was called on, was very modestly attired, and seemed to labour under consider able excitement. She was introduced, rumour has it, about fifteen months since, to Mr. Hudson by the elder member of a wealthy family, residing on the north side of the city. An intimacy sprang up—correspondence ensued—the defendant promised marriage—and with those professions succeeded in procuring her confidence, which he subsequently betrayed. The damages were laid at 2,0001. Among the witnesses in attendance on the part of the defendant were eight or nine ladies of reputed easy virtue. Their evidence; had the case gone on, would have been relied upon as tending to damnify Miss Reade's character previous to her acquaintanceship with Miss Hudson. Happily, however, the Court was spared the painful task of recording such testimony. MURDER.— On the 9th inst. an inquest was held before Mr. George Bradshaw on view of the body of John Furlong, 'who was found murdered near Cappa white. The inquest lasted for two days, and after a most patient investigation, the wife of deceased, together with her father, named Hayes, and his two sons, were committed to our county gaol, charged with having com mitted this diabolical act.—Tipperary Constitution. Tana AT CHELSEA.--About seven on Thursday , morning a fire broke out in an unfinished house, No. 4, Mark ham-square, Chelsea, which, owing to the inflammable ndture of the materials in the building, spread with frightful rapi dity. Several workmen weye on the premises at the time, and whilst some were endeavouring to check the progress of the flames, others were dispatched for the fire-engines. The local engines arrived first, and after them the lire Brigade and County enginei. There was an ample supply of water, and by half-past nine o'clock the fire was totally extin guished. It was confined to the premises, but these were completely gutted. The damage done amounts to nearly 3001., the building containing a great quantity of doors, win dow-frames, sashes, and other fittings, which bad been stored, therein prior to being used in other new erections. The fire originated from a spark flying from a stove and igniting some shavings. Messrs. Hunt and Humphrey, the owners of the premises, had insured them in the Guardian-office for 2001. The Journal du Havre says :—" General Boyer, e x-President of Hayti, arrived here this morning (Tuesday), en mute for Southampton, when he proceeds by the first packet to Jamaica. He has been preparing for some time past for this voyage, -by making remittances to Jamaica, the object of his going thither being the recovery of his health. The countenance of the General bears evident traces of suf fering, which may have been caused both by mental anxiety and the effect of the climate," ~,__ Gra /34 ' 3 and Th e tzi thr,v: