The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-18 00:00:00

THE CURRENCY QUESTION. This day is published, price 2s. N INQUIRY into the PRACTICAL WORK ING of the PROPOSED ARRANGEMENTS for the RE NEWAL of the CHARTER of the BANK of ENGLAND, and the RFAULATION of the CURRENCY, with a REFUTATION of the PALLACIIiS advanced by Mr. TOOKE. By R. TORRENS, Esq. Smith and Elder, Cornhill. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE WILFULNESS OF WOMAN. A NOVEL. By the Authoress of "The History of a Flirt," &c. " This is a very brilliant novel. The vigour and power displayed in those pages shames the masculine intellect of the best male writer of the day, at the same time the writer's knowledge of the female heart is so great and subtle, that we can Imagine that no one but a woman could have written them. The character of the wilful narriet Trelawney is drawn in a most masterly manner ; but it weak! he needless to pick out particular actors in this most extraor dinary novel. No novelist of the present day has so much mastery ever the passions of the reader as the writer of the work before us. Rotting has Issued from the press equal to it since the last work by the same hand."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3farlborough-street. YOUNG ENGLAND. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, of This Day, Contains :- 1. A Dissection of Mr D'lsraeli's Novel of Coningsby ; or, the New nenerathan-2. Ireland. No. 31. The History of the Union.-3. The British Colonies, from the Official Reports.-4. Important Judi cial Decision on Church-ratc.s.-5. Analysis of the Factory Division. —(1. Lord Lyndhurst's Chancery Job : the 1,000,0001. Compensation to Clerks for ceasing to do nothing.-7. A Last Word on the Ten Hours' Folly.-8. The French Navy, and its capacity to fight Eng land. By the Prince de Joinville.-9. Annexation of Texas to Ame rica.-10. O'Connell in London.-11. The South Lancashire Election. —l2. Gorhambury Races. The Derby Prophecies ; with all the News of the Week.-13. The Anti-Slavery Society and Free Trade. Office, 337, Strand ; and all Booksellers. - - HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MAY IS, Will be performed Herold's chad'cruvre, ZAMPA. Camillt, Madame Persiani; Rita, Madame Bellini ; Zampa, Sig. nor F <e aairi ; Alfonso, Signor Corclli; Daniel Capuzzi, Signor Lablache; and Dandola, B,gnor Lablache. Between the aota of the Opera the admired " La Gitana" by ?Ole. Cecile. To be followed by the Garden Scene In Donizetti's Opera, entitled DoN PASQUALE.' Norina, Warne Grist - Ereesto, Signor Mario; Dr. Malateota, Sigeor Fornalari ; and Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the Ballet of ALMA (omitting the first Tableaux and compressing the Fete in Germany and the Ball Scene.) Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and rickets to be made at the Box office, Okera.colennade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sisim LABLACHE has the honour to inform the Nobility, Sub. ectioer I So the Opera, hi; Friends, and the Public, that HIS BEN El 1 r will take place en THURSDAY EVENING, May when will be performed Cimarosa's Comic Opera, entitled IL MATRIMONIO SEGIIETO. Elisetta, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Mdlle. Favanti ; Carolina, Madame Persian'; Paolino, Sig. Mario; Count Rcbinson, Sig. I'. Lablache; and Geronimo, Sig. Lablache. After which, a New Divertiesement, entitled LA VIV AN DIERE, introducing the Redowa; or, Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. To eoneude with the Grand Ballet of ALMA. Alma, Madame Cerito. Applications fbr Bwres, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Celcnnacle. Doors cpen at Seven. The Opera will commence at Hal Ipast Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MAY 18, Will be perfermed the opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, - Mr. Borraui g 'Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devllshoof, Mr. 'fontanelle ; Arline, Miss Rainforth ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mi•s Betts. To conclude with the revived Gcand Fairy Ballet, entitled TEIE REVOLT OF THE HAREM. Mahomet, Mr. Howell; M. Silvain ; Myssouf, Mr. W. H. Payne, Zulma, Mdlle. Lucile aralio ; Zelika, Millie. Clara Webster ; The Genius of the Harem, Maclaine Gitibilei. Dress ltoxes 75., &mond (rice 3s. 6d.; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price Is. - Pit 3s , :second Price s - .; Middle Gallery 25., Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mtt. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MAY IS, Will be irmformed a New Comic Drama, called THE ABSENTEE. Str Patrick Delany, Mr. Tilbury ; Edward Macarthy (the Mr. H Holl ; Laity Lurgan, Mr. Leonard; Noran, Miss Julia Bennett; Katy, Miss Carre. • To be followed by 1 ! 2 of A CURE FOR THE HEART ACHE. Oldrapid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Charles news; Vortex, Mr. Strickland; Frank Oatland, Mr. Webster ; Allen Vortex, Mrs Edwin Yarnold ; Miss Vortex, Mrs. W. Clifford Jassy Oatland, Miss Julia Bennett. 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 conelude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Orchestra Stalls, As. ; Boxes, As. ; Pit, ;'s. ; Gallery. gs.; Upper Gallery. Is. Half.price—Boxes, 3s, ; Pit, 9.5.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, lid. Doors opened at Half-past six, and the Performances eccraneuce at Seven rickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, Irma Ten till Five. - - PitINCESYS THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEB, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled CROWN DIAMONDS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss; Dc , n Hen riques de Sandoval, Mr. Allen; Rebell ed°, Mr. Paul Bedford ; La Caterina, Madame Anna Millen; Diana, Miss Grant. To he followed by a New Farce calltsd CUT FOR PARTNERS. Atter whic, A DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with BOMBASTES FURIOSO. --- - 11l EA VIE ROY .L LYCE HOU SUM, E, LATE ENGLISH OPERA- Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. Open Prsarne; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable audinces TICS EVENING, MAY IS, Will be repeated an Orialnal Comic Drama, entiVed THE TIIIt EE WIVES OF ,/ A MUD. Principal Characters by Messrs. Kegley, Diddear, F. matthews, Emery, Wigan, Craven, Turner, Yanmold, Miss Woolgar, Miss Fa*brother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner, Dirs. W,gan, and la.. After which, will be produced a new Comic Drama, called THE LOVE BIRDS. incipal Characters b' . Messrs. F. Mathews, Younge, Mrs. Woollige, Mrs. Usher, Miss baubrether, Miss Chaplin' Miss Grove, and bliss Fort aerie. To be followed by um Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKA Al ANI A tharacters by Mr. F. Alat.haws, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conolude with a *rand BurleNue Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or. a Night with the Forty Thieves. (ha. rectors by Miss Wo.lgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Mcsars. F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin, PRICES OF M1A111;SION:—Balcony Foxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, Ss. ; Plt, es.' Callery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2 s. ; Upper Boxes, is 6d.; i'it, P. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (holding eight persons). 'lwo Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (homing eight persons), One Guinea and a.llalf. Private Boxes an the I'd fler (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROY Al. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. , ;rand Attraction. 1111$ FVENING, MAY IS, Will he reparaed the t4i.tafeal Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENeLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle of Hastings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, Are. Entire Change et :he Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with the Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the f 1 nclow o! the Ruby Cliff's. The doors will open n►ghtly at six o'clock, and the performances cimmenee at seven. Box-offloe opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have bean reoonstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage.m wager. Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. On Monday, May :20, M. Plege will re-appear, for the last weeks of his Engagement, and w►ll take his Benefit on Faiday, May 24. DA Y IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MAY Will be performed a New Drama, entitled HUGH, THE GIPSY. Supported by Messrs. E. F. Saville, H. Hughes, R. Honner, Neville, Va o, Mrs lI Vining, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. Lewis. After which, a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA. To oonciwio with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS, in which the entire Company will perform. Paces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Bea n:lice. from ILleven :o Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. Nlith the astounding Wonders of the Extraordinary Being the GREAT WIZARD OF 11 1 1 E NORTH, and the ARAB BROTHERS, aged seven, nine, and twelve years of age, whose Cl esic Groupings, and Surprising Feats of Strength, are the theme of general admiration! A I rick worth Knowing! How to fill a Theatre by Magic I This is the Fourh Season of the Great Delusiontst In London! Fe has corep'otod the 1 hirtieth Night of his present Season ! His Aliracles have b.en witnessed by upwards of Yive Hundred Thou. sand Speotato s! still his Magic Temple is nightly hononred with groat brilliant and crowded audiences ; thus proving to the world the cell sing superiority of his unparalleled Entertainments He nightly excites the astonishment of Hundreds, by his Scientific Eneri. intents; the peculiar effect of which beggars description. His new &schist no, THE FLYING RINGS, and THE ENCHAN I'ED HAT, are wonders which have no equal! 1 ! And, Novelty being at present the rage the GREAT WIZARD intends MAKING A WITCH! Therefore, any Lady, desirous of appearing as the Great Witch, in conjunetion with the Great Wizard, is informed, that the latter will be happy to initiate her in the Mysteries of his Art.—A Erruch, German, or Italian Lady would be preferred. Boxes, Ss.; Pit. Is. t3d.; Gallery, ed. Reserved Seats, a nd Private Boxes can be secured at the lhcatte, and of all the Agents. Second rrfse. at Nine o'clock. D3ors open at Half.past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to TILE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art over known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a coot of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in struotive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and tho 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 Ladles, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &./., Ms previous almost incredible number and variety of We of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, hi this min 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 that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. NTL.POI.EONIII.,` , SEUM is to ho seen only at the "Egyptian Flail," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 18. TilattatommTEß, Lowest, 34 ; Highest, 51 ; Noon, 42. BARONLETER, N.N.E. INTR.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the etzing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is u...ually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. I VOR WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Nothing 26 minutes altar 2 Evening:... 42 minutes after 2. 4 S4A t ' • q 4, ei r , r•mos' . z, • • lop SECOND EDITION; (11 Lo it 1 littg aline LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1844. Lord ABINGER, after the usual ceremonies, took his seat in the House of Lords, lait night. Lord BEAUMONT postponed the second reading of the Roman Catholic Penal Acts Repeal Bill, and at the same time expressed a wish that the Go.werninent would allow it to be brought on with as little delay as possible. _ . The Duke of WELLINGTON gave notice that on Thursday next he would move the adjournment of the House till the following Thursday. In answer to a question from Lord BROUGHAM, the Earl of ABERDEEN said he believed the treaty for the annexation of Texas to the United States had been signed, but he trusted the Congress would not sanction it. Whatever might be the result, his Lord ship added, he should, in reference to this matter, act consistently with his duty as a Minister of the Crown. It was a measure quite unexampled in the history of nations. Lord WHARNCLIFFE called the attention of their Lordships to the present state of the Houses of Par liament, and made some remarks not at all com plimentary to Mr. BARRY. He said it had become necessary to bring the sub ject under the consideration of the House, inas much as very extensive alterations had been made by Mr. BARRY in the plans as originally laid down— these alterations having been made without the con currence of the Committee which had been appointed to watch the progress of the new buildings. He moved that the matter be referred to a Committee of the Board of Works. Several other Noble Lords made remarks on the subject, but none of them seemed disposed to justify the course adopted by Mr. BARRY; and Lord BROUGHAM expressed a hope that the architect for the Houses of Parliament in future would make no changes without consulting the Go vernment. The motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE was agreed to, and the House adjourned at Eight o'clock. In the House of Commons, after a vast number of petitions had been presented, Mr. HUME gave notice that when the Savings Banks Bill came before the House he should move a repeal of the clause in the Act of GEORGE IV., which allowed the Government to deal with moneys deposited in the savings banks. In answer to soiree questions put by Mr. EWART, relative to the war between Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, Sir R. PEEL said he feared there was little chance of its speedy termination. British subjects, however, would be protected; but he did not consider that England would be justified in taking any steps to put an end to the war between the two belligerents. There was a naval force in the Plata which would afford every protection to British subjects. The House went into Committee on the Customs Duties Bill, and a number of clauses were adopted. On the 13th clause being read, Mr. EWART moved that the reduction of duty on coffee be fourpence, and on cocoa one penny per pound. The Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed the amendment, and on a division the amendment was rejected by a majority of 11. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed. The Stamp Dutics Bill went through Committee. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. The Navy certainly owes a debt of gratitude to one of its most gallant and successful officers, Sir CHARLES NAPIER, for the consistent solicitude with which he avails himself of every opportunity to advocate the interests of the service in the House of Commons. In the course of the present session, he has already brought urvissr ths; „mice of Parliament many matters involving, unquestionably, some points im• mediately connected with the efficiency as well as the rights of this justly popular arm of the national power. We may instance the force with which the Gallant Commodore pressed upon the consideration of the Legislature the folly of underrating the great exertions now making by other maritime States in getting up their fleets to a condition for active service. He spoke, we remember, of the admirable manoeuvring which he himself had witnessed in a French squadron in the .Mediterranean; and contrasted with our own tardy progress in the business of providing harbours of refuge on our shores, the promptitude of the efforts made, and the advance of the works commenced, for similar purposes, by the French on their coasts. The Chambers, he stated, had voted, some years since, 170,000,000 francs on account of harbours of re fuge, and had voted 40,000,000 more for the same objects for the present year. By an article in Galignani, we perceive that the Committee of the Chambers, on admitting a credit of 46,000,000 francs for the improvements of the ports of France, has reported in favour of applying that large sum equally between the ports of Marseilles and Havre, for strengthening and improving the works of them. It is well that facts like these should not be with drawn from the observation of the British public. Incessant attention to them should be paid by both the Legislative and the Executive of England. Thus, whilst we please ourselves with the important fact that we have, at present, a large and un questioned superiority in the extent and force of our steam navy over every other flag in existence, our ports and harbours, in their present state, at least, are by no means adequate to the exigencies of such squadrons as in time of war we must maintain. The French, on the other hand, at St. Maloes alone, have a magnificent basin, capable of containing 200 war steamers, with a depth of twenty-five feet water. Our readers will, no doubt, have concurred in the reflections of Sir CHARLES NAPIER on the impolitic caprice which seems to direct the counsels of the Ad miralty Board with regard to the staff and extent of our navy. The Board exercises as irresponsible a power in this respect as the Bank of England customarily does, in its analogous control of the currency. The vicissitudes of expansion and contraction in the latter case, are not more impolitic, though we may conceive them to be more absolutely. mischievous, than the absurdity of augmenting our fleet one day, not so much in reference to the demands of the public service, apparently as that it may be reduced on another ! But the defective eco nomy of such a practice is as palpable as it must be unquestionable. There is this additional evil con nected with the variety of duties which the reduction of force imposes on superior officers ; namely, that an admiral—on the Mediterranean station, for ex ample—may not be at sea one month consecutively, out of his five years' command there. It does not appear to us that any sufficient answer has been given either by Mr. S. HERBERT, Secretary of the Admiralty at the time, or by any authority connected with the Administration, since, to the grave complaint brought forward by Sir CHARLES NAPIER (on the discussion of the Navy Estimates the other evening), as to the quantities of rejected ship timber, ' which, after being refused by the superior Civil De partments of the Navy, had been, from time to time received into store by the store-keepers of the several dock-yards. The timber in question, it was said, had been so received, after rejection, by the order of some subordinate official ; but it is impossible not to participate in the sur prise expressed by Sir CHARLES NAPIER at this state ' ment, seeing that, by the late Act of Parliament con solidating the two Boards—Admiralty and Navy--all subordinate authorities were expressly deprived of any power to issue such orders. Moreover, the Gallant Officer put it strongly to the Secretary to the Admi ralty, that it was no reason to plead for this irre gularity, " that such timber might well be received, after being rejected for ship-building, because, though it might be either too long or too short for that ap propriation, it might yet be advantageously employed in other work ;" for, as the Hon. Gentleman himself knew, it had been received into store after being rejected because it was bad timber. The impropriety of such proceedings had been urged on the Admiralty by the highest professional authorities. We have some fears that there is a sort of monopoly interest in the supply of ship timber, which it is the tendency of the Admiralty, like all other authorities in this country, to encourage ; or which is, at all events, too potential just now for the Board success fully to oppose and defeat. We may recur to this matter, however, more particularly at a fu ture opportunity. We cannot, in the mean time, abstain, for one moment, from remark ing on the momentous importance of a most rigid adherence to the duties connected with the supervision of naval timber received into store, whe ther, we bear in mind the improving aspect of the }reach navy, or the much too lowered standard (as we deem it) of our own, notwithstanding all that occurred in 1840. Whilst we are on this topic of ugly unanswered questions, we could much wish to r. learn what reply the Government are prepared with to the complaint preferred on behalf of our seamen, engaged in the late affairs in the Chinese seas, as to their being kept out • of their p r i ze - money, on account of the numerous captures made by them of enemy's craft, &c. &C. To have removed those of her MAJESTY's vessels engaged in such services ' —to have retained the craft, &c., s o captured—to have had them ransomed by the Chinese authorities —and then to treat the general compensation paid, in Sycee silver, as a simple State payment made into her MAJESTY'S Exchequer, was, as SIP CHARLES NAPIER has strongly phrased it, neither more nor less than " a piratical act," calculated to excite the utmost discon tent among the seamen who have been robbed by this mode of proceeding. Another proposition which Sir CRABLae warmly advocated some time since, has more immediate connexion with the subject matter ofhis re solution on Thursday night. He touched on the invidi ous distinction which has been habitually made be tween public acknowledgments of naval and of military services. His reasoning was irresistible. `Why not give sailors medals for the great victories achieved by them, as you give soldiers for their illus trious successes ? Why not have distributed medals to all engaged at Trafalgar, as you distributed them to all engaged at Waterloo ? They might yet be given to all the survivors of our greatest naval battles, in and since the reign of GEORGE III.; and let the honour be thus more largely distributed here after, whenever it shall have been deserved, for vic tories of similar importance and distinction at sea. In this way, that good understanding now subsisting between the two services might be most admirably maintained. We must defer, to another opportunity, a careful notice of Sir CHARLES'S speech of Thursday evening. It very cleverly, though unsuccessfully, advocated a proposition, not only of great interest and novelty and justice in itself, but, to our mind, one which it would eminently contribute to the welfare of the British naval service to affirm. We may remark, by the way, that in May last year, he moved an address to the Crown, praying her MAJESTY to give directions that a certain number of old officers should be allowed to retire on a separate list, with increase of pay, with a view of bringing forward young and active officers ; " Lord INGESTRIE seconded this motion (observed Sir CHARLES, on Thursday), and was reprimanded by the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir ROBERT PEEL) in conse quence." His motion of Thursday was, " that this House recommend that previous to the preparation of the navy estimates, to be submitted to Parliament in the year 1845, some plan of retirement for officers in the navy on the top of the respective lists should be devised, so as to make the naval service more effective, and to afford the opportunity of re warding old and meritorious officers." It must be allowed that in the debate which ensued, at all events a much more respectful hearing and lengthened discussion were conceded than the pro position of May 1843 met with. We trust that this fact was not wanting to induce the Gallant Officer to persevere. After considerable throes 4nd much apparent suf fering, Sir ROBERT PEEL at a late hour last night was safely delivered of a brace of heavy jokes, in the House of Commons. Hon. Members were exceed ingly considerate and complaisant on the occasion— as they usually are, a 4- •e^ 2,l;...ister affects the comical—and laughed heartily as each joke sprang into existence, infinitely of course to the delec tation of the waggish utterer. The circumstance that called forth his drollery was this. The article of Confectionary having been incidentally touched upon, Mr. HUMPHERY asked what was the reason that the duty on plums was to be altered, whereupon Sir ROBERT PEEL, delighted at the opportunity of making a humorous hit, observed—" He could scarcely be much surprised at the remarks of his Hon. Friend, the worthy Alderman, for he was no doubt so en couraged by his extraordinary success last year in discussing the duties on turbots and lobster sauce, that it was no matter of astonishment to find him now standing for ward as the advocate and defender of the great plum-pudding interest. In discussing the first course his triumph had been so complete, that at a late period of the festivities he could be expected to do nothing less than bring the same energy and equal know ledge to bear upon the subject of plums and puddings." Having thus demolished Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY, the irresistible Premier next proceeded to let fly the keen arrows of his wit against the Hon. Member for Kendal, who, it acres, had had the hardihood to make some unpalatable remarks on the increase of the. duty on foreign apples, adding that he "should be very glad to hear any excuse given for the increase, except that it was agreeable to Sir EDWARD KNATCIMULL and the Kentish farmers." Upon this the facetious Premier replied—" He could assure the Hon. Member that when his Right Hon. Friend accepted office with the present Government, he made no stipulation whatever on the subject of the apple duties, and had entered into no compromise upon that great and important question, which ap - peared so deeply to agitate the mind of the Hon. Re presentative for Kendal." This, it must be confessed, was brilliant ; though, so far as we can perceive, it had no more to do with Mr. WARBURTON'S question respecting the increased duty on foreign apples, made —a3 that gentleman observed—" in the very teeth of the Report of a Committee of the House," to whom the subject bad been referred—the Premier's sarcastic reply, we say, had no more to do with the Member for Kendal's question, than it had with the turbot and-lobster-sauce question so eloquently and im presively argued last year by Mr. Alderman Huss- PHERY. But great wags are seldom close reasoners, and in our admiration of the PEEL drollery, we must consent to overlook the deficiencies of the PEEL logic. In answer to the Premier's humorous allusion to the turbot and lobster duties, the discomfited Alderman observed :—" It is true I talked about them when the tariff was on the table, and now I will go on. I've spoken of plums, and now I'll go to another question of importance— orange-peel. Orange-peel was not to be touched, and yet they were going to raise the duties on preserved plums ! Why was this ? He was sure there was something more in it than met the eye." The worthy Alderman is right. There is something more than meets the eye in the proposed non-inter ference with Orange-Peel. Orange-PEEL —that is to say, the PEEL who was once Orange, but is now ready to adopt any colour that may best suit his interests— is a privileged person, who must not be touched, nor even indirectly interfered with. He must be left free to pursue his own course, without let or hin drance. No Member must presume to question his motives, or offer the slightest opposition to his sovereign will. When Orange-PEEL —or rather Camelion-PEEL—says a thing must be so--why, then, ft must be so ; as we saw the other day in the case of the Factory Bill, where a body of upwards of eighty Members hastened to recant their opinions merely because the Premier had assured them that their perseverance in a consistent course of action would be exceedingly distasteful to him. He willed, and they obeyed. How long this abject submissiveness on the part of the House of , Commons is to continue, we know not ; but this we do know, and rejoice at—namely, that it has already damaged the party, which calls itself Con servative, irretrievably in the eyes of all the thinking portion of the community, who now see clearly that it has no fixed, manly, principles of its own, but readily takes whatever impress Sir ROBERT PEEL • may choose to stamp upon it—sees with his eyes— hears with his ears—wears his livery—and accommo , dates itself, without so much as a whisper of remon strance, to every change that may from time to time , take place in his course of action. The intelligence from Madrid is destitute of in terest. The funds still remained in a very depressed state. On the 10th, the Three per Cents. were quoted at 28k, and the Fives at 21, both for 60 days. Paris papers of Thursday, and the Aladrid mail of the 10th, have been received. The intelligence from the United States respecting the annexation of Texas to the republic, has caused some sensation in Paris, chiefly among the parties hostile to England. The National calls on the nation to disregard the entente cordiale of M. GUIZOT, and to think only of the great advantages which a good understanding with the American Union must create for France. The writer adds that the annexation of Texas to the States is a new political combination, weakening the British Government and its aristocracy in the most sensitive point; that the relations of England Kith the Cabinet of Washington cannot be friendly ; that her Canadian possessions are in danger ; and that the European Powers, and particularly France, who have tolerated the insulting yoke of British supre macy, should be prepared to take advantage of the chances which this new combination must ere long afford. ----- ' a concert on Monday evening, at Covent-y,. .., The veteran Braham, aided by his Covent-y,;Theatre, iduals have when many attractions are promised. Few indt. ~_his gen tleman much claim upon the patronage of the public as ~_ Maim ; and it is to be hoped that, in this instance, the t.... will be duly and liberally honoured. It is confidently rumoured in the legal profession two sons, gives that the venerable Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Sir Nicholas C. Tindal, has expressed his resolution to retire from the bench he has so long adorned, on the termination of Michaelniaz Term net THE SUN, LONDON, SATU=RDAY EVENIN - G I MAY 18, 1844. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vublit Optuton. " Who runs may read." LAW A N D POLICE. At Queen. square John Thomas Mathewson, police-con stable 202 B, was charged with committing a violent assault on henry Knight, a cooper, in the employ of Messrs. Elliott and Co., brewers. The complainant, whose head was ban daged, said that on Thursday the policeman in his uniform entered the cooperage at the brewery, and having observed that he had been brought up in that line, conversed for some minutes on the subject of the trade. A man who was em ployed to light the fires came in for some chips, when defen dant, seizing him by the arm, declared that he was the man he was looking after, and he should take him as his prisoner, and began pulling the person about. Complainant requested him to desist, as skylarking was not allowed there. Defen dant then, without the slightest provocation, took his truncheon. from his pocket, and struck him once on the left arm, and then twice on the head with it. The defendant admitted he struck complainant, and would make any re compense in his power. Ile was ordered to pay a fine of 51., or be committed to hard labour for two months. A man about forty-five years of age, with evident marks of care on his countenance, but dressed in most respectable style, was brought before Mr. Jardine, at Bow-street. charged under the name of William Toole, living at No. 2, Milton street, City, with using threatening language towards Sir Robert Peel, the night before, in Whitehall-gardens, and with having sent threatenity , letters to Lord Eliot, the Irish Secretary, and also to Sir Robert Peel. Evidence of these facts having been given by the police, the defendant was or dered to find bail and give forty-eight hours' notice. A Lancashire man, named Richard Rhapson, was brought before Mr. Ballantine, on a charge of assaulting Charles Sexton in a very serious manner. The prosecutor stated that ho was in the employ of Messrs Ditchburn and Mare, of the iron steam-boat factory, Orchard House, Blackwall. The prisoner was also employed in the same establishment. On Thursday, the 9th instant, lie went into the tool-house, where the prisoner was, to fetch a tool to work with, and the prisoner turned him out, and, as he got him to the door, kicked him and disabled him. The injury he had received was of a peculiar nature. Mr. Ballantine said this case was a most serious one, and must be further investigated. He re manded the prisoner for other evidence, and intimated that he should like to hear the medical attendant. COIIR.T-TASHIONABLM. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has issued cards fur a grand dinner at Cambridge-house, on Wednesday next, to the Duke of Wellington, Earl of Cawdor, Arch bishop of York, Earl Howe, and a distinguished party. It is an early dinner, as his Royal Highness and friends after wards adjourn to the Ancient Concert, of which the Royal Duke takes the direction for the King of Hanover. The Earl of Westmoreland is shortly expected from Prussia, having obtained leave of absence from his Govern ment. The Earl and Countess of Kinnoul, after a lengthened tour in Italy, have arrived at Hampden-house from the Continent. The Countess has since gone to Brighton ' to join her youthful family, who have been residing there during the absence of the Earl and Countess. Earl and Countess Cadogan, and Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cadogau, are expected at Queensberry-house in the ensuing week, from Rome and Nice. The Countess has been abroad nearly two years, and the Noble Earl and daughters, with the exception of a few weeks' visit last summer, have also been in Italy for that period. The Prince of Solms and suite arrived at Mivart's Hotel yesterday from Germany. His Serene Highness, it is said, contemplates making a sojourn of four weeks in this country. Ilis Excellency the Rajah Meer Jafur Alee Khan, attended by an extensive suite, and accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Scott, has arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from the East Indies. Lady Peel has an assembly to-night. Invitations for above 400 persons have been circulated. The anniversary dinner of the Noblemen and Gentlemen educated at Eton College, is to be celebrated this evening at the Thatched-house Tavern, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., in the chair. A very numerous circle have engaged to support the Right lion. Chairman. - MISOZILLANEO I :7S. Qn Friday night, the second annual meeting of the society for granting annuities to aged poor and infirm freemasons was held at the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-strect. The Earl of Zetland took the Chair as Grand Master of all England. The report stated, that out of 15 annuitants elected in May, 1842, one having died, fourteen of that number only conti nued on the fund at the annual aggregate payment of 2901. The balance on hand last year was stated to be 227/. Is. 2d. The dividends had amounted to 52/. Bs. Bd. The amount of donations and annual subscriptions, from the 16th of May, 1843, to the 16th of April, 1844, had been 445/. 11s. and the further receipts to the day of meeting 181/. I ls. The annual payments by Grand Lodges and Grand Chapters, 4251. Total receipts 1,311/. lls. 10d. The expense had been 879/. 4s. Bd., including payments to annui tants 305/. : and purchase of 400/., Three per Cent. Consols, 395/. 10s. The balance in the hands of the treasurer was 4521. 7s. 2d. On the same day the annual meeting of the supporters of the Sailors' Home ' Destitute Sailors' Asylum, and Episcopal Floating Church Society, was held in the Hanover- square Rooms. Admiral Lord Radstock, in the absence of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, took the chair. He was supported by Admiral Hawker, Captain Gambier, Admiral Sir Edward Parry, the Rev. Edwin Sydney, &c. From the financial statement, it appeared that the total subscriptions had been 973/., and that the sum received as board money from the sailors amounted to 4,3364 which, together with a previous balance and some other items of resources, made the entire receipts 6,541/. Deducting the expenditure, a balance of 379/. remained with the treasurer. Into the asylum there had been admitted during the year 2,4.33 persons, making the total number 'since the commencement (natives of various nations) 22,935. It appears from a return made to the House of Commons, that the total receipt fur the sale of the Parliamentary papers printed by order of the House, from the year 1836 to the year 1843 (both inclusive), amounts to the sum of 38,4031.; and the total net produce to the sum of 34,452!. The net profit to the public by the sale of Parliamentary papers has been re duced by the sum of 4,263/. Ils., being the amount paid by the country in the same period (1836-1843) for prosecutions for libel, or actions instituted against the House of Commons through its officers. The annual dinner in aid of the Finsbury Dispensary, took place on Friday, at the Albion Tavern. The chair was filled by the Marquis of Northampton, the President of the society, who was supported by Mr. Byng, M.P., Mr. Burchell, Mr. Nicholson, Rev. W. Faulkner, &c. It appeared that upwards of 5,000 persons had received the benefit of its assistance during the past year, and upwards of 230,000 since its estab lishment in 1780. Tin Secretary, Mr. Halliday, announced a long list of subscriptions, amongst which were—the andPresi dtaltbeib Chairman ,lol.io. s Pat tison, M.P., 10/. 10s. ; Mr. ll an bury, 10 /. 10s. ; Sir F. Booth, 20 3 / i . r ; Di r. Nicholson, y- n M.P., 10/. 10s. ; Mr. ; Mr. B. B. c 10/. 10s. ; Mr. E. Wigram, 10/. 10s., &c. PROGRESS OF STEAM. MAGICIAN AND METEOR STEAMERS. In the present age there seems to be no limit to the march of improvement whether on land or water. Our forefathers boasted of the march of mind ; but we can boast not only of the march of mind but of the march of matter also f What the ancients dreamed of as barely possible, we prove to be easily practicable and marvel lously true. With us the old idea of impossibility has lest its fettered charm ; and mind and matter, yoked in happy felloss ship, realise far greater wonders than the magician's wand ever attempted. By the agency of steam, places once remote are brought so near together as to seem neighbourly hamlets' . ; and to people now set ting out on a journey or voyage to a distant land, the idea of parting with friends has lost its terrors. Instead of the anxious question, "Do you think you will return next year ?"—the jocular observation is—" I suppose you'll be back to morrow, to dine at six ?" and the prompt reply is, "Railway time—all right !" Nor is this the only ad vantage—the concentration of time and space so fami • liarises the mind to action, that we lose sight of the narrow prejudices of mere locality, and become denizens of the universe ! The mind expands with the rapidity of motion, and objects which once appeared too gigantic fur contemplation, now dwindle into ordinary circumstance. Prejudice becomes self-abashed, and would fain harmonise with the ruling spirit of the scene. People grow wiser and better the more they see, and more tolerant the further they go—till, in due time, we realise the noble idea of the poet, that " Man and man, the world o'er, Shall brothers be, and a' that." Steam is nova, and will become daily more and more, the grand agent of civilisation. Interchange of sentiment and manner, beget a community of feeling. Such being the happy result, how much praise is due to those whose active genius never tires in the march of invention—improving upon improvement ! It was but the other day the world was astonished at a speed of a few miles an hour on the river by steam ; but now we behold vessels urged three times as fast against wind and tido ! Thus one improvement suggests another ;—" Go ahead" is the moving principle. Com petition moderates vanity, while it stimulates ambition. For example—the last new wonder on the Thames is the Meteor, which has come out as a Star of the first magnitude, and the greatest wonder in the Channel is the famed Magician, which runs from Dover to Bou logne, and from Boulogne to Dover in two hours, some times in less 1 This is the true antidote against sea sickness. In former times the passage to Gravesend took a long day—it is now performed by the Meteor in an hour from Blackwall. This is rather sharp practice for the old stagers, but it is a stirring lesson ; and the dullest must profit by the force of example. What the Star Company have done for Gravesend by the Meteor, the General Steam Navigation Company have achieved for Boulogne by the Magician ; and of either vessel it may truly ba said— " She walks the waters like a thing of life." ----- MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.--A few days since, one of the shipwrights engaged in repairing the Superb, 80, in this dockyard, descended from the quarter-deck to the main-deck, and walking forward fell through the hatch way, which he did not perceive, having been momen tarily blinded by the sun, in the glare of which he had just before been working. In his fall into the hold of the vessel, a depth of between 40 and 50 feet, he came in contact with a piece of half-inch deal, which was shivered into 20 pieces, and after turning and tumbling over several times, he fell with considerable force against the bottom of the vessel. Ilis fellow-workmen picked him up to all appearance dead—but in a moment after they were astonished, as well as relieved, by the revivi fication of the lucky fellow. Clapping his hand on the he exclaimed, Well, I have hit myself a terrible P4' n the head !" On examination it turned out that crack oh- -fusion of the thigh, no injury whatever had beyond - this tremendous fall.-- West of Eng boen sustained *o h , land Conservative, THIS DAY'S NEWS. MONE WAND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREW. The Cotten Market at Liverpool yesterday closed very heavily, prices having a downward tendency. The demand was limited, and the sales were only 2,500 bales. The heavier Railways were rather firmer, and there was a good inquiry for French. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 661 ; Grand Junction, 221; Great Western, Fifths, 22 ; Birmingham, 225 ; Ditto, Quarter, 26i ; South-Western, Eighths, 41; North British, ; Not th Midland, 90; Norwich and Brandon, 2 1 ; Paris and Lyons, 3h ; Paris and Orleans, 381; South-Eastern, 38 * ; Trent Valley, 81. There are no arrivals to-day. The result of the interview between the delegates of the joint-stock banks and the Premier was just that which was anticipated and noticed by us. Sir Robert Peel is re solved to stand by the principle of his plan for the future conduct of banking and currency. There was some thing of sarcasm, it was thought by some of the delegates, in the reply of Sir Robert that he was not desirous to fetter the transactions of the bank ing interest, while he, at the same time, would not concede the principal point asked for, an extension of the period within which the average maximum of issues was to be esti mated. However, the question of any liberal concessions to the private and joint-stock banks as requested, may be con sidered as settled, for in Parliament no effectual opposition will be made to the new scheme of Sir R. Peel. The English securities have to-day been heavy, and there is but little doing. Consols for Transfer have realised 991 to 991, and for. Account the same. Exchequer Bills are at 665. to 725. premium ; and India Bonds at 945. premium. Bank Stock is flat again at 192 ; and East India Stock nomi nally is 286 to 287. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 1021 to 1021 ; the Reduced, 101 1 to 1011; and the Three per Cents. 99 1 to 991. The Spanish market has been a little better this morning, but there is not a large business doing, as the French mail did not arrive in the ordinary course, and the jobbers leave early on Saturday. The Active Spanish Bonds have been 23; to 24; and the Three per Cents. 35 to 341. The Passive are 51 to 6, nominally. Portuguese Converted have been marked 461, and Russian 1171, the latter being a decline. Brazil Stock is at 811; Dutch Five per Cents. are 1001 to 1; and the New of 1837, 99i. There is nothing doing in Mexi can or Colombian. For Railway Shares there has been a moderate inquiry, prices being generally good. The rejection of several new lines, by the Parliamentary Committee this week, will per haps check the too indiscriminate promotion of doubtful projects. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Metal List.) Bank Stock. «....».......»....»... ....„«..........« 192 5 per Cent. R ed uce d Annuities ........- 28% % 3fr Cent. Consols. Annuities 98% 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ew 35j per Cent. Annuities.... .. ... . ...... 192 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1880 IA 7-16 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 150. I%d 1 0001. ........................ ..... 72 pm. Ditto ..... 72 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839. 784 Portuguese Bonds, h per Cent. Ditto Converted Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 11 74 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 Ditto for the Account ........«.«....»....» 24 Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for 'the Account Dutch 5 per Cents. .............. ....... 1004 New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents... . .. 99% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Bristol and Exeter 7O 82 ..„..... to 81 Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian Dublin and Cashel 234 4% to E tstern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ......... 66N % ... to Great North of England.-- Great Western 75 19 . 118% to 120% Ditto 4 Shares 5O 7634 Ditto Fifths Harwich (Braithwaite) Ditto ( Locke) 1! 23{ 3l Lancaster and Carlisle 5 704... to London and Birmingham. lOO ... c i p 225 to 224 Ditto New Thirds 2 37% to Ditto % Share , London and Blackwall London and Brighton 5O ..... .... 453,1434 to London and Greenwich - - London and Greenwich (Prete' once ) 183 London and South Western 41% 87% to 88 Ditto Eighths London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds 7O lO6 to: — North Briti,h 23{ North Midland Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover ...... ... 32% ...... Ditto New Trent Valley York and North. Midland Paris and Orleans Strasburg and Basle MANctiEsTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 17.—The market has been dull to-day, and stocks more freely offered. London and South-Western, 88i ~ • Manchester and Birmingham, 57 ; North Midland, 901 ; Paris and Lyons, 3A ; Blackburn and Preston, 5% ; Eastern Counties Perpetual No. 2,12 s. Gd. premium. - MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) qOVMNT-GARDEN. Our market was somewhat extensively supplied with choice fruit and vegetables, yet the demand was throughout steady, at prices about equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight. Pota toes from 2s 6d to 5s per cwt; young Onions, is 3d to 2s 6d; Turnips, is 9d to 2s 6(1 ; Carrots, 5s 6d to is ; and Leeks, 9d to Is 2d per dozen bunches ; Spinach, 4d to 6d per half sieve ; Asparagus, 3s to 7s ; French Beans, 9d to is 6d ; Oranges, 8s to 15s ; and Lemons,. 8s to 13s per 100 ; new Potatoes, 3d to 6d ; Pine Apples, 7s to 9s per lb ; Hot-house Grapes, 5s to 6s ; and Forced Cherries, 25s per lb ; Peaches, 40s to 455; and Summer Cabbages, 10d to is 9d per dozen ; Strawberries, 4s per small pottle ; Cucumbers, 8d to 7s per brace ; Cauliflowers, 2d to 6d each ; Horse-radish, 2s to 5s ; Celery, 8d to is 3d ; Rhubarb, 4d to is 6d ; and Brocoli, 10d to 2s per bundle ; Sea Kale, 9d to 2s 3d ; Mushrooms, 9d to is 6d; and Small Salad, 2d per punnet ; Radishes, 3d to 6d per dozen hands ; Lettuces, fid to is 6d per score ; green Gooseberries, 4d to 6d per quart. NEWILAMEI AND LEADZIVEA.ZI. We had: only a. moderate supply of poultry here yet the demand was heavy, at barely late rates. Capons, 4s to 76 ; Guinea Fowls, 2s to 3s 6d ; Fowls, 2s to 4s ; Chickens, 2s to 3s ; Ducklings, 2s 3d to 3s ; Goilings, 5s to 8s ; Pigeons, 54 to 9d ; and Rabbits, 9d to is 6d each. For each kind of prime Meat we had a steady demand at a trifling improve ment in the quotations, while those of other qualities were fully supported. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s Gd to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 5s to Gs ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s 2d per Blbs. HUNGERPORD. Although the supplies of most articles on sale were by no means large, the demand was throughout heavy, at barely late rates. NEWPORT. The supplies of Meat were only moderate, while the trade ruled steady at our quotations. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4.3 6d; and Pork 2s 8d to 4s 4d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE._ For each kind of Fish, the supply of which was good, the demand ruled inactive, at previous currencies. 11711ITECHILPEL. With the exception of prime meat, selling freely at full prices, the demand was in a very sluggish state :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 25 6d to 38 Sd ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s 4d per 81135. by the carcase. BREAD. Therices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 8d to Bid ; of Household ditto, 6id to lid per 41b loaf. BIDE riTELITMEIT. Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and heifers, 5s 6d to 5310 d ; middling hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; inferior ditto, 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin—Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s ; long woolled sheep, 3s 6d to 5s 6d ; ahort ditto 3s to 4s 6d; lamb skins, 10d to Is 8d ; and shearlings, 6d to 8d each. 'EMT MARKETS. Sarrrirrucw.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/; use ful ditto, Si 38 to 31 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 10s to 3115 s ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 515 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 118 s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load. Both Hay and Straw met a dull sale at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ ss; use ful ditto, 31 6s to 31 12s-, fine Upland ditto, 3/ 13s to 41 ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 51; Oat Straw, 1/ 7s to 11 9s; Wheat Straw, 11108 to 1/ 12s per load. A moderate supply, and a heavy demand. Prices about stationary. WifirEcHArEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ to 31 6s useful ditto, 31 7s to 3/ 108 ; fine Upland ditto, 31 123 to 3116$ ; Clover Hay, 315 s to Si 88; Oat Straw, 116 s to 118 s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 68 to 1/ 108 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-FRIDAY. There were good arrivals of Wheat to this day's market, and as the, demand is limited, a decline of Is. per quarter has been acceded to, in order to effect sales. Little business passing in Barley, at last week's prices; and no alteration in the value of Oats, Shelling, or Beans. Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel. EXTRA. NEW. Wheat Sulk, Essex, and Kent - Red to 57 54 to 55 Ditto ditto White... 60 56 58 Norfolk Ditto ditto White... 57 54 65 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red....... 55 02 5 3 Ditto ditto — 50 54 55 Yorkshire Red 55 52 54 Ditto ditto White... 58 54 57 Foruier lied 56 53 54 Ditto ditto White.„ 60 55 b 7 Per quarter imperial. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ................ 32 2i SO Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ......... 32 29 30 Grinding Foreigp 31 '27 29 Per qr. cf 631 b. to the bushel. Beans, Swag fine ....... •••••••••••••• ........ 33 31 32 Ticks 32 30 31 • Foreign Oats, Potato and Polar d. —s. ..• Mealing lod. to 12d Fercign —d to —d. pet Stone. se •• I. to 25i Cd. per Lead. Milt M sm. ••••• . • ..... .395. fine 425. per Lead Repeeted ............ 2.51.05. 271.05. --I. us. per Llet. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 18.—NX., strong breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, MAY 17.—Wind N.W. to N. ; rat., N.B. to N.N.E., strong.—Acrd. Ariadne, Rio, for Hamburgh ; Donna Maria, Antigua. Ski. St. George and Pestonjee Bomanjee, Sydney; Barossa, Hobart Town ; Siam, Calcutta ; Seringapatam, Madras; Mina, Sierra Leone, not Mona, Milligan, for Laun ceston, as reported. OFF DOVER . , MAY 17.—Princess Alice Maude, Gray, St. John's, New Brunswick. COWES, MAY 17.—Arrd. Diligentia, Arica, out 104 days. OFF THE WIGHT, MAY 14.—Fortuna, New York, for Hambuigh. OFF SALCOMBE; MAY 13.—Harlequin, Charleston, for Hull; Robert Sevroon, Batavia,for Havre. FALmounr, MAY 17.—Wind, N., strong and squally.— Arrd. British Queen, Nickljohn, Ahguery (Africa): Ceylon ; Leslie, Calcutta, and sailed for Newcastle ; Bachelor , Napier , Africa, for Padslow ; William Bayley, Tyack, Cape of Good Hope, out 67 days ; Penelope, Trinidad. The brig Norval was wrecked at Pram Pram (Africa). The British Queen, off here from Ahguery, was boarded whilst lying at Whydah, by her Majesty's ships Spy and Star, having on board seventy negroes; taken from a slave schooner in a sinking state, and on March 14, in lat. 2-S., long. 4 W., was boarded by h er Majesty's ship Rapid, having in company the Spanish brigantine Carlist, bound to Ascension, which she had de tained. SALcosinn, MAY 17.—The schooner Tom Codd, of Balti more, lumber laden, was waterlogged, and with mainmast gone, was boarded by the Harlequin , arrived here. HARTLEPOOL, MAY 16,—Sld. Ann Bates, Rio; Janthe, Quebec. Livaaroot, MAY .17.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Nimrod, Bombay ; Isabella, Turner, Arica, Jan. 4 ; Joseph Garnett, Davis, Valparaiso; Tiber, New Calabar; Success, Demerara; M'Ogilvie, St. Domingo; Lord Seaton and Louisiana, New Orleans ; Aberdeen, Mobile; Margaret, Charleston; Ambassador, New York. Md. Don, Rio Grande; Jane Mitchell, Trinidad; Berwick, Philadelpb'a ; Europe, New York ; Glenburne and Royal Adelaide, Boston ; Le ander, Quebec. CORK, MAY 15.—Arrd. Kate Kearney, Belcher, Jamaica. Off, Margaret Wilki e , S u tti e , China, for 'Clyde. BRISTOL, MAY 17.—S1d. Fling, Trinidad. NEWPORT, MAY 16.—Ski. Champlain, Sierra Leone. OFF KINSALE, MAY 13.—Amazon, of Waterford, St. John's, New Brunswick. SPORTING,INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—TESTERDAY. DERBY. 9 to 4 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck 7 to 2 agst Mr. Crockford's Ratan 12 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Bay Momus 18 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Qui Tani 40 to 1 agst Mr. Quin nd Loadstone We did not hear a single bet against the Ugly Buck, but nothing under sto 2 would have been taken. 7to 2 was laid against Ratan to two or three hundred pounds, afterwards offered currently. (The report that he passed through London on Thursday was premature; he sweated at Newmarket that morning, left yesterday, and arrived at Leatherhead in the afternoon per van.) Takers of 12 to 1 about Orlando, and of 18 to 1 each about Akbar and Leander. Qui Tam, although not backed, cannot be quoted at more than 25 to 1, nor Loadstone more that 40 to 1. OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Martingale—t. 7 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's The Princess—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Robinson's April Noddy—taken 30 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Buzz—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Denham's Fair Charlotte—taken. Even between five and the field. We understand that all the trains on the South- Western Railway will stop at Kingston from this day up to the close of Epsom Races. ASCOT RACES. These races, which commence on the 4th of June, promise an abundance of sport, and fully deserve the patronage bestowed on them. By the programme of the races published in the last sheet " Calendar," we per ceive that the large sum of 1,250/ is advertised to be added to the different Stakes, Plates, &c. (exclusive of the Gold Vase and her Majesty's Plate), independent of the recent outlay of 5001. for the new weighing stand and other improvements. In . order to enable the worthy Master of the Buck Hounds to meet these heavy de mands, his Lordship has determined on admitting none to the small inclosure for carriages opposite the winning post, except subscribers of 51. each to the Race Fund, for whose accommodation it was originally intended ; and as the space will be very limited, an early applica tion to the Clerk of the Course is absolutely necessary to ensure a place in undoubtedly the best situation on the course. Should the weather prove favourable, a large and fashionable company may reasonably be expected. The course is in beautiful condition, and the ploughed gallops we are sure will be found superior to any other description of training ground in such dry weather as the present. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. DERBY. 9to 1 agst Col. Peel's lot '2O to I agst Running Rein 20 to 1 agst Forth's lot 25 to 1 agst T'Auld Squire 9to 4 agstThe Ugly Buck—t 25 to 1 agst. lonian 7 to 2 agst Ratan—t 40 to 1 agst Campanero 11 to 1 agst Bay Momus—t 40 to 1 agst Qui Tarn 12 to 1 agst Orlando 50 to 1 agst Phalaris 18 to 1 agst Leander 50 to 1 agst Telemachus 20 to 1 agst Akbar—t OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Barricade 10 to 1 agst All-round-my 7to 1 agst Sis to Martingale, t Hat—t 8 to 1 agat Princess 12 to 1 agat Merope EPSOM RACES—HORSES ARRIVED OR EXPECTED. DERBY.—Ratan, Ugly Buck, Orlando, Bay blomus, T'Auld Squire, Leander, Fair Jane colt, Cockamaroo, Odessa colt, Mainstay, Akbar, Campanero, Running Rein, Dr. Phillimore, Mountain Dew, Ann filly, Qui Tam, Phalaris, Sir Diggory Diddle, King of the Gipsies, Miss Etty colt, Monk of Dree, British Tar, Mount Charles, Boniface, Zenobia, Elemi, Lancet, Radnor, Beaufront, Croton Oil, Loadstone, Barricade, Voltri, Needful, Ashtead Pet, Arethusa, Dick Thornton, Falconer, Attaghan, Lightning, Dalesman, Lord Saltoun, Moustache. OAKS.—Sister to Martingale, Princess, Barricade, The Bee, All-round-my-Hat, Emerald, Fair Charlotte, April Noddy, Miss Wilfrid filly, Ann filly, Lucy Long, Zenobia, Molly Mogg, Hashed Venison, Coal Black Rose, Eccola, fby Camel out of Lady Elizabeth, Joan of Arc, Buzz, f out of sister to Clare, Susan, Omphale, Example, Cestus filly, Barbara filly, Arethusa, Moor-hen filly, Muff, Merope, and Economy. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Harrington Bache, a builder at Peckham, was charged be fore Mr. Cottingbarn, with forging a bill of acceptance for 501., purporting to be drawn by D. and M. Davis, with in tent to defraud Ebenezer Fitzgerald. The complainant stated that he was in the habit of lend ing money, and that he discounted a bill of 501. for the pri soner, purporting to have been drawn by the above-named parties. When it became duo, and he presented it for payment, he was then informed that •the name of the drawer was forged, and having communicated this fact to the prisoner, he insisted on his Inediately accompanying him to Mr. Davis, to have the matter cleared up. Complainant then, in the presence of the prisoner asked Davis whether his name, attached to the bill, was his hand writing. He disclaimed it ; upon which the pri soner asserted that it was, adding that he was present in the room, and saw Davis write his signature to the bill. Davis, however, having still persisted that he knew nothing what ever of the transaction, the complainant gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner, through his solicitor, declared before the magistrate that Mr. Davis had drawn the bill in question, and as the latter person was not in attendance, Mr. CorriNG 11AM directed that the case should stand over for his attend ance. ----- A woman named Hickson was charged with having in her possession a quantity of smuggled tobacco. The defendant was stopped carrying a basket containing tobacco, which she said was given to her by her sister-in-law, whose husband belongs to one of the Hamburgh steam vessels. She added that there were other articles in the basket, and the tobacco being underneath she was not aware of its presence. This latter assertion, however, was contra dicted by the officer, who said the defendant must have known that the basket contained tobacco. The MAGISTRATH said that as the defendant was not known there before he should fine her twenty shillings, and in default, sentence her to be committed for seven days. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise Week ended Name of Railway. Total. .C. a. d ....... May 11 Arbroath and Forfar lO3 9 il 11 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,321 3 9 10 Birmingham and Gloucester 2,147 14 3 11 Bran dlin g Junction 564 12 4 10 Chester and Birkenhead 547 17 4 14 Dublin and Kingstown 1,049 18 5 12 Dundee and Arbroath 234 1 61 11 Durham and Sunderland 243 6 .9 11 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,412 15 11 12 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,371 15 1 11 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 2,064 5 10 11 Glasgow and Greenock B6B 18 8 11 Grand Junction 7,534 4 10 11 Great North of England 1,315 19 9 12 Great Western 10 Liverpool and Manchester 11 London and Birmingham 12 London and Blackwall 1,044 9 0 11 London and Brighton 14 London and Croydon 16 London and Greenwich 854 12 2 'l2 London and South Western ....... 9 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 755 11 9 11 Manchester and Birmingham 3,144 3 6 11 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 5,766 5 3 11 Midland Counties 11 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,383 4 7 12 Newcastle and North Shields 299 5 0 11 North Midland 4,359 5 10 10 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,272 12 0 7 Paris and Orleans 5,885 4 0 13 Paris and Rouen 6,145 0 0 16 Preston and Wyre 299 9 4 11 Sheffield and Manchester 612 15 8 _ __ _ 16 gouth Eastern 11 Taff Vale 12 Ulster 531 1 2 4 Yarmouth and Norwich ....... 269 16 0 11 York and North Midland ..... 1,491 15 0 SALE of MR. JEREMIAH HARMAN'S COLLECTION OF PICTURES. Messrs. Christie and Manson's auction rooms, were yester day literally thronged with noblemen and gentlemen, at tracted by the sale of the very celebrated collection of ? pic tures, late the property of Mr. Jeremiah Harman, de ceased. The Duke of Cleveland, Sir Robert Peel, Earl Powys ; Lords Grosvenor, Hawarden, Radstock, and Nor manton ; the Duchess of Sutherland, and a large number of other distinguished individuals, visited the rooms during the morning. The catalogue for the day enumerated only about 50 subjects, and the amount realised by this portion of the collection—by far the least valuable—was 8,771/. ss. The following were among the lots chiefly calling for remark. The prices are in each case annexed, but, with few excep tions, the names attached are those of the dealers who purchased on commission :—Lot 8. Ecce Homo, by Correg • gio, 82 guineas, Stewart. Lot 10. A Palace on the Grand Canal, by Canalettl, 105 guineas, Neueuhays. Lot 17. A Dead Hare and Partridges, by Weenix, 91 guineas, Emery. Lot 21. His Own Portrait, by Vandyck, 100 guineas, Ste venson. Lot 23. Portrait of a Jewish Rabbi seated, a cloak thrown round him, and a velvet cap on his head, formerly in the Duke of Argyle's collection: This beautiful subject was, after a sharp competition, secured by Mr. Ferrer, of War dour-street, for 410 guineas. Lot 26. Portrait of a gentle man, by Vandyck, 63 guineas, Yates. Lot 27. A river scene in Guelderland, by Van der Neer, excited much inte rest, and was bought by Lord Normanton, for 325 guineas. Lot 28. Portrait of Ann Carr Countess of Bedford,'" by Vandyck, 75 guineas, Morant. Lot 30. A Group of our Cows, two of them standing and two of them lying down, by Cuyp, realised 400 guineas, and was purchased by Mr. Baker. Lot 34. His own Portrait, by . Gerard Dou, 125 guineas, Mr. Seguier. Lot 36. A Virgin and Child, by Rubens, 50 guineas, Mordant. Lot 37. The Morning Gun, a sea piece, by W. Van de Velde, 198 guineas, Stewart. Lot 38. The elevation of the Cross, the original de sign for the altar-piece of the church of St. Walburge, at Antwerp, by Rubens. This was the first public work of the master after his return from Italy. After an animated bidding, which lasted several minutes, this magnificent pic ture was purchased by Mr. Buchanan (for Mr. Halford, it was said) for 750 guineas. Lot 30. Peasants watering their Cattle at a Fountain, by John and Andrew Both, 162 guineas, Busland. Lot 40. A Dead Cock and other Birds, by Weenix, 73 guineas, Ward. Lot 42. A View from the shore, looking out to sea, while under the influence of a strong breeze, accompanied with squalls of rain, by Ludolph Backhyzen, 515 guineas, Ferrer. Lot 43. A. Flemish Village, by Teniers, 120 guineas, Buchanan. Lot 45. A View in the Appenines, by Salvator Rosa, 570 guineas, ditto. Lot 46. La Queuronille a Ider, by Karl du Jardin, 360 guineas, Buchanan. Lot 47. Figures unloading Merchandise from a Waggon, by Wouvermans, 250 gui neas, Neuenhuys. Lot 48. La Petit Canards, a sequestered woody scene, by Jacob Ruysdael, 360 guineas, Busland. Lot 49. A party of Gipsies assembled in a Cavern, by Te niers, 131 guineas, Lloyd. Lot 50. A Hall of Cavaliers, at a blacksmith's shop, which is formed in a rock, by Berglien), 220 guineas, Neuenhuys. Lot Si. The Virgin seated, hold ing a book, with the infant on her knee, before whoa► St. Francis is kneeling, 88 guineas, Morant. Lot 52. The Ascension of the Virgin, a chalk drawing for the high altar of Antwerp cathedral, 200 guineas, Buchanan. Lot 53. The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, by Claude, 200 guineas, Lloyd. Lot 54. View of Rome from the Ponte Molle, 310 guineas, Norton. Lot 55. Dover Harbour, with vessels in a breeze, by R. Reinagle, 113 guineas, -Wilkin son. Lot 56. Byron's Dream, the celebrated picture by Eastlake, sold for 210 guineas; and the beautiful subject by the same clever artist, so well known to all connoisseurs as ‘f A Roman Peasant with his Wife and Child," was purchased for 265 guineas, by Mr. Pennall. The sale lasted from one until nearly five o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the totes and Prociedings of the Houten, Commone.) ICRIDAY a MAY 17. CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) Sateenle : Coffee of, and from Foreign Countries, the lb. Duty proposed Afterwards, Duty proposed Motion made, and Question put, " That the Duty on Coffee of and from Foreign Parts be, the lb. 4d." The Coin mittee divided : MINORITY—AYES, 28. • . Aldam, William Hawes, B. Roebuck, J. A. Bannerman, A. Humphery, J. Seale, Sir J.*Henry Barnard, E. G. Moreland H. Thornely. Thomas Bowring, Dr. Mitcalfe, Henry Villiers, Charles P Bright, John Mitchell, T. A. Wakley, Thomas Brotherton, Joseph Morrison, James Warburton, Henri Browne, W. O'Connell, Maurice Busfeild, W. Philips, G. R. TELLERS. Christie, W. D. Philips, 'Mark Ewart, William Gibson, T. M. Phillpotts, John E. Ricardo, John Levi' Granger, T. C. Plumridge, Captain MAJORITY—NOES, 79. Antrobus, Edmund Forbes,Willi am Miles,' William Arbuthnott, Hugh Forman, T. Seaton Nichol! :Rightjlon Arkwright, George Gasket!, J. M. ) Oswald, Alexander Baird, William . Gladstone, \V. E. Palmer, R. . Baring. F. T. Godson, Richard Peel, Sir Robrrt Baring, T. Goiliburn, Henry Pigot, D. It. Bateson, Thomas Graham, Sir J. Pusey, P. Borthwick, Peter Grimaditeh, Thomas Ramsay, W. R. Botfield, Benah Raiford, H. Rushbrooke, Colonel Boyd, John Harria,:E A. J. Sheppard, Thomas Cardwell, Edward Henley, J. W. Smith, T. B. C. Cayley, E. S. Hinde, J. H. Smollctt, Alexander Chapman, Aaron Hope, Chad' a Somerset, Lord O. OIL twode, Sir John Hope, G. W. Stanley, Lord Clayton, Rice R Howard, P. H. 'Stewart, P. M. r live, E. B. ingestre, Lord Stewart, John Crams, W. Inglis, Sir R. H. Sutton, Henry IL Dalrymple, Captain Johnstone, Hops Thesiger„ F. _.. Darner Colonel , Jones, Theobald Trench, Sir Frederica Darby, George Kemble, Henry Vane, Lord H. Denison, E. S. Knatchbull Sir E. Vivian. John Ennis J Dickinson, F. H. Langston, J. H. : Welie,ley, Lord C. Divett, E. Lincoln, Earl of " Wood, Colonel T. Dundas, Hon. J. C. Lockhart, William East, James Buller M• Geachy, F. A. TELLERS. Escott, Bickham M'Ncill, Duncan Clerk, Sir George Farnham, RB. Morahan, Viscount Pringle, Alexander Flower, Sitaitmes Maul; Hon. fox STAMP DUTIES BILL.-(IN THE COMMITTEE.) Schedule : Third Paragraph (And where the same shall exceed the rate of twenty shillings per centum, and shall not exceed the rate of thirty shillings per centum on the sum insured, one shilling.) Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " and shall ,not exceed the rate of thirty shillings per eentum:"—Questio n put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part ° 1 the Schedule :" The Committee divided MAJORITY—AYES, 69. !Leland, Sir T. D Drummond, HH. Marsham 'Viscount Antrobus, Edmund Duncombe, A. Martin, C. W Bailey, Joseph, jun. Escott, Bichkam Mundy, Ed. Millar &Lillie, Colonel H. Flower, Sir James Nichol!, J. Baird, William ' Forbes, William O'Brien, A. S. Banker, George Gardner, J. D. Peel, Hon. Sir IL . Beckett, William Gaskell, J. M. Plumptre, J. P. Bentmck, Lord G Gladstone, Captain Rashleigh, Wm. Blackburne, J. I. Goroon, Captain Shaw, F. Boldero, H. G. Goulburn, Henry Sibthorp, Colonel Bop, John Graham, Sir James Smith, T. BC. Brum Musgrave Creenall, Peter Saiollett, A. Broadley, Henry Grimsditch, Thomas Somerset, Lord 0. Bruce, Lord E. Grogan, Edward Stanley, Lord .., J Buckley, Edmund Hamilton W. J. Sutton, Hon. a ii.• Burrell, Sir C. M. Henley, J. Werner Thesiger, F. Cardwell, Edward Hepburn, Sir' .B. Trotter,'J.l Clive, R. H. Hussey, Ambrose Vesey, Thomas Curry, Hon. Henry Johnstone, Hope Wortley, Jas. ~.,5 Courtenay, Viscount Lincoln, Earl of Wortley. Hon. Jo.'" Cripps, William Lockhart, William Young, John Darby, George . M'Geachy, F. A. TRLLERS. Dickinson, F H. Mackenzie, W. F. Clerk, Sir George Douglas, Sir C. M'Neill, Duncan Pringle, Alexander MINORITY—NOES, 22. Aldan, W. Martin, John Talbot, C. N. R. Brotherton, J. Maule, Hon Pea Warburton, Henr y Duncan, George Mitcalfe, Heenry Williams, W. Elphinstone, Howard Morris, David Wyse, ThoMPI Swart, W. O'Ferrall, R. M. Granger,":Thomas C. Philips, M. TELLERS. Hodgson, Richard Sandon, Lord Forster, Mat th ew Hume, Joseph Scholcld, Joshua Bewriag,'Or. Hutt, W. Stuart, Lord J. CONFESSION OF A MURDER COlq- MITTED NINE YEARS AGO. (From the Essex Standard.) A report having been circulated in Colchester that a nat ive of Polstead, at present in the East Indies, had been 5PPr e ; headed for having committed a murder nine or ten ra s e back, and for which an innocent man was hung,' WO lif iY ascertained the following particulars : of On Monday morning last, Sir Joshua Rowley, Bart• , Stoke-by-Nayland, received a communication from Colonet Dear, of the 21st Regiment of Fusiliers, stationed in the fa s Indies, with the copy of the Court of Inquiry on A which has caused a great sensation in that regiment.. short time back a young man of the name of WOO; Towns, a native of Polstead, whilst on guard, mentionecl to one of his comrades that he was most miserable an wretched, and was determined on committing suicide , v: else (pointing to a file of guns which were piled togeal% opposite them) he must shoot one of his officers, or 00 0 ; some deed in order that he might be hung, and tit justice might be satisfied. His comrade advised hi" v; get consolation from the minister of his persuasion ; 1311 ' at this period of their conversation three other soldiel, came up and inquired what it was that preyed so heacik e upon his mind. He then told them, that nine years RP _A went out poaching in Hintlesham Wood ; that he murder 7 the gamekeeper; and that an innocent man was hung 1 .0 , 1 '1 - and he was present at the execution, with James Hills, 0 1 'f t same regiment. He added, that he had not been able to tar t , for some time; and also stated that he saw both the rnenL .. his dreams, and was haunted by their visions day and 'lie" till death would be welcome to him in any shape. , de . A court of inquiry followed, and the, soldiers several t posed to the confession df the prisoner, who made no att eroP, to contradict them. Colonel Dear wrote for informatio n . the subject to Sir Joshua Rowley, who placed the commo n tion in the hands of his brother, Charles Rowley, EN. , 0. , the Bergholt, as the murder was committed in the division 0. Ate. county for which that gentleman is a most active magis tl Thus— " Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice still o'ertakes the crime ; And oft a speedier pain the guilty The hue and cry of Heaven pursues him at his be ` - ' O 3 It appears that, about nine years ago, the gamekeeper o_, his assistant, in the service of Miss Lloyd, of Hintleilrri Hall, heard a party of poachers in the preserves, and 1 ", e 4 they got there, finding only three poachers, they atteelPi`od to take them into custody • but they were violently att ac sr by the poachers, and Byami Green, the gamekeeper, Wa s b pi. barously murdered, his bkull being literally dashed to 0 0 0 . by a blow struck with a gun, which was left behind. ward was offered for the discovery of the murderer, at man of the name of Chalker, a French polisher, lisl lib the Ipswich, was apprehended on the charge. At his trial , 00 gun was distinctly proved to have been his, as well Z O E( dog which accompanied the poachers, and it kiat proved that he was seen in the neighbourhood, ou'„ 1 1 3 100 g0 before the fatal affray took place. The evidence, alt Ore y' calculated to throw strong suspicion upon Chalker, Was P Ast ibt of a circumstantial character, and it was a matter of 'or whether the Government of the day would allow his lose:cor tion to take place. However, in accordance with lot, tence, thi3 prisoner suffered the extreme penalty of thf the at Ipswich, protesting his innocence of the murder wo, last, but acknowledging having been one of the Par poachers. We are informed that Green, the keeper, left a w. --:A0 /c a large family, as was also the case with Chalker. ! A v rtis e. MODESTY AND PIETY.—The following a- ! o ber dashers,Mmswe indh e ad eßnortoaahfgabaeplAyr:bpeeeraxei salesman,rin W arehousemen, ebirr experienced nlae eminently Ir n yg Manchester est e r paper :—" To Drapers, 1 latter areledeaclltl.generally, piousWha!stii Theant young ub td va , towardseodu:rmaears branches, advertiser heseroi sfs it, l a h an: : :: vd ; 1:_. i r aeo ptbri d x : o", four years of age, possessed of excellent health, an 8 ,freP disposition, good ability, extensive knowledge of the r o d Scriptural . doctrines, strictly evangelical, and viould 1/1;01 of immense advantage in assisting to advance the el t ! l ir ii se tl i • reign of the Messiah's kingdom, amidst all the cl tio is i ecclesiastical opposition so prevalent amongst the 111 ?„ 1A an„; the earth in these latter agitating times. Testinwl'niatel° references to several eminent evang e li ca l dissenting n-l ci pre ' and members of the Gospel, as well as to the former 4 „detia sent employers, of the most strict and satisfactory' t d e - 00 or' as to character and ability, with portrait, may be ha ou ld D a plication. No objections to town or country, and vr, s eat', willing to conform to the rules of a liberal Church or dissent', ing family, holding evangelical principles, and roa, 1 0", pre . generally useful. A house favourable to evangeA ng pef byterian, or independent Church principles, Mr .of sal manent employment, and progressive advance ment. ~ 0 1 preferred." A GOOD DAY'S WoRK.—A legal gen tleo o 4 ", ea Colchester left that town, after very early bre"% k kt richi cti bo Wednesday morning, by the mail train for Warw l in ctoe ' he reached by eleven o'clock, and went on to Lea r ! J'' ial, complete his business, where he had twenty min e luv• view with the respected Dr. Marsh and his son, tr on dorl 71 Tilson Marsh. Our traveller then returned to dived' I, Coventry, and reached toss n by six o'clocktwra•oi;oo9 an 0 kept three appointments during a stay of • to a late 4sl half, returned to Colchester by the mail train o f the toy eleven o'clock, after which he finished the laboursil, by communicating through the same night's u', l :"' s da , e l, friends at Leamington, Warwick, and London, PT", tral ott , val and the result of his journey. The distance l' Dont, led in twenty hours, besides the pedestrian tour J. , ' L0 at5!, , ,.., was as follows :—From his house in Colchetestnl.crt.o to G° fifty-two miles; Shoreditch to Euston-squa re ' L ' eef il re ventry ninety-four; to Warwick (posting), ton, two ; to Coventry, ten ; to London, ninety W. h undred ditch, four; to Colchester, fifty-two; three aw• twenty-two.—Esses Standard. aoeS t° Tistrding e b li W OF CHANGE.—Sir Henry ---- , a ,„, w- ° 0„..-- India as Governor-General, and Sir James Gra" &ha 11 r a • 0 1 p pe u c n te ch d . the appointment, goes for the present to , Willi° c i ACCIDENT.—On Monday last the g rd c' n 'i f eigh , bie Henry Leigh of Trinity College, son I °f throw' ) fr° a gl asie ll Stoneleigh Abbey, near Leamington, was , a o ' e t a '3 o h f or t s h e e n b e r a a r i Six-Nile nfro w hßiocthtosmegunsd rreescultvsedwere that M AO r headed. We are, however, happy progressing towards recovery in a v —Cambridge Chronicle. COltr t3 orti 4 Y A DEATH FROM CONTAMlNenoxiir.,_wr.strot t „ d i s poor woman named Owen, residing i Al a to " 1 1 ° c Ott sge Colchest er, was, a short time since, engaged entering t 1 ,, e „ r tiae r corpse of a man for interment, and on 1 crotched '''' s be re' of the deceased for that purpose, slight y s tired thi t Yr' o lly i ll ' ' 1. ty with the latch. Having performed the required _ „sail 0 a turned home, and shortly after her hand b ,n; i i ;id W iags 0 flamed, which increased so much that ma' o r 1 , tare 5 + ph i• • tamed. The fatal poison had, however, re l w ee __O B toerylearnaatts. faaacttroeryficrr::oll:ig,....'l:::' life, and, after lingering in great agony for HARDOROUGH.---AN UNCLAIMED ..,. 1 13 i n t his ti, re died a few days ago.—Essex Standard. person unknown, left a horse at the Angel . 11 _! ~ ,d vor tioe,d yf on April fair day, and although it has beeli:; t w as ef!. sr person has come forth to own it, consequnT, L 4,1, ros auction, by Mr. Footer, at twelve o'clock, on A u''. . . guineas. sei;oits 0. too, TRRi R. " th ought petrate Produce gain fur ship like a v mortal The Val coo "Iha n ° ll ' sta pure br( Past 3e , tight 0 , mina at t o,Ygelf, lfrfor m ot( vril abide tl