The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-11 00:00:00

pIk2SIIIIMS ON AMERICAN STOCKS. PENNSYLVANIA BONDS at PAR. NEW YORK STATE or MASSACHUSETTS BONDS at TEN PEI; CENT.. ABOVE PAR. - OHIO, KENTUCKY; and any NORTHERN STATES, at PAR. UNITED STATES' BONDS at TEN PER CENT. ABOVE nu. Any of the above 1111 be taken at the rates specified for the most valuable and recent AMERICAN BOOKS, at the CASH PRICES. Selections may be made from a list of 2,500 recent and choice Works. WILEY and PUTNAM, American Literary Agency, 6, Waterloo phice. 31:R In 3 vols., post Svc.. "CONINGSBY ; OR, TIM NEW GENERATION," it NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES, Hear, Calburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborongh-street. NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION, NOW READY, Comprised in 2 vols. small Svo, price 21s. bound, FREDERICK THE GREAT. HIS COURT AND TIMES. Edited, with an Historical Introduction, By THOMAS CAMPBELL. " This work has the high honour of being introduced to the world by the Author of Lochier and • Hohenlinden.' "—Edinburgh Review. •• This Life of Frederick the Great will become a standard work in the libraries of England."—Scotsman. " No book ever passed more rapidly into a standard work."—Bri- taunia. Henry Colbtum, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MAY 11. Wilt be performed Herold's Chef d'oeuvre, ZAMPA. Camilli, Madame Persiani; Rita, Madame Eellini ; Zampa, Sig nor • F inartri; Alfonso, Signor Corelli; Daniel Capussi, Signor Lablache; and Dandola, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the Grand Ballot,, in Six Tableaux, by M. Perrot, ent k led ONDINE, on, LA NAIAD& The Scenery b W. Grieve. The music composed by Signor Pugni. Principal el aracts.rs by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Scheffer, Mille. Fer dinand, Mdlle. Plunket, Mdlle. Ravine, and Mdlle. Adelaide Frassi; M. Perot, M. Montassu, and ‘l. St. Leon. Applicationa for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Otticq, Operis Colonnade. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will commence at Halt past Seven. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subicribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re spectfully informed that there will be an extra Night (not included In the Subscription) on THURSDAY NEXT, May lb, when will be performed Mozart's chef dceuvre IL DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grist ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Favanti ; Zrrlina. Madame Persiani ; Don Giovanni, iig. Fornasari ; Le. poi ello, Sig. lAblache • Masetto, Sig. F Lablache ; II Comtism datore, Sig. Felice ; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario. To conclude with ALMA. Alma. Madame Cerito. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box. office, Opera-colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DgURY-LANE. EVENING, MAY 11, Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Coynt A‘berto, Mr. W. Harrison ,• Count Ono Soranzo, Mr. doirani; Nfilrui, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdlle. Albertaszi ; Francesca, Miss Romer. To eonclude with the revived Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled THE REVOLF OF THE HAREM. Mahomet, Mr. Howell; Ismael, M. Silvain ; Myssouf, Mr. W. H. Payne, Zulma, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn • Zeldca, Mdlle. Clara Webster ; The Genius o f the Harem, Madame Giubilei. Dress Boxes 75., Second [rice Ss. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.. Second Price Is. • Pit 38 , .' , econd "'flee Ms.idle Gallery 518., Second Price Is. ; l Upper Gallery Is., Second Price lid. - - - THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. • MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MAY 11, Will be performed Shakspeare's Coniedy of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Petrucio, Mr. Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone; Christopher Sly, Mr. Strickland; Katharina, Mrs. Nisbett; Bianca, Miss Julia Rennett. To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra. vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Evening with Putt: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Maisie/vs, Mr. J. bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Lee. To conclude with a New Farce. entitled LOVE IN A SACK. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, fie. ' • Pit, its. ; Gallery, 13.; Upper flallery,. Is. Half-price—Boxes, as .; Pit 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the I'erformances eOmmeAce at Seven - - Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Boz— o:office, from Ten till Five. PgiNCESS's IHEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. • - THIS EVI:NING, MAY 11. Will be. repeated a New Comic Optra. entitled CROWN DIAMONDS. Count tie Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss; Don lien riquez de Sandorai, Mr. Allen; Rebolleio, Mr. Paul Bedford ; La Caterina M a dame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Mi;s G r ant. To which will be added, the Farce of the SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. After which, BOMBASTES FURIOSO. THEArRE ROY LYCEUM, LAKE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. " Open Sesame; Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable. audi ces • THIS EVENING, MAY 11, • Will be repeated an Original Comic Drama, entitled_ THE THREE WIVES OF . A DRID. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, F .patthews, Emery, Wigan. Craven, Turner, Yarnold. Miss \Yaeger, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner, Mrs. Wqgan, and Mr Keeley. After which, will pioduced a new Comic Drama, called THE LOVE BIRDS. l'sratipal Charcters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Young.e, Mrs. V 4 oad , ge, Mrs. Usher a , Miss kairbrother, Miss Chaplin, Miss Grove, and Miss volt s.nre. To be followed by in Apropos Bagatelle. called POLKAMANI A Characters by Mr. F. Mat.lrews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a Clan I Burle - que Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or. a Night with the Forty Thieves. Cha esetersbv Miss Wieilger, Miss K Chaplin, Mrs. iNoellidge, Miss Turner, - Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, 51cssre F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF A DMISFION.—BaIcony , Poxes, es. • Upper Boxes, ; Up Pit, 2s. • Gallery, 6d. Second Price —Balcony fkixes, 2s. ; er Boxes, Is tid.; l'it, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony 'Fier he ding eight persons). '1 wo inineas Private Boxes on the Second ZSer (ho oing eight persons), One Guinea and a.Half. Private Boxes on the Pit 11cr (holding six persons), One Guinea. . . • ASTLEY'S ROY Al. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Wand Attraction. 11118 EVENII , G, MAY 11„ Will be repeated the tia.tot'cal Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIA M fHE CONQUEROR ; or, the Battle of H: s tings . With all the aelects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold &c. . • Entire Change et the Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with U.S Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the H nitre); o' the Ruby Cults. The doors will open nighey at six o'clock, and the performances commence at seven. Box othce opened daily from ten till four.- The private boxes have been re'en,structed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage-in i.rager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. iArWOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAT ftE Wonderful Attraction—The celebrated General Tom Thumb, Twelve years of Age, weighing but Fifteen Poun 's and only Twenty-five inches in Height, who has twice performed betere her Majesty the Queen, and tee entire Court, is engaged, at an enormous expense to appear This Evening; his imme diate de p artu:e for Paris will preventTHl S his be EV ing ENTING seen on a MAY 10,ny S age again. Will be repeated a New Tragedy, entitled OCTAVIA BR A.- GALDI ; or, The Confession. Supported by the Entire Company, aid Miss Charlotte Barnes, from New York. • After which, a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA. To concluae with an • entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, eutitled WHITEFRIARS, in which the entire Company will perform. Paces and Pfrvate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box &lice, from Eleven so Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADEI.PtiI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. - The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH is getting more and more mysterious. He nightly introduces new wonders: His Mystic Temple is thronged with most brilliant audiences, who. proclaini him to be the only legitimate Professor -of Modern Magic, the very " ne plus ultra" of Cabalistic Phenomena. lie 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 drcin NEW MAGICCOPICAL EX ERIMENTS of Natural Phi. nautili)+, bringing from any Gentleman's Hat a Feather Bed and the Gifts ot . Flora. Between the parts of the Wizard's Performances, Mr. SMITH will perform on his new instrument, the CRYSTALOPHION , Mr PriILIPS, the Banjoist, will nig htl y appear. The THREE INFANT ARABS, Seven, Nino, and Twelve years of Age, go . through a new and original Performance. Dress Circle, ; 3s. Pit. Is. fid.; Gallery, ed. Reser v e d Seats, and Priv.ate Boxes can be secured at the - theatze, and of all the Agents. Second Price at Nine o'clock. Aims open at Half-past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight. EGYPTIAN ILtLL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SIIILLING Admission to " THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo -teal Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed Dy One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in atractive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, viz--CHARLES OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited ellen, during the last arid present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of j Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, aad 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, ice., his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS:, Works of Art, and 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 thlt it ought to beseen by every one. The price of admis lion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly-, daily from Ten till Dusk. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 8 minute" after 9 I Evening ♦I minutes after 9. THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, MAY 10. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 52 ; Highest, 71; Noon, 58. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND, N.E. Norn.—The number 82 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. t - • 4 i./ 4e • 4Z : 4IA lk • al.. ? o .wlrjuz...r,S i ih m k% •- ON. f f , l'rfirll 4 l\ll • , • r • ; "441:MI" " =•••. • • 'PM 4 taunt t LORDqr, SATURDAY, MAY. 11, 1844. • . v _e•tofl.totde a number of Bills received lu.lll'4l4leuti'476loti' ' were eight railway The Dukezof r; is e ve d fo i r some brief remarks, relati*e to the importation of foreign wool. • • • Vice-Presi c l en t of the The Earl of DALHOUSIE, Board of Trade, said he had no objection t o th e mo tion. A brief conversation ensued, and the only re mark worth notice was mad e b y Lord KnotAIRD, who said he had been informed that at the commence ment of the session certain gentlemen, who concurred with the. Duke of RICHMONDf had waited on Sir RoBEaT PEEL, and had tried to stipulate that neither the corn-laws nor the Irish Church should be touched, but Sir ItouzaT PEEL would give no pledges. The motion was agreed to. • • Lord CLONCURRT moved for the appointment of a • Select Committee on _Public Works in Ireland. The motion was opposed by the Duke of WELLINGTON, and, after Aonie remarks from other Noble Lords was • withdrawn. • The House adjourned at a Quartet-past Eight. ;-the : COl,lllons Lord F. EGEETON, in moving for new writ for South Lan cashire , in . , the room of ARAM, paid a high compliment to ~! ,the amiable and u • h. u pright character of that gentleman, r lc was , responded to b Sir: G y all ; Parties in the House. J. EA• 11 411 presented some 'petitions, chiefly Fic from millowners s employing 100,000 :-4100its, and THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING , M AY 11, 1844. turn dry hides, coffee, indigo, &c. The English, French, and Brazilian Governments have appointed agents to visit Paraguay. The only one who has proceeded on his mission is Mr. Gordon, Secretary of Legation of her Bri tannic Majesty's Embassy at Rio de Janeiro. The agent of the Government of the United States at this place is the only foreign agent that Senor Gil was directed officially to call upon. He informs me that a Congress of Deputies from all parts of the Provinces is now in session at the capital of the Republic, the city of Assumption, for the purpose of framing a Constitution. "The present Government consists of three Consuls, who hold their offices until a Constitution is adopted." The market for Stock has scarcely been so firm to-day, although the COmmissioners took 30,0001. Consols at 994. For Money and the Account the present value is scarcely so high, but still the supply of Stock is scarcely equal to the demand. South Sea Stock has advanced to 1151. The premium upon Exchequer Bills is from 765. to 78s. Spanish Bonds have improved to-day, but the quotations of this and of the other Foreign Funds have varied so slightly as scarcely to require notice. The accurate quotations are annexed. The Share market is firm, and there are good reasons for an expectation that pricei will advance. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 9.—We have had a quiet market to-day, without any alteration in prices. Manchester and Birmingham, 59/; North Midland, 91/ ; South-Eastern, 38* ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 6 ; North British, ; Blackburn and Preston, 5 5-16 ; Preston and Wyre, 201 ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter, 11/. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds ......... 94 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Rel lOl% Ditto New Annuities... 99% New 3% per Cent 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 1%c1... 76 pm. New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 Pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 7B pm. Jan. 1860. ..... 12 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct 195% Oct. 18.59 12% Consols for Acct. 99% Jan. 1860 lndia Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austfian. 5 per Cent .Portuguese, 5 per Cent BO Belgian, 5 per Cent — 'Ditto New Ditto Brazilian Bonds BJ% Prussian, 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Ceiit — Russian, spr Cent Chllian, C per Cent ..... ;Dia°, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent 15 Spanish, 5 per Cent 2i% Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 9 per Cent 35% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — ,Ditto, Deferred .......... Danish, 3 per Cent — •French, 5 rer Cent —f. .--c. Greek, 18_5, 5 per Cent — 'Exchange Mexican, 5 per Cent ......... 35% French, 3 per Cent. —f. —c Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837. — Dutch, 2% per Cent...... Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent.— • Ditto, 5 per Cent SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 9l Bristol and Exeter 00 paid) Bristol and Gloucester (30 paid) Eastern Counties (23 paid) ... Ditto Registered (816 s 8d p Great Western (75 paid) Harwich (Braithwaite), 2 pai Ditto, Locke, 2% paid London and Birmingham (St Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 London and Blackwall (16/, Lon ion and Brighton (50 pai Norwich and Brandon ( 2 pa Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen, 20 paid COURSE OF EXCHM Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 61 Antwerp 25 95 aamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona l3 15 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles 25 90 Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3Us 36 Berlin 7 Vienna, effee. 11.3 M 954 Trieste, ditto Madrid 361 Cadiz Uilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville mtidern science—represented by such men as M. GAY-LuSSAC, PECLET, POULLLET, and DUMAS— could suggest, had been adopted. Experiments had been tried as to the exact quantity of air which was necessary for each cell—the Committee had shut , up one of their members in the cell—(Laughter)—and had endeavoured to ascertain, by the most delicate pro ceedings of chemical analysis, to what degree of ven tilation it was necessary to arrive in order to obtain a perfectly pure:air. It was found that their object was more ,than attained by giving to each prisoner a cell of 10 cubic metres (about 12f English feet). ' M. DE LA ROCHEIAQUEIIN may be certain,' said the Hon. Member, that the ventilation of those cells, which he had so loudly exclaimed against, is far superior to his own bed-room—(Laughter)—is certainly better than that of mine--(Laughter)—and in comparison superior to that of this Chamber.'—(Loud and con tinued laughter.) Not only, continued the Hon. Member, had excellent means of ventilation been em ployed, but an apparatus had been invented to verify the state of the air at any period. In fact, every pos sible precaution had been taken to render the pri soners' cells perfectly well aired." This statement seemed to convince all but M. DE Li ROCHEJAQUELIN, and the discussion on the clauses continued. Indeed from all accounts, the reforms to be introduced by the Bill will be of great benefit. The chief prison in Paris, called La Force, , will cost 3,000,000 f. (200,0001.), and each cell is to be more than 12 feet square, and of the same height. The domestic intelligence is des titute of interest. • The Phare of Bayonne states, from Madrid, that one of the measures on which the late Ministry was deliberating, and which will probably be adopted by the new Cabinet, is the restoration to the clergy of a portion of the Church property remaining unsold — the pensions which were allotted to them when the Church property was taken by the State, being very irregularly paid—and the re-establishment of the Four per Cent. tax, voted by the Cortes in 1839 in substitution of tithes. This measure is said to be in sisted upon by the POPE, as the preliminary condi tion of a renewal of the relations of the Court of Rome with the Spanish Government. The Journal des Debals gives the following biogra phical sketch of the members composing the new Cabinet : " All the Ministers have professed under the Regency o Maria Christina, as well as under that of Espartero, constitu tional moderado principles, and were at the head of the par liamentary party which was formed after the fall of the Duke de la Victoria. All have already filled high functions in the State, and three amongst them have been Ministers at various periods, under the constitutional regime. General Narvaez, President of the Council and Minister of War,. acquired a great reputation during the civil war, in fighting against Don Carlos. It was he who succeeded in reaching and beat ing General Gomez in Andalusia. He also pacified the pro vince of La Mancha, by creating, in a short space of time, a 'fine army of reserve. General Narvaez has sat several times in the Cortes as a Deputy and a Senator. Without being a brilliant orator, he has great facility in speaking, and at the time of the discussions on the Queen's majority and the accu sation against M. Olozaga, he often spoke in the Senate, where he was always listened to with favour. The Marquis de Viluma, Minister of Foreign Affairs, was brought up at the Royal School of Artillery, and followed in his youth his mili tary career in that body, which in the midst of civil wars and popular risings has always preserved its old reputation for ca pacity, and attachment to order and the monarchy. Under the absolute Government M. de Viluma was persecuted for his liberal opinions, and resided at Florenc e for many years as an emigrant. His firm character, and the uprightness of his intentions, caused him to be named Political Chief of Madrid during the Ministry of Martinez de la Rosa. After that period he was made a senator, and always showed an elevation of views, and a strictness of political principles, which gained for him general esteem. Notwithstanding his repug nance, the orders of the Queen and the solicitations of his friends, had induced him to accept the post of Minister Pleni potentiary of Spain at London, where he has scarcely arrived. M. Mon, Minister of Finance, was the colleague of M. Torreno, as Deputy for the province of Asturias, and a strict friendship has always united him to that statesman. M. Mon had already succeeded as Finance Minister to M. de Torreno in the Cabinet of Count d'Ofalia, and there gave proofs of talent. His probity is acknowledged even by his bitterest enemies: M. Mon is one of the cleverest speakers in the Cortes. He is known for the energy and vivacity of his character, and for an eminently practical knowledge of business. M. Pidal, Minister of the Interior, is M. Mon's intimate friend and brother- in-law. He professes the same political principles, and they have always fought under the same colours. M. Pidal, a magistrate of integrity and information, was the last Pre • sident of the Cortes. It was he whom the Queen called to the Palace on Olozaga's affair, and .he showed in that de plorable crisis a great impartiality as well as an extreme re serve. M. Mayans, an esteemed n'tagistrate, was Minister of Justice under the Ministry of Gonzalez Bravo, and he made great efforts to re-establish order in the law courts, and to ameliorate the condition of the clergy. He got several Bishops recalled from exile, and sought with zeal to bring about a reconciliation with the Court of Rome. He preserves in the new Ministry the place which he had in the Cabinet of Gonzalez Bravo. General Armero, Minister of the Marine and the Colonies, rendered an important service to the cause of the Queen, by disembarking on the coast, and fighting with success in the memorable night which decided the deliverance of Bilboa in 1837. Espartero, witness of his bravery and intelligent activity , recompensed him after the triumph, and made a friend of him. When the struggle against 'Espartero was declared, General Armero was at Seville, and he was one of the first who placed himself at the head of the insurrection in favour of the Queen. Appointed Governor of that city, he was of great assistance to General Figueras, who had the chief command, and he exhibited, during this crisis, the same firmness that lie had before given so many proofs of. He was, under the last Cabinet, Captain- General of Seville." •THE BOURSE—WEDNEsnair, MAY 8. First Highest Lowest Last • • Price. Trice. Price. Price. French Five per Cents.... 122 35 .. 122 50 •. 122 30 122 30 Three per Cents.• ••. 84 65 •• 84 70 .• 84 60 .• 84 60 Bank of France• •.• • • ....• • 3100 ..3100 • 3100 ..3100 Belgian Sank. 1841 lllO ..1110 ..1110 ..1110 Belgian Fives, 1831.. ..... 1840 .•••• 1051 .. 106 .. 1051 •.. 105 f 1842 .• •• 32 108; .. 1081 .. 108* . .. 108/ Spanish active • Threes •• ...... !Passive 6 .. 6 .. 6 .. 6 Portuguese Five per Cents • • 40 .. 461 .. 46f .. 46f Neapolit,an ...... ....... .. 102 20 .. 102 25 .. 102 15 .. 102 25 Roman, ex or. . 104 f .. 104 f .. 1041 .. 1041 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B . • L. 8.•• •••• ...... 257 50 .. 257 50 .. 257 50 .. 257 50 Rouen to Havre 737 50 .. 737 50 .. 735 73.5 Orleans 977 50 .. 977 50 .. 977 50 .. 977 50 Strasburg to Bale•• •• •• 277 50 .. 278 75 .. 275 .. 275 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. aid) .117 id 2% took) paid) 27 id) Lid) ji, GE.—(YESTERDAY. Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 90 Milan Venice ........ Naples 39 Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon 534 Oporto 534 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons. 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9 Silver in Bars 0 0 0 PROMISSORY NOTES. Verailles,R.B. . 3BO .. 380 .. 380 .. 380 L.B. ... 260 .. 260 .. 257 50 .. 258 75 Rouen •••• . ••• Rouen to Havre •••. •• ... • 740 .. 740 .. 735 .. 735 Orleans Strasburg to Bale.• •• •• 278 75 .. 278 75 .. 275 .. 275 Avignon to 3tarseilles— •• .. 768 75 .. 768 75 • 768 75 .. 768 75 COMMISSIONS or SEWERS.—The Lord Chancellor, deeming it very desirable to improve and reform the present Commissions of Sewers for Westminster and part of the county of Middlesex, has added the follow ing Gentlemen to the list :—Sir John Hall, Colonel John Castle Gant, Captain Robert J. Hansler, W. Leverton Donaldson, Esq., George Dodd, Esq., C. Barry Baldwin, Esq., Thomas W. Marriott, Esq., Philip Hemery Le Breton, Esq., John Frederic France, Esq., George Drew, Esq , Henry Arthur Hunt, Esq., William Crake, Esq., James Harvey, Esq., George Spencer Smith, Esq., John Hardwick, Esq., Edward Baylis, Esq., Edward Page Clowser, Esq., Thomas Moss, Esq., George Wigg, Esq., George Pownall, Esq., Jacob Birt, Esq., John Boodle, jun., Esq., Lancelot Bathurst, Esq., John Wheelton, Esq. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. The annual general meeting of the members of the. Royal Yacht Squadron takes place at the Thatched House Tavern to-morrow (Saturday), when there are nearly twenty candi dates to be balloted tbr, for members and honorary members, and the whole business of the season to be arranged, the num ber of cups to be sailed for, &c. We have no doubt that the manner in which her Majesty's visit to Cowes is to be noticed by the Royal Yacht Squadron will be discussed. NORRIS CASTLE.—So many stories are told that there is no knowing what to believe, but we think we are correct in stating that Norris Castle was yesterday sold to her Majesty for 60,000/.' The inquiries about houses . at. Cowes are out of number; the number of houses really taken very few. JEWISH MARRIAGES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Srn,—An article headed " Wholesale Marriages," ap peared in your paper of yesterday, in which you ob serve that marriages are prohibited for twenty-eight days at this season amongst the Jewi; whereas it should have been for seven weeks from, the Feast of Passover to that of Weeks, excepting on the thirty-third day, which, as you mentioned, was Tuesday. The number of marriages supposed to have been solemnised on that day was thirty-seven. May 10. A. HEBREW. THE DECORATIVE WORKS FOR THE NEW PALACE AT WESTMINSTER.—During the week the public pave been admitted gratuitously to the exhibition of the decorative designs and compositions at King-street, St. James's, which have been sent in pursuant to the notices issued by her Ma jesty's Commissioners on the Fine Artsinfurtherance of their object for ornamenting the new palace at Westminster. In the course of the previous fortnight admission could be ob tained only by payment of a shilling each person. It has not been generally known that the doors' are now open free to the public, and in consequence there have been but few visitors. It has been arranged by her Majesty's Commissioners, that ' except on Saturdays and levee daya, all classes may' iew the exhibition, the hours being from nine o'clock in'the morning till seven at night. This DEATH OF JOHN GUTTERIDGE, venerable and much esteemed individual departed this life on Sunday last, in the ninety-second yeat of his age, at his residence, Denmark-hill, Surrey. Mr. Gut teridge was one of the founders of the Sunday-School Society, and, for more than half a century, a zealous pr'moter of various religious and benevolent institu . tions ; among which may be named, the Baptist Fund, Stepney a u n ce d ee th d e ed Di by ss m en a t n in y g ye D a e r p s u o ti r es severe College, the Baptist Mission, the W idows' Fund , ,ere s lilg n personalctivesesruvfirceer.s mg, borne with exemplary submission to the will of God, and cloked by an eminently peaceful death.—The - - (From Last Night's Gazette.) An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been in circulation in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and by Joint-Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Banks in Ireland, and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, during the four weeks ending the 27th day of April, 1844, pursuant to the Act of 4th and sth Vic toria, cap. 50 : - . paying 50,0001. a week in wages, against the Ten Hours' Bill, as it would be fatal to the manufacturers of the country and to the operatives also. Mr. HustE gave notice that on an early day he would put questions to the Earl of LINCOLN, respect ing the expenses of the new Houses of Parliament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that he would bring forward the Sugar Duties Bill on the 24th inst. In answer to a question from Mr. SHEIL, Sir J. GRAHAM said the Irish Registration Bill was not abandonel, and he would move its second reading at an early day, but that day was not fixed. This ex cited laughter, as every one believes this obnoxious Bill is given up. On the motion that the Factories Bill be read a third time, Lord ASHLEY moved, that from and after the Ist day of October in the present year, no young person shall be employed in any factory more than eleven hours in any one day, or more than sixty-four hours in any one week ; and that from and after the Ist day of October, 1847, no young per son shall be employed in any factory more than ten hours in any one day, or more than fifty-eight hours in any one week ; and that any person who shall be convicted of employing a young person for any longer time than is in and by this clause permitted , shall for every such o ff ence be . adju d g ed to p a y a pe . nalty of not less than Si., and not more than 101 The Noble Lord entered at some length into a state: ment of facts regarding the price of labour, the pay of operatives, and other details, for the purpose of showing that the restriction proposed would not be injurious. The House, he said, was placed in a cu rious position. It was called upon to rescind a reso lution to which it had deliberately agreed ; but what ever might be the vote of that night, he felt that the object for which he was contending must eventually triumph. Sir J.a.stss GRAHAM, after complimenting the Noble Lord on the goodness of his intentions, op posed the motion, _ on the ground that, if carried into effect, great evils would ensue. If, as some argued no reduction of wages would take place from the change, then there must be loss on the capital, and either that capital would be withdrawn from the country, or parties would retire from that particular branch of trade, and a fearful decrease of wages must ensue, and with that would come general po verty, physical degradation, and increase of crime ! He was, therefore, convinced that shortening the hours of labour would be most injurious to the work ing classes, and he never could vote for such a pro- position. Lord Howica. supported the motion. The Legis lature had already restricted the labour of women to twelve hours, which was, practically saying, ten hours' work, and he could see no danger if the practice was carried still farther. Mr. C. BULLER, Mr. ROEBUCK, Mr. MUNTZ, and several other Hon. Members, spoke on the question, when, after some confusion, the debate was adjourned. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at One o'Clock. At the last Borough Sessions at Carmarthen, a man named JOHN CHARLES was indicted for unlaw . fully obstructing the path leading through certain meadows called the Royal Oak fields. It appeared in evidence that the defendant, being in possession of a field in which there was an old stile leading to a path that had been a public one for sixty years and up • wards, had caused the stile to be removed, and an iron gate placed there instead, which was always kept locked. At the close of the trial, the jury found CHARLES guilty; but as the prosecutor did not press for punishment, he was liberated, on entering into his recognisances to appear, when called on, for judgment, and on the understanding, also, that he should erect, within a week, a proper and convenient stile in the place where the old one formerly stood, and give the neigh bourhood the same right of way through the field which they had always had. At the recent Hertford assizes a somewhat similar case was heard before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN. The plaintiff was the owner and occupier of Rickmansworth Park, and had taken it upon himself to close a path which runs near his house, and which had been used for se veral years by his neighbours as a short cut to some mills in the vicinity. He contended that there was no public footpath, strictly speaking, for though people had long been in the habit of making use of it, yet it was only upon sufferance, the legal right being against them. On the part of the defendant it was urged, that by the usage of many years the path in question had become a public one, and the right of people to pass through it could not now be disputed. The result of the trial was that a verdict was returned for the defendant, thereby esta blishing the right of the public to the disputed path. We trust that these two important verdicts, which do infinite credit to the jury who delivered them, will hare the effect in some degree, of putting a stop to that jealous, selfish spirit of isolation and exclusive • ness which for some years past has been creeping in among our provincial gentry. Whoever is ac quainted with our rural districts, especially with those in the neighbourhood of cities and towns, cannot fail to have remarked with disgust and vexation the gradual disappearance of those delightful field paths which, for many years, were the sources of such convenience and enjoyment to the inhabitants of the vicinity. How many a narrow, winding path leading away from the dusty high-road, through meadows carpeted with the freshest turf, and enamelled with all sorts of fragrant wild flowers, have been mealy stopped up, merely to gratify the absurd pride and paltry selfish ness and jealousy of some " respectable " country gentleman, who had purchased a " respectable" estate in the neighbourhood, ard thought it necessary to his " respectability" that his neighbours should be shut out from the " old familiar" meadows which formed a portion of his newly acquired domains ! How many a poor man's quiet, healthy, evening stroll with his family, after the day's labours are at an end, has been rudely put a stop to, in order that the rich man of the parish—frequently some retired merchant or thriving attorney—may have the oppor tunity of exhibiting that love of exclusiveness and tyranny, which are the unerring characteristics of a petty, vulgar, upstart nature ! It • may seem to many people a matter of little or nu public moment whether field-paths are stopped up by the score or not; but in reality it is not so; it is a question of grave importance, involving far more than merely ephemeral considerations—a question whether the humbler classes of the provincial community shall be still further alienated, from those above them by a continued manifestation, on the part of the latter, of a spirit of jealous exclusiveness and arbitrary power, as ungene rous as it is impolitic ; or whether by a mutual dis play of good-will and forbearance towards each other, a kindlier feeling shall be generated between the two classes. A question of this sort is, we repeat, one of no trifling moment; and it is for the higher orders to take the initiative in the matter, and make the first advances towards the poor, for they have been the great aggressors. Madrid papers of the 2d instant have been re ceived. In some of them it is stated that the fall of the Ministry was brought about in consequence of their demanding the suspension of the sale of the pro perty of the secular clergy, which had not already been disposed of. Two Ministerial journals declare, from authority, that there is no truth in the state ment ; but they do not condescend to add more. The anniversary of the rising at Madrid against the French, in 1808, was celebrated on the 2d by solemn services in most of the churches, and the Bourse remained closed. The discussion in the French Chamber of Deputies was a little enlivened o n Tuesday by a speech of M. the previous day had made D ade E L an ARAGO. The M arquis a A. tta lt e o u c e m n EJ t A hr m E e L m lN be o r3 ll s of tr t u te t i o Committee ofthne w prison of appointed to superintend the con that the cells were insuffer a b ly La Force, and declared beings, ill This gave and in fact unfit for hur of M. ARAGO offence to the scientific skill and pride and Co., and on the adjournment of the Chamber, it make w ould appear, they hurried to the prison to ex periments; and the next d ay M . ARAG O re p orted the result to the Chamber, amidst loud laughter. " I can take on myself to declare," said he, " that the 'Hon. Deputy was completely mistaken. It was not alone the size of a cell that was to be considered, but its facilities for . ventilation and heating. In the con struction of those cells, all the improvements which Ait+ OF NEWS AND tittbitt Optnton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. On his way to Fontainbleau, Louis Philippe alighted at Villejuif, and reviewed the National Guard, attended by the Dukes de Nemours and Montpensier. His Majesty . was greeted along the whole of his way with the loudest acclama tions of loyalty. The Presse announces, that the Committee of the Chamber' of Deputies, to which the Paris and Belgium Railroad Bill - had been referred for examination, determined, on Tuesday, that this line should be completed at the public expense, and managed by the State for its own account. Every year (says the Constitutionnel), on the day of the King's fete, the Minister of Justice and Public Worship gives a grand dinner, at which the Archbishop of Paris is usually present.. This year the Archbishop did not attend. The A-nu, de la Religion, one of the organs of the clergy, on the other hand, states that the Archbishop of Paris has al ready received sixty adhesions to the reply which he ad dressed to the Minister of Justice and Public 'Worship on the 13th of March last, relative to the irreligious doctrines taught by the University. Paris has seldom had so great an influx of visitors at this season of the year as during the last few days. An Angers journal states that 3,000 passports have been granted for Paris in that town within a month, and 6,000 in the same time at Nantes. The number of arrivals from England has also been much greater than it was at this time last year. It is stated in one of the journals that 27,400 persons were conveyed to and from Versailles by the right-bank railway on Sunday last, and that the receipts amounted to 42,865 f. According to a letter from Oran of the 22d ult., there was a current report that General Lamoriciere had left Tlemcen at the head of a corps concentrated at that point, and marched towards Sebdou. It was also said that eight Cou•• louglis and an European, who had left Tlemcen to establish themselves at Sebdou, had fallen into the hands of Abd-el- Kader and his band, and that with the exception of one, I who succeeded in making his escape, all had their heads ' cut off. We learn from Chamounix, in Savoy, that although the snow during the winter fell in great abundance in that - valley, it has already entirely disappeared; and that, on the 26th ult., several English tourists succeeded in ascending the _ Montanvert, which is seldom accessible at such an early period. The Journal de Villefranches states that the wine-growers of the Beaujolais have no hope of a good vintage this year. The old vines have been frozen at the root, and cannot pro duce. The young vines look well, but the quantity of fruit from them will be comparatively small. The Frankfort Journal mentions that serious riots have taken place at Munich, in consequence of a rise in the price of beer. A great number of workpeople and soldiers assembled for the purpose of attacking the breweries, but they were dis persed by the authorities, and several of the rioters have been arrested. LAW AND POLICE. The jury orr the trial of the man Crouch for the murder of nis wife, after being locked up without food till a late hour, returaed a verdict of guilty, and Baron Alderson passed sen tence of death on the prisoner. William Henry Gower, 42, a person genteelly dressed, and who was stated to be an attorney, was indicted at the Old Bailey for feloniously uttering a forged certificate of mar riage, alleged to have been solemnised oetween himself and one Amelia Drayson. The prosecutrix had agreed to live with the prisoner as his wife, and the copy of the register had been prepared to show, in order to produce a belief that she was married to him. They had become acquainted in con sequence of the prisoner being employed by her to copy ma nuscript for the press. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, but in consequence of the circumstances of the case, a representa tion in his favour will be made to the Secretary of State. Mr. Wilkins applied to postpone the trial of William Bur ton Newenham, charged with the abduction of Miss Wortham, until next sessions. No opposition being made to the motion, the Learned Judge ordered the trial to stand over until next sessions. At the Excise Court, John Sykes, tobacco manufacturer, of Red Cross-street, Barbican, was charged on various infor mations with having in his possession articles for the purpose of adulterating tobacco --namely, sugar, molasses, logwood, nutgalls, and copperas, by which he had incurred penalties to the amount of 800/. He was convicted on one informa- tion, and fined 251. Henry Dawkins, a warehouseman, in the service of Mr. Swainson, a worsted and fringe manufacturer in Wood street, was charged at the Guildhall with stealing a large quantity of goods from the premises of his employer, and George Buxton, of Eden-place, Horton, fringe and line manufacturer, was charged with receiving a portion of the stolen goods. They were both remanded. A well-dressed man, named Thomas Franks, was charged with having written and sent to the Rev. Clement Strong, 78, Oxford-terrace, Bayswater, a letter, couched in such violent and threatening language, as to cause him (com plainant) to consider his life in danger. He was held to bail. Margaret Morgan, a young, handsome, and very fashion ably-dressed Frenchwoman, was charged at Marlborough street with robbing Mr. Thomas Graham, of No. 7, Trevor square, Knightsbridge, and a member of the Stock Exchange, of ten shillings in silver. She was committed for trial. John O'Connor, a boy thirteen years of age, was charged at Queen-square with a gross imposition on Mr. Spottis woode, of No. 15, Great George-street, Westminster, by ob taining money, under the representation that his mother, whom the complainant had frequently relieved, had been knocked down by a cab and had her leg broken. One of the officers of the Mendicity Society stated that he had known the mother for some years as a begging-letter writer. She had met with no accident. He was sent to hard labour for three months in the House of Correction. cousiir.--rzi.sissozrzLslo33. On Thursday the , Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury entertained at dinner the French Ambassador and the Countess de St. Aulaire, Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, Baron Nieumann, Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, Marquis of Normanby, Marquis of Granby, Earl of Pem broke, Earl and Countess of Clanwilliam, Viscount and Vis countess Sydney, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, &c., at their mansion in Grosvenor-square. The Marquis of Anglesey received Viscount and Vis countess Palmerston and a select party at dinner, on Wed nesday evening,, -at, Uxbridge House. The Dowager Countess of Sefton had an evening party on Wednesday, at the fi milt' residence in Arlington-street. His Excellency the French Ambassador and Countess have a dinner party at Manchester House on Monday next, after which the Countess has a soiree. The Duke of Devonshire has arrived at Devonshire House, from Kemp Town, Brighton. The Marchioness of Hastings and her youthful family are expected to leave Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, early in the ensuing week, for Donnington Castle. At Almack's on Wednesday night, as was expected, there was rather a full meeting, amounting to at least four hundred. The Marchioness of Londonderry, the Countess of Jersey, and Viscountess Palmerston, were prevented by other en gagements from presiding over the honours of the assembly. The Polka was danced no less than four times. We cannot find room for the full list of company. WIESCELLANEOI7I3. The Anniversary Festival of the " Sons of the Clergy," was commemorated on Thursday, in St. Paul's Cathedral. Amongst the more distinguished portion of those assembled were the Duke of Cambridge, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Bishop of London, the Lord Mayor, Mr. SheriffMoon,Mr. Sheriff Musgrove, the Recorder, and other civic dignitaries. After having attended Divine service, a large portion of those present adjourned to the hall of the Merchant Tailors, in Threadneedle-street, where a sumptuous banquet, provided by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, of the London Tavern, was served up to upwards of 250 of the clergy and laity. The noblemen and gentlemen members of the Catch Club, have determined to give an entertainment this season to the "ladies," at Willis's Rooms, when the Duke of Beaufort in tends to preside. The day appointed is Friday, the 31st inst., for the dinner, so that a strong muster is expected from the lengthened notice given. A number of distinguished guests have been invited. A return to an order of the Hon. the House of Commons, dated the 2d of April, 1844, for an account of the quantity of beer exported, from the sth day of -January, 1843, to the sth day of January, 1844, givds 146,621 as the number of barrels of beer on which drawback was paid. The 49th annual meeting of the London Missionary So ciety took place on Thursday at Exeter Hall: With the ex ception of the Sunday School Union, this,was by far the most numerous ly-attended - meetinga the season. the chair was occupied by Mr. W. Evans, M.P:- The total receipts for the year amounted to 81.812 i., the expenditure fq $3,5232, afitric ing an excess of disbursements over income MONE )(AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. Consols leave off scarcely so good as yesterday, being 99i to:i. There were no sales of importance how ever. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 1021. There was no alteration in the unfunded debt. The rise in Spanish Bonds was supported up to the termination of business. The Five per Cents. being 24/ i ; and the Three per Cents. 35i to Mexican Bonds improved to 35i to ; and Venezuela were at 40 to 39k. Dutch Five per Cents. brought loot. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 9 ; Blackwall, 9/ to / ; Brighton, 5/ ; Harrowgate and Knaresborough, discount ; Bristol and Exeter, 7to ; Eastern Counties, New, 61- Great Western, 42i to 42 ; Birmingham, Quarter, 25 ; Manchester and Birming ham, 19 ; Norwich and Brandon, 7 to f ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter, 6 ; Paris and Orleans, 18 to f ; and Paris and Rouen, 17/ premium. The exchange on Paris, Amsterdam, and one or two other of the lZading continental cities were firm this afternoon. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool Market yesterday were 7,000 bales, at firm prices, speculators taking 1,000 American ; 200 Bahia sold at 51c1 to 6d 100 Pernam at 5d to 6d ; 200 Maranham at 5P to 6*(1; 350 Egyptian at 7d to Sid ; 500 Surat at 3hd to 41d ; and the rest American at 4d to 7d per lb.—Shares remained- firm : Birmingham and Gloucester, 94*; Birmingham Quarter, 27* ; Brighton, 44i •, South-Western, 85 ; North Midlanal Half, 44 ; Paris and Lyons, 3 ; Do. and Orleans, 38* ; South-Eastern, 38 ; Do. Istew, 12. There are no Colonial arrivals in the City this morning. The Government of the United States is exercising its ut most power to extend its commercial and political influence, as the following communication, addressed to the Department of State at Washington, will show " A Minister Plenipotentiary from the Government of the Republic of Paraguay, near the Government of the Argentine Confederation, Senor Don Andres Gil, has arrived at this city, and has called on me to say that his Government had ordered him to call on the agent of the Government of the United States resident at Buenos Ayres, and to express 41 their name the most friendly feeling towards the Government of the United States, and to say that any citizen of the United States who may visit Paraguay will be located and consi dered as on the same footing as a citizen of Paraguay. Also to express the wishes of that Government to see the flag of the Lnited States in their waters. Senor Gil, in accordance with his instructions, has requested me to forward to the Government of the United States this expression of the frindly feeling and wishes of his Government. "Paraguay is the centre of this continent, and prof ably the most fertile part of it. For thirty years, closed from any communication with its neighbours, this country has been free from civil war, and now numbers nearly one million of , inhabitants, and has eighty thousand men enrolled, mostly militia; being bounded by Bolivia on the north-west, the provinces of the Argentine Confederation on the west and 1 south, and by Brazil on the east and north- east. Paraguay must soon exercise an important influence in the politics of the South American States, who have been in one continual civil war for many years past. I:Paraguay woulkreceive from the United States a large amount •of manufactured cottons. and flour, giving in re- ENGLAND. Bank of England £21,839,000 Private Banks 5,295,239 Joint-Stock Banks... 3,752,867 SCOTLAND. Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks 2,714,627 IRELAND. Bank of Ireland 3,625,925 Private and Joint-Stock Banks Total Bullion in the Bank of England ...£15,844,000 HENRY L. WICKHAM. Stamps and Taxes, May 10, 1844. COURT CIRCULAR. The Right Hon. John Nichol], Judge Advocate- General, had an audience of the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace and submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some courts-martial. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the Royal Gardens. The Prince afterwards rode out on horseback, attended by Gdonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting. The Royal Family were taken their accustomed daily airings yesterday in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Commissioners for pro moting and encouraging the fine arts in the re - building the Paace of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived at Gwydyt House, at tended by Colonel Wylde. The Commissioners present were, the Duke of Sutherland, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Colborne, borne, Sir R. Peel, Sir Robert Harry :Inglis, Mr. Henry Gaily Knight, M.P., Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M.P., Mr. H. Hallam, Mr. George Vivian, Mr. Thomas Wyse, M.P., Lord Mahon, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The meeting broke up at five o'clock, when his Royal Highness Prince Albert. attended by Colonel Wylde, returned to Buckingham Palace. Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Devereux have succeeded the Hon. Miss Stanley and the Hon. Miss Hamilton as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes , terday evening included the Earl of Liverpool, the Eat and Countess of Morley, the Viscountess Hawarden Lord and Lady Leveson, and Captain Francis Seymour. A self-acting ventilator, for theatres, and other places of public resort, intended to admit precisely such a quan tity of external air as will purify the internal atmos phere, and bring it down to a determined point, was sub mitted to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, by Mr. Thomas Wroughton, Gwydyr House, yesterday. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by her Ladies in Waiting, left Marlborough House in a carriage and four yesterday forenoon, for her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park, where her Majesty dined, and in the evening returned to town attended by her suite. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester was sufficiently recovered from her recent accident on Thurs day, to take an airing in a carriage. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing in a carriage and four on Thursday afternoon. The Health of Towns Commission sat yesterday and on Thursday, at G wydyr House, Whitehall. The Com missioners present were the Duke of Buccleuch, Sir Henry de la Beche, Mr. R. A. Slaney, Dr. D. B. Reid, Mr. J. R. Martin, and Mr. Smith, of Deanston. The Committee of her Majesty's Privy Council on Education, held a meeting yesterday at the Council office. The Lords present were—the Lord Lieutenant, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and Lord Gran ville Somerset. A Deputation from the Canal interest, including Mr. P. E. Townley, Mr. W. Beckett, M.P., Sir F. Head, Mr. J. S. Stanhope, Mr. E. Buckley, M.P., Rear-Admiral Dundas, M.P., Mr. W. Maude, Mr. J. Meadows, and Mr. T. Wilson, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, had a meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office in.Whitehall place. There were present, the Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Earl of Besborough, and the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Lamont had an interview with. Mr. Gladstone yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The appeal, " Brownrigg v. Burdet," from the Mauritius, was resumed. Mr. Romilly, Queen's Counsel, was heard for the respondent, and Mr. Wigram, Queen's Counsel, replied for the appellant. The Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh, gave judgment on the part of their Lordships—that there were not sufficient grounds to disturb the judgment of the Court below ; the appeal must therefore be dismissed with costs. An appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, " William Meddowcroft v. Harriet Huguenin," was opened by Dr. Phillimore. Dr, Addams was heard for the respondent. The Court rose shortly before four o'clock, and ad journed the case for further hearing. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, the Vice- Chancellor Wigram, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. The Marchioness of Hastings and family left Far rance's Hotel, Belgra,va-street yesterday, for Donington Park, Leicestershire. ABINGDON ELECTION. RETIREMENT OF MR. ANDIDATE. DUFFI LDE; MR. THESIGER A. C (From the Oxford Chronicle.) The inhabitants of this place were greatly surprised on Saturday morning by an address from Mr. Duffield resign ing the representation of the borough, and by an address from Mr. Thesiger, soliciting the suffrages of the electors. The borough was completely taken by surprise, and the day appears to have been chosen as affording particular advan tage to the candidate, as there is no post to London on that day, and the next day being Sunday, when no meetings, or business arrangements could be made. The principal agent of Mr. Duffield was engaged for Mr. Thesiger, and was very early on foot ; retainers were also offered to every professional man in , the place; mid taken with one exception, in the case of a gentleman who was not sufficiently• professional to accept an engagement to promote a cause to which he was not favourable., ‘• Mr; Thesiger, therefore, commenced his canvass, surrounded by a body of retainers and followers sufficient to hunt down a constituency of much greater magnitude than that of Abingdon. The electors 'are about three hundred in number r and may be classed without any great inaccuracy as follows : ' One hundred Liberals, not of the most hearty and patriotic .species. - One hundred Conservatives, with no very settled princi ples or defined objects, but who think they know-on which side their bread is buttered, and moreover are gregarious, and do together whet. they are bidden. One hundred loose fish, and dependents, on whose account the costly machinery of agency is worked; all thins bo'ng equal, a majority of this class would prefer to vote for a Libe ral candidate. The Liberals have for years forborne attempts to ga'n the seat, partly from respect to Mr. Duffield as a neighbour; but with good reason looked forward to a successful contest when ever Mr. Duffield was out of the field. But the late member basso played the cards that he has contrived to nominate his successor. It is observable that Mr. Thesiger, in his address, does not say a single word having any bearing upon eithe r of the great branches of a Member's duty. He does not say . a word re specting taxation, nor about any improvements in the laws, or their administration. So secretly has this job been maniged, and so prompt have Government officials been, that the election, of which only those in the secret were aware this time last week, will be over before the week ends. Some of our readers will hear of the resignation and the new election at the same time. Mr. Duffield will lose much of the respect hitherto enter tained for him, by being a party to tricky and • dishonourable proceedings such as these, which Lord Stanley would cer tainly call " thimble-rigging." Some of the trafficers think to make use of Mr. Thesiger, and already chuckle over the advantages they hope to gain through his influence ; some, like Tony-Fire-the-Faggot, of Cumnor, think to convert their borough leaseholds into free holds for an easy consideration. Of this more anon. Our readers will remember that the Lords of the Treasury have not yet sanctioned the new and partial terms which the Town- Councillors have slipped into their leases ; nor has the borough property yet been converted into private property. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BEDFORD ,RACES.—THLIESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 sews. each, with 50 added. Heats, once round and a distance. (4 Subs.) Mr. King's Nubia, 3 yrs, Est 51b The Two Years-old Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added. Three quarters of a mile. (4 Subs.) Duke of Bedford, named Hedgehog, by Kremlin, Bst 71b . 1 Mr. Hopkin's f by Redshank, out of Lara, B st 41 b 2 Mr. Ongley's Mystery, Bst 71b, and Mr. J. May's Corinthian Tom, Bst 71b, bolted.—Won in a canter. The Tulip Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, for 3 yrs old. Derby weights and distance. (7 Subs.) Mr. Bainbridge's Bletsoe Lass 1 Mr. H. Bolton's b c Mr. Harris's ch f The - Foxhunters' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added. Once round and a distance. Gents riders. (4 Subs.) Mr. Ongley's Humility, 6 yrs, 13st The Handicap Hurdle Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, with 35 added. Two miles. (10 Subs.) Mr. Bartley's Knight, aged, list 71b 1 Mr. Coates'iDuke, aged, list 21b Mr. Maguire nd Brilliant; 6 yrs, list 3 Four others ran. A good race. .EGLINTON PARK RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Three years -old Stakes of 20 sovs each. Colts, Bst 31b and fillies Bst. Mile and a half. (4 Subs). Sir J. Boswell's The Whistler (Holloway) Mr. Ramsay nd Prudence Mr. Campbell's The Inch The Curraghmoro Cup of 10 Boys. each, p p, with 100 added by the Marquis of Waterford, for hunters; 5 yrs, l2st 71b; 6 yrs and aged, 13st ; half-bred allowed 51b. Two miles. (12 Subs.) Marquis of Waterford's Firefly, 5 yrs, (Owner) 1 Mr. A. Robertson's Tinder-box, aged Lord Glenlyon's Mountain, aged 3 Mr. Moore's Wayward, aged The Atalanta Challenge Whip, added to a Handicap of 5 sovs. each. Quarter of a Mile. (7 Subs.) Miss Boswell's Interest, 4 yrs (Mr. Wardrope) Hon. Mrs. Johnston's Caliph, aged Lady Scott's Harrier, aged, Miss Laitibert's Wellwood, 6 yrs, and Miss Boyd's Pony, aged, were not placed. The Blythswood Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added, Mile and Half. (14 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's Quebec, 4 yrs, lOst 41b.. ..(Capt. Pettat) 1 Mr. Millbank's Robinson, aged, list 71b The following also ran :—Mr. Moore's The Bride, 4 vrs, lOst 111b—Mr. H. Johnstone's Red Ribbon, 6 yrs, 9st 2/1) Mr. Willington's The Veteran, 6 yrs, 9st 101b—Mr. Camp bell's Archer, 6 yrs, lOst 21b, and Capt. Boyd's Conqueror, 5 yrs, 10st 131 b.—A fine race. . The Cockamaroo Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 50 added. Last three quarters of a mile. Winner to be sold for 300 &c. (11 ants.) Lord Eglinton's The Potentate, aged (Earl Wilton) 1 Mr. Moore's Oh Don't, 5 yrs Mr. Johnstone's Broadholin, 4 yrs ... • Sir James Boswell's Miss Julia, 5 yrs The Welter Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added, 13st each. One mile. (6 subs.) Mr. Ramsay's The Shadow, aged (Lord Wilton) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, 5 yrs... 2 Captain Boyd's Lara, 6 yrs 3 BEVERLEY RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Beverley Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only declared, with 30 added. Two miles. (8 Subs., of whom 4 declared.) Mr. Milner's Miss Prim, 5 yrs, 7st 21b (H. Jones) 1 Mr. Scott's Heslington , 6 yrs, Bst 71b Match, 50, one mile, Bst each—Mr. Bradley's Salmon, 6 yrs beat Mr. Carr's Skate Tail, 6 yrs. Match, 50, two miles, Bst each—Mr. Carr's Skate Tail 6 yrs, beat Mr. Bradley's Salmon, 6 yrs. The Kingston Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 20 added for two yrs, Est 121 b; and three yrs, 9st 41b; mares and geldings allowed 41b ; winners 31b extra. Kingston Course. (6 Subs.) Mr. Tuting's Corodino, 3 yrs Mr. Hesseltine's Maria Ramsay, 2 yrs Mr. Smith nd Sister to Topsail, 2 yrs; and Mr. Stebbing's nd f by Tomboy, out of Nell, 2 yrs, also started, but were not placed. The Members' Plate of 10 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each ; three yrs, 7st 71b ; four yrs, Bst 71b ; five yrs, &c., 9st ; mares and geldings allow ed 31b ; and half bred horses, 71b. Winner to be sold for 100 sovs., &c. Heats, one mile and a quarter. (8 Subs.) Mr. Waring's Saul, aged (Barker) 0 1 2 1 Mr. Robinson's Maria, 5 yrs Mr. Consitt's Paragon, 5 yrs Mr. Scrivun's Busy Bee, 6 yrs Mr. Skelton's Little Isaac, aged 0 0 0 dr Col. Thompson's Gib, 4 yrs Mr. Newton's Here-I-go (late t ripple), 5 yrs dig SHREWSBURI RACES.—THURSDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; for 3 yrs old, 7st 21b; 4 yrs, 9st 21b; 5 yrs, lOst; 6 yrs and aged, lOst 51b. Three miles. Mr. Collett's Cattonite, 5 yrs (G. Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Morris's British Tar, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Dan's Fickle, 5 yrs, and Mr. Minor's Molecatcher, 3 yrs, also started, but were not placed. The Herbert Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added ; for 3 yrs, Est 101 b ; 4 yrs, Bst 31b ; 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ; 6 yrs, 9st 31b ; and aged, 9st 51b. Mares, &c. allowed 31bs. Heats, about a mile and a quarter. (6 Subs.) Mr. Arthur's Miss Susan, 4 yrs (W. Arthur) 12 0 Mr. Ongley's Gipsy Queen , 4 yrs 0 3 0 Mr. Dan's Jack, 5 yrs 0 1 1 Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, 4 yrs 2 0 0 Pensive and Tippoo also ran. Jack was objected to. The Members' Plate was won, in three heats, by Mr. Gough's Fausta (Dodgson), beating Joanna (won first heat' r: Princess of Wales, and Brewood *MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCES ON THE RIVER. On Wednesday evening, between the hours of half-pas five and eight o'clock, no less than three accidents, each at tended by fatal consequences, took place on the river. The first accident occurred at Battersea-bridge, the second at Putney-bridge, and the third and last opposite the old church, Chelsea. It appears that about half-past five o'clock a gentleman, who is apparently not more than 22 or 23 years of age, was rowing up the river in a wager boat, and had nearly cleared the arch on the Middlesex side of the centre of Battersea-bridge, when his scull caught in one of the cross pieces of the wood-work. In the endeavour to extricate it the scull snapped in two, and the boat capsized, throwing the gentleman headforemost into the water. The circum stance was witnessed by George Bulger, one of the carpen ters employed on the bridge, and who was at the time cut ting away a cross-piece from one of the adjoining piers. He immediately jumped into his boat, and rowed towards the place where the gentleman had sunk. On his way thither he saw him rise twice, but en reaching the spot he had alto gether disappeared. Some watermen put off, both from the Chelsea and Battersea shores, with drags, and commenced searching for the body. Bulger collected the deceased's cloth ing, which was floating, and took it, with the broken scull, to the Old Swan Tavern, Batters6a, and Mr. Luttell, the landlord, took charge of them. In one of the pockets of a tweed wrapper was found a letter addressed to " Charles Wilson, Esq., 6, Doncaster-place, Old Kent-road." A water man went to that address, and about nine o'clock at night two gentlemen came to the Swan, and identified the cloth ing and other property found as belonging to that gentleman, who, they stated, was a solicitor, a very talented and ami able young man, and the sole support of his father and mother, and four sisters. No pains have been spared to re cover the body, but all efforts have as yet been unsuccessful. Scarcely had the melancholy circumstance become known to the numerous gentlemen who were rowing up the river, when their feelings were further shocked by hearing that a gentleman had been upset out of his boat and drowned at Putney-bridge. A gentleman, about twenty years of age, named Archer Ryland. who had offices at 36, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, and residing at 24, Grove-lane, Camber well, and we believe the second son of Mr. Ryland, barrister, undertook to row against another gentleman, whose name we have not learned, from Chelsea-bridge to Putney. Both combatants were seated in very large wager-boats. The match was well contested, and Mr. Ryland's opponent got through Putney-bridge first, some boats' length ahead. Mr. Ryland was following, when his boat struck the abutments of the fifth arch en the Fulham side, and directly went down. Mr. Ryland sunk instantly, and it is supposed that the ex hausted state he was in prevented him making any efforts to save himself. He screamed once, and his right hand came above water twice, but after that nothing more was seen of here The most extraordinary part of the affair is, that there were at least twenty boats encircling him, many of them cutters, and yet none of their crews acted promptly. Every one seemed to be panic-stricken. There were at the time several matches ready for starting from the bridge. In less than five minutes after the accident. had happened the drags were used, but without success. A most melancholy circumstance attended the case. Two of his brothers, one about 18, and the other 12 years of age, were in a wherry, accompanying the match, and they witnessed the striking of the boat against the pier of the bridge, and the sinking of their brother. Their dis tress was beyond description, and they were taken, in an al most lifeless state, into the Eight Bells Tavern, where Mrs. Avis, the landlady, paid them every kind attention that could tend to soothe their mental anguish. - The elder brother fainted away soon after he was brought in, and some time elapsed-before he exhibited syinptoms of returning anima tion. The search after the deceased gentleman was con tinuednintil late at night, and commenced again at sunrise yesterday-morning, but up to the time of our writing, the body had not been discovered. The thjitl and last accident that took place on the river occurred off this old church at Chelsea. Four persons, viz., three mert. a - al a woman, were passing dawn the river in a wherry, about 13 , -o'clock in the evening, and had reached the old church, whe,u . ';Oi*olthe men got up to relieve the woman, who was h action caused the boat to cant on one side, and in an. instant the whole four persons were in the water. They dr/id loudly for assistance, and several water men put off.' "Thersthan aid two young men were picked up' by two watermeni:named'goutham and Foot, and taken to the. Cricketers,, but the other Man, who was the husband of the woman , saved, was drowned. His name is Henry Wench, he was a scale .bearn-niaker,.and resided in Waterloo-place, Kennington. Dr. Gardener, of Cheyne-walk, was called in to Mrs. Wench, and with much difficulty restored her. Mr. Wench's body has not been found. The Malta Times of the 24th hai the following from Tunis:—" We find by the arrival of the Geyser from Tu nis,that the French Consul had claimed the Maltese mur derer Xuereh, as a Christian, and that the Bey, being intimidated, had given him ,up. The Sardo-Tunisian business is settled—after - all his blustering, the Bey has succumbed at last, and paid for the steamer, as well as all the expenses of a Sardinian armament, &c. We under stand that the money was bro.ught here by the Geyser. .AMENT. HOUSE OF- LORDS, -May _ 6lll Their Lordships metilFOur z a ROYAL COMMISSION] ' ; The LORD CHANCELLOR atiliOnneP F S a (4°Pl. mission had been issued to .give thelioyaie,Agw.ut to car. tain Bills, and directed the Common.stia be summoned te their Lordships' bar by the Usher'of the Black. Rod; • The Commissioners were, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleuch, and the Earl of Shaftesbury.' The Commissioners, having taken their seats at th e i foot of the throne, the Speaker, accompanied by se° • Members ,of the House, ,of commons, a ppeared at th bar, when the Royal Assent was given =by Comrniesie._.„"' in - the usual form, to the under-mentioned B • ila I The Exchequer Bills ' Bill,. the .NatioAat .09PYrig ht ' the Dean Forest•lnclosure Bill,.the Great NV e stern So I Cheltenham Railway Bill, the Norwich and •BrOdt Railway Bill, the South-Western and Guildford Itailw s , Bill, the Midland Counties Railway Bill , th e Mantheste b and Leeds Railway Bill, the Nerwich and YartlioPtc, Railway Bill, the Manchester and Birmingham Rail Dill, and the Derby, Junction' Railway Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure: Their Lordships resumed at Five o'Clock. CONFERENCE. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE A Conference with the Commons took place some amendments which had been proposed in the cas.er and Carlisle Railway Bill. • ° t The Duke of RICHMOND reported to the H ouse the Commons agreed to a portion of the at eendrnen ts • e t o Messengers from the COmmons br o u g ht .up se' Nils, which were read a first time, * • Yor l ‘ Several petitions were presented in favour of the and Scarborough Railway Bill. • • 4 The Courts of Common-law Process .(Ireland) and the Bail in Error Bill went through Comtnitte?..oo The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL • presenteit Pelot , from Donegal, Coleraine, and several other places gl' the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. DUTY ON WOOL. , The Duke of RICHMOND, after presentieg.ael tion from a place in Sutherland, in favour of agrietn.ttlbjejl protection, said he wished to. call the attention 4,- re' Lordships, in consequence of a notice which he has viously given, of a motion to order certain returoe to the subject of the wool trade in this country. .'il e tti esi the more anxious for, the production of . r e , returns in consequence of the proposed, V of the duty upon this article, init cause he recollected that the facts adduced or the Committee, appointed in 1828 at his suggestioillood ply proved that the reduction of these duties woula i rl , materially to injure the farming interests of the 0.7 1. the He disliked this measure' uch, not because ie ins support of his Noble Friend, who presided • ft Anti. Corn-law League, but because when o'o 3 duction was mentioned in another place it 00 , loudly cheered there. Another reason Witt re' at the present moment "the greatest distro°,ol veiled all through Australia, and they all were , Ao that by taking off one penny from Gerirtil 11 1 they would do much to injure that colon,'!.. f it! would ask the Noble Lord, the Vice--Presiden t 4V Board of Trade, whether her Majesty's MinistcrS •- i tY any communication with foreign Governments_lcor subject—whether the Austrian Governm ent tent to allow the manufactures of this eoli A ll o ef f i, enter Austria with equal facilities — or , if that 0...4001 ment would take English long wool as well as sho e d o.'t,' He would also ask - whether they had .recei'for assurances of. reciprocity on the part T A French Government, so far as trade was cOn c . e ,titi, He only hoped that the same result would, - n ot. n ° i oti f place as w hen the sixpenny duty was reduced 0 1) ,,, penny. The United States immediately put on. duty upon our woollen cloths.—(Hear, hear.) t o eluded by moving for several returns relating W portatien of foreign wool. Lord DALHOUSIE had no objection. to tbe. of his Noble Friend, accompanied . -as it undertaking to abstain for the present from glint dis c ussion of the substantial question. At VII"to time,. he would not object to the returns, p it.„ l he also was desirous of more exact inform , subject. However, he was not prepared to 10 ,4et t ;0 quest on of his Noble Friend as to whether licr'',oo4l Government had communications with Foreig n se in reference to the reduction of their _dutie4ol:6 woollen goods. He had not received any yiOtie on the subject, but he was able to say thatise,4llJ, foreign nations would or would not reduce R„oefr on our woollens, that would not affect the to ed . His Noble Friend had alluded to the Coinn'Tifie:fitto quiry in 1828, on the effect of a reduction t b e for e the in 1824. BUt his Noble Ft fend did n°fctre the House that ,jt was clearly made out e.,01,01 Committee that the depression of the wool 131-00,010 i not traced and was not traceable to the redac A t pttl duty.—(Hear, hear.) As his Noble Friee.,% a te ° o , going into the question at present, but only ". 1 , ) 0 ,0 1 papers for information, he 'Lord Dalhollt;ittoil also abstain from But it wis " t rioVo he should acquaint their Lordships with the t .f ii ti the depression of the wo 1 masters was clearlfurof the high duty imposed in 1819, which caused:reige9 g oods to be thrown out of competiti on in tliel°o-eilt• ket, and necessarily to lessen the demand for he 011;',,# wool. He had lately had a communioatiorico- Bishop, a gen tl em an who was well known in 401,1°,0V with this subject, and from whom he learne'l " 0 0 ) ft , the duty was raised in 1819 he knew a noblevg w,s a large g rower of wool, that noblern o Bishop that he w not 3- 11 hle wo-1 at but would keep it ell the next year, when he t. : lt• ef)i 3s. Mr. Bishop however told him that if ":eclii for one year the price, instead of being rat e. duty, would be lowered, and instead of k, p l. would get no more than Is. 6d.. and if .he ahiil two years he would get no more th an one for . .o (A laugh.) The nobleman had kept the vt'Oe 4i tlis years as the prices were going clown, and 11._„ d t eri :), C ot t his wool for •9d. a lb.—(Laughter, and enr fej high tax remained for nearly six y ears; as s"reciaAv sequence the export trade in woollens wios one-half.—(llear, hear.) The duty certainly „ot ,yowl afterwards, in 1824, but it did not - folio W fo moving Vie cause you redressed the injury.. - o e fay since the duty was lowered, the importati °ll lli o° V wool had increased from 14 millions to 400 1300 i," the price of South down wool was at this 01 1. 0 1 4 ) penny per lb. higher than it was in t i li f i c ert t ;i,; when the high duty was imposed.' —t o f l l or This was a proof that the i mpo rtatio n o f e V wool instead of lowering the f rie grown wool was the means of raisiqoiletic creasing the foreign demand for our. b ut' liejfte He would not now go into the question, de beu tb io i ; not sit down without saying that our .tr s A by. s i ll , recovered the shock which it had receiv7i e d°, ll: e crease of the duty in 1819. He had n° , f; resolution moved for, by his Noble Die n : fig ever his Noble Friend ) was prepared to b r r f e ctit o t, cussion, he (Lord Dalhousie) would be Peereeleitii, to justify the commercial policy of the . , 6° sobl e ,ni ° , Lord BROUGHAM said that as 0 „i? 10 0141 upon the cross-benches (the Duke of .„In e. e tc ol? have to answer his Noble Friend , the ) 7 tle o bl r o the Board of Trade, it might save hint t q o b i/ e o Vist his (Lord Brougham's) statement, so as answer both at once. The Noble elle to r t then read an extract from a publication? denotOott. to show that the effect of t he 1P 0° ° ye t' in 1819 had been to injure the vea re ,e rpr o ai The average exports of wool in the thre e d i the l 'attia! to 1817 were 7,650,0001b5. weight, f tbe. s ll A lf , " the five years following the i m positi , i ll , ° ,oi oi ,e, only 6,000,000. The price of the wool, t peel 4 ol, l o greater ratio. The average price ()fg e l l i. • c the two years before the imposition " 0 - Pay s 4l.A 2s. id. per pound, while in the two Yr to imposition of the duty the price fellth e aiis4l,ll' average price of Highland wool before the posed was 30s. the double stone; and ja b . , pr. following the imposition of the du t Y , A 15s. the double stone, being just one -ha' on tbae V o n Lord BEAUMONT did not look .112 retecTev4.l, wool in the same light as upon ether Poe f o r- o rs: upon agricultural produee. Ile tbotigbben.e6cr h c e e' , ; of the Government would prove verY -of P - 0 the farmers and to the manu facturer s ti re , ~ He most heartily approved of this sta well s t bater ing this much, he begged also to n t ar o ' 1 ,13 0 i at all abandon those principles of egric!:/, ' thi / A) which he always advocated. 00,„ 0 0 1 ';0 Earl KINNAIRD said he felt O n - t th i° PI t i l l annoyed the Noble Duke most wasi th e(D ord eo s, c % t o, the first steps towards tree trade. m eow had been informed that , at the conlie to , tOolic t, 1 5 1 ) session, certain gentlemen of the P ti . i 'ha ' p oet 1 0 , Noble Duke belonged, waited up °l3 Goir e %. 0 0, 1 13 Baronet at the head of her .Majesty laws IWtae stipulated that neither the corn " bu t . 0 000jr, Church were to. be touched, Ofof Honourable Baronet, with his ae";. - 0' 1 ;0 ,0 10 1 not give a definite .pledge urreocilorciedo He (Earl Kinnaird) dented that tlf ro io l , duties would tend to improve the ' a rt of al l i c i e se'lY they had proof that when the ier b ie . 10 6 1 ‘0 0 04 large the price of it rose. The 41 ?, theY A 9 40 ( v be very much afraid of Austria, Wu' • t heft; P„ e 4 quantity of wool from that count To d, !,,ace, 1 a large quantity of manufactured gy s had Kienaird) also denied that the ens ba d 6.P hes ".4 injurious effect which some perae," s e %p!e a eet i s e ol 11 1 The Duke of RICHMOND , IIS oo hu of thought that no one, outside the 41 , Theatre, would believe the as us, sTnice made to his Noble Friend who h ad its 014 o eti certainly saw no reasons to elial o ble 001 thing which had fallen from the nB OIIO te ,4 l After a few words from Lord m et , tit r o il Duke of RICHMOND , i „, sottr wo ol- ie b d ro ret k hw e e r srll° ' l39us : °ll4l3 :: r o : Duke, eu L tuk o e r w, d wh D iacsh A l L .rt uoHnio maketUh e S l uw E pe o S t of gaining official information. ht the Ga t ilta rr Lord MONTEAGLE thotig le o e ,;,•tc n th o e t d ha ut v y e t s h e a le u ct w ed ee a l. fit H t e e r no t bw.100,01 terest would suffer by it. It 7 0or eniee . 6 0, 0 0 cause many years ago the ‘s was.. to. tit themselves to reduce this out _..-•tesidot all artificial measures of prot c ee o tif er cial jar' of both the agricultural and_ern. The returns were then ord RC Comm.. o N y V in O r d R 9 L le i s N n e p to le owe: b i 4 mate . 0. rol ow- 00 e,; to of d works, and ppropose presentedtri land, founded on reports t h e suPr C oe moot L Lord r of C PUBLI C the Government, particularlvou i t the e i6re e trY I S I con J . D ooe- e ' and drainage, with a v i e- o f that Pea of la t e od for e „ x ten 9l ,o3 ral schemes had been seff r Att.. Cc:ez ef f d territoria Iporpomv considered i e n n g t t of the conditiont u li d e ee r e e s e u rite: oeescor.23. endedt y 9 p. of drainage had been rec which was entitled the pos IMPERIAL PARLI