The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-07 00:00:00

In 3 vols., post !Ivo" MR. D'ISRAELI'S " CONINGSBY ; OR, THE NEW GENERATION," RILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE COURSE OF THE PRESENT _ WEEK. a.* Orders received by all Booksellers - . enry C•ibarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in one handsome volume, Bvo., with Poitraits, 15s. bound, THE MILITARY ANNUAL, For 1844. _ By the Anthor of " The A7tlllerist's Manual," &c. " This work is a store-house of treasure connected with the achieve ments of our milita-y forces. It abounds in valuable information relative to all branch3s of the service, to the members of which we heartily recommend it. It holds out every prospect of becoming rManently beneficial, instructive, and amusing, to the British a: my."—tinite,d Service Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MAY 7, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled L'ELISIR t'AMORE. Adina, Mad ime Pers , • Gi a nnetta, Madame Be). Nemorino, Sig. Corellt; Belcore, Sig. F. Lablache; and Dr. Dulearnara, Sig. Lablache. To conclude with the Grand Ballet of ONDI 4E. Principal Characters by Mcll'es. Cerito, Scherer, Plunket, Ferdi n: nd, Barville, an,l Frassl, and Mersre. Perrot, Montassu, and b't.fLeen. Applications for Boxes, St .I's, and Ticket s to be m ade at the Box office, Opera-colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor FORNAcA RI has the honour to inform the Nobility, Sub. scriber; to the Opera, his Friends, and the P ublic, that HIS BENEFIT will take place en THURSDAY NEXT, May 9, when will be performed Herold's Chef d'oeuvre, ZAMPA. Camilla, Madame Pendani; Rita, Madame Bellini ; Zampa, Sig nor Fornasari (his fir t appearance in this character) ; Alfonso, Signor Corelli •' Daniel Capozzi, Signor E. Lablache; and Dan dola, Signor Lablache (Ifs first appearance in this character). After which, the Second Act o NORMA, by Madame Grisi, Favanti, Signor Lablache ' and Signor Mario. To conclude with the Grand Ballet, in Six Tableaux, by M. Perrot, entitled ONDINE, on, LA NAIADS. The Scenery by Mr. W Grieve. The music composed by Signor I Vrl i. nelpal characters by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Seheffer, Mille. Fer dinand, Mdlle. Plunket, Mdlle. Barville, and Millie. Adelaide Prassi k M. Perrot, M. Montas;u, and U. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to he made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. Doors rpen at Seven. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MAY, 7, there will be NO PERFORM ANCE, owing to the necessity of a Night Rehearsal for the Ballet. TO-MORROW EVENING, MAY 8, Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W. Harrison ; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr. Koirani; Naima, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, MclUe. AlberLizzi; Francesca, Miss Romer. To conclude with the revived Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled THE REVOLT OF THE HAREM Mahomet, Mr. Howell; Ismael, DI. Silvain ; Myssouf, Mr. W. H. Payne, Zulma, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn; Zelika, Mdlle. Clara Webster ; The Genius of the Harem, Madame Giubilei. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 58.. tr..... , •nd Price 3s. ; Pit 3s Second Price 25.; Gallery 25., Second Price ls. ; Upper Gallery Ex, Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN %Vt.:ASTER, LESSER THIS EVENING, MAY 7, Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr. Jellies Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Hamby. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE MILL. Marquis de Richeville, Mr. Charles Mathews; Francine, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra. veganza, founted on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Evening with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Mr.. J. bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Lee. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN A SACK. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. rttINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 7, Will be performed LA SONN A MBULA. Amine, Miss Grant; Lisa, Miss E. Honner ; Elvini, Mr. Allen. After which, BO MBASTES FURIOSO. To conclude with the Grana Ballct, entl:lcd LEOLA; or, the May day Bride. Patrick. Mr. T. Hill; rhelim, Mr. Gilbert; Rhona, Miss Charleton; Leola, Miss Bailin. THEA - fRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPEtt A. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. Open .fesame; or, a Night with the Fe: ty Thieves," continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable audiences. THIS EVENING, M AY 7, Will .be repeated an Original Comic Drama, entit'ed THE THREE WIVES OF MADRID. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, F. Matthews, Emery, Wigan, Craven, Turner, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar ' Miss Fairbrother, Mus Grove, Miss Turne r, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle. called POLK AM ANI A Characters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a Grand Borle - que Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME;' or, a. Night with the Forty Thieves. ('ha. meters by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, W i g an, 'Varnish!, and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADMISSION. —Balcony Poxes, 4L; Upper BOxes, Se. ; Pit, 2s. • Gallery, ad. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper •Boxes,lo-6d. ; Pit, ls. .Private Boxes on the Balcony Pier , (holding-eightisersons), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second 'ller (ho'ding eight persons), One Guinea and a.Half. Private Boxes on the Pit 'Pier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROYAL-AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. FropiiefOr and-Manager, Mr. BATTY. - Grand Attraction. THIS EVENING, MAY 7, %Vine repeated the'lliitorical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle of }Likings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of HaYold Occ. Entire Change cf the Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To concl u de with the Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the H ruloes of the Ruby Cliffs. The doors will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances eommence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING MAY 7, Tranfeendant Success of Miss Barnes'Pragedy of Octavia Bra galdi"—an entirely New Piece, and Whitefriars" at half-price. Will be repeated a New Tragedy, entitled OCTAVIA BR A GALDI ; or, The Confession. Suppo ten by the Entire Company, a id Miss Charlotte Barnes, from New York. After which, a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA. To conclude with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, eutitled WHITEFRI A RS, in which the errtire Company will perform. Paces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.. o lice, from Eleven to Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH is getting more end" more mysterious. He nightly introduces new wonders. His Mystic Temple is thronged with most brilliant audiences, who proclaim him to be the only legitimate Professor of Modern Magic, the very 1, ne plus ultra" of Cabalistic Phenomena. He performs more wonders in one night, than all other Professors could accomplish in a month. The " Great Wizard of the North" has no rival, no equal in Europe or the world. He will be fouhd nightly at Home," Plucking from his Mystic Caul dron NEW MA GICCOP ICA L EXPERIMENTS of Natural Phi. 1 soppy, bringing from any Gentleman's Hat a Feather Bed and the gifts of Flora. Between the parts of the Wizard's Performance s , Mr. SMITH wit perform on h►s new instrument, the CRYSTALOPHION. Mr Pinups, the Banjoist, will nightly appear. The THREE INFANT ARABS, Seven, Nine, and Twelve years of Age, go through anew and original Performance. Dress Circle, 35.; Pit. Is. 6d.; Gallery, €d. Reserved Seats, and Private Boxes can be secured at the Theatre, and of all the Agents. Second Price at Nine o'clock. Doors open at Half-past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight. EGYPTIAN WILL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of ',lista 71cal Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of GO,OOO guineas, anti to completely illustrate, in the most In structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &c.. his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Wors of Art, 'nd a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said It ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have Inspected it, _and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to be. seen by every oae. The price of admis• sion is reduced to ONE SIIILLINCL The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian Hall." Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. TIIE WEATHER.-Sur OFFICE, MAY G. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 69 ; Noon, 64. BAROMETER, 29.9.—Wrxn, NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the f eezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. 117GII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. morning 2 minutes after 5 I Evening ... 2i minutes after 5. ::;::-..7...- • :•i'' . .c::"C.,.. . . , 4 • -.- • 4 -V , WO .. • - . 1 4 , • 1,,, w Ar.;_i[E * m)." -00,‘,- '.4 - .. --, •"-'' 4 , , , • et - - rOlk`'' . ---* Ir:4I.i•AFAIIIIN K I, ••• 4',. 4 0 -I. '" ~,...___ d .__ . ., : e, . Aat i fti ge ,. .- .. 2 , ( - - ,r,„....- 4/tort - ~ ,t - ,.,- ..-0‘. ; ',..., . . . "t• ....:, ....., ILóruii IflL LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1844. The House of Commons last night went into Com mittee on the Bank Charter Act, when Sir ROBERT PEEL made a very long speech on the Currency question, and on the necessity of revising the privi leges granted to the Bank of England under the Whig Government in 1833. These privileges were granted for a period of twenty-one years, but only conditionally. The Government reserved to them selves the right of reconsidering the question, if, after a lapse of ten years, they gave notice to the Bank that alterations might be necessary. After mature deliberation, on lookin g at the state of the country, the present state of the currency, and other circutn stances, the Cabinet had considered it their duty to avail themselves of the opp or t un i ty, and pro pose resolutions 'which, if adopted by the Legislature, would produce considerable changes. These resolutions he would not require the House to adopt till they had a full Opportunity o f we i ghing well their import; and he, therefore, did not ask for an immediate decision. The introductory part of his' speech was not ve r y inviting. It consisted o f a very dry essay on the principle which constitutes th e mea sure of value, and more particularly on what was meant by a pound sterling, and what was the engage ment to pay a pound ; and, after adverting to the dif ferent standards of value whi ch had existed in this country, including silver and paper, he (entreated the House, as gold had been the standard of value for a hundred years, with some exceptions, that theyNVo I.lld not depart from that monetary system. ye was op posed to the demand made by certain writers on cur rency, that country bankers should be allowed to issue paper. Country bankers had no control, and were utterly ignorant of the state of foreign exchanges. He was opposed, also, to a National Bank, and concurred with Lord ALTIIORP in his statements, when the charter was renewed in 1833, that the Bank of England was preferable to a Govern ment Bank. Then came the important part Right Hon. Baronet's speech. He proposed that the Bank of England should continue in the 1 possession of its present privileges, but that it should be divided into two distinct departments—the issue and the banking departments. To the issue depart ment he would transfer the whole amount of bullion in the Bank, and the issue of the Bank should take place upon two conditions only. The first was, that there should be a definite amount of security ; and the second, that the banking department should have no power to issue notes on deposit, and that the amount of issue should not exceed 14,000,0001. " I propose further," said he, " that there be frequent reviews of the accounts of the Bank—both of the banking and issue departments. Objections have been hitherto made to the publication of these accounts, but I confess I see no reason why these accounts should not be published, and I think publication of these accounts would be highly salutary. I propose that it be enacted by law that there shall be returns to the Government from the Bank weekly of the ac counts of the issue of notes ; of the amount of bullion; of the fluctuation of bullion ; of the deposits ; accounts of every banking transaction in the issue and banking departments of the Bank of England." With regard to country banks, he proposed that they should retain their existing privileges, but that they should not issue more than they had done within•the last three years—that they should have the privilege of suing and being sued, and that they should be com pelkd to select competent, efficient, and responsible directors. He proposed, also, to place the joint-stock banks in London on a similar footing with other banks, and give them the power to accept bills to any amount, and at any date. He proposed, further, that, with regard to joint-stock banks, there - , hould be a periodical publication of the names of all directors and partners, and that they should publish periodically the amount of their issue. No new joint-stock bank was to be established with out application to the some Government department. He again reverted to the Bank of England, and pro posed that when the issue exceeded 14,000,0001., the profit should belong exclusively to the State, and the increased issue was not to be left to the Bank, but to three Members of the Government. The charter was to continue for the original time specified, namely, till 1855, with power to the Government, on giving notice one year previous, to make alterations at any time while the charter existed. With regard to Scotch and Irish banks now existing, he proposed no changes. These are the main principles of the Bill, and the Right Hon. Baronet, after adverting to what he had done in 1819, and stating the interest he took in establishing a secure currency, submitted them to mature deliberation of the House and the country. In the House of Lords the Bill introduced by Lord CAMPBELL, entitled the English Debtors Bill on the Continent, went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. Lord CAMPBELL deserves credit for this measure. It will reach a number of those unprincipled men who have fled from their country in debt, and live like wealthy English m?n abroad while their creditors cannot reach them, Lord WHAUNCLIFFE laid on the table the report of the Committee which had been appointed to watch the building of the new Houses of Parliament. It appears from this report that Mr. BARRY has departed f.-oin the regulations laid down by the Committee, and his Lordship intimated that he would call the attention of the House to the subject on Thursday. Lord MONTEAGLE gave notice, that on Thursday he would move for a Select Committee to inquire into the effect of protecting duties on the commene of the country. A discussion took place on a motion of the Mar quis of NORMANDY, relative to the appointment of Mr. O'BRIEN as a stipendiary magistrate, but it led to no result. The House adjourned at a Quarter to Nine o'clock. In the Commons, Mr. ROEBUCK presented a peti tion from Mr. BARNARD GREGORY, complaining that he was confined in a solitary cell, that he had no bed but a matrass on an iron frame, without sufficient co vering, and the only drink allowed to him was water gruel. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said Mr. GREGORY was not kept in solitary confinement; he was placed in a room of a superior kind, where there was a fire, and many other indulgences allowed, which would not be al lowed to prisoners of the same class; and so far from his health being impaired by confinement, he was better than when he entered the prison. Under pre sent circumstances, he did not consider it expedient to make any alterations with regard to his treatment. Mr. IloasmAN put a question to Sir JAMES GRAHAM relative to a statement which had appeared in some of the newspapers, to the effect that a soldier had committed an aggravated assault upon a woman in Westminster, and had been fined 10s. by Mr. JAR DINE, the magistrate, on the ground that the soldier was intoxicated. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he had made inquiry, and the magistrate had given an explanation which was satisfactory. Mr. JARDINE bad never admitted in toxication as a plea for outrageous conduct, and on that occasion had distinctly stated that it could not weigh with him for one moment in adjudicating pu nishment. Mr. HoEstrAm said he was perfectly satisfied with the explanation. A brief conversation took place relative to the mo tion of Mr. HumE on the recal of Lord ELLENBO - when it was understood that Mr. HumE's motion would have precedence this evening. Sir ROBERT PEEL intimated that what he had to say on the subject would be very short. The House went into Committee on the Bank Charter Act, when Sir ROBERT PEEL moved a num ber of resolutions, which we have referred to in a se parate article. After a few observations by different Members the resolutions were laid on the table, and ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday se'nnight. The House then went into Committee on the Fac tories Bill, when all the clauses were gone through ; the House resumed, and adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. There is a strong and growing feeling," says a Whig Morning Contemporary, " that the working classes of this country have been too much left to themselves—that masses of population have been al lowed to form in the seats of our manufactures, with out adequate provision, or with hardly any provision, for the education of children, the amusement, or men tal improvement of adults, or the healthfulness of the localities in which their dwellings are crowded to gether. There is a strong feeling that, with the means we have, the working classes are not either physically or morally so well off as they might be—and that the fault is chargeable in no small degree to the neglect of the various Govern ments of the last thirty or forty years. No statesman can or ought to disregard these growing impressions." There is much calm, sound sense, in these remarks, though we hardly expected to have met with them in the leading organ of the W higs and the middle classes. The working masses of the population have, indeed, for years past, been treated with nearly equal indifference by the two great contending parties of the State ; the Tories—if we may judge from their legislation—seem to have been almost wholly un conscious of their existence ; while the Whigs hare had little hesitation in sacrificing their interests to those of the class immediately above them. Few and faint are the voices that have been raised in Parlia ment in behalf of the claims of the labouring portion of the community. Few—miserably few and inefficient —are the remedies that have been suggested for the amelioration of their condition. While the middle classes have bad station and power, and the means, in a great degree, of controlling the Legislature, con ferred on them by the Reform Bill, the lower classes, by whose agitation principally that important mea sure was carried, remain in the same abject, defence less,, destitute state as ever. True, proposals for giv ing, them the inestimable benefits of a sound, prac tical education, are, from time to time, brought for ward in the House of Commons ; but these proposals never get beyond their first stage of discussion, for some obstacle or other is sure to arise to prevent them from being carried into effect. True, a new system of poor-laws is adopted for the express purpose of nourishing a manly spirit of independence in the minds of the labouring classes ; but 10, when the system begins to work, it is found, in many of its details, to injure, oppress, and degr a d e in their own estimation and in that of others, those whom it was meant to benefit. True, a proposal is made for limiting the hours of labour in the manu facturing districts, and thereby giving the overtasked operative a chance of doing some little for himself and his family in the way of evening instruction ; but no sooner does the Minister set his face against the scheme, than those who have brought it forward, and been most zealous in its support, take fright, and the whole thing falls at once to the ground. Under these dis heartening circumstances who can wonder at the un deniable discontent and bitterness of the labouring classes of the community ? Who can wonder that they fall an unresisting prey to the acts of designing demagogues, and hug to their breasts the flattering delusion of the Charter ? Who can wonder that the estrangement between them and the classes immediately above them becomes daily more marked; and that they regard their repre sentatives—or rather their nominal representatives—in Parliament less as friends than oppressors, who have scarcely one single sympathy in common with them ? It is a sad mistake our rulers are making in thus wantonly disregarding the claims of the labouring classes, and trying experiments on their patience and forbearance by inclosure bills—trespass acts—game laws and Heaven knows how many other vexatious enactments, whose only object is to benefit the strong at the expense of the weak—and assist the rich to the manifest de triment of the poor. The evil of such partial, one-sided legislation may not be felt in its full effects just now, but assuredly a day of reckoning will come —and this at no distant period—when those who have the power will bitterly regret that they did not exercise it in a more equitable, beneficent, and con siderate spirit. The accounts from Madrid are of an alarming character. The BRAVO Ministry have all resigned, and General NARVABZ is to be at the head of the new Cabinet. This important news was conveyed to Paris at a late hour on Saturday night, by the fol lowing telegraphic dispatch : " MADRID, MAT 2, 1844. THE AMBASSADOR Or FRANCE TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " The whole of the Ministry have resigned, and their resignation has been accepted by the QUEEN. General NARVAEZ has been intrusted with the forma tion of the new one, in which M. MIRAFLORES is to be included. " M. BRAVO and his colleagues have stated to her MAJESTY that they are willing to give their support to their successors. " Madrid is tranquil." The French Ambassador, however, or perhaps the authorities at Madrid, have suppressed still more im portant news, As soon as the fact became generally known that NARVAEZ was to form the new Cabinet, a panic took place on the Madrid Bourse, when the funds fell in two days nearly 6 percent., and business was transacted to the enormous amount of 127,600,000 reals. On the 26th ult. the Three per Cents. closed at 364, and on the 29th they had fallen to 30k, and so eager were holders of this stock to get rid of it, that sales continued after the usual period of busi ness, and the latest quotation was as low as 29. For this great and rapid fall there is another good reason, independent of the elevation of NARVAEZ, a soldier of fortune, a " mere sabre" to the head of the Ministry. The public begin to look forward;:to some terrible convulsion about Church property. The priests and the military rule at the Palace ; and orders, at the instigation of the former, had been privately issued to suspend the sale of Church property. Those - who have purchased Church lands are, therefore, in the utmost consternation, for they believe with good reason that they will not be allowed to hold it undisturbed. The " Sabre" Government will repudiate the acts of a Radical Cortes, and rob the purchasers, in the same way that FERDINAND robbed those who had lent money to Spain when he was not absolute KING. The Castellano endeavours to dispel the panic by asserting that " there is no cause for alarm in the idea of giving back the unsold property to the clergy, and that there is no intention of interfering with existing interests ; that the question is one which ought to be considered calmly, and upon its own merits. It re minds the public that previous to the pronun ciamentos of 1840 the Cortes had passed a law which the Crown had sanctioned, by which the property of the secular clergy had been assigned to them as a part of the provision designed for them by the State, together with 4 per cent. upon agricultural produce in place of the tithe—that this law was indeed upset by the famous mutiny or pro nunciamento, as it was called, of 1840, the Cortes which followed having done everything exactly con trary to their predecessors ; but that now a reaction had taken place in the public mind ; that some of the juntas formed last year against ESPARTRRO had sus pended the sales of Church property ; and it says the question now is, Will it be just, politic, and convenient, to give back to the secular clergy the property of which it was de spoiled, and which is not yet sold ?'" It replies to this query in the affirmative, while, at the same time, it alludes also to the restoration of the whole property, on the present possessors being indemnified. The possessors and the public evidently have not much hope of indemnification. We have no accounts from the provinces of the effects produced by these two events, but there can be no doubt that they will pro duce a great convulsion, and that some new scenes of horror will be enacted in that distracted and helpless `s,untry. The French Government have incurred a fearful responsibility by sending CHRISTINA, NAB.. VAEZ, and other firebrands, to destroy the Constitu• tion, and lay waste the kingdom. The Paris papers of Saturday have been received, but W 3 find nothing in them of importance. The discussion in Committee on the Prisons' Bill con tinued, and twelve clauses had been adopted. The Peers were still occupied with the Education Bill. In the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, a petition was presented from certain operatives of Paris, for the abolition of negro slavery in the French colonies ; and, after an interesting debate, was referred to the Minister of Marine. From the re marks made by M. GUIZOT and Admiral MACILAU, we learn, that the Government intended to abolish slavery, but not all at once, and that it would be necessary to prepare the slaves for freedom during some years before total emancipation. The funds continued firm. On Saturday the Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 55c., and the Fives at 122 f. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1844. THE BOURSE-TUESDAY, MAY 2. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents—.. •• 131 75 .. 121 73 .. 121 65 .. 121 76 Fgur per Cents.— .. • 106 80 .. 106 80 .. 106 80 .. 106 80 Three per Cents.— • 84 20 .. 84 45 .. 84 20 .. 84 43 Bank of France• • .• • • • • • .• • 3090 • • 3090 • • 3090 ..3090 Laffltte Bank, I,ooof. SharesliG7 50 ..1167 50 —1167 50 ..1167 50 5,000 f. Sharessls7 50 ••5157 50 ..5157 50 .•5157 50 Belgian - Bank 1841.. •• ••...1110 ..1115 ..1110 ..1115 Belgian Fives, 1831.. ••.. • • • 1031 .. 1031 .. 103,1 • . 1031 1840 1842 •••••• •• 1081 .. 1081 .. 1081 .. 108: Dutch Two-and-a-Half... • • 611 .. 614 • • 611 • • 61/ Spanish Active ••.•..• • • • • • 32 • • 32f • • 32/ • • 321 Threes ••• • • • 351 • • 35/ • • 351 • • 351 Passive •••••• •. •• 6 .. 6 • • 5 . 1 • • 51 New Deferred.• •.• • 14/ • • 141 • • 14 • • 14 Old Deferred . . Portuguese Fivo per Cents 45 .. 45 .. 45 .. 45 Neapolitan ...... • • • 102 .. 102 101 85 .• 101 FA Roman ..... .......• •• • 1061 .. 1061 • • 1061 • • 1061 RAILWAY SHARES. Ver - a111 , •5,R.8.•. • 380 360 375 •373 L.B• •• • 250 .. 256 25 250 -. 256 23 llonen •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 962 50 . • 965 .. 962 30 .• 965 Rouen to Havre• •••••• • • • • • 725 .. 732 30 .. 725 .. 732 50 Orleans •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 972 50 .. 972 50 • • 972 .. 972 50 Strasburg to Ralc.• ...... • • 271 25 .• 275 • • 271 23 .. 275 Avignon to Marseilles— • • 765 . • 770 •• 765 .• 770 • -- --- • -- RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. 245 .. 260 .. 245 .. 257 50 Rouen ....:,.... ..... • • 22,..5 .. 972 30 .. 96.5 • 972 50 Rouen to Hai, a••.•.••••. • 730 • • 735 • • 729 75 • • 733 75 Orleans ..... ....... ••• 970 • • 977 50 • • 910 • • 977 50 Strasburg to Bp.le. Avignon to Marseillc.;•• •• 766 25 • 77211p0 .. 766 25 •• 772 50 A Court of Directors was held at the East India House yesterday, when Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, K.C.8., was appointed unani mously Governor-General of India. THE EXCHEQUER.—An account has been pub lished, by order of the House of Commons, of all monies received during the year ended April 5, 1844, to the ac count of her Majesty's Exchequer at the Bank of Eng land and of Ireland ; the amount of all Royal orders and Treasury warrants received ; and of the credits and transfers made by the Controller-General of the Ex chequer, the payments by the Bank of England, and the balance remaining to the account of the Exchequer at each bank on the sth day of April, 1844 (Good Friday), per Act of 4th William, cap. 15. It appears, from the paper thus prepared by the clerks of the Exchequer offices, that the total receipts during the past year, 1843, amounted to the sum of 77,024,004/. ; that there re mained a balance of income in the Bank of England on Good Friday last amounting to 1,679,5781.. and one in the Bank of Ireland amounting to 633,671/ ; making a m lt a o d g oe e ff th bAAy e prprrtiaihil 1 8 4, to gross sum total amounting to 79,337,2547. The balance of ßB e 4 r at e 3n, d k its of at the Bank of England on the sth o amounted 6Eonlg,la6n4 t ld. o 6dTsu6rhe totaland,iBn7gB.t,hep paays o mt n ; : en h at e sth year amowated altogether to the sum of 73,279,6731. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND VUbltt Optitton. " Who rams may read." FOREIGN. The King and Queen of the French gave a rand dinner, followed by a concert, at the Tuileries, on Thursday, in honour of the visit of ' her Royal Highnees the Duchess of Kent, to which the Ministers, Foreign Ambassadors, and a great number of the nobility and gentry, members of the Chambers, and distinguished English and other foreigners, had the honour of receiving invitations. The concert con sisted of selections from Gluck, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, May erbeer, Balfe, and Donizetti. Messrs. Duprez,Barhoille Balfe, Levasseur, and Mmes. Dorus-Gras and Balfe, were the principal performers. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the King, and the rest of the Royal Family, visited, on Saturday, the Exhibition of the Products of French Industry. A Company has been formed for executing the projected railroad between Lyons and Avignon. This will complete the grand line from Paris to the Mediterranean, decreed by the law of 11th June, 1842. It will be connected on one side with the northern railroad by the line from Paris to Lyons, and, on the other side, to the southern road by its' direct or branch junction with the roads already executed, or in pro gress of completion, from Avignon to Marseilles, from Beau caire to Alais, and from Nimes to Cette, and hereafter will be joined to that between the MediteirAnean and the ocean by the Toulouse and Bordeaux railroad. The National, of the sth ult., in speaking of M. Emile Girardin, when observing upon the combination between the journals at 40f. per annum, made some reflections ; in answer to which he sent a letter to the National, stating that the original shareholders of the Presse had been deceived by the calumnies of the National. This letter the National refused to insert. Whereupon M. Emile Girardin cited M. Delareche, its responsible editor, before the Tribunal de Premiere In stance, to enforce the insertion. The case was heard on Friday, when the Court declared that the complaint was ill founded, and gave judgment in favour of the defendant. The Maltese Times, of the 22d ult., announces that the Maltese Huereb, who had been condemned to death for the murder of a servant of Sir Thomas Reads, was beheaded at Tunis, on the 12th ult. The Gazette des Tribunaux announces the arrest, in Peril!, of another gang of thirty-nine thieves and robbers. NH. merous complaints, says this journal, having been laid before the Prefecture of Police against a gang who have for some time infested the museums, concert-rooms, and other pablie places, but more particularly the churches, the officers of justice were put upon the alert, and by their researches disco vered a large confederacy under the common appellation of the Bands Beige, composed chiefly of malefactors who had for their misdeeds been inhabitants of the prisons in Belgium, and who, being too well known in that country, have come over to Paris to exercise their nefarious talents. PUBLIC OPINION. The following are the opinions of our Morning Contempo raries respecting the appointment of Sir Henry Hardinge to the Governor-Generalship of India TIMES.—We cannot think it any great deprivation to our Indian empire to have lost Lord Lllenborough and gained Sir Henry Hardinge. That Gallant Officer stands in strong, and far from unfavourable contrast, with his predecessor. He is a tried man and a trained man. He has been very long engaged in different kinds of active life, and has done well what has been committed to him. Me is not given to Lord Ellenborough's truly Eastern aspirations, and may, in conse quence, neglect as impracticable, or as out of his own line,' some noble enterprises which the useful restlessness of his prede cessor might have called into being ; but neither will he make himself ridiculous by au apish affectation of Orientalism. He has seen too much of war to be at all anxious to play at so!- diers—he has served under far too able a master of that art to be unprepared for such emergencies as may occur. CHRONICLE.—Sir Henry Hardinge's is a mind of good quality, if of no high order. With little general knowledge, he is acquainted with but a limited portion even of the field of politics. But within that limited field he seems to judge with correctness and promptitude. He is not a man likely, of course, to originate any great scheme of policy; but no man may better be relied on for carrying into execution the suggestions of others, for understanding what he undertakes, and undertaking nothing but what he understands. By such a man in the position of Governor-General, it may fairly be expected that the actual duties of the office will be efficiently and safely discharged. POST.—Sir Henry Hardinge has been selected as the suc cessor of his near connection, Lord Ellenborough, in the Go vernment of India. We have reason to believe that this nomination has been made at the suggestion of the Court of Directors, and with the full concurrence of the Cabinet, of which Sir Henry is a member. The appointment will be confirmed at a Special Court to be held this day at the East India House for that purpose. One thing, at least, is decided by this nomination : in choosing A member of the Cabinet which has avowed in both Houses of Parliament its entire approval of the policy of Lord Ellenborough—one who, of course, will carry out that policy as his predecessor has com menced it—the Directors have given an unequivocal indica tion that the motives which operated with them to induce the recal of that Noble Lord, are not connected with State con siderations arising out of his political Government of India. HERALD.—The East India Directors have atoned for their late indiscretion in what, after all, is perhaps the best man ner open to them. They have solicited the Government to agree to the appointment of Sir Henry Hardinge as the successor of Lord Ellenborough ; and, although, from the absence and indisposition of the Earl of Ripon, President of the Board of Control, nothing has been formally ar ranged in the matter, there is no doubt that the offer will be accepted. Lord Ellenborough could scarcely remain in the Government satisfactorily to himself, or usefully to the empire, after the gross affront offered by his recal ; and a better successor than Sir Henry Hardinge—one in whom the country would repose more confidence, even were not the Government heartily disposed in his favour—could not be named. Sir Henry's near family . connexion with the present Governor-General, too, is a circumstance in favour of the proposed arrangement, deserving of regard with those who think the feelings of even public men are entitled to some respect. COURT-.-WASECIONABLE. Arrangements have been made for the departure of her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the infant Royal Family, from Buckingham Palace, for the Isle of Wight, in the course of the ensuing week. Mt' Norton, the present superintendent of the Royal household, has just returned from Osborne House, which he has visited for the purpose of making the necessary preliminary arrange ments for the reception of the Queen and the Prince Consort. Her Majesty will reside in comparative retirement during the The Earl and Countess of Minto and Ladies Elliot have arrived in town, from .pinto House, near H aw i c k, N. 8., i n beyond brie f visit t e n o rd. theay_s or Court, a urt, which is no t expecte d to exten d fortnight. order to be present at the approaching marriage of Lord Melgund, heir apparent of the Noble Earl, with Miss (laughter of Lady Hislop. The day is not as yet determined for the nuptials. The Duke of Devonshire has a grand dinner on the 10th inst., and a large ball on the 17th inst. at Devonshire House. The Marquis of Salisbury has issued invitations for a grand entertainment to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester, on Friday, the 14th inst. The Noble Marquis intends to give a grand ball the same night. The Lord Mayor gives a grand entertainment to her Ma jestv's Ministers at the Mansion House, on 'Wednesday week, the 15th inst. Sir Robert and Lady Peel have issued cards for a grand dinner on Saturday next. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury have a splendid entertainment on Thursday next, at the family residence, in Grosvenor-square. The Earl and Countess of Shannon have arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from their seat in Ireland. riXIsCELLAIVEOI7B. The first annual meeting of the Association in aid of Milliners and Dressmakers, took place on Saturday, at the Hanover-square Rooms. A considerable number of ladies of distinction were present, among others the Duchess of Sunderland, Lady Francis Egerton, Lady Ashley, Vis countess Jocelyn, Viscountess llowick, Lady Georgiana S. Wortley, Lady Georgiana Bathurst, and Lady Pirie. Lord Ashley was ix the chair. It appeared from the report that the sums received in donations and subscriptions during the past year amounted to 5741.55. 5d., which, with the deposits, sums subscribed towards the medical fund, and interest on an investment of 2531. amounted to 647/. 13s. Bd. The expen diture amounted to 536/. 14s 2d., leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 1101. 19s. Gd. The annual distribution of prizes and certificates of honour, in the medical department of King's College, took place on Saturday. On Saturday night Viscountess Palmerston had an assem blv at the family mansion on Carlton House-terrace. It was a brilliant reception, above 300 of the leading nobility at present in town being among her Ladyship's visitors, besides nearly the whole of the diplomatic body. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 6. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD V. KNIGHT. The arguments in this appeal, the facts of which we have already:given in detail, were resumed, and occupied the House the whole of the morning. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT May 6. The Vice-Chancellor of England sat to-day at ten o'clock, but in consequence of the absence of Mr. Bethell, who was engaged in the House of Lords. the Court rose before eleven o'clock, having nothing to proceed with. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 6. CUSTOMS FRAUDS.-TIIE QUEEN v. MOTTRAM AND WILLIAMS TFIE QUEEN V. BLAKE. The defendants in these cases bad been convicted of con spiracy to defraud the revenue of certain Custom-house duties payable on the importation of certain French goods. The defendants Mottram and Williams had been importers of silks, gloves, flowers, &c. The defendant Blake had been a landing-waiter. The parties were severally under recog nizances to come up for judgment. Mr. JEnvis moved that the recog•nizances in all these cases should be continua till next term.—Application granted. THE QUEEN V. BENT. The defendant in this case was a broker, and had been convicted of appropriating to his own use certain sums of money which had been entrusted to him to effect an insur ance on certain goods shipped for Texas. lie was called up for judgment early in the term, but did not app ear. Mr. WARREN applied to have the recognizances of the de fendant and his sureties estreated. Lord DENMAN having looked over the affidavits, refused the application on the ground that the service of notice on the sureties had been insufficient. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 6. JOHNSON AND WIFE V. MORLEY. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs in forma pau peris, to recover compensation in damages for false imprison• ment. Mr. LEE, for the plaintiffs, said that his client occupied part of a house of the defendant in Warren-street, Fitzroy square, where he carried on the business of hair-dresser. He entered in January, 1843, and, in March of the present year, having neglected to pa y his rert, a distress was put in. Three days after this, on the 25th, the defendant came into the shop with a policeman, into whose custody he committed Mrs. Johnson, for having removed a stove. The plaintiff pointed to the stove, which had been put into the shop to replace another which the defendant had removed, but Morley per sisted in arresting her. She was accordingly taken to the Albany-street Police-office, where the inspector dismissed the case, expressing his belief that no felony had been commit ted. The defendant, not yet satisfied, re-turned with plain tiff, still in custody, and assured himself that the stove was his own. Mr. HUMFRET appeared for the defendant, who pleaded not gnilty. Baron GURNEY, in summing up, remarked that the de fendant had failed to make such a concession as would have excluded the action, and hoped the jury would give such a verdict as would protect the plaintiff from being taxed with felony. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 51. (Sittings in Banco.) Motions to have conditional rules made absolute occupied the Court during the day ; but they were not of a nature to call for particular notice. BAIL COURT, May 6. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE heard several motions this morn ing, but they were all of a technical character, totally devoid of public interest. His Lordship also sat at Nisi Prius for a short time, but the causes were all undefended and unim portant.. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. This day the session of oyer and terminer commenced, before the Recorder, the Lord Mayor, and a bench of Alder men, at the Old Bailey, being the 115th (and 7th during the present Mayoralty). The calendar is comparatively light, consisting of only 174 names, of which two stood charged with murder, one with arson, five with cutting and wounding, with intent to murder or maim, and one with forgery. The proportion of the pri3onei s to the respective metropolitan districts are as follows :—London prisoners, 21; Middlesex, 131; Kent, 7 ; and Surrey, 15. The RECORDER, in addressing the grand jury, previous to their retiring to their room, observed that the present ca lendar -was one only' marked by those ordinary features which might "be expected from the dense population of a large me tropolis like London, and did not call for any peculiar ob servatdons from him. The names of two prisoners appeared in the present calendar as charged with murder, whilst one case of infanticide remained over from the last session. He did not consider it necessary to detain the gentlemen of the grand jury with any remarks upon those cases, but would re mit them to the discharge of their duties. Sotee eases of trifling interest were then tried, and the Court adjourned at the usual hour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLERKEN WELL. Yesterday William Burton Newenhanz, Esq., was brought up for final examination, charged with the ab duction of Frances Louisa Worth am, a ward of Chancery. Mr. Southee attended for the prosecution, and 2dr. Humphries for the defence. The prisoner was neatly attired, and did not seem so dejected, nor look so delicate as on the last occasion. The Court was, as usual, crowded with spectators. Neither Miss Wortham nor her mother were present. Inspector Penny stated that the witnesses who had been summoned to prove the title deed were in attend ance. The deed was then handed in; and Henry Frederick Clane, after inspecting the instru ment, deposed that that was his name, which was signed to it by himself as an attesting witness. The deed was executed on the 15th of January, 1828, at Royston, in Essex, by Mrs. Mary Wortham. Saw Anne Cannon, Mrs. Wortham's servant, likewise affix her name to the deed as an attesting witness. Is a surgeon, and knew Mrs. Wortham very well. Cross-examined by Mr. Humphries—At the time the deed was executed witness was assistant to Mr. Crisping, a surgeon, living at Royston. Had been attending Mrs. Wortham professionally for a considerable time. 'Wit ness had been residing in Finsbury-place since then. Mr. Southee objected to the question as irrelevant. Mr. Humphries said he wished to show, that by pro per inquiry, the attendance of this witness could have been easily obtained. Now, as well as on previous oc casions, he must complain of the delay which had taken place, as unnecessary and unfair towards his client. Mr. Southee—No unneccessary delay has taken place. Your object is to create an impression out of doors. The officer at first despaired of being able to find the witness. Mr. Humphries—You had a copy of the deed in your possession when the prisoner was arrested, and knew where to find the witnesses. Mr. Southee—That is false, and you know it must be so. I had not even the copy until recently. Mr. COMBE interposed, and said that the present dis cussion had nothing whatever to do with the matter im mediately before him. He certainly did think this evi dence could have been furnished before, and he took the matter into his own hands. Mr. Southee, however, said he could not help it. But the witnesses were now there. Anne Cannon, a lively old woman 86 years of age was next sworn. The deed having been placed in her hand, she was asked it that was her name and hand-writing. She said she had certainly signed a deed for Mrs. Wor tham, but her sight was so defective that she could now only recognise black and white colours on the paper. Mr. COMBE—What are you? Witness (in a merry tone) —A spinster, Sir.—(Laughter.) Remembered having been an attesting witness to a deed of Mrs. Wortham in January, 1828. Mrs. Wortham signed the deed in the presence of witness at Ro:, ston. Inspector Penny of the G division of police, deposed that at half-past 9 o'clock on Thurday evening, the 28th of March, he arrested the prisoner in a house in Carlisle street, Soho-square; explained to him the nature of the charge. Mr. ComßE—What did you say? Inspector Penny— I told him I apprehended him on the warrant of Boyce Combe, Esq., one of the magistrates of the Clerkenwell Police Court, for abduction. Mr. COMBE—What did he say ? Witness—He said, " Show me your authority." I told him I was an in spector of police, and that he must come with me to the station-house. He said, in the presence of Miss Wortham, " She is my lawful wife ;" and Miss Wortham said she was his lawful wife. He was then conveyed to the station-house. Cross-examined—Trite, Boyson, and Duke—the former two police-constables, the latter, the usher of this Court—were present. Mr. Humphries—Answer me this question. Was it any one connected with this prosecution made you go to to arrest him ? Inspector Penny—l went alone ; and in consequence of information I received. Mr. Humphries—Was it any one connected with the prosecution directed you to apprehend the prisoner ? Witness—Am I obliged to answer that question ? Mr. CONDE, after some discussion, decided that he was. Witness—lt was from a person connected with the prosecution. Mr. Humphries—Who ? Inspector Penny—From Mr. Southee. The prisoner on hearing this reply suddenly turned round in the dock, so as to confront the solicitor for the prosecution, and, darting a fierce look at him, exclaimed in a suppressed but bitter tone of voice, " You traitorous scoundrel !" " You villain !" Mr. Humphries—Who gave you the instructions Witness—Mr. Southee. Mr. Humphries—Was any one present when he told you? 'Witness—No, Sir. Mr. Southee—Did you receive information from me to go to the House in Carlisle-street. Witness—No, but you told me you wanted, the prisoner, and that you had been with the Lord Mayor and could get no assist ance, and you then told me to watch the man. Did not go into the prisoner's house by Mr.Southee's directions. Mr. COMBS said this matter was wholly irrelevant. Mr. Southee said a very serious imputation had been cast upon his character, which be wished to remove. Inspector Penny, in answer to further questions, said that Mr. Southee had nothing to do, directly or indi rectly with the prisoner's apprehension on the day of his arrest. Mr. Southee—Did I not say, when I saw you at the house, and knew your purpose, that it was a most scan. dalous and infamous transaction ? Witness—You did. Prisoner (to Mr. Southee)—You did stay so ; and you endeavoured to put him out of the hall. Mr. ComnE —Who arrested him ? Prisoner—Penny, there, arrested me, and he broke open the folding doors into the parlour where myself and my wife were sitting. Mr. COMBE said the inspector was justified in doing so, knowing the prisoner to be there, and holding a war rant. Mr. Southee—l close the case for the prosecution. Mr. ComuE (to Mr. Humphries)—Have you any reason to urge why the prisoner should not be committed for trial ? Mr. Humphries—Except insufficiency of evi dence to sustain the charge, I have none. Do you com mit for the felony or the misdemeanour? Mr. COMBE—I commit him fo trial to the Old Bailey on the charge of felony. I must now say that I was very anxious to have the case completed before to-day, and regret for many reasons that I have not been able to accomplish that object. This is a case very peculiar in its nature, from circumstances connected with it, and a case which has excited great public attention, public interest, and I might add public anxiety. Ire • gret that the case has not been sent before the present sessions of the Old Bailey commenced, because it is one of those which I think the Recorder, in his charge to the grand jury, would feel it his duty to allude to. There are two descriptions of the offence charged, ab duction, in the 9th of George the Fourth : one of them makes it a felony when the young person is taken against her will, and where she is entitled to any property, so that the motive appears to be lucre, and where she is abducted with intent to marry or defile her. For such an offence the criminal is liable to be transporter) for life, or for seven years, or for any term of imprisonment not exceeding four years. The second case provided for by the statute is, where the female is abducted against the will of her parent or guardian, that is a misdemeanour. When the case first came before me I considered it a misde meanour, but facts which subsequently transpired led me to think I should not be doing my duty if I did not commit the prisoner for trial on the highest charge— and I now commit him accordingly. The prisoner was then fully committed to Newgate, and all the witnesses bound over to prosecute.—The prisoner then left the dock and walked briskly back to the cells. A ruffian, named AVDermott, who has just come out of the House of Correction, where he has been f9r the last month, was charged with assaults of a very brutal character on the police-constables of the E division. The prisoner was drunk and creating a disturbance in Coram-street on the previous night at a late hour. E 35 at tempted to remove him, but he kicked him on the legs so as to cause him great pain. He sprang his rattle, and another officer came up, and him too the fellow kicked and cuffed unmercifully. Mr. Comm asked him if he liked to be in prison ? 111Termott replied in the negative, but could assign no other reason for his savage conduct except that ho was drunk. Mr. ComnE, who did not seem to consider drunkenness any palliation of the offence, sent him back to the House of Cor rection for another month' BOW-STREET. . _ THE CAT'S-MEAT MAN.—" Please yer Wership this tongue was a lyin' on my shop board," said a tall bony man, step ping into the witness-box. " Stop, stop," said Mr. HALL, the sitting magistrate, " what charge is this? " The answer to this inquiry was that a little boy, wh ose head appeared just above the bar, had been charged with stealing a sheep s tongue. Mr. HALL (to the prosecutor)—Well, now, first of all what are you? Prosecutor—l'm a butcher by perfession, but I deals rather in ships' (sheep) lights and bull' s li ver. The Clerk—What's the use of being above your business —why not tell the magistrate that you are a cat's-meat man at once? Prosecutor—Well, so I is. Mr. HALL—WeII, now go on with your complaint. Prosecutor—Well this boy, which is the wust o' all, comes up and bolts with the tongue, which was a lyin' on my shop board between two more. Mr. ILud,--Did you see him run away with the tongue ? Prosecutor—Oh, no yer Wership, which the little girl comes up wot lives next door, and says, says she, while the other was standin round the winder, there goes the boy with his tongue in his pocket—(Great laughter)--so I cuts arter him and takes him, but I found as how he hadn't got my tongue in his pocket, but howsomever as he vos the one wot took it, I brings him to the station-house, bat I could'nt find my tongue. Mr. HALL—You only took the boy then because the little girl told you? Prosecutor—Oh, no. I knows he took it, cos his always a pitehin dead cats on to the shop board. Mr. HALL—That does not prove that he took the tongue. Cat's-meat man's wife (in the body of the Court)—He missed the tongue which was lyin at the time. Mr. HALL—WeII, it seems there is no charge against the prisoner, so he must be discharged. The prosecutor (with a look of dismay)—But the dead cats, yer Wership! Mr. HALL—Oh, if he does that again bring him to me and I will punish him.—The prisoner was then discharged. MARLBOROLGH-STREET. _ _ - - John Shore, a lad, and Philip Stradling, a young man who has been at sea for several years, were charged with having in their possession, under suspicious circumstances, a 10/. Bank of England note. It appeared that the prisoners were paupers, in the workhouse of St. George, Hanover-square. The former prisoner was committed from this Court to West minster Bridewell for 14 days to hard labour, for behaving in a riotous and disorderly manner in the workhouse, and he only came out of prison on Friday last. On the following day he was re-admitted into the house. On Sunday both the prisoners had the usuil leave to go out after dinner-time, and in about three hours afterwards Shore brought Strad ling back to the workhouse in a wheelbarrow insensibly drunk. Shortly after this the master of the house was informed that the prisoners had a quantity of gold and silver money in their possession, and on search ing them, sovereigns and silver to the amount of 91. 4s. were found. Shore then stated that on Saturday last, as he was wandering along Oxford-street, he picked up the note in question, but thought it was only a flash note. On it being shown to Stradling, he said he would get it changed if 21. were given to him for his trouble. This was agreed to, and about 2'clock on Sunday afternoon, change for the note was obtained at a public house in the neighbourhood by Sti-a.d ling, who was known to the landlord, representing that it had been sent to him by his sister, to refit him out for sea. They then commenced drinking, and in a very short time had expended 16s. They were discharged, and the note ordered to be adver tised. MARYLEBONE. Robert henry Attwopi, a very respectably dressed lad, was placed at the bar, charged with the gentlemanly amusement of ringing bells and creating a disturbance. Police — constable 209 S stated that the prisoner was busily engaged this morning, about one o'clock, ringing the bells in Clarendon-place, Edgware-road. When he saw the witness, he said to a companion who was with him, but who did not join in the amusement, that " here was a policeman," and upon his being taken into custody he offered a considerable sum of money if he would be permitted to go away. Witness, how ever, refused the bribe, and landed him in the station-house. Mr. RA*LINSON—You seem to enjoy your position amaz ingly, Sir—pray, what are you ? Prisoner—l was secretary to an Irish gentleman. Mr. RAWLINSON—Has the Irish gentleman dispensed with your valuable services now? Prisoner—Yes, I now reside with my mother. Mr. RAIN-Limo:l—You are fined forty shillings, Sir, and I hope you may find the amusement too expensive for daily practice. Prisoner—Well, I think you are too hard. The prisoner's further remonstrances were cut short by Mitchell, the gaoler, very politely handing him out of Court. UNION-HALL. — Jeremiah llPCarthy was charged with wilfully damaging a table belonging to the Grand Masonic Lodge of England. The table, which was described to be 300 years old, was produced ; it wds of a circular shape and very neatly inlaid with different kinds of wood. Thomas Murray stated that on Saturday evening at eight o'clock, he was carrying the table on his shoulder in High-: street, when the defendant who was behind came up, and striking it with all his force knocked it off, and falling on the pavement it sustained very much damage. The defendant was not sober, and accompanied the blow with a vulgar ex pression. The defendant said that he ran against the table acci dentally, as he had a " drop in" at the time. Mr. TRAILL said the defendant was liable to pay the damage, besides a fine for being drunk, and that if he did not do the former he should be committed to gaol. - After a good deal of quibbling, the defendant endeavour ing to lessen the estimate of the damage, he consented to pay it, and was discharged. Mary Easton, servant to Mr. Fennell, grocer, of Ber mondsey, was charged with stealing a cash-box containing 201. in sovereigns and silver, besides 1791. in cheques. It appeared that the prisoner had taken an opportunity of getting possession of the cash-box on the preceding day about two o'clock, with which she absconded and went to Chelsea. When she got there, she gave the cash-box to an old fruit woman to try and open, but not succeeding in the eflbrt, the latter person took it to a beer shop keeper on the spot, who, suspecting it was stolen, detained it and gave in formation at the station house. This led to the detection of the robbery, and the prisoner being taken into custody, she was forthwith lodged in the station house. She said nothing in her defence, and was committed for trial. THE MURDER AT BATTERSEA. ADJOURNED INQUEST. Yesterday being appointed by Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, for the further examination of evidence touching the death of Sarah Eleanor 111Tarlane, the Swan HotA where the inquest was appointed was thronged long before the hour of meeting, in consequence of a report having gone abroad, that the supposed murderer Dalmas, would be brought before the Coroner ; and that he would attempt to establish an alibi. In this expectation, the wonder seekers were disappointed, for no arrangement had been entered into with the magistrate at Wandsworth (Mr. Clive) by Mr. Carter to ensure his attendance. After the jurors' names had been read over, the Coroner proceeded to read the evidence already adduced. Frances Scott was examined—l am a single woman, re siding at 9, Bolton-place, Upper Church-lane, Chelsea. I am in the service of Mrs. D'Oyley, and on the night of Monday week a girl came into the house as servant. The girl now present (pointing to Augusta Dalmas) is the person. Superintendent Bicknell—l must really have some clear. ance in Court for the admission of witnesses. Mr. CARTER—My Court is an open one ; but I am sure that the gentlemen present will give every accommodation to witnesses. _ _ Examination of witness continued—The girl arrived at Mrs. D'Ovley's at half-past eight at night in company with a female. 'They proceeded down stairs to the kitchen, re mained there about ten minutes, and then bade each other good bye. I let the female who accompanied her out of the front door, and also out of the gate of the small garden. I did not observe her join any one, but I saw a man walking on the opposite side of the road, as if he were waiting for somebody. The person seemed coming to the gate, but when it was opened by me he went away again. I could not perceive whether his coat was black or blue, as it was rather dark, and I did not see his face sufficiently well to identify him. By a juror—l did not see who brought the girl's boxes. The first time I saw the boxes was when the females came to the door. They had the boxes then in their hands. By the CORONER—I did make ' a remark to the female that her husband was waiting outside, but the girl said, " No, he is my father." The last witness was recalled, and in answer to the Coroner, thought that the time when she let the female out was about a quarter to nine. Sergeant Lynes, 5 V—About twenty minutes to nine o'clock on last Monday evening I saw a man walking up and down in Bolton-place, and he was looking very anxiously towards No. 9in that row of houses. I looked very hard at him in passing, and went round the corner of Black-place and stood there to watch him. At the time when the three quarters past eight was striking I saw a woman leavin g No. 9, and this man then went over the road and met her They took arms and went towards the Queen's Elms, Ful ham-road. When I found what he was waiting for I didn't watch him any longer. I noticed that he was dressed in black. Mr. CARTER—Do you see the man here? Witness (look ing round him)—l don't see him, Sir; but I should know him out of fifty. Mr. CARTER (to the jurymen)—You see the position I am placed in. Here is a witness who can speak to the identity of the prisoner, and yet the accused person is not here. (To Mr. Superintendent Bicknell)—The man Dalmas is in cus tody, is he not? Superintendent Bicknell—lle is, Sir. Mr. CARTER—I have no wish to parade any man, but I think it is highly necessary that the prisoner should have been brought here. It would then have appeared on my notes that the man Dahlias had been identified by this wit ness as the person waiting in Bolton place. Elizabeth Shepley, widow, and barmaid with Mr. Theo dore, of the Stag, Fulham-road.—On Monday night, April 29, I was attending behind the bar, about half-past nine, when two persons came in, a male and female The female had on a light gown and straw bonnet. The man— Mr. CARTER, to the Superintendent—lt is absolutely ne cessaly, for the guidance of the jury, that the prisoner should be brought here to be identified. We have a public duty to perform, and it is necessary that it should be done pro perly. I think I shall be under the necessity of adjourning the Court until the man supposed to be guilty is brought before us. I do not suppose that the Magistrate would go into an ex parte statement, and I cannot see that this Court should do so. _ _ _ _ . Mr: Superintendent Bicknell could say nothing on the subject. Mr. Parkins, whose evidence has been already given in The Sun, was then called.—He added to his former statement that in his exclaiming " Good God, the woman will bleed to death," the deceased seemed to reply, "Oh dear !" He did not at any time hear her say who had inflicted the injury. By a juror.—He was standing up at the time Mr. Gosling and the policeman asked who had committed the injury. They were stooping and could hear her reply, but he did not. Langton, 36 V, was next examined, and his evidence read over.—He was positive the woman knew she was in a dying state when she mentioned that " Dalmas had done it." Mr. Messenger was called.—He had seen the prisoner at Wandsworth, but could not swear that he had seen hint on the bridge. Sergeant Cummings, 3 D, said a person gave himself into his custody on the morning of Saturday. He had never seen him before to his knowledge. He is not here. Exa mined him in the station-house, and found no instrument upon him. • Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and, on our ad mission, we found Mr. Carter addressing the jurymen. He recapitulated the chief feat ures o f th e case , an d dwelt con siderably upon those portions of the evidence which seemed to point to the man in custody as the person who had com mitted the murder. After an address of considerable length, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and, on their admission, it was an nounced that the jury had found a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Augustus llamas." Mr. CARTER said that the jury had, upon full deliberation, returned the above verdict; but it would have been much more satisfactory to have had the prisoner before them. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—A most dreadful accident occurred yesterday in a colliery near Llanelly. It ap pears from the particulars we have been able to gather, that between two and three o'clock yesterday afternoon, the engine in the Penbwlchgwyn colliery, about two miles from Llanelly, caught fire. After a short time the engine, with a tremendous crash, fell into the pit, shut ting out every chance of escape for the hundred men and children who were working in the pit. All at tempts to put out the flames were vain. Exertions to extricate the sufferers were used incessantly, but at eight o'clock last night not one of them was got out of, the pit. It is much to be feared, therefore, that every soul has perished.— We/shy/lan of Saturday. MARKET NEWS—YESTERDAY* COYLN-7.I3i.CHANGE. Fresh up, wereceived a fair supply of English Wheat fr°_,l n Essex and Kent. Th e fi nes t parce l s so ld rea dily at pricy' quite equal to those obtained on Monday last. The middling and inferior kinds at late rates. For fine foreign Wheat 1 3t week's prices were supported in every instance. In Ora t 1 1 under lock, the rates are nomi na l. fiarley at prices T'!,, - , equal to those obtained l as t wee k . Th e b est po t a toe plait of Oats were held at 6d p er quar t er more mone y, the VP:: of other kinds being firmly maintained. Beans and Pe' had an upward tendency. Flour produced very full prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. :". WHEAT—Essex & Kent, I MALT—Chevalier..„.... . 63s to red IL to 5.1. OATS—Yorkshire ad .. Ditto, white ... Norfolk and Lin Potatoe . 258 t • coin, red rs to a I 6 Ditto white 42s to 47s' black to to ,I. Irish, red 47s to 50s' Cork, white ... ...... -- , , e os Ditto s white RYE—Old 35s t° 4 l, New 36s to 38s PEAS Grey 33s t o 24s to 270 Map e 30 5 to s Malting l3s to 36s NVh , te Chevalier 32s to 35s' Boilers... 32. too, MALT—Suffolk and Nor- Ft.ou a—Town matte ... 43 ' t° 59' folk s6s to 62s Sufto k ..... ...... ..... 346 t° ~, Brown sos to 51s: Stockton &—Norfolk 3 45 to," Kingston and Ware 56s to 62s' FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. 01 WREAT—Daiitzic 23s 200 t• ( 0 Hamtairgh 36s to 40s P. As 2 3, to- 0 BARLEY 3os to 331FLott—American ...... OATS—New Feed l4s to 16s SZITITHPIZI.D. Prime Scots, honiebrecls, runts, &c., at an advaece in ti l : currencies obtained 03 Monday last of 2d p e r Blbs--r er highest figure being 4s per 81bs, while the value of all o f de breeds was supported without difficulty. The Mutton tro l l was somewhat steady, at last week's prices, the best . / Downs selling at 3s 8d per 81133. The Lamb 'trade liras 'So steady, at prices fully equal to those obtained on this sen'uight, viz., from 5s to Os 4d per Blbs. C a lves at full c 1,,,, , ~ tatious. The value of Pigs was supported without ditlicul ,"t ' Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s /0 44 s. it to s. d. • 3 Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 e Second qualityditto... 2i s s I Second quality ditto 2lO 3 ' Coarse.wor.dled ditto . 1 $ Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 Southdown Wethers 8 o Prime Scots, &e. 1 arge coarse Calves 3 4 4 2 Large Hogs Prime small ditto. 4 4 4 8 Small Porkers 3lO 0 , Suckling Calves, each 18 0 29 I. Quarter old Pigs, eachl6 0 ge s 0 Infetior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. II Sheep. I Cares. INV' 40 3 2,510 29,770 104 ' xi/ X:17. 7 GATE AND LEADEIVELIiIai . , ie a 4 The primest Beef, Mutton, and Veal have c omman d e d trifle more money—the value of o th e r d escr iptions beinEZo ported. In addition to the arrivals below, about 500 ..,. tO of Lamb, and 800 hind quar t ers of M u tt on , have CO" 1 " hand from various parts, per railway. At per stone, by the Carcase 4 S. rt. to s d. B. ‘ l " i i / Beef, inferi0r..„..,..... 2 2 24' Mutton, inferior ..... 2 j ! middling ..... .... 2 6 2 8 --- middling 2.1 $ 1 i.rime large .... 210 3 -- prime .....„ •3 ' ' prime small 3 4 3 6, Pork, large 2 4 1+ Vaal Lamb. Is 10d to 6s ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. ~ Beasts. Sheep. Calves. 1 7 3 10 8 350 AI 7 400 "ip 2 70 . 0 60 3 0 3 32 100 f 0 120 l 6 13 1 8 200 150 40 49 DI 50 90 00 100 80 1 .. Scotland Yorks' .ire Norfolk Suffblk Cambridgeshire .. Essex Surrey Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts .....- - Total o4* 38 1.4 , 2 480 - ',a Previous "reek's arrival ...-. Diftbrence since our last 31 100 l 2 BOROUGH AND SPITA.X.XXELDS. The arrivals of Potatoes having exceeded the demen"„ e ati our last; holders have in some instances been compe" i s' submit to lower rates to effect sales, while most of Owl ferior qualities have been housed. From Belgium, Ito Si and Ireland, nearly 700 tons have. been received, and . from 40s to 45s per ton, their quality being very inferior'. WOOL MARKET. tro t During thc past week the imports of Foreign and Culp Wool have not exceeded 800 packages. By private a'i l de ssi very little business is doing, yet prices may be COn' si about stationary. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. ,oar, The accounts from the plantations are by no meansndif , able to the young tine, yet the trade here for all r• Hops is in a sluggish state, at last week's prices. „, TALLOW. kt The market continues in that same dull state Asia. , been for soma time past, with little variation in price#9 . ..,ol being no speculative business doing, and the trade ,bst ep tringly. The Hamburgh mail arrived this mornipiPart. the letters were not delivered sufficiently. early for our l e _ TWO YOUNG LADIES DRO'WN rj ;4, On Thursday evening, about-seven o'clock, IVIO S a young lady of considerable aceomplishMen t i of beauty, aged twenty-two, and governess in the fliOlt o rki Captain M'Flardy, chief constable of the CheleOfea county police, was walking in the fields l e ading - .p, that town to Springfield with the two Miss Wfl ar for Mary, the eldeit, being eleven years of age,fil l e fl tY sister Malvina, nine years of age . They glut' $l O path, and the young ladies were playing nes7 f , c of edge of the river Chelm?r, at a part where the tbe of the current had considerably underraine tl A 1. bank ; the eldest Miss Hardy i s su ppogr o r have ventured too near the edge, when the over ° to ing part gave way, and she was precipitated int ° feet water, at that part from ten to fifte en l deep. Miss Gace, in her anxiety to save her'cp?• • immediately jumped in, and both perished;;Aolt younger Miss M‘Hardy, with great presence allot sent some girls who were near for assistance r. l lO O home, a short distance from the spot, and gave the_ . ,Fil 0, to other pagties. The bodies could not be seen, Ind 0 1 minutes elapsed before they were got out by the 'n o pi creepers, when life was found extinct, and the ex t e r o ti lso of the medical men to restore animation prove° or avail. Miss Gace had a sister residing in the neigh l P hood, also governess in a family. An inquest was k e 0 0 ' the bodies thefollowing day at Chelmsford station -0 bi Miss Malvina M`Hardy said she was standing i ,fo the waterside, throwing sticks in, when her 1 st: W ( 1 0 0i forward, and she called out to Miss Gace, " Ob' go in, you'll drown yourself." Miss Gace 5 9113 1 olle what I do ?" and screamed and jumped 11/5 het then sent three girls to run home immediately toot( father for assistance. After they were in t he .; ° ac e ; they rose several times, but Miss Gace en , g A ge after which they disappeared. Mary Kill' ell twelve, living at Springfield, said she sad e t on the path near the gravel pit, the rui". - , ; ,tw which was about thirty yards f rom the riv' t 11 0 ' fancied they were fishing. She saw Miss gall 46 0$ and Miss Gace almost immediat e ly afterwards .1 0 00 to rescue her. Job Terry, labourer, said he hear`2,,,piel dreadful shrieks, and afterwards saw a woman 1 7,s le who exclaimed, " Oh, sir, there are two children. td into the water!" Nothing could be seen in the s. of the Chelmer, and several railway labourers e°„ came up, but the water was - so deep that they be persuaded to go in. The child had no doubt 0 , foot on some rushes edging the bank, which O f r ife uuder her. The Coroner summed up ; and the Ju turned a verdict of " Accidental death." ABINGDON ELECTION.—The ex-member et house of Blenheim, Mr. Thesiger, has been taken no rp,, patronage of Mr. Duffield, who has vacated his sea the borough of Abingdon, for the purpose of letting in 1 ;01' Solicitor-General. The Learned Gentleman has address to the electors. T.i fli e : 8 11 00 TEACHING BARBARIANS HUMANITY.-- -- tt Greenwood, in his " Campaign in Affghanistant . 1 11 0 :: witty h.e•ror of " Affghan ferocity." and relates t'r, trative anecdote :—A Kh b_ree boy, aged si2ciie lP t i , ohyerved by a British soldier handling a ilcol° 11 • and endeavouring to hack off the head of a den re is r sergeant, for his private amusement ! Thfiencift ferocity about these Airs-bans," observes the t. . he el t f hearted lieutenant, " hich they seem to their mother's milk." And then, to show our snr‘, Tb over the barbarous tribes of Asia, he adds Se. young urchin was so completely ab,orbed in "I,' es of fb J task, that he heeded not the near approae- e soldier, who coolly took him up on his bap , ' Ais threw him over the cliff." THE FACTORY BILL AND LORD ASIO- .. e tsP; r 4 Noble Lord the Member for the county of 1: 1 °'" tb l the 0 8 gave formal notice on Friday night, that ofl ms e reading of the: Factories Bill (No. 2) he will PQ $l „ following clause after clause 31 A n d be it je &c., that from and after the Ist day of Oct°bee.l2io i/ o ro present year, no young person shall be employ o r 0 4 0 factory more than eleven hours in any one depot 1 , 0 0 than sixty-four hours in any one week; an - and after the Ist day of October, 1847, no yonniloolos shall be employed in any factory more than t e r n s o)' $ of any one day, or more than fifty-eight hours.l-rionioo week; and that any person who shall be el ni e employing a young person for any longe r ;,; $ 1 8 , 1 ,0 is in and by this clause permitted, shall for e le ss v" offence be adjudged to pay a penalty of n ot. 31., and not more than 10/." BIRTHS. rool' ti ro d On the 3d ult., Mrs. Thomas Legg, of lrozler7 Brixton, of a son. /1 11. On the A, 19th ult, at Abercrombie-place, Gla e fr G. Wright, of a daughter. (11/1 On the Ist inst., at Godstone, the wife of theß lf. , F A OP Dawe Wickham, of a daughter. ?Sr' On the Ist inst., at Hare-street, Saitalfielder ook Jaques, of a daughter. of r 1 On the 2d inst., the lady of J. T. Berkley, Of' berry, Stoke Newington, of a son. On the 2d inst., at Ryde, Isle of Wight , the Isci./ WI . a 100 R. Akers, Esq., of a son. of On the 2d inst., at Cadoe-mn-place, the ri P Bence Jones, Esq., of a daughter. coo On the 2d inst., in Portland-place, th e W t . ol°' Royds, Esq., of a son. • GI . On the 3d inst., in Nottingham-place, Li. — gys. of a son. 1,40 1 ' On the 3d inst., at Craven-place, Old 1e1>„...."/ William Miller, of a son. " 4oet ls On the 21st of November, lllAß 1843,1 E DaiParran:liseorettih Wales, Henry Watson Parker, Esq., Pri" t v in i c r dee , "- Excellency the Governor, to Emraeline col 310 ° 0 daughter of the late John Macarthur, 0 01 ` that colony. Shropen w7 youngto, On the 30th ult., at Willey Church, ~o rest ero; mei . 0 , Newport, to the Hon. Selina Louisa enf, 14/ri to lA ci daughter of the late, and sister of the pree.,_t,p4" On the 22d ult., at Paris, Charles Mole j oef ot daughter of Baron James allet. York, Gr e°rge ouoi On the Ist inst., at StillMi n gton, near Huband, Esq., Captain unattached, to • Eock / oe' daughter of Rear-Admiral Croft, o fthat P Thorl ridni..o ey g• On the 2d inst., at Fulham , Edward Qr l to Jess) , Fanny, fourth daughter of captaul DIED. if v. On the 27th ult. , at Abercrombie -place, Glasg° ' 0 Ellington, wife of Harry G uthrie Wright, El* pa of C° , On the 26th ult. , at D arlin g ton, John Jun G mander Arrow, R.N. On the 29th ult., Sus annah Elizabeth, the 16 0 o f Sr. f the Beswick, of Moorgate -street, City. 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