The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-28 00:00:00

GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS. Fare, Eightpence or One Shilling, Boat and Railway included, From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, Daily at Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Three, Four, Six, Half-past Seven. The Trains leaving one quarter of an hour before each of these times. The Terrace Pier, Gravesend, From the Old Shades Pier, above London-bridge, Daily at Nine and Eleven. Greenwich Pier, Half-past Nine and Half-past Eleven. Roff's Wharf, Woolwich, Ten and Twelve. N.B.—These splendid and fast Packets convey the public at the lowest fares. Star Office, Gravesend, May 25, 1844. NEW SPORTING NOVEL. • Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.. HYDE MARSTON; OR, A SPORTSMAN'S LIFE. By "CRAVEN." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborongh-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MAY 03, Wiil be performed (for the I time this season) IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Etieetta, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Mille. Favnnti ; Carolina, Madame Persiani ; Paolino, Sig. Mario ; Count Rcbinson, Sig. 1.. Lablache ; and Geronimo, Sig. Lablache. To c"ncla le with the Grand Ballot, in Six Tableaux, by M. Perrot, ent it led ONDINE, nu, LA NAIADE. The Scczterybr Mr. W Grieve. The music composed by Signor Pugni. Principal characters by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Scheffer, Mane Fer dinand, Mdlle. Plunket, Mdlle. &Irvine, and Mdlle. Adelaide Frani; M. Perret. M. Montassu, and M. St. Leo n . Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera-colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re— spectfully informed that there will be an extra Night (not included in the Sublcription) ON THURSDAY NEXT, MAY `N), When will be per'ormel Rossini's Opera of IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, by Madame Grist, Signor Mario, Signor Lablache, Signor F. Lablache, and Signor Fornasari. After a filch will be produced, a New Divertissement, composed by Mdlle. Cerito, e ititled LA VI V ANDIERE, introducing La . Redowa Polka, by'Mdlle. Cerito and M St. Leon. To be followed by the last scene of Rossini's Opera LA CENE RENT OLA. La Cenerent ola, Mdlle. Favanti. To conclude with the Grand B diet entaled ALM A (omitting the First Tableau), in which Mdlles. Cerito and Frassi, and Mons. M. St. Leon and Perrot will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. FiTZBALL. THIS EVENING, MAY 2.54, Will be performed the First Act of a New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W. Harrison; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr l'orrani; Naiisna, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdlle. Albert-utzi ; Francesca, Miss Romer. After which, ACIS AND GALATEA. Cupid, Miss A. Payne; Acis, Mr. Barker; Daman, Mr. Hudson; Polyphemus, Herr staudigl ; Galatea. Miss Romer. To conclude with BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Gnatbrain, Mr. Meadows; Blue Peter, Mr. Barker; Black. Eyed Susan, Mrs. Stirling. Dress Boxes 75., Second rrice 3s. ltd. ; Up p er Circles of Boxes Second Price 35.; Pit 3s , r.econd Price ; Middle Gallery Se., Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MAY 29, Will be repeated a New Original Domestic Drama, entitled THE SEMPSTRESS. Goldring, Mr. Strickland; Bob Debit, Mr. IL Hnit ; Plainwerd, Mr. Stuart ; Mercy Goldring, Miss P. Horton; Lacy Sparkle, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, Mr. Planche's Successful Comedyof THE FOL' lES OF A NIGHT. Pierre Palliet, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Duchess de Chartres, Madame Vestris. To be followed by the extraordinary Performances of Professor RISLEY and his TWO INFANT SONS. To conclude with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. _ Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper tlallery. I. Half-price—Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery,' CA Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances c• muneace at Seven Tickets and Places to be had of Mr 1. T. Archer, at the Box otfiee, Nora Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 2R. Will be produced a New Drama, called BLANCHE DE VALMY. Colonel Chatillon Mr. Granby ; Franval, Mr. Walton : St Hilare, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Pierre Roux, Mr. Oxberry ; Blanche de Vainly, Madame Eugenie Prosper ; Justine, Mice Noel. After which, A MISTAKEN STORY. To be followed by aBA LLE DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with THE DEVIL'S IN IT. THEA ['RE ROY L LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. " Open Sesame; or, a Night with the Ferty Thieves." continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and Arshionable audiences THIS EVENING, MAY 28, Will be repeated a New and Comic Drama, cal ed TWO HEADS BETTER TH AN ONE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, F. Mathews, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To which will be added a New Comedietta, entitled THE WHITE FEATHER. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Collier, Craven, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Fairbrother. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle. called POLK AMA NI A Characters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a G-an 1 Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, ealled OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves. Cha racters by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and t'haplin. PRICES OF A DMlSFlON.—Balcony Poxes, es.; Upper Boxes, Se. ; Pit, ihr. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, is lid.; Pit, Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (holding eight persons). Faro Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a—Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Splendid Whitsun Holiday Fees. 111lS EVENING, MAY 28, Will be rereated al entire new Military and Naval Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy ty B ltish Arms. Nevi Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, gm, to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Entire Change in the Scenes of the Circle. Brilliant Cavalcade—Feats of Horsemanship—The celebrated Polka Dance by Millie. Cushnie and Signor Milano. Toe nclude with a Laughable Farce The doors will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at seven. Box-ottice opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been re , Tit.structed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage,m taager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Extraordinary Novelty—Engagement of Mr. G. Wieland, and Three Entirely New rimer. THIS EVENING, MAY 28, will bo retreated a New Drama in Three Acts, entitled THE INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE in which Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, Honnor, Vale, Lewis, and Johnson; Mrs. H. Vining, Mrs. liughes, and Mrs Hicky, will perform. After which a New Burlesque entitled GEORGEY BARNWELL. Supported by Messrs. Vale, Neville, Heslop, Mrs. Da'y, and Miss Terrey. To conclude with a Grand - Fairy Spectacle c filled THE SPRITE OF THE SNOW DRIFT. Zimmeir. the Sprite, by Mr. G. Wieland. Superb Scenery and Dre ss es. Extraordinary effects, and Wonderful feats. Pam and Pnvate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.. office, from Eleven to Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. FIRST WEEK OF MADEMOISELLE ROSSINI, IN ADDI. TION TO THE WIZARD'S NEW WONDERS. The Great WIZARD OF IHE NORTH is proud to announce to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, that he has, at an enormous expense, succeeded in enraging, for Twelve Nights only, Madelle. ROSSINI, The Great Lady Violinist. She will have the honour of giving her Second Grand Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. THIS EVENING, the 23th Inst., and every evening dnring the Week, assisted by M. ADOLPHUS COLLINI, EMMA COLLI NI, VICTORIA COLLINI, and JOSEPH COLLINI. The stage will hay • a most brilliant sppearance ! To give effect to the most novel Concert ever given in England, a GRAND SCENE has been painted exp-essly for this occasion, by Mr. William Beverley, AN ALLEGORY IN HONOUR OF HAN DEL, representing THE TEMPLE OF MUSIC ! The Great WIZARD OF THE NORTH is quite aware that the Public expects something now at this season; he is happy to say he will not deviate from " a good old rule ;" for he is con vinced he has prepared the most splendid Banquet that can be offered to the Public ; in short, his present arrangements will totally eclipse all his former efforts. He will, in addition to his already unparalleled performances tntro4uce NEW WONDERS, among which will be an origin .1 Experiment, Magic Filtering, the Enchanted Silver Fah, and the Golden Circlet, with other asto nishing New Mirac'es, which will decide a question at issue. This Entertainment will he divided into Four Puts : Part I. The WIZARD will he an hour in his Mystic Circle. Part 11. The ARAB BROTHERS' Classical Groupings. Part 111. Maddlle. ROSSINI'S GRAND CONCERT, in the Temple of Music. Part IV. and Conclusion, The WIZARD'S second mystic hour. Doors open at Half-past Six, to commence at Seven Private Boxes £1 15s. ; Orchestra Stalls, bs. ; Boxes, 44. • Pit. 25. ; Gallery, Is. Second Price at Nine o'clock. Stalls, 35.; B oxes, 2 e.; Pit, is. COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEASON, ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, OR AND WHITSUN FETES. TO-DAY, TO.MORROW, AND THURSDAY. Strong as have been the claims of this favoured place of public esort at the beginning of each season, the Proprietor feels justified In asserting, that never before did it onr a tithe of the attractions t now presents. The Gardens have been complete) , renovated, Statues and Fountains introduced, new and extensive Promenades formed, and the most lavish expenditure in every department, will evince the Proprietor's anxiety to insure a continuance of public Patronage. THE NEW GRAND PICTORIAL MODEL OF LONDON IN THE L ODEN TIME ! Painted by Vanson and Telbin, Is the most gigantic achievement ever yet produced, and for grandeur of composition, fidelity of design, and beauty of execution, it far oxceeds any previous production. It accurately represents ancient London—Old St. Paul's—Old London Bridge—Baynard's Castle, and all the principal Churches and Buildings of the locality, and may with truth be designated the most wonderful production of mo dern times. THE MENAGERIE, ALWAYS UNRIVALLED HAS RECEIVED MANY VALUABLE ADDIT IONS: To defy all competition, the Proprietor has engaged the celebrated AMERICAN DWARF T..)M THUMB! now exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. The PROMENADE CONCERTS—the splendid Band of Fifty Performers, conducted by Mr. Godfrey—will perform a selection of the newest and most popular music. The far-famed HIGHLAND DANCERS AND PIPERS are a engaged, and will go through two acts of their National Dances, which procured for them the distinguished approbation of her Majesty and Prince Albert at Taymouth Castle And at Dusk will take place the most astounding exhibiCon ever attempted, Va. a Rep resen t a tion of Mr. southlb tHE GA' FIRE OF LONDON. Ki n -oN h 9 (to whom in justice belongs the appellation of ( 1 Fire a as exhausted the resources of his art, to give effect to this Buildißuildings vein n Bridge, Old St. Paul's Cathedral, and other present a heap appear devoured by the devastating element, and delineations taken at blackened t ruins, in accordance with the best representation of a.Grea e t tr)•"l°‘l' and the coup d'seil will give a vivid Doors Ore sat 'tdestroyed by fire. Twelve. Admission, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORT onT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Ad m i ss THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent Isud t° extensive Collection foHnnisteod rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to havebee o n f of l elaborate research, at a by One Person, during Twenty-Rye illustrate, in the moat cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely s Important part of in structive and interesting manner, the most Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVE been EMPEROR LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111 CROMWELL, and uke often, of NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has iul during the last and present year, by the Royal Fazic‘llyivillhesiierteDd Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and th L e adieB ' Pro prietor has recently be en able to increase, by several very 13.;; pictures, &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 tint it ought to be seen by every oat. The price of admLs - ion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian Ball," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. at , THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, MAY 27. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 41 ; Highest, 61 ; Noon, 52. BAROMETER, 30.2.—W1ND, N. Nom—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. WOR WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TMIS DAY. " m rninit 6 minutes after 10 Evening 40 minutes after 10. In one of the accounts of the lateLeipsic fair it is said :--" Never was the catalogue of books and other publications greater than at this fair. It extended to 284 sheets of letter-press, containing 2,000 new works, without including music and geographical maps and charts. The number of the publishers of this vast addi tion to literature is 789. The German translations are very numerous, and yet there are not more than two of any one foreign work, except the • Mysteres de Paris" of M. Eugene Sue, of which there are ten versions." contia t tflL LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1844. A few hours must now decide the result of the South Lancashire election, and the event will teach the people of England whether the Reform Bill has procured them free and honest represeatation or whether that measure was a mockery and a delusion, designed, as Lord JOHN RussELL in a candid mood declared, " to secure the preponderance of the landed interest." We shall soon learn whether voters were permitted to record their honest and conscientious opinions, or whether they were led in droves by the steward and land agent to vote in whatever way the proprietor', of their farms pleased to dictate. It was remarked by NIEBUHR that the Constitution of Rome was at an end from the time that patrons be • came lords of the suffrages of their clients, the people lost all interest in the results of elections, they regarded themselves as subjects of an alien Government, and deemed it a matter of in difference under what names such a government was administered. He also remarks, that at the great crisis which finally destroyed all the elements of real popular power, those members of the aristocracy who had been previously distinguished for their adherence to what would now be called liberal opinions, joined with the cry " our craft is in danger," and gave their entire support to the oligarchy. He doubts whether they were hypocrites in their liberality, or renegades in their pretended conservatism, but be justly remarks that in either case they were worse enemies of the people than the old rancorous leaders of the oligarchy, and in the subsequent civil wars they bore the chief brunt of the popular indignation. England,.withinthe last few years, has seen a large proportion of its landed proprietors adopt the worst maxims of the Roman patricians, and claim a heritage of conscience from every tenant on their estates. Many who were, or at least who pretended to be, ad vocates of popular rights, have abandoned principle and consistency through an ambitious desire of exer cising a tyranny similar to that which they had long and loudly condemned. South Lancashire, no doubt, will exhibit its share of such apostates from former professions, and, as in other places, they will be found chiefly among those apes of fashion, who can easier imitate the vices than the refinement of aristocracy ; the transition from vulgarity in low life to vul garity in high life is easy ; the cobbler, in one of CIBBER'S farces, could boast that his son had learned to swear and swagger like a gentleman. If report speaks correctly, South Lancashire will ex hibit some examples of deeper degradation; it is said that certain Catholic proprietors will give their votes to the nominee of M‘NEILL and STOWELL, and will thus virtually declare in the face of the public that their religion has been justly stigmatised as " dam nable and idolatrous," that the Act which gave them emancipation was dangerous to the community, and that, in their own opinion, they are unfit to be admit ted within the pale of the Constitution. Monopoly must have strong charms when it induces men thus to join in stigmatising their own religion, bearing testimony against their own characters, and setting the seal to their own degradation. Whether the free-traders will be able to beat down this coalition of hackneyed Monopolists, apostate Liberals, renegade Whigs, and unworthy Catholics, is as yet uncertain; but we rejoice to see that the Monopolists are resolved not to spare their allies one atom of the degradation to which the abandonment 1 , of former professions must expose them. Names fa miliar to those acquainted with the history of the Manchester massacre, of the Bolton Black-faces, and of the several attempts to concert plots and foment conspiracies for the purpose of legalising murder, are paraded among the leaders of Mr. ENTwlsLa's sup porters ; the loudest abettors of the "No Popery " howl are foremost in his canvass of the Catholic pro prietory. One would almost imagine that it had been resolved to make the draught of apostacy as bitter as possible, so nauseous is the mixture presented to re negades. _ _ _ We have no pity for those lovers of self-abasement; but we lament to see the farmers, the substantial yeomanry of England, dragged by such landlords through all the mire and filth of dishonesty and ter giversation. If we wanted an additional reason for our thorough detestation of the corn-laws it would be derived from the power which the monopoly of land gives booby squires of coercing an honest tenantry into a breach of their duty to their GOD, their country, and themselves. We do not despair of victory, but we feel that the battle is fought against some odds and great hazards ; but, how ever the event may turn out, there is no doubt that the struggle will afford many instances of the worthlessness of the elective franchise to honest men, unless they can be protected from the vengeance of a heartless, senseless, and unscrupulous oligarchy, resolved to treat honesty as a crime, and patriotism as an act of treason against their usurpations. There is something more than the corn-laws involved in this election—its result may compel the people of Eng land, whether electors or non-electors, to take seri ously into consideration whether they shall continue to be the vassals and slaves of an oligarchy, or whe ther they shall seek means by which the voice of the people may obtain a real share in the Legislature. Notwithstanding that he has been three times de feated in his attempt to smuggle through Parliament a Bill for the inclosure of Hampstead Heath, the Lord of the Manor, Sir T. M. WILSON, with a perseverance worthy of a better cause, has again renewed his efforts to accomplish that unpopular object. The Bill now introduced into Parliament, observed Mr. Homiz, at a meeting held on Thursday at Hampstead, although different in form, had precisely the same object in view as the three former Bills which had been so successfully resisted. What was contem plated by the Lord of the Manor by the present Bill, was to obtain power to effect a sale of certain por tions of land in various parts of Hampstead Heath. Now, if this were permitted, no one " could doubt for a moment," added the speaker, " that the beauties of the Heath would be destroyed, and the copyholds of the manor be considerably de preciated in value. It was therefore desirable that resolute steps should be taken to oppose this measure." We cannot imagine a more ungenerous .or obnoxious scheme than this for the inclosure of Hampstead Heath, which is now almost the only open, airy, syl van spot left us within a moderate walking distance of the metropolis. Norwood, with its umbrageous glades, and sunny, sylvan uplands, exists no longer, being everywhere defaced with brick and mortar; the meadows, once so picturesque and healthy, in the neighbourhood of Dulwich and Camberwell, are stuck all over with notices of " This land to let for building;" not an open space in Islington—which but twelve short years ago was still a country village—but is converted into unsavoury brick-fields, and threatened with the visitation of Heaven knows how many suburban villas; Hackney and Clapton —injured innnocents !—are in the same distressing plight; and now it is seriously proposed to deprive the working classes of the metropolis, who stand so much in need of fresh air, of their sole remaining healthy country walk, by covering Hampstead Heath with a mass of unsightly buildings, thereby converting into private property that which, for long generations, has been the undisputed property of the public. The scheme is about as selfish and offensive a one as could possibly have entered into the head of a monopolist, and we do hope it will be strenuously protested against, not only by the copyholders of Ha m p s t ea d , b ut by every Mem ber) in either House of Parliament w h o t a k es an interest in the welfare of the working-classes. The system o f commons' inclosures has already been carried to a much greater length than either justice or right feeling can approve ; year after year, artfully and noiselessly, the poor have been shut out from th e lands over which they had exercised the rights of pasturage for centuries ; field-paths have been blocked up; large portions of heaths pillagedfrtohme extentthem in order to make preserve s, or increase of the possessions of the squirearchy of the district ; and—with here and there perhaps an exception— ( they have scarcely an acre of ground left which they can venture to ca 11 their own, or even ramble over on a sum trier ' evening, after the day's toil is at an end, with( )ut h icurring the penal ties of trespass. Ao regards Mint stead Heath, which is one of the lungs of the 1 netrii polis, and serves to ventilate the entire northern d istrict, nothing can be possibly more inj In :iotm • - tcp the health of that populous district, than the in Iclosure of this %ne, airy tract ; for when once it is covered with brick and mortar, elevated ils it is far above every other spot in the .nfi fighbourhood, every brisk wind that blows fr 001 the north, will be sure to bring down upon a large ' portion of the metropolis immense clouds of smoki -, which will half poison the inhabitants with i la pet 'tilential vapours. But the greatest grievance, : Ind tl 'e one which we • wish chiefly to keep in view, is the injustice which will be inflicted on the workin g cl'asse's of our over crowded capital, who, when on Hampstead Heath is inclosed, will be deprived of on e of their favourite Sunday evening enjoyment s---a 'br eezy country walk over one of the healthiest an 'd n ios t picturesque spots in Middlesex. This is no slig is t grievance—whatever the Lord of the Manor may t 'h ink to the contrary — for, deprived of the enjoyment . in question, many of the working classes may fly in Ocipair to the tavern or the gin-palace. In our last article on Sir L '43 BEET PEEL'S Cur rency Speech of the 20th instant; we intimated that the Premier had advanced some in •opositions respect ing the silver element of our cur.!, ancy, too remark able not to call for special not: ce- We had, accord ingly, selected some passages for -extract and com mentary, with a view to the exp 3si tion of the signal fallacies and palpable mistakes on the part of the Premier, which they involved ;—; nistakes of the most unaccountable nature as to the facts and data as signed by him; and fallacies inevitably consequent on the illogical conclusions he had tE treby been led to— when we received a copy of " An Enquirer after Truth's Letter to the Premier ; in :reply to his Speech on the Bank Charter Act." In t.h.3 " Enquirer after Truth" we detect, if we do nof greatly err, the author of " The Minister Mist:ikern ;" and it is cer tain that he has wielded in this :instance the same arms which he employed or, his former tilt against the Bullionists, with still more tremendous effect against the Prem ier,--the venturous but luckless disciple of the late Va. HUSKISSON -" Sed imper congressus Achilli." i'inding that the "En quirer after Truth," in many instances, completely concurs in the views we have 'expounded (in The Sun of Thursday last, especially) a f the suicidal inconsis tencies accumulated in Sir Rcc BERT'S speeches of the 7th and the 20th instant, and. that he, in others, re markably confirms the cou:rso he had proposed to take in dealing with the fart "extracts" in ques tion ; we had availed oursel‘ , el3 of the opportunity thus afforded us to incorporate, -the latter in the notice of the " Letter to the Premier,;" which will be found in another part of our columns.. To that notice we entreat the attention of our readers. The author of the p amphlet has made out a case so irresistible and so convincing against the Pre mier, in this last attempt of 763 to tamper with our monetary system ; that we can not see what escape re mains to Sir R. PE EL from between the two horns of the dilemma, on one of which the " Enquirer after Truth" has impaled him. Either he is . , on his own recorded statement, the most presumptuous and incompetent statesman who ever dabbled in the statistics of money and money legislation in this country, or he is the most disingenuous, tricky, ar selfish Minister, who ever lacked the courage to avow the true motives of an indefensible policy, the man] iness to acknowledge its disastrous consequences, or the spirit to retrieve, where he could no longer be blind to them. He must be content to know that he is now convicted of the most gross and culpable ignorance of the fact on which he admits that his propositions, in reference to the re newal of the Bank of Engl and Charter, are founded. If the data he has cited as those which authenticate the measures which he receirnmends for the adoption of Parliament, falsified as ti 3ey have been in his speech of the 7th instant, have not been so misstated in igno norance or misrepresenta'ion—on what other hy pothesis are we to account for their falsifi cation ? But if he has thus blundered in stating such all-important premises, —no mat ter whether in error or designedly—what is his amount of fitness to direct the councils of nation, of whose interests he has thus hazarded the fatal compromise on a question, the universal nature of which he himself thus describes :—" There is no contract, public or private--no engagement, national or individual, which is unairected by it. The enter prises of commerce, the profits of trade, the arrange ments to be made in all the domestic relations of society, the wages of labour, the transactions of the highest amount and of the lowest, the payment of the National Debt, the provision for the national expen diture on the one hand, and the command which the coin of the smallest denomination has over the neces saries of life on the other—are all affected by the decision to which Parliament may come on that great question which I am about to submit to the considera tion of this Committee."—(Speech, May 7.) What is the tremendous responsibility of that judge who shall have misdirected the jury assembled to try a question of this fearful, this awful magnitude ? In what did this misdirection consist ? What have been the data which have been falsified in his statement ? We have, in former articles, endeavoured to show the precise passages which supply the answer to these questions, and we reserved for the present occasion an exposition of his proposals about silver—so far as it may be possible to collect what is meant to be done by a Minister, who is so nervously anxious to show that he cannot make up his mind as to what he should do. We shall not pain the reader by again con trasting the Right Hon. Baronet's " clear conclusion" that bullion, in reference to that upon which the Bank of England, and other banks of issue, shall make issues of notes, shall be understood to mean "gold only," with his supplementary contrivance that as to one-fourth of the Bank of England's issues that bullion may be in silver. It seems little necessary, moreover, to retail after Sir ROBERT such trite truisms as that "there would be a great advantage in having a stock of silver in the Bank, which could be used for the recti fication of the exchanges, and for other advantages of a commercial nature ;" or his profound discovery that " silver is of advantage to the merchants of this country in enabling them readily to make remittances to India, and China, and other places." Probably, Sir ROBERT imagined that the public generally were not aware that silver is the principal medium of remit tance in these two great branches of our trade. He does, however, admit his fears that the advantageous means must be abandoned "if Parliament insist on confining the issues of the Bank to gold, and gold alone." But the Right Hon. Baronet is so egregiously absurd in the first principle of his argentine doctrine that we cannot omit the duty of once more, and in a more precise manner, indicating the more salient evidences of his blundering. In his attempt to show " what constitutes the measure of value in this country," he declared that " the whole foundation of his present proposals rested on the assumption, that according to law, and the ancient monetary policy of this country, the meaning of a 'pound is neither more nor less than a certain quantity of gold with a mark upon it." We exhibited the groundlessness of this assumption in our paper of Thursday last; but our present business is with the historical illustrations into which he expatiated. "In the reign of WILLIAM the CONQUEROR " (he says) " a pound of silver was the pound of account." "A Pound represented both the weight of the metal, and denomi nation of the money. By subsequent debasements of the currency, a great alteration was made, not in the name, but in the intrinsic value of the pound sterling; nor was it until a late period of ELIZABETH'S reign, that silver, then the standard of value, received that determinate weight which it retained without varia tion, with constant refusals to alter it, until 1716, when gold 'was practically substituted for silver as the exclusive standard of value." The " Enquirer after Truth," addressing Sir Ro- BERT on this portion of the speech, writes, " De basements have reference to some greater admixture of alloy than before with the precious metals. This happens to be a charge from which the English coin has always been remarkably free. From the earliest times to the present, with the exception of fourteen years, from 34 HENRY VIII. to I ELIZABETH (1548 to 1557), the standard fineness of English silver coin was 11 oz. 2 dwts. fine silver to 18 dwts. alloy; and even in six of those fourteen years, the standard was 11 oz. 1 dwt. to 19 dints of alloy; so that, with the exception of, properly speaking, only eight years, the standard of our silver coin has always been the same from the Anglo-Saxon times to the present day." . . . . " Your intention, doubtless, was to say, that the weight ofthe coin had been diminished, by which a great alteration had been made, not in the name, but in the intrinsic value of the pound from the time of WILLIAM the CONQUEROR to ELIZABETH. This is true. The pound weight of silver was coined from 1066 to 1601 (omitting the eight years of de basement) successively into 205., 20s. 3d., 225. 6d., 255., 305., 375. 6d., 455., 605., and 625. But how utterly incompatible these facts are with the Premier's definition of a pound, as " a quantity of the precious metals of certain weight and certain fine ness—a certain definite quantity of gold—a definite quantity of the precious metals," his own historical examples had shown, and the "Enquirer after Truth" still more happily proves. It never occurred to the philosophical sagacity of the Premier to make any allowance, in estimating the worth of a certain quan tity of silver throughout a period of nearly eight centuries, or any given proportion of that period, for the effect of the discovery of America, and the mines of Potosi, for example, or the value of the commo dity. From the earliest times " till the year 1600, the proportions of silver and gold were generally recog nised as ten to one. Ten ounces of silver were worth one ounce of gold." Now, as silver accumulated from being raised with so much less labour in the New World than in the Old, this relative value gradually changed until the proportion became 15 to 1. This sukject is so large, and is so ably treated in detail, as is also the fluctua tion of the gold pound, in the pamphlet to which we refer, that we dare not pursue it in this place. We will therefore take but a single illustration, and it is from the same author. He says, addressing the Premier :—" But your wish, apparently, was to con tinue one pound in coin at the same value which it possessed in the last two years of the reign of ELIZA BETH. Unfortunately, Sir, for your consistency, our pound sterling underwent four alterations after that. In 1604, only three years after the last alteration, the gold pound of the value of 20s. in silver was coined at the weight of 154 grains ; which gives for the pound sterling, both in gold and silver, the value of 255. of our present money. In 1625, it was coined of the weight of 140 grains, which makes the pound sterling in gold and silver equal to 225. 9d. of our present money. In 1675 it was reduced to 129 grains, being still of the value of 205., which makes the pound sterling worth only 21s. of our present money (this gold pound was afterwards called a guinea) ; and in 1815 it was coined of the weight of 123 grains, or nearly so, which is its present weight. Of these changes you appear to have been uninformed." And with this plain account of the Pre mier's unpardonable error in dealing with the sub ject of the weight and the measure of value, and the unceremonious but just remonstrance with which it is followed up by the "Enquirer," we shall for the present quit this branch of the question :—" Conceiv ing that as the same weight was found in the silver pound its value was the same,—and that, for conve nience sake alone gold was substituted for silver in 1774 as the standard measure of value—you concluded that when the pound troy of silver was coined into 66 shillings (four of which were retained for seignor age), we were brought practically to the same mea sure of value which we had in 1601. I trust, Sir, you are now satisfied that this was an error of yours ; and since this erroneous assumption of the antiquity and uniformity of the measure of value which you recommend is made the reason of your new currency measures ; I earnestly hope that you will for the the present suspend any further proceedings in rela tion to this business, and allow the country a little longer respite to consider what steps it may be pru dent to take in the present posture of affairs. When such mistakes as these are made by one who is con sidered an oracle on the subject of currency, it is time to pause and look about us." We have received Madrid papers of the 19th, but ey bring no intelligence later than that conveyed the last telegraphic dispatch. The Funds though ither better were still depressed. The Three per 6nts.:were done at 291 for cash, and 29i at sixty ikys ; the Four per Cents. at 191 at sixty days ; and le Five per Cents. at 20 7-16 at sixty days. The French Chamber of Peers, after a most tedious d protracted discussion, passed the Education Bill Friday by a majority of 85 to 51. Thi s l arge 'nority has excited some surprise, especially after e numerous alterations made in the Bill, some of ich were favourable to the Church, and a belief revails that the Bill will not be allowed to pass the eputies. The Nismes and Montpelier Railway was lopted by the Lower Chamber on the same day by 'arge majority-190 to 60. It p rov id es t h at i n case no company coming forward to execute the line o n i lasonable terms, it shall be completed by the State. The Journal des Chemins de Fer publishes the re )rt of the Directors of the Paris and Rouen Railway, I read at the general meeting of shareholders, which as held in Paris on Wednesday last. We learn v this document, that the receipts from the 3t of October, 1843, to the 31st of March amounted to 2,290,076 f. 59c., and the ex kises to 1,172,0 66 f. 98c.: and that, after de acting I per cent., as a sinking fund, and some her items, there remained for distribution among shareholders a net sum of 936,302 f. 62c., which g ach rat s h h e a r re m fo o r re th t e h s a i n x a m t on th th e s r a a b te ov o e f YeEves Mentioned,l3f. fo brein e 'per cent. per annum for interest and dividend. It Lust not be forgotten , however, that this is for the inter months, and cannot form a criterion for the inual dividend. The report announces the resigna km of M. JACQITES LArFITIN as President of the knincil of Administration and Administrateur, and le appointment of M. DE L ' EPEE to succeed him as resident, whilst U. Sim()Ns takes his place as Ad- MEI - rierr. ' According to some of the papers, the military lovements of the Duke D ' AUMALE in Africa have ; . .cited some uneasiness at Court; and an old and sperienced officer has been sent out to lend him ad- Fee. ".The object of the mission," says the Constitu mnel, "ii to lend the support of a military experience, 4m and reflective, to the ardent courage of the young Irince, less accessible to the counsels of prudence than the desire of glory and of danger." We regret to learn from the Swiss papers, that the disturbances in the Valais have been attended by Orions consequences. The following is published tinder the head of Martigny, dated in the Nouvelliste Vaudois : " The people of the Lower Valais are retreating, Ardon was taken this morning at eight o'clock, by the forces of the I,Tpper Valais, who are superior in number , and are well a t imed. Numerous columns of the tipper Valais are follow ing the course of the mountains at a certain height, whilst the principal column follows the plain. The column com manded by Joris and Barman has fallen back on Riddes ; it has destroyed the bridge of the Rhone, near that place, and att this time must be on the road from Riddes to Martigny. The retreat is effected with order; it is possible that the forces of Upper Valais may arrive this evening at Martingy, although the bridges have been destroyed. A great fire has been seen at Ardon • we are agreed that the building of the icon-works of M. iohler have been burnt down Several men were killed on both sides. The forces of the Upper Va lois seem to be inclined to assume a frightful system of bri gandage.—This dispatch was read in the Grand Council of the Vaud, in the course of its deliberations on the affairs of the Valais." The same journal states that, in the preceding after noon, Mme. BARMAN was arrested, between St. Maurice and Martigny, by a party of La Vielle Suisse, and kept as a hostage at the Pissevache. She and the man who drove her car were strictly searched, to ascertain whether they hid any dispatches. It is even said that the lady was roughly used by some of the men, who were drunk. On the same morning, a detachment of 50 men, with a piece of artillery, under the orders of M. TORRENT, took forcible pos session of the post of Trient, defended by a consider able body of people, who had broken down the bridge. A letter from Lausanne, written in the afternoon of the 21st says : " We learn that the forces of the Upper Valais are already beyond Martigny, and, that they are burning everything as they proceed. Epiney was in flames when the account left. The Council of State of the Vaud has sent off all its disposable force for the protection of the frontier, as there is reason to fear that an attempt will be made to violate it." PFriirems. Price. Price. Price. THE BOURSE—SATURDAY, MAY 25 . H i g h e st Lowest Last F 121 95 .. !'tench Five per Cents l2l 95 121 85 121 85 Fear per Cents. 107 50 107 50 .. 107 f 0 Three per Cents B4 $5 .• 84 85 .• 84 80 .. 84 80 Bank of France 3090 ..3090 ••3085 ..3085 Belgian Bank. • 670 .. 670 •• 670 •• 670 Belgian Fives,lß3l. 1840 ........ 106 .. 106 .• 106 106 Spanish Threes .• • ACtird •• •• ........ 32 .. 32 •• 32 •• 32 Neapolitan.. • ..... •• • • • • • 102 90 .. 102 90 • • 102 80 .. 102 80 Roman, ex div.• •• •• ..• •• • • 1044 .. 1044 .. 1044 .. 1044 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain • • • • • • • • •• 872 50 .. 870 - 870 Versailles,R.B.....•• ...... 380 .. 380 .. 380 .. 380 L. 8..• •• •• •••• 255 .. 257 50 255 .. 256 25 Ronon•••••••••••••••••••• 997 50 .. 997 50 .. 997 50 .. 997 50 Rouen to Havre• • • • • • • ... .. 785 .. 785 • • 775 • . 775 0r1ean5....... Strasbnrg to Bale.. •• • 266 25 .. 267 50 .. 263 75 .. 263 75 Avignon to Marseilles.. .. 795 .. 795 . 787 50 .. 787 50 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain 870 875 857 50 857 50 Versailles, R.B. . 385 .. 385 .. 385 .. 385 252 50 .. 260 .• 252 50 .. 257 50 Rouen . 993.75 .. 993 75 .. 992 50 . 992 50 Rouen to Havre. - 788 75 .. 788 75 .. 775 .. 775 Orleans ...... Strasburg to 8a1e.... Avignon to Marseilles• ••• •• 799 .. 799 •• 785 .. 785 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. There was no alteration in the appearance of the Eng lish market, and Consols closed at 99i to -a. The Un funded Debt continued rather flat. Spanish Bonds receded this afternoon, the Five per Cents. closing at 231 1, and the Three per Cents. at 35/. Mexican Bonds were 351, Peruvian 28, and Bra zilian, New, 774. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Chester and Holyhead were 1 ; Edin burgh and Glasgow, 16 ; Eastern Counties, New, 41; Great Western, Half, 25; Harwich (Locke), 1; South • Western, Eighths, 3i ; Croydon, 5* ; Ditto, Scrip, 91 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 ; North Midland, Half, 31; Norwich and Brandon, 51; South Eastern, 3* to 1 ; Trent Valley, 74 to 1: York and North Mid land, Scarborough Branch, 16 ; and Rouen and Havre, 11 to 101 premium. Eastern Counties have been 12 ; Greenwich, 5;:,- to 51; Midland Counties, 11; and Stras burg and Basle, 41- discount. Australian Bank Shares were 3 ; Provincial Bank of Ireland, 19i ; and Union Bank of London, 21 to 2i premium. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was a dull market for Cotton at Liverpool on Sa turday. Sales 2,000 bales at rather easier rates. Shares were in active demand, and there was some fluctuation in the principal lines. French were advancing. At the close there were buyers of Paris and Rouen, Orleans, Grand Junction, &c., and sellers of Eastern Counties which were lower and offered rather freely. The wind still keeps out general ship arrivals, and we have only a few papers from Australia, which are not of quite so late a date as those already come to hand. Satisfaction is expressed by those interested in the financial affairs of Holland, at the official statement of the Government relative to the success of the recent measures. It ap. pears that there have been subscribed to the loan of 127,000,0001. florins for the first instalment, 13,857,1071. florins as a voluntary loan, and 230,402 as a free gift. Before the conversion the annual amount of interest on the debt paid by the Dutch colonies was 9,800,000 f. The domestic stocks at Amsterdam have consequently been well supported, although there was not much doing in the speculative foreign bonds. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 60 13-16 to 6, and the Active Spanish, 22 5-16 to The treaty of commerce concluded between Portugal and the Zoll-Verein is generally regarded as a blow aimed at this country, by the vain but in significant Government of Lusitania. Whether we shall be inclined to grieve much at the loss, time will show; though assuredly it is Portugal that may be made to suffer most for this defection from an old ally. The great con sumption in this country of Portuguese wines, is of far more importance than the use of British manufactures by the subjects of Donna Maria, the obstinacy of whose advisers may well justify us in something like reprisals. It has before been observed, by parties connected with the wine trade, that there would be good policy in encouraging the introduction of French and other beverages, since the Portuguese Government (not the people), which we are by treaty bound to aid in the event of war, is so little disposed to allow us a chance of obtaining even a small return. The market for the English securities has to-day been steady. There is rather a full attendance of members atter the recent holiday-making. Consols for transfer to-morrow have been at 99,1 to 4, and for the new Account about the same. The settlement takes place to-morrow, and with the arrangements for this the jobbers are chiefly occupied. The unfunded debt rather flat at 71s. 725. premium. East India Bonds are at 925. premium. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. realise 1024 to 4 ; the Reduced 1014 to A ; and the Three per Cent. Annuities 984 to 98k. Bank Stock has been supported at the full rise of Saturday, being 198 to 1984. East India Stock has improved also to 2864. In the advices received this morning from Madrid, there is nothing of prominent interest, though in some quarters most gloomy representations had been made respecting the state of the Treasury. The bonds of Spain are rather drooping, although it is stated that advances of cash have been obtained from the bank of San Fernando on tolerably easy terms. The Five per Cents. have been at 244 to 24; and the Three per Cents. at 354 to 4. Mexican Bonds have been heavy at 35i, and nothing has been done in the other South American in vestments. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. are firm at 614 ; and the Five per Cents. 1004 to 4. There is not much doing in Railway Shares, nor could we observe that the fluctuations in general are worthy of special notice. On the whole prices are supported. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 25.—We cannot re port much business done to-day, but Manchester and Bir mingham, and Trent Valley are in good request. Manches ter and Birmingham Quarters, 44 ; North Union, 108 ; Trent Valley, 84 to 84 ; Eastern Counties Perpetual, Ne. 2, and 10s. 6d. premium. ' • 4 . . • a ~ m i t „ a ihr4 BvicA .7 4 .114, , xr • 014 THE S, UN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1844. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ~.............. 198_ . !Indian Stock 286% pm ... 3 per Cent. Red.. ....... 98% 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Red lOl New 334 per Cent lO2 New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ..... 12 7.16 Oct. 1859. ..... ..«.. Ditto Bonds . ....... 6-2 pm. Ditto Old Annuities 98 % Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d 72 pm. Ditto 5001. 7l pm. Ditto Small '73 pm. Bank Stock for Acct 193 Consols for Acct 9934 Jan. 12 1146 FOREIG India Stock for Acct.... -- i FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Ditto, New Ditto — Austrian, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent — Bralilia'n Bonds — Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — allian, 6 per Cent r;olornbian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 — Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18_5, 5 per Cent Mexican, 5 per Cent . .... Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent 2B Prussian, 5 per Cent — Russian, 5 per Cent Ditto, Metallic — Spanish, 5 per Cent 23% Ditto, 3 per Cent 35!4 Ditto, Deferred .French, 5 per Cent —f. —c. Exchange —f. —c. French, 3 per Cent. —f. _c ,Dutch, 2% per Cent 6l 4 Ditto, 5 per Cent JOON SHARES. Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) - Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths 12 paid 21% London and Greenwich (12t. 155. 4d. paid) 7 London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) lB% Ditto, Scrip, 10 paid l9q Manchester and Birmingham ssy Midland Counties (100 paid) BB ;4 North Midland (100 paid) ............ Ditto Half Shares, 40 paid Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) 7% South Eastern and Dover (33 2a 4d paid) Ditto 'few Shares ( 4 paid) Trent Valley, 2 paid 9% Rouen and Havre, 8 paid lB, Strasbourg and Bale (14 paid) 9% COURT CIRCULAR. The King of Saxony is expected to land at Dover this afternoon, His Majesty will proceed by the South- Eastern Railway as far as Tunbridge, from which place he will cross the country to Buckhurst Park, the seat of the Earl and Countess Delawarr. . _ _ On Wednesday his Majesty will visit Knole, Pens burst, Redleaf, ice., and returns to Buckhurst to dinner. On Thursday morning his Majesty will leave Buck - hurst Park for Brighton, whence, after visiting the Pavi lion, he will proceed to Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, &c. &c. _ _ _ _ His Majesty will arrive in London on Saturday after noon. . _ _ _ The Earl and Countess Amherst, the Earl and Coun tess of Wilton, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, M. de Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister at the Court of London; Lady Elizabeth and Mr. Henry Russell, Lord Cantilupe, and the Hon. Mortimer West and Lady Mary West, will form the party invited to meet his Majesty at Buckhurst Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended by Co lonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting, left Claremont for town, at half-past ten o'clock, yesterday morning. His Royal Highness proceeded to the Hanover Square Rooms, where he arrived at twelve o'clock. The Prince remained during the rehearsal of the Concert of An cient Music, and afterwards attended by Colonel Wylde, went to Buckingham Palace. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and attended by the Viscountess Canning, Lady in Waiting, left Claremont soon after one o'cloc, yesterday after noon, in a carriage and four for town. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, were in another Royal carriage ; and Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting, and Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting, followed in another Royal carriage and four. The Royal party arrived at Buckingham Palace, es corted by a party of Lancers, at twenty minutes before three o'clock. Her Majesty was received at the Palace by the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon. Miss Frances Devereux, Maids of Honour in waiting, and Col. Berkeley Drummond, Groom in vaiting. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes terday included the Marquis and Marchioness of Lans downe, the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, Lord and Lady Ashley, Viscount Canning, and Lord and Lady Granville Somerset. The Band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner, and performed the following pieces:— Overture, " Die Vehmrichter" Berlioz. Quadrille, " Chatsworth" Coote. Put pourri, "Cheval de Bronze" Auber. Walzer, "Dalkeith" Galop, "Albert" His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the queen Dowager yesterday, at Marl borough House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the performance of the French Plays with their presence yesterday evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone left town on Saturday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Malta. CLOSING OF THE STATE APARTMENTS, WINDSOR CASTLE.—We have authority to announce that the State apartments in Windsor Castle must be closed on Wed nesday next. Intimation will be given as soon as the public can be again admitted to view them. The Marchioness of Bristol, we regret to state, ex pired on Saturday morning, at Brighton. Her Ladrhip was the sister of the present Viscount Templet own , and was mar ried to the Marquis of Bristol, in February, 1798. A young lady offers the following serviceable and original rules for the guidance of spinsters :—" Before marriage it is necessary that a young woman should see her intended husband in four situations, viz. -Ist, tipsy ; 2dly, playing at cards and losing ; 3dly, wait ing for his dinner; and lastly, in a ball-room," SUMMARY OF NEWS AND PubUr eptinton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. On Thursday, the King, attended by M. de Chabannes, and two orderly officers, went to Saint Cloud, returning to Neuilly at six o'clock. In the evening their Majesties re ceived the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess d'Appony, the Prussian Minister and Baroness Kcenneritz, the Minister of the Hans Towns and the Netherlands, the Chancellor of France, and several other persons of distinction. Lord and Lady Cowley gave a grand dinner on Friday, at the hotel of the British Embassy, in honour of the birth- day of her Majesty Queen Victoria. Among the company were all the Foreign Ambassadors (with the exception of the Turkish Minister, absent through illness, and the Minister of Sweden, who is in mourning for his late sovereign) ; Marshal Soult, M. Guizot, and all their Ministerial colleagues ; the Chancellor of France. Baron Pas/Flier; General Sebastiani and his brother the Marshal ; Count Montalivet ; the President of the Chamber of Deputies; Count Barn buteau, the Prefect of the Seine, &c. After the dinner, which was of the most varied and sumptuous description, Marshal Soult, as the Prime Minister of France, rose to propose the health of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of England, which, having been appropriately honoured, was followed by the toast of the King of the French, given by Lord Cow ley, and similarly honoured. Military bands were stationed on the grand staircase, and in the garden ; and the entire arrangements were on a scale of magnificence befitting the occasion. A letter from Goritz, of the 15th inst., quoted by the Gazette de France, says :—" The Duke d'Angouleme is in a hopeless state. A catastrophe is shortly expected. His suffer ings are frightful. The Duke de Bordeaux is still here, and indeed at the present conjuncture he cannot be absent." The Paris Commerce mentions a report that a Commission, composed of magistrates, bankers, and merchants of consi deration, appointed by the Minister of Finances, who consti tuted himself its president, has for several months been en gaged in framing rules for the regulation of time bargains in the public. funds, and that the measure is so far advanced as to allow of the proposed ordonnance being shortly laid before the Council of State. A Toulon letter statesthat the Lavoisier steamer is to go to Carthagena, to be at the disposal of Queen Isabella and her mother, and convey them to the coast of Catalonia, where their Majesties and the Infanta are going to take the be nefit of the waters. The Gazette Suisse of Berne of the 21st inst., announces the departure of the Count de Pontois, the new French Ambas sador for Lucerne, to deliver his credentials to the Vorort. He was accompanied by the Count de Reinhard, Secretary of Legation. The intelligence from Switzerland comes down to the 22d. The Upper Valaisans have had the best of the first struggle, and the Lower Valaisans have been compelled to retreat. The number of killed on the side of the vanquished does not exceed twenty-eight or thirty, though both parties were provided with cannon. The city of Dresden and its environs were visited on the 12th by a severe storm, and a heavy fall of hail. The Elbe rose, and, overflowing its banks, did much injury. At the village of Rippehen several persons lost their lives, and this calamity was followed by a fire, which destroyed seventeen houses. The Augsburg Gazette states that all the works of the railroad of the Upper Rhine, from Carlsruhe to the French frontier, are finished, and that on the 20th the trial would be made to Offenburg and Kehl, so that on June 1 the whole line from Mantle= to Kehl would be opened. coinzT—F.A.SMONABLE. We understand that her Majesty purposes shortly after the arrival of the King of Saxony from Germany, to give a state ball in compliment to her illustrious visitor at Buck ingham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and suite are expected to embark for Germany on Monday or Tuesday next, in an Ad miralty steam-packet. The visit of her Majesty to the Con tinent, we hear, is not expected to exceed six weeks, during which period her Majesty will visit the reigning Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen, and other illustrious relatives. The Duke of Wellington, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Lord Charles Wellesley, Hon. and Rev. Dr. Gerald Wellesley, and the Right Hon. C. Arbuthnot, arrived at Strathfieldsaye on Saturday afternoon for the holidays. The Noble and Gallant Duke entertained a party of about eighteen at dinner last evening. The Hon. H. Pierrepont and Miss Pierrepont, and a select circle assembled last even ing, and the party will not separate until to- morrow, when the Duke returns to Apsley House. The Duke of Devonshire has only gone for a week to Bolton Abbey, the object of the Noble Duke being to per sonally inspect the alterations and improvements in progress at that interesting residence. The Noble Duke does not in tend having any more balls at Devonshire House this season, the parties there for the remainder of the summer will be con fined to dinners. A fete at Chiswick is spoken of. Sir Richard and Lady Puleston and family have arrived in Norfolk-street from Flintshire. The Ladies Patronesses of the Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear, will give a grand fete champetre early next month in aid of the funds of this institution. Lord and Lady Mahon have issued cards for a grand dinner in Grosvenor-place, on Thursday next. MISCELLANEOUS. The ceremony of laying the first stone of the Dublin station of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway was performed on Friday, by the Lord Lieutenant. The engineer, Dr. ➢lacneill, was knighted on the spot. The cattle show was held at Tiverton last week, in the market place, agreeably to public advertisement. The show, like that of our Exeter society, was not very well attended, the complaint being that these meetings come too frequently in the year. The stock shown, though not numerous, was of first-rate quality, and drew down encomiums from all who witnessed it. On Saturday a sale of useful and ornamental work took place at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, on behalf of the objects connected with the Church Missionary Society, the London society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, arid the Protestant Association, namely, to the Chinese Missions of the first-named society, to the Jerusalem Bishopric Fund, and to the special fund for reprinting and issuing standard Protestant works by popular authors in a cheap and attractive form. A chapter of the noble and ancient order of the Garter will be held in a few days, at Buckingham Palace, when Earl Talbot will be elected a Knight, in the room of the late Earl of Lonsdale. On Dartmoor, during the past week, so chilly was the air, that its lofty heights again assumed a wintry garb, and ap peared capped with snow. It is said that at the lowest computation 900 of high aris tocracy assembled to participate in the splendid recreation provided by the Duke of Wellington on Friday night. The Bristol and Gloucester Railway will be opened through out to Gloucester on the Ist of July next. There will be three fairs held during the holidays —at Greenwich, Wandsworth, and Stepney, and a fancy fair in the Tunnel under the Thames. The fair at Stepney is likely to be the last, for the ground is to be built upon. CHARACTERS IN " CONINGSBY."—ID noticing Mr. D'lsracli's new work, " Coningsby," the Morning Post observes:—" It must not be supposed that in selecting personages for his romance, the author has gathered simply from the stores of his imagination. The leading persons are full length portraits from actual life. No one can fail to recognise the amiable, philanthropic Lord Henry, nor the easy, sagacious, gentlemanly Lord Esk dale, nor the hearty, open, impetuous Buckhurst, nor the good-natured, affectionate Milbank. These are characters that will be assigned to the respective owners instantly, and may be appropriated with honour. But then there are others—Rigby, the shallow party scribbler, the doer of dirty work, and the toady of the rich and profli gate Marquis of Monmouth ; Tadpole and Taper, the small hacks of the Carlton Club, working through thick and thin for small places ; the Marquis of Monmouth himself—requiescat in pace—who will be hardy enough to point out the originals of these portraits ? And yet we could lay our fingers on the very men—and so the reader will b 3 able to do ere he has perused the second volume. The original of Lucian Gay every one will recognise. In deciding who sat for Coningsby himself, or for that greater Jew than Rothschild, the enormously rich and surprisingly accomplished Sidonia, we find greater difficulty, though, sooth to say, we have our suspicions as to the men intended. Who sat for the portraits of Madame Colonna and the Princess Lucretia we dare not say ; but no one who studies them can deny that they are drawn with a master hand." THE LATE W. BECKFORD, ESQ.—We understand that the June Number of Colburn's New Monthly Ma gazine will contain some very interesting and remark able personal " Recollections" of the Author of "Vathek," now for the first time made public. MR. HIGHTON'S ELECTRICAL TELEGRAPH.—We understand that the patenting of the new electrical tele • graph, which we mentioned a week or two ago, was op posed at its second stage, by Mr. Alexander Bain, the patentee of one of the old electrical telegraphs. As in the case of Protestor Wheatstone's opposition, at the first stage, the Attorney-General decided in favour of Mr. Highton, and Mr. Bain was adjudged to pay the costs of both sides.—Liverpool Albion. STEAM-BOATS ON TUE THAMES.—In consequence of the melancholy accident which happened near London-bridge last Sunday week, by the upsetting of a boat filled with children, and the constant practice of the captains of steam boats running to Greenwich and Woolwich during the holi days taking more passengers than is safe for the lives of the holiday makers, the following notice has been issued by order of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, which will be strictly enforced. Policemen were placed on Sunday at Lon don-bridge Wharf, the Old Shades-pier, and the other piers in Thames-street, with strict orders to prevent the boats from being too fully laden, and to prevent the confusion that is always experienced by the public through the compe tition of the different Steam-boat Companies on these fete days. The steam-boats will run every ten minutes from the City piers, and from Hungerford-market every quarter of an hour, to Greenwich ; and that as little confusion as possible may takeplace since the order of the Lord Mayor, an extra number of steamers will be in . readiness :—" Magnay, Mayor, —Whereas numerous accidents, attended in many instances with loss of life, have recently occurred on the river Thames, from the practice of carrying in the boats plying u p on the river more than a proper number of passengers, the Lord Mayor deems it necessary to caution all captains of steam boats, watermen, and others, that any future infringement of the by-laws of the Court of Aldermen, or any other mis behaviour on the part of those navigating on the river Thames, tending to endanger the lives of the public, will be punished with the utmost severity, the police having re ceived orders to prevent any infraction of the law.—By order of the Lord Mayor, S. R. GOODMAN, Chief Clerk. Mansion House, May 24." TIIE OSTEND ROWING MATCH. The Ostend Gazette says that the second match between the English rower and those of Ostend, will take place on Monday (this afternoon). The English rower may use the same boat as before. He may, however, choose another, which the Ostend men have a right to refuse. We therefore believe that the Englishman will keep his first boat, which is so light. The Ostend boatmen will use a new boat, made for six oars, but only four are to be used ; this seems to us to be a disad vantage for our men. It is true this boatis much lighter than the one they had before ; yet, with all its advantages, we do not think it equal to the English boat. The following ships belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company arrived in the River during yesterday and this morning :—William Jolliffe, from Rotterdam ; Caledonia, from Hamburgh ; Clarence, from Edinburgh ; Water Witch, from Hull ; City of Hamburgh, from Newcastle ; Attwood, from Sunder land ; Mercury, from Ramsgate ; Sir E. Banks, from Ostend ; Harlequin, from Boulogne ; and Belfast, from Calais. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• TAT TERSALT2S-YESTERDAT. THE SETTLING. " At a meeting of the most influential subscribe!! to Tattersall's interested in the Derby and Oaks tlement, it was unanimously agreed that no pogibly impediment could exist to the settlement of all ac counts on the Derby, in which the names of R unoill Rein and Orlando do not occur ; and that, therefor.% the settling will take place this day, as usual, with tl3 above exceptions." The meeting referred to in the above do cument ' which was posted in the Subscription-room , t°° ., place in the early part of the afternoon, and W 55, 11', intimated, attended by several of the most infl uento d i subscribers. At a late hour the room b e came crow de d' : and, as the great majority of those present, eit her rectly or tacitly acquiesced in the proposed settlen3etat and some actually commenced paying and recei ving ' we presume that, with the exceptions mentioned, it will be proceeded with this day, as usual. THE LATE MR C ROCKFORD ' S ACCOUNT. e . In the course of the afternoon, a letter w ss ceived by Mr. Tattersall, from Mrs. Crockford, copy of which, and of the opinion given by the t of Stradbroke and the Ron. George Byng, two of Stewards of the Jockey Club, we subjoin trust that the circumstances which cause 01° to address you, will be a sufficient apology for doieg i s i r s " Being ignorant of the custom in use at Tatt er if in situations parallel to the one I now find to r% placed in, I consider it best for me at once to p ly your hands the betting-book of my deceased hosp, all 4 ; s ll "You will perceive and, in case Running Rea l " A receive the stakes, there will be a loss of 604/ ; a n C 3" 1 ea Orlando shall receive them of 724/. " inclose you, therefore, a 'draft for the larger s • t h and would wish you to apply thi s sum, together if' t , the receipts from the several losers, to pay as far as ;nil' be " t claims of the sve.-al winners. t cas' It is possible that e , in a case of this sort, it is no t tomary to settle the book ; should it be so, I v'm Dot tomary to establish a precedent. " With a deep sense of the trouble I am about t ° pose upon you, I have the honour to be, Sir, yours ,t ° respectfully, " S. F. CROCKFORIP " Carlton-house •terrace, 27th May, 1844." OPINION OF THE STEWARDS OF THE JOCKEY . 6 'lo 4, We are of opinion that every p erson i n debted OA to late Mr. Crockford on hi; Epsom account is b (311 , °- t he pay the amount due to the pe rs o n d e p u t e d to sett le same. (Signed) " STRADBROI i.E h " May 27, 1844." " GEORGE 131.14''' ORLANDO AND RUNNING REV. :f og The following is a statement of the case as "" to stands :—Anxious, for the sake of the settliogt_m bring the matter to as speedy a termination• Bible, Colonel Peel, on Friday last, made a P r° 're. eion, through the Stewards, to refer it, under theo cent Act of Parliament, giving arbitrators the P ° ,„ be to examine witnesses on oath, to a barrister, ".' O l selected by the Lord Chief Justice. This prer i c sl- 00 d, was forwarded by the Stewards to Mr. A. ';„as who refused to accede to it. On this the Ste v- r e. considered themselves absolved from any furth er t o sponsibility in the affair, a communication t° t ies. effect was forthwith made to the different Pa r t he Colonel Peel immediately placed the matter in vi o hands of his solicitor ; and on Saturday proees s er a i i served on the stakeholder. The betting yes t was even. LEANDER. e n ole a We find that in one particular we were raisin—, 1 as to the travels of the lo wer jaw of this unin by animal, which does not appear to have been tak eli t ioo Mr. Forth to Messrs. 'Weatherby ; but of his declare t he (made in the presence of Lord Stradbroke) t l l 6 ll had been imposed upon by the M ess rs. Lic , '" o lo and of the other particulars of this si n gular affa ir ' account was substantially correct. THE DERBY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) sti es The settlement on the Derby is still a v exed (I° o o at the Corner. The state of facts we believe t° follows :—That the Derby stakes are in the heliihir Mr. Wetherby, as stakeholder ; that the owner of 01 ning Rein and the owner o f O r l an d o h ave both denifiggP them ; that, on their bein g re f use d to the latt er ' i d Wetherby was by him served with notice of a ction to that the steward s o f th e races o f Ep som have r e l ti o 1 11° interfere. How, then, are the bets to be effected' t o in general rule is that bets follow the stakes. it se i , e be d follow that while the stakes are in abeyance., t' e bo9 o will be in abeyance also. But it is asked—wAY A fi hol s° not bets which affect neither the first nor seeo, ll- A be settled? If any person backed the Ugly 9 ,, e i s be t Ratan, by no possibility can he win the bet ; I .' o be will not be in any degree affected by the deeis t l e o the tween Running Rein and Orlando—why should s pay? Because, say those who deprecate a p a rtial pe: , ment, the following is the state of the betting ° VS About 100 persons, bookmakers by profession , 100 against as many horses as they can ; if one 0 0 00 lays 30 to 1 against each of 40 horses, he wins 3 9 0 0 0 bets and loses one, and gains on the balance a hal l tie professional remuneration. May of these inel l o d on known to possess but a small capital,. but a re trils' - ec r account of the care and caution with which tbeb o al duct their business. The public, to the amount e i thousand persons, are the backers of horses, ancitl' quently the takers of odds. If a partial set tle' s Yin' should take place to-morrow, each of these persF ll s ad receive 38 out of the 40 bets which they hale Len In: will not pay on either of the remaining two. become the stakeholders of the whole money " 1- 00 public has adventured on the Derby. This nioneY,ol will hold during the II hole time that the courts ease may take before they give a final decision on &P ot her In the interim they may die, or be subject te nt the casualties which are familiar to those who freque bee° ring. As bets on the Derby and Oaks have alwniessboie settled together, and set off against each other,lo,o6 reasoning is felt to apply in some, though , th e 0 111 ‘,,, 5. in a very minor, degree, to a settlement on Considerable discussion has taken place with rgi.#34o the account of Mr. Crockford, who died on 01 1) 4 last. The general rule is that bets are n ot (100, b l ytP regular settling day, and that they are avoiden_stoce! death of either party. There are, however, 1%01E4: in which the account of a party deceased has been ve ' r y e The general rule appears the safer course. ca rin,, admits that the representative of a deceased par T ot hiirj be called upon to settle, and it is o bviously dec ce ir `; leave it at his option to come forward if the er. were a winner, and to abstain if he were a lc ': lead iri f , understand that some gentlemen who tak e "ar° 4 part in these matters, will meet at Tattersall to lit and from them probably some recoil:H:o°de- 0 0 tP , emanate respecting the settlement of occousn7eolo,eh Derby and Oaks. We are in possession 0f e . win a ffai, 00 cumstances relative to the Running Rein t he we think it would be improper to make public 0 3 will be submitted to a legal tribunal. O f ' TagA GATHERINGS EXTRAOR-L7 - 0 , big,' § A venerable pair, man and wife, and - e respectable people, died lately in Galli:01011i to B 'o' day of one another, whose effects, if broug t curl 4, would furnish matter for one of the no s . _a catalogues that was, perhaps, ever submir o idst P io auctioneer to the attention of the pu blic. difficult e 0 popular reports abroad on the subject, it is h u ave W arrive at the exact truth; but as we „ of oe , some pains to inquire into the o ppr ° case, the following will be found a close ted t sore mation : —Deposits of siver coin, dO O places where no one would have ve e ' ca refl i f • of looking for such articles—one Par cel orn er ° o ld wrapped in a piece of rag, found in a c io t s o l3 ,,,ir lumber-drawer, others in paper cramm ed I ,oo' o o basket, or hid in outhouses or some equal l y en s hat t be ing corner. These coins appear to have be ( r ola 5 . 4 4 from the light of day for a number of year s .; is., 0 ; different values they represent, such as 15. 6n ' e ' v ee, 2s. 6d., and 55., and had become in consegavot 1511, only tarnished, but nearly as black as ftrl i s , There were also gold coins, foreign as vvelL a gref lt of very small values, utos l. wit h , no . o f t bog riety of very different articles, ' the la s loe eo s parties appearing to have been, to have ? of everything. Of these, let the followiffg s 718 1. 0 suffice :-8 richly-mounted riding - vvb i f Sheet s d' broken pieces of linen ; 30 pairs of goo d silk 11P-0 dozen of towels ; about 250 rich-colo ured me tals rs kerchiefs ; 3 dozen thimbles, of divers pairs of scissors, and 1 gold pair ditto . ; ti l ois de o , oi silk stockings ; 30 gowns, made and ker s fl o pcl,l women's bonnets ; a lot of shoe-nisei 0 threads, with bristles attached coffin" split obcs4 great number of bottles of wine and ? la tor c i oe o qualities. Part of these were found in an.", . but_ 1 0 supposed to contain nothing but rubbl s _ l " ev go - 0 0, the assistant to a professional gentlemnrow Itiesot inventorying the effects, was directed tee hotti o e , he drew from their hiding-places seven': c haraP i t : h ° wine and spirits, some of the fortnern._,,no . 4 0 But there was an endless array of other 1 1 00 p i t enumeration of which would oennP/ t he e n roll ; space, if not exhaust the patie nce 0 .., 55 $ il l a , reader. The husband, in this case , , s sest - e, pigeon-fancier for many years, an:, 4; he 1111 very large collection of these birds,. , 11 '' hav ds, larly fed and cleaned with his 04,0reeti".skfiodor p ,‘4o . which included nearly all the varying ei,_ed perm cot P the world; and, although a lengtn li oin tfug, eel; intervened, we still recollect him P A „ , thP. , P curious fact in natural history—n.tanl,,ht fo ot " 105 time the turtle-dove coos, it lifts s 1;t_lO t a il his had also a number of fine canaries ni nce ,u 0 _ thered favourites have been dispersed;.!t, vit ni_fries and vf locality vviti:l knew him so long among friends and acquaintances re Courier. a go d go° The Lords of the Admiralty have deteralo:'eve tio in the trial cruises of the new experimeritai,e over., brigs, none of them shall gain an advantrtheit Ire others in point of sailing, at the expensr h ° hose,, psti° bilities and efficiency as men of war, whi c ,", th!' stv quently been the case with vossels in trYl' i b w ine: ls / r oil ) of sailing, when, in order to get ahead or t° oo ye t „ f ile of their opponents, their guns have been r e i ale 1 " or their breechings, and sent aft or below. ii-iweffird coming trials between the Espiegle, Mut ill .,,, e ill be t 91° P 14 ' prey, and Flying Fish, not a single gen;,,,,spor to be removed from its proper placc--We" graph. 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