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SER , MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Tlil EVENING Will. be performed Rossini's Opera IL BARBTERE DI SIVIGLIA. Madame Grist; Bertha, Mdlle. Bellini ; 21 Conte d'Almavlva, Sig. Mario; Bartel°, big. Lablache ; Sig. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. The Dansituses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo pephine) will appear in some of their favourite Pas. Between the Acts of the Opera the Divertissement PECHEUR NAPOLIT.AIti, in which will be introduced the original Tarantella of Naples, and the Mazurka by the D.nscuses Vicnnoises, After the Opera the celebrated Spanish Danseuse, Dona Manuelea Peres, known as La Ner.a, and the celebrated Bolero Dancer. Don Felix Garcia, will appear in the Spanish National Dance " Bolero Caleta." Te conclude with the highly successful Divertissement, entitled NAPA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. The Music composed and arranged Siguof Pugni, and comprising Themes from the Norwegian Melo dies. The Principal Dances composed and arranged by M. Perrot; those of the Danseuses Viennoises by Madame Josephine Weiss. Kays, Mademoiselle Lucille Grahn ; L'Amour, Fraulein Fanny Pragher ; Berman. M. Gosselin ; Knud, M. Perrot. kpplications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bei office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ; to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully infbrmed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), ON TIICR3DAY NEXT, MAY 1, Whan will be performed Bellini's Opera I rUIaTANI. Elvira, Madame Grist ; Henrietta, Madame Bellini ; Arturo, Sig. Mario ; }accord°, dig. Fornasari ; Walton, Sig. A Glubilei ; Giorgio, Sig. Lablache. _ _ _ The Danseuses Vicnnoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine Weiss) will appear in their most admired Pas. With other Entertainments, in which Madame Anaide Castellan and Sag. Moriani, will appear. With various Novelties in the Ballet Department, and uniting the talents of Mdlle. Grahn, M. Perrot, M. St. Leon, and Mdlle. Cerito. In the course of the Evening a Divertissement, entitled LA VIVANDIERE. La Vivandiere, Mdlle. Cerito ; Le Postilion, M. St. Leon. After which, the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear in various national Pas of Spain. To conclude with the New Ballet Divertissement of KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. Kays, Mdlle. Lucille Grahn ; Knttd.3l. Perrot. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; to commence at Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE DESERT, BY FELICIEN DAVID. It is respectfully announeed that the LAST REPRESENTA TION of this celebrated Work will take place on MONDAY, May 5. Preceded by a Grand Miscellaneous Selection of Choral and Vocal Musie from the most classical Authors, and executed by the dis ttnguished Artistes of this Establishment. The Orchestra and Chorusses will include upwards of 200 Per formers, the whole under the dlrection of Sig. Costa. AMERICAN LIFE. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Bvo., JONATHAN SHARP; 08, THE ADVENTURES OF A KENTUCKIAN. Written by Himself. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. PROGRAMME. PART I —Pastoral Symphony—Beethoven. The Hunting Chorus. " Euryanthe"—Weber. " Les Hirondelles," Sig. Moriani—David. " Lascia Amor Segne Marte, Sig. Lablache—Handel. Chorus, " I Cieli immensi narrano —Martini. Duo, " Crudel perche Finora" —Mozart. " Let the Bright Seraphim," Madame A. Castellan ; Trumpet Obligato, Mr. Harper—Handel. " La Carita"—Rossini. Overture, " Anacreon"—Cherublni. PART 11—The Desert. The solo parts by Sig. Morianl. PROGRAMME OF THE DESERT. Part I.—Entrance to the Desert. . . - . Glorification of Allah ; grand chorus and orchestra—Arrival of the Caravan—Departure of the Caravan—Tempest in the Desert— litturn of the Calm—The Caravan resumes its march. Part IL—Night. The Evening Star—Halt of the Caravan—Hymn to the Night:: sung by Signor Moriani—Arabian Fantasia—The Dance of !the Aimcs—The Liberty of the Desert : grand chorus with orchestra — Evening reverie : melody sung by Signor Moriani, with chorus aad orchestral accompaniments—:Sleep ! THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 25. TrusussostETEß, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 67 ; Noon, 64. BAROMETER, 29.9.—W1ND, S. Nom—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the rhermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All tie other observations are made at noon. Part lII.L-Stm-rlse. Call of the Muezzin; original Arabian melody, with the Arabic words—The Caravan starts once more on its journey—The Cara van gradually disappears in the distance ; grand chorus and orches , tra—Silence in the Desert—The Song of Thanksgiving—Allah. Grand chorus final. Doors open at Half-past Seven ; to commence at Eight. Boxes, Tyro, Three, and Four Guineas each, may be had on appli cation at the Box-office, Opera Colonnade. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 24 minutes after 4 Evening .. 48 minutes after 4. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, Will be performed THE BRIDE OF I,I3IMERMOOR. Edgar, by M. Dnprez ; Colonel Henry Ashton, Mr. Burdini ; Arthur, Mr. Barker ; Raymond, Mr. Weiss ; Norman, Mr. H. Horncastie ; Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled ROBE R r AND BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet : -- Pas de Deux, by Millet. Adele and Louise. A New Polka, by 31(1.11e. Polio and M. Gasperini. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Lituana Pas Seul, by 31d11e. A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. La Sevi'Hanna, Spanish Dance, Mdila. Polinand M. Gasperia • The Box-office Is open daily, from Ten in the 31ornIng until Six m the Evening, where Privnte and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. .. . THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be produced a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDERS. Go',Rhumb, Mr. W. Farren ; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescuo ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover ; Chicken, Mrs. Hamby. After which, USED DP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Wurzel, Mr. J. Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Ilumby. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. John James Fernley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. Humby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTF. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN B, SUES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. Mr. Sungsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul 'Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortesene. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI MADAME CELESTE, (Directress of this Establishment,) re spectftilly informs the Nobility and the Public, that HER BENEFIT is appointed for WEDNESDAY NEXT, April 30, and peing the last week but one of her performing in London this season, in consequence of her provincial engagements, Mr. Webster will make his appearance in his celebrated Drama of THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Wien will be performed, 75th Time, Mr. Buckstone's successful New Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, supported by Messrs. Hudson. 0. Smith, Selby, Wright, Paul Bedford, Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Fitawilitam, and Madame Celeste. After which will be produced, let Time at this Theatre, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Ernest, Mr. Webster, In which he will give his celebrated personation of ,the Emperor Napoleon ; Margot (her original character) Madame Celeste. To conclude with, ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. St. George, ]Liss Woolgar. Tickets and Private Boxes to he had of Madame Celeste, 18, Suffidit-street, Pall-mall East, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Wallack ; Baron, Mr. Archer; Count Wintersten, 3lr. Courtney ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Cushman. To conclude with THE CASTLE OF ATMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beaumanoir, Mr. Walton ; Olivier, Mr. Allen ; Allard, Mr. C. Horn, Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Hime ; Renaud, Mr: N attacks ; Iron, Mr. Leffler ; llermine, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; e7ara, Miss Brentnall ; Yolande, Miss E. Homer; Eglantine, Miss O'Connor ; Gertrude, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack I Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Keeley, Miss Villars, and Mrs. Keeley. . - - - after which will he produced a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Dawson. .. To be followed by a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. To conclude with WATCH ASTD WARD. Tho Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Unparalleled Success of Mr. White's Trained Animals ; last week of their Performance in London. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA ; or, The Spanish Amazons. Entire Change of ths Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with an admired Farce. DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the immense sensation created by the Feats of Mr. Canfield, the American Samson, he will repeat his Herculean Feats every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed TH K. IRON CHEST. Sir Edward Mortimer, Mr. Henry Hughes; Wilford, Mrs. R. Honner. Alter which, THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS. Samson Hardhead, Mr. Marbie. To be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American Sampson. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. TIIIS EVENING Will be repeated MARGARET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. Onega and I'echuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Rianzbard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which, WALLACk„ The Hero of Scotland. Wallaco, Mr. Henry !toward... To conclude with NAPOLEON ; or, The Deserter and his Dog. in whi •It Messrs. Coney and Blanchard and their celebrated Do_ g Hector will perform. DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON!-GRAND OPENING FETES. First Exhibition of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested by 11. It. H. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage other molt Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, U. It. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. .MONDAY, May 5 ; TUESDAY, May 6 ; WEDNESDAY, May 7 and THURSDAY, May 8, 1845. A magnificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen, and the immortal Scott's " Ain Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor' Loch, as it formerly existed, the Carlton 11111, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Institution, Holyrood Palace, and all the most inter esting features of " Auld Reekie." The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he is delighted to say it met with his most decided and perfect approval, and from the more than usual care which has been observe,' in its execution, he points it put as the happiest production of Mr. Danson's pencil. The drawings were made by Mr. Danson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this Establishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr. GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com posing and arranging a varied and Pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will be produced in rotation, including some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of . rinEwoßKs ever attempted. The entire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the fires on the Carlton Hill, Arthur's Scat, and the sarrountling Moun tains, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings which took place on her Majesty's Visit will he accurately pour tra.y,d. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Royal and Patriotic T a bleau, Fifty Feet in Height, will he exhibi ted in the centre of the Lake • t The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, su rmounted • by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in_ troduced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Denson. Mr. Southby has been occupied for mouths in giving effect to this matchless and superb design, which combined with the Feux D'Arti he Salute and Discharge of Rockets from the Castl e and sur rounding t heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display e ‘ ' - , r witnessed. Feeding of the Carnivore, at half-past Four ; Pelicans, &c., at live : Concert, at Six; Adm and ission, chairPyrotei Di lingsplay, at Niue. Ohil AFFECTING CASE.—A very affecting instance of the uncertainty of life occurred at Elgin on Saturday, the sth inst., in the death of two sisters, the one named Marjory Adams, aged 81, and Elspet Adams or Simpson, aged 68. The former had been confined to bed by severe indisposition for several months past, and waa attended throughout her illness by her sister Elspet, until about a week previous to the above date, when she was also taken unwell; but no serious consequences were anticipated in her case. Elspet, however, was the first removed from this earthly scene, she having died on the morning of Saturday last, and her aged sister on the evening of the same day. What makes the case still , tuoroaffeeting is the circumstance that a brother-in-law - orthedecessed died next day.—Ross-shire Advertiser. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Friday) Evening, published in time for post, contained The Conclusion of the Day's Proceedings before the Railway Committees of the House of Commons. The examination of Kaillmack, at the Narylebone Police-court. The List of Appointments, Bankrupts, &c., from the London Gazette. The average price of Sugar for the Week. The Course of Exchange. The Parliamentary Proceedings of the Evening, being full Reports of the Proceedings before both Houses of Parliament up to a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. There was an Extraordinary Express Edition of The Sun, published at Half-past Eight -o'Clock (in time for Transmission by the last Railway Trains), containing the Conclusion of the Proceedings in the House of Lords—a Verbatim Report of the Speech of Sir R. Peel on the subject of the Scotch and Irish Banks,and a Full Report of the Proceed ings in the Heuse of Commons up to Eight o'Clock. 2 / 1 ,1114 LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1845. The House of Lords met at Five &Clock. Lord COTTENHAM brought in the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, which was read a first time. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice of a motion for a Com mittee to inquire into the operation of the Bankruptcy Act of last Session. _ _ Several petitions were presented on the subject of the Maynooth grant. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, in presenting some of these petitions, took occasion to say, that if her Ma jesty visited Ireland, she would meet with more cor diality than had been shown her in any country she had yet visited. The Duke of WELLINGTON replied---" I will tell her to-night." After a few words from the Earl of SHREWSBURY, The House adjourned. The House of Commons met at Four o'clock. Sir P. ECERTON moved that the Birkenhead, Man chester, and Cheshire Junction Railway may be per mitted to proceed. After a division the motion was ne gatived, the numbers being—For the motion, 66; against it, 81 ; majority, 15. Mr. GROCAN moved the second reading of the Agri cultural and Commercial Bank of Ireland Bill. Mr. WArsoN opposed it. It was, however, carried by a majority of eleven; the numbers being—Fur the second reading, 65 ; against it, 58. The House having resolved itself into Committee on the subject of the Scotch and Irish banking, Sir R. PEEL rose to give an outline of the measure which the Government proposed to introduce on this subject. He said that the House would bear in mind that the subject of banking had occupied a considerable portion of their attention last session, and that measures of great importance for the regulation of banking in Eng land had been adopted. Th? Right Hon. Gentleman then detailed at some length the measures which had been adopted for regulating the issues of the Bank of England and of Joint stock and Private Banks in this country. Those measures had been sanctioned upon the assumption that the standard of value in this country was a certain quantity of gold, defined both in point of weight and of fineness, and that a promissory note, un dertaking to pay so much, undertook neither more nor less than to deliver to the holder a definite quantity of gold of defined quality. The issuers of these notes were in possession of a valuable privilege, and the House had a perfect right to subject the issuers of that paper to such regulations as might be necessary for the public weal. It was also considered that there was no guarantee for the permanent convertibility of this paper currency, where competition in banking was unrestricted, and, consequently no safe guard against derangement of the currency, and, there fore, the Legislature had imposed a limit on the issue of promissory-notes. Now, as far as they could judge from their limited experience, there was every reason to be satisfied with the measure of last year. The restric- tions then imposed had not in the least degree cramped or fettered the enterprise of the country, nor bad prices been unduly affected ; and if, during the present fever of speculation, there had existed an unlimited power of creating new banks of issue, our monetary condition would have been less satisfactory than it is at present. The banks had acted fairly and honourably, discountenancing every attempt at evading the law. These enactments, however, applied exclusively to England in some respects ; but the Banks of Ireland and Scotland, although they enjoyed the ad vantages of monopoly created by that measure, were not subjected to any restriction in their issues, like the Eng lish banks. The question was, whether the law should be extended to the whole of the United Kingdom ; and the sooner that question was considered the better; and if he thought the general principle could not be applied beneficially to Ireland and Scotland, he would be the last to propose it ; but he was convinced that the principle might be beneficially applied to those countries. Ire- land had what Scotland had not—a National Bank. There were also laws of the Irish Parliament, regulating joint.stock banks, which seemed to conflict with the acts of the Imperial Parliament. The Government in tended, at a more leisure moment, to amend and conso lidate those laws. Nothing could be more liberal than the manner in which the Bank of Ireland conducted its business, but still its exclusive privileges were produc- tive of great inconvenience ; - and the Bank D- rectors had signified that, if the Joint-Stock banks were placed under restrictions as to issues, they should have no objection to their being permitted to establish themselves in Dublin, and they had also intimated their desire that there should be no form of oath preventing Roman Catholics from becoming Directors of the establishment, or from entering into its service. He proposed to do away with this dis tinction, and to make the qualification for a Roman Catholic cr for a Protestant the same. He proposed that the Bank of Ireland should still continue the banker of the Government, and that the rate of interest should be the same for ten years to come. He proposed that the Bank of Ireland should make the same weekly return as was at present made by the Bank of Eng land, and thus the Banks of Ireland would be placed on the same footing as those of England and Scotland. Ha would leave to the Banks of Ireland and Scotland the privilege which they at present possessed, of issuing notes below the value of V., without any restriction as to the proportion which the small notes were to bear to notes of a higher value ; and leaving to them these pri vileges, he would apply to them the same prin elplea which had been applied to banks of issue in this country. He would ascertain the amount of issue of each Bank on averages taken from 27th April last, thirteen lunar months, which would regulate the circulation—to that amount they might issue, as they did at present—all issues beyond that must be upon the basis and security of gold. Ile proposed that a return of the amount of notes issued from each bank, on the last day of business in the week, should be taken, for it would make a material difference in the amount of Scottish circulation, whether they took the daily averages of notes, or whether they took the return on the last day of circulation. 'What he proposed, therefore, was, after having defined the amount which each bank should issue for the future, to require each bank to certify the amount of its weekly issue—or rather the amount of its issue as it appeared on the last day of the week. Thus, in Scotland, as in Ire land, they would take the period of four weeks, and de- , '' •-\ s,. • be f-cf.:C ~,,,,,,„: ~ %-- . ~.. '. !kt 4r..... i' 1 ~ *- _.,_-_,-,- ! ft - ' ' - ' Viglikli ' * di . * ::: ,, 4 0p.: - t'', ., . ...., 61, 11* . N6k , i... , .7 'it —•• , :,„A"'-''S733 s3 P""tlelg, ..,4",;:. DIE c , '1,0;,... ,, , .;, Is • - ' TUE SUM, LONI S -0,14T, SATTYRD.AY _MOR:WINC} tercuine the average of that period of four weeks. If the average of the four weeks did not exceed the sanount of the permitted isstp, in that case no restraint whatever would be imposed on the bank. But if the issue for the four weeks exceed the permitted amount, in that case the excess, whatever it may be, shall be issued in specie. Provided the issue of the banks was kept within the average of the last fourteen months, no inquiry would be made; but if they should be in excess, it would be required that that excess should be founded on sufficient security. They were to return the amount of specie held by them, and the Government was to possess the power of inquiry. They would require from each bank a return of the amount of the weekly issues, and also a return of each description of issue, distinguishing between the 51. notes and all those above 5/. ; and also a return of the amount of gold held by each; but that, of course, would be a confidential communication to the Government. The Government would also require the fullest information in reference to the position of all the partners of those banks, just as they did nt present in this country. Of course, the return of the amount of gold held by each bank would be a confidential communication for the use of the Government alone, and no use whatever would be made of it. But in case any bank should issue beyond their limit, it would then be necessary to publish a statement to the effect that the Irish Bank had issued beyond the amount of specie which it holds, without at the same time stating to what amount. They would publish a statement to the effect that the bank has exceeded its issue, but would take care that it held gold to the amount of that excess ; and, of course, the usual monthly publication would be made from the Stamp • office. Such was the plan proposed by the Government. He was not aware that he had omitted any point on which he ought to have touched, but if be had he should be happy to answer any ques tions which Hon. Members might put to him on the subject. The Right Hon. Baronet afterwards, in answer to various questions from different Hon. Members, en tered into explanations as to the different details in the working of his plan, for which we must refer our readers to the full report of the proceedings which appears in our Parliamentary Intelligence. The House was subsequently addressed by Mr. C, WooD, Mr. BARING, Mr. H UME, and other Hon. Members; after which the resolution of Sir R. PEEL was agreed to. The House then went into Committee on the May nooth Bill, and a vote of 30,0001. from the Consolidated Fund was agreed to, Mr. LAW declaring that on the bringing up of the report of the Committee he should move that it be received that day six months. Minister of Finance is authorised to effect the reimbursement of the Five per Cents. at the rate of 100 f. for each 51. of rente, or the conversion into Fonr-and-a-Half per Cent. de clared not convertible for seven years. Silence on the part of the stockholders was to be interpreted as acceptance of the offer thus made. Stockholders were to be allowed twenty days, for France, to make their demand for reimbursement, a mouth for Europe or Algeria, and a year for other countries, dating from the day on which the ordinance should be issued fixing the conditions of the present Bill. The alteration was a guarantee of ten in place of seven years against the reduction of that stock when converted into the Four -and-a-Half per Cents. The second clause was under discussion at the hour of post. The report of the Committee on supplementary and extraordinary credits for the year 1844 , 45 has been completed, and was to be laid before the Chamber on Wednesday. ' The revenue, it states , was expected to yield in that year a surplus of 24,947,836 f, but had yielded nearly twice as much-42,000,000f. ; yet, owing to extraordinary credits upon the treasury, there had been a deficit of 24,123,500 f. The Committee are strongly opposed to such a ruinous system, and state that "such a result is calculated to make the Chamber most seri ously reflect. It; in a year in which general prosperity has yielded a surplus revenue of 42,000,0001. more than the budget had reckoned, we close the same year with a deficit of more than 24,000,0001., what would the situation of our finances be if unfortunate circumstances were to diminish or stop up several sources of our revenue at the same time that they aggravated the charges that weigh on our coun try? If, from the interior of France, we turn our eyes to the great powers of Europe, we find that they are restoring an equilibrium between their receipts and their expenses; that they are reducing their debts, and effecting savings, as if, in anticipation of events that may compel them to bring into play their whole strength, they were re serving resources for the future, and providing for all con tingencies. Thus it is that at the moment we are about to close the financial year of 1843 with a defalcation of 39,826,728 francs, England is closing that year with a sur plus of receipts of 36,118,706 francs." Among other items in this financial document are 44,0001. as compensation to the owners of two British ships which had been expelled unjustly by the French authorities from the Bay of Portendick, and prevented frem taking a cargo of gum which was ready for loading. Notes had been ex changed on the subject between the Cabinets of London and Paris, and Commissioners appointed, without coming to any decision, when the question was referred to the arbitration of the King of PRUSSIA, who awarded this sum, including interest. The demands of the British Government were stated at 1,903,608 f. There is also a sum of 55,000 f. as compensation to British agents who were compelled to quit f Morocco when the French fleet bombarded the coast. These grants are expected to excite some angry speeches from the Opposition. The following are additional extracts from the papers : " In the sitting of the Swiss Diet of the 19th. it was decided The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the House adjourned at Nine o'Clock. after some discussion, that the Jesuit question should be adjourned to the next ordinary session in the month of July. The deputy of Lucerne then demanded that the Diet should at once cashier the officers of the federal army who had formed part of the free corps. To this it was replied, that 113 was going somewhat too fast for the slow machinery of the federative system. A smart exchange of recriminatory language took place between the deputy of Lucerne and M. Briatte, the deputy of Vaud. The latter terminated the sitting by a strong declaration against the appre ciation of the late political cornmotions in the canton of Vaud made by M. Guizot in his second dispatch of March 25. This de claration was inserted in the minutes,' and produced a marked sen. sation in the assembly and the diplomatic corps." " The Semaphore of Marseilles contains a letter from Damietta, which gives an account of the termination of the affair in which an unfortunate Copt wag killed by the populace after most shaman' ill-treatment, and the French Consul's house was injured by the mob. On the formal complaint of this gentleman the Governor of Damietta, Aly Bey, has been condemned to degradation, to an imprisonelens of six years in the fort of Aboukir, and to pay an indemnity to the Copt's family. The ulemas of Damietta have been also punished in the person of their chief, Haly Ilafagy, who is exiled to Tantah. Kalil Bey has been made Governor in Aly Bey's place." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on the 23d instant at 851. IS5c. ; the Five per Cents. at 118 E tiOc. ; Orleans Shares, 1,2201. ; Rouen, 1,105 f. ; Vierzon, 8591. ; Havre, 9221. 50c. ; Avignon, 1,030 E ; Basle, 295 f. ; Spanish Actives, 401 ; Ditto, Three per Cents., 42 ; Ditto, Passives, 7.4. The division on Mr. WARD'S motion has placed some Members in a singular position. Sir ROBERT INGLIS lost a considerable portion of his supporters, or in words which the Tories delight to use when speaking of Mr. O'CoNseenn's influence over his colleagues, part of his tail. Mr. HINDLEY, the most conspicuous for religious principle in discussing this question, deserted his Tory leader and voted with Mr.WARD. Others, more consistent, did not vote at all. Among these were, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, Mr. WAKLEY, Mr. ELLICE, jun., Mr. Fox MAULE, &C. Their conduct was prudent ; but what is to be said of Mr. lIINDLEe? He votes for a measure, the object of which is to take a certain sum from funds ap plicable to ecclesiastical purposes in Ireland, and appropriate it for the maintenance of Popery. Had Mr. WARD'S party been strong enough, the grant to Maynooth would have remained the same, and the only difference ss ould have been, that 26,0001. would have been taken from the Irish Protestant Church in place of the Consolidated Fund. The religious scruple, therefore, is thrown overboard, and to this point must all the objectors of the same class come at last. To resist the measure on religious grounds is a prin ciple which is utterly untenable, and must lead to inex tricable confusion ; it would raise a rebellion in Canada, it might shake the foundations of our empire in India, and would render our colonies even more hostile to the Protestant Church than the Roman Catholics of Ireland. Religion, some men say, will admit of no worldly rea sons, and if the party that votes against any favour to Maynooth resolve to take the consequences, which might be a rebellion in the sister island, they must op pose every grant to Popery, and Hindoeism, and every religion except the true one, though the desperate re solution, if effectual, would destroy the British em pire. It is evident the affairs of the world cannot be carried on with such principles ; and all rational men, therefore, adapt themselves to circumstances, and sub mit even to plans at variance with their religious views, fur the sake of peace and security. The argument that no money should be voted to an Established Church of any description is, we fear, in aristacratic r.ngland, equally untenable. But that principle, too, has been often entirely forgotten when the Catholic religion, and more especially the Catholic religion irs"ind, was not mixed up with the question. A grant of 10,0001. a year is paid out of the Consolidated Fut.d to make up small livings in Scotland to 1501 a year, though there are ample teinds for that purpose belonging to the Established Church. The landlords robbed the Church of a part of the tithes, and some of the descendants of these very landlords, on religious principles, voted with Sir ROBERT INGLIS against a paltry grant to a Church which had been robbed of its entire inheritance. The union of robbery and religion exhibits strange phenomena. The Church of England, too, the wealthiest Church in the world, has received large subsidies from the State—enough to provide for the religious instruction of the whole Irish people—yet that fact is lost sight of, and the wrath of the voluntaries is reserved for the unfortunate Irish. Their day of relief, however, is at hand. Neither Sir ROBERT PEEL nor Sir JAMES GRAHAM could urge any reason for refusing them an act of justice, and they are still sup ported by that consistent party which suffered so much for Ireland, and finally carried Catholic Emancipation. Lord IlowicE on Thursday spoke out as he has always done, like a statesman and a man of honour. " I have,'' said he, " always regarded the Church of Ireland in the same light as my Right Hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh. I have always regarded the maintenance of the Irish Church on its present footing as contrary to every principle of justice and policy. I believe, in my conscience, the maintenance of that Church has been the great obstacle to the spread of the Protestant religion. I am so persuaded of the truth of the great principles of that religion, that I firmly be lieve, if they were given fair play, if they were not weighed down by the injustice of the system to which they are united, they must in three centu ries have taken root and flourished in the soil of Ireland as they have done in other countries." Lord PALMERSTON, though belonging to another school of politics, was no less explicit. "It is impossible," said his Lordship, " that the present state of things in Ire land, as regards the religious establishments of the two sections into which the country is divided, can be per manent. You have there a population of about eight mil lions, very nearly seven millions of whom are of a religion different from the eighth:million—you have a large Church Establishment, which is appropriated to the instruc Lion of only one half of the Protestant minority—by en annual grant you have contributed to the reli gious instruction of the remaining portion of the Pro testant minority. Can you then, for a moment, con template as permanent a system under which six and a hell' or seven millions of the poorest of the people of Ireland receive religious instructions from a priesthood dependent upon eleemosynary contribu tions ; who go from house to house, from farm to farm, and from cabin to cabin, collecting the wretched pittance fur their precarious subsistence ?—(Cheers.) What ever may be the feelings of a large portion of the House, and whatever the feelings of a large portion, I admit, of the people of this country, I maintain that a provision for the Roman Catholic priesthood is a measure which Government and the House, at no distant period, will be compelled, from a sense of justice, to entertain." The accounts from Madrid are to the 17th inst. On that day the Chamber of Deputies adopted the war budget. Senor Montl.t.o had proposed an amendment for the purpose of placing the provincial regiments, or national militia, in their former position, and thereby making a saving of 20,000,000 reals, but he withdrew it at the request of the Minister of War, who said every possible reduction consistent with public safety had been made in the army. The follow ing piece of gossip appears in one of the Opposition papers : "TOLEDO. APRIL 15.—Yesterday evening tl.e son of the cele brated English Minister, Sir Robert Peel, who is an attache to the British Embassy at Madrid, arrived hither. At the moment that the said foreigner's carriage passed the post of the Alcantara gate, the carabineers on duty approached in order to examine it. Without any other ceremony, Sir Robert Peel's son presented to the carabineers a pair of double-barrelled pistols. In return for this delicate attention tne carabineers rushed to their arms, being anxious to repay the young foreigner in the same coin, end to make hint understand that, in such m:.tters, Spaniards are not a sluggish people. This amicable interview might have been attended with very unpleasant consequences, had it not been put a stop to by the interposition of the civil employes. The poli tical chief, being informed of what was passing, sent for the Englishman, when the latter said, with the candour which charac terises the English, that he did not understand the Spanish lan guage, and that he had presented his pistols to the carabineers for the sole purpose of ascertaining whether a duty must be paid on them The political ch:ef being convinced by this satisfactory reply, suffered the ycung foreigner to depart, Oh i if he had been a Spaniard." 'rite Three per Cents. were done at 35 at GO days; the Five per Cents. at 25 9-16 at 60 days; the Coupons at 28i at GO days; and the Debt without interest at 84 at 60 days. The French Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday adopted, with a slight alteration, the first clause of the Bill for rc•• ducing the Fire-per-Cent Stock, which is as follows:—the SUMMARY OF NEWS AND - Publtt 4,lvtaton. " Who rum, snug eatt." FOREXG2q. On Monday, at four o'clock, the Ring of the French, the Queen, and her Royal Highness Madame Adelaide went to /*WHY, accompanied by General Gourgaud, CoIone! Dumas, and two orderly officers. At six o'clock the royal party returned to the Tuileries. In the evening their Majesties received the Prussian, Portuguese, Hans Towns, Saxe Weimar, and Tuscan Ministers, Marshal Molitor, &c. M. Quizot was much better on Wednesday. He had passed a good night, and the pain had completely left him. _ The eom mittee on the Bill for the arming of the fortifications of Paris has resolved to put a clause into the. Bill, by which the materials fur the arming of the fortifications shall be prepared and deposited at Bourges, from which place it will not be allowable fur the Ministry to remove them without a special law to that effect, to be passed by both Chambers. The Ministry have agreed to the amendment. Some of the Paris papers attach much importance to * letter from Rome, announcing that a decree, dated the 7th, has been pub lished by the Sacred College, proscribing several works, amongst which are the " Manuel du Droit Public Ecclesiastique' of M. Dupin ; the work of M. Michelet, entitled " Du Pretre, de la Femme, de la Famine;" the " Manuel de Philosophic" of M. Mallet, and M. Cousin's " Cours de l'Histoire de la Philosophic." phis proceeding of the Sacred College is rather violently attacked, and some severe observations are made upon the Pope. Mr. Buller was expected to leave Madrid for England about the end of this month. The Journal du Havre of the 22d gives the following :—" The Hamburgh steamer packet arrived yesterday evening from Rotter dam, with 200 passengers on board, who came from the banks of the Rhine to proceed to the United States. For the last two months a vast number of emigrants from Germany have flocked to this port, and each American packet takes out a fullcargo of them." 1,41A 7 7 AND -,poyaer. The Master of the Rolls has granted an injunction, restraining a publican named Sarsan from using any labels, purporting to be the labels of Guineas and Co., and from selling any stout under the name of Guiness's stout. It appeared that several publicans have been in the habit of vending a spurious article as genuine Guiness's stout. _ _ In the cases of Stone v. Stone, in the Court of Arches, which was a suit for divorce, Sir H. J. Fust refused to make any addition to the alimony of Mrs. Stone pendente lite. y he had admitted the adultery, and a bare subsistence was all she was entitled to. Richard Dunn, the well-known suitor of Miss Burdett Coutts, was discharged from custody by the Bankruptcy Court. At the Middlesex Sessions John Berry, the man who was com mitted some short time since from Bow. street Police-court, for cruelly ill-treating his child, a boy about ten years of age, was dis charged, on giving security to appear for judgment when called upon. The Learned Judge commented in severe terms upon the cruelty of the prisoner's conduct. John Hitchen, a person who had been in the emp!oyment of Messrs. Cooke and Gladstone, of St. Paul's Churchyard, charged with having extensively plundered the firm, was remanded from the Maasion.house. At Quits:Mall, Thomas Harvey, a young man lodging in Leg alley, Long.acre, charged with stealing six bagatelle balls from the Grecn Dragon Tavern, Fleet-street, on the 17th inst., was committed for trial. A labouring man named Jeremiah Dunn, living in Rose-street, Long.acre. applied to Mr. Twyford, the sitting magistrate, at Bow street, to direct the insertion of a notice in the Hue and Cry, rela tive to the loss of his child, a little boy about five years old, who was missed from his home at an early hour on Monday last. He stated that the child was dressed in a blue frock, and was of a pale complexion. At Worship street George Hyde, a journeyman tailor, whose head was enveloped in bandages, was charged with cutting and wounding a man named Tames Gregg, who is now lying in the London hospital in a dangerous state. The parties had got drunk, and afterwards had had a desperate fight. Several persons present interfered, a row ensued, and in the nuke both the prisoner and the prosecutor were stabbed. The prisoner himself was in such a dangerous state that the Magistrate ordered his instant removal to the hospital. COURT-FASHION.A.BLE. Prince George of Cambridge is expected to arrive in this coun. try in the course of the present month, and the Lords Commis sioners of the Treasury have desired the Commissioners of Cm. toms to issue the necessary directions to their officers at the ports of London, Dover, and Southampton, to afford every facility and dispatch in the landing aid delivery of his Royal Highness's bag gage, carriages, and effects. . Baron and Baroness Rothschild will give a grand dinner to the Duke de Broglie on the 4th of the ensuing month. The Duke has accepted invitations to official and other banquets until the end of the ensuing month. when the Duke is expected to return to the French capital. The Marquis of Chandos and suite embarked on Sunday last in the steamer Princess Victoria, Captain Jackson, and landed at Antwerp on Monday morning. Viscount and Viscountess Loftus are daily expected in town from the Continent. It is said his Lordship will offer himself as a candidate for the representation of the borough of Woodstock, vacant by the resignation of the Marquis of Blandford. Lord Grantley has arrived in town from hts seat, Wonersh, near Guildford. The Hon. Lady Menzies is staying at the Hon. G. C. Norton's, Wilton-place. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton entertained at dinner on Thurs day, at his Lordship's mansion in Belgrave.square, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn and Lady Caroline Gower, Viscount and Viscountess Emlyn, the Hon. Miss Copley, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. Barry, Mr. Panizzi, &c. MISCELLANEOUS. The Lord Mayor gave a splendid entertainment on Wednesday to the Judges, the Sergeants-at.lsw, and several officers of the Cor poration, at the Mamion-house. _ _ _ It having been recently discovered that the whole of the archi trave of St. Paul's Cathedral was composed of white marble, work men, within the last few days, have been busily employed 3n re moving the thick coating of black paint with which for years it had been covered, revealing, as they proceed, carvings of the most beautiful description. As the whole of the exterior of the western front is to undergo this renovation, it is uncertain how long it will be ere the Ecaffoldiag is removed. The Duke of Broglie visited the cathedral on Sunday, and occupied the Dean's seat. The boys in the habit of congregating abaut Trafalgar-square appear to be in no way intimidated from injuring the fountains by the exemplary punishment of a youth last week, at Bow-street, for chipping the masonry. They seem to take great delight In throw , ing stones, pieces of wood, or any other missiles, into the dolphin's mouths, under the jets, to close the orifices, and in some of those the water is stopped or flows but partially. The constant attention of two policemen is insufficient to prevent these mischievous pranks, for as fast as the boys are dispersed on one point they assemble on another, or return to the same place immediately that the consta. ble's back is turned. Neither threats nor entreaties will induce them to forego their sport. It appears that Messrs. Sansum, Day, and Sutton, to afford their Birmingham friends an opportunity to visit London in the Whitsun week, have made some very judicious and excellent arrangements with the London and Birmingham Railway Company, to convey a limited number of persons, for which two special trains have been engaged—one to leave Birmingham on Whit. Monday, and to return from London on the Thursday following ; and the other to quit Birmingham on Whit. Tuesday, and to return from London on the Monday following. The tickets, " there and back," to be only l i s. 6d. each. On Tuesday the noble steamship, City of Aberdeen, arrived in the river, having brought to market 322 chests of eggs, value 1,2001., the largest quantity that ever came from Scotland in one bottom; 103 head of fine fat cattle, 15 tons of fresh meat, 10 tons of pickled pork, 70 boxes of fresh salmon, a considerable num ber of live pigs, and a large quantity of manufactured goods, butter, haddocks, and other provisions. Nearly 1,000 chests of eggs from Ireland were landed on Monday. The Royal Exchange Company, in the course of Thursday, signified it as their intention to pay for the damage done to the Robin Hood Tavern, Holborn, by the gas explosion on the 23d instant. Mr. Coates, the hatter, opposite, states he had a most narrow escape; he was seated near his door, when a plank one foot long, was forced through his window, and a wooden cornice, weigh ing 211b5., hurled within a few inches of him. A ball took place on Wednesday evening, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in aid of the funds of the Club of True High landers. It was well attended, and the dancing was kept up with great spirit until an early hour in the morning. The band was led by Guiness, and Mr. Menzies of f iciated as master of the cue monies. Mr. George Genge's annual concert took place on Wednesday evening at Crosby Hall, and was attended by a numerous and highly respectable company. Several of the pieces were encored. A se. lection from Donniaetti's opera of the Love Spell was capitally sung by Messrs. G. Genge, Rennie, Morgan, and the conductor, Mr. F. Smith. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun . of Last Night.) The Sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were again large, being 15,000 bales, one-half of which was on specu lation. Middling and common qualities of American were lAd. per lb. higher than at the close of last week.— Shares were rather firmer than on Wednesday, but were not quite supported to the close : Armagh and Port Rush, 58s 6d. 31.; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 10 3 / 4 11% ' • Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4 1 / 4 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 59%; Belfast and Bal lymena, 7 1 4 %; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12 11% ; Caledonian, 11 %; Ditto, Extension, 3%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 8% 8; Chester and Birkenhead, 48 46%; Chester and Holyhead, 15 3 / 4 ; Chester and Preston Brook, 3; Chur net Valley, 7 6%; Clitheroe Junction, 3%; Cork and Ban don, V% 1 A ; Cork and Killarney, 3%; Cork and Waterford, 2% ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, Ku • Dublin and Drogheda, 1 ./ ; ; Dublin and Galway, 5% • Dublin, Mullin gar, and Athlone, 3 1 / 4 ,• Dundalk and Enniskillen, 5%135. 3d ; Eastern Counties, 19%; Ditto, Perpetual, VA ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarter. Shares, %; Edinburgh and Northern, 2 3 / ; Glasgow and Ayr, 62 ; Grand Junction, 227 ; Ditto,- Half Shares, 113% ; Great Southern and Western, 18; Ditto, Extension, 131 ,8 ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 6% . 1 / 2 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8% 9 ; Inverness and Elgin, 1% 5 / 8 ; Inverness and Perth, ; Limerick and Waterford, BJ/ 4 % ; Liverpool and Manches ter, New Shares, 37% ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% 21. 3s. 6d. ; London and Birmingham, 234%; London and Brighton. 63 ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 4 1 / 4 ; London and York, 3 4 ; Direct Northern, 4; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6% ,• Lynn and Dereham, 3 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, ; Ditto, New Shares, 5 1 4%; Manchester and Buxton, 5%; k an. chester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 8% ; Ditto Quarter Shares, 19% ; Midland Railway, 154;- I)itto, 40/. Shares, 18; Newark and. Sheffield, 6 1 ,E ; Newcastle and Darlington, 51; North British, Half Shares, 4 3 / 4 %; North Union, (A), 145 1 ,4 • North Wales Mi nera l, 17% ; Di tto, N ew Shares, 5% ; North Western, 4% ; North Wales, 3 ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 4 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 375. ; Preston and Wyre, 35 •, Runcorn Gap, 32% ; Sheffield and Manchester, 124 1 / 124 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 2fis. ; Shrews bury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4 3 % 5; South-Eastern and Dover, Now Shares, No. 3, 7 3 / 4 - ; Trent Valley, 18%; Trent Valley Continuation, 2% 2% ; Ulster, 50; Waterford and Kilkenny, 4 1 4%; West Yorkshire, 6% ; Wexford and Car low, 4 1 / 2 ; Worcester and Tring, 4% ; Dijon and Mulhouse, 2%; Paris and Lyons English, (Laffitte's), 21. 16s. %; Paris and Lyo ns (G ar i neron ' s ) , 2% ; P ar i s an d Rouen, 42 1 4 ; Paris and St. Quentin, 395. We have no arrivals to-day. There has not been much business done in Stocks to-day, and they continue a little flat. Consols for present transfer have been marked 99 to 98%, and for time 99 to %. Ex chequer-bills have been 555. to 60s. prem. New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 100 3 / to 101, and the Three per Cents. 97% to 97 1 /. Bank Stock has been 203% to 210 1 . Then) have been a few sales pressed both in Reduced Three per Cents. and Consols. The same apathy exists in the Foreign Market, though the quotations in a few instances are somewhat firmer. Spanish Bonds have not been officially marked all the morn ing. Mexican have been supported at 37 5 4 %. Colombian have been 15 3 / 4 . Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. have been marked 63 1 4 to %, which is a slight improvement. With one or two exceptions, Railway Shares continue de pressed. Churnet Valley have rallied a little, having been up to 7%. Caledonian have been 10% to 11 1 4. Direct Northern are rather weak. Aberdeen, after being down to 3%, have ralli e d t o . 4 1 % 8 . Bristol and Gloucester have re ceded 57% and 55. tVestend and Sout Item Counties Junction have improved to % premium, owing to the non-compliance of the South Eastern with the standing orders. The French lines are still weak, but occasionally the "scrips," or promises, as the Parisians term them, are picked up at small premiums byparties inclined to await the adjudi cation ; and before this takes place, there will probably be a re vival of speculation in them, so uncertain is it which Company will prove successful. Of course the profit on the fortunate line, judging by the prices of those already constituted by Act of the French Legislature will be of some amount. ONE • CLOSIN 4 ; PRICES OF BRITISH. FUNDS. 0%21.0( K. PRICES. Bank Stock . . .......» 210 1 / 2 209 1 / 2 209 1 .4 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 % per Cents lOWA 101 100 3 / 4 100 3 / 4 Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 11 1 / 2 % 11% Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001.. .. ••••••• 74 74 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account... ••••••• Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1 1 /d.... Ditto 5001. - ...._ 97% 97% 991/ g 99 99 58 60 pm. 60 58 60 pm. 60 Ditto Small pm. 60 ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS , PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839...... 86 1 / 2 Colombian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 153 15% Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... 88% 88% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 37%% 37% Ditto Account Ditto, Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 30% 30% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive ..1 2 , 4 Ditto 3 per Cent. ... .. Ditto, Account Dutch, 212 per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certnic 97%% 97% PRICES OF CLOSING BALL - WAY SHARES PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Birmin and Gloucester. 100 132% 131% Ditto % Shares Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bristol and Exeter 7O Do. New .. . Bristol and Gloucester... 30 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 / 2 Chester and Holyhead... 5 Cilurnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton l% Cornwall Direct Northern Direct Norwich I .üblin and Belfast June 2% ll% Dublin, Belfast, and 85 1 4 17% Coleraine Dublin and Galway 21%...... 3' - 1 8 4 1 ,A ...... ... Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 / 2 5 1,2 Eastern Counties 25 ..... 19% 3 / 4 Eastern Union l5 .. .. Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ely and liediord . ..... ... 14 ...... 2 3 / 4 % Great South. and West. ( Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of Scotland 2% 2% oiuildford, Fare'in,Forts. 2 1 / 2 ._ sth Harwich Hull ar d Selby 5O lOO Do. Half Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 20 Londo" and Birrninghin (5t0ck)...233 10;74 16 1 / 2 7/4 0% 1012 Do. New Thirds Do. 4 Shares London and Blackwall. 16/. 138.4 d 9 London and Brighton... 50 Do. Consolidated Bths 16 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 17% 1 / 2 % Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Londonderry& Coleraine 2! ...... Londonderry and Ennis killen 2 l/2 — L:ndon and S. Western 4116 s 10d 80 79 3 / Do. New London and York 2 l /2 4%%% 41% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil l_ 2 l / 2— .. 2 1 / 2 % 2% Lynn and Ely Manchester and Birmin.t.lo Midland... 100 Do. New Midland, Birm.,Derby 100 Newark and SLetlield ... 1 1 / 2 • ••• 5 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction ... 25 ..„... 50 49 ...... . ... 50 Nowoas.le and Berwick 1 1 / 2 l 3 l /2 1231 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo 120 Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 ,4 North British Do. New North Kent Norwich and Brandon... 10 DJ., New ... ..... ..... 1 Richmond and West End Junction Scottish Central 63 26 17% 4% 17% 414 5 17 434 z-cottish Midland I 1 ••• • 3%1/ Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 l / 2, , , 41 / ,11/~.. South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 40. 4 41% Do., No. 2. Do~ No. 3 South Wales .... ~, 2% 5% 61/ 6% Staines and Richmond... 1 Trent Valley Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 3% 4 1 / s 4 l /s York and North Midland 50 lO3 102 11 4 10 2 14 Do. Selby Do. Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... 2% Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... , 414 % Namur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ...... 15 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 ...... 103 11 104.. Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's -, Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Royal North of Spain ... 2 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's ...... ...... 2 JOINT STOCK BANKS. London & Westminster. 20 National Provincial of Englnd Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of Australia MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 24.—The sales are :—Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4 ; Grand Junction, New Quarters, 44; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 65 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 57 1 / 2 ; Man chester, Bury, and Rossendale, 17% ; Midland Railway Consols, 154 ; Ditto, Preferential, 3% '% ; North British, New Shares, 5 1 / s ; Preston and Wyre, 3! , ; South Eastern, No. 3,7%; Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 3%; Barnsley Junction, 8 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 3% % ; Birkenhead, Man chester, and Cheshire Junction, 103 4 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 91,8 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 11% % ; Caledonian, 11 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 8 7% ; Clitheroe Junction, 3% 1% prem. ; Churnet Valley, 6% ; Direct Northern, 4 1 4 ; Ely and Bedford, 3 1-16 ; Glasgow and Dum fries, 245. ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junction, 20s. ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6 1 4 %; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 9 3-16; Leeds and Thirsk, 4% ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6% % ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2 3 % 11-16 ; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 4%; London and York, 3 15-16 4 ; Manchester and Buxton, 5 1 4 ; Newark and Sheffield, 5%; North Western, 4%; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2% prem. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, 4 15.16 ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton Dudley. &c., 4 1 4 ; Southport and Euston, 2% ; Trent Valley Con tinuation and Jiolyhead Junction, 3 1 4 13-16 prem. ; West Yorkshire, 6 ; Whitehaven and Furness, 3 _,• Bordeaux, Tou louse, and Cette, 2%; Rochdale Canal, 54%. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 81 Gibraltar...—. ..... .. Ditto, at sight l2 61 Leghorn ...... ...... ... 31 Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Genoa Antwer - - 26 15 Milan 10% L', 4 ' 1 2% 271,i Hambnrgh M.B. 14 0 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Marseilles 26 10 Bourdeaux 26 15 Frankfort on Mains 123 Venico Naples . Palermo, per oz ll9 Lisbon Oporto .. Rio Jano;to Bahia Petersburgh, 3 Us... Berlin Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 10 2 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Bilbao Bareniena Seville Buenos .4yl 4s New Yo. k :::dyssight , Ptucte.4:;l* BULLION, I'ICR OZ Foreign .3,.....1,bar5..£3 17 9 Portal3a . 91d Coin 3:7 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dv2.ais 0 4 9 : Silver it) Vvis 0 4 10, COURT CIRCULAR. Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, the Queen, attended by Lady Caroline Cocks, arrived at Gloucester House in an open carriage, to pay a visit of congratulation to her royal relative. Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting, attended her Majesty on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert also visited the Royal Duchess. The Queen Dowager, (attended by the Hon. Miss Mitchell), her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal High ness the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, their Royal High nesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, visited the Duchess of Gloucester during the day, to congratulate her Royal Highness on the auspicious return of her natal day, and her return to a state of convalescence from the effect of her recent cold. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Phillipstahl paid a visit to her Royal Highness. Many of the nobility and gentry called yesterday at Gloucester House, and entered their names fur her Royal Highness. In the evening the Duchess of Gloucester dined with their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Meckleii burgh Strelitz, at Cambridge House. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager (attended by the Hon. Miss Mitchell), and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, visited the Queen yesterday. The Marchioness of Douglas (rtes Princess Mary of Baden) visited her Majesty at Buckingham Palace yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Commission fur pr , ,inoting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the re-building the Palace at Westminster. _ _ The meeting was held at a quarter hef , ,re three o'clock in one of the Committee-rooms of the Hous e o f Commons. The Commissioners present were Lord Ashburton, Viscount Pal tnerston, Viscount Mahon, S'.r Etobert Ilarry luglis, Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M.P., Mr. Henry Hallam, and Mr. Thomas Wyse. After the meeting, Prince Albert, accomp an i e d by the other Commissioners, and attended by Mr. Eastlake, the Secretary to the Commission, inspected the state of the works in the new Palace. At a quarter-past five o'chek Prince Albert, attended by Colonel llouverie. took biq depar ore t'or liocking!lain P..lace. Tile Duke 4;f G.thibridge visited her guyal Highuess the Duchess of Kent yesterday. Mr. T. L. Ingram, Colonial Secretary of the Gambia, bad . . . an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Ce office. The Ecclesiastical Coll issioners for England had a memeet.in ing yesterday afternoon, at the office in Wigitehall-Pt, There were present the Bishops of Bangor, Ely, and Lichfield, and the Earl of Ilesborough. c g- The Queen gave a State Ball yesterday evening, at MI ta , in l barn Place. The ball, the first of the season, w O ,-, 3 „ tended by upwards of one thousand of the Nobility- and 1" o i try—the ladies appearing in new dresses. The menib LE T b e the Diplomatic Corps wearing their different costumes. members of State and members of the Administration• the officers of the Household wearing their full dress nig ..A c T, costumes. The officers of the Army and Nayy habi t '', h i. their Uniforms; and the members of the Orders of Knig , hood displaying their respective insignia. Soon after nine o'clock the company began to arrive at the Hera re, Palace, alighting at the principal portico, leading, o ,, t e ii grand hall, which was lined by the Yeomen Guard, In i tl he coronation costume, commanded by Captain Kine 3 i"% t v Exon in Waiting. The Yeomen Guard were also on tol on the grand staircase and in the ante-room. Sir G'"2llfa- Houlton, the Ensign, and Mr. Ellerthorp, Adjutant , we i re .,.. attendance. The hall and staircase were tastefully ucit, rated with choice and fragrant flowers. The band oft" the or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, was stationed in.' Hall, and performed a number of peices during the evealli ra A Guard of Honour of the Foot Guards was on duty froth of the Palace. h t eir Serene Highnesses Prince Ernest of Hesse and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived at 1 0117-- nine o'c Royal Highness the Grand Duchess SteP" a g o e tit Baden, attended by Baroness de Strumfeder, and IWO- de He: Screckenstein, arri shortly afterwards. He: Royal Highness ve th d e Duchess of Kent was Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Countess Wratislawtattended Colonel Sir George Couper. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cr e bridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand 1),„...3c0r of Mecklenburgh Strelitz were attended by Baron lu l beck and Mr. Edmond Mildmay. The Royal Family were received by Lady Caroline Stier!, Cocks and the Hon. Miss Devereux, Maids of Honour in t yi ing ; Sir Frederick Stovin, Groom in Waiting f t• o I Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to Prince Al`. Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting; and Colon el eerie, Equerry to Prince Albert. ador The Duke de Broglie accompanied the French An l ba ss and the Countess de St. Aulaire. FLANDERS and HAIVIBURGH. MAIL BRUSSELS, APRIL 23.—Mr. Thomas James Maltby, representa tive of the most important companies in Great Britain fur the con struction of iron railways, has arrived at Brussels, and had private audience yesterday of the Minister of Public Works. Martyros Isailoff, an Armenian merchant at Braila, has been for some days at Berlin, with a view of entering into negotiations with the Government for the establishment, its the free port of Gabcz, of a depot of Europeans, especially German manufacturers, from the countries on the banks of the Danube. He has already had several audiences of Prince Charles, and conferences with the President of the Board of Trade. We hope that his pro posals will be favourably received. BERLIN, APRIL 15.—1 t is affirmed in the higher circles of this city, that the Bavarian Ambassador has presented notes in the name of his Government, protesting against the proceedings ,of the German Catholics. The Ans. trial, Ambassador had' previous'y presented notes to the same effect. We are anxious to learn how our Government, which has hitherto left the German Catholic movement to take its own course unmolested, will answer the applications of Bavaria and Austria. It seems that the Government will want to see how far this movement may spread in the Prussian dominions. If the German Catholic congregations are considered as religious societies, merely tolerated by the State, they have no claim upon it, and are obliged to support their churches, schools, sc., from their own resources.—liamburgh Papers, April 22. TILE HAGUE, Arms. 20.—The Second Chamber of the States General, in its sitting of Saturday, the 19th, adopted, after a short debate, by - a majority of forty-seven to three, the project of law relative to legal ordinances in Limburg. The debate on the pr,ject of law respecting the collections of the indirect taxes which was to have taken place in that same sitting was deferred, the Government having made further changes in it, so that the Central Section judged it necessary to refer them to the examination of the Sections. AMSTERDAM, Arlin, 19.—The Stases Courant mentions two royal resolutions of the llth of this month. The first recals M. J. J. Rochussen, Minister of State, from the post of Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Belgium, with thanks for the numerous and important services which he has ren dered in that capacity. The second recals Baron Beutinck, Minister at the Courts of Baden, Bavaria, and Wurtemberg, and appoints him to succeed M. Rochussen at the Court of Belgium. The New Rotterdam Courant publishes some particulars of the reception given to the extraordinary mission sent last year to Japan by our Government The ship of the line which had the Dutch legation on board was not only re ceived with extraordinary solemnity, but our flaf , was hoisted by the Japanese authorities with marks of re spect, of which history affords no previous example. It is well known that no vessel arriving at Decima is allowed to keep its guns and ammunition on board; an exception was made in favour of our Envoy, and the Dutch officers were besides permitted to retain their swords when they went on shore. which The letter addressed b y the Kin g to the Emperor of Japan immense havingtrai , resolvedic that the latter extended for two should be read in the p resence of th e Princes and the great leagues, was received with th e g reatest vene ration, and forwarded to Jeddo the with Government n men of the empire. An ex p ress order of the Emperor di rected that the train should avoid c rossing large rivers, that it might not be exp osed to an y accide nt. The answer of the Emperor ofJapan is n ot expected till th e b eg i nn i ng o f next year. There is every reaso n to ho p e that t he bonds of frieiniship and the commerc ial intercourse with this arcient and faith ful ally will be str en g thened and ex tended, and that the Japanese empire will offer a wider field to our commerce than it has latterly done. Other nations will perhaps one day have to thank Holland for having, by prudent measures to the advantage of civilisation and social intercourse, put 1 1 an end to the syste m of mono p ol y and isolation of ' the Japanese. B itussELs, Arun. 21.—The Central Section appointed to examine the corn- law question was convoked for to-day. Count de Brieg, o ur Minister P leni p o tentiaryondt f or th e Ger man Confederation, and M. , Consular-General in Mexico, left Brussels to-day, to repair to their respective posts. Mr. RenoldS, Director of the Namur and Liege Railway Company, arrived here the day before yesterday, and imme diately paid a visit to M. Deschamps, Minister of Public Works. The Chamber n ' i its sitting this morning, placed on the order of the day the project of law modifying the law on the differential duties which relates to goods brought by foreign ships touching at Cerves and other parts. The Minister of Marine presented two projects of law, one for preventing desertion from merchant vessels, the other for a vote of credit to cover arrears of expenditure. At the close of the sitting the Minister of Foreign Affairs presented a project of law on the duties to be levied by the Consuls. MORTALITY IN THE METRopoLls.—The number of deaths during the last week was 928, exceeding that of the previous week b y 22, and 35 less th an the' avera g e of five ) ears. Deaths from hooping-cough, small-pox, bronchitis, and diseases of the lungs and throat g enerall y , are rather above the average. The deaths from small-pox are 25, and occurred at the following ages :—three under 1 y ear; six, 1-3; five, 3-5; six, 5-10; three, 1 0-15 ; one, 28; and one, 36 years. The violent deaths are only 11, among which are 4 by suicide, and 2 included under the head " burns and scalds." A letter from Bourges, of the 21st, states that the wife of Don Carlos continues in a very alarming state. THE LEEDS BANK.—We learn that it is the in tention of the bankers i n thi s t ow n to close the ir establishments at three o'clock on and after M o nday next, the 28th inst. This cus tom now exists in Liverpo o l , Manchester, and Hull, &c., and will, we have no doubt, soon b e a d o pt e d generally th r oughout the coon_ try.— York Courant. QUESTION.—The head s o f h ouses, in replY to the re q uisition which has been addressed t o t h em, ca lli n g upon them t o convene a meet ing of the Senate f or t h e purpose o f petitioning agai nst the Ma y . nooth grant, have stated, we unders tand, that it wou ld be inexpe dientto comply with the wish of the requisitionists. — Cambridge Advertiser. IZOTUNDA.—Afrer undergoing many muta tions, this b u ildi ng, i n the Blac kf r i a rs-road, celebrated in succes sion as the Surrey Library, LeVerian Museum, and more lately as the scene of the b!asphemiea of Carlile and Ta}lor, is about to be opened as a branch of the Government school of design at Somerset House. THE CASE OF MR. WARD.--Mr. Ward 's case w :11 be brought on in a few days in the Court of Queen's Bench. His counsel, Mr. Fit zroy Kelly, will 'nova for a mandamus to the authorities at Oxford, casting upon them to s how cause why they should not restore to hi m the d egi ees of M.A. and 8.A., of which he has been recently deprived.—English Claurchinan. SALE or TILE 1-IANovEa-sclumtE Rooms.—Thurs ay a sale took place at the Auction Mart, of the Queen's Concert rooms, celebrated as the Hanover_squarc Rooms, on which occasion many of the elite of the :nu , ical and theatrical world were present. These premises were built about sixty years ago, by Sir T. who bequeathed thew. to his daughter, the late Miss by the ilia cti n of whose devisees in trust they were disposed of. The first offer fur the property was 6,0001., the second 8,0001., and it was knocked down, after great competition, for 12,250/. 11:5 11"} a] the Duke I,'; Citn!aidge h:is joined the British and Foreign Institute as a member, and accepted an invitation to One with the President and Council, at their ROOlllB, on Saturday, the 3d of May. HAYLE. —A few days since the mariners, Ny r ! 1 on board the vessels of this vrt, struck t'or wages—but they may now despair of accomplishing their object, as the whole of the vessels have been sent tesea, and are worked by newly appointed seamen.—Penzance Gazette. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO DRURY-LAE THEATE. sni Her Majesty arrived atlfive minutes before seven ß on Thuralsis was receiv ea by Mr. Bunts. The Queen Dowager, accompa nied rto igs. Duchess of Kent and suite, arrived ten minutes before h e g r jesty, and occupied the Chesterfield box, directly opposite Woe jesty, and above them was a box occupied by the Countess Del:mti (the lady of the Lord Chamberlain) and family. Her 31 ., 0 rea leaning on the arm of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, ( 00 . * e hi her box immediately, and was received with a deafening ota one of the most crowded houses we ever remember to he e The Queen was attended by the Lord Delawarr, Earl e poel, Lord Combermere, Lord C. Wellesley, Lord F. Somme"" the Duchess of Buccleuch, and other ladies in waiting. Oa, On her Majesty's appearance in the box, " God save t he old was sting by Mr. Harrison, and Misses Romer and Rain f o rth, _ t o full chorus, and was greatly applauded, the whole audi ence and testifying their loyalty. Both her Majesty and the Prince appeared in excellentroo, and spirits, and took the most attentive interest in ‘s t he preh manses, which consisted of William Tcll and Clary% ' I L , volt as Arnold, exerted himself to the utmost, and was in iiP The performances terminated soon after eleven otl ee ;% s iliss i Majesty, with her suite, then retiree , and returned to fl' Palace Palace The Queen Dowager and the Duchess of Ma t immediately after the Queen. 116 0 te We understand that the receipts of the evening On ° _ at e, le upwards of 900/. The cost of the royal box and apartnic—ogg fit up which magnificently no expense was spared, exceed ed e p fee A full body of police was in attendance, and order was el served. HER MAJEST Y'S THEATU: j The Barbiere, that best of comic operas, was perfo rin- tt . on Thursday, with a cast that might challenge any teu sicaj ..esith in Europe. Grist was the Rosina, Mario the Count A ll " - re its Fonasari the Figaro, and Lablache the Dr. Bartolo. A" ° „btfailf excellent voice, and never has the opera been more deoe ,„vse performed. Lablache produced considerable laughter br4l,, ;ducing _ the Polka as one of the airs of his t i His manner of giving it was the ne plus Pee" mock solemnity. A new divertissement, entitled Le P ee " r ep. politain, followed the opera, in which Lucile Grahn An' j oie , danced the Tarantella with the most graceful abandon inl o sio o, The Viennese children acted as the corps de ballet on this -opt and for the first time showed us what a corps de to might and ought to be. They likewise gave a new Pi‘tti of Mazurka, with all that precision and wonderful rap Ole evolution which astonishes as well as deligh tL performance terminated with the concluding scen es ~,:t Sonnambala, in which Madame Castellan, by her IM' — a idde, formance of the celebrated finale, "A h non giunge uMen p r rifle proved her right to the rank to which she aspires, donna ass _Vats on the first lyrical stage in the et °rl u dienet house was crowded by a select and attentive ! ter Or . , Amongst the company we noticed the Russian hin Baroness de Brunnew, the Duke of Beaufort, the lAr d P al Baron, the Earl of Wicklow, Lord Templetown, Lord 13 0 010 Harry Vane, Lord Cantalupe, Lord Castlereagh, Dtitott, ij° Fitzclarence, Lady Katherine Howard, the Earl of i ": 0 PP" Countess of Essex, Lord Macdonald, ' Sir William " el Count Louis de Noailles, Count Koudriatrsky. that of fb, RESIGNATION OF THE MA RQ Uis OF BLANDFORD. W I:0 , 1100 The fol;owing letter has been addressed by the g constituents. The Duke of Marlborough, it is saidctirsott.-- him to resign, for voting in favour of the MaYn°°th e d Ws. " ELECTORS Or woonsrocx stn. " At this important period of the session, a crlsV " expected at the time when you returned me to Parlianl e " ce dsoft! " Circumstances over which have no control hav e P ia . ,(010 1 ' such a position that I am obliged to announce my intentie for rot do so with the most unfeigned regret) of vacating MY se at borough. " Ir A 1110 _n accepting the honour which you conferret. ptiog very recently, I did so with feelings nattered by the catty' 00 that the responsible charge you committed into my ba ndl o ,ol 4 given with the fullest trust that your confidence . 6 04 not be misplaced. The quest.on which has lately :L s of in the House of Commons respecting a grant to the C"l i isi Maynooth is one upon which I cordially and c onscira: agree with the Government that has introduced it, and, u nd o Or circumstances, I should have given this measure ray s te :„;oefe i port throughout all its stages, perfectly contented to hav e • "‘„, 01 0 . to you, when required, the fullest account of the reas ons votes, and to have stood the chance, when called upon,.!itt '" 4,00, vindicating my proceedings, or of reconciling any divers,/ opinions. afi° 4l " But I feel myself called upon from private coasietir and resign into your hands the trust which you confided to me t roe this termination of my political connexion with you asY ° u / Ns sentative, I take leave of you with a lively recollection 1,4, c o. honour you conferred upon me, and with an assurance of '6.0006 tinuance in all respects o f the int erest I h a ve hitherto c o cal . for you. As a private individual I shall always endeav" ty ode . tivate your esteem, which it will be my pride and in/ du serve.—l have the honour to be your faithful servant, na p." BLANDE' • 45- SPORTING INTELLIGI:I' ' EPSOM SPRING MEETlNG—YEsTirtra h lr ,: e atrie 3 This meeting, if it suffered in th e c h a racter of t "`",„nnit o for the Trial Plate by the alteration in the day 01 , wes, had the recommendations of a well-filled list and T o ot ther, two essentials never lost upon the multitud e, I p ileg",,• 7 lightly they may be valued by sporting men. A ° , jatr the assemblage on the Downs yeste r d a y wa s infinit el y i o t he than we have seen at any former Sp r i ng Meeting , 0 1° racinv, if not of the highest grade, plentiful and gl ie CO' Grand Stand, by a stroke of policy, creditable to rye mittee, and to no small extent profitable to the " P a p ua' general to the Turf," Mr. Careless, was opened ga t % oa, and was as fully, if not as fashionably,. attended, as ° 10 1 e; occasions of greater importance. The day's sport, f w a irlia_ A b the patronage of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. r l •o;bbat" officiating as Clerk of the Course and Judge, and 3 1 r h • Over as starter, and, by a not over-strict observance of t"acit• tised time of starting, was brought to a close at six o tooter The Epsom Trial Plate of 501., given by Sir G. K ea ° ld ' added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; for three Y* - 7st ; and four, 9st. One mile. (Eight Subs ) Mr. S. Scott's bc, b Wintonion, mad Flight Wh eeler/ 2 Sir G. Heathcote' s Gwalior, bro. to Bokhara, 3 yrs • The following al so started, but were not place`;i io olP; Lintott's Young England (late St. Mark), 3 yrs-3 1 r. 1 0 00 1 son's The Corr e ct C ar d, 3 y rs —M r . M ac k's b c out of Chance,3 yrs—Mr. Balchin's Moustache, 4YI st o Mr. Dockeray's Strife, 3 yrs, carried I llbs overwe l rl lll :,' 2 agst Flight colt; 3 to I agst Gwalior ; and 4to Correct Card and Cha nce . Th e C orrec t C ar d, Yeli s b . land, and the Flight c olt l a id t oge th er i n f ro nt to Lo - co rie" where Flight took up the running at a strong Pa. . c e ;,, r ir an ° .A it on to the end, and won cleverly by a l eng th. 10 111 " e race for second ended in favour of Gwalior by a head'„ an " England beating the Chance colt by no t mor e th Nothing else was up at the finish. Area ,7 A . 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. ea c h, for a ge r, old, 6st 31b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st 21b ; s ix lin' he sol" 9st 81b; mares, &c., allowed 31b. Th e wi nn er to "- for 2501. Heats, one mile. (6 Subs.) Sir G. Heathcote's ch h by Glaucus, out of Shiriner 4 yrs " Mr. Westley's Jessie Hammond, 3 yrs (31b over) 0 Mr. T. Smith's Sea Fowl, 4 cif Mr. Wilson's Freystrop, 4 yrs Mr. Balchin's bc by Slane, out of G a i e ty, 3 yrs "0 dr Mr. Lintott's Young England, 3 yrs (216 over) ••• th' First Heat—Ev e n on Shi r i ne . W on by a l' they eg Gaiety colt a bad third. Th e o th ers did not go for al% lo: Second Heat-6 to 4 each agst Jessie Harn in g n did Shirine. Won by half a len g th. J ess i e H a mmen" - go for the heat. A feri Third Heat—Even between Jessie and Shirine., :oc tal close race from the Stand, Shi r i ne , by superiority ?I.' ship, winning by a neck. el& 251., added to a Sweep s t a k es o f 3 sovs . eac h ; three Y r9 s ged , 6st 131 b; four, 9st 1lb; five, 9st 91b; six ell to 0 9st 131 b. Mares, &c., allowed 31bs ; those entereuvo sold for 2001, allowed 31bs; for 150/, 91bs ; fur 1004 and for 801, 21Ibs. Heats, one mile. (15 subs.) Mr. Wiltshire's Sir Diggory Diddle (late Discre- 1 tion), 4 vrs, 7st 71b (G. Paine) ? 0 0 Mr. Matthews's T u b Th um p er , age d, B st 31b .... 0 5 3 Mr. J. Ling's Botherem, 5 yrs, Bst 21b Mr. Caffall's Midas, 4 y r s, 7 s t Blb ..... 0 Mr. York's Bletsoe Lass, 4 yrs, Bst 3 b The following also start e d : —M r . Th om pson's P eT _Jir• 4 yrs, 7st 71b— M r . Hardy's Fair Play, aged, Bst 317:ess• Robinson's Tincton, aged, Bst 41b—Mr. A. Heathcote vrj, tledine, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Captain Delme's Red Sk in, Bst 21b—Mr. Sadler's f, by Venison, 3 yrs, sst qtr . po- P, reston's Bosphorus, aged, Bst 31b--Mr. Rogers 's a ged , ming ~ 3 yrit, sst 61O—Mr. Cousens's Rory O'g" re ' rst 61b. • to ot First heat-5 to 2 agst St. Domingo a n d 3to 1 ea L A , Red Skin and the Minima colt. Won by half a lend Minima colt and Red Skin well up. Second heat-10 to 6 agst St. Domingo, and colt IfjCitds Tub Thumper. Won by half a length, and Tub Thumper fourth. bee' Third heat—Even on Sir Diggory, who won by a Midas a good third. o Lor d Amongst the company we observed Lord Rois , Fi' ty roP Mantis, Count Bathyativ, Sir G. Heathcote, Hon. G. goat Minima lion. Captain Stanley, llon. lE. Forester, Hon. G. Otigley, Hon. F. Otigley , Hon M. Ongley, X r ' Captains Ilig•gi,s. Willan, ' Define &e., Mr. 31aglen iust Crommdin Neville. Mr. Ale% ri c k. &c CURItiGtI SPRING ME . E ING.—WEDNEs I)- , j orit The Wellington Stakes of 30 soya. e ac h w ere WOO c itotleo by Mr. W, Davis's Doctor Wood, beating Yheonaun-ac' and College Bawn. %s wen A Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, and 40 added, easily in two heats by Lord Waterford's The Robber, 17. b g by Blackfoot, Phenom , non, David, and Honest Jon,' ~tl(lent BP= I :NSION r inform, us that the Bi s h o p of L on d on has susi,codcd the 14° 5 1.1( Rev. Mr. Monckton from officiating as a clergyman Or tle twelve months. RAILWAY NEWS. Subscribers and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of THE SUN, repotted up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY. Sun-office, 112, Strand. II of 1 fou tift i 181