The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-21 00:00:00

HEfl MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MAY Will be performed Doniz,tti's Opera, entitled D.;/.1 P 4orina, Madame Grisi ; Ernesto Signor Mario; Dr. Malatesta, 'nor Fomasari ; and Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. Between the acts of the Opera the admired "La Gitana" by Cerito. To conclude with the Ballet of ALMA. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box elite, Opera colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. igner LAB LACHE has the honour to inform the Nobility, Sub , s itx.r ; to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that HIS iIENkI'IT will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, May 113 s, hen will be performed Cimarosa's Comic Opera, entitled IL MATRIMONIO SEORETO. Elisetta, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Mdlle. Favanti ; Carolina, Madame Petsiani ; Paolino, Sig. Mario ; Count Robinson, Sig. IL. lablache ; and Geronimo, Sig. Lablache. After which, a New Divertissement, entitled LA VIV A.N DIERE, ~ .troducing the Redowa; or, Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mdlle. cora() and M. :Lt. Leon. To conclude with the t rand Ballet of ALMA. Alma, Madame Cerito. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box oticv, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at seven. The Opera will commence at Halt.past Seven. THEA'rRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MAY 21, Will be performed the opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL Count ‘rnheim, Mr. Borraut; Thaddeus Mr. W. Harrison • Devllshoot, Horncastle ; Arline. Miss R;inforth ; Queen o f Gipsies, Mi.,' Betts. After which, the Opera of CLARI. The Duke Vivaldi, Mr. %V West; Rslamo, Mr. Cooper: Jocoso, Mr. Hudson ; Nim. pedo, Mr. Meadows; Clari, Miss Itainforth ; Fidalma, Mrs. Tay eure; Ninetta, Miss Betts. To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement, entitled THE FETE OF TERPSICHORE. Dress Boxes 75., Second I rice Ss. ed. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price is.; Pit is , Second Price is.; Middle Gallery 25., Second Price ls. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. - - . - THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MAY 21, Will be perfornted Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir knthony Aosolute. Mr. W. Farren ; Captain Absolute, Mr. H. ;4011; Faulkland, Mr. Stuart; Acres, Mr. Webster; Sir Lucius O'frigger, Mr. Leonard ; David, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Malaprop, Glover; Lynia Languish, Mrs. Nisbett ; Julia, Miss E. Yar. r.(•ld ; Lucy, Mrs. Humby. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Cnarles' Coldstream, Bart, Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis 1-cech, Mr. Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Pennett ; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with a New Comic Drama, called THE A BSENTEE. - Patrick Delany, Mr. Tilbury ; Edward Macarthy (the Absentee), H Holl; Larty Lurgan, Mr. Leonard; Norah, Miss Julia Isznnett ; Katy, Miss Carre. orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, fis. • Pit, Is. ; Gallery. 25.; Upper fakery, Is. flalf.price—Boxes, ; 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, Sti. Doers opened at halt past Six, and the Performances commesice at Seven Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 21. Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled CROWN N DIAMODS Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss; Don Hen riques de Sandoval, Mr. Allen; Rebolledo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; La Caterina, Madame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Mils Grant. To which will be added GONE TO TEXAS. Atter which, A DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with a Comic Drama, called BLASE; or, The Man - Search of a Sensation. Monsieur Blase, Mr. Wright; Grosfer, Mr. Paul Bedford • Louise, Madame Eugenie Prosper ; Madame Poou, Mrs. H. P. Grattan. 7221EATRE ROY L LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE ender the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. Open Fesame; or, a Night with the Ferty Thieves," continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable audinces THIS EVENING, MAY 21, Will be performed a New Comedietta. entitled THE WHITE 4. fIiER. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Collier, • iren, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Fairbrother. After which, MY .VIFE'S OUT. Princioal Characters by Mr. T.lecley, Mr Wigan, bliss Chaplin, and Mrs. Keeley. To which will be added a new Comic Drama, called THE f,OVE BIRDS. 'Ffine;pal Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, r'nunge, Mrs. lAosdligo, Mrs. Usher, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Chaplin, `Miss Grove, and Miss Frit t To be followed by :tti Apropos Bagatelle. called POLK AMA NIA ,Tharacters by Mr. F. Mathews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a (1-nni Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called 43PEN SESAME; or. a Night with the Forty Thieves. Cha racters by Miss Woolgar, bliss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, And Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF A DMISFION.—BaIeony Poxes, 41.; Upper !loxes, 3s. ; Pit, .2s. ; Gallery, ti d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2 s. ; Upper Boxes, Is ; Pit, IF. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (holding eight persons). 'Vito Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Pier (ho'ding eight persons), One Guinea and a.HaIL Private Boxes on the Pit lier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROY AI. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. i rand Attraction. Last week of M. Plege, the great French Rope-dancer. THIS eVENING, MAY 21, Will be refloated the Hat a ical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR ; or, the Battle of Hastings. With a ll the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &c. Entire Change of the Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with tt.e Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the H•ndoos of the Ruby aim. The doors will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at seven. Box-office opened daily fr om ten till four. The private boxes have been recobstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage.in taager. Mr. W. D. Broadfoot DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAIRE. THIS EVENIING, MAY 21, Will be pestbrmed a New Drama, entitled HUGH, THE GIPSY. Supported by . Messrs, E. F. Saville, FL Hughes, IL Honner, Neville, Va e, Mrs H. Vining, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. Lewis. After which, a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA. After " La Polka," Mr. Cii ARLES SLOM AN, will poetize ex temporaneously on subjects proposed by the audience. To be followed by Mr. COX'S admired DISSOLVING VIEWS. To conclude with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrakd work, entitled WHITEFRIARS, in which the entire Company will perform. Paces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.. o:hce„ from Eleven to Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. The WIZARD OF IHE NORTH'S New Wonders of Experi mental Philosophy. and Natural Magic are the gre.it source of attrac !.ion l As his season advances he will prove that he has "no rival ;" • b his peculiar an he will support the honour and dignity of the nation whi;ll gave him birth. Remember that he performs wonders every evenii:f, which, if only heard of, would never be bel eyed. In addition to his own Extraordinary Performance', which can have , parallel in the world, he has other Novelties which wouldfill his rbeatre, indep,lndent of his Mystic Entertainment. The WIZ A ItO is proud to announce that he has engaged (for this week only) The 141:7 HLAND DANCERS with their PIPERS who had the honour of dancing before the Queen at Taymouth and l)unkeld Castles. during her Maj +sty's recent visit to the " land o' cakes " "I hey will nightly appear in full Highland costume and lance their grand National Dances. This will be a Great Treat, as -t will convey to the mind a style quite unknown to England. The THREE ARAB BRLTHER will repeat their classical perform. ...nces, which are nightly received with most rapturous applause. In consequence of the addition to the usual er.tertainments, the Doors will open at Half past Six, and the Performance commence at Eight. Boxes, Ss. ; Pit. Is. 6d.; Gallery, 6d. Reserved Seats, and Private sloxes can be secured at the Theatre, and of all the Agents. -second Price at Nine o'clock. COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEASON, . ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, GRAND WHITSUN FETES. ON WHIT.MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Strong as have been the claims of this favoured place of public resort at the beginning of each season, the Proprietor feels justified in asserting, that never before did it offer a tithe of the attractions it now presents. The Gardens have been completely renovated, 'tattles and Fountains introduced, new and extensive Promenades termed, and the most lavish expenditure in every department, 11l evince the troprietor's anxiety to insure a continuance ol public ''atronage. THE NEW GRAND PICTORIAL MODEL OF LONDON IN THE OLDEN TIME: Painted by Denson and Telbin, the most gigantic achievement ever yet produced, and for grandeur ~f composition, fidelity of design, and beauty of execution, it far exceeds any previous production. It accurately represents ancient oudon—Old St. Paul's—Oid Lindon Bridge—Baynard's Castle, and II the principal Churches and Buildings of the locality, and may Keith truth be designated the most wonderful production of mo e.t.rn times. THE MENAGEBIE, ALWAYS UNRIVALLED, HAS RECELVED MANY VALUABLE ADDITIONS. To defy all competition, the Propriet , r h as engaged the celebrated AMERICA'S DWARF 'l' ”1 THUMB! ow exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, l'iccadilly. The PROMENADE CONCERTS—the splendid Band of Fifty Performers, conducted by Mr. Godfrey—will perform a selection of the newest and most `copular music. The far-famed HIGHLAND DANCERS AND PIPERS are also engaged, and will go through two acts of their National Dances, which procured for them the distinguished approbation of her Majesty and Prince Albert at Taymouth Castle And at Dusk will take place the most astounding exhibition ever attempted. viz,, a Representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Mr. Southby . (to whim in justice belongs the appellation of" Fire King") has exhausted the resources of his art, to give effect to this exhibition. London Bridge, Old St. Paul's Cathedral, and other Buildings will- appear devoured by the devastating element, and present a heap of blackened ruins, in accordance with the best ~elineations taken at the period, and the coup d'ceil will give a vivid representation of a Great City destroyed by fire. boots ope:i at Twelve. Admission, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL. PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to TIIE NAPOLEON the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo -ical 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 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and Interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE HI., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during theilist and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other , mriosities,.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 one. The price of admis sion is reducedto ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON - MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly,. daily from Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, MAY 21. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44; Highest, 59 ; Noon, 52. BAROMETER, 29.94.—Wnrn, N.E. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the .eezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is , i,tially placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. DIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 7 minutes after 4 I Evening... 24 minutes after 4. •• • • • s, g ki q lt • - - ci"al . 3 y re 4 Xi 7: 11 1 1 • • 4 , ` 't) 7rmrwir • --,,;.;e2.4 , - i;c7 ---414apeo0 ‘11.0" IT woo SECOND tientn nn; LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1844. In answer to a question from the Marquis of Lox- DONDERRY, the Earl of HADDINGTON said the. Go % ernment had altered their determination, expressed last session, and intended to take a vote for improv ing still further the harbours of Port Patrick and Donaghadee. The Marquis of CLANRICAIME gave notice that he would this day move that the Chester and Holy head Railway Bill be referred to a Select Committee. Lord WHAENCLIFFE moved the second reading of the Factories' Bill, and briefly stated the principal clauses ; Lord-NoamANur entered his protest against the Bill ; and, after a few remarks from Lord EItOI3CHUI, the Earl of WINCnILSEA, and some other Lords, it was read a second time and ordered to be committed on the 31st inst. In the Commons a new writ was moved for the borough of Buckingham, in consequence of Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE having been appointed Secre tary at War. The third reading of the Sheffield, Ashton.under- Lyne, and Manchester Railway Bill was postponed for a fortnight, in order to make an inquiry into an arbitration clause introduced into the Bill. The third reading of the Ashton and Staleybridge Railway Bill was also postponed for a fortnight. On the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE, the Standing Order No. 33 was ordered to be rescinded. It had an important bearing on railway transactions, and was at variance with resolutions adopted by the House of Lords relative to deposits on shares. These resolutions had been carefully considered by the Lords, and he thought entitled to the serious attention of the House. _ _ Sir R. PEEL said the carrying of the motion would materially facilitate the construction of the Dublin and Cashel Railway, and he hoped before the close of the session that the Royal assent would be given to a Bill for that purpose. Mr. HUME wished to know if the Right Hon. Baronet would have any objection to lay before the House the correspondence which had taken place between England and Texas relative to putting down slavery in that district ? Sir R. PEEL said the Go vernment was not disposed to follow the example of another Government, and he must refuse the appli cation. The House went into Committee on the Bank Charter, when Sir ROBERT PEEL, at considerable length, entered into the currency question, and gave some further explanations of the main points con tained in the resolutions he proposed on moving a renewal of the Charter. The measure, he said, evinced a liberal treatment of existing interests, and he trusted would tend to prevent those shocks upon the commerce and agriculture of the country, which had often proved so ruinous. Mr. CHARLES WOOD expressed his approbation of the Bill generally. By the Act passed in 1819, a return was made to a metallic currency, and he hoped it would continue. None of the metals was so unchangeable as gold, and that was one reason why he preferred that standard to any other. The system of free trade in banking was dangerous to any State ; it had produced the most calamitous disasters in the United States ; and the almost unlimited circulation of paper in this country, too, had brought monetary affairs to such a state in 1839 that the Bank of England was compelled to apply for foreign credit. Some other members afterwards addressed the Com mittee, and the resolutions were agreed to. The consideration of the report on the Customs' Duties Bill was postponed till this day ; and after the transactio❑ of some other business the House Ad journed at Half-past One o'Clock. All the fire-eaters of France seem to have taken great alarm at the plain and honest statements made by the sailor-son of Louis PHILIPPE. They have not, however, surprised the rational and thinking men of France. They have not surprised the merchant seamen, nor the builders of steam-vessels, nor those who forge engines for the French steam navy. These men know the vast resources of this country for any maritime purpose, whether with sails, or paddle wheels, or Archlmedean screws. They know also that English sailors, and English engineers, and English admirals, too, are a subborn and persevering race, and that if they were by some mischance to sustain one defeat, the country would only be roused to more activity, and never rest satisfied till the dis grace of a naval defeat was wiped away, and England asserted, as she has done for no small number of years, the supremacy of the seas. Tho Prince DE JOINvILLr admits the fact. " I will suppose," says he, " that which is unexampled I admit—that twenty ships and fifteen thousand English sailors are brought prisoners into Toulon by our victorious squadron. Will they be the more decisive ? Shall we have vanquished an enemy who suffers himself to be crushed by a first blow, to whom resources are wanting to retrieve a defeat, and who, when an outrage is to be avenged, is accustomed to reckon his sacrifices ? To all such as know the English people, it is evident that, in such circumstances, they will see them animated with an immense desire of avenging a reverse unknown in their annals—a reverse affecting their very existence. All the naval resources of that immense empire, its numerous personnel, its physical riches, will be united to efface the stain cast upon the honour of the British navy. In a month, one, two, three, squadrons, as powerfully equipped as the one we have captured, will appear before our ports. What shall we have to oppose to them ? No thing but wrecks." And what would follow ? The remaining French sailors would enlist on board pri vateers, and try the more profitable trade of capturing stray vessels, and gaining a temporary livelihood as marauders in creeks and channels. The French fleets, as in former times, would be locked up in their harbours, and all the commercial advantages which France now enjoys, and which has increased her re venue to an unusual extent, would, in a few months, be annihilated. For, be it remembered, that even if sailing squadrons were to get out of fashion, if one-half of our numerous and hardy sailors were laid on the shelf, and if the contest were to be decided by steam, England has still a greater superiority in that respect than she even had in the days of JERVIS and NELSON• We have an abundance of iron and coal and every material for the construction of steam-vessels; we have—and the fact is admitted on all hands—the best mechanics for forging engines, and the best engineers for managing them ; nay, what is more, we have at present a larger sea steam navy than all the world together. Has any other nation but England tried the experiment ? We have brought steam into prac tical use both in war and peace. We have steamers, fit for every purpose of war, traversing the Atlantic Ocean, the seas around the countless British islands in the west, and at the same time keeping at bay the vast population of China, and the whole of the Asiatic continent. England gave a striking proof of her skill in this new engine of war when the British navy swept the Syrian coast like a hurricane, and a handful of men penetrated into the heart of the Chi nese empire. Has any other nation yet tried war on the new system? We do not put forth these facts as matters of boast. We state the simple truth ; no one can refute it, and even the bitter enemies of England, the writers in the Paris National, who vaunt so much the power of the French navy, losing confi dence in their own resources, look for aid to the Ame ricans. The Prince DE JOINviLLE, who may lose some popularity by his candour, thus admits the fact— "lt has cost me much, in the course of this brief article, to subject my country to a painful comparison with a country which precedes it at so great a dis tance in the knowledge of its interests ; it has cost me much to disclose the secret of our weakness as contrasted with British power. But I should deem myself happy if I could, by this sincere avowal of these melancholy truths, dispel the illusion which so Many sensible persons entertain as to the real state of the naval - forces of France." At a meeting of Roman Catholics which took place yesterday in the Concert-room adjoining the Princess's Theatre, for the purpose of adopting measures to ex tend the operations of the Catholic poor-schools in St. John's-wood district, Mr. O'CONNELL, who was in the chair, after making some pertinent and forcible remarks respecting the gradual spread of education both in Great Britain and on the Continent, proceeded to observe :—" But turn to France and to the state of public instruction in that country. He considered that more diabolical conduct had never been pursued than that which Louis PHILIPPI had adopted in the case of the French University. It was equalled only by some of the monstrous atrocities of the French Revolution. It would appear that he was determined that none- but infidels should educate the people of the kingdom which he ruled. But such a p n u d rs b u r e disgraceful conduct was not surprising, when it was : b e ut coming ther revolution. o d u b g y ht o t o h n e . class that fomented v ro ol m uti the bishops and clergy of France , however, LOUIS PHILLIPPE would meet with the most uncompromising opposi tion." This constant abuse of the KING of the FRENCH comes with a very ill grace from Mr. O'CoNslzix, whose great boast of late years has been, that he is a lover of peace and order, and a sworn enemy to all war. If he be really in earnest in his boast—if it be something more than a mere empty flourish of words intended to tickle the ears of the 1 community, he should entertain sentiments of the ' sincerest respect for Louis Paimeu, who, whatever may be his other faults—and we are by no means blind to them—has at least the merit—and a merit it fisof a high order—of having maintained peace in France, and consequently in Europe, for a troublous and excited period of fourteen years, despite a thou- ' sand difficulties, and in the face of a thousand hazards. Had it not been for the decided check which this sagacious, but not very high-principled, Monarch put upon it, the headstrong republican spirit, so prevalent in France in the memorable year 1830, would have made the tour of Europe ; convulsion and anarchy would have followed in its train ; the antagonist mo narchical and aristocratical spirit would have been roused to the utinest ; after a sanguinary though perhaps protracted struggle it would have prevailed as a mat ter of course ; and the cause of well regulated, consti tutional freedom would hare been thrown back at least fifty years. For rescuing Europe from the horrors of such a warfare, which, as being a war of principle, would have called forth a host of reckless and fanatical passions and prejudices, Louis PniLrrrß deserves the thanks of every wellwisher to the cause of liberty and humanity ; and by none should he be held in greater esteem than by Mr. O'CONNELL, who is always deprecating the shedding of blood, and assuring his hearers, both in England and Ireland, that that revolution is purchased at too extravagant a cost that is purchased by the loss of human life in war. For our own part, we are no very excessive admirers of the French KING ; we think that he has in many instances wantonly abused the powers en trusted to him by a confiding people; played fast and-loose with their liberties ; and gone far beyond the limits assigned him by the Constitution ; still, we cannot forget that he was placed in a situation of pe culiar difficulty ; and that if he had indulged, instead of restraining with a firm hand, the fierce, despe rate, propagandist spirit of the French republicans, with their chimera of universal brotherhood and equality, he would have lighted up the flames of the most ruinous and extensive war that Europe has known since the outbreak of the first French revolution. But the cause of Mr. O'CoNNELL's strong enmity to Louis Piluares is no secret. It is not his state policy, but his educational policy, that is the object of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman's special abhorrence. Rightly appreciating the temper of the times, and the habits and tastes of his subjects, the KING of the FRENCH has refused to allow the claims of the clergy to their old national supremacy; he has compelled them to lower the tone of their ;pretensions; and, if they exercise au thority at all, he is resolved that they shall exercise it by the influence of common sense instead of the jugglery ofpriestcraft- This enlightened and decided conduct on the part of a Monarch who—unlike his bigoted, priest-ridden predecessor, CHARLES the TENTH—is a consummate man of the world, Mr. O'Corszumu can neither forget nor forgive. And the reason is obvious. He himself, however great the moral influence which he exercises over his country men, is yet, in no slight degree, subject to the autho rity of the Catholic clergy of Ireland, and dare not run counter to their opinions; and as they naturally entertain a strong fellow-feeling for their discomfited clerical brethren in France, he has no alternative but to chime in with their feelings and sympathise with their professional prejudices. The Madrid papers of the 13th contain further accounts of the preparations made for the departure of the Court to Barcelona. General NARVAEZ was to quit Madrid on the 18th for that place, in order to make the necessary arrangements for the journey. The Ambassadors of England and France were to accompany their Majesties to Barcelona, and after to the baths of Caldes. The Madrid Gazette contains a circular letter from the Home Secretary, addressed to the Political Chiefs, calling upon them to use every exertion to put down the bands of malefactors in various parts of the country who intercept the com munications and endanger persons and property. The Funds show not the slightest symptom of im provement, and were lower on the 13th than they have ever been since the commencement of the panic. This is a bad omen for the peace and security of the country, and proves that the public have little confi dence in the new Cabinet, and the military, unconsti tutional system adopted by NARYAEZ. The' Three per Cents. closed at 27 for cash, and 27+ at 60 days; and the Five per Cents., at 20 for cash, and 20i at 60 days. The French Chamber of Deputies has at last brought the discussion on the Prison Bill to a con clusion. On Saturday the Chamber divided on the whole Bill, and it was passed by a majority of 231 to 128. The Government papers, in general, ap prove of the Bill ; and one of them describes it as the most important measure of the session, while others justly condemn its main principle, the silent system, as unnecessary and cruel. The forthcoming debate on the supplementary vote of credit for the navy was looked forward to with much interest. Several of the leading speakers, among others, BERRYER, DUFAURE, and BARROT had inscribed their names to address the Chamber on the subject. The pamphlet of the Prince DE JOINVILLE still attracts much attention. The Presse and the Quoti dienne have noticed it at some length, and admit that the main facts as to the state of the French navy can not be refuted. The following contrast between the steam navy of France and that of England appears in the Presse, and is extracted from an appendix to the pamphlet : " The Prince de Joinville's pamphlet on the steam navy of France has made a great sensation in Paris, and must do the same throughout the kingdom. In the sea ports, above all, where the justness of his views and the accuracy of his stated facts can be better appreciated than elsewhere, atten tion will be excited in its highest degree. At the end is an appendix full of curious information on the material condition of our steamers, which we regret to be obliged to analyse. It shows that the 103 steam-vessels put on the official list are in reality reduced to 43, constituting what can be called the war portion of our steam-fleet. Of these 43 there are 16 or 18 in permanent requisition for the service of Algeria, and 9 others, too weak to serve as war-ships, are appointed to local duties. Consequently there remain only 16 or 17 steamers for occa sional missions and foreign stations. Of this number 3 aro of 450-horse power, 1 of 320, 6 of 220, and the rest of 160, or less. Such is the force of this description, that at the com mencement of a war France will have to enter upon all the chances of battles. In face of this statement, let us place the resources of England. From this, as the Prince observes, useful ideas may be elicited. In official publication tells us, in the first place, that the number of these armed vessels was in March last 77. Of these the Mediterranean station employs 10, viz.-1 of 450, 4of 340, 4of 228 horse-power, and 1 ofless force. On the Western coast of Africa, there are 9, viz.—l, the Penelope, of 700 horse-power, 4 of 320, 1 of 220, and 3 of from 80 to 100 horsepower; on the coasts of Ireland 12, of which 8 are from 220 to 230 horse-power, and 4 of minor force ; in North America, Canada, the llerniudas, and the Antilles, 3 of 220 horse-power; in India and China, 3 of 320 horse-power; in the South Sea station, 2 of 320 and 220 horse-power, and 9 others employed on hydrographic surveys. These make a total of 48. Now we devote only Bto the same services! The difference between these two amounts shows the respective values put by each country on a steam -navy. The other ships, making up the number 77, are ready for ser vice in the ports to go on eventual missions, local antics, or to be used as transports. In this number 77, neither the ves sels constructed on the lakes of Canada, nor those in the colonies for local services, nor those of the East India Com pany, are included. Nor does it comprise the 11 ships laid up in ordinary in the ports—a state of things in a steam-navy hitherto unknown, and which we have no equivalent for. Indeed, our number is far from being adequate to our wants, and it is good to point out this difference between us and England. After signalising the evil, the Prince prescribes the remedy. He developes a new plan for organising our maritime force, which, if followed, would place our steam navy on the footing it ought to stand upon, and he calcu lates the expense of a fleet composed according to his ideas, comparatively to the sum put down for the same purpose in the budget for 1845. According to the Prince's plan the expense of our ships of war would be 24,135,672 f.—viz., for sailing ships 15,219,107 f., and for steamers 8,916,565 f. Ac cording to the budget for 1845, this expense is to be 24,070,620 f.—viz., 18,533,616 f. for sailing ships, and 5,517,001 f. for steamers. So that the plan of his Royal Highness would cause no greater addition to this expense than 65,052 f. This difference is insignificant in money, but would produce results of very great importance." The following are additional extracts from the papers; -- " The Courrier Francais says it is assured that Lieutenant Reine, who brought the last dispatches from Admiral Dupetit Thouars, has quitted Paris for Brest, where he is to wait for the orders of the Government. " The Phare of Bayonne states that General Zurbano, who has been for some time past residing at Bayonne, is about to return to Spain, having, it is said, received a letter from General Narvaez, in which he announces the Goveinment reckons upon him in the event of its having need of his services for the defence of the throne and the maintenance of order. _ " The Marseilles journals contain accounts from Athens of the 30th ult. ; they confirm those which had previously reached us as to the disturbed state of the country, and attri bute it to the intrigues of the Russian party. " A letter from Vienna says :—' We are going to have a trial of an atmospheric railroad. A company has been formed here to construct one between Vienna and Huttelsdorf, by Hiertzing and Miedberg, on the left bank of the Wein. The expense will be 1,200,000 florins (3,000,0000 All the shares, each of which is 10,000 florins, were disposed of the very day the prospectus of the company was published.' " THE BOURSE—SATURDAY, MAY 18. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five percents 122 25 .. 122 30 •. 122 25 .. 122 30 Four per Cents. Three per Cents B4 55 • • 84 55 .. 84 45 .. 84 50 Belgian Bank.. • • • • • ... • • • • 675 • • 675 • • 675 • • 675 Belgian Fives, 1840 1842 108} .. 108* .. 1081 .. 1061 Spanish Threes NeaP01itan•..•......... Roman, ax (UT .. 1041 .. 1041 .. 104 j .. 1041 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Gennain 815 .• 815 .. 813 .. $l5 Versailles, I{.B. t . ..... .. 377 50 • • 37V 50 .. 375 .. 375 •• .• •• •• 250 .. 250 .. 250 .. 250 Rouen • • • • • ... • ....• ......1001 25 ..1002 50 - ..1000 ..1002 50 Rouen to Havre•• • ....... •• 761 25 .. 763 75 .. 757 50 .. 762 50 Orleans.• .............••••1010 .:1012 50 —lOO2 50 ..1012 50 Strasburg to Ba1e•• -• •• •• •• 270 .. 270 267 50 .. 267 50 Avignon to Marseilles.. •• 766 50 .. 767 50 . 767 50 .. 767 50 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain •••• . • •• • • •• •• 815 .. 815 :• 815 .. 815 Ver^allles,R. 13.•• •• .. L•B••••••••••••• 248 75 .. 24t 75 .. 247 50 .. 247 50 Rouen •• •• .• •• ••••••1019 ..1010 .. 997 50 . 997 50 Rouen to Havre.• ..... ••• • • 765 .• 765 .. 757 50 .. 757 50 Orleans lOl7 50 ..1017 50 ..1002 50 ..1015 Strasburg to Bale •• •• •••• •• 271 25 .. 271 25 .. 267 50 .• 267 50 Avignon to Marseilles• • •• • • 7G7 50 •• 7G7 50 .. 765 .. 765 THIS DAY'S NEWS. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A woman named Hannah O'Brien, whose clothes were hang inn- about her in rags and tatters, and whose appearance indicated that she was the victim of intoxication, was charged before Mr. Jardine with begging and annoying gentlemen at one o'clock this morning in Parliament-street. The case was fully proved against the prisoner, and it ap peared that she had frequently before been charged at this office with a similar offence. On the 19th of last month she was sent to the House of Correction for a month, so that she had only been out of prison one day. She said that she was unable to obtain employment, aad she was compelled to beg. The inspector said that all the money the prisoner obtained from humane persons was immediately spent in drink. Mr. JA.RDLNIS sentenced her to one month's imprisonment, and intimated to the prisoner that should she be again brought up she would be imprisoned for three months. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Mary Ann M' Grath, a young woman of colour, and one of the lowest grade of prostitutes, was charged on suspicion of stealing from the person of a gentleman unknown two sove reigns and half a sovereign. It appeared that between three and four o'clock this morn ing, as Police-constable No. 136 of the C division was pro ceeding on duty along White Horse-street, Piccadilly, the prisoner was given into his custody by a gentleman, who charged her with having robbed him of the amount above mentioned. He said she had taken the money out of his trowsers pocket while he was standing talking to her. He wished that she might be searched on the spot, and his money which he was confident she had about her, returned to him. The constable told him it was necessary, before searching her, that he should go to the station-house with them, and enter the charge in the usual manner. The gentleman said nothing would compel him to do that, as he was a nobleman and a Member of Parliament. On hearing this the prisoner abused him in the most disgusting manner, and made imputations against her accuser of an abominable nature. The constable on that account took the prisoner into custody. The gentleman did not accompany them to the station-house. On searching the prisoner the money was not found, and the constable said he believed she had swallowed it. She was detained. MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) Mathew Carew, an elderly man, who aspired to the grade of " gentleman," and described himself as such at the police station, was placed before Mr. Rawlinson, on a charge of having been drunk on the previous night in Thayer-street, Manchester-square, and, while in that happy state, of grossly insulting several respectable females. Sergeant Thompson, 4 D, prayed the charge. Mr. RAwLimsox—What can you say for yourself, Sir— this is a serious charge? Prisoner (with great indifference) —Oh, I'm sorry, very sorry. In fact, I had drank more than I ought to do. Mr. RAwunsos—You call yourself a gentleman, I see. Pray, what are you? Prisoner—l am a gentleman. Mr. ItAwuNsox—Have you no profession ? Prisoner-- Yes. Sir, Pm a atone cutter. li&wuNsow---Well, Sir, as you are &gentleman, I shall impose a gentlemanly fine, and I hope it will stop for the future the gentlemanly practice you seem to have indulged in. You are fined 40s. Prisoner—l can't pay it. Mr. RAWLIVSON—Then you shall go to prison. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) William Silcock, who represented himself as holding a Go vernment situation, was charged with assaulting Charles Mellish, under the following circumstances. The complainant stated, that on the preceding afternoon the defendant rushed into the shop, where he was, and with out assigning any reason, charged him with robbing him of a sovereign. Complainant denied the accusation, and as the defendant still persisted in charging him with the offence, on attempting to eject him he was struck by him. Mm. TitAILL (to defendant)—How do you account for such conduct ? Defendant--The fact is, I met with an old friend in the service, and he treated me to some whiskey, and not having drunk any of such liquor for a long time it was •so potent that it completely deprived me of my senses. All I know is, that after I left my friend, I was robbed of a sove reign, but how I came to charge the young man I am at a loss to know. Mr. num. said that it was evident the whiskey was the cause of the defendant's extraordinary conduct, and he should fine him 10s. for the assault, or seven days' imprisonment. The defendant having paid the fine was then discharged. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 21.—Light northerly breeze, with rain. DEAL, MAY 20.—Wind N.N.E. strong breeze.—Sld. Ab berton, Port Phillip ; Johann Frederick, Batavia ; Pauline, Houghton, Mauritius ; Resource, Ichoboe ; Whampoa, De merara ; Ada, Jamaica ; Caleb Angus, Belize ; Prince Albert, New York. 9 P.M.—Wind N.N.E. blowing strong. The homeward bound apparently are riding all well. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 20.—Wind N.E., fine weather.—Acrd. Rowchester, Oporto, blown from the Downs with loss of an chors. Sid. Jane Maria, Ichoboe. Off, Carl Hohurst, New York, for Bremen. OFF DOVER, MAY 20.—Isabella, Geale, Demerara; Levan lass, Crow, Jamaica; Lucas, Miller, New York for Crou stadt, the two latter have left anchors. OFF DU:QOM:HOS, MAY 20.—Susan King, M‘Lean, St. Lucia. PLYMOUTH, MAY 20.—Wind, N.E. to N.—Arrd. Carl, Rio for Harriburgh ; Eliza, Vanderwood, Sierra Leone. Off, Malorne, HaTannali for Riga. OFF PENZANCE, MAY 19;--Childe Harold, Willis, Bombay, sld. Jan. 27, Cape of Good hope, March 12. OFT THE MAY 18 . —Mountaineer, Leith for Africa. OFF THE EDDYSTONE, • MAY 17.—Borna, Havannah for llamburgh. OFF PORTLAND, MAY 18 . —Sidney, Abrams, Batavia. MILFORD, MAY 19.—Arrd. Alert, Newport for Liverpool, with damage, having been in contact off the Bishops, on the 18th instant, with a brigantine, suppoied foreign. NEWHAVEN, MAY 20.—Several sail are riding in Seaford Bay. It is blowing hard at N.E. DOVER, MAY 20.—The Catherine, Peterson, from Cardiff to Altona; and the Eclipse, of Blankenese, from Harwich to Altona, got in contact yesterday morning and foundered, crews saved by the Sovensoskende, from Havre to Mardahl, off this port. TIVE ti h r r o is o t MAY 20.—Wind N.N.E., moderate.—Arrd. John . China; Mary Hounsell, Follett, Pernam biru a o iyt e ; url Jane,, White, t Monmouth, Ryan New Orleans; Avon, 3 Liverpool, Eldridge, New York. Sld. Christian, Sidney, New S ou th W a l es ; Wanderer, Off, Princess Royal, V a l para i so; J ohn and St.3ac rsSavannah a, Macao ; n fornah Robert, HULL, MAY 20.—Sid. Princess Royal, Quebec. CORY, MAY 18.—The John Mitchell and Beiche M'Evers, ashore on the mud, have been got off without damage. d Timm° MAY 20.—The Red R over, f rom Aberdeen to Sicch°bbsQtee'ragged her anchors and has d r i ven as h ore on ra r Sands, and is now lying beached at high water mark ; crew and part of stores saved. HARWICH, MAY 20.—The Union, Disney, of and from The Britannia, fro m ll art l epool, got ashore on London to Harlingen , foundered yesterday off O r f or d ness ; brought in here without damage. t c h re e w St s aff av - e e d b . b Rock this morning, but ha s b een assisted wand MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NAY stazzams. SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/; use ful ditto, 3/ 38 to 31 10 s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 10s to 31138; Clover Hay, 3158 to 5 / 5 3; O a t Straw, 116 s to 1/ 8s ; grain pabulum, th e d eman d f or b ot h H ay Wheat Straw, 11 88 to 11 108 per load. Owing to the in creased of excessively heavy, at in some in s ta n ces and Straw supplies p lower prices. CUMBERLAND. — Coarse Meadow Hay, 21108 to 3/ 38; use ful ditto, 31 5s to 311 08 ; fine Upland ditto, 31 lOs to 3116 s ; Huy, 8158 to 3155 1/ t° l2 s s l; per load. Oat Straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 98; Wheat Supply but moderate, and Clover Straw, U 10. trade very dull. WHITECILkPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 16. to 31; useful ditto, 31 3s to 3/ 88; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 108 to 3115 s ; Clover Hay, 3158 to 6/ Es ; Oat Straw, 116. to 1188 ; Wheat Straw, 11 Ss to 11 10s per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. COLONIAL. Strom.—The market for British Plantation is without change, only about 100 hhds having been sold at previous rates. The public sales have contained only 1,793 bags Bengal (partly in bond), which was chiefly taken in, being held above the value. During the past week a fair business has been doing in Foreign, con sisting chiefly of two large cargoes of white Havannah (about 4,000 boxes), which have been sold afloat, at about 31s 6d, deliverable at St. Petersburgh, and a small cargo of ' yellow ditto, at 20s 6d, deliverable in the Mediterranean. The 284 chests 47 barrels Maroim, offered by auction, which were all taken in s , have subsequently been dis posed of (for export) at 23s for the white, and 18s 6d for the brown, being the extreme value. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 835 Llids, 108 tierces, 160 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 401 hhds, 42 tierces, 78 barrels. The stock in the same places is 1,948 hhds, 314 tierces, 239 barrels. Roc—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 80 puns 7 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 126 puns 27 hhds, and exported 88 puns 22 hhds. The stock in the same pjace is 8,329 puns 1,666 hhds. Rtes.-525 bags Bengal at auction, sold at 103 6d to 11s for good mid white, being about the former value. SILTPETRE.—I,737 bags Bengal only partly found buyers at 23s to 25s Gil for 19* to 6 per cent. refraction, which are previous prices. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 40s 3d to 40s 9d per cwt on the spot, and Town at 42s per cwt. TiA.—The public sales to-day are small, rather above 3,000 packages. They went off with spirit, though without any advance ; and green teas being scarce, were nearly all sold at full rates. Pouchong was taken in. THE MURDERER CROUCH.—William Crouch, who was found guilty at the last sitting of the Central Criminal Court of murdering his wife, Elizabeth Frances Crouch, in Marylebone, and sentenced by Mr. Baron Alderson to be hanged, will expiate his crime on the scaffold in front of Newgate, on Monday next, at eight o'clock should the Sheriffs not receive any contraq directions previous to that day from the Home Secretary. The wretched man since his conviction has been watched night and day by two turnkeys, and has been repeatedly visited by Messrs. Musgrove and Moon, the Sheriffs, and the chaplain of the gaol, by whom he has been supplied with religious publications, and has evinced his consciousness of the enormity of his offence. Some exertions have been made to obtain a commuta tion of the extreme penalty of the law, but up to yes terday there was nothing known to the Civic authorities to justify the remotest hope that the sentence would not be fully carried into execution. MONSTER TRAIN.—On Thursday week a most ex traordinary luggage-train, consisting of seventy-two waggons by three engines, passed up the Midland Counties line. It started from the Derby station, where an immense concourse of persons assembled to see it.-11trapath's Journal. MONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE . _ . A fair business was done . in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales, including 1,000 bales Surat on speculation, 6,000 bales, viz., 2,000 Surat, lid. to 4d., the bulk at 24-d. to 20. ; 150 Pernam at 51d to 6d. ; 30 Bahia at sid. ; 20 Egyptian at 7/d. ; and the rest American at 4Ad. to 54d. per lb.—There was a heavy market for the Shares of the Grand Junction and Birmingham, but French continued in great request, and Great Western were firm. Caledonian, 4 ; Chester and Holyhead, 6i ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 66 ; Great Western Fifths, 221; Birmingham, 223 ; Ditto Quarter, 251; South Western, 88; Ditto, Eighths, 5; Manchester and Birming ham, 57 ; North British, 2/. 16s. 6d ; Trent Valley, 81. It is not at all expected that any alteration will be made in the resolutions last night brought forward by Sir Robert Peel on the subject of banking and currency. Still we hear that Mr. P. Stewart is in possession of many important suggestions for improvements, obtained at the conferences which he has had with the members of the various banking firms who have visited the metropolis upon this highly interesting topic. Now, however, that the subject is fairly before the public, a strong hope is entertained that the matter will soon be Fettled, so as to relieve all doubts upon the subject. The addition to the scheme of the Premier relative to the silver currency, as announced last evening, has given uni versal satisfaction, or very nearly so, among the monied inte rests of the City to-day. It is an approximation to making silver more generally useful. There are advices from the Cape of Good Hope received at the Jerusalem Coffee-house this morning, but their contents ate not of general interest. Only a few papers have come to hand. It is highly satisfactory to state that the carpet trade of Kidderminster is at the present time in a most flourishing condition, with every prospect of its continuing so. At most of the establishments the masters wish the men to bring in not less than a piece each week. The private letters re ceived by a trading shipping firm in the City speak favourably of most other branches of industry. Not a single bargain is quoted in Consols for the Account this morning. For Money the price is 994 a. The Com missioners bought two thousand pounds ,worth of Reduced Three per Cents, at 983, the highest value of the day. Bank Stock has been sold at 194, but at the present moment it is one per cent. cheaper. The premium in Exchequer Bills is firm at 745. to 765. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Re duced have been offered at 1014, and the New Stock at 1024. Business has been slack too in the Foreign Funds. The Portuguese Converted has been quoted at 47 ; Spanish Ac tives at 24* ; the Three per Cents. at 354 a ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. at 61; the Five per Cents. at 1001 ; Belgian at 1034 ; and Colombian ex Venezuelan at 144. In the Market for Railway Shares the inclination is rather to recede than otherwise. The Great Western, the London and Birmingham, and other principal lines have dropped in value, but only slightly. Union Bank of Australia Shares are at 14 premium • Santiago de Cuba Mine at 14 premium ; and St. John del Rey Mine at 14 discount. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT OWE O'CLOCK. (From thy Official List.) Bank Stock 193 194 103 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. ............ is% 34 s 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 99%% 354 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 161304% New 3% per Cent. Annuities 10 2N%% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860. Exchequer Bills, I%d. I%d 1,0001. 5001 Ditto Small Ditto Advertised — 72 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCL Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 103% Columbian Bonds. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 47 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 214 Ditto for the Account ....... ....... .. ......... Ditto Deferred 13% Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for !the Account Dutch 2% per Cents 61% 61 Dutch 5 per Cents. 100%%3(% New Loan 1837, i per Cents. 99% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Derby lOO .. Birmingham and Gloucester Bristol and Exeter 7O 923! Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian Chester and Holyhead 5 . ..... ... (% Dublin and Cashel 2% 6 ; l, ...... to Eastern Counties Great Western Ditto Shares 5O 74% to London and Birmingham. Ditto M Share , London and Brighton London and Greenwich London and South Western 41% lb% to Ditto Eighths London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds '7o Ditto % Shares Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 North Midland Sheftield and Manchester Dit o 1 4 Shares South Eastern and Dover T2% 3834%% to • Trent Valley Paris and Orleans ..................... 20 ... ...... 39 1 4% to Paris and Rouen 2O 38% to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 20.—The market continues flat with a limited business. Our only transactions were—Bristol and Exeter, 82 ; Grand Junction, 2211 ; Lon don and Birmingham 32/. Shares, 38 ; Manchester and Bir mingham, 57 to 56i; Sheffield and Manchester, 79 ; Trent Valley, 8. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTEUDAY. The betting about the two favourites was rendered more exciting than usual by the efforts of the opposing parties to obtain the call. For a long time, this was so near a thing that we should have hesitated to say which had the best of it, and it was not until near the close that the feeling became so decidedly favourable to Ratan that we feel ourselves perfectly justified in returning him first favourite. It will allay the apprehensions of those who stand on the horse when we add that Mr. Crockford, who has been seriously ill for some days past, was an nounced to be much better. The Orlando movement turns out to have been a flash in the pan-7 to 1 taken on Sunday, and 12 to 1 offered yesterday to no purpose. Leander again took a wide range, 12 to 1 and 20 to 1 being the two extremes; we have averaged him at 14 to 1, but do not pledge ourselves to its being his exact price. Akbar and Running Rein as before, and Bay Momus at 18 to 1, an improvement arising out of a considerable outlay, at 20 to 1. (Mr. Crockford has sent in an objection to Running Rein ; no time has been fixed for going into the case.) 30 to I was laid once against lonian 1,000 to 25 agst Dawson's lot, 3,000 to 100 egg Forth's lot, bar Leader (40 to 1 afterwards offered), 1,000 to 10 each agst Mainstay, Telemachus and Campanero, and 1,000 to 25 agst Beaufront, Beaumont, Croton Oil, and Mainstay. The following was posted in the Subscription Room:— " As several remarks have been made relative to my declaration as to Foig-a-Ballagh not starting for the Derby, for the satisfaction of his backers I beg to say, that on Saturday last I went to Mitchell Grove, and having seen the horse, found him amiss, as stated to me by Mr. Forth, with whose conduct I am fully satisfied. " Monday, May 1, 1844." " E. J. IRWIN." We give the date as it appears in the original •, Mr. Irwin, however, having written the letter, evidently meant the 20th of May. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's lot 40 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's lot 5 to 2 agst Mr. Crockford's Ratan—takers 5 to 2 agst Mr. John Day's Ugly Back 12 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando 14 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander 16 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar 17 to 1 agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein 18 to 1 ngst Mr. Scott's Bay Momus 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Qui Tam—taken 30 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lonian—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Osborne's Mount Charles 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's King of the Gipsies 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Collins's Mainstay—taken 1000 to 10 agst Sir G. Heal licote's Campauero—taken 1000 to 10 agst Sir S. Paul's Telemachus—taken 1200 to 10 each agst Forth's lot, the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger in one bet. 15 to 1 agst Ratan winning the Derby and St. Leger —t. OAKS. 6 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's The Princess 7 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Martingale —t. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's All Round my Hat 11 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Merope 16 to 1 agst Mr. Roger's Moorhen filly 17 to 1 agst Mr. J. Robinson's April Noddy—taken SALE OF BUNTERS YESTERDAY AT TATTERSALL'S. LORD CHESTERFIELD'S.—The Puncher, 28 guineas •, Beadsman, 13A- guineas ; B. filly, by Gladiator, out of Prizeflower's dam, 32 guineas ; The Bath Guide, 50 guineas ; Jack of Clubs, 70 guineas ; Bush, 50 guineas ; Bungaree, 84 guineas ; The Doctor, 125 guineas ; Hi-Ski-Hi, 1 55 guineas ; Monarch, 180 guineas ; Snarley yow, 200 guineas ; Jew's-eye, 200 guineas ; Prisoner, 34 guineas. Sift F. GOODRICKE'S.—Cerito, 170 guineas ; Con queror, 71 guineas ,• Spinster, 150 guineas ; President, 120 guineas ; North Star, 150 guineas ; Bolero, 250 guineas ; Hotspur, 340 guineas ; Tinker, 85 guineas ; Stranger, 60 guineas ; Confidenee, 72 guineas ; Fugle man, 78 guineas ; Galopade, 240 guineas ,• Sorcerer, 125 guineas ; Patrick, 39 guineas ; Chicken Hazard, 71 guineas ; Shepherdess, 98 guineas ; Surrey, 50 guineas ; Walter, 34 guineas ; Sambo, 24 guineas ; Buckhunter, 77 guineas ; Mistake, 52 guineas ; Countess, 42 guineas. (RECEIVED THIS DAT.) EPSOM RAcEs.—Cattonite and Delapre are declared not to start for the Surrey Cup. ASCOT HEATH RACES, 1844. Acceptances for the Ascot Stakes. Knight of the Whistle, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—Orion, 4 yrs, Bst Parthian, 4 yrs, 7st 111b—Blackdrop, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Mania, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Johnny, aged, 7st 21b—Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs, 7st—Arcanus, 5 yrs, 7st—Rowland, 4 yrs, Est 101 b Franchise, 5 yrs, 6st 101b—Delapre, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Maria Diaz, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—Ameer, 4 3rrs Est 51b—Fox, 4 yrs, 6st 3 1 b—illustration, 4 y rs , 6 s t 31b- 2 -E1 Maherry, 4 yrs, 6st —Doctor, 4 yrs, 6st—Elemi, 3 yrs, 6st—Robinia, 3 yrs, sst 121 b-Donnybrook, 4 yrs, sst 111b—The Ashstead Pet, 3 yrs, sst 101 b—colt by Elis, out of Odessa, 3 yrs, sst 81b— Gaiety, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Phalaris, 3 yrs, sst 21b—Deuce Ace, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b. The rest declared. HAMPTON, 1844. Handicap for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes. St. Lawrence, aged, 9st 71b—Mosque, 6 yrs, Bst 91b—Orion, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Bramble, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Ballinkeele, 5 yrs, fist 71b—Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs, Bst 31b—Johnny, aged, Bst 21b—Hampton, 5 yrs, Bst—Arcanus, 5 yrs, Bst—Fake away, 5 yrs, Bst—Captain Flathooker, 5 yrs, Bst—Blackdrop, 4 yrs, Bst—Palladium, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Auld Lang Syne, 4 yrs, 7st 111b—Rowland, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Ellen, 5 yrs, 7st 8 1 b— Pocket Viper, 6 y r s, 7 s t 71b— Bosphorus, aged, 7st 71b—The Devil-among-the-Tailors, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—What, 4 yrs, 7st 71b --Young Lochinvar. 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Queen Mab, 5 yrs, 7st 41b —Venatrix, 4 yrs, 7st 21b--Fox,4 yrs, 7st—Hartshorn, 4:yrs, 6st 121b—Tarantella, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—Nizza, 4 yrs, 6st 91b— Subduer, 4 yrs, 6st 91b—A British Farmer, 3 yrs, 6st 71b— Gaiety, 3 yrs, fist 31b—Idleness, 3 yrs, 6st 31b—Lucy Long, 3 yrs, 6st—c. by Elis, out of Odessa, 3 yrs, 6st—Midas, 3 yrs, sst 121b--Best Bower, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Deuce Ace, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Lufra, 3 yrs, sst 41b—The Midnight Star, 3 yrs, .nit. To be declared on Tuesday next. THAMES GRAND REGATTA. At a numerous meeting of the Committee and other lead ing aquatic gentlemen, at the British Coffee-house, yester day, J. D. Bishop, Esq., formerly of the Leander Club, in the chair, this great regatta was formally announced for the 20th, 21st, and 22d of June, when the following races will take place The gold challenge cup, for eight-oared boats ; gentlemen amateurs ; entrance, five guineas each boat. The silver challenge cup, for four-oared boats ; gentlemen amateurs ; entrance, three guineas. A pair of silver cups, for pair -oared boats ; gentlemen amateurs ; entrance, two guineas. The silver challenge cup, fur sculls ; gentlemen amateurs ; entrance, one guinea. A prize of 100 SOS's. for watermen in four-oared boats ; open to all the world; with minor prizes (should the funds allow) for the second and third boats; entrance, 21. A purse of 50 soya. (cup or specie) for four-oared boats ; open to any crew not being Thames watermen or landsmen ; entry, 2/, A - purse of 80 sovs. for pair-oared boats (watermen) ; entry, 1/. A purse of 50 , sec*S.:for scullers (watermen) ; entry 10s. A prize wherry for double sculls for watemien plying above Battersea-bridge ; entry 11. A coat and badge for apprentices (the gift of E. Morris; Esq.) between London-bridge and 'reddington-lock. A. sweepstakes of two sovereigns each boat, with twenty added, for landsmen, in four-oared boats. Entrances to close at Messrs. Searle's, Stangate, at eight on the evening of the 12th of June. Mr. Bishop took occasion to congratulate the gentlemen upon the opportunity which would be aftbrded them by the arrangement come to with the Henley-on-Thames stewards, of contending in both regattas, and was happy to add that the time chosen by the committee for this great aquatic treat was such as would be most convenient to the gentle men of the Cambridge and Oxford Universit;es, and to the other aquatic clubs. After some further observations, thanks were voted to the chairman for his valuable services, and to the committee, whose labours for the last few weeks have been very considerable, and who have yet much to do in collecting subscriptions. GAMBLING BOOTHS, &c. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) EPSOM, MONDAY EVENING, NINE o'CLocK. The following notice has at this late hour been posted throughout the town, and the excitement produced by its appearance baffles description : "All persons playing or betting in any booth or public place, at any table or instrument of gaming, at any game or pretended game of chance, will be taken into custody by the police, and may be committed to the House of Correction, and there kept to hard labour for three months. "By Order of the Commissioners of the Police of the Metropolis, "THOMAS BICKNELL, Superintendent of Police. " Metropolitan Police-office, Scotland -yard, May 20, 1844." It is calculated that from fifteen to twenty thousand per sons, directly or indirectly connected with gaming, visit Epsom annually, and if the Commissioners of Police are de termined to put in force the threats contained in this bill, it is impossible to form any conception of the uproar and other evil consequences that will ensue ; five hundred police would avail but little against such a formidable array as would certainly appear on the Downs, a majority of them men of desperate character, and on all sides we hear threats "loud and deep" that they will muster in such force that no Derby shall be run for on Wednesday, if this interference with their privileges, as they call them, is persisted in. How far the authorities may deem it advisable to act up to their threat ened surveillance remains to be proved. The town is in a most excited state, and business almost stagnant in conse- THE FRENCH RAILWAYS. The Bills now before the French Chambers, and which are expected to be passed this session are these :- 1. The line from Paris to the Belgian frontier at Lisle, with branches to Dunkirk, Calais, and Boulogne.. 2. From Orleans to Vierzon. 3. From Paris to Dijon and Chalons; commonly called the Paris and Lyons line. 4. From Orleans through Tours to Bordeaux. 5. From Montpellier to Nismes. All these have been considered in Committee, and the re ports are about to be presented this week. Leases will be granted this session for all of them. On Wednesday last the Minister of Public Works pre sented the four following additional Bills, comprising about 500 leagues of railway :- 6. An extension of the Orleans and Vierzon line to Cha teauroux and Limoges to the south-west, and to Bourges and Clermont on the south-east, the utmost limits to which the lines through the centre of France are proposed to be carried, because of the physical difficulties of the districts. 7. The extension of the West line from Tour to Nantes. 8. An extension of the Paris and Versailles line (left bank) to Chartres, with a view to the ultimate extension to Lemans, Laval, Relines, and probably to Brest, thus completing a great North-western line, which was not included in the ge neral law of June, 1842. 9. The line from Paris to the German frontier at Hooter ting, commonly called the Paris and Strasburgh line. • In the four last-named lines the Minister merely asks a vote for the construction of the works, deferring the authority to grant leases to any company to another year. It was expected that the line from Bordeaux to Toulouse and Marseilles (to unite the Atlantic with the Mediterra nean), and the line from Lyons, southwards to Avignon, would have been included in the presentation this session, but they have been definitively postpone& till next year, although a company was actually formed, and the capital subscribed for the; latter, who asked the land for the seat of the railway, as the only assistance required from the State. The Journal des Debats, the organ of the Government, ap pears to entertain no doubt that the principle of moderately long leases, as proposed by the Minister, will now be adopted by the Chambers, in opposition to the entire completion of the railway by the State, and the granting of short leases to working companies afterwards. It affirms that even the North line will not bear exception, although the Commissioner has resolved—but only by a majority of one—to report in favour of the short-lease system. EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old, 6st 81b, four, Bst 101 b, five, 9st 41b, six and aged, 9st. 101 b. Craven Course, 14 mile. Mr. Ford's Odd Mixture (Abdale) 1 Mr. Herbert's c by Elis, out of Odessa 2 Baron Rothschild's colt, Dalesman, Sir Gilbert's filly, and Boniface, also ran. Won by a neck. The Woodcote Stakes of 10 sows each, with 50 added from the Fund, for two year old colts, Bst 61b and fillies, Bst 31b. New T.Y.C., three quarters of a mile. Mr. Edwards's Full Sail (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. S. Scott's c by Wintonian, out of Flight 2 Lord G. Bentinck's Nereus 3 Chapow, Sir S. Spry's filly, Loadstar, and Mr. Smith's colt, also ran. Won by half a length. Erbtvb 12tttt on EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) The Manor Stakes. Mr. Wilson's Hampton Mr. Arundale's Jamie Falsham Mr. Smith's Ellen Nubia aad Bosphorus also run THE FUNDS-(C 1 1 5 2 2 4 LOSING PRICES) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 98% Ditto Bonds — pm. 3 per Cent. Cons .3% per Cent. Bel lOl a Ditto New Annuities... 9899 New 3% per Cent. Re% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. INd... pm. New 5 per Cent ...... Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small.. ......... ... pm. Jan. 1860... ...... .... 1239 Bank Stock for Acct.... 19431 s Oct. 1859 Consols for Acct Jan. 1860 12% India Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ... — 'Portuguese, 5 per Cent."... Belgian, 5 per Cent 103% Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 34 ,Russian, 5 per Cent — Chllian, Si per Cent — IDitto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 — D:tto ' 3 per Cent 35% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred 13% Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18,5, 5 per Cent — ,Exchange —f. —e. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 183'7. ..... Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, 5 per Cent ......„.100% - - SHARES. Bristol and Gloucester (30 paid) Caledonian, 5 paid Dublin and Cashel, 2% paid Eastern Counties (23 paid) ' Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths, i 2 paid 21% Harwich (Braithwaite), 2 paid 2% London and Birminghan! (Stock) __., Ditto, Quarter Shires ( 2 paid) London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4.3,) 7 Lonion and Brighton (50 paid) Landes' and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) BB Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) North British, 2% paid Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) South Eastern and Dover (3312 s 4d paid) ...... Ditto New Shares ( 4 paid) THE METROPOLIS ROADS.—Yesterday, at noon, a public meeting was held by the Commissioners of the Me tropolis Turnpike Roads north of the Thames, at their office, No. 22, Whitehall-place, for the purpose of letting by auction to the best bidder, in the manner directed by Act of Par liament, for the term of one year, from the Ist of July next, the various tolls comprised in the sixteen districts north of the Thames. The Commissioners present were the Earl of Lansdale, chaithian, who presided, and Messrs. Ashton, Austin, Carpenter, Cox, and Holmes, with Sir J. M'Adam, the surveyor. The room was crowded with lessees and others interested in this description of property. The fol lowing are the roads, with the tolls which were let, and the prices at which they were put up and disposed of:—The Kensington, Brentford, and Isleworth roads, were put up at 15,925/. ; sold for 15,9351. The Tyburn and Uxbridge roads, 8,020/. ; went for 8,0601. The Highgate and Hamp stead roads, 17,010/. ; knocked down for 17,0204 The Stam ford-hill, Green-lanes, and Seven Sisters ;roads, 11,0201.; bought for 11,030/. The City-road, 3,020/. ; taken for 3,030/. The Hackney and Lee- bridge roads, 5,990/. ; bought for 6,0001. The above became the property of Messrs. Levi and Bolton. The Harrow roads, which were put uy at 1,430/., went up for 1,460/., to Mr. Tame; and the Kilburn and Edgeware roads were purchased by Mr. Hands for 4,1161., the set-off price being 4,1161. The whole of the districts were let for 66,651/., being only 1311. more than the sum asked for by the Commissioners. Three minutes were allowed between each bidding, the Noble Chairman determining the period by a minute time and sand-glass piece. POLISH FRONTIERS, MAY 10.—The lamentation of _ _ the Jews in the kingdom of Poland is boundless at this moment, because the Government is seriously engaged in carrying into effect a measure which the Jews have hitherto hoped to avert, namely, to oblige them to military service. Orders have just been received to levy the recruits in all the governments in the course of this month, and no longer to exempt the Jews. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND tittbitr ptnton. " Who runs may read." PO. On Friday the King of the REIG Fre N nch left Neuilly for the Tuilleries, , and presided at a C ou n c il of Ministers. The Chamber of Deputies had passed w i t h o ut discuss ion a Bill for the purpose of raising the annual army of 80,000 men. The Journal des Del states that M. Caccia left . PI some days before his failure, but his absence was attnbut,o to an animal journey which he was in the habit of making in, Italy, having been the Pope's banker, although on Sun ufk a last rumours of an alarming nature were bruited forth, lol t on Tuesday, when persons to drafts to be cashed , Iw o a soul, not even a boy, was to be found at the bankirig - h °l . l „ contingenfr to explain matters. The affair has created a great sooty)" on the Bourse. tiol l The Prefect of Police has just announced that an insP ee ,t, of the Paris omnibuses will be proceeded to in July u ` s — d The points to be ascertained are principally their solidi* ? fr their cleanliness, the soundness of the harness, and the Pled factory condition of the horses. Thi s i ns pection takes Pi yearly,and is of great benefit to the public. of M. ieotfroy Saint Hilaire, member of the Acadenii.„, Sciences, and who has such a high reputation in the sc iiis title world, is so ill that little h o pes a re entertained o f recovery. It appears certain," says the Prcsse, " that M. Goifyi Secretary of T ~m elon at Mexico, who has been very re c c,, eli i, go2tio? a rte by Alley de Ciprey, our Minister at i ii `fa e ot Was the bearer of a formal refusal on the part of Pre s h i er e. Santa Anna to accede to the claims of France. It is, tu eue d fore, to be expected that France will be once more cuing, to obtain justice by other means than those of persuasion' ' 0 The Grand Duke of Hesse has remitted the sentence, oi months' imprisonment passed upon the Baron Haber, as the principal in the late fatal duel in German t e for he is now at liberty, after six weeks' imprisonment in tress of Ba benh a usen. psse t° The French Ministry have again sent off exPr- - ,,. t hef such of the Deputies as are absent, and of whose vot"; IDs are sure, to hasten their arrival in Paris. They dread'" of new attempt of the Opposition en the subject of the sir' Otaheite. We learn from Rome that the sale of Cardinal Fesca„of lery of paintings has been suspended, after the disP - 4 ,i0 about 700 lots. There still remain about 2,000, wid e ' . be brought to the hammer in the course of next winter'. The Grand Musical Festival of the Lower Rbine . l4 , a of this year held at Cologne, on the first and second ol i o Pentecost. The orchestra will be composed of Mer e 0 2,000 performers, under the direction of M. Henri D ol.l3 '' Mortz ara chapel-master of the Cathedral. LAW AND POLICE. A den' No hope is held out to the man Crouch, now un i h , tence of death in Newgate, that his life will be spar' will be executed on Monday next. P c*PC The Judicial Committee of the P r ivy C oun cil dig „di the last case in their paper for hearing—that of DeY tb. patent, which was renewed, on the application n is itS patentee, for six years. The Committee will not resew sittings till after 'Trinity term. Captain Mildrum, of the Eliza collier, of -lot appeared upon a summons at the Mansion-house, to _„,0 1 the complaint of George Thorborn and several other 0 - 1., who charged him with having unreasonably detained, 00 for several weeks in the port of London. As the men ° lt tb. so much for the voyage, and are bound to perform 1 ip detention is a great loss to themselves and fainilieLfai vessels are delayed at Gravesend by the owners, waitron ir eA rise in the price of coals in London. The applicantA 0 04 told that there was no law under which the Bench interfere for their protection. boor n art ` James Hanstead, a dock foreman, Alexander Nich o l milkman, and two sisters, named Mary Ann Ash onaLls °' Bragger, were brought before Mr. Ballantine, on A C u 7 th. assaulting and robbing Mr. Williams, the landlordoolls Chequers ,public-house, in Wapping•wall, Lower 5 11 . 11 ",,d who has since died in consequence of the injuries recslio, the hands of the prisoners. The deceased, Luke W be ler was 58 years of age, and was formerly a courier ,1 04 0 vice of her Majesty's Government. He was superann ll 0 00 few years ago on a pension of 801. per annum. A fer.:,, - m oto since he formed an acquaintance with the prisoner PLoot Bragger, who is a woman of the town, and she posaease°lo influence over him. A. few weeks since the same won b iss; brought to the Tham es p o li ce - cour t i n custody t o for .J 0 0 him of 25/. They were d e t a i ne d f or severa l hours, ,71 01 , the prosecutor refusing to appe ar aga i ns t them ths.r .a sre discharged. It is believed the sam e parties egoi l l;00 1 :i him a short time after their release. They were all rei n to W. Hend was committed from Clerkehwell on A curia„ 07 killing a woman named Catherine Sheehan, by 1" beating her while in a fit of passion. c OUlLT—TAszzoirAieLlk # I3OOIP Her Majesty will have adinner party this evening a ' „,pfd ingham Palace. Lord Melbourne is amongst the o ' . invited to the banquet. vaeo0 0 : The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland entertains , ' 6 Melbourne and a select party at dinner last ever ao ' Stafford House. The Duke of Wellington has issued 1,500 card!" of tion for his Grace's grand ball and supper on Friday t : next, at .Apsley House. The fete will he on the sion,ool , of splendour as those annually given by the Noble and' Duke. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's are ex pseted i e, Grove, Highgate, to-morrow, from RedbourA Hall, shire, for the season. His Grace has - nearly ressi e rin oo ol„ the severe accident he met with while hunting in ":" . 4 ,0" shire, last season, when his Grace injured the sight 01 his eyes. t 01,1‘ The Dowager Lady Holland entertained Visekl lll ,„. g, bourne and a select party at dinner, on Sunday 04°— Great Stanhope-street. of tr A grand entertainment is to be given on the 11th 100 ensuing month by the Merchant Tailors' Company, ,to a number of Conservative Noblemen are invited. 111(1SCELL.111.2%11C0117111. 111" Yesterday the Committee appointed to carry out 110 1 rangements connected with the dinner which will be it t o on Friday next, her Majesty's birth-day, in Trafalgar-101i to the Greenwich pensioners, assembled at the Union who se Cockspur-street, to effect the completion of them. was a very numerous attendance of noblemen and ger , "cor, forming the Committee, among whom were the Earlt,„yra rington ; Admirals the Iron. Sir R. Stopford, Sir "' co rO Codrington, Sir P. Durham, and several other nava 'L A Of The square will be elegantly decorated, and the titan jacks nn)o, England, and some union which have "bra'klo, battle and the breeze," will also be displayed. The PM 0 Cambridge, it is said, will preside at the festival, P.T.110 number of distinguished and gallant naval officers :11l t he present. The dinner is appointed for two o'clock, I°- number of pensioners present will be about 250. „mow On Monday Admiral Bowles was returned for t he of Launceston, of course without any opposition. vOifi l f A special general meeting of the Great Western ' co arr was held on Monday, at the Paddington terminus, t° " der the South Devon Railway Bill now before Parlialli, terms of the standing orders of the House of Il ds 'oed Russell, M.P., Chairman of the Directors, presi de ' . ...1 1/ 7 4 ferent clauses affecting the Great Western CoMPI°I; oro', been read over, the meeting unanimously express toe" of the Bill. By this Bill the Great Western c , ° ll 150,000/. to a line from Exeter to Plymouth. INCENDIARY FIRE.—OR Thursday o tween seven and eight o'clock, a fire broke out l. lll stack, on the estate of H. C. Partridge, Esq., Snare lu- '_ 4 , coo was entirely destroyed. The plantations and !Ow: a t PP were cut down some yards round the stack, to pr k oft. flames from reaching them. It was no doubt the.Tlt,o incendiary. The stack is situated more than a inue road.—lpswich Express. ~ as t ol2l2' FIRE AT TOLLRBDURY.—On Thursday Jeff a quarter to seven o'clock the children of fi r . n . o_4 Gardiner, of Tollesbury, whilst at play near be Vie, upon their father's premises, discovered that it was ol l ehe itt gave an immediate alarm. Mr. Gardiner hastened to.'fr and vast numbers of persons were quickly in attexidanc"reseo every exertion was made by the labourers and othell e t ol o ' to prevent the ignition of the adjacent buildings a n I'olo° Much credit is due to the coast-guard bury, stationedoperlosi§, two of whom (lately transferred from the 10/1"" erted themselves most meritoriously, and at 50u1.2,, v tow risk mounted a wheat-stack in dangerous pro x ""„,7lls§ flames, and hauled a wetted tarpaulin over it. im - )f of w.?ter was very limited, and consequently thF . ,,. se" engine, Tvhich was in attendance, was of l it i r 0 0 7 vice. The bean stack, consisting of bet and fifty quarters,_ was totally consumed , ',' o oolo7 i insured in the Essex Economic.—On the tofor evening, a numerous meeting of the cierpioa j and occupiers of land, took place at the R e „. opt : Tolleshunt D'Arcey, the Rev. Mr. Henshaw fot, when resolutions were entered into for an apulies ti increased force, and offering a reward of 50i on t he ma d for each fire. A very prevalent opinion existed stn. O'_7. • ing that the fires were occasioned by persons Plufferr, the country employed for that purpose, and the_,,Dicp. distinctly state that they have not the slightest of any of their own men.—Essex Herald. 140. 11 ' 00 1 ROYAL MARlNES.—Private Sutton, alias l oar to the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, receiy-: ore I punishment yesterday morning, in presence of the extent of 150 lashes, having been fou nd Wi es court-martial of absenting himself and inak ill icto 00 his regimental necessaries, and in consideration 01 _ l aw', convictions and general bad conduct. Since his in the Royal Marines he has deserted three times%Sie, perjured himself by enlisting into regiments of the has been branded with the letter D. BIRTHS. k.cir i On the Ist inst., at Gibraltar, Mrs. J. M. JV..-- • oil , ..,fl p i daughter. IC e llijitt On the 17th inst., at Newington-crescent, e road, Mrs. Thomas Horns, of a daughter. f_ 10 6 ' i°l)° On the 17th inst., at Lesson House, Dorn, Bingley Garland, of a son. 11102 9 tas 4. ..1 j On the 17th inst., at Manor House, Frog .....—, U. Mrs. T. Husband, of a daughter. PI g O/14 " I' On the 17th inst., prematurely, Mrs. G. -- ~4, " Denmark-hill, of a son, still-born. r- , v e dig l44- On the 18th inst., at Henrietta-street, .de• -I/ Mrs. ayleur, of a son. -v. St: r On the 18th inst., Mrs. William Edmund ..-•e st ' stan's• hill, of a son. _.A Sr * f oi- - ' On the 15th inst., at Glengall- grove, Old See'''. r H. D. Stead, of twin sous (one still-born.) MARRIED. v. rep On the 16th inst., at Knowle Church, Virativiclizahlj West, Esq., of Alscot-park, Gloucestershire, to s ri d third daughter of Joseph Moore Boultbee, ESCF , et S p rid Warwick. e 944 On the 16th inst., at Baldock, George De Vin s Wsd O ff of Baldock, Herta, to Ann, eldest daughter ofeolle Hicks, Esq., M.D. DIED. ..:. t-S tirg°ll On the 6th of February, at M ou lmein, A...' t e° Robert Wood Spry, aged 27. o °l4 At sea, on board the Thomas Coutts, on the 'cit " H. F. Bolden, Esq. . from Jote l !, l tia On the 15th of March, on the passage her gig — Bermuda, Mr. William Wilbraham, mate a.. , of . 0 ship Illustrious, aged 20. n, 10° . On the 13th inst., Captain Marley Hutchins° 00 Regiment, aged 31. icent, . 14th 0 . .. On the 13th inst., at Bilting, GodinershaM, Ago Henry Baldock, Esq.,. aged 58. err" t Reg ° On the 16th inst., in - Upper .klbany-stree , v o q., Henriette Julie, the wife of F. Langley, Egl• m a .,lor, On the 17th inst., Jane, the wife of Charks A J 3.010 Holland-place, Clapham-road. i Su eee°4 .lllo On the 17th inst., at the Rectory, Ewhurs , Watts, Esq • Gentle. n t ,-_;l3 et - - ----- T - 0 - V P ' 't g. -------- 0 - 1- h E e s l q 7 . th inst., at Park-place, Maids-hill 100 4 vr - - Dinw 20. .1 London : Printed and Published by ot fo, .., r N. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sue,_ , u . C4uOP O - Strand, in the Precinct a the Savoy, 111 "'— Middlesex, Tuesday, May 21, 1344 THE SUN, ND A Y 21, 1844. 9 Pri j. of ; X u