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This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National 3fusemn. 3fany thousand have inspected it, Mid THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated thst it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis • Won is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Duck. In 3 vols., post Bvo., MR. D'ISRAELI'S "CONINGSBY ; OR, THE NEW GENERATION," TWILL BE PUBLISHED IN TIIE COURSE OF THE PRESENT WEEK. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry C•lburn, Publisher, 13, Ur - at Marlborough-street. Now ready, In one handsome volume, Bvo., with Portraits, 15s. bound, T HE MILITARY ANNUAL, For 1844. By the Author of " The Artillerist's Manual," &c. " This work is a store-horse of treasure connected with the achieve ments of our military forces. It abounds in valuable information relative to all branches of the service, to the members of which we heartily recommend it. It holds out every prospect of becoming permanently beneficial, instnictive, and amusing, to the BrittAi Army."---L'ulted Service Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MAY 7, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled I,'ELISIR D'AMORE. Adina, Mad.►me Persiani ; Giannetta, Madame Rel. lini ; Nemorino, Sig. Corelli ; Belcore, Sig. F. Lablache; and Dr. Dulcamara, Sig. Lablache. To conclude with the Grand Ballet of ONDINE. Principal Characters by Mdlles. Cerito, Schafer, Plunket, Ferdi nand, Barvilte, and Frassi, and Me •,rs. Perrot, Montassu, and SLILeon. Applications for Flexes, St.dls, and Tickets to be rlade at the Box office, Oi era.cOannade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor FORNA<ARI has the honour to inform the Nobility, Sub. scriber' to the Opera. his Friends, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, May 9, whin will be performed Herold's Chef d'anivre, Z A M PA. Camilla, Madame Persian' ; Rita, Madame Bellini ; Zampa, Sig. nor Fornasari (his fir t appearance in this character) ; Alfonso, Signor Corelli ; Daniel Cipiizzi, Signor F. Lablache; and Dan dola, Signor Lablache his first appearance in this character). After which, the S,coud Act o NORM A, by Madame Grist, Mdlle. Favanti, Signor Lablache, an] Signor Mai io. To coneude with the Grand Ballot, in Six Tableaux, by M. Perrot, entitled ONDINE, ou, LA NAIADF, The Scenery by Mr. W Grieve. The music composed by Signor Pugni. Principal characters by Millie. Cerito, Mdlla. Seheffer, lUI e. Fer. dinand, Mdlle. Plunket, Millie. Barville, and Millie. Adelaide Frassi ; M. Perrot, M. Montassu, and %i. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to he made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Sven. The Opera will commence at Half.past Seven THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MAY, 7, there will be NO PERFORM ANCE, owing to the neceisity of a Night Rehearsal for the Ballet. TO-MORROW EVENING, MAY 3, Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W Harrison; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr. rotrani; Naiiina, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdl:e. Albert azi; Francesca, Miss Romer. To conclude with the revived Grand Fatty Ballet, entitled THE REVOLT OF THE HAREM Alahomet, Mr. Howell; Ismael, M. Silvain Myssouf, Mr. W. H. Payne, Zulma, Mdllc. Lucile Gratin; Zelika, Mdlle. Clara Webster ; The Genius of the Harem, Madame Giubilei. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. lid. ; Upper Circle; of Boxes 55.. ste:ond I ' rice Is.; Pit 3s, Second Price '2.3.; Sllddle Gallery 23., Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery le., Second Price ftd. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MIL BENJAMIN WERSTF,R, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MAY 7, Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Huinby. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE MILL. Marquis de Richeville, Mr. Charles Mathews; Francine, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a New, Origin il, Occasional, and Local Extra vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled'l HE DR A MA AT HOME; or, An Evening with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfled, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Lee. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN A SACK. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box ottice, from Ten till Five. rniNcEss.s THEATRE, OXFORILSTREET. LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 7, Will be performed LA SO NNA MBUL A. Amina, Miss Grant; Liza, Miss E. Honner ; Elvin- , Mr. Allen. After which, BOMBASTES FURIOSO. To coiclude with the tiran.l Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the May-day• Bride. Patrick, Mr. T. Hill; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert; Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Lcola, Mi Baftin. • THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LA l'E ENGLISH OtthatA. HOUSE Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. ( I Open Sesame; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves." continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and tishionable audiences. THIS EVENING, MAY 7, Will be repeated an Original Comic Drama, entit'ed THE THREE WIVES OF MADRID. Princi , a 1 Characters by Messrs Keeley, Diddear, F. Matthews, Emery, Wigan, Craven, Turner, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Kceley. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle. called POLK AM ANIA Characters I , y Mr. F. Matthews, Ifr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a Grand Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves. ha teeters by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miis Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Foxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is fkl. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony 'Fier (holding eight person s ), Two Guineas Priva'e Boxes on the Second Tier (ho sling eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Poxes on the Pit Fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Grand Attraction. THIS EVENING, MAY 7, will be repeated the Historical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR ; er, the Battle of Hastings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &c. Entire Change of the Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with the Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the H'ndoos of the Ruby Cliffs. 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 reconstruoted and decorate 4 with care and splendour. Acting and atage.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE THIS EVENTING MAY 7, Transcendent Success of Miss Barnes' Tragedy of " Octavia Bra- Wdi" —an entirely New Piece, and " Whitc friars" at half.price. ill be repeated a New Tragedy, entitled OCTAV IA BR A GALDI ; or, The Confession. Supported by the Entire Company, a id Miss Charlotte Barnes, from New York. After which, a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA. To conclu4e with an entirely New Drama embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled W HITEF RI A RS, In which the entire Company will perform. Faces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. once, from Eleven to Four. THEATRE ROYAI., ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH is getting mere end more mysterious. He nightly introduces new wonders. His Mymtic Temple is thronged with most brilliant audiences, who proclaim him to be the only legitimate Professor of Modern Magic, the very ne plus ultra" of Cabalistic Phenomena. He performs more v onders in one night, than all other Professors could accomplish in a month. The " Great Wizard of the North" has no rival, no equal in Europe or the world. He will be fouhd nightly " at Home," Plucking from his Mystic Caul dron NEW MAGICCOPICAL EXPERIMENTS of Natural Phi. Isophy bringing from any Gentleman's Hat a Feather Bed and the Gifts of Flora. Between the parts of the Wizard's Performances, Mr. SMITH will perform on his new instrument, the CRYSTALOPHION. Mr. PHILIPS, the Banjoist, will nightly appear. The THREE INFANT ARABS, Seven Nine, and Twelve years of Age, go through anew and original Performance. Dress Circle, 3.; Pit. ls. 6d.; Gallery, 6d. Reserved Seats, and Private Boxes can be secured at the Theatre, and of all the Agents. Second Price at Nine o'clock. Mori open at Half-past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, MAY 7. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 68 ; Noon, 66. BAROMETER, 29.n.—Wpm, N.E. Nom—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. Wall WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TICS D.Y. Morning ... '2 minutee after 5 I Evening ... 26 minutes after 5. (. off •VI bit., • L-Aitt* AEt -a11iC,:161.?,_ i3g4:SIIIIIELN't . 4 4Z , WZ, -17-7411.6" • , RT • 31 0 ROIT SECOND EDITION. b.„ tri L Mn LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1844. The House of Commons last night went into Com mittee on the Bank Charter Act, when Sir ROBERT PEEL made a very long speech on the Currency , question, and on the necessity of revising the privi leges granted to the Bank of England under the Whig Government in 1833. These privileges were granted for a period of twenty-one years, but only conditionally. The Government reserved to them selves the right of reconsidering the question, if, after a lapse of ten years, they gave notice to the Bank that alterations might be necessary. After mature deliberation, on looking at the state of the country, the present state of the currency, and other circum stances, the Cabinet had considere 1 it their duty to avail themselves of the opportunity, and pro poseif adopt e d b y the resolutions which, Legislature, would produce considerable changes. Th es e resolutions he would not require the H ouse to adopt till they had a full opportunity of weighi ng well their import; and he , therefore, did not ask for an immediate decision. The introductory part of his speech was not very inviting. It consisted of a very dry essay on the principle which constitutes the mea sure of value, and more particularly on what was meant by a pound sterling, and what was the engage ment to pay a pound ; and, after adverting to the dif ferent standards of value which had existed in this country, including silver and paper, he 'entreated the House, as gold had been the standard of value for a hundred years, with some exceptions, that they would not depart from that monetary system. He was op posed to the demand made by certain writers on cur rency, that country bankers should be allowed to issue paper. Country bankers had no control, and were utterly ignorant of the state of foreign exchanges. He was opposed, also, to a National Bank, and concurred with Lord ALTIIORP in his statements, when the charter was renewed in 1833, that the Bank of England was preferable to a Government Bank. Then came the important part of the Right Hon. Baronet's speech. He proposed that the Bank of England should continue in the possession of its present privileges, but that it should be divided into two distinct departments—the issue and the banking departments. To the issue depart ment he would transfer the whole amount of bullion in the Bank, and the issue of the Bank should take place upon two conditions only. The first was, that there should be a definite amount of security ; and the second, that the banking department should have no power to issue notes on deposit, and that the amount of issue should not exceed 14,000,000/. "I propose further," said he, "that there be frequent reviews of the accounts of the Bank—both of the banking and issue departments. Objections have been hitherto made to the publication of these accounts, but I confess I see no reason why these accounts should not be published, and I think publication of these accounts would be highly salutary. I propose that it be enacted by law that there shall be returns to the Government from the Bank weekly of the ac counts of the issue of notes ; of the amount of bullion; of the fluctuation of bullion ; of the deposits ; accounts of every banking transaction in the issue and banking departments of the Bank of England." With regard to country banks, he proposed that they should retain their existing privileges, but that they should not issue more than they had done within the last three years—that they should have the privilege of suing and being sued, and that they should be com pelled to select competent, efficient, and responsible directors. He proposed, also, to place the joint-stock banks in London on a similar footing with other banks, and give them the power to accept bills to any amount, and at any date. He -proposed, further, that, with regard to joint-stock banks, there should be a periodical publication of the names of all directors and partners, and that they should publish periodically the amount of their issue. No new joint-stock bank was to be established v ith out application to some Government department. He again reverted to the Bank of England, and pro posed that when the issue exceeded 14,000,0001., the profit should belong exclusively to the State, and the increased issue was not to be left to the Bank, but to three Members of the Government. The charter was to continue for the original time specified, namely, till 1855, with power to the Government, on giving notice one year previous, to make alterations at any time while the charter existed. With regard to Scotch and Irish banks now existing, he proposed no changes. These are the main principles of the Bill, and the Right Hon. Baronet, after adverting to what he had done in 1819, and stating the interest he took in establishing a secure currency, submitted them to the mature deliberation of the House and the country. In the house of Lords the Bill introduced by Lord CAMPBELL, entitled the English Debtors Bill on the Continent, went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. Lord CAMPBELL deserves credit for this measure. It will reach a number of those unprincipled men who have fled from their country in debt, and live like wealthy English fri.Ji abroad while their creditors cannot reach them. Lord WUARNCLIFFE laid on the table the report of the Committee which had been appointed to watch the building of the new Houses of Parliament. It appears from this report that Mr. BARRY has departed from the regulations laid down by the Committee, and his Lordship intimated that he would call the attention of the House to the subject on Thursday. Lord MONTEAGLE gave notice, that on Thursday he would move for a Select Committee to inquire into the effect of protecting duties on the commerce of the country. A discussion took place on a motion of the Mar quis of NORMANDY, relative to the appointment of Mr. 013 am( as a stipendiary magistrate, but it led to no result. The House adjourned at a Quarter to Nine o'clock. In the Commons, Mr. ROEBUCK presented a peti tion from Mr. BARNARD GREGORY, complaining that he was confined in a solitary cell, that he had no bed but a matrass on an iron frame, without sufficient co vering, and the only drink allowed to him was water gruel. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said Mr. GREGORY was not kept in solitary confinement; he was placed in a room of a superior kind, where there was a fire, and many other indulgences allowed, which would not be al lowed to prisoners of the same class ; and so far from his health being impaired by confinement, he was better than when he entered the prison. Under pre sent circumstances, he did not consider it expedient to make any alterations with regard to his treatment. Mr. ITORSMAN put a question to Sir JAMES GRAUAM relative to a statement which had appeared in some of the newspapers, to the effect that a soldier had committed an aggravated assault upon a woman in Westminster, and had been fined 10s. by Mr. JAR DINE, the magistrate, on the ground that the soldier was intoxicated. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he had made inquiry, and the magistrate had given an explanation which was satisfactory. Mr. JARDINE had never admitted in toxication as a plea for outrageous conduct, and on that occasion had distinctly stated that it could not weigh with him for one moment in adjudicating pu nishment. Mr. Hoasuam said he was perfectly satisfied with the explanation. A brief conversation took place relative to the mo tion of Mr. HUMS on the recal of Lord ELlANno uouGu, when it was understood that Mr. HUME'S motion would have precedence this evening. Sir ROBERT PEEL intimated that what he had to say on the subject would be very short. The House went into Committee on the Bank Charter Act, when Sir ROBERT PEEL moved a num ber of resolutions, which we have referred to in a se parate article. After a few observations by different Members the resolutions were laid on the table, and ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday se'nnight. The House then went into Committee on the Fac tories Bill, when all the clauses were gone through; the House resumed, and adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. A Correspondent in the Times, of this morning, makes some forcible and pertinent allusions to the shameful manner in which Trafalgar-square has been already disfigured, notwithstanding it is only a few days since it was thrown open to the public. " Already," he says, " this noble Square has been polluted by brutes in human shape; and dirty boys, besides, are suffered to disfigure the reservoirs, and fill them with orange peel, wood, filthy rags, and paper. Meanwhile, the police, whom we pay so well, are idly looking on, or engaged in the elegant employment of ogling the women." It is a remarkable fact, but one that has been ob served a hundred times, that wherever the police are most wanted, there they are sure never to be found. On almost every occasion of a street disturb ance, whether by day or night, it invariably happens that they make their appearance on the scene of ac tion just at the moment when order is restored, and their services may be dispensed with; while they may be seen idly lounging about in twos and threes, and ever ready at one's call, when there appears not the slightest chance of any demand being made on their interference. Where were they, let us ask, when the nuisances alluded to by the Times Correspondent were perpetrated in the most magnificent Square of which this, or perhaps any other, metropolis can boast ? Why were they not actively on the alert to repress ith a firm hand any attempt at a nuisance ? It might have been taken for granted that the throwing open of Trafalgar-square more especially when it is borne in mind that the opening of the Royal Academy Exhibition to the public took place nearly at the same time—would have attracted a vast and motley crowd, and for some mus tered strongly i n the neei days to com e a t l east, th g p h o bo te u e rhood. shouldTrhuaev,e there e were a few policemen about, scattered here and there among the mob —we saw one or two ourselves yes terday—but they must have paid very little attention to their duties, otherwise the reservoirs would never have been in the condition which our Contemporary's correspondent describes. We trust that the nuisances which he so justly de nounces will not be suffered to be repeated ; or, if repeated, that the offenders will be instantly taken up by the police, and summ arily dealt with accord ing to law. It is perfectly intolerable that in one of the greatest thoroughfares in London ; which is in the immediate neighbourhood of some of our most po pular public exhibitions ; and which is thronged every PORTUGAL. FALL OF ALMEIDA. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1844. hour in the day, nuisances should be perpetrated with impunity which, as the writer in the Times observes, are "an offence to common decency." The terrace in Trafalgar-square is one of the greatest ornaments of the metropolis, and should be thronged by re spectable people, for whom it forms a most agreeable, airy promenade at all hours of the day ; but if no pains are taken to keep it in a decent, orderly state, it will assuredly ere long be quite deserted by all but the lowest and most vagabond portion of the com munity, and instead of being the boast, it will be come the disgrace of London. We have received Madrid papers of the 29th ult., but they bring no political intelligence in addition to that conveyed by the telegraphic dispatch of the 2d inst. One of them contains a letter from Malaga, giving the following details of the expedition to Morocco. " The frigate-Christina arrived two dams ago, along with a sloop of war, and has just left for 'tangier, to demand satisfaction for the insult oared to our nation in the person of its representative. Probably this satisfaction will not be given. The Moors prepare for the struggle, and are al ready approaching the coast. Foreseeing this, the head of our naval force has made the proper preparations to carry such of the consuls and the Spaniards as may wish to quit Morocco into Spain. The expedition sailed to-day, the 24th, and yesterday an English ship left Gibraltar for Tangier, no doubt to watch "in case of an outbreak of hos tilities." Nearly all the Paris papers have articles on a mea sure which now excites general interest in France— the abolition of slavery in the French colonies. The subject, as we have already stated, was brought un der discussion in the Chamber of Deputies on Satur day, when M. GUIZOT made one of those impressive and common-sense speeches for which he is so re markable. The measure, he said, was taken up earnestly by the Government; slavery in due time should cease for ever in all the French colonies, and all the Government wanted to carry such a glorious purpose into effect was the support of the Legislature. The Chamber responded to the appeal by unanimous cheers. The subjoined is a brief outline of the speech : " No doubt or uncertainty ought to exist, either in France or in the colonies, at the conclusion of this discussion, as to the intentions of the King's Government. It nsust not be said, either in France or elsewhere, that it had drawn back in place of advancing. The Government decidedly wished to have the abolition take place. No person would, he thought, recommend that measure all at once, and no proposi tion of the kind would, he believed, be made in the Cham ber. What the Government demanded was to make certain preparations for the measure, both in the colonies and at home. Measures had been already taken to produce an amelioration in the condition of the slaves, and establish a better intercourse between them and their masters. It was true that some resistance had been experienced in the colo nies from the landowners, but how could it be expected that so considerable a step could be taken without some difficulty being experienced? But all difficulties would be surmounted by the Government, either by the authority it possessed, or by coming to the Chambers to ask for additional powers. The Government did not suppose that it was by doing no thing, or by waiting for the benefit of emancipation to ar rive by the will of Providence, that the great negro family was to be set free. That could be effected only by strenuous endeavours on the part of all. Much had been already done, and the Government felt convinced that if it were firmly sup ported by the Chambers, the abolition of negro slavery would be attained with better conditions than had been effected by England. It was an immense and grand result, the one obtained by that country. And yet faults had been committed. Nobody admired mo re th an t he the grandeur of resolution and excellence of result connected with the Eng lish measure ; but something better still could be dune. The French Government would profit by the experience of their neighbours, and attain the same object as they." _ . _ _ _ The Reforme seizes the opportunity of the change of Ministry in Spain to make an attack on M. GuizoT, and blames him for conferring the Legion of Honour on such a renegade as BRAVO. This is a most unfair mode of attack. The writer in the Rt'forme knows who is only responsible for that act, but has not the courage to lay the blame on the right shoulders. " The Spanish Ministry," it states, " has been over turned. BRAVO, a deserter from the ranks of the Radical party, has experienced the fate of all rene gades. Ile has been made use of to betray and per secute his former friends, and when, after accom plishing his task, his services as an informer and exe cutioner were no longer wanted, he was rejected with contempt by the Moderados, who could not suffer the presence of a traitor in their camp. It is to that man, nevertheless, who is an object of indignation to all parties in Spain, that M. GUIZOT has lately sent the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour !" The police have discovered another infernal ma chine, invented by a gentleman with a Polish name. The affair, which appears very ridiculous, is thus re lated in the Siecle " M. Leweski is the inventor of a machine to be moved by atmospheric pressure. His workshop is in the Avenue des Veuves, in the Champs Elysees. He was anxious to form a company to work out his invention, and for that purpose he was making the necessary experiments on board of a boat which he had purchased for that purpose, and which was moored at the Quai de Chaillot, near the Avenue des Veuves. While doing so, he was visited on the 26th of April by a com - missary of police and four officers, who inquired what he was doing, and M. Leweski, who was afraid that his secret would be discovered, told the commissary that he would not allow any one but himself to enter. A few minutes after M. Leweski was arrested and carried to prison ; seals were placed upon the machine, and his assistants were also arrested. The fol lowing day the assistants were liberated, but M. Leweski is still detained, and no communication is allowed with him. Some of his friends have made anxious inquiries as to his fate, but the only information they have been able to get ia, that he is detained on a charge of constructing an infernal machine." On Sunday the Three per Cents. were quoted at TORTONI'S at 84f. 55c. A Court of Directors was held at the East India House yesterday, when Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, K.C.8., was appointed unani mously Governor-General of India. ART-Umoss.----A deputation on the subject of the Art-Unions had a conference with Sir R. Peel this morning. THIS DAY'S NEWS. EXPRESS FROM. PARIS. NEW SPANISH MINISTRY. MADRID, MAY 4. General Narvaes, President of the Council, and Minister of War. (Sittings in Banco.) EX METE THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH'. The Marquis de Villama, Minister for Foreign Affairs. M. Mon, Minister of Finance. M. Vidal, Minister of the Interior. M. Mayans, Minister of Justice. And General Armero, Minister of Marine.—Times. Almeida surrendered on the 28th ult., at four o'clock. The officers and chiefs were permitted to retire into Spain ; the men were to depose arms, and to be held exempt from punishment. Our correspondent's letter is dated the Ist inst. The details of the whole sale sweeps of despotism which have been recently practised—of the transportation of newspaper editors, Deputies, members of the Opposition, and others ob noxious to the Portuguese Minister, deserves atten tion.—Chronicle. BANK OF ENGLAND.--(THIS I)AY.) A General Court of the Directors of the Governor and Com pany of the Bank of England was held this day, for the pur pose of taking into consideration certain special affairs re lating to the charter. Mr. Erle, the Queen's Counsel, was in attendance, for the first time since his appointment as Counsel for the Bank. The Governor and the Directors entered the Court at twelve o'clock, and the minutes of the last meeting having been read, The GOVERNOR said the Court had been specially sum moned, for the purpose of laying before the Coup of Pro. prietors the communications they had received from her Alajesty's Government, in reference to their' charter. Before, however, he proceeded to read those communications, and the answers which the Cout t of Directors bad thought it right to give to those communications from the Government, it would be but right on his part to state to the Court why the Dine. tors had deviated: rom the course they had adopted upon the last renewal of the charter, inasmuch as the Proprietors ought to be satisfied and assured that there was every de sire on the part of that House to communicate with the Pro prietors, and to show that they had not been unmindful of their interests.—(Hear, hear.) On the last revival of the charter the Proprietors were called together on the day of the announcement in Parliament, but, as in the present in stance the measure to be proposed to the Go vernment had reference not only to that House, but to the general banking of the country, the Court of Directors had thought that it would not be right to call the Proprietors together before the announcement to Parlia ment was made, because the Directors could only have given a portion of the facts, and they could not have stated what the intentions of the Government were as to the other great banking interests of the country. These were the reasons why the Court of Directors deviated from the course adopted in 11535. The Proprietors had expressed a wish at the last Court that he (the Governor) should continue to hold that honourable office in that House; his colleagues bad recom mended him to the choice of the Proprietors, and in continuing to hold that office he felt that he was placing himself in a situation of great difficulty, but at the same time he thought that the pursual of a straightforward course was the right one, and that he should best fulfil his duty to the Proprietors by pursuing it.—(Bear, hear.) He would not detain them longer by any o b servat i ons of his, but would read the first communication the Court of Directors bad received from the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the renewal of the Bank charter. It was dated the 26th of April, 1844, and was signed Henry Gouiborn. The Governor then proceeded to read the letter, which was to the following effect—it was addressed to the Mr. FIELDER considered the terms Proposed by the Go vernment most harsh and unfair. There were stringent re gulations for the Bank, but none for the Government or the private banks. They were to be limited as to their profits, but not as to their losses. It should be remembered that they had met with losses heretofore ; that they had come forward to assist Government frequently, and frequently at a loss. They had come forward in 1835, and by an immense advance had saved the country, and now, because the Go vernment had managed by imposing an income-tax in peace to raise the funds to par, they turned round upon the Bank and threatened to crush them if they did not accede to the terms. The Government had not acted in the fair, open, and candid manner in which they ought to have acted. Ile hoped that some alteration would be made in the plan before it was acted on. Mr. WILLIAMSON asked if it was understood that the 120,0001., and the 60,0001., was the outside of what was to be paid to the Government? The GOVERNOR stated that it was. Mr WEEDING adverted to the course taken by the Board of Directors, when the Bank charter was renewed in 1833; the papers were then printed and distributed among the Pro prietor, and time allowed for their consideration. lie recom mended that the same course should be pursued on the present occasion. There was one thing that he should wish to see introduced into their charter—that was, an alteration Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England : in their mode of election, particularly with respect to the elec- r " As under the provisions of the 3d and 4th of William IV., ' tion of the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman. The present chap. 98, the Ist of August is the day after which it is com- mode was one of nomination, which he thought was not re potent for the House of Commons to give notice to the spectful either to the Directors or the Proprietors. Bank of the determination of their exclusive privileges, her The GOVERNOR said, that when he read the resolution, Majesty's Government think it advisable to come to same he stated that it would be submitted to the Court in understanding with the Bank as to its connection with the due time. Neither himself nor the Board of Directors Government. In submitting to you the views of the Govern- had the slightest objection to postpone the discussion. lie ment, I would premise that the main object of the Govern- would state that measures would be taken to have the papers ment, in any new renewal of the charter of the Bank, is one printed and in the possession of the Proprietors to-morrow. that the Bank can be scarcely less interested in than the All he begged was that they would consider calmly and de- Government, namely, that of placing the monetary liberately the proposal contained in them. If the proposals system of the country on a sound foundation. , were sound, they would bear consideration. It appeared highly desirable that any arrangement I After a short discussion, in which some further explanation , that might be made should be founded on the basis of entire I of the plan was given, separation of the business of issuing notes from that of bank- I Mr. LEVY said, that though they might talk of being ing ; that might be obtained by some public department 1. hardly dealt with, yet they should remember that they still being established for the issue of notes, independent of the were to have 3 per cent. for eleven millions of money. That Bank ; but her Majesty's Government are willing to con- was a great boon, and ought to be borne in mind by them. sider whether this might not be effected by dividing the busi- Mr. BLACKWELL, after several attempts to speak, stated ness of the Bank. The first question for the Bank to consider that they had at present but very imperfect information on is, how far they would be willing to undertake this duty, the subject, and he advised a delay, for the purpose of consi how far they would be disposed to administer the functions deration. of issue. It is desirable that the Bank should have the A lettoridaTott asked whether, if the Government was to lower of issuing a certain amount of notes, and that all other have the profit on the circulation of notes above notes should be issued either in exchange for bullion, or 14,000,000 i., it had provided for the expenses of that issue? upon securities that would admit of ready convertibility, and The GOVERNOR said that the profits the Government was not to exceed the amount fixed except under the approval to take were the net profits. of the Government. It was proposed from henceforth to Mr. SALAMON wished to know if the 120,0001. and the prohibit the establishment of any new bank of issue, to re- 60.000/. to be paid under the new arrangement were the same strict the issue of their own notes to those banks at present amount as paid at present? exercising that privilege, and to limit the issue of those The GOVElLNOR—Precisely the same. banks to the amount of notes issued by them on the average Mr. Sareassos—Has the Bank any power to increase its in a given preceding period; and in the event of their failure issues beyond the fourteen millions? of liquidation to prohibit, under any circumstances, the re- The GOVERNOR — It has the power, with the consent of the sumption of their own circulation. The void created by the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, withdrawal of any existing private or joint-stock bank from and the Master of the Mint. circulation, either voluntary or under the circumstances al- Mr. CLARK); said that the questions which had just been lulled to, should be supplied, if necessary, by the put convinced him of the propriety of adjourning the discus substitution of notes of the Bank of England ; and sion, in order to give the Proprietors an opportunity of care in such a case the Bank, acting in concert with fully perusing the correspondence. the Government, should be authorised to make After a few words from Mr. FIELDER, the debate was ad a proportionate increase in the amount of those securities journed to Monday next at Eleven for Twelve. which constitute the foundation of the issue of paper—the It was announced that the printed papers, consisting of the whole nett profit derived from that additional issue would be correspondence between the Directors and the Chancellor of carried to the account of the Government.—(Hear.) It was the Exchequer, and of the resolutions proposed by Sir B. Peel intended that a weekly publication should take place of the to the House of Commons last evening, would be ready to.. state both of the issue and of the banking department of the morrow morning in the Bank Stock Office. Batik ; and it would be required that each private bank and joint-stock bank issuing their own notes should make once a week a publication of the amount of their notes in circula tion. .Bader such an arrangement, it was obvious the Bank would not merely retain its existing privileges of having no bank of more than six partners issuing notes within a circle of sixty-five miles of London, but it would be secured against competition from any new bank, even with less than six partners, and although any profit derived from any increased issue would be placed henceforth to the account of the Government, and the Bank would not derive any immediate pecuniary advantage from it, yet the ex tension of business and circulation consequent on that further , extension, must be to the Bank &source of no inconsiderable benefit. It was not proposed to continue the prohibition now in force as to the drawing, accepting, or paying of bills, within the 65 miles circle round London. Should any ar rangement on this principle meet the views of the Bank, the points retraining for consideration would be the period for which the Bank charter should be renewed, and the amount of the payments which ought to be made by the Bank to the public during the period of its continuance. The Govern ment considered it advisable that the charter should be granted for ten years from the Ist of August, 1845, determinable at any period within that time upon a notice of twelve months; but until such notice be given to continue in force. The amount of payments to be made to the public by the Bank would depend upon the consideration of the benefits secured by this arrangement to the bank ing department of the Bank, and in proportion to the profits of issue which the public were entitled to claim. The Bank should retain the management of the public debt, and the advantage of the Government deposits, and the balance of the several public accounts at the Bank. It must, however, be distinctly understood that the Government retained the entire discretion as to the amount of such deposits to be made in the Bank With reference to the profits of the circulation department, supposing the amount of securities to be fourteen millions, the profit would be the difference between the interest received on those se curities and the expense required for managing the issue of notes, and treating the accounts connected with them, and the receipts and credit of the bullion which must from time to time come into the hands of that depart ment. Assuming three per cent. as the rate of in terest, the gross profit of the circulation depai tment would be 420,000/. It had been stated by the Bark, in a paper pre sented to the Committee on the Bank charter in 1832, that the expense of the circulation was at that time 106,000/. It would be desirable that the items constituting this aggregate sum should be separately considered with a view to ascer taining whether, without dimin'shing the advantages now secured to the public, a reduction might not be effected in the amount. He would assume 100,000/. as the expense, and that would leave 320,000/. as the profit of the circulation de partment, from which should be deducted 60,0001., the amount of stamp duty paid on the notes of the Bank of England, and also whatever sum the Bank allowed to other banks which substituted Bank of England notes for their own paper. He would take that amount at 20,000/. The nett property therefore which the public would have a right to share would be 240,0001., or if it were more desirable to re move the stamp duty on the notes of the Bank, it would be 300,000/. In this arrangement he did not put out of view the claim of the Bank for remuneration for the management of the circulation. It appeared to him that the real interests of the Bank would be promoted by the proposed arrangement. It proposed to leave the management of the circulation in the hands of the Bank, which would continue the confidence of the public in it, and would be calculated to increase the control of the Bank over the paper and currency of the country. and would secure it from the expenses'and danger to which it was hitherto exposed. The Deputy-Governor then read the reply of the Directors, dated the 30th of April, 1844, and addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. After acknowledging the receipt of his letter, they stated that they were desirous of an early settlement of the currency question, and were disposed to consider favourably any measure of her Majesty's Ministers which would place the circulation of the country on a sound footing. They had no objection to the separation of the issue and banking departments, and thought that such a separa tion could be effected without difficulty. They had no difference with regard to the principle of the in tended measure. The Bank had no pecuniary interest in the general adoption of their notes. When, m 1835, they agreed to pay the public 120,000/., advantages were held out to the Bank from the extension of the circulation of their notes, but those advantages had never been realised. With regard to the weekly publication of the amount of issues, there was no objection on the part of the Bark to accede to such an arrangement. With regard to the renewal of the charter from the Ist of August for ten years, it was proposed that the charter should terminate upon twelve mo n th s no tice being given. They would propose that, if such notice was not given at the end of ten years, the charter should continue for ten additional years. This would give the Bank increased re curity, and it would put an end to the annual discussionswhich were held on the subject. With regard to the advantages which the Bank derived from having the deposits, the benefit was diminished in consequence of the risk of forgeries.— (Hear.) The benefits which the Bank derived were also diminished from the expenses and risk they incurred in col lecting the ordinary revenue. In 1843 the clerks of the Bank' travelled over 75,090 miles, and carried with them 9,049,000/. The Bank incurred all the expense and risk of this—(Hear) —they therefore thought that some abatement of the 120,0001. paid to the public might be reasonably expected. The Governor thought it necessary to explain that there was a mistake as to the expense of issues. Instead of 113,0001. it was found to be 117,000/., as the branch batik at Leicester was not included.—(Hear.) He had next to request the attention of the Court to a letter addressed to the Directors on May 2, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The letter acknowledged the receipt of the reply of the Directors to his former letter of April 30. and expressed the satis faction of her Majesty's Government to know that on the part of the Bank there was a general concurrence in the principles which in that letter he (the Chancellor of the Ex chequer) had laid down. It was satisfactory to the Government that although the Bank Directors doubted the utility of a weekly publication of the accounts of - the Bank, yet they made no objection to it. ller Majesty's Government were of opinion that such publi cation would be useful, by giving satisfaction to the public and increasing the confidence in the stability and good ma nagement of the establishment. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) agreed with the Directors, that the removal of the existing prohibition of issuing bills within the sixty-five miles circle round London might lead to the introduction of new paper, and be liable to abuse. He did not think, however, that it was necessary now to make an attempt to limit the amount of bills to be issued, and the times of payment; but considered it preferable to leave with the Government the power of calling on the Legislature to interfere, if any abuse should arise. The Chancellor of the Exchequer thought also that it was better that the new arrangement should be made terminable at the end of ten years, then that it should be extended to twenty years. Indeed, he believed that it would be more conducive to the perma nence of the arrangement, as there would be a greater likeli hood of calls for a change- in the course of the period, if it were fixed at twenty years. Her Majesty's Government pro posed to accept of 60,000/. in lieu of the stamp duty, which would make the whole amount paid by the Bank to the public, in return for its privileges, 180,000/. The answer of the Court of Directors to the last communi cation was then read. It was dated the 3d of May, and, after acknowledging the receipt of the letter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the 2d May, the Directors, in their answer, stated that, although they were of opinion that some abate ment in the payment of the 180,0001. might reasonably have been expected, they had resolved,: however, under all the circumstances, to recommend the Court of ? Proprietors to accede to the propositions of the Government. The GOVERNOR had now read the whole of the correspond ence with the Government on the subject of the renewal of the charter„ and at the proper time it would be his duty to submit to the Court a resolution similar to that one which had been submitted to the Court on a similar occasion in the year 1833, viz., that the Court of Directors having taken the subject into their serious consideration, do recommend the Court of Proprietors to accede to the proposal of her Majesty's Government for the renewal of the charter, and for providingthe general regulations referred to in the letters of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as soon as they should be proposed to Parliament to be adopted. He had now put them in full possession of all the pro osals which her Ma jesty's Ministers had made on the subject, and as they had been submitted to Parliament, the time was come for taking ' the opinion of the Court of Directors on the subject. In answer to some questions, the CHAIRMAN stated that the payment of stamp duty would remain nearly as it did at present; that any advantage to be derived from the prospec tive substitution of Bank of England notes for those of other banks of issue, would be derived solely from the fact that the circulation would be on a sounder footing, and that they would be less embarrassed in the keeping of the banking accounts. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY). It being known that a criminal information was this day to be moved for against Mr. Humfrey, barrister, on the part of the Duke of Marlborough, for certain alleged calumnious statements made by that gentleman when a candidate at the last election for the borough of 'Woodstock, the Court on its opening was immediately crowded to excess. The counsel retained for the noble plaintiff were the Solicitor-General, Mr. Erle, Q.C., Mr. Fitzioy Kelly, Q.C., and Mr. Robinson. Mr. Humfrey was in Court in professional costume, and near to the seat usually occupied by him. Precisely at, ten o'clock the Learned Judges took their seat, when, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL rose, and said he had been instructed to apply to the Court for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not he filed against Lebbius Charles Humfrey, Esq., barrister-at law, upon the complaint of his Grace the Duke of Marl borough. He was sure he need not say that it was with very considerable pain he rose to perform such a duty towards e gentleman whom he had known for many years, and for whom he entertained the greatest respect, it was with the deepest pain he had found that gentleman so far forgetting himseli as to make his conduct amenable to the jurisdiction of theh Lordships on the bench. The occasion out of which the pre sent complaint arose, and the circumstances under which the sti,tements of which he complained were made, were such as not only to justify but imperatively to demand their Lord ship's interposition. On the 22d of last month an election took place in the borough of Woodstock. That election was in the immediate neighbourhood of the Duke of Marlborough': residence at 131. nheim. His Grace was Lord-Lieutenant of the county and a magistrate for the division within which the borough of Woodstock is situated. Fo, many years his Grace had been actively engage, in the magisterial duties within that division, and th, statements which had been made by Mr. Humfrey were directed against him in his magisterial capacity, in the very centre of the division where he exercised those imblii• functions, before those over whom his magisterial jurisdiction extended, and at a moment when it was not at all unlikely it might have been called into action, and under circumstance. not improbably calculated to excite disturbance. At such time—a time of election, which was always a time of excite ment—when his Grace's interference as a magistrate might have been called for, this attack had been made—al attack calculated to destroy his efficiency, unless their Lord ships should interpose on the present occasion for his protec tion. There was, on the occasion alluded to, something peculiar in the position of Mr. Humfrey. He went down to the borough of Woodstock, not for the purpose of can vassing the electors—not for the purpose of engaging h. any contest for the representation of the borough, for he had declared all idea of a contest to be utterly hope less • and if he had ever had such an intent, he had wholly abandoned it—and all therefore that he went to the borough for was for the purpose of being the instrument—he (the Solicitor General) must be permitted to hope the un conscious instrument—of the malice and falsehood of many individuals in that neighbourhood. He (the Solicitor- General) thought the best mode of discharging his duty upon that occasion would be by reading to their Lordships various statements which were made by his Learned Friend on the occasion in question, and then directing their attention te those portions of the affidavits which gave a direct and dis tinct answer to charges which he must say his Learned Friend had assuredly been instructed to make. And he was perfectly certain when his Learned Friend heard the real state of the facts and circumstances, he would regret a> deeply, if not more deeply than any one, that he should have tt usted to representations made to him, and that he should sd incautiously and unguardedly have listened to the persons in whose hands he was placed, and not have exercised the ordi nary caution and discretion in judging of the motives which instigated them in making such statements to him. The speech of his Learned Friend on the occasion alluded to was one of very great force and vehemence. It contained a variety of vague and general charges, and in sinuations which it was utterly impossible for the Duke to meet, but amongst them were some specific statements and details, which his Grace had met in a manner the most dis tinct and emr hatic. In order that their Lordships might appreciate the character of the statements which his friend had made, he (the Solicitor-General) would read portions those general charges, which it was impossible to refute, but which gave the tone and temper to the whole series of calumnies. His friend said ;—" I assure You, gentlemen, that I will state nothing harshly, but, after the most industrious personal inquiry, I am bound to say that I believe there neve - • was, in the history of this country, a borough so neglected— (Hear, hear)—a tyranny so oppressive —(Hear, hear)—a borough in which the poor were so utterly forgotten—the sick and destitute so unrelieved—(Hear, hear)—whilst the Duke of Marlborough, living at Blenheim, enjoys all the honour of his princely rank, all the wealth of his high station, without doing the slightest good to a borough 01 which he claims to be the owner and patron ;" and thei he proceeded with an arraignment of the Duke's conduct it' many particulars, with a series of charges distinctly made. Now, the first case that he (the Solicitor-General) shoule. refer to, would be that in which the Duke's character and conduct, as a magistrate, had been inculpated, and then Lordships would be good enough to recollect the particular occasion on which it occurred—one on which his Grace's cha racter, as a magistrate, had been directly and distinctly ar raigned. His friend said, " there is a man named Harris— (Hear, hear)—aye, and that name of Harris is a name whiel, if it does not haunt the Duke upon his dying-bed, lie i more hard-hearted even than you represent him. Harri was a respectable man, but poor. He held a cottage uncle, the Duke, and he kept a poor old horse. One day he ha( taken the horse to water to a pond in your town. He hat . no right to go to the pond, and the Duke's hayward, Timothy Slingo, going . by, seized the horse to take him to the pound ; Harris gave the horse a cut with his whip, and it broke from Slingo, and ran back to the stable. Harris was summoned for pound breach. He was fined Is. and the costs, which amounted to 19s. 6d. He could not pay, and he was sent to gaol. Whilst he was in gaol his creditor> came upon him, his goods were taken in execution, and when he came out of gaol he was a ruined man. At this moment he is working on your roads.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," and a voice. " It's all true.") But this is not all. This mai, was first of all taken before two magistrates, who at first re fused to convict him. (Here was a cry of " Here he is," and the man Harris, amid a scene of intense excitement, was ele vated upon the shoulders of the people at the lower end of the room.) Mr. Humfrey resumed—Two magistrates re fused to convict hint. The Duke, a fit judge in his own cause, uas sitting in front of his dog kennel, ith a glass of ale in his band, when the man was brought before him, and he himself caused him to be committed to gaol." Now he (Mr. Thesiger) was in a condition to prove to their Lordships, that from the beginning to the end of that statement there was not one particle of truth. In the first place, Harris at the time was not a tenant of the Duke of Marlborough's. And it was not the least remarkable circumstance attendant on this charge that, not before he was convicted, but ten months after that period, he became; at his own request, a tenant of that very man who had thus been so wickedly and wantonly denounced as a tyrant. Slingo was not the Duke's hayward. He was appointed 'under the General Highways Act, by Mr. Webb, the surveyor of the highways, and his appointment was sanctioned, as it required to be, by two magistrates, the Duke of Marlborough having neither directly nor indirectly any part whatever in the affair. He had no knowledge whatever of that appointment ; and it was utterly untrue that any magistrates refused to convict Harris. The fact was, Harris was taken before Mr. Cox, a magistrate of the division, by the hay - ward. The charge was made against him, the evidence heard—the examination of witnesses was taken down, but inasmuch as, under the Highway Act, on e magistrate could not convict, Mr. Cox adjourned the case to the next petty sessions for the division. This was, he be lieved, on the sth of May— Lord DENDIAN—In what year? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL...4R the year 1841. When the sth of May arrived, it so happened that Mr. Cox did not at tend the petty sessions, and the matter was consequently adjourned until the 12th. Upon that occasion there were not two magistrates present, and ultimately it was arranged to have a hearing at the petty sessions on the 2d of June. Now on that day, the 2d of June, the Oxford Agricultural Society usually met at Blenheim, and it was arranged shat the meeting should take place at a farm-house called " The Kennel Farm," and it was strange to observe on what a slen der foundation of truth all this falsehood had been raised. The place of meeting, as he had said, was called " The Ken nel Farm," but there was no dog kennel within a dis tance of a mile of it. In consequence of the ma gistrates attending petty sessions being likely to at tend the agricultural meeting, it was arranged by Mr. Holloway, the clerk to the magistrates, that instead of meeting at his own house, as they usually did, for the holding of petty sessions, they should meet at the farm called the Kennel Farm. Accordingly, on that day, the Duke, who always attended petty sessions, and who, he believed, acted as chairman, together with two other magis trates, Mr. Murrell and Mr. Leonard Pickering, assembled at this farm-house for the purpose of holding a petty session. Harris's case was called on, the examinations previously taken before Mr. Cox were read over, and, not satisfied with that, the witnesses, both for and against Harris, were called in and subjected to examination again. Mr. North, the Town Clerk, who was very prominent in promot ing these attacks on the hustings, and from whom, no doubt, his Learned Friend had derived his information, at tended as attorney for Harris. The case was thoroughly in vestigated—the magistrates deliberated, and decided that Harris had been guilty of rescuing a horse which had been taken by the hayward for the purpose of being pounded. The Duke inquired the amount of coots, which were stated to be 12s. 6d., which, with the expense of serving the summons, and other miner details, would make them in the whole 155., upon which, at the suggestion of the Duke himself, the fine was mitigated to Is. Harris was called into the room, and was told he was fined one shilling penalty and the costs, on which he said they might send him to a thousand gaols but the money never should be paid. The magistrates remonstrated with him, and pointed out the folly of his con duct. They also told him they would not proceed against him for a fortnight, in order that he might be able to get the money; but they of course also told him that if he persisted in refusing to pay the fine what the consequence would be- , On the 16th of June four magistrates assembled in animated now Sir Robert Peel's plans are fully develop_eia; petty sessions, amongst whom was Mr. Cox, who and prices have had an upward tendency, though this I had originally beard the complaint. Harris being induced a few sales, and p a partial re-action is th e result, asked to pay his fine positively refused to do so, and in ' Consols for immediate transfer have been 99* to* it; and consequence was sent to prison fur tburteen days—unless time the same. within that period he should discharge the amount—his The Commissioners have given 991 for their stock. __EX - Grace, the Duke of Marlborough signing the commitment, chequer Bills have realised 755. to 775., and India Bonds9,its; along with the other magistrates assembled. After stating ' premium. Bank Stock is at the advance, to 196 an d thesefacts, he (the Solicitor-General) would ask their Lord- India Stock to 287 and 288 . The New 1 firec-and-a-1 1 J o ! ships whether it was possible to conceive a qatement so per Cents. have been at 102* to and the Th re e per Cot utterly unfounded, and so grossly malicious—so calculated to at 98i to b. arraign the conduct.of the Duke in his magisterial capacit, - Nrry little has been done in the Foreign Securiitifeose. and to impair his efficiency in the discharge of those ins- , Spanish are steadier, at 23* * for the Actives, and 3:31; portant functions with which he was invested? , the Deferred. The new Ministry seems to be approve_d tc j i His Learned Friend, Mr. Erle, suggested to him to I Mexican have been 35i to and Colombian 141. V I touch upon the minor charges as to the drinking 1 Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 100* to i. In of the ale and other matters, but they were so perfectly in- I The- report circulated yesterday, that the IV est -&" significant that it was hardly worth while to occupy the I steamer had been telegraphed,. is incorrect. time of the Court with them. In fact, from beginning to I A moderate business is doing in Shares, and gener all yl end, with the solitary exception of the magistrates' meeting steady prices. South Eastern Scrip, Great Western , and ' 4 at the "Kennel Kennel Farm House," there was not a single word or two others are rather buoyant. of truth in the statements which had been made. And now BRITISH FUNDS HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLO CK. lie would ask their Lordships whether it was to be endured (From the Official List) that at such a crisis, when disturbance was likely to arise and an appeal to the passions of the people about to take place, that charges such as these were to be brought against au in dividual in his magisterial capacity, and whether, being made, the Court would hesitate for one moment in exercising its summary power of giving instant protection to one thus assailed. He would now proceed to another charge which, if no answer was made to it, would make a very serious im pression upon the public mind, but which was as false as all the other charges his friend had been instructed to make. In another part of his friend's address to the electors of Wood stock, he said—" There's a man standing there—Castle.— (Hear, hear.) He made a coffin for the remains of the late Duke of Marlborough, and has not been paid for it to this day. The Duke will not pay him, because he said he did not order it.—(Hear, hear.) Whv, what do you think of prosperity to the trade of Woodstock' after this? Mr. Whateley—You have been misinformed upon this point, Mr. Humfrey. Mr. Castle—lt's all true. Mr. Humfrey—The question is, is Castle paid ? (Castle 'No.') The Duke is buried in Castle's coffin. Castle has applied to his son to pay for making it, and the son has not paid.—(Hear, hear.) This, I think, is a climax." Now, what were the real circumstances ofthis case ? The late Duke of Marl borough left a person of the name of Glover, his residuary le gatee and executrix. She had given orders for the funeral, and, amongst those orders, one to Castle for the coffin, when the present Duke arrived at Blenheim; and requested to have the sole superintendence of the obsequies of his parent. It was conceded, and all the expenses, under the direction of those who had been employed by him, had been paid. The whole amount was between 4001. and 5001., and this had been fully paid. It is true the Duke had not paid Castle, and the reason was, that his charge was a fraudulent and an unjust one. Castle had charged for the material for making the coffin, which material had actually been supplied from the timber stores at Blenheim. The Duke expressed his determination to pay for the labour and the workmanship, but he refused, and properly refused, to pay for that which Castle had no right to - charge, and then this was made the ground of one of the most serious charges of dishonesty, and of an attempt to defraud. Now, he (Mr. Thesiger) would go to another charge. Mr. Humfrey, in the course of his address, said— " Gentlemen, I will tell you a tale about the park, which will give you another example of the petty tyranny of the house of Marlborough. There was, a short time ago, in this town, a Mr. Jardine, a respectable tradesman. You all knew him. His wife was slowly recovering from a serious illness - after her confinement. One day Mr. Jardine took her out into the park in a garden chair. She was very ill, and com plained of being shaken by being drawn over the gravel. Her husband drew her on the grass. He was seen, and summoned. A fine of one farthing was intlicteel, and the costs were I don't know what. Good God Almighty ! if there is any justice in heaven or on earth—it' there s any right feeling between man and man—let Lis join in denouncing such conduct as this." Their Lordships 'would ,ee how necessary it was that his Learned Friend should lave instructed himself in the real facts in this case betiore he . made so serious and solemn a charge. He w'mild best answer ,fiat charge by reading the affidavit of one Elliott, the park .ieeper to the Duke of Marlborough. (The Learned Sol Icitor ileneral here read the affidavit, which deposed that J itrdine was constantly drawing a carriage over the sward in th i park iiid destroying it ; that he had been frequently desired to ilesist, ~nd had always replied he would make the park a public -.Dad, and that the park-keeper had at last, in pursue: ice of ::is' duty to the Duke, been compelled to summon the man ',Wore the magistrates, in order to prevent the continu(id re ,urrence of the damage.) Having finished reading this, the . `'olicitor-General proceeded to say, these and all the other charges were thus similarly disproved by the most incis-ntes- Able evidence; and he thought he was not praying fur too 'nuch from the Court when he asked the exercise f its summary jurisdiction to • protect the 'chaii.acter ind feelings of the Duke of Marlborough. After a consultation between the judges of nearly a qvtarter of an hour, Lord DENMAN said the words quoted as having been used by Mr. Humfrey, imputed grievous charges, which it w.tis by no means to be wondered at his Grace the Duke of 111arl 'oorough was anxious to rebut. There was host ever only one ground on which the Court could even ,ior a moment think of exercising their summitry jurisdic tion and that was a repeated - attack on the _puke of Marlborough in his magisterial capacity. On the other grounds stated, the Court could not for an instant think of interfering. And even upon that on which himself and brothers had hesitated for a moment about their unanimous opinion on consultation was, that as the attack was not on the magisterial capacity of the N oble Duke when in the actual exercise of magisterial functtions, Which would have made the case assume a very different aspect, the Court would be making a precedent where bone already existed, and must therefore decline to interfere. Rule refused. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Thomn:s Weddell, a man represented to have formerly car ried on an extensive trade at Kennington, was charged tvith stealing 2s. 6d. from the till of the Goat public-house, Cleaver street, Kennington. The prisoner had been at the alcove house on the preceding night, and, in the absence of the I:taid lord a moment from the bar, took an opportunity of draw ing out the till, from which he purloined the sum mentio lied. The landlord, in detailing the facts, said that he felt Itery great sorrow in seeing the prisoner placed in such a position ; that he had known him when he carried on a very respect able business ; and that his present condition was mainly at tributable to dissipated habits, to which he had recently given himself up. The complainant added that he did net waltt to press the charge. Mr. Tiuux said that it was lamentable to see a man of the prisoner's appearance place himself in such a degraded sit; ua tion ; that as the complainant expressed a wish not to ro secute him, he should therefore discharge him, advising itihn not to place himself in such a dilemma again, otherwise he would be treated very differently. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.). John Spillan, who has been four times convicted of 'As saults on the police, within a comparatively short space of Eime, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with violently assaulting police-constable 124 E. It appeared from the evidence that on the previous night, jetween eleven and twelve o'clock, the prisoner, who was in liquor, was creating a disturbance with five or six other f;el - when the constable desired them to " move ,:n." complied, with the exception of the prisoner, who becaane most insolent and unmanageable. The officer took him isato ..ustody, but the ruffian kicked him in a brutal manner on the legs, so as to occasion him very great pain. He was re moved to the station-house with much difficulty. Mr. COMBE—What have you to say to the charge ? Pii ,oner—lt is false. Mr. Comm—Lava you any proof that it is so? Prisoner —Not a bit. Mr. COMBE—What sort of a character is he? Policeman —One of the worst in St. Giles's. Prisoner Vel, your Vorship, I acknowledge I'm bud enough, but there are vorse ; and I was arter drinking with a couple of cronies. Mr. Comm—Then you must pay 1/. for the assault. Prisoner—A pound! Vy, I have not a blessed fardin in my company. 'Mr. COMBE—Then you must go to prison for a fortnight. Bank Stock 3 pei•Cent. Reduced Annuities .....»....«....»•• Wit 75 , 71 21,h li 3 per Cent. Consols. Atinuiti(5............ Ol 9 9 t74." 3% per Cent. Annuities, 1818 1 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17.0 96 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities .... ,01A575,1 415 New 3% per Cent. Annuities.......... ........... .la 1 6 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860......... .. lx7o ' India Stock India Bonds,l,ooo ... Ditto under 1,000 .......................„..........» 92 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account .. ................... ........ .. Exchequer Bills, I%cl. 13 4 d.. . 1,000/. ....... •••••••.• ........ 77 psi. 5001.. Ditto 5ma11..... ......... ... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCII. Columbian Bonds. ..... ••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••• 14 Mexican Bonds, t 837, 5 per Cen e t. . ........... ..... Ditto for the Account ••»...........••«•„•...».• 35 Ditto Deferred 5t0ck.......... ....... ..... ...... ... 1 5 Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent 1840............... :A w ig Ditto for the Account ••••••• ....... ..." ....... ".. Xir wi' Ditto Three per Cent. ..... ...m00...« ....... •••• Ditto for the Account 33 Dutch 5 per Cents ....... 100 New Loan 1837. 5 per Cents. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONS. RAILWAYS. PAID. Pea SHALL Birmingham and "Gloucester ...... Ditto New Bristol and Exeter 7O 7u 7534... to ii Rri.tol and G10uce5ter.............. 30 Caledonian 4 34 ..... .to Chester and Holyhead 5 Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered 81. tis. 8d....... 1 1 5 :1 ......... :: ::: t to e: ...ii/6. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50,. ... .... 66 ••••••• t. Ditto Registered Gls.-gow and Dumfries l l4 ..... - 1 ' ...... to."' Great North of England two X 16% Great Western Ditto i Shares 5O 75 ...... to Ditto I. ilths l2 ......... PI .......•.. to Hull and Selby London and Birmingham lOO • .•••.231 ......... CO 71N London and Blackw.:ll 16%...... 8 ........ .1 0 _ London and Brighton London and Greenwich Lunuen anti South Western 41% ...... K.% ....•• t° 4 Ditto Eighths Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ...,„ Northern and Eastern 45 57 1 4 ......to ..,, North Midland Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover - ms Ditto New to • , go York and North Midland ......... 50 l2l ........ Ditto Scarboro' Branch 234 ...... ;9 ..... .... It°.. ; Paris and Orleans ................ Rouen and Havre LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 7.—Light northerly breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MAY 6.—Wiad N.E. to N.N.E. light.—Sld. Ran dolph, Cape of Good Hope ; Jos. Anderson, Jamaica ; Arc turs, Llanelly, Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind N.N.E. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Cleopatra, London for China. PLYMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Wm. Brom hand, Taylor, Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind N., moderate.—Off Glenairn, Guy, New Zealand ; Ulverston, Smith, Mauritius ; Vesta, Matanzas, for Bremen. WHITSTABLE, MAY s.—The Hero, Harris, of this port, from London, sank in the Bay yesterday morning, but has been raised and into the harbour. Or' SALCOMBE, MAY 3.—Henry Tanner, China. MUMBLES, MAY 2.—Sid. Ellen Simpson and Jane Boyd, St. Jago de Cuba. The Johanna Sophia, from Stettin to London, foundered below Casarow and Oil, during a gale. LIVERPOOI i MAY 6.—Wind E., light.—Sld. Alice Kilham, Colchester ; Pera and Peruvian, Ichoboe ; David Banks,Balna ; Triton, New York ; Blonde, Quebec ; Abigail, Amherst ; Cheetah, Newfoundland. Off, Independence, Nye, New York. CORK, MAY 4.—Sid. Clio, St. John's, New Brunswick ; her Majesty's ship Vernon, Portsmouth. OFF CROoKHAVEN.—Azannuta, Roger, Bombay ; Ann Rankin, M'Arthur, New Orleans. TORQUAY, MAY 4.—Sld. Leander, Miramichi. LLANELLY, MAY 3.—Chelydra, Valparaiso. GRANGEMOUTH, MAY 4.—Sld. Ocean, Cape of Good Hope. MONEYAND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 were on speculation. Prices were firm for all descriptions.—There was a good business doing in shares, and prices in some instances rather advanced : Bir mingham and Gloucester were 96 ; Caledonian, 4# ; Dublin and Cashel, 4* ; Great Western, Half, 744 ; Birmingham, 232 ; North British, 2i ; Paris and Lyons, 3/. Is. 6d. ; Do. and Orleans, 37i ; Do. and Rouen, 37i ; South Eastern, ; Do. Scrip, I la. The all important topic of conversation in the City this morning is the exposé made last night in the House of Com mons of the intentions of Government on the subjects of banking and currency. In general the plan as proposed by the Premier meets with approval, but the subject requires, it is admitted, a more careful attention than has yet been given to it, owing to the shortness of the time that has elapsed since those most deeply interested have been made acquainted with the details. For this reason it is pro bable that the meeting of the Bank Proprietors, convened for this day, will be of short duration. The papers will probably be ordered to be printed, and then an adjournment be carried, to allow the Proprietors time to consider the terms upon which the charter is to be renewed. The Joint-Stock Banks are well satisfied with the concessions that have been made to them. - • JOINT STOCK BANKS. to li London Joint Stock London and Westminster .......« 20 6. UPI A MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY - ,„ 0 ° f a" there has not been much business done to-day, pvi,ll;• firm i—bheffield and Manchester, SOi ;Trent 'Valley, • MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DA-1 .) HAY VIARZETS, or. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 12s to 5 1 ; ful ditto, 313 s to 31 10s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 I _S! 11 SO 16s; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 5/ ; Vat Straw, 116 s 7p . ,, t V% heat Straw, 118 s to 1110 s per load. Trade throng l . l 9"" at about stationary prices. , str CUMBERLAND.—Cuarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 16s to N ra • 41 MI ditto, 3/ 8s to 31 13s; tine Upland ditto, 3/ 14 , Toot Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 15s; Oat Straw,, It 7s to 1/9s; ' so d A Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 12s per load. A limited supply' steady demand. 5 1 65 ; WIIITECILWEI;.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 131 1 2, t. useful ditto, 31 6s to 3/ 10s; tine Upland ditto, 01 li is; 3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 3i 58 to 5/ 53; Oat Straw, 1168 - t!P A. Wheat Straw, 11 Ss to 1/ 105 per load. Supply' trade dull. . - SCGAR.—The market for British Plantation is f A .'" owing to the very limited supply, only about 20 0 ob' been sold, for which, however, fully previous prices 0 11) ) 010 tained. The public sales have consisted chiefly of 11,4 7 titc; Bengal, 471 Mauritius, 3,104 boxes Havannah (sib n , u- ge4): thirds damaged), and 1,167 bags Manilla (partly illiur - rs P The Bengal and Mauritius only partly found , burat 171 previous prices. All the sound foreign was take/ i n to 22s 6d for low brown to fine greyish yellow lis m c— oillh and 19s 6d to 20s 6d for good to fine strong brovro being much above the value; the damaged sold °as tv, tively cheap, viz., at 14s to 21s for the former, An' l ode" 18s for the latter. The quantity of British Plantstift, last week at the East and West India Docks was n o 0 11 5 tierces 73 barrels. The stock of British Plantatisn, w ces , port of London on the Ist inst. was 4,142 hhds 61.9 against 6,786 hhds 989 tierces at the same time is s The stocks of Mauritius, Bengal, and East India aro than last year. The consumption of British Plantst t oa increased a little this year. t COFFEE.-782 bales Mocha, 3,987 bags East India 4c ct ioe, Padang), and 1,769 bags Costa Rica, were offered by an t 72 0 only about one• third of the Mocha was disposed 4 1 1 0 r, to 82s for mid to good quality, being for the former 11 ° 0 0 tion barely previous rates. A small portion good ord for Batavia sold at 325. The Padang was all taken in a" bIA very good ord greenish, which is about the previous val? e 4 . , of at which there were not purchasers. About twe-t llll . , and the Costa Rica found buyers at 54s to 58s for , e/ • brownish to fine ord bright greenish, and one lot at 63g 15: fully the former value. The stock of Coffee on t'7,00 inst., in the Port of London, was 2,249 hhds, 1,888 13r.- tiale bags, against 3,079 hhds, 1,896 brla and bags at 0 1° last year. t Rot.—The quantity landed last week at the ; 130 West India Docks, was 113 puns, 19 hhds. The 5t0c . , 1 ,`2 1 1 , 1 1 1 ,1 0 1 port of London on the Ist inst. was 10,660 puns 2,9 ' against 15, 961 puns, 5,300 hhds, at this time last ye ar ' . t 24 1 SALTPETRE.-1,(X0 bags at auction were taken in P 6d to 268 for 16i to 8i per cent. refraction. SPICES.-946 bags Pepper sold at 4d, and one lot irs f ife good heavy brown Malabar, which is about the coInP AI value. tro T.ttLow.—P.Y.C. is dull at 40s to 41s per cwt 0 11 t llB , l and Town at 42s per cwt. TEA..-- Prices continue steady, with a moderate blifri° doing. NEWMARKET RACES. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET—MONDAY NIGHT... WO: ENTRY FOR TUESDAY.—The R. M. Plate.-0 11 ,4 0 01°; hill's Elemi—Lord Exeter's Pergularia—Lord A.."' pen Winfarthing—Duke of Rutland's Welbeck—Mr. Ju ° '„ a uci' Vates—Lord Chesterfield's 'fiddly Winks, and Mr. '"-- Seven's the- Main. Du ke T. M. M. Plate, winner to be sold for 2001., Ste- -- , lite, Grafton's iEsop, 4 yrs—Lord Exeter's Maria Dias ,- iir' s Lord W. Powlett's Falconer, 3 yrs, and Mr. Bate° °" ' 3 yrs. The Miser Scarve receives from Plush. Epsom receives from Sister to Martingale. Ti.e match between Oakley and Emma is off. asftbe FOOT RACE FOR TWEN TY POUNDS.—Yester obs foot race of 140 yards between E. Smith and Tess parker TV pugilist), came off near the Old Hat 1110, at Ealing:, cow match created much interest, and drew together a lar t' e sdi °l‘ course of spectators. At the start, Parker took the.d or thirty yards, when Smith challenged him, and a IsPi rl• b Ole l/ 1 test ensued; Gnu after some strenuous efforts by b°t W t. ' Smith came in the winner. The race was a well' go si one. In the betting Smith was the fav o urite, a n d ~_, deal of money was speculated. . ii LP' i. .41100 it PRINTERS' ALMS-HOUSE FUND.—Last e•-- h olu - i t annual meeting of the subscribers to this fund ri" B ll°' . the Mechanics' Institution, Southern pton-building:lffeet born. Mr. Taylor took the chair. The third an,_n°,„ute fie was read by the Secretary. It commenced witt_,,,'"' sat i i marks on the benefit of the charity, which had 1-- ,„bere ° Wished fir the purpose of relieving distressed 10e " is tio° 5 ; the trade, according to the particular rules and robe; A u dit' , The report detailed a number of sub s criptions' , 1 % 0 0 0- those received from persons employed o n the vari °ll %to e l ;i politan newspapers. Sums bad al so be e n derived,l, r u , tot cursions and other entertainments, making SOL O L es- 114. '...) received towards the funds during the year wall 2 8 7 to "r and the expenses were merely nominal, amountlby Or more than about 18/., rim king the entire sum receivf„ de nt 4 , Committee during the three years of the establish `" 300' the fund, 1,140/. 14s. 5d., deducting all expel -1 ' 5 11, 0 toll; stock had been purchased during the year, makinfinted, tt 6001. The report having been received and al r the PO' usual formal business was gone through, after wh it o cetilloi ject of enrolling the Society was agreed to, and to °t separated. —"..'n' _____---------- i t , BIRTHS. t he lady ` s the Ist inst., at Hanover Lodge, Streatham, ' I ° Richard Rushton Preston, Esq., of a son• Collo r ' ( On the 2d inst, at Battersea, the lady of Dr. S ' ' daughter. of J . On the 2d inst., at Hyde-park-square, the la d y I B qosanuet, E, of a son. James 14411 On the 2d ins sq. t., at Camberwell-grove, Mrs. ScOno of a son. tte, t tt, the 28th tilt , at Coblentz, on the Rhine, 12C arlu wife ofJohn H. Gow, Esq., ef a son ~,, ~, A O ' On the 2d inst., in Queen Ann-street, Cavenw a-- - the wife of Captain H. T. Hitchins of a son. , o n. „,, On the 3d inst., at Sydenham, 31;s. C. Toller, °lt/ $ MARRIED. Alb ei ust* On the 30th ult., at St. George's, Hanover - -qd- Way, Esq , son of the late Rev. Lewis Way, of Sr i ii r of A Sussex, to the Hon. Emmeline Stanley, 41 E 4 Stanley, of Alderley. 11 1414 1 0: On the 30th ult., at Bentley, Hants, Thornaßorer of i of the Audit-office, to Frances Agnes, eldest dares ~.., ..400, 1 ' 4 " Jerdan, Esq. rate.— file On the 30th ult., at Clapham Church, John . 014 W 0 of Wood-street, Cheapside, to Eliza, fourth the B e Morton, Esq., Lark-hall-rise, Clapham. bu rgh, , ter On the 2d inst., at St. John's Chapel, Edinburgh, dattlill , Henry Blisset, of Letton, Hereford, to Jatr ug h, 4 0 the late J. Hope, Esq., of Moray-p Lice, E diu e mbert° l4 s rolie On the 4th inst., at Hackney, 'Thomas ,E. John jun., of Birmingham, to Lucy, third daughter w Esq., of Hanger-lane, Tottenham. si u, Egli.* DIED. o f Bev.t.ll:e: ' , it alai r °"' On the 22d ult., at Tottenham, —° i e tt a liteur R.N., aged 56. Es ser' On the 29th ult., at Castle Heddinghiun, sat 0 - rmof ' l° d a ughter widow of the late Cvlone * l G M r a iffi r th e s iciest On te Ist inst , Sophia . r . e , 014 Brompton, aged 66. Mr o . li Jo h n the 3d R a it n i s d t a , l, l‘ o r f il G li o a v‘ m , er s st r eet lu ii , N E sogr.t,ho. f a„,, d ug On the 3d inst., Ellen Ann, Younb -st mho Wolle, ? Dixon, of Cheapside., Luck ge t q On the 3d inst., Elizabeth, wife of ,i , 00 • ce ,,, 8010 of O B n ee t s i t i o e n 3 , d N i o n t s t t in g3hiaarym;htihree. wife. Esq., of High Wycombe, Bucks. ~, arles ma , On the 3d inst., Louisa, wife of Un • g f i eld, Uplv l e Perrysfield, Surrey. Esq., of SP rin On the 4th inst., George Taylor, . nut? e Clapton. t William u r .fa A.8.- A- Geddes , ----_!..--- :::---:, treet A. On the sth inst., in-Berners-s _:„....„---- - u . s o ,, et vil o le n S t m he itl London : Printed and Published Eitlibt: t o l f i Dfr. I • b re 8. . 0 0 ce ' ti of 4th inst., in Gracechurch- street, , No. 112, Strand, Printer, at yen kith , c o o Strand, in the Precinct of the a Middlesex, Tuesday, May 7, 1141. The following remarks from the report of the Manchester Stock Market, by Messrs. Railton, are worth the attention of intending subscribers to new lines : "The prevailing spirit for speculation in new rail Way pro jects, and the imposing manner in which some of them are set forth, renders it very difficult fur private individuals to steer rightly with their interests in such matters; and the embarrassment is increased when persons, professing to be share brokers, place their claims on every list of applicants for the allocation of shares, thereby hurrying on premiums by which unpractised adventurers are attracted to their detriment. Thus circumstanced allocating committees should weed out their lists with due discrimination, to keep jobbers as much in their right position as possible. The great and increasing amount of national wealth, arising from individual industry and care, now attracted by railway establishments, and on a rapidly growing scale, renders it desirable that per sons unacquainted with the relative value of railway- stock should not allow themselves to take a first step r move, by thus investing property, without the aid of some intelligent and disinterested private opinion to govern them." The Stock market, as was anticipated, has become more r . ll V otioe, _That 4.4.4104: 3 - , ?Ite m , Quarter 1 Al /I°O_IBR, c Th e , COIN /p.c.] i t 3 03 fo Z t ne Ai ulid for on t, t e!rep SIC Rer h. .4, i n - , Bpt~ I ra, taut o f taleMeTh; WC ram .9 rtrwr, Odle t or et Ten (7. 41e 14 C, i,„B p Iv 4, trzt` t l, l4 1 0 74 n Nor.