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this establishment received its due share Of attention on the part of the holiday-keeping public. The rooms wore well filled throughout the day, and, as the exhibition is rich in every department of art, it did not fail to gratify tie most sanguine expectations of the visitors. :SUFF.OLK•.STREET GALLERY The present exhibition is generally acknowledged to e one of its happiest displays. It is especially rich in kndscape3, both portraits and compositions,. and in other dtpartmeats of art it maintains, at least, its pristine station. WATER-COLOUR EXHIBITION, PALL-MALL EAST. The fortieth exhibition of this society, which is now 'fen, is generally deemed equal - to the best which has of turred since the formation of the society. The exer • tions of the memb ers a pp ear to su ff er no diminution ; but, on the contrary, they hare rendered their present annual exhibition worthy the reputation they ha Te ac quired in former years. The libAitl patronage of the pubic had, in consequence, been their reward. W WATER-COLOUR EXHIBITION,. PALL-MALL. The t.xcellent quality oF the specimens which adorn the walls of both these exhibitions is a proof of great attention paid by our artists to the cultivation of this branch of the fine arts, in which, they have long been held to excel all the world. Like its predecessor, the exhibition-room of this society received its due share of the patronage of the holiday-keeping public. . , THE PAI?ISIAN VENUS. This is an exhibition completely per se, havinz from its peculiarity, no competitors in the metropolis. It t!orr:-:ists of a beautiful. rcodel, in war, of a recumbent female, on removing portions of the surface of which the hole internal organization of the body is displayed to view. Every part is finished with the most perfect keettracy as regards anatomical detail, and it maybe re-. forded not only as an object of amusement but of useful Information, in relation to the study of the humanframe. .THE PANORAMAS, LEICESTER-SQUARE. A strong desire to view our newly-acquired territory cif llon.--Kosig, of which Mr. Burford's Panorama is allowed to be a perfectly correct representation,. was of course to be expected on such a day of recreation to the metropolitans as Whit-Monday. Independent of the exletitude of the resemblance, this panorama, like all which ha ve f rom t i me to time emanated from the same hand, is entitled to high praise from its pictorial beauty and artist-like execution. The other panoramas on view at Mr. Burford's roon-s are repiesentations of Treport, with the landing of In r Afejesty anti .Prince Albert ; and a beautifully painted portrait of Baden Baden, the Cheltenham of Germany. • THE DIORAMA. The dioramas on view were representations of the Abbey Church of St. Ouen, at Rouen, and of the Ex terior of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, at Paris. They are both paint e d b y M . R enoux, who I;a3 obtained grt at celebrity in this country, for his happy tilent in this species of painting. They are perfect optical illusions ; and when ,the gradual alteration of effect from open day light to the. gloom of night is in progress, the spectator finds it difficult to conceive that he is not standingin the immediate vicinity of the piles, the mimic representaticn of which he is contemplating. THE COSMORAMA, REGENT-STREET. These delightful views attracted much notice. The representations consist of the Colossal Statues of the Plain of Thebes in Upper Eg,ypt, the Exterior of the Pantheon at Rome, Lh Mer de Glace in Savoy, the Ex terior and Interior of St. Peter's at Rome; the Eruption of 3fount Vesuvius, in action ; the Lahti .of Thun, and the HiPpodrome at Constantinople. These views are painted withio perfect an air of . reality, that it . is impos sible n o t t o a d m i re them. - Some pleasing variations in the effect of tight are occasionally made, which add reatezially to' the interest of this exhibition. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.. Mr. Horn's lectures upon the music of eight differzn, nations _continue to be the principal novelties at this in structive establishment ; and they, in conjunction with the physioscope, the hydro-electric machine, the opaque microscope, and the large concourse of miscellaneous toys-and instruments, are capital objects for- the atten tion and delectation of Whitsun .visitors. There are several items of novelty added to the . miscellaneous stores of thin institution, and a new set of 'dissolving views, _ . . ADELAIDE GALLERY. This is always a favourite haunt with holiday folks, ttnd properly so, for it contains a vast number of objects , of the greatest interest. Some accessions have been made lately to the stores of curious things with which its chambers and galleries are loaded. There are models, philosophical toys, and optical instruments in abundance; and at stated intervals there are short lectures on scientific and general topics, which are full of amusing practical illustrations. The dissolving views are still as fresh and ax beautiful as ever ' • and then there i s t h e steam gun, . the gas microscope, Monck Mason's aerial - machine, be sides wooden railroads—the examination of which inter mingle very instructively with the disquisitions on mes ' - merism phrenology, and m e c h an i cs, w hi c h are in pe riodical delivery by the professors in attendance.' Mr. Claudet's collection of photograph portraiture is one of the principal notabilities of the place, and the process itself may be seen in action on the roof of the gallery by the patentee and his' assistants. The evening.concerts at the Adelaide Gallery are very goad of their kind. The proprietor employs just now a strong orchestra, capable of executing any description of music ; and - the vocalists, in conjunction with it, are by no means uninteresting and unskilful people. • EGYPTIAN lIALL. General Tom Thumb is still the principal exhibition at these rooms, and the public interest in him dots not seem to abate with acquaintance. Since the presenta tion 'of the little hero at Court, he has become an object of especial patronage among the nobility and gentry, a t whose soirees he is almost as frequent a visitor as the American Minister himself. For the Whitsun folks there is no doubt he will be a great card. Not only does he go through his Grecian statues, sing Yankee songs, and take snuff as Napoleon, but at half-past tWeive in the morning he paces the platform in the iden flee court-dross in Ishich he paidhis respects to the two Queens of England and the juvenile members of the Royal Family. Think of that ye holiday-inakers I.'. A prettysight is the General in this official coat of plum dolestred velvet, this waistcoat of embroidered satin, theie stockings of silk, and these ruffles oflice. Besides the . :attractions of. the General, there are other things worth looking st in the room where he exhibits. There is Mr. Catlin's celebrated gallery of picture's, contain kg multitudinous delineations of the prairie life, war- fare, and costume of the Red Indians of North America. General Tom Thumb takes leave of the London pub lic on S a t ur d t y next , w h en, i t i s stated; ne goes over to Paris to make his obeisance to Louis Philippe. THE EXHIBITION OF TILE DECORATIVE• WORKS FOR THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAHENT.—This exhibition at the St. James' Bazaar, although better attended yester day than on any previous day since its opening gra tuitously to the public, WAS nearly deserted, the number of persons visiting it not„ reaching to more than 200 or 300 during the day. The cause for this laxity, ,as re gards numbers, is stated to arise from the fact ofita not hetn knonri to be open to all 'free of charge. The worCs.ufart which attracted most notice 'vas the splendid specimen of carving by Mr. G. Rogers, .the' different styles of fresco painting, and the designs for stained glass windows. THE TOWER of LONDON.--The reduction in the price of atimisaion to view the armoury,. and the 'crown and ( ithei',.le 4 vels keta within the Tower 'of London, caused a great Minx of visitors to that national tlepo- - sit-ry yesterday, all of whom a p peared delighted•with. the e ; i ; ll,t-r s t I ` England's formerand prese n t greatness. Tlts; I'll,o. ms Tu 4sail..-11s at Easter, tLe stains ,in this 'undertaking were decorat d out with hags and ever grber&. with music at either end of the tunnel ; playing'' favourite airs during the day. The numb'::: of persons 'Passing through was very great. BRITISH MusEux.-1 he number of visitors to this rational establishment yesterday was 25,558, being an increase of 7,148 as Compared with Whit-Monday last year, when the number was 18,410. A few constables of the A division, under the able direction of Sergeant Neal, were .in attendance, and the gseatest order pre vailed throughout the day. UNGRATEFUL TREATMENT. The. ladles, who unquestionably were the very best peps of the Non-Intrusion cause—who ran about with the Sustentation lists, and chalked the very donrs with a . cross if they did kit 'succeed in getting the-counten ance or aid or the inmates,—the Free Church. ladies, Who, fur 'so doing, were coaxed an d -fl a tt ere d , by M r . Maitland Ma eg ill Crichton of Itankeilor, end others of the lay and clerical leaders, including Monzie, Mr.• Fox Maule, and Mr. Begg, of Libberton, &c.,—and who-were solem assured that their right .:to vote in the election of F ree Ch urc h m i n i sters and elders,i: or othr.r oitieers,, would be duly considered. and favour bly :entertained, If :not absolutely recognised in the Free. AsFeiiattl3', which sat in Glasgow last autumn; but whirl' right' to vote wus then postponed till the next meoprg uf the Free Assembly, ttow sitting in Edinburgh Im!lies ere doomed, we fear to another disap pointment at the hands of tbc,Free, because we. look in vain for ntly,.the -notice;' yet-taken of them in this Free Assembly, ':011n -this beiossible ? Can it be pos sibly that the eadeva are notv:tutning -their backs upon the ladies, and leaving :them where . they found them, -.lt will bfr exceedingly ngratefal i minus the Moneys ?". ungallant- and .treed if. this be so. We aie aware that the Free,Hpuse very,mueh di v id ed on the slahject, but that is reason why the promised vote should not be taken one way or other. We beg pardon of the' ladies for attending to their clahns. %Ve could not offend them,—we love Mem too well for that,--4tnd it is because we wish to sea them fltirly end hOtiourably treated, without any flirtation in the case, from laymen or ecclesiastics, that we have ! presumed to throw out these gentle observations,- do arch Ref), merit' .Gazette: Loan • BaourittAsf.--The malice of the Post never was more apparent, perhaps, than in charging Lord Brougham, on Saturday, with love of gain, because he raised the retiring pension of all Chancellors a thousand a l 7,year;.in 1831. It is perfectly nctorious that this was the measure of the colleagues of Lord Brougham, in Which his never interfered in any way whatever ; and principallY, that it was a compensation for the loss of 12 largo sii.teitire places abolished by Lord Brougham that year, ou t of which was nearly 8,000/ ,a year, and all of which had been treated as private property by the Lord ehanc'ellor s • his predecessors, and made the subject of . The . Right Rev. James Bowstead, Lord Bishop of family settiera' ents on the marriage of their daughters. I ilut the gros set p NV. WcIsENNIWA,, art of this misrepresentation of the Lichfield, having died intestate, letters of administration of 1 omission of the consideration that two ......":, , . ci, s, worth 3,500/. a year, were actually his estate have been granted by the Prerogative Court of Can-, t and • terbury to Joseph Bowstead, Esq., brother and next of kin. C ;...:...i ~.,, . : , . 11 ,ed up - m w i i g t h h t, before Lord Brougham r s The deceased's residence was Eccleshall.Hall, Stafford ;...but. - - -,'-it' Z •"/- 71 ',--11, • ~ - .- Y Lora Elden. At : ...., : ~t. ..! :,,‘ ",.<.-- .17... 4 - Y°ullg lives • is family, he died —......0rn, 111 la hat Clifton, near Bristol. the administrator has sworn i Herald. 1 the personal estate to be under iO,OOO/. ~,,i; : -.•.. -.. e^ --, '-• . - - 1-: - - 1- ',.; , 7 , li a s THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, MAT 28. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 41 ; Highest, 56; Noon, 54. BAROMETER, 30.05.—Wnrn, N.E. Nars.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. Mall WATER AT LONDON-BRIpGZ TRIS PAT.. Morning ... H minutes after 10 Evening... 40 minutes after ID. . _ co. ,us , 4 ~ .11:..t• j , 4-7 e, Zel; , 0%T6 V 1 • 144, - -, ;I' tlO ), r .. ...t. ... ~,,.. , k . . ~ .;4 ' '' 4t4 ' i l i, ' ‘ d l4:l' 414 I a' 4 , l b i ;1 1&12 1 .11 , Z1 :7,44 417:? - . ... 4 :44tt lt 4-47;17-41101ki. * D i' . ;; Z . 5 , ,- ,, . H ir ft - y o, ..li ''' . 44., - Er . 0 S ' ~7, .? # ~ . _ " ..'"-- hr EV ‘k ~,%,...'s 0 ~..4 ' '4. ' 4 'AM* • t. C': '- ' l. ' ~:-.. , . SECOND EDITION. THE STAN `LORE BREWERY, TOGETHER 'WITH • SIXTY INNS AND PUBLIC-HOUSES, SEVERAL BEER-SHOPS, LAND, AND OTHER VALUABLE PROPERTY. R W. W. SIMPSON respectfully announces that the above extensive. property, which was advertised 31- for Public Auction at the Mart, on Thursday, the 30th Inst., IS DIS PWP,ot... DV PRIVATE CONTRACT. _ Buckiersbury; May 28, '1544: TO-3f OR ROW. rIIIIE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE'S 1 LET on the STATE of the NAVY of FRANCE, as corn , pared with that of ENGLAND, translated from the French. ETndon : — Parker,Furnriall, & - Parker, Mflitary-LlEtaiy;Wliftehtill. RAN E SEND - , :ST Alt- . .P A CKE TS.. Fare, Eightpence or One Shilling, Boat and Railway includ,d, From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, :Bally at Ten, Eleven, Twelve, - "Three, roux, Six, Half-past Seven. The Trains leaving one quarter of an hour before eachof Uwe: The Terrace Fier, Gravesend, From the Old Shades Pier, above London-bridge, Dally at Nine and Eleven. Greenwich Pier, Half-past Nine and Half-past Eleven. Roff's Wharf, Woolwich, Ten and Twelve. N.B.—These splendid and fast Packets convey the public at the lowest fares. Star Office, Gravetend, May 25, 1844. • NEW SPORTING NOVEL. • - Now ready at all the Libraries,- In-3 Tole.. HYDE MA R S TON; OR, A SPORTSALiN'S LIFE. By " CRAVEN." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Grest,Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING MAY 25.• Will be performed (for the Lat lime this season) IL ?dATRIMONIO SEGHETO. El[setts, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Mdlle. Favantl ; Carolina, Madame Persiani; Paolino, Sig. Mario'; Count Eebinaon, Sig. t. Lablache; and_Geronimo, Lablache. Toconcln lc with the Grand Ballet, in Six Tableaux, by M. Perrot,eatit loci ONDINE, ou, LA NAIAD& The Scenery br Mr. W. Grieve. The music eorrpoeed by Signor Principal ct snick ts by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Scheffer. Mollie Fer dinand, Mdlle, Plunket, Mdlle. Barville, and Mdlle. Adelaide Frassi t . M. Perrot, M. Montassu, and M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box 'Ace, Opera-celennade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, " The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Ptiblie, are re— spectfully informed that there will be an extra Night (not included In the Subscription) ON THURSDAY NEXT, MAY- RO, ' When will be performed Rossini's Opera of IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, by Madame Gfisi, Signor Mario, Signor Lablache, Signor F. Lablache, and Signor Formisari. After a Lich will be produced, a New Divertissement, composed by Mdlle. Cetito. e ititled LA VI VANDIERE, introducing La Redowa Polka, by:Mdlle. Cerito and M St. Leon. To be followed Joy_the last scene of RossinKs Opera LA CENE. RENT OLA: La Ceneient ola, Mdlle. Vavanti. To conclude with the Grand Ballet entitled ALMA (omitting the First Tableau), in which Mdlles. Cerito and Frassi, and Mons. M. St. Leon and Perrot will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will continence at Halfp.lst Seven. I . THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY.LA NE FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. FITZBALL. THIS EVENING, MAY 24, Will be performed the First Act of a New Grand Opera. entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W. Harrison; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr ?errant; Nekiina, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdlle. Albertszzi; Francesca, Miss Romer. After which, ACIS AND GALATEA. Cupid, Miss A. Pane; Ads, Mr. Barker ,• Daman , Mr. Hudson ; Polyphemus, Herr 3taudigl ; Galatea, Miss Romer. To conclude with BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, .Mr. T. P. Cooke; Gnatbrain, Mr. Meadows; Blue Peter, Mr. Barker; Black- Eyed Susan, Mrs. Stirling. Dress Boxes 75., Second Frice Ss. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes Is,. Second Price Ss.; Pit 3s , Second Price 2a.; Middle Gallery 25., Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery lc, Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mit. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MAY 21, 'Wilt be repeated a •New Original Domestic Drama, entitled I.'HE SEMPSTRESS. Goldring, Mr. Strickland ; Bob Debit, Mr. FL Holl ; Plainwerd, Mr. Stuart; Mercy Goldring, Miss P. Horton; Luey Sparkle, Miss Julia Bennett. 4fter which, Mr. Planche's Successful Comedy of THE FOL' lES OF A NIGHT. Pierre Paine, Mr, Charles Mathews; Duchess de Chartres, Madame Vestris. • To be followed by the extraordinary Performances of Professor lIISLEY and his TWO INFANT SONS. To conclude with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. Drchestra Stalls, 55.; Boxes, !Ss. • Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2e. • Upper ' • lallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, ; Pit, 2s. • Galley y, ; Upper Gallery,' Ad. Doors opened at ilalf.paat Six, and the performance* crmuneace at Seven - Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box— office, from Ten till Five. . _ PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS NG, 28. Will be produced a N ew Dra EVEN ma I called MAY BLANCHE DE VALMY. Colonel Chatillon, Mr. Granby; Frailest!, Mr. Walten : St. Hilare, Mr. Walter Lacy; Pierre Roux, Mr. Oxherry; Blanche de Valmy, Madame Eugenie Prosper ; Justine, Miss Noel. After which, A MISTAKEN STORY. To be followed by a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with THE DEVIL'S IN IT. I'HEATRE ROY A L LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. • HOUSE • • Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. • Open Sesame; or, a Night with the Ferty Thieves, continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable audiences THIS EVENING, MAY 4S, Will be repeated a New arid Comic Drama, cal ed TWO HEADS BETTER THANONE. Principal Characters icy Messrs. P. Vining, Diddear, Keely, and Emery, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To which will be added a New Comedietta, entitled THE WHITE FEATHER. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Collier, Craven, Yirnold, Miss Woolgar ' and Miss Fairbrother. To be-followed by an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKAMANI A Characters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and -Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a (rani Burlesque Fairy Extravagansa, called OPEN SESAME; or. a Night with the Forty Thieves. Cha. ,eacters by Miss Woolgar, MA E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woellidge; Miss Turner, Miss Grove. Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother,.. and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, 'Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Poxes, 41. ; Upper flexes, 3s. ; Pit. ' es.• Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes; ; ,Upper Boxes, Is 6 d.. • Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balconr:Tier (holding eight persons). Tao Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE OF 'ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Splendid Whitsun Holiday Fetes. IHIS EVENING. MAY 48. Will Ise repeated an entire new Military and Naval Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or. The Conquests' of Amoy by B -itish Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Entire Change in the Scenes of the Circle. Brilliant Cavalcade—Feats of Horsemanship—The celebrated Polka Dance by Mdlle. Cushnie and Signor Milano. To c nclude with a Laughable Farce . The doors will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage..m wager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. 11AVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Extraordinary Norelty = Engagement of Mr. G. Wieland, and Three Entirely New Pieces. THIS EVENING, MAY 21, Will be reneated a New Drama in Three Acts, entitled THE 'INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE. in which skull. Saville. Hughes, Hicks, Heniior, Vale, Lewis, and Johnson; Mrs. H. 'Fining, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs. Hicks, will perform. . . After which a New Burlesque entitled GEORGEY BARNWELL. Supported by Messrs. Vale, Neville, Heslop, Mrs. Da'y, and Miss ferrey. • To conclude with a Grand Fairy Spectacle willed THE SPRITE' OF THE SNOW DRIFT. Zimmer. the Sprite, by. Mr. G. :Wieland. Superb Scenery and Dresses. Extraordinary effects, and wonderful feats. Pinata and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the . Box. irface, from-Eleven to Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL • j . OPEN EVERY EVENING: FIRST WEEK OF MADEMOISELLE .ROSSINL IN ADDL __• TION , TO THE WIZARD'S NEW WONDERS. . The Great WIZARD OF THENORTH isProud to announce :o the Nobility, Gentry, and Public. that he has, at an enormous expense, succeeded in engaging. for. Twelve Nights only, Madelle. ROSSINI, The Great Lady Violinist. - - She will hare the honour of giving her Second Grand Vocal and ,Instrumental CONCERT.. THIS - EVENING, the 2Sth Inst., land every evening dnring. the Week, assisted by M. A DOLPHUS COLLINL 'EMMA - POLLI NI, VICTORIA COLLINI. and ' , JOSEPH COLLINL I The stags w,ll hav,i a most brilliani sppearance ! To giveeffeet' to the most novel Concert ever given in England, a GRAND ;SCENt has been painted exp - essly for, this occasion, by . Mr., ;William Beverley, AN .A LLEGORY IN HONOUR OF HAN, 'DEL; representine THE TEMPLE OF MUSIC ! The Great WIZARD OF THE NORTH is quite aware that the Public e)Frects.yomething now at OAS season; he is happy to 'say he will not deviate Morn "a good old rule;'.' .for he is non_ winced he has prepared the most splendid Banquet that ca.' be offered fo' the Public ; in . short, his present arrangements will totally eclips e ' a ll hi s former efforts. He - in 'addition to , his a'ready unparalleled performances intro,luee NEW WONDERS,, prinog.which will be an origin el ExperiMent, Magic Filtering, the Enchanted Silver Fish, and the Golden Circlet, with 'other into: dishing New Mirae es, which will decide a question at issue. This Entertainment will he divided into Four P irts•;— i Part_l The WIZARD wilthe an hour in his Mystic Circle. , Part 11. The ARAB-BROTHERS' Classical Groupings, Pitt 111. Maddlle. ROSSINI'S GRAND CONCERT, in 'the 1 Templeof Music • • • Part IV. and Conclusion', The WIZARD'S second mystic hour. Ooors 'open at Half-past Six, to commence at Seven Private Boxes .£1 ISa. ; Orchestra StatU , be , ',B 4s • Pit. 28 - . ; Gallesry. , , Second Prise at Nine o'clock. Wall:, Bo • ves, 25.; Pit, l • COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEASON. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, OR AND WHITSUN FETES. • TO-DAY, TO-MORROW, A ND THURSDAY. Strong as have been the claims of this favoured place of public esort at the beginning of each season, the Propriet‘ir feels justified in asserting, that never before did it offer a tithe of the attractions t now res,ents. The Gardens have been coinplete'y renovated, Statues and Fountains Introduced, new and extensive Promenades formed, and the most lavish expenditure in every department, Quill evince the Proprietor's anxiety to insure a continuance of public Patronage. 'THE NEW GRAND PICTORIAL MODEL OF LONDON IN THE OLDEN. TIME Painted by Vanson and Telbin, ' Is the most gigantic achievement ever yet produCed,and tbr grandeur pf composition, fidelity of design, and beauty of execution, it far oxceeds any previous production. It accurately represents ancient London—Old St...Paul's—OM bnidon Bridge—Bcynard's Castle, and all the principal Churches and Buildings of the loca'ity, and may with truth be designated the most wonderful production of mo. fern times. - THE MENAGERIE. ALWAYS• UNRIVALLED, ' HAS RECEIVED MANY VALUABLE ADDITIONS; 1 To'defy all competition; the Prmrietor has , engaged the colebiated AMERICAN DWARF TJM THUMBI - . flow exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. 4 • • - • The PROMENADE CONCERTS—the splendid Band of Fifty Perform ors, conducted by Mr. Godfrey—will perform a selection of the newest and most popular music. • • • • ' The far-famed HIGHLAND DANCERS 'AND PIPERS are also engaged, and will go through two acts of their National Dan'ees, which procured for them the distinguished approbation of . bar • Majesty:and 'Prince : Albert at Taymouth Castle. And at Dusk will take place the most astounding . exhibition ever attetnr,ted, viz, a Representation of • THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON, • Mr. Southby (to whom in justice belongs the appellatirin et " Fire King") has exhausted the resources of his art, to give effect to'this exhibitirm. Lonslon Bridge, Old St—Paul's Cathedral, And other Buildings will appear devoured by the devastating element, and present a heap of blackened ruins, In accordance with' the best delineations taken at the-period; and the coup d'seil give a vivid tepresentation of a Great City destroyed by fire, • Doors open at Twelve. Admission, One Shilling. • EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. ' IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU 8741Thr, .th e mos t magn i f i cent and extensive Collection of ' l i sta- 7ical Curiosities an d W or k s o f A r t ever known to have been formed b y On e Person. during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a Cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in !tractive htstory, viz —C !tractive and inte res ti ng manner, the most important part of Euro- XIY., to the de a th s of GEORGEIII., and the EMPEROR —CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and NAPOLEON i n IR2I. This-unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of • Wellington, the Foreign Princes!, Atnbassadors, and their • Ladles, also Many, thowsiunts of the Nobility, and P u bli c; an d th e P re' priettr has recently been able to increase, by several very tine pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of mg,5,, Works: of 'Art, and a - mtiltitude of valtiable Relics, and other • curiosities, in this most instructive - and, ea hundreds have said It , ought to be. a National Museutn. Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL - EDITORS of tho PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price et &drills- Sion is reduced to ONE SIIIT.LING. The NAPOLEON' MUSEUM Is is be seen only at the "EgyPtlitu Hull," Pieca~llt:y,daily.from Ten till Dusk, , TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY' EVENING, MAY 28, 1844. irrational and inconsistent than another, that is the course they will honour by their adoption. Mean time, despite all their eel-like twisting and twirling, and open and secret opposition, the Protection system, for which they have so ungrudgingly made these stupendous sacrifices of character, verg es fast to its fall. Yes, the hour Speeds on that is bear ing:on its livings the doom of every species of mono poly. .Conservatives themselves—such is_ the cruel necessity, of their position —are made the instruments of the oterthrow of their own darling prejudices First, they are compelled to concede a tariff; next, a Canadian Corn Bill; and before they have wed get over the shbck of these afflictions, their inexorable task-master exacts from them another sacrifice ; and, true to his. favoiiiite system of expediency, which has ever a discreet eye to the "pressure from without," will never let them rest till he has wrung from their fears and their subserviency such an alteratidn in the corn laws es shall bring joy to the heart of COBDEN, and set the pulse of BRIGHT bounding within him like one of the "little hills of Hermon." We resume our notice of the Premier's speech of yesterday week with the remark that although, in its commencement, the Right Hon. Baronet complacently talked of this new " rider" to his monster blunder of 1819 as " this great scheme," (!) it was, in truth, a miserable evasion, from beginning to end, of his own questions of the 6th inst., namely, " What is a pound ?" " How does the adoption of a gold standard of 'value operate to regulate the currency ?" This Tamworth Wizard has forgotten the promises of his own " He has.still to show us how the danger of over issues of paper money is " inevitably consequent" on the abrogation of that standard. lie has still to tell us by what process of reasoning the conclusion is arrived at that in future tke circulation on issues upon securities, of the Bank of England, should be limited to 14,000,0001.; and "the remainder of its issues to take place on bullion alone." It is scarcely necessary to insist on the truth, in all its rigour, of the remark made ,On Tuesday last by a Morning Contemporary, " that Sir ROBERT Pew, seemed to be incapable of defining what money was ;" but any such worthless quibbling upon words where precise definitions were required—any such pantomimic failure as the Right Hon. Baronet's, who, in answer to his own question, "What is a pound ?" produced a sovereign, and abso lutely chuckled at the drollery of what he no doubt imagined to be his irresistible demonstration, we trust the House is nut doomed soon again to witness. When Sir Ronzar finds in a bank note, after the word " one pound," which it promises to pay to bearer on demand, this descriptive indication, "or one gold coin of the realm called a sovereign," he may begin to persuade himself that he has identified the idea with the thing—that -he has identified the conventional signification of the phrase with a palpable symbol of the ,value it proposes to express. In the meantime the gold sovereign is not a pound of bullion, twelve ounces of gold, or twelve ounces of silver ; and it is equally certain that twelve ounces of bullion,silver or gold, are not one gold sovereign. But we proceed to more important details. It seems that Sir ROBERT is determined that not only is a total currency, of convertible paper and gold, amounting to 30,000,0001. amply sufficient for all the purposes of the country, but that of this limited amount a large sum would be, generally speaking, uncalled for:— "Take, for instance, the case to be as it was at present, that the Bank was possessed of a large amount of bullion, not less than 16,000,000/., the banking de partment of the Bank would • possess 30,000,000/. of bank-notes, fourteen millions on securities, and sixteen millfons on bullion. Now, a great portion of the sixteen millions would lie dormant in the coffers of the Bank, for about 22,000,000 L would be all that would be required for the legitimate supply of the demands of the country." By what sort of - ",private-view" priority of infor mation Sir ROBERT has arrived at this important secret of . the specific amount of circulation that would thus be required, we are of course as ignorant as we are of what may be signified by the "legitimate supply of the demand " of the country. To our humble apprehension, it appears that if, in the nature of human affairs, it were possible to divine before hand- the amount of circulation needed by such a community as ours, for the transaction of all its enormous business,—for its prodigious home trade, its weekly and daily recurring disbursements for in dustrial wages,- to agricultural and machine labour, its machinery-cost of manufacturing-production, its investments and remittances on account of its incal ulable foreign trade, and its absolutely countless calls for, and transfers of, cash in the hourly transactions 1f social intercourse—the grand and primary diffi culty of any monetary system would be, at once, re inoved. But Sir Ronsar, knowing that the in iincible vice of his " great scheme" and the inevitable inadequacy; from mere physical or natural causes, of Coy metallic currency that could be launched, to the migencies of ' the British people, was i nterested to ake out as good a case as he could in the matter of guatitity, for a practical base upon which to start. kle,---therefore, modestly assumes that the. Bank, upon an average of bullion stores, will keep in its cellars '6,000,0001. in bullion. Why, it is true, that it has almost that amount in, its vaults at the present boment. But it is equally certain th a t it never had it efore—even when it has accumulated gold unde more 'avourable circumstances than it operates with now. Ivor would it be quite prudent to assume that—even bow—this stock has been got together, or can be kept Up,.except at the sacrifice of a premium, which, how ever the - Bank may be disposed to pay it, pending pertain- recent negotiations, and the final decision of Parliament upon terms so greatly f avoura bl e to its monopoly* ge,sO as those un d er d e b ate ; i t does t Follow would hereaft er b e e i t h er w i ll i ug or ol l 0 w thatp i privileges, it e Ns i)repared to pay. But if this assumed scale of bullion deposits he hereafter practically diminished, to any considerable extent, the whole of Sir ROBERT'S anti cipations as to this elementary principle of his "great iicheme' falls to the ground. The country, if it allow Itself to be duped by his assurances, will find that with the disappearance of; or wasting of the geld stock, the keneral circulation must be proportionably contracted (for silver is not to be a legali se d ten d er at all); and then: t ewh a o l le e curre ncy h must-acquire an oppressively enhanced u. On tat scarcity of cir c ul a ti on an d vi consequent dearness of money, a. frightful, wasting, ensue, which, with all its t n on el co r m ui i n te o n u t s .P so a f nie must barrisruptey, terror, and commercial ruin,.the whole resources of the Tamworth Wizard's legerdemain will be utterly powerless to arrest or to Mitigate, -And it is' clear that Sir Ronxsty is himself awake to the probabilities of such a disastrous eventua tion of his ‘.great scheme." He, therefore. falls back from , his own expressly stipulated postulate "that bullion shall be, taken to - intend GOLD only ;" and dis overing—in the course of his speech=that 'it would be idle-to expect that any such stock of GOLD could be kept 'up as 16,000,000., he submits that, of the deposits in• bullion to be maintained, in - conformity with-the proposed Act of Parliament, • by the Bank of England, "one fourth may be in silver." That is, that if .the Bank could retain in stock• 16,00,0001. of bullion, it shall satisfy the Act in question if 4,000,0001. thereof shall be in silver, and only 12,000,0001. in gold. In dealing with this hypothetical relaxation of the "golden screw," •we meet with the same whimsical vacillation of purpose to which we alluded in our paper of yesterday, as the Macheath foible of the Premier " The Bank, by the arrangement which he proposed, would hold comparatively little silver. He had given much consideration to the suFgestion that the Bank, to a limited - extent, should give silver in exchatige for their notes when so required. The result was, that he felt 'that great inconvenience would arise if they prevented the Bank issuing' any portion of their notes, and taking as the basis of their security silver in their coffers. In• admitting this; however, it was not intended to depart from the great principle that gold was the only standard, and that those to whom debts were due had arigh eto demand payment in gold. He proposed that still — the only legal payment by the Bank should be gold." - If the Bank is " to hold, comparatively, but little silver,". there is so much the less reason why they should not be required to receive it at a given or Mint price, seeing that the gold standard of 1819 is :o be continued. If the Bank is not to be bound so :o receive it, the value of silver will depreciate to an extent which will still further enhance , the value of gold. Put if the Bank, as Sir ROBERT resolves in the conclusion of this preposterous " great scheme,'' may hold one-fourth of its bullion deposits in silver, it is clear that it will hold comparatively a LARGE, and not a LITTLE, amount of that metal. Now let us take Sir itOBERT ' S own assUrnption--4,06 0 , 000 /. To be a bullion deposit at all, it must have some determi- . nate value. To represent one-fourth part of the just value of gold anti silver bullion deposits, this silver must- -have a- . certairi, , relative, fixed, - proportionahle value to that gold. For otherwise, what is the tan- fel tririxtrvg LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1844. Notwithstanding that he has been three times de feated in his attempt. to smuggle through Parliament a Bill for the inclosure of Hampstead Heath, the Lord of the Manor, Sir T. M. WILSON, with a perseverance worthy of a better cause, has' again renewed his efforts to accomplish that unpopular object. The. Bill now- introduced into Parliament, observed Mr. HOARE, at -a meeting held on Thursday at Hampstead, although different in form, had 'precisely the same object in view at' the three former Bilk which had been so successfully resisted. What was contem plated by the Lord. of the Manor by the present Bill, was to obtain power to effect a sale of certain por tions of land in various parts of Hampstead Heath. Now, if this were permitted, no one " could doubt for a moment," added the speaker, that the beauties of the Heath would be destroyed, and thecopyholds of the. manor be considerably de preciated in value. It was therefore desirable that resolute steps , should betaken to oppoAe this measure." We cannot imagine a more ungenerous or obnoxious scheme than this for the inclosure of Hampstead Heath, which is now almost the only open, airy, syl van spot left us within a moderate walking diAtanee of the metropolis. Norwood, with its umbrageous glades, and sunny, sylvan uplands, exists no longer, being everywhere defaced with brick and mortar; the meadows, once so picturesque and healthy, in the neighbourhood of Dulwich and Camberwell, are stuck all over with notices of " This land io let for building;" not an open space in Islington —which but twelve short years ago Was still a country village—but is converted nto unsavoury brick-fields, and threatened with he visitation, of Heaven knows how many üburban villas; Hackney and Clapton —injured I nnnocents !--are in the same distressi ng plight; an d now it is seriously 'proposed to deprive the working lasses of the metropolis, who stand so much in need f fresh air, of their sole remaining healthy country alk, by covering Hampstead Heath with amass of nsightly buildings, thereby converting into private roperty that which, for long generations, has been he undisputed property of the public. The scheme s about as selfish and offensive a one as could possibly eve entered into the head of a monopolist, and we do ope it will be strenuously protested against, .not only y the copyholders of Hampstead, but by every Mem ber in either House of Parliament who takes an interest `n welfare elfare of th e wor ki ng - c l asses . Th e sys t em commons' iuclosures h as a l rea d y , b een carried to a t uch greater length . th an e ith er j us ti ce or r i g h t E f neeling. can approv e ; y ear a ft er year, artfully and oiselessly, the, poor have been shut out from the Hands over which they had exercised, the rights of pasturage for. centurie s; fi e ld- pa th s h ave b een bl oc k e d ; large portions of heaths pillaged from them in order to make preserves, or increase the extent of the possessions of the squirearchy of the district ; sad—with here and there perhaps an exception— :hey have scarcely an acre of ground left which hey can venture to call their own, or even ,amble' over on a summer evening, after the lay's toil is at an end, without incurring the penal ie's of trespass. As regards Hampstead Heath, which s one 'of the. lungs of the metropolis, and serves to 'entilate the entire northern district, nothing can )e possibly more injurious to the health of that populous district, than the inclosure of this fine, liry. tract ; .for when once it is covered with Jrick and mortar, elevated as it is flu. above !very other spot in the neighbourhood, every )risk wind that blows from the north, will be lure to bring down upon a large portion of the netropolis immense clouds of smoke, which will half wison the inhabitants with its pestilential vapours. But the greatest grievance, and the one which we vish chiefly to keep. in view, is the injustice which rillbe ill be inflicted on the working classes of our over rowded capital, :who, w h en once H am p s t ea d H ea th s inclosed, will deprived of one of their favourite unday evening enj o y men t s — a b reez y coun t r y wa lk ver one of the healthiest a n d mos t pi c t uresque s p o t s n Middlesex. This is no slight grievance —whatever he Lord of the Manor may think to the contrary-- or, deprived of the enjoyment in question, many of he working Classes may fly in despair to the tavern pr the gin-palace: "We freely confess," says . a Whig Contemporary of his morning, " that the manner in which the ques tion of Ten Hours was treated in the House of Com mons was not such as to ,exalt the already low esti mate formed by the working classes of that branch f the Legislature. llopes were excited only to be disappointed.; votes were given only to be rescinded; tllegations were made and contradicted ; statis ics were confronted with .statistics ; speech knawered speech''; but there • was nothing throughout the whole controversy which conveyed the impression of calm, deliberate, investigation and lecision. The House of Commons has exhibited tself to the country as dealing with a great question, first in the spirit of rash - meddling, and' then timidly hrinking from it under a vague apprebension of consequences." This stringent censure more parti cularly • applies to the Conservative portion of the nouse—to , that selfish, short-sighted, unscrupulous faction— r for, however numerically strong, they 'scarcely • deserve the name of a party—who first voted one way, with a -View to bully, and frighten, and reveage themselves on the manufacturers, and then voted just .the contrary way, .from : a discreet apprehension that their own interests might be en dangered by their consistency.. In the whole annals of political tergiversatio', we know of 'nothing so utterli indefensible as this recent wholesale apostacy of the , Conservatives—an apostacy for which they did not even deign to apologise, but which they Seemed to look upon quite as a matter of course,' as a lathes to be expected from them, and quite natural and justifiable under the circumstances in which they were placed.' With what sovereign con tempt must not the working-classes henceforth regard this' trimming, cowardly faction ! With what freeling indifference—not unmingled and unquickened by „a :fierce despair —must they not 'regard every futtire Measure which receives their sanction ! Though strong just now iii point of mere numbers, the Con servatives haye not the slightest , moral influence. No unprejudiced man has the slightest confidence in , them—no thinking : man cares two straws for what they say. Bad as the Tories -were, these, their illegi timate( successors; are 'a thousand fillies worse; for the forrher were at least manly, consistent, and intelligible In their conduct; whereas the latter fling all ,-ideas:. of cons:sfency to the winds, and speak and act under the influence of no more generous motive . than that of pleasing their task master, whom, nothwithitanding their subserviency, they hate with as much intensity as the Devil hates holy water. Truly, it is a great credit to Sir B. PEEL that he has manufactured such a sect out of the shattered fragments of . Toryism. The created are well worthy of their creator, and deserve equally, the respect and admiration of the country. Both these amiable parties just now find it their mutual interest to profess a decided hostility to any further altera tion in the corn-laws. But having changed once, and this without the slightest hesitation, on. one of the most important questions of the session, who shall say that they will not change again ? Who shall say that when - .lr.irtmaises next brings forward his motion for the total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws, the Conservatives, with the ductile Premier at their head, will not " go the whole hog" in company with the Member' for Wolverhampton ? There is no speculating on the course of policy they will. pursue on ady • one public. question, though the probability is that if there be one course more gible, intelligible authority which imparts to the mass the value of 4,000,0001.? Why shall it be less than five or more than three millions ? Will the reader believe that the coacocter of, and avowed sponsor for, " a great scheme" of monetary reform, so far from providing the determined and defined value of so large a proportion of its whole bullion element, abso lutely denudes it of any such principle of value ? Un der what infatuation can a Minister _have brought himself to hazard so elaborate an inconsistency ? Under what sort of general abasement and servile ac quiescence in the dictum of a Minister, a House of Commons can have brought itself to confirm so puerile an absurdity, we are at a loss to understand. The fact we should be at a loss to believe, if we did not find it' recorded in the Parliamentary report. lie has ever and, again repeated that the gold standard will be rigidly maintained,. and the gold currency alone legalised. But he relents : "If they alloWed the Bank to keep in its coffers a certain amount of silver, on the security of which they issued notes, and to allow parties to receive, when' 'they desired it, silver'for their notes, they would obtain' the advantage of preventing an inconvenience which lyak Oc casionally felt by acting on the exchanges when the ex: changes were high, and when the price of silver was low. At present silver foils sent Out of the country in exchange for gold, and the gold was deposited in the Bank." Surely, this last is a good reason for affixing some denomination of value to silver, if you will attach it to gold. But if a given mass of silver is to represent in deposit a given mass of gold, the good reason rises to an indispensable necessity. What is the statesman like manner in which Sir ROBERT PEEL deals with this necessity ? : .‘ It would give facilities and advantages to commerce if they permitted the,Bank to issue some portion of their notes upon the security of the silver deposit, having no reference, hOwever, to the price of silver, or the son which should be given for it, but regarding it merel;• as a I,alu able commodity, to be dealt with at the option of the Parties." Risum teneatis Why, this is truly " a great Scheme." Whilst it recognises, as a sacred principle, that the bullion, in which three fourths of your de posits are to be kept, shall bear a certain statutable value, ascertained, in relation to its standard fineness, by the Mint price, settled by the Act of 1819, the value of the other fourth is to be left to the chances, ca price, or accidents of—what ? " The option of the parties." Sir ROBERT ties his victim in a chair. On his right leg he puts irremovable manacles and fet ters. By way ,of compensation his left leg is to be allowed to kick and plunge at pleasure. Doubtless, a very able invention—a " great scheme"—pity, only, that it is not a little more reconcileable to common sense. But this " option of the parties" is precisely THE standard which we contend for, as the free and fair one, whereby to determine the value of the precious metals, as of all other commodities. But if it be good for silver, Sir ROBERT, why not for gold ? On "silver," however, the Premier delivered himself of too many remarkable observations not to induce us to reserve them for the subject of future comment. Madrid journals of the 20th. announce the de parture of the Royal Family for Barcelona. None of the Ministers except NARVAEZ accompanied their Majesties. The municipal elections had commenced, but as the Liberal party said they were all a farce, owing to the violation of an Act of the Cortes passed last year, they declined voting, and the Government party had it all their own way, The Barcelona journals state that great preparations had been made for the reception of the Royal Family, and that the municipality intended to have a grand tournament to celebrate the occasion. On the Madrid Bourse, the Three per Cents. were done at 28} for cash, and 28i 29 at 60 days, and the Fives at 2013-32 at 60 days. The. Journal des Debats of Sunday contains an article on British India, which is of so singular a character, and so unlike the general sentiments ex pressed in than journal, that one almost feels inclined to believe that it had been smuggled from the office of the National, and inserted in the Government paperby mistake. Some of the statements are most inconsistent, for while the writer asserts that Russia has formed a vast coalition of native princes against kngland, and that her power in India is on the wane, and that her fate i n th a t quarter is sealed, almo s t i n the same sentence it admits that she will take ponses sion of the fertile and vast plains of the Punjaub. Taking this as a matter of fact, what could Russia, With the Persians and the Khan of BOKHARA, and all the other khans and kings on the west of the Indus, do against her_ frontier ? What impression could Russia make on such a boundary as would thus be formed by strong forts on the banks of the Indus, and by countless steamers in its channel ? Indeed the production, altogether, is like a rhapsody drawn by some visionary at Bombay under the influ ence of opium. Russia, he says, is taking gigantic steps, and there is something terrific in her march While she does not appear to move. We are to infer, therefore, that she is working like a mole under ground, and that some fine morning her armies will spring up from the 'soil of Lahore, all accoutred and in terrible array,:tnarmihilate the :unfortunate Eng- - liSh. We give the follOWing as aspecirnen, and leave the reader to judge of its merits:—s" The intelligence last received frotn"Bombay abounds in interesting facts. There has been a- movement in politics, and Some perfectly new arrangements •have" been accom plished. 'Until the Present period RUssia has failed In all her attempts to: pprciach India, but we now learn at the same time that the Persian flag floats at Herat, !where Yin -Monintsisn acknowledges .himself to be the . huinble vassal of the Shag ; that Khiva has sub mitted to pay tribute to the Khan of BOKIiARA, the a 1 1y and the. Scid of. Russia, the Murderer—or at least the gaoler—of Stoddart and of • Conolly ; that all Central Asia, from the , Caspian Sea to Hindoukosk, from Asterabad to the Indus, had been consolidated into one vast confederation, of which Russia is at the Same time the soul and the base; that SUnnites and Antes ilave, for the first time, forgotten their secular animosities, in order to unite, in one common league againit the .Itlnglith :anti that Russia at length holds in her hands the keys' of Ilindostan. We are only , imperfectly informed as to the means which Russia has employed to arrive at her object, but we cannot doubt of the - resulti. Never truly, in our history, did Russia make so gigantic a step Owards India; never did she VaCe lair foot so' firmly amongst the slippery rocks and"shifting sands which sepa parked her from. her distant 'prey. There is something terrific in the march of this Power, which arrives thus without apt aring to move. And still, hoWever little es we may he disposed to 'sympathise with her, we cannot refuse her ,a certain' feeling of esteem,which is eier excited by the solution of a vast and complicated problem. .What will England do in presence of the danger which she feared the most she who threatened to scythe v►orld iri a blaze rather than suffer the' influence of Persia at Herat, or be cause an - obscure adventurer presented himself at CaUbpl,. under 'the. name of , Russia. Will she again pass the Indus to thin* herself .into the Khyber or polan passes? No; she will for a long time remain inert, because this ,task , is now beyond her strength. The.tide which carried her forward is on .the ebb . , These events, in .the: meantime, will have an ix - 1111 W:: diate effect on the destinies of the kingdom of Lahore. Strong in the •seoret assistance Of Russia, and free from all uneasiness as to his rear, DOST MOHAMMED and his son display: extraordinary activity in taking advantage - of the : disorganised state of.the Pun- - jaub - to recover the fragments detached : ,by Rufs ;TEET Snsa from the ancient empire of the Aff ghans. Two brothers of the DOST are . already on the spot, and although prisoners on parole —one at Peshawur, and the other at Lahore—they pos- sess immense influence.- There appears to be no doubt that AlAnomEn A 8.13 AR, Klux, who had arrived at Jellalabad, with 12,000 men and ten pieces of cannon, will reconquer, without striking a blow, all Peshawur, as far as Attok. We may, therefore, anti- cipaTe the approaching dissolution of the empire of the Sikhs, and its -triple dismemberment. Peshawur will return to the empire of Affghan ; Tiahore and the entire plain will become probably next• autumn, the prey of the. English ; Cashmere and the mountain will remain with Ilzaa. SINGEL and his family." The Constitutionnel states that M. Gutzor has pro tested, in The name of France, against the incorpora tion of "the" Texas with the United States. "This act," it adds, "does not surprise us as it is much more con formable to , the policy of England than of France." Thfse papers furnish no later accounts from Switzer ,land. 'On Sunday.; the Three per Cents, were done at 84f. 65c. THIS DAY'S NEWS. MARKET NEWS.-(TIIIS DAY.) Intair Siurrtimm).—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 120 to 31; Init ial ditto, 3/ 3s to Si 103; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to '3l 15s • Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 5/ 5 3; O a t Straw, 116 s to 11 as Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs per load. The best Meadow Hay sold steadily, at full prices ' . buf f otherwise, the dema n d was in a very sl u g g i s h s t ate , at barely late rates. CUMBEELAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15. to 3?; use ful ditto, 31 3s to 3110 s; fine Upland ditto, 31 128 to 3' 18s; Clover Hay, 41 to Si; Oat Straw, 1/ is to 11 9s; Wheat Straw, 119 s to 1/ 11s per load. Trade throughout dull, at the above quotations. WIIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31; useful ditto, '3l 3s to• 3/ - 10 s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 lOs to 3114 s ; Clove r H ay , 315 s to 518 s ; Oat Straw, 1/68 to 1/ 6s ; Wheat Straw, 118 s to 11 10s per load. S upp l y goo d an d trade very dull. Sl:GAlL—Holders o COLONIAL f British Plantation have since our last accepted lower prices, which has led to more activity, and about 500 hhds have found buyers 6d 10 is below the rates obtainable on Friday. week. The public sales have only of fered 135 casks Barbadoes - 960 bags Bengal,' and 1,327 b oxes Havannah. The Barbadoes sold readily at Tuesday's prices, viz., at GOs 6d to 66s 6d for mid to fine yellow. Nearly all the 13en, , al was disposed of at 61s 6d to 67s for fine yellow to • good white Benares, being rather 'dearer. The Ha- Vannah was all taken in at 25s Gd to 29s 6d fer low to good white, but of old importation ; subsequently, how ever, about 309 boxes of the better sorts have been sold at 295. The' only transaction worth. reporting prirately con sists of a.cargo of yellow Havanna!), containinr , 2,200 boxes, which have been so ld a fl oa t at 21 s 9d, deliverable at Venice. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the Last and West India Docks, was 1,289 hhds, 108 tierces, 272 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 415 hhds, 19 tierces, 53 barrels. The stock in the same places is 2,822 hhds, 403 tierces, 458 barrels. • COFFEE.--There has been very little doing. Rum.—The quantity landed last week; at the East and West India Docks, was 111 puns, 30 hhds; there were taken for home consumption 101 puns, 19 hhds, and exported 180 puns, 141 hhds. The - stock in the same places is 8,159 puns, 1,536 hhds. TEA.—The market is tolerably steady, and the deliveries are good. TALEow.L--P.Y.C. is 40s 3d to 40s 9d per cwt on the spot, and Town 425. MODE Y Alsip CumMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 3,000 bales at previous rates.—Shares were better. Birmingham and Gloucester Quarters were 22* ; Caledonian, 4; Eastern Counties, 11* ; Birmingham, 225 ; Brighton, 46* ; South- Western, 87 ; South-Eastern;37 • Paris and Lyons, 3* ; Trent Valley, 9 ; Paris and Orleans; 39g. We are again without arrivals to-day. A plan is on foot for establishing steam communication from Panama to Lima, thus completing the line on the western coast of South America as far as Valparaiso. The energy and experience of Mr. Wheelwright, who has already linked the first part of this substantial chain, is directed to the connection of the further portion ; and for the interests of commerce and civilisation it-is ardently to be desired may prove successful. In fact, we - believe there is very little doubt of this, as Mr. Wheelwright has addressed a letter to the merchants trading with South America, to inform them of the forwardness of his arrangements which will enable him to commence operations, it is hoped, early in the year 1845. Our commerce and influence have already been ad vantaged by the boon we have conferred upon Peru and Chili, but yet more importa n t resu l ts w i ll follow from the completion of the line, as there -will be a communication carried on across the Isthmus of Panama, both for goods and passengers, which can be conveyed to that part of South America by the West - India Royal Mail steamers. It is important also to remark that the route to Australia and Canton ' will also be ' reduted by' this new steam communication, as from England via Panama and Lima-to Sydney, will be•less than 13,000 miles, and to Can ton under 15,000 miles. As regards the latter, however, the overland mail would always exercise the pre-eminence: As upon a former occasion there appeared in another part of The ,Jun a very ample review of Mr. Wheelwright's pamphlet, and of his position towards the Pacific Steam Company, it is unnecessary further to comment upon that, and . we are glad to find by that gentleman's letter that he is •likely to make satisfactory arrangements for co-operating with his former allies. The Funds are to-day influenced but slightly by the set tlement of the Consol Account, although there is a tendency to a turn in favour of the buyers. There is a continuation of about * to Jelly. Consols - having been called 991 to * for Money, and 991 to for Account. There has been a money bargain at 99j. Exchequer Bills are 71s. to 735., and India Bonds 925. premium. = Bank Stock is firm at a further ad vance of -to 1 per tent., being ns ; and - East • India Stock has risen to 288 and 289. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 102* to 1. The Foreign Market has been dull again, and Spanish Bonds droop. The Five per Cents. are 23k; and the-Three per Cents. at 35* to *. Portuguese Converted Stock has been marked 46* to 1, and is dull ; Colombian Bonds are 14 to * ; Chilian, 103 ; and Brazilian, New, 771; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Centi. are:firm at, 61j. The Railway -Shares - are not very brisk. -South-Eastern and Brighton are rather lower; and Birmingham and South Western steady. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) , Bank Stock. 199 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .... 185(% 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities ...... ..... 994%36 334 per Cent. Annuities, 1818 10134 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3% per Cent. Annuitie5........... ..... Long - Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1865.... l2 7-111% India Stock ....... ............. 288 289 India Bonds,l,ooo.- ........... ..... Ditto under 1,000 92 Consols fer Account .... ......... Exchequer 'Bills, • I I%d. 1 %cf. ..«.».«. ........... .. ........ 71 pm. Ditto n Ditto Advertised........- FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ........... Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 Chilian Bonds,6 per Cent lO3 Columbian Bonds. - 14 1 4 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. • ••• Ditto Converted 41 3V4 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent llB4 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 Ditto for the Account Ditto Three per Cent. • • • Ditto for the Account . 3544 Dutch 2% per Cents „ 61% Dutch 5 per Cents, ..... ........ ..... 100 M. New Loan 1837; 5 per Cents...... 99C; PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY 'AT ONE. ' RAILWAYS. PAIR. PER SHARE. • , Birmingham and Gloucester"... 100 91 -... to Bristol and Gloucester • 30 46 ••—• to 46 Eastern Counties ..... 23 . .... 11 Ditto New Registered W. Ss. Pd. Ditto Perpetual 5 per sent l.3s 4d.... 0% - Edinburgh Glasgow ' 50 ' London and Birmingham. lOO 2'24 • Ditto New Thirds ..... ..... Dit 034 Sliares 2 21(4 to 27 London and Brighton .......:...»..' 50-: 46 London and South Western...... 41 1 X'.:«» 37 4. Ditto Eighths It% London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds 7O lO4 .. to North Bt MAI - South Eastern and Dover . 3 2% 36 %4 36 to 35% yi Ditto New Paris and Orleans 20 39% to 39 Parliand Rnuen 2O 38% • to - Rouen and Havre. - MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 2 7.—There iS no material change in our market to-day. Eastern Counties, Old, 111; Ditto,Perpetuals, No. 2,10 s. 6d. premium; Man chester and .Birmingham Quarters, 4i ; Huddersfield Ca nals, 211. ' ' •• ' CLOSING PRICES. • BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock per Cent. Red - i Ditto Bond s .?% per Cent. Re 1 ..... .... 101% . Ditto. New Annuities per New 3% Per Cent 102% EX, 'Bills, 1,000/. 1%d... 71 put New 5 per Cent. Ditto 500/ '7l pin. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small - 71 pm. ' Jan:lB6o L % - (Bank Stock for. Acct.... Oct. 1859 ..... - .., iConsols for Acct....—. 99% Jan. 1860 — Jlrolla Stock for Acct.... 2.9 ' FOREIGN .FONDS;, . .. Austrian, 5 per Cent ........ .... Portuguese, 5 per Cent . Belgian, h per Cent - Ditto, New Ditto — • Brazilian Bonds ....... ...... '.'. • 81% Pruasian, 5 per Cent ... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... —.. Russian, S per Cnt ... . . - tillian, l : per Cent .... ..... .... 10.1 Ditto, Metallic ..... . ....... Cllombian, oper ~ ent i)itto, 1824,. .. ......... : ... Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent.. ' Dittoi Deferre ' • 35% D -fish, 3 per tent . French, S f er Cent.......—t. ..: Greek, IS. 5,5 per Cent.... Exchange —f• —c. slexican„s per Cent .... ..... 3:.% French, 3 per Cent...,.,, —f —..e Ditto, 6 per Cent., iBl7. — Dutch; 2% per Cent 6114 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cwt.. —,' Ditto, 5 per Cent lOO% • -.— SHARES. Dublin and Cashel, 2% paid Edii-burgh and tilasgow, hii paid Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid ) Great North of England, NO plid • ' 99% Great Western (75 paid) - • 118 Ditto Half Shares (50. paid) ......... London And Birmingham (Stock) Ditto. New 1 hirde, 2 paid ~.„ 37 Ditto, Quarter Shara( 2 paid) Lon Jon and 'Brighton (50 paid) • ' 45% Ditto Loan Notes, :0 paid .................. " 11% London and Greenwich (1 I. t a. 4d. paid) 7% Londcai and South Western (1.1.,:fi5. 10d. paid) -i London and Croydorr.,, (Trunk) • Northern and Ea• ter). (45 paid) , ' 56 South Eastern and Dover (33 25.4 d paid) ; ..... 35% Ditto New Shares ( 4 paid) Trent Valley, ii vaid ll% Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) . .... York k n I North Midland (50 paid) • 1 a Ditto Half Shares. 2h paid . . 58 Rouen and Havre, 8 paid . .... ...., . 19 iLLOYD's - SHIPPING.-(TITIS DAN). • • LONDON, MA.Y 28.—Easterly strong breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, MAY 27.—Wind N.N.E. to N.E. by N., strong,_ Sid. Mary Catharine, Calcutta; Sir C. Forbes, Quebec. Oil , ' DOVER, MAY 27.—Charles Kerr, Arnold, Madras for London, slipped from her anchor in the Downslast night. PORTSMOUTH, MAT 27.—The Maria Dorothea, Peterson, from Fahriouth to Lingoumd, was towed into harbour this morning, having been totally disniastednby collision with the Chirde Harold, from Bombay to London,' off Beachey Head 25th inst. ; the master and six men of the former got on board the latter. -POOLE, MAY 25.—511 Ceres, Newfoundland. • SYrtosprEss, MAY 18 .—Slth.Undannted i Mirtanichi ; Tyne. mouth Castle,'Newfoundland. PLY'motrrir,• MAY 26.—The Eleanor,'Kewley, 'from" Lis bon to - Rio Grande, was spoken 27th March, lat. 11 S., lon. $1 W., had been to Porto Prays to restow her cargo, which had been done without loss or damage by the- Jamaica, off this port. Arrd. off, James Campbell, Pitcairn, China ; Philip Dean, Singapore. OFF SANDGATE, MAY 25.—Hortensia, Buenos Ayres, 'fOr Antwerp. OFs. FOIVET; MAY 24.—Laura, Ashton, Charleston, for . Petersburgh. NENTDAVEN, MAT 25.-Arrd. Rambler, Tynemontb, for Rochester, With damage, having been in contact with the Ardent, of Pwllheli. • EToiv MoNTEm.—liis Royal. Highness Prince Albert left the Paddington station of the Great Wes tern Railway at ten o'clock this morning,in the State carriage, 'an'd was conveyed liy a , special train to Slough. .From Slough .the rrince proeeeded in a Royal carriage and four to the residence of the Pro vost of Eton, to witness the proceedings of the: Eton Montem. Her Majesty did not leave town. His Royal Highness will return to, town this afternoon. ECLIPSE OF THE llooN.—On Friday night there will be a total eclipse of the moon visible at Green wich. First contact with the shadow at 9h.9 m. P.M., middle of the eclipse ' lob. 50m., and last contact with the. shadow: a1.)9M.4.14ATM.A. th 2 morning of * QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS V AY). (Sittings in Banco.) BARROW AND ANOTHER V. ARNAND. The plaintiffs it this case are merchants in Liverpool , the defendant is the collector of Customs in that portA. for , plaintiffs had imported a cargo of corn into Liverpool `l,/ h i e b ship David and John, from Spain. The new corn-law , / received the Royal assent on Friday, 29th April pr ec repealed the corn-law of 9 Geo. IV., and at the saroe, enacted that the duties to be levied on corn should be r;;;, upon the averages to be returned on each . Ti The John and David arrived in Liverpool during the tM days between the 29th April and the first Thursday afte r of passing of the Act, when the plaintiffs contended . jr ports were open, and no duties could be levied. T h do ll, lendant, however, contended that the corn was liable to refused to suffer it to be landed, except in bond, wheret mained for two months, and was then released on PsYw;_, of duty. The plaintiffs brought this action to re'' damages for loss sustained by this detention of the co o tho collector of Customs at Liverpool. As there was Iw bee ti pute as to the facts of the case, a special verdict bad 0 , taken, subject to the opinion of this Court, as to the 0135 tion to be put upon the'Act of Parliament. a The COURT, having heard Mr. Erie f o r the pl aintiff the Solicitor-General for the defendant, took time to e their judgment. MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY' ) O/ John Thomas, a very gentleman in appearance, we s „ te d 0 before Mr. Rawlinson, on a charge o f h av ing eomi n4 h lle indecent assault upon the person of Willi am Smith, tr o scribed himself as a valet, residi ng a t 19, Titchfield 4 Portland-place. -,•4 4 The circumstances of the case prove that there scoundrels who, undeterred by the fate of the low o of Stringer, levy contributions upon the timorous, by three preferring charges of an unnatural character against tilt"; bp Mr. RAWLINSON inquired the gentleman's address, to{ stated that he could not, while resting u nder the od i such a charge, think of giving it. d The prosecutor was not in attendance, and it had ascertained that he had given a false address at the "- house. be' James Joy, a park-constable, said, that on the even in ' 00 00 fore he had been told by the man Smith to take the pr. into custody for the offence as stated in the police she el 'oft Prisoner—Did I not also tell you to take him 0113° custody ? Witness—Yes, you did. l a O f Mr. RAWLEMSON—Why don't you tell all the trtit-; 0 Let me know all that passed. Witness—Yes, Sir. T . ,b di e prisoner said several times at the station-house he Wow the man in carge. WM. Wall h , inspector of the' park-constables, said also heard the prisoner give the other man in charges - t o was not taken. He had been to the address given bY . prosecutor, and had ascertained that he did not live tbere'--1 The prisoner said—l am quite innocent of this chatty Was walking in the inner circle of the Re gen t' s Parh, llll ,A, man Smith came up and entered into conversa tion winsii• After talking of one thing and another, lie said 0 01 " What will you give me?" I replied, "What do you 11/ are you miserable ?" He rejoined, "I am; and if rh' „ id io, not give me something, I will charge you with havit se to commit an unnatural offence." I refused him 111 ° 11 ' 1 ' he then called the constable and gave me into custody to pto Mr. RAWLINSON said that he could not, for a 1 11 , 1 ° think of detaining him, and he was therefore dischargt7 se The gentleman expressed his determination of traelm the miscreant, and bringing him to punishment. QUEEN—SQUARE.—(THIS DAY' An old man, apparently 60 years of age, named- 13 11s . tailor, carrying on business at No. 3, Queen-street, . diY was placed at the bar, before Mr. Bond, charged 0 "„fp gusting conduct towards a little girl, the daughter Fox, a painter and decorator. Mr. Fox, the defendant, who is a married man, and m ots ther of two young children, rented apartments in hi s 3, Queen. street, and carries on a lucrative trade. iP: b or formation which he received from his wife respecting p ole fendant s conduct towards his child, who is between And eight years of age, he was given into cuetody. , ro ar Ann Fox, a pretty intelligent little girl, was then 1 ' dt tee into Court, and having been questioned by Mr. s oll be $r Spesting truth and falsehood, of the nature of which 0 10 0 peared to be_ aware, she was sworn. From here ° O 4 O which is of course unfit for publication, it appeared thfloot, defendant was in the habit of presenting her with, d, meats, and had repeatedly taken the most indecent Li ,00, with her. After the lapse of some time she told her 111. jag Miss Mary Moy, a young woman about eighteen 3Zeir, age, deposed to hearing some conversation between fendant and the child, who innocently asked him I 'd IP' conduct was not wicked. She saw the defendant an child in the water-closet together. The defendant, in answer to the charge, entereddieoli":o3 rambling statement respecting the sweetmeats, and.o that he took any liberties of an improper nature W • child. of„Sci Mr. BOND asked the prosecutor if he was desirolis.-_, ing the case to the Sessions, as the punishment " o ' o Or law gave him power to inflict upon the defendant ed commensurate to the offence with which he was chti r g t , Mr. Fox said he would leave the case in his liana" with it as he thought proper. Mr. BOND repeated that he thought the case 01 1 0 to the Sessions. Y CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DA Y 'S Laurence Summers, a smith, was charged with 1 13v1 drunk and breaking five pa nes o f glass, at the %--t o , Horse public-house, the property of Mr. B. Higg s 4 l. landlord. It appeared from the evidence, that on the previewsd4ll;lse three o'clock the prisoner entered the bouse of the col ; f ant and called for drink, which, being in liquor, the9, e lo l ' to serve him with. A woman was making a noise at 1-m off, the landlord attempted to put her out ; the Pris" e j e ofe, fared, and was himself put out. He then went on t" , fl or d '„ site side of the way, and flung six brickbats at the five of which broke as many panes of glass. %. 0 0; ' Police-constable 189 G partly corroborated the a „ _ . ..„"" timony, and said the. art and Horse, which is in „L' iiraet,*was a quiet and respectable house. IJI Mr. BROUGHTON fined the prisoner 155., or a moat prisonment in the House of Correction. UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY' 77wmcis IFreblin, a well-dressed ma n , was ehargeu A # flth Wilfully breaking a pane of plate-glas s i n th e windoe r ° , Horse and Groom, i n th e W es t m i ns t er - roa d. b l a It appeared that, on the preceding day, the defend s v been down enjoying th e s p or t s o f G reenw i c h f a ir, an 00 1 return, he called at the Horse and Groom, and fft op e d e l squabble with some wom en wh o we r e a t th e bar. l'i",, e ot lord, anxious to preserve r egu l ari ty i n hi s house, r e :ld, the defendant to quit th e pl ace . H e , h owev er, ref° c ilter using very improper language, challenged to tight the la n co otl. who not being at all inclined to enter i n t o a pugilistieen with him, at length succeeded in the expulsion ofs? r°- X:, customer. The moment the defendant got outside Pgiejq' up a large-stone an d d as h e d it a t th e w i n d ow , deolo'..eir large plate pane of glass. He afterwards attempted to ;4 4 but was secured.- The defendant -denied the charge, but e vidence d N* been adduc e d of th e f ac t, h e was a dj u d ge d t o paY the and in default was locked up. with s tev— • Wm. Br o w n , a di m i nu ti ve b o y, was c h arge d In coals out of a barge on the Thames. E st( • o In the-course of th e examination it was state ,. A a, quantity of coals stolen from barges orfthe river, by g ro ss . 7 juvenile thieves, was incalculable. In the present Lk . tP,T o the prisoner was seen between three and four o'c 0 4 0 ", morning to walk out into the river nearly up to him filt in mud and water, and ascend a barge and coalmen co !,5 A bag, which h e h a d s l ung over his s houlder, ' , T o d NVllen lie bad finished his task he waded back ago , tit ( taken into custody. s 0 * Mr. ThAILL said there was little doubt such b/ d of .o r prisoner were encourag e d by th e i r p aren ts in acl - d rob , honesty, and-that they we r e co m p e ll e d t o go out Ali b y e t be punished. The prisoner, however, ha v i ng re f use d to tel lll hi t ere yoti l4 parents lived, and being k nown ' as a very incorrig l ' thief, he was committed for sivmonths. led tb° sr h e,s e -ntir , ial o ple i e d iro s utfit_ shall A th l n a i others-gin t T ge l osteflsiretvmshoaiai.egetr experimentalihtnye have arx) expense ed: d s ae e n t o e t ri i gt ow ; l eo., e ico l' er r ip pti f thei r - fref bilities -and etliciencY as men of war, which hn i , s p i r IV A qu, ntly been the case with vessels in trying t r„ - d- 011 : 1 of when, in order to get a-head-or to, vg":a fro' of !heir opponents, their guns have been reint forth' their breechings; and 5,- nt aft or below. In t )s' a coming trials between the Lpiegle, Alutine, prey, and Flying Fish, n o t a single gun will be e to be removed from its proper place.—Devu n l j°rt graph. ' CRUELTY OF MEHEMET ALI'S deb The notorious 1). fturdar had a den in his ga. r he tr", , which he kept alion. which became so tame Or about the grounds at liberty, and followed -11 ` 5 ; d, o rm like a dog. But before he was quite doinestiet"eotsl while yet in . confinement, one of the gardener s c ode ° , 'I was guilty of -some error, of which the so perin _ cr y complained to the. Defturdar. In no case dill° wi th w passing judgment, lie ordered the accused, 1,110 going into details, to be cast into the lion's de'P' o, boo; order was immediately complied with ; the lie ° se e! ever, treated the poor condemned wretch li ke s t otti m ; Daniel ;it net Only-did no harm, but, to the la s j e elf ment of the beholders, licked his hands. The e r d assistant' was not the animal's attendant, but bad sionally thrown some of his bread into the deo Lcp 130 ing. The noble.animal had not forgotten this l ot and spared his benefactor's life. Deft ° blee ° - . h t hearing this, was by no means pleased ; - 11 s thirsty aS ever, and without feeling the slighte.f_. s o elation for this act -of generosity, ordered the 1 1 ;1 0 " a uelo kept fast during the whole of the day, and the de er of ° i e . , ' to remain in confinement : thinking, in the avg lie 0 4 gratified- rage, to force the beast to become'cod Du i cutioner Of its benefactor. But even hu n g er overcome the magnanimity of the royal anis:g ro jo p tb oor gardener remained the whole day unb il o ted, den with the lion. In the evening he was lib e n t , ,ob did not long escape the vengeance of the yril; be meeting him one day in the garden, where aIA brushed up a heakot leaves, accosted him with -- bu t thou' art so bad that a lion will not eat thec a , be 01 1 , ;" thou hast made thine own grave." Ilere t W e a ot b , h e e: mended. him to' darry the dry leaves to an niret u teri, P:;„ to creep in himaelf. When this order was ex_e" .. o e` ¢4 tyrant had the leaves lighted, and th e poor T,'„ts'Avelf pired under the most horrid tortur es.ll' Kordofan. nairiGi• -• itn" ADELAIDE - HOTEL, dtet terday this excellent establishment was re-oP_e_r de org t hs dergoin the g most extensive impro v ements I v under auspices and management of Mr. 0 seut l` hifi grV ' other proprietors of the Bridge-house Hotel, occasion was celebrated by a magnificent nre'inutt were assembled a 'numerous company of gen s tion of sibly connected with the commerce and come__ sir City of London, under the presidency of AldeFrp t t ta ct o ,°. man Marshall, whose boa hononie and adTl.Tflo of duced in an eminent degree to the convivialitY__ceptio_Peot with the e' ment of the evening... All the toasts, stro ng er et P oje that of the Queen, were honoured sitting, nu a eon. h it S and example well worthy of general a l P °- Aiderly°' usual routine of loyal toasts," the wort . : ll ' , y fe diog! O oli o speech replete with great good sense and and succee? re-. posed the health of the host, Mr. Sottlaw, re tid o 1 00, Adelaide Hotel, to which tha t gentleinal,_"- r i . and E 1,0 e e s ior. ciprocal spirit. The health of t he Lord Awl th becolaingoos, • other toasts were given and received with nt we re gli t° siasm. The professional .vocalists, two y ou? • sr , Hobbs, Hawkins, Chapman, and Roe, with It not ayi!leic_vo , from the metropolitan cathedral, and It _ inde pean_ il oct much to remark that the musical treat !done!, these' oe all the rarities o , _fte g eei Lig s the banquet, which included at be '— the choiceot wines, vra.t . chap in -- dinner li'cßet: - iiiniet - acted as tqAMkow . " iJI capital voice. .... 4 r ei the