The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-06 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, MAY 7, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled L'ELISIR D'AMORE. Adina, Madame Persiani ; Giannetta, Madame Bel- Tint; Nemorino, Sig. Corelli; Belcore, Sig. F. Lablache; and Dr. D.llcamara, Sig. Lablache. To conclude with the Grand Ballet of ONDINE. Principal Characters by Aldlles . Cerito, Scbeffer, Plunket, Ferdi nand, Barville, and Eras:4. and Me:srs. Perrot, Montassu, and SLILeon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera.colonnasle. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor FORNA‘ARI has the honour to Inform the Nobility, Sub scriber] to the Opera, hi 9 Friends, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT will take place en THURSDAY NEXT, May 9, when Ivili be perftrined Herold's Chef d'oeuvre, ZAMPA. Camilla, Madame Peraiani; Rita, Madame Bellini ; Zampa, Sig nor Fornasari (his fir t appearance in this character) ; Alfonso, Signor Corelli ; Daniel Capozzi, Signor F. Lablache; and Dan dola, Signor Lablache (his first appearance in this character). Atter which, the Second Act of NORMA, by Madame Grid, Mdlle Favanti, Signor Lablache, and Signor Mario. To conclude with the Grand Ballet, in Six Tableaux, by M. Perrot, entitled ONDINE, ou, LA NAIADE. The Scenery by Mr. W Grieve. The music composed by Signor Pugni. Principal characters by Mdlle. Cerito, Scheffer. Mille. Fer dinand, Mdlle. Plunket. Mdlle. Barville, and Mdlle. Adelaide Frassi ; M. Perrot, M. Mentassu, and NI. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Oilier', Opera Colonnade. Doors span at Seven. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MAY 6, Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES QF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W. Harrison; Count Ono Errors:lto, Mr. itotrani Naama. Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdl!e. Albertazzi ; Francesc a , Miss Romer. After which will be repeated a New Ballet, entitled LADY HEN. ItIETTA, or, The Statute Fair. Lyonnel, M. Silvain ; Walter, -Mr. 1411:men ; Sir Tristram Mr. O'Bryan ; Queen Anne. Miss O'Bryan ; Lady Henriata,'Mdlle. Lucile Grahn; Nancy, Miss C. Webster Mina Miss Carson. Dress Boxes is., Second Price Si. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.. Second Price 35.; Pit 3s Second Price Si.; Meddle Gallery 25., Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN THIS EVENING, MAY 8, Will be performesi GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grand. father Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Driver, Mr. Strickland; Bob Lincoln, Mr. Webster; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Edwin Yarnold. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE MILL. Marquis de RicheviLle, Mr. Charles Mathews; Francine, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra. vagansa, 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 conclude with a New Farce. entitled LOVE IN A SACK. 'rickets and Places to be had of Mr L T. Archer, at the boa °Rice. (rein Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. • LESSEE„ Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 6, Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled CROWN DIAMONDS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss; Don Hen riques de Sandoval, Mr. Allen; Rebolle.lo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; La Caterina, Madame Anna Thillon ; Didna, Miss Grant. To which will be added, the Farce of the SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. To conclude with the Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the May-day Bride: Patrick, Mr. T. Hill; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert; Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola, Miss Bailin. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. " Open Sesame; or. a Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable audiences. THIS EVENING, MAY , Will be repeated an Original Comic Drama, entitled THE THREE WIVES OF MADRID. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, F. Matthews, Emery, Wigan, Crav en , T ur ner, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mo. Turner, Hr.. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLK AM ANIA Characters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a Grand Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves. Cha. sweets by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Mis s F a i r b ro th er , and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Foxes, 41.; Upper Boxes, Sa. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, la 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (ho'ding eight persor.s), One Guinea and a-Halt Private Boxes on the Pit Fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Grand At!raction. THIS EVENING, MAY 6, Will be repeated the Hi•torical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR ,• or, the Battle of Hastings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &c. Entire Change of the Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with the Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the H.ndoos of the Ruby Cliffs. The doors will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances Commence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconetruoted and decorated with care and splendour. . . Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAV IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING MAY 5, Transcendant Success of 14W Barnes' Tragedy of " Octavia Bra. galdi"—an entirely New Piece, and " Whitcfrlars" at half-price. Will be repeated a New Tragedy, entitled OCTAVIA BRA. GALDI ; or, The Confession. Supported by the Entire Company, and Miss Charlotte Barnes, from New York. After which,* New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA. To conclude with an entirely New Dram embracing all the strong eftcts of the celebrated work, entitleda, WHITEFRIARS, In which the entire Company will perform. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.. office, from Eleven to Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPH I. OPEN EVERY EVENING. The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH Is getting more and more mysterirus. He nightly introduces new wanders. His Mystic Temple is throng» with most brilliant audiences, who proclaim him to be the only legitimate Professor of Modern Magic, the very " ne plus ultra" of Cabalistic Phenomena. Ho performs more wonders in one night, than all other Professors could accomplish in a month. The " Great Wizard of the North" has no rival, no equal in Europe or the world. He will be fouhd nightly " at Home," Plucking troth his Mystic Caul dron NEW MAOICCOP[CAL EXPERIMENTS of Natural Phi. twsophy bringing from any Gentleman's Hat a Feather Bed and the Illifts of Flora. Between the paste of the Wizard's Perforfnanees, Mr. SMITH w)11 perform on his new instrument, the CRYSTALOPHION. Mr PHILIPS, the Banjoist, will nightly appear. The THREE INFANT ARABS, Seven, Nine, and Twelve years of A ge , go through a new and original Performance. Dres's Circle, 35.; PI la. 6c1.; Gallery, ed. Reserved Seats, and Private Boxes can be secured at the Theatre, and of all the Agents. Scond Price at Nine o'clock. DJors open at Half-past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo 'lcal Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed ay One Person, daring Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,009 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Enro pean history, viz.--CHARLES 1., OLIVEIt CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the donths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during. the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies,' also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, iu this most Instructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated Hist it ought 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. THE WEATHER. = SuN OFFICE, MAY 6. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 69 ; Noon, 64. BAROMETER, 29.9.—WDr0, N.E. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the I eezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is n4ually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. WWI WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 13 minutes after 4 1 Evening ... 37 minutes after 4. • s ,•;="Tv, 4 1F a Fe Amk :?.) • ' tito l 7_ Mow n : • ' 'Ate 41 , 17 ~4 1111a1p.4 • "il. O ' " Y) , "Nth', SECOND EDITION. tent nit LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1844. We implore every Member of Parliament who de orre* io . see the commercial and monetary condition of this country established on a prosperous and per- Manna basis, to be in his place, in the House of Commons, this evening. Owing to the almost smuggled notice which was given by Sir GEORGE CLERK (amidst the confusion of the House breaking up after the discussion on the Budget of the 29th ult., and the pro forma reading of the Bank -Acts) of the Premier's intention to submit certain resolutions touching the renewal of the Bank Char ter, we believe that many gentlemen are not aware of the important business thus appointed for to-night. On the " Vote" paper of the 29th it stand; as No. 88 of that evening's proceedings, the last within some eight or ten of the whole. On the Paper of " Notices" given on the 29th, it is an entry seasons, o n m ore prominent or discer n ibl e . For these and because of the pertinacious taciturnity -which Sir Ronan PEEL observed as to the intentions of the Governmen t poit on i Friday night, after Mr. T HOMAS BARING had addressed Mr. GOULBURN on this "subject in an earlier s tage of the bu s ines s , we . are most anxious th a t no gentl eman f should e be in s te u n r -- p r i s ca, even on the first enun ci ation tions, into a tacit though relucant toleration aso n s o f o f p l r o - positions which he may find grave re ob jecting to, but, because of their unexp ec t e d d v r develop ment, be unprepared to resist. It is true that e the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated, h e b elieved a , s , (for it would be a pity—a deplorable inconsistency_ were any of the subordinates of a PEEL Administra tion to be at any time in a condition to speak out 'openly, and with certainty of the intentions of his chief) it be not the First Lord's design to call for a vote of the House upon the resolutions on the same night, it is so far the less probable that any Hon. Members will be taken by surprise in this matter. But we have not much faith in the ingenuousness of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's " belief," and none at all in the reluctance of the First Lord to 4isembarrm; himself of its implied conditions, should 0, favourable opportunity present itself for snatching tip -a vote of the House on his " Resolutions." - — • 14 °Nv, the entry on the Vote paper of the 29th, mg thus " 88. Bank of England Charter. Act 3 and 4 William IV., c. 98, for giving to the Corporation of the Governer and Company of the Bank of England Certain privileges for a limited period, under certain restrictions—read. !Also, :seveial oth er A c t s re l at i ng to the Charter of the Bank of England, and advances by them to the Government—and also to Banks and Banking partnerships—read. Committee on Monday next." Those who know how utterly unintelligible and unlistened to are the proceedings when, after the "field-day" business—like the " Budget"—the motion has been agreed to " that the other orders of the day be now read"—will easily understand that of all which is recorded in this entry, nobody but the Speaker, Sir GEORGE CLERK, and the Clerks at the Table, heard or knew one word at the time. And if others had, the amount of their knowledge en the sub ject would have been no greater than it actually was fur these pro forma proceeding& are like the new gas cooking stoves. Everything is put down, no body sees how; shut up, nobody understands why; cooked by fuel, nobody can tell what; and taken out, dished and served, nobody can tell when. Now the House of Commons' process is much the same. Acts of all reigns are said to be read which no man has heard, of purport and effect which no man could divine; certain steps taken which no man is cognisant ofi and the whole affair is finished before any man can say it is begun. IN ext morning it is dished up in the Votes after the fanciful fashion just quoted. It is surprising how much matter is condensed into the mummery of this pro forma business. A Member moves the House into Committee, and then that a certain order of the day be read. Mr GREENE pro pounds the order with a rapidity equal to that of galvanic communication, and (may we be pardoned) quite as unintelligible. The Clerk, taking up a roll of paper, gravely says, " this is an Act," and throws it under the table. The mover, who has in voked the sublime machinery of the Committee, and its presiding genius, Mr. GREENE (dignus vindice nodus), being satisfied himself,' assumes the House to be equally satisfied, with this instructive statement. He proceeds to move certain resolutions, which are actually read at the table once; the Chairman then proposes that they be read a second time, and, if there be no opposition, the House, by a well-bred fiction, assumes that they are read again. Then the Chair man proposes himself, " that he do now leave the Chair ;" takes the sense of the Committee by pro posing " that they who are of that opinion say aye, of the contrary opinion, no ;" and, because none answer either with the one monosyllable or the other, he concludes, on the extra-Parliamentary axiom that "silence gives consent," that the ayes have it ; quits his chair, walks to the door, is called upon by Mr. Speaker in his most benign manner, and, with modest brevity, announces that the Com mittee on such an order have come to certain reso lutions. This "fact" is recorded by the Clerk, and printed in the votes distributed on the morrow. Such, then, is the whole amount of what has been preliminarily done—of what has subsequently been made known—of the proceedings that are to lead the business of this evening. This business is yet more succinctly announced in the notices of motions —"Monday, 6 May. Sir Robert Peel.—ln Commit tee on Bank Charter to move resolutions." But what is there which regards the well-being of this great empire, the integrity of its power, the prosperity of its trade, the maintenance of its politi cal grandeur, the subsistence of its millions of in dustrial population, the payment of the wages of their labour on a scale compatible with its value, and, therefore, adequate to their physical sustenta tion, which is not involved, more or less, in the terms upon which you will renew this charter of the Bank ? In which of their multiplied relations are not the security of property, the energy of trade, the productiveness of capital, the employment of manufac turing and agricultural labour, the further develop ment of our vast but latent resources, the present main tenance and activity of our shipping—manufactures— and all our staple trades, mixed up with this ques tion of the renewed privileges of the Bank of Eng land ? On what other pivot turn the sacredness of property, the inviolability of legal title and pos session to all the realty and personalty of the kingdom, but the public good faith in the confidence of which our wealth upholds and everywhere supplies and animates the arteries of this mighty monarchy ; and what is the controlling, absolute, disastrous influence which alone—except only the decree of Providence—can endanger the ex istence, as it already paralyses the operations of that wealth, if it be not the power exercised under the charter of the Bank ? Former Governments have done rashly, no doubt, in putting into the hands of two dozen of private gentlemen, presiding over the affairs of a private Corporation, this tremendous authority, morally or politically speaking, of life and death over the whole national community. These Governments might plead in their excuse, however, the pressure of frightful political exigencies, the dis organisation of the public revenue, the imminency of perils from without, only to be grappled with by the concentration of energies within, the State. They might allege that money being the grand lever of all action in modern times, they had made large present sacrifices, and consented to still more important concessions for the future, to those who could soonest supply them with the funds in ex cess of those raised by public taxation, necessary for the current services of the empire, and the wars and the expenses in which it was involved. In all this there might be some show of palliation for the un statesmanlike improvidence of confiding to private hands the entire controland management of our mone tary system. But even pending the last and most costly of those wars, the gigantic proportions of our commerce have vastly expanded themselves. Capital has multiplied itself under every discouragement of taxation. The resources of our manufacturing ca pacity, the productive powers of our industrial la bour, and the still unrivalled perfection of our ma chinery have enlarged the amount and variety of our commodities to an extent which the most sanguine of speculative minds could scarcely have anticipated. The estimated rental of England and Wales, alone, rated this year to the poor rate, is 62,000,0001. per annum. The annual taxation of the United Kingdom is not 12,000,0001. less ; and there is a surplus of public income of more than 4,000,0001. for the current year. Yet, with these marvellous elements of public prosperity, how hap pens it that the market of labour is so frightfully overstocked, the poor-houses so fearfully crowded ? —that of the industrial community, even that portion which is in work is starving ; and that the manufac turers are unable to pay them higher wages ?—that a surplus income of 4,000,0001. is out-balanced by an aggregate of poor-rate for England and Wales of upwards of 6,000,0001. ?—that pauperism, and the crimes generated by abject poverty are on the in crease ?—that our manufactures and our machinery find new competitors starting up in Europe and to ' America ?—that declining markets are coupled with increased production ; and accumulated stocks, so far from being put into distribution among the classes whose labour has been most taxed and worse paid to produce them, re-act on prices, and by lower ing them still further, run down diminished wages ? —that this state of things, attributable neither . to the avarice of masters nor to the indolence of workmen, co-exists with the monstrous and oppressive scandal of more than 30,000,000/. of taxes being actually paid by the producer or half-famished artizan and labourer, which ought to be, which were intended to be, but which, under our existing monetary system, cannot be paid by the consumer ? We answer, that all this happens because the Bank of England have a charter, in virtue of which they control the whole currency of the country, expand or diminish the circulation, make money scarce or plentiful, derange the plans of the merchant and trader, disorganise private incomes, check the salutary enterprise of trade, diffuse doubt and suspicion among all classes, and in proportion as they repress and distract all the operations of legiti mate business, encourage gambling adventure, enrich unprincipled and merciless usury, and promote profli gate and reckless jobbing. Yet our quarrel is not with the Bank. They are but the instruments of a legislative folly. The mon ster mischief, under whose commission their charter has worked these evils, is Pmt's Currency Bill of 1819. By the puerile, yet terrible, anomaly of ima gining an unit of measurement —in assigning, by statute, a fixed value to the ounce of standard gold— the total quantity of gold above ground or below, hoarded or in circulation, coined or in bullion, being just as fluctuating as it must be ever uncertain—the Legislature armed the Bank with two swords. The eonvertibility of its notes into gold on demand was body of men,_ or individuals, might u th s a e t to wh cu ic t h any down the Bank into bankruptcy, whenever mere of its notes would be brought to its count,rs than there should be bullion in its cellars to pay them withal. The power to issue more or less of those notes to any extent it might fancy, according to the cheapness or dearness of gold in the market, was the sword with which the Bank could cut down any body of men, or individuals, whose operations in trade had been based on the fallacy of supposing that the circulation at one time remained the same as at another, and that its facilities, or the ex changeable value, of their securities, bills and money, were, therefore, the same at like periods. The sad records of the working of PEEL'S Bill, and the co-incident influ • ences of the Bank Charter, are to be read in the Ga zettes of 1825, 1826, 1833, 1834, and 1838. Ancient bankers, merchant princes, and a host of honourable merchants and traders of minor celebrity, were lite rally swept out of the circle of British commerce by the panics of those years. There is, as the City cor respondents of all our Morning Contemporaries, con firm an opinion of our own in stating every pos sible indication of the approach of such another hideous crisis in 1844, if it be not arrested in time. Let every Member of the House of Commons be at his post this evening, animated by a determination, if possible, to avert that crisis, so far as its approxima tion would be the result of continuing to the Bank its charter on its present terms. Whether this be intended by Government, or not, or in what modified shape it may be proposed to renew it, all Englishmen beyond the doors of the Cabinet have as yet no means of judging. Again we ask, why all this silence ? Is Sir ROBERT PEEL afraid to give the mercantile and moneyed Members an opportunity of considering his propositions, what ever they may be, before their discussion? Is it too much to concede to the commerce and capital of the country such a means of maturely deliberating upon— before their representatives in Parliament commit themselves to a single step in advancing—the scheme on which the Ministers may be disposed to grant re newed privileges ? Have the public at large no reason, from the dreadful experience of the past, to anticipate similar results for the future, if similar causes are to remain in operation. If they are not so to remain, what has prevented the Right Hon. Baronet from announcing that fact long since, and quieting the alarms and. fears entertained by those who deprecate his irretrievable, and, we must say, presumptuous tampering with the currency in 1819 ? If they are to remain—what shall we not have to fear from the counsels of a Minister who can have been all this time brooding over a perverse and audacious deter mination to re-enact those bad powers which all sen sible and experienced observers concur in indignantly denouncing ? If Sir ROBERT be unjustly suspected as to the character of his intentions, he has only him self to thank for the misconception. If those inten tions be such as they are thus suspected to be, our entreaty to Hon. Members is at once fortified and justified. Leave nothing, we will add, to the Right Hon. Gentleman's further consideration in this last event ;—but principiis übsta ! Reject his resolutions. " There is a strong and growing feeling," says a Whig Morning Contemporary, " that the working classes of this country have been too much left to themselves—that masses of population have been al lowed to form in the seats of our manufactures, with out adequate provision, or with hardly any provision, for the education of children, the amusement, or men tal improvement of adults, or the healthfulness of the localities in which their dwellings are crowded to gether. There is a strong feeling that, with the means we have, the working classes are not either physically or morally so well eff as they might be—and that the fault is chargeable in no small degree to the neglect of the various Govern ments of the last thirty or forty years. No statesman can or ought to disregard these growing impressions." There is much calm, sound sense, in these remarks, though we hardly expected to have met with them in the leading organ of the \V higs and the middle classes. The working masses of the population have, indeed, for years past, been treated with nearly equal indifference by the two great contending parties of the State ; the Tories—if we may judge from their legislation—seem to have been almost wholly un conscious of their existence; while the Whigs hare had little hesitation in sacrificing their interests to those of the class immediately above them. Few and faint tir'd the voices that have been raised in Parlia ment iiibehalf of the claims of the labouring portion of the community. Few—miserably few and inefficient —are the remedies that have been suggested for the amelioration of their condition. While the middle classes have bad station and power, and the means, in a great degree, of controlling the Legislature, con ferred on them by the Reform Bill, the lower classes, by whose agitation principally that important mea sure was carried, remain in the same abject, defence less, destitute state as ever. True, proposals for giv ing them the inestimable benefits of a sound, prac tical education, are, from time to time, brought for ward in the House of Commons ; but these proposals never get beyond their first stage of discussion, for some obstacle or other is sure to arise to prevent them from being carried into effect. True, a new system of poor-laws is adopted for the express purpose of nourishing a manly spirit of independence in the minds of the labouring classes ; but 10, when the system begins to work, it is found, in many of its details, to injure, oppress, and degrade in their own estimation and in that of others, those whom it was meant to benefit. True, a proposal is made for limiting the hours of labour in the manu facturing districts, and thereby giving the overtasked operative a chance of doing some little for himself and his family in the way of evening instruction ; but no sooner does the Minister set his face against the scheme, than those who have brought it forward, and been most zealous in its support, take fright, and the whole thing falls at once to the ground. Under these dis heartening circumstances who can wonder at the un deniable discontent and bitterness of the labouring classes of the community ? Who can wonder that they fall an unresisting prey to the acts of designing demagogues, and hug to their breasts the flattering delusion of the Charter? Who can wonder that the estrangement between them and the classes immediately above them becomes daily more marked ; and that they regard their repre sentatives—or rather their nominal representatives—in Parliament less as friends than oppressors, who have scarcely one single sympathy in common with them ? It is a sad mistake our rulers are making in thus wantonly disregarding the claims of the labouring classes, and trying experiments on their patience and forbearance by inclosure bills—trespass acts—game laws—and Heaven knows how many other vexatious enactments, whose only object is to benefit the strong at the expense "r .h. weak—and assist the rich to the manifest de triment of the poor. The evil of such partial, one-sided legislation may not be felt in its full effects just now, but assuredly a day of reckoning will come —and this at no distant period—when those who have the power will bitterly regret that they did not exercise it in a more equitable, beneficent, and con siderate spirit. The accounts from Madrid are of an alarming character. The BRAVO Ministry have all resigned, and General NARVAEZ is to be at the head of the new Cabinet. This important news was conveyed to Paris at a late hour on Saturday night, by the fol lowing telegraphic dispatch:— " MADRID, MAT 2, 1844. 44 THE AMBASSADOR OF FRANCE TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " The whole of the Ministry have resigned, and their resignation has been accepted by the QUEEN. General NARVAEZ has been intrusted with the forma tion of the new one, in which M. MIRAFLORES is to be included. " M. BRAVO and his colleagues have stated to her MAJESTY that they are willing to give their support to their successors. " Madrid is tranquil." The French Ambassador, 'however, or perhaps the authorities at Madrid, have suppressed still more im portant news. As soon as the fact became generally known that NAEVAEZ was to form the new Cabinet, a panic took place on the Madrid Bourse, when the funds fell in two days nearly 6 percent., and business was transacted to the enormous amount of 127,600,000 reals. On the 26th ult. the Three per Cents. closed at 36k, and on the 29th they had fallen to 30k, and so eager were holders of this stock to get rid of it, that sales continued after the usual period of busi ness, and the latest quotation was as low as 29. For this great and rapid fall there is another good reason, independent of the elevation of NARYAEZ, a soldier of fortune, a " mere sabre" to the head of the Ministry. THE Synki, LONDON, MONDAr EVENING, MAY B, 1844. The public begin to look forard to some terrible convulsion about Church propcy. The priests and the military rule at the Palm; and orders, at the instigation of the former, had een privately issued to suspend the sale of Church proerty. Those who have ' purchased Church lands are,lerefore, in the utmost consternation, for they believe with good reason that they will not be allowed ti hold it undisturbed. The " Sabre" Government wl repudiate the acts of a Radical Cortes, and rob the.urchasers, in the same . way that FERDINAND robbt those who had lent money to Spain when he - vvs not absolute KING. The Castellano endeavours o dispel the panic by asserting that " there is no case for alarm in the idea of giving back the unsold proerty to the clergy, and that there is no intention of aterfering with existing interests ; that the question one which ought to be considered calmly, and uporits own merits. It re minds the public that pylons to the pronun ciamentos of 1840 the Crtes had passed a law which the Crown had sectioned, by which the property of the secular clrgy had been assigned to them as a part of the provision designed for them by the State, together with 4 per cent. upon agricultural produce in plac, of the tithe—that this l aw was indeed upset by the famous mutiny or pro nunciamento, as it was caled, of 1840, the Cortes which followed having done everything exactly con trary to their predecessors but that now a reaction had taken place in the pubic mind; that some of the juntas formed last year aginst ESPARTRRO had sus pended the sales of Churchproperty ; and it says the question now is, Wll it be just, politic, and convenient, to give back to the secular clergy the property cf which it was de spoiled, and which is not yet sold ?'" It replies to this query in the affirmative, while, at the same time, it alludes also to the restoration of the whole property, on me present FUSsamterct being indemnified. The possessors and the public evidently have not much hope of indemnification. We have no accounts from the provinces of the effects produced by these two events, but there can be no doubt that they will pro duce a great convulsion, and that some new scenes of hprror will be enacted in that distracted and helpless Altiuntry. The French Government have incurred a fearful responsibility by sending CHRISTINA, NAR. VAEZ, and other firebrands, to destroy the Constitu tion, and lay waste the kingdom. The Paris papers of Saturday have been received, but W 3 find nothing in them . of importance. The discussion in Committee on the Prisons' Bill con• tinued, and twelve clauses had been adopted. The Peers were still occupied with the Education Bill. In the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, a petition was presented from certain operatives of Paris, for the abolition of negro slavery in the French colonies ; and, after an interesting debate, was referred to the Minister of Marine. From the re marks made by M. Guizor and Admiral MACKAU, we learn, that the Government intended to abolish slavery, but not all at once, and that it would be necessary to prepare the slaves for freedom during some years before total emancipation. The funds continued firm. On Saturday the Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 55c., and the Fives at 122 f. THE BOURSE-TUESDAY, MAY 2. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents." 121 75 • • 121 75 .. 121 65 .. 121 70 Four per Cents. lO6 80 .. 106 80 .. 106 80 .. 106 80 Three per Cents 84 20 .• 84 45 .. 84 20 .. 84 45 Bank of France. 3090 ..3090 • 3090 ..3090 Laflitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll67 50 ..1167 50 ..1167 50 ..1167 50 5,000 f. Sharessls7 50 • • 5157 50 ..5157 50 ..5157 50 Belgian:Bank 1841 1110 ..1115 ..1110 ..1115 Belgian Fives, 1831 1031 • • 1031 .. 1031 .. 103 f 1840 lO5l .. 106 1051 .. 106 1842 lOBl .. 1081 .. 1081. .. 1081 Dutch Two-and-a-Half... • 6ll .. 611 .. 611 • • 611 Spanish Active . • 321 .. 32: .. 321 • . 321 Threes Passive . New Deferred l4l .. 14/ .. 14 .. 14 _ _ Old Deferred • ..... 7 .• 7 - • • 7 • • 7 Portuguese Five per Cents.. 45 .. 45 .. 45 .. 45 Neapolltan• •• • •• • .. 102 .. 102 .. 101 85 .. 101 86 Roman • ..... 106* .. 1066 .. 1061 • . 1086 RAILWAY SHARES. Veralea A. 8.. . L. 8... •• .. 250 . • 256 25 . • 250 • . 256 25 Rouen .. Rouen to Harre•• •••• •••• •• 725 .. 732 50 .. 725 .. 732 50 Orleans.. 972 50 .. 972 50 .. 972 .. 972 50 Strasburg to Bale .. 271 25 .. 275 Avignoa to Marseilles...—. 765 .. 770 .. 271 25 .. 275 .. 765 .. 770 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, L.B. • •• • ... 245 .. 260 • • 245 . • 257 50 Rouen . . 965 .. 972 50 .. 965 . 972 50 Rouen to Havre.......... . 730 .. 735 .. 728 75 .. 733 75 Orleans Strasburg to Bale. Avignoa to Marseilles— •• •• 766 25 . 77150 .. 766 25 .. 772 50 Tna Inisu STATE TitlALs.—The arguments of counsel in support if a new trial came to a close on Friday, when the Attorney-General was heard in re ply on the part of the Crown. The Right Hon. Gentleman was to resume his argument at two o'clock on Saturday. The Repeal Association held a meet ing on Friday, but the proceedings were not of any interest. The amount of the repeal rent for the week was 1101. THIS DAY'S NEWS. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD v. KNIGHT. The arguments in this appeal, the facts of which we have already:given in detail, were resumed, and occupied the Howe the whble of the morning. VICE-CHANCERY. -(THIS DAY). The Vice-Chancellor of England sat to-day itt ten o'clock, but in consequence of the absence of Mr. Bethel!, who was engaged in the House of Lords, ,the Court rose before eleven o'clock, having nothing to proceed with. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY). CUSTOMS FR AVDS.— T IT H I E E QQuIJEEEN v Eti V.. BLA L MOTT K RAM AND WILLIAMS— The defendants in these cases bad been convicted of con spiracy to defraud the revenue of certain Custom-house duties payable on the importation of certain French goods. The defendants Mottram and Williams had been importers of silks, gloves, flowers, Sze. The defendant Blake,had been a landing-waiter. The parties were severally under recog nizances to come up for judgment. Mr. JERVIS moved that the recognizances in all these cases should be continues( till next term.—Application granted. THE QUEEN V. BENT. The defendant in this case was a broker, and had been convicted of appropriating to his own use certain sums of money which had been entrusted to him to effect an insur ance on certain goods shipped for Texas. He was called up for judgment early in the term, but did not appear. Mr. WARREN applied to have the recognizances of the de fendant and his sureties estreated. Lord DENMAN having looked over the affidavits, refused the application on the ground that the service of notice on the sureties had been insufficient. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS pAY JOHNSON AND WIFE V. MORLEY. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs in forma paw neris, to recover compensation in damages for false imprison meat. Mr. LEE, for the plaintiffs, said that his client occupied part of a house of the defendant in 'Warren-street, Fitzroy square, where he carried on the business of hair-dresser. lie entered in January, 1843, and, in March of the present rear, having neglected to pay his rer t, a distress was put in. 1 hree arra.• thin. nn the 25th. the dannacint caino into the chop with a policeman, into whose custody he committed Mrs. Johnson, for having removed a stove. The plaintiff pointed to the stove, which had been put into the shop to replace another which the defendant had removed, but Morley per sisted in arresting her. She was accordirgly taken to the Albany-street Police-office, where the inspector dismissed the case, expressing his belief that no felony had been commit ted. The defendant, not yet satisfied, returned with plain tiff, still in custody, and assured himself that the stare was his own. Mr. HUMFREY appeared for the defendant, who pleaded not gnilty. Baron GußxEr, in summing up, remarked that the de fendant had failed to make such a concession as would have excluded the action, and holed the jury would give such a verdict as would protect the plaintiff from being taxed with felony. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 5/, (Sittings in Banco.) Motions to have conditional rules made absolute occupied the Court during the day; but they were not of a nature to call for particular notice. BAIL COURT-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice COLERIDGE heard several 'notions this morn ing, but they were all of a technical character, totally devoid of public interest. His Lordship also sat at Nisi Prius for a short time, but the causes were all undefended and unim portant. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY). OLD COURT: This day the session of over and terminer commenced, before the Recorder, the Lord Mayor, and a bench of Alder men, at the Old Bailey, being the 115th (and 7th during the present Mayoralty). The calendar is comparatively light, consisting of only 174 names, of which two stood charged with murder, one with arson, five with cutting and wounding, with intent to murder or maim, and one with forgery. The proportion of the prisoner s to the respective metropolitan districts are as follows ;—London prisoners, 21; Middlesex, 131 ; Kent, 7 ; and Surrey, 15. The RECORDER, in addressing the grand jury, previous to their retiring to their room ' o b ser ved that the- present ca lendar was one only marked by those ordinary features which might be Impacted from the dense population of a large me tropolis like London, and did not call for any peculiar ob servations from him. The names of two prisoners appeared in the present calendar as charged with murder, whilst one case of infanticide remained over from the last session. Ile did not consider it necessary to detain the gentlemen of the grand jury with any remarks upon those cases, but would re mit them to the discharge of their duties. The remainder of the day up to the period of our going to press was occupied with swearing in the petty juries, after which the Court adjourned for refreshment. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) THE CAT'S-MEAT MAN.—" Please yer Worship this tongue was a lyin' on my shop board," said a tall bony man, step ping into the witness-box. " Stop, stop," said Mr. HALL, the sitting magistrate, " what charge is this ?" The answer to this inquiry was that a little boy, whose head appeared just above the bar, had been charged with stealing _a sheep's tongue. Mr. HALL (to-the prosecutor)—Well, now, first of all what are you? Prosecutor—l'm a butcher by perfession, but I deals rather in ships' (sheep) lights and bull's liver. The Clerk—What's the use of being above your business —why not tell the magistrate that you are a cat's-meat man at once ? Prosecutor—Well, so I is. Mr. HALL—WeII, now go on with your complaint. Prosecutor—Well this boy, which is the wust o' all, comes up and bolts with the tongue, which was a lyin' on my shop board between two more. _ _ _ Mr. HALL—Did you see him run away with the tongue? Prosecutor—Oh, no yer Wership, which the little girl comes up wot lives next door, and says, says she, while the other was standin round the winder, there goes the boy with his tongue in his pocket—(Great laughter)—•so I cuts arter him and takes him, but I found as how he hadn't got my tongue in his pocket, but howsomever as he vos the one wot took it, I brings him to the station-house, but I could'nt find my tongue. Mr. HALL—You only took the boy then because the little girl told you? "Prosecutor—Oh, no. I knows he took it, cos his; always a pitchin dead cats on to the shop board. Mr. HALL—That does not prove that he took the tongue. Cat's-meat man's wife (in the body of the Court)—He missed the tongue which was lyin at the time. Mr. HALL—WeII, it seems there is no charge against the prisoner, so he must be discharged. The prosecutor (with a look of dismay)—But the dead cats, yer Wership Mr. HALL--Oh, if he does that again bring him to me and I will punish him.—The prisoner was then discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) John Shore, a lad, and Philip Stradling, a young man who has been at sea for several years, were charged with having in their possession, under suspicious circumstances, a 10/. Bank of England note. It appeared that the prisoners were paupers, in the workhouse of St. George, Hanover-square. The former prisoner was committed from this Court to West. minster Bridewell for 14 days to hard labour, for behaving in a riotous and disorderly manner in the workhouse, and he only came out of prison on Friday last. On the following day he was re-admitted into tnem,..t. On Sunday both the prisoners had the usual leave to go out after dinner-time, and in about three hours afterwards Shore brought Strad ling back to the workhouse in a wheelbarrow insensibly drunk. Shortly after this the master of the house was informed that the prisoners had a quantity of gold and silver money in their possession, and on search ing them, sovereigns and silver to the amount of 91. 4s. were found. Shore then stated that on Saturday last, as he was wandering along Oxford-street, he picked up the note in question, but thought it was only a flash note. On it being shown to Stradling, he said he would get it changed if 21. were given to him for his trouble. This was agreed to, and about 2'clock on Sunday afternoon, change for the note was obtained at a public house in the neighbourhood by Strad ling, who was known to the landlord, representing that it had been sent to him by his sister, to refit him out for sea. They then commenced drinking, and in a very short time had expended 16s. _ _ They were discharged, and the note ordered to be adver Used. MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) Robert Henry Attwood, a very respectably dressed lad, was placed at the bar, charged with the gentlemanly amusement of ringing bells and creating a disturbance. Police constable 209 S stated that the prisoner was busily engaged this morning, about one o'clock, ringing the bells in Clarendon-place, Edgware-road. When he saw the witness, he said to a companion who was with him, but who did not join in the amusement, that " here was a policeman," and upon his being taken into custody he offered a considerable sum of money if he would be permitted to go away. Witness, how ever, refused the bribe, and landed him in the station-house. ➢lr. RAwLuisas—You seem to enjoy your position amaz ingly, Sir—pray, what are you ? Prisoner—l was secretary to an Irish gentleman. Mr. ItAwi.xxsox—Has the Irish gentleman dispensed with your valuable services now? Prisoner—Yes, I now reside with my mother. Mr. IlawfmcsoN—You are fined forty shillings, Sir, and I hope you may find the amusement too expensive for daily practice. Prisoner—Well, I think you are too hard. The prisoner's further remonstrances were cut short by Mitchell, the gaoler, very politely handing him out of Court. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) A ruffian, named 3.P.Dermott, who has just come out of the House of Correction, where he has been for the last month, was charged with assaults of a very brutal character on the police-constables of the E division. The prisoner was drunk and creating a disturbance in Coram-street on the previous night at a late hour. E 35 at tempted to remove him, but he kicked him on the legs so as to cause him great pain. He sprang his rattle, and another officer came up, and him too the fellow kicked and cuffed unmercifully. Mr. COMBS asked him if he liked to be in prison ? M'Dermott replied in the negative, but could assign no other reason for his savage conduct except that he was drunk. Mr. COMBS, who did not seem to consider drunkenness any palliation of the offence, sent him back to the House of Cor:. rection for another month. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Jeremiah 31' Carthy was charged with wilfully damaging a table belonging to the Grand Masonic Lodge of England. The table, which was described to be 300 years old, was produced; it vras of a circular shape and very neatly inlaid with different kinds of wood. Thomas Murray stated that on Saturday evening at eight o'clock, he was carrying the table on his shoulder in High street, when the defendant who was behind came up, and striking it with all his force knocked it off, and falling on the pavement it sustained very much damage. The defendant was not sober, and accompanied the blow with a vulgar ex pression. _ . . _ - The defendant said that he ran against the table acci dentally, as he had a " drop in" at the time. Mr. TaAILL said the defendant was liable to pay the damage, besides a fine for being drunk, and that if he did not do the former he should be committed to gaol. After a good deal of quibbling, the defendant endeavour ing to lessen the estimate of the damage, he consented to pay it, and was discharged. Mary Easton, servant to Mr. Fennell, grocer, of Ber mondsey, was charged with stealing a cash-box containing 201. in sovereigns and silver, besides 1791. in cheques. It appeared that the prisoner had taken an opportunity of getting possession of the cash-box on the preceding day about two o'clock, with which she absconded and went to Chelsea. When she got there, she gave the cash-box to an old fruit woman to try and open, •but not succeeding in the effort, the latter person took it to a beer shop keeper on the spot, who, suspecting it was stolen, detained it and gave in formation at the station house. This led to the detection of the robbery, and the prisoner being taken into custody, she was forthwith lodged in the station house. She said nothing in her defence, and was committed for trial. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE.-MONDAY. Fresh up, we received a fair supply of English Wheat from Essex and Kent. The finest parcels sold readily at prices quite equal to those obtained on Monday last. The middling and inferior kinds at late rates. For fine foreign Wheat last week's prices were supported in every instance. In Grain under lock, the rates are nominal. Barley at prices quite equal to those obtained last week. The best potatoe qualities of Oats were held at 6d per quarter more money, the value of other kinds being firmly maintained. Beans and Peas had an upward tendency. Flour produced very full prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE, WHEAT—Essex & Kent, I MALT—Chevalier......... 113 s to red.. ....... 4ffs to Ms Oars—Yorkshire and Ditto, w hite Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe coin, re d Ditto white 42s to 47s black Irish, red 471 to 50s Cork, white Ditto w hite RYE—Old New 36s to 38s Pass-- Grey ffaiLev—Grinding 24s to 2'73; Map'e 33s to 34s Malting l3s to 3631 White 301 to is. Chevalier 326 to 353 1 Boilers 32, to 38s DEALT—Suffolk and Nor- nova— Town made folk s6s to 622 Suffo k 34s to 3lis Brown sos to 51s Stockton & Norfolk 348 to 36 Kingston and Ware 56s to 628 FOREIGN GRAIN Al WwEaT—Dantzic Hamliurgh 361 to 40s BARLEY 3os to 33s OATS—New Feed l4s to 16s IMITEWIELD. .1D FLOUR IN BOND. BEANS 206 to 265 Pr AS 233 to 776 nowt—American Baltic Prime Scots, homebreds, runts, &c., at an advaece in the currencies obtained on Monday last of 2d per 81bs—the highest figure being 4s per 81bs, while the value of all other breeds was supported without difficulty. The Mutton trade was somewhat steady, at last week's prices, the best old Downs selling at 3s 8d per 81bs. The Lamb trade was very steady, at picices fully ential to those obtained on this day sen'night, viz., from 5s to 6s 4d per 81bs. Calves at full quo tations. The value of Pigs was supported without difficulty. Per Vbs. to .ink the alai. . s. d. to s. d. a. 41. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 Second qualityditto... 216 3 2 Second quality ditto 9lO 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto.. :2 2 4 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 8 Southdown Wethera 3 6 3 0 Prime Scots, Sic. large coarse Calves S 4 4 2 Large Hogs 2 0 3 II Prime small ditto 4 4 4 8 Small Porkers 3lO 4 4 Suckling Calves, each l$ 0 29 r Quarter old pigs,eachl6 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep ... ...... 2 6 2 0, Lambs b 0 6 4 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 2,540 2i1,770 I lO4 402 24331.VG.A.TE AND LERILDENZI.A.I.L. ._.. The primest Beef, Mutton, and Veal have commanded a trifle more money—the value of other descriptions being sup ported. In addition to the arrivals below, about 500 carcases of Lamb, and 800 hind quarters of Mutton, have come to hand from various parts, per railway. At per stone, Sy the Carcase s. sl. to s. d.; s. d. to s. d. Beef, 2 2 4. Mutton, inferior 2 4 2 reiddling ..... 2 6 2 Si middling.... 210 3! ---prime large 210 32 ( --- prime ••• ...... 3 4 3 -- prime small 3 4 3 f t Pork, large 2 4 3 6 Veal ..... Mt... 3 4 4 6/ Lamb. 4s 10d to Is ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. 8 350 236 7 400 -- 412 2 70 70 - 60 29 3 32 35 100 120 160 II 200 ISO 136 - 40 40 4 50 30 20 100 010 100 Scotland Yorkshire N0rf01k.................» Suffolk Cambridgeshire. Essex Surrey Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts Total 3S 1,4( 2 Previous week's arrival 488 1,4C8 ass 1,540 Diffbrence since ourlast St lOC 12 134 BOROUGH AND SPITALTIELDS. The arrivals of Potatoes having exceeded the demand since our last; holders have in some instances been compelled to submit to lower rates to effect sales, while most of the in ferior qualities have been housed. From Belgium, Holland, and Ireland, nearly 700 tons have been received, and held at from 40s to 45s per ton, their quality being very inferior. WOOL IVIARHET. During the past week the imports of Foreign and Colonial Wool have not exceeded 800 packages. By private contract very little business is doing, yet prices may be, considered about stationary. BOROUGH HOP MARZZT. The accounts from the plantations are by no means favour able to the young bine, yet the trade here for all kinds of Hops is in a sluggish state ALL, at last week's prices. TOW. The market continues in that same dull state as it has been for some time past, with little variation in prices, there being no speculative business doing, and the trade buying I sparingly. The Hamburgh mail arrived this morning, but the letters were not delivered sufficiently early for our report. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA. Y.) LONDON, MAY 6.—Light northerly. DEAL, MAY 4.—Wind N.E. by N., strong ; 5th—N.N.W. to N.E., fresh.—Arrd. Coquette, St. llelena. Sailed Fox hound, South Seas ; Athenian and Troy, Bombay ' • Mary Ann, Algoa Bay ; Colony and Randolph, Cape of Good Hope; Floraville, West Coast of Africa ; Woodmansterne, Ascension and ditto; Edward Thorne, Mirarnichi ; Messenger, Imo gine, Horneley, and Elizabeth. Quebec ; Henry, Woolley, Montreal ; Harriet, Newfoundland. OFF THE START, MAY 4.—Thomas Coutts, Bombay. FALMOUTH, MAY s.—Wind E., light breezes.—Arrd. Penguin packet, Rio, sailed March 13, on freight about 20,0001. in gold and diamonds. Off port John Brewer, China. The brig Ann, which sailed from Liverpool Dec. 13 or 16, had not reached Rio when the Penguin left. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, MAY 3.—Wind, K—The Vivacious, from Ensworth and Newport, got on the Shingles, and remained two hours, when she got off and proceeded. NEWPORT, MAY 4.—The Severn (steamer), Parfitt, in leaving her station this evening, got athwart the bridge, and after hanging two hours upon a spring flood tide, filled, and went down, head foremost. LIVERPOOL, MAY 4.—Wind E.S.E., light. 5.—N., light.— Arrd. Elizabeth, Patten, New Orleans ; Enterprise, Ro bertson, Calcutta. Ski. 4. Albert, Edward, China; Marina, Cape of Good Hope ; Chilian, Lima ; Richard Weston, De merara ; Margaret Trinidad ; Arabian, Cahaba, and Liver pool, New York ; Richmond and Marion, Halifax ; Britan nia (steamer), Halifax and Boston; Bridge Town, Ellicolie, and Ocean Queen, Quebec. s.—Lima packet, Cape of Good Hope ; Revoke, Ditto ; Bee, Africa ; Merchant, Rio; Ga zelle, Miramichi ; Ann, Boston ; Peter Hattrick, New York. CLYDE, MAY 2.—Sld. Nelson, Bombay. CORE, MAY 2.—Sld. Lord W. Bentinck, Port Philip. SHIELDS, MAY 2.—Sld. William and Ann, Quebec. 3. Thunder, Rio. 4. Cingalese, Cape of Good Hope ; Ma zeppa, Montreal. SUNDERLAND, MAY 4 —Sld. Spartan, Quebec. DEAL, MAY s.—Sld. Cleopatra, China ; Fairy Queen, Cape of Good Hope. PLYMOUTH, MAY s.—Wind variable. Arrd. Johanna Cristoff, La Guayra, for Hamburgh. OFF PENZANCE, MAY 3.—Montezuma, Selkirk, Sydney ; Briton, Jeffrey, Mauritius. MARYPORT, MAY 2.—Sld. Ocean and Jane, Quebec. DINGLE, MAY 2.—Sld. British Queen, Halifax. STROMNESS, MAY L—Arrd. Suffolk, Hull, for Quebec, bore up leaky, and crew refusing to proceed. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a continued good demand for Cotton at Liver pool on Saturday, at firm rates,—sales about 6,000 bales, in eluding 1,000 on speculation.—There was less done in shares, Dover being the exception, as for them there was a good de mand. French shares were rather better. It is much to be regretted that the commercial letters re ceived from the Brazils do not hold out any sanguine expec tation from the new treaty between this country and the Ministers of the Emperor. Nor can any favourable arrange ment be made, as is stated, until the Government of this country makes concessions as to the sugar duties, so as to embrace the produce of the Brazils, and the admission of the staple for home consumption at a reduced rate of duty. The accounts and advices from India and China are not of much importance, if we except the fact that the markets were generally overstocked with British manufactures. We have accounts to Feb. 23, from the Cape of Good Hope, but being only a day later, they furnish nothing of particu lar interest. The exchange on London, at 30 days was 21 per cent. premium. The Funds have been a shade better to-day, but there is only a limited business doing. Consols for transfer have realised 99* to 1. and for Time 99i to 1. Exchequer Bills are at the high premium of 755. to 775. East India Stock' nominally supports the rally upon the previous depression, the appointment of Sir Henry Hardinge being looked (Ton as satisfactory. Bank Stock has been marked 1951 to 196. The New Three-and-a Half per Cents. have obtained 1021 to 1021 ; the Reduced, 1011 to ; and the Three per Cents. 981 to 1. The Commissioners have taken Consols at 991. The intelligence from Madrid, of the resignation of all the Spanish Ministers, has led to a fall in the Stock of about one per cent., the reaction here, however, not being equal to that in the continental markets. For the Five per Cents. the quotations have been 231 to 231, and for the Three per Cents. 341 to 33i. The West India mail being expected to bring a fair remittance from Mexico, the Stock has im proved a little. The Active has been at 351. and the Deferred at 151. Colombian have been quoted 141 ; and Peruvian 29, being dull. Danish Bonds are firm at 88, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 61 to 61i. Ve nezuela Deferred have realised 111 to 111. The market for Railway Shares has been firm, with a moderate business doing, and we quote Blackwall and South- Eastern rather higher. National Bank of Ireland Shares are 3/ discount. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 195% 196 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 9 9%g 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3% per Cent. Annuities lO2 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan 1880 l2 911 $ 54 Consols for Account _ _ . Exchequer Bills, I%d. . 1,0001. . ........ •. 00000 .....•• 00000 ••••••• 7b pm. Ditto 5ma11...... ......... ... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Columbian Bonds Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 6B • Mexican Bonds, .837, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 35% Ditto Deferred Stock 15% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 99 I DSpanish Bonds Five per Cent 1it0........." itto for the Account 24 2.)%%4% Ditto Passive Bonds. • 5% IS Ditto Three per Cent... ........ .......... ..... 34% 33%%34 Ditto' for the Account .... 3 4% 33)4/04% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent . Ditto Deferred 114% Dutch 2)4 per Cents 6 I Dutch 5 per Cents ....... 1004%4 • New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents. ........-.... .......... 9034 PRICES OF SHARKS THIS DAY AT ONE. . , RAILWAY*. PAID. PAIR SHARE. Caledonian Chester and Holyhead 5 7% to Dublin and Cashel 2)6 534 4% to 5 Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered 81.. 6.. Rd. Great Western Ditto 34 Shares " 'SO Ditto Fifths l2 90% • to London and Birmingham. lOO .231 London and Blackwall London and Brighton 5O 44% London and Greenwich London and Greenwich ( Preference ) 18% London and South Western 41% Ditto Eighths London and Croydon (Trunk)... ?ft% Manchester and Leeds 7O ..... ...." Ditto )6 Shares Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 18 North British 234 Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover .. x 34 Ditto New Yarmouth and Norwich lB 25% to York and North blidland - ..... .... to .... Ditto 34 Shares 25 ;59 .... ..... to Ditto Scarboro' Branch 13id. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 4.—We have no material change since yesterday. Manchester and Leeds Half, 47i ; Sheffield and Manchester, 794 ; South-Eastern, 37i to 38 Ditto New, 11 ; Dublin and Cashel, 44. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red i.B% i Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. , Ditto Old Annuities ... 3% per Cent. Rel lOl% Ditto New Annuities... New 3% per Cent 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I lid..„ 75 pm. New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5001 — pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small... . . ... Jan. 1860 1 % Bank Stock for Acc t.... Ott. 1859 ...... Jan. 1860 — India Stock for Acct.... 287% FOREIGN FUNDS. _ Austrian, 5 per Cent — Portuguese, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent .....«..... -- Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds — Prussian, 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian,.s Per Cent — Chllian, C. per Cent " Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... 14% Spanish, 5 per Cent 23% Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent 33 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent...... 93 'Ditto, Deferred — Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent — 'Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 Dutch, 2) per Cent...... 61 1 A Peruvian. 1825, 6 per Cent 29 , Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100% SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 96 Bristol and Exeter ( , 0 paid) . Bristol and Gloucester (36 pint) Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) ;l4 Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto Registered (3/6st:lcl paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) . ........ ......... 7Sr London and Birmingham (Stock) . Manchester and Birmingham 56% Midland Counties (100 paid) 9l North Midland (100 paid) Norwich and Biandon ( , 2 paid) South Eastern and Dover (3312 s 4d paid) Ditto 'dew Shares ( 4 paid) Paris and Orleans (20 paid) FIRS IN PARLIAMENT -STREET, THROUGH THE MISCONDUCT OF A FOOTMAN.—This morning, at a quarter before eight o'clock. a fire was discovered raging in the base ment story of the offices adjoining the spacious residence of Mr. Driver, the eminent land surveyor, situate at No. 8, Richmond-terrace, Westminster. It appears that the care of the plate was entrusted to the footman, William Cotton, whose duty it was to sleep in the pantry, but, availing him self of the family's sojourn at East Grinstead, Sussex, he re mained out the whole of last night, leaving the gas burning in th 6 pantry. Upon an alarm being raised, the engin e f rom the Chandos-street station, and five other engines b e l ong i ng to the fire brigade, were speedily . upon the spot, and a good supply of water having been obtained, the firemen succeeded, in less than an hour, in subduing the flames. The pantry, however, and the valuable family plate, is nearly entirely destroyed, and the staircase and ono of the f ron t offices abutting upon Parliament-street, are considerably injured, and but for a massive door connecting the offi c e s w ith t h e family mansion impeding the progress of the flames, the valuable collection of pictures and costly furniture, &c., be longing to Mr. Driver, might have fallen a sacrifice to the devouring element. DECORATIVE FURNITURE. -- It has long been a matter of great desire amongst the most scientific and prac tical chemists engaged in the advanceme n t of o u r manufac tures, to provide for the furniture printer a permanent green colour, which, while it would retain its brilliancy equally by night as by day, would not detract from the beauty of other colours with which it might be associated. Simple as this may seem, there has been great difficulty in accomplishing it, and we understand that Messrs. Clarkson and Co., her Ma jesty's Furniture Printers, have expended considerable sums in the attempt to attain it, a result which has at length re • warded their perseverance. The colour now obtained is pecu liarly fine, and approaches in all its tints as closely to nature as possible. .As these gentlemen are already celebrated for the artistic beauty and arrangement of their chintz designs, it is well that a discovery of such importance has fallen to the lot of those who can render the perfection of British chintz furniture, in the most extensive degree, available to the public. " BELL's LIFE IN LONDON" OF SUNDAY NEXT MAY 12.—Newmarket Second Spring Meeting—The Sufffilk Handicap and important matches between Oakley and St. Lawrence—Semiseria and Extempore—Pegasus's fore gatherings of Gorhambury Races—Shrewsbury and other Races—Racing, Steeple-chasing, and Fox-hunting at Rome —Angling, by Ephemera—The Cricketters' Register— Aquatics—Sailing-matches and Regattas on the Thames— Pedestrianism—Coursing—Alphabetical List of " Run-up Dags"—Pigeon Shooting—Fancy doings on Tuesday, and the usual Sporting varieties. Price of Bells' Life, 6d. Office, 170, Strand. Bells' Life of last Sunday, May 5, gave three long and wide folio columns of Chester Races, 100 advertise ments connected with sporting matters, Marylebone, Cam bridge and Oxford Crieketting, Meetings of the Royal Thames Yacht and Thames Regatta Clubs, &c. Sir Robert Peel has taken a house in the Isle of Wight for thirteen weeks from the Ist of June. ... .a ~,.~.f t SUMMARY OF NEWS AND tlubltt eptizton. " Who runs may read." FOREIOAT. I The King and Queen of the French gave a grand followed by a concert, at the Tuileries, on 'llursdeff. honour of the visit of her Royal Highness the Duchel l o Kent, to which the Ministers, Foreign Ambassadors , p si great number of the nobility and gentry, members 01 .7 i , Chambers, and distinguished English and other fore i Pci; had the honour of receiving invitations. The concert sisted of selections from Gluck, Handel, Mozart, , Mayerbeer, Balfe, and Donizetti. Messrs. Duprez,Bar bo lo Balfe, Levasseur, and Mmes. Dorus-Gras and Balfe, wert principal performers. ? 118 The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the King, en ~0 0 rest of the Royal Family, visited, on Saturday, the Eabw l of the Products of French Industry. 'OO A Company has been formed for executing the pro 3 yte railroad between Lyons and Avi g non. This will cor a l!, the grand line from Paris to the Mediterranean, deers ; # the law of 11th June. 1842. It will be connected on o ne with the northern railroad by the line from Paris to 11,`""0 and, on the other side, to the southern road by its di rk branch junction with the roads already executed, or in P gress of completion, from Avignon to Marseilles, from Ito caire to Alais, and from Nnnes to Cette, and hereafter *lO joined to that between the lifeditersanean and the by the Toulouse and Bordeaux railroad. The National, of the sth ult., in speaking of M. Girardin, when observing upon the combination betweeno journals at 40f. per annum, made some reflections ; in amts • tbst to which he sent a letter to the National, stating lye original shareholders of the Presse had been deceived 11 0 4 calumnies of the National. This letter the National to insert. Whereupon M. Emile Girardin cited M. DelPJ.lir its responsible editor, before the Tribunal de ProeiefA 00 stance, to enforce the insertion. The case was besf.illi Friday, when the Court declared that the complaint , founded, - and gave judgment in favour of the defendai 3 t. The Maltese Times, of the 22d ult., announces thet Maltese Huereb, who had been condemned to death fl d murder of a servant of Sir Thomas Reade, was behead, Tunis, on the 12th ult. • ro The Gazette des Tribunaux announces the arrest, 10 "li' of another gang of thirty-nine thieves and ro bbers.,Ao merous complaints, says this journal, having been laid ono' the Prefecture of Police against a gang who have for 501, time infested the museums, concert-rooms, and other P,, places, but more particularly the churches, the offiSe justice were put upon the alert, and by their researches; ce vered a large confederacy under the common twilit tol the Bande Beige, composed chiefly of malefactors w°°o for their misdeeds been inhabitants of the prisons in Beol hav e who, being too well known in that country hav e over to Paris to exercise their nefarious talents. • PUBLIC OPINION. era rl The following are the opinions of our Morning Coat deli raries respecting the appointment of Sir Henry Hard iii° , the Governor-Generalship of India : e TIMES.—We cannot think it any great deprivationo te el Indian empire to have lost Lord Ellenborough and c o pit . Sir Henry Hardinge. That Gallant Officer stands and far from unfavourable contrast, with his predecesser'icel is a tried man and a trained man. He has been ve r f r eo engaged in different kinds of active life, and has do009(1 what has been committed to him. Me is not given tl o ir Ellenborough's truly Eastern aspirations, and may 00 0 quence, neglect as impracticable, or as out of his own Dee' noble enterprises which the useful restlessness of his P o el' cessor might have called into being; but neither will he 19 himself ridiculous by an apish affectation of Oriental is t has seen too much of war to be at all anxious to plaY, " o o diers—he has served under far too able a master of th s ' be unprepared for such emergencies as may occur. gOg i CHRONICLE.—Sir Henry Hardinge's is a m ind s'„jis, quality, if of no high order. With little general knov"ilo he is acquainted with but a limited portion even of tbe.loo of politics. But within that limited field he seeras ° I V; with correctness and promptitude. He is not a raan h o r of course, to originate any great scheme of policy; ." 00 1 , man may better be relied on for carrying into exec ntlo suggestions of others, for understanding what he u nder'"% and undertaking nothing but what lie understands•io such a man in the position of Governor-General, it res li o be expected that the actual duties of the office efficiently and safely discharged. • ft POST.—Sir Henry Hardinge has been selected its ttbie cessor of his near connection, Lord Ellenborough, vernment of India. We have reason to believe t r '„ -► 1 0 4 7/ nomination has been made at the suggestion of the."-',, e t,„` Directors, and with the full concurrence of the Can] r which Sir Henry is a member. The appointmentP°:• confirmed at a Special Court to be held tins day at , d 0 341 India House for that purpose. One thing, at least , c o b A by this nomination : in choosing a member of the eety:i which has avowed in both Houses of Parliament itsba'' approval of the policy of Lord Ellenborough—ons, ll Os' course, will carry out that policy as his predecessor m 7 , 1, dic s :,, menced it—the Directors have given an unequivoe. tion that the motives which operated with them to lad recal of that Noble Lord, are not connected with .S d i e . siderations arising out of his political Government of In, t jis' HERALD.—The East India Directors have atoned O'par, late indiscretion in what, after all, is perhaps the best ner open to them. They have solicited the Gove'; 0 1 ,„ to agree to the appointment of Sir Henry Harding e o successor of Lord Ellenborough ; and, although, f. n r c ' es id o absence and indisposition of the Earl of Ripon, _I -f a: r il l of the Board of Control, nothing has been form er ranged in the matter, there is no doubt that the e' s ie be acdepted. Lord Ellenborough could scarcely re 7 l , the Government satisfactorily to himself, or useful?, t 00 empire, after the gross affront offered by his reet;• better successor than Sir Henry Hardinge—one i re • the country would repose more confidence, even we ll s the Government heartily disposed in his favour—c_, ° .,b be named. Sir Henry's near family connexion "'( s 'r, present Governor-General, too, is a circumstance ill, t lO, of the proposed arrangement, deserving of regardw i ".",bir who think the feelings' of even public men are an t ' some, respect. COLTZT—PALSICIONABLN. bet Arrangements have been made for the departure of .401 jesty and hit Royal Highness Prince Albert, accoraPsll,oll, the infant Royal Family, from Buckingham Falai,. ~/ Isle Of Wight, •in the course of the ensuing we e 4 10,1 Norton, the present superintendent of the Royal 1 ' 17 '7,4 1 has just returned from Osborne House, which he h o 4t, for the purpose of making the necessary preliminary Cody ments for the reception of the Queen and the Prince . ..i o n Her Majesty- will reside in comparative retirement d"'", brief visit of the Court, which is not expected to 0 beyond ten days or a fortnight. • • „..,e o t The Earl and Countess of Minto and Ladies D,,%',A,,,j arrived in town, from Minto House, near Howick , !iv: o order to •be • present at the approaching marriag, e llo; Melgund, heir apparent of the Noble Earl, with i ll ' ° " , daughter of Lady Hislop. The day is not as yet del for the nuptials. I The Duke of Devonshire has a grand dinner on °IP; inst., and a large ball on the 17th inst., at Devonsh ire , f o r The Marquis of Salisbury has issued invitations o . o f Gl e e entertainment to her Royal Highness the Duchea s ipt nester, on Friday, the 14th inst. The Noble Marg is6 "fe' to giv Lord rand ball the same night. bey The Mayor gives a grand entertainment to jesty's Ministers at the Mansion House, on Wednesd!j the 15th inst. • r s r ' Sir Robert and Lady Peel have issued cards - 1 ' dinner on Saturday next. P ie° 5 The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury hay' . 0 13 cit entertainment on Thursday next, at the family Os' o il Grosvenor-square. The Earl and Countess of Shannon have arrive"' at Hotel, from their seat in 'lreland. , IvtIIseZZLANEOI7III. ig The first annual meeting of the Association Milliners and Dressmakers, took place on Satur°"4 Iyo Hanover-square Rooms. A considerable numb er ch e te of distinction were present, among others the ~Ty, •fl Sunderland, Lady Francis Egerton, Lady As_,.," r e gian t , countess Jocelyn, Viscountess Howick, Lady 4 - 1 ,,.;;;,i e . mea' Wortley, Lady Georgiana Bathurst, and Lady r" - ep ott Ashley was in the chair. It appeared from the r do ei0: 00 10 the sums received in donations and subscription s s . e de A O past year amounted to 5741. ss. 5c1. 1 which, with 7, 0 0' sums subscribed towards the medical fund, andio.','e Ortlig investment of 2531. amounted to 647/. 13s. Bd. _" c e diture amounted to 536/. 14s 2d., leaving a 10' 1— 0 00 hands of the treasurer of 110/. 19s. 6d. 0 0 0 The annual distribution of prizes and certificate'', p c° in the medical department of Kng's College, t °° 60 1 A ' Saturday. , fitt rye. On Saturday night Viscountess Palmerston lit ir e. On bly at the family mansion on Carlton House-term bill', . eo pe e a brilliant reception, above 300 of the leachgg,, o o, present in town being among her Ladyship's visit nearly the whole of the diplomatic body. SPORTING IN TELLIGE— S LATEST BETTING IN ST. JAMES ). • to - SUFFOLK STAKES.-2 to 1 agst The Cure (15 . .1,. DERBY.-3 to 1 agst The Ugly Buck (takl 04" li agst lonian (taken)-28 to 1 agst Akbar--40 to a e panero-500 even between Mount Charles An Rein (taken). No others mentioned. 04 4 ' psi NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER, R ini Duke of Bedford's Oakley, 9st llb, agst Mr* St. Lawrence, Bst 81b. D.M. 200, 11 ft. The Cure, Bashaw, and Semiseria have s ir - i/4 11 0 market for the ensuing meeting. k Scott has sent the following to Epsom :---Cec,"" Bee, The Princess, The Castor, Muff, and The BA ° Voltri is now in John Day's stables at DaneblirY' I e sgo d , A VALUABLE CORK LEG.—Some ti°lgdiv A etiO pauper belonging to Whitby, named 'William, cgin cl4 t iOi% formerly a tailor, became a confirmed lue 500,s parish authorities were under the necessitY o f L' A him to Mr. Martin's retreat for insane pers °l3- e r di c ; t l Helmsley. About two months since this palorell.,by the asylum, and on the 15th ult. Mr. Martin 010%4 letter to Robert Breckon, Es the clerk of the n o fou" , ' union,. informing him that 20/. . ss. 4d. bad h ee l - 0 1 5 e in William Holliday's cork leg, wrapped uP r pdit fof and that the amount was placed to the n. - Agen union. We understand instructions have beeilLuin• 0 the cork leg to be forwarded to the Whitby ta'reiri° A married female, residing in Distingtoll fro c: to last week, suffered severely for so me tnented for J o , pain in the stomach, and every means 00 10 4 b li tu ‘ removal proved of no avail. On Wednesdni.„, her e , ever, during a fit of coughing, she ejected frTeatb, f t , mach a living reptile, above twelve inche s t ee n cor n Pft sembling the water asp, and has ever since __lured. in ratively free from the pain she had hitherto eZijofed lowed' is conjectured that the reptile had been i s 00 41 61 bo water when, very small, and that it ha° __, oo o, ° _,l great size in the stomach of the unfortunate dtotostin had been so long tortured by her strange an vein% lodger.—Cumberland Pacquet. As Mr. Willson, of London, on T last, between the hours of nine and ten, ivo;4 s w et 10 from Caine to Devizes, about midway, he re f u sing fig three men Alio demanded his money 11 .ieh be refusing comply, a dreadful conflict ensued, by wP ci the vilba to very much cut and otherwise bruised, nn tea on ly , t , pilfered him of all his money, uhich alnollAtrge reto o l a about ten pounds, he luckily ha vin g mad"tendent th e Lance the same afternoon. The Sur n ri s n eu rch ° f others of the Devizes police started hop e robbers as soon as the news arrived ; ana 'ger tbe full wade we i e trust they may be discovered, and „ie penalty of the law. He now lies at the k.A.. Of t he very precarious state. mi. plc memb/ r ° th e 111111dagYteAellinbf ABINGDON ELECTION:7IOQ. t inder e been for tb house of Blenheim, Mr. Thesiger, has h ., se at of patronage of. Mr. Duffield, who Sol of Abingdon for the purpope o ion Solicitor-General. The Learned Gentleman' has vacaftleedttillg thaldl3o address to the electors,