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NOTICE OF ALLOTTMENT OF SHARES IHE MACERONI COMMON ROAD STEAM CONVEYANCE COMPANY. To be Incorporated by Act of Parliament. Capital 200,000/., in 40,600 Shares of 5/. each. TREASURER. James Gordon MurdoclY,E;ql,irO2nall, Hampstead; aed No. 11, Hay ,arket. BANKERS. Messrs. Bouverie and Co. Four Thousand Shares, of the value of 51. each, in the Ca pital Stock of this Company, to be now issued at 31. per Share, upon which no further calls will be made, to be paid within fourteen days after notice of the allotment of the s me. On the issue of the remaining Shares, each of the above 4,0','0 Shares will entitle the holders, in preference to other parties, to an allotment of three more b/. Shares at par, if taken within fourteen days after notice of their allotment. Applications for Shares to be made (post paid) to the Pro visional Committee of the Maceroni Common Road Steam Con veyance Company, at Mr. Hodgson's, 21, Lincoln's Inn fields, of whom Prospectuses may be had. The Committee will proceed to the allotment of the first 4,000 Shares on Monday, the 3d day of June next, and no Ap plications for such Shares will be received after Saturday, the Ist day of June. FIRST COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND. COMZIITTEr, With power to add to their number. GEORGE SAMUEL EVANS, D.C.L., Chairman. Hon. Henry Petre Francis Molesworth, Esq. Captain Daniell I E. B. Hopper, Esq. Dudley Sinclair, Esq. Under the above designation a Society has been formed, in connexion with the New Zealand La-11 Company, and consist ing exclusively of heads of families and others, intending to settle permanently in New Zealand, on lands purchased from the said Company. The object of this Society is to promote co-operation, in the numerous measures of preparation requisite for establishing a prosperous settlement. The Society already numbers a considerable body of gentle men, who have determined to emigrate with their families and property. Others, who may entertain similar views, are invited to join them. Qualification, of a member of the Society, the purchase of one hundred acres of land ; of a member of the Committee, five hundred acres, including part of the first town. The greater part of the purchase-money to be ex”ended by the Company on the emigration of the purchasers, their families, and servants. Members admitted by ballot only. The Colony will depart in a body during August next, so as to reach their destination about Midsummer (in the southern hemisphere), when the site of the first town will have been de- termined and prepared for their reception, by a preliminary ex pedition now on its way to New Zealand. The Committee meets daily at. the offices of the New Zealand Land Company, No. 1, Adam-street, Adelphi, where further information may be obtained, on application (if by letter, post paid), to the Chairman of the Society. May 20, 1839. This day, the 25th of May, was published, N o . Ili. of THE FOREIGN WEEKLY REVIEW of POLITICS, LITERATURE, and the FINE ARTS, in English, and Textual Extracts in French, Italian, or Ger man. Price Bd. (stamped), to be published by L. Fenwick de Porquet, 11, Tavistock-street, Covent-Garden, to whom all Communications and Books for Review are to be addressed and forwarded as early as nossible in each week. Orders received by all Booksellers and Newsmen in Town and Country. Just ready, Vols. 111. and IV., being the COMPLETION OF THE DIARY OF THE TIMES OF GEORGE IV. Comprising MORE LETTERS of QUEEN CAROLINE the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1.3, Great Marlborough-street. *.* Orders received by all Booksellers. I_IIS Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and' GUARANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY, which (though they are NO LOTTEP.IES), offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BRO FLIERS at HANII3URGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the ;aid DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY. Perscns desirous to purchase may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROS PECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to 'HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P. S. The next Distribution contains portions of 3,50 W., 7,0001., and 24,0001. The distributing day being VERY NEAR, NO TIME IS TO RE LOST for those desirous to become shareholders for THIS NEXT DISTRIBUTION. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. The Public is respectfully informed, that the PRESENT MANAGEMENT WILL TERMINATE WITH THIS SEASON ; The following Programme is therefore given, of its final ar rangements : The Standard Plays, as brought out at this Theatre, will each be performed once more, viz. : THE TWO FOSCARI, and WERNER. THIS EVENING, MAY 25, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. WILLAIOTT. Will be performed the Comedy of THE PROVOKED HUSBAND.After which, The Alpine Singers, and a variety of Songs, &c. To conclude with AMILIE. On Monday, The Two Foscasi, with Fra Diavolo. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Unparalleled success of " Alice Gray," the deeply-wrought in terest, pewerfully impressive situations, and astounding ef. fects, have elicited tumultuous plaudits of crowded houses. THIS EVENING, MAY 25, (sixth time) a Domestic Drama, called ALICE GRAY, THE SUSPECTED ONE. To conclude with, CRICHTON. Slt gt) -.-, . - I. t i , ,-..,•:, r ~.k."-"*\*.t.i. ' 0.-- a•-*.•=. - ; -v- Al.',-,.. ZiTn ‘11:3-1T+ LONDON : SATURDAY, MAY 26, 139. What is the duty of the people at the present crisis ? What are the circumstances which dis tinguish it ? We shall find in the latter the best clue to the former. Some person recently re marked that the people never want leaders, but it is very difficult to find united with them men of rank and character, who have acquired a reputa tion as Statesmen, who are known to be acquainted with the management of public affairs, and fit to form an Administration. At present we have such statesmen forming a Ministry, whose peculiar de pendence on the people may be inferred from the fact that they are in a continual minority in the House of Lords. They and their connections constitute a great, but, in respect to political power, an inferior section of the Aristocracy, who can only compete successfully with their opponents by the popular aid. Till a month ago, there was a general tendency to reconciliation between these two branches of the Aristocracy, the Whigs were likely to be absorbed by the Tories, and it seemed as if the people could get no political improvement but what they could wring from the re-united body of the Aristocracy. The growing reconciliation is now completely sundeied ; the dispute between the two sections of the Aristocracy—their contest for office—is more embittered than ever, and grievous disappointment on the one hand, and almost a taste of political death on the other, sharpened with personal accusations on both, have again made the Whigs, from interest and position, the allies of the people and the opponents of the To ries. It is the duty of the people to take advan tage of these circumstances. Since the expulsion of JAMES 11., no Monarch has had, either from personal talent or great posses sions much influence in England. The House of Hanover was always dependent on the Aristocracy, and never found in its own abilities the means of emancipatio'n. Thirsting for wealth and power, our many-headed Aristocracy has been, with the forms ' of freedom, a many and a heavy handed tyrant. When they indolently or timidly laid aside the Ba rons' swords, they seized the Treasurer's staff; and when they ceased to plunder by violence, they en riched themselves by taxation. The whole fiscal arrangements of the country were made by them and for them, and they covertly continue to levy, by the authority of Parliament, from the citizens and the serfs, the black mail which their ancestors took by the 'strong hand. Till the Reformation, the Church was a real spiritual power ; it curbed the Aristocracy, and often defended the people. Subsequent to the Reforma tion it lost its independence, and it became wholly subservient to the Aristocracy. With it the Church formed a close alliance, and ceased to pro tect the people. So much was it degraded, that pretending to be founded on the rock of truth, and to teach only immortal truths, it fostered, and can now only exist by fostering, ignorance, as the hand maid of tyranny, and encouraged the general op pression, that it might share the spoil. 'Fill the present time from the Revolution, with some ex ceptions, the Church and the hulk of the Aris tocracy, having the Monarch for their servant, have been united to humbug the people, and keep them in their ancient condition of vaY,alage under another natne. Imitating the example of the Con_ tinental despots, while they pretended to make war r.Y,~~A~~, i.-., on them in the name of freedom, they formed a large standing army. Under the pretext of pro tecting the people from foreign enemies, they made them pay for the instrument which they basely em ployed to make slaves of them at home. The Aristocracy and the Church united are the enemies of freedom and the oppressors of the people. Now, for- the very first time since the Revolu tion, we have that Church at war with the section of the Aristocracy which leans for support on the people. Now, which is more singular, we have the Clown cordially united with that section, and both from interest and position, as well as the personal feeling of a premeditated insult, hostile to the predominant party of the Aristocracy, and not peculiarly friendly to its ally the Church. The heir presumptive to the Crown is at once the ab• horrence of the people and the idol of the Church and the Tories. Thus the Whigs and her MA JESTY are both, from position and inclination, close friends, and are allied with the people and at open war with the Tories. Let us cherish the alliance and make our first watchword—Hurrah "for the QUEEN !" and next, hurrah " for the Whigs!" But modern experience has demonstrated that one branch of the Aristocracy, having about as many followers amongst the middle classes as the other, cannot effect much without the lower classes, Against the bulk of the priesthood and the most numerous section of the Aristocracy, the. Crown, the Whigs, and their supporters of the middle classes will not succeed. Then let our next rallying cry be " Hurrah for the people." The few empty talkers who hare at present too much influence over the working classes will be heard of no more when the Liberals of the middle classes avow themselves friendly to a great extension of the suf frage. And why should they not be ? Would they like to be wholly excluded from all share in law-making ? Would they like that the (landowners or the Peers should be exclusively the legislators ? IT for one moment the middle classes will make the case of the mass of the working people, wholly excluded from any legal means of influencing the Legislature, and believing, in common with almost all men, that their condition is in a great measure determined by the laws—if the middle classes will make the excluded nine pounders their own, they will at once perceive that many of the demands of the working &asses are founded in justice. Experience, too, ha 3 shown, by 'the example of Mt. HUNT and COBBETT, that the greatest demagogues gain no power in Parliament. Twenty or thirty HuNTs or COBBETTS would scarcely alter the character of that assembly. Moreover, laws, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL says, require time to pro duce any effect, and the habits of the people could not be suddenly changed by any statutes, nor any power to make statutes. Further, we must insist, notwithstanding the mouthing tirades of some violent men, that the bulk of the Conventionists or Chartists have distin guished themselves by their orderly behaviour. Not one riot have they commenced, except that at Llanidloes, and there they had heavy provocation. On all these accounts, it is now plainly the duty of the middle classes to attend to the demands of the working classes, voluntarily to do them justice, and make their next rallying cry, " Hurrah for the People !" And what should the unrepresented now do P What have they gained by their proceedings since this time last year ? Not one advantage ! On the contrary, they have procured an additional Legis lative sanction to the Legislative crime of Corn-law starvation. The law, which they themselves respect, has been brought in to operation against them ; the middle classes are alarmed, and ready to coalesce with the priest hood and the Tory section of the Aristocracy, in order to keep the working classes in check ; terror is gaining the upper hand, and under its influence both sides will commit numerous crimes. 'What the people demand may be abstractedly just, but it has never bee❑ the custom ; and the bulk of the community, whether Aristocrats or Democrats, judge and decide, and act from habit, not from ab straction. The Chartists cannot by reasoning, efface from the mind the practical deductions de rived from the past state of society, and all those—political feelings ,we may call them— represent their de.nands as unjust. Mode ration, then, should be the watch-word of the un represented. If the working classes rally to this cry they will cement a union betwixt them and the middle classes, the Whigs and the QUEEN, and put an end to the hypocrisy of the Church and the tyranny of the Aristocracy, which have been ruinous alike to the dignity of the Throne and the pros perity of the people. 'I he summary of our present duties then is— Hurrah for the QUEEN Hurrah for the Whigs I Hurrah for the people and Hurrah !—thrice Hurrah ! for moderation I The Tory Journals are amazingly chary of the fame of their candidate for the Speakership. They scarcely ever mention the name of Mr. GOULB Uli N, and they carefully leave the conception of his vir tues to the imagination of their readers. His merits are not even obscurely hinted at ; and even the Standard, which once compared him to a kangaroo or a tobacconists sign, has not repainted and gilded him for the new office the Tories destine him to fill. Their silence must not, however, lead his opponents astray. Mr. GOULBURN will be the more strenuously supported by the Tories as his deserts are small. They understand the art of making all the riff-raff of their party sensible of their zeal, by being always ready to sacrifice justice to serve a partizan. The Liberals must take care to be all in the House on Monday, and any man who will not, in the person of Mr. GOULBURN, honour the most narrow-minded Tory bigotry, must vote for Mr. LEFEVRE. We have no doubt, however, that every Liberal Member will be in his place on Mon day, and ready to defeat the party who made a point of insulting the QUEEN. The Times, we are happy to say, seems ashamed of its own party. It cannot do otherwise, as it al ways fishes in troubled water, than attack the Mi nisters. But never being great at eulogy, it has cautiously abstained from praising Sir R. PEEL, since be sacrificed office to the terrible chimera of a Bedchamber lady, who had actually resigned. The Times is obviously ashamed of a leader who has made himself and the party which trusts him the laughing stock of Europe. Like the Duke of WELLING.- TON, that journal is convinced that no man with a drop of genteel blood in his veins would have of fended the QUEEN, as Sir ROBERT PEEL did, and it has never since the failure mentioned the great Conservative Statesman with approbation. The Tories must look out for a nen► Leader, for the Times has laid Sir ROBERT PEEL on the shelf. W e learn with satisfaction that the Common Council is to meet on Thursday next to consider the propriety of addressing her MAJESTY, and requesting her to call to her councils only those statesmen who will preserve the liberties and fran chises of the people, and maintain eq ua l c i v il rights without any distinction of sect. The requi sition presented to the LORD MAYOR to summon a Common Hall had eighty-two signatures, which will ensure the r, quisitionists success, though a strong opposition is announced. The City of London could not stop behind at this time, and we should have been surprised had it not expressed its opinion on a matter on which ocher towns have already addressed her Majesty. Never behind in THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1s ; day, states that terror has reigned in Paris since the emeute of the 12th inst.,. As we shall endeavour to give this article on Monday, the reasons which pre vent its insertion to-dav hinder us from commenting upon it before its appearance. Numerous arrests took place in Paris on Wed nesday. On :Monday as the KING was entering the exhibition of arts and manufactures a man was arrested wearing a blue blouze, beneath which he had concealed a poinard. No doubts were en tertained by the by-standers of his having gone there with a view to stab the KING. On Wednesday Marshal SOULT gave a grand diplomatic dinner, at which the whole of the diplo matic body in Paris were present. The Chamber of Deputies did not meet on Thursday. The new Ministers had signified that they would regard the grant of the Secret Service Money as a vote of confidence. The Madrid Papers received are of the 16th inst. They are barren of interesting intelligence. HOUR SE.--PARIS, THURSDAY, MAY 23. HALF -PAST TIMED. —There has been but little business done in general to day. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 81f. 2/ic., and closed at 81f. 35e. The Five per Cents , from Illf. 15c,, rose to 111 f. 25c., last price; thus each are se. better than yesterday. For Money, the Three per Cents. are sc. lower, and the Five per Cents. sc. higher. The Bank of France Shares have advanced 10f. The Laffitte Bank of I,ooof. Shares have improved 2f. 50c. ; those of 5,000 f. have not been quoted. The Belgian Five per Cents, have declined i f ; the Bel gian Bark Shares have advanced 10f. The Spanish Ac tive has been stationary at 194. The Portuguese Three per Cents., now but seldom quoted, has been done at 21/. The St. Germain Railway Shares have declined; the Versailles Right Bank cpened at 15f. lower than yester day's closing price, of which they have recovered 10f. ; the Havre are unaltered, and nothing done in the Orleans. The Versailles Left Bank have improved 20f. There is no doubt that efforts are making to obtain assistance from the Government for this last undertaking, either in a loan, or getting it to guarantee the interest of a loan, in case the future receipts of the Company should not be sufficien to meet the same. To do either, the consent of the Chant. bers is necessary, and it is very doubtful that the Govern. ment will be induced to accede to either proposition. first Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price Price. French 5 per Cents 4 per Cents lOl 80 1;;1 80 101 80 ... 101 8 3 per Cents Bl 20 ... 81 25 ... 81 15 ... 81 25 Bank of trance Laffltte Ba:A nooor. so 1075 ...1017 50 ...1075 ~,1077 50 Belgian 5 per Cent s lO2 102 ~,101% ... ,01% Bank 790 ... 810 ... 790 ... 810 Coupons Spanish Ac ire l9t4 19% ... 19% ••• 18 % New Deferred Portuguese 3 per Cents Ne.i oilcan Boman RAILWAY 4 SH A St. 6errnai., Versailles, R. B 645 ... 705 ... 690 ... .05 Havre LB. 247 50 ... 315 ... 297 50 ... 315 11,11.1 951 9ilo ... 96: Strasburg to 8a1e.............. 333 ... 3.33 ... 335 335 ase - w.wigwri,t , We understand that a Public Meeting of the Parishes of Kensington, Hammersmith, and Fulham, will be held at the King's Arms, Kensington, on Monday, to vote an Address to the QUEEN, thanking her MAJESTY fur overthrowing the attempted establishment of the PEEL aristocracy. Lord KENYON will take the Chair, and most of the leading Reformers in these parishes have expressed a determination to be present. We trust that such districts as have not yet addressed her MAJESTY will lose no time in doing so, as it is important that their presentation should take place as early as possible after the re-assembling of Parliament. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL, COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.--0111* market is without change, the business doing being still very limited, scarcely affords a criterion as to prices. In quarters where the disposition has been to sell a further concession of id per lb. has been made upon the lower qualities of American, whilst those ranging above fair are more steady. Exporters have taken 450 bales of American ; nothing on speculation. There has been rather mere inquiry to-day, and the sales of all kinds are about 2,000 Bags. ( From Hobart Town Papers to the sth January.) We understand the Colonial Secretary has received leave of absence for eighteen months to proceed to Eng land, and that his Excellency has nominated the Chief Police Magistrate to perform Mr. Montague's duties dur ing his absence. The Legislative Council met on Saturday, in pursuance of a summons to that effect, for the purpuse of reviewing three Acts which had already passed ; namely, the Rob bery Law Amendment Act, the Insolvent Act, and the Act referring to the Quarter Sessions, against all of which his Honour the Puisne Judge bad certified, as containing clauses contrary to the law of England. Market Prices—Wheat, Ba. Bd. to Bs. 9d. ; Oats, ss. to ss. 6d. ; English Barley, 6s. 6d. ; Cape, 4s. 9d. to ss. per bushel. Hay (new), 31. 10.3. to 4/. 10s; 01d,51. 103. ; Straw, 4/. Potatoes (old), 5/. 10s. per ton; Fresh Butter, 2s. per lb. ; Eggs, Is. 6d. per dozen ; Portairthin Coals, 12s. per ton. Butcher's Meat—Beef, sd. to Bd. ; Mutton, 4d. to sd. per lb. ; Lamb, 3s. to 4s. per quarter ; Pork, 9d. to Bd. ; Veal, St to 10d. per lb. Arrivals this morning —French mail, ship letters from HAArt To.vri to January, Mauritius 26th January, old date. Accounts have been received from the Swan River set tlement of the sth January, stating that the colony was im proving, Sir Jarnee+Stirling -took leave .of the colony on the sth January last; he embarked in the schooner Mini-' pion for the Cape of Good Hope. The now Gmiernor. • Mr. Hutt, arrived at Freemantle on the 2d of January, and was publicly proclaimed Governor and Commander-in- Chief of that territory. According to the Indicateur of Bourdeauz, Count Lu chana was marching with most part of his army in the di rection of Mina, to commence operations against Balma seda and Oruniega. CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole morn. ing with lunatic petitions—and his Honour, the VICE• CHANCELLOR, with motions of no interest. QUEEN'S BE DAY CMALLEY IRWEN TILE MARQUIS OF NORMANDY. In this case, in which a verdict had been given for the defendant, the plaintiff moved to have the verdict set aside, on the ground of the Counsel for the defendant having been permitted to indulge in irrelevant observations, and on the ground of misdirection by the Learned Judge. The COURT refused the application. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty received congratulatory visits yesterday from their Royal Highnesses the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Gloucester. the Duke of Sussex, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge. The Queen, attended by the Hon. Miss Pitt, the Ba. roness Lehzen, and Lord Alfred Paget, visited her Ma. jesty the Queen Dowager yesterday afternoon, at Marl borough House. Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell bad audi. ences, yesterday, of her Majesty. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, on Wednesday evening, included the Earl o f U x b r id ge, E arl of Albemarle, Earl of Surrey, and Viscount Melbourne. Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner, and per formed during the evening. Lord Clarence Paget, Hon. Major Keppel, and Sir Frederick Stovin joined the Royal Circle at dinner on Thursday evening, at Buckingham Palace. The name of Miss Josephine Clarke was omitted in the list of company present at her Majesty's Drawing-room on Thursday. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and suite arrived in three carriages at half-past four o'clock yesterday after noon, at Marlborough House, from Portsmouth. Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Lady in Waiting, the Hon. Miss Hudson, and Hon. Miss Mit chell, Maids of Honour in Waiting, Earl Howe, Earl and Countess Denbigh, Rev. J. R. Wood, the Hon. Captain Curzon, and Sir D. Davies. H. Wayrnouth, Esq., J Asa Wilks, Esq., J. B. Brown, Esq., LL.D., and J. R. Mills, Esq., a Deputation from the Deputies of the Protestant Dissenters in and near London, appointed to protect their Civil Rights, had an interview with Viscount Melbourne in Downing-street yesterday. Mr. Huntington and Mr. Young bad interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Colonial Office. Mr. Edward Rice, M.P., and Dr. Lushington, had in terviews yesterday with Lord John Russell, at the Home Office. The French Charge d'Affaires transacted business yes terday at the Foreign Office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left town for Hastings. Dr. Lushington, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Charles Tynte, and Mr. Muskett, had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street. The Queen gave a State Ball last evening at Bucking. ham Palace. In the South Yellow Drawing Room, a moveable or. chestra was erected for a quadrille band ; over the orches tra was suspended a large cut-glass chandelier. Five cut-glass chandeliers, and a number of can d e l a b ra an d branches illuminated his room in the most brilliant man ner. On the arrival of the company they were ushered into the adjoining room —the Grand Saloon—and on the other side of the Saloon, the North Yellow Drawing Room was also prepared for dancing. Both of the Ball Rooms contained canopies of rich yellow satin, lined with white, embroidered w i t h fl owers , an d trimmed' with silver bullion fringe. Beneath these canopies were placed seats for her Majesty and her Royal and illustrious visitors. The Picture Gallery was thrown open, and the valuable collection, selected chiefly from the Flemish, Dutch, and English schools, exhibited to the company. Among the numerous paintings are--the Death of Dido ( Sir Joshua Reynolds), Europa (Claude), St. George destroying the Dragon (Rubens), the Burgomaster Pancras and his Lady (Rembrandt), Christ healing the Sick ( Vandyck), Cattle in a Landscape (Cuyp), Cy mon and Iphigenia (Sir Joshua Reynolds), Blind-man's Buff ( Sir David Wilkie), Inte rior of the Florence Gallery ( Zoffani), the Crucifixion ( Venusti), Horse Fair (Wouvermans), Dutch Boors (Ostade), Shipbuilder and his Wife (Rembrandt), Mar riage of St. Catherine (Vandyck), Interior of a Convent (Granet), the Hay-field (Wouvermans). Groups in marble of "the Parting of Hector and Andro mache," and " Venus reclining," together with other works of sculpture, were placed at one end of the Gallery. A profusion of flowering shrubs and plants decorated the Marble Hall and the Grand Staircase; they were taste fully arranged oil the steps and in the various niches. Refreshments were served to the company during the evening in the Throne Room. The band of the Grenadier Guards attended in the marble hall, and performed various selections during the evening. The ball was lined by the Yeomen of the Guard. The company began to arrive at half-past nine o'clock. The Princess S:phia Matilda arrived at ten o'clock. The Duke of Sussex, the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by Lady Charles Somerset and Sir Samuel Higgins, fol lowed soon afterwards. The Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia arrived at half past ten o'clock, accompanied by Prince Frederick Henry of the Netherlands, and attended by Viscount Torrington and Count Orloff. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge came attended by Miss Kerr, Baron Knesebeck, and Colonel Jones. Their Royal Highnesses were received in the marble hall by the Hon. Miss Spring Rice, the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and Lord Alfred Paget, who conducted the Royal party to the north ball. room, where her Majesty received her illustrious visitors. The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, the Prince and Princess of Leinengton, and her Royal guests, passed through the grand saloon to the large ball-room. Her Majesty was attended by the Ladies in Waiting, the Great Officers of State, the principal Officers of the House hold, and Masters Cowell, Cavendish, Chichester, and Wemyss, Pages of Honour. Her Majesty opened the ball in a quadrille with his Im perial Highness the" Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia. The Queen danced the second quadrille with his Royal Highness Prince William Henry of the Netherlands. The Duke of Wellington and other Noblemen present wore the collars of their respective Orders of Knight hood. Prince John Soutzo, Grecian Charge d' Affairs, ap peared in his national costume. The Marquis of Douglas wore a highland dres9. The Duke of Cambridge wore a Field Marshal's uniform, with the stars of three Orders of Knighthood, and the Ribbon and Jewel of the Order of the Garter, the latter splendidly set in diamonds. His Royal Highness Prince William Henry of the Ne therlands danced the first quadrille with the Princess Au gusta of Cambridge. Weippert's quadrille hand in the large ball-room per formed during the night the " MoscoA" and " Leiningen" waltzes, and the " Muscovite" quadrilles, expressly ar ranged for the ball. At one o'clock the Queen entered the dining-room, where supper was served on tables extending round three sides of the room ; the beaufet of gold plate at the en.d of the apartment contained a number of the finest shiel.ds and salvers, and of the most bcauCful tankards and cu•, s in the Royal collectiln, illuminated by gold eandiia l bra and sconces, and reflected by a very large mirror at the back of the sideboard. The supper-room was hung with a veri•as of full length pormits. In the middle was a portrp.it of George the Fourth in the rubes of the Order of the Garter, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. This portrait vas hung between those of George the Third and his Cor.soit, Queen Charlotte, both by Gainsborough. The. other paintings were those of George the Second, by: Ramsey ; of Queen Caroline, his Consort, by Sir Godfrey Kneller ; of Frederick Prince of Wales (1742), by Vanloo ; and of Augusta his Consort, also by Vanloo. Her Majesty rreurnecl to the baP-room biter supper. the Liberal cause, it will not fail on this occasion to set an admirable example to the whole empire. We take correction, when deserved, with humi lity and thankfulness, though we wish our Con temporaries a better office than watching our faults. The Livopool Mercury having apperently no thing better to notice, censures The Sun for not supplying an antidote to the many Chartist poisons our Paper has circulated, by reporting the speeches delivered in the Convention. With all deference to our Liverpool monitor, it never is and never was our custom to give a contradiction to every false hood, and rectify every error we are obliged in the performance of our duty to report. Our friendly critic is in fact quite unreasonable in , requiring it. Heavens ! what a task, to unweave all the sophistries of the Sir PLAUSIBLE which fill our columns when the Parliament is sitting, to con tradict all the little parliamentary fibs of Lord STANLEY, and to expose all the humbug exagge rations of Sir JAMES GRAHAM or Mr. Recorder SHAW ! Obliged, as we are, to allow an immense number of errors to circulate in our columns uncon- tradicted, we did not imagine, till the Mercury im plied it, that the misstatements of Messrs. BRON TERRE O'BRIEN and PEARGUS O'CONNOR were of such surpassing importance, and their cha racter stood so very high, that it was our especial duty to dwell on their minutest errors. Do not the Mercury's remarks give more weight to these men than our silence ? We have allowed them to speak for themselves, and our reports of their speeches and of the proceedings of the Con vention have done more to bring them to their exact bearing, and make th e ir t rue va l ue k nown, t h an al l the leading articles of all the anti-Chartist journals of the empire. To speak a book is probably as certain a way to give a man into the hands of his enemies as to write one, and we have allowed these gentlemen to speak each his book. They have placed themselves before the public, and in our opi nion require no comment, remark, or contradiction from us. We have given at considerable length the de bate in the General Assembly on the Auchterarder case, on account of its importance to the Esta blished Church of Scotland, and we may add also, to the Church of England. Three distinct motions were made, which all agreed on the main point that the law of the land must take its course, and that the General Assembly should offer no further resistance to the appointment of the Clergy man, who, with the Patron, Lord KINNOUL, appealed against the act of Assembly of 1834, abolishing patronage in the Church. The amend ment of Dr. CHALMERS was carried, but what will it lead to ? The appointment of a Com mittee : and what is the object of that Committee ? To place itself at the head of the people of Scotland, and demand of the Legislature a distinct recognition of the rights and privileges of the Scotch Church in the election of her members. What earthly chance has Dr. CHALMERS of succeeding in this point with either the Bishops, who are patrons of so many livings, or with the Members of both Houses of Parliament, many of whom have the same selfish in- • terest in refusing any such recognition ? We should rejoice to see this question set at rest, because we are convinced the longer it is prolonged the more in jurious will the result be to the Church of Scotland. Neither this Committee, nor the Government, can do anything to forward Dr. CHALMERS' views ; and, in our humble opinion, the Assembly would have acted a wiser part for the peace of the Church and the spiritual edification of the people, if they had agreed to Dr. COOK'S motion, which expressly de clared that the Church Courts should not only judge of the learning and piety of the presentee, but also of his fitness for the parishioners to whom he is presented. Gradmamtna is unusually frisky this morning, and nods her palsied head, and kicks up her heels with all the would-be vivacity of a giggling, mercu rial school-girl of sixteen. Surely, it is vastly silly in an old lady at our Contemporary's advanced time of life, to be cutting capers, and making an exhibi tion of herself in this unseemly fashion ! We can forgive her, however, rude as is her treatment of us, for who can take offence at the freaks of dotage, especially when perpetrated by one of the fair sex ? But though Grandmamma is free to rail at us, and to employ for this occasion lan guage borrowed from the vocabulary of the late Mr. SIMPSON of Vauxhall; though we allow her the privilege of all testy, paralytic tabbies, to have her full swing of tongue ; we really cannot allow her to bring forward a charge against us, like that which she has brought this morning, without ex posing the old woman's mendacity. Her rigmarole about our libellous propensities, and all that, we pass over ; but what does she mean by insinuating. that The Sun is the hireling advocate of O'CON NELL and the Papists ? A more wanton falsehood was never yet tittered, even by Grandmamma herself, which is saying a great deal. We strongly suspect that it owes its origin to the old lady's" drop of com fort" in the corner cupboard. The Sun is the hireling advocate of no man, nor set of men ; it swears neither by Whig, Tory, nor Radical ; but main tains—as it always has maintained, and always will maintain—a strictly independent course. In a word, it is the unpurchased, unpurchaseable advo cate of the people, whose feelings and interests it represents, just in the same way, and precisely to the same extent, that the Morning Herald repre sents the feelings and interests of all the gossiping old women in the empire The Hamburgh papers received last night bring. advices from Hanover of the 18th inst., which an nounce that the Supreme tribunal at Osnaburg has decided that the taxes being no longer levied according to a law duly promulgated, no punish ment can be awarded against those refusing to pay them. ThiS is bringing the question of the KING'S assumed right of abrogating the Constitution to a direct issue. We stated before that it would come to this at last, should King ERNEST persist in his mad attempt to substitute his mandate for the esta blished Constitution of the Kingdom of Hanover, and the event has conic to pass even sooner than we ex pected. To increase the difficulties of the KING it was understood that nine more Deputies were about to resign their functions, so that there would not be the requisite number to form a House at the opening of the Session on Tuesday next ; and before a new election could take place it was ex pected that the other tribunals of the kingdom would have confirmed the verdict of the Court of Osnaburg respecting the non-liability to pay taxes. In consequence of these manifestations of copular hostility the friends of King ERNEST were eginning to think that it was high time to bring -nestion before the Diet of the German C ,fe the pit— ,on. deration, the more especially as petitions from Celle, and other towns, were in the course of being forwarded to Frankfort in favour of the Constitution attempted to be set aside by the KING. It is certainly bad policy on the part of Kings to suffer their ambition to carry them so strongly in opposition to the will of their subjects as to drive them in self-defence to meditate the refusal of taxes. When a people unan:mously resolve to button up their pockets there is no resist ing them. In an instant the KING is reduced to a mere cipher. A victory which, with arms in their hands, might cost them rivers of blood, is obtained without the movement of a foot or the raising of a finger. There can, therefore, be no madness on the part of despots, as regards their self-preservation, equal to that of making the people familiar with the employment o f t hi s mighty talisman. But King ERNEST is after all only an intentional autocrat. The weakness and emptiness of his head neutralize the sterner purposes of his heart. He wants talents, tact, moral and physical courage, and above all the look and bearing of a man capable of generous aspirations. Nature has stamped " b eware I" upon his countenance so legibly, that any measure sanctioned by him would excite suspicion. The Hanoverians are evidently more than a match for him, and as they have truth, and justice, and patriotism, and the principle s o f R epresentat i ve Government on their side, we rejoice at the early prospect of their success. 'W e have received the whole of the Paris Journals of Thursday. An article from the Courrier Fran cais on the influence of secrect societies in France, for which we have not room in our colunms of this THE FUNDS. Owing to the north-easterly winds, which still prevail, we have very few arrivals this morning, and the informa tion they convey is of minor importance. In the course of yesterday there was rather a demand for money, for commercial purposes, and higher rates of interest were obtained. Consols which closed yesterday at 93i 5 for the Account and Money, opened this morning at the above quotations, with little doing. Exchequer Bills 30 33; India Bonds 34 36; Bank Stock 195 196 ; India Stock 25Eq 2574. In the Foreign Market the prices are nominal, and may be quoted as they left cff Spani,h Active 191; Portu guese 354. it ; Three per Cents. 21+ -1 ; Brazilian 795 80 ; Colombian 314 ; Mexican 26+ 1 ; Belgian 101+ 102+; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 56+ 5 ; Five per Cents 103+. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ' ' India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 13 per Cent. Cons. 93 % ' . i '4 South Sea Stock — :3's, per Cent — Old Annuities' — Ditto Red. 100 99% New Ditto New 3% per Cent lOl is % % 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17:31 New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, £l,non ... 30 32 pm. Bank Long Annuities toexpirc Ditto 500 ... 130 32 pm. Jan. 5, 1560 ... 14% Ditto Small 33 20 pm. Oct. 10, 1359 Ditto Commercial pm. Jan. 5, ISM — Ditto Advertised ...... pm. Jan. 5, 1890 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 189(1 - India Stock for Account 9 543% Jan. 5, 1870 --I Consos for Account 9J% % PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds D tto Account Columbian Bonds - Russian !tends, 1822 - Ditto Account Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 .. 314 Spanish Bonds Ditto Account 314 g,. Ditto Account. • 19 Danish Bonds .. • _ , Passive 8% Ditto Account ............••• --,' Deferred Greet Bonds... ... . .............. —: French, 5 per gent. _f: __,... —, Ditto Bonds, 1825............ 4 per cent. _. .r. . Ditto Account ... .......... ; . Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cen.. Exchange. —4 . __.. Ditt o Account ,3 pee cent. —. —c Dutch, 2% per sent ....... sti}y 4 Ditto Acc0unt......... ...... Ditto, 6 per Cent Ditto Account ' Ditto Acc0unt........ Neapolitan . PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Paid. Per Is:hate. Birmingham and Derby Railway Company .... 70 55 etidon and Birmingham RailnayComPallY ••• 90 PH London and Croydon Railway ColoPanY l6/, Bs, 134% 51 irtn Midland Railway Company V.S 52% Australasia Rank .... 40 69 1 4 British North American Bank London Joint Stock Bank lO 13%% Lon on and Westminster Bank 2O 20% Asphalte, Claridge's Patent 4 1M cm; risE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. C.l'. 1 , ~,, 5 , rattar ............. 48 Anisterti. , 12 2 Leghorn . ..................... : iit to, aL .ight R itter.i4m " U 1 1 2 . , 5 4 r : 1C „, 7110a .. .... ... .............................................. 1 , 32 5 5 7 5 i Venice .......................... 31 Antwerp... M• B ' i l3 I V 4 ' Naples ... .............. ................ ................ 4 40 7 Hamburg. . ...... A1t0na..... 25 41 !Pa er..u. Paris, :3 days' sight .... ~.. .. ... 5 70_.,,,,,,, ................. per oz. 120 Ditt0....... 3 Ms. .. 75 11_.,,..r.n0 ......................... ....... 51% Marseille 5. .................... r ,', _ I ~(?: 0 _ . , ......................... ... 54% Bourdeaux ............. .. x .... 25 su trio Janeiro ........ ~, ......... ... 28 Frsnkfort on Blaine, F, .Irl. 1 1 51% Bahia ~••• .... 27 BerliF't Le rst M e g fr i:Z e l e ft • • • • • • 3 3 1 ::: 1 1t ( 7 1 g 1 1-.Tp1ie1iwei 1 r'ci1 i 1 i 'hY. i r a. 1. .. ( ?.. a.) . '. .... 8. . : . . " .. 11 .. i .. g ....... ; !.. 0( i . ) .77.. 05 . .. 4 7 :1 n ...................... !. i . Vienna, Trieste ...... ditto ........................ 7_ 7 (2 34 7 1 P i;. , ~01,tri t'eti(i :41;1.'11 G0(4:0,14,P,i,,, Ui en L ob, L n I . ni, :n3 p l e iBt r OZ. Z. kladrid ......... .. ............. :.17 arsa ... Csdiz.... - ....... . Bilboa .... . ........... ..... '. f - ,t, New Dollars Barcelona •••••••••'•"'• 3f; _ n &vine .......................... 3 Silver li in 8ar5 ... 7:: ALP- PAST ONE. Arrivals from Australia, via Hobart Town, state that our friends in England will be somewhat astonished when they hear that the t w entieth part o f an acre in this city ( Adelaide) sold the other day at a public auction for the sum of 70/. cash, and the situation of the land is an acre in Rundle-street. Th e Prince George has just arrived from Hamburg with a large number of German emigrants ; this vessel is in the highest order." An express arrived from Pat is about eleven o'clock this morning, but we have not heard as yet the information it has brought: it has had the effect to lower the Consol market to 934 sellers for Money, and 03!--i- i, it for the July Account. The speculators are anxious to ascertain its contents. Consols are at present 93+ for the Account ; Exchequer India Bills 30 32 ; India Bo nds lower, 32 ; Stock, 0 561 ; Bank Stock nothing doing; Spanish Active receded to 19 : Portuguese, 3 5 4; Three per Cents., 21_1 ; w orn _ kian, 31i; Durch-T c vo.and-a- Half p er Cents, 's6+ The prices inthe Foreign Market have also receded. T FEMALE WRITERS.—Lewis, in a letter to his mother, in which he entreats her to abstain from publishing a novel she had written, says, " I hold that a woman has no business to be a public character, and that in proportion as she acquires notoriety, she loses delicacy. I 'always consider a female author *4 I 7. , )11 e. half. man."—Life and Correspondfnce of AI. G. Lewis. BAIL COURT--(THIS DAY.) DENTON V. IcAMSHAW. This was an action for assault and false imprisonment. After two or three witnesses had been examined the plaintiff was nonsuited. EXCHEQUER-(THIS DAY.) MARTIN V. CREBBIN. This was a question arrising out of a contract for the supply of gas pipes to a Company in the Isle of Man. The case was, after some discussion, referred to arbitra tion. OMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY. EDWARDS V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. The Court gave judgment in this case. The question —rather an important one—being whether the plaintiff who possessed the advowson of a living, in conjunction with a Roman Catholic—who was held to be prohited by statute from exercising the right of presentation—whether the plaintiff under these circumstances could present, as sole patron. The Bishop considered that the right of presentation could only be exercised by both possessors of the advowson in conjunction, and thatlone being incapacitated the other could not exercise this right : the Bishop had, therefore, after the lapse of six months—the period allowed by law for a presentation—had inducted his own clerk. The point was, whether the induction was valid? The Court decided that it was not : thereby establishing the right of the plaintiff to present as sole patron. LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD AND THE WOLF. ALTERED AND ADAPTED TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND TASTES OF CHILDREN OF THE PRESENT DAY. Of Little Red Riding-hood who has not read, And the Wolf that crept into her grandmother's bed ; How he smoothed down bis face and dissembled his voice, And that little lady ate up in a trice ? Of another Red Riding-hood now I must sing, As little in stature, but great as a king : Of another great Wolf, too, my story must tell, Who also dissembled, but not quite so well. Such a wolf was ne'er seen in the Forest of Arden, Nor yet in our own Zoological Garden ; For his voice he could soften to song of Mount Sion, And howl yet more gently than Bottom roar'd Lion. So the wolves that loved howling chose bim for their chief, Since in speech he was all things but honest and brief. In tricking he beat all the best thimble. riggers, And slobbcr'd the saints, while he bit the poor niggers. Sure all m us t remem b er their infantine fears - For Little Red Riding hood, mingled with tears ; But in this case our eyes in no salt water swim, For he ate not the lady, the lady ate him. Now this Wolf, as by all men is well understood, Fell in love with Red Riding. hood's little red hood. No wonder, if velvet, and jewels, and gold, Great allurements to greedy ambition should hold. But this wolf was by far too sagacious and good To wish for his own head that nice little hood ; He knew 'twas impossible lie could e'er wear it, So he meekly resolved just to trample and tear it. Now the first time he met with this nice little lady, His speech was prepared, and his smiles were all ready, He* dwelt on her beauty, her youth, and her grace, And how she was born of a right royal race, Yea —so well did he manage his figures and tropes, That his friends at his back were all grinning in hopes; For though he had cruelly wrong'd her Papa, As he spakeyou'd have thought 'twas her own Grandmamma. But somehow or other the bait did not take, And Sir Wolf and his friends hurried back to the brake, In the cold barren wilderness destined to bowl, And longing for Lamb, could not e'en get a fowl. But vengeance he vow'd in the care of his heart, That deep-seated core—that invisible part—. And the first time he met that young lady alone, He resolved that her hood should no more be her own. • That is—she might wear it upon her own shoulders, Just to seem as if hers to all careless beholders ; But the form and the fashion 'twas lie that must order, And must bind it tight round with a strong cotton border. Now it chanced this poor child one unfortunate day Sate alone, whilst her dogs they were all gone astray; So the Wolf he rush'd in like a saucy intruder, And though civil at first, he grew ruder and ruder. Not content with the victuals and kennel his own— There to sit with his pack, like eking on his throne,— lle said—" Little Miss, this is all very right, But there's something beside which now dawns on my sight. 44 That little red riding-hood, Miss, if you please, While you wear it in that way I'm not at my ease; 'Xis so puff'd out and sworn, I'm afraid there is under _A something will make all my doings a blunder. " Those fair waxen dolls, with their light.flaxen wigs— I request you will fling thein away to the pigs • And I'll bring you o th ers , w i t h eyes bl ack as sloes, With dark curling hair, and cheeks red as a rose." At this Little Riding.hood pluck'd up a spirit, Which she from her grandsire of old did inherit,— Cried, " Insolent ruffian 1 if I were a man, With my sword I'd chastise you—but I'll use my fan." So she lifted her fan, which was mounted by magic, And a tap on his nose proved sufficiently tragic ; For back fell the Wolf, Sirs, and howling retreated, Ere himself and his friends in the kennel were seated. MORAL. Little girls of Great Britain 121 mean all that are good, Exult in the triumph of Miss Riding-hood ; For had not the Wolf been destroy'd by his folly Not a Miss in the land would have had her own Dolly. May 22, 1839. * # "He dwelt," &e. One cannot here help being re minded of an eulogium pronounced by a certain eloquent Baronet, on her Majesty's accession ; but, of course, the similarity is purely accidental. THE VALUABLE SERVICES OF THE TEN." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--I am glad to perceive that you have not de voted your columns to the stupid outcry raise by some of the Whig Papers against the TEN who voted against the Ministers on the Jamaica Bill. If people would reflect, they would discover that those Reformers deserve the gratitule of the nation ; for what has been the result of their act ? What but this, to teach the Ministry what has been continually, through your paper, dinned into their ears, that they were dependent upon the Radcals for their places and their power. Did they listen to this ? No, they de spised the Radicals. The Radical Members told the Ministers their weak ness without their aid. No attention was paid. The Radicals proved by their vote on the Jamaica question, that what they had said was true ; and now the mino rity are forced listen. We are now told that the progress of Reform will no longer be opposed by Lord Finality, or by the Aristo cratic Lord President of the Council. We are now not again to be insulted by the taunts of Lord Melbourne that the repeal of the Corn-laws is a wild and mad scheme. But how changed from then to now? Who caused this change ? The TEN ! If, then, the change be good, ought not we to praise the men who have brought it about ? Most de cidedly. Let us encourage these men. Let us cheer them, so that should the Ministry again adopt the resistance system, these Decemviri of the people will again repeat the lesson they have this time so effectually taught ; and again tell them by act and not by word merely— You must go on or go out! London, May 24, 1839. J. E. THE MAR KETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. Prices to-day were higher than those of last week, and the demand was not very brisk. New Potatoes, 9d. and Is. 6d. per lb. French Beans, 2s. and 3s. 6d. per 100. Gooseberries, 9s. and 12s. per sieve. Spinach, 9d. to Is. 6d. per sieve. Cabbages, 9d. to Is. per dozen. Cuoumbers, ls. 6d. to 4s. per bra^e. Strawberries, 6d. to Is. 6d. per ounce. Rhubarb, 4d. to 7d. per bundle. Apples, 3s. 6d. to 6s. per bushel. Turnips, 9d. to Is. per bunch. Brocoli, 2s. to 4s. 6d. per bun dle. Carrots, 10s. per bunch. Onions, 6s. to Bs. per sieve. Celery, 2s. per bundle. Asparagus, Is. 6d. to 7s. per bundle. Plants, Is. 6d. to 2s. per dozen. zs. per NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Supplies large and prices unaltered. Beef, 3s. to 4s. ; Mut ton, 3s. to 4s. 4d. ; Veal, 4s. to ss. ; Lamb, ss. to 6s. 2d. ; Pork, 3s. 10d. to 4s. Bd. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. Bd. ; Geese, 4s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. ; Leverets, 3s. to 6s. ; Du c k s , 2 s. 6d. to 4s. ; Chickens, 2s. 6d. to 4s. ; Guinea Fowls, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Fowls, 4s. to Gs. ; Quails, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Pigeons, 6d. to 101. ; and Tame Rabbits, Is. 3d. to ls. 9d. ; Eggs, 4s. to 4s. 9d. per 120. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies of all kinds were good and prices lower. Trade was lively. Turbot, 4s. to Gs. and Bs. to 15s. ; Cod, Is. to 3s. and ss. to is. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters, 6d. to 3s. each; Mackerel Sd. to Is. each. ; Red Mullet, which were ss. each yesterday, to-day were Is. only; and Whitings, 4d. to Bd. each. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Supplies large, and so Was the demand. Prices rather higher. Turbot 4s. to 15e. ; Cod Is. to Bs.: Soles 10d. to 3s. 6d. per pair : Lobsters is. to 4s. ; Salmon Is. to 2s. per lb. ' Beef id. to Sid. ; Mutton to 84; Veal Bd. to ; Pork 7 to 84d. NATIONAL EDUCATICIN.-011 Wednesday last a very numerous and iiighly influential meeting took place in the NatiQual School, in this town, for the purpose of pkpopiting the advance of education on the principte4 of the Established Church, and in conn ect i on w i t h the Dio cesan Board, at Cbeitar. A numerous body of the clergy were present.--Stockport Advertiser. HAYMARKET THEATRE. At this house the tragedy of Fazio was performed last night, for the purpose of introducing on the London stage a Miss Maywood, who we understand comes from America, where she has performed only eight or nine times. Miss Maywood's person is slender—her features somewhat pro minent, her hair a jet black, and her eye large and expres sive—altogether her appearance is tragic. During the first act she appeared timid and reserved, but in the second she gave unquestionable proofs of talents for tragic repre sentation, which, if they do not entitle her to a place in the first rank, indicate a justness of conception, and a grace and propriety of delineation, which may, with study and attention, enable her, at no distant period, to attain I very prominent place among the actresses of the present day. She should be careful at first not to over strain her lungs, for when she did so last night she exposed her weakness, and more than once inclined us to suspect that in heavier and more difficult characters she would break down. This, however, is a fault to which she does not seem much addicted. Several good parts might be pointed out—the manner in which she addressed the servant, and sent for her husband—the effect produced by the tolling of the bell, which announced that her husband's hour had come,—but her best hit decidedly was when she exclaimed " Now I have widowed her as she has widowed me," which drew forth thunders of applause from every part of the house. On the whole she was received with favour, and at the fall of the curtain was loudly called for to receive that which a London audience, on first trial, is not backward to award—a judgment in her favour. She was badly supported by the actors and actresses. Cooper's Fazio was but very so so, and Miss Grove's Aldebella was roc?ived with manifest disapprobation. King , O'Neil and The Happy Man followed, in both of which Power was as usual most powerful. BLOOMSBURY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Str,—Having observed in The Sun of yesterday that the Bloomsbury affair has not yet been brought to a close, I feel much surprised at the manner (not to say ungentle manly) in which Mr. Craven is showing off. Why not go into the case at OTICO if he can, and not keep parties in suspense? By way of nudging him on. I will (with your permission) ask him three questions:-Ist, Why not ob ject to the horse before he started? 2d, Would he not re ceive Mr. Risdale's 501. had Bloomsbury not won ? 3d, Would be have made any objection to Mr. Ridsdale paying his forfeit ? From what we can gather here in Yorkshire, it would be better for persons holding official situations not to speak at random—temperance is a blessing. Sheffield, May 22, 1539. FAIR PLAY. LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MAY 24.—Wind N. fresh—Arrived the Her sey, 131r.ck, from the Mauritius. Arrived front the River ar:d sailed, Achilles, Duncan, for Ceylon ; Victory, Frost Quebec; Sarah, Ray, St. Andrews, Nev Brunswick; Bernard, Smith, Odessa; and Salvatore, Genoa. PORTSMOUTH, MAT 24.—Wind N. N. E.--Arrired Nau • tilus, Lec, from .Sierra Leone. Off Port.—Mayflower, fiedley, IlobartTown. FAL:\:OCTII, MAY 23.—Wind N. to N.N.W. fresh breezes.—Arrived the Skipper, Scott, from Odessa; Ely sio, Cafierg, Ge:,•rg•e, Bennett, ditto. Sailed, Janc May, May, St. Lucia ;:Fanny, ili‘Daval, Trieste. LivEnrooL, 1`..1A t . 2.t.—Wi n d N. to N.N..—Arrived the Don .ftw.e., M'Coombe, from Boston ; Ellen Brooks, Littd;;;ily, Now Orleans; Czstilian Maid, Scott, St. Mt :;haels ; Albanian, Winson,'Patras . ; Emerald, Bourdeaux; Union, \Via:o4l., Danzie ; Dient bend, Rostock. Sailed T the Charl o t te , W hite, for Jamaica; Sea, Fish, New YDirt ; Joseph P orter, Porter, ditto ; Banff,Jurc, Pit. cairn, ditto; Superb, Hamilton. EVEN (;_ j!III ON . MOVEMENT IN IRELAND. AGGREGATE MEETING OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DUBLIN. (Abridged from the Dublin Evening Pest of Thursday.) A msgnifieent meeting tools place this day in the exten sive open ground betweeL Beresford-place and the Custom. house, for the purpose " of adopting an addiese, expres sive of unbounded gratitude to her Majesty for the wise, firm, cod constitutionsl exercise of her royal prerogative on a late memorable occasion, and of a determination to support the .Ministry of her choice—the friends of the people." Long before the commencement of the proceedings, thousands were thronging to the place of meeting, and when the chair was taken there were, at least, tkent? thousand persons on the ground. The immense multitude continued mo mentar il y to increase to such an ext4nt, as to amount, even before three o'clock, to a: Mast forty thousand. At tree o'clock, the Right Hon. L ird CsoNcoaßY took the chair. IFS LORDSHIP said that it was Lot the ti,.st time he ap peared in that character amongst his fellow-countrymen. He had hitherto presided over meetings complaining of `. hardships and great grievan ces , an d see ki ng i n va in f or their r e d ress ; be was, however, there to rejoice with them, and join in she praises of their amiable, lovely, and vir tuous Queen.—( Immense cheering.) When the people considered the plots and designs that were being planned against their liberties by the astute and unprincipled leaders of their enemies—th e address and perseverance with which they pressed their designs, had induced them to endeavour to entrap their youthful Sovereign, who had always exhi bited a strong feeling of love for`lier subjects, and particu larly for those of Ireland.—(Cheers.) The Queen had acted with the utmost spirit and judgment. Although distant front my friends in England, I would tell them they have reason - to be rejoiced that the Tories did not come into power. I would ask them do they remem ber Peterloo. The people of England should be at their post, or they will have another Tory Ministry and a second Peterloo.—( Hear, hear.) I have to apologise for detaining you so long; but it is impossible, when I find myself amongst you, to refrain from giving expression to my feelings. I wish to tell you how anxiously Igo with you—how my heart and soul is with you—how I love you, and wish that your cause and the cause of our country may be prosperous.—( Loud cheering, which lasted for several minutes. ) Mr. EVANS then proposed the following resolution ob serving —We are now at rived at a most eventful crisis—the struggle of the next six months may decide the fate of these countries. We cannot eventually be forced under the desperate yoke of Toryism, but what scenes of blood may not occnr in the meantime, unless the people bestir them selves in the vindication of their rights.—(Loud cheers.) " Resolved—That we have seen with the deckst in terest the recent struggle of the Tory faction to establish in their hands a power which should domineer over the Sovereign and trample on the people, and we have con templated with the most enthusiastic admiration and ardent gratitude, the just and noble spirit of firmness, and of amis.' ble feeling, with which our beloved and revered Queen resisted the machinations of party, and triumphed for herself and the empire over the enemies of both the one and the other." Sir THOMAS ESIIONDE, Bart., seconded 'the resolution,. Mr. ST. GEORGE, High Sheriff of the county Leitrim, in a very able speech, proposed the next resolutio n _ That the address now read be adopted, and presotted to her Majesty in person ; and that we do request that es many as possible of the Irish Members of both Houses of Parliament, and of the gentlemen who called, the present meeting, do attend the presentation of the address." Mr. J. J. BAGOT then came forward to second the resolution. As soon as the cheering with which he was received subsided, he said that be considered it a very high honour to be permitted to take a part in a public meeting on such an occasion as the preseet. He asked them would they suffer that the Royal preroga tive—the brightest jewel of their young Queen's diadem-- the right of selecting her private friends and companions, , should be snatched from her by an insolent faction ?-- (Loud cries of " No, no.") He knew they would not; and it was to uphold the Queen in the assertion of her rights that they were assembled. He, therefore, had, great 1. pleisure in seconding th e r e s o l u ti on proposed by his friend from Leitrim. The resolution was then ixissed amid loud cheer M. WICK addressed the m ee ti ng at mr.ich length and conclude E d y moving the following adtircs : " To her Most Gracious Majesty tine Queen. " We, the inhabitants of the city and co unty of Dublin, beg leave, at this important crisis of puV,c affairs, humbly to tender to your Majesty the expressr an of our dutiful and devoted attachment to your Royal. Person and throne, and of our heartfelt admiration of tint •F,oniptitude and firmness with which your Majesty has, Upon a recent conspicuous occasion, asserted the coastitvcional rights of your crown, and the naturally but equal./.. ; sacred prerogatives of your sex. " In offering to your 7 ,lajesty the assurance of these our sentiments, we cannot abstain from adding, that ghat as is our admiration, it if it be possible, exceeded by our gratitude. The speetae}e of a youth , fiul Queen sepaitted from the advisers in 'Thor. ' she confided, and triumphantly repelling, alone and of )%erself, a sudden and offensive invasion of her regal and sr cial privileges, is a subject for general and lasting pra'.se. But in us, your 111jesty's loyal Irish sub jects, it a iso excites feelings of the most sincere and pro , found tb ankfulness, when we reflect upon the consequences to our country of the just and noble spirit displayed by our Sovereign throur„heut this memorable transaction, upon the blessings which it promises to continue, and the disasters which it has averted. " We, accordingly, beg that your Majesty will be graci ously pleased to accept our most dutiful and deep!elt thanks, assured, as we are, that your Majesty, in maintain ing your undoubted prerogative as the Queen of these realms, has rescued Ireland from the domination of a fac tion which, in its onexampled attempt upon the rights of the Crown, has only manifested that same spirit of delmtic rule of which tiur history supplies too many precedents, and which would render its restoration to power in this country the most afflicting of national calamities. " Wc but arde nt wish that the period may shortly arrive when your M.ajesty may in person receive the enthusilstic homage of th' : most sincerely loyal portion of your dutiful subjects, the., brave and generous people of Ireland." Mr. JOHN Powan seconded time motion, which passed amidst enthusiastic applause. Mr. WORTHINGTON moved a resolution calling upon Ministers to support a Corporate Reform Bill and a franchise zimilar to that enjoyed by England and Scot land. It was seconded by Mr. John Martin, and passed unanimously. Mr. BENRY GkATTAN moved a resolution, calling upon Ministers to stand firmly by the Queen, to abandon the doctrine of finality, cud adopt the principla of pro gressioa in the improvement of our political institutions. —Passed. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. Cros thwaite, Mr. Wolstenholme, Mr. Mdiony, Mr. Curran, and Mr. O'CONNCLL, who, in the course of hi s speech, said —" I shall go to England bearing with me the wishes and intentions of my fellow-countrymen.—( Cheers.) I shall tell the Ministry that justice has not been done to Ireland —(Applause)—that I support them because they are now the supporters of the Queen, to preserve that excellent young creature front the insults and depravity of the Tory faction.—( Loud cheers.) And here, mark my words, let them go to the world on the wings of the public press—l tell von if the Tories came into power again, she would not sur wire six months. No; I emphatically repeat it, before six months had elapsed her worldly existence would have closed, and another victim would be added to those Royal person ages who have been deprived of life for the same intriguing purposes.—( Cheers.) To be sure, Peel or Welling ton, or ary of the foremost men of that party wou t le. not be capable of committing such a crime ; but I say, and say truly, the underlings would.__( Hear, hear.) Yes, the un derlings would, and in order to satiate their thirst for the ascension of the Orange Kirtg of Hanover to the throne, they would victimise the fairest and most excellent monarch that ever swayed the sceptre of England." Lord Cloncurry having left the chair, Mr. St. George was called thereto, and the thanks of the meeting were passed to his Lordship with the heartiest acclamation. The meeting separated in the most orderly mariner, after cheering for the Queen, Mr. O'Connell, Lord Cloncurry, &c. &c. The movement in favour of the Queen and -Reform already extends over the greater part of Ireland. Numerous are the meetings everywhere almost daily held to address the Queen, on her zesistance to the late at tempted encroachment on her rights, so contrary to usage and repugnant to her Majcsty's feelings. Among other places from which grateful addresses have proceede4, is Rathcormack, whe re th e T or i es l e f t t h e bloodiest trTccs of their last short official reign. TLc meeting was at tended by the Widow Ryan, and by eight of the men who were wounded in her haggard on that awful day whyp the order rants in her cars for the slaughter of her son. A correspondent of our Dublin Contemporary says—" Could her Majesty but have heard the eloquent prayers for her health and happiness offered up by this widowed mother of a slaughtered son, she would have thought them more than a set-off for all the scurrilous and ribald attacks of the profligate Tory press." MEETINGS TO ADDRESS THE QUEEN.-Re ports of meetings crowd in upon us with such frequency and overwhelmium rapidity that we cannot find room to day for even a bare enumeration of the places whence these grateful manifestations of loyalty emanate. THEATRICAL FUND.—Yesterday, at a meeting of the members of the genera l C omm itt ee o f thi s A ssoci a- tion, held in the saloon of the English Opera House, Mr. Elton, of Covent-garden Theatre, in the chair, it was mentioned that the receipts of the three benefits which ' took place on Saturday evening last, at the Surrey, S a dl er ' s Wells, and Ci ty o f L on d on Theatres (the free use of which establishments had, in the most handsome manner the e of the fund been previously tendered to the Committee by Mr. D av ;a„.: Mr. R. Homier, and Mr. Osbaldeston), amounted to about" CAUTION TO NEWSVENDERIts: I Iiie r b e ;I t 2171. ; and it is estimated that, after deducting penscs, there will be a clear balance in favour of nearly 150/. published y Aed the defen action was brought in the Secondarie4' Court again-stana of f on an attorney's newsvencler, in Great Tower-street, for a in an infamous unstampcd paper. dant was not aware of the libel, w , ,,i c h was and a farthing clerk, but had merely sold . i , ! .a . in b . yt h :ef , a . auylt, his trade. H'l3 damages a a g l l e o s w s e v d a was u g d iv g :s i n ie , n ‘ t 'c' t n ( ;P:n of course carried co s t s . I t was said any o „ s will be will all fa l l on these cret' P,ers Of b rought, and th e cos t s these publications. HYDRoPHop:IA IN SIIEEP.—Last week three sheep belongin g to J. Pledger, Esq., o f Little l3addow, died from hr?,,rophia, having been bitten by a mad du three weeks 'or eviousl was de. , ..,..,r0)ed v One of the sheep exhibited dread.. ful qmPto'lls of the I . one. It di, butting and snapping at orrty preach *it. The other tic . '-d eir food, and 'dive; in a up state of sullen rn d i ce a rope, no one daring to a ness.—L s ipald. 9"