The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-22 00:00:00

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 22. TIILRAIOMETER, Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 67 ; Noon, 63. BAROMETER, 30.2.—WEND, W.S.W. NOT The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the f.eezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. B' MI WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 25 minutes after 4 I Evening ... 41 minutes after 4. ct l / 4 r l . Sp" .oAf• otl l 1. - APF fil ifIZZ 4. A flies DIEU 47.. mos r9O SECOND EDITION. COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE CHINESE WAR, &c. Now ready, in 2 voli. B vo., with Maps and Plates , 32 5. bound , N ARRAT IV E of the VOYAGE S and SERVICES of " THE NEMESIS," From 1840 to 1843; And of the combined Naval and Military OPERATIONS IN CHINA; Comprising a Complete Account of the Colony of ILONG-KONG, and Remarks on the Character and Habits of THE CHINESE, &c. From the Notes of Commander W. H. HALL, R.N., with Personal Observations by W. D. BERNARD, Esq., A.M., Oxon. " This Is probably the most important publication that has ap peared respecting our late contest with China. In all that relates to the Nemesis especially, and to the naval operations of the expedition, it is replete with the most lively and stirring interest."—Naval and Military Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, MAJOR HARRIS'S TRAVELS IN AFRICA. ___ __ __ The New Edition of THE HIGHLANDS of kI'HIOPIA; being the Account of Eighteen Months' Residence of a British Em bassy to the Christian Court of Shoa. By Major C. W. HARRIS, Author of " Wild Sports of Southern Africa," will be published on Monday next. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. SIR ROBERT ADAIR'S MISSION TO VIENNA. This day is published, Bvo., 18s. AN HISTORICAL MEMOIR of a MISSION to the COURT of VIENNA, in 1806. By the Right Hon. Sir ROBERT ADAIR, G.C.B. With a Selection from his Dispatches, published by permission of the proper authorities. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE TO-MORROW EVENING, APRIL 23, Will be performed Beßini's Opera, entitled LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Madame Persiani; Lisa, Madame Bellini : Elvino, Sig. Marie. To conclude with the Ballet of GISELLE. Principal Characters.—Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Bertha, Madame Copere; Bathilda, Mdlle. Ferdinand • Myrtha, Mdlle. SchetFer ; the Prince of Courland, M. Gosselin • Hilarion, M. Coulon• Wilfrid, M. Gouriet ; Noblemen, MM. Venafra and Bertram; and the Duke of Silesia, M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office. Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 21, Will be produced A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W. Harrison; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr. orrani; Naima, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdlle. Albert ,szi ; Francesca, Miss Romer. After which will be repeated a New Ballet, entitled LADY HEN. RIETTA; or, The Statute Fair. Lyonml, M. Silvain ; Walter, Mr. Howell; Sir Tristram, Mr. O'Bryan ; Queen Aune. Miss O'Bryan ; Lady Henrietta, Mdlle. Lucile Gratin; Nancy, Miss C. Webster; Mina, Miss Carson. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price 23.; MAidle Gallery 23., Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTF.R, LESSER First Appearance of Mr. W. Farrcn, since his severe indisposition. THIS EVENING, APRIL 22, Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farrcn; Charles Surface, Mr. C. Mathews ; Lady Teazle, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Evening with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Lee. To conc:ude with a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN A SACK. 'rickets and Places to be had of Mr L T. Archer, at the Box o !Ice, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, APRIL 22, Will be performed LA SONN A MBULA. Amine, Miss Grant; Liza, Miss E. Honner ; Elvin n, Mr. Allen. To which will be added, the Farce of the SPITALFIELDS' WEAVER. To conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, caPed FAIR STAR ; or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANCING WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Oxblrry, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM LATE ENGLISH OPERA_ Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, APRIL 22, Will Be repeated the New Comedietta, in Two Acts, entitled HASTY CONCLUSIONS. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs 'Keeley. After which. MY WIFE'S OUT. Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley. Mr Wigan, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Keeley. 'To he followed by a New Drama in One Act, called THE POST OF HONOUR. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J. Collier, Stanton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the Theatre Royal, Adelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Grove. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burlerque Fairy Extra vaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. Cha racters by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother , and Mn. s Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—First Price—"ores, 45.; Upper Boxes, 35. ; Pit, 2s. ) • Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes , 2s . ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d. ; Pit, is. Private Boxes on the Balcony ier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (ho sing eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad mission Tickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly Transferrable Free Tickets (for tho first forty nights), Three Guineas. Doors open at Half.past zix. Performances begins at Seven o'Clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Tfurnphant Success of the Grand National Spectacle. THIS EVENING, APRIL 22, Will be reputed the Historical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR ,• or, the Batt'e of H,stings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &c. Monsieur Plege on the Tight Rope, New Scenes in the Circle, by eurnent French and Bri ish Artates. To conclude with a Favourite Farce. _ Mr. Batty (the ?roprietor) bees respectfully to acquaint the Nobility, Uentry, and public that, encouraged by the flattering success during the past year, and finding the Theatre not suffi ciently commodious for its numerous p .trons, he entered into an extensive arrangement with Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi— nent builders of Lambeth, for the re-cons , ructing on a magnificent and novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre, which has bees rebuilt, dress boxes enlarged, upper boxes widened, and pit and galleries ext naively improved. Fourteen glass Mitres ore added, a .d a Grecian dome ceiling, with entirely new sriendid classic decorations, and gorgeous apppeintrnerts, which, with the first-rate taint to be offered, he presumes cannot fail of obtaining that support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the last season. The grand Easter national Spectacle will combine all tie splendid historical effects of the Noi !flan Conquest of England, produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olyripique will in troduce un quailed equestrian taleat, and the dou le company corn nrise talent of the highest older. The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at ven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAT, !MILTS ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 21, Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS, in which the entire Company will perform. after which THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup .rated by all the leading Favourites of the Establishment. To conch de with a Domestic Drama, entitled BROKEN HOME. .1' ace., and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box o Um, from Eleven ;o Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THFATRE. THIN EVENING, APRIL •.2, Will be produc:d a New Drama entitled THE OLD MAN'S BRIDE; or, the 'Murder et Norwood Vill !. Supported by Messr'. Freer, Nantz, Dale, Seaman, C. J. Bird, Gardner, Paul, Cureno, James, Miss Aroen, and Miss Vincent. To be f, tired by the ceebrated 1 . Polka Dance " After which, the New Popular Drama, called LEONTINE; or SIXTEEN \ EARS AGO I Fitzarlington, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Ar thur, Mr. C. J. Bird; Mat, Mr. Freer; Paul, Mr. Corene ; Leon. tine, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE GALLEY SLAVES OF TOULON. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. FOR THE BENEFIT Or MR. M. RAYMOND. THIS EVENING, APRIL `.2. Who can wonder that hundreds canrot gain admission to the Magic Temple of the WIZARD OF THE NORTH ? He h,:s waved his mystic wand for the fourth time over the Great Metre to is ' • its it fleece is greater than when he first appeared at the Strand Theatre four years ago—he has now performed (luring five years 510 nights (at a modera'e calculation) before 450, 1 1.0 spec tators ! —one and all proclaim lint t , , be the only living professor of S. ie. t tic Deltniol.s. Were the Magi of o'd—Pythageru., Polydoras, Did., Faracelsu', Jerome Cardan, Benevenuto, Cellini, Nos!radamus, Micheal Scott, Al :urtus Magnus. Fritz' Bacon, and Dr. Faustus, to look up and be hold the W4!NDERS OF THE WIZARD, 'tiny would be as much su prised as our great grandfathers would be to look on our 10-ontotivc of th , .! presentrlay. The Modern Faustus w 11 nightly appear its his Magic Circle, and prove by ocular dernonA-ation, that he can make the " eyes the fouls of the other sen.es." Between the Wizard's performance, which will be divided into two PACs, Mr. MALO! , E RAYMOND, will give AN HOUR IN IRELAND, assisted by Mrs. R, M. RAYMOND and MiFS LINLEY. All Complimentary Athnissions suspended, the Press excepted. Private Boxes Can be recured at the Agents in London. Reserved Seats, Ss. Boxes, 3s. Pit. ls. M. Gallery,Ed. Second Price at Nine o'clock. Reserved Seats, 2'. 6d. ; Boxes, Is. ed ; Pit Is. D..)ors open at half-past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight. The KEY ter the WIZARD'S I RICKS to be had at the Box-office EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rical Cnriosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the List and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladles, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to Increase, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this most Instructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have Inspected it, and TTPIETY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that It might to be seen by every one. The price of admis sion Is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian Hall." Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. r, -I.tin_.c :,.-,) , 1,11A; #4, Lo L LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1844. The first acniversary dinner of the Governesses' Benevolent Institution took place on Saturday last at the City of London Tavern. The object of this Society is three-fold—first, to assist governesses in temporary difficulties; secondly, to place money in the funds, from the interest:of which permanent an nuities may be granted to aged governesses; and thirdly, to assist them in purchasing annuities for themselves. These objects, based as they are, on the truest principles of charity, cannot be too warmly commended ; nor are we acquainted with any public institution which puts forth more urgent claims on the support of all thoughtful, considerate, and liberal minded individuals. Justly and feelingly observed Mr. CSARLEs DICKENS, who was present at the dinner, " he knew no member of society more useful or more honourable than the imparter of knowledge; at the same time he knew none who was so generally despised, and whose talents were so ill-rewarded. Now, if this were true in general with what peculiar _force did it apply to those 447, I kind, ungenerous slights which ' patient merit of the unworthy takes' in the person of governesses ? It was very well to say that ' knowledge is power,' but how often did they forget that it was the source of weakness too ! Knowledge had not its right place in society, and he believed that it did not obtain a just recognition and reward anywhere." This is notori ously the fact in the case of governesses, Who, though from the peculiar character of their very delicate and difficult vocation, they must necessarily be intelli gent, accomplished, and well versed in the art of imparting useful instruction, are but too often treated with contempt and indifference, and regarded in no higher light than that of a sort of upper servant. And yet the unfortunate individuals thus cavalierly dealt with, are many of them—as we see by the daily advertise ments—sprung from good families ; have known what it was in early youth to enjoy the luxuries of life and the pleasures of society; have been the objects of consideration, respect, and affection ; but having "fallen from their high estate," by the improvidence, or it may be, the ill-luck of their parents or guar dians, have been compelled to make those accom plishments administer to their necessities, which in better and happier days, were cultivated only for the sake of the refined, intellectual pleasure they af forded. Any institution which has for its object the improvement of the condition of these ill-starred in dividuals, deserves the cordial support of every real gentleman and every real lady. In advocating, as we have lately done, and as we shall still continue to do, the Ten Hours' Factory Bill—that righteous and equitable measure, which Lord ASHLEY has thought fit to surrender, if not in so many express words, at least in effect—we have been influenced solely by a strong sense of humanity; and should deem that we were performing only half our duty, were we not, from the same vigilant regard to the rights of humanity to, advocate also the total and unqualified repeal of the accursed corn-laws— those laws, which for the enrichment, or fancied enrichment, of the Few, impoverish the Many ; which indirectly, if not directly, narrow the field of enterprise ; which cripple the powers of industry, and hang like a mill-stone round the neck of the people, bowing their energies to the earth. It is in vain to hope that the situation of the poor operative and his toil-worn family can ever be materially or permanently improved till these laws, which are the disgrace of the Statute-book, are wholly abolished. A Ten Hours' Bill may do some thing towards ameliorating the sufferings of his lot in the manufacturing districts, anlii therefore it has our cor dial support—for we regard it as a sort of instalment of a great debt owing by the rich to the poor—but, after all, it is to the total abolition of the corn-laws only, that the oppressed and destitute operatives must look for substantial and lasting relief. We call, then, on all those who from motives of kindly and humane feeling have advocated the ultra-discreet Lord ASHLEY'S Bill, from the same generous motives, to come forward and support the unqualified abrogation of the food-tax, when the question is next mooted in the House of Commons. The same sense of duty which induces them to support the one mea sure, should induce them also to support the other; for we cannot at all understand, or sympathise with, a one-sided humanity, which can strain at such a gnat as a Ten Hours' Bill, while it can contrive to swal low such a camel as the corn-laws. Among the essential distinctions that give to the hostilities of party in England a very different aspect from that which they assume in the United States, (and certainly a much better and more decorous one,) the tone of respect and forbearance adopted towards the judges in this country, is of the most remarkable. There can be no doubt that this feeling of deference for our judges arises in part from the tendencies of our education. One of the first principles inculcated in the minds of our youth, is a profound veneration for the law. One of the first duties of the adult citi zen is to protect, with a jealous vigilance, the inde. pendence and official inviolability of those who are chosen to expound and administer it. But the reve rence with which the judges are habitually regarded, by all ranks of the British people, arises chiefly (much to the honour of those functionaries be it sai•.i) from the high feeling, the impartial judgment, the learning, and the constitutional spirit which they bring to the practical discharge of their duties, so responsible, so solemn, as they are. The faet that, against the com petition of such a bar as we can boast, they should have attained to the dignity of the bench, is, in itself, a certain guarantee for their personal integrity, their general deportment in private life, and the con scientious propriety with which they will fulfil the duties devolved upon them by the confidence of the Crown. It happens, therefore, that infirmity of tem per is rarely to he objected to our judges. They have already passed through a long ordeal of pro fessional education and business, in which the exi gencies of their position have come in aid of obvious merit and social considerations, so as to have accus tomed them to the discipline of that beautiful self• control which is indispensable on the judgment seat. True it is, that from time to time we have had great judges who have manifested little petulances; but these petulances have been, for the last half cen tury, the full extent to which objections to the de • meanour of our judges in court could fairly be stated. With the essential purity, the scarce less essential dignity, of justice, has been maintained. We have had, certainly, on a recent occasion, to re mark upon a very premature development, in a high law officer—(not a judge, however)—of bellicose propensities. But this was a mere lusus nature —or, in the parlance of our provincial journals, " another proof of the extraordinary mildness of the season." One Mr. Attorney-General Salmi no more indicates the professional morale of functionaries in general occupying such an office, than a single swallow establishes the approach of summer. Such excep tions only illustrate and corroborate the rule of that contrary course of things which, as we con tend, obtains in our judicial system. In the United States we fear that these mat-A ters fall out very differently. The judges there, do not seem to be more remarkable, as a body, for the exalted professional qualifications we have touched upon, than individuals among them are for exem plary morality, decorum, or propriety in private. What more common than to read—and especially of late—in American papers, of sanguinary duels, the re sult of disgraceful brawls and miserable squabbles, be tween "honourable' judges, or some such func tionaries ? The scales of justice appear to be thrown down very unceremoniously when there is some private feud to be revenged by those who hold them. The sword of the law is abandoned, without even a decent show of regret or compunction, for the rifle or the bowie-knife. Scandals like these sound as impossible absurdities in an English ear. Never theless, they are but too frequent in America, and are, we fancy, as much the result of education there, , as with us are the worthier notions and associations that we attach to the judicial office, character, and bearing. But we are compelled to own that a recent case, in which a native born American citizen was capi tally indicted in one of the Courts of South Carolina, tried, convicted, and condemned, for the offence of aiding the escape of a female negro slave from her " owner," has elicited a written statement from a judge of appeal (!)—a judge of the free United States,--the vaunted home, the so-called " cradle," the prof esse d re f uge o f Lib erty (! 0, which is twenty times . more disgra ce f u l t o th e wr it e r, th e judicature to which he belongs, and to the Government under which it is established, than twenty such atrocities, even, as those we incidentally noticed in The Sun LE, the 9th of March (th e can i ng L of a Judge Tn ßvi of Nashville, and the m ur d er o f Judge H ORSFORD, at Texas), and the 16th instant (the-murder of the Hon BENJAMIN MAJOR, a Senator and Judge of Missouri). We need go no further back, as we could multiply these melancholy examples. On this last case o f JOSIN BROWN, of Fairfield district, sentenced to be hanged for the offence we have described, under an old Caro lina statute of 1754, a public meeting, it seems, had been called at Pittsburgh ; and certain resolutions were agreed to, such as a body of freemen, nobly alive to the natural rights of their fellow-creatures, might be supposed to come to. Thfse resolutions were forwarded to the functionary, whose coarse and brutal mode of expressing himself at the trial will be fresh in the recolletior , of many of our readeri—a certain Judge O'NEAL!. " Stung," says the editor of the Pittsburgh Emanci pator, "by the severity of the remark); made, the Ti-IE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1844. judge sent for publication a letter, of which the fol lowing is the principal portion : "John L. Brown is a native of Fairfield district ; be was tried and convicted, on very clear proof, of aiding a negro woman to run away and depart from her em ployer's service. The proof created a strong belief that the woman had been his kept mistress for some time." As to the righteous instinct of attempting to escape from a condition of bondage—accursed both of GOD and man, indefensible on principle, demoralising and degrading in its influence on any society in which it is permitted—we disdain to utter a word in the nature of a plea vindicatory. But the disgusting cant and hypocrisy of this judge (himself, if we mistake not, a slave-owner) in reference to the humiliating, but enforced viciousness of all slave connexions, and writing in the polluted atmosphere of South Carolina, affecting to introduce this topic of aggravation against the prisoner, is an ingredient of additional disgust, in the paper he has thus ventured to put upon record. He proceeds to quote the Act of May, 17M, under which BRowx had been convicted. It is a charac teristic document, and makes us blush for the blunted perceptions and one-sided morality of our fathers to have tolerated (as the English Legislature must have done) a colonial statute in which the most odious pretensions of slave property are stated and vindi cated in this barefaced and shameless manner : " Whereas, by the laws of this province, negroes and other slaves are deemed to be chattels personal, and are, in every respect, as much the property of their owner as any other goods and chattels are. And whereas .no punishment can be inflicted by the laws now in force upon persons inveigling, stealing, or carrying away any such slaves from their lawful owners or employers. And whereas the inhabitants of this province are liable to and receive great preju dice and damage by such unwarrantable and perni cious practices and wicked proceedings," therefore, any person who shall so " inveigle, steal, or carry away as aforesaid any such slave, so as the owner or employer of such slave or slaves shall be deprived of the use and benefit of such slave, or slaves ; or that shall aid any such slave, in running away or departing from bis master or employer,' . shall be guilty of felony, and suffer, on conviction, death for the same. No matter (it would seem) for what base or dreadful purpose the slave might be so inveigled—that is of no consequence. That is not the question. To bring the offender within the sta tute, it must be shown that the abduction of the slave has deprived the owner of the use and benefit of such slave. This, however, is not the comment of the Christian spirited, the free-born, republican, liberty-loving Judge !—No O'NEALL remarks:— " This Act, it will be seen, is nearly 100 years old, and could, therefore, have had. no direction against the abolition folly of the present day." From hence we learn that WILBERFORCE and PITT, ROMILLY, MACKINTOSH, and GREY, have all been very silly fellows—to his thinking. Poor fellows. Their laurels, then, must wither ; for the venom of this Judge of Appeal has been shed upon them. He proceeds in the scolding strain of a store-owning small planter :—" I have no doubt it may check such philanthropy as that of the editor of the inclosed, if he should ever venture to try his hand in stealing a negro or aiding one to run away." Therefore we must infer that in Pittsburgh " philanthropy" is dis couraged from the bench where justice is assumed to be administered in mercy—and that judges deco rously suggest the commission of felonies which they themselves are afterwards to try. His own simplicity, his sensitiveness to harsh constructions put on such enlarged views of law and mercy, are absolutely touching:—" How a judge can be justly styled a murderer fur enforcing the law of the State whose officer he may be, is rather strange : perhaps the editor can find something in 'the new code of morals,' of which he seems to be an exponent, which may justify it." Does he gravely suppose that the mora lity which would excuse the act of one party in en abling another to escape—in a country of free insti tutions—from slavery is new ? But let his own language tell his own case. We despair of rivalling the sustained dignity and graceful energy, the judge like, dispassionate calmness and generous sarcasm of the subjoined passage from his Honour's letter : " Our revolutionary sires thought precious little of the rascals who stole or aided negroes in running away ; little of their blood would have been •poured out to keep such from the gallows ; they would sooner, much sooner, have tied the noose, than out it with their swords. Say to the worthy editor of the inclosed that John L. Brown will not be hanged. By the recommendation of myself and my brethren of the Court of Appeal he was par doned by the Governor, on the condition of receiving, on Friday, the 26th of April next, at Winnsborough, thirty nine lashes on his bare back. If the editor will then and there attend, I have no doubt John L. Brown will gladly accompany him to the West, where he can soothe and cherish him, as one of the young and ardent men' who loved negro women, and advised them to escape from slavery.—JOUN BOLTON O'NEALL." On perusing this extract, we began to doubt whe ther the waggery of Cr:A.ll4,Es DICKENS had not pre vailed on JOHN BOLTON O'NEALL, to allow him to write this most cutting of " American Notes" for him! But the " nine-and-thirty lashes," which will probably be so inflicted as to equate poor BROWN'S commuted punishment with the extreme penalty of his original sentence, are genuine " American stripes." We have accounts from Madrid to the 14th inst. The new decree against the liberty of the press had come into operation, and had extinguished one jour nal, the Mundo, though a supporter of the Govern ment. 'ln announcing the fact, it states, " the decree respecting the press having appeared yesterday, we must cease to appear to-morrow." The decree, it is said, was drawn up by BRAVO himself, who, while editor of a journal, was the most licentious and scur rilous writer in Spain. - Some of the journals an nounc.,, the " glorious" capture of a Moorish boat by a detachment of militia, at Melilla, on the coast of Africa, when several Moors were killed and wounded. This contemptible Government seem anxious to go to war with Morocco to please France, and no doubt they will find a sufficient reason, if France finds the money. The Three per Cents. were done at 36} cash, 37 5-16 at 60 days, and. the Fives at 231 at 60 days. The Paris papers of Saturday are almost entirely occupied with the diseust-ion in the Chamber of De puties on Friday, and the documents presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs relative to the late transactions at Otaheite. M. BILLAULT, put for ward as is generally believed by M. THIERS, com menced the attack on M. GUIZOT (for against the "stranger" all the batteries of the Opposition are di rected), and after recounting the history of this con temptible and thread-bare subject, he said, " the Government, in striking at Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS, forgot the deeds of Queen POMARB and the intrigues of the English agent. Your blow has only fallen on your own flag ; it would have been at least as just that Commodore NICOLAS should lose his command as that you should recal the French Admiral. This disavowal of the acts of an Admiral, known for his courage and his patriotism, will have the most disastrous effects. Whilst onr seamen are afflicted by such a proceeding, they will meet the English officers, whose arrogance will be increased by the disgrace which has fallen on our Admiral, without affecting the Commandant of the Vindictive. I have heard that the English Consul has been re called. If that has been done by negotiation, I here demand that the documents connected with it be pro duced." In conclusion, he distinctly stated that in bringing forward the motion he had no idea of making it a Ministerial question, and the majority of the Chamber had determined to keep the present men in power until their unpopularity at home and their humility abroad brought about their downfal. M. GUIZOT, however, cut the debate short in a brief speech, and laid at least thirty documents upon the table. As these must be read to be understood, the debate was closed and the Chamber broke up. The affair probably is at an end, for the French public it seems take little interest in the question, and as the Opposition profess their inability to turn out the Ministry no object can be served by renewing the discussion. M. GUIZOT made a manly and straight forward speech in reply to M. BILLAULT. He stated distinctly that there were two parties interested— the English and the French authorities—and that it was his bounden duty, as far as possibl e , t o ac t i mpar ti a ll y , an d, a t th e same time, to withhold any documents that might have the slightest tendency to cause a bad feeling be tween the two countries. In adverting to the re peatcd attacks made on himself, he made a iew re• which the Chamber listened to with lima attention. "YV hen I first entered this arena," said he, " I anticipated and accepted the certainty of many a struggle) many casualty, many tal I.ce, and many a trial ; but I confess I never expected what has taken place with respect to this question—l never thought that the truth could be misconceived or misrepresented to such a point. Ido not, however, complain, nor am I astonished—there are, in fact, im putations which do not merit the honour of exciting astonishment. I have listened in silence to what has beln said, and I shall reply as if I was not myself con cerned in the question. It doest not, I acknowledge, cost me any great effort to act thus—l pretend to no merit for remaining, in the midst of this discussion, tran quil and confident in the judgment of my country. I shall take the utmost care in what I am about to say, not to sin against any Parliamentary rule by any word direct or indirect. I prefer submitting to cer tain disagreeable matters, lather than, by picking them up with my own, to throw them back on those who have flung them against me."—(Loud cheers frequently interrupted the Minister, who, after some further remarks gave the following sound reasons for not producing all the papers):— " The inevitable consequence of their productions would have been to envenom the question, and cause irritation. I know that out of this assembly there are people who do not fear to raise hostile questions, who, on the contrary, seize on every opportunity to throw oil on the flame of discord ; for our own part, as friends of peace, that is not a part of our po licy. It has been implied just now that this was not, in any sense, a grand diplomatic discussion. But, gentlemen, it is impossible to close one's eyes on facts ; no one can deny the lively interest that is felt by a great number of people in England in this question, and the importance which on its own account alone it acquires with the Eng lish Government. We should have been blind, senseless, imprudent, not to have paid great attention to this ; we have not on that account acted with complaisance towards England, but we have taken care not to irritate the question, nor to throw before the public details which would have only tended to have inflamed passions, and it is for that reason we have stopped in communicating the details demanded.— (Approbation). But I will state another reason more spe cial, and not less powerful. The recal of the Consul Pritchard was just now spoken of. He is, in fact, recalled. He is removed to another post two or three hundred leagues from Otaheite.—(Murmurs on the Left). We wished for this, but we did not ask it ; we opened no negotiations on the subject ; we have, therefore, no documents to produce. I am astonished that we have met with a reproach on the subject." The Funds on Saturday continued firm, the Five per Cents. closing at 122 f. 20c., and the Threes at 83f. 70c. THE BOURSE-SATURDAY, APRIL 20. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents•• •• .• 122 15 .. 122 20 .. 122 15 .. 122 15 FourperCents•• •• 106 30 .. 106 30 •• 105 60 .. 106 30 Three per Cents..... 83 70 .. 83 75 83 60 .. 83 60 Bank of France 3lOO —3lOO •.3098 75 ..3100 Belgian Bank... • • • • • • • •• • • 690 .. 695 .. 690 .. 695 1841.... • • • • 1110 ..1110 .•1110 .•1110 Belgian Fives, 1831. 1840 1842 •• .. Spanish Active •••••••• Threes •••••• • • • • • • 36/ • • 37 36/ • • 37 • Passive •. 6/ .. 61 • • 6; • • 61 Portuguese Five per Cents.. 45/ .. 461 •• 451 . • 45/ Neapolitan Roman ••••• • .• • - . • • 106 .. 106 .. 106 • • 106 Some constables came to his assistance, and it took their united strength to get him to the station-house. He said he would be hanged for some of us. Sergeant Cummings said the prisoner was " mad drunk." He was fined for the assault on Mr. Osborne 405., and for that on the first constable 10s., or in default to go to the House of Correction. Timothy Sullivan, another violent Irishman, was placed before Mr. Rawlinson on a similar charge. John Hall, 64 D, said that about nine on Saturday night the prisoner came up to him in Upper Baker-street, and asked his way to Portman-street. He (Hall) told him his way, and the prisoner then said, "Well, I'll pay you for your trouble, you -," and threw himself into a fighting attitude. Witness jumped aside, and avoided a blow made at his head Another constable came up, and said that he had received a dangerous kick from the prisoner, but as he (the constable) wished to go down to Windsor to his father's funeral, he did not wish to be detained in attendance at the Court this morn ing, and therefore let him go on. He (Hall) took him into custody, and on the way he aimed a kick at a boy, which, if it had taken effect, might have injured him for life. Mr. RAWLMON fined him 205., or a month's imprisonment. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) John Davis, a young man, was charged before Mr. Trail with discharging a pistol in ie public highway. It appeared that on the preceding afternoon, between four and five o'clock, as two ladies were walking along Manor place, Bermondsey, they were very much alarmed on hearing the report of fire-arms close behind them. They turned round, and saw the defendant running away with a large pistol in his hand, and on meeting a policeman they com plained of the circumstance to him, and at the same time pointed out to him the direction in which the prisoner had gone. The policeman accordingly kept a look out, and soon afterwards observed the prisoner walk behind two gentlemen and discharge a pistol close up to their heads, upon which he ran away as before, but being pursued was taken with the pistol in his possession. The prisoner said that he went out for the purpose of shooting birds, and amused himself with firing off the pistol to try it before he got into the fields. Mr. TRAILL directed the prisoner to be deprived of the pistol, and inflicted a fine of 10s. on him, or fourteen days' imprisonment, to put him in remembrance of the circum stance, and not act so in future. Edwin Willis, dressed like a midshipman, the son of Dr. Willis, was charged with threatening his father. Dr. Willis stated that his son had been at sea, but had been at home now nine months, and insisted upon being supported without applying to any profession. When requested to attend to any business he refused, and carried pistols in his pockets, and had threatened to shoot the members of his family. On Saturday night he came home drunk, and was so violent that it was found necessary to give him into custody. Mr. TRAILL told the defendant that his father was not com pelled to support him, and that he had no business to remain in his father's house against his inclination. The defendant, however, appeared to think that, although he *as of an age to support himself, yet that his father was bound to maintain him in idleness. The MAGISTRATE, however, undeceived the defendant in this respect, and adjudged him to find bail not to annoy or molest his father. QUEEN-SQUARE.--(THIS DAY.) Two old men, named Haley and Fielder, inmates of St. Margaret's Workhouse, were charged by Mr. Ellott, the Master, with being drunk and disorderly in the house on Sa turday afternoon. It appeared that the two men had been at work a short distance from the workhouse, and returned ilia beastly state of intoxication, and used abusive language. They were committed for seven days. John Ives, a young man, was charged, on suspicion, with stealing 6/. from his late employer. Mr. Samuel Smith, a carrier residing in Regent-street, Chelsea, said that the prisoner was in his employment about six weeks ago, but had been occasionally employed since, On Saturday week he found that a drawer in which he kept his money had been forced open, and 61. abstracted. A labourer said he was going home on the night on which the robbery was alleged to have taken place, and having stopped to count his money, the prisoner, with whom he was slightly acquainted, came up and asked for change of half a sovereign, which witness gave him. The prisoner then asked him to take care of a sovereign and a half sovereign until the following Monday, which he did ; but the prisoner came on the Sunday night and asked for it. He said he received the money from his grandfather. The further hearing of the case was adjourned to obtain the attendance of a witness. The prisoner was accordinbly remanded. THE WILLS FORGERIES. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Befure Mr. Baron GURNEY, Mr. Justice WituADxs, and Mr. Justice MAULE.) Shortly after ten o'clock, the Judges having taken their seats upon the bench, Mr. riIIZIN rose and said that his client, William Saunders, had intimated to him his wish to retract his plea of Not Guilty, and plead Guilty to the indictment against him in the case of Mary Hunt, and, after careful consideration of the evidence iu the case, his Learned Friend, Mr. Stone, and him self, had come to the determination that the result must be the same in effect if the trial should be proceeded with. He wished their Lordships would permit him to advert to the condition in life in which the prisoner moved, and to mention that he was a man of inferior - education to the other pri soners, and that after a long course of misfortune, having been twice an insolvent, he had been led by men of superior judgment to commit, the offence with which he was charged. Mr. Straight, the clerk of the arraigns, then called upon the prisoner, and told him he was charged with inciting a certain evil disposed person to forge a will purporting to be the last will and testament of Mary Hunt, and asked him whether he pleaded Guilty or Not Guilty? Saunders—l wish to plead Guilty. _ _ . . Mr. WILKINS said then were two other cases to be tried— the one just mentioned, and also another, against Mr. Barber ; and he (Mr. Wilkins) could only say on the part of his client, Mr. Barber, that he was particularly anxious that those cases should be tried, and that he should, in reference to the case on which his client had been convicted, use every constitutional privilege which the law allowed him, to render it nugatory by appealing to the highest tribunals in the land. The Learned Gentleman expressed his conviction that the reason these trials were not to be proceeded with was that it was felt by the prosecution that they did not dare to proceed. Mr. ERLE said it would be improper now to advert to his convictions in reference to this case. Mr. WILKINS, in a rather imperative tone, asked to know whether it was the intention of the Learned Counsel to allow an acquittal in regard to the other prisoners, or to enter a nolli prosequi ? Mr. ErtLE said, when he was called on to decide what course he intended to pursue he should be ready to do so. Mr. WiLiciris complained of an allusion to his client, which his Learned Friend Mr. Phien had made. Mr. PIILNN denied that he had in any way alluded to Mr Wilkins' client. He had carefully abstained from doing so. Mr. WILKINS—His Learned Friend had spoken of his client having been tempted by persons of superior judgment. Mr. Justice MAULE said the Court had net understood that any allusion had been made to Mr. Barber. The Judges then returned to consult on what course they should take, and, after an absence of about a quarter of an hour, they returned into Court, upon which Mr. Straight, having ca:led the prisoners severally by name, told them they had been convicted of felony, and asked them what they had to say why the sentence of the Court should not be passed upon them? Mr. Barber then, in a clear tone of voice, and in a very calm and unembarrassed manner, proceeded to make a long speech to the Court, in order to show that he had been made the victim of Fletcher. He said he was aware that the question put to him implied whether he had any legal objec tion to make. He trusted, however, that their Lordships would not preclude him from making some observations on the general nature of the case upon which he had been con victed, more particularly as no witnesses were called for his defence. He did not mean by this to cast the least reflection on his Counsel, to whom he could never be too grateful, and whose able defence would command his eternal gratitude. He wished to say, however, that at the conclusion of the Learned Gentleman's speech, had be (Mr. Barber) been asked whether he thought it necessary to have any witnesses called, he should have said he did not think it was. He had, however, very important evidence which he might have called. A system of deception had been practised against him by that man (pointing to Mr. Fletcher). Mr. Fletcher—No, no. Mr. Barber said he had never had any desire to increase Mr. Fletcher's difficulties, but the frightful circumstances in which he was placed were owing to Mr. Fletcher. All the misery he had suffered had been brought about by him, and was attributable to that confidence which lie was induced to repose in Mr. Fletcher, whom he had not the least reason to suspect up to the present time. He hoped he should be able to satify their Lordships, by something more than assertions of this kind. He then went on to say that he would explain the course which had been adopted towards him by Fletcher, in reference to Miss Slack's case. The correspondence had been already laid before their Lordships, but the most important feature in the history of this transaction he could not bring before their Lordships. It was this. Fletcher said it is likely that this young lady (Miss Slack) is entitled to this stock. He (Barber) had said he did not think there was much doubt of it, and thought it must be so. He said, however, there was a means by which he could de cide the matter most completely, and that if he (Barber) could procure the handwriting, he would have it compared with the signature in the Bank book. He did so, and pro cured a letter with the signature of Miss Slack. Fletcher therupon got it compared with the Bank books, as procured by Christmas. Respecting the answer which he got from Fletcher, as to the result of that comparison he had no means of verifying it ; but Fletcher told him that the handwriti n g did not agree at all, and that his friend had compared it with the signature in the Bank books. He declared that the sig nature in the Bank books was that of an elderly person, while the signature of Miss Slack was that of ayoung lady, and that it was therefore quite certain that she was not the owner of the stock. He (Barber) then expressed his regret and sur price, but Fletcher said he 'was quite satisfied, and stated that the lady had executed a power of attorney before the divi dends on the stock had ceased to be received. He entreated their Lordships to remember that Captain Foskett had said that Miss Slack was about twenty-seven years of age ; he admitted that in his evidence Fletcher upon this said it could not be the same party, as she would not have been compe tent to make a power of attorney at the period at which she had executed it, if she was only twenty-seven years of age then. Coupling these facts together, he had come to the conclusion, firmly and honestly, that Miss Slack was not the same person as she in whose name the stock was invested, but that she was quite a different party. In a letter which he had written to Mr. Baxter, (Captain Foskett's attorney) he, Barber, had promised that if the right party had been fbund out he would give him in formation of it, for the satisfaction of the young lady and the family. Nowivhen he wrote that letter he intended either to keep that promise or he did not. If he intended to keep it, it could not be argued that he had a guilty knowledge, and if he did not, he should net have made it, as it was perfectly unnecessary ; but he did make it, and he intended to have kept it, and he did keep it. He did not, unfortunately, write a letter, but after this party (Emma Slack) had come for ward, he met Mr. Baxter in Lincoln's Inn-fields, and in formed him that the person who was really the owner, had come forward and produced a will. Mr. Baxter said " Ah I indeed ;" and the correspondence between them then stopped, and that casual meeting was a great misfortune to him (Barber), for had lie not met Mr. Baxter, he should have written a letter which would have been written in his books, and have been produced in reference the trial. He had said that Fletcher had deceived him reference to the hand-writing, but he was not quite sure that Mr. Fletcher had not been deceived himself. It appeared from the evidence of Christmas that he gave rather a doubtful description of the signature; but whether he did or not, it certainly appeared he stated that Miss Slack, of Abbots Langley was not the owner of the stock. Mr. Fletcher produced to him (Barber)extract from a letter, and said he had received it from a friend at the Bank. He (Barber) never knew who that friend Was till after this prosecution had been commen ce d. He spoke of him simp l y as -a friend at the Bank. The ex tract from the letter alluded to gated that OM rats dock in the Bank standing in the name of Miss Slack, formerly of Smith-street, Chelsea, now of Abbots Langley, but that was not the same person. During this time he , attended a case at the Croydon assizes, during which his partner, Mr. Bircham, attended to Mr. Fletcher's business in this case.—(Barber then produced the extract from the letter, and, turning to Mr. Fletcher, said, " You will admit this is in your hand writing." Fletcher admitted it was.) Their Lordships would see how important this was. There were two circumstances by which he arrived at a certain conviction that Miss Slack was not the owner of the property— one that the handwriting was different, and the other that she could not have executed the power of attorney, which it appeared she had, on account of her age. He had said to Captain Fos. 'kett, in one of the conversations, that forty years of age would do. The prosecution appeared to think that was against him, but see how that told in his favour. Forty years would do ; that was to say,it was consistent with othercircumstances ; and was it not most extraordinary that Captain Foskett, who had man ied the lady's sister, should have stated that her age was twenty-seven, when in fact it was thirty-seven. After some further observations, in which there was considerable repetition, he declared, over and over, that he was misled by Fletcher ; that he had been Fletcher's victim. He then ap pealed to the life of industry and respectability which he had led from boyhood to the present time, and concluded by calling on Fletcher, as he hoped to enjoy some peaceful mo ments in his later life, to declare that he (Barber) had been the victim of his (Fletcher's) deception, and begging of the Court to extend its mercy to him. Mr. Fletcher, on being called on, threw the onus upon Christmas, and said that, if Mr. Barber had been deceived, he had himself been made the dupe of others who were more designing than he was. He had been long affected with disease of the heart. He did not believe he could live many years, and he implored the mercy of the Court. William Saunders said that he had been made an instru ment in the hands of others, and as he had made every re paration in his power for what he had done, he trusted the Court would deal mercifully with him. The two female prisoners said nothing. Mr. Baron GURNEY then proceeded to pass sentence on the prisoners. Addressing Fletcher first he said—That he had been found guilty upon two indictments of the crime of felony—that a few years ago he would have expiated with his life the crime of which he had been found guilty—that his crime was aggravated from the respectable position he occupied in society. He then sentenced him to transportation for life. With regard to Mr. Barber, he said that he had been found guilty as an accessory before the fact, after a patient and long trial. The Learned Judge who tried him had acquiesced in the finding of the jury, and his opinion was not altered after the statement which the prisoner had made. His crime was also very much aggravated from the fact of his being a respectable attorney, and the sentence of the Court was that he be transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life. With regard to Wm. Saunders the Court distinguished his guilt from that of the others, and believing him to have been misled, the sentence of the Court was, that he be transported for seven years. With respect to the two female prisoners, as they had been instruments in the hands of others, and as one of them (Mrs. Dorey) had made all the atonement in her power, by making a confession which furthered the ends of justice, the sentence of the Court upon them was, that they be kept in confinement for two years. The prisoner Fletcher sunk into his seat when sentence had been pronounced. Mr. Barber seemed deeply affected at first, but soon recovered his usual calm manner, and the female prisoners were both in tears. Tne Court then adjourned to the 6th of May. MONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at' Liverpool on Saturday had a quiet appearance. Sales only 3,000 bales. Prices were with out alteration. Nothing of importance occurred in the Railway Share Market :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 92* ; Caledonian, 5* ' • Dublin and Cashel, 5 ; Great Western, 112 i ; Lancaster . and Carlisle, 7-6; Birmingham, 228 ; Brigh ton, 44 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 514 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 414 ; Paris and Lyons, 2/. 18s. 6d. ; Ditto and Orleans, 364; South Eastern 36L. There are late accounts from Australia this morning. The dates from Sydney are to the 21st December, and from Port Philip to the lst December. It does not appear that any favourable change had taken place in the commercial markets ; but still it is said there were some symp toms of improvement. The exportation cf the new clip of wool was proceeding with very consi derable activity, and as the accounts received out of the state of the market in Great Britain for the fleece were extremely favourable, a most sanguine expectation was en tertained that a better state of things would soon prevail. The flock-masters were more anxious, however, to improve the condition of their wools, and not without reason, gene. rally speaking, as very many are the complaints made upon this point by the buyers here. Labour at Sydney was scarce, and the fact that about 1,000 to 1,500 free settlers were known to be on their pas sage out, rather depressed wages. In the interior, however, there was plenty of employment, if the means were found by the Governor to send settlers forward. A reduction in the value of the Government lands was called for. The natives still showed a bold front, but had not done much da mage. There was a proposition on foot for a general combi nation against the aborigines, so as to put them at once hors de combat. The Port Philip accounts are rather better as to trade. From New Zealand we learn that the Brigand had put into Newcastle, on their way to the Hebrides, and, the na tives coming on board, a fight ensued with the crew. The former were only got rid of after the loss of seventeen whites. The reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., upon the terms proposed by the Finance Minister, has been all but completed. On Saturday afternoon the books for assents to the plan, as respecting the Stock of 1818, were shut, and after' the Accountants-General in Bankruptcy and Chancery have assented, as they will do before the Bth July, the sum required to pay off objections will not amount to 40,000/. or thereabouts. The dissents to the reduction by holders of the other Three-and-a-Half per Cents. scarcely exceed 60,0001.—50, to carry out this great scheme, money pay ments of about 100,0001., or of 120,0001., only will be re quired. The result is most extraordinary, and will excite the surprise of the financiers of France and of civilised Europe. The market for Consols has reached par again this morning, both for Money and the Account, but now they are to per cent. lower. A good deal of business has been transacted this morning, and the market looks very firm. The Government brokers bought about 30,000/. Reduced Three per Cents. at 99k. Exchequer Bills remain fi m at 743. to 765. premium. India Bonds at 915.; to 935. premium, and the New Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities at 1036 Bank Stock for Account is at 197 ; and India Stock at 2891. A fair demand has prevailed for the Foreign funds this morning. Spanish Consols have reached 214 ; the Three per Cents., 37i ; Belgian, 105; Portuguese Converted 464 *; and Dutch Five per Cents., 1001 The South American Bonds are not much in demand. _ A limited amount of business has been transacted in Shares, and the prices are in general somewhat lower than they were yesterday. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Of List) Bank Stock 197 196 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3% per Cent. Annuities i0 34%% Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 -16% Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 India Stock India Bonds,l,ooo — Ditto under 1,00) 93 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account 90% 100 99% Exchequer Bills, 1, 3 0. I%d 1 0001. boor Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOl% Columbian Bonds. 14% 15 1 ,( Dutch Excl'ange 2.54 per Cent Mexican Bonds, '837, a per Cent. Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred Stock 15% Portuguese Bonds ' 5 per Cent. - Ditto Converted .. 40%;‘ Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 25% Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds. Ditto Deferred 15%W% Ditto Three per Cent. - :6% 37% Ditto for the Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 39% Ditto Deferred Dutch 2% per Cents. 60%% Dutch 5 per Cents. - 10054 % New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAXI. PAID. PER SHAKE. Bristol and Exeter 7O ......... 74 ..... .... to Bristol and Gloucester 3O 45% to Chatham and Portsmouth ... I Dublin and Casl,el ... 23 Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered Bl. 61. Sd. London and Birmingham. lOO ... ...2:41N Ditto New Th. rds 2 38% ..... to -- London and Brighton 5O 4 % to London and Greenwich London and South Western Ditto Eighths London and Croydon (Trunk)... 74% Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ...... ... 54% 53% to 55 51 Northern and Eastern 45 57% to North Midland Norwich and Brandon York and North!Midland .........50 ll7 ' Paris and Orleans ••••••••••••••••••••• SO Paris and Rouen 2O 37A% ... to Rouen and Havre. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 20.—There has been rather less activity in our market. Our sales are as under :—Manchester and Leeds, 111; Barnsley Junction, 3 ; Paris and Orleans, 36; South-Eastern, 36 ; Ditto, New, 10 ; Preston and Wyre, 15; North British, 3 1-16; Manchester and Birmingham, 52k; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 10k. CLOSING PRICES. ISH EUN Db. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 9i,% i Ditto Bonds 93 pm 3 per Cent. Cons . 99% 'Ditto Old Annuities ... 3 per Cent. Rei l4 % Ditto New Annuities... New 3% per Cent lO 3l Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 1%d... 74 pm. New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 5001 Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 76 pm. Jan. 1860 1:2% Bank Stock for Acct.... 197 Oct. 1839 l2 5.16 nsols for Acct. lO 0 Jan. 1860 India Stock for Acct.... 2.40% FOREIGN FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per Cent — e 1 4% Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian - B`:% Prussian, 5 per Cent *— B lgi Austrian,a Belgian, Bonds •:.ePe per Cent Cen t Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian m , e s ta p i e li r e Cent 117% Chllian, ii per Cent ._ Ditto, " Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent 37% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent...... 93 Ditto, Deferred 15% Danish, 3 per Cent — Ft ench, 5 per Cent t: —c. Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent ... ...... 35% French, 3 per Cent. —f. —o. Ditto, ii per Cent., 1837....... 'Dutch , 2% per Cent 60% Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... IDitto, 5 per Cent 100% SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 6l Ditto Thirds (25 paid) Bristol and Exeter (:0 paid) Chester and Holyhead ( 5 pais) 7% Eastern Couuties (23 paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) Great Western (75 paid) - Harwich (Braithwaite) (2 paid) Liverpool and Manchester (100 p a id) :: 2 31 %% Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Lon inn and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (12t. Hs. 4d. paid) 5% Birmingham and Manchester 54% Newcastle and Darlington Ju nc ti on (18 pa i d) South Eastern and Dover (3312 s 461 paid) Ditto Mew Shares ( 4 pa i d) York and North Midland (50 paid) . 118 York and Scarborough Branch (2% paid) ...... Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) 57 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 22.—Fresh breeze fromW.N.W., and hazy. OFF SALCO3IRE, APRIL 20.—Helen, Ritchie, Tobago. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 21.—Wind, variable.—Arrd. Africa, Hart, Ceylon, with one pump burst. Sld. Fox, Newfound land ; Trio, Cadiz and Buenos Ayres ; Halifax, Ichoboe. DEAL, APRIL S.E., light. 7. I' M. S.S.W.— Arrd. Waverley, Morgan, China ; Elizabeth Hendriks, Charleston for Hamburgh ; Meletta, Jacobson, ditto for Flcusburg ; Ingleboro, Rea, China, with cutwater loose ; Constant, Emery, Sydney, New South Wales. Sid. Everetta, Sydney; Nelson, New Zealand; Pollux, Batavia; Trident, St. Thomas. Arrd. Mountaineer, Smith, for Damara ; Elizaktb,Aduetti Quebec. York ; Argyle, Clements, and William Ward, Dady, t t ' John's, New Brunswick; Albert (steamer), Wexford, wl"'" wrecked goods from the Georgio, wrecked off Blackwater Bank; Rother, Hall, Bahia ; Ellis Kellam, Lancaster, t. Domingo, 4th ult. ; Maid of Mona, Africa; Steeling, SandLl' New York. Sld. Isaac, Jehobal ; Lady Worsley, Africa ; gon, New Orleans ; Atlantic, and Janthe, New York ; and Wild Irish Girl, Bombay ; Samuel, Magdalen Islan ds; William Peile, Buenos Ayres ; Portland, Charleston ; Athens , Philadelphia; Letitia Hayn, New York; Troubadour , Moll treal ; Nelson, Newfoundland. Off, Thetis, Buenos The Massachusetts, from Newport to Boston, in a sinking state, and bearing up for one of the Western Islands, spoken, 11th ult., lat. 47, long. 26, by the Ellis Kilian', am" here. CORE: 2 APRIL 18.—Arrd. Queen of Britain, Trinidad. OFF WATERFORD, APRIL 19.—Rose, Yarmouth, for Belfast. _ _ _ QFF CORK, APRIL 19.—Rowley, Ewin, Ichoboe. ABERDEEN, APRIL 18.—Sld. Pursuit, Ichoboe. SHIELDS, APRIL 20.—S1d. Leander, Mauritius:and go bart Town ; Queen of Tyne, Boston ; Romance, Restigeuche ; Pallas, Squenay ; Stamfedham, Quebec. HULL, APRIL 20.—Arrd. Ellen, Wilson, Ichoboe. and CLYDE, APRIL 18.—S1d. Nelson, Bombay ; Cannon British America, St. John's, N. B. AMWAY SHARES. St. Germain • •••••• 832 50 .. 832 50 832 50 .. 832 50 Ver , ailles,R.B••• • • • 375 3 7 5 375 375 L. 8.•• • • •• •• •• • • 240 .. 245 •• 240 .. 245 Rouen•.•••••• Rouen to Havre • Orleans .•••• Strasburg to Bale • • • • • • .• •• 280 .. 285 • • 200 .. 285 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain • • ••• • • • ••• • • • 832 50 .. 832 50 . • 832 50 •. 832 50 Versailles,R.B.•• •••••••••• 378 75 .. 380 378 75 380 L.B.•••••• •••••• 237 50 .. 247 50 .. 235 .. 247 50 Rouen •••• •••••• •• •• •• •... 967 50 967 50 . 967 50 967 50 Rouen to Havre•. 707 50 707 50 .. 706 25 .. 706 25 Orleans •. .. 955 .. 955 .. 952 50 .. 952 50 Strasburg to l3ale• •• . 280 .. 282 50 • 280 .. 282 50 Avignon to Marseilles...... 765 . 765 .. 762 50 • • 762 50 We have some reason to believe that Government, satisfied with having declared and vindicated the law in the case of the Irish State Trials, by obtaining a verdict, do not intend to proceed to sentence against the traversers. They feel, with the majority of the public, that it would be inexpe dient to go to such an extremity under the equi vocal circumstances attending the preparation of the jury panel, and the imputed misdirection of the Chief Justice.) We regret to learn that Sir James Duke is pre• vented by severe illness from attending to his Parlia mentary duties. THE WEATHEE.—Never in the memory of that venerable personage " the oldest man living," has such an April been known in this country. Formerly April was classed among the months of spring. This year it has been hitherto a summer month, and bids fair to preserve its character to the last. It is impos sible to imagine finer weather than we have at present in the metropolis. Westerly breezes, bright sunshine, a high temperature, generally 67 degrees in the shade at 2 p.m., the barometer above 30, every tree and shrub in full leaf, pear trees covered with the most luxurious blossom, and the blossom of the apple trees just coming into life, are only a few charac teristics of this splendid season. The colliers' strike and the mild weather have, fortunately for the poor, come together. Every fire is extinguished, except where heat is required for culinary purposes; the gay world have put on their summer dresses, pa rasols have taken the place of umbrellas, the cuckoo and swallow are come, and the very Cock ne y s are on the wing for their favourite summer retreats. The kalends of May might have been appropriately cele brated on the Ist of April. We are glad to find that in Belgium, France, and most parts of the Continent the same weather prevails, and that there i s every prospect of good crops and a genial season. THIS DAY'S NEWS. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY). (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN ON THE APPLICATION OF 3IICHAEL SCALES V. TIIE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS OF THE TOWER HAMLETS In this case Mr. Michael Scales had obtained a rule, calling upon the Commissioners of Sewers 'of the district of the Tower Hamlets to show cause why a certain sewers' rate made by them should nvt be removed into this Court by certiorari, in order that it might be quashed. Mr. Scales now applied to the Court to be permitted to file an additional affidavit in support of the rule. The application had been originally made to Mr. Justice Wightman, who had directed Mr. Scales to apply to the full Court. It appeared that Mr. Scales had male repeated applications to be permitted to inspect the ac counts of the Commissioners, which had been refused. The rule had been obtained on the 27th of January last, End sub sequently to the obtaining of the rule, Mr. Scales had received copies of the accounts by post. He had, in consequence, ap plied to Mr. Unwin, the clerk, and the attorney to the Com missioners to know if those copies were true; and also to be allowed to inspect the originals. Mr. Unwin replied that he had received strict orders from the Commissioners not to acknowledge the copies. On the 18th of March last the Commissioners permitted him to inspect the accounts, and he had, accordingly, done so, and had taken copies of them. He considered that he could not safely proceed with his rule without bringing those accounts before the Court. The information had been obtained since he had obtained his rule, and, therefore, the affidavit which he sought to fill related solely to circumstances which had since come to his knowledge. Lord DENMAN—Did you state t 6 the Court, at the time you obtained your rule, that you had been refused inspection of these accounts ? _ _ Mr. SCALES—I did, my Lord. All I now seek is to lay before the Court information which I have since obtained from their own books. . _ Lord DENMAN-It is very unusual to allow additional affi davits to be filed after a rule has been obtained. The Court requires of a person applying for a rule to give all the in formation that may be wanted to support it. I s t a t e th a t as the general rule. Under the circumstances, however, we think you ought to have a rule to show cause whyyou should not be at liberty to file this additional affidavit. Rule nisi granted. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLIMIDCSR.) THE QUEEN V. THE JUSTICES OF KENT. _ Mr. HENDERSON applied to the Court for a mandamus, di rected to the Justices of Kent, requiring them to issue a dis tress warrant against a Company, called the Commissioners of the Deptford and Crayford Navigation, enforcing them to pay a sum of 241. lls. 2d., and certain costs. Under their Act of Parliament they were made liable for any damage done by them, under the sum of 251., to an order of the Jus tices of the county to be made upon their Treasurer. In the course of the works carried on by the Deptford and Crayford Navigation, injury had been done to the banks of the river, the consequence of which was, that at high tide the neighbouring grounds were injured. The owners of the property thus injured, brought actions against the Commissioners, upon one of which a verdict had been obtained which it was hoped might have put the matter at rest. The present complainant had, however, pro ceeded under the 34th section of the Deptford and Crayford Navigation Act, and the matter was fully gone into before the justices, who decided in his favour, but hesitated to issue the necessary warrant of distress until sanctioned in so doing by the authority of this Court. In such circumstances the Learned Gentleman hoped the Court would allow the writ to issue at once in the first instance, as it would amount to a denial of justice if it were limited to a mere rule to show cause. Mr. Justice COLERIDG& preferred a rule to show cause, and expressed his hope that the Commissioners would not put the applicant to the expense of a mandamus. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY (Sittings in Bunco.) The Court took the special paper to-day. The cases were, of course, of a nature not to call for a special notice. MAR YLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.) George Roach, a stalwart Irishman, whose face exhibited the marks of 4onsiderable violence, was placed at the bar charged with a series of violent assaults. George Osborne, Uninn-street, a shoemaker, said that as he was going home at twelve o'clock last evening, observing the prisoner coming up behind him and very noisy, lie (Mr. Osborne) crossed to the other side of the way to avoid him. Ile followed, however, and on overtaking him asked him where Booth's-court was ? Complainant said that he did not know where, and the prisoner then struck him a savage blow on the head, A policeman was standing near, and he at once interfered, and was beat, kicked, and otherwise abused before others came to his assistance. Halton, 34 E, said that on interfering to save Mr. Osborne he received a terrific blow over the eye (the constable's eye sufficiently proved the prisoner's violence), and the prisoner grappled him, and, being a powerful man, threw him on time pavement; he hirn6elf fell also. Vitncss drew his staff, but the prisoner wrenched it from him and threw it to a dis tance._ He then, to save himself from kicks and blows , drew lain ;Mile, glad struck, the viiNuor over the head with it. MARKET NEWS. -(THIS DAY•) CORN-EXCHANGE-MONDAY. Fresh up, we received but a scanty supply of English Wheat- The finest qualities of both red and white found buyers a t prices quite equal to those obtained on Monday last, but those of most other kinds declined about is per quarter. The currencies,both as respects fine and bonded sorts, were almos t nominal. The Barley trade was very dull at a further de pression of is per quarter, yet no progress was made in salt at Malt at unvaried quotations. The Oat trade was slow , but full prices. Beans and Peas quite as dear. In Flour na variation. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. WHEAT—Essex & Kent, Inuir—Chevalier..—." 695 to •••• red, 4os to Ms OATS — Yorkshire and ~ Ditto, white s2s to 633 1 Lincolnth feed Os i" ~ ... _,,,... Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe ...... ..... .. zos '''' coin, red 4os to 43J Youghall and Cork, Ditto white 42s to 47s black Irish, red..... ....... ... 47a to 50s, Cork, white Ditto, white RYE—Old . .......«........ 21,s to 33s BEANS-11a. 30s to 36s New 36s to 38s Pass— Grey BARLEY—Grinding 24s to 27s Maple ... ..... —...,..•• 33., to 3 0 Malting Chevalier MALT—Suffblk and Nor- nova—Town made ... 43, to .t. , folk 32s to 35s 80i1er5......... ..... 32, to 31: Brown 56s to 62s Slifka-- , ..... ~. 34s to 9 1' 505 to 54s Stockton &"Norfola 34s to 3O Kingston and Ware 56s to 628 FOREIGN GRAIN A. 2 WHEAT—Dantzic Hamburgh 36s to 4031 BARLEY 3os to 33s OATS—New lss to 17s Feed l4s to 16s, SMITHFIELD. We have to report a very sluggish demand for all kinds :'f Beef. The primest sorts, homebreds, runts, &c., were mo stl y disposed of at prices about equal to those obtained on Mott day last ; but the value of most other descriptions had a downward tendency, though not to the extent of more than 2d per 81bs. The supply of Sheep was by no means larger but fully equal to meet the want 6of the trade. Prime old Downs sold at last week's prices, viz., from 3s 10d to 4s itcl. per 81bs in the wool ; but the value of all other kinds of Sheep . was barely supported. The Lamb trade was some" what inactive, yet previous rates were supported in every in"' stance. In Veal no alteration was noticed. Pigs at late rates. 7D FLOUR IN BOND. , 'BEANS ..... • ..... • • •••• 205 Le ..... ......... • 231 to FLOUR—American •"••••• 233 to 25° Baltic Per Mts. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 24 2 Second qualityditts... 3 s. d i t° L 3-641: Second quality ditto 2lO 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 3 3 3 , i Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wethers 3 10 : 6 Prime Scots, &c. I arge coarse Calves 3 4 4 0 Large Hogs 3 0 S 0 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 6 Small Porkers 3.10 4 0 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 28 0 Quarler old Pigs,eachl6 0 20 4 Inferior Sheep 2 S 3 2 Lambs 5 0 6 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I P 3SI ig.. 2,640 26,730 73 NEI/MATE AND LEADENBALL. A t • The receipts of country-slaughtered Meat - have been go.o‘: during the past week, but of middling quality. The supPlie' of Meat killed in the metropolis have not been to say large; hence the general demand may be considered steady, and i ll most instances previous rates have been supported. At per stone, by the Carcase a. s. d. to s. d.i 0 . g. 05. 2 g Beef, inferior 2 2 2 4 1 Mutton, inferior ...... 2 6 . 0 middling ..... prime large ,.„.. 210 301 -- prime..„.„ 3 4 - 6 —... prime small ...... 3 2 3 4 ( Pork, large 3 0 3 2 Veal 3 4 4 61 --.---8111 Ail 3 5 4 Lamb, 48 10,1 to 6s 8d BOROUGH AND SPXTAILFIELDS• A full average time-of-year supply of Potatoes has been received at the water-side during the week from most gua r. ters, in excellent condition ; yet the demand has ruled tole" ably steady, at mostly full prices. 1307ZOUGH HOP MARKET. The supplies of all kinds of Hops are unusually small fo r the time of year ; nevertheless, the general demand is in very sluggish state, at prices barely: equal to those quote last week. WOO?. MARKET. At the public sales the biddings were by no means spirit ed ' and previous rates were with difficulty supported. Privately. scarcely any business is doing. The imports, since our lar d have amounted to 1,000 bales from New South Wales, an 2,200 ditto from various other quarters. TALLOW. This market continues in the same state as for severa l weeks past. The demand for the country is a little better, but it has not caused any alteration in price. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1844' NEWMARKET, SUNDAY AFTERNOON . A few days since we gave a list of the stakes an matches made for the ensuing meeting, we now re-I,°"# lish a skeleton of it, for the purpose of showing that almost every instance a race may be calculated upon. MONDAY. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each for three yrs old, A•r• (9 Subs.) The following horses are now at Newmarket, and is training:—Lord W. Powlett's Falconer, Mr. Batson Rhino, Mr. Phillimore's Skeleton, Mr. Coombe's Keefe}'' Mr. Nevill's Valerian, Mr. Goodman's Running Be l l' Lord George Bentinck's The Great Mogul, Lord Orford e by Elis, out of Miss Julia, Lord Albemarle's ne nelv man (de ad).—Valerian and Running Rein not here. The Palace Filly Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for colts three years old; Bst 71b each. D. M. (6 Subs.) Duke of Rutland's Crenoline, Duke of Bedford's Co° l- merce, Lord Albemarle's Robinia, Lord Exeter's M oc h a ' and Economy, Lord Stradbroke's Boarding School _ —All here, and in work. - Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h. ft.; for three yrs of a fillies. Bst 71b. each. D. M. (5 Subs.) Sister to Give him a name, Mr. Thornhill's ExamP'e Lord Albemarle's Tipoe, Lord Exeter's, Merope, of Bedford's Comm erce.—All here. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft.; for colts, Bst 9 11) 2 and Bst 51b; those by untried stallions, &c., allowed 31" both 51b. R.M. Lord Glasgow's cby Velocipede, out of Amulet- -=- 3 1 r. Thornhill's I by Albemarle, out of Egeria, 51b---°1 Payne's Vattel, Lord Albemarle ns c by Agreeable, 0° of Esmeralda, 31b. All in training here. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. f., for four years 01c1 ' A. F. (4-Subs.) Carillon, 7st 51b—Minotaur, 7st—Fraulien, 6st 11113-." Asop, 6st 41b. All in training. Match, first half of A. M., 150, h. ft.—Mr. Gre ville: : Molly Mogg, 3 yrs, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasg' l ,r ib , by Bay Middleton, out of Impertinence, 2 yrs, 6st First half of the Ab. M. Match, T.Y.C., 300, h. ft.—Duke of Bedford's Bst 71b, agst Lord G. Bentinck's Emma, sst 51b. four are here. A Plate and Three Stakes, to close this evening, ° fly. plete the first day's list. T,ord Arrivals.—The Duke of Richmond's Red Deer--- e George Bentinck's The Great Mogul, Emma, an d % i t Devil to Pay—Lord Glasgow's f by Bay Middleton, of Impertinence, and sister to Give- Him-a-Na m by Mr. J. Day's The Ugly Buck—Mr. Wreford's e• Camel, out of Wadastra—Mr. Phillimore's Skelet°4 o , Lord Chesterfield's New Brighton and Tiddly VV'm and Lord Maidstone's Deuce-Ace. The Ugly Buck and Wadastra colt were out th h t morning for nearly three hours, and galloped, i° X ll , presence of many anxious witnesses. They looked W e went well, and will both run for the 2,000 Gs. Stakes; 0. Day, jun., riding the Buck, and R. West his compoil l he Ratan was also out, looking remarkably well; in fact. tt a stables generally were never known to be more hen than they are at the present time. i 0 The weather continues fine, but, from appearancesta , not unlikely- to change before many hours have pa s ect We are sorry to state that incendiarism has not eet b i s in this part of the country. About one o'clock „.` ,,or morning, a rick, belonging to Mr. Bailey, of 1) 01.11 ,c1 ham, about four miles from Newmarket, was discove.on, to be on fire ; and so rapid was the work of destrO l Ad , that in a short time, the farm-house, out-buildings, rWie three horses, and several pigs, were destroyed. whole of the property is insured. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, SUNDAY Nia 111 " ENTRIES FOR MONDAY. Fifty Pound Plate, last three miles of B.C. via Mr. Rogers' Prosody, Lord Albemarle's The Brewer, Exeter's Czar, Mr. Watson's Antidote. The other stakes did not fill. The Duke of Bedford's Commerce is scratched for both elf; engagements to-morrow; Rhino for the Fifty Sovs• Si sk and the Egeria filly for the R. M. Sweepstakes. van oitt New Match for Thursday—Duke of Bedford's first bsif 9st 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's Impertinence filly, 7st ; of Mb. A h ft Two THOUSAND GUINEA Th S STAKES.-2 to lon - - Buck, who has " taken" so much here that betting is stand stll. 1, Isla - DERBY.-5 to 2 taken to 2001., agst The Ugly Du o.. thing else done. CHESTER CUP.—Offers to take 7 to 1 about Bramblie• The ST. ST. LEGER.-500 even laid between Ratan an u gly U Buck. 10 1 r ee • FARNINGHAM STEEPLE CHASE.—Tn n°. G — • Sweepstakes of 10'sovs. each, h ft, Bst 71b each. tlemen riders. Four miles.. Mr. Bryan's The Prince (Owne r) Mr. Hopkins's The Daring Ranger ..................... 5 Mr. Rolt's Chance ............................................ • 4 Mr. Armstrong's Commodore ......................... .• . Won in a canter by a " quarter of an ho ur. The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, one Mile no dis., were won in two heats, by Mr. Armstrong Minus (Owner) beating four others in a canter. • fell' ni l ' FATAL GIG ACCIDENT.—This morning, a _ s ta- 1 ° _ ` a in nutes before twelve o'clock, Mr. John Standon , keeper, of 'William-street, New-cut, Lambeth liver,y , e2clT `'io ate Charing-cross Hospital. It appears that the unßicr,e,,eot. deceased ta was, o Frida lt, nddriving reet, in company with as a frie, when the horse sL e i . fps took fright, and started off at the top of his sP r e! w . s light friend jumped from the vehicle and escaped With a " aside bruises only, but Mr. Standon was thrown out with co_ a nd, able violence when opposite the Duke of York's colunwo.B, pitching upon his head, he sustained a fracture of t s r atte red of which he died this day as above. The gig was t . to atoms by its coming in contact with the lamPg s Herr Ernst, the eminent violinist, will l& i recrt , a gig along Messrs. Macfarren and Davison's first Chamber the Fria' which will take place on Friday evening nest , a t c ic 131# 1 cess's Theatre Concert-room. The selection of o highs this occasion includes several classical works of the o w merit ; and the undertaking, therefore, merits the y 0 11 meat of all educated and rational amateur*. SU J t ; 11 ': ir•