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GREA - T WESTERN RAILWAY. On WEDNESDAY, the Ist May, 1841, the RAILWAY will be COMPLETED to EXETER, and the ALTERATIONS for the SUMMER TRAINS will commence. Trains will leave Exeter at S 15 A.M. 10 1." 11 30 For London, Cirencester, Bath, and Bri.stol. 3 15 p.m. 10 15 Mail 7 A.M. For Lath and Bristol. 5 15 P.M. And the following changes will also take place : The 2 45 P.M. Goods Train from Bristol to London will leave Bris tol at 2 30 P.M. The 7 30 A.m. Train from Bristol to Exeter will leave Bristol at 7 A.M , and the 7 P.M. Train will leave Bristol for Exeter at 6 50. (hi Sunday the 9 A.M. Train will leave Bristol for Exeter at 7 A.Y., and the 10 50 A.M. Train will leave Bristol at 9 20 A.Y. On Week days there will be an additional Train from Paddington to Slough at 630 p.m., and on Sunday at 8 30 A.m. The 3 45 Maidenhead departure for London will be altered to 6 P.Y. from Slough. The 7 30 Maidenhead Train will leave at 8 30 P.Y. fur London. The Train from Cirencester at 5 50 P.M. will start fur London at 6 45 P.M. Time Bills may be had, at any of the Railway Stations, on and after Saturday, the 27th April. By Order, C. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHORESS OF " THE FLIRT." Sow• ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.. T HE WILFULNESS OF WOMAN, By the Authoress of " THE HISTORY OF A FLIRT," &c. , Hrnry Co/burn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This day is published, price 25., ALETTER to LORD ASHLEY, on the PRINCIPLES which REGULATE WAGES, and on the MAN NER and DEGREE in which WAGES would be REDUCED by the Passing of A TEN HOURS' BILL. By R. TORRENS, Esq., F.R,S., Also, by the same Author, in one vol. Svo., price 10s. 6d., COMMERCIAL AND COLONIAL POLICY. Wtth an Introduction, in which the Deductive Method, as presented in Mr. Mill's System of Logic, is applied to the Solution of Contre. verted Questions In Political Economy. Smith, Elder, and Co., Conditll. L A N C E T. 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PART I. of the _MONTHLY PARTS will be published on Wed. neAday next, MAT Ist. The LANCET, in its greatly enlarged fbrm (enlarged more than one-half), and at its much reduced price (reduced from 8d to Gd), the largest and cheapest work of the kind in this kingdom, an it commands more than double the sale of any similar periodical pub lished in Europe. London John Churchill. venders in Town and Country Agents: all Booksellers and News- HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last appearance but one of Carlotta ('nisi. T i.MORROW EVENING, APRIL •27, Will be pe. formed (seeond time this season) Bellinl's Opera. entitled NORMA. Norma, Madame Grisi ; Adal g i sa , Mdll e. F avant i ; Pullin, Sig. Mario • Groves°, Sig. Lib!ache. A tler which will be presented the new Ballet by M. Perrot, with new Scenery, Dresses, Decoration., tounded on Victor Hugo's ceiebratcd a ork of " Notre Dame de Paris," entitled LA. ESMERALDA. Lc E. 111 2. aids, Mdile. Car:otta Grisi ; Fleur de Lys, Mdlle. Ade laide Frassi ; Phcebus de Chateaupers, M. St. Leon ; Pierre Grin goi re, M. Perrcr. Applcationa for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Odic , Opera Colonnade. HER NIAJESTY'S THEATRE. Millie. CAR► 017 A. GRIsI respectfully informs the Nobility. Subscriber and the Public, that HER BENEFIT will tike place on THURSDA Y NEXT, May 2, wren will be performed (first time this sensor.) Mozart s Chef d'ceuvre, IL DON OICWANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Favanti; Zerlina. Madame Persiani ; Don Giovanni Fornasari ; Le poi ello, Sig. LabLiche ; Maaetto, Sig. F Lablache; H Comma's- S g. Felice; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario. ith various Enterta'runents. in which Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Millie. Frassi ; Scheffer, Mdl!e. Plunket, M. St. Leon, M. Miintassu, and M. Perrot will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera-colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 26, Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W Harrison; Count Orio Soranzo, Mr o rani; Nalima, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdlle. Albert irsi ; Francesca, Miss Romer. After which will be repeated a New Ballet, entitled LADY HEN RIETTA; or, The statute }air. Lyonn I, M. Silvain ; Walter, Mr. Novell; Sir Tristram, Mr. O'Bryan ; Queen Aune. Miss O'Bryan ; Lady Henri tta, Mdl e. Lu;ile Grahn; Nancy, Miss C. Webster ; Mina; Miss Carson. tires lioxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 54., 3e - ond Price is. ; Pit 3s , Second Price Os.• M.ddle Gallery 25., 3...c0nd Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price Bd. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Md. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSEE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 26, WiP be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farrcn ; Charles Surface, Mr. C Mathews ; Lady Teazle, Madame Vestris. obe inllowed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, Au Even ng with Puft: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Matnews, Mr. J. bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Lee. To conclude with a New Farce. entitled LOVE IN A SACK. 'rickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING. APRIL 26, Will be performed an Eng ish version of OTELLO. Mr. Allen; Elmiro.' Mr. Weiss; Roderigo, Mr. Gardner; lago, Mr. Burdini; Dcslernona, Madame Eugenia Garcia; Emilia, Miss E onner. Ti which will be added, the Farce of the SPITALFIELDS NVE VER. To conclude with anew Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, called FAIR STAR or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANCING WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Oxb.rrry, H. P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue THEATRE iIOYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, APRIL •<'6, Will be repeated an Original Comic Drama, entit'ed THE THREE WIVES OF MADRID. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, F. Matthews, Emery, Wigan. Craven, Turner, Yarcold, Miss Wiolgar ' .Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner, W gan, and Mrs. Keeley. To tie followed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST OF lIONUUIt. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Turner, Kiuloch, .1. Collier, Stanton, Yarnold, Miss Grove, and Miss Woolgar. To Conclude with a Grand Burle que Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN s.ESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves. iha racteis by MU§ Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Mitc Turner, Albs Grove, M. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrothgr, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, %igen, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICEY OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Foxes, 45. ; Upper Boxes, Ss. ; Pit, 25 .; Gall er y , 6d . S econ d Price—Balcony Bo xes, 25.; Upper Boxes, Is &L ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (ho uing eight peisor.s), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Tr umphant Success of the Grand National Spectacle. THIS EVENING, APRIL 26, Mill be repeated the Hi,torical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR ,• sr, the Ba•tte sons. With al! the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, gm. New scenes in the Circle. To conclude wlth LONDON and KENSINGTON ; or, Pursuit ei a NVife. The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at 0-yen. Box-otlice opened daily from ten till four. ',the private boxes hare been reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and •tage.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAV IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAIRE. THIS EVENING, APRIL •, Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the colebrattd work, entitled WHITEFRIARS, in which the entire Company will perform. A tier which, THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup 'orbit% by all the leading Favourites of the Establishment. To conclt.de with a Domestic Drama, entitled BROKEN HOME. Pruccs and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Boy o lice, front Eleven io Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, APRIL •,6, Will be repeattd a New Drama entitled THE OLD MAN'S BRIDE; or, the Murder at Norwood Villa. Supported by Messrs. ;roe, Nantz, Dale, Seaman C. J. Bird, Gardner, Paul, Cureno, James, Miss Ar.'en, and Miss Vincent. To be flllowed by the celebrated " Polka Dance." After which, the New Popular Drama, called LEONTINE; or SIXTEEN YEARS AGO! Fitzarlington, Mr. Osbaldiston • t Ar . thur, Mr. C. J. Bird; Mat, Mr. Freer; Paul, Mr. Corene; Leon_ tine, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE GALLEY SLAVES OF TOULON. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, APRIL '6. Who can wonder that bundreds 'cannot gain admission to the Magic Temple of the WIZARD OF THE NORTH ? He has waved hie mystic wand for the fourth time over the Great Metro oils ; its influence is greater than when be that appeared at the Strand Theatre four years ago—he has now perfiriced during five years MO nights (at a moderate calculation) before 4 00 0 spec. tators ! —one and all proclaim him to be the only living professor of Sciei.t.fic Delusions. Were the Magi of old—Pythagorus, Polydotas, Dids, Paracelsus, Jerome Cardan, Benevenuto, Celliai, Nostradamus, Michael Scott, Alburtus Magnus, Friar Bacon, and Dr. Faustus, to look up and be hold 0111 WONDERS OF THE WIZARD, they would be as much au. prised as our great grandfathers would be to look on our locomotive of the present day. The Modern Faustus will nightly appear in his Magic Circle, and Trove by ocular demonstration, that he can make the " eyes the fools of the other senses." Between the Wizard's performance, which wilt be divided into two Puts, Mr. MALONE RAYMOND, will give assisted by Mrs. AN HOUR IN IRELAND, All Complimentad R. IL RAYMOND and bl iss LINLEY. Private an _ 1 Admissions suspended, the Press excepted. es ean be secured at the Agents in London. Boxes, 1.. ed. 'deserved Seats 58 , Beurved Seats, ste. allery,6d. Se'cond Price at Nine o'ziock. aura open a t h a i f : e ."!'nes. ls. 6d • Pit Is. The KEY the WIZARD th 'Wizard appears at Eight. 'S TRICKS to be had at the Box-office lIIUSIC.H A LL. STOMP-STREET. ENTERTAINMENTS EVERY WE:DNESDAY AND FRIDAY Commencing This Evening, April 26. Total Change each Evening. On WEDNESDAY, LOVE'S and AND MARVELS; with MINE HOST'S DILEMMAS, and other Entertainments. -On FRIDAY, LOVE IN ALL. SHAPES; with LOVE'S LA. BOUR'S LOST, and other Enterta inments. Admission, 25.; Reserved Seats, 2s 6d; Private Boxes 19 meow- Private xes t accommodate eight, 14 odate open; In Doors at Haif.past S een ; begin at Eight. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE- NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of il-- rical Curiosities and Works of A rt ev er known to have been forme by One Person, daring Tw ent y -five y ears of elaborat e research, at a cost or 60,000 guineas , and to com p letel y illustrate, in the m ost In structive and interesting manlier, the most important part of Euro pean history, via.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in l&21. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very tine 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 Nat,ional Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEI!3( is to be seen only at the "Egyptisit Rall," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. KWJOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM.-At the last gene ral meeting of th e Society of Arts, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, President of the Society, was unanimously elected a trustee of this institution, in the room of the late Duke of Sussex. The other trustees, pursuant to the will of the late Sir John Soane, are —the Duke of Hamilton, as deputy from the Royal Society; the Earl of Aberdeen, as President of the Society of Antiquaries ; Sir Martin Archer Shee, Presi dent of the Royal Academy ; Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, as representative of the Court of Aldermen ; with Messrs. S. Hlgham, lohn Tidd Pratt, Charles Barry, and H. Howard, R.A. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 26. TUER3IOMETER, Lowest, 44 ; Highest, 66 ; Noon, 64. BAROMETER, 30.i.-WLND, S.E. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the cuing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is ;ually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. ILIGLI WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIES DAY. Morning ... IU minutes after 7 1 Evening ... 50 minutes after 7. num_ SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY PVENING, APRIL 26. !Us. cajpling the victim of oppression into an unworthy compromise Kith unprincipled power, merely bccause it is power : THIS DAY'S NEWS. But Queen Pomare would do wisely in submitting to the evil circumstances which her own fears, and the intrigues of some rf her corrupt chiefs, have brought upon her. Resistance to those who have assumed the rights of pro tectors over her, would but aggravate the miseries ot• her position, and provoke even worse treatment than she has already received. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY). THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE 13111311NG. The accounts from Madrid are to the 18th. Ac cording to one of the Government journals, the Castellano, reports of a marriage between the QU EEN and the eldest son of Don CARLOS were current in the capital, and generally believed. Her MAJESTY, it was expected, would set out for Catalonia about the beginning of May. It is said she is suffering under a scrofulous complaint, and that her medical attendants have recommended the use of sulphurous waters. On the 18th her MAJESTY, accompanied by her mother and sister, assisted at a solemn Te Deumt which the Knights of the Military Order of Alcantara caused to be sung in the Church of the Holy Sacra ment in honour of the return of the QUEEN MOTHER. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY). (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. Wicut,ul.) CHAMBERLAYNE V. THE CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAIL WAY COMPANY. The hearing of this case, which was a motion for an in junction, was brought to a termination this morning. His HONOUR, though he did not pronounce judgment on the whole case, made some comments on the arguments used at the bar; and intimated a decided opinion that no suffi cient case had been made out for granting the injunction. He would read the papers in the case before he pronounced judgment. • . QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY). (Sittings in Banco ) The Court took the Special Paper to-day, and was engaged the whole of the morning in hearing arguments in cases pos sessing no feature of the least public interest. to Spain. The Three per Cents. closed on the 18th instan at 37i cash, 374 at 60 days ; and the Fives at 22 at GO days. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY). (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) IN RE WALKER. Mr. WORTLEY applied to the Court fora rule to show cause why an attorney of this Court, Thomas Walker, should nut be struck off the Rolls. He had been an attorney of this Court since the year 1836. At the late assizes for the county of York, he had pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with the forgery of an "interim order" of protection under the Bankruptcy Act, and had been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment by Mr. Baron Rolfe. This sentence Walker was now undergoing. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Take a rule to show cause. The Cou* rose shortly after eleven o'clock. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with debates in the two Chambers on education and improvement of prison discipline. The speakers in general display much statistical knowledge on these important sub jects, but, as the matters at issue are almost entirely exempt from the influence of political prejudices and popular excitement, the speeches excite little interest. On Tuesday Baron CHARLES DUPIN made a speech in favour of the Government Bill on Education, de fended with much ability the course adopted by the University, and showed that the outcry raised againit it by the Church was entirely unfounded. " There v‘ere," said he, " four sources from which instruction might be obtained—the Royal colleges, the Communal colleges, private schools, and establishments where young men were prepared for the priesthood. The Royal colleges °lily contained 18,700 pupils, com prising amongst them 2,200 free pupils—certainly not too many for a population of 34,000,000 souls. The number formed in the three other kinds of establish ments amounted to upwards of 50,000: And yet, in the face of those figures, the University was accused of monopoly ? In 1789, the number of pupils who received whole bourses or partial aid from the State was not less than 40,000, and at present the whole of the pupils receiving bourses or half-bourses were not more than 7,000. This difference undoubtedly did honour to the former period, and showed that all Wil3 not to be rejected in the ancient regime. In the present day, there were 43 departments with Royal colleges, and just as many without any ; so that, whilst accusations were made against the University for its grasping spirit, half the kingdom could not by any possibility be under its influence." In the Chamber of Deputies M. CARNOT opposed the Prison Bill, because he looked upon the confine ment of priscners not so much in the light of punish ment as a means of reformation ; the silent system would not effect that, and it had, in fact, been abati doned in several countries. M. Di BEAUMONT, though supporting the principle of the Bill, was op posed to absolute isolation. It had been tried in only one prison in America, and had not succeeded. The Bill only isolated prisoners from all vicious con. tact, and there was nothing to prevent their receiving religious instruction whilst so confined. Looking to EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron GURNEY.) TURNER V. TURNER. Mr. Cockburn (with whom was Mr. Saunders) appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Whateley conducted the case fOr the defendant. This action was brought by the plaintiff (who sued in forma pauperis) against the defendant, his daughter-in-law and a widow, toirecover the possession of household furni ture, of the estimated value of 100/. The plaintiff was for merly a pianoforte maker, in the service of Messrs. Stodart, of Golden-square, but having met with an accident of a se rious character, which compelled him to relinquish his em ployment, which he has subsequently been unable to follow, an annuity of 101. per annum was allo wed him by his late employers. One of his sons married the do fendant in 1833, and the plaintiff, being desirous of enjoying domestic quietude, deposited a quantity of furniture in his son's house, and resided with him and his wife up to 1838, when ill-health - compelled him to leave London for Northumberland, where he is at present residing. His son died in May. 1841. Witnesses, relations of the plaintiff; were called to prove the plaintiff's right to the furniture. One, the plaintiff's brother, stated that the defendant offered to marry him about three months after her husband's death ; but, on being sharply cross-examined, he admitted that he was first guilty of the " soft impeachment," but that the defendant declined to become his spouse ; but subsequently she said, " Why don't ou marry me," but his passion having on the former occasion led him to make a rash and inconsiderate vow, he refused. Mr. WHATELEY read several letters from the plaintiff to the defendant, applying for small remittances of money, but never offering any claim to the furniture, which it was only reasonable to suppose he would have claimed when in such distressed circumstances as appeared from his letters. The Learned Counsel then adverted to the bringing of the action by the plaintiff in forma pauperis, which, whether the jury returned a verdict for him or the defendant, was, so far as the expense of the action was concerned, a matter of indifference, as in either case the defendant would have to pay the costs. It was further contended that the furniture was given to the defendant's husband at his marriage. Mr. COCKBURN replied at some length, and ably argued the plaintiff's right to the furniture. - The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict fur the defendant. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Sarah Bennett, a respectable looking young woman, was charged with attempting to drown herself in the Thames. Policeman 95 M stated that while on duty that morning at two o'clock, at Bankside, he saw the defendant, who was walking close by the brink of the river. She was crying, and when he asked her what was the matter with her, she repli e d that she was in great trouble of mind, that she had spent some money which was not her own, and that she was afraid to go home. She then suddenly ran a short distance and divesting herself of her bonnet and shawl, was about to throw herself into the river, when the policeman ran up and took her to the station-house. When at the station-house she said that she lived with her mother, in Plough-court, Holborn, who was the owner of some small tenements in that locality, and that, having expended some of her money without her sanction, she was afraid to at= home. the question of mortality, the Hon. Deputy main tained that the prisoners held apart afforded fewer in stances of death than others. In the prisons of France the mortality, from 1839 to 1843, had been eight per cent., and in the prison of Fontevraud it had reached 12 per cent., whilst in the penitentiary of Pennsyl vania, where the solitary sfstem was adopted, the deaths were only two per cent. He .next alluded to the alleged cases of madness caused by solitary con finement, and declared that thee was much exagge. ration in what had been alleged. The debate was adjourned. At the same sitting M. DUCHATEL, the Minister of the Interior, moved a vote of credit for 506,000 f., for the establishment of a new telegraphic line between Paris and Havre, and Boulogne and Avranches, so as to open with the capital a correspon dence with the entire coast of the Channel. The line will also communicate with Brest by Avranches. Mr. TRAILL said that he must have some person to be an swerable that the defendant would not repeat the attempt, and she was, therefore, locked up until some of her friends were apprised of her situation. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) Lompox, APRIL 26.—Wind light E.S. E. breeze, and fine.' DEAL, APRIL 25.—Wind. A.rc. N.W. to N.E. ; to S.—Sld. Thetis, Calcutta ; Anver, Mauritius; Sarah Charlotte, Cape of Good Hope ; Peter Serin, Valparaiso ; Francis Burr, Boston. Powrsmount, APRIL 25.—Wind, E.S.E.—Acrd. Robert Small, London, for Madras. Shl. her Majesty's ship Thames, Bermuda. What a contrast this forms with the niggardly economy in this respect of the English Government, who grudge the expense of only one or two lines ! PLYMO unr, APRIL 25.—Wind variable.—Sld. Boadicea, Ichoboe. The Funds were still improving. On Wednesday the Five per Cents. closed at 122 f. 40c., and the Threes at 83f. 75c. OFF THE WIGHT ' APRIL 21.—Apropos, Cuba, Tramburgh. SUNDERLAND, APRILPRIL 24.—Put back, Gerante, from Stock , ton, dismasted. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 25.—S1d. Lady Mary Wood, (s.) Gibraltar. The following are extracts from the papers : " The C'onstitutionnel says that Admiral Hamelin's depar ture has been countermanded, and that the Government is taking measures to stop the discontent which the recal of M. Dupetit Thouars was creating in the marine. " The National Assembly of Greece, before it separated, passed the Electoral Law. By this law, the provinces having a population of more than 10,000 are to elect one deputy ; where the population exceeds 10,000, and d oes no t reac h 20,000, there are to be two deputies ; for 20,000 u p t o 30,000, three ;apnue and above the bove3°lrydri four. Th e I psar i ots are to choose three otes three, and the Spezziots twa. Foreigners fixing their residences in Greece are to be allowed to elect deputies,-when they are sufficiently numerous in a community to amount to one-half of the minimum fixed for says :—The negotiations for the D s ucliess Olga of Russia, with the the natives. The National Assembly has voted the erection the Archduke Palatine, which were of a statue at Napoli, in honour of I. Capo d'lstria." Emperor Nicholas, at Vienna, arc entirely broken off; and . he will no t go to the Austrian capital. The Cabinet of Vienna attributes the rupture to re ligious scruples. 'There is, in fact, a clause in the Austrian expectedArc'm arriagei irdtulek eC t °oS o uft b re l p; er e e sniGu:irrnsauidldc of fl y the family compact which formally interdict; without any pos sible exception, all mixed marriages by Princes of the Impe rial House.' But Count Orloff, in virtue of full powers to that effect, having declared that Prince tthe re m would e rn b obstacleenhowou would d n o t to t h e young Princess becoming a-Itoman Catholic after her mar riage,. it was thought that i ven ture to resist ; but his genius, fertile in expedients, found an other means of relieving himself from the embarrassment, and invoked the above-mentioned clause as indispensably requiring that the Princess should change her religion before the marriage could be solemnised. On referring to the Court of St. Petersburgh, Count Orloff received orders to break off the negotiations.' FAL3IOUTIL APRIL 23.—Wind, variable and light.—Arrd. Buchephalus, Fulcher, Calcutta; left the Cape Feb. 29; Coquette, Bruce, St. Helena. SWANSEA, AriaL2s.—Arrd. Ann Smith, Smith, Valparaiso, out ninety-eight days. - LIVERPOOL, APRIL 25: Wind, southerly, light.—Arrd. Nith, Graham, Calcutta, left the Cape Feb. 26; Unicorn, Crowell, Trinidad. Sid. Aden, China Lady Raffles, Ceylon ; Thomas Leech and Navigator, Buenos Ayres; Maid of Cash mere, Rio ; Providence, Fernando Po ; Esk, Bahia ; Rose anna, Charleston ; Celeota, Isabella, and Wave, New York ; Belmont, St. John's; Chieftain, Quebec; Reliance, and Rory O'More, Montreal. CLYDE, APRIL 23.—Arrd. Louisa, Trinidad. ABERDEEN, APRIL 24.—Sld. Taveller, Davis Straits. KINGSTON, APRIL 24.—Arrd. Lyra, Swan, Demerara ; Tarifa, Forsyth, Barbadoes. CORK, APRIL 23.—Arrd. Cornel:a, Ivoon, for San Paul de Leando, with loss of bowsprit and other damage, having been in contact with the American brig Pallas, of Newberry port, on the l 7th inst. The John Woodall, from London to the Cape and Calcutta, took fire in the hold, was towed to the north shore near Til bury Fort and scuttled; no lives lost : she is now being towed up the river. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended April 20,1E41, made on from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. IMPERIAL WEEKLY. It being supposed that some of the country returns are accurate, no imperial weekly average has been issued this week. IMPERIAL AGIORIOATE AVIRAGIS or THE SIX WEEKS Wheat 55i tOd. Oats ...... 20; 01. ..... .31s. 2d I Barley 3 2 s. 111. Rye The Courrier attributes the conduct of Prince METTERNICH to his wish to avoid the close political connection with Russia which might be expected to arise from the marriage. DUTIRS ON TORIIGN CORN. Wheat .........17s. I Oats ..... 61. Odd Beans ..... ...10 6d. Barley .......... es. Od. 1 Aye ..... 9*. 6d. 1 Pea5e.........10 6d. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) " The Debuts states, from its Constantinople correspond ence, that the Porte has at last taken measures for sending troops against the Albanians, who continue to commit the greatest excesses in the provinces. A thousand men have been marched from Salonica to Uranse, and two regiments have taken their departure from Constantinople. At Uscup, the Turkish Governor has seized fourteen of the rebels, and had their heads taken off in the public streets. The child which was detained a short time ago in the harem of a Bey at Constantinople, and forcibly made a Mahornedan, has been delivered up to Sir Stratford Canning; and one of the Greek girls whom the Turks of Broussa constrained to abjure her religion, has been restored to the Patriarch. These reparations are the first fruits of the energetic reclamations of the repre sentatives of France and England." THE BOURSE—WFDESDAY, APRIL 24. CORN-EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. Since Monday only a moderate arrival of English Wheat has taken place up to our market. Fine qualities mostly found buyers, at full prices, but in other kinds very little was doing. Foreign Wheats, both free and in bond, met a very dull inquiry, at barely late rates. Nearly the whole of the late arrivals of Foreign Barley have been taken by the dis tillers, at a decline of Is. per quarter. The Malt trade was steady, at•full currencies. Oats were quite as dear, owing to the small supplies. Beans, Peas; and Flour as on Monday. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English 3,220 qrs. 630 qrs. 120 qrs. 2,010 musks Irish - 550 5,450 Foreign 1,690 5,450 felt, 2, 2 250 qrs. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents 122 70 .. 122 70 .. 122 40 .• 122 40 Three per Cents B3 80 .. 83 80 .. 83 70 .. 83 75 Bank of France 3090 .•3090 . 3090 r • . 3090 SMITHFIELD. Our markets, being rather heavily supplied with Beasts— about 200 of which were received by steamer from Scotland —the Beef trade was extremely dull, at a decline of 2d per Sibs in the quotations. The numbers of Sheep were again large, and which caused the Mutton trade to rule heavy, at barely stationary prices. Lambs were in full average supply, and steady demand, at full currencies. Calves moved off freely, and late rates were well supported. In Pigs com paratively little was doing. Mulch Cows sold at from 161 to 19/ each. Belgian Bank.... Belgian Fives, 1831. 1840 ........ 1061 .. 1061 .. 1061 .. 1061 Dutch Two-and-a-Ralf ..... 61 • • 61 • • 61 • • 61 Spanish Active ............ 341 .. 34f • • 34f • . 341 Threes 371 .. 371 •• 37 1 •• 3 71 Passive 6 f .. 6/ • • 61 • •• 6/ Portuguese Five per Cents.. 46/ • • 461 • • 461 • • 461 Neapolitan ...... ....... .. 102 20 .. 102 20 .. 102 20 .. 102 20 Roman . 1061 .. 1061 1061 .. 1061 Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 C . Second qualitydltte... 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto 2 8 2 10 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen 3 0 3 Is Southdown Wethers 4 LO 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 0 Large Hogs ..... 3 4 3 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 8 Small Porkers. 3 10 4 4 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 25 0 Quarterold Pip, eachlo 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep AILWAY SHARES. 390 .. 392 50 .. 390 .. 390 L. 8............. 260 .. 261 25 .. 258 75 .. 260 Rouen Rouen to Havre............ 715 .. 715 .• 713 75 713 75 Orleans 960 .. 962 50 .. 960 • • 961 25 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 285 .. 285 .. 283 75 .• 283 75 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versa Wes, R. 11.. L. 8............. 252 50 .. 265 .. 255 Rouen • • 970 .. 971 25 . 970 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I 8,810 183 Sheep. I 1 Calve,. I Pigs. 781 •• 392 50 .. 255 .. 970 Rouen to Havre . SO •• 717 5 0 7 13 7 5 713 75 Orleaus • •• 31 .usbargtollale. . 285 .. 285 • 283 75 .. 283 75 Avignon to Marseilles 767 50 • 767 50 .. 766 25... 768 25 NEWGATZ AND IsMADENRAL L. We had a very slow trade, on the following terms : - At per stone, by the Carcase s. d. toe. d.l s. d. to s. d. Beef, ..... 9 0 94, Mutton, inferior ..« 4 8 -- middling ..... 2 6 2Si middling 4 3 0 ---- prime large 910 30, prime ..... 3 2 3 6 prime small 3 2 94i Pork, large 2 6 3 8 Veal ......3 4 4 41--5mai11.••••..•.....•• 3 $ 4 Lamb. Ss Od to 3.5.4 d Report of Captain W. Robinson, of the barque Columbine, of Glasgow, arrivad off Falmouth from Aux Cayes :—Sailed from Aux Cayes on the 2d of March, at which time all there was quiet. Had strong north winds till the 4th, with a lee current ; came through the Cazeos Passage on the 15th. On the 2d of April, at three r.m., being in lat. 35 25, long. 49 10, my attention was called to the water being discoloured to windward; it had a brown appearance, extending above 100 feet in a S.S.E. direction, and about 30 feet across. It had all the appear ance of a rock under water. We were then a little mere than the length of the vessel north of it, steering E.N.E. Immediately on the weather bow two more brown spots were seen close to each other, about 150 fathoms or more east of the one we were abreast of, the first lying in the same direction, and about the same size; the second or easternmost one of an oval shape, about 60 or 80 feet across, and appeared to be nearer the surface of the water than the other two. We had a light breeze from S.E., the water smooth, and a cloudless sky ; but there was a swell from N.N. The sea did not break over them ; but the discoloured water was seen on the last-mentioned one nearly a mile off. BOROUGH HOP IMILEZZT. Although there has been rather mot e business doing in this market since our last report, not the slightest alteration has taken place in the value of any kind of hops. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—British Plantation has been well supported this week, and the accounts from the colonies read unfavourably. The private sales have been 1,000 hhds, and the quotations are 60s Gd to 63s for low yellow, 63s Gd to 64s 6d for mid, and 60s to 62s for brown; 160 hhds St. Kitts sold at Gla to 63s for grey. MAURITIUS, BENGAL, &c.-5,136 bags Mauritius went at firm prices, mid to fine yellow at 62s 6d to 65s 6d, and grey at 59s 6d to 64s ; 1,907 bags Bengal sold at 67s to 68s for fine white, at 56s 6d to 66s for good, and at 63 s 6 d for greyish ; 14 easks 103 boxes Ceylon sold briskly ; good strong brown at 59s to 60s 6d. Refined has been firm, standard lumps at 78s to 795. _ _ COFFEE.—The market this week has not been animated for any descriptions. In British Plantation 20 brls 88 bags unclean Demerara were put up by auction, but were all taken in, and 12 brls Jamaica realised 60s. We quote good and fine mid 148 s to 150 s, and good ord 70s to 7ls. The demand for Ceylon continues dull, and good ord is 59s to 60s. At auction 781 bags sold at 85s to 85s 6d for Plantation sorts, and at 59s for - good ord. Not much has been done in foreign, 107 bags Brazil partly found buyers ; fine ord Rio at 451 to The large estate.near Boston, the property of Lord Monson, was sold yesterday, at the Auction Mart, by Mr. George Robins, for fifty-seven thousand one hundred guineas, to Mr. Malcolm, the former M.P. for Boston. The room was crowded by lots of great capitalists. • • _ to 48s, and 2 , 73 bags Domingo were taken in, being damaged. num.—Prices are steady. • COCOA.—Trinidad, low to mid, has realised 45s to 50s in the public market, and Grenada 45s to 475. RICE.-4,341 bags Bengal were mostly taken in, mid white at 11s, and 1,360 bags Java, at 6s 6d for low yellow ; 100 trcs Carolina partly sold at 16s to 16s 6d for good. SALTPETRE.—CaIcutta, 1,828 bags partly sold at 27s for 54 refraction. lIAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY COMPANY.' The hearing of this part-heard motion, which commenced on Saturday last, was resumed this morning. Mr. BETur.u. addressed the Court at great length for the defence. The case is expected to last nearly the whole of to-morrow. Srn:Es.—Pepper meets a fair sale; Pimento is firm at 3id to aid for low to mid, and Cassia Lignea is also steady. WOOL.—The quotations realised at the public sales are fully supported. TE.A.—The market is moderately active. -TALIA)w.—P. T. C. is 40s 6d to 41s 6d per cwt on the spot. INDIGO.—The importers were decided sellers, and bought in nothing but what fell into the hands of their brokers acci dently, and is estimated at less than 300 chests, which, with 1,191 withdrawn, including 688 of the new crop, just arrived, but not in time to be properly inspected, leaves about 5,100 chests actually sold, at prices, as compared with the January sales, for Bengal, fine and good, from 4d to 8d per lb higher; mid and ord 3d to 6d per lb higher; Madras 2d to 4d per lb higher • Kurpali good and mid, 2d per lb lower, to 2d per lb higher; ord ditto, 3d to 4d per lb highe r ; and Oude, to 4d per lb higher, MONEY AND COLVIMEItCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday Was firmly sup ported. Sales, 4,000 bales, of which 600 American were taken on speculation ; 200 Surat realised 3d. to 4d. ; 200 Pernam, 54d. to 6d. ; 30 Maranham, 6id., and the rest Ame rican, 41d. to 64d.—There was no change in the Railwa Shares. Caledonia we re a t 5 ; E as t ern C oun ti es , 121 . 13s. 9d.-; Great Western, 113 ; Birmingham Thirds, 39 ; Brighton, 434 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 56i ; North Midland, 893 ; Paris and Lyons, 23 ; and Paris and Orleans, 373. Accounts have been received to the 26th of February, from the Cape of Good Hope. There had been some inter. esting debates in the Legislature respecting an accession of labour, and the superiority of European over native or negro services, was strongly contended for by the leading members. The following is from a com munication, dated Colesburg, in the new settlement of Natal :—" This little village was thrown into consi derable excitement, from a report having been spread that the emigrant farmers were on the road to Philippolis, to attack Adam Kok, in consequence of his having apprehended and surrendered up to the colonial authorities Hermanus Van Staader, who murdered George Mills, a British trader in the chief's territory, and but a few miles from Philippolis, and who, it was said, saw the emigrants in large numbers pro ceeding to Philippolis, and the clouds of dust occasioned by their movement; and shortly after leaving Philippolis, heard the report of guns in that direction ; that this individual had gone:to Philippolis to warn the Griquas of their danger, and then rode off for Colesburg. The Civil Commissioner, it is said, immediately communicated with the commanding officer of the 91st Regiment to be in readiness, should their services be required ; and it was thought they would have marched early the following morning to the Orange River, the boundary of the colony, to prevent any inroad the emigrants might at tempt. However, no report from the chief was received by the Civil Commissioner—consequently it would have been extremely absurd to make such a demonstration upon the mere vague report of an individual, unauthenticated by any other evidence. The Civil Commissioner sent an express to Philippolis to hear the result of the attack ; but I believe re ceived for answer that it had not taken place, but he had heard that some farmers at Modder River (about 200 miles off) were said to be preparing." The farmers of the Bechuana country had given in their submission to the Government. As the number of the native tribes in the Natal settlement is very large, it is stated that some steps will be necessary for their protection against the increasing immigration, and as food is scarce, they must be early taught methods of cultivation. We have had some rather important arrivals of provisions from Australia within the last week or two, chiefly consisting of mutton-hams, tongues, &c., and it is considered some • what strange that so little is heard of these. articles by the general consumers, that, up to the present time, the sugges tion thrown out by many influential free traders, for the es tablishment of shops to retail foreign provisions exclusively, since the regular dealers seem disinclined to enter into the trade, should not have been yet carried ont. The Stock Market is rather flat to-day, and Consols have receded to 993 to 998, both for Money and Account. The Commissioners have made their purchase at 993. The un funded debt is supported at the advanced premium of 755. to 775. East India Bonds are 925. premium. Bank Stock re alises 1963, and India Stock 289*. The New Three. and-a- Half per Cents. have been 1033 to 1023, the Reduced 1021 to 102, and the Three per Cents. 993 to 983. There have been sales making in Spanish Three per Cent. Stock, which, acting upon a passive market, have led to a decline in prices to 36* and 364 3, so that the advance of yesterday, which had, in fact, no sound basis, has been lost. The Five per Cents. have been 253 to French Three per Cents. are 84, and Belgian 1044 to f r , being steady. Mexican Stock is rather flat at 354. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been firm at 60-1. to 61, and the Five per Cents. are 1004 to 4, the conversion plan being looked upon as favourable. The Railway Shares in general are firm. Birmingham and Gloucester have improved to 7i to 6i discount ;. Bristol and Exeter to 4 and 5 premium ; Great Western to 38 ; and Birmingham to 129 i premium. The French lines continue rather in favour of the buyers. Brighton are steady. Man chester and Birmingham are again higher, and Croydon are firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock...-. .... .. ... .............. 196% ' 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 33r per Cent. Annuities 103% 102% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 7-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. IE6O. ...... . India Stock .... 289 India Bonds, 1,000 ....... . .............. ................ 92 Ditto under 1,000 . 92 South Sea Stock ll4 113 Ditto New Annuities 9Bth Consols for Account 99h% Exchequer Bills, I%d. I%d 1,0001. 5001 Ditto Small '77 pm. '77 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 104% % Mexican Bonds, 0 837, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent 1840 2SU Ditto for the Account Ditto Three per Cent ....... .................. Ditto for the Account • 3 7% UM, French Rentes, 3 per Cent Exchange Dutch 2% per Cents Dutch 5 per Cents. - 10034%36 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. Pea SHARE. Birmingham and Derby Birmingham and Gloucester Bristol and Exeter 7O Caledonian Chatham and Portsmouth ... 1 Chester and Holyhead 5 B% to Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered Si. 6s Bd. Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent l2s. 4d.... 1% Edinburgh and ellasgow 5O 66 to Great North of England lOO 97% Great Western Ditto 14 Shares bo 72% to Harwich (Braithwaite) Hull and Selby Leeds and Bradford 5 .... 25 London and Birmingham. lOO 229% to Ditto New Thirds 2 38% ..... to London and Brighton 5O . 4:11(,% ... to London and South Western 41% 84% to 84 Ditto Eighths 3% to London and Croydon (Trunk)... As 4 lB Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Newcastle and Darlington Jur/et. 18 North British North Midland Ditto Thirds.. -21 t. IP 13s. 4d 30 to Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover ..... .... 32% 34i% ... to York and Northiblidland ......... 5u ......., Ditto % Shares Paris and Orleans ............. ........ l'o Paris and Rouen 2O ..... -.. TI N% ... to Rouen and Havre. • JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock ERRATUM INIYESTERDAY'S LlST.—Bead Edinburgh and Glasgow Registered 164, instead of 154. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Amt. 25.—An exten sive amount of business has been done at the following prices : —Chester and Holyhead, 74 ; Lancaster and Preston, 404 ; Blackburn and Preston, 31 ; Manchester and Leeds, 1101 ; Ditto Halt, 474 ; Ditto Quarters, 9i to 4 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 42/ ; North Midland, Half Shares, 44 , 1 ; Ditto Thirds, 294 ' • South-Eastern, 364 to 4 ; D u bli n an d C as h e l, 54 ; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, 1/..165. 10d. ; Saottish.Central, 24 ;: North British, 34 ; Bolton and Preston, 31 • Trent Valley, 6 ; Manchest er an d Li verpoo l District Bank, 104; .: .-.1 . /-- ^ • , . . l * 4-fte .V . 4 . ". 4 .0 SW I • NA, ; ,-../ sy,dir : te :11 ~,- OZIPCPN ' 4 -. 'AM' :1 ill ' :"... r w 4* (f• - - ' Lif -, ' „ "f7 I IW.A. I \ " , .- - f',/•'• a , 4 1 6, tat:fete ' r 6r • sto7 4 . ' 0,.., . - _,CI3:IEV,‘ lin_ SECOND EDITION: - ",-)11 1 / 4 tatt LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1844. It is exceedingly edifying to see the entire House of Commons thrown into violent hysterics, as was the case the other night, by the conduct of an Hon. Member, whose worst fault seems to be that he is too apt to be carried away by his prejudices, and to speak at random, without thought or premeditation. We have few or no sympathies with Mr. FERRAND his politics, generally speaking, are our aver sion ; we think him coarse rude —rash —and inconsiderate to a degree ; but we do not believe him capable of such a crime as that of deliberately and maliciously slandering the fair fame of a public in dividual, merely because he may happen to be op posed to him in politics. That the Member for Knaresborough has given just cause of offence to Sir JAMES GRAHAM and Mr. HOGG, we are far from meaning to deny ; but the case is by no means so aggravated a one as the sensitive delicacy of these gen tlemen would induce us to believe it is, and we can find nothing in the vague, random, indiscreet charge, brought so unceremoniously against them by Mr. FERRA'ND, that at all justifies their fierce, though virtuous, resentment. The common sense of the House of Commons—a peculiar species of sense, by the bye, for which the Imperial Senate is by no means remarkable—has already decided, and warmly too, in their favour ; and there, we conceive, the matter should have been allowed to rest. As for the indignation of uninterested Members, which showed itself so fiercely on Tuesday night, we are at no loss to guess the cause in which it originated. Hon. Gentlemen were anxious to have the dullness of Parliamentary proceedings enlivened by the spectacle of a bear-bait ; they had promised themselves great fun from the exhibition, and the logs were all ready for a set-to; but unfortunately, just at the moment when expectation was raised to the highest pitch, the bear refused to allow himself to be tied to the stake, but giving t surly grin of defiance at the dogs, turned tail, and bolted! This naturally caused great disappointment imong the lovers of sport, which vented itself in just such a storm of execrations as was levelled against the late Monsieur CHABERT, the fire-eater, when he uncourteously declined allowing himself to be baked to death in an oven, merely to gratify the humane cu riosity of those who had paid their shillings to witness the pleasing spectacle. Mr. FERRAND has already been quite sufficiently roasted by the House of Commons —more especially by Messrs. GRAHAM, ROEBUCK, And HoGG—and we think they may now rest satisfied with the agreeable conviction that they have done him to a turn, like a goose on a kitchen spit. As regards Sir ROBERT PEEL'S grave proposal of searching for precedents as to the way in which the House has been in the habit of acting when Honour able Members happen to have made fools of themselves, never was there anything so sub 'imely and solemnly absurd ! It reminds us of the awful gravity and business-like determination of purpose exhibited by Noodle in Tom Thumb, when he hears that Doodle has expressed himself irreve rently of that immaculate Ministerial functionary, Lord Grizzle. But, indeed, the whole affair of Mr. FERRAND appears to us to abound in the elements of the richest farce, and we do not despair of seeing 't shortly transferred to the boards of the Hay market, under the apt title of " Much Ado about Nothing ; or, a Scene from St. Stephen's." And three nights have actually been wasted on this absurd matter, and at a period of the session, too, when every hour has its value ! How much public business.might lave been got through within this space of time ! The great question of the Corn-law might have been dis ,ussed and settled one way or other, for the season ; he Factory Regulation Bill, and the changes in the New Poor-law measure might have been decided upon ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer might have brought forward his Budget ; ~.at the Premier might have talked his usual amount of solemn sophistry on the subject of the Income-tax. In a few weeks, Ministers will—as they always do About a month or so after Easter—begin to pre thce all their speeches with "at this late period of the session," &c., in justification of their favourite prac tice of shuffling off obnoxious measures ; and yet we will venture to say nut one of them will take into consideration that they themselves have helped to trifle away the time of the llouse, by givingsuch undue prominence and importance to this absurd squabble between Messrs. FERRAND, GRAHAM, and HoGG. Perhaps no country in the world is in such a state &utter prostration as the Spanish Peninsula. Spain and Portugal appear to be lost to all sense of honour and patriotism. They have now undergone an ordeal if some thirty years for improving their condition ; they have tried almost every kind of government, ;he representative, the purely monarchical, the des= potic, and the radical, and under all these they have exhibited the same characteristic features—restless ness, without an object, and constant commotion without any result. The people, like the besotted sovereigns that rule them, have become a bye-word among nations. Though Portugal has been under the protection of England for more than two centuries, and has had every opportunity of assimilating her institutions to those of the country with which she has been so closely allied, she has not advanced one.step in social improvement or in strength. Her national Cortes are regarded by the people as a mockery, her army is open to the highest bidder, and At the present moment the small fortress of Almeida, under the command of BONFIM, denounced as a rebel, sets the QUEEN, the Government, and the army at defiance. Spain is in a still more deplorable condi• tion. In Portugal something like mercy is shown to nen who, driven to despair, try to benefit their con dition, but under Queen CHRISTINA, NARVAEZ, BRAVO, and Co., butchery is the only instrument of government. Men even suspected of sedition—that is of defending their rights or improving the condition of the country—are arrested, conducted to the presence of priests, and after due religious ceremonies are slaughtered like wild beasts. Every vestige of liberty is swept from that unfortunate country; and, what is more lamentable, not a voice is raised in Spain against deeds which are regarded by other nations with horror. What can be done with such a people ? 'We have no wish to excuse the policy of LOUIS PHILIPPE towards Spain. He has taken advantage of her weakness, her madness, and her slavish propensities, and has established a despotism stronger than any, perhaps, that ever existed in that country, but he is not entirely to blame. If the people had been faithful to themselves—if they had shown anything like common patriotism, or resented, as most other nations would have done, the inter ference e re of a foreign Power, he w ou ld no t h ave CHRISTI N A at Paris, and encouraged M. LESSEPS to stir up Spaniards against ESPARTERO. He knew the people, and treated them as slaves, and slaves they have shown themselves. The woman that has destroyed the Cortes and the Constitution, that has put down the national guards, and abolished their municipal institutions, has been welcomed as a saviour ; and though but two years since all were up in arms against the most constitutional and liberal Go vernment ever known in Spain, not avoice is now raised against a system of despotism which has no equal in Europe. Reproaches have been cast on Lord ABER DEEN for tacitly admitting such interference. But what can the English Government, or any Govern ment, do with a nation which is regardless of its ho nour and its interests ? 'We have enough to do with our own affairs, without attempting to raise up a fallen people, or make men free who are determined to be slaves. On Spaniards alone the blame rests. They have rejected the aid of the only Power willing and able to assist them, and they must be left to their fate. No apology will be expected by our readers for re newing our earnest appeal to their most serious atten tion, on the subject of our coldilial policy. Without participating in the apprehensions expressed by more than one of our Contemporaries, and their correspon dents in Paris, that the Otaheite question—precipitated, as it has been, by the vapouring and coxcombry of the French naval commander, Rear-Admiral DePETIT THOU/kW—may yet be destined to involve this country in :hostile collision with France, we must admit that the fast and loose tone of our own diplomatic corres pondence in the affair, and the " would and would not" character of the intervention—half demonstra tion, half menace—of our naval officers in those seas, have not been of a character to sustain the lofty in fluence of our national reputation, to vindicate our moral or political good faith, or to uphold the unsullied dignity of the British flag. It is impossible to peruse the State Paper, entitled " Correspondence relative to the Society Islands, 1843, in continuation of papers in August that year, presented to both Houses, by command," at the beginning of the present session, without coming to two conclusions. The first, unhappily, is that poor Queen Posteits has been utterly victimised, "through the influence of her own fears, and the intrigues of som e of her corrupt chiefs," (such are Lord ABER DEEN'S own words,) " in signing a deed so fatal to her independence" as that by which she placed herself under the protectorate of the King of the FRENCH. The second conclusion this correspondence irresistibly invites is, that the statesmanship exhibited by Lord ABERDEEN throughout the whole affair, subsequent to the date of Mr. Consul PRITC EIARD'S first communi cation to him. of the possession taken by the French of three of the Marquesas Islands, and Otaheite and Eimeo, of the Society Islands—was of the lowest pre tensions in point of tact or spirit. The first commu nication was dated " Sydney, New South Wales, Bth December, 1842: - On the 14th June, 1843, Lord ABERDEEN apprises Mr. PRITCHARD that our Go vernment "had already been informed of the pro ceedings of the French squadron under DUPETIT THOUA RS at the Society Islands. Why then, may we ask, had not instructions been immediately there upon sent out to our Consul nearest to the scene of action as to the distinct course he ought to adopt in reference to such proceedings ? But Lord ABERDEEN first admits that the matter had been left to the chapter of accidents ; and in the next place evidently labours to show, not so much that it was not our fluty to interfere on behalf of the unhappy QUEEN, as that the French had so ably availed themselves of her own act and deed, obtained in the absence of any friendly authority upon whose consideration and in tervention she could have thrown herself. He, therefore, intimates that our Government do not in tend to call the right assumed by the French into question. He also relies for a corroboration of this, his view of the subject, upon two documents which had been forwarded to him by M. GUIZOT —the one being an address of congratulation and approval to the French Rear-Admiral on his recent proceedings, by the (British) ministers of the Protestant mission, in the isles of Otaheite and Moorea ; the other, a similar address of British inhabitants, residents at Otaheite. These two documents certainly enhance the difficulty of our Government ; for, as M. GUIZOT writes to the Count DE ROHAN CHABOT (11th September, 1843), they amount to an acquiesence on the part of our own resident subjects in the reality of those alleged grievances under which French shipping had laboured , when visiting Otaheite, and which, as "faits notoires et evidens," had called, imperatively, for "une energique intervention 1' Now we complain that for a state of things which was almost morally sure to arise out of these " no torious and evident facts," no British authorities, civil or naval, had been sufficiently instructed by their Government to be prepared. If there had been, the missionaries and other British residents who would have addressed it on the point, would never have com mitted themselves or this country to two such docu ments. Commodore Nico Las acted upon the im pulsei so natural to a British sailor, in expressing his resentment at the bullying and insult offered by the French authorities to the defenceless QUEEN in person. They set up a flag which he hauled down, and a few other vain exhibitions of feeling escaped him. But he soon proved the danger and difficulty of acting without orders, and therefore desisted. The French carried their point and realised their demands, not merely with impunity, but with the prestige derived from having done so despite this desultory and unauthorised opposition. The Earl of ABERDEEN, we must say, seems to have been be wildered by the affair from the first. His dispatches in this instance have the defect (very unusual in his papers) of being even illogical, at least when he writes by the hands of Mr. ADDINGTON. For the latter (letter to Sir JOHN BARROW, Secretary to the Admiralty, 11th July, 1843,) writes thus :—" It certainly would appear, from various reports received by her MAJESTY'S Government, respecting the trans actions which ended in the surrender by the Queen of TAIuTI of a portion of her sovereign authority to the French Admiral, that that cession was brought about partly by intrigue, and partly by intimidation." Therefore, it would appear, " that this cession or surrender was NOT voluntary ;" yet Mr. ADDINGTON proceeds—" But the surrender WAS, notwithstanding, VOLUNTARILY made, and completed in due form, by Queen POMARE—under whatever impulsion she may have acted." That is as much as to say, " her will was constrained in part, and in part it was violated; but it was her free will notwithstanding, however much violated, to whatever extent constrained." The logic is as unintelligible as the policy of Lord ABERDEEN'S office. In his letter of 13th March, 1843, Mr. Consul PRITCHARD thus writes to Lord ABERDEEN, from the British Consulate at Otaheite : On my arrival, I found Queen Pomare about eight miles from this place, driven from her proper residence by the continual threats made by the French to fire upon her. Under the protection of Commodore Nicolas, in her Majesty's ship Vindictive, Queen Pomare has returned to her own residence. Commodore Nicolas and I have endeavoured to act in accordance with the repeated promises of assistance and protection made by the British Government to Queen Pomare. Permit me to refer your Lordship to Mr. Can ning's letter, dated March 3, 1827, to the late King of of Tahiti. " His Majesty, however, commands me to say, that although the customs of Europe forbid his acceding to your wishes in this respect (hoisting the British flag), he will be happy to afford to yourself and your dominions all such protection as his Majesty can grant to a friendly Power at so remote a distance from his own kingdom.% Lord Palmerston's dispatch of the 9th of September, 1841, is of similar import :—" You will assure Queen Pomare that her Majesty will at all times be ready to attend to any representations that Queen Pomare may wish to make, and will always be glad to give the pro tection of her good offices to Queen Pomare, in any dif ferences which may arise between Queen Pomare and any other Power." In your Lordship's instructions of July 30, 1842, the same sentiments are reiterated : Upon the occasion of your return to your post at Tahiti, it will be expedient that you should be able to prove to ' the governing authorities in these islands, that her Ma jesty s Government continues to take that interest in their prosperity which has heretofore been professed." Lord ABERDEEN, in his dispatch of 25th September, in reply, rebukes Mr. PRITCHARD for having "alto gether misinterpreted these passages in the letters of Mr. CANNING and Lord PALMERSTON ;" and justifies the non-interference of England in the matter, on the ground of that illogical fallacy which we have just exposed. Her Majesty's Government sincerely deplore the pain and humiliation inflicted on Queen Pomare. Moreover, they are willing to do everything in their power to alle viate her distresses. But, unfortunately, the letter in which French protection was solicited, was, by her own will and act, signed by the Queen ; and the agreement which followed was equally entered into and completed by the Queen's own will and act. However much, therefore, her Majesty's Government may be disposed to regret the course of conduct by which the Queen was brought to sign a deed so fatal to her independence, they are deprived, by her own voluntary and formal act, of all just and available ground for oppos ing the assumption and exercise of the protectorate by the French. Her Majesty's Government do not, therefore, intend to raise any question as to that exercise of authority, nor as to the legitimacy of tie now flag w hi c h th e French have thought proper to substitute for the old Tahitian flag. But all this was not the poor woman's "act" or `' deed:' Lord ABERDIEN himself once more admits that it was not, when--(to get rid of an ugly case, illustrating that absence of a forecasting and vigorous, though unaggressive, policy of which we complain)— he binds her to the cruel consequences of scandalous arts which he thus characterises in another part of the same dispatch. He is giving counsel which we blush to find ascribed to a British Cabinet Minister. It is FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, APRIL 23.---The Chamber — ofliepresentatives renewed its labours yesterday. It sat with closed doors to re ceive communications from the Government on the commer cial questions. It was decided that the members of the Senate might be present. The Chamber again sat in a Secret Committee, and heard the first part of a report of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the commercial negotiation, of Belgium since 1830. We are assured that all this part of the report related to the negotiations with France, to the circumstance which led to the concessions of Belgium in 1836, then to conference, and lastly to formal proposals tending to a customs union with that country. The Minister res.(' the documents relating to the projected union, which made, it is said, a great impression. The Minister will continue the reading of this report to morrow. The members of the Commission whom the Government sent to England to study the system of prison discipline in that country, returned to Brussels some days ago. A letter from Rome says, that the Count d'Oultremont, Minister of Belgium at the Holy See, had gone, in the middle of this month, to Florence, to be present at th e marriage of Prince Luitpold, of Bavaria, to the Archduchess Augusta of Tuscany. A letter from Vienna, of the 15th, says that the Archduke Francis, fourteen years of age, the eldest son of the Archduke Francis Charles, and at present the presumptive heir to the Imperial Crown, was attacked with scarlatina, but that the disorder proceeded in the usual course, and that no alarm was felt. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BausseLs, Aran. 23. Rothschild's Loan, Five pe r C ent 11)3 Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. 99 4. Three per Cent —-- Thirty-seven Mini, ns, ditto .. ~,,,,,,,»„ 7776 ------- i 184 0).......... Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cen — 1843.... ....... ...."..•"• .. .. ••••••••••••••••• 104 % Society of Commerce, F our and a Half per Cent. Bank of Belgium, Fi ve per C ent 6BY I.sue of 1841. .. .... ........ 109% .......... ....“ —Brussel; Papers, APLIL 24. --- OPENINGS OF RAILWAYS IN MAY.—The neat month promises to be remarkably prolific in the opening to the public of various important railways throughout, that have hitherto beets but partially, or not at all in operation. On the 4th will be opened the Liverpool and Derby Junction line. Early in the month aho, as is understood, the "West London') Railway will be brought into full operation, to the great advantage of the Birmingham and Great Western fines, whose passengers will be furnished with a West-end ter minus. Then the Bricklayers' Arms Branch, that affords a like accommodation to the Croydon and Dover Railways, and the Norwieh and Yarmouth Railway still come into play in the ensuing month, the opening of the latter being fixed upon for the lit.. Lastly, and most important of all, the Bristol and Exeter will also be opened to the travelling public, completing nearly 200 miles of railway to the western ?arts of England. May thus has quite its share in interest- • ing railway occurrences. ENGLISH THEATRICALS FOR HOLLAND.—In con sequence of the approaching Dutch fair to be held in Holland during the forthcoming month, three companies of English comedians, tragedians, dancers, musicians, &c., amounting, it is said, to upwards of 200 persons, have been engaged from London, and will leave this country at the commencement of the next week. Rear-Admiral Wix, C. 8., is suffering from severe indisposition at Plymouth. SPORTING INTELLIGENCA NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. The report forwarded from the Heath contained all the particulars that a very insignificant da's sport worthy of ; it also gave an intimation of tie great • aN d oi provement of Bay Momus in the Derby betting, . the advance of Lancet to 40 to 1. The evening made no alteration in the odds against the first, but giile the other another lift. Orlando was also /II force, th e offers against him, alter several bets at 25 to 1, havolg dropped five points. Offers to take sto 2 about Ratan, and 9 to 2 about the Ugly Buck, but no business done. 1,000 to 20 was taken about Loadstone, and 1,000 to 15, twelve times, at least, about Lord G. Bentinck's lot. .i d l l most other respects the odds, which are taken at nil 7 night, agree with those quoted in our last. NEWMARKET, THURSDAY EVENING. Match—Duke of Bedford's Espoir, 9st 71b (Robinson), beat Lord Glasgow's f by Bay Middleton, out of In3Per tinence, 7st. First half of Ab.M. 200, h ft. Btol O n bettal.g Espoir. Won in a Canter. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three years old colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. First half of - Ab.M. nor to bo sold for 80/., &c. (5 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Mocha . ..(Mann) 12 Mr. Greville's Molly Mogg.... ...... General Yates's Sister to Pompey Duke of Bedford's Commerce .............................. Mr. Osbaldeston's c by the Saddler, out of Miss Etty 5 to 2 agst Sister to Pompey (t)-3 to 1 agst Osbnit drston's colt-3 to 1 ags t M o lly M ogg , an d 7to 2 g i n Mocha. Mocha made nearly all the running, and w2 e by a length, Sist e r t o P om p e y• a respecta bl e third ; Miss Etty colt beaten off. There were five or six fa"- starts. Match—First half of Ab. M. 100, h ft.—Duke of Bed" ford's Espoir, Bst 71b (Robinson), beat Mr. ()shade s ; ton's Escrick, 7st 71b, very eas ily by h a lf- a -l en gth. 4 t° 1 on Espoir. The One Thousand Guineas Stakes, by Subs of 100 al each, h ft, for three yrs old filli es , B s t 71b eac h 'n'' (26 Subs.) Mr. Osbaldeston's f, sister to Martingale, by Th e Saddler, dam by Partisan (Robinson) Lord Exeter's Merope, by Voltaire Baron Rothschild's Emerald. by Defence The following also started :—Lord Chesterfield's T he Bee, Captain Daintrce's f by Redshank,—African's dame Mr. Greville's Jamaica, e o l. P ee l' s f by Slane, nut,,;; • Sea. kale, Col. Peel's Zenobi a , and Mr. Thornh ill Example. Betting—Even on the Bee, 7 t o 2 ags t E mera ld, 12 oe : f e ' 1 agst Seaka'le filly, 10 to 1 agst Si s t er to Marting'ale' to 1 agst Merope, 6to 1 ags t C o l . P eel ' s two ; , Colonel declared to win with Seakale filly. Zen t 7,g, Emerald, and Merope singl e d th emse l ves out at sts rt' and ran at a gre a t p ace , near l y h ea d to head, t 43,, ,i ';, '"/,.` T.Y.C. post ; the runn i ng was t h en ta k en up by '.; Osbaldeston's filly, whi c h wen t on w i t h i t to t h e en d, never approached, and won easy by two lengths, Me r 2 „ra beating Emerald by th e same ; C apt. Daintrce's lash beaten fourth. The Bee ne ver s h owe d i n f ront, an d was les beaten a long way. Match—A.F. 200, h ft. Bst 71b each.—Lord Al be d . marle's Winfarthing, by Liverpool, received from Le r Exeter's Plush, by Economist. The Eglinton Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft ; for COI" Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b. T.Y.C. (8 Subs.) 1 Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo (Nat) Mr. Thornhill's Elemi ........................... ........... 5 Duke of Bedford's Panther 6 to 4 agst Cockamaroo, 6 to 4 agst Elemi, and 7 to 4 agst Panther. Won by a head—Panther beaten two lengths. lb; The Queen's Plate of 100 gu i neas , f or f ouryr o ld s , 9st five yrs, lOst 71b ; six yrs and aged, lOst 121 b. Mr. Boyce's Coranna, 5 yrs Lord Exeter's Czar, 4 yrs ................................. 10 to lon Corann a . W on b y 20 lengths. OAKS. After the 1,000 Guineas Stakes race, Mr. Osbal A -1: toa's filly was back e d a t 12 t o 1, an d M erope at 15 to 16 to 1 offered agst Crenoline. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, THURSDAY no n/. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 7 to 2 agst Kent's lot 18 to 1 agst Alice Ilaiftbolll 13 to 2 agst Bramble 33 to 1 agst Martyr 7 to 1 agst Pagan No other change. 11 to 1 agst Cattonite DERBY. Rein/ t 5 to 2 agst Ratan -- t 30 to 1 agstßunning 9 to 2 agst Ugly Buck—t 33 to 1 agst lonian—t 11 to 1 agst Leander 33 to 1 agst Lancet 18 to 1 agst Campanero 66 to 1 agst Imaum 20 to 1 agst Orlando 1000 to 5 agst Elemi—t t 20 to 1 agst Bay Momus 1000 to 5 agst CoekarnorcAp i . 1,000 to 20 agst R a t an w i nn i ng the Derby and St. Lek ► and Barricade the Oaks—taken. 1,000 to 15 agst Ratan and the Princess for the °rail events—taken. 1,000 to 15 agst Rata n an d M r. O s b a l deston ' s filly, for tb e same events—taken. 1,000 to 10 agst Leanderand Cockamaroo—taken. OAKS. alder 7t02 on the field agst Bto 1 agst Mr. Osh two—t ton's filly 7 to 1 agst Barricade—t 12 to 1 agst Merope 8 to 1 agst The Princess 20 to 1 agst Crenolillo NEWMARKET STAKES, FRIDAY. , ios lff ' All are scratched except K ee l e y, th e T rage d y co lt, Economy, the Miss Etty colt, the P r i ncess Victoria Vattel, candidate, and Anniversary. Match, D. M.—Lord Chesterfield's Tiddley Winks reco from Lord Glasgow's Amulet colt. METROPOLITA N IMPROVEMENTS —Yeste rda y at one o'clock nine houses situated in Belton-street low-street, Long-acre, were disposed of by an d Brain' taken down for the new street from W a terloo - bri d g e _f Bloomsbury. Nearly the whole of the houses in lie o irtl . street, on the easeside, will now in a few days be rem v', and there are only a few in llanover- street to be taken down" 4 The Mercers' Company have had a large area of gT °° r vacant in Hanover-street for several months. At the 11 1 part of Belton-street the workmen have been emPloY e da . putting down the concrete, preparatory to laying the femo ra , Waterloo-bridge to be . tion-stone for the new church of Christ Church, which :l e a d mony is expected shortly to take place. This is the 2711 2 9, sad houses for the various new lines of streets in this part o f sad metropolis by order of the Commissioners of Woon* h „ e a Forests, which will make above 200 houses that have cleared away. Last week some houses in Charlotte - sr„." o Illeomsbury, facing Charlotte-street Chapel, which will u s to be cleared away, were sold by order of the Commissioned' THE " FREE CHURCH IN DUNDEE.-011 Mp n o , • evening a numerous meeting of the Rev. Mr. Law's exti e e, e gation was held in their chapel, Reform-street, Dui; je, Captain John Smith in the chair. After prayer by 3 fr.•,,,' A be lie shortly gave his reasons for resigning connexion W"'", hie "Free" Church, and returning into the Establishment. Ir l io n explanation he stated, that he considered the non-M0 .1j %. rrinciple secured by Lord Aberdeen's Bill ; and that that It e t son for separating was now removed. He then retired, th e y the congregation mi g ht d ec id e f or t h emse l ves as to he s/ of were to act in the circumstances. Mr. Ivory Kidd, °l e d the elders, after stating th a t a ll th e e ld ers an d deacons eft agreed to join the Establi s h e d Ch urc h a l ong with Im ibe pastor, moved a petition to th e presbytery, praying th a Lai, congregation might be admitted i n t o commun i on w ith the which, being seconded by th e c l er k o f M r. L aw ' s sess ion, r rt y unanimously adopted. A few of the " Free " Church P a were in attendance, and one e ld er ma d e hi mse lf rather enut spicuous in attempti ng di ssens i on, w hi c h was speedily 'rra, down. Mr. Law returned, after the petition had been .„ n g• solved on, and concluded w ith p ra y er. A s we wer e k.:-„a the members were pressing forward to sign the petition; F o p we understand, that in the spa ce o f h a lf an h our near • names were adhibited.—Dundee Paper of Tuesday. ,The MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM..`Od anniversary dinner of the patrons and su pp or t ers o f this praiieworthy Institution, its chief object being the ethi cs . e sr and training of the orphans of s eamen o f th e merchan'sgoe. vice, took place yesterday at the L on d on• Tavern, the '' en v Sidney Herbert occupying th e c h a i r . Among the,elsoor any present were Rear-Admi ra l D un d as, C apta i n - 0 y e a. Lieutenant Waghorn, Captain R. Idly, R.N., and the . 1 ' nr Messrs. Fraser and Jackson. After the usual loyal and c° oo plimentary toasts were given a n d res p on d e d to With as usual goodwill and feeling, very eloquent appeals were, ll „ d a re. by the Chairman, Ad m i ra l Dundas, and the Rev- u` — s of Fraser and Jackson, t o th e company respecting the cla m ' the Society, which en d e d i n a lib era l su b scr i pt i on o n 1 ) 6 'o of the funds of the Institution. Among the chief ° p e r were Mr. Sidney H er b ert , t h e E ast I ndia Company, the Mos ters of the Trinity House, Mr. J. Soames, and many Of tll leading firms co nnec t e d w i t h t h e merchant serv i ce o eser o. country. After the dinner, which was served up in 31 . Bathe and Breach's best style, the children of the Instit t ! t i a a were conducted round the room, and their healthy condLso and appearance elicited much applause from the subserl7; and their friends. Mr. Toole as usual filled the office of tweed master with great eclat; and Messrs. Jones, King, rYn e '..t of Foord contributed much goo d s i ng i ng f or t h e ar auserne. the company. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.— Yesterday an inq u ire was held before Mr. Carter, the C oroner f or S urr ey, t o r Queen, Peckham- fields, as to the death o f M r . J o seph . ~L„,ed kins Goodredge, aged thi r ty. It appeare d that t h e deer , '" ia had been in the employment of a large linen-draperyh n" lea! the City. During last year he was attacked with a — o f 1 " fit of paralysis, and h e was f ear f u l that a repet ition . , o ne would cause his death. On M on d a y, between twelve a l oa de o'clock, he was m i sse d a t his residence, No. 4, Rich ly- bie terrace, Peckham, where he was seen in the parlour 1 11_ sister a short time b e f ore , an d h e t h en sa id h e h a d l o st W h o of his left leg, which dragged after him. Soon a fter 11 _ 1 '1 lie was discovered in one of th e rooms , an d it was supn°,7 l - ao• was in the garden. Upo n hi s s i s t er go i ng th ere he cotliu ob l• where be seen, but at last she opened the door of tht 3 o f tn cellar, and there saw hi m sus p en d e d b y a s ilk h an dkercti,,. a rafter in the wall. H e was i ns t an tl y cut d own , but 1 7 30 41 peered quite extinct. It seems that his illness had verl n d de' preyed on his mind, and he had been in armor low sponding state, even forgettin g th e names o f his mos t mate friends.—Verdiet, "Temporary insanity." 0 1 1 4 ALARMING FIRES LAST NIGHT.--TWO fires curred last night. The first, in the early part of the.„...e veLl aeir broke out upon the premises in the occupation of v !y.,roild; grave, 1, St. Ann's-place, St. George's-road, New " eil loft i " Flames were discovered issuing from the floor of A__ o9 id' sonic distance from the dwelling-house. An alarm ''' o f the mediately raised, and the engines sent for. Thre e err ivet brigade and the West of England engines speedily fire vi,"l. and plenty of water being at hand, the fury of firth therw checked before it had consumed more • than ziu" s bor' property. Shortly afterwards a fire occurred in th e „ore Jr. Bennett, hosier, &c., 135, L am b e th- wa lk. It 11 - the that from some unexplained cause, the flames csil fgaite l light articles in the show wind o w, whi c h instantil i ,.... ea: and burnt out the window, destroying the frame' ti":,T g ials_ The fire was extinguished by the inmates; but the .17thei r from the several stations in the vicinity were proMPt in attendance and vigorous in their efforts. p o t nigh t THE ILLUMINATIONS.—The illumination s _ te neive in celebration of her Majesty's birthday were more c. e-, u , n oir , than on the previous anniversary, although still a : l ' u r ea selir , fined to the various club-houses and places °l , Dhe eXt rer t and the residences of the Royal tradespeople. The evening' fineness of the weather, and the brilliancy of the in .14-P ll ,l which more resembled an evening in June tha n e l f all age . drew out an almost countless multitude of person and grades, who, for the purpose of viewin r ree t r opo es, tions, paraded the principal thoroughfares of t•,_?„ from dusk until long after midnight. Innumersu!L.,, ea frn carts, and vehicles of all descriptions, with ommr:,,,, s edelb pla the ce s s tr r e o e u t n s. d tsheevemraeltrhoupnodlirse,dfiplloeldiceinnlseidne, draandruoeduvrioettrznoraper! division, were on duty in the streets during th c e o too so admirable were the arrangements that no n eon place, nor have we heazd of any serious accident SI eYsactl: of 50 - 6. • depart; Acc( Thatior I)9intei Mauro th e in Soma( . The had no