The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-23 00:00:00

Now ready In 3 vols . . post Svo., anti to be had at all Circulating Llbraii. A E. T 0 U C H. E. THE' .PRINCE OF ROBBERS. By R. B. PEAKE. London : Hugh Cunningham, publisher, 193, Straid. C HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. siga-r LAB(: ACHE has the-hoiouirTiiiioinithe Nobility, Sub s m the Opera, hii Friends, and the Public, that HIS BEN 1 , 1 I B C will take place THIS EVENING, May 23, when will be performed Cimarosa's Comic Opera, entitled IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Elisetta, Madame vanti ; Carolina, Madame Persiani ; Paolino, Sig. Mario; Count Robinson, Sig. 1. lahlache: and Geronimo, Sig. Lablache. After which, a New entitled LA VIV AN DIERE, Introducing the Redowa ; or, Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mdlle. Cer:to ants M. F t. Leon.. _ foconcLlewithti;;isLnd BAlet of ALMA. Alma, Madame Cerito. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera l'Acnnade. Doors open at seven. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE FOR THE BENEFIT OF M. SILVAIN. THIS EVENING, MAY 23, Wil k be performed th: opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnhemi, Mr. Borrani; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilshoof, Mr. Llorncastle; Arline, Miss Rainforth; Queen of the Gipsies, Miqi Betts. After which, other Entertainments. To conclude with the reviv, d Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled THE REVOLT' OF THE. HAREM. Mahomet, Mr. Howell; Ismael, M. Silvain ; Myssouf, Mr. W. 11. Payne, Zulma, Mdllo. Lucile Grahn ; Zelika, Mdlle. Clara Webster ; The Genius of the Harem, Madame (iiubilei. Dress Boxes 75., Second (rice 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.. 6.-cond Price as.; Pit Ss second Price 28.• Middle Gallery 28., Second Price Is .;. Upper dallery Is., Second Coke fxl. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. M tt. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MAY 23, Will be performed THE LITTLE DEVIL After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews;_ Sir Adonis Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with a New Comic Drama, called THE A BSENTEE. Sir Patrick Delany, Mr. Tilbury ; Edward Macarthy (the Absentee), Mr. H Holl ; Larty Lurgan, Mr. Leonard; Norah, Miss Julia Bennett ; Katy, Miss Carre. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, Ss. ; Pit, Ss. ; Gallery. 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, _Ss. ; Pit 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, M. Doors opened at Half-past iiix, and the Performances commence at Seven Tickets and Places to be had of Mr L T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 23. Will be performed the DEVIL'S IN IT, in which Mr. Wright and Miss E. Stanley will perform. To which will be added, the Farce of the SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. '1 o which will be added a New Farce, called BOUNCE; or, The Ojibbeway Indians. Characters by Messrs. Oxberry, Fitzjames ; Granby, Walter Lacy, and Miss Brook s . After which, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. To conclude with THE SOMNAMBULIST; or,.Tile Village Phantom ; Elvino, Mr. Gilbert; Amina, Miss Ballin. I'HEA fRE ROY L 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 audinces THIS EVENING, MAY 23, Will be performed a New Comedietta, entitled THE WHITE FEATHER. Princlpal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Collier, Craves, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Fairbrother. After which. MY WIFE'S OUT. Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr Wigan, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Keeley. To which will be add:•d a new Comic Drama, called THE LOVE BIRDS. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Youngs, Mrs. Woollige, Mrs. Usher, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Chaplin, Miss Grove, and Miss Fort •ecue. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLK A MANIA Characters .by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a C; ;.n I Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or. a Night with the Forty Thieves. Cha. ratters by Miss Woulgar, MLA E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Mm. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold. and Chaplin. PRICES OF A DMISFION.—BaIcony Foxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, Ss. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is Rd. ; Pit, I. Private Boxes on the Balcony 'Tier (holding eight persons). Two guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (ho'ding eight persons), One Guinea and 11-Halt Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROY AI. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. I'repriet►e and Manager, Mr. BATTY. G mnd Attraction. Last week of M. 'lege, the great French _Rope.dancer. THIS EVENING. MAY 23, Will be r'peated the El .st tical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIA M THE CONQUEROR or, the Battle of Hastings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &c. Entire Change .1 the Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude witf► tl.e Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the ll.ndeos of the Ruby Cliffs. The doors will open n►ghtly at six o'clock, and the performances e ,mmence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and lendour. Acting and stageanciager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. OA IDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVE•IING, MAY 29, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled HUGH, THE GIPSY. Supported by Messrs. E. F. Saville, H. Hughes, R. Honner, Neville, Vale, Mrs H. Vining, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. Lewis. Atter which, a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA. To conclude with THE: THREE THIEVES OF BUCK LESBURY. P:aces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. The WIZ ARD OF IHE NORTH'S New Wonders of Expert. enent-13 Philosophy and Natural Magic are the greet source of attrac tion t A s his season advances he will prove that he has "no rival ;" in his pecii:_'ar art he will support the honour and dignity of the nation which gave him bit th. Remember that he performs wonders every evening, which, if only heard of, would never be bel eyed. In addition to his own Extraordinary Performance ,, , which can have no parallel in the world, he has other Novelties which would fill his Theatre, independent of his Mystic Entertainment. The WIZARD is proud to announce that he has engaged (for this week only) The HIGHLAND DANCERS with their PIPERS who had the honour of dancing before the Queen at Taymouth and Dunkeld Castles, during her Maj 'sty's recent visit to the " land o' cakes." They will nightly appear in full Highland costume and dance their grand National Dances. This will be a Great Treat. as it will convey to the mind a 'tyle quite unknown to England. The THREE ARAB BROTHER will repeat their classical perform. ances, which are nightly received with most rapturous applause. In consequence of the addition to the usual cr.tertainments, the Doors will open at Half-past Six, and the I erfonnance commence at Figs. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit. Is. 6d.; Gallery, 6d. Reserved Seats, and Private .PAYLCS can be secured at the Theatre, and of all the Agents. Second Price at Nide o'clock. COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEASON. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, GRAND warrsuN FETES. ON WHIT-MONDAY, TUE THURSDAY.SDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND Strong as have been the claims of this favoured place of public resort at the beginning of each season, the Proprietor feels justified in asserting, that never before did it offer a tithe of the attractions it now present,. The Gardens have been completely renovated, Statues and Fountana-bitroduced, new and extensive Promenades forioed, and the moat lavish expenditure in every department, will evince the Proprietor's anxiety to insure a continuance of public Patronage. TIM NEW GRAND PICTORIAL MODEL OF LONDON IN THE OLDEN TIMEI fainted by Vanson and Telbin, Is the most gigantiC,;chievement ever yet produced, and flsr grandeur of composition, fideliV of design, and beauty of execution, it far exceeds any previous t itpduction. It accurately represents ancient London—Old St. Pa.ul's--Old London Bridge—Baynard's Castle, and all the principal Churches and Buildings of the locality, and may with truth be designated the most wonderful production of mo dern times. THE MENAGERIE. ALWAYS UNRIVALLED, HAS RECEIVED MANY VALUABLE ADDITIONS. To defy all competition, the Proprietor has engaged the celebrated AMERICAN DWARF TJM THUMB! now exhibiting at tne Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. The PROMENADE CONCERTS—the splendid Band of Fifty Performers, conducted by Mr. Godfrey—will perform a selection of the newest and most popular music. The far-famed HIGHLAND DANCERS AND PIPERS are also engaged, and will go through two gets of their National Dances, which procured for them the distinguished approbation of her Majesty and Prince Albert at Taymouth Castle And at Dusk will take place the most astounding exhibition ever attempted, viz., a Representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Mr. Southby (to whom in justice belongs the appellation of " Fire Kings') has exhausted the resources of his art, to give effect to this exhihitio.,. Lon-lon Bridge, Old St. Paul's Cathedral, and other Buildings will appear devoured by the devastating element, and present a heap of blackened ruins, in accordance with the best oelineations taken at the period, and the coup d'ceil will give a vivid representation of a Great City destroyed by fire. Doors ope sat Twelve. Admission, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ORM SHILLING Admission to TILE NAPOLEON MU SEUM:- the nioSt 'magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo- Meal Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed ny One Verson, -during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guinens and to completely illustrate, In the most in structive and interest:On manner, the most important• part of Euro pean history, viz.--CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the &laths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, us 1821" This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and preient 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 Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this tisost instructive and, as hundreds have said it comfit to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have statesithAt it ought to be seen by every one. The price of °Amis. slots is reduced to ONE SIIILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER..—SUN OFFICE Noon , MAY 23. T HERMOMETER , Lowest, 45; Highest, 65; , 53. BAROMETER, 30.2.—WixD, N. lcom—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is u.sually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. horning 9.0 minutes after 5 Evening 41 minutes after 5. • . . 11 a ..0 ~. , i . :*- cr . ," ~. -; - (0r...- 4 . - .l j-- • ' , ii, . 4 f l ' a S 4 ~, s 3 • viireA t ik iit - -- 111- 70 P. : ,„. ~, ib . ,„ ~..A , uO, - ~ ''',% l • el- 1W!" :-.. 'At _ „ •:•11,“ ''.•*-"'" . 'lliNgi" SECOND EDITION.. etritins :5)11,11C* LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1844. The (rouse of Commons last evening sat till Five o'clock. Mr. GREENE, the Chairman of Committee?, br'ught up the report ma the Bank Charter; the re solutions contained in it were agreed to, and a Bill in accordance with those resolutions was introduced, and read a first time. We quote the following passage from a Morning Contemporary The conduct of the Earl of DERBY in the present contest for South Lancashire that which most fitly becomes him as a nobleman who has been all his life rationally liberal in his politics ; he has intimated that his numerous tenantry are, so far as his influence goes, to be at full liberty to to vote as they thiidc fit. This is worthy of the head of the house of STANLEY. This 1., that conduct -which makes him' truly respected by his dependents. lie interferes not at all. He gives utterance to his desire that those dependents shall be permitted to exercise th e i r cons tit u ti ona l r i g ht as E n glishmen." the is Th pa g rl enerous determination on the part of of DERBY which we learn from the - authority will he persevered in by his sop, Lord STANLEY-Will inflict a "heavy blow, and a great discouragement," on the ENrwzs- ILE party, who had fully calculated on the support of THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY' 23, 1844. phrases of the funeral oration of Bousset in honour of its living prince, its cherished pupil ; but is not old Marshal Soult better acquainted with war than M. Cuvillier-Fleury ? They have servilely been amusing themselves with making another Prince de Conde of the Duke d'Aumale, and Conde has just been acting like a corporal ! This is what Napoleon one day said to Murat, and we do not wish to have a Murat; any more than a corporal, however brave he may be, to conduct our expeditions in Africa. Let us have no princely chauvinism! We can rea dily tolerate the pen in the hand of the Prince de Joinville ; but when one holds the sword, and disposes of the soldiers of France, it is not to be supposed that excellent France shall be indulgent for blood giddily shed. She is become avaricious— the period of profusion is past. Besides, it ill becomes the Government of peace, at any price, to tolerate those military outbreaks. Certainly, in the eyes of the country, it would not be with the palm-leaves of Algeria that the humiliations to which the policy of the Government resigns itself could be hidden. If, therefore, in place of success, the bulletins from Africa are the avowals, painfully disguised, of merited checks, it is astonishing that the Government does not guard better against those fancies of little wars at any price." The Patrie gives the following account of the con duct of the Prince of JOIN VILLE, in respect to the affair of Otaheite At the time of the separation an annuity was secured to the claimant's mother of 4,0001. per annum, and his Royal Highness had received Letters Patent and a Parliamentary grant of 18,0001. per annum. The claimant's father, the late Duke of Sussex, died on the 21st day of April, 1843, and was buried in the cemetery at Kensal-green on the 4th of May, 1843 . ; and the dignities o f Baron of Arklow, Earl of Inverness, and Duke of Sussex de volved upon the claimant, his only son and heir. • On the death of his Royal Parent the claimant presented his petition to her Majesty, claiming the dignities of llaron of Arklow, Earl of Inverness, and Duke of Sussex, which petition was referred to the consideration of the Attorney- Gerieral„ who, having heard evidence in support of its allega tions, made his report thereon in the month of August, 1843. The Learned Counsel then proceeded at some length to argue that there could be no doubt of the affection of the late Duke of Sussex for Lady Augusta Murray, and that they were legally married, and as evidence of the affection that existed between them, and their full knowledge that the act they were about to do was to all intents and purposes a valid marriage, he read several extracts from the correspondence that passed between them, among which was the following : " On my knees before God our Creator, I Augustus Frede rick promise thee Augusta Murray, and swear upon the Bible, as I hope for salvation in the world to come, that I will take thee Augusta Murray for my wife; for better for worse ; for richer for poorer ; in sickness and in health ; to love and to cherish till death us do part; to love but thee only, and none other; and may God forget me if I ever forget thee. The Lord's name be praised So ble.sslne ! So bless us, 0 God ! And with my handwriting p I Augustus Frederick this sign, March the 21st, 1793, at Rome, and put my seal to it, and my name. (L.S.) " AUGUSTUS FREDERICK. " (Completed at Rome, April 4th, '1793.) ". " March 21st; 1793. Rome. " On my knees before God my Creator, I Augusta Murray promise and swear upon the Bible, as I hope for salvation in the world to come, to take thee Augustus Frederick for my husband ; for better for worse ; for richer for:poorer ; in sick ness and in health ; to love and to cherish till death us do part. So bless me, God, and sign this. • • " AUGUSTA MURRAY." "The Prince de Joinville applauded more than any one else the conduct of Admiral Dupetit-Thouars, from whom he had received a letter of eighteen pages, dated Tahiti, Novem ber 9. This letter, which a Deputy who stands well at Court, showed to several members of the Chamber, detailed the powerful motives which had forced the Admiral to oblige Queen Pomare to respect the French flag. The verbal re monstrances of Lord Cowley were sufficient to obtain from M. Guizot a disavowal of our brave Admiral. It was in vain that the Prince de Joinville had endeavoured, with the letter of Admiral Dupetit-Thouars in his hand, to prove to M. Gui zot the necessity of waiting for further information respecting the events at Tahiti before taking a step which would be a dis couragement to the whole French navy. According to M. Guizot, powerful interests imposed upon France such an act of condescendence towards England. The efforts of the Prince were without effect. But when at last the Prince de Joinville learnt from the mouth of M. Reine himself all the details of the seizure of Tahiti, he was so indignant at the cowardice of M. Guizot, that he declared that he would no longer servo under so disgraceful an Administration ; and on the same day, he addressed a letter to the Minister of Marine, resign-__ ing his commission of Rear-Admiral. M. Guizot, seeing the mortal blow which was to be struck at the policy of his Cabinet, went adroitly to the King, who required of his son to withdraw his resignation. The Prince de Joinville gave the King a respectful, but immoveable refusal, which caused a very stormy scene at the Tuileries. The Prince at last, moved by the tears of his mother, yielded with great regret ; but not wishing to remain in Paris during the interpellations on the subject of Tahiti in the Chamber of Deputies, he pre- cipitately left the Tuileries, before there was even time to prepare his travelling carriage. Accompanied only by an aide-de-camp, the Prince took a place in the diligence of the Rouen Railway, and arrived at Havre in the most strict in cognito, disdaining to receive from so cowardly a Govern• ment (une gouvernement aussi lache) the honours due to a Prince of the blood. This conduct, of which the details are guaranteed by a person in a high situation, can only increase the lively sympathy the nation entertains towards the Prince de Joinville. THE BOURSE—TUESDAY, MAY 21. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents ••. • .. 122 .. 122 .. 121 95 122 Three per Cents.• •• . 84 60 • • 84 GO .• 84 55 .. 84 60 Bank of France• •.• • • ....• • 3100 ..3100 . • 3100 .. 3100 LaMtte Bank, 5,000 f. Sharessl62 50 ..5162 50 .. 5 162} 50 •5 162150 Bel g ian Fives, 1840 .•• • .. 1061 .. 1001 .. • • 0 1842 .• • • 1081 .. 1081 .. 1 08 1 .. 1081 Spanish Threes •••••• • • • • . 351 .. 351 351 .. 351 Passive .•• . • • ...... 5/ .. 5} 51 • 5/ Neapolitan .. 102 35 .. 102 45 .. 02 35 .. 102 45 Roman, ex cliv...• RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R. 8... ...... 375 .. 375 .. 375 .. 375 L. 8............. 246 25 .. 247 50 .. 246 25 .. 247 50 Rosen .. 998 75 .. 998 75 .. 997 50 .. 997 50 Rouen to Havre............ 765 .. 767 50 .. 760 .. 770 Orleans ...................1010 ..1012 50 ..1008 75 ..1012 50 Strasburg to Bale •..... Avignon to Marseilles.. RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Ver , ailles,R.B... ..... ..... 375 .. 375 .. 375 .. 375 L.B 247 50 .. 247 50 .. 247 50 .. 247 50 Rouen 1000 ..1001 25 ..1000 . 1001 25 Rouen to Ilavre.. ..... ... . 766 25 .. 772 50 .. 766 25 .. 772 50 Orleaus .1012 50 ..1015 ..1012 50 ..1015 Strasburg to Bale • ..... 260 .. 261 25 .. 253 75 .. 257 50 Avignon to Marseilles.- 761 25 .. 765: .. 761 25 .. 765 PRIVY COUNCIL.—Her Majesty having appointed to hold a Privy Council at one o'clock this afternoon at Buckingham Palace, most of the Cabinet Ministers were present. Sir Henry Hardinge was expected to take leave of his Sovereign on his departure for India. THE COURT.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal Family left town soon after three o'clock this afternoon for Claremont, where her Majesty's birth-day will be celebrated to-morrow. On Tuesday next (Whit -Tuesday) his Royal High ness Prince Albert proceeds to Windsor Castle, to witness the Eton Montem, which will be celebrated this year with great magnificence. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The total number of deaths during the week ending Saturday, May 18, was 862, the average being 883. In several cases there is a great diminution. According to the return, diseases from dropsy, cancer, and other diseases of uncertain seat, there has been a decrease of 15 ; from diseases of the 'lungs a decrease of 29; and from old age and violence a decrease of 15. Thirty per sons were carried off by small-pox, and of these 25 had not been vaccinated. In the list of violent deaths there are six from drowning, and only two suicides. According to the meteorological tables kept at the Greenwich Observatory, the barometer was highest on the 14th, Tuesday, marking 74.6 degrees, and lowest on Saturday, 34 . 6. The average of j the barometer is high-30, a..d the rain in inches is marked nil, though there were several showers during the week. We understand that the Queen has lately appointed Messrs. Scholefield, Young, and Stephen, of Dudley, Brewers to her Majesty. Mr. Young was for many years head brewer at the celebrated London brewery in Brick-lane, Hanbury and Co.'s, where he obtained his reputation as a most scientific brewer. Indeed Mr. Young's talents only require to be more gene rally known to make Dudley as celebrated for its porter as either London or Dublin. THIS DAY'S NEWS. CIVIL WAR IN SWITZERLAND. SPAIN AND MOROCCO. We have received by extraordinary express from Paris the journals of yesterday, with a letter from our correspondent. The latter conveys the following TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES : " BESANCON, MAY 21. " A supplement of the Nouvelliste Vaudois of the 19th of May, at noon, announces that civil war has broken out in the canton of Valois. The inhabitants of the Upper Valois have seized on Sion ; those of the Lower Valois have risen en masse. Each party have some pieces of cannon, and a battle was imminent on the 18th." " TANGIERS, MAY 9. " There is reason to apprehend the arrival of the Kabyles here froin the interior. The Consular body have written to the Pacha to protest beforehand against this infraction of the general orders of the Emperor. The British agent has called for the naval forces from Malta. I (the French Consul) have re-called the Cygene. A reply in the negative is ex pected to the Spanish ultimatum. In that case the Consul- General of Spain will strike his flag and embark, if he can succeed in doing so." The Journal des Debats devotes a long article to the bro chure of the Prince de Joinville, for which, however, we have not room to-day. The Three per Cents. were done at Tortoni's at 84-70. and Ern ited, not merely aCcorang to the general principles of construction, but by the contents of the section itself, was restrict to marriages within thek British territory. In the second clause neither was there rmything to show that any other tl Lan British marriages were contemplated by the Le gislature. The last clause equally supported the - views he had laid down; and he contended that the terms of the Act itself, and the principles of construction applied to it,bore him out in the meaning which he attached to it—that its provisions could not be extended beyond the British territory, and therefore did not apply to the marriage of which his client was the issue. The provisions of this Act did not extend to Ireland, and this marriage was therefore valid in Ireland. Now the principle which was recognised by the English law was, that the lex loci contractus should be the standard whereby the validity of contracts were judged. The prin ciple was an universal one, and applied not only to marriages, but to . all other descriptions of contract ; but in the case of marriage, on account of the greater solemnity of the contract, the principle was recog nised as applying in an especial degree. The rule of all countries then was, that marriages which were good at the place where they were contracted, should be good everywhere. If the construction of the Act contended for by the plaintiff was not adopted by their Lordships, their Lordships would be setting an example of a departure from a universal prin ciple of law, which they could not expect to see fol lowed in any other country. The greatest inconvenience would thus result from the adoption of any other construc tion than that which the plaintiff contended for. The Learned Gentleman supported lila argument by reference to various Acts of Parliament.respecting the slave trade, which were meant to apply to British subjects in foreign parts. kLEFT SPEAKING.) But this was riot all—he would read to their Lordships letters from which it would appear that the most ardent affection existed between the Prince and Lady Augusta Murray, and that the former was so enamoured of her that he even re fused himself the necessaries of life till she decided whether she would -marry- him or not. One of the letters sent by his Royal Highness to Lady Augusta Murray, previous to their marriage, was to ilia_ following effect:— "Do, my dearest Augusta, trust me, - .I never will abuse the confidence you put in me, and more And more will endeavour to deserve it. I only wait for your orders to speak to Mr. Gunn. Say only that you wish me to do it, and I will hasten to get a positive answer. See, my soul, it only depends upon you to speak ; thy Augustus thou wilt find ready as at all times to serve you. He thinks, he.dreams of nothing but to make thee happy. Can he not succeed in this all his hopes are gone; life will be nothing to him; he will pass the day in one constant melancholy, wishing them soon to conclude, and finding every one longer than the other. Indeed, my Augusta, that cannot be the ease ; ,my solemn oath is given, and that can never be recalled. lam yours, my soul, ever yours. Our letters from Leghorn received also by this express concur with our previous correspondence in regarding the tranquillity of Italy as assured for, at least, some time. The arrest of Signor Galetti, Director-General of the Casinval Bologna, and that of his successor ( Signor Mallioli), and that of Signor Orsini, master of the post-house, and their removal in custody to Rome, remained unaccounted for. " Have .you wrote to me, my soul, since dinner? Have you told me what I want to know? Has the Abbe been with you ? He must bring good news." The following was the answer of Lady Augusta Murray to that letter : "Again I have confidence, again I have trust in our future endeavours. Forgive me, my treasure, my soul's joy, for having given you a moment's uneasiness by my past anxie ties ; but I agree with you, my beloved Prince : I think Mr. Gunn ought not to be spoken to but as the last extremity. The Abbe is employed busily about finding among the Greeks or Americans a pasteur or patriarche ; and this evening he comes to tell me what has been the end of his researches." Now to show the deep affection - that existed between the Duke and Lady Augusta Murray, he would read a letter that was written by Lady Augusta Murray to the Duke of Sussex, ,i•rld his Royal Highness's answer : . I,l 4 hen I returned home in the evening, oh, my Maker, spent in trying to make the hap sworn y what corni:7t. what satisfaction awaited me ! My beloved iness of ours. And oh, treasure, I am to call you really my husband and my lord. 111 y life is then !"-e be pent Almighty I I have sol days in adoring you,emnly --my sworn to dedicate the remainder (;.t . and in pleasing my husband. How saci•Cfl7 how blest an en joyment ! Oh, Lord, let me ever view it in did! , light, and act as becomes a grateful mind, replete with love , and a deep sense of obligation to you, my Almighty Friend, and to him the author of my felicity." "By all that I have said you see, my soul's delight, that whatever you will ask I will do, and even feel the happier for ' doing; but you must also see that if our marriage does not take plaee at Rome I give you up all your promises ; I will not suffer you to feel tied to anything that may in future be disagreeable to you; and I here assure you, that whenever you tell me • that 3 ou love me no more, without uttering a complaint, I will submit to my destiny, and return those dear letters that charm my hours of solitude, and have endeared you so much to the heart of your ever devoted Augusta. When I had written so far, your dear, your angelic letter came, my only love, and I copied what you desired me, and return it to you happier than words can express or fancy conceive. 'you know, my dearest Prince, that I will promise you upon all that is sacred never to name Mr. Gunn as the author of our happiness ; and if he wishes me to sign any paper with you, to that effect I am quite ready My mother goes out to-morrow at one. If Mr. Gunn wishes to speak to me, he had better call after that time, but not ask if she is at home, only come up immediately. Would it not be better for him not to be seen at this house ? If you will write me a copy of the promise I am to make him I will do it properly." The following letter was then sent by the Prince to Lady Augusta Murray : " Will you allow me to come this evening? It is my only hope ; oh, let me come, and we will send for Gunn. Every thing but this is hateful to me • more than forty-eight hours have I passed without the smalleat nourishment. Oh, let me not live so. Death is certainly better than this, which if in forty-eight hours it has not taken place must follow ; for by all that is holy till when I am married I will eat nothing, and if I am not to be married the promise shall die with me; I am resolute ; nothing in the world shall alter my determi nation. If Gums will not marry me I will die. . . . I will be conducted in everything by you, but I must be mar ried or die. I would rather see none of ray family than be deprived of you. You alone can make me ; you alone shall, this evening. I will sooner drop than give you up. Good God, how I feel ! and, my love, to be doubted sincere and warm. The Lord knows the truth of it; and, as I say, if in forty-eight hours 1 am not married, I am no more. Oh, Augusta, my soul, let us try; let me come; I am capable of everything; I fear nothing; and Mr. Gunn, seeing our resolution, will agree. I am half dead. Good God ! what will become of me ? I shall go mad most undolliiedly. . . . " Augusta, you arenone other but mine, ant shall be mine to-night ; for which reason I will not bid adieu. MICA seven I will be at your house, and you might write to o ieunn to be there at eight, for to put even ything in or efore he comes. If he find me there, he will agree, I am sure. . . "How could you think that Gunn Rad made me alter my opfl. nion ? My unhappy note of this morning will prove it to you, Augusta, if ever you loved me. Let us try this experiment ; it cannot fail ; when he sees us together he will yield, and we shall be so happy. God knows how my thoughts are. If you knew them you never could refuse. In short, my determina tion is thee in forty-eight hours, or death. . . " Oh, let me come ! What a dreadful situation I unit, and how can I be otherwise, when she, for whom I was tak ing care of myself, will not have me. Life is a burthen ; but if Augusta will yield, this night will I be hers, and she mine. In every point I will follow her directions. Augusta, listen to my prayer, pray do. I am in a state that truly deserves pity. Oh, pity me then, shed a tear of compassion upon me, and welcome me to-night. ‘,. Oh, let me come - only, to-night, this night, and we shall be blessed. Get your note ready for Gunn. If you will allow me, soon after seven I will be at your house, and not care a word for what any one says, but go directly to our room." To this letter Lady Augusta Murray returned the following answer : " My treasure, my dearest life and love, how can I refuse you; and yet dare I trust to the happiness your letter pro mises me ? You shall come if you wish it; you shall do as you like; my whole soul rejoices in the assurances of your love, and to your exertions I will trust. I will send to —, but I fear the badness of the night will prevent his coming. My mother has ordered her carriage at past seven, and will not, I fear, be out before the half hour after. To be yours to-night seems a dream that I cannot make out; the whole day have I been plunged in misery, and now to awake to joy is a felicity that is beyond my ideas of bliss. I doubt its success ; but do as you will ; I am what you will ; your will must be mine ; and no will can ever be dearer to me —more mine, than that of my Augustus —my lover, my all. Don't be angry at my not adding my husband. I cannot any more say till marriage sanctions it. Forgive my doubts —my fears. They are excusable in Augusta.' The Learned Counsel, after detailing the facts connected with the marriage, proceeded at considerable length to argue that the marriage was legal, that the Royal Marriage Act did not operate upon marriages contracted in a • foreign country; and that, therefore, the claimant was . • entitled to the honour he was seeking. The descendants of George are not to choose their wives, they are not to be restricted in this way for any limited time, but for ever. To what generations was this to extend? To how many millions might not the provisions of this Act ex tend? It ought, therefore, to be watched most narrowly. It would inevitably condemn many to a life of celibacy. Their Lords would not enter into the question of the policy of the Act, but they would consider the nature of the Act when they came to consider the construction to be put upon its clauses. This was an Act creating an incapacity : The law would, therefore, look to that incapacity with a jealous eye—limiting it in every particular ; and unless they con strued the Act in the most loose manner possible, they could not bring it to operate against the plaintiff. This Act was rather a proof of the Royal indignation than of sound legislation. Lord CAmPmem—You do not go so far, Sir Thomas Wilde, as the Lords who protested against it, and who in their pro test, designated it as against nature, against religion, against the law of the land, and not binding as law. Sir T. WILDE would not contend that it was not the law of the land, but he would contend that-their Lordships were bound to put the strictest construction upon it. The Act was as followed.. (The Hon. and Learned Gentleman hero read the Royal Marriage Act at length). It began by enact ing that no descendant of George 11. should be capable of contracting matrimony without the consent of the Sovereign, and that if both Houses of Parliament presented an address against the marriage, such incapacity was permanent. There was a very large exception, that, namely, which related to the descendants of Prineesses,:who have married into a foreign family. • Lord BROlJOllAM—including the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and her sister. Sir T. WlLDE—Certainly, my Lord Then again, in the case of the Princess Charlotte, she had married into a fo reign family. Would her issue have been liable to the provisions of the Royal Marriage Act ? lie apprehended that they would not be liable to the provisions of the Act ; neither were the issue of her present Majestyas he submitted. Not only did the Act create an incapacity, but it created a crime. The Act embodied everything that called fur strictness of con struction. It created incapacity—it limited a natural right— it inflicted forfeiture and created crime, and- therefore was to be construed according to the rules of the utmost strictness. He did not mean to deny the power of the Legislature to 'operate upon British subjects any where, but the rule of the common law, in regard to these laws creating forfeitures, was not to extend them beyond the British territory,,but to con fine their operations to deeds done in the British territory, and the British territory only. This Act, therefore, he con tended had no power out of the British territory. Such was the rule of common law, and such was the rule that had always been acted upon in construing Acts of Parliament. Their Lordships, in construing the Act of Parliament, were not to have recourse to any surmises about what might or might not be the intentions or wishes of any parties who were concerned in getting it passed ; but they were solely to attend to what was the intention of the Legislature in pass ing the Act—the intention of the Legislature, as shown by the expressions of the Act itself. The operation of this Act was limited to the territory of this kingdom, and it could not be extended, by any rule of construction, beyond the British terr it o r y . The first clause, theretbre, he submitted was an enactment confined , VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY). (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) DODSON v. LYALI. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case, which came before the Court on exceptions to the Master's report, the argument occupying three or four days. The first emeption regarded the sum of 1,272 sieca rupees. His Honour said be was of opi • nion that that sum ought not to have been allowed by the Master. The bill of costs contained a great number of items which related to matters entirely personal between the owner of the. vessel and Messrs. Lyall, of Calcutta. He could not at all understand why the - sum in question should have been charged as against the ship. The very bistory of the return voyage showed that it was not at all necessary that Mr. Lindsay should accompany the ship, and there was no evidence that the second voyage was not completed without the allowance of this sum, Ile thought, therefore, that the exceptien must be allowed. The nitif exception regarded the sum of 4401., which had been found to be an expense necessary to enable the ship to. proceed upon and complete her voyage to London. The terms of the Lord Chancellors reference were, that the Mester should inquire what sum of money was, on the 13th of June, 1831, necessary for the purpose of discharging such other demands against the ship, hi the pleadings and the cause mentioned as necessary to be discharged, and of de fraying such expenses as it was necessary to incur in order to enable such ship to proceed upon and complete her voyage to London. Now, the history of the transac tion showed that when the ship was at Bombay that sum of 4401. was necessary to be advanced. The second exception, therefore, must be overruled. The sum of 486/. 17s. 7d., the subject of the third exception, for the payment of wages on the homeward voyage, must also be allowed. The fourth exception, founded on the second and third, must also be allowed. The next exception, relating to 439 sicca rupees, must be overruled. The most material ex ception related to the sum of 30,618 sicca rupees. The Mas ter had found that that sum was not, on the 13th of June, 1831, a resource of Mr. Lindsay at Calcutta, applicable to discharge such sums as were due on the Gth of April, whereas it was_ said he ought to . haye found that the said sum, or a part thereof, was a resource applicable for that puypose. His opinion was entirely in favour of the exception. le thought that from the time when the charterparty was made, that sum was a sum applicable for all expenses. Nothing could be done with the further directions. His Hotioun disposed of a great number of unopposed cause petitions. (Before Sir JAMES WIGRA3I.) SIDLES V. EYRE.—SIDLES V. ItOBY. His HONOUR was engaged during the morning with the further hearing of the above part-heard case, which related to an alleged breach of trust. Mr. Romilly appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. H. Parker for the defendants. We have received letters from our Madrid correspondent, dated the 16th inst., but they bring no news. The Bourse was shut on that day on account of the fete (the Ascension) —Times. It appeared from the plaintiff's statement that 10,000 sicca rupees, belonging to a Mr. Wright, had been made the subject of a marriage settlement, and that having been lent by him, instead of being invested by the trustees for the benefit of the children, to a party who subsequently failed, the property was lost tp the children of the marriage. It was contended by Counsel that the trustees having caused the loss by their negligence, were liable to make it good. A decree was asked for a reference to the Master to investigate the facts. The defence set up was, that, at the time of the marriage, there was no sum of 10,000 sicca rupees belonging to the hus band, who professed to be possessed of them ; that no such amount was ever paid over; that if an action had been com menced it could never have been recovered ; and, therefore, that there had been no negligence on the part of the trustees. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY The Court was engaged throughout the day in hearin. , the arguments in a case in the new trial paper. It was not of a nature to call for special notice. THE DUKEDOM OF SUSSEX. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY. ) Late on the preceeding afternoon John Allchin, one Of the members of the " New Reform State Society," Bermondsey, was charged before Mr. Cottingham with being concerned with another person. (not in custody) with having broken open the box of the Society, andstolen 201. and upwards. It appeared that on Monday a meeting of the above So ciety was held at the White - Bear,"in Bermondsey, and that after the proceedings were over, and the members had de parted, the strong box, in which the money was deposited, was found to have been broken open and its contents taken. The prisoner and the secretary were the last persons in the room on the night in question ; since which the latter has absconded. The prisoner admitted being in the room after the majority of the members dispersed, but he denied that he knew any thing of the alleged robbery.—The prisoner was remanded until Saturday. Two men, named Cannon and Garrard, were charged with uttering a counterfeit half-sovereign. The prisoners went into a tradesman's shop in the Westminster- road, and requested change for a half-sovereign. Their appearance being that of respectable men, Esther Clarke, the shopkeeper, gave them what they required, and they left the shop. Soon after their departure the half-sovereign was found to be a counterfeit. A policeman stated that the prisoners were common utterers, and that if they were remanded he would be en abled to bring forward three other charges of a similar de scription against them. Mr. COTTINGITAM said that as the solicitor of the Mint would be in attendance to-morrow he should remand them till that day. Three fashionably-dressed young men, named Harris, Cowan, and Phillips, were charged with assaulting Sergeant Kendall, of the P division, at the Kennington-gate, on the return of the carriages from Epsom races. The sergeant being on. duty at the above gate, saw the defendant Harris knock off a gentleman's hat with his stick. The defendants were all in a carriage at the time, and when the sergeant went up to remonstrate his hat was also knocked of, and lie was also struck on the mouth. The defendants were all more or less mixed up in the affair, and made great resistance when taken into custody.—The defendants were fined 403. each. - • MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SmrritsiELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 31; use ful ditto, 31 3s to 3/ 103 ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 3/ 14s ; Clover Hay, 3/ lOs to s i 5s ; Oat Straw, 1 / 6s to 118 s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. A limited supply and a heavy demand. Prices barely stationary. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2116 s to 313 s ; use ful ditto, 31 5s to 3110 s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 3118 s ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 4/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 7s to 119 s ; Wheat Straw, 119 s to 1/ 12s perload. Both Hay and Straw met a dull sale, at the above quotations. WirrrEcHApEn.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 3/; useful ditto, 3/ 3s to 3/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ lOs to 3115 s ; Clover Hay, 3/ lOs to 5/ 8s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 118 s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply good and trade heavy. IV/EAT . MARKETS. SOUTHALL, MAY 22.—Although we had rather an ex-. tensiVe supply of stock here to-day, the general demand was active at, in most instances, an improvement of 24 per 81bs, at which amount of improvement a good clearance was ef fected. • Beef, from 2s Gd to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s ' • Lamb, 4s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3 s 4 d to 4 s 4 d ; and Pork, 2s 44 to 3s 6d per 81bs. Supply —1 41; Sheep and Lambs, 3,892 ; Calves, 54; Pigs, 60. ROMFORD, MAy:22.—Prime Beasts and Sheep sold briskly, at an advance of 2d per 81bs, but otherwise the demand ruled heavy. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s; Lamb, 5s to 5s 104; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 64 per 81bs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 28s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 19/ each. _ _ _ This day having been specially appointed for their Lord ships sitting in a Committee of Privileges, on the claim of Sir Augustus Frederick D'Este to the Dukedom of Sussex, long before the hour of their Lordships meeting (ten o'clock) the lobbies and avenues to the House were crowded by per sons anxious to hear the arguments in the case. Shortly after ten o'clock their Lordships formed themselves into a Committee. Among the Peers present we noticed the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell, Lord Langdale, Lord Dinorben, Lord Auckland, Lord Redesdale, Lord Camoys, Lord Beaumont, Lord Strangford, Lord Sudeley, Lord Sondes, the Marquis of Normanby, and Lord Cloncurry. The Judges were also in attendance, and among them we noticed Lord Denman, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Williams, and Mr. Justice Cresswell. LEWES, MAY 21.—We had only a moderate supply of stock on sale here to-day, while the demand was steady at very full prices. Beef, from 2s 4d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Erle, and Mr. James Wilde ap peared as Counsel on behalf of the claimant, and the Attorney and Solicitor-Generals, together with Mr. Waddington, were for lite Crown. Sir THOMAS WILDE then proceeded to open the case on the part of the claimant, Sir Augustus D'Este. As their Lordships must be well aware, from the notoriety of the proceedings, the claimant was the only male issue of a marriage celebrated at Rome in 1793, between his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta Murray, daughter of the Earl of Dun more. This marriage took place without previous com munication to his late Majesty King George the Third, and the whole transaction was conducted with the strictest se crecy, the Prince being desirous that it should not become known to his Royal parent until he himself should communi cate the information in the manner which he should deem to be the most likely to assuage the King's anticipated dis-* pleasure. Notwithstanding the endeavours which were used to secure concealment, yet, from some un • known means, an impression very generally prevailed in Rome of ? the fact almost immediately after it occurred, and it became the subject of much conversation ameng the fashionable residents there. The Prince returned to England in the month of September in the same year, and whilst he hesitated to make his intended communication to the King the marriage became known to his Majesty. The King was displeased at the event, and from the time it came to his knowledge every endeavour was made to cause a separation of the Prince from his wife. This was accom plished, in the first instance, by his Royal Highness being Immediately sent abroad, and after several short periods of r ti e o s n wasiatzince t a o tt g a et in h ed er din tehseireydeaorbject 1806 ; t of a i p ie er e m la a i n ma en n t t seapnadraa daughter being the only children of the marriage. April 13 55 1 35 1 2O 1 132 :4 31 2 t 1 27 55 6 32 7 20 1 31 2 31 4 30 8 May 4 55 3 31 8 20 1 30 11 31 9 31 1 11 18 ....... IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX wires Wheat 551 4d. Oats I Barley Us. Id. Rye DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN. Wheat l7s. Od. Oats ......... 6s. &LI Beans 10.. 6d. Barley .......... 6s. Od.l Rye '..••••••• 104 6d.1 Peale ••••••• 10 s. 6d SOU T HAMPTON, WED NEspAr.—The Royal Mail Steam Company's packet Clyde, Captain Symons, is just arrived, She has experienced strong easterly gales since the 14th inst., and reports many vessels about the chops of the Channel. The latest dates she brings are as follows :—St. Jago de Cuba, 19th April; Jamaica, 23d April; Carthagena, 17th April; Demerara, 19th April; Trinidad, 20th April; Barbadoes, 24th April ; Grenada, 26th April ; St. Thomas, 30th April ; Santa Martha, 4th April ; Jacmel, 25th April ; Bermuda and Porto Rico, 27th April ; and Faye], 13th May. The Clyde brings 63 passengers, and the following freight :- 57,815 dollars, 168 ounces gold dust, 532 ounces silver, 408 ounces platina. ACCIDENT ON RETURNING HOME FROM TIIE RACES.—Yesterday evening an accident of a dreadful nature occurred near the Cock, it Sutton, to three gentlemen who were returning home in a coach and four from Epsom Races. It appeared that, as the above carriage was returning home with several gentlemen, at an easy rate, another carriage with three postillions ran against the other's leaders, and frightened them, which caused them to run off the road, whereby the coach was upset upon a bank. Mr. Punchard, the landlord of the White Hart in the Strand, who was sitting on the box, was thrown off with great violence, and broke his right leg, in two places. A friend of his, sitting behind, had his left eye completely knocked out. Mr. Ing, the landlord of the Essex Head in the Strand, was thrown off, and re ceived severe concussions on several parts of the body. Mr. Punchard, who is not likely to survive the accident, was con veyed to Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, in a surgeon's car riage, which happened to be near the spot. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir Henry- Hardinge, was sworn in as Governor- General of India. the house of Derby, and drawn from it their chief as surance of a victory. As a matter of course, they will indignantly repudiate our Contemporary's state ment, who seems to be well-informed on the subject ; and, by way of raising the depressed spirits of their friends, they will make a point of giving out through the country, that they are sure of the votes of the de pendents of the house of Derby. But this hoax will deceive no one, and if persisted in, will be sure to recoil on the heads of the party who put it forth. Meantime, it gives us unfeigned pleasure to state that the prospects of the free-trade candidate are as flattering as his most sanguine friends could desire. Mr. Bacowsi, as we hear from all quarters, has met with the most marked success on his canvass; many whom his supporters expected to have found lukewarm have shown themselves most zealous in his cause ; and he has even met with good-will where he expected to have encountered the most inveterate hos tility. In fact, the principles of free trade have, since the last election, spread in a most surprising manner through Lancashire, and found adherents among those who, not four years since, were warmly in favour of the monopolist faction. But this circumstance, in stead of inducing the free traders to relax in their ex ertions, should give nerve to their determination, and arm them with fresh spirit to persevere in their great struggle. However flattering their prospects, they should think nothing gained, till all is gained. Early and late they should be in the field of action, every where on the alert, with an eye that never winks, and a heart that never wearies. Crest-fallen as they are, and diminished alike in numerical strength and mo ral influence, their enemies are still not to be despised. They are expert, veteran tacticians, familiar with every species of electioneering chicanery, and utterly unscrupulous what underhand means they have re course to, provided they can only succeed in accom plishing the darling object of their ambition—the defeat of the Anti-Corn-law candidate. But this triumph—if Mr. BROWN'S friends use but common caution, and exert themselves to the utmost--the ENTWISTLE party will never achieve; and within a brief space of time, we feel confident that we shall be able to congratulate the free traders on another vic tory more important, if possible, than those recently gained in the metropolis and in the cathedral city of Durham. Mr. Buowx—if we may judge, at least, from the present cheering and significant indications — will be the future representative for South Lancashire in the Commons' House of Parliament—a House which is more in want than ever of such a Member— of one who will not, to quote Lord CASTLEREAGH'S startling metaphor, " turn his back on himself" at the beck of a Minister, but will hold fast to the prin ciples of free trade and enlightened reform through evil and through good report, at all risks and against all opposition. While speaking on this subject, we may advert to what fell from Mr. TAYLOR last night, at the weekly meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League. " We entertained slight hopes," said that gentleman, "of what would be done in Parliament. There was an assembly which went by the name of the House of Commons, but he denied that it represented the feelings and opinion; of the people of England." There is but too much truth in this remark. The House of Commons has ceased for some three or four years to be the mouth-piece of the people, and is now nothing more than the unhesitating, unconditional representative of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S opinions. It is, in fact, a full length reflection of our august Premier, and the re flection is one of startling fidelity. The House, when spoken of as a body, used to be called—and is still called by a pleasant fiction of the Constitution—her " MAJESTY'S faithful Commons," but henceforth it should be called " PEEL'S faithful Commons," for it endorses all his views, and unmurmuringly submits to his ascendancy. Under such " untoward" circum stances, it is more than ever imperatively necessary that the Anti-Corn-law League should take prompt advantage of every vacancy that may occur in the representation, and task their energies to the utmost in order to ensure the return of such " good men and true" as Mr. BROWN. We learn by a telegraphic dispatch received at Paris on Wednesday, that serious disturbances have broken out in the canton of Valois, in Switzerland. This canton lies between the Simplon and the Lake of Geneva, and is divided into two districts, called the Upper and Lower Valois, which for years have shown great hostility to each other from religious as well as civil disputes. The town of Sion, belonging to the lower division, and situated on the banks of the Rhone, had been seized by a party of the Upper Valois, and a general battle—if battle it can be called—was expected to take place on the 18th. The other cantons, however, will probably interfere to prevent any serious mischief, and compel them to settle their differences. It is also stated in another tele graphic dispatch that affairs at Tangiers began to assume a serious aspect, and that preparations had been made to resist the expected invasion from Spain, by sum moning to Tangiers some neighbouring tribes. The foreign Consuls had protested against this step, and those of England and France had dispatched orders for some vessels of war, in case of a contest between that principality and Spain ; but this affair is even more contemptible than the disputes among the peasantry of the Valois. These dispatches will be found in another part of the paper. The Paris papers of Tuesday are chiefly occupied with comments on the pamphlet of the Prince DE JoINvILLE, and the military operations of the Duke D'AUMALE in Algeria : the Constitutionnel, in par ticular, makes severe attacks on the KING and both the Princes, as will be seen from the following ex tract : "Two Princes of the Royal Family are before the public, one holding the pen, the other the sword, and both appear to suppose that to make or meditate war, enters into the prevailing passion of the country. It would be an error to think so. If the genius of peace has on the earth a domicile, it is in France. Unfortunately, peace, such as it has been made for us, resembles an abjuration of our dignity, and France has protested, protests, and will pretest, not through any belligerent mania, but through respect for her honour, until the full conciliation of honour with peace. Perhaps the two Princes have keenly felt the hu miliations of our pacific regime ; it belongs to their age ; besides, the unpopularity of a policy which has placed peace under the protection of fear, must have concurred in per suading them that public favour was to be gained in tick ling the military nerve of the French. Thence the chauvinism in word and action of the Prince de Joinville and the Duke cl'Aumale. Conformably to the order of primoge niture, we shall examine the note before the deed of arms. God forbid that we should be induced to judge too rigorously . the warlike hypotheses of the young Admiral! Our navy is our frontier, our moveable fortress en the side of Great Britain, and in all combinations which sacrifice in reality or in appearance our interests to the demands of our neighbour, it is the navy which devours most bitterly the shame of the sacrifice. Let it, therefore, be permitted to testify with pride that its arms would not betray the national cause if ever a struggle should be necessary to maintain the legitimate rank of the country. In this respect we believe that the Prince de Joinville has been the organ of our fleet. Perhaps also France has applauded with more playful malice than Anglophobia the explosion of this broadside in the midst of the late calm and base caresses of the entente cordials. It is not displeasing that by the side of a Ministry which re mains hat in hand before England, the dynasty should place its hat a little on one side on the ear of one of its Members. That produces a good effect on the public. Who knows if the irresponsible hand which signed the ordonnance of the disavowal of Admiral Dupetit Thouars may not, under the eyes of M. de Mackau himself, have corrected the proof sheets of the firm, precise, and patriotic note of the Prince de Joinville ? Big patrise cecidere mantis. However that may be, putting aside the political intentions, this note, regarded simply in a naval point of view, is ex ceedingly remarkable. We shall sincerely give our opinion of it ; and, first, we thank the Prince de Joinville for having assigned its veritable importance to steam naviga tion, and for having worthily appreciated the appropria tion of our resources and our national genius. If the idea be not new, what is incontestibly new is the expres sion which it has assumed, and the influence which it will exercise in its present form. Besides, there is more merit than is generally thought, on the part of an officer of the sailing navy talking with matured enthusiasm of the im portance of the steam navy. We ought to be seriously obliged to the Prince de Joinville not to have allowed him self to be held back in .the blind worship of the past. His note is the flag of the new school and of the future. We shall reproach him, however, with having appeared to look too much on the present state of steam at sea as the last point of steam. It would not have been difficult for his li ehad penetration ou to perceive the progress that it must reach , and if Prince it is slioinokehcilabentottee a rat r t e h ro o lu m tio a n t a te r r y , we ex a s g h g ou er ld at n io o n t . have For to a point a bad example. It appears to us that the Prince de Joinville repudiates too suddenly the old traditions and our former system. It is no doubt with good reason that he rot tion is as just as it is ne slege l3 likens to artillery ,?u o t ur men-of-war; the toapprecia obnrockeetnheump,aojersatyllmovfetdhew. , o , u o ght A th nd ey it t? s b t e o e d l m nd i e n m iai n i e a d t , sea and th'e power of human art to withdraw from the theatre those e vast floating batteries. Monseigneur, since old thrones transformedare tt and subsist place of condemning of transforming peeramenriingandtheni exhi bitedl on this condition, why d i i n d you has nobly risked his of a soldier ;beit so the s check anny onb , t . ; but it has cost blood, will cost more, which the her& brAverY had a soldier the more »0 will be repaired, we have no d ah,...1 shed inopportunely without fruit, it would have been impossible to spare. Tiies. .72T nrincely amusements. By what inconceivable aberration has Cho lqi nistry entrusted our troops to the inexperienced and eager bravery of a leader of three-and -twenty Are the talents of the general in a state of maturity by Divine right under the precocious epaulets of a child of royal descent ? We pardon the Journal des Debats with having seryed up some CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended May 18, 1844, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat....,... 55a. 10d. 1 Oats ..... 21s. 01. Beane 33s. 3d Barley AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Weeks ending; WHEAT. !HARLEY.' OATS. I RYE. 1 BEANS. P EASE. 32 5 LLOYD'S SHIP.PIN G.-(THIS DA. Y.) LONDON, MAY 23.—Light northerly breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, MAY 22.—Wind E., light and variable, and thick weather.—Arrd. Seawitch, Baker, Gambia. Ski. Alberton, Port Phillip ; Carlton, Nassau ; Stokesby, Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 22.—Arrd. Clyde steamer, Simonds, West Indies, left St. Jago de Cuba 19th, Jamaica 23d, Jacmel 24th, St. Thomas's 30th ult., and Fayal 13th inst. ; on frieght about 100,000 dolls. in specie, and twelve boxes pla ting; experienced strong head winds all the passage. PENZANCE, MAY 20.—The smack Petrel, partly coal laden, was wrecked in Whitsand Bay, 18th inst. 21.—Arrd, Leader, Pillips, Trinidad, fo r B r i s t o l. OFF BARDSEY, MAY 19.—Lady Combermere, Africa ; Fife shire, Savannah. PETERHEAD, MAY 21.—The John and Madby, from Sun derland to Nairn, lime laden, which put in here 17th inst. windbound, is on fire in the harbour. DOVER, MAY 22.—The Maria, Miller, from Calcutta to London, which was ashore on the Brake. Sand, has been assisted off, and proceeded in tow of a steamer. A board, supposed a vessel's head or quarter-board, marked " Duke of Wellington," has been picked up between this and Folke stone. The Princess from Rio Grande to London, in leaving the harbour to-clay got ashore near the South Pier, but is ex pected off. DARTMOUTH, MAY 22.—The Sir Hans, immediately on being released from quarantine, was obliged to discharge her cargo in a very heated state. LIVERPOOL, MAY 22.—Wind N. 8., light.—Arrd. Ann Holt, Paraiba; John and Robert, New Orleans. Sld. Duchess of Kent, Calcutta; Alfred, Cape of Good Hope ; Cora, Bahia ; Mary Queen of Scots, Pernambuco; Windsor, Ceara; Lydia, Africa. CLYDE, MAY 19.—S1d. Elephanta, Singapore ; Lascar, Calcutta.-20th, Arrd. Hazard, Rio ; Superb, New York. CORK, MAY 20.—Arrd. P. H. Dean, Jennings, Singapore. Off, a brig, supposed Hilbert, from Buenos Ayres ; May flower, Hutchison, Ichoboe. BELFAST, MAY 21.—S1d. Dumfriesshire and Ocean Child, Quebec. SLIGO, MAY 22.—Sld. Hero and Queen Victoria, Quebec. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. Baussius, MAT 18.—His Majesty the King of Saxony is expected to pass through Brussels on his way to London. It seems that there is to bo another boat race at Ostend, be tween the same parties ; it is said that a sum of 2,000 francs is deposited on oach side, and that the beats are to run from Sheepdaele to the Jasde Slykens. We do not know what kind of boats are to be used. The Prince of Solms Bramifels arrived at Ostend on the 17th, from Mannheim, with his suite. His Highness is go ing to Texas. _ InussEts, MAY 20.—At the commencement of the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives to-day, M. Verhaegen made a motion relative to the accident which occurred on the railway on Friday, to engage the Government to give an accurate account of the cause. The information asked for by M. Verhaegen will be published in the Moniteur. Two votes of the highest importance were then agreed to. After a long debate: the Chamber adopted by a majority of forty-one to seventeen, the principle of diffe r e n tial duties— seven Members declined voting. The motion of M. Meeus to defer the application of this principle till next session was then rejected by a majority of forty to twenty-five. We find the following lines in a letter addressed from Brus sels to the Augaburgh Gazette ; though they appear to be enig matical, we believe that they give reason to say that the demolition of several fortresses will soon be brought forward —" The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs addressed on the 4th of February last to the Cabinet of this question : Of the sums which were destined to the sections of the for tresses in the Belgian frontiers against France, are there, still remaining any funds which according to the stipulation of the treaties concluded with the London Conference are to be applied to the demolition of the fortresses of Menim, Ath, Mons Phillippeville, and Marionbourg." The Cabinet in question answered in a note, dated the 11th of April, that no part of these funds iS remaining. The day for the return of the King from Ardenne is not fixed, as it is probable that his Majesty will come to Brussels on Thursday or Friday at the latest, to receive the King of Saxony as he passes through this city. He will arrive here on Saturday, by the railway, from Aix-la-Chapelle,'and will stay till Monday, when he will go to Ostend, and embark on board the Princess Alice steamer for London. HONE AND...CO MIVIERC' lAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, of which exporters took 100 Surat and 500 American. Prices were the same, the market being dull.—Except the French lines, Shares were quiet. Caledonian, 3/. 18s. 9d ; Chester and Holyhead, 6A ; Dublin and Cashel, 6A ; Eastern Counties, 11i ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 66 ; Birmingham, 221 ; Brighton, 451 •, South-Western Eighths, Si. ls. ; Paris and Lyons, 31. ls. 6d. to 31. 2s. 6d ; Paris and Rouen, 38* 1; South- Eastern, 38*; Lyons and Avignon, 2* to 21. 4s. Accounts have come to hand from Buenos Ayres to the 24th February. There are confident denials of the reports which appeared in the Monte Videan journals respecting the success of Rivera, who, on the contrary, is represented by the organ of Rosas as having escaped to the Brazilian frontiers with only a small body of men, and hotly pursued by Ur quiza. In the Argentine House of Representatives, one of the Members had alluded in most pointed terms to the conduct .of Admiral Purvis, as having pro tracted the blockade of Monte Video ; and al though no report of the general debate, or proceedings, is given, this is specially paraded in the official paper of Rosas, doubtless with the view of exciting the spirit of his countrymen to the continuance of the contest with the Orien tal republic. The accounts from the West India Colonies are still better as regards some parts than others. In Jamaica, the weather was very dry in certain parishes, and the reverse in others; but in the other islands, wet was the prevailing characteris tic. At Demerara, the frequent robberies are complained of, and in Barbadoes as well as in Tobago, the inhumanity or neglect of parents towards their offspring is said to check a wholesome increase of the population. The state of Cuba and St. Domingo excites much attention in the City, and not without reason, anarchy and disorder pre vailing in both. It may be predicted that, if Cuba is not kept is a more tranquil state than since the rule of General O'Donnell commenced, the rich revenue which it annually yields to the impoverished treasury of Spain will be materially reduced. The Funds have been steadier to-day, with rather a limited business doing. Consols for immediate transfer have realised 991 to 994, and for Account 994 to A. Exchequer Bills have been at 755. to 735. premium, being scarcely so good, East India Bonds are nominally 925. premium. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 102* to A, the Reduced 1011 to and the Three per Cents. 98a to 4. Bank Stock has ruled higher again, being at 196* to 195 k, and India Stock has been marked 285 A. The Foreign Market is still partly affected by the race attractions at Epsom. Spanith Five per Cents, are at 24, and the Three per Cents. at 35 to *, being about previous rates. Portuguese Converted have been nominally at 46* to 4.. Mexican Stock is worth 35*; Colombian 14 ; and Peru vian 28*. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked 601 to 61. In Railway Shares the business doing is but small. Brighton are advancing, and Birmingham, owing to the York and North Midland project, are again on the decline. The others are rather flat generally, and South-Eastern, and Man chester, and Birmlngham, are decidedly lower. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 1960 19536 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 9 93i% 3 per Cent . Annuities, 1726 99 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3% per Cent. Annuities 10234U% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 Ditto 30. Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 - India Stock Exchequer Bills, I%d. 154 d. 1,0001. .................«..... 7 5 pm. 5001 •75 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Advertised FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 103% Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Columbian Bonds. l4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. 2834 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 11834 118 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 24 Ditto for the Account Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for 'the Account Dutch 234 per Cents 6l 60% Dutch 5 per Cents. 10 0%1436 New Loan 1837, 6 per Cents. 9 9%3G PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHAM Birmingham and Derby IOO . Birmingham and Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Caledonian LITERATURE. NOEL MOB VAN, 3 Vols. Newby, London, VW. honl The author of this work is Mr. Browning, ku*,,s we are already indebted for a " History of the guenots," a production which displayed much PI, taking research, and was particularly skilful in i lt n i gest of facts. In the work before us he gives a; rited representation of the court and camp of flv.P." the Fifth, subsequent to the famous battle of If; court. A considerable portion of his narrative in France, in the earlier part of the fifteenth.oeu t ' o f and has reference to the intrigues and adventotel.. an outlaw chieftain, Hoel Morvan—a sort of P ° 9l e Hood in his way—whose head-quarter s ' o r in a spacious cavern in a sequestered el the ter of Brittany, near the shores of bu t Morbihan. The charact e r of this rude, bokl, i generous-natured chief is k e pt up throughou t , og very consistent spirit, and forms indeed the redeems feature of the story, which otherwise is by no.r°, remarkable for interest, nor breadth and var' e vot portraiture. Like Mr. James, the novelist, author pays great attention to his costumes, fiTii in this particular instance, i n t ro duces aliPa re n o nothing for which he has not sufficient war r ro He excels, also, in his descriptions of tournam e .. 0 1 but, with the single exceptio n of the charac tel og Hoel Morvan, he has not the happy art of infl is the breath of life into his dialogues. TILE LOGIC OF POLITICAL ECONO MY Blackwood. London and Edinburgh, 1844• Notwithstanding the dry, hard, practical n ature bi the subject, this treatise on political economy i s eie g no means uninteresting, for it is penned in 2 fi i t i and vigorous style, without the slightest ani bi gige or circumlocution, one who shows in every P o a that he is perfectly conversant with the theolehich which he expatiates. Some of the positions or der the author lays down, are illustrated with coo tte t able neatness and vivacity ; but indeed—n° to what be the subject—Mr. De Quince y cannot " two pages together without putting forth som e° that shall both please and instruct .hi 3 readers. SOCIETY FOR THE EMANCO* TION OF INDUSTRY. 13. A meeting of the members of this Society was ,bellf evening at the office, Parliament-street, the subjea,„ peo cussion being the Bank Charter Resolutions of Sir P. continued from last week. Mr. Spottiswood presid e tkbe s t ' attendance was very thin, in consequence probably of tractions of the llgrby." •g to The CHAIRMAN opened the business by referrin tte r o dissection of the plan of Sir R. Peel made in a "ley the Premier," just published, which, he said, did e° I ,Y the Right Hon. Baronet a leg to stand upon. Ile the Act ceeded to state the effects of the Bank Restriction ,tojicll Mr. Pitt, which was now called a " fatal measure, " 10 00! enabled the country to go through a long war, and paY t e „ millions of its debt, and give employment to the pool' . all this was now considered a "fatal" state of thing s ' bee t were now returning to the state of things that exist 4 1 1 ;'; the Bank Restriction Act, and which this measure of B. was intended to remedy. The evident object of Sir ,il4l was to make money dear and labour cheap. He Oi It duce prices, profits, and wages to the Continental le ve '0 0 ; question was, whether the country should sit dow n ti 0 0 under it? Could it do so? Suffering and discon tell oy i: extending among the labouring classes to a fearful,!. to they read of continual fires, the work of incendial l " their system had created this feeling. t Lon' MOUNTCASHEL suggested that some step "if ot ife taken to assemble a number of' Members of the - to 9 011/. Commons, for the purpose of discussing and coming agreement on the question. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, M.P., thought it would b e ° l\ Or ticable ; there was a general impression among the bers that it was too late. l y n ln Lord MOUNTCASHEL thought that a pamphletwon 0 1 3' 0 _ _ _ ,‘,„ , Or the operation of this plan on the landowners we. , ;0 0t'',( much utility. The N o bl e L or d s t a t e d hi s c onyle" ro te the plan would raise the p r i ce o f money , l ow er the 6 wages, and impoverish the whole of the COMMUDitY• to 1 0 4 Mr. SCHOHEFIELD said its decid e d t en d enc y Wa s ,,, be the rich richer and the poor poorer ; that appeared " Robert Peel's policy. hs , tg ie r Mr. PErry said that relief might be obtained ,"d w ith'd gold, or the gold currency, so as to bring it leve', 3 0, 0 price of taxed commodities. They had, in fa c ", o se 1 10 currency during the war, and it was an error to suPY, r i t h t it was a depreciated currency ;it was equalised e$ prices of the goods for which it was exchanged. vsl l ` ) t i A long conversational discussion followed, 0 %0 0 points of the subject, _and some steps having been s o l e 9 11cj for calling the attention of the House of Lords t° tion, the meeting broke up. EPSOM RAC O ,' (THIS DAY-BY EXPRF.SSq 4 eoc' The Epsom Four Years' old Stakes of 50 so c ' Sze vis ikea Sir G. Heatheote's Khorassan Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, &C. Mr, Owen's c by Clearwell, out of Nininka •''' Mr. Stanbrough's Isleworth Lord W. Powlett's Falconer ...... Thirteen started. Won in- a canter. 00 MEETING OF THE NATIONA L S CHOO L nig,4 of l; i l u IsrruTioss.—Yesterday, the anniversary rueetT E ksti °ft 'i isi above valuable institution was held at the Centra l e r o School-room, Broadway, Westminster. G His , OOl ol Archbishop of Canterbury presided. The annualijoeP d t tion of the children was co n d uc t e d by the Lord London, and a highly respectable and influenti al t he c,,,r expressed great gratification at the progress w h ie '', t he " dren had made in their respective studies. Amolthsrltol pany present we noticed the Archbishop of Callor Bishops of London, Hereford, Bangor, Lichfield, " ar al Man, Newfoundland, Exeter, Norwich, Worcester)./,.. pon ; Archdeacon Sinclair; . D. Acland, Esq., k-,,, s t'o l °l Dr. Coleridge, Bishop Coleridge, Right Hon. Lord I, o lo' - fe Hon. and Rev. A. Saville, Sir George Baker' Schoff, General Disney, Ambrose Hussey, Es(l. , „' s' s ,,sit Archdeacon Newcome, Hon. and Rev. T . C. LI sue' 4 . Margaret Cocks, Lady Churchhill, the Hon. ColV e str. of Hon. Sir George Rose, Lord Viscount Clive, Alsr4ley,, a rt , Ainslie, Bart , Sir George Eyre, Bart., Lady E;l„ a terQ-t, Mrs. Norton, the Earl of Yarborough, Sir C. S. Hy de, P' Sir J. J. Hamilton, Bart., Right Hon. Sir E. "'id Ite'' Lady M`Kenzie, Hon. and Rev. R. Eden, Hon. an .40 Powys, T. W. Bramstone, M.P., &c. &c. fe 3 ‘ .1 THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMEATS- -- O SALE OF HousEs.—The Commissioners of NV 00 "' 00 0 0 '05' rests have given instructions for the sale of a hirg e n oct houses situate on the line of street which is to ce _ t off so ford-street and Holborn. About seventy houses "" a re t o itil side of Buckeridge-street, and Ivy-street, St. Gil eg '„hicb , taa disposed of by private contract, in three tenders, ",,nd the the sixty forming the south of Bainbridge-streceot'o,ple,it'ehtt north of Buckeridge-street, lately sold, wil l ,h s t l e `;l:0 4 whole of the buildings to be taken down ', ro t, `,„ip On Monday two large houses in Charlotte -s' f e el 00 Bedford Chapel, were sold by auction and in S t, 04 11 / 1 1, eight houses in Ilolborn, to the east of'Lyon-stree„,. 104 in that street, will be disposed of in a similar $ 1 :,. 7 3 in, i ts are expected to be cleared away in the course cl el , of when the line of the street will be exposed to the gost will then be but a few more houses to be sold., 3 d e j. s e" houses in " the Rookery," are said to be in sue“,,h, os ee state that they are not worth more than . 51 in& Giles et. sewer is being formed in Broad-street, St. Ge st tion with the new street, and at the end of drew's-street, in continuation of the street fr°_, e tci,: fe e' some large and substantial buildings are being c' ,: ; t . KILMARNOCK ELECTION.—The electiOn 0 , Barg It e ber of Parliament for the Kilmarnock District sue fixed by the Sheriff to take place on Saturday 'Piro tbl poll is demanded, it will be held on TilesdN - , ef est , three candidates, in the Liberal and Chartist lt,ativesl.o7. field ; but it is hinted that a fourth, a Colls e ,.'; e yeg ii ` o t come forward in sufficient • time. Placards ° led ° st posted up in all the burghs, calling upon the, 5p11,,„,4, pledge themselves, as another candidate wetqe mediately, having strong claims on the constitou' rs', Observer of Tuesday. U , „ sl og to o t THE NELSON DINNER TO THE lt..' Ajo er_ e sioNEri.s.—A delay has taken place for the io lit ol , Greenwich pensioners, in consequence of the o ,u t u ile having been able to obtain the sanction o re l is u sioners of Woods and Forests, of Trafalgar:'i e d ias,e Co l t purpose, the ground of objection being, as ,` „ t , to I mos , v o sent by the Earl of Lincoln, on the 16th insi s t ; f the IA ) 6 1 , mittee, " the defective condition of a p o rtion pfc ce ~0 in the area of the square, and the repairs Since the receipt of the letter the Committee re h t ah_ ta ro,,, deavouring to induce his Lordship to recal 111 _,. nt octv . ascertained from Messrs. Maude and Co., the flee Arl o soli., Government for laying down the pavement N l . l ; a niftg e ,„t tl l square, that it could not possibly receive an d sequence of the dinner taking place on the . 2 t 7 the ir o e " 01 1?5 would, if any damage were done, repair mitt° S t it Of ds pense. At eleven o'clock yesterday the CO _ - xne ets en 01, 4 , at the Union Hotel, Cockspur-street , 1111 e tp fi h s .1 - 4 , 0 C: 4o ; i t, answer from his Lordship, an application n ce ._, e 'd, 7 the day previous ; but none having been rel r " .r t h mittee were compelled to postpone the dinn er for a s, THE NEW GOVERNOR - GENERAL of and no day has been yet appointed. d a y 11 , e ft ri e s iol or „-A s SouvisasirrosT, MAY 22.—The heavy baggage of the new DETERMINED SUICIDE.—YeSta wn _ f ree Governor-General of India is expected here in a day or two, much excitement was occasioned in the to . d u , th„rst , 1 for shipment in the Great Liverpool, which departs for by the discovery that Mr. Matthew Orpyl t he li l t s 13 1 10 Alexandria on the Ist of June. The Governor-General arid - of the - George Inn, Church-lane, leading tro,cede tN suite do not, howdver, embark here. They are to proceed, to Kensington Gravel-pits, had committee:l ), 0 wasns 11 ; via France, to Marseilles, where a Government steamer will ing himself. It appeared that the deceasedv unosinctiirrel.l,, be in waiting to convey them direct to Egypt, from whence 40 and 50 years of age, got up yesterda , _ n , a ny' 0 e10t . 4, they will embark at Suez,. on board the Oriental Company's usual good health, without his familyirt l 3 t ;ele" e . .' t he steam-ship the Hindostan, for Calcutta, and will arrive there in his appearance or behaviour. Shortly,7 h ho, for tc a t about the 20th of July. Sir Henry Hardinge will be the he left the bar, taking a lighted candle w s ll in the ce fv e. It. the first Governor-General of India who has proceeded to his pose of performing some necessary dutie w see s a „,, 0 0 1 he r, government by what is called " the Overland route." It is neath, from which time he was never ~rf t h e bo, l ," w itli i. `o a question whether Lord Ellenborough will have had time half-past twelve o'clock, his sister went !.L' a to make arrangements for his departure ere his successor's stairs leading to the cellar, without taking baCOn °ff s ad r t isig sit t arrival, which will take place only a few days after Lord for the purpose of cutting a piece of u „ her h : g, Ellenborough receives his recal. It is calculated that Sir was hanging there, when, on raising. _e wes Ito hei het Henry will have entered upon his high functions in India purpose of taking down the bacon, face of to; g , within little more than a couple of months from the date ()f at finding it come in contact with the his appointment being made in Leadenhall-street ; a celerity Her screams brought several personslor d f s di es A ir e e_re:lll o4 of movement which the history of Indian affairs has never assistance, when the unfortunate man .he l'sa“ina peggoo, Flo yet been able to record. The arrangements for his passage ing by a piece of thick cord 0 t t immediately c , ° 1 to Calcutta, as well as his journey through Egypt, have been the bacon was kept. He was hs made with the Oriental Steam Company. Lord Ellenborough, medical assistance sent for; but i all 1111 11al a bece gse OS it is expe c ted, w ill leave Calcutta by the Oriental Company's avail, life having been extinct for some time. 'steamer Bentinck, about the 15th of July, and will probably left a wife and four children. or col ikfa n lf g ' arrive in England about the end of August. LORD ASHLEY AND THE nou7. the c olle cP gi GRESHAM LECTURES.—Yesterday, being the first Lord Ashley dined a few days since dvadtoh day of Trinity Term, the above lectures were commenced in who, with his usual facetiousness , an Gresham Colle . ge,Basinghall-street. The attendance, though that his Lordship had just been obineeinnojnilstedanbdY L-Puoabrrtld:eiesilsglicri::tty)";:ig:l:loll„.! small, and during no part of the day exceeding forty persons, a toast " The House . o was more numerous than usual, for before the erection of the Lordship, remembering the falsehood of the !. is WO it : new building, and when the lectures were delivered in the doubtless felt the i' healthllferc:foafntihaen.cso7felitniecii-ntnlilris. stijj fa theatre of the City of London School, it was seldom that an like drinking the audience of above ten persons assembled. The Rev. J. Pullen, mediately on her elopement iinsenatnscivitthh:nZ7n-Pguc' M.A., yesterday continued his course of lectures on astro- The miners of nomy, the first of which were delivered last Term. The sub- continue their strike. i. Various in o e r e t tin i g t s b i e la t v in i oq , ject of the Rev. Lecturer's discourse was the theory . of the each of which reso uta ns re.aosh.,r©p ..; measurement of the earth, with the manner of obtaining its passed. Several collieries ere . n g a gT b as iaceS . 0 of form and dimenSions. Diagrams and illustrations of various • sional their, twheeirhecaoraiiT ie the d kinds were given, and at the conclusion of the lecture it wag are to insist the Pi co t tides upon announced that on Thursday (this day) the theory of the collisry owners tideB would beexplahied. given up.—Tyne Mercury. tineePt,errnoi‘nb,atles "pas Chester and Holyhead 5 ..... .... tKU, ... to Dublin and Cashel 2% 6y, to Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered 81. 6s. Rd. Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent l3s. 4d.... 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O __. to . . —.__ . _ Ditto 4 Share' Great Western ... ....... ........ ...... 75 l18% Ditto Fifths London and Birmingham. lOO ....... 220 to -- Ditto New Thirds Dit o 4 Shares 2 ... ..... 25 London and Blackwall 16 } .4 London and Brighton 5O 46%%%1 to Ditto Loan Notes London and Greenwich London and South Western 41% — to Ditto Eighths 7 i 3li London and Croydon Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 .... ..... 52% Newcastle and Darlington Junct 18 39% ...... to North British 2% to 3214 South Eastern and Dover so I Ditto New Thames and Medway Trent Valley York and North Midland Paris and Orleans 2O 3 9 4 1% ... to Paris and Rouen 2O 38 347, ... to - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 22.—We have had less business doing to-day. Stock is freely offered, and prices drooping. Trent Valley, 6i e. ll c child No n, arras 11 1 X4el, turth th e th e / LO Sat Th istio the neat dinr trio 11 4; for 1~~ f Of 4