The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-17 00:00:00

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FEN IMORE COOPER, Esq., Author of " The Pilot," " The Red Rover," " The Deer-slayer," &e. Richard liiintley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. (BY DEAIRE.) THIS EVENING Will le performed Bellini's Opera, entitled IL PIRATA. Imogene, Madame Grisi : Adele, Madame Bellini ; Gualtiero, Sig. Mario Goffredo, Sig. A. Giubilei ; Itulbo, Sig. Dai nor' ; and Ernesto, Sig. Fornasari. The Dauseuses Vlennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo ephine Weiss) will appear in the following Pas:—The highly suwe,sful " Pas des Amours," " La Hongroise," and the highly successful " Pas Rococo." After which, for this occasion only, the Divertissement of UN BAL SOUS LOUIS XIV., in which Mdlle. Lucile Grahn will appear as a Cavalier of the Court of Louis XIV., and will dance with Mdlle. Cerito, in Costume of the same Court, the celebrated " Minuet de la Ccur" and " Gavotte." " Pas de Six" front the Ballet of KAY A, by Mdlle. L. Grahn and M. Perrot, supported by Mdiles. Ferdinand, Ca.ssan, Demelisse, and Mo,ncelet. " Le Coutilllon," by Eight Coryphees of the Corps de Ballet. " La Cracovienne" (Pas de Caractere), by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, and the celebrated Pas de Quatre, from " La Lac des Fee," by Mdlle. Celit ), Ferdinand, Moncelet, and M. St. Leon. /Mlle. Carlotta Grisi is daily expected in town, and will shertly appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-cffice, Colonnade, Haymarket. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully iatbrined ‘ that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), ON THURSDAY, MAY 22, When will be performed Mozart's Opera, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Elvira, Madame Rita Boric, ; Zerlina, _Madame Anaide Castellan; Don Giovanni, Sig. Foinasari ; Don Ottavie, Sig. Mario ; R Commandatore, Sig. Botelli; Masetto, Sig. F. Lablache ; Leporello, Sig. Lablache. The Danszuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine Weiss) will appear in some of their favourite Pas. To be followed by a variety of Attractive Entertainments, in which will appear Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Lueile Grahn, Mdlles. Ferdinand, Cassan, Demelisse, and Monceiet. To cort:llade with LA ES3IERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mddlle. Carlotta Grid. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bex office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ;to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. ON MONDAY EVENING, MAY 19, Will be repeated an entirely new and Original Opera, entitled TILE 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. Borrani ; Duke d'Aquila, Mr. Weiss; Nugnez, Mr. H. Homcastle ; Pacheco, Mr. Barker ; Stella, Madame Anna Thillon. To conclude with the First Act of the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. The Duke of Silesia, Monsieur Silvain (his First Appearance this Season ; Giselle, Mdlle. Weiss (her First Appear ance this Season). 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 Box-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDERS. Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farren ; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover; Patty, Mrs. Humby. After which, USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Wurzel, Mr. J. Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. Hamby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Halt each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed PAUL PRY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr, 0. Smith ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs. Yates ; Phcebe, Miss Woolgar. After which will be repeated, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STIL BERG. Ernest, Mr. Webster, in which he will give his celebrated personation of the Emperor Napoleon ; Margot (her original charac ter) Madame Celeste. To conclude with a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger Mr. Wallack ; Baron, Mr. Archer; Count Wintersten, Mr. Courtney ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Cushman. To conclude with THE CASTLE OF AYMON ; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beaumanoir, Mr. Walton ; Olivier, Mr. Allen ; Allard, Mr. C. Horn, Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Hime ; Renaud, Mr. MattackS ; Ivon, Mr. Leffler ; Ilermine, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Clara, Miss Brentnall ; Yolande, Miss E. Homier; Eglantine, Miss O'Connor ; Gertrude, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. 11. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. THEATRE ,ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. First Week of another New Burlesque. Brilliant Success of " Our New Governess" every Evening. THIS EVENING 11111 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. Previous to which a New Fared; called A GOOD NAME. Cha racters by Messrs. F. 3lathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollldge, and Miss Dawson. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. ,W. Collier, Mn: Keeley, Miss Villar a Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c. The Box-office is open daily, under the _direction of Mr. Grogan rem Ten till Four. ASTLEY'd ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. ' PROPMETOR, MR. W. BATTY. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCES. In ccanlAtance with the wish of several influential and fashionable varlles, 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 families, Mr. BATTY has concluded an arrange ment with Mons. Tonrnaire for FOUR DAY PERFOR3fANCES, introducing the entire troop of French Equestrians. These per formances will take place on every THURSDAY, commencing on the 22d and 29th May, June 5 and 12. The doors will be opened at Half-past One, and the performance will commence at Two o'Clock precisely. Foil programmes of the Enterta;nments will be issu.?d immediately, and can be had by ap plication at the Box-office. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Entirely New Entertainments, andre-engagement of the World's Wonder, who, having recovered froth his late accident, will perform Some New and Astonishing Feats. THIS EVENING . _ Will be performed a New Local Drama, entitled TIIE OLD FLEETE PRISON; or, The Widow and her Suitors. Splendidly appointed and supported by the Entire Company. To be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American Sampson. To conclude with a New Melodrama, entitled THE SECRET FOE ; or, The Mason of Abbeville. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. TMIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Nautical Drama, entitled THE YELLOW ADMIRAL ; or, The Perils of the Battle and the Breeze. Supported by the whole Company. After which, an Original Laughable Farce, entitled WILFUL MURDER Mr. Consol, Mr. Eraser Jones; Pythagoras Sphoon, Mr. J. Herbert ; Frank Featherly, Mr. T. H. Higp - ,le ; Rhoda, Mrs. EL Lee ; Whiskers. Miss E. Terry. ,Bor o conclude with an en ti re ly N ew an d O r i g i na l Drama, entitled E OLD TOLL HOUSE ; or , Th e C arr i er an d his Dog. In which 31i 1. Cony, Blanchard, and the Dog Hector will perform. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON!-GRAND OPENING FETES. - Eahlbßion of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested by H. It. 11. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, H. R. 11. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A magnificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen, and the immortal 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 estYng features of ':Auld Reekie." . . The Proprietor had the honour of submittin to Model to his than e with Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he Is delighted his most decide and perfect approval, and from h t e he o m s o a r y e in d ts ra i vb t . out as the care which has been observed in its execution, happiest production of Mr. Danson's were ma de by Mr. Damon on the spot, and present a bird's-e m -e ga i the principal obj,cts of the Old and New Town, the Firth of 3 For y ttr Y & o c l The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this Establishimmt, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. air. 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 Orl eupj pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. Thy erlire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices In front of the houses, the Ares on the Salton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moon tainarthe illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour trayed. Mid, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Royal and Patriotic 'Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited in the centre of the Lake ! The Portrait s of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmoun by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in tr, ,:aced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Damon. scuthby has been occupied for months in giving effect to this matchless and superb design, which combined with the Feux D'Arti nee., the Sainte and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle and sur rounding heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display ser ivitnessed. Ifeeding of the Carnivore, at half - past Four ; Pelicans, &e., at Ice: Concert Six; and Pyrotechnic Display at Nine. Admission, One Stilling. k)ii Wednesday next, May 21, the Royal South Loudon Floricul- LralSociety will hold Hier first (hand Flower Show of the Season these Gardens TO CORRESPONDENTS. The communication from Greenock respecting " Mrs. Cau dle's Curtain Lecture" is too personal for publication.. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, MAT 17. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 47 ; Highest, 57; Noon, 55. BAROMETER, 30.20.—W1ND, W.N. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during tht preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations aro made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 54 minutes after 9 I Evening .. 25 minate,s after 10, ~..,o . , a tti•mA , _... t - ...' '', ;(--oj.-4 - -) k ... t a . '4,Filliiiiii: 40k ill * 4 1 1;,, , . I".* ' , -DTE - - t ,',',-s. T • m a ' ' 5.:,-,;;),;,1-',Atituoiz, ECOND EDITION. THE StIN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAI 17. c'kiening :7),ltg. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1845. The House of Lords met at Five o'clock. The LORD CHANCELLOR fixed the second reading of ,he Charitable Trusts Bill for Thursday. _ Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that on Monday he would introduce several Bills for remedying defects in our system for civil and criminal jurisprudence. The High Constables Bill was read a second time pro forma, preparatory to its being referred to a Select Committee. The Scottish Tolls Bill, prohibiting the licensing of toll-houses in Scotland fur the sale of spirituous liquors, was, on the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND, read a second time, Lord CAMPBELL, the Duke of 'MONTROSE, and the Earl of DALHOUSIE, expressing their approbation of the measure, and the Earl of ROSEBERY opposing it, as of too sweeping a character. Several other Bills were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. The House of Commons met at Four o'clock. Mr. S. WORTLEY moved the addition of the following clause to the Act of last session, constituting the Rail way Department of the Board of Trade :—" And be it further enacted, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to exempt the railway by this or the said recited Acts authorised to be made from the provisions of any general Act relating to railways, which may hereafter pass during the present or any future session of Parliament, and that the said resolution be a standing order of this House." Several Hon. Members complained that the motion had been brought f zward without sufficient notice, and on the suggestion of Mr. GLADSTONE it was postponed for a week. On Sir R. PEELmoving that after the 2d of June Orders of the Day should have precedence of motion, Mr. H. BERKELEY and Mr. WAKLEY complained of the House having been counted out on the preceding evening. On the motion that the House do resolve itself into Committee of Supply on the Navy Estimates, Mr. TRELAWNEY brought forward the case of Mr. SECCOMBE, mortgagee of the ship Velocity, seized for smuggling, but of which smuggling Mr. SECCOMBE was not cognisant. Mr. CARDWELL admitted the hardship of the case, and regretted that no remedy could be given without making a dangerous precedent. Captain BERKELEY then called the attention of the House to the present system of manning the Navy, and designated the distinctions between sea complements, warcomplements, and peace complements, as all nonsense, —what the Navy required was a proper complement. It was as great a fault to overman as it was to underman a ship, and in all cases the crew should be proportioned to the number of guns. Sir G. COCKBURN assured the House that means had been recently adopted for efficiently manning the ships in service, and contended that seamen would enter the navy in preference to the merchant service. A long discussion ensued, in the course of which the House was addressed by Mr. SOMES, Mr. H. LAMBTON, Captain Rous, Captain PECHELL, Lord INGESTRE, Sir C. NAPIER, Mr. WILLIAMS, Lord PALMERSTON, Sir R. PEEL, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, and other lion. Members, after which the Rouse went into Committee, and several votes for the public service were agreed to without a division. The House then resumed, and the Banking (Scotland) Bill having passed through Committee, adjourned at One o'Clock. We call the serious attention of our readers to the discussion which took place last evening on the state of the navy, and believe every one of them who views the question impartially will admit that the eonduet of the Admiralty is a disgrace to the nation. Naval officers of all parties in the House complained, in the strongest terms, of the inefficient state of our ships, both as re gards officers and men, and seemed to forebode some lamentable results on the first encounter with any great maritime Power. Captai❑ PECHELL, it is true, apolo gised for the Admiralty, and threw the entire blame on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was a " millstone around the necks of the Board." But what miserable sailors this Board must be composed of, if they undertake a task which involves the safety of the country with such a drag as Mr. GOULBURN fastened to them. The country raises annually an enormous revenue ; the income-tax alone produces nearly six millions sterling; there is a large surplus, yet the navy, in reality, comes in for no share of the ample means which the Minister has at his command. The navy is starved ; many of the ships, few as they are, may be said to be only half-manned ; and, owing to the niggardly pay and bad treatment, our best sailors, as soon as they are discharged; hire themselves for better wages to a nation that may in six months be at war with England. This is not report, this is not a calumny on the Government or the Admi ralty, for it is admitted by the highest autho rity at the Board. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN said, "it had been found impossible to get efficient men when they were wanted. When men were dis charged from a man. of-war they either went into foreign service or the merchant service, or got some sort of em ployment, for they required bread as well as other men ; and then, in three or four years' time, if they should happen to be wanted, they were not to be had." This is the most disgraceful admission ever made. perhaps by a Lord of the Admiralty, and when the other gallant Members of the House venture to remonstrate and exclaim against such a glaring desertion of public duty, they become marked men. The dumb Members only are appointed to ships. As a proof, we refer to Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S speech. But the conduct of the First Lord of the Treasury, for he is the real de delinquent, is equally unjustifiable as regards the army. The brave defenders of the country, whether sailors or soldiers, are treated alike. They in cur every hardship, risk, and often sacrifice their lives in her defence, yet they are not half so well paid as the sleepy, well-fed, and well-housed civilians, who pass five or six hours a day in a public office, No gratitude whatever is shown by the Government for the most daring and meritorious services. Will the public believe that the gallant General and his brave little army, who conquered Sinde, have not yet received one penny of prize-money ?—andpiany of them will never receive it, for they are numbered with the dead. We have so recently had occasion to comment upon the judicial anomalies into which the magistrates pre siding in our police-courts are constantly betrayed, in exercising the discretion they are invested with for the purpose of exercising a summary jurisdiction in respect of certain classes of offences, that nothing short of a case of extraordinary absurdity could induce us so soon to recur to the same subject. But a complaint was heard at the Clerkcnwell office on Thursday last, the facts of which, and the magistrate's decision upon them, so completely fulfil these extraordinary conditions, as to leave us no option in the matter. It is clearly the duty of a journalist to direct the attention of the public in a channel that conducts it to so many objects intimately blended with the comfort and security as the adminis tration of magisterial justice. Let us here premise that we are far from imputing the blame of that dispropor tionate penalty that we are about to complain of to the magistrate. Our accusation is against that modern .tatate, an A c t o f th e presen t re ign, under which he exercises what we are s t rong ly di s p ose d to term his authorised indiscretion. What is the object proposed in giving summary juris diction to the magistrates? To make the common and sntattuotfetlhaewlaewffici itself. Whattbygetti renag of rid r " i m the r aw. objects's delay,'' and l t ay, t ' o the p y uses of that law? Above all oth ers , these to first, the person; secondly, personal rights. This° pro tection is to be accomplished only by the certainty with which which punishment shall follow upon their violation. In a country like this of constitutional freedom, it is very natural and highly proper that an habitual and, salutary jealousy should be exercised over the operation of the very laws that propose beneficent ends. The power with which you clothe them is a transcendant one, and for that very reason liable to abuses. It is a power which, maintained in its right direction, is calculated to accomplish so much good that the evils of its abuse cannot fail to be proportionably formidable. Now the worst type of that abuse is the denial of justice, which technical cunning and a long purse can generally work through the delay of law, incident to those safe•guards with which that law has been surrounded by the practice of the Constitution. In this consists the plea for all " summary jurisdiction;" but surely that plea cannot extend to a transforming of the character of crimes and offences. It cannot so far affect their classification as to bring offences against the person accompanied with outrageous and dangerous violence, in the same category as the offences against the person of the most trivial and indifferent nature. Now what was the character of the case which has elicited from us these remarks? A respectable woman on her return at night, in company with her husband and her mother, is, in the momentary absence of the former, whilst quietly pro ceeding homeward, insolently accosted by a ruffian, who drags her over to five or six drunken companions of his, standing outside of a beer-shop, and he insists upon her dancing with him. On the terrified woman refusing' and her mother's interceding for her, the ruffian with a blow of his clenched fist knocked her down; and one of his vagabond associates commits a similar assault on the mother. This was the first outrage proved. Three times the complainant, a Mrs. WRIGHT, rose upon her feet, and on each occasion was felled to the earth by a b!ow upon the mouth from the same ruffian,—one WILCOX, residing at No. 3, Little Guildford-street. Here were so many addi tional assaults. On her getting upon her legs again, a fourth time, she shouted " Murder !" her husband, a mechanic, came up ; the prisoner ran away ; she pur sued him, he turned upon her, and he felled her fur the fifth time with a violent blow. A police• constable, who overtook her, was witness to this last assault. The poor mother proved the case, adding, that her daughter being in the family-way at the time, she feared that she would be killed, and gave utterance to that fear when she rushed on after the prisoner had struck Mrs. WRIGHT. The proof to all the allegations was complete and unquestionable. There were some five or six atrocious, inhuman assaults committed upon the complainant. The prisoner broke down in a mendacious defence, founded on an abortive attempt to show that the complainant in the first instance had struck him in the eye. The injuries she had sustained from him are partly spoken to, and more significantly inferred. Now, what was the penalty inflicted on this disgrace to man hood, this unbridled ruffian ? In the course of last autumn we had frequent opportunity to remark on the extravagant disproportion of the penalties which game owning magistrates of quarter sessions awarded to the offences, overt or inferential, merely of actual poachers on unsuspecting birds, absolutely guiltless of all intention of poaching. Ten shillings were the minimum amount of penalty—ten pounds the maximum ; but the maximum was the rule, the minimum the exception ; the moral guilt of all those offenders, may it be permitted us to say, being infinitessimally small compared with the disgusting ferocity, the cowardly cruelty of this WILCOX. Mr. GREENWOOD said—" The complainant was a respectable woman, and had given no provocation. She was waiting quietly for her husband when attacked." Surely this was to "heap coals of fire" on the offender's head. There was not one exte nuating circumstance to excuse these six infamous as saults on a respectable and unoffending woman, in that condition whith we should have thought might have disarmed the most justly-excited resentment in any bosom that was warmed by one emotion of masculine generosity. His crime was surely greater on every principle of common sense, common feeling, common justice, than an assault with malice prepense on a buck rabbit, or a hen pheasant, for which ten pounds would have been a mitigated penalty, entitling the " Assize Justices to the praise of extreme forbearance and humanity." Mr. GREENWOOD fined the prisoner 21. 10s., or three weeks' imprisonment ! That is to say, on a respectable woman in Mrs. WRIGHT'S condition, at least five several acts of violence—the forcible carrying her over from the side of the way on which she was walking, and the four severe blows in flicted upon her by WlLcox—are to be atoned for by the law of " summary jurisdiction " after the rate of ten shillings apiece I One furtive glance of a partridge from an unqualified eye will cost a man twice as much. A hare knocked on the head, or a pheasant winged, with out a stamped license, in its flight from the petty lar cenies it has been committing on your own wheat-crop, is of so much more value in our boasted social and con stitutional system—in our country of equal laws and. even-handed justice—that the wrong done to it can be expiated only at a four hundred per cent. increased amercement over that which is payable for the most das• tardly attack that scoundrelism can make on female help lessness. Verily, the might of reform is yet but in its slumbering infancy. The intelligence from Constantinople is to the 27th of April. From all accounts a very bad feeling prevails between the Porte and the Court of Greece. A letter received in Paris states, that on the 26th the Porte had transmitted a fresh note to the representatives of the three protecting powers on the subject of the Greek question, declaring that it had been codpelled to take some precautionary measures on the frontier, but pro testing at the same time that it has no other object than to secure the tranquillity of its provinces. It also pointed out the great difference between its conduct and that of the Greek Cabinet, whilst it makes efforts to obtain through the in termediation of the Powers, and under their guarantee, satisfactory assurances on the subject. The Cabinet of Athens, it was said, gave a direct answer, couched in no very measured terms. Baron BOURQUENIY; the French Ambassador, accompanied by his lady, arrived in a French steamer on the 26th. Many of the French residents met at the wharf at Tophan6 to receive him in a body. The Turks gave him the usual welcome. Ac cording to accounts from Beyrout of the 13th of April, great disturbance prevailed in that quarter, and a con test bad taken place between the Druses and Maronites, in which several lives were lost. The accounts from Madrid are to the 9th inst. The Chamber of Deputies NI as still engaged in discussing the clauses of the Property-tax, and not a little excite ment was caused by a motion of Senor MORON, to the effect that the Government should assess the tax in the provinces on its own responsibility. After a warm de bate the motion was agreed to by a majority of 109 to 25. - General PRIM, having received permission to reside at Madrid, arrived there on the Bth. The Funds continue rather depressed. The Thrce per Cents. closed at 34i cash, and 35 at sixty days ; 97 millions done. Five per Cents., 251 at sixty days ; Coupons, 28 9-16 at sixty days. The French Chamber of Deputies having adopted all the important clauses of the Cakier des Charges, whi,h fixes the charges to be levied by companies on the car riage of merchandise and goods on the Northern Line, proceeded on Thursday to consider the eighth clause, which had been reserved. That clause related to the course which the line ought to take from Lisle towards the Belgian frontier. The Government proposed that the line should proceed by llasebruck, and that the re mainder of the line should not be fixed till time had been given for more mature consideration. The Com mittee on the Bill had recommended an immediate de cision, and proposed that it should pass by Armentieres and Bailleul, and branch off to Calais and Dunkirk. Marshal SOTTLT opposed the direction by Armentieres as being likely to prove injurious to the defence of the country. If the line went by Bailleul, there must be a special Bill to fortify that place, which would certainly be inconvenient. lie trusted, therefore, that the Cham ber, by adopting the proposition of the Committee, would not force the Government to have recourse to such a proceeding. The Minister for Public Works also opposed the amendment, but without effect ; and the plan of the Committee was ultimately adopted. At the commencement of the sitting the Minister of Justice presented a Bill, demanding a sum of 2,650,000 f. (106,0001.) for repairing and beautifying the cathedral of Notre Dame. The Committee appointed to examine a Bill for mo difying the criminal code had made its report, which recommends some material changes. On this interesting subject the Journal des Debats makes the following re marks : "The most important modification is that proposed in Art. 7of the Code d'lnstruction Criminelle. According to the terms of this article, every Frenchman who has committed a crime against another Frenchman in a foreign country, may be prosecuted and tried in France for this crime, but only upon the complaint of the party injured. Thus there can be no ex officio prosecution in such case, should the Frenchman against whom the crime was committed be unable or un willing to lodge a complaint. This is contrary to the prin ciples of our criminal justice. In cases of crimes committed in France, the public prosecutor waits for no such complaint. The party injured may keep silence, but the Government, nevertheless, pursues the criminal to punishment. Art. 7 speaks only of crimes committed in a foreign land by one Irenchman against another Frenchman. But in cases of simple offences, if in Belgium, for example, an offence is com mitted by one Frenchman against another, the offender has our only to come back into France, and there enjoy the fruits of his iniquity under the nose of the man whom he has injured, in perfect impunity and tranquillity. In Frenchman in a fine, Art. 7' requ i res th a t th e cr i me comm i t t e d by a countryitnouoremigpneteut t c)abpeplaygatiiinest penalty anoth French manjerustdu tribunals are ; hence it ensues t h at i n the present state of the law to a F renchman who has, while abroad committed a crime— even murder—against a foreigner. These • • restrictions of Art. 7 were surely not adopted without the gravest motives, they nevertheless appear at th e p resent day to be atvariance t with those principles of justice which generally prevail. Among the other modifications which the Committee pro poses to adopt, there are two which deserve notice. At the present day an accused person, who is allowed to be at large until trial, is obliged to make a deposit of caution money. the minimum of which is fixed by the law at 500 f. Consequently, a man who has not 500 f. must remain in prison, however much the magistrate may be disposed to leave him at liberty. This is an evident injustice. Liberty is sold while it ought to be given freely when the charge is not grave, and when also it is to the essential interests of the accused party and his family to be able to watch over and direct his private affairs, while at the same this interest is not counterbalanced by the more weighty interests of society. The Committee proposes to leave the amount of the caution money to the discretion of the magistrate, who may even, if the party be poor, release him without any caution-money at all, if it can be done without inconvenience. The second mo dification is in the faculty which the magistrate has - of keep • ing an accused party indefinitely, in close confinement so that he cannot be visited by his family and friends. The Com mittee admits that it is not possible to abolish this power altogether, or even absolutely limit its duration, but has re commended that in ordinary cases the term should be limited to ten days, and that when the magistrate deems it necessary to prolong it he should give a report d his reasons to the Pro cureur-General." On Thursday the Money Market closed as follows :- Five per Cents., for cash, 121 f. 15c.; for account, 121 f. 35c. ; Three per Cents., for cash, 86f. 20e.; for account, 86f. 20c. Bank of France Shares, no quotation ; Neapolitan, 104; Spanish Five per Cents., 40 1 4 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 42 1 4 ; New Loan, 86f. 55c. The Share Market was very dull, with little variation in prices :- Paris and Orleans at 1,222 f. 50e. •, Paris and Rouen, 1,090 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 862 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 1,057 f. 50c. The new lines were quoted as follows :- Bordeaux (Mackenzie), 735 f.; Bordeaux and Cette (Espe leta), 518 f. 75c.; Boulogne (Lafitte, Blount), 650 f. Lyous (Lafitte, Blount), 522 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon (Com pagnie Meridionale), 512 f. 50e. ; Lyons and Avignon (Le cointe and Disarts), 525 f.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 535 f. 75c.; Northern (Laffitte, Blount), 535 f.; Strasbourg (Ganneron), 512 f. 50c.; Troves (Carrette and Minguet), 5801. 5701. ; Lyons (Ganneron), 5121. 50c.; Rosamel, 5171. 50c. ; Allegri, 505 f. DEPUTATION TO SIR. R. PEEL. A deputation from the town of Newry, waited by appoint ment this morning, at eleven o'clock, on Sir Robert l'eel, at Privy Gardens, consisting of Lords Castlereagh, Downshire, and Newry, J. Boyd, Esq., (Senechal of Newry), Hill Irvine, Esq., C. Jennings, Esq., J. Lyle, Esq., Peter Quin, Esq., G. Scott, Esq., and other gentlemen from the same locality, for the purpose of conveying to the Right Hon. Baronet an address, founded on certain resolutions lately come to at a meeting of the inhabitants of Newry, expressive of unqua lified approbation of the late policy of the Government to wards Ireland, especially the abolition of the bank monop )Iy, from which the deputation augured the most beneficial re sults to the country at large, and particularly to that portion of it of which Newry is regarded as the capital. The depu tation was most graciously received ; and the address having been read by John Boyd, Esq., Sir Robert Peel replied as follows : "My Lords and Gentlemen,—l have derived the greatest satisfaction from the assurances contained in this address, which I will not fail to communicate to my colleagues in the service of her Majesty. "In devising measures calculated to improve the social condition, and to promote the general prosperity of Ireland, we are acting in unison with the benevolent desires and in tentions of a gracious Sovereign, who has ever taken the deepest interest in the welfare of that part of her dominions. " We feel confident of ultimate success if we shall receive that cordial co-operation and support, of which the inha bitants of Newry have set an example so honourable to their character, and beneficial to the interests of their country." The deputation withdrew, highly gratified by their recep tion and the foregoing answer. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDEnsos and Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) FORGING CHEQUES.- George Matthews, aged eighteen, was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering five cheques, in the name of King and Son, of 51. each, with the intention of defrauding Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph and Co. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Payne for the defendant. It appeared that Messrs. King and Son, brewers, of Brent ford, kept an account at the bank of Messrs. Cocks and Co. They were in the habit of obtaining cash for small cheques from Mr. Piper, a publican at Brentford, and that the pri soner, who was in their employ as an errand boy, was fre quently employed to take them to him. Five cheques signed " King and Son," but the signatures to which were forged, were paid to the prisoner in this way, but he could only swear to the payment of two of them. The cheques were paid by Mr. Piper to a Mr. Baker, the collecting clerk to his brewer's, and were presented at the bank, and paid in the course of business. 'lhere was no evidence to show that the prisoner forged the cheques, and the question the jury had to consider was, whether the prisoner, at the time of utter ing them, knew them to be counterfeit. The jury found the prisoner guilty of uttering one cheque on the 24th of January. The other charges were not entered into. Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in an eloquent and feeling address, sentenced him to be transported for ten years. MARKET_NEWS. 7 (THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. We had full average supplies of both fruit and vegetables, yet the demand was steady at our quotations. Old Pota toes, from 3s to 4s 3d per cwt ; Turnips, 2s to 2s 9d ; Young Onions, 2s to 3s; Coleworts, or Greens, is 8d to 3s; and Leeks, 8d to is 2d per dozen bunches; Spinach, 6d to 1.; Apples, 2s to 3s, and Old Onions, 2s per half sieve ; Cherries, 21s; Forced Potatoes, 4d to 8d; Pine-apples, 8s to lOs ; and Filberts, Is 6d per lb ; Parsnips, 2s to is per dozen ; Rhubarb, 4d to Is 2d ; Asparagus, 2s 6d to 8s ; Horse-radish. 3s to 58; Brocoli, is to 283 d ; and Celery, Is to 2s per bundle ; Oranges, 7s to 13s ; Lemons, 8s to 12s ; and Forced French Beans, 2s per hundred ; Cucumbers, Is to 6s each ; Turnip Greens, is 6d to 2s; and Brocoli Sprouts, 3s per bushel; Radishes, 4d per dozen hands; Small Salad, 3d; and Mush rooms, is to is 6d per punnet; Strawberiies, 15s per small basket. NEWOATII AND LEADENBALL. Prime Beef and Veal were in active request, at an advance of 2d per Sibs, while the value of other kinds of Meat was fully supported. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 48 10d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork. 3s to 4s per 81bs, by the ca rcase. Th ere was on l y a moderate business doing in Poultry, and previous rates were barely supported. Fowls, 4s to 7s 6d ; Chi c k ens, 3 s to 4 s 6d ; Pigeons, 6d to 9d; Duckling 3s 3d to ss; Goslings, 4s to 6s 6d ; and Guinea Fowls, 3s to 4s each. NEWPORT. Each kind of Meat, the supply of which was good, moved off freely, at full prices. BILLINGSGATE. Notwithstanding the supplies of Fish were rather scanty, the general demand ruled rather heavy. T ur b o t s so ld a t from 7s to 16s, and Cod Fish, 3s to 7s each ; Eels, 4d to 10d, and Salmon, 10,1 to Is 4d per lb ; Soles, 4d to 2s 3d per pair ; Mackerel, 21s to 32s per 120. WIIITECHAPEZ. A full average amount of business was passing, at previous quotations. giuNGER,FOR.D. Rather more business was doing here in most articles, and prices were pretty generally supported. The supplies were somewhat on the increase. ELIDE 31A.ItZET Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs :—Best Steers and Heifers, 5s 4d to 5s 8d; Middling ditto, 4s 8d to 5s 2d ; Inferior ditto 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf-skins, at per skin : Market Calf, 6s 6d to 85 ; Lamb Skins is 3d to ls 9d ; and Shearlings, 6d to 10d. i!TZEAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread the Metropolis are from 7d to 7id ; of Household ditto, 5d to 6,1 d per 4lbs leaf. HAT ivitAsticETS. SMITIMELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4/ 10s; use ful do., 4/ 12s to 514 s ; fine Upland do., 515 s to 5/ 12s ; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 613 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 212 s ; Wheat Straw, 21 2s to 2/ 3s per load. A fair average supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 4/ 12s ; useful ditto, 4/ 14s to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 515 s to 5l 14s; Clover Ilay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 2/ to 21 2s ; Wheat Straw, 2/ 2s to 2/ 4s per load. Trade tolerably steady, at late rates. WHITECIIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4/ lOs; useful ditto, 4/ 12s to 5/ 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 5l 6s to 5/ 12s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/6s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ Is , Wheat Straw, 212 s to 2/3s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly at about stationary figures. ILO YD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 17.—Wind N.W., moderate breeze and cloudy. DEAL, MAY 16.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Lady Lydford, Scott, Ichaboe ; Niord, Kaslen, Bahia, for Stockholm. LIVERPOOL, MAY 16.—Wind N.N.W., light. Arrd. Evening Star, New Orleans ; Powhatton and Carrol, Mobile. Sld. William and Elizabeth, New Orleans ; Senhora, Nassau. The Bairns, bound to Jamaica, has put back with damage, and leaky, having been on Burbo Bank. Burs Tor„ MAY 17.—The Nora Creina. from Sumna, which sunk in Kings-road in November, has been raised and towed on the mud at the entrance of the River, where it is expected she will ebb dry. RELFAST, MAY 14.—Skl. Perseverance, New York. GALWAY, MAY 14.—The Susan, O'Malley, in entering the harbour grounded outside but got elf, after being lightened, without apparent damage. The Mary, Davis, on leaving the harbour grounded, but came off without damage. SitiEws, MAY 15.—The Queen of the Tyne, of Aberdeen, in leaving the harbour on the 9th inst., got in contact with a ressel belonging to Newcastle, which sprung her bowsprit, and has since been surveyed and condemned. GREENOCK, MAY 15.—A large iceberg was passed on the 3d inst., in lat. 45, lon. 71, by the Countess Loudon, arrived here. The mast and part of a rudder, supposed belonging to one of her Majesty's revenue cutters, the pulleys having the broad arrow, and being marked "No. 1 cutter," have been fallen in with off Lowestoffe, and brought in here. NATIONAL ANTI-CORN -LAW LEAGUE BAZAAR.—(THIS DAY.) The Bazaar was crowded this morning within a few minutes after the doors were opened. The majority of the visitors stood fur some minutes on the staircase leading from the entrance hall, for the purpose of admiring the splendid specimens of carpet manufacture with which it is hung. One of these carpets is a copy from Ruben's celebrated picture of the Descent from the Cross. It looks like a piece of Gobelin's tapestry, and is a perfect triumph of art. Opposite to these is a beautiful model of a wherry. In the Shakespere Saloon a silk communion cloth attracted great attention from the beauty of its fabric and the elegance of its design. The great hall was crowded, but not with mere loungers. There were a greater number of purchasers at the stalls this morning than we have usually observed at this early hour. The Post-office, with its notifications of dismissals and appoint ment, of things lost and found, and of the arrival of mails, was a source of great amusement to the visitors, and of no small pecuniary profit to the League Treasury. We yester day noticed a superb pony phaeton which was for sale in the yard. Close to the photon stands one of the smallest and most beautiful Shetland ponies ever seen. Ile is a present to the League from the Islanders, and is marked at 101. 10s. CITY IMPROVEMENTS. —Yesterday, in consequence of an order of the joint committee of the parishes of St. Giles, Cripplegat e , an d St . L u k e , Middlesex, with the con currence of the Ch urc h B u ilding Commissioners, the work house of Cripplegate parish, a large building, situate in Moor- lane, Tenter -street, and New Union-street, Cripple gate, was sold by auction, by Mr. Pullen, for the purpose of being taken down to clear the site, on which itis intended to build a church for the improvements adjoining the New Royal Exchange. I. has been proposed also to make a new street in continuation of Moor• lane to Bunhill row, which is to be carried across Shepherdess Fields to Islington. 1.845. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was flat. Sales 4,000 bags. Railway Shares were somewhat firmer. Barnsley Junction, Hoy Shares, 41s. 2 1 / s ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 10 3 / 4 1 / 2 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% ; Belfast and Ballymena, 8 3 / 4 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 13 11% ; Caledonian, 11 Is. 3d. ; Ditto Extension, 3 1 4 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7 7% ; Chester and Birkenhead, 54 1 55 ; Ditto, New Shares, 48 %; Ditto, Half Shares, 27 ; Churnet Valley, 6% 6 • Clitheroe Junction, 2% 3 / 4 ; Cork and Waterford, 2% ; Dublin and Galway, 4 ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 4 1 /, %; Dun dalk and Enniskillen, 4 3 / 4 ; Eastern Counties, New Shares, 4 1 4 ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 17%; Grand Junction, 230 ; Great North of England, 198 ; Great North of Scot land, 3 ; Great Southern and Western Extension, 13% ; Great Western, Fifth Shares, 41 3 / 4 ; Jamaica Junction, 4 ; Limerick and Waterford, 8 3 4 % ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 107 ; Ditto. New Shares, 38 3 / 4 , ; London and Birmingham, 235 ; London andiWindsor, A ; London and York, 91s. 935. 9d. ; Direct Northern, 34 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7 1 A ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 9% 3 / 4 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 9 1 / 8 4 ; Manchester and Buxton, 55% ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 160 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 6 1 % •, Manches ter and Leeds, 154 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 704 70; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 21% 4 ; Midland Railway, 162% : Ditto, 401. Shares, 19%/, t ; Ditto Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 123 1 ,4 • Newcastle and Berwick, 14 1 / 2 15; Newry and Enniskillen, 5 1 4 Is. 6d. ; North Union (A), 145% ; North Wales Mineral, New Shares, 5 3 / 4 ; North Western, 4% ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 3% ; Runcorn Gap, Preference Shares, 34 IA ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 15% ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birming ham, 4 3 / 4 5 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 5%; Shrews bury, aswestry, and Cheshire, 4 3 / 4 ; South-Eastern and Dover, 41 1 7 2 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 1, 13 1 / 2 ; Ditto, No. 3, 6% 18s. 9d. ; Scottish Central, 6 3 / 4 ; Trent Valley Con tinuation, % ; Welsh Midland, 2 ; West Yorkshire, 2 1 / 8 ; Worcester and Tring, 4 3 4 ; York and Carlisle, 24 475. ; Namur and Liege, 64 ; Northern of France (English), 5% ; Ditto, Rosamel'e, (English), 465. 24 • Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux (English), 10%; Paris and ' Lyons, Laffitte's (Engli.h), 3 595. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneren's), 535. Ed. 545. ; Paris and Rouen, 424 ; Paris and Strasburgh, 2 1 / 2 ; Sambre and Meuse, 10. The arrivals of the present week having been so numer ous, there is nothing due, and we have no later intelligence to-day. The Bank of England during the week to May 10, increased its issue of notes by 55,840/., and its stock of bullion by 58,432/. There were, however, 312,125/. snore of the notes appropriated to the creditor side of the banking department. The Rest has been remarkably steady, for it exhibits an increase of 5/. The Public deposits were increased by 679,436/., and the other deposits lessened by 290,154/. The Funds are firmer to-day. Consols for immediate transfer bring 98% to 98%, and for time 99 to 1 / 2 . Ex chequer-bills have been at a premium of 565. to 545. Bank Stock is at 210 1 /. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 100% to 100%. The Foreign Bonds are still dull. Spanish Five per Cents. have been nominally 30% %; the Three per Cents are 42%; and Portuguese Converted, 67 to 674 Mexican have been 36 1 / to 36%; and Chilian Deferred, 52 ; Dutch 2 1 4 per Cents. have realised 63%. For Railway Shares there has been a firm market, and the Paris and Lyons Shares have risen, as well as some of the other French lines. The Midland Counties, the Irish, and some of the English lines are very well supported. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 97% 98 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 98% 99% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Aunuties lOl 100% 101% Long Annuities ,Expire sth Jan. 1860... 11 1 / Do. 30 I ears, Expire Oct. 10,1859... 11% Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11 9-16 India Stock for Account India Bonds 1,0001 — Ditto under 1,0001 6B Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 11 / 2 d. 1,000/. 5001. Ditto Small — PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B9 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto Deferred Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account .. .., Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account 67%1A% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 — Ditto Passive Bonds Bl4 Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents ........... ...... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... 98 11 ,4 97% PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHAM Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% 2 %8 to Brighton, Lewes, Hastings ... 20 Bristol and Exeter Ditto New ............ 2 Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian ll% to 11 - Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 11 / 2 7%%... to Chester and Holyhead Cuichester and Brighton lO ..... 11% to Churnet Valley Vireet Northern .... ........ .. 2 1 ,( 34 to Dublin and Galway . Dublin and Mullingar 2% 4%..... to _ _ Eastern Counties 25 to -- Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 51.13 s 4d 11/...... to Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto New 1 A Shares 2 l/ 6% ..... to Great North of England...... 100 Ditto New ... ... 5 Ditto New Great Western Ditto % Shares .. 50 105 Guildford, Fareham, Portms, 2% 5 14 % 2— to Harwich 1 London and Birmingham ...100 Ditto !,4* Shares London and Blackwall 16% 94 to London and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 64 to London and Croydon... 131. 15s. 9d.... 18 1 / 2 .. to London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... 10. 8 3 / 4 o 11 London and South Western.. 41%...... 79 1 / 2 to Ditto New 2 l /2 1 3 3 /4 to London and York ... ..... ...... 2% 4% to Manchester and Leeds Ditto Half Shares - 32 Midland 100 164 162 1 / 2 to 164% Ditto New Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 126 ...... to 125 Newcastle St DarlingtonJunc. 25 49%...... to Ditto New Brandling Newcastle and Berwick North British ... 10 Ditto, New 1 Northern and Eastern North Kent 2 3 /4 5% to Norwich and Brandon lO ... 18 Rugby, Worcester, and Tring 1 Scottish Central Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2 1 / 2 5 l / 2q... to South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 4l ..... to Ditto New, No 3 2 l /2 6 3 /4 to South Wales Trent Valley and Holyhead Junction ... 1% 2% to York and North Midland ... 50 ......104 Ditto Half Shares Ditto Selby Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux and Toulouse Bordeaux,Toulouse andeette 2 Great Northern of France (Laffitte's) Do. Do. (Rosarners) ... 2 Louvain and Jemeppe ... 2 Namur aad Liege 2% 6 to Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 ...... 10 3 / 4 :34 to Paris and Lyons (Lailitte) ... 2 Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's) 2 ... Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasburg... 2 ..... 3 Rouen and Havre l 4 - to Royal North of Spain JOINT STOCK BANKS. National Provincial of Engld. 35 THE NAVY.—A return (recently moved for by Commodore Sir C. Napier. M.P.) has been printed, of the ships launched since the year 1800 up to the present time, and broken up, cut down, or altered, without having been at sea, and of those turned into hulks and receiving ships, and likewise those that are -unserviceable without having been at sea, and the total cost. It hence appears that since 1800 four 74-gun ships (the Redoubtable, Vindictive, Anson and Minotaur), and seven 42-gun ships (the Amazon, Daedalus, Brilliant, Penelope, Thames, Bacchus, and Hebe) have beon launched. One of these ships, the Redoubtable, was broken up in 1841 ; three, the Vindictive, Amazon, and Diedalus, were cut down in 1832 and 1844; and one, the Brilliant, is cutting down. The Penelope, as is well known to nautical readers, was converted, in 1843, into a steam-frigate, and is now at sea, in good condition. The remaining five vessels, the Anson, Thames, Minotaur, Hebe, and Bacchus, were turned into hulks and receiving ships in 1843, 1844, 1842, 1836, and 1839. All the ships mentioned as altered or cut down, are reported to be in good condition. The total cost of the hulls of all the vessels enumerated in this return amounted as follows :—The Redoubtable, 74, to 86,0491. ; the Vindictive, 74, to 81,5401. ; the Amazon, 42, to 42,920/. ; the Daedalus, 42, to 35,009/, ; the Brilliant, 42, to 49,803/. ; the Penelope, 42, to 54,7291. ; the Anson, 74, to 88,762/. ; the Thames, 42, to 47,0511. ; the Minotaur, 74, to 76,662/. ; the Bacchus, 42, to 34,961/, ; and the Hebe, 42, to 32,4841. The return is signed by W. Symonds, the Surveyor-General of the Ad miralty, and is dated the 27th of March last. • - - OPENING OF OXFORD-STREET EAST. — Yesterday a portion of the new street, called Oxford-street East, was thrown open for the passage of vehicles. The whole line will be opened in the course of a few weeks. FATAL STEAM MOAT ACCIDENT OFF LIMEIIOUSE. —On Thursday evening an inquest was held at the Eight Bells, Church-street, Greenwich, before Mr. C. J. Carttar, on view of the body of John Williams, aged ten years, who met his death on the steamer Waterman 5, in consequence of being knocked down by the bowsprit of a billy-boy, which came across the bows of the steamer on Tuesday last, as de scribed in Th e S un o f th e f o ll ow i ng d ay. The jury, after a consultation of nearly an hour, returned a verdict of acci dental death, accompanied with a suggestion that captains of steam-boats should to the utmost give way to all vessels under canvass or otherwise, although in the present in stance the captain of Waterman 5, perhaps, did all that he could do under the circumstances ; and they only wished the Directors of the Steam-packet Company to communicate such observations to the captain of No. 5 Waterman, without imputation of the slightest nature. Mr. Newbon, of Ward robe-place, Doctors'-commons, solicitor to the Company, said he should make known to the Directors the sentiments so expressed by the jury. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.-FIVE LIVES LOST. —A deplorable accident happened on Tuesday last, within a few miles of the coast-guard station at Mainport, near Fal mouth. One of the coast-guard men named Barnes took his family, consisting of three sons and daughter, in a boat for an excursion along the beach. On returning home and rounding the point from Falmouth, a heavy squall caught the sail and instantly capsized the boat, when the whole party were thrown into the water, and drowned before assist ance could reach them. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAI .) Group X. The Committee met again this day at twelve o'clock, Lord Courtenay in the chair, and proceeded with the adjourned in- quirk• into THE LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Mr. T. Walker, of the firm of B. W. Cooke and Co., bankers, at Loncaster, examined by Mr. Dension—The London and York line would confer considerable advantage on the town of Don. caster. The inhabitants were all favourable to the scheme. The London and York line would not only enable the mer chants and traders to keep their present trade, but it wculd materially increase that trade. There were three meetings held at Doncaster in favour of the line. The first was not so strongly in favour of it as the last two meetings. The second meeting was held on the sth of March last, and the feeling was unanimous in favour of the undertaking. The last meeting was held on the 17th of March, which was sub sequent to the report of the Beard of Trade reporting against tLe line. The town was in a great state of excitement. Never remembered so strong a feeling in favour of any other public unde.itakiug. The meeting came to very strong reso lutions, and the town resolved to memorialise the Board of Trade on the subject. The London and York was the only line that could confer advantage on Doncaster. It was not unfavour able in any one point. There is a sweeping extension of an other line intended, which is known as the Leeds and Selby, and the Direct North Midland line. It would cross several important thoroughfares, which would greatly impede the traffic of the highway and endanger the safety of the public. That line would not confer anything like the advantage of the London and York line. Cross-examined by Mr. TALBOT—Between Selby and Rotherham there was a considerable traffic. There are coaches from Doncaster to and from Swinton and Sheffield. The railways, however, left them but a very few coaches. Never took a leading part in favour of a line be tween Gainsborough and Swinton. Attended a meeting in 1844, at Gainsborough. It was a meeting called for the pur pose offorwarding aline of railway from Gainsborough, there. by connecting that place, the city of Lincoln and Doncaster, with the North Midland Railway at Swinton. Did not support resolutions passed at the meeting. Was sent there to watch the proceedings on the part of the Town Council of Doncaster. Did not go there in a postchaise—went on his own horse, and alone. Mr. TALuoT—You say you took no part in the proceedings ; now, is not this extract from the local paper a correct report, as it more materially affects you : " William Sharpe, Esq., moved—' That the verbal report made to this meeting, by George Stephenson, Esq , of a line of railway from Gainsborough, southward to the city of Lincoln, and westward by Doncaster to Swinton on the North Midland Railway, be approved and adopted by this meeting.' " Mr. Stark seconded the motion, and in doing so recited some of the preliminary proceedings referred to by the Chairman, and in which he, Mr. S., with others, had taken an active part. After so much labour, to see So respectable a meeting afforded him great satisfaction. He believed not only that the railway would be of great service to the town, but that it would be the only means of saving it from that decay with which it was threatened, and which had already commenced. " Mr. Bellwood thought the present meeting was prema ture; that Gainsborough had no right to take a decided step until Lincoln bad pronounced in favour of one or other of the lines, and he moved as an amendment, that a Committee be appointed to watch the proceedings of the various railway projects connected with Gainsborough. " John Walker, Esq., banker, of Doncaster, claimed the attention of the meeting. " Chairman—Are you going to second the motion? " Mr. Walker—No, Sir John.—(Laughter.) " Mr. Bellwood — The town is not here. The meeting has not been properly convened. " Chairman—lt has been advertised. _ " 3.lr7i3Tii;ooa=ii is self-elected.—(Laughter.) " Chairman (pleasantly)—Surely the gentlemen here can pledge themselves if they choose, to any particular line. The meeting is not illegal, I presume? " Mr. Walker—l understand Mr. Stephenson to say there are two points of junction with the North Midland proposed, the one at Darfield, the other at Swinton. I would suggest that it be at or near Swinton. " Edward Sandars, Esq., supported the proposition, which was approved by the meeting. " Mr. Stephenson, in reply to Mr. Walker, said he proposed Darfield with the view of making a more direct communica tion with the Manchester arid Leeds, and entirely to obviate the necessity for the Lincoln and Wakefield line. Taking the interests of all parties into consideration, it is their interest to go to Darfield instead of Wakefield. " The Chairman—The resolution now stands at or near Swinton.' " Mr. Stephenson—lf the other line is persevered in, we cannot go to Darfield. But I want to do away with that line altogether. " The resolution, as amended, being adopted." I believe you will allow that to be a fair report. Witness—lt is correct, as far as I can remember. Mr. TALBoT—I believe the press materially increased that excitement of the town of Doncaster which yeu told us had taken place after the report of the Board of Trade against the London and York line? Witness—l cannot say, I be lieve they write about it. Mr. TALBOT—I believe so, too—they keep the steam up pretty fairly. Is not one of your partners in the bank at Doncaster in the habit of writing for one of the local papers ? Witness—l believe he does now and then, I can't say po sitively. Mr. TALBOT—No doubt he throws in a spicy leader or so now and then. Are you not the bankers of the London and York ? Witness—We have been, but there is no account now in our hands.—(Laughter.) The witness was briefly cross-examined by Mr. cocKuurot on behalf of the Direct Northern scheme. Another witness was then called ; but, after a few minutes' examination, the Committee adjourned till Monday. SPORTING IN TELLIGEN CE (FROM OUR CORRESPONDDENT.) The Newmarket Second Spring Meeting was productive of more sport than was anticipated. The fields were respectable in number, and the races well contested. Alice Hawthorn's place in the Suffolk Stakes was rather unaccountable, con sidering the manner in which she was backed, and I must say I was much surprised at it. The distance I suppose was not far enough for her to choke off the light weights, still I imagined even with 9st. 91b. she had pace in her enough to make them all safe. However I must not complain, as Queen Mab, which I selected for a winner, in the event of Alice not going, or winning, finished two lengths in front of all the others,—thus confirming the opinion I expressed of her merits. Prologue, I wrote on Monday, would beat all the three-year-olds ; he did so, and was placed third. The matches and sweepstakes came off exactly as I anticipated. For a wonder the result of the Rowley Mile Plate made no alteration in the Derby betting. The Mauchester Meeting furnished sport of an excellent character. I am convinced in a few years these races will equal Chester in importance. By a reference to my pre vious letter it will be seen I had not miscalculated the merits of the horses engaged in the various stakes. For the Gold Cup and Race-course Cup I was first and second with the Best of Three, Hooton, Philip, and David. For the Filly Stakes and Keasal Stakes I was also first with Marian Ramsay, while for the Free Handicap and Victoria Stakes I was second with Ambition and Thalia. While the Best of Three turned out as I said he would, the best of those engaged in the Broughton Stakes. The near approach of the Derby, and the announcement of so many Derby Sweeps to be drawn next week, induces me to think an analysis of the performances of those horses now in the market may not prove unacceptable or uninte resting. To this year's Derby there are 140 subscribers, thirteen less than to the preceding one. The field, I imagine, will not consist of above 22 or 23, and will number in it Idas, Weatherbit, Cobweb colt, Newsmonger, Pam, Old England, Alarm, Wood Pigeon, Miss Whip colt, Doleful, Titmouse, Gwalior, by Samercand, Sutlej, The Libel, Pan tasa, Mentor, Cabin-boy, Worthless, Young Eclipse, Minikin colt, Winchester, Freeman, and perhaps Clear-the-Way. Besides these, above twenty other horses have been backed occasionally, so that the betters round have no great reason to complain. As a matter of course, I commence with the favourite. Idas is a bay colt, by Liverpool, out of Marpessa, and the property of Lord Stradbroke. He came into the market im mediately after Evenus won the Cambridgeshire, and during the winter was quietly backed at 16 to 1 to win a large stake. Just previous to the Craven Meeting an idea of his merits seems to have been discovered, for he rose to 9 to 1, and after he had walked over for a 100 sovs. Sweepstakes, and defeated Wood Pigeon, as little as 5 to 1 was taken about him. At the First Spring Meeting he won the Two Thou sand Guineas Stakes in a canter, beating Worthless, Win chilsea, Wood Pigeon, and Paultons. As Worthless had won twice at Bath, and Winchilsea carried off the two Riddles worths and the Column, Idas at once rose to 2 to 1, at which price he has been backed for avery large sum of money. For the information of those who have not seen him, I add that he stands full sixteen hands, and combines with beau tiful symmetry great muscle and powerful limbs. His stride too is as extraordinary as his temper is good. He is trained by Ludlow, Lord Stradbroke's private trainer, who has ex cellent means of trying his capabilities with Evenus, con fessedly the speediest horse of the day for a mile and three quarters. Idas's party is, I admit, a small one, but consists of the aristocracy of the ring, such as Captain Rous (the best handicapper and match maker in England), the Duke of Bedford, &c.,—all of whom have backed him freely. As I shall treat of the Derby again I shall say nothing now about his chance, but merely observe that if Nat is unable to ride him George Edwards will have the mount, and those who'recollect how he won the Derby with Phosphorous, beating Caravan and Arthur Pavis by a head, must admit he could not be in better hands. Weatherbit, by Sheet Anchor, out of Miss Letty, the winner of the Oaks in 1837, has never yet appeared in public, consequently his good qualities can only be a matter of con jecture. From the manner, however, in which he has been supported by his owner, Mr. Gully—confessedly one of the best, ifnot the very best judge of racing in England, and the excellent schoolmaster he has in St. Lawrence, people should be care ful how they oppose him. He is considered to be the best of John Day's lot, and will be ridden by young John. His present price is 8 to 1. Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel next claims my attention. He is got by Pantaloon, out of Pas quinade by Camel, was at 40 to 1 until he started for the Cheshire St. Ledger, when from the clever manner in which he defeated his horses, he rose to 11 to 1. He then went back to 16 to 1, but rallied again, and has plenty of friends at 11 to 1. He is trained by %Yadlow, the trainer of Intrepid, Sweetmeat and the Ironmaster, and from the manner in which he brought these animals to the post, I have no doubt but that The Libel's condition will be such as to give satis faction to his backers. I now come to Pam, the property of Lord Chesterfield, and trained by Taylor, his Lordship's stud-groom. He is brother to E 0, and is got by Emelius out of Ophelia ; has never started but once, when he beat Lord Glasgow's colt, by Velocipede, out of Mies Whip, at Doncaster, by a neck. I do not think, however, that this performance is good enough to warrant his being backed even at 15 to 1. Mr. Gully's Old England, by some thought to be better than Weatherbit, finds supporters at 17 to 1. He is by Mulatto out of Fortress; ran exceedingly well as a two year•old, having won the New Stakes, beating a neat .111 Strt!:cs at Nowmarket Jt,ly Zileaini4;—tue Steppingly Stakes at the Second October Meeting—and a Sweepstakes in the Houghton Meeting; in each race beating colts of some character ; but I hear from very good au thority that his legs are not in as good order as they should be, and that has been the reason of his not starting for all race previ( us to the Derby. He is matched against Ala"' for 500 snvs. at the Newmarket Second October Meetingi giving hina sibs., which looks as if Mr. Gully did not think lightly of his merits. On Monday I shall continue my Derby analysis, an d touch on the Gorhambury Meeting, London, May 18. TELEGRAPH• EGLINTON PARK RACES.—TIIURSDA Y. The Milton Stakes of 5 sous. each, p.p. wit h 50 adde d winner to be sold for 2001, &c. Once round. Capt. Boyd's Sara, aged H. Johnstone) 2 Lord Eglinton's Fitzjames, 4 ...... Mr. H. Jelinstone's The Bat, 6 yrs .. .......................... d 5 The Stewards' Cup, by subs. of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft , C t, only if declared, with 100 added. OM m ile and a ba' 'I Mr. i%ieiklain's Godfrey, 4 yrs ... ...... (Captain Williams) 2 Lord Eglinton's Aristides, 5 yrs Capt. 803 d's Dog Billykes , 4 yrs .................. The Hydropathic . Sta of 7 goys• each, with 75 added. One mile and a half. A 1 Lord Waterford's Firefly, 6 yrs ............... (Owner/ Lord Eglinton's Opera, age d ................................................ A Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, °fi e "i e b, was won by Lain; and the Forced Handicap, a 7 soil• ea by Brevity, boating several others. MANCHESTER RACES—TnuusDAY• a t 21b; Plate of 50/. ; three years old, Est 121 b ; four yea rs, 05 l o ped five years, Sst 101 b; six s ears and aged, 9st ; m ar 31bs. Heats, one mile and a half. \ 1 1 Mr. Worthington's Dr. Husband, 4 yrs (Ma rlow/ 2 2 Mr. Dawson's T'Auld Squite, 4 yrs . ....................3 3 Mr. Hornby's g g, by Stumps, 4 yrs ........................ IN on easy. MANCHESTER RA - CES—Fnmel r • a dded. The Broughton Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 30 Mile and three quarters. Mr. Meiklam's Best of Three, 4 yrs (Hatch S Mr. Dawson's Montgomerie, 3 yrs Mr. Osborne's Bedale, Mr. Hesseltine's Guano, and Hornsey's Stittenham were not placed. scb, ft ' Cup of 100 sovs., added to a Handicap of 15 so's. e - , and sif declared. One mile and a gaitr ter (' :O ;f) Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne, 6 yrs ............ 3 Mr. Buckley?s David, 6 yrs ..... Mr. Meiklatn's Trueboy, 5 yrs Poussin, 5 yrs, and Dr. Husband, 4 yrs, al so ' t wo re' Plate of 501. ; winner to be sold for 150!. Heats , 1 and a dis, 3 1 g Mr. Meiklam's Poussin, 53 ra (Hutchinson) 1 4 a Mr. Dawson's T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs ..................... 4 3 e Mr. Robinson's Wasp, aged Mr. Palmer's Betsy Bird, 5 yrs ......... - - - freS THE GREAT RUNNING 0-1- ax*"e.- AT' SLOUGH. The following is a fuller account of this exciting r°l° f'tb--91 .-- we were enabled to give in our paper of yesteOla ir tsie.o immense number of persons from all parts of the cone no, eluding nearly the whole of the officers of the r en ' to solli" regiments in garrison at Windsor, Hounslow, nal da y elf; and the metropolis, arrived at an early hour yeste k . ion 10 ing at Slough, for the purpose of witnessing t°; d bia t o against time, for a man to run twenty miles t ', • , O A ., hours, which has created for the last ten weeks ling cio;;ts interest in the metropolitan and provincial snot_,,,i„ One The terms of the match were as follow :—A sPe L ". - 100 1 .,, 5 1- 11, in the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), wagered 200 1 6° o ,eloPes, Mr. Bragg, the proprietor of the North Star Inn, 0 fril, that he (Mr. B.) could not find a man who wo uld,. _ t o, ~, (yesterday) the 16th May, run twenty mile* in t wol lo s 7 4 man, of course, to be named previously to the start• co pliol l t o nature of the extraordinary undertaking to be ac e , o , l o t; the betting, and that to a considerable extent , T,2 to itt ia Thursday afternoon, 5 to 3, and in most instanerid ( .„4 time, But it having become known that Maxseo,9, Fit North Star"), who beat Davis (" the Welsh% der Jackson (" the American Deer"), in a one M i p s P Slough, a few weeks since, had been selected 1.1 „ se ie.4 after a severe and successful training, to perforni,:"odi;ji the odds against time were considerably reduced, s ot po before the start yesterday morning the bal ers ilig s 6 to 4 agst Maxfield, with but very fey( t a t , file ground selected for the match was one mile,_ e co ss co se road between Slough and Maidenhead, whie u ' ss r ts s of nineteen " turns" had to be taken by the eni t s 'cjise s tes plete the 20 miles, was supposed to be greatly t 0 07:14 du o tage. From the immense sums which were dePe s „ die m st, result the ground was strictly measured, and risrecinifs; ters were sent from town to " keep the time- . 0 be"" f ota half-past ten o'clock Maxfied (who appeared J e d, tl t , condition, and in full confidence of winning) st' bs sko A tile,' "off" being given by the gallant captain lell i e s . tr able 0 0 As Maxfield performed the match in most sully fitior and as this is, we are informed, the first W 111,1, 0 0 4 00 extraordinay undertaking has been accompli su : s to ing account of the time in which each of t he . gone over may interest our sporting readers t.--2 : sew Se' The first 2 miles 10 minutes 1 5 ,7 4 miles 21 ~ ~ 32 ~ „ 6 miles 12 34 a „ 8 miles 43 s 6 0 , f 9, 22 10 miles 55 ' 0 ff 12 miles 1 hour 7. ~ ss 0 „ 14 miles 1 „ 19 ~ 19 0 „ 16 miles 1 „ 32 ~ 21 a „ 18 miles 1 „ 45 ~ 30 lor d „ 20 miles 1 „ 58 ~ , gn, From this statement, it will be seen teas us ifie, formed the twenty miles in one minute and 1 1 P., 1 03 A ril; hours. During the race the odds fluctuated val . )„,esinoi. At the end of the sixteenth mile, Maxfield 'Lew of ,d te; siderably distressed ; but whether this was feg l3 o sesr ts , is Impossible to say. At this point of the rot e eig" , 1 of 5 to 2 were laid against him. At the end of te . i'A mile he appeared considerably improved, and ell s eog iS 'rers • ing the 20th he was apparently quite fresh , ' Dr cel t sss little symptoms of fatigue. Ile was insmedi ste s sco ° '''o to the North Star, and put to bed. When thi s 101:, dispatched, last evening, he was, to use his O'' sal' s well as ever he was in his life." He never we s a t ‘ oa r once during the race ; but was supplied wit h se 0 0 and water, by means of a sponge, while he 0 full speed. A " DE ....- licr4T 4 01,,,i1/ LONDON, CHATHAM, AND N ORTH - Gooir r oe s —Yesterday a special meeting of the above _ st _ to ,e, ' held at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-strefaytir 4 a report from the Directors, and to adopt 8' 1 ,7 pelt ° A i sures as might appear necessary. The ehal_abiri read taken by Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, the ' s , s i e z 0 , t i t:0 4 11 0 report, which stated that, at a meeting a ', uld kssal, A I% tl° January, it had been agreed that they i.e . .. - t osses / FLO their Bill to the House of Commons, Doty( e, bat. dry/ Board of Trade had reported against their lq l .-seiise.so the 1..- expenses of endeavouringto pass throng disk Ow . e t , Committee, and going to the second rea o f ;o ,v bi limited to the sum of 10s. per share. They fist 'to successfully to that reading, while the Son o ste:- irA, pany had been unsuccessful, and it was Il bs viitb a l gli I V the Committee that the limitation should 111 We i t o. A g enable them successfully to prosecute the :'', oo to a d tr., rnittee. The Chairman said that, i n addit t i ps ss to sop) had heard in the report, though they ba e d e d to to l d the Standing Orders Committee, and proce ~ i i s ol e ei ot o reading, they had not spent one-half of t tZ a .talilsb l ie they were limited ; and should they not I.`be o n 010 to obtain their Bill the Shareholders won", jaloTis 9 0 / (0 9 the expenses incurred before the 29th , 0 , 1 t hat _ A i s i ll . Lousave moved, and Mr. Drury secondea slisel 9 ;o 6 amount of deposits should be placed at 4 .t lt : s srr e iet Ill s Provisional Committee, for the purpose el 0 t through Parliament. The resolution w vot t to carriel unanimously. Thanks having be 010°11 Chairman, the meeting separated. WO t he J O' „, s .....- , DEATH OF THE REV. DR. C l 3‘ ,- ; igh. ate - jol learn that intelligence reached town last Lic e p lac pr , ~, . of the Rev. Dr. George Cook, which to° Sei r s a detri t e the g drew's yesterday morning. His son, elected itosspattlf Cook, of Haddington, was yesterday eT ir . eaf te rat s o ,„ the Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale. , t l io nlv; las t or long period the acknowledged leader 0 1 d for l aic pee:, in the Established Church of Scotland, an t o f e c i 0: 0 : 9t teen years Professor of Moral Philosopht:dor a lt eti ed, nomy in the United College of St. Saly bs d tes ... ,fi ' nerd's, St. Andrew's. The Rev. Doctor f 70. - 1 O P 08 vanced age, being, we believe, upward s li r le f Witness, May 14. r. rit4 lllll. o l V , l' THE CHARGE OF PASSING A w - re fe frli or Art - 411 Oll fOliCi i REIGN AT TILE FREE-TRADE BAZ-- ' o ur. t i o g ti o-, A s charge preferred. at Bow-street Police .top of sli.g r„ evening against Mr. Richard White for . 7 00 341_, Inn a piece resembling a sovereign in the P u it apPeffor l A at the bazaar in Covent. garden Theatres_ ita tioe.. 014 ot, token produced was not a counterfeit or if, iata ali.e' .4 li, 01: reign, as had been represented by the COT i t'ily c,str o t eg s rso y„ their evidence, but a medal such as are. o - r otige'd ss o t l7 ( in Trafalgar-square and other p . uhlie l io .nteet b at A r s o k r i west-end of town, none of which in tker e e re sliniA";,j; any resemblance to the current coin oft it a ssi o a n li h k o e r n s e e s b s a o c f k h o e n r Atlhaitersetvyeroane.oneTshiederna,en.ddsatidheciwe sa : st e l ic obn - a?d ie ottott , it; the magistrate previous to giving sa a b s ervt o t se i s sequence of his omitting to make a n y l ittera, jis A tite charge assumed the c haracter l not the Are o f, base or counterfeit sovereign, which w_°D .o o.-77 4 0/ 0 1te o ; THE GREAT BRITAIN ST A l lt e ioP r a T r eCt ° o oo r , much pleasure in stating, through anag ili s a g fee ° V I friend, that Captain Claxton, R.N. , n i v i s its- br th st sc,„i Great Western Steam-ship ComlianY?. „l a se 1 a l e 00 4 1 7 Saturday, with the view of selecting ."...,r de d by A s a o f Britain steam-ship to lie at, it being intf . " to and bo tis l 444, to give the inhabitants of these . to v 7 rig 0 1 0, 1 , t he o se neighbourhood an opportunity of v; en slesi l`j ar b e 0 / ships. The 15th of June is the day the p l a ce ' . 10 0 , h‘ her arrival here, and Mr. Gill's pier bv; f iei fire r d r bition.—Plymouth Journal. A_ d tructivenpotfomOoe, FIRE AT DEPTFORD. - - eS at Dei ly ', o re house,t i the extensivesituate wshiothrtilnytbheefoarheoortnespoa'ccleocokf halfthis m an orn he i n n t g: c o i gl on e dti a xp t r i ta . o l lea ~ great j t, JO? as the dlng °Lit 0 t lig li .o l (111 " ° Broadway. The conflagration caused .ne : '" g etel; s se l ' a s rte . metropolis, and thereby occasioned u premisesin Tan Tanner-street , e r k - n s t o r w e ; I ts worked with _ _ 0 ' for an tail: see:sectoebeir:gsien:°:si to th e ° wtbaretirgioeandperetseheleingtbi,nuweilshd,iibicluhgtwweeraseretihneyrucio.nusi. .I:hreahgreebeadthtocurroeltr;e9ro:l;,4 erie no i°ll lllo re' vented the flames from extending r obe. b De d perty. No lives were lost. e ... l isapP , 5 0 11 1 6 /1 11 d. There appears to be sop .f .f . As hbe!._ cts ar„ilee . , s 4, the precise character in which l u _ L . The bar e7levsi turned from Texas to this couritr it m o ffstres l e f r d, lieve, simply these :—Mr. Smiths Charge d A . 'it e e- Bob eoto .1. H i s recKrecisi; a er oe f iE, r e o u m rl oe fp i t e ' e Eb x ny a g s Gl a h ei e inde. übopthtoinaLvoeirf:)fnewanmd month's agAo lathy pr esiden t on i ts 7; 0 0 04 acAedttornert joiles'_ggell'lo This appointment was made s __ siau , au( an d co _ s pol 0 , Congress of Texas was not l i e , - , re i ;S r t If , A d did not receive the approva 0 h a s' t i t ers _ .,s eq . _,, became void. President Jones t ti cu:',oss'l" too solicited lllTerrell, 'vhi 8r e Mr. Ashbel as A tb° o 6. o s oV al character' gaged 230, ' has not arrived in any speeL has WC 01 o f to We near that Sir R. peel f r the s e 0 0 .11 • sshire, o rni 9 et' of Closeburn, in Dwane sumes the ordinary diplomatic en p e r th e eill iff Glasgow Courier. has giv ow 0,...pa0 The Duke of Sutherland of his to there' tie on the farms . us to b SS iS destroy the hares Smith, , d that ftgel *pian o it 0 of Trertham, where they are i ss Ar 0 , . w ill le t . tril r ean t i s eo.o Gazette. n realer t his ,- c oo- till INEENDIARIS II.--Uur force for _ la in 0 func faction, that the constabularyt trit.armatoioeuessioeeetredycii! possession of most imp w ilfully w ilfully ties are d 9 io fl e id with a number of the late tSioensteoffottias, , u speCt , d P a h r , ellg 3 ,g e ,,t sil ec so 9 e ; county, and that severa l p __ pr ivat% e 5t ot;i . th st, eo , , custody. The force have De" d will C ll _ _ ar tieg_ _ br o in obtaining information which as t ra bei , w iii be ever secretly such acts a effected,lraeter tile perilet tors the authors of the diabolica acts, a - P u vinee !" ee tie Of may imagine, sooner odrcy tronick . to justice.—Chchailbe )