The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-16 00:00:00

THE DAYS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. Just ready. TTI LDEBR A N D;, OR, TIIE . DAY; OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. By Ole Author of " The Thug's Son." Lorelon: 'John M , trtimer, AdelaVe-street, Tratnlgar-Finare. 4 N ZPAN ISH DEI'EItRED DEBT.—The SPA 1. - 7 'IC 1 Sll CO3IMISSIONERS beg to announce to the HOLDERS 01' the above STOCK, that the following arc the Numbers of the BON DS which were DRAWN at Madrid on the let instant. Orders have been given to prepare the New Active Stock, and the Exchange of the Bonds will be made by Messrs. Ardein and Co. at Parii., and Messrs.-T. and S. Ricardo and Co. in London. - SEVENTH DRAWING OF TUE DEFERRED DEBT AT MADRID, MAY 1, 1544. . Bonds N'umbers. Amount of each Total 9er:e4 ' Drawn.. in Dollars. Dollars. A .. 751 .... 2,254 a 3,004 .• • . 2OO •• .. 150,200 1.% • • 1,08-3- •• .. 9,552 a 10,834 • 417 .• 2,056 a 2,502 .•• • • 00 •• • • 333,6 00 • • 333 t... 1,670 a 2,002 • ,200 •• .. 399,600 .• 584 .. •.- 585 a 1,168 F • • 514 .... 3,085 a 3,598 .• 3,682 5,185,400 SPANISH DEFERRED DEBT. — Messrs. J. find S. Ricardo and f'o. beg to apprise the Holders of the Numbers of the Deferred BOMB which have been drawn as above-Mentioned, that they will be ready to exchange them as soon as they receive the New Active Bonds from the Commissioners, of which due notice, will be given. Angel-court, Throgmortonstreet, May 15, 1844. - THIRD SERIES OF " TWO OLD MEN'S TALES." Just ready, in 3 vols., post Svo., T HE TRIUMPHS OF TIME. By the author of " Two Old Men's Tales." Richard ldentley, New Burlington-street. NEW SERIES OF LIFE IN SWEDEN. On Thursday next, 2 vols, post Svo, with Portrait of the Author, TRE H --- FAMILY : TRALINNAN• AXEL and ANNA ; and other T ales. B y FREDERIK.A. BREMER. Translated by MARY HOWITT. By the same Author and Translator, THE NEIGHBOURS. Third Edition, 2 vols. 18s. THE HOME. Second Edition,•2 vols. 21s. THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTERS. 3 vols. 31s. Gd. A DIARY : with STRIFE and PEACE. 2 vols. 21s. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. In 3 vols., post Bvo., 31 R. D'ISRAEL I'S " C ONIN GS BY ; OR, THE NEW GENERATION," IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re— !pectfuliy informed that there will be an extra Night (not included in the Sub-cription) THIS EVENING, May 16, when will be per formed Mozart's cht. f doeuvre IL DON GIOVANNI. Donna Aima, Madame Grid ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Favanti; Zerlina. IMalsane Persian' ; Don Giovanni, I,ig. Fornasari ; Le poiello, Sig. Lablache ; Masetto, Sig. F Lablache ; II Comman datore, Sig. Felice ; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario. loconciude with ALMA. Alma, Madame Cerito. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the BOX office, Opera-colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANK FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. GIUBILEI. THIS EVENING, MAY 16, Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count A,berto, Mr. W. Harrison; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr. :,orrani; N3'.iioa, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdlle. Albert,zzi ; Francesca, Miss Romer. In the course of the Evening will be given UN CONCERT SIONSTRE. Conducted by Mr. J. Benedict. To conclude with A DIVERTISSEMENT from the Grand Pal Masque of 6U.DTAV l S. mesa Boxes is., second UTiCC :is. 6d.; Upper Circles of Boxes stsond Price 3s. • i'it as .'econd Price as.; Gahery 2i., Second Price Is. ; Upper dallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. M. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MAY 16, Will be revived the Comedy of A CUBE FOR THE HEART ACHE. Old Hapid, Mr. W. Farren ; young Rapid, Mr. Charles Mathews; Vortex, Mr. Strickland; Frank Oatland, Mr. Webster ; Ellen Vortex, Mrs Edwin Yarnold ; Miss Vortex, Mrs. W. Clifford; Oatland, Miss Julia Bennett. Atter which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle Mr. James Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Bars. Humby. "lo be followed by a New, Oi iginal Occasional, and Local Extra vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Evening with Puff. Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton arid Miss Lee. To coneude with A KISS IN THE DARE. Orchestra Stalls, Se. ; Boxes, Ss. ' • Pit, ; Gallery, 9.5.; Upper Callery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, _3s. ; Pit Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, fitt. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances eumini,ce at Seven Tickets and Places to be had of Mr L T. Arc h e r, at the Box °Coe, from Ten till Five. Pltl NCESs'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. GILBERT AND MISS BALLIN. THIS EVENING, MAY 16, Will be presented Shakspeare's Play of AS YOU LI KE IT. Jaynes, Mr. rhelpi ; Amiens ' Mr. Allen ; Orlando, Mr. Walter ; Rosalind. Miss Emma Stanley; Audrey, Ali's. F. Mitthews. Herr Staudigl will sing Oh, Radler th n the Cherry." After winch, BO M AST F.S FURIOSO. To conclude with . THE SOMNANIBULIST ; or, The Village Phan. tom ; Elvino, Mr. Gilbert ; Allah/a, Mir Bailin. THEAFRE ROY :L LYCE UM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE Under the Vlanagem WitOf Mrs. KEELEY. . 0 . Open sesame; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusasm by crowded and fashionable audinces THIS EVENING, MAY 16, Will be repeated an Original Comic Drama, entat'ed THE THREE WIVES OF A DRID. Princi: , al Characters by Messrs. Keeley. Diddear F ...athews, Emery, Wigan, Craven, Turner, Yarriold, bliss Woolgar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner, Mrs. Wigan, and M. hicley Alter which, will be pi oduced a new Comic Drama, called THE LOVE BIRDS. l'i ',Opal Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Young; Mrs. Woxl , gc, Mrs. Usher, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Chaplin, Miss Grove, and Miss ern t scue. To be followed try,ui Apropos Bagatelle. called POLK AMANIA Characters ty Mr. r. Mat.hews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Xecley. To conclude with a (I• no: Burle , que Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or. a Night with the Forty Thieves. t ha. racteis by Mies W0.,1g.7r. Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Witt Turner, Miss Grove. Aire. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Mcsws. F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, Wigan, Yaniold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF A DAIII-vlON.—Balcony Foxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s._; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2 s. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d.; Pit, I. Private Boxes on the Balcony lies person , ).(holding eight son,). 'I ar iluineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (ho ring eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit for (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S itOYAI. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. leropr,ct.tL: and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Orand At raction. 11115 eV ENING, MAY 16, Will be repeated the tl.-thi 'cal Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILL t‘i 11 fHE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle of Ft:Latino ' s. With ad lie elects of the Norman Conquest , Death of Harold, &c. Entire Change ,:t the Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To cont.lude with IJ Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the H ndeos of the Ruby Cliffs. The doors wjll open nightLv at six o'clock, and the performances commence at so,: n. Box. othci: opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have ..lieen reom.strueted and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stag.-in t.:ager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. On Monday, May '2O, M. Plege will re-appear, for the last week of his Engagement, and will take his Benefit on Friday, May DA IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENTIN,9, MAY Ili, Will he performed a New Drama, eutitled HUGH, THE GIPSY. Supported by Messrs. E. F. Saville, H. Hughes, R. Honner, Vex, Mrs H. Vtniog, Miss Terrev, and Mfg. Lewis. After which, Coleman's Comedy of JOHN BULL To conclude .with THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS. Robin, the Sca iegrace, Mrs. R. Honner. To conclude with a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA, Paces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box &lice, from Eleven io Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. With the asto•inding Wonders of the Extraordinary Being the GREAT WIZARD OF 'tHE NORTH, and the ARAB BROTHERS, aged seven, nine, and twelve years of age, whose Clas , ic Groupings, and Surprising Feats of Strength, are the theme of generel admiration 1 A trick worth Knowing! Ilow to fill a Theatre by Magic! This is the Fourth Season of the Great Delusionist in London ! He has co i-p'eted the 'I hirtieth Night of his present Season ! his Miracles have b en witnessed by iipwa.ds of rive Hundred Thou. sand Spectato a! still his Mag.c Temple is nightly hononred with most brilliant and crowded atutience; ; thus proving to the world the ecli sing superiority of his unparalleled Entertainments He nightly excites the astonishment of Hundreds, by his Scientific Experi ments; the peculiar cfftsct of which beggars description. His new Delusi is, THE FLYING RINGS, and THE ENCHAN TED HAT, are wonders which have no ual !! ! And, Novelty being at present the rage th e GREAT WIZARD intends MAKING A WITCH! - Thervfore, any Lidy, desirous of appearing as the Great Witch, in conjunction with the Great Wizard, is informed, that the latter will be happy to initiate her in the Mysteries of his Art.—A Froich, German, or Italia Lady would be preferred. Boxes, :is.; Pit. Is. fid. • Gallery, ed. Reserved Seats, and Priv a te Boxes can be secured at the 1 heatre, and of all the Agents. Second Price at Nine o'clock. DJors open at Half-past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo -teal Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed ay One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most In structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, viz.--CHARLES 1., OLIVER. CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in IS2I. 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 flue 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 he, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to be seen by every ome. The price of admis • aion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, MAY 16. TRan,Ntomtmn, Lowest, 43 ; Highest, 58 ; Noon, 58. BAROMETER, 30.2.—W0rn, N.E. Now..—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is timidly placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. 6 11 wxr.Ell. AT. LONDON-BRIDGE TUTS DAY. Aloming ..„ 14 minutes after 1 1 Evening ...33 minutes after 1. • • (. • 0 , s o,I V I ?' • • _PC. , • f 1 4 4. • . ar'l—.t'''4 l ! ll l ll *f. . :-• DifaiT ; SECOND EDITION. etenins LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1844. The House of Commons met at the usual hour, and, after a number of petitions had been presented, an Hon. Member' 'moved that. the House be counted, and, as only thirty-four Members were present, the House adjourned. At the weekly Covent-garden meeting of the League last night, Mr. JAMES Wlmos, who was one rif the principal speakers of the evening, quoted the following remarkable passage, in direct recommenda tion of free-trade, from a speech which was delivered • by the Earl of CHATHAM, eighty years ago, in the - House of Lords :—" I do not despair of my country, and I have no objection to state what, in my opinion, wouldG. f restore it to its once flourishing condition. freedom to commerce, lighten the pressure of taxation, and you will have no complain ing in your streets. As commerce is al ways a chnge of equivalents, a nation that will not buy cannot sell, and every restriction to imports is an obstacle to exports. On the other hand ONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY le, 1844. THE SUN, the more we admit the produ ctions of foreign natius i t u n fo g r , policemana3n4oGthewrnuld have h ss e i e i n o i .--------*--------- , eere wasit ons, , e t h a m e f e e Tp a l w e h s' e b n ead th s e . ra N t V tl the more extensive becomes their demand for our corn- I much more violent. When prisoner went into his own house modities. Let the system of our corn-laws be cautiously . th.ienctoontshtaebslteact e m i a in, and dragged him out, and then took on-house. and gradually abrogated, and allow th e chea p agricul- 1111 A decent looking mechanic came forward and deposed to tural produce of the north of Europe and. America to ; thae_co.ur.rasectqneurteofinwo-litstihvee pris r o h n e er p s u te e i l l i; wlan,isoslencaouinideurct washe be freely introduced, and we shall obtain an ex . - 1 d ' bullying and offensive, and he was quite drunk. tended vent for our tnanufactures." These are, in 1 i Mr. LONG (to the policeman)—llid you obtain the assist of plain, rac- , every respect, memorable words, full P ' since oLONG-Whyer? Constable—l did; 192 G. I Mr. is he not here? The constable made no tical truths intelligible to the obtusest Ca- reply. parity ; and when it is borne in mind ; Mr. L go D Na—id oft? as stated, go into this ma his house.n's house 1 and dra him oua that they express the calm, deliberate con- ; 1 Mr. Lotto—And you took him out of it? Policeman— victions of one of the most illustrious statesmen 1 y es. we are I Mr. LONG—Then why did you not state this on your direct that this or any other country ever y p roduced, e xamination? The policeman made no reply. quite sure that they will be per used with the deepest Mr. LONG—The prisoner is discharged. I believe his wit attention by our readers, and make a permanent im nwhalahnasd hlenanmststottiz by the that policeman, Ido notwhbuesliseye conductmu much has pression on their minds. Though nearly a century 1 been most improper, and will, I hope, be made the subject of has elapsed since they were spoken, during which pc- 1 inquiry elsewhere. riod—a brief one in the life of nations—the commerce Sergeant Bo y son promised to report the policeman's con duct to his superior officers. of the country has increased: a hundred-fold, and it It would be useless to point this narrative. It has raised itself to the proud position of the first mer carries with it its own confirmation, and its own corn cantile community in the world—though, as a neces went. We will only observe that whereas poor JOHN sary consequence of this astonishing progress, ques- ANDREWS is discharged, after a night's locking up, tions of trade are infinitely better understood than they and the brutal treatment described, having been him were in the days of Lord CHATHAM, yet these remark- self the victim and not the offender, he gets no redress able words of his Lordship are quite as liberal and much for such an infamous outrage. Letter G, "the name more intelligible than any that have been spoken by Sir less one," who is the offender and not the victim in ROBERT PEEL or his colleagues on the same sub- the case—who adds to the scandal of his "drunken ject—a striking proof how little benefit our states- and bullying" deportment the mean subterfuge of a 1 men have derived from the bustling, practical, com- false deposition, is told by Mr. LONG that he does not mercial experience of the last eighty years, and how ~ much believe him," and is recommended for a report small is the advance that sound principles of legisla • upon his conduct to the Commissioners. We suppose tion have made among them. Lord CHATHAM with, it is about an equal chance whether this report be comparatively speaking, little or no help from experi- made or not. once, seems to have known quite as much about free Now, something must be done in the shape of better trade as our present Premier, notwithstanding that the discipline, and securities for better behaviour, in this latter has had a thousand practical advantages which, very costly force. A. little of the systematic attention from the character and circumstances of the age in paid to the dressing and getting up of their clothes 1 which he lived, and which, for some years, be should be devoted to a rigorous and impartial scrutiny moulded at his will, were wholly denied to the into their deportment, and offences such as we have former. But the truth is, CHATHAM was in many referred to should be punished, on proof, by instant respects a statesman in advance of his time ; while dismissal, in the first place. At present, in too large Sir ROBERT PEEL is a statesman behind, rather than a class of cases, they as little resemble keepers of the before it, and unable to mould or discipline it, from a peace in the discharge of their duties, as they do sol want of capacity fully to appreciate and sympathise diers in their bearing or movements. They ought to with its stirring and eventful character. Hence his know that carrying a baton and making a diurnal re mind is in a perpetual state of vacillation and bewil- port to the superintendent or inspector, will no more derment, and he only maintains his position by oscil- sufficiently qualify them for their employment, than lating,'like a pendulum, between the free-traders and stand-up collars, and worsted braiding, and glazed the monopolists, now throwing a sop to one and now hats will give them that "air military" which they to the other party, and keeping both in a constant all ludicrously affect—in defiance of impracticable state of suspense and uneasiness. Unable to play a legs, unsorted feet, and that grotesque awkwardness commanding and decisive part on the political arena, which are the characterics of so many among them! he must perforce content himself with playing a small one; and seems to think—a very pleasant re flection to a timid and distrustful statesman—that Government has no other duty to fulfil than to keep itself at the helm, by dint of a majority in the House of Commons, which though at present undoubtedly large, cannot be relied on with any confidence for the future. Mr. BRIGHT, who took the chair at the League meeting, alluding to the approaching election contest for South Lancashire, observed :—" He was quite certain there were thousands within those walls, at that hour, who were anxious that the great contest, which was now commencing in Lan cashire, should end in the signal triumph of the free trade cause. Yes, the present meeting sympathised with that contest. It was anxious to convey to the Lancashire electors its sense of the importance of that contest, and he found that even they, anxious as they were, did not regard the struggle as of the im portance which it merited." We should hope that there are but few free-traders who are not fully alive to the paramount importance of having a Member of their own principles returned for South Lancashire. Such a return would at the present crisis be a triumph for the good cause greater even than that achieved a few months since in the me tropolis ; and we trust therefore that every man who has a vote to give, will make a point of giving it in favour of Mr. BROWN. That gentleman's pros pects of success are, we are happy to assure our readers, exceedingly encouraging ; still, the mono polist party—who are quite shrewd enough to see that the struggle is one of life or death to them—are actively on the alert throughout the county ; and not an hour must be lost in the attempt to counteract sheir exertions. A connected, intelligible, and faithful statistica memoir of the principal elements of her materia power and political strength, is almost a debt of in• struction which the Legislature of Great Britain owes to posterity. Our advance in all the arts of peace and war, prodigious as this has been, and directly in strumental in establishing us in our present position of paramount influence, authority, and force among all the nations of the world, is but a common-place reputation by the side of that nobler renown which we shall have achieved by the stupendous results of that spirit of discovery which we have fostered and protected in all the branches of moral and physical science, of philosophic investigation, of political go vernment, and civil polity. In reference to each and all of these subjects we shall have left landmarks to guide, and provided havens to shelter, those who shall be our successors in future ages, in following out the same good works. Among the evidences of unwearied industry, and of an enlightened liberality, in ascertaining with scientific accuracy, and illus trating, by all the aids of trigonometric and hydro graphical surveys, the topography of these islands, none will probably be deemed more remarkable or found more useful and important than those surveys which have been conducted, of late years, under the superintendence of one branch of our ordnance service. Of the Ordnance Survey of " Great Britain," how ever, admirable as it is in the conception of its plan, the details of its management, and the manner of its execution, the publication of the maps, charts, &c., seems to halt somewhat unaccountably. We are not unaware of a portion of the difficulties which have protracted its progress to completion. The necessity of producing it, after certain portions of it had ap peared, on one common scale, raised formidable diffi culties in dealing with other portions still to be pub lished, or to which subsequent discovery and expe rience had shown that the adoption of an altered and enlarged scale would have been most advisable. Again, in the outset of this vast undertaking the ex pediency of incorporating into the construction of the maps, the indications, and district, and boundary lines of a geological survey, which might have been conducted contemporaneously with the superficial one, had been overlooked. In a later period of the work this geological survey has been undertaken by order of the Government, and so far as the public have yet had the benefit of the data and information col lected by it, they have reason to be highly gratified with the mass of invaluable facts and phenomena which has been thus accumulated. A further diffi culty, of course, occurs, as to the earlier maps of the Ordnance series for Great Britain, touching the mode of communicating to them the same geological fea tures which, we trust, will claim everybody's admira tion in the more recent maps. Then, there are the several claims of the mining counties of the south west and western districts of the island, and of the northern and Scotch counties, to be pourtrayed on a much larger scale than the Government have laid down as that which shall be common to all the other countries. There are, undoubtedly, perplexing pre tensions ; but where they are not conceded they can scarcely be allowed in accounting for the delay which has attended the consummation of this great national work. The votes of Parliament on account of it have been, moreover, continuous and most liberal; so that we may speedily look, we trust, for the final execution of the maps, and some general explanatory Memoir to accompany them. The utility of such a memoir it would be, we suppose, quite a supereroga tory labour to enforce. Without it, the value of their labours, who have had the practical conduct of this survey, can never be adequately appreciated. With it, that value will be enhanced a hundred-fold to the present generation and to posterity. Of such a "Memoir" as we suggest, a good ex emplar is supplied in the recently published " Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the facts relating to the Ordnance Memoir of Ireland," including Minutes of Evidence, Append;x, &c. From the " Memorandum" by Sir R. PEEL, prefixed to the report, it appears that the Right Hon. Baronet referred in June, 1843, to these Commissioners, a certain paper or representation which had been delivered to him by a deputation of noblemen, gentlemen, resi dents, and proprietors of estates in Ireland ; that a similar representation had been addressed to the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland by the Council of the Royal Irish Academy ; and that the principal points to which the Premier directed the especial attention of the parties to whom he deputed the inquiry (namely, J. YOUNG, Esq., M.P., Captain BOLDERO, M.P., and Lord ADARE), were the twelve enumerated in his memorandum. These points regarded the nature of the general information previo - usly collected respect ing the geology, natural history, and statistics of Ire land; its collection, arrangement, collectors ; the money taken for the safe custody of the MS. volumes comprehending such information; present state and future progress of the geological survey commenced in Ireland ; the digestion of a memoir for each county of Ireland, connected with its statistics, history, and antiquities, &c. We perceive that the minutes of the evidence taken by the Commissioners arrange them selves under no less than forty-two heads ; of which, the following are the most important :—Agriculture, Antiquities, Botany, Census, Contouring, Drainage, Economic Section, Education, Fossils, Geological Surveys (French and English) of various districts, County Histories and Inquisitions, Maps, Museums, Railroads, Registration of Births, Deaths, and Mar riages, Statistics, Topography, Triangulation, and Geology. We have been thus particular in our abstract, because such an enumeration powerfully sug gests the extreme variety of their topics, their bear ing, and their interest, which a memoir, illustrative of the Ordnance survey of Greqt Britain, adapted to our moral, physical, and social condition in the present times, could not fail to embrace. Such a work would form an indispensable text-book in the library of any institution devoted to the purposes of economonic and statistical instruction. Such an institution, organised i o n n popular calcu prn lableam i o c u ip n i t e o s, f w pu o b u l l i d ultimately produce ytheinfor n m a a.. tion it would diffuse, by the curiosity it would excite, A case which was brought on Monday, before the Sitting Magistrate for the Clerkenwell district, calls for a few words of animadversion. It related to the misconduct of one of the New Police Force. From whatever cause the fact may arise, it is the fact—that a considerable section of this well-paid constabulary have lately been earning a disgraceful notoriety for all kinds of scandalous misconduct. We have strong misgivings that a yet more numerous body of offenders, of the same cloth—between the timidity of individuals who are afraid to appear as complainants or witnesses against them, and the somewhat over strained leniency of certain magistrates towards those officials when brought before them as culprits—is concealed from public reprobation. In the course of a very few weeks we have had one police-officer de nounced for giving information to, and being bribed by, keepers of houses of ill fame; others for indecent and violent behaviour ; not a few for intoxication ; another for a robbery committed on a comrade, by ransackingthe pockets of his trowsers while he thought him asleep ; and on Monday a policeman was charged with an outrageous assault on a brother constable, er " officer," as they be-dub one another. It is really high time that the morale of this force should be rigidly inspected and revised. Indeed—regard being had to the extremely liberal scale of their pay, ac commodation, and indulgences—for, of all these, they are the recipients—any offences against decorum or morality, any breaches of the peace or violation of the law, on their part, so far from being screened or lightly visited by the justice, under whose cognizance such instances of misconduct may come, ought to be most uncompromisingly dealt with, and punished accordingly. Any one who remembers the very numerous cases that are, from time to time, occur ing of scandalous behaviour in this "corps," will con cur with us in thinking that there is no class of the metropolitan population which, in reference to its limited numbers, supplies a larger average quota of candidates for offensive notoriety than the metropoli tan police. We have always borne a willing testimony to their general usefulness, and—until within these two or three years—their general good conduct ; but, of late, some individuals among them are constantly exciting public indignation by the excesses proved against them. In the criminal courts they are rebuked by counsel and judges, for over-officious and mischievous meddling between parties—tampering with witnesses —prompting evidence, or unduly obtaining it by im proper promises, &c. On duty, they are justly re proached with the pruriency of their attentions to servant girls and nursery maids, and a consistent ne gligence of the public thoroughfares, and the removing of the bad characters who infest them. We have wit nessed, ourselves, in the newly opened Trafalgar square, the impunity which, for some days, they ex tended to the idle and noisy vagrants, of ages from fifteen to twenty, who climbed over, and ran along , and defaced the parapets of the terrace, and polluted, with all sorts of rubbish and dirt,_ the water in the basins of the fountains ; at the same time they ex pelled, with boisterous and most unnecessary harsh ness and insolence, every little group of unoffending children, who were seated about the square. It was only on a personal remonstrance being addressed to him, that one of the A division desisted from this process of worrying the little girls, and betook him self to abating the nuisance of the ruffianism which was going on at his elbow. In short, we see constant complaints of a proneness to bullying, or the neglect or the misconception of their duty, on the part of the police, to an extent which is becoming the subject of very general and grave complaint. The case brought f o rward on Monday was of this kind. A police constable of the G division (whose name is suppressed ten in o'clock k reports) p d r e e p v o i s o e us d that even ng, be tween nine he had found one Joists ANDREWS " creating a distur bance" with five or six females at Cow cross ; that he desired ANDREWS to desist, but that the man became only the more violent, struck him on the breast two or three times, and was only secured and taken to the station-house with the aid of another policemen, whose assistance this "letter G" was obliged to invoke. But, " mark how plain a tale" was to " set him down." This we give in the language of the report : The prisoner solemnly denied haying struck the officer ;. he was talking to some female acquaintances, when the police •eeentt.inTitoieh iswt) house,man e a m m e uapri,naen- marine-store police man was quite drunk, and behaved in a most insolent and in Cow-cross - street. o s i s i - e s t v ; boasting manner, flourishing his baton over witness's and _ . the intelligence it would awaken, and the .accession 3 r to au economic knowledge it would inevitably develope. TIIIS DAY'S NEWS. We find little or nothing of importance in the Ma drid papers of the Bth, if we except the slaughter of a number of smugglers on the sea coast of Grenada. On the 3d instant an encounter took place at Ahneira between a body of these daring outlaws and some detachments of cavalry. Twenty smugglers are stated to have been killed and ten wounded, and the goods they were escorting were captured. The Spanish Funds still remained very low. The Three per Cents. on the Bth closed at 29, and the Fives at 22, both for 60 days. We find no domestic intelligence of importance in the Paris journals. The accounts in them, however, from other quarters, are unfavourable and of a dis tressing character. The POPE, it appears, is as little inclined to show mercy to political offenders, as the blood-thirsty Government of Spain. We learn from Bologna, that the military commission which sat in that town some time since, had condemned twenty persons to death, thirteen to the galleys for life, three to the galleys for twenty years, and two for five years, with the confiscation of all their property. Of the twenty condemned to death, fourteen had their sentence commuted to condemnation to the galleys for life, and the remaining six were shot at Bologna, on the 4th instant, at four o'clock in the morning. The names of the unfortunate victims are—MoNARI, GORONI, VARONESSI, LANDI, RABBI, and MIN GIIETTI. These executions, too, by the Head of the Church, excite the more sympathy, as it is generally admitted that the late insurrection had only one object in view—the redress of grievances, and that the system of government in the Legations is the worst possible. We learn, also, from Munich, that a large number of arrests had been made in that capital, on the 6th and 7th instant. No further danger, how ever, was apprehended, for the KING, as will be seen from a letter of his MAJESTY'S, had resolved to set out for Italy without delay. - The following docu ments appear in the Munich Gazette of the 7th inst.:-- " I have the honour to notify to the citizens dais capital an autograph letter which has reached me from his Majesty the King. " Doctor BAUER, First Burgomaster. " Munich, May 7, 1844. " 4 Mr. Burgomaster Doctor Bauer,—Amidst the crimes so sorrowful to my heart, of which my capital and residence has been the theat. e during the first three days of the present month, I have beheld with joy and consolation the firm atti tude of the citizens, and the intrepid zeal with which they have co-operated in the restoration of order; and I have found fresh proof of the spotless fidelity, and of that good feeling which have, at all times, and in all circumstances, distinguished those citizens. The confidence which that fidelity and tl:at feeling deserve, induces me to undertake, without any hesitation, now that order and tranquillity are restored, the journey long determined upon for the strengthen ing of my health. I commission you, Mr. Burgomaster Dr. Bauer, to communicate this to the citizens of my capital and residence, at the same time expressing the satisfaction their conduct has given me, and assuring them that my heart is intent or. their welfare, as well as on that of all the faithful subjects whom God has entrusted to me.—Your affectionate King, " LEWIS. " Munich, May 7, 1844: " We learn from the Revue de Paris, that the Prince de JOINVILIA is about to publish a pamphlet, which is looked to with some interest, and is entitled " Notes on the State of the French Navy." That journal gives one extract from it, in which the Royal author states that he has visited all the ports of France, and several of those of England, and that the navy, espe cially the steam navy, of France is greatly inferior to that of England, and below what it ought to be, con sidering the power and wealth of the country. On Tuesday the French Funds fully maintained the prices of the previous day. The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 45c. ; and the Fives at 122 r. 30c. THE BOURSE--TUESDAY, MAY 14. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents 122 15 .. 122 15 .. 122 10 .. 122 10 Three per Cents.• • 84 45 • • 84 45 .. 84 30 .. 84 30 Bank of France• •.• • • 3120 •.3120 • 3120 —3120 Lattitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll67 50 ..1167 50 —1167 50 ..1167 50 5,000 f. Sharessl62 50 ..5165 ..5162 50 ..5165 Belgian Bank.. 1841 1103 —llO5 ..1105 —llO3 BelghuiFives,lB3l.. • • 1041 .. 105 .. 1041 •• 105 1840 •••• • • •• 106 .. 106 .• 1051 .. 104 1842 •• • • Spanish Active •.• . • '. 331 .• 331 • . 331 • • 331 Threes .... .• Passive .. 61 .. 61 .. 61 .. 6* New Deferred.....- 14 • • 14 • • 14 .. 14 Old Deferred ...... 71 • • 71 • • 71 .. 71 Neapolitan•• • • •• •• .. 102 25 .. 102 25 .. 102 25 .. 102 25 Roman, ex di. .. 1041 .. 1041 .. 104* .. 104# RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain'.• •• •• 810 810 .. 810 .. sin Ver5ai11e5,11.13.............. 375 • • 3 7 5 .. 375 .• 375 L. 13.— ...• ...... 242 50 .. 242 50 .. 242 50 •• 242 50 Rouen . .......... ......... 975 .. 978 75 975 978 75 Rouen to liavre• • •• • • • . 733 75 • • 740 • . 737 50 ..740 Orleans .• • .• • • .... 985 .. 986 25 .. 985 .. 986 25 Strasburg to 8a.1e.. •• • • .... 272 50 .. 272 50 .. 270 .. 271 25 RAH WAY SIURES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Verailleg,R.B..... 375 .. 375 • • 375 .. 375 L. 8.• •••• • • • • • •• 242 50 .. 243 75 .. 242 50 .. 243 75 Rouen •••• •••••• •••••••••• 978 75 .. 980 .. 978 75 • 9 80 Rouen to Ilrvre••••••••••• 740 .. 740 .. 738 75 .. 738 75 Orleans Strasburg to Bale.••• •••••• 272 50 .. 272 50 .. 271 25 .. 271 25 We strongly recommend to the best attention of our readers a succinct and very able communication, in another part of our columns, exhibiting a con trasted view of the arguments on which the main propositions in the Government "Resolutions" rela tive to the bases of a renewed charter to the Bank of England, are grounded, and of the principles upon which the opponents of the Government "scheme," as therein embodied, rest their opposition to the views announced by Sir Robert Peel on this question. Our Correspondent clearly shows that the analogy be tween the cases of a Government issuing paper and a G o v e rnment issuing coin, on which Sir Robert re lied so much, is not simply untenable, but a very absurd fallacy. H e is not less happy in demon strating that the danger of over-issues attaches ne cessarily to the Bank of England, even under the modified system , of management suggested by the Government "Resolutions;" but that, from the ab sence of the causes which involve this necessity, as to the Bank of England, suc h d anger i s no t t o b e ap prehended, and in the n a t ure o f thi ngs cou ld not arise from, the provincial, private, and joint-stock banks. THE COURT.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, at tended .by the Royal suite, are expected to arrive in town about half-past five o'clock this afternoon, from Claremont. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal will accompany their Royal parents. A Cabinet Council will be held this afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The summonses for the meeting were issued by Sir James Graham. All the Ministers are expected to attend. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths during the week ending Saturday, May 11, was 812 ; previous week, 877; average, 883. Deaths from diseases of the lungs are 28 below the average, and from old age there is a decrease of 27. The num ber carried off by small:pox was 27, beingls above the average, and of that number 18 had not been vacci nated. During the week there had been 5 suicides. The thermometer stood highest on Thursday, marking 74 . 1, and lowest on Monday, 44.3. SAVINGS' BANKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—When, Sir Robert Peel brought in his op pressive Income-tax Bill, he distinctly stated that he should exempt the " Savings' Banks" from its opera tions ; and yet, in no very great length of time after wards, he brings in a Bill for the reduction of in • terest, not certainly to the extent of sevenpence in the pound, as in the case of the fundholder, &c., but to an amount which, proportionably to the poor man, is more heavy and severe. It is generally believed that, ni:4withstanding the frequent remarks of certain interested persons as to the country bein losers by these safe depositaries of the poor man s earnings, Government are gainers to an extent of not less than 35,000/., and if a return could be obtained of all the sums paid and received for stock, Exchequer bills, &c., purchased and sold. with the prices of such sales, it would be clearly seen that the above sum is not over stated. The public should, also, know the amount in Government's hands of the " Surplus Fund"—there should be no mystery in banks of any kind, still less in the " Poor man's bank." The reduction of interest and limit as to amount, in the Bill now before Parliament, is a great injustice to the working man, and will go far to annihilate a very considerable uumber of tile smaller banks, as it will be impossible fur them to exist under the present Bill. Thus, then, incalculable advantages derived to the working classes, and to the country generally by these establishments, will be frittered away; and the vain boast of Sir Robert Peel on introducing his famous Income-tax Act, that " he would not touch the funds of the Savings' Banks" falls to the ground. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, May 11, 1844. VERAX. LADY BROUGHAM'S ASSEMBLY.---LaSt night her Ladyship had an assembly at her residence in Grafton-street. Above 250 persons of distinction were present, including the Lord Chancellor, Duke of Buccleucb, Sir George Murray, Sir Frederick Trench and Lord Ashley, who came from the entertainment at the Mansion-house in their full dress, the Duke of Wellington, Duke and Duchess ofßticeleuch, Duke of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Paulet, Countess de St. Auaire, Marquis of Normanby, Marquis and 3larchionesz of Ailes bury, his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, Marquis of Salis bury, 3farchioness of Clanricarde a nd Lad y Elizabeth de Burgh, Marchioness of WeAineatli, Lady Lyndhurst, and Countess of Jersey. The receipts of the London and Brighton Railway for the week ending 4th May, were 3,547/. 6s. Bd. In the corresponding week of last year the receipts were 3,0821. MORE YARD CO N - JMERCIAL NEWS. I CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very flat, and prices receded Ad. per lb., being id. since Friday. About 4,000 bags were sold.—There was no change in the Share Market, and not a great deal was done:—North Midland, 90/ ' • Paris and Lyons, 31. Is. ; Ditto and Orleans, 38 *; Ditto and Rouen, 37i ; South-Eastern, 38i ; Ditto New, 12a ; Great Western Half, 76. Much satisfaction has been expressed among the commer cial and shipping interest by the announcement of the fact, that the Commissioners appointed. to consider the most im portant subject of constructing refuge harbours, are really actively engaged in the task delegated to them. Our Dover correspondent mentions that yesterday the Commis sioners, nine in number, were all day off that port taking surveys and soundings. For the pre servation of life and the sefety of property, it is ardently hoped that the Government will not withhold the most ample means to construct harbours of refuge in all much frequented parts of our sea-girt isle, where at present such accommodation is needed. It is the current statement in the City, that at the meeting (a private one) of the Joint-stock Banking interests, held yesterda y , the propositions of the Chancellor of the Exche quer fix the renewal of the charter of the Bank of England, the regulation of the currency, &c., met with pretty general approbation—that is, no opposition is to be made to them : the advance towards one bank of issue, however, is not liked. The private commercial accounts received from the United States and Canada, do not read so well as could be wished. After all the crop of . cotton will reach very near 2,000,000 bales. The Tariff Bill occupied a large share of the attention of the mercantile interests of the Stetes, as well as of the British North American colonies. The Stock and Share Markets of New York were in an unsettled and fluctuating condition. The state of trade in Montreal is thus referred to in our advices :—" We have, within these few days, had opportunities of conversing with gentlemen on their return from journeys of business, made to different parts of the United Province, in anticipation of the breaking up of the frost; and the accounts they give of the prospects of the spring trade are' uniformly favourable, both as respect imports and exports. With respect to the former, money is more abundant than it has been for some time, and the lightness of stocks in the stores of the dealers is uniform. With respect to the latter, a great improvement in the lumber trade is genes ally anticipated on the opening of the navigation; and near and above Montreal, in the more cultivated parts of the country, the grain trace is already in a state of great activity. Not merely are large shipments in preparation in the Westein States, by way of the NVelland Canal and the St. Laurence ; but there will be a more consi derable amount than ter several years to export from the pro vince itself." Not a great deal of business has been done this morning in the public securities. The quotations of Stock have been rather heavy. Consols for Money and the Account have fluctuated but from 991 to 991 a. The Commissioners bought 20,0001. Reduced Three per Cents. at 981. For Bank Stock the market is again lower, the presumption being that under the New Bank Charter law the profits of the corporation must be diminished. Some sales were •made of Bank Stock this morning at 191, a fall of 2 per cent. on the previous value. The price now it 192. India Stock is 1 per cent. lower, and Exchequer bills have gone back from 70s. to 675. 9d. premium. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have not varied much. Spanish Bonds have been flat this mornirg, the Three per Cents. at from 351 to 354, and the Actives at 241 11, the lower value being the latest. For Portuguese Converted Bonds have been quoted only at 46/, the Dutch Two-and - a - Half per Cents. at 61, and the Five per Cents. at 1001 j. Mexican Stock was offered at 351, and the Deferred at 15g. In the Share Market prices scarcely rule so high. The London and Birmingham Railway, at 130 prem., have just been sold at 122 prem., but are rather better now. The Great 'Westerns keep their ground ; the South-Western are rather higher, but the Birmingham and Gloucester are rather heavy. Santiago de Cuba Shares command a rise to 10 prem., and the London and Westminster Bank Shares are at 61 premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock - 1923¢ 193 192 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 99 36Viw 3% per Cent. Annuities, 1818 lOl% S per Cent. Annuities, 1726 9B 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 336 per Cent. Annuities 102%% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 7-16% Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860. India Stock Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 13icl. I %el. 1,0001. 5001 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1 837, 5 per Cent. ..... .. ..... :15% Ditto for the Account 3 s!ii % Ditto Deferred Stock 153% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 4 , i3¢ Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent 1840 ..... Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds. Ditto Three per Cent. ........ ................. Ditto for ithe Account Dutch 234 per Cents 60% 61 Dutch 5 per Cents 10 054% New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents...—. 9 9,4% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE, RAILWAYS. PAID. PSR SHAWL Birmingham and Gloucester IOO Chester and Holyhead 5 ......... 6%.: to Dublin and Cashel ... 234 4% ...... to Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ." ••....•• 66 Ditto Registered ....... ..'........ 12%...... 16 .... Great North of England. Ditto ;6 5hare5..„.„....„........ 50 ..... .... 76% Ditto Fifths Harwich (Braithwaite) Ditto ( L0cke)....... ..... ........` 2% 2% to London and Birming ha m . - 10 U 222 .... ..... to 2:5 London and Blackwell 1634 ..—. 7 34 London and South Western ...... 41% ...... 87 London and Croydon Manchester andpirmingharn ... 40 .... „ 57% North Briti , h 254 Northern and Eastern 45 5754 ...... to Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover ......... 32% Ditto New Yarmouth and Norwich Paris and Orleans ........„ ....... ~,, 20 Rouen and Havre. JOINT lITOCY BANKS. London and Westminster 2O 'A% to 3IANCIIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 15.—We have no material change in the state of our market to- day :—Eastern Counties, 12a ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 108 i : Man chester and Leeds, Quarters, 9a ; Trent Valley, 10i ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 5 5* prem. South-Eastern, New, 12* ; Paris and Strasburgh, 2* ; Man chester, Bury, and Rossendale, 6 3-16. - - - - LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA Y.) Loxvox, MAY 16.—Wind, light westerly breeze and fine. COWES, MAY 15.—Arrd. Venus, Higarne, Batavia. FALMouTH, MAY 15.—Wind, variable and light.—Off, Maria, Milley, Calcutta ; Flora, Reeves, Valparaiso • Trotum, Bahia, for Altona ; Andromache, Barbadoes ; Olof, Charles ton, for Amsterdam ; Lucas, New York, for Cronstadt ; Erneald, Layton, and Bridge, Baker, St. John's, N.B. ; Hor tensia, Buenos Ayres. OFF DOYER, MAY 15.—Montreal, Newcastle, for Cape of Good Hope; Caroline, ditto, for South America. . OFF BEACHY HEADCl;ristian, Batavia, for Altona. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 15.—Wind, N.E., fine.—Arrd. Maid of Athens, Lary, St. Helena. DEAL, MAY 15.—Wind,N.E., fine; E.N.E., fine.—Sld. Henry, Rio; Victory, and Brunswick, Quebec; and the outward bound. OFF HASTINGS, MAY 15.—Port Fleetwood, Vidler, Cape of Good Hope ; Gibraltar, Forman, Dominica. PLYMOUTH, MAY 15.—Wind, variable.—Off, Pysche, Stephenson, Singapore. NEWPORT, MAY 14.—The Severn (steamer) which sank, March 4, the river, has been repaired and put into the graving dock. PWLLHELI, MAY 13.—The Mary Ann, of Bamworth, which sank here, March 16, has been raised, and is now lying at Fachall. OFF SALCOMBE.—Pioletta, Rio, for St. Petersburgh ; Natchez, Boston. OFF EDDYSTONE, MAY 11.—Amelia, Havannah, for Stettin. LIVERPOOL, MAY Is.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrd. Bleng, Stewart, Singapore; Reliance, Bedford, Ceara; George Canning, Mat anham ; Alexander, Jamaica; Champlain, Maranham, and Potomac , N ew Orleans ; Acadia (steamer) Boston, sailed Ist inst. Off, Nimrod, Alcie, and Lord Seaton. A ship was seen ashore to the eastward of Havannsh, 13th ult., with her head east, and a brig on Lookey, 17th ult. OFF HOLYHEAD, MAY 14.—Oscar, Steed, Africa, all the crew dead, except two. OFF CAPE CLEAR. —Essequibo, Cain, Cape of Good Hope. LONDONDERRY.—Arrd. Mary Stewart, Welber, Trinidad. Sld. Ann, ditto ; Envoy and Sea Nymph, St. John's, N.B. BRISTOL, MAY 15.—Sld. Mohawk, Africa. SWANSEA, MAY 15.—Cynthia, Golsworthy, Cuba. ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND APRIL 23.—Ninety-five vessels have put back from the seal fishery, some with damage, sixteen are reported to be lost among the ice, which is unusually heavy and dangerous. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CumuEnLATlThn.- 2 6oar;e — Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ 10s ; use ful ditto, 3/ 12s to 3/ 15s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ I6s to 4/ ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 4/ 8s ; Oat Straw, 117 s to 1/ 9s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 12s per load. A short supply, and a heavy demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 16s to 3/ ; useful ditto, 31 3s to 31 lOs •, fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 3116 s ; Clover Hay, Si lOs to 518 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 88 ; Wheat Straw,- 1/ Ss to 1/ lOs per load. Trade throuBhout . dull, at the above quotations__ _ HEAT MARKETS. SOUTRALT, MAY 15.—Although the supplies of fat stock on offer to-day were by no means large, the general demand was in a very depressed state, and prices declined quite 2d per Blbs. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s per 81bs. Supply—Beasts, 49 ; Sheep and Lambs, 3,249 ; Calves, 60 ; Pigs, 49. ROMFORD, MAY 15.—We had a steady demand for Veal at full prices, but the rates of Beef, Mutton, Lamb, and Pork were lower. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 33 8d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 lOs each. HAILSHAM, MAY 15.—We had a very heavy trade here, this morning, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, MAY 14.—Prune Sheep sold steadily at full prices, but the value of all other kinds of stock was lower. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 2s Gd to 3s 10d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, MAY 15.—A1l kinds of fat stock were in good supply, and a sluggish demand, at our quotations : Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2 and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per Blbs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 28s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s; and Mach Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 191 each. (THIS DAY.) Caroline Guest, a most wretched female, who, for the last ten or twelve years, has passed at least nine months out of the twelve in gaol, was again charged with being disorderly, and annoying and obstructing gentlemen as. they were leaving Crockford's, and other club-houses in St. James's-street, at between one and two o'clock this morning. ' ' Mr. llma,vicK—What have you to sai to this? Prisoner —lt is well known that a nobleman is the father of three of my :children now living. I am forced to go to the club houses to see him. Mr. HARDWICK—.YOU are quite incorrigible. You have been repeatedly furnished with money from this court, to go to your friends in the country, but you have as often returned. You have been relieved at least 500 times, and, I believe, punished 5,000. I shall again commit 3ou for a month. Three dashing prostitutes were committed for one month each, to New Westminster Bridewell, to hard labour, for using obscene language in the public street. Mr. HARDWICK said he was determined that the ears of modest woman and children should not be so grossly and wantonly abused. The defendants, who had evidently expected to get off by paying a fine, screamed in dismay on hearing their sentence. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Owen was charged with committing a desperate assault on Ann Lewes, whose head and face were frightfully cut and disfigured. It appeared that about six o'clock that morning a police man found the complainant lying on the pavement in Staple street, Bermondsey, in a state of insensibility, bleeding from wounds on the head and face. When she recovered, her ac- count was that she lived with the prisoner, whom she sup ported by the wages of her prostitution, and not returning home as early as he wished, he commenced a furious attack upon her, threw her with violence out of the house into the street, and, while she was lying on the . pavement, kicked her on the head and face, inflicting ,the injuries whieh she then ex hibited. Mr. COTTINGUAM said that a more brutal assault never came under his observation—that he should commit the prisoner for trial if he did not know the unfortunate victim of his violence was not in a condition to defray the expenses of a prosecution. He (the Magistrate) should therefore in flict the highest penalty the law e m p owered hi m , and in default of payment commit him for two months. OLYMPIC THEATRE. — Last evening a young actor, named Wellington Price, made his first appearance before a London audience, at this t' , estre, in the character of Hamlet. In the course of his performance he evinced con siderable judgment, and was much Lpplauded throughout. Experience will, no doubt, make him an acquisition to the Londan stage. The characters of Ophelia and Horatio were very creditably supported by Miss Melville and Mr. Simpson. The house was a very good one, and on the fall of the curtain, Mr. Wellington Price was loudly called for by the audience. MARKET NEWS.- ( THIS DAY.) _ . _ NAY PIX.A.R3LETS. 'SUMMARY OF NEWS SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 3/ 5s ; use ful ditto, 3/ 5s to 3/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ lOs to 3/ las ; Clover Hay, 3/ lOs to 51 5 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 10S per load. Both Hay and Straw met a dull sale at late rates. ttbitt " Who run.> may road." rOILEZGN. • On Monday, Louis Phillippe, accompanied by the Que e and the Duke de Nemours, paid another visit to the grin . . exhibition in the Champs-Elysees. The exhibitors whose produce the King was in particular to inspect received ticket; for the admission of themselves and their families. A le _ other persons were allowed to enter. His Majesty's a ttentiou f was turned exclusively to the silks and other produce t .; the loom, but so numerous are the articles that, alth ou g h -was thus engaged from two till half-past five, he could nee get through much more than the Lyons manufactures. lu King looked remarkably well. The Commerce states that the Prince de Joinville will rat°. to Rochetort towards the end of next month, to hoist ni9 flag on board the Gomer, and take the command of the gin °. dron which is to convey the King to England. ;Ito!) . The King of Bavaria left Munich on the Bth inst., f or - and Sicily. Letters of the 6th inst., from Algiers, quoted by the P resse i.;; stated that Marshal Bugeaud has met with resistance in expedition. The tribes of Ben Salem, after taking four hours for reflection, have declared that they will uPP ra l his progress. In consequence of this, the - Governor-Ge ne v a sent to Algiers for reinforcements, which have already long to join him. (WC The Censeur of Lyons states as positive that five -- ir pieces, with the head of the Duke de Bordeaux, as Hall 4 King of France, are in secret circulation in that city. d f o r A storm, accompanied by heavy rain, which continue dal two hours, visited Paris and its neighbourhood on Su n ' evening last. of Th" 31-niter-- ,ration t wentz. 4' th _lle onzteur publishes the returns of ope- s it the sinking fund for the last three months of the Pr e "..,.. year. The receipts were 2,118,626,6591., and the disbwi, ments for the redemption of stock were 2,100,847 195 f., l el ing a surplus of nearly eighteen millions. both The French Minister of Finance has presented to the Chambers a general return of the property belonging t ° be State. According to that document, its entire value iwy nr o. estimated at 1,287,000,000 f. ( 51,500,0001 . sterling.) T he r for perty appropriated to public services figures in the retuvitea about 550,000,000 f., and the forests of the State are esti n ' 3 at 729,000,000 f. „ w on Letters from Semlin state that the two . Servian gen"';pect who accomplished the last revolution, and who were ban". ,t ,.. at the instance of Russia—Messrs. Petroniwitch and 1 %! 0 ,;,i , with—have been pardoned, and their return to the Pri pality officially permitted. A ,h from For some time past, according to a l e tt er o f the lur p , our Frankfort, a violent schism has existed in th e Jew's-„, wive mune of that city Nearly two-thirds of the cOrnole e- I , e or separated themselves in a very marked manner froul ' sect dinary ritual of the synagogue, and are about to fe ll •nist apart. They call themselves the reformers. They ree t e . 4 o ol neither the religious ceremonies nor the fundamenta l i" t bss the Talmud. In their profession of faith, they decl ere c ig 4 they will not any longer have their children cireg i l . and they deny formally the belief in:the Messiah. 0 selme de Rothschild, the head or the banking-he use bill s declared an unrelenting war on this sect, and refuse' signed by any member. LAW AND POLICE. tl3f At Guildhall Henry Dawkins, late a warehousema n ; fi r i) employ of Mr. Swainson, of 72, Wood-street, a def be ri, Berlin wool and worsted goods, was finally examine u ct r Mr. Alderman Hughes, charged with robbing his n l3- ,„o e 3001. worth of goods, and George Buxton, a tangelo) facturer in Eden-place, Ivy. lane, Hoxton, was charg e Altb el receiving a portion of the goods. After hearing some ' w ill evidence, Mr. Alderman Hughes said that on the last 1 1 , jl a strong applicaiion was made to admit Buxton to . cod' e could not hesitate a moment as to the propriety, ' 9 ' 1 .0 mitting both the prisoners for trial, nor could he i neu bs l responsibility of yielding to any application respectig It was a robbery of alarming extent, and exceeding l Yo o chievous, as • shaking the confidence which ought tde o rir between employers and servant. The prisoners we re mitted ial. James for H tr arris, a notorious dog-stealer, was charg e ato Marylebone with having stolen a black-and-tan terri er ' of property of a gentleman named Henry Louth. The el, felt clearly made out, when M r . R aw li nson remarked, that .0 01. it his duty to make as strong an example of the prison ails ,°, law would allow, and inflicted upon him the full Pee'd e bu" 201., in addition to 11., the value of the animal ; and ill of payment, to six months' imprisonment. At the Thames Police-court, Francis Harris, a PeL, i sefor: stable, 59 K, and Eliza Harris, his wife, were broug u ".m,r4 e ,' Mr. Broderip, for re-examination on s everal ;t 7 e d . of robbery preferred against them, and were cora w ' trial. On ordering their commitment Mr. B r oderip On the woman appeared to have robbed every place I!, in ce had been hired as cook, and her husband, before en" s ie - e pr . had been in the police force, had been a receiver of go..„„rec perty. He committed the prisoners for trial on two and remanded them on a third till Satruday. couwr —lll.euiltwAT 433 LB^ Alb er ; It is understood that neither the Queen nor Prince , v oti will honour Epsom races (which commence on Tuesda)enc° nor the forthcoming meeting at Ascot, with their Pr' t this year. d , ball The Duke of Wellington intends giving a S'"" Apsley House at the close of the ensuing week. d suPro The Duke of Devonshire will give a grand ball an St s the to-morrow evening at Devonshire House, when all 11 V . A apartments, thirteen in number, will be threwn,,,,, C 4ol l r ef brilliantly illuminated. Lady Eleanor Balfour h is r" her announced ball in Grosvor-square, en an ce of t he parties have been also put offers n consequ Duke's ball being fixed for that evenin. a 0 11 The Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyng dhurs t have ,_,. ( 13 ie dinner this evening, and her Ladyship intends af ter ~f have an assembly. Pe lc iso The Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P., and the „ et Countess of Leicester, entertained a select party at die — , evening in Arlington-street. f The Baron de Talleyrand has left Hertford House = 9 1 3 1 0 0 - bearing dispatches for the French Government. Th e v r ee is to return to his post after a week's soj ourn i n the capital. MISCEL7GaN ZOTIFS. t .el e The annual festival, at which subscriptions are t ,be si support of the charity for the education and snplA r , is female children of Masons at the Freemasons' Sch° ° . George's, Southwark, was celebrated yesterday 3 t ,ide. be sons Tavern. The Earl of Zetland, the occasion, supported by upwards of 200 of the craft Secretary announced a subscription of nearly 8 001 o sic' t; •r, At the monthly meeting of the Society for Ft oe elw,, Christian knowledge, the Lord Bishop of Exeter in c ir lG the Rev. J. D. Glennie, the secretary, stated that t. " O - f.0 4 , lation of the books and tracts between the audit 10,6 i; 1843, and April, 1844, had been as follows Bibl es, o 9 _ 9 , New Testaments, 104,994; Common Prayer-boo" s ' 1•ot" 1 Psalters, 6,133; Books and Tracts, 3,268,659' 3,775376. vt rpd 0 010 St James's Theatre was offered for sale on ~ Garraway's, when only 9,4001. was bid, and theTryr . bought in. wiroto The second reading of the Factories Bill in t he tbe Lords is fixed for Monday, and for which occasio n co r have been specially summoned. The General Assembly of the Church of Scotlsl/61 mences its sittings at Edinburgh this day. 1 16 10 The anniversary dinner in support of Middlese%. for took place on Wednesday, at the Thatched• honso`oo6,l)to the Duke of Cambridge in the chair. The sum o n otx l *, the evening was upwards of 650/. Among 0 * dn'4,„ were Sir C. Forbes, 50/.; J. Tomline, Esq., 31 ' Po l l t ll , Nicholl, Esq., 50/. ;W. Harman, Esq., 311. 10s-' Cab Esq., 31/. 10s.; F. Salmon, Esq., 31/. 10s.; D• Esq., 25/. ; and several donations of 101. ft IC. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION.—T he the representation of South Lancashire is n ow The tie menced. The candidates have taken the tie la • an of the traders have been singularly fortunate in the wit h , of choice. The monopolists are equally satisfl e t re , gentleman they have put forward. So far, there°,„ess °, posing parties are equally matched. The Prq't'ileres;wn struggle will be watched with the most intense,i i 1 1 0 t oe, is incomparably the most important eontest joteer place since the commencement of the crusade 3 F - Ae I° , wi) poly. Great as was the importance of the strogivrerett City of London it fades into insignificance an °,l;,)e a t °I, the battle which ' is about to be fought in Lancas' l aj or r jel; last election the free traders were defeated V t tiCP,lljC ° nearly 1,500. If, therefore, they shall triumP h occasion, their victory will be one of the most _ i s l e', inc e reo it were possible to conceive. At the Lee6;it, st in Covent-garden, last night, Mr. Bright length, and with much emphasis, on the inca leu - e pp°' re , ance of the coming contest, and took ° le o iti'n,a oc ":o afforded him,. as Chairman of the meeting , t° ,.. so uth that ', I treat, beseech, exhort," the Liberal electors.,T trus t •ll E s t shire to return the free trade candidate. re the earnest appeal of the Hon. Gentleman tme iieve'ttel h e in cordial response. We have the best reason t ° ,„ e in , t su to the corn-law repealers in that county, have th e "ihat, t ieo e hands of returning Mr. Brown. Can we doubt trove of , a crisis as the present, they will turn their oPP°ltedeeort; their proper account ? In proportion to the Ili 0 1 if t il o interests at stake, will, we are sure, be their ze,,„iee. to secure the election of the candidate of their free traders suffer themselves to be defeated, 11 ,', of aide tP: though it will not prevent, the ultimate trianP:stice'/o,if corn-law cause; but if, on the other hand , th e t :oo , t ° i 0 t i > return of Mr. Brown will give the finishing .010.600 poly. The announcement of a free trade to OW case will be the death-knell of c ommerci al P „ e re( Morning Advertiser. t 141 ' e" 3 Gre g over`' 01 Amongst the passengers by the e g ee oo was a Nabob from Surat, on a mission to th perpo lo this country, the imposing appearance of yord er e *JO splendour of his dress caused great curiosiog .40c.., also came home passenger 9 ; and notwithstan; t his orol' 17'6 altogether, the arrangements on he r ,,'. o 4iole . n vessel gave the greatest satisfactio n totne , complaint has been made of any description. pie Captain Polhill paired off on MondßY your of Lord Ashley's clause with General J'Yg° ?JO An O d n re cthe mi r u t g h an in , st., at NRertriownS, riolVrnsioserfsl;iesoca: On the 17th of I% o la f r a ch soß , n al . Ellichpoor, in the __, service' lady of W. H. Bradley, Esq., Bombay Medic' —focoP daughter. w TO f ,, Foo On the 11th inst ,at Taunton, the wife of I S% (en° jag Esq., Collector (4f her Mest's Customs, 13ridgewill,, t he ice , On the 13th inst at Oxford-terrace, HYd e- P l' ,,o r 0 Gli of W. H. Walker Es of the East Ind►a CLOP -- of a daughter. ' 61' Gi O lk n s, MARRIED. ~ JOP 01111 tthoeL4tihnaindsta.u. farthtLeriinofel‘i%o.uasiejaCrohLuirletgosktron, L.,-54.9 . 9 ~ all i Wil l ' b yePrs resident of Limehouse parish. gr. . bel• ' On the 13th inst., at Swanage, Doret, Hattie lam' 00 SiMms, of Earmvorth, near Bolton, to liarerrnace...4o daughter of Mr. William Travers, of the form O P a To r r of On the 14th inst., at Wandsworth, `Firm datig li Esq., of the Strand, to Margaretta, You"gled. Benjamin Bovill, Esq., of Milford -lane, Strai On the 27th alt., at Lis b on,------- ' , c.tubb 110 DIED. sir T. AA' • ' sort' , On the 9th inst.,. at Xorton Hall, near 1 ai , e n Al rs. John Browne, Esq. aged 53 On the sth inst ' ., at Wes.t Mills, Dell,. Slocock, relict of the late Samuel Slocoelc, Esq.. age`od s O"' On the 10th inst., at Cranle ' Surrey, the 11 0 ' Cir Edward John Tumour, M.A • )' , "bire, On the 13th inst., at Swillin ton House, 1 ° l ' ho 0500, John Lowther, Bart aged 85. g On the 13th inst., at Eastbourne, Carta'n 'l° late of the 90 th Regiment, aged 49. ..---- --C ' NewburS, London : Printed and Publigbed by 311. RI ' 0 1` t• l': . N C . 112, Strnnd, Printer', pt 71,e Shrt 0 ,. .. 1 ( e L 001 -. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in . bliddleaex, Thursday, May 16, 1844. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended May 11, 1844, made up from the Returns of thp Inspector, in the different Cities and Town: in Englan.. and Wales. per Imperial Quarter.' Wheat I id. Oats ......... 203. 51.! 8can5........ 325. 5d darley 3ls. sd. Rye ........31s. 4d Pea5e......... 325. 3d AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIR WEEKS. Weeks ending WHEAT. RARLRY.I OATS. 1 RYR. BRANS. i TRASK 33 9 30 11 31 8 i 32 4 31 2 32 5 55 5 , 55 Ii 32 10 1 33 1120 1 27 55 61327 1 20 May 4 55 3 31 8 20 1 SO 11 31 9 31 1 11 ... ISIFYFKIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TO/ SIX WAL KS Wheat 553. 3d + Oats Rader 32s. 51, I Rye DUTIES ON FORILIGN CORN. Wheat .........17s. Od. 1 Oats Barley .......... ha. Od. 1 Rye THE FACTORY QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. Sift,—ln discussing the merits of any scheme for the im provement of our currency, there is one point which should never, for a moment, be lost sight of, and that is, whether such currency will afford to the labouring classes of this country, both agricultural and manufacturing, such a scale of wages as will not only relieve them from the pressure of in direct taxation; but, in accordance with the demands of philanthropy, will permit of direct interference on the part of Government in abridging the hours of labour, and thereby enabling the working classes to devote a portion of their time to moral and religious improvement. That this desirable re sult can never be attained under a gold, or a gold equivalent , paper currency, like the present, will appear obvious from the following considerations :—Th at, whereas, wages are the means of distributing wealth among the great mass of the people, and that it is only by a high rate of wages they can be defended from the effects of that taxation which at present enters into every necessary of their life, and that they can be enabled to de vote a portion of their time to the improvement of their *mind, so necessary to their elevation in the social scale. But high wages paid to the workman requires that the employer should obtain from the general consumer high prices; otherwise the whole burden of taxation and elevation of the condition of the labourer would fall upon him, and the rich and unpro ductive classes would wholly escape. - Now, seeing that these high prices are high prices in gold, ,and that the country con sists of producers and consumers, it is evident that the pro ducers would have little chance of selling their goods either at home or abroad ; for, as free trade is the order of the day, and as we generously give the foreigner the advantage of our improved machinery, the producer will have some difficulty in persuading the consumer to buy dear at home what he can buy cheap abroad ; and he will be unable to compete in the market of the world with the producer of lightly taxed coun tries, where the standard of living is lower than that which we wish to establish here. Under such a currency, then, and such is the one under which this country now groans, we must abandon all hope of alleviating the condition of the labouring classes, for the stern necessity under which the producer is placed of struggling against foreign compe tition, renders it imperative on him to diminish his good wages. This gives rise to extra toil, to lengthened hours of labour, to the slavish employment of women and children in facto ries, and to all the miseries we daily witness—the burden of indirect taxation is thus thrown on the shoulders of the op pressed producer—master and man ; the rich and unproduc tive, the fundholder, sinecurist, absentee and idler escape free at the expense of the overworked and underfed millions. With a symbolic money, how different is the case l With such money, representatives of .value, not value itself, we may have any scale of wages that Government may see fit to esta blish—in such representative money, the price of gold would rise like that of all other commodities; thus preserving the natural relation that all commodities have to each other. High wages and high prices might thus be maintained in' this country, without in the least interfering with our foreign trade, because our goods being sold abroad at their untaxed or natural value would be returned to our merchants in the gold or goods of other countries which would command the high prices of this country. Of this symbolic nature was the currency which existed of old in Sparta, which flourished for 500 years under the money established by Lycurgus Such was the currency which existed in "merry England" when Exchequer tallies repre sented the supplies levied by Government on the people, and passed current as money. Such was the currency which existed during the last French war, when a Bank of Eng land "rag" enabled the producer, by means of high prices at home, to recover from the general consumer the immense sums raised by indirect taxation, and at the same time to give high wages to the labourer; when, in short, the whole country flourished, - and "war prices" became proverbial of prosperity. Was there any virtue in war to produce all this? Are there not far nobler triumphs to be achieved, by the same means, in the ARTS of PEACE? I trust, therefore, that those patriotic Members who have more than once defeated the Ministers and mammon-wor shippers on the Factory Question, will follow up their advan tage, by rejecting the pernicious resolutions of Sir Robert Peel on the Bank charter, and compelling him to adopt an honest monetary system, without which their benevolent en ' deavours to improve the condition of the labouring classes will be ultimately ineffectual.—l am, Siro our most obedient servant, Q. T. ' London, May 11, 1844. GENERAL POST-OFFICE.--The amazing increase in the daily duty of the General Post-office is manifested. n every department of that gigantic establishment. So greatly is it felt in the newspaper-office that the authorities have been compelled .to resort to every practicable means of as sisting the executive officers by the introduction of mecha nical contrivances to lighten the labour of the department. From the bulky size and weight of the double papers, and their great numbers (now nearly one hundred thousand per night), it is found necessary to make them up in immense sacks, which, the men being unable to carry, are wheeled upon a tramway to the floor of the omnibuses, whence they are taken to the termini of the several railways in transitu to their destinations. Since the reduction of the rates on foreign, colonial, inter-colonial, and inland letters, the num ber, both inwards and outwards, has materially increased. The three first classes per annuwn amount to 8,583,040, and the inland letters to 209,611,508. The deliveries from the provinces by mid-day mail also continue to increase, and the money-order service has multiplied 25-times in comparison with its amount of duty before the reduction of the rate of poundage. The acceleration of the mail trains, which came into operation on the Western line yesterday (Weffnesday), and the projected employment of the Eastern Counties Rail way for the conveyance of day bags to Brentwood, Witham, Chelmsford, and Colchester, and the opening of the Canter. bury and Dover lines throughout, will tend also to increase the duty, and add materiallyto the accommodation of the public. SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE MERCURY STEAMER.—On Monday whilst the General Steam Naviga tion Company's vessel, Mercury, was on her usual passage to Ramsgate, the passengers on board were greatly alarmed, when off the Nore, in hearing loud shrieks proceeding from the engine-room, . and which were soon ascertained to come from a poor fellow named Nevell, stoker, from having become entangled in the machinery. It seems that he had but a few minutes previous replenished the fire, and, on doing so, sat down on a piece of skirting-board to smoke his pipe. Unfortunately, through some unaccountable cause, the board suddenly , slipped and he fell amongst the moving machinery. His cries immediately brought assistance, and, after great difficulty, the engine being stopped, he was ex tricated, when it was found that his left leg was completely crushed in several places, and was only hanging by ligatures. The steamer being close to Sheerness, she bore down to one of her Majesty's ships for medical aid. This was gained, and the vessel proceeded on to Ramsgate, Nqere the man was landed, - and in the course of the evening the limb was amputated just above the knee. He still lies in a bad way. He has a wife and six young children totally dependent on him for support. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—The free seceders among the Directors of this Institution have resolved, by a majority which it is hoped will soon be reversed, to dispense with the long-established custom of inviting the Scottish Presbytery of the Church of Scotland in London to examine the thildren, and on Tuesday last had them examined by two seceders, or English Presbyterians. A vote of an accidental majority may invite two Socinian ministers next year, as the opening the door to - all must give a right to all. It is hoped the Directors will not allow their vacancies to be filled up, as on the last occasion, by free seceders, nor the children to con tinue to attend the free chapel in Regent-square--practices anti-national and injurious.—Post. ANCIENT CONCERTS.—The sixth performance of ancient music took place last night, at the Hanover Rooms, under the direction of the Earl of Cawdor. Conductor, Sir H. R. Bishop ; Leaders, Messrs. F. Cramer and Loder ; Organ, Mr. Lucas. The Earl of Cawdor having in his possession a very valuable musical library, containing many productions by the old masters, availed himself of it, and introduced se veral compositions on this occasion, which were never per fore at these concerts, among which are those by Bach, Righini, Vogler, Clari, and Berton. An obligato (oboe) part in Baeh's aria was well performed by G. Cooke. The song by Righini is modelled on Handel's tine bass songs; it was excellently sung by Staudigl, and well received by the com pany. The first two bars of Vogler's quartetto are almost note for note like the Scottish (or Irish) air, "My lodging is on the cold ground," and the accompaniments have the same phrase, while the voices sustain the harmony, which produced a very fine effect. Miss S. Flower sang Chetubini's song extremely well, and her debut at these concerts was highly successful. It were impossible to speak too highly of the brilliant manner in which Dorus Gras sang Mozart's fine scena from the " Zauberflote." Handel's grand chorus brought to a conclusion a very fine performance, and one that ap peared to give great satisfaction to a very brilliant assemblage of rank and fashion. Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India house for the election of a Director in the room of the Hon. Hugh Lindsay, deceased. At six o'clock the glasses were closed and delivered to the scrutineers, who retorted that the election bad fallen on Mr. John Clarniont Whiteman. April 6 13 ..... ' To BE Men elvcting Wlth a natio n of " e rt "res, retail the "loUr 24 - TO LA R. Loners to t ht nr,t / vre : 1;e, Doll :4 1 ' a c takr t hlat e al; a pie 11 . xt -.______n.j. TO IDE 4ot t( ) to hr itY Of e l: w Mini azd s zn , ti nlbcr ''ssa, 1 ° h. a n I th*Cc"tiown S oul . I shall fri You that ballot ozi' Lc ) ndo , li IQ bir ttA t l , lit