The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-24 00:00:00

In 3 vols., post Bvo., 1,/R. D'ISRAEL I'S " C ONINGS BY ; OR, - THE NEW GENERATION," IS NOW READY AT LL 'TIP: LIBRARIES. Henry Cclburn, Puhlisher, 13, Great Mariborot4.7h-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TOMORROW EVENING, MAY 25, IL MATRIAIONIO SEGRETO. ,•:lisetta, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Mdlle. Favanti ; Carolina, Persisni ; Paolino, Sig. Mario ; Count Rthinson, Sig. 1.. .ilache ; and Geronimo, Sig. Lablache. fletwerm the Acts will be presented a New Divertissement, entitled 1. VIVAN D ERE, introducing the Redowa Polka; the Original liance of Bohemia, by Aldlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. To conclude with the Grand Ballet of ALMA. Alma, Madame Cerito. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box (Pico, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will commence at Half. past Seven. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ON THURSDAY NEXT, MAY When will be per ormed Rossini's Opera of:IL BARBIERE DI VIGLIA, by Madame Grist, Signor Mario, Si g nor Lablache, ;-,nor F. Lablache, and SignoriFornasari, and other Entertainments, " which Madame Persiani, and Mdlle. lav v it , . will appear. Atter %Vim' will be produced, a New Divertissement, composed b.; Mdlle. Cerito, entitled LA VI VANDIERE, introducing La It , dowa Polka, by Mdlle. Cerito and M St. Leon. to conclude with the Grand Ballet entitled ALMA (Omitting the I; st Tableau), in which lirldlles. Cerito arid Frassi, and Mons. M ht. Leon and Perrot will appear. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. 'TLS EVENING, MAY '24, Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES CF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W. Harrison; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr. vorrani; Naaina, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdlle. Albartini ; Francesca, Miss Romer. To conclude with the revived Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled THE nEvoLr OF THE HAREM. Mahomet, Mr. Howell; Ismael, N. Silrain t Myssouf, Mr. W. H. Payne, Zulma, Mdlle. Lucile Gratin; Zelika, Mdlle. Clara Webster ; The Genius of the Harem, I.la.daine Ciubilei. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d.; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.. ix—cnil Price 35.; Pit 3s , :second Price Qi.; Middle Gallery 25., s. and Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. M it. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LF-sSEB. THIS EVENING, MAY 24, F \\ ill be performed the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART ACHE. Oki Rapid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Charles . 2iat:rews ; Vortex, Mr. Strickland; Frank Oatland, Mr. Webster; Ellen Vortex, Mrs Edwin Yarnold; Miss Vortex, Mrs. W. Clifford".; Oatland, Miss Julia Bennett. After which. Mr. Planche's Successful Comedy of THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra. v:.ganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, n Evening with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, ilqr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Mover, Miss P. Horton and riAS Lee. To conclude with a New Comic Drama, called THE ABSENTEE. .r Patrick Delany, Mr. Tilbury • Edward Macarthy (the Absentee), H Holt; Larty Lurgan, 'Mr. Leonard; Norah, Miss Julia i•ennett ; Katy, Miss Carre. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ' • Pit, :Is. ; Gallery. 25.; Upper Is. Half-price —Boxes, _3B. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper al!cory, fd H . Doors opened at alf-past Six, and the Performances mmexce at Seven Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box from Ten till Five. • PttINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORMSTREE'II LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 24, Will he repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled CROWN :AMONDS Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss; Don Hen uez do Sandoval, Mr. Allen; Rebolledo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; La terina, Madame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Miss Grant. Ta which will be added GONE TO TEXAS. Atter which, A DIVERTISSEMENT. l'a be foll,,wed by a Comic Drama, called BLASE; or, The Man Search of a Sensation. Monsieur Blase, Mr. Wright ; Groafer, Paul Bedford; Louise, Madame Eugetsie Prosper; Madame ~ o u, Mrs. 11. P. Gralan. 'F-lEAfRE ROY ',L LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. ?pen sesame; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves." continues to , e nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and 'a,hionable audinces THIS EVENING, MAY 2t, Will be performed a New Comedietta. entitled THE WHITE EA CHER. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Collier, ''raven, Ysrnold, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Fairbrother. Atter which. MY WIFE'S OUT. Principal Characters by Mr. - evley. Mr Wigan, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Keeley. whichfn will be add d a new Comic Drama, called THE OVE BIRDS. l,.nciplal Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, ~songs, Mrs. %Soollige, Mrs. Usher, Miss Pairbrother, Miss Chaplin, Grove, and Miss Pitt szue. l'o be followed by In Apropos Bagatelle. called POLK AMANI A Aaracters ty Mr. F. Mathews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss ""oolgar, and Mrs. Kerley. To conclude with aG. to Burle que Fairy Extravaganza, called PEN SESAME; or. a sight with the Forty Thieves. l'ha -_,;tess by Miss Wo.agar. MLA E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss irner, Miss Grove, Mm, Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, d Mrs. Keeley, Moms. F. Mathews, 'Turner, Younge, Wigan, irnold. and Chaplin. I'IIICES OF AI: I ON. —Balcony Poxes, 45.; Upper ,xes, Se. ; Pit, 2s. ' • Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 25.; pper Boxes, Is 6t1.; l'it, 1•. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier tiding eight personal. 'I nr sluineas Private Boxes on the Second ier (ho sting eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private -axes on the Pit 'Fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY Pro'S RO Letir and Managel: Al. IMP I T Mr. ETRE O F T ARTS. p r, A . Or -and Attraction. Last week of M. Piege. the great French Rope-dancer. 1111$ e.V ENING, MAY 24, Will be rep,atcd the H.st,heal Spectacle of the INVASION OF 'I GLAND BY WILLIA 'THE CONQUEROR ; or, the Battle Hastings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death ~' Harold, &c. Entire Change th a Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with tl.e Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET IN E ; or, the flondothi a' the Ruby Cliffs. Ihe doors will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances nimence at seven. Box_ctlice opened daily from ten till four. The Avata boxes hare been tecoLstructed and decorated with care and . - I.lendour. Acting and stage-in t,iager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. The 'i,VIZ ARD OF IHE NORTH'S New Wonders of Experi •itlital PhPosophy and Natural Magic are the gre t source of attrac en As his season advances he .ill prove that he has "no rival ;" t is peen' ar ari he will support the honour and dignity of the nation -filch gave Idle bit th. Itemenitcr that he performs wonders every veiling, which, if. only heard of, would never be bel eyed. In iaio to his own Extraordinary Performance., which can have paral!el in the world ? he has other Novelties which would fill his • heatre, independent of his Mystic Entertainment. i he WIZ A RD is proud to announce that he has engaged (for this :eek only) The HIGHLAND DANCER:S with their PIPERS who ad the honour of dancing before the Queen at Taymouth ;) , Arkeld Castles, during her Maj sty's recent visit to the land ',al:l'es." 1 hey will nightly appear in full Highland costume and ',nice their grand National Dances. Thi. will be a Great Treat, as t v ill convey to the mind a Style quite unknown to England. The i'JIREE ARAB BROTHER will repeat their classical perform thecs, which are nightly received with most rapturous applause. In consequence of the zddition to the usual er.tertainments, the ~0 0rs will open at Half-past Six, and the I erfonnance commence Eight. Isoxes, Ss.; Pit. Is. 6d.; Gallery, fal. Reserved Seats, and .',ivate Boxes can be secured at the 'theatre, and of all the Agents. ~ ,:cond Price at Nine o'clock. COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEASON, ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, GRAND WHITSUN FETES ) WHIT-MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Strong as have been the claim: of this favoured place of public wort at the beginning of each season, the Proprietor feels justified asserting, that never before did it offer a tithe of the attractions •: now presents. The Gardens have been completey renovated, •:atues and Fountains Introduced, new and extensive Promenades :•rmed, and the most lavish expenditure in every department, il• evince the Proprietor's anxiety to insure a continuance of public 'strange. rHE NEW GR AND PICTORIAL MO EL OF LONDON IN THE OLDEN TIME D I Painted by Lannon and Telbin, the most gigantic achievement ever yet produced, and for grandeur • composition, fidelity of design, and beauty of execution, it far seeds any previous production. It accurately represents ancient radon—Old St. Paul's—Old Londe n Bridge—Baynard's Castle, and • the principal Churches and Buildings of the locality, and may th truth be designated the most wonderful production of ma. - ,rn times. THE MENAGERIE, ALWAYS UNRIVALLED, HAS RECEIVED MANY VALUABLE ADDITIONS. dufy all competition, the Propriet r has engaged the celebrated AMERICAN DWARF TiM THUMB! • • v exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. the PROMENADE CONCERTS—the splendid Band of Fifty -formars, conduced by Mr. Godfrey—will perform a selection of newest and most popular music. the far-famed HIGHLAND DANCERS AND PIPERS are ::so engaged, and will go through two of their National Dances, ). Inch procured for them the distinguished approbation of t.er :Majesty and Prince Albert at Taymouth Castle And at Dusk will take place the most astounding exhibition ever zytemptcd, viz., a Representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Mr. Soutliby (to whom in justice belongs the repellation of Fire Ting") has exhausted the resources of his art, to give effect to this London Bridge, Old St. Paul's Cathedral, and other .I!,iildings will appear devoured by the devastating element, and prosent a heap of blackened ruins, in accordance with the best lineations taken at the period, and the coop d'ceil will give a vivid :,:presentation of a Great City destroyed by fire. Doors o: ea at Twelve. Admission, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. DNE SHILLING Admission to TILE NAPOLEON MIT TM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo . !al Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a 4t of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in •uctive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro ' an history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and MIES XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., ankl the EMPEROR APOLEON, In 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, ,;ring the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of - " , "ellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladles, .'so many thousands sf the Nobility and Public; and the Pro . jetor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine ;:tures, &c., his previous ahnost incredible number and variety of Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other in this most Instructive and, as hundreds have said it Mt to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have Inspected It, THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITOItS of the PUBLIC PRESS ice stated that it ought to be seen by every ONC. The price of admia- Con is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, MAY 24. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 43 ; Highest, 65; Noon, 60. BAROMETER, W.I.—WIND, N. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes thd , erzing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is ,_,ally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. MOH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Moyning ... 4 minutes after :,6 I Evening ... 0 minutes after 6. 4-* . , , 4 C 7}4 ( >lo . j 't • OS DROIT " • SECOND EDITIO N . Oiltnin4 altAt LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1844. In the Lords the Royal assent was given to several I ilway Bills, among others the South-Eastern Ex tension Railway Bill. Some discussion took place on the amendments introduced by the Commons into the Lan caster and Carlisle Railway Bill, chiefly with re ft rcnce to certain gates on the line proposed to be erected opposite Brougham Hall. After a brief con versation, rather of a personal character, the Marquis 01 . SALISBURY moved that the debate be adjourned, .n 3, on a division, there were, for the adjournment, ; against it, 32. The amendments Were then :.reed to, and the House, on the motion of the Duke WELLINGTON, adjourned till Thursday. In the Commons, the South Devon Railway Bill ; s read a third time and passed. The further consideration of the Harwich Railway (.11), was ler p , an o d stp t o h n e ea l Colchester and Harwich Railway 11s next session. Mr. V ILLIERS gave notice that, on the 11th of • ane, he should bring forward a motion on the corn ; gs. On the motion of Mr. Hum; several returns re: specting corporal punishment in the Army and Navy, from 1839 to 1843, were ordered. In answer to a question from Mr. llumE, Sir R. FEEL said he proposed to bring in the Bank Charter Bill this day. The Customs' Duties Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY moved for an inquiry into the management of the Friars Free School, in Bangor; but on an assurance from Sir JAMES GRAHAM that the LORD CHANCELLOR intends to bring in this session a Bill on the subject, the motion was with drawn. Mr. HumE moved that an address be presented to her MAJESTY, that she will be graciously pleased to give directions that, whenever her MAJESTY shall grant the honour of the peerage, or baronetcy, or knighthood, or order, for eminent public services, no fee shall be charged thereon. After some brief remarks from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER against the motion it was withdrawn. On Mr. CHRISTIE bringing forward his motion re lative to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the house was counted out, at a Quarter to Eight. As the hour of final decision draws nigh, the event can our higher and middle classes afford to throw away countless thousands in patronising singers, opera dancers and such "small deer"—in giving splendid bal:s, and routes, and dinner parties to masses of people who care nothing for them, and for whom they, in return, care nothing—arid yet openly profess their reluctance or their inability to contribute such a paltry sum as ten or twelve thousand pounds in honour of a man who rescued them from the domination of the great conqueror of Europe, and gave to his countrymen, as his dying bequest, the undis puted empire of the seas ? Where would have been our aristocracy—where would have been their sycophantic imitators, our opulent, thriving, "respectable" middle classes, had NELSON not crushed the maritime power of France at Cape Trafalgar ? With the abundant resources, both naval and military, that NAPOLEON then possessed; with the prestige attached to his name, and the terror which it everywhere inspired, England would most probably have been subjected to all the horrors of an invasion, the entire aristocratic fabric would have been shattered to atoms, the country would have been revolutionised after the most approved French fashion, and the middle classes, who have so much to lose, would have lost everything! From these calamities they were notoriously preserved by the intelligence, the heroism, the lofty, self-denying patriotic spirit of one man ; and yet to this one man they are either unable or unwilling to rase such a triumphal monument as may be worthy of their grati tude, and his imperishable renown! Repeated appli cations have been made to them by the NELSON Committee, but they are, it seems, too poor to answer the demand; and now all idea of get ting any more subscriptions from them is aban doned in despair ; and the words " erected by public contributions," must in consequence be effaced from the pillar, which, if completed at all, must be completed at the expense of Government! Such is the public spirit—such the gratitude evinced by the upper and middle classes of Englishmen in the year 1844 ! They can afford to lavish thousands on the patronage of an Italian Opera; but they can not afford to subscri:x a comparative trifle in honour of the memory of a man who, more than any hero of his day, assisted to rescue them from the worst horrors of spoliation, anarchy, and revolution I of' the election for South Lancashire becomes more I interesting, and at the same time its influences, direct and contingent, are more justly appreciated. It seems to be taken for granted on all hands, that the great proprietors of agricultural lands in that district will be found opposed to the free trade candidate, and that such proprietors as Lord FRANCIS EGERTON and Sir JOHN GERRARD will show themselves hostile to the manufacturing interest, as to one that threatens their order with rivalry in political power. Such conduct on their parts will only be by a slight shade less sui cidal than that of the few manufacturers whom the blind prejudices of party will lead to vote against their order and their property. The agricultural prosperity of South Lancashire is the direct result of its manufactures; spindles have ploughed their lands, and shuttles fertilized their fields. Could farmers alone support the Bridgewater Canal, consume the produce of Lord EGERTON'S mines, and bring into cultivation those lands which, within the memory of man, were but moors and marshes ? Can the farmers of South Lancashire be ignorant of the markets where their produce is sold, and who are the consumers of their milk, their cheese, and their butter? Were they unscathed during the late season of agricultural distress ? They have had bitter experience to prove that when the spinner is unemployed the toil of the dairy farmer is without remuneration, and when the loom stands still the plough cannot be profit ably set to work. The landowner and the farmer in South Lancashire have just as much to gain by the extension and expansion of trade—or, what is the same thing, by free trade, as the cotton-spinner or the calico-printer. The value of Lord STAM FORD'S property, in the vicinity of Ashton and Duckinfield, has increased fivefold within the memory of the existing generation. Ile has had no toil to earn this influx of wealth, no care to exercise fur this acquisition of fortune. The power-loom, driven from its original seat by the short-sighted prejudices of some, and the deliberate malice of others, found shelter in a nook, where there was neither magistrate nor parson, neither church nor prison, neither bar rack nor workhouse ; and in this deserted spot ma chinery created for itself all the elements of order and civilisation, and, what was more to his Lord ship's purpose, the elements of profit for his mines, and of rent for his acres. The land which would scarcely grow rushes offers now to view that most lucrative of crops—houses ; and the mineral treasures, which, under former circumstances, would not have paid the expense of sending them to market, find now a market at the mouth of the pits. The dairy farming of South Lancashire is the principal source of the prosperity which its farmers enjoy; but it has no natural advantages for dairies over the other counties of England, in fact, it is inferior to most of them. Its dairies flourish, because manufactures have supplied a convenient market for their produce : the greater proportion of the wages of the Lancashire operative finds its way into the pockets of the Lan cashire farmer. We quite concur with our correspondent, who ad dresses us from Paris, under the signature of " A Cap tain in the Navy," that the Admiralty here " would do wisely to listen, without delay, to the gallant NA PIER," and "allow the old officers of our navy to re tire," in one of the several modes proposed by the renowned Hero of Acre, on Thursday the 16th inst. It will be remembered that, on that occasion, Sir Cit ARLES stated he had studied this subject for many years. He was convinced that, in the event of a war breaking out, it would be impossible for us to enter into it, or carry it on with any degree of vigour adequate to the exigencies of such an emergency, owing to the advanced ages of the superior officers of this service. He complained that, whether Whigs or Tories were in power, the Treasury behch appeared to be, at all times, inattentive to this matter ; and he adverted at some length to what had passed in the House of Commons, in 1842 and 1843, in reference to proposi tions that he had brought forward for the opening of a retirement list, upon which aged and infirm officers of superior rank might be allowed, as in the army, to sell out and retire. Since that debate the bellicose pamphlet of the Prince DE JOIN VILLE has appeared, and is now the chief pabulum on which the Anglo phobia cravings of his party, in Paris, are subsisted ; where the subject has sufficient strength of digestion to take down aliment that is combined with materials so nauseating and offensive to the egoisme and self glorification of Frenchmen, as this royal dose is. But while we may be amused with the sensation which this hair-brained young gentlemen is managing to get up in the salons and cafés of Paris, we are not dis posed to disregard the significancy of such a sign of the times. It should set our Government upon think ing how paramount a duty remains yet to be discharged by them, in giving instant and absolute efficiency to that staff out of which must be found the command ing officers who, in the deplorable event of hostile misunderstandings with France, or any other maritime Power, will direct the energies of that mighty navy, and especially that most formidable arm of it, its steamers of war, on the sustained prowess and success of which will depend the ultimate destinies of human freedom and civilisation. We speak as we think, with utter scorn of the manufacturers who are traitors to their own cause, false to their own order, and suicides of their own prosperity; but there is little need of our pronouncing the sentence of their degradation when we know that they are contemned and despised by the very party to win whose hollow smiles they have sacrificed all respect for their own honour, all regard for their real interest, all possibility of an approving conscience for their own selves. For such prodigies of political pro fligacy, for such unexampled courtiers of degradation, for such slaves of soul-inviting chains, and soliciting fetters, there is as little use in remonstrance as there is little hope of conversion. They have set the seal to their own sentence of condemnation, and become attesting witnesses that all the calumnies which the party to which they have given their adhesion has vented against the manufacturing classes are true, so rar as they are personally concerned. Such men leave it a perplexing question to determine whether we have to deal with wickedness or with weakness, with iniquity or with insanity, with confessed knavery or unacknowledged stupidity. Into such a discussion we should never wish to enter, for, in the one case, we should have to deal with men above the reach of con. viction ; and, in the other, with men below the reach The argument of Sir CHARLES NAPIER addressed itself principally to the necessity of securing for these high and responsible duties, not merely the usual qualities of intrepid courage and loyal devotion to the service, but the physical requisites of vigour yet un- i impaired by age, and activity not paralysed by long previous abeyance on half-pay. With all the candour and simplicity so well befitting so distinguished a sailor, the Gallant Commodore avowed it to be his opinion that after sixty, a naval officer in a command was not qualified to bear the fatigues incident to the duties of his station—that in action, even if he achieved a victory, it might be anticipated that he would not retain his bodily powers and general facul ties in sufficient perfection to improve that victory to the full extent which its consequences ought to be pursued to. It is not necessary for us to recur to the cases by which he proposed to affirm this proposition. Yet we may notice, by the way, the pithy rejoinder he gave to Sir GEORGE COCKBURN'S remark that in our last war with America, the officers under his (Sir GEORGE'S) command were fully competent. We may be forgiven for reminding Sir GEORGE that the management of that war by the civil or Admiralty part of the service was anything but honourable to this country; though we are far from imputing its disastrous casualties at sea, occasioned by the inferior size and metal of our ships, their injudicious com missioning and defective equipments, as compared with those of the enemy, upon the gallant officers who fought the actions in which our flag was sub jected to the unwonted humiliation, even against such odds, of defeat. Sir CHARLES NAPIER recalled to Sir GEORGE'S recollection the fact that the latter had no line-of-battle ships with him, but only frigates and smaller vessels of war; and these, too, were com manded by young captains. "Will that Gallant Ad miral," said the Commodore, with a characteristic mixture of good feeling and unflinching truth—" will he tell me that he is as fit, at his age, for work, as he was in the Chesapeake, when he was forty, and we were boys ?" And then he read from official docu ments abundant data to establish his complaint, that promotion was so slow under the present rules of the service that, without revising that system, or remov ing, as he proposed to do by retirement and permission to them to sell their commissions, the superior officers above a certain age, and on the list of admirals, rear and vice-admirals, and post captains, it would be im possible to bring in the young officers whom it was so essential to have in active service or in immediate readiness to enter upon it. He contended that all our present admirals who, in virtue of seniority in rank, would have to command our fleets, now, must be about 75 years old at least ; two were 69 each. Of our vice-admirals he showed that only ten are under 70, all the rest above that age ; that of our rear-ad mirals twenty-five only are under 65, and that the last promoted and youngest of them, Sir THOMAS TROUBRIDGE, is 54; other fourteen rear-admirals being under 60. Of these thirty-seven superior offi cers, again, twelve had not been at sea for about thirty years past. So, again, of the first two hundred post cap tains on the list; thirty are now between 70 and 75 years ; forty-eight are between 65 and 70 years; sixty one are between 60 and 65: and sixty-one are under 60 ; indeed, but with very few exceptions, bor dering on that age. Of these two hundred captains, no less than one hundred and fourteen have not been employed at sea during the last thirty years and more ; and many have never, since attaining their present rank, been professionally employed at all. In all these details, Sir CHARLES NAPIER certainly made out a powerful case to demonstrate how little qualified these veteran superior officers must be, from age and its infirmities, to endure the severe pri vations and duty of maintaining a strict blockade, for example. And what did he ask for these noble de fenders of their country's flag, on its true field of battle and of triumph on the sea ? That the old admirals, &c., should be allowed to sell their commis sions, and enter into an honourable retire- ment ; or that the first one hundred captains • on these lists should be at libetry to retire upon full half-pay with the Greenwich Hos pital out-pension, which should be 100/. year each. This valuable relief could thus be ef fected at an expense of only 10,0001. a year. But if it were not adopted quickly, it would be useless ; for of argument. We address ourselves then solely to the landowners and farmers ; we tell them what their own experience amply confirms, that every extension of trade has raised the rent of ground and enhanced the value of agricultural produce—the manufacturer is to them the goose laying golden eggs; they have to decide in the present contest whether the value of land in South Lancashire shall increase or diminish ; whether dairy farms shall continue, and extend or relapse to their original condition of moss and moor; whether the farmers of Lancashire shall hold their present ad vantages with a prospect of increase, or be reduced to a more miserable condition than any farmers in Eng land. The agricultural, not less than the manufac turing, prosperity of South Lancashire is identified with power and free trade ; the equal ruin of both is similarly identified with ENTWISLE and Monopoly. At a meeting of the Committee of the NELSON Pillar Memorial, which took place yesterday, it was stated that the sum of twenty thousand pounds which had been raised by public subscription had already been expended, and that a further sum of between ten and twelve thousand was wanted, for the purpose of making lions, bas-relievos, and steps ; in fact, for completing the design in a worthy spirit. The Report proceeded to remark that, after numerous experiments upon the liberality of the public, the Committee were obliged to express a decided opinion, that if Government did not come for ward and supply the money for finishing the monument, it must remain in its present con dition, and be viewed rather as a reproach upon the metropolis than a credit to its gratitude and liberal spirit. The Report concluded with the statement that, "The committee considered that an application to Government for the funds, which had been in vain sought from the public, to complete a tes timonial raised by the consent of that Government, would be attended to at the present moment ; and they agreed on the propriety of waiting on Sir ROBERT PEEL to represent the exact state of the case, and to request his aid in accomplishing that which could not be effected by subscription, the design of inscribing on the pillar the words ' erected by pub lic contributions' having been frustrated." When we bear in mind who NELsox was what were the services he conferred on his country, and in what a magnanimous and disinterested spirit he conferred these services, sacrificing peace, health, and repose of mind and body on the altar of the p u b.. lie weal, we can scarcely credit the fact that the richest metropolis i n the world, which can raise its thousands upon thousands for charitable purposes, and lavish annually such sums upon dinners and festi vities as would make the fortunes of a hundred pri vate individuals ;—we can scarcely believe it possible, we say, that a metropolis which has so much wealth at its command, can grudge the small pittance of twelve thousand pounds to complete a monu ment in honour of the greatest naval hero England ever produced —the greatest hero of an cient and modern tim es, who b y his decisive victory at Trafalgar annihilated at one blow the naval power of NAPOLEON, and whose last famous signal will serve for ages to embolden the nature a.id kindle the m enthusias of every generous-minded Briton ! What, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIN'G, MAY 24, 1844.- the object was to bring forward young officers of these ranks, or that they might be already in com mission when any emergency called for their active service. If this course were not taken forthwith, ani.l without delay, the old officers, in such an emergency, it was clear, would int be equal to the duties devolv ing*on them; and we should be compelled to take young officers without recent experience. Such an event, as it was necessary for the argument of the Gallant Commodore to contemplate, would call for the instant service of fifty or sixty admirals. Where, he asked, were those to come from, if they had not cleared in the meantime the list of those aged officers to whom he had referred, by a means so just and rea sonable to them, so essential to the welfare' of the nation, so indispensable to the character and efficiency of the navy itself? Sir ROBERT PEEL endea voured to persuade the House, that if such arrangements were made by Government, the almost certain result would be, that the oldest captains being nearest the list of rear-admirals above them, would naturally stay to realise their chances of promotion. The youngest captains would as naturally retire, on the terms suggested, because their chances of realising promotion were so much inferior, from their lower position on the list. But to this specious objection Sir C. NAPIER replied con clusively in three words ; he limited this privilege of retirement, &c., to one hundred captains of the age of 60 or upwards. Did the Right Hon, Baronet, at the head of the Government, mean then to call men at 60 young ? The motion with which he had con cluded, that previous to the preparation of the next navy estimates a plan of retirement should be deiised with the view of rendering the naval service more efficient, and of rewarding old and meritorious officers, " was, for the present, lost." But we cannot believe that the session will be allowed to run out without, at least, another vigorous effort being made by Parliament to force on the conviction of Govern ment the necessity for adopting some plan for guaranteeing the increased efficiency .of the superior ranks of our naval service, which may be conform able to the sensible, the fair, and manly views which were thus expounded by one of the most distin guished, undaunted, and fortunate commanders who have ever adorned it, in this or in any former age. THIS DAY'S NEWS. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY). The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in his Court at Westmin3tcr to-day, and took cause and lunatic petitions, none of which possessed the slightest public interest. IN ItE BARIATINSKL Sir C. WETHERELL opened this case. It was a question respecting the appointment of committees to the person of the Princess Banatinski. The Princess was the niece of Lord Sherbome, arid the persons who were proposed as com mittees by those for whom he appeared, were Lord and Lady Sherbome, and his sister, the Hon. Margaret Dalton, the natural relations of the lunatic. On the other side two per sons were proposed not inferiOr in station or credit. The lunatic had been under the care of a Miss Chalmers, for the last five years, and the question was, whether this lady, who had been appointed to her office by Lord Sherbome and Miss Dalton, had treated her kindly during that period. It was alleged by the half-brother of the Princess, who resided in Russia, that she had not been treated kindly. That mas the issue to be tried before his Lordship. The Learned Counsel then referred to the affidavits bearing on this point, in which it was stated that the house where the lunatic was confined was not suitable, and that there had been a general want of care and attention. Mr. WALPOLE followed on the same side. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) Vice-Chancellors Sir J. K. L. Bruce and Sir James Wigram did not sit to-day, in consequence, as it was understood, of the Westminster sessions-house, which they have occupied from the commencement of the term, being engaged for the regular business of the Court. The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole morning with hearing short causes, the circumstances of which were only interesting to the parties concerned. The Madrid papers of the 16th contain various ra mours as to the object of the QUEEN'S journey to Ca talonia. Some state that an interview is premeditated by the Queen Mother between her daughter and the son of Don CARLOS, at the baths of Caldas, and give the public to understand that the QUEEN will return married to that Prince. Another report is, that the main object of the journey is to modify the constitu tion by a decree, and to revive the Estatute real. The Tiempo contradicts all these reports, and declares that the said journey has no other object whatever than the very plausible one of enabling Queen ISABELLA. to take the waters, which her ordinary physicians pro nounced necssary to her precious health. The same journal contains an article on the state of the Spanish finances, and denounces a number of contracts signed by the late Minister of Finance. The sums raised, it says, ammounted to 280,000,00 0 reals, and the condi tions on which they were obtained were so onerous for the State, that the contractors, by paying one half in specie and the other in coupons, realised a profit of 70 per cent. The Bourse remained closed on account of the Feast of the Ascension. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court were engaged this day in hearing an argument against a rule for a new trial, obtained by Mr. Sergeant Ryles, in the case of Burgess v. Boetefeur. There was not the slightest interest in the case. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY (Sittings in Banco.) • LEES V. THE PROPRIETORS OF THE CALDER AND lIEBBLE NAVIGATION. In this case a rule nisi had .been obtained by Mr. Martin, to set aside the verdict had for the plaintiff, and enter the same for the defendant, or to have a new trial. Mr. Knowles (with whom were Mr. Crompton and Mr. Addison) now appeared to show cause against the rule. The case had been tried at the York assizes before Mr. Justice Coltman, and the question at issue was whether the con veyance by the plaintiffs of a certain piece of land to the defen dants, through which there was a watercourse, bad destroyed the plaintiff's right to the benefit of that watercourse. The jury had been of opinion the plaintiff had not by the conveyance deed parted with his right. to the watercourse, and had given a verdict accordingly for the plaintiff, and this verdict it was which the conditional rule sought to set aside. • Mr. Watson and Mr. Cowley were with Mr. Martin, in support of the rule. The arguments engaged the Court the greater portion of the day, and were not concluded at the time of our going to press. The discussion, in the French Chamber of Peers, on the Education Bill, was enlivened, on Tuesday, by a vigorous speech of M. GuizoT against the High Church party. It was in reply to some remarks of th Count DE MONTALEMBERT, who represents that faction, and who told the Minister the Bill was "one of exclusion, and of a thousand vexations, in place of one of liberty." This roused M. GUIZOT. " You are," said the Minister, addressing the Noble Peer, " the representative of a spirit of intellectual and moral anarchy.—(M. DE MONTALEMBERT cried out here in denial, but was met with a cry from the Chamber of Yes, yes,' `lt is true.') Yes, you and some of your Honourable Friends, are deplorable examples of an anarchy which glides into men's hearts, though, in general, they are repulsed. What ! in the bosom of the Catholic functions, even amongst the priesthood, the spirit of anarchy can have pene trated so far as that the guarantees which please other men revolt you, and appear tyrannical and unjust ! it is not a spirit of liberty that animates you, but a spirit contrary to all liberty, as well as to all legal and constitutional authority." The Government journals have at last broken silence on the pamphlet of the Prince DE JOIN VILLE, and if we are to believe the Journal des Debuts, M. THIERS was the cause of all the excitement which this singular publication has caused throughout France. " The Prince DE JoiNvIDLE," says that journal, " was President of a Commission formed by the Minister of the Marine to investigate certain special questions. Ile wished to give to his work a precise form, and put down the result of his observations in a note which he, no doubt, intended for the perusal of his chiefs alone. He afterwards communicated his views on the subject to some political friends, perhaps ex-Ministers. But, we have too high an opinion of the young Prince not to be convinced that he was an entire stranger to the singular mode of publicity that has been given to his note. We are sure that he must have been more surprised than any one at seeing it divulged; first, by small portions, and afterwards circulated in its full extent by journals and other periodicals under the influence of a former President of the Council, who regrets the past. We do not think we are too presumptuous in taking upon ourselves to affirm that the surprise of the young Prince was equally felt in a higher quarter. We, with the same respect, believe that he, when finding himself thus engaged without his knowledge, and against his wishes, no doubt, yielded to an impulse, generous in principle, which leads young men into actions ; and that flatteries, the interested object of which his own heart and conscientious loyalty would not allow him to suspect, gave him a taste for that hollow popularity, the true value of which he has now already been taught." The Nouvelliste Vaudois, a Swiss journal, pub- lishes a long account of the disturbances at Sion, in which it states that the forces of the Upper Valais have arrived at Sion, and have taken possession of it without meeting with any resistance. They are from 1,000 to 1,500 in number. They are followed by some thousands of other troops, all armed and reso lute. Each column has a priest at its head. It is presumed that they intend to march on to the Lower Valais. On the other hand, M. MAURICEI BARMAN, who arrived near Sion between three and four o'clock, on learning that the town was in the hands of the forces of the Upper Valais, has retrograded upon Ardon, where he will wait for reinforcements. He •ts ill be joined by the columns commanded by Messrs. Jones and DUFEY. All the Liberals of the Lower Valais capable of marching are under arms, and pro ceeding to meet the of her party. It was generally believed, however, that, through the interference of the Austrian and French authorities, the differences between the parties would be arranged without an appeal to arms. On Wednesday, the Feench :Government received the following telegraphic dispatch : TANGIERS, MAY 12. "Ts.ngiers is perfectly tranquil. Measures have been taken to drive back the tribes of the interior." THE BOURSEWI4DNRsDAY, MAY 22. First Highest Lowest Last Belgianß a nt of T Fivesh F r r e a e t,i per cieB.;o ? .e .. n 8 : 31009 4 65 p r ice. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents.• .... 121 95 .. 122 05 .. 121 95 •• 121 95 3 1 ° 0 89 6 34 75 ••••: 3° 10 84 9 6 1 65 • •• • :30 10 89 6 1 75 Spanish Three 5................ 351 .. 351 .. 351 Active ............33 .. 3 3 Passive 5; •• 51 •• 51 51 Neapolitan. . 1 02 35 .. 102 50 .. 102 35 .. 102 50 Roman, ex div.. • RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain . ...... ....... 830 .. 830 .. 830 • • 430 Versailles, . 377 50 .. 377 50 377 50 .. 377 50 L.B. ...... 247 50 .. 247 50 247 50 .. 247 50 Rouen ....... .......1000 ..1010 ..1000 ..1000 Rouen to 770 778 75 .. 770 .. 778 75 Orleans Strasburg to •....... 257 50 .. 261 25 .. 257 30 .. 258 75 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, RAI . . 3BO .. 380 .• 380 .. 380 247 50 .. 247 50 .. 247 50 .. 247 50 Rouen ... 2 5 5 0 . ...1 2 0 5 02 3 50 73 ...1 2 0 5 1 7 2 50 50 Rouen to Havre . 772 59 .. 7 80 .• 772 50 .. 780 Orleans ..... . ..... ........1017 50 .. 1017 50 ..1017 50 ••1017 50 Straslittry, to 8a1e.......... 258:75 . Avignon to Marseilles.. •• 761 25 770 • • 765 11 .. 765 HER MAJESTY'S BIRTH-DAY.This being the anniversary of the Queen's natal day, the joyful event will be celebrated by the royal circle at Claremont, where a select party will assemble this afternoon. LYCEUM TIIRATRE.—The Duchess of Cambridge and party honoured this theatre last evening with her presence. MONE VAND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. At Liverpool yesterday the sales of Cotton were 3,500 bags at previous rates, and, to the trade ; 500 Surat realized 24d. to 34d., 500 Pernambuco 6d, and the rest American ; 4d. to 65d. for Orleans.—Shares displayed rather more activity. Caledonian, 4 ; Eastern Counties, 114 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 66 ; Birmingham, 223 ; Do. Thirds, 375 ; Brighton, 464 ; South-Western, 884 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 545 ; Do. and Leeds, 105 ; Paris and Lyons, 34 ; Do. and Orleans, 395 ; Do. and Rouen, 384 ; South-Eastern, 37 ; Do. New, 114 ; Trent Valley, 75. There have been no arrivals announced from the British Colonies of later dates than those previously received. In the Colonial and the Foreign Produce Markets the attendance has been rather thin to-day, but still a fair amount of business is doing. Anything like activity is not, however, expected, until the Customs Bills have been de finitively settled by the House of Commons. Ministers ought to be fully aware of the importance of an early adjust ment of all measures tending to influence or check commercial enterprise. As respects the Canada trade, it is fully calcu lated that an excellent business will be carried on in the present year. The stocks of lumber to be brought forward are very large, the farmers and labourers in the colony are, generally . speaking, doing well, and the emigrants going out are principally parties of moderate means, so that the labour ing population of Canada are likely to be well employed this year. There were not any purchases by the Commissioners to day. Consols for Money have reached within per cent. of par, but for Account they have not been sold so high. The current value for both is now 994. The Three. and-a-Half per Cents. well support their value. The premium upon Exchequer Bills has fallen rather. Bank Stock is up to 197, and India Stock to 286. India Bonds under 1,0001. command a premium of 925. A shade of improvement may be noticed in the Spanish Stocks, the Three's having touched 354 for the Account, and the Consols 245 4. Portuguese are 5 per cent. higher, reach ing 47. In the Dutch, the Belgian, and other Foreign Bonds, scarcely any variation has taken place since yesterday.: In the Railway Share Market, the principal alterations have been a rice in London and Birmingham to 125 premium, and in the New, to 35 premium. Moat of the other Shares were fiat. Bolanos Scrip has been sold at 6I; and the Union of London Bank Shares, at 24 prem. per Share. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) • Bank Stock 'pa% 191' 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ....... 98,4% 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities .....« 9934%% *4 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 354 per Cent. Annuities 1 . 2%%% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. MC.... Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1880. India Stock India Bonds,l,ooo ..... ••••• ............. Ditto under 1,000 92 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, I%d. 134 d 1,0004 ..».«.».«.».«..... 92 pm. 5001.. . ..... . 72 pm. Ditto ..... Ditto Advertised. .... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 103% Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Columbian Bonds. l4 Mexican Bonds, 1 837, 5 per Cent. .... ........ 35% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. • ••• Ditto Converted 47 Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent 1840 24% Ditto for the Account Ditto Three per Cent. . ........ ....... ............ Ditto for the Account 35%% Dutch 2% per Cents 614 61 Dutch 5 per Cents. 10 034%34 New Loan 1837. 5 per Cents. 9 9%% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Bristol and Exeter 7O 80% ...... to 79% Chester and Holyhead ........ ....... 5 Dublin and Cashel ... 2% 6 to 5% Eastern Counties Ditto Perpetual 5 per sent l.3s. 4d.... 1 Great North of England IOO Great Western ... ............... ...... 75 117% Ditto i Shares 5O 75% Ditto Fifths London and Birmingham. IOO .. Ditto New Thirds 2 .... ..... 37 London and Brighton 5O 464%4 to Ditto Loan Notes London and Greenwich London and South Western ...... 41% Ditto Eighths London and Croydon to Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties 100 Dit o Shares Ditto Fifths. gm th Midland Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover ..... .... 32% 36% ...... to 37% Ditto New York and North,Midland Ditto Scarboro' Branch Paris and Orlsans ..........." ..... .•• SO ••.....•• 31034 ••• to Paris and Rouen 2O 39A Rouen and Havre 14 Strasburg and Basle •...... W to -... JOINT STOCK WANKS. Union of London MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 23.—There has been a slight improvement in our market to-day, and more business has been done. Trent Valleys are in good request. —Bolton and Preston, 29*; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, Ils. 6d. premium; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 66*; Manchester and Birmingham, 54 ; Ditto, Quarter, 44 ; Preston and Pyre, 19 ; Trent Valley, 6* i ; Manchester, Birmingham, and Rosseudale, 6. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(TIIIS DAY). LONDON, MAY 24.—Moderate northerly breeze, and fine. DEAL, MAY 23.—Wind N.N.E—Arrd. Miner, Cape of Good Hope ; Rosebud, Africa ; Europa, Havannah. Sld. Columbine, Ichoboe ; Surrey, Newport and Grenada. The Rapide, from Marseilles to Falmouth, ran on the Goodwin Sands last night, lost masts, sails, rudder, anchor, &c , but has been asssisted off and towed to Ramsgate by a steamer. DOVER, MAY 23.—Sid. Buchanan, Quebec. It came on to blow last night before tide time from N.E., and the Princess, M'Chilland, beat heavily, but has been assisted off and into the harbour. OFF BEACHY HEAD, MAY 21.—Christian, Hansen, Bahia, for Altona. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind E. to S.E.—Arrd. her Ma jesty's ship Malabar, Cork. PLYMOUTH, MAY 23.—Sid. Mary Ann, Ichoboe. FALMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind E.S.E., moderate.—Sld. Syrian, Llanelly and Cape de Verds. Off, New York, Stoning ton, for Bremen. BRISTOL, MAY 22.—Sld. Feliza, Trinidad ; Dochfour, Quebec. l'EszAsce, MAY 22.—The wind having shifted to E.S.E. and S.E., the whole of the wind-bound vessels, exceeding 300 sail, have got under weigh. GALWAY, MAY 22.—The Integrity, of Blyth, bound to London, got on the bank after leaving the dock, and is dis c ch%rging her cargo. Sld. Leila, St. John's, N.B. GRIMSBY, MAY 20.—Arrd. Neptune, Murray, Ichoboe. OFF DUNANET POINT, DUNDALK, MAY 15.—Anne, of Aber deen, Africa, for Moray Frith. OFF CAPE CLEAR, MIY 15.—Acadian, Savannah, for Li verpool ; Lord Lambton, Maranham, for ditto. OFF CORK, MAY 20.—Hibbert, Bruce, Buenos Ayres. CLYDE.—Arrd. Helen, Patter, Ichoboe. MAY SWANSEA, 2o.—Sld. Sarepta, Cuba. LIVERPOOL, MAY 23.—Wind E.N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Hope, Maca o ; Lady Comberrnere, Africa ; Celia Large, Richardson, Jamaica ; Countess Arran, Charleston. Sld. George Canning, Rio; Elizabeth, Jamaica; Maranham, St. John's, New Brunswick. SHIELDS, MAY 22.—Sld. Richard, Ichoboe. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—This morning, about ten o'clock, a young girl, named Elizabeth Masters, 12 years of age, daughter of the housekeeper of Mr. Alexander, archi tect and surveyor, No. 9, John-street, Adelphi, whilst swing ing upon the stair bannisters upon the third flooring, over balanced herself, and fell head-foremost through the well of the staircase to the stone flooring below—a depth of nearly forty feet. When raised up, blood was profusely flowing from her mouth, nose, and ears. A medical gentleman was promptly called in, who, however, advised her immediate removal to Charing-cross Hospital, where, on examinati on by Mr. Hancock, the house surgeon, it was discovered th a t she had sustained a violent concussion of the brain, a frac ture of the collar-bone, and other severe injuries. DREADFUL MURDER.—When upon the point of going to press we ascertain that the police have discovered the bodies of a woman and three children, in a plantation, near Coiwick , with their throats cut. They are identified as the wife and children of a William Saville, of this town, who was seen taking a walk with them in that direction, on Tues day morning last. The man is apprehended.—Nottingham Review of this day. The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of 10/. sent to him by some person unknown for conscience - sake , which money has been placed in her Majesty's Exchequer. HIS DAY.) !SUMMARY OF NEWS CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Although the arrivals of English Wheat up to our market since Monday have been but moderate, the number of samples of that grain on sale was rather extensive, and of very supe rior quality. The finest descriptions sold steadily, other kinds slowly, at Monday's quotations. In Foreign Wheat (the show of which was not large) very little was doing, at late rates. Bonded Grain was a mere drug. The imports of Foreign Barley this week have been small, while the Barley trade was inactive, at unaltered figures. In Malt exceedingly little was doing, 3et previous currencies were supported. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour were held firmly, at late rates. ARRIVALS. English Irish.. Foreign Wheat. 2,280 qrs. Earley. - I Oats. I Flow 240 qrs. 1,950 qrs. 2,750 sacks - 7 5,550 1,060 I 3,740 I Ida% 2,510 qrs. SlVEr.valrzzA.a. Although our market was by no means heavily supplied with Beasts—the first arrivals not exceeding 200 Scots, chiefly from Aberdeen—the Beef trade was in a very slug gish state ; however, the best qualities of Beef sold at Mon day's quotations, but the inferior descriptions receded 2d per 81bs. The numbers of Sheep being large, the sale for them was heavy, and the rates had a downward tendency. The Lamb trade, owing to the large arrivals, was unusually dull, at an abatement of from 2d to 4d per 81bs. Calves were in large supply, and heavy inquiry, at a reduction of 2d per 81bs. Most kinds of Pigs went off on easier terms. Milch Cows were a dull sale, at prices varying from 161 to 1915 s each. Per Slbs. to sink the Offal. I d. to s. d.i Inferior beasts 2 2 2 41Secondqualyy5li!te... s. d. to s. d. 32 2 4 36 3 8 318 4 0 Second quality ditto 2 6 2 II Coarse4oulled ditto.. Prime large Oxen 210 3 6 Southdown Wethers Prime Scots, &c. large coarse Calves 3 2 4 0 Large Hogs 3 0 3 6 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 6 Small Porkers 3 2 4 2 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 28 0 Quarl er old Pigs, eachlo 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep 2 0 3 6 Lambs 4 8 5 2 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. I ' 12,20 6M 3 M 360 NEWarATM AND LEADENNAZZo. We had a very heavy demand here on the following terms : -- -- - _ At per stone; by the Carcase. a. d. tog. d., s. d. to s.l. Beef, I 2 0 2 4 Mutton, inferior 2 4 2 6 middling .....«« 2 6 2 1!1 --- middling 2 3 210 prune large ...... 210 30, -- prime ..... 3 0 3 $ prime 5ma11...». 3 2 34 ( Pork, 1arge........ Veal ..... 3 0 4 4 , 3 4 4 0 Lamb, ds 8d to is Bd. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. A decided increase of fly being observed in nearly, or quite, the whole of the plantations in Kent, Sussex, and Worcester, from 20 to 40 having been found on a single leaf, the demand continues very active, and full prices are ob tained for all descriptions of Hops. Sussex pockets 61 8s to 6/ 14s ; Weald of Kent do 6112 s to 71; Mid Kent do 71 to 101; Do bags 71 to 8110 s; East Kent pockets 71 to 91; Choice do 10/ to 12/. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The business operations of the present week have been materially interfered with by the Races, and on one or two days scarcely anything has been done. The large sup plies expected also check purchases. The public sales in clude 120 hhds new Barbadoes at 66s to 66s 6d for fine bright yellow, and at 62s to 62s 6d for mid. The private purchases have been very small, say 400 hhds. We quote Jamaica fine yellow 66s Gd to 68s Gd, and Demerara and Berbice fine 65s 6d to 66s ad per cwt. BENGAL-2,341 bags 56 chests only partly sold, and at 6d decline ; fine white 64s to 64s 6d ; and mid yellow 57s to 58s. Mauritius has been neglected. FOREIGN.-1,2 49 boxes yellow Havannah were taken in at 22s to 23s 6d for fine, and at 20s to 20s 6d for mid. REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been at 77s 6d to 7iis, and dull. COFFEE.—This article has also been dull, and where busi ness has been done, generally easier in price. At auction 12 casks 4 brls unclean Berbice were taken in at 70s for low mid. Ceylon has been lower; 1,342 bags partly sold, ord to good ord at 50s to 535, and some damaged at 42s to 50s. There have been 285 bags African partly sold at 31s for bold pale yellow at 8d duty. Mocha has been sold privately at 74s to 76s for mid yellow. Singapore and Java have been in some request. COCOA.-185 bales Trinidad were taken in at 44s to 44s 6d per cwt., the market being drooping. SPICES.—At auction there has been very little. done ; 226 bags of Bengal ginger were taken in at 20s to 255. Cinna mon sells better. Pepper is steady. RICE.-2,997 bags Bengal sold at lOs to lls 6d for low to good mid white. A fair private business has been done. TEA.—A moderate business is doing privately, and holders are inclined to ask steady rates, though the Inquiry is not very brisk. Tau.ow.—P.Y.C. is quiet at 40s to 40s 3d per cwt, on the spot. THE DERBY. PIGEON EXPRESSING. It is an old remark that private enterprise beats public competition ; and this was signally verified on the " Derby-day" by The Sun Express from Epsom Downs. Other Expresses are generally now per formed by steam, on rail or water, or by horses; but the Derby was done by pigeons, which neither stop for water nor turnpikes, but shoot along their straight forward course, rejoicing in the blue serene ! It is with pigeons as with horses—quick or indifferent,and they have this peculiarity in common—that as a horse will always come home faster than he goes out, so will the pigeon ; and to increase this feeling in the bird, advantage is sometimes taken of natural causes. For instance, a pigeon that left young ones at home will travel much faster than an indifferent bird. If " money makes the mare to go," instinct is sure to make the bird to fly—and fly with increasing joy at its nearer approach to home ! It was so on the Derby-day. Our private Extraordinary Express beat our public one so much, that The Sun was de livered on 'Change and all over town before our public one reached the office. We had thus the exclusive pleasure, not only of " distancing" our rivals, but the rather Irish satisfaction of beating ourselves ! EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) THE OAKS STAKES Of 50 sovs. each, b ft, for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each. The owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100 soya. towards the police regu lations of the Course. Last mile and a half. (155 Subs.) Colonel Anson's The Princess (F. Butler) 1 Lord Exeter's Merope (W. Boyce) 2 Mr. Gregory's Barricade . 3 Twenty-five ran. Won easy. Aurora did not start. AND Vutiltr Optuton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. • The Memorial de Rouen states that the King And 'lll Family are expected towirds the end of n ext week at Leo Chateau de Bisy, near Vernon. His Majesty intends V; that journal) to visit the numerous works which lie executed during the last year in the chateau arty cl!prh•; dencies According to the Memorial, the de,,%1 on King and Royal Family for Eu was to have taken r''''''„ rr Friday or Sunday last, but the state of the Weidner r vented T ma t. jority of the Committee on the Budget has de elare 2 itself in favour of keeping up the effective force of the an"' at the number fixed by Marshal Soult. on The number of the four committees of the Chamber ef putics, on the Rail-road Bills, went together to R 01161 3 0. Sunday last. Several of the directors and an engir le ttief companied them, and explained to them the different hour the service. The journey was performed in one hour fifty-five minutes. The weather at Paris on Wednesday Was fine, with a south-west wind. The quantity of r aj° , had fallen within a few days was immense. tit' of The Prefecture of Police of Paris has finished a 8 045 0 crimes within the capital and the Banlieu, which 510101_,0 crimes and offences have considerably diminisutd ~,illltneti since 1831, notwithstanding that the Banlieu 1 7 Or been enlarged by 135 parishes or hamlets, an d the P7° Or sr tion increased by 267,266 souls. The number of perse ll ar je rested in 1831 was 72,824, or about 200 a day. t he c- (11.1". uncoMortiosnlY of last year it was no more than 62,477, or about 17 1 ° A la Of these, 31,670 were set at liberty by the inagistratee;eo a short detention ; 26,171 were sentenced to imPr is° • l , l . gook' for a few months or discharged on giving b a il for thel 2,455 conduct. Out of 4,636 brought to trial before thong', were found guilty. bet M A letter from Nonancourt (Eure), May 9, states t o ke, the four or five preceding days a thick fog, resembling ; t he and throwing out a disagreeable odour, country. The letter mentions that a potato er"ll,' ls m• the pletely destroyed by it, and that fears are entertained fruit trees. f tb it , til. The Customs' duties at Marseilles, says a journs 9 ° , it city, in 1814, scarcely reached four millions ; 1', 7 ,," 4 .2 th were twenty-one ; in 1837, twenty-seven ; and in " i , One exceeded thirty-one millions. The number of veset, r ope r ,: have arrived and departed has increased in the stin l `4o•o l " had s pread 0' e coo . tion ; in 1842 there were 15,771, the total tonnage to th e amounted to 1,620,000' tons, 520,000 only belongiee co We trade. .00 stl - We read in a Berlin letter of the 13th :—" SP ec , el ` foes f or railroads continues on the increase. The apP l n i debil`e shares in the intended road from Potsdam to a „, 01 1 r e ' amount to forty millions of crowns, whereas t he ear qnired is only four millions." wee GeY er f A letter from Bologna of the 13th says :—" to„, 11. ment has just published the sentence pronounced bY;:A tary commission against the second categorY 1 "2 - A re e ks prises the persons imprisoned at St. Leo, and ' I'll ° cased of having taken part in the expedition of Inw"l'00 to Bth of September last. By this sentence three Pe r ' five condemned to perpetual imprisonment with l abour, twenty years, twenty-nine to fifteen, and one to ten. , LAW AND POLICE. ~,Dt4 ' r e The case of Sir Augustus d'Este, the claimant of te , w itt dom of Sussex, was opened yesterday before the Cr'i o o l ', t of the House of ' Peers by Sir Thomas Wilde. Tu e o ivg' d , hearing was postponed, without fixing a day for re s l l , Thomas Callow, a young man lodging in square, Shoreditch, was charged at the Guildhall vo engaged, with a person unknown, in smuggling 1,1 1 , of tobacco, whereby lie had forfeited 100/. The _enee c ° ;, ) , the prisoner in .a cab in Swan-lane, with two saer''''„fiopk'v taining sixty, and the other sixty-one packages vO The value was 691. 155., including the duty. The I'll' ,nrr of 100/. was inflicted. Ellen Lindsay, a housemaid employed in Bilek ing . b e a r ' , tr 'f: lace, and Elizabeth Lindsay, a linen-woman, her se` o eV'' bi t ie charged at Bow-street with stealing a quantitY dese",) counterpanes, linen, and other articles of a siiiti al ;‘ ,"ur; tion, valued at about 401., the property of her 3 1 A - a gt James Lindsay, their brother, a surgeon, residill„e'ali 28, Upper Eaton-street, Pimlico, was charge h d ceiving the same, well knowing them to have ' - ',. e ; r eati e v e el . After a very long examination the prisoners Were,Vieoli Harriet Eleanor Pelham, and her natural son, sa sto ham, were again brought up at Queen-square, te Po charge of cruelty and neglect to a lunatic na ll giv e e J Spencer, who was under their care. The e viden e ti e w es li e f to the state in which the wretched :man was fop t epe e elf revolting. Both the prisoners were required to me re is bail, and further inquiries will be made. The 1 11 rece i : 0 0 in the workhouse. It is said that the Magistrate of a letter stating that Sir Brent Spencer left Or o ' 00" 111 ,0 4 valuable furniture to the present l una tie,which tu e ceir writer expresses his willingness, if necessary, to ee" • r and prove. „,00 , , Three fashionably-dressed young men, nam ed 1140' lips, and Cummings, were fined 40 s. each at Pro?";et P assaulting a policeman, and causing an ob structl° nington-gate, on the way home from the DerhY' rr i et' Two men, named Margeson and Elliott, were Ceti est or i breaking into the Lord Nelson public-house, h i t hg estij s e Limehouse, where they wasted a large quantity ei 0 0' o r stole the contents of the till, and other propert y a ve c° able amount. The evidence being conclusive , jig , ' mitted for trial. „., 4 1 0 COURT—rAsinosr.asss, ber t wog' Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince . 0 ", 1 ere,,, 0 11 a distinguished click to dinner at Claremont • th is a The invitations were issued from the Lord CII"'"- office on Wednesday. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose will 0 % 0 0 banquet in Belgrave-square, on Friday next. feet t The Earl of Wilton will give a grand entertaill,'-e, Majesty the King of Saxony., in Grosvenor-sen''ewtt close of the ensuing week. The Noble Lord 3 03 , 5 00, her Majesty as Special Minister to proceed to Pre' vest the King with the order of the Garter. • ft; Lord Cottenham entertained Lord Melbourne, ti; Lady Holland, and a select party at dinner, on • 001 evening, in Belgrave• square. .IKI I Lord and Lady Newport arrived at the Ho. ' - jeth ;Or, in Hill-street, on Wednesday, from Castle Pro ra ,' 3 Co e ;et i ' fordshire, on their way to the Dowager Marchion,e, ora ham's seat, Bifrons, near Canterbury, w here •L' ij ir Conyngham and his youthful family are staying. eater The Archbishop of Canterbury gave his annuag,,, st lid ment to the stewards of the Sons of the Cl e ieiro o archiepiscopal residence at Lambeth, last ey ed - l i l Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge d ill delielp s; Grace. The banquet was served up in then obi% c , ( 0 formerly the grand chamber of the ancient Pit l br idg e o il dition to his Royal Highness the Duke of CO.' f 0 0 0 was attended by Baron Knesebeck), the garqui s t l i e go Earl of Harewood, Lord Feversham, &c., W ere t etA his Grace. . „ r te 4* The Duke of Buceleuch had a dinner P" - '' evening, at Montagu blouse, Whitehall-garde°. ,ot IMISCEI.X.ANEOI79. the (ye, , Chief Justice Benefather announce d, in tbe Queen's Bench, on Wednesday, that judginell' i • -en ° A fr the Queen v. O'Connell and others, would be g pi day (thiS day). 41 ,00 0 ,,e A meeting of the printsellers and publishers tiA held at the British Hotel, Cockspur-street, °los e", last, to take into consideration the very Pe rr3 „ l , Q lut i° ,, L' e e,hi the various Art-Unions on their trade- „.", - e a lt i o proposed and carried unanimously, e p x ro p b re: e bi l ) , fe e ti tte, s; which, in their estimation, would best interests of art by the operation of such soZolo.is, On Tuesday last the second meeting of t he , c e 0r1" ter Lady Patronesses of the Polish Ball took 1, 3 „. 4 - sl at ee s," rooms; and the full attendance indicated,rl;;, great interest excited in the fashionable wog" 'joky tainment. Among the Lady Patronesses Prfesathetlie, Grace the Duchess of Leinster, the Duchess 0 _ ke rai Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Countess of 1 ‘ 1 " -- toVo' countess Palmerston, &c. r dinft ri of 1 ,46 o 4 ,, Some further particulars of the late ea tra stit o .eo whales at Bantry are given in the Cork C o t 01 0 0 13 0 terday. Mr. Thomas Eccles, writing 'Toot ,iyei l l ,.`lo (18th inst.), says, the " capture consisted 0 jo g ill ' ,eV ,/ red monstrous fishes of the whale tribe, vari r eve c o o fifteen to thirty feet in length. As earl) , !l oco Ae we r! Tuesday morning they made their apra l 'os hour." The editor of the Constitution The hpe correspondent calculates the number at 170 froin covered with spectators, multitudes 11°01, the surrounding country to witness the WI 'he d tj - Ir.; FLANDERS MA- 11 4 tb e ille' BRUSSELS, NAY 21.—The Moniteur COnta•ll- i n te 0 4. Nation ordered by the Minister of Public W.,°_, r/L5 l, t tli t ,/ liable causes of the late accident on the rill o . oa t jo a , b seventyabl e ca -six use passengers, the disaster o f w whom that the whole train consisted of six c arris.i_ e , s : g raS ef e 'oP axle of the first carriage having broken' 07 : 'li i, t oti -wer bo ll t." 10 the spot, the third die in the night, at the e ver ell lll had a leg broken, and five others were veil s „ e a 1 1 i di f , The greater part of the other travellers ase s r poi, wounds, ee° perge • the ti fl .4 ,fti'' . We are Informed that her Majesty o ' to Adelaide intends to visit Belgium in corePe t v 10, / i ai r t P h r e in e c n e d G o e f or t g h e is o m f oSnatxheaNtVeAnitntawr.erpH,Her ;col; ve i ry tAN sh o nf , t E e ß t , ay. hmicltthrfi;lelowae 00.6,.1, 5,,,,t Brunswick, wa 3 s lA op lc en j9 ed . 0 0 1 with great ceremony. Leos so ive its,,,, too ° FRANKFURT, MAY 15.—The Lepsia,l- so L ,,,,.- day ratified the treaty between the Ger nt 19.—The oirrnoningraiarbals.fyltnteight 4,,,, and the United !tfsofNortl .__ 2 l _____.--•- n " icL .10 ,00 . 0 f lie u the 5 i° 4 The following Members were present 1%_‘.100 ford counted out last night on Mr. Christie s 1700' Df' into the Universities:— ft. giln'' P. Aldam, W. Ewart, W. gorri, pr. , Blackstone, W. Estcourt, J. vic hon s, „ e i Barnard, J. Gibson, T. M. iii c arde , cols:, Bernal, R. Graham, Sir J. cib atorr 0, 111 Browne, R. D. Goulbutn, 11. 're o cro' rf. , Busfeild, W. Hoskins, K. " eli'ill li• Thor ,„ i j o o. Butler, P. Hume, J. Willi sn 'St. 1 ' Curteis, 11. Horsman, E. - 0 1° ' J. Christie, W. Inglis, Sir R. Youpg' Duncan, G. Lang ston, J. , 0 0 Dundas, D. Lemon, Sir C. fl „ for of ,-""'.------ ; 10 --- ri ° ph . % 4 f, Immediately , after the Derby , e otl ol 'tro ef ili4P Wednesday, a fashionably-drasea 5, - , tbec o p A ct . riding a spirited horse, turned to las,,r. 0 ems'.,, y 5 ..„, doing so his horse came in contact Th e (ro deo: 0 '7 1 1 4 ; 1 i , 1, 1 41 diately took fright and ran away. _,.. 1 uv, thr! ir ent!;, ll `lo seat for a few minutes, but at lankp.h.n 0 •5 - 00 . 5 0 t i ll , rible violence. He was taken tiP,. ow n, 7 1 . e ssieno , 0 1 less state, and conveyed towards ttl e u___„ o l in first oP: . , r i , assistance could be procured. The feauyearoe 1:1;00 be li time was that he was Wiled , as hi s " 1 00,6 0 ~..41/ o i f i ii A d ground, and he gave no go. pr. A_ 00 tePSigli, co t/ being carried oft; bleeding profuselY .a'' ,3 e t a f iivott,jori trils. The horse continued its ce..q n s s t 0 , carbt'oroc' , through the town, where it ran an e egable_'4o, „li!, chest and thi,,,,,lis dreadfully-, Nas to , ou alav_ Ac An o .4o, further. The name of the 11 l is satisfactory to learn tiVP s the SaO: r ;pit te ip il gentlemae 7`conotte", Op!: pf, been addressed to the Mayor frog! ~..01 C0,,,010,, co' Provo' a PP .0 1 ' o' , Company, and read to th bridg e Cod a* C°il+ be 0 pointed on the day of the Cam thelth I, „ii , way meeting, to t operate in any way that may be 0 ate th t ,„, P mittee. We learn that both tneY, ~.. e ppe br io mined ''' CV , e lb Railway Company are deter _ ,i 0...- ri jetted London and York (direct) A t i l esi re' vertiser. •.' 1 1 I 'Baker b ee ' 14 Ile effect thatAeoo 09 ,00;6 Lord Ossulston and Mr. B e rla nd, and ~5 0 .„fs quested, by a memorial from peck to Orr members fur North NorthulnA wicu to, )1 a 4 . 0 , bearing about 300 signatures, , a erear ry. motion on the corn-laws. —Tyne im Ztebitttoti EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS. The Members' Plate of 50 sovs., for three years old 6st 71b ; four, Bst 91b ; five, Bst 131 b ; six and aged, 9st 21b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. T winner to be sold for 200 sovs. Entrance 1 soy . , to go to the second horse. Heats ; two miles. Mr. Dawson's br c Lord Salton 1 1 Mr. Osborne's bl c Boniface ...... ....... 2 2 The Derby and Oaks Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added ; three yrs old, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 21b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 21b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Horses having started once at this meeting and been beaten, allowed 31b ; twice, 51b. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs., but if entered as to be sold for 80 sovs. allowed 71b over and above all other allowances ; the second horse to receive back his stake. Heats ; one mile. Lord G. Bentinek's Misdeal ... 1 Mr. Prescott's Bosphorus THE FUNDS-(C BRITISH Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red.... ...... 95% 3 per Cent. Cons . 3% per Cent. Re _l New 3% per Cent lO2 New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 Oct. 18'0 _ _ Jan. 1860...... ...... 12% FOREIG Austrian. 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent 103% Brazilian Bonds MARKE T OSING PRICES FUNDS. Indian Stock 2, 16 Ditto Bonds .......... Ditto Old Annuities pm. Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,0001. '72 pm. Ditto 5001 Ditto Small '72 pm Bank Stock for Acct 197 Consols for Acct 99% India Stock for Acct — J FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per Cent Ditto, New Ditto Prussian,s per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... jßussian,.s per Cent 117% Chllian, C per Cent — Ditto, Metallic Colombian. 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... ......... 35% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto, Deferred — Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f. —c, Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — Dutch, 2% per Cent...... 61 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — ' Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100% SHARES. Bristol and Gloucester (30 paid) Dublin and Cashel, 2% paid Eastern Counties (`.3 paid) Dltto Registered (816 s 8d paid) Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent., 13s. 4d. paid Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Harwich (Braithwaite), 2 paid — Ditto, Locke, 2% paid_ 2% ..... London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (12t. 155. 4d. paid) 7% Diito, Preference or Privilege, £lB I7s 2d paid 18% London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) 86% Ditto Eighths (Iss. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) 19% Midland Counties (100 paid) B7 North Midland (100 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 40 paid Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) ..... Ditto 'Jew Shares ( 4 paid) Trent Valley, '2 paid 8 Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Rouen and Havre, 8 paid lB% 10 Strasbourg and Bale (14 paid) A deputation, including Sir John Walsb, Mr. Price. and Mr. Maynors, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. QXp Pan any TU Mr 11r Mr