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- swf of that Board, were not more conversant with the affairs of India than any Hon. Member on the Treasury Benches opposite. It had been said that the Court of Directors knew nothing about the private instructions that went out from the home Government to Lord Ellenborough—that they did not see the papers which passed through the Secret Depart ment. But it should be recollected that the papers which passed through the Secret Department related chiefly to peace or war, aid that there were three mem bers of the Court of Directors who inspected these papers. Nov, as the Hon. Director opposite (Mr. Hogg) had told the House th t all the Directors were unanimous, it followed that those three gentlemen, who had the opportunity of consulting these papers, must have been favourable to the recal of Lord Ellenborough. —(Hear, hear.) Ho could have imaginel that strong party feelings might have dictated a recal, which could not be justified. Had the majority of the Court of Directors been Whigs, there could have been a plausible pretence assigned for the recal of Lord Ellentorough from party motives ; but the fact was the majority of the Board of Directors were Conservatives, and not only Conservatives, but had supported the Government of Lord Ellenborough on a very trying occa sion, when the question of the gates of Somnauth was brought under the consideration of the House of Com mons. He would mention a name great in the history of India—a man remarkable for his presence of mind and cool judgment. He alluded to Sir Richard Jenkins ; he was a member of the Board of Directors, and yet he was in favour of the recal of Lord Ellenborough. There was no doubt but it was with the greatest relactance the Board of Directors took this last and final step. They struck the blow, but they immediately started back.—(Laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear.) As he said before, he would not now vote for the immediate production of those papers, but there was no doubt but Lord Ellenborough would be in the country by the beginning of text session, and if the Government then refused the productions of those papers it was only because they dare not produce them.—(Chee s.) Mr. MANGLES was convinced that when the papers were produced they would be exceedingly damaging to the present Government. However, at present he did not think it would be expedient to produce those papers, but when Lord Ellenborough returned, and when the matter was again brought under the consideration of Parliament, he should certainly vote in favour of their production, but would not do so for the reasons he had stated on the present occasion. Lord J. RUSSELL entirely agreed with the senti ments which had been expressed by his Hon. Friend the Mmber for Edinburgh. He did not think it would be advisable to produce the papers just now. It must be inconvenient for the public service to do so, and he thought it was better not to make any allusion to the past. It was said that the Court of Directors had been guilty of great indiscretion; even if they had been so they were willing to atone for it as they had shown by their subsequent conduct.—(Laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear.") He trusted that the administration which was about to be established in India, would be productive of great advantages to that country. Mr. HUME should certainly insist upon the produc tion of the papers, and thought the Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for Edinburgh had been incon sistent in saying that if ever there was a period at which the conduct of the Board of Directors and of the Govern ment required explanation, it was the present, and yet he would vote against the production of the papers. Why, the Board of Directors had been declared inca pable of holding their power; they had been told they had acted indiscreetly by a Noble Duke. It seemed they were willing to lie down like crouching dogs, to be thrashed again.—(Laughter.) What the House wanted to know was, the cause of the recal of Lord Eilenbo rough—the reason of the dispute between the Board of Directors and the Board of Control. He thought the House ought to have that information and he should certainly press his motion to a division. Mr. ROEBUCK rose amid loud cries of " divide." He would only make one observation. Lord Ellen borongh bad been recalled—his successor bad been ap pointed. He was anxious to know whether the Govern ment sanctioned the conduct of Lord Ellenborough, and whether the new Governor-General would take Lord Ellenborough's polisy for his guide. He was anxious to know whether LorcrEllenborough had been removed by operations of Gwalior, but I entertain a different opi nion. How eel - ) that difference of opinion be settled ex cept by the production of the papers?" Now, what I doubted was whether there were sufficient grounds for the_ production of the papers.—(Laughter.) Sir, no doubt a difference of opinion has prevailed with respect to the recal of Lord Ellenborough. No doubt the Court of Directors had a right to recal Lord El lenborough, and her Majesty's Government no doubt dissented from the course which they pursued, believing that there was nothing in Lord Rlen borough's conduct which made it wise or just, that he should be recalled. Lord Ellenborough's conduct met with their full appro bation, considering the present state of India compared with that in which they found it. Looking to the Manner in which he performed his duties, looking to his !thole conduct throughout his administration, nothing had passed in their opinion to diminish the confidence Which they had placed in him. But the Court of Direc tors, having full power, took a different view of the sub &ect, and e xerc i se d the powers which they possessed. was asked when this matter was last under discussion, whether or no I considered the executive Government responsible for the administration of affairs in I n di a after what had passed ? My answer to that question w as, that, without reference to the differences which had existed, the Government would feel it to be their duty to take those measures which appeared to them best calcu lated to diminish any hazard which might arise from the "cal of Lord Ellenborough.—(Hear, hear.) The ques r3n which we had to consider, after the Court had de termined on the recal of Lord Ellenborough, was what should be done with respect to the appointment of a new ii , ,Overnor-Ge nera l. W e m i g h t have sa i d to the Court of law irectors, "You hav e ac t e d upon th e prov i s i ons o f t h e • in recalling Lord Ellenborough ; act upon those Provisions also with respect to the appointment of a suc- Z sor, select the man whom you think qualified to exer ethis high trust u n d er th e possibly increased difficulties which may arise from the recal of Lord Ellenborough ; notify to us your selection, and the Crown will inform You wheth er i t sanctions the choice. We felt it our du ty to however, to pursue a different course, and we de terminedact in f r i en dl y concert w ith th e C our t o f Directors —(Cheers.) The Court appealed to the Govern ment to act upon the ordinary usage with respect to the nomination inetr had of Lord Ell en b oroug h' s successor . Si r , I man of the ciews with the Chairman and Deputy-Chair all°art of Direct ors , and I recommended that past differences should be merged in considering the question what course it was best to pursue under the ex isting eireatnstances. I said, " You have appealed to her Majesty's Government in the appointment of a successor tuotaLZiEllenborough; on the part of the Government, I But ngto enter into concert withyou for that purpose. I will suggest no one on the part of the Govern "▪ 'ent, unless I feel assured that the person nominated 8711 command the confidence of the Court; and unless it ..P „P e ara probabl e , th a t the line of policy pursued will be , t yroved of by them." I mentioned the name of my 1 , 14 nt Hon. Friend, Sir Henry Hardinge.—(Loud „-- eee es. ) I said that I thought upon the whole, • thehis present condition of India, from his ~.og experience in his public character, military eminence, and his great experience in civil affa irs, my Right Hon. Friend was the man who was _ e st calcul a t e d to un d erta k e th e o ffice of Governor- General ; and I was informed at once by the Chairman and D ePuty-Chairman that the same name had occurred to " th eni, and they assured me that no person could have been selected who would be so acceptable to the Court. (Cheers.) I said at once that I would undertake to topose the office of Governor-General to my Right filen. Friend. In performing this promise I stated to pit that he commanded the confidence both of the „`'.., r n_wil and of the Court, and I urged him to permit no phconsiderations to deter him from undertaking p, great responsibility. Sir, my Right Hon. Friend Inn not hesitate. He at once accepted this trust ; but bsYfirns opinion is that h e acce pt e d th a t t r ust from the ?est and purest considerations of public duty. will cheers.) My Ri g ht H onoura bl e Friend TU proceed b y t h e next packet to un d erta k e hi s new tz,uttn i es ; and no consideration on earth shall induce me f etter his administration by s ending out in the same Packet a detailed cor res p on d ence o f th e nature and ex tentof the differences which had existed.—(Cheers.) I the n ,°Pe that the House of Commons will not call upon con Right to produce that correspondence ; and I ask co e Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite whether they do not ✓ il nur with me in opinion, that the production of the pa pers might be injurious to the public interest ? lam sure that no personal considerations will influence it course with respect to this matter. The lion. Gen ;!111111 (Mr. Hume) said in his speech that my Noble _tend, th e D uke of Wellington, had accuse d t h e C ourt 11 Dir ectors of indis c r e ti o n. Why I never heard the e - ver, °li• Gentl eman attack the Government befixe, without how ling muls harsher expressions. The sole question, whether the production of those: papers Would be for the public interest. Believing that it would 11, ' I ts I shall offer the motion my decided opposition. Yr. ASTELL sa i d that when addressing the House 1 • "v n- 4 5hts ago, he h a d as k e d them to suspend their tbmgraent. If the C our t o f Di r ectors were attacked, e th Y would be prepared to defend themselves. What . 4,,,Y had done they had d o ne under an Act of Psalm -117, and they were above all personal considerations. nlr object had been simply the removal of Lord letnborough from the Governor-Generalship of India. l L. ms opinio n t h e üblication of the papers would be e t r hi njuriousro ► f injurious ; and, notwithstanding what had been Y his Hon. Friend opposite, he should not give him ,pipp_ort on the present occasion. v. HOGG said, that what he stated on a former oc he believed was, that it was his own opinion and belief, and • - h 4 2t wo Li -it colleagues were of the same opinion, that G nni be proper and fit to leave it to her Majesty's lotion(Ie to exercise their discretion as to the publi lieinsof th e p a pers; and he stated his belief and con '''" that, in the exercise of that discretion, they wouldinfluenced by what was conducive !,o . the mterest Th t was his individual opinion; p a b ell he communicated a with his colleagues, he was eer say that they were unanimous the opinion then expressed. It was essentially necessary tha t l, m en t e h e e2 h ov e e r rn or of India should possess the joint con e,irectors, andfo Majesty's Government and the Court of that reason the appointment of the Governor-General was the joint act of the Court utheuflerslipre:torsand her Majesty's Government; and for reason, namely, that the Governor shouldpossess c joint confidence of both, the law made his recal se- P rate•—(Hear hear,) It did not become him to say more than th e - • n that the Court of Directors exercised r ,eight under an imperious sense of public duty, and s !,'eY cause to the resolution of recalling the Governor -I;itieral salith the utmost reluctance and with great pain ; 44 1eVen th c ogh the Court of Directors should remain ratil e s e ,. t to any imputation, he, as an individual, would ti e —rrensain sub . ;ect to that than vote for the produc peetl,a9'.l3apers which were considered detrimental to the wereie. •i nterest. —(Hear, hear.) The Court of Directors te lt ' Influenced solely by st regard to the public interest, tan u t Prwould stand ill before the public if they per 4srn themselves to be influeisced by any personal con whatever, or any t e eon sisi.erations except . such the Y conceived would be conducive to the interests of th e C ountry. His opinion was that the production of G_ e e re e t ° le r respondence sought for by the motion of the Hon. n aan would be injurious—most injurious, if not den- W t k r --to the safety of India. ei MACAULAY hoped that the Hon. Gentleman . th e ti n - not press his motion at the present time. He s eho ght it would seem ungracious to the Noble Lord e :rete r l , vas so deeply implicated in the inquiry, and . he. h ad arrived. expected to this country, not to wait until ad arrived. It was that feeling which led him (Mr. la a j b aill aY) to postpone the motion of which had fo te- f - given notice. He thought it would be advisable r r ,,72 11. on. Gentleman to put off his motion for the so e e r'r nut he must say he had heard no argument to 4 t-lietT bin that on a future occasion, when the oy e s_ th e ' n or -General should have returned to this country, 111 ,. °t ionnow made ought not to be renewed and granted. ,Ifteee the there was a case in which Parliament ought to % A ; ‘ne Information, it was this case. Certain it was, pat there was misconduct somewhere, either on the °' he Government in continuing the Governor "e vat • office, r e , t ,„• or on the part of the Board of th e . l B „ ja recalling him. Let them take which horn of sec they pleased. A noble personage eon qes—e INi:th the Government said, the recal of Lord th e aoso lk -h was an act of the greatest indiscretion nob "" take n place during his recollection. If that men`l Personage. spoke the sentiments of the Govern the th eb , the G eer ,,,nent must have considered the act o th - 'eard ee v D - - --- 'ors an act of greater indiscretion ea the irecns W lehere* gad tenanies a ga i ns t the expedition, or the . Bill of pains This was a charge Ought made it Wer e not to be t rade, unless those who tha t s Prepar e d ate it.—(Hear.) It was said di the E to substant. I,l.;.sectors had acted with th e greatest r a a s s t hne l s n s di a a nd indisZiretion. Then, if so, Wha ve Te unfit t o b e en trusted wish the high powers en ticed ttlis-t-.a they exercised. And if they were unfit to h c lnairasa tic e ` l with the se powers, Parliament ought to be made and ee with the reasons ; but it was not fair tothrroew. -t's_•Ons on the . Board of Directors, which might p ice his demand for e thou s content, Public mind of this country against them. the,„," content, for his part, to postpone l aid t papers; f until Lord Ellenborough returned to Eng siie n !in until his conduct was brought under the con then granted Parliament. But unless those papers were , it might be truly said there was an end to . to,ee e°4 , l of the House of Commons over the G overn was an end to the responsibility of Ministers. and V i g,"t Hon. Baronet had, with his usual dexterity tte 4 , 1 " , evaded the question which had been put to hiT e . Pe st h ad glided, almost instantaneously, the 14 . 4. _L0 the futsire—(Hear, hear)—and turned from ro ust to antecedent administration of Lord Ellenbos eol t r att to the administration of his successor, which was b t i about t o commence in India. He woul d not then L o ng bef ore the House aarticular act of Lord Ellen 14;°:gel_fes,_but he would again say that it was not fair to Atm,. the ~ _b u t and the country in this state of uncer apse' n or to attempt to prejudice the public mind net the Court of Directors. A Noble Lord, con h!;:ted w - ith the Ministry, at least one who ga ve them s eet a nlinort, said t h at the power which the Board of Di as r rs l at 'pres'ent possessed should be taken fr om them, aui t vvas both anomalous and absurd ; but he (Mr. Mac didnot thinis it eith er a no malous or absurd, and he _ his duty, alth oug h not i mme di a t e ly c onnected With the Gard orDirectors, to stand up for the charter and owe East India Board of Directors. This was a , r which, be thought, they had hitherto exercised itll_ salutary and proper manner, and . which Promised should not be taken from them . without a fig struggle;llow et . • but with respect to the exercise of that papers laidno before the House to help its judgment, Ire should not hastily pronounce against the Board of s ,Ft_ors. He would not touch upon any single act of Ellenborouh's, but morel refer to the Court of 'etel 'a in the • " The Court was present instance. Th t. ,7:Ms. They k new h ow t h e Court was co mposed • 'new that there were to be found in that Court &great . e number of wen eminently qualified to judge of e:„.poitcy of the Governor-General ; and he did not "413T0 that the then along te, and e of the Colonel (Hear.) ld have that ha own re 'der the express at Hon• puttini an haa ipecting ifficultf le must .y state. made -enieuee it Hon. return he Bill, 1' of tile e which lion re ative to !et WaS, nc e o f r of the Ld lately lajesty :ed in a empire jetted to ' of the 'ge a nd country ppointed e might re swat* eferenc e la left to dia with the Court of Directors for his policy, or for his private conduct. He wanted to know, whether or not a com promise had taken place between the Government and the Board of Directors—that having Government removed Lord Ellenborough from some personal pique, or personal feeling, they were willing that the new Go vernor-General should continue his policy. He wanted to know whether the principles on which Sir Henry Hardinge went out to govern India were those upon which Lord Ellenborough had acted. Sir ROBERT PEEL did not know whether these questions affected him or not. There was no compro mise between the Court of Directors and the Govern ment. Not a word passed, private or public, between the Government and the Directors, partaking of a com promise. The Court of Directors had been consulted regarding the appointment of Sir Henry Hardinge, and in that appointment they entirely concurred. Regard ing the principles upon which Sir H. Hardinge would act, he would, of course, have to decide for himself; but he was sure, from the principles of justice and modera tion which had hitherto invariably guided that Right Hon. Gentleman, that his government would in no re spect deviate from those principles.—(Hear.) The House divided. The numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority THE MORTMAIN LAWS 197 -176 Lord J. MANNERS then rose to bring forward his motion for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the mortmain laws. The Noble Lord com menced by stating various cases in which property left to the poor had been misappropriated in consequence of the defective state of the law. In the town of Stockport 5001. had been left for the poor, and afterwards misapplied. This was but one instance out of many. It must be ad mitted, on all hands, that there was a necessity for in quiry. He would not trespass on the attention of the House, but if the House refused the Commttee, he must be at liberty to suppose that it was not because the laws of mortmam did not require improvement, but be cause they were so absurd that it was difficult to deal with them. Sir J. GRAHAM said he was by no means disposed to say that it was not desirable thatinquiryshoul o d ug n h o t t be made into the operati on of these laws. li e thought I their d h a g policyrea great pleasure must s b u e r e reserved accedingfo for future appointment discussion ; but of he a Committee. Sir W. HEATHCOTE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the collection of county rates, and to relieve high constables from compulsory attendance at quarter sessions.—Agreed to. POOR-LAW BILL. In reply to a question from Mr. P. BORTHWICK, Sir J. GRAHAM stated that it was his intention to move that the Poor-law Bill should go into Committee pro forma on Friday next. FACTORIES BILL. On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, after some short discussion, the report on the Factories Bill was received, and the third reading was ordered to take place on Fri day next. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1844. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM TM MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The meeting of the Bank Proprietors held this morning to consider the propositions of Government relative to the new charter, was less numerously attended than might have been anticipated, probably owing to the shortness of the notice, it only having appeared on Saturday, and all country bankers, who form a large class of parties interested in Bank stock, would be too much engaged in their own concerns to have much time to bestow upon this. The room was, however, tolerably full. As most of those present had read the outline of the project as given in the Morning Papers, the chief objects of curiosity with them evidently were to learn whether the Directors approved of it, and whether in the course of the negotiation they had been able to make any successful stand against what was originally proposed. The correspondence read before the meeting was very long, but it might be collected from it that the Directors had attempted to reduce the annual allowance to be paid to Government for their exclusive privileges lower than 120,0001., the sum fixed and paid under the present charter, but without success. It appears also that Mr. Goulburn originally intimated that he would expect a lower rate of interest than 3 per cent. on the 11,000,0001., the capital of the Bank lent to the Government. This was strongly objected to, and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer gave way on that partimilar point. In the gene ral discussion of this morning there was very little to notice, most of the Proprietors evidently reserving them selves for the adjourned meeting on Monday next, when they will have fortified themselves by a careful perusal of the correspondence, which is ordered to be printed and distributed forthwith. _ _ In general the feeling was sufficiently amicable. The only blow aimed at the Board of Directors was a com plaint of the manner in which the elections to seats at that Board take place, and also of the system of rota tion, by which each member arrives at the chair in suc cession. There was an evident desire on the part of the Proprietors, that the new charter should contain provi sions to remedy these defects ; that the election of Di rectors should not be, as it is at present, a mere form ; and that the Directors themselves should elect that member of their body to the chair who should be sound best qualified, and should retain him there as long as the interests of the corporation required. This would assimilate it to the Bank of France, the constitu tion of which has been found to work so well. As far as regards the quoted value of Bank Stock, there is nothing to indicate whether the Proprietors think themselves in a better position or not than they were before the present communication. Yesterday it left off at 1951 to 6, to-day at 195 to 7, the widened margin showing the caution of the jobbers in protecting themselves against heavy sales. HERALD.—On the details of the proposed banking arrangements opinion will, we believe, be found more uniform than could have been expected from the variety and power of the interests that will be affected by the change. We have every reason to believe that the joint stock banks, and particularly those in London, will be perfectly satisfied with the proposed alterations in the law, and that they will in consequence offer no opposi tion to the progress of the measure through Parliament.. There will be some grumbling amongst the private banks of issue, but even there it will by no means be general, simply because they expected that their interest would not have met with so much consideration in the Pre mier's plan. They will, therefore, remain quiescent be cause they expected that their situation would have been worse. One point will, we believe, be raised by theissuing banks, namely, that it will not be fair to tie them down to the average circulation of the last two years as a max imum, on the ground that it has been below the general average in the ordinary state of trade. This objection, and some others of a similar character, are, however, of such minor consideration, that we need not dwell upon them at present. As the special separate weekly re• turns will show the precise situation of every individual bank, it is calculated that the exposure will lead to the extinction of many small concerns, or their amalgama tion with others, so that the general tendency of the measure will be towards concentration. The feeling in the commercial circles we may state, without qualification, is decidedly favourable. When the system is once in proper working order, it is ex pected to produce greater stability in trade, and throw impediments in the way of gambling speculation which wiil not be easily surmounted. The deputies from the joint-stock banks meet to morrow, but we are given to understand that they will call a general meeting of the whole body for some day next week, without at preSent expressing any opinion of their own. _ _ As for the banking interest in Scotland, we may safely predict that they are perfectly content to be let alone for the present, and in this view we have as little doubt that the great body of the people will concur. We cannot however, say so much for Ireland, for there the general feeling is, we believe, precisely the reverse, and from the banking statistics which we exhibited in our last, it cannot be said to be without very cogent reasons. We have given what we believe to be a fair view of the first impressions produced by the currency measure of Ministers, and if they are altered on further c•n sideration, we shall notice the changes of opinion as they occur. SUN.—The Stock Market closed this afternoon firm in appearance, Consols being 99i- to i ; Exchequer Bills were 755. to 775. premium ; Bank Stock realised 196 to 197. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. receded a ' little, being 1021 to i. Spanish Bonds rose upon the intelligence of a new Ministry being formed. The Five per Cents. were 231 j-, and the Three per Cents. 341 to i. Portuguese Con verted improved to 45 and 46. owing to the surrender of Almeida. Cuba Bonds were at 92 to 93 ; Russian ob tained 1171. The Railways were rather quieter, and the alterations since the morning are not material. The Exchange on Hamburgh and Paris was steady. On Antwerp and Trieste it was rather lower, and on Amsterdam a shade higher. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Tuesday last : Silver coin to Rotterdam „ Bars ditto Gold coin to Bombay COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 5i Gibraltar Ditto, at sight l2 34 Leghorn 3O 50 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Genoa 25 99 Antwerp 25 95 Milan Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice 47 Altona l3 15 Naples 39 Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 65 Palermo, per ex ll7 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon 53 M arse ill es 25 90 Oporto 53 Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 23 Frankfort on Maine.. 122 i Bahia 2s Petersburgh, 3 Us... 36i Buenos Ayres — Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldyssight Vienna, effes. 11.3 M 9i4 Philadelphia — 1 rieste, ditto Madrid 361 Foreign Gold, bars. ..£3 17 9 Cadiz Bilbao 36 New Doubloons.— 00 0 Barcelona 36 New Do llars O4 9i Seville Silver in ears 0 4 11i CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the REconnEn.) William Haime, 28, a young man of very respectable appearance was indicted for stealing a quantity of muslin and other articles, value 12/., the property of George Jordan, his master ; and Amelia Eliner, 22, and Eliza beth Eliner, 45, were indicted for feloniously receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Williams conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoners. It appeared that the male prisoner had formerly been in the service of the prosecutor, who is a linen draper at Reading, as shopman, and he was discharged from that service in April last, at that time there being no sus picion that he had plundered his employer. The prisoner Amelia passed as his sister in Reding, and tho whole of the family, it appeared, came up to London. The prosecutor having occasion to go to Woolwich, found the prisoner Ilaime in custody, upon a charge of robbing a linendraper at that place ; and a quantity of property was then produced, which he identified as having once formed part of his stock. Evidence was adduced to show that this property had peen taken from a place at Islington, where all the, prisoners lived to gether, the younger woman passing as Haime's wife, The prosecutor could not distinctly identify the articles produced, and the evidence did not appear sufficiently conclusive to make out the e;, , targe . The j u ry accordinglyreturned a verdict of " Not Guilty." The Pri°,"oner Haime was then arraigned upon another 'indictment charging him with stealing a quan tit; of Irish linen, the property of his master, John Goss Fleay. Upon this indictment the prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to be transported for seven years. - - POLICE (YE IN ST T E E RD L A LgE NCE. WORSHIP-STREET.oaaciZnarst,abobeble of the constable re f l‘ t l h r e . B N in d g i- - visToens,teNrdoa. 56, v,a,ransuepllaTcierldleeladtoannt, ham, charged with robbing s ame division. tgorn' discomfort e ai t v number d of oc c a a r s t i i o c i l l e e s d being t oftficers during the last six months in n n ln se e d o b a y seq di u ff e e n r e e e nt o the s t a tion -house in ox c f or t to the men , from the suspicion it creat e d o f deach o ther, the whole of them have been lately on the qu i r i ve , to discover, if possible, the perpetrators George,butto n o purpose u ntil Monday afternoon, .wh en , as Massey, No. 409, who had been upon same night bed-room duty, was lying in bed , apparently asleep, in the with the prisoner and three other constables, one of whom was named Michael Cotter, Massey saw the pri soner get up and partly dress himself; and, after looking round the room, to see whethe r h e was o b se rved, go to a table near the window, on which was placed Cotter's clothes, and, after feeling about them for some time, he saw him put his hand in one of the trowsers' pockets, and take something out, which he unfolded, and then, replacing something in the trowers, he conveyed some thing else into his own pockets. lie then saw him open penknife, and do something to the trowsers; but thinking they were his own clothes, he had no suspicion, and torjk no notice of it. It at last struck him that it wv, Cotter's clothing which had been so handled, and walling Cotter up, be asked him if that was the case, and desired him to look whether he had lost mything. Cotter got up and did so, and then found tint a bad half-crown and a sixpence, which constituted the evidence against notorious " smasher," now in custody, named Wolf e, an d which coins Cotter bad wrapped up in a paper toget her ,a_ had been taken out of his pocket , and that th,. crown, being worthless, had been returned loose, while docket ood coin had p ripped °oll with a t km , give been .% a t n o d the it t t. t ti o e m a popfetahro. CUSTOMS' DUTIES ACTS. The Customs' Duties Acts report was brought up and received. VINEGAR AND GLASS DUTIES BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER this Bill was read a second time. STAMP DUTIES BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER the Stamp Duties Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. The House adjourned at Half- past Eight. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, MAT 4, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Philip Henry Stan hope, Esq. (commonly called Viscount Mahon) , and the Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macaulay to be additional Commissioners for the purpose of inquiring whether advantage might not be taken of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parlia ment for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts. WHITEHALL, MAY 7. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Reid to the church and parish of Applecross, in the presbytery of Locharron and county of Ross, vacant by the death of the Rev. Roderick Macrae, late minister thereof. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. J. Blair to the church and parish of Straiton, in the presbytery and county of Ayr, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. R. Paton, late minister thereof, to the church and parish of St. David's, Glasgow. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAT 4. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain H. H. D. O'Brien to be Captain, vice Farrell, retired on full-pay; First Lieutenant F. Ramsay to be Second Captain, vice O'Brien ; Second Lieutenant F. C. Standish to be First Lieu tenant, vice Ramsay, April 2E. ADMIRALTY, MAY 3. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet W. S. Davis to be Second Lieutenant, May 3, 1844. ADMIRALTY, MAY 6. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant G. E. Hunt, to be Captain, vice Captain H. Savage to half-pay ; Second Lieutenant F. J. Richards to be First Lieutenant, vice Hunt, promoted, May 3. Gentleman Cadet E. C. Deauville to be Second Lieutenant, May G. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. George Forbes, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Henry Jelf Sharp, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, April, 29. West Middlesex Regiment of Militia—The Right Hon. George Stevens Byng to be Colonel, April 29. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED GEORGE CAVE and RICHARD CAVE, drapers, Ban bury, Oxfordshire, April 24. HENRY TAYLOR, victualler, Bilston, Staffordshire, April 17. BANKRUPTS. EDWARD HOLMES, warehouseman, King-street, Cheap side, to surrender, May 14, at half-past eleven, and June 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Pain and Hatherly, Great Marl borough-street. HEN SIMMONDS, sen., coach M pro as p i r n i z eto a l street; Long aere, May 14, at eleven , a nd June 14, at twelve at the Court o f Bankruptcy. Penn ell, official assignee, B h Piercy and Hawkes, Three Crown-square, Southwark. WILLIAM HENRY NASH and WILLIAM GARDINER, dri:rers, Exeter, May 16, and June 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Sole and Sole, Aldermanbury. THOMAS CON, fruiterer, Porchester-street, Connaught square, May 21 and Jude 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Fennell and Bedford-row. CHARLES WILLIAMS, furrier, Sutton-street, York_ ra od, Lambeth , Ma y 14, at half-past one, and June 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official as signee, Old Jewry - cham bers ; Jones, Parliament-street. THOMAS WILLIAM BAKER, builder, Woolwich, May r l4, tc a y t . on E e, dw an a c r i ds J un o ffi e c l i aBl, aassignee,, F a r t e dtheer k's u - r place, Old k - J u e - w r ; Brooks, Great James-street , Bedford-row. JOHN BIRD, watch-manufacturer, St. John's-square, .I% c l a 9 y ur l t s, o fait3anhaurlfa.peaset i. twelve, johiio a n n r d o l fi ti o n i e al l au 9, ig a . t t C w l e e r l k v e e n v;teltlh, INOMMINM - - nee, Basinghall-street ; Hodson and Gibbs, King's-road, Bed ford-row. JOHN MOORHOUSE, cattle-dealer, Rotheram, York shire, May 17 and June 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Taylor, John-street, Bedford-row, London ; Badger and Coward, Rotheram ; Blackburn, Leeds. WILLIAM FOSTER NICHOLSON, worsted spinner, 'Halifax, May 17, and June 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Jaq ues and Ed wards, Ely-place, London ; Stocks and Macaulay, Halifax ; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. HENRY PEACOCK, grocer, Stockton-upon-Tees, May 20, at half-past one, and June 7, at eleven, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne ; Amory, Sewell, and Moores, London ; Clayton' and Dunn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. STEPHEN MEREDITH, linen-draper, Liverpool, May 17 and June 12, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Wea therall, Temple, London ; Wood, Manchester. WILLIAM HIND, common brewer, Preston, May 17 and June 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchester ; Fowler, Liverpool ; Kirk, Symond's Inn, Chancery-lane, London. FRANCIS DAVIS, linen-draper, Tipton, Stafford, May 22, and June 12, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee; Sale and Worthington, Manchester. JOHN ARNOLD, jun., Farndon, Cheshire, and HENRY ARNOLD, Derby, cheese-factors, May 14, and June 7, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee; Richardson, Burton-upon-Trent; Hicks, Bartlett's-buildings, London. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. W. Whiteley, scissor manufacturer, Sheffield. W. R. D. Brett, baker, Suter's-bs., Chapel-st., Somer's-town W. H. Webster, coal dealer, Mount-pleasant, Gray's Inn-lane. J. T. Hillen, farmer, Thursford, Norfolk. J. Kerby, licensed victualler, Bristol. B. Pocock, Fuller-street, Bethnal-green. J. Noke, railway porter, Manchester. J. Gill, jun., veterinary surgeon, Halifax, Yorkshire. J. Wetenhall, stock agent, Walcot-terrace, Lambeth. B. Newnham, tailor, Frith-street, Soho. P. Stock, painter, ray's Inn-lane, Holborn. W. Burton, innkeeper, Darlington, Durham. E. Brown, Gloucester. T. Cope, baker, Lenton, Nottinghamshire. C. Higginson, schoolmaster, Broadwell, Oxfordshire. J. W. Prentis, Kelvedon, Essex. J. Swinscoe, sen., wood turner, Sheffield. G. Davenport, Sheffield. J. Bedford, jun., pattern-card maker, Chorlton-on-Medlock. W. Hore, boot maker, Bristol. S. Hall, beer-shopkeeper, East Dean, Gloucestershire. J. Chandler, market gardener, Mitcham. W. A. Wilson, painter, Granville.place, Bagnigge. wells-road. C. Hederstedt, Lambeth-road. W. Tipper, traveller, Lady Lake's-grove, Mile-end-road. E. Harris, attorney's clerk, Branch-place, Hoxton Old-town. J. Farrer, licensed victualler, Liverpool. J. Patten, messenger, Paradise-street, Lambeth. J. Marchant, sen., builder, Boxley, Kent. R. Copers, schoolmaster, Coppers, Kent. H. Parrott, Marlborough-place, Walworth-road. J. P. Hillhouse, tea dealer, Bedford. E. Croft, bric klayer, Castle-street, Southwark. J. Friend, boot maker, Hythe, Kent. J. Nye, surgical instrument maker, Alfred-place, Southwark. W. Parker, coal dealer, Norwich. T. Mason, tailor, Sheffield. T. Hodgson, joiner, Otley, Yorkshire. J. Sutcliffe, carrier's agent, Halifax, Yorkshire. D. Henry, engraver, Leeds. G. Small, pig butcher, Liverpool. N. Daniell, dentist, Charlottee-street, Fitzroy-square. S. Short, boot maker, Berwick-street, Westminster. R. Sutcliffe, common carrier, Rochdale, Lancashire. J. Hilton, clerk, Meare, Somersetshire. W. Newman, builder, Hammersmith. P. Lancashire, gardener, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire. J. Daniel, farmer, Langstone, Monmouthshire. R. Vinter, St. Helen's, Isle of Wight. J. M'Larty, lodging-house keeper, Spring-street, Shadwell. J. Parker, sen., coach maker, Bath. E. M'Cormick, tailor, Carlton-street, Regent-street; T. A. M. Browne, S t oke St. Mary, Somersetshire. E. Howell, tailor, Henstridge-place, St. John's-wood. W. Harris, baker, Oxford. SECOND NOTICES. T. Pagden, St. Thomas's-street, Southwark, May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. H. Mahomed, bath proprietor, Little Ryder-street, St. James's, May 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. T. Standen, baker, Hastings, May 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. M. Bayntun, coachman, Knightsbridge, May 13, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. T. Ellis, stone mason, Bakewell, Derbyshire, May 13, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. R. Stott, Blackburn, Lancashire, May 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. J. Johnson, brewer Birmingham, May 13, at half - past ten, at the Birmingham D i strict Court. Bittleston, official assignee. a H n . ch th te to r n D , jisotirniecrt,clloluarntc. Fraser, hest er,hlay official l , assignee.a twelve, M M. Hind, New-street, Covent-garden, May 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. H. Haworth, labourer, Bacup, Lancashire, May 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. W. F. Waller, fruit agent, Great Carter-street, May 15, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. G. Gunn, commercial traveller, St. James's-place, Old Kent-road, May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. R. Page, sen., hair dresser, Banbury, Oxfordshire, May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Kemp, gun maker , Birmingham, May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, offici al assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. R. Pettit, livery-stable keeper, Exning, Suffolk, May 30, at eleven—F. Shaw, builder, London-wall, May 30, at half-past twelve—l. Lumley, victualler, Cornwall-road, May 31, at half past eleven—H. W. Smith, woollen draper, Tothill-street, May 29, at twelve. In the Country. H. Hitchin, ironmonger, Halifax, Yorkshire, May 31, m eleven, at the Leeds District Court—A. W. Hillary, iron founder, Ewanrigg-hall, Cumberland, May . 31, at half-past eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—R. S. Colpitts, grocer, Newcastle-upon Tyne, May 31, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District ourt—l. Sealby, edge tFo i n c , ADu grocer,r E h a s m t e , tool manufacturer, Keswick, Cumberland, May 31, at one, at th a e r Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—T. Benson, grocer, Darlington, AblNea North rr3tahOn,t granted, : o du n i n e e I , ye a ss t st r t ce h ae e ut s: N Hb e ae w ns c oh a Newcastle-upon- Tyne g u t ou p R o t hr n e - e, Tyne District Court. contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. R. Bec kle y, May 30—J. Martin, victualler, Bexle y-heath, - I e ey-Zieath, Kent, May 30 —W. Chapman, surgeon, York- place, New- road, Marylebone, May 31—T. Hodsdon, ' butcher, p H a a c rr ' o flannel manufacturer, Newtown, Mont g om erys h ire,wune4--J. Williams, J. D. Payne and L. Rushton, urriers,Birmngam M May 3l 3 - -S. Bettison, wine merchant, Leamington Priors, ' Warwick l shire, May 31—R. Hitchcock, miller, Taunton, Somersetshire ' May 29—T. Wileman , hosier , Earl Shilton, Leicestershire ' May 31—G. Cooper , butcher , Leeds , May 28 - 3 . B. \Vat kinson, saddler, Maghull , Leicestershire , May 28-3 . Wilson, linen manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 28—T. Rod ham, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 28—F. Shaw, car penter, London-wall, May 28. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Armstrong and G. Curling, wholesale druggists, London —J. Cleaton, J. Greenhaigh, and H. Greenhaigh, lace dealers. Tottenham.court-road—T. Chapman and J. Dean, ironmon gers, Liverpool—D. Hill, W. Hill, J. C. Drury, an d E. Barron, drapers, Newcastle-on -Tyne (so far as regards W. Hill)—J. Meek, J. J. Meek, and W. Cope, mill board manu facturers, Maidstone, Kent—S. H. Smith, E. J. Talbot, J. Parkin, and W. Parkin, merchants, Sheffield—J. and H. • W •k 1 J M Pearce, J. A. Bolger, Tyler, braziers, Warwick-lane—W ine . - ane— • • J. Phillips, and L. H. Winckworth, attorneys, St. Swithin's-lane (so far as regards J. A. Bolger)—C. J. Cal vert and J. L. Cooper, builders, Great Suffolk-street, South wark—W. May and A. Scott, linen drapers, Liverpool—E. Herrin and C. Wootton, builders, Byfield, Northamptonshire — J. Bownes and T. Barnett, chichory merchants, Nottingham —H. Thorp and D. J. Jones, waterproof manufacturers, Wood-street, Cheapside—J. Fawcett an d D. A. Rivolta, at torneys, Jewin-street, Cripplegate—J. Boswell and W. H. Faux, coal merchants, Manchester -b u ildings, Westminster — J. Whitley, R. Beaumont, and D. Murray, cotton warp dyers, Bradford, Yorkshire—Jb. Jonas, El. Jonas, and Jn. Jonas, tobacconists, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields (so far as regards Jb. Jonas) —N. B. Allen and J. Lull, ship builders, Neath, Glamorganshire—W. H. Hill, N. Hill, and T. Hill, watch manufacturers, Coventry. SCOTCH SEQTJESTRATIONS. WILLIAM ALLAN and JAMES ORME, music sellers, Dundee, May 15 and „June 5, at two, at the chambers of Baxter and Alexander, Dundee. GEORGE MILLER, victualler, Glasgow, May 13 and June 3, at two, at the chambers of Kerrs and Anderson, Glasgow. CAPTURE OF THE REDOUBT DES AUGUSTINS. The following extract respecting the capture of one of the redoubts at Toulouse, by the 79th Highlanders, is from the Note-book of Captain John Ford, which ap pears in the last Number of the United Service Journal:— " When the enemy attempted to recover possession of the redoubts, I was in the triangle,' a kind of fleche or out work of the one we had taken, but separated from the main part of it by a deep farm road,—and a French regiment marching up by that road, cut off my retreat, and that of seven men who were with me, and we immediately sat down close to the parapet. One of these men who first saw the enemy advancing on our left, had the presence of mind to cry out, " Sit down," and if the words had come from a general officer, they could not have been more promptly obeyed. At this moment we heard a cheering, and that portion of the enemy then close to us appeared panic-struck, went to the right about, and immediately retreated. One French officer looked at us, and shrugged up his shoulders, (supposing we were wounded, and thereby intimating that he was sorry for us), and a French soldier attempted to pull the epaulettes off Captain John Cameron's coat, as he lay dead a few yards from us, but did not succeed ; Captain Cameron commanded the company I belong to. It was altogether a momentary business; the cheering came from the 91st, then advancing to meet the enemy, for Lieutenant Roberton, at the head of a party of his regiment, immediately entered the work, and surprised at seeing us there, said, 1 ord, are you wounded ?" Having been thus released, we joined our regiment where it had re-formed, having had a narrow escape of being bayonetted or dragged along as prisoners with the retiring French army. After the regiment had left France, I heard many incorrect reports respecting the attack of the two cen tral redoubts by the enemy, the time they held possession of them, &c., &c., and having been by mere accident placed in a position which enabled me to speak positively on the subject of one of them, I became naturall y anxious at last to have some confirmation of my state ment ; and having ascer tained that Lieut. Roberton, whom I bad not heard of for a period of seventeen years, lived in Edinburgh, I wrote to him, and received a very satisfactorpreply, of which the following is an extract Edinburgh, 28, Greenside-street, June 21, 1831. " The circumstances which you mention relative to the battle of Toulouse, are quite fresh in my memory ; and it will afford me great pleasure if anything I can say on the subject prove satisfactory, or avail you in any shape, of which I hope you will do me the favour to acquaint me. " My enterirg the outwork with some of the 91st men, and my surprise at finding you there, happened just as you describe. " It was the body of Captain John Cameron which lay in the fleche, as marked by you with red ink in the pen. erw l r a i t t t h e e r d w i l i i i en I apparentapp roaagchenecly. sketch you sen t me. Li eu t enan t Duncan Cameron, brother angle; the of Kenneth C ameron, t h e th en a dj u t an t, lay in the opposite was Th e b quite ed y dead, a N p y t h a i n e t Purvis lay in front of the fleche." LATER FROM the UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. We have received, by the politeness of some of the passengers by the New York packet-ship, Indepen dence, Captain Nye (who left the ship when she was detained by contrary winds off Kinsale, and arrived here by the Dublin mail this morning),- New York papers of the Bth April, the day of her sailing from that city. They do not possess any news of political impor tance ; it was expected that Mr. Calhoun would in troduce the Texian and Oregon questions, in a short time, as the sympathy of the West might thus be brought to the support of Texian movement, and also to give time for negotiations with Mexico to become a party to the step. At present he is frequently engaged in conference with our Minister, Sir R. Pakenham. In the Bill before the House to prevent private ex presses, Mr. Hannegan proposed to add a clause, authorising the search of passengers' trunks and boxes, when they were suspected to contain letters, an inva sion of the subject that had caused some stir. Professor Sanderson, favourably known as the author of " The American in Paris," died at Phila delphia, on the sth of April. The American brig Frances Lord, Captain Brown, of New York, was visited by her Britannic Majesty's ship, Alert, when off the west coast of Africa, on the 2d January ; a musket shot was fired into the Frances Lord, and great want of courtesy is complained of. At New York, business generally is reported to be in a good state, though the amount of actual transactions in the week was not large. Money is more in de mand, the banks obtaining readily 5 per cent. for short, and 6 per cent. for long date bills. The rate of exchange was firm at 8i to 8i prem. on London, and sf. 281 c. per dollar on Paris. In the Cotton Market there was decidedly an im proved feeling. In fact, the reduction in price which had taken place was quite recovered, so that the market stood as it was before the arrival of the last steamer. The sales of the week ending 6th April were 17,000 bags, viz.', 9,150 Upland and Florida at 7i- to 8 for middling to ordinary; 81 to 8i; for midd ling fair to fine ; and 9 to 9i for good fair to fine ; and 7,850 Mobile and New Orleans at 71 to 81 for midd ling to ordinary; to 9k for middling fair to fine; and 9* to 10i for good fair to fine. kreights have slightly relaxed, being now 7 9-16 for cotton to Li verpool by the packets. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the garden at Claremont on Monday afternoon, after the return of the Prince from town. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were also taken on the lawn in front of the mansion. _ _ Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert walked in Claremont Park. The Royal Family were taken their accustomed daily airings in the gardens of Claremont yesterday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert will, it is expected, leave Claremont early this afternoon, and return to Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes terday in an open barouche and four, attended by the Hon. Charlotte Hudson and the Hon. Caroline Boyle, Maids of Honour in Waiting. Her Majesty drove through Regent Park and Hyde Park, and also paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. Her Majesty afterwards returned to Marlborough House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town from his residence at Kew. His Royal High ness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester in the afternoon. A deputation from the general meeting of Artists, on the subject of the suppression of Art-Unions, consisting of Mr. Wyse, M.P., Mr. R. W. Buss, Mr. George Raphael Ward, Mr. J. B. Pyne, Mr. Christopher Moore, Mr. Augustine Aglio, Mr. W. Finden, Mr. Alfred Clint, Mr. Richard Rothwell, Mr. Edward Goodall, Mr. James Stephanoff, Mr. Frederick Y. Hurlstone, Mr. Henry Warren, and Mr. James Fahey, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.- The Ecclesiastical Commission for England had a meeting yesterday afternoon at the office in Whitehall place. The Commissioners present were the Arch bishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Durham, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of Carlisle, the Bishop of St. Davids, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Ripon, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Bishop of Wor cester, the Earl of Besborough, the Earl of Chichester, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Dean of West minster. His Highness the Prince of Oettingen Wallerstein, and his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, transacted husi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Earl of Ripon arrived in town yesterday from his residence on Putney Heath. The Governor of the Bank of England, and the De puty-Governor, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord and Lady Stanley's grand dinner party and assemblage on Saturday evening next are unavoidably postponed, in consequence of the death of the Hon. R. Bootle Wilbraham. Lord Worsley and Sir Francis Doyle, had interviews with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. MR. WILSON'S JACOBITE RELICS" On Monday night Mr. Wilson produced, at the Store street Room, a new entertainment under the above title. His object appears to have been to describe the birth and growth of what may be called the Jacobite muse of Scotland —to trace the origin of that body of poetry and music, inspired by enthusiasm for the Stuart dynasty, which contributed to keep alive a Jacobite feeling in Scotland long after it became, politically and rationally, a mere absurdity. In his lecture Mr. Wilson went back to the very commencement of Ja,cobitism—to the period when Graham of Claverhouse—Viscount Dundee—fell on the last of his fields in the cause of the last of the Stuarts. He gave a narrative of the insurrection of 1714, into which he introduced a number of lyrical effu sions produced by the enthusiasm of that period ; and he brought the subject down to the great rebellion of 1745 ; thus connecting his present entertainment with the very popular one which is founded on the occur rences of that period. Mr. Wilson's entertainment was characterised by the same qualities as his former ones—great good sense and judgment in the choice of his topics—a simple and un affected, yet very animated delivery—a variety of inte resting and amusing anecdotes,—and, above all, a num ber of b eau tif u l S co ttish J aco bit e b a ll a ds, sung as Wilson alone can s i ng th em . Th e Killi ec rankie songs, with ivhich he commenced, are full of racy Scottish humour; but we should have thought it impossible to make them at all intelligible to an English audience, had it not been for the great hilarity they produced, and the applause with which they were received. There were several, however, of a plaintiff and melancholy cast, with which every listener must be delighted and moved. Among these we were enchanted with the beauty and pathos of " Derwentwater's Farewell," and" The sun rises bright in France." In this last some of the sweetest poetry imaginable is united to a most expressive melody. The first four lines strike us as exquisite : " The sun rises bright in France, And fair sets he; • But he has tint the blink be had In my sin countrie." Mr. Wilson also introduced the well known song of " Lewie Gordon," hut gave it all the charm of novelty by the manner in which he sang it. Taken altogether, this is a most interesting entertain ment; and it will, we have no doubt, have the success which has attended Mr. Wilson's previous efforts. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NiMMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FOUR O'CLOCK. The attenuated condition of a list that on its first ap pearance in " outline " looked very much like " business," is partly ascribed to the unpopularity of the handicap for the Suffolk Stakes, and partly to the excessive hard ness of the ground, which naturally disinclines trainers to risk horses that already arc, or will be, engaged at Gorhambury, Epsom, or Ascot. A suspicion that the mighty promise on paper would come to nothing, coupled with the announcement that Oakley's matches with Emma and St. Lawrence were off, sufficiently explains why the attendance on the Heath this afternoon was so small, and leads us to anticipate that although, a race of some kind may be knocked up for Thursday, the meet ing, as far as the public are interested, will terminate to-morrow. The sport this afternoon will speak for itself. 501., for three-yrs old, 6st 21b ; four, Bst ; five, Bst 71b ; six, and aged, Bst 121 b. T.M.M. Winner to be sold for 200 sovs. Duke of Grafton's Esop, 4 yrs (Nat) 1 i Lord W. Powlett's Falconer, 3 yrs 2 Lord Exeter's Maria Diaz, 4 yrs Mr. Batson's Tipoe, 3 yrs Esop made all the running, defeated Falconer's chal lenge half way in the cords, and won cleverly by a length; Maria Diaz a bad third. The winner was claimed. Even on Esop, and 7to 4 agst Maria Diaz. 50/., for three-yrs old, colts Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. R.M. Duke of Rutland's Welbeck (Robinson) 1 Lord Exeter's Pergularia 2 Lord Chesterfield's Tiddly Winks 3 The following also ran :—Mr. Thorhill's Elemi, Lord Albemarle's Winfarthing, Mr. John Day's Vates, Mr. Francis's Seven's the Main. Betting 6to 5 agst Yates, 7to 4 agst Welbeck, and 4to 1 agst Elemi. Welbeck made all the running, and won in a canter by three lengths; a fine race for second, Vates fourth, and Elemi fifth, close together; the others nowhere. Robinson's stirrup-leather broke immediately after passing the post, and he was nearly off; the horse ran nearly half a mile before he was pulled up. Match, A.F., 500 sovs., 100 ft.--Mr. Thornhill's Ex- Y), beat Mr. Jaques's t s e e m m p i o s e r r e 4 i , a , 4 yrs, yrs 8 8 s s t t 7 7 1 1 b b (. ( R C o h b i i n f n s e o ) pore. Won by a length. . Even on Extem- Match, D.M., 200 sovs., h ft.—Lord Chesterfield's The Miser Scarve, received forfeit from Lord Exeter's Plush. Match, A.F., 200 sovs., h ft, both 3 yrs old.—Duke:of Bedford's Espoir, Bst, received 50 sovs. compromise from Mr, Osbaldeston's Sister to Martingale s Bst 714 THE WELSH CHURCH. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) " We do hear them speak in our tongues the won derful works of God.' What a glorious opening scene, and how gloriously continued on. " Their sound is gone out into all lands."—" There is neither speech nor language but their voices are heard among the m."—Es en the distant isolated Briton rejoiced in the heavenly privilege, and his descendants have en joyed it as their rightful inheritance to the present day. But, alas ! here we are forced to stop. A change has come over their fortunes; and when those Britons now stand forward to hear the joyful tidings in their tongue wherein they were born, they meet with an unqualified refusal. " No," says the Church of England, "you shall hear no such things unless you learn English." A short time ago we adverted to the practice in the diocese of Llandaff, of denying the communion service to the poor in their native tongue, and the many other unchristian practices concurrent with that ; and as such practices must be too notorious to escape public animadversion, it may be asked why the ag grieved parties do not remonstrate and memorialise the Bishop on the subject. Memorialise the Bishop ! W hy, he has been memorialised, expostulated with, entreated, implored, supplicated upon the subject. And what is said on the part of the Bishop ? Why, that he is pastor pastorum, and not pastor populi; and with these scraps of Latin the matter is dismissed. The Bishop does his work by deputy, and the people remain as they were. Deputyism and sinecurism form the vital air of the Church of England. They are the oxygen and hydrogen of its constant respira tion, only that to this combination is added another ingredient of no less general diffusion, and that is nepotism. This is the laughing gas of the Establish ment. It was this principle that operated so effica ciously in the recent arrangements in the parish of Mamhilad, and produced the usual fruits there. In this parish the people were accustomed to hear the service of the Church in their native Welsh language; but about the beginning of the present yearthe Welsh clergyman having left, it was contrived that through the exercise of some little reciprocities between influ ential persons in this diocese and others on the English side of the Severn, without in the least consulting the convenience of the parishioners, an English clergyman was placed here totally ignorant of the Welsh lad guage, and who, of course, withheld from them their customary service. Upon this the parishioners de termined upon addressing the Bishop, and accordingly a petition was drawn up to the following effect, and delivered to the Bishop : "To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Llandaff. " We, the undersigned inhabitants of the parish of Mamhilad, in the county of Monmouth, and diocese of Llandaff, humbly beg permission to state to your Lordship," &c. And here they proceed to say that they had been accustomed to have the service of their parish church performed in their native Welsh lan guage, and that the congregation was often very con siderable, but that in consequence of the change al luded to, it was continually diminishing, and was then reduced to seven individuals ; and then they added that if such practice was persisted in, they had no alternative but to absent themselves altogether from their parish church, and seek some other place of wor ship, where they could hear the word of God in their native tongue, and concluding with a prayer that the Bishop would redress their grievances. Would it not be natural to suppose that such an appeal would be immediately attended to ? But no. The pastor pastorum had nothing to do with this vox populi. Week after week passed away, and nothing was done ; and the last we heard of Mamhilad was, that the seven tenacious churchmen had at last dwin dled into five. Whether those five have followed their neighbours we know not ; but this we are assured of, that there is a Dissenting chapel to be erected in the parish, to which a popular and eloquent Welsh preacher will be appointed ; and the swarm which has left the old hive will be better housed, and if not more wholesomely, at least more bountifully fed. But one other fact, not less characteristic of the system is, that this same English clergyman has been also placed as minister to the new c' airch in the ad jacent iron works, in the midst of a Welsh-speaking population, under the patronage of the Pastoral Aid Society. Little do the contributors to that charity suspect how their money is applied. It may be asked, where will all this end ? We do not possess the faculty of second sight, but with such active causes before us we will venture to predict a few effects, and in so doing we shall announce a few facts, probably new in certain quarters. There is even now a decree gene forth from the Vatican that will ere long visit this nefarious system with the re tribution it so righteously deserves : for there are at this moment preparing for the ministry in a Roman Catholic seminary a number of young Welshmen, well acquainted with the language, talented, elo quent men, devoted to their creed, who, as soon as arrangements are complete, will be sent out into the principality as missionaries and parish priests ; and, what is more, there is actually a Welsh Catholic Bishop, consecrated for Wales ; yea! and he will fix his residence in the ancient see of Llandaff; yea, his palace and cathedral are already planned out, and that, too, in a style of magnificence worthy of the importance of his charge, where, surrounded by his suffragans and coadjutors, he will complete the or ganisation which his Church is so competent to design. The Church of Rome was once expelled by the Church of England for not ministering in a language understood by the people. Three hundred years of exile have taught her wisdom. We shall see her en gage her rival with the same weapons, and most pro bably not without effect. " See," she will say to the injured and insulted p eo p le of Wales, pointing to the Church of England, " See how that false, heartless stepmother of yours famishes your souls and mocks your cries. Come ye to me, and be ye comforted and fed." And when this takes places, who is to enter into battle in defence of the Protestant faith ? Is it the crippled, crutched, and dotaged Church of England ? Will she resist the march of mighty Rome when she comes forth in the vigour of her re novated youth ? Is it the fashion-ridden Anglicised clergy of the Establishment, who preach to bare walls, that will direct the popular feeling and stay the progress of the enemy? No; if the encroachment is to be resisted at all, it is not by the Church of Eng land that it will be done, but by her deadly enemies, the Dissenters. And in that conflict, if the Dissenters are defeated, the Church of England is gone; but if the Dissenters prevail, that very success will establish their own supremacy, and be equally fatal to the Church. Lo, this is our prediction! BILL MACERS.—It is a matter of great surprise amongst men of business in the city, that, notwithe standing the innumerable warnings which the public have received, through the Press, against intrusting securities for money to persons unknown, and after the repeated convictions which have taken place, in the cases of bill-stealers, and the severe sentences which have been passed upon the delin quents, there should be exhibited daily evidence of the credulity of persons, in other respects, possessed of ordinary good sense. The practice of bill-stealing is carried on to an enormous extent in the west end of the town. There are numbers of persons about the fashion able part of the metropolis who are designated "Bill maters," alias, bill agents. They form a kind of part nership, and play into each others hands with much in genuity. The firm consists, in each locality, generally of three individuals, each of whom has a different character to perform. They are called " the bill macer," " the grab macer," and " the huffily* macer." The bill macer is the head or representative of the pecuniary strength of the firm, and is to be considered as the negotiator. The grab macer is to be found constantly haunting coffee-houses and taverns on the look out for those who may be anxious to get " bits of genuine stiff," or good bills, discounted, in order to introduce them to the bill-macer, who is at all times ready to misappropriate ; and the buffing macer is always in the way to be at the beck and call of the other maters, in order to swear to the right of possession on the part of the negotiator, and to the posi tive payment of the amount, with deduction of the inte rest to the unfortunate person, who calculates upon the accommodation after he has placed the security at the mercy of this gang of thieves. It is well known tirlit robberies are every day perpetrated upon the system above described ; and when a gentleman haPPV.Is to fall into the snare so ingeniously laid and acted •upon, the buffer is sure to beat him by a circumstanti al detail in which time and place and the number of sorpereigns paid (for the negotiator always pays in gold) &ire sworn to, except indeed he is prepared to aot wits more than ordinary nerve in his own defence. TRAVELLING IN SPAIN.--We - read in a Madrid journal—" Mail-coaches, with three places for pas sengers, like those of France, have been est fib - fished upon all our roads. It is difficult to give an idea, of the multi plication of public carriages of all kinds in Spain. They are running in every direction, and there i so much op position, that the fares are brought extremely low, and travelling has become so greatly increased, Ibiat the inns and other establishments for their accominc,dation are as greatly improved. If our highways are 'au q cleared of the brigands who infest them, foreigners w ill flock to explore our country mid its interesting• curiosities, hitherto almost unknown to the rest of, Europe."— Galignanes Messenger. COFFEE ELECTRICITY. —Although it ic; not quite new, it is not generally known that a man may be literally and truly electrified with newly ground coffee. The manner of doing so was exhibited to t h e writer of tl us a few days ago at a shop in the New To wn. A largen co in-mill, driven by a steam-engine, was gri ndin g coffee into i huge barrel. In the barrel stood a copper scoop, directly o ceder the fall of the fresh-ground c offee. An iron rod being; held within an inch or so of the copper scoop, an instant %I meous flash of lightning, or stream of electric fluid, was at tracted by the iron. The same result followed when the bnkgeerntise. aseni ployed instead of the rod, and a slight shock, was quite perceptible. By a ruk ju t • punc ture of a pin, coffee to . the' contrivance, a shock was also communicated from the grour animal in a tail of a cat, when off scampered the bewilder !id state of the most earnest astonishment. matter is curious, and not beneath the attent Ps together the Of the phi losopher. Can there be electricity in flour, oa ftneal, or snuff? These are exposed to friction as well as coe which proves the one to be genuine or the ; and a test useful with regard to the others te- o t reverse, may be Scott:natl, i svontiqtt of the ~, ante of having dropped out. Sergeant Dubois was then sent for, who, on his arrival, found the prisoner cooking some steak by the kitchen fire. He asked him where he got it, and the prisoner said at a butcher's in Hoxtun he mentioned, saying, to further questions, that he had paid for it in halfpence ; but on b e i ng c l ose ly pressed, he acknowledged that he had paid for it with a sixperco. The butcher was then communicated with, and he at once produced the sixpence, having only taken that one coin of that description during the day, and which coin both Sergeant Dubois and Cotter identified as that found in the possession of Wolfe. Another constable also proved that his knife, which he had left on the window ledge before going to bed, had been removed, and tho pocket of the trowsers, which were produced, had evi dently been freshly and intentionally cut. The prisoner, in defence, said all this statement was false. While taking up his coat, which was by the trowsers, he might certainly have touched the latter, but that was all, .11e declared he had not put his hand in the pockets, and certainly stole nothing from them. Mr. BINGIIAM thought it necessary that the butcher, who was not in attendance, should be produced, to prove the passage of the coin from the priso ner's hand to his, and ordered him to be remanded till next week, for that purpose. The prisoner was then removed in custody. CLERKEN WELL. Margaret Kelly was charged with stabbing John. Dym. mock, a carman, residing in 13, White Horse-court, Turnmill- street, Clerkenwell, where the prisoner also resides. The prosecutor was unable to attend, and a certificate from the house surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in which the wounded man lies, was produced, which described the nature of the wound, and set forth that Dymmock's life was in danger. Aisne Dymmock deposed that between nine and ten o'clock on the previous night, she was returning from her Jay's work, when she met the prisoner at the door of the house in which they live, but had met her in Sut ton-street a few minutes previously. The prisoner used language of an irritating and offensive description to wards witness, and they had some words on the stairs. The prisoner was under the influence of liquor, and wit ness retired into her own room, in which her hus band was. In a few minutes after this Margaret Kelly burst open the door, and, like a manaic, rushed into the room. Witness was greatly alarmed, but before she could do anything, the prisoner seized a table knife, and plunged it into the head of her husband, who was on the bed. He bled profusely from the wound, which was on the side of his face. Mr. COMBE —Why did she do this ? Witness—Oh, she was actually mad, your Worship. Mr. COMBE-But can you assign no reason ? Wit ness—She had a quarrel on Good Friday, and she har boured a grudge against us ever since. He was con veyed to the hospital at half-past ten o'clock. I called the police.— (The woman then produced the knife, the blade and handle of which were stained with blood.) Police-constable Joseph Parfitt, 38 G, deposed that he was on duty on the previous night about ten o'clock, in Turnmill-street, when the last witness came to him, exclaiming that her husband had been stabbed. He hastened to the house, and saw the prosecutor sitting on the side of the bed, bleeding profusely from a deep gash on the side of the head. There was a pool of blood on the floor. The man must have bled at least a pint. The prisoner was standing there looking at the man bleed ing. Witness took her into custody on the charge of stabbing, when she cried out " Oh, it was a piece of a broken basin I struck him with." Prisoner—Aye, and so it was a piece of a basin. Policeman—lt could not be so, for the man's cheek was cut quite through, and the knife, covered with blood, was lying beside the pool of blood on the ground. Mr. COMBE (to the prisoner)—What have you to say to the charge? Prisoner (with an air of the greatest composure)—All that I have to say is, that she called me bad names. They struck me on the shoulder like wise, and here is the mark. (She exposed the upper part of her person further than decency would permit, and showed the mark of a bruise on her breast, but it did not seem to have been recently inflicted.) The police•constable said there were several witnesses present who saw her stab the prosecutor. Prisoner (smiling)—Are there, indeed. Mr. COMBE—The man's life is said to be in danger. Prisoner (laughing)—Oh there's no fear of him. The clerk—Perhaps you are laughing too soon; if the man dies you will be tried for the murder. Mr. COMBE remanded her until Monday next, and sht was removed to the cell apparently more unmoved thota any one present. BOW-STREET. Mrs. O'Toole preferred a charge against Mrs. APFlynn, for that she Mrs. M'Flynn had broken an umbrella stick over the arms and shoulders of Mrs. O'Toole in her The complainant after stating that she was " a widdy wid two childer," said that the defendant had yesterday como into her room, and because she (complainant) would not lend her the price of a quartern of gin, she fell upon her and " bate " her in the most unmereifuli manner. Defendant—She strik me, yer Werchip. Complainant—Look wer she bit me body! Defendant—Jist look how she tore the life out iv my arm. Complainant—Yer Werchip, plase look at rao ear. Defendant—Look at the "Silence!" shouted the corpulent usher, rata the over whelming power of his voice drowned the shriller accents of Mesdames M'Flynn and O'Toole. Mr. JARDINE—I see how it is, 1 shall bind you both over to keep the peace. Mrs. O'Toole—Suppose she should bate the life out iv me, what 'ill I do then? Mr. JARDINE—The case is decided. The parties then left the Court separately. DESTRUCTION OF THE MAN CHESTER THEATRE BX FIRE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY 1110RNING.—W t regret to state i that the Theatre Royal n this town is no w l eve ll e d w i t h the ground. At about ten minutes past six this morning a fire broke out at the Theatre Royal. Fountain -street, in this town, and in the course of an hour entirely destroyed that immense building. It appears that the theatre was used on the previous evening, and was closed about the usual time, less fireworks and a smaller number of lights having been used than is usual. Just after the police left their beats, at a little before six, some persons going to their work ob served flames issuing from the window, and immediately gave information to Mr. Rose, at the police yard. That active officer immediately hurried to the spot with the Niagara en gine, and was speedily followed by his son, Ur. Th o mas Roan, with eight other engines, being the entire, e ff ect i„,,, force j the Fire Brigade. Upon their arrival they round the build ing one large mass of flame, but ttey made strenuous at tempts to save the place. They were successful in their attempts to save the dressing-moms; and part of the ward robe was saved, but of course, much damaged. The scenery speedily fell a sacrifice to tae deveuring element. Mr. Rose, finding it it:apossible to save the stage part of the building, next mrAde strenuous efforts to save the boxes and galleries, and as the firemen were making this attempt a large portion of the roof gave way, and fell upon Mr. Rose and four or live. of the men, one of whom was so much in jured that he was obliged to be carried to the infirmary, where he now lies in a dangerous state. At half-past seven the building was entirely gutted, and nothing but a portion of the walls is now standing. A party of military were cent from the barracks to assist in keeping off the crowd, and were found exceedingly useful.. The building of the theatre was insured for , k ,ixa i n the Imperial, and we understand that Mr. Roxby, the manager, is insured to the extent of six or seven humla-e4 pounds ; but these amounts arc far below the real loss. FREDERICK THE GREAT, lIIS CO',IRT, AND TIMES. —The most glorious of the sovereigr.is, and perhaps the most extraordinary man of the eig'uteenth century, was, beyond dispute, Frederick the Gr eat, of Prussia. It is a singular fact that it has been mserved for a writer of our own country to furnish a moire complete and satisfactory account of this monarch and tds.times, than has hitherto appeared in any language s This work, to which Camp bell the poet has performed the office of editor, possesses indeed, the most diviersified attractions. The portira: most of the main subjee.t, the King himself, p hero, relief before the reader, in is - h f is his country. hero, statesman, legislator, and father °canvassed, his His character and his opinions are freely_ oi _ foibles not forgotten. excellencies duly marked, and h k is in f_ Thess, iities of his affability, The numerous anecdotes of his kindliness, furnish a ready his humanity, nay, his very eccentricities, enthusiasm for his person, lacqedup, explanation of the universal nareh ever excited in ass equal which, perhaps no monarch ever as have not yet perused degree. Such c) ofinterestingu work, will be pleased to learn that this highly iichaper edition of it bus just made its a new and mue in Ja e in two small, volumes, to which appearance, co l p - prefixed a copious introduction. Mr. Campbell has D IE LATE FIRING OF PRINCB ALBERT'S PLANTA- TioNs .-- w e gave an account in our reaper of the firing of up wards of 700 acres, consisting of the plantations belonging to' his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in the immediate vicinity • of the Duchess of Gloucester's park, at Bagshot. It appears, that the fire was first discovered between the Royal Military College, at Sandhurst, and a wa ll-k nown spot, ca ll e d Cavar's Camp, on Wednesday morning, between eight and nine o'clock; and while persons were employed, although ineffec tually, to subdue the flames at this part of the plantations, a second fire was discovered to be raging, and of equal extent, at about a mile distant, between Winchmoro-cross and New England. Such was the rapidity with which the flames ex tended, that before noon these two conflagrations had be come united, the wind blowing strong from the north-east, and the flames at one time extended two miles in length, and, upwards of a mile in breadth. A considerable number of r flic ... Royal Sappers and Miners, under the command of 31 . .j0r- General Sir George Scovell, the Governor of the Blilita , .y col lege at Sandhurst, immediately proceeded to the F Tot, Ondt rendered the most effectual aid in checking the p' ;ogr ess of the flames, and preventing their commualic_atinr with other valuable property belonging to Prince Albert, and the Idar quis of Downshire. The quantities of gar ap ' espec ially hares and pheasants, which have been destr ~3 - ( ; immense. Hundreds are H u ndreds of eggs of the latter have , be ea consumed. A third fire broke out in another part 0f . ...tx4 same plantation on Fri 't was fortu nately last ; but, timely assistanco, v..4,ng at hand, 1 destroyed all subdued, but not befv.e it had entirely o than five acres. the firs and young oaks, o.r.tending over mor e. d to discover ,the Notwithstanding ever- • e ffort has been ma ilt incendiaries, not the, .cast traces of the guilty Parties ha'Si been obtained. The National, alluding Deputies a speech of M. de on the Prison Re- TOCO:aeVille 'ID the Chamber of 4 " Bill, in . which he stated that thepolitical prisoners at .orin . 1 had boon treated with unnecessary rigour, Mont St. 14r..ichae an d that tne Teffect of this rigour had been not only injury to their b o dily health, but also insanity , says :......“ Ny a w ill now give a list of the victims of this rigour. Steuble cut his. throat with a razor; Bezenat hanged himself in his cell; Jarasse twice attempted to poison liimseU; Austen went ma d ; Bonbon, mad ; Charles, mad ; Bo , adin, mad. others have not yet sunk, but the injury 'wille d they have received will afflict them for the rest of life . The diseases which they contracted in this frightful pris• on would have destroys them if they had not been taken frc ,m it. Thus tl• s e Govern ment itself has been obliged to trt alder Barbes lco Nismos ; Petremann, Vicoq, and Fombertt .au to Doullen e ; Dubour dean): to Bordeaux ; Dufour to P aril ; and Hub ert, first to the hospital, and then to St. Pal ty gie.' ,