The Sun. — London, England, 1845-06-06 00:00:00

MISS KELLY'S THEATRE.—This elegant little theatre was opened on Wednesday for the purpose of introducing to the public two young ladies, pupils in Miss Kelly's dramatic school. The play chosen was the Hunchback, i■ which Miss Way, one of the fair students, took the arduous part of Julia. Her performance evinced considerable talent, and an accurate conception of the cha racter ; but there was a want of physical power, which leads us to apprehend that it will be some time before she finds herself at home in a larger house. Here fair coadjutor, Miss Hinton, who took the coquettish role of Helen. seemed quite at home in the character. She rallied Julia with groat spirit, and taught Modus to make love with an archness and grace which elicited loud and eneral applause. Both ladies are pri.posesing in appearance. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD I (Thur,flay) ]DITION of THE SUN of last contained The con,:lu,lon of the day's proceedings before the Railway Committees of the House of Commons. The Betting at Tattersall's up to Six o'Clock. The Latest Sporting Intelligence. The Parliamentary Proceedings of the Evening, being a full Report of the Debates in both Houses of l'arliament up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. TAr, WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JUNE 5 THERMOMETER, Lowest, 50 ; Highest, 63: N 61. BAROMETER, 29.71.—W1ND, S.W. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest. and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. RAILWAY NEWS. Subscribers and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the llAl !WAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY. un-office, 112, Strand. Ni .:W WORK BY J. FENIMORE COOPER, ESQ. On Monday next, the 9th instant; in 3 vole post Svo, s AT A N S T 0 E; Or, the Family of Little Page. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq., -` The Red Rover," " The Deer-slayer," Ste. ntley, New Burlington-street. Author of " The Pit E.-THE QUEEN'S BAL COS r UME THE COURT JOURNAL of TO-MORROW will contain exclusive particulars of her Majesty's Grand Bail, with the detail of the splendid costumes which will be furnished by the Queen's milliners, Waillon and Laure, and, in order to give a copious axonal, a DOUBLE 3IIEET will again be presented GRATIS. All the former Numbers, from the 10th of May, have been reprinted, and can be had at the office. t Orders should be forwarded early to the Booksellers and News men, who will supply it, postage tree, to all parts of the country. W. Thomas, Publisher, 19, Catherine-street, Strand. ns) • • -gut, * ' 5 01.Q J I • {. 0 ' AS _ _ t • 144 14 wirhta..: • 0 51 N HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, LAST APPEARANCE OF THE DANSEUSES VIENNOISES TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed LUCREZIA BORGIA. Lucrezia, Madame Grisi ; Orsini, Mdlle. Brambilla ; Alphonso, Sig. Lablache ; Gubetta, Sig. Paltoni ; Gennare, Sig. 3loriani. Between the Acts the Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame J. Weiss) will appear (for the last time) iu the " Polka," "Pas Oriental," and the New Divertissement, POT PO Willi, com prising a resume of their most admired Dances :—llernpipe, by Muffles. Kock and Weber; Schweitzer Tanz, by alcilles. l'ragher and Henckel ; Tarentelle, by ,Mlles. Rorarius and Sperl ; Tyrelertanz, by Mdlles. Flortanschutz (sisters) ; Cracovienne, by Miles. Mina and Werner ; Mazur, by Sixteen ; Linzertanz, by Addles. Kock and Weber; Polonaise, by :Mlles. Pragher and Henckel ; Polka, by Four ; Hougrolse, by Mdlles. Florianschutz (sisters) ; Toleo de Xerxes, by Mplles. Sperl and Franz Weiss ; Coda, by all tha Danseases Viennoises. To conclude with the three principal Tableaux of the Ballet of LA. ES3IEIt AL DA. La Esmeralda, Madame Carlotta Cris'. Applications tor Boxes. Stalls, .Ind Pit Tickets to be made at the Oyersecffice, ColonnarLe, Haymarket. Doors open at Sevel , to comme.ie.3 at Half-past Seven o,Clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed, that there will be :an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), ON THURSDAY, JUNE 12, When will be performed (for the last time this Season) Mozart's chef d'ouvre, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grist ; Donna Elvira, Madame Rita Borio ; Zerlina. Madame Anaide Castellan ; Don Giovanni, Sig. Forna-sari ; Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario ; I 1 Commandatore, Sig. Radii; Masetto, Sig. F. Lablache ; Leporello, Sig. Lablache. _ After which, by general desire, will be repeated once more, and for the last time, the favourite Divertissement of UN BAL SOUS LOUIS XIV., in which 31dIle. Lucile drahn will appear as a Cavalier of the Court of Louis XIV., and will dance with 3ldlle. Cerito, in Costume of the same Court, the celebrated " Minuet de la Cour" and " Gavotte." In the course of the Evening, Signor Moriani will appear in a Selection from Mereadante's Opera of " Elena di Feltre. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Departtment, including a Selection from the Ballet of EOLINE ; and comprising the cele brated Dryade Scene. Eoiine, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn. . . And al;o a 'election from the Ballet of LA ESMERSLDA• La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi. And a Selection from the New Grand Ballet, entitled ROSID.I; ou, Lee Mines de Syracuse. Rosida, Mdlle. Cer;to. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bes ot/ice, Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, THIS EVENING Will be repeated an entirely new and OriOnal Opera, entitled THE ENCHANTRESS. The Music composed by M. W. Balfe ; the Libretto, by M. de St. Georges and Mr. Bunn. Mr. Balfe will, on this occasion, preside in the Orchestra. Don Sylvio, Mr. W. Harrison ; Ramir, Mr. Berrani ; Duke d' Aquila, Mr. Weiss; Nugnez, Mr. 11. Horaeastle; Stella, Madame .Anna To !conclude with the Second Act of the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. The Duke of Silesia, Monsieur Silvain ; Gisell , Mdlle. Weiss. Dress Circle, is ; Boxes, 5s ; Pit, 3s ; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Pox-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBsTER, THIS EN - ENING s.: repc ,- ,ltcd a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitle.l TIME WORKS WONDER. Goldthemb, Mr. W. Farrell; Felix (21.,•.ries Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss ik , sy M. lame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Tacker, Mrs. 4 llover ; Patty, Mrs. Humby. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE KIN , . AND I. Period, IG9I. Sir William Melrose, Mr. H. Holl ; Eurchell, Mr. James Bland; Perkin ryefinch, Mr. Buckstone ; Jessie Donald, Miss Julia Bennett. o conclude with MY LITTLE ADOPTED. John Dibbs, Mr. Buckstone ; Rose Mayburn, Miss P. Horton. Private 80xe, , , lwo Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets in...ll'ltves to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office. from Tell IM Fivc o'clock. .N DI THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIU TILE. DIRECTION ON MADAME CELESTE THIS EVENING Will be performed POOR JA.C.lii.; or, TILE Win; OF A SAILOR. Jack Soinerton, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Eleanor, Mrs. E. Yarnold. After which, will he produced, a New and Original Farce, entitled THE lI.hII DRAGOON. Mr. Brown Sherry, Mr. Selby ; Paddy Murphy O'BraPaglu;n, Mr. Hud. on. To conclude with PA.I.TL PRY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright; Grasp, Mr; 0. Smith , Subtle, Mrs. Yates ; Pluebe, Miss Woolgar. PR INC EStill. THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LEsSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be perforinzq LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Justice Woodcock, Mr. Granby ; Tothig Meadows, Mr. Allen ; Hawthorn, Mr. Leffler ; Eustace, Mr. C. Hon'; Hodge, Mr. ()sherry - ; Rosetta, Miss Grant ; Lucinda, Miss Runner ; Madge, Miss Emma Stanley. After which, a New Divertissement, entitled LE PIIINTEMPS. Supported by Messrs. Gilbert and Marshall, Miss Bailin and Miss Marshall. To be followed by the favourite Interlude of THE WEDDING DAY. Lady Contest, by a Young Lady, het Fifth appearance on any Stage. 'Co conclude with a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN LIVERY. Lord Sparkle, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Paul Patent, Mr. Compton ; Violet, Miss Emma Stanley. IdEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY THIS EVENING Will be performed an Original Comedy, entitled OUR NEW GOVERNESS. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Wigan, Turner, Stanton, and Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley. Previoas to which a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Clt meters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Dawson. ..... To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled C IND E REL LA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs. Woo'Edge, Miss Grove, Miss llowasd, &c ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.-FRENCII PLAYS, Third Appearance of the Favourite Actor, Monsieur Achard, who is engaged for Ten Representations only. At the conclusion of which, the popular Comic Actor, _Monsieur Arnal, will have the honour of making his First Appearance at this Theatre, with whose Engagement the present Season will terminate. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LE DEPIT AMOUREUX. Eraste, M. Oudinot ; Gros-Rene, M. Cartigny ; Lucile, Mdlle. Valerie. — After which, PETIT 1103131 E GRIS. Guillery, 31. Achard ; Madame Guilery, :Mlle. Eliza Forgeot. To conclude with BRUNO LE FILELR. Bruno, le Fileur, M. Lienard ; Couturier, M. Achard. Boxes, 6s. • Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performances commence at Half-past. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROiItIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING And during the week, the GODOLPHIN AP,ABIAN ; or the Race Horse of the Desert. Scenes iu the Circle by Monsieur Tournaire's French Groupe of Equestrians. • To conclude with a Favourite Frrce. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCES. In compliance with the wish of several influential and fashionable parties. and in order to accommodate those who, residing at a dis tance, are prevented from visiting the nightly representations at the Amphitheatre, as well as with a view to the gratification of the juvenile members of tatniiies, Mr. RATTY has concluded an arrange ment with Mons. Tournaire for THREE DAY PERFORMANCES, Introducing the entire troop of French Equestrians. The next pertbnnanec will take place Thursday - , June 12. - DAVI DOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be produced an entirely New Drama, entitled THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH. With New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, and powerful cast. After which, by particular desire, BLANCHE HERIOT, with all Its extraordinary effects. To conclude with a Romantic Nautical Drama, entitled THE WE [RD WOMAN OF THE WRECK. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office. thim Eleven to tour. A D I ; 7 + uccc The( T SUBJECT iIACH SEASON!—GRAND FETES. 11 former preced , int—The Brilliancy et the Pyre inic Finale exceeds all imagination. Tl:tisresentati,n suggested by 11. R. 11. PRINCE sited by thousands, and hailed with universal ALBERT is d.t approbation. Under the Patronage of her most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER,. H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Proprietor, in redeeming his promise to produce a "Different Subject eac't Season," continues the Series of Remarkable and Beau- Witt Places by presenting A MAGNIFICENT MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Pride of Scotland and of Scotchnien, and the In' mortal Scott's " Ain Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor' Loch. as it formerly existed, the Calton Hill, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Institution, Holyrood Palace, and all the most inter esting features of " Auld Reekie." The drawings were made by Mr. Damson on the spot, aid present a bird's-eye view of the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c. And from the more than usual care taken in the execution, is allowed to be the happiest production of Mr. Dan son's pencil. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly wider at this E.l.ablishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr. GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will be produced in rotation, including some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed to this country. Messrs. Harrisons, the celebrated Performers on the Rock liar nionleon, from Covent-garden Theatre, will perform every Day during the week from three till eight o'clock. And at Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. The entire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices In front of the houses, the fires on the Calton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surreundiug Moun tains, the Illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour trayed. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Royal and Patriotic Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited in the centre of the Lake ! The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in produced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Damson. Mr. Southby has been occupied for months to giving effect to this Matchless and superb design which combined witht x D'Arti rice, the Salute and Discharge of Rockets from the ;we and sur rounding heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrot.... - -splay eY. r witnessed. Feeding of the Carnivora, at half-past Four ; Pelicans, at Five ; Concer' at Six; and Pyrotechnic Display at Nina. Admission, One Shilling, HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THfS DAY. Morning •• 39 minutes after I I Evening .. 511 minutes after 2. Milta Ant LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1845. The House of Lords met at Five o'clock. A short conversation took place on the subject of the new Houses of Parliament, and Lord BROUGHAM and several other Noble Lords complained in strong terms of the inconveniences to which they were übjeetk d in consequence of the delays which had taken place in the completion of the new Houses. In reply to Lord CAMPBELL, the LORD CHANCELLOR stated that he hoped, in the course of next week, to in troduce a measure to remedy the defect occasioned by the taking away the challenge to the array in jury cases in Ireland. Lord COTTENHAM moved the committal of the Eccle siastical Courts Consolidation Bill. The motion was opposed by the Bishop of EXETER, and after a short dis cus,ion, the Bill was ordered to be referred to the Select Committee. The Calico Print Works Bill was read a third time. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH moved the adjournment of the House to Monday, which was opposed by Lord BROUGHAM, on the ground tlyit it was absurd to lase a day on account of a ball to be given elsewhere. Noble Lords might come down to the House in their ball costumes. The House then adjourned until to•morrow (this day.) The SPEAKER of the House of Commons took the Chair at Four o'clock. Several railway and other Bills were forwarded a stage. Mr. LABOUCHERE then brought forward the motion of which he had given notice, pledging the House to adopt some measure to prevent parties promoting Rail way Bills, which might be thrown over to next session, suffering from unnecessary expense and delay ; and ap pointing a Select Committee to inquire in what manner it might be expedient to carry such measures into effect. Sir G. CLERK admitted the importance of the sub ject, but objected to the pledging the House to the adop tion of any particular course, and therefore moved as an amendment, " That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the several Railway Bits, and report what measures:could be adopted to facilitate the pass ing of Railway Bills through Parliament, and what course it might be most judicious to adopt in refer ence to Railway Bills to be brought before the House during the session." After a short discussion, the motion was withdrawn and the amendment was agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, in reply to Mr. LAOOUCHERE, that it was now a settled point of law, that Jersey had no more right to import British spirits into this coulary free of custom's duty, than Ireland or Scotland had. In reply to Lord JOHN MANNERS, it was stated by Sir R. PEEL, that passports had been granted to Don CARLOS to prcceed to the Pyrennees, for the benefit of his health. On the order of the day for the House going into Committee on the Scotch Banking Bill being read, Mr. P. M. STEWART expressed his decided disappro baticn of the measure. Sir R. PEEL hoped the Hon. Gentleman would allow the Biil to go into Committee, where the details could be discussed. The House was subsequently addressed by Mr. llumE, Sir W. CLAY, Mr. HAWES, Mr. BAILLIE, Mr. C. WOOD, the Hon. Mr. BOUVERIE, Mr. MIINTZ, and Mr. BARING, after which the House went into Committee upon the Bill, and Chilies 1 to 7 having been agreed to, the Chair man rep rted progress, and the House adjourned at 00e The tedious debate on the second reading of the Maynooth Bill in the Upper House has at last been brought to a close, and the measure carried by a majo rity even greater than that by which it was affirmed in the House of Commons. The majority on the third reading in that assembly was 133, and on the second reading 147 ;—so that the majority in the Lords ex ceeded that in the Commons by 10. These are large . majorities in favour of a measure that has excited a vast noise and roused strong opposition from a great number of different sections of Protestants, and we, therefore, confidently trust that such a weight of authority will have its due influence, and the country will wait patiently to see the operation of the measure. We rejoice that the question has thus been set at rest, and at the same time entertain the strongest hopes that it will prove one of the greatest acts of jus tice yet rendered to Ireland. Whatever may he said by the people of that country about the hostility dis played out of the two Houses of Parliament, they must all admit that the Legislature has nobly performed its duty, and, making allowances for the mis guided and bigoted language used by certain speakers, that a general wish prevails among all men of talent, experience, and right principles, to place their country on a footing of equality with Eng land and Scotland. Much was expected from the bench of bishops by the opponents of the measure. The Bishop of LONDON was to denounce it in the name of the English clergy, and the Bishop of EXETER, who had postponed his visitations for the pur pose, was absolutely to crush the Bill by a speech such as never had been heard within the walls of Parliament. Miserable failures were they both. In consistency and relentless bigotry eiaracterised the remarks of these PuseyitePrelates, and they met just with that support tvhieh they merited from an assembly of gentlemen, and what is more, good Christians. It is a curious fact that the only English Bishops who spoke against this measure of justice and charity are believed to be much more favourable to Popery than Protes • taatism, and other reasons, therefore, than those of a religious character, probably, influenced their conduct. But whatever might be their motives or feelings, their speeches effected nothing, arid to the honour of the bench, their example was not followed. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY remained silent, and the character of the Church was amply vindicated by three of its most distinguished Prelates—the Archbishop of DUBLIN, the Bishop of Nortwictt, and the Bishop of St. DAVID'S. If we look to the lay speakers, a still stronger force of intellect was ranged on the right side. It is needless to recount their names. The leading statesmen of both political parties vied with each other in claiming justice for Ireland, and were op posed only by such Peers as 110 DEN and NEWCASTLE. But their day, happily for the country, is past—their very children have discarded their politics—the old Tory system is extinct—and no perple will profit so much by the . - thange as the calumniated and oppressed Irish. Of , vhatever party the Ministry of the day may have been, it must be conceded to the successive Governments which have occupied office for the last half century in this country that they have all and each of them been animated by a sincere desire to extend the blessings of education over Ireland. However strongly marked the differences which have characterised the general princi ples It their domestic or their foreign policy, they have concurred in the perception of this great moral necessity affecting the entire population of the sister kingdom, in those classes not enjoying the advantages of competent subsistence. and therefore disabled, whilst unassisted by external aid, from the acquisition of that moral and in telle'tual culture, to the advantages of which no nation is, perhaps, more instinctively alive than Ireland, even in those sections of her community which have been furthest removed from the experience of those advan tages by realising them in their own persons. But cast ing a retrospective glance at the history of the last fifty years, and endeavouring to speak with the dispassionate impartiality of historians, rather than under the excited feelings of contemporari.-s, we feel disposed to acknow ledge that Whigs and Tories have both meant well to this noble cause of Irish education, unfortunate as, in some instances, may have been their notions of the practical means for carrying out their common object. The eleventh report of the Commissioners of National c pro digiousevprogresst s w t h h a i c t h h h a v as e b h e e e l d n emffiaedee s i i n n e e t h i t s o w m a a r t d t e s r t b h y e Education, rece n tly i ssue d , strongly illustrates the the close of the reign of GEORGE the F OURTH down to the present time. The Commissioners in their report, dated the 24th of April, 1845, have framed a document which breathes a spirit of liberality and toleration on the general principle of national education which is alike hon oura bl e to them and auspicious to the Irish people. We would earnestly entreat all those who (conf.cientiously, no doubt) are of opinion that no system of popular education should be sustained by Parliam •nt, of which the teachers of par ticular religious doctrines should not form an essential, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAI MORNING, JUNE 6, 1845. to netase this invaluable document. The Commis sion,-r attribute to the increased grants lately made by the LegiJaturcs their establishment of additional super intaid4-lits and training departments, and the enlarge ment of their schools. Their school districts have been raised from 25 to 32, and in the neighbourhood of the model schools in Dublin have provided accommodation for 100 of the masters they call up for training, instead of 70 only, as heretofore. They have introduced beneficial arrangements into their model agricultural school, with premiums for those who distinguish them selves by proficiency in this department, and it is highly honourable to the practical usefulness of these arrange ments, that they are noticed with high commendation in the Occupation of Lands Commission's (Ireland) Re port. The agricultural farm, if we may so call it, at Larne has already attained celebrity even among the most scientific classes of the Scottish farmers. The Commissioners boast with reasonable pride that at the commencement of last year they had 2,912 schools, at tended by 355,320 children. At the close of last year the schools were 3,153 ; the children in attendance at them. 395,550. They calculate that in the course of the present year between four and five hundred thousand poor children will be receiving the blessings of education. It is not marvellous that with Commissioners whose energy has already accomplished such gratifying results in diffusing a system of education, possessing every pos sible guarantee for inculcating the most strictly moral instruction, together with all branches of useful and general knowledge, there should be bigots among us who will insist upon mixing up exclusive Churchmen to teach nothing hut exclusive doctrine after orthodox authori ties. Let Parliament uphold and extend, say we, a system thus happily begun, and the problem "how to govern Ire land" is solved. Give us half a million of the rising genera tion of a country with eight millions of people, and we shall not be frightened out of our convictions of the imme diate advent of their permanent peace, order, prosperity, and loyal attachment to the institutions of the united empire, by the traditions of past centuries of barbarism and turbulence, superstitious ignorance, and ferocious faction fighting. Elevate the mass of her people by an enlightened scheme of education like this in their own self-respect, and they must and will be elevated in ours. Equality of rights and privileges will be no longer a claim to be vindicated by them, or a boon to be con ferred by you. It will be a natural inevitable conse quence, which you can neither resist nor withhold. The consolatory truth is, that this salutary consequence is now already in motion, and cannot be arrested. In con clusion, we will merely contrast with this encouraging view of the moral progress which the Irish people is now making the dreary scene from which she has emerged. We learn at p. 5 of the report, that the old Incorporated Society for promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland was established by royal charter in 1733. The annual grants formerly made to the schools in connexion with it, known as the " Charter Schools," were, in con s( quence of the report of a Commission in 1824, gra dually reduced and finally withdrawn. In that year the number of these schools was 32, the number of children in them amounted to 2,255 ; and the grant for 1825, (what do our readers imagine it was ?) 21,6151.; that is to say 9L 9s. 10d. per head per annum for the children educated, and an average of 6441. 9s. fid. for each of the 32 schools. They needed no education in jol.bing i❑ those days. Thank GOD we have lived to see Irish edu cation an object of national liberality, and legislative, not party, solicitude. The intelligence from Syria is of a most distressing character. The war between the Druses and the Ma ronites, the Christian party, has broken out again with the greatest fury, and threatens to carry devastation through the country. Villages are burnt, churches and convents levelled with the ground, and every species of cruelty inflicted upon the unhappy population by the party that happens to be victorious—for there seems to he little difference between them. The Turkish autho rities. however, openly side with the Druses, but the foreign Ambassadors have taken the most energetic steps to put an end to a system, which if not checked, must lead to active interference by an armed force of Europeans. The Impartial of Smyrna gives the following particu lars from Beyrout, dated May 13 : " We see from here in every direction columns of smoke; Chris. tians, Druses, and mixed ♦illages are all burned ; our gardens are full of old men, women, and children, who have come to seek a refuge amongst us. The news we have from the theatre of war is very uncertain, but upon the whole it appears that the Christians have had the advantage until now. At Abea, where they were re pulsed, the Convent of the Capuchins (under French protection) was not respected, and the only inmates, Father Carlo de Loretto and his servant, were murdered ; the American missionaries were the only persons unmolested. Wigi Pasha did not move. The popula. Lion of Saida was in a state of revolt, the doors of the town were for an instant closed; fortunately the Governor and Cull succeeded in establishing order, and seized the leaders of the mob. The Cerfe (French), the Snake (English), and a Turkish frigate departed for Saida. Reschid Pasha, Major-Geneeal of the Army of Arabia, embarked with a few troops on board of a steamer, and we hope will prevent any further outrages." The details given in the Malta Times are of the same character : We have seen letters from Beyrout to the 14th of May, which give a horrible account of Syria in general, and Mount Lebanon in particular. For fifteen days previsms wholesale murder, burn ing, and every possible crime was committed, while the Govern ment would put no check to them. The greater part of the vil. lages and towns in the high lands are in ashes ; the Catholic clergy have been murdered. Colonel Rosa, our Consul. General, made a reolar sortie, with a small body of troops formed in haste, and succeeded in saving from destruction about 700 of our fellow. Christians. The mania for blood has spread to Palestine. The districts near Jerusalcm are in arms, and several European travel. lers have been murdered. Heaven only knows how this terrible tragedy will end. In the bitterness of our heart we must now regret the blood and the millions lavished by the Four Great Powers for the re-conquest of this country, for the sanguinary, fanatic, and ignorant Government of the Sultan, in 1840. What a sad return for it, and what a mournful triumph for Mehemet Ali and Ibrahim Pasha—and France We have received Madrid papers of the 28th ult. NARVAEZ was still pursuing the war against the jour nalists. Senor PRATO, editor of the Patriots, was ar rested on the 27th, and sent off, under military escort, to Cadiz. The greatest excitement prevailed at Madrid, in consequence of this arbitrary conduct, and the Govern ment paper, therefore, in order to calm the public mind, had been instructed to state, that those arrests were made in consequence of a conspiracy formed by the ad herents of ESPARTERO• From all accounts this con • spiracy is a pure fabrication, but we give the account of it as stated in the Heraldo : " We have reason to believe that the Government holds i■ its hands proofs of a plot for the overthrow of the existing order of things. These projects have for a long time been ripening by the Ayacucho (Esparterist) emigration, which believed the moment arrived for their execution. The absence of the Court and the paralysation of public affairs afforded thelong desired opportunity of employing the funds derived from a loan, believed to have been contracted with some English houses and notabilities of the Aya. cucho party, whose restoration to power is the ostensible object of the new conspiracy. it is affirmed that there are refugees in corre spondence with the partisans in the capital, and that an English agent has lately arrived, charged with the necessary funds for gaining over the troops. This rumour accords with what the Go. vernment heard lately, of a distribution of arms and munitions among some of the most devoted friends of Espartero, formerly be. longing to the National Guard." NARVAEZ, who travels with the QUEEN, is said to bo urged to these despotic acts by Queen CHRISTINA, and to be acting without the co-operation of MARTINEZ DE LA RosA, who is no favourite with that intriguing and dangerous woman. The following notice appears in the Madrid Gaze* of the 28th : " The direction of the caisse d'amortissentent will pay the inte- rest, dating from the Ist July, of the six: months, due the 30th of June of the receipts, Three per Cents. Interior, existing in Spain and in foreign countries. The holders who, living abroad, wish to receive their interest in Paris, at sf. 40c., may present themselves to the Spanish Commission of Finances in that capital.'' BOURSE.—Three per Cents. for cash, 33 ; for the ac count, 33i. Five per Cents. for cash, 23}; for account, 24 The Paris papers publish extracts from the Oceanic F 7 ancaise of the 12th January, the Government journal of Otaheite, from which it appears that Queen POMARE would hold no communication with the French Admiral lately sent out to that station ; that she had retired to a distant island, and, in consequence, Admiral HAMELIN, with the consent of several chiefs, had appointed one of them, named PARAITA, regent. Various means had been tried to overcome her obstinacy, and, among others, an announcement was made that King Louis PHILIPPE had addressed a letter to her, but all in vain. Governor BRUAT intimated to the chiefs that they should assemble on the Bth, in order to deliberate on the affairs of the country. After this convention, the Protectorate flag was hoisted in front of the Regent's palace, and a salute of twenty-one guns fired. The Oceanic also states that two English vessels of war were in the roads, but they did not salute the flag, though the English officer in command recognised the pro tectorate. We have no doubt Governor BRUAT, Ad miral HA3IELIN, and indeed the entire French colony would be heartily glad to get rid of this foolish business without delay. Dispatches had also been received by the French Government from Marshal BUGEAUD to the 13th of May. A BD. EL-KADER was again in the field, and several rather serious skirmishes had taken place between the Kabyles and the Freneh troops. Two suc cessful razzias had also been made. According to ac counts from Seida, ABD-EL-FADER was marching to wards the east, pursued by General LAMORICIERE. The Jour nal des Debuts contains an article on the new treaty for suppressing the slave-trade, of which it highly ap proves. M. GuizoT, we are glad to learn, has recovered from his late illness, and was expected to announce to the Chamber in person the ratification of the treaty. The following particulars on these subjects appear in the Presse " The journals which have announced that the Minister of Fo reign Afthirs will not resume his portfolio until after the close of the session, are misinformed. The health of M. Guisot is entirely re-established, and we have reason to believe that this day, very probably, the interim confided to the Minister of the Interior will cease. M. Guizot makes a point of affixing his signature to the treaty of the 29th of May. The ratifications are to be exchanged within the ten days, and the delay will therefore expire on Sun day. It is believed that between this time and then the new con vention will be brought before the Chamber of Deputies, by means of a Bill, or a credit of ten millions, which will be presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. This credit is destined to place France in a condition, within the briefest delay, to complete the number of 26 vessels, of which the French cruising force is to be composed," The same journal announces the approaching marriage of the Duke of BORDEAUX with a daughter of the Duke of MODINA. On Tuesday the Three per Cents. closed at 85f. 95c. ; the Five per Cents. at 1221. 55c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares at 1,232 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,106 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 826 f. 25c.; Havre, 8961. 25c. ; Avignon, 1,0501. ; Basle, 2731. 75c. ; Spanish Three per Cents, 42f. ; Spanish Passives, 7 3 %. The following are the quotations for the new lines:— Orleans and Bordeaux, 225 f. premium ; Boulogne, 135 f. ditto ; Troves and Montereau, 60f. ; Paris and Lyons (Lailitte), 21f. 25c.; ditto (Calon), lf. 50c.; ditto (Gan neron), 7f. 50c. ; Northern line (Latlitte), 30f. - ; ditto (Rosamel), 9f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 9f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), par ; ditto (O'Neill), 15f. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 15f. ; ditto (Talabot), 40f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridio nale), 19f. 50e. • Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), If. 50c. ; ditto andeette (Espeleta), 17f. 50c. ; Creil and St. Quen tin, If. 25e. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 12f. 50c. Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junction, 1% 9-16; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 4% ex new; Hud dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 7% 5 ,4; Hud dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 7 4 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 9 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8% ; Leicester and Birmingham, 1 % prem. ; London and Brighton, 70 1 / 2 ; London and South- Western, New Shares, 1514 ; London, Worcester, Oxford, and Rugby, 5% ; London and York, 3% ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 17%; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction, 51 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 61; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 10 ; Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 2 1 ,1 ; Midland Railway Consols, 191 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 27% ; North British, 25 ; Ditto, New Shares, 7 ; North Eastern, 1 1 4 3 % prem. ; North Wales, 3% ; North Western, 4% ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 2% 3% ; Preston and Wyre, Half Shares, 3 % ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2 9-16 %; Sheffield and Lin colnshire Junction, 1 13-16 % ex new ; Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 12s. 6d. prem. ; Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union, 2 9-16 %; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 5 1 4 ; Southport and Euxton, 2 15-16 ; Trent Valley, 191,4 7/ 2 - ; Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 14 1 / 2 ; Welsh Midland, 2% 1% 2 prem. ; West Yorkshire, 2% ; Whitehaven and Fur ness, 3 % ; York and Carlisle, 1% prem. ; Paris and Lyons ' (Ganneron's), 2 13-16. We are advised respecting the Liverpool timber market, that the arrivals this month consist of three vessels, 3,177 tons, from St. John's, of which one cargo was yarded by the importer, one of 22 inches average was sold at 211 d., and one of 20 inches at 20id. per foot. A cargo in the yard, of large average, of last year's import, was sold at nearly 21k1., buyer paying all expenses from time of landing. The demand for all kinds continues good, and the stocks are reducing rapidly. This is favourable news for the British colonies, as the above information refers entirely to American pine timber. Our Australian possessions will receive equally satisfactory information of the result of the wool sales here, and for New Zealand, Cape, and East Indian pro ducts there is generally a good demand. As to sugar, the demand has steadily increased since the late reduction of duty, and there is a gratifying augmentation in the con sumption. The Funds are rather heavier to-day, but there is very little doing. Consols realise par for special transfer, and 99 to % for Account. Exchequer-bills realise 61s. to 635. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 102 1 4 to %. There is more doing in Mexican Bonds, and the quotations are advancing, especially as regards the Deferred Stock, which is up to 21 3 / 4 to 22 1 %, as these securities are likely now to be placed on a better footing. The Old Bonds have been 38 to 3816. Columbian are 15% 3 A. Spanish have been ne glected at 41% 3 / 4 for the Three per Cents. Portuguese Converted are 674 to %. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 63% %. There is still a large business doing in Railway Shares, but many of them have receded a little upon the late ad vance. Great Western are higher, because of the decision in favour of its Worcester line ; and Birmingham, from the same cause, are lower. South-Eastern are less buoyant. The foreign lines are dull. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES 3J per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 31/ per Cents 10 2 14%1 102 1 A Long Annuities to,exnireJan.lB6o 11% 11 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 l l l /4 5-16 11 5-16 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account... ....... 99% 99 99 Exchequer Bills, 1,0004, 1 1 ,4 d.... 61 63 pm. 63 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small ... 64 pm. 64 Ditto Advertised 5B pm. 58 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Austrian, 5 per Cent ........116 116 Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 — 87 1 /.2 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 15 % 34 • , 15 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — 38% Ditto, Account 3B l / 2 % 14 38% Ditto Deferred 9 0 22 21% 22 1 4 21% 21 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted 6 7 1 /4 674 Ditto. Account Portuguese 4 per Cents. — Ditto, Account — • 67 3 % Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. .. . — 41% Ditto, Account 41%% 413 / 4 Belgian 4 1 / 2 per Cent. 9 91 99 1 / 2 Belgian Scrip, 2 1 / 2 per Cent Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific...• 98 VI% 98 , 2 Ditto, Account PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES, lIIILWAY SIIARES Aberdeen .... . . - Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 2M 2 2 Birming. and Gloucesterloo Ditto 1 / 2 Shares Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1% ...... 8 1 / 2 734 8 7% Chester and Holyhead... 15 Churnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton Cornwall Direct Northern Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2 1 / 2 ll 10% Dublin and Galway 4% Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 A — ... SM Eastern Counties 14/. 165.... 20% 21 . Ditto New 4/ _ l6s. . _ Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. —5l. 13s. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2. 135. 4d... 0 1 / 2 ... 0 1,6 Eastern Union l5 .. . —29 Ditto Extension ... ... 1 1 ,4 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, New Quarters.. 2% 6% Ely and Bedford Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Northof England..loo 247% 245 245 Ditto New Ditto New Great Western BO 212 215 209 ... 206 Ditto % Shares 5O 117 Ditto, Fifths Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2% ... .. 5, 7 f 3 % 6% ... Hull and Selby 5O . 107 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... Do. Half Shares L mcaster and Carlis1e... 20 London and Birminghm (Stock) 235 240 235 235 Do. New Thirds Do. IA Shares London and Blackwall. 161. 13s. 4d — London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d 19% 1 9 1% Do. New l3s 4d l% 1 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lond. & S.Westem 411 63 10d...... 84 ....... Do. New Do. New London and York . 2% 3 14%1 3% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonder ',& Coleraine 2 LA. 5% 51% Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 'Manchester and L Ids. 73 .165 164- 165 51anchester anu .eeas Do. 1 / 2 Shares Do. Quarters Manchester and Birmm. 40 6l Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 225....... Midland 100 Do. New Newcastle and Darling ton Junction ... 25 ...... 54 53 Do. New Brandling... 10 New estle and Berwick 1 1 Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 A Newark and SLeffield .. 1 1 % 4 1A..... -......... 4I A North British Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 ,4 l B l% l B l /1 North Kent N h Wales 11, Nort.. Nrorwich and Brandon... 10 A 2 - 11 A 2 1 1,4 Oxford and Worcester... 2 1 / 2 Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland 3% Shrews., Wolverhamp , Dudley, and Birm 21,4.....5t/ 5 5 Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union South Devon... l5 ... .. 27 South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 46 1 4 45 3 / 4 D0., No. 2. D0., No. 3 South Wales 2% 5 ll 5 V - • Trent Valley 2 — 1 9 1 2 34 l 9 l /4 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny 1 Welch Midland Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and Carlisle 2 3 /4 ...... ........ 4 York and North Midland 50 108 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Extension 20 3 4 1 4 3 /4 FOREIGN RAILWAY:. Boulogne and A miens... 4 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Great North. of France (Laffitte's): _ 4 5% 5% Jamaica Juncti0n......... 1% 4% 4 14 4% Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . ••• ........ ••• Namur and Liege , Orleans and Bord eaux... 2 ..•••• 111 /••• 11 .4 Over Yssel 41 35 4d 1 % 34% l% Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, ... .. ............ 2 Paris and Rouen Paris and St. Q uent i n ••• 2 -••. ........ ••• II Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and M euse . Verona and Ancona l UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—The annual festival of the foundation of this hospital was celebrated on Tuesday in the great room of the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. Lord Morpeth took the chair shortly after six o'clock, and grace having been said by the Rev. Dr. Stebbing, the company commenced operations on the good things placed on the tables by Messrs. Bathe and Breach. The Noble Chairman was supported on the right and left hands by Lord Robert Grosvenor and Dr. Lushington. In addition to the tables occupied by the Christian visitors there was a table exclusively for gentlemen of the Hebrew nation, at which were Sir Moses Montefiore, Sir Isaac •oldsmid, and about forty more of the same belief. The dinner at this table was furnished by Mr. Liefman, the celebrated Hebrew cook of Goodman's- fields. Upon the removal of the cloth the " Non nobis" was sung by Messrs. T. Cook, Chapman, Hobbs, and Hawkins, after which the usual loyal and appropriate toasts, the health of the chairman, &c., were drunk with the accustomed honours. The subscriptions an nounced by the treasurer were unusually liberal, amodating in the aggregate to nearly 7001. It appears that the number of recipientlr of the benefits of the charity is every year between 15,000 and 16,000, of whom 1,400 are in-patients and 350 women in child. birth, who are attended at their own habitations. The funds of the hoslital are in a wholesome state; but, as they depend on the active benevolence of the public. and, as the public are generally benefited by the hospital, it is both charitable and politic for the public to be liberal in their contributions to the funds. L'iNDON & CROYDON RAILWAY. In compliance with the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, a special general meeting date proprietors of this railway took place to-day at the London Terminus, for the purpose of considering and determining upon the proposed Bills for making the Wandsworth, Dorking, and Horsham branches. The meeting was also made special, for the purpose of considering and authorising the issue of shares by the Company to the holders of loan notes who did not, previous to the 15th February last, give notice of their intention to convert them into shares. Mr. RQWLAND Hsu. took the chair, and upon doing so he stated that the business of the meeting was to consider the whole of the Bills before them. It was no part of their duty to consider what might be the expenses on the subject, as those matters had been previously considered, which would appear from the report. The traffic had been carefully considered, and upon each point he believed that the subject had been carefully and fully borne out.—( Hear, hear. ) The Solicitor of the Company then read the different Bills to which the Company had given their assent. The Brighton and Horsham Branch was acceedel to, and, upen the Wands worth Branch being pressed, Mr. FLOOD thought that the subject of making a West-end branch ought to be postponed. He admitted that the West end branch at Wandsworth would give great advantage to pas sengers, but he thought it must be apparent that other lines would be adopted more convenient, and they ought to protect themselves against it. The Secretary then read the following report " The present meeting had been convened in conformity with the standing orders of the House of Lords, for the per pose of obtaining the formal assent of the London and Brighton Railway Company to the Bills before Parliament, application for which was sanctioned by this Company on the 9th of January last. Of these Bills, the Wandsworth Branch and Horsham Branch had passed the standing orders. The Directors regret to report that the Bill for a branch from Reigate to Dorking cannot be proceeded with this session, in consequence of the standing orders not having been complied with. It is, however, the intention of the Board to submit it as a competing project. This meeting has also been made special in conformity with a requisition, duly signed, for the purpose of authorising the issue of shares, in this Company, to such holders of loan notes of the said Company as did not, previously to the 15th of February last, give notice of their intention to convert the same into shares, and for the purpose of coming to such reso lutions in regard thereto as may be deemed advisable.' The following are the material facts bearing on this question:— A general meeting of this Company, on the 20th of January, 1842, empowered the direction to issue loan notes to the extent of 300,0001., payable at the end of five years, bearing interest in the meantime at 5 per cent. per annum, with an option to the holders of such notes to convert them, at the expiration of not more than three years, into quarter-shares of this Company, at 101. per quarter share, under the powers of an Act to be obtained for that purpose.' Thereupon advertisements were issued for this loan ; and the whole amount being subscribed for on the above terms, loan notes were issued, payable on the 15th of February, 1847 ; and on each note was endorsed the following notice :—' In pursuance of a resolution of the general meeting, held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate• street, London, on the 20th day of January, 1842, application is intended to be made to Par liament for an Act, under the terms of which the bearer will be entitled, on the 15th day of February, 1845, providing pre vious notice be given, to convert this loan note into quarter shares of this Company, at 10/. each.' On the 31st of May, 1843, the royal assent was given to the Act which enabled this Company to raise the aforesaid sum of 300,0001. by the issue of shares amounting to 225,000/., and by mortgage of the undertaking to the amount of 75,0001. A special meeting of this Company, on the 9th January last, ordered that the shares authorised by the above Act should be allotted to theholders of loan notes, in the manner, and upon the terms, directed by such Act.' Previously to the 15th February last, due notice had been giveu by the holders to con vert 266,29,1. of loan notes into shares, in conformity with the resolution of the 20th January, 1842, the advertisement for such loan, the tender, and the endorsement on the notes. But with respect to the remainder of these notes, amounting to 33,710/., no such notice was given. Certain parties having subsequently applied to the Board to convert their loan notes, notwithstanding they had omitted to give the required notice, the Directors, considering that they had no power to interfere in the matter, declined so doing. They have, however, deemed it right, in compliance with the above requisition, to call a meeting of the Proprietors, and to submit to them the pre ceding statement of the facts of the case ; and, as the subject is of very considerable importance, they urgently request a full attendance of the Shareholders." Mr. FLoon then moved that the further consideration of the question should be adjourned for six months. Mr. BENNETT, of Brighton, seconded the motion. He thought the Directors aught to confine themselves to the inte rest of their own Company, and leave off jobbing in the dif ferent branches of the line of railway. The motion was then agreed to. The meeting then proceeded to consider the question of loan notes, upon which Mr. FLOOD moved the adjournment of the meeting. Mr JOHNSON moved, as an amendment, " That in the opinion of the meeting, all the holders of loan notes were equally entitled, under the resolution of the Proprietors of the 9th of January last to receive shares in lieu thereof, upon the footing of the resolution of 20th January, 1842, whether they had given notice or not. No such notice being required either by the Act of the 6th and 7th of Victoria, chap. 27, or by the resolution of the 9th of January last, and this meeting recom mend to the Directors to issue such shares accordingly, to those holders of loan notes to whom they had not already been allotted." Mr. CA PEL seconded the motion. He thought that the holders of loan notes had a case of equity and justice, which ought to be considered. Mr. SALE said that he believed the Directors had no power to do what they were called upon to do. Mr. BENNETT, of Brighton, thought that, with the chance of a heavy Chancery suit, they ought well to consider the sub ject before they determined upon it. After some further discussion, the notice of adjournment was agreed to by a large majority. The meeting then separated. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday, at Marl borough House. Their Royal Highnesses also paid visits to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Clarence House, St. James's, to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester at Gloucester House, and to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. His Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambas sador, paid his respects to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, at Buckingham Palace on Wed nesday afternoon, soon after their arrival from the continent. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing yesterday, in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, yesterday, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, his Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lady Anna Alaria Dawson, Lord George Lennox, La Baronne M. de Finguerlin, and M. Morel de Bretizal. The band of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance during dinner. . . ---- • Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took a drive yesterday in the Parks, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Clarence House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Lock Hospital yesterday. Her Roy al Highness the Duchess of Cambridge took an airing to Kew yesterday, returning to Cambridge House in the afternoon. _ _ _ A deputation of Liverpool merchants, including Messrs. Thomas Bold, James Ingram, and Ralph Dawson, had an in terview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office, on the subject of the remission of the tax on guano. Yesterday was the birthday of his Majesty the King of Hanover. His Excellency Count Kielmannsegge, his Majesty's representative at the British Court, gave a grand dinner in celebration of the auspicious event to a large party, at his Ex cellency's residence in Grosvenor-place. His Excellency the Spanish Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England held a meet ing yesterday afternoon, at their office in Whitehall-place. There were present the bishops of Bangor, Ely, Lichfield, and Salisbury ; the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Besborough, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, the Right Hon. Jahn Nicholl, and the Dean of Westminster. The Chairman of the Excise had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir Henry Halford had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. The Dowager Duchess of Cleveland had a dinner party on Wednesday at her residence in Seamore-place. The company included Viscount Templetown, Hon. Captain and Mrs. Rous, Mr. and Lady Mary Phipps, Mr. and Lady Farquhar, Colonel and Mrs. Alaberley, Mr. and Mrs. Ellice, Mr. and Mrs. Buckley, Mrs. Lane Fox, and Mrs. Cotterell. POST-OFFICE ESPIONAGE. PROTESTS. The following protests have been entered on the journals of the House of Lords by Lords Clanricarde and Radnor, after the vote of Friday night on the Post-office Amend ment Bill : "I. Because we think that the law, which in a matter directly affecting the rights, interests, and comfort of every class of the community, ought to be perfectly clear and distinct, is in the matter to which this Bill applies obscure and doubtful, affording neither a guarantee to the subject against inquisitorial tyranny and the arbitrary caprice of a Minister, or certain protection to a ser. vant of the Crown who may be led by unsound precedents to ex ceed his lawful authority. "2. Because it does not appear from either of the reports of the Secret Committees of this and the other House of Parliament, or from any other authentic source of information, neither has it been alleged in debate, that any danger to the State from foreign foes or from domestic treason has ever been averted or discovered by the stoppage or opening of letters in the Post-office ; and we therefore gather from the experience of nearly two centuries, that no benefit arises from a practice which is so unconstitutional, odious, and de moralising, that nothing but the highest interests of the State, in. volving the peace of the country or the security of the Sovereign, could justify or palliate its continuance without some such limit and restraint as this Bill is calculated to impose. " 3. Because even if we could believe that the opening of letters in thePost.office may have been at any past time useful to the Government and beneficial to the community at large, we should nevertheless be convinced that it cannot in future be attended by advantages at all eommensurate with the evil of maintaining a sys tem disgraceful to our Government, repugnant to the feelings of the British people, and contrary to every principle of popular or individual liberty, 'SOMERHILL." Protest against the negativing the second reading of the Post-office Bill on Friday last : " 1. Because it is doubtful whether by law any power exists of detaining and opening letters passing through the Post-office. " 2. Because this power, as now exercised by the Secretary of State in Euglind, and in Ireland by the Lord-Lieutenant, is ab • horrent from the feelings of the people, and is immoral in itself, being in violation of confidence, and requiring for its useful exercise secresy, which in practice has been obtained by the forging of seals and the falsification of stamps. " 3. Because being exercised secretly, it cannot be questioned, and the person wbo exercises it, not being known, cannot be pro. ceeded against or made responsible. " 4. Because, if necessary, as is alleged, for the safety of the realm, or for the purposes of police, it ought to be clearly re. cognised by law, regulated, and well-defined ; and the provisions of this Bill were intended for that purpose. "5. Because the clauses and provisions against which in the debate strong objections were urged, might have been altered in the Committee if the Bill had been allowed to proceed, and were not legitimate grounds for objecting to the principle or refusing the second reading. " RADNOR. " DENMAN." The following protest bas also been made against the negativing the second reading of the Post-office Amendment Act on Friday last ; " 1. Because I think the law with respect to the detaining and opening letters at the Post-office extremely doubtful ; and that in a matter of so much delicacy and importance, it ought to be pecu. liarly clear and well-defined ; and because if the law really is what it was contended in the debate to be, I think it ought to undergo immediate amendment. "2. Because, despairing at present of the entire abolition of the practice, I highly approve of the principle of the Bill which was meant to restrain it to cases in which it might possibly do some good, and to limit its operation within reasonable bounds. objec. " 3. Because, if the clauses of the Bill were liable to the Lions urged in the debate, these clauses might have been cor rec "' — ' and the objections obviated in the Committee. " 4. Because two most desirable objects would have been obtained by this Bill— " Ist—The suppression of the immoral and fraudulent practices naturally arising out of the power itself; and " 2dly—The limiting the exercise of the power claimed to mat. tern of internal government, and the preventing of that inter ference with the concerns of foreigners, relying on English hospi. tality, which I deem derogatory to the character of the country, and which, as late events have p roved, is lik e l y to be prompted by false information, and may, I apprehend, endanger the general " DENMAN. peace. " RADNOR. "CAMPBELL " KINNAIRD and ROSSIE." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market yesterday were 5,000 bales, all to the trade. There was more steadi ness in prices. 800 bales Pernambuco went at 41d. ; 200 Egyptian at sid. to Bd. ; and 4,000 bales American at 3id. to 6d. In Shares less business was done, and prices were lower. Armagh and Portrush, 2 1 / 2 ; Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction, 10 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 7 1 /. ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5 1 / t ; Belfast and County Down, 1 3 / 4 5 / 8 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool , 14 ; Cale donian, 12 11% ; Ditto Extension, 3 1 / 2 3 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 8 3 / 4 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 55% 55 ; Ditto, New Shares, 494 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 27% ; Churnet ; Clitheroe Junction, 2% ; Clydesdale Junction, 94 %; Cork and Killarney, 2 1 /s ; Coventry and Nuneaton, 41/. ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 11 10% ; Dundee and Perth, 3% ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, ; Eastern Coun ties, 2034 % ; Ditto, New Shares, 11 10y 8 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 184 ; Edinburgh, London, and Granton, 16 % ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 14 ; Grand Junction, New Quarter Shares, 50 1 / 2 3 / 4 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 21 3 / 4 22 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, ; Great Western, 204 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 45% 46; Goole and Doncaster, 1 3 / 4 345. Ed. ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 7% %; Lancaster and Carlisle, 45% 46 ; Leicester and Bir mingham, 1 ; Limerick and Waterford, 91,4 I A, ; Liver pool and Manchester, 215 214 ; Ditto. New Shares, 404 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% ; London and Bir mingham, 321. Shares, 47 3 / 4 ; London and Brighton, 70; Londonderry and Coleraine, 54 5; Londonderry and Ennis killen, 4% ; London and South-Western, 84 ; London and York, 3 3 / 4 12; Direct Northern, 3% Bs. 6d. ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7 1 4 11 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8 3 / 4 ; Man chester and Birmingham, 61 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 10% ; Ditto, New Quarters, 8 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Mid land, 7 1 /. ; Manchester and Leeds, 164 165 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 74 1 / 2 ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 8 3 / 4 ; Matlock and Midland, 5 3 / 4 ; Midland Railway, 40/. Shares, 28 27% ; Newark and Sheffield, 4%; Newcastle and Berwick, 18 17% ; North British, 25 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 6% 3 / 4 ; North Union (A), 152 153; North Wales Mineral, 16 ; North- Western, 4% ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction , 3 % ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares , 16 % 16 ; Shrews buryanl anHderhefiorrndlisnhgirhea,ml2, 5 1 4 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, s. 14s. ; Shrewsbury, Wolver hampton,and Cheshire, 5 4 3 / 4 ; Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 14 A ' • South-Eastern and Dover, 46 45% ; Ditto, New Sh ares, No. 1, 19 16% ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 2, 1714 15% Ditto, New Shares. No. 3, 84 % ; Scottish Central, 7 1 A ; Trent Valley, 19 3 / 4 20 ; Ulster, 48%; Welsh Midland, 24 ; West Yorkshire, 2 1 / e ; Worcester and Tring, 5 1 4 ; Y or k ; Great Paris and Lyo n s , 2 ; Jamaica and and Carlisle, 1 3 i South Midland, /; Northern of France, English (Laffitte's), 5%; Ditto (Rosamel's), English, 2 %; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's), 3/. 61s. 6d. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2%. n MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 4.—The sales are —Barnsley Junction, 6% ; Blackburn, Burnley, an d A c . c rui Junction, , 8%2 1 9-161; Blackburn, ; B I C a l c i k th b e u r r o n e , , D an ar d w N en o:t h and Westernßolt jßolton, 51% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14 1 / 8 1 / 4 ; Caledonian, ' 12 ; Ditto, Extension, 3 % ; Cambridge and Lincoln ' 8% 1 / • Churnet Valley, 5% 1 / 2 ; Clitheroe Junction, 3% 3 ;Ea - -te 2 rn Counties, New, 11 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 2 1 4 1/ s ; Goole , THE NEW ASYLUM FOR INFANT ORPHANS AT STAMFORD-HILL. The first Anniversary Festival of this Institution was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. At, the principal table we observed J. Tritton, Esq., the hanker, the Treasurer of the Institution ; D. W. Wire, Esq. ; George Thompson, Esq. ; Mohun Lal (who was attired in a magnificent Indian costume), the interpreter, companion, and Friend of the late Sir Alexander Burnes; the Rev. Dr. Mor timer : the Rev. Dr. Reed ; the Rev. James Sherman ; Mr. Sheriff Hunter; Rev. .T. Martin ; R. T. Kemp, Esq., and se veral other influential gentlemen and noblemen. About a hundred sat down, at six o'clock, to an excellent dinner, which was put on the table in that very superior style for which Messrs. Bathe and Brache are proverbial. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. G. F. Taylor, assisted by Messrs. Rennie, Genge, Lee, H. Smith, and Giffin.—Mr. Toole, jun., officiated as toast-master. The toasts of " The Queen," and of " Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family," having been drunk, the children of the Institution were introduced. They looked remarkably clean and healthy, and presented altogether a very interesting appearance. The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the toast of the even ing, " Success to the New Asylum for Orphan Children."— (Cheers.) That Institution had many claims upon them, and he hoped that the result of the festival would be to increase their funds to a large amount.—( Loud cheers.) There was another Institution for infant orphan., to which Dr. Reed had belonged for some years. The directors of the Institution, however, had resolved that a certain catechism should be forced upon the children. Dr. Reed, in consequence, left it, for he could no longer conscientiously act with them, and he founded this Institution on the principles of religious liberty.— ( Cheers.) The children were instructed in the principles of religion, but no particular catechism was forced upon them.— ( Cheers. ) They were not, however, enemies to the other restitution.—(Cheers.) They wished to see it flourishing, for, unfortunately, there was plenty of room for both.— ( Hear, hear.) He regretted that there were no ladies present. On a future occasion he hoped to see the ladies present—not in the gallery, as mere spectators, but sitting at the table with them, and joining in the festival.—( Cheers.) He concluded by proposing the toast, which was drunk with all the honours. The next toast was " Mr. Sheriff Moon and the Corporation of the City of London." Mr. Sheriff HUNTER returned thanks. Mr. G. THOMPSON then rose to propose the health of " Mohun Lal, the distinguished Indian visitor."—( Loud cheers.) He was their fellow subject, and had rendered great and important services to our countrymen in the East.—(Loud cheers.) He accompanied Sir Alexander Burnes on his first mission to Runjeet Singh. He had also rendered essential ser vice to Sir William 51' Naghten, and when those two distin guished men were killed at Caubul, and our army was com pelled to retreat, he had rendered essential services to the British prisoners in Affghanistan, and it was owing principally to his exertions that the prisoners had been released.—( Loud cheers.) Having succeeded in his negotiations, he had visited England, and the East India Company had, much to their honour, settled on him a pension of 1,0001. a-year.—( Loud cheers.) He rejoiced to see him amongst them, and he trusted that more of their Indian fellow-subjects would visit this country, so that they might love and respect, and that the British empire in India might be founded on alection rather than on fear.--( Loud cheers.) The toast having been drunk with the greatest enthusiasm; Mon uN LA L returned thanks in English, which language he speaks with great fluency and correctness. In reply to the allusions which had been made to his services at Caubul, he had always endeavoured to do his duty to the British Govern ment, regardless of any personal risks that he might run, and that it had always been the :object of his exertions, as it had been his greatest wish, to promote British interests in India. Several other toasts were drunk during the evening, and towards the conclusion of the proceedings Dr. Reed reported that the subscriptions amounted to nearly 700/. RAILWAY IN CANADA.—It affords us much gratifi• cation to find that the attention of English capitalists has at length been directed to the developing some of the numerous resources of our widely extending Canadian colonies, and that a Company of influential individuals is now forming for the purpose of joining lakes Huron and Ontario, by means of a railway, which will traverse some of the most fertile portions of our western Canadian pos sessions. One of the most novel, and at the same time important features of this national undertaking appears to be the constructing this railroad solely of wood, pre pared by a process rendering it almost as durable as iron, so that the very arboreous obstacles which at present exist in these provinces, to so great an extent as to render the intercourse between man and man most difficult, are made subservient to the means of an easy and rapid intercommunication. Speculation in vain attempts to define a limit as to the extent this unbounded material (in Canada) may be applied for similar purposes, aed that some of our Canadian possessions, existing at the present moment only in the shape of one vast forest, may, at no distant period, be as completely intersected with railroads as the mother country. We have only to add that the undertaking has our best wishes for its success. On Tuesday a deputation of the Directors of the Asturian Mining Company, consisting of the Chairman, Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., Sir William Young, Bart., Deputy Chairman, Colonel Stopford, Colonel Fitch, and the Secretary, waited upon his Excellency the Spanish Ambassador, to convey through him to the Spanish Government the thanks of the Company for remitting the entire heavy import duties upon the machinery re quired: for the Company's iron works in the Asturias ; and also for the other facilities which the Government had offered to the Company in carrying on its opera tions. His Excellency received the deputation with the utmost courtesy, and promised to make known without delay the statements of the Company, which he had no doubt would be highly satisfactory to the Spanish Go vernment. SERIOUS ACCIDENT BY TREADING UPON ORANGE pEEL._\Vednesday afternoon, Mr. Leigh, of Princes -place, Lam beth, accidentally trod upon a piece of orange peel in Oxford street, and fell upon the pavement with considerable violence. He was picked up instantly and carried into a neighbouring surgery, when it was ascertained that his leg was broken in two plams by the fall. - - e--- „ A MEMORY OF THOMAS HOOP, BY MRS. S. C. HALL. (From the Art- Union.) The past winter has been one of dismal heaviness to us, fa, r , it has been so to many dear friends ; a cold bleak "sea;; l ts —each month surpassing its predecessor in the number l e i _ bereavements, until we have asked each other, " Is the _ng of sorrow yet unfilled?" All through February and 3-far_ . the dull boom of the death-bell mingled with the snow . , wreath and rose above the storm, while the frost-bound earl echoed the clank of the mattock and the spade- W e l o ad speak of the simple hearts, near and dear, whom death . e _ as fittest for immortality—ripest for the sickle —but of ot o b _m en known to the world about us, who have been taken "h t ' , in the flower of their days; and more especially of one gone, whose gentle spirit past away while natur e a' "_v_. cruiting,—resuming her leaves and flowers, and wearingen'w again a happy look of plenteousness and peace. of on e First, from over the sea, came news of t he death a ,21 . 5 : who, if longer spared, would have achieved a much,,l n ja reputation than she had yet won—for her mind was evil , _ ; 7 . i gaining strength, and her views of life and knowlege,a, literature were expanding. One of our Contemporaries u 1: said, that Mary Anne Browne was " spoiled at first by et t Jn"' praise ;" over-praised the girl-poet might have been, "" a none who have read what she has written as Mrs. , ~ Gray could have deemed her " spoiled"—for all herreig; ment ; and her last small volume of works evince care and thought, and much genehes from h o lier the Antique"—supply evidence of Metier hopes and o „ he aspirations than belong to the " spoiled" children e t L__ A Muses. Her short life, though uneventful, was cheeEeeig,': and of uneven course—as literary lives always esteemed'll by land—but she was a loving and a beloved wife, , 00 those who knew her as a kind and amiable woman, an had of rare industry. I found it hard to believe that death i_ et taken her from the new-born infant that nestled, i ir a l / poems —e sketc bosom ; that the grave had closed over the taus hinp_ ter i n g had seen but as yesterday—ber rich brown curls etas round her throat, and her eyes luminous with mir:h. ~ But heavier sorrows followed. There are few, indeedo.".,r are acquainted with the light and graceful literature Lii°ll, country—who cull the simple and natural flowers Sfil'alnee fully scattered in their paths—to whom the name tl' Blanchard is unknown : his ready and eloquent Pen d °could i°- Blanchard dite a sonnet, point an epigram, tell a story, or len _ ender , to an essay, while slower spirits were wondering and Y ing what they had to write about. His name was a pleasant watchword , something was to follow—racy and fanciful. His ,w_ll„btened genial than caustic, and so abounding that it nr s l ls itiee everything it played about, was checked only by a i _ o uie 1 desire to avoid giving pain ; even where to censure ",.`, 5 oit dt, this tenderness in his nature was apparent in ,'_'.. o igtil ings: he frequently stopped short of his object lest n; in p r inflict a wound. Of late, few articles bore hi s , n rarith tb, e ; riodical works; and those who are u nacqua'rk e i j o ,"0 0 " mighty mechanism that scatters " leaders," crit e ._ di d " reviews"—" opinions" of all kinds on all subjects oled the multitude—little imagine what volumes h‘a,s,rebc-this down the stream of time—written for a the day'' _ i n t tba a guasran.te,erarert man of many labours, but upon which the power "" t throbbing . brain bad been lavishly expended- , Nola!, Sixteen years ago we knew him ; even as a P. ° _ e g n eeden‘, with youth and hope—his purpose fixed, his in _r en t of , unflinching—with the dreamy. ardent temp dir est aria genuine " child of song," yet tiring himself to the,7didn' t hardest duty work, and labouring at everything r e , in life,' compromise the principles with which b e set on; _ wir e fighting his way with a brave heart and a b r i P g irri T. ! s od only to be loved, and imparting as muc h Pb, e e aaegiala received from, literary society. Many are ''. read/ 'i ! profitable hours we have passed together ' ins ed . A a il % pathy attracting confidence that was never betr e g y; and, b , his wife became the victim of a distressing In c i a „i' g 'ht ire' c i e ti sensitive nerves were ill able to endure long 011 .„'" w ith ri d io genius purchases bread. She died some ings, relieved only by midnight labour—the ig' e go, ' ln ver all but him her death seemed a mercy. I nontb ro s t hat 0 0 , 0 Fro clad, a , it ~e however, his light of life either blazed or flie ke ro l" ;e, wb ee r ; excited. He rose up, and went about, an d Laid 0 1- 4 could, but fancied, and perhaps truly, that be could r e t es n is as he hail done. The fact was, his mind NV' but " re s 1 t ? total absence from labour—it craved r eS i t o ; find „ - Vet: work yourself." the producer of periodical literature :; // ot L . ; ,:esta People tell you "not to be excited," ..„,, una e- aaef Ah I they cannot _line PI tool the gay draperies that society folds are,nalleP took the cannot see the chains that bind us to t u P,taldrel re " gb ',,,e -that he should be unable to provide for l'''' a - r sia wib il ey "',, of our poor friend—seized him by the ne " e ranc e t. e ad e ° ,,i "‘ tinned to suffer intensely ; his ima heart ; his eyes became affected—to all graaligt to te t Th il as bright as ever, but he could not endure ear ed Was I its power after his reason had given lica r Yi, s l Tb e v e e t dill fountain of life exhausted at one-and'i er c'f f iead s ' a ied ° r at and tender poet—the man with many ree; il abito",„ oer'a, in harness which, if one ready ban d ham -t, is pvr; 00 0 le time, might have been worn, after a brief re f s a tiageld as al l right-thinkingoa,e any debt save me n to m h u i s s t own te___ exertions;of the i o, e gination Pr od t auS loge eet many years ! Not but he was difficult re a d Pr ee ti - at b .- a n en oan a a won the respect and friendship of the ill,:i g ht foe tithe true: and it was hard, when you saw hi s "a - ;002 - Ah - his pleasant words, to think of him ar'' ..e/ gl-hr suggestion was, that he would be better bl „ e d oe; was a mournful termination to such a life. _ bo n g to" noe fea And, after he was laid in his grave , tb' b i g all A blighlf; another and another passed away—na rn , c ,„ s a tle er n a bee in in Art—Calcott, Smirke, Phillips, the 5 ,, - bas.' ° ;ltedLf gifted Duncan ; and now one whose na.."'„"„ aria- both boa,, - , household word, but whose death has beet, straatrr;lll,l, months, nay, for years—the noble poet--Ya. d! 1 _OP' known as the annual " jester"—ThomasP-oot led (o.o_oo man who, year after year, furnished abundall, he Mitl?_ t w st icb, and yet could imagine " The Plea 4,, the deCidge° Fairies," " The Dream of Eugene Ara ma, . irbe l, 1 " I fi l b realities as " The Song of the Shirt" aa" ' mow' Sighs," must have been formed in no coning' o f tbs . , too, is gone " home I" 0 one, te e I remember the first time I met hire was „ o at ' lO O . f:io iletir.. pleasant soirees of the painter Martin ; for a o .ll' r tae,c a i r tb away—as many have done—disappointed, for of ; Is per nance, in repose, was of melancholy rathet,r; is the_ 0; there was something calm, even to soleninitlogo relievear the observant eye ; and it was a portion of the face, which, in public, wa!„„ se a sional s t ,A. 4 the eloquent play of the mouth, or the n'T r oar. 4 ofc ' „ sari for 0 the., b o his acquaintances, that he was too (I°., fer n a - ja soei 8 "00, 0 " There are many wit-watchers to be we i - . 0 lik e ton ew think there is nothing in a man, un' e " - ' arab ieoP e° ing-board, he make a great noise at an a e atK a fa r who consider themselves aggrieved, u nless an , his vina:aeti: at once like a book, and speak as be writes.; L,", 0 04 _'l, - apa_ tion, like others of the same stamp, creepe n ina, o° l ' o ol, or what is so considered, and I have sae a , petrot 99 1b _,'" Hood " set," as a pointer sets a p artridgef ea li t i n g li e li ebt i ol ; glitter in evanescent light simplY hY , e ,,P e d this e re at fr o! men have said. Mr. Hook, perhps, likes dik e ,. S ao this setting and starting, this lion hunt , nee s. ... it ; e -t the heart-worship paid to veritable e ' grda to encler_e.,,„l, yo did not : he was too sensitive, too refine 1.0 oe fen( 3 " r sl/14 dislike to being pointed at as the " man w; u ntc a nin e ,„ e tle 9 him out of a crowd, where there were al furt his rot . really honoured his genius, and loved biftf r iend;pea re pj domestic virtues. It was only *along id7ci to i tS r i elio ll of playful fancy flourished, or that he yiel a lt bite Opole/ although, strictly speaking, " ocial' a in the f e tbsiiii# never sought to stimulate his wit -3' c heerfa• d b's e draughts of wine ; nor was he ever more _,, s hip. h is 0 01 4 at his own fireside he enjoyed the cot:f:4l7d; 000..he1.4, and devoted wife.. He was p layful as 21 . c .. 7. e, whar g epnlie nation, pure as bright, frolicked with nar . ' lit o r'wa 0 : 0 0, too well ever to outrage or insult by,V:g b r ed, o it ass tation. And yet he was City born, and tb be a m sea to' unpoetic district of " the Poultry to letters, for his father was a bookseller ! _i c ipfol . i. 00 4' o , remarkable for great vivacity ;" thong . ,„d t 6 tati‘ o nish good citizens, guests at hie fatherh;wafies;estb°ol; fellow-pupils when at school, bythe a _m e i/ it„, o ber atbi liancy of his observations upon topics o a t I ±,_ o e t Lia r _ us tfea,, n . he knew nothing. He finished his educe pe en hi? .. ;io and, even at that early age being invti na age tal i was advised to try the effect of a sea l '4 o we bri gai e lio stitution. The sea suited him not- ii tte fing o t he B 0/ ar boiling turbulence—its fitfulness --its i g on atbY ' Ode ° and its fearful storms finding nn 5, n rf . the „ I sl a of spirits,,..aup rand ow bosom of the author of 0 The Plea e istis . retouryor'est tae . p_hefitired Fairies." w ith r f as 10 1 WI t He passed some years, on his ing, was apprenticed to his uncle, __ ii. wbin; o at' `,,voe', "Bonny Dundee ;" and, manifesting iv r . Rol?. _ be Is, 5 engraver. But he trifled with the lieu' s ' ' pa int! e u n ot pt o ee; with the pen ; his future destiny peas did 7 the ° !,,h I t light of genius. And what rare t linos o o ,io b oef., blended with the gentleness and 29.i. is 5 ,1 0 ! bl i f e , P, of poetic temperaments—how fli t g ., oltbin ait a II ' fo riol, honest his heart—howgreat and true ; ow !a ilp i f it. Ai 17, his existence was a long disea se boss °' i 0 d'Tail f a, was free from all bitterness and bars ,„ w as _,,,,r,„1 i intensely for the sufferings unselfish ; prone to the very last t° . teriet o4 c h o ulile . a: ings into jests, and forcing those wb? sleep iff b ), t a ' - ef itli.,rf fierce as it was (until the last dullA is deit e q &t o le, from the Tuesday to the Saturday ea . ,",,, 0 t„," e i sole";belle" the wittiness of his conceits, ining.' ° _! b e ad "rt i ty, 'el . of others; r b is t o 7 o f , : ti r o o _a , touching consciousness of his situatiouni, hol io,_,, e , . he r e in that hereafter which, in all faith !I . Q: 100 , etfogita,Y. tie be —to the full extent of knowledge -ue r riesale p ot P t o But what a sad picture—and by!r,,,,, iire act 0 G tri alg in e de the last months of this GREAT an'; e3 .i be h, ro d 01 6 : Song of the Shirt" was knocking tain, while its author was panting , ana eb st od ~, as b enlist the forces of his friends in th.e . ' fr iends r wbiging bo'r'e at f e or breet o ft b e lir li 'd it that still bears his name. And hlr le aann e e tfe gold b_tiy they gathered willingly beneaths,..ad o f ° o n o, f olep ben the been raised by a strong arm Le ir ,i e anted b ara Pi a a ea ele a pain and the unsteadiness of 1' ...d for ye l oge oe ce . 0 , battled the breeze boldly and we" A littic.ooess. n dlci i _..41, above—as a shelter to—his home- d; one 2 0 per Adia ire" o f difficulties of his position increaSee_d of each o f his bo tere, another, and " l'Enyoi" at the l u s and teed 00;4E000 bour," induced the mingled smi ellows; _ et of He wrote wit while propßed bY P a ' , 5 life, A great A a novel—doomed to remain, like en d Dri' it she i:,:i' bread! ;P ia c a l , d t"" dell' disease. rite or gne d so e4 ia co ts Alas! what those endure wo o s lbeen re bo r 0 01 IV ° over with him now: the gold ~.. his beell o wil e orl ie e 0 were produced between the intervals hie is broken; the toil-wora b ,. o °Y iii " e; the I n to t t b re joir to that the soul might escape I in e n bild i 3 I° lE O b ee port bili st e w „ lo ved .. _ ara elert sar.,, —the life of eternity I reniuneratedaiir , coin p erllo his release from labour—never a way at 5 010 11 '00 0 Y 01 have been burst ; thewiTngheodse who never in d ed- - . na at, 0 the pleasure it gave— r o tin „ ea ea- lone t al t with the enormous profit i ncepts e it ; °r terr ible tho k i , thought of by those whos . s cannot die—l cannot die 1"? r. ono ...g o ' for e a 11 10 0 . : 4 of Ma Y, in i• long 1 " rts ob' fl lay him, on the 10th sure b e are b ee aildre be r< It will not, we are ! and there Ana two c Sirs c oil' dear friends had been agonised_ ly h b fr 'i s e nds ! i l is e , e re a t _ ° t e tt " iliw e widow t oted %oar: the is rai England sed t 0 0 0 bsist 011- 7 d hio l I n ek e co . but the hundred a year to ( g s which ;rillit red icb cse gee e' Peel, whose letter, he in he might b .. P- o rks en d i n tb A ii . ,bat t vet the request that of one "' es " vi 'fate d ' int ru Ot t rent . se ppa 0 0 personal acquaintance iced meter he had long adm dstine ° t n with ti roes wish and hope he was ar e t states a l r ,,„l to f g ene . remember that tahrYal his noee r l Honour and glory IfillON 0 010°' iire ger ,••••.- .s. 0 0 W AG". r e c a n t 'lig ht ;, 2 tbe rP it a se el Such men are worthy almoneo ° - ~ the mi. o i. THE QUEEN Do carriage S' i ar iber o " o f th• ftraokinenher :rin g, ... Ai 0 understand that heathyidalt! w ill ivt ;ere weekhria _ 00,shit,l, Monday next for Ban Park, about three ,_ „syg Sl! on d e st..o e. sDinocweamgeornhdasayrhecaosvderaedily 0 leave ss# household intend to rem _ _ lrrys yw e ',,,,,,i f tee r 1 ROYAL BOTANIC 01-, his the fita:" ich ryas ,ft pie GENT'S Paait.—Yesterday t hat _ a _ „owl :v : 1 ; 0r to led p ee 000, 1 1 tion of plants and flowers forntill.hit ins diy, b.A ii 0100, 0 s the last a er,gr e , o tber 0, 0 r e e nT u d g ied t e l t the company I : of t h : d Tas usii r - I°l l ' e e gr' f, a t ofthe day thew ii ,,, o n ._ , / pa ma 'lacer par. an _ froin . 1: aw l U? TV 4 10 1; uh r o op u p, s ea l y nf od a r. attended , promenade tb listen to _ eu,sw.ho Atte a r te oed . T oisloria o , and Royal Horse Guards _Ji! r iu __,. e Albert. ays o f C sti a, e was hardly so inviting and his Royal Highness r ill% Gre y, thei r Mi11i ,,,,,, p. n• Colonel the priO„io 1." jottiwngithstandt .., one d:_si ~• Ag, bo ough and the Ho • and the Prince Leininge 11 Bence at an early hour. Duke and Duchess of Camnb.roidateu,red the obi!). 4 i I `I 1 1.1