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EV_HNTING EIMTION • THE JUNE NR, Price Half-a-Crown, Embellisher+ w U i Mß th T E hree Illustrations by George Cruikshank, of PIIIENTLEY S MISCELLANY, -L. Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. CONTAINS:- Mr. AINSWORTH'S •' JACK SHEPPARD." (Epoch the Second, 1715. ) I Chapter XVI. Jonathan's Wild Chapter XVIII. how Jack House in the Old Bailey. Sheppard broke out of the ---- XVII. The Night Cage at Wile-sden. Cellar. XIX. Good and Evil. With Two Illustrations by George Cruikshank. The Veterans of Chelsea Hos-Some Passages in the Lif e o f pital. By th e R ev . G. R.l Jenkinson, Esq., Gleig, Author of " The Barlister-at- Law. By the Subaltern." " Hermit of Trinity." The Night Watch. By Thos.iltarnbles among the Rivers— Haynes Bayly. Ths Thames (No. 111. ), by The Legacies of Intellect. By l Charles ".alachay, comprising William Jerdan. the 'A ve Si sters —P oets of To my M e l anc h o l y. B y J. I warn-Elms— Loutherbourg, Augustine Wad e . Sonnet. By the Artist—Hoga r th' s E pi . Mrs. Cornwalll taph—Residence of J oe Mil. Baron Wilson. ler—Reminiscences of Mort- Tales and Legends of the Isle l lake—Queen Bess and the of Wight. By Abraham,' Alchyinist —Swift and Part- Elder. ridge—Sion House—Anec dote of George 11., &c. VINCENT EDEN; or, the OXONIAN. By "QUIP. Wit% an Illustration by George Cruikshank. Chapter ' l r". Mr. Richardson Chapter VI. Rev. Burnaby Lane% Visit to the Fresh . Birch's Lucubrations —Sir. man. —Message from the Dean Stifles and Mr. nuke A The Berkeley llunt" Basket of Game (?)—A Dis- Count Pichantosch and Che- cover). !—lnopportune Arri ralier Liefbiwitz. val of Raffleton and Co., and its result. COLIN CLINK, By CHARLES HOOTON, Esq. Chap. 111. Colin Clink's Boy-'Chap. IX. Mr. Longstaff's hood and Character—a trap Visit to Snitterton Lodge re is laid for him by Mr. Long spectincr' our hero. staff, into whi c h hi s mot h er ' Chap. X. Parting scene be lets him fall. tween Colin and Fanny. Chap. IV. Colin's future mas-Chap. XI. Greeting of Colin ter and mistress ; Miss Maria on arriving at Snitterton Sowersoft and Mr. Samuel Lodge—quarrel between him Palethorpe, of Snitterton and Mr. Palethorpe. Lodge, described. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. ups Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES), offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE 13110 'FLIERS at HAMBURGU, are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY. Persons desirous to purchase Pay receive, PREV IOUS to giving any order, the PROS CTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. I''• S. The next Distribution contains portions of 3,5001., 7,0001., and 24,000/. The distributing day being VERY NEAR, NO TIME IS TO BE LOST for those desirous to become shareholders for THIS NEXT DISTRIBUTION. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. The Public is respectfully informed, that the PRESENT MANAGEMENT WILL TERMINATE WITH THIS SEASON ; The following Programme is therefore given of its final ar- Nngemants : The Historical Play of KING HENRY V., from the Text Shakspeare, will be pr o d uce d ear l y i n J une. RICHELIEU. will be repeated To-morrow. THE TEMPEST will be performed on Monday next. THE LADY OF LYONS, This Evening. THIS EVENING, MAY 30, Will be performed, THE LADY OF LYONS, or Love and Pride. Claude Melnotte, Mr. Macready ; Colonel llamas, Mr. Bartley; Pauline Deschappelles, Mi!s Helen Faucit. INKLE AND YARICO. After which, the New Farce, in One Act, called THE ORIGINAL. To-morrow, Richelieu, with Amilie ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The production of Donizetti's Opera, " The Love Spell," sup- Ported by Miss Romer, Mr. Templeton, and Mr. Balfe, has been triumphant in the extreme—the frequent encores, and tumultuous plaudits throughout the Opera, confirmed its complete success. THIS EVENING, MAT 30, Will be performed (secend time) the Opera entitled LOVE SPELL. With all Donizetti's Original Music Of " L'Elisir d'Amore," Adine, Miss Romer ; Nemorina, Mr. Templeton ; Dulcamara, Mr. Balfe. To conclud e with the successful Drama, sailed ALICE GRA:I, THE SUSPECTED ONE. WHITE CONDUIT GARDENS, .(Open Every Evening) • . THIS EVENING, MAY 30, A GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT, By Band of Fifty First-rate Performers. "be -unrivalled Performances of the celebrated Arab, Voc t ii. AB SHEKIR ABDALLAH. Miss Ford, (from the Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Messrs. Benson and Manclark. Terri" Splendid Fire wor k s . c .Ascert and Desceiit of Madame Rossini, surrounded Th by showers of Fire. e Ga rdens brilliantly illuminated by upwards of 20,000 Lamps, in vaous devices, Particulars ri in the Bills of the Day. • y y h ~rl-. \~, ~. DN. L I S'S i friends of Ilis's Rooms• I' the Rigbt branches of es out) as of War, Drell , eeches, namma !" ac!i, itch I! Tohn Har i , iferiority he name 0 1 my o f the in (Top' , ordinary ta . race of e ufficient to r and rater !calls," t'b B H a mner . Sonnet ite and coot md accordlmpose d 0 I 14 A Viel spray ; -3, ?ray ; line ; ,em are a/ Ocality, aintings of rhich is as e ha" q• of obser- of 4100 5 is in strict allusions , vague and ; and to lelancolie uch of t! 4. to see Dir . egant, let utriusque • honour- on, many i on with ofesses to nun vices . dedicated le United. not ; but s well ac ricultural lm, pile" YTESS Habig itt !fore us II reader , r of the lle, d from of es or as far ag le or to a ble and ail ea- Rs OF 9 h i s tory' t ots, IcicnPa tk s m ytb, t wo uld d -and the tort' °- f Limo °- at. S' yO" „a I Sa'' Eat* t ad be a than Il lation ,n and,. Not 01 the e t}, ao out to !on_ t° raha ; at the ie b a d ve iled , set inn or d not and ily as t they pang, The ogle;' exasperate them more against the Whig Government, which depends on the middle classes, than ever they were exasperated against the Tories. Then they began to act ex c l us i ve l y f or themselves, an d entere d into those unions and combinations which have frightened the middle classes, and made many of them embrace Toryism out of sheer terror. They obstinately refused to aid !the middle classes in procuring the repeal of the Corn-laws. The Tories whom their union terrified in 1830, seeing them disunited in 1839, scorned their demands, and continued the most odious tax that ever was submitted to by a partially free people. Now, as the bulk of the middle classes, and all the working classes, are engaged in similar indus trious pursuits, and neither can live, much more thrive without the other, and as the real opponents and oppressors of both are the great horde of persons who live in idleness on taxation, this disunion between the middle and lower classes is the true cause of the strength of the Tory party. The weakness of the Liberal party in Parliament is the consequence of this disunion, and can only be reicedied by restoring the union. How that is to be effected is the real problem for Liberal politicians now to solve. It is a most important one to which we beseech our readers of both classes to turn their attention. We shall not now enter upon it ; we shall only remark that it is of far higher importance than merely keeping a iNlini:er in place, for the same union which would give a predominancy to the Liberal party would reconcile the working and middle classes, and put an end to that fear of convulsion and mischief which now haunts many minds. We are happy in bearing our testimony to the moderate and conciliatory spirit which pervades the etter of Dr. KAY on the Government scheme of Education. It carefully avoids all irritating topics, and is a calm and tempefate rebuke to the Rev. Gentleman to whom it is addressed. Should the opponents of the scheme be induced to follow the example of its able supporter, much useless decla mation will be avoided, and for once we may have a specimen of controversy without acrimony, even though founded on religious disagreements. That.the schools for the education of poor chil dren in England, are, for the most part, conducted in such a manner as to render them totally ineffi cient, is matter of such notoriety as to admit of no dispute. Nor can we wonder that such is the case, when we consider that the absence of funds precludes the possibility of procuring well-informed teachers throughout the greater part of the king dom. It is true that in many parishes there are considerable endowments, and that such endow ments are not unfrequently augmented by mu nificent subscriptions, and where it hap pens that theie advantages are at the. disposal of active and sensible men, the poor enjoy the bene fit of a really useful education. At the same time, even with this most important combination, a diffi culty of procuring the aid of qualified teachers is constantly felt. For this fact we may safely appeal to all who have interested themselves in such mat ters-in Aheir several localities, and sure we are, that the greater the experience of the testifying party, the more decided will be his assent to our proposi tion. If, then, in large towns, where educational funds are ample in proportion to population, a scarcity of instructing. capacity is found, what must be the state of smaller . communities—what the hope of providing that capacity at all in remote or rural districts, where means are deficient, and where such as exist are not at the disposal of intelligent men? It is a strange fact, and not less true than strange, that the office of a schoolmaster, instead of being regarded as one of the most important that a human being can assume, has commonly been considered in a light just the reverse of this. AS in London we find . every broken a n d b an kr upt tra d esman o f the ThWer order, looking .to a coal-shed, or a pe destrian commission in the tea trade as 'his final refuge, so, in the country, the, rejected of all trades and . of all services proposes to solace him self with a school, and thus it is, that the very name of teacher carries with it an . association of ideas, in which we scarcely know whether contempt England, . ; boasting hers e lf or s p u it r y ei pre yit do , mi ,..s na n t o e t s. f9r the Queen of Nations, .and for civilization, intelli gence, and skill, a model to all the world, to wait for the example of other nations in removing the stigma which popular prejudice has fling about the most interesting and important of all pro fessions. Unhappily, however, such is the case, and even at this late period we are only starting in a career in which alm os t every ki ng d om Oftnippe,is far advanced The 'first'object of all. speculations on thesubject — or . edUdition ought to be to raise to its proper dignity the office of the instructor of youth. This can only: be . ac.CoinpliShed biSecuring to the person who holds that office such an amount of knowledge, both as . respects the, subj ec t matter of instruction; and the method of communicating it, as will secure respect for his acquirements and obe dience to his precepts. He must learn the great lesson of government by.love instead of fear. He must so conduct , himself, that his pupils, shall come bounding to his presence with happy faces, instead of " creeping like snails unwillingly to school." To the old pedants of the rod and ferule system this may seem impos sible, but to. those who have visited some of the , -- -c- , d: 1 . 1- .7; - 04 ' .::Pr r . ' • --, '4 • ' • grtiZy '7 '7 ; ''') ....,, , ,y„ L F Zia . ..\\ ..... -.---,- - "•"•1,*,\...,,,f:21: , .XeN.,-..,,.4 4 --.--,.- ett..._.z:r, j ~~ zln ..'-u'l:l+ LONDON: THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1839. RAt present the number-of .extreme Radicals in the ouse of Commons, though sufficient, when they desert th e Ministers, to make the balance turn against them, is so small that, when united, the ma 10fity gives no confidence to the Government. As the House of Commons is now constituted it is itipossible, as we said on Tuesday, for the Govern- Ildent to undertake anything decisive in the way of l egislation with the least chance .of success. Nor 14 'th ere at present, as f ar as we can see, unless t he House of Commons be speedily renewed, much t rObability o f t h e Mi n i ster i a l ma j or i ty i ncreas i ng. rfact, the single elections which take place seem 11 4 , gener a l, lik e t h at o f Ayr, to go aga i nst the Mi ters, and the more such vacancies occur, the b e e aker, we ar e afraid, are th e Mi n i s t ers l i k e l y to ii v e , ( mie. On thi s groun d we conc l u d e, that i t i s of p t he or no use preaching up union to the Liberal e T V in Parliament, which can only give grority for a short p er i o d ; an d t h at t h e at aim of th e Lib era l party oug h t to b e, as he have already stated, to strengthen themselves in o f Country. U n l ess th at b e d one , t h e d ay i s not of t distant when the Tories must retake possession th the Government, and impose their own laws on e QUEEN. 4 B nrely thos e by w h o s e a d v i ce h er M AJESTY f e ted in declining to accept Sir ROBERT PEEL'S le i .`us, and who took on themselves the responsi to of the answer she gave the Right Hon. Ba jenet) are bound, by a ll t h e f ee li ngs o f l oya l sub :4 and hi g h- m i n d e d gent l emen, to use 1 , 1 , 4 3 7 means in their power to protect her MAJES- Ive, f rom that painful con ti ngency . W e earnest l y t o ", therefore, to see some steps taken by Ministers i ll strengthen themselves and strengthen their party , the coun t r y, an d so u l t i mate l y i ncrease the i r Zwer in Parliament. " It requires says," the Tyne ;;Trc ury , " but the exertion of the Government en esgetieally i n th e r i g h t way to b r i ng out t h e f orce o f i t tloion that is ready t o arra y i tse lf i n t h e i r favour— thtternands but the Ministry to set themselves against of ' Tory aristocracy to show that in the Toryism he these times there is nothing but inherent weak- Vs." As yet, though they are assailed by the h , t aots in every part of the empire, and e 'e every possible motive that can influ- I na honourable minds to set themselves hit the Tory aristocracy, they have not exhi v t ed those symptoms of vigour which we an toated. 4 „ : We will not, however, b e i mpat i ent, gh we must say that thos e w h o preach only t 'enee and confidence to the Radi ca l s , an d I:, l3r eeate urging the Ministers to exertion, perf orm tl: t half their duty, and are not the best friends of e l le Ministers. We are certainly disposed to trust p e et a, and Jes to the consideration of hat the shou i ld s do to strengthen the Liberal cause. lt„ .4 e means by which the middle classes gained the l'Otri Bill was by a union with the lower classes. a te " the bulk of the people were united. The Present source o f th e wea k ness o f t h e Lib era l party at 1:eot is the disunion between the middle and the r classe 4 e s. Satisfied with th e i r success , the be i4 of which all b e l onge d to them, the middle ti o 'es, after the passing of the Reform Act, used A numerously-attended meeting of members of Itevxertions whatever to confer any benefits on the the Established Church was held on Tuesday at er classes. They neither procured, when they Willis's Room, for the purpose of promoting the Society for Educating the te e h l s ht, th e re p e al of the Corn-laws, the establish- objects of the National t ett :t of goo d sc h oo ls, the free and cheap adminis- Poor in the Principles o. the Church. This le 4 of j ust i ce , nor any other thing which could Society, as our readers are aware, was . established fo rm e 6 t th e i r f e n ow .h i hourers in the cause of Re- nearly thirty years ago, and owed its origin to the They were anxious, and exertions of the Dis re nobly bestirred the jealousy which the th e selves, to procure Negro Emancipation, but senters in the cause of education had • roused 114 interfered not for the factory slaves. Compen- lin the breasts of the Established Clergy. While ki ve °ll , taken fr o m th e l a bourers of. England, was the schools under the superintendence of th e 4: les !' to the d e p r i ve d p l anters , b u t the destit ute h and. friends of c i v il a nd religious liberty were open t o le e r weavers were rather insulted than relieved. These, ~ acts of harshness on the all with ou t di st i nct i on o f se ct, who stood in n ee d o f s everal simil ar c i rcumstances , with som e un - • °ve t instructi on , and were increasing with a rapidity 'antable iv4rl wholly without•example, the Clergy taking alarm tiel e 'neat, .carrying out Tory laws on Tory prin- ;at the fatal consequences likely to ensue to a"State g , tl kts s , Made a de e p i m p ress i on on the lower bolst ere d system of religion teeming with all sorts e of abu ses , f rom the general diffusion of knowledge, e steadf as t d en i a l o f any further reform awoke f rom t h e lethargy of centuries, and • exerted f at e i to ;embitter thei r f ee li ngs an d exa spe- • t h e i r energies to neutralize, as they could not t ilem - against the middle classes, and pot down, the popul ar enthusiasm on the subject of best conducted establishments for poor children (and more especially Infant Schools) not only the possibility but theJacility of such a 'thing is suffi ciently manifest. To accomplish this, however, the master must be properly trained. Any igno ramus who has strength to wield a cane can govern children by fear, but to govern them by love is a matter which can only result from proper discip line and careful experience in the best methods of instruction. Could the question of National Edu cation be separated from party prejudice, there is not a right-minded man in the three kingdoms who would refuse to aclrnowledge that the establishment and support by Government of good schools for schoolmasters, is an excellent appropriation of public money, because productive of a great amount of 'happiness. We quite agree, then, with Dr. KAY, that the establishment of the proposed Normal School will promote the extension of the benefits of a useful education among the poorer classes more rapidly than if a much more considerable sum were expended on the extension of the education given in the existing schools." We probably should be dis posed to find fault with the smallness of the grant, did we not clearly perceive the difficulty of the posi tion in which the Government is placed. The clamour of the Tory press throughout the country, and the strenuous opposition of so powerful a majority of the Clergy, are matters against which it is not easy to contend. We trust, however, that Ministers will tug vigorously at the oar in spite of all oppo sition. They may rely upon it that the people of England will cheer them in their course,, and heart i!y rejoice in a successful issue to their exertions. Let the experiment have a fair trial, and we feel assured that the misrepresentations of interested assailants will be dissipated like the unwholesome vapours of early morning. The most superficial railer may cast doubt upon a mere prospective scheme. He may either deny its practicability— or, admitting it to be practicable, may denounce it as injurious. He may arraign the motives and objects of its propounders, and throw in their path the slime of his vituperation. But if, in spite of all detractive prophecies, and interested abuse, they calmly pursue the path they have chosen, and de monstrate, by actual experience, that it leads to public benefitS of the highest order, their triumph will be complete, and the shafts of ignorance and slander will recoil upon those who launched them. ~'i a/f' ' S.U. LONDON. THURSDAY, MAY eddcation, which the Dissenters had excited. They could not stop the progress of education di rectly, but they could render it inefficient by get ting it into their ovi n hands. They accordingly started a rival Society, which, under the false title of " National," was to confine itself to the educa tion of one sect. The Prayer-book was the sym bol of this exclusive system. No one was to derive any benefit from this national plan who held an article of belief more or less than 1 the exact number of thirty-nine, could not swallow a catechism, and inwardly digest three contradictory creeds. On this miserably contracted basis was the " National" Society founded, anti it has succeedwl in its object to a considerable ex tent. The wealthy among the aristocracy have patronised it liberally, because they think it a good Church-and• Sta te instrument, just as they would patronise Mahometan or Pagan education, had Mahometanism or Paganism happened to be the religion of the State. We suppose there may be nearly half as many children in the sectarian gripe of these thick and thin mind-extinguishers as there are under the enlightened and conscience respecting care of the British and Foreign School Society. This is to be lamented, but it ought to give an additional s ti mu l us to the efforts of all who desire to see a truly national system of education esta blist,ed—a system which, while it recognizes the rights of conscience, shall equally recognize the right of every British subject to participate in the benefit to be derived from whatever funds the Representatives of the people may see fit to appropriate to the purpose of popular instruc tion. This is a principle which one would hardly imagine it should be necessary to advocate in the year of our LORD 1839 ; yet it is opposed tooth and nail by the whole body of the endowed Priest hood, and by all the influence which in this most priest-ridden of countries they can command, These Priests, who minister at the altar of what they are pleased to call the national religion —to whom, they say, has been committed the spiritual charge of all the subjects of the realm, whose busi ness it is to be 'instant in season, and out of sea son, in doing the work of their Master, so as to keep their flocks in the only way of salvation, namely, within the pale of the - Church of England—these godly men have so faithfully discharged their all important duties as Ministers of the Gospel, that at this moment they cannot rally to the so called national worship one poor fourth-part of the nation ! Yet they have the insufferable impertinence, the unspeakable impudence, with the brand of this gross dereliction of duty stamped on their foreheads, to come before that public whom they have out raged, and demand that they shall be constituted the sole guardians of public education, and that none of the millions, whom their miscondu ct has alienated from, the established faith, shall receive in the only way in which it can be receiv ed that instruction which is necessary to make them the members of a civilized community, or even rational subjects of civil government. To this extent goes the spirit of the resolutions passed at Willis's Room Meeting, with the Archbishop of CANTERBURY at its heady sup ported by a squad of his lawn-sleeved brethren, and a goodly sprinkling of WINCUILSEAS, CHICHESTERS, BEXLEYS, SINCLAIRS, What the resolutions did not express with, sufficient amplitude and perspicuity • was sup-, plied by the parties who moved and seconded them. There was no mincing of matters—no mealy-mouth edness, about Lord ABINGEII, and others .of his _ _ kidney, who boldly asserted that it would be much better that the people should be left in the darkest ignorance, rather than educated without the pale of the Establishment. A - Correspondent at Portsmouth has sent us an account of the affair between the Medea and the Griffon, which throws the blame entirely and ex clusively on the English vessel. We fear, lest our Correspondent should be misinformed, for we should feel pain at being convinced that such blundering as he describes, could have been perpetrated by any British officer, particularly by one of Commodore DOUGLAS'S rank and station. We publish the communication with reluctance, but our duty to the public does not allow us to suppress it. ransactions, &c. The right guaranteed by Articles 1 and 2 to authors and their representatives shall be exercised, in the case of works furnished to academies, only in confor mity with the particular regulations of the said academies. The exclusive right of academies over dictionaries pub blished by them shall be for thirty year s , dating from the last edition. 6.—The exclusive right of academies over dictionaries of languages, science, or art, composed by them, shall be for thirty years, dating from the last redaction published by them, 7.—The editor of ea anonymous work shall have the ex clusive right Of publication for thirty years. The concluding article of the above was not finally adopted, there not being a sufficient attendance of Peers to vote it. We have, however, no doubt but that it will form a part of the Bill. Of Oriental news we find none of the . slightest inte rest in the French Journals of Tuesday. The Com merce states that on Sunday the Turkish Ambassador waited on the President of the Council, and entreated that till more authentic information arrived no credit should be attached to the rumours of hostilities between the troops of the SULTAN and the Viceroy of EGYPT. The Commerce denounces, as unwise and impolitic, the appointment of the Prince DE JOIN VILLE as second in command of the French fleet in the Levant. To entrust with functions requiring gravity, caution, and experience, a hot-headed young man, whose impetuosity of character has already all but perilled the peace of two kingdoms, is to exhibit in ita fullest extent the ser vility of the French Cabinet. BOORSE.--PARIS, TUESDAY, MAY 28. HALF -PAST Timm—Business has been very dull, and not much done. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 81f. 20c„ declined to 81f. 10c., and closed at 81f. 15e. The Five per Cents. from Illf. 20c., declined to Illf. 15c., last price, both thus closinc , as yesterday. For Money th e Th ree per Cents. are se. better, and the Five per Cents. unaltered. The Bank of France Spares have advanced bf. The Laffitte Bank Shares have not been quoted. The Belgian Three per Cents., for the Account, 72f. sc. The Belgian Bank Shares 7f. 50c. higher, but sellers at the closing quotations. The Spanish Active has not had any other price than 19k, being a shade lower than yesterday. The Portuguese Three per Cents., seldom quoted, have been done At 21. The St. Germain Railway Shares have rallied 15f., and the Versailles Right Bank sf. The Versailles Left Bank have receded 7f. 50c., and the Havre and Orleans 2f. 50c. each. I irst Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price French Sper Cents 4 per Ce nts lOl 70 ~. DA 70 101 60 ... 101 1) 3 per Cents Bl Is 81 20 ... 81 JO 81 10 Bank of Prance Bel g ian 5 per 101%.• 4..1 0 11% 1014 t ... .01% Bank BlO -. 810 • ... 810 ... 810 Coupons Spanish Ac ive 19%19% ... 19% ... 19% Passive ... 4% ... 4% New thferred Neal oilcan Roman RAILWAY SHA RES. St. Germain . 1 41 ... 675 "' 6 707 50 71 80 0 Daynt L B. 960 59 9 2g5 23 962 2, 11 60 9no Orleans Strasburg to Bale ' . 335 ... 335 ... 335 335 DUTCII FUNDS...—AMSTERDAid, MAY 28. Money, Bills. Actual Debt, `2% per Cent ..................... 54% 35U, Ditto, ditto. 5 per cent. ...... . ................ 1015 i 102 ' A mon Svudie, 4% per cent.... ......... 94% 94 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent ................... 793,‘ 0 Commercial Company, .it„ per cent. ......... 180% 181% Ditto (M 2 and 1833) 5 per cent..,.,,.... Ditto P 537. 5 per cent.loo% 10i Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London,:One month— ..... 12 Two months ...... 11 92% BELGIAN U NDS—Bausam.o, MAY 23. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ..................... sb Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. ...... ........ 101% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent ......... fi2 3 per Cent. ........ 71% Loan of City, 1832,4 per Cent .................. . 92% Society of Commerce, 4%per Cent ....... 11S Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent. ....... National Society . —Brussels Papers, May 28. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, MAY 25. Bills. Mo ney , Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares,....4. ... .. ... 4 . 1520 'lslis An lo.Tfussian Loan 107% 107% Rusilan 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, lat Series. 102% 182 Russian 5 per Cent Hops and C . o. 3d and 4th •• Sei.s• , ' 93 q 93 Ditto in Certificates .... 9 B, 9g Dutch r,ctual Debt, 2% pe Cent 51% 54% Ditto. ...... ....... . ........ ~ a per Cen. Polish Bonds ~ ~.. 134 • New ficket Anglo. t:ani s h L oan, 3 per Cent 72% 72 No rwegian Loan, 1534 , 4 per Cent...:... lOl g /C/34 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, MAY 24. • Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent ...... 1(13% 102 ri w Prussian Engiish Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 103 ,-..: 108% Juzchange on London, three months ... 6 20% —Prussian State Gazette, May 25. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vintria, MAY !8 Five per Cents. Metalliques . Bank Share s • 1528 • — AltemeineZeitung.‘ May 23. CHEQUER 4 bOURT - - - THIS DAY, LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY) DEAL, MAY 29.—Wind N. N.E.—Arrived from the river and sailed, the Toronto, Grciswold, New York; Sack vine, Adams, Sierra Leone. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 29.--Wind E. to S. S. E•._Sailed, the Childe Harold, Willis, Bombay. FALMOUTH, MAY 28.—Wind E., fresh.—Arrived, the Manchester, Raddock, Bahia; Emerald, Fligg, Leghorn ; Anna Johanna, Bahi. Longsound. Sailed, the Rover, Duckles, Lisbon. Off port, the Goodluck, Deslandes, Monte Video. LIVERPOOL, MAY 29.—Wind S. E. fresh. —Arrived the George Anson, Oakley, from Smyrna ; Clementina, Pa lermo; Soriano, Leghorn ; Mary Grey, Allen, Cadi z ; Ayranda, Stettin ; and Bellona, Ditto. Sailed the Abel Brooks, Scott, Port Adelaide; Isabella, Smith, Monte Video; Sherbrook, O'Brien, Maranham ; Lord Althorp, Jackson, Bahia; Robert Pulsford, Prisne, Baltimore; and Elizabeth,l Sayer, Boston. Off port--St. Andrew, Savannah ; and Andrew, White, Leghorn. MONEY and COM M ERCIAL NEWS CITY, 4' WEL TE 0' CL 0C K. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAT 29.—We have had a moderate demand for Cotton to-day from the trade ; without, however, any alteration in the prices. The sales are 2600 hags. The accounts from Manchester this morning state that a full meeting took place of the Shareholders of the Imperial Bank, on Monday last, the object of which was to sanction a further call of 51. on each share, which could not, by the Deed of Settlement, be legally called for without two extraordinary meetings, of which fourteen days' notice were required. The Shareholders present, who voted, came to the unanimous conclusion that such a call should be imme diately made ; and the other formal meeting for confirming such a call, was fixed for the next earliest day. The Shareholders have also resolved to change the name of the Bank to " The Cheshire and Staffordshire Banking Com pany," the bead office remaining at Manchester. An inti mation was given that their former name had afforded cause of offence to other Banks, particularly in London. It is stated that, at the next meeting, a day will be fixed upon for the Bank resuming payment, withdrawing their notes from circulation, and answering their other liabilities. Our arrivals this morning are French and Ostend- mails, and ship letters from Christiansand, St. Petersburg, Copen hagen, Bahia, Monte Video, and the Mauritius. We have an arrival from the Cape of Good Hope, but of old date. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date, which does not communicate any later intelli gence from the East respecting hostilities having taken place between the Egyptians and Turks, than already pub lished from various quarters—therefore we must wait an other arrival from Constantinople fora confirmation of the subject. , There is very great interest attached in the city by all classes, commercial as well as other persons, to the sub ject of tho aproaching important change which is antici pated will take place in the future regulations of the Post office, of a uniform penny postage. The wind continuing still in the north-east quarter, we have but few arrivals this morning, and those we have are of minor importance. The general opinion is, that the news of hostilities in the East having taken place requires further confirmation, as well as the telegraphic dispatch of the success of Espar tero of the taking of Orduna. We have received a Cape of Good Hope paper, though not of a later date than previously received. It gives some further particulars respecting the wreck of the ship Trafalgar. It states that the crew and, passengers were brought safe on shore at half-past nine on Friday evening. The whole number amounted to about sixty persons, of whom nine were cabin passengers, and thirty in the second cabin. The ship struck on the rocks at half-put eleven on Thursday night, and immediately had her masts cut away. She was gradually beaten towards the shore from which, at daylight, she was not above one hundred yards distant. The gentlemen residing in the. neighbourhood having been alarmed by the signals of distress, crowded to the shore shortly after the ship struck, and remained holding lights on the rocks all the night. Expresses were forwarded to Cape Town, and beats sent to the ship, which seemed only td increase _ the distresses of the sufferers, by being compelled from the roughness of the tea to return without arriving at 'the ship. A boat was at length conveyed by land from town, and a brave sailor, named Milne, having swam with a rope on shore, the boat was transferred betwee n t h e - s hip an d t h e rock until the entire company were rescued. • The shore, for a mile beyond the Light-house has since been strewed with the' fragments of the cargo, and we regret to say considerable depredations and theft took place, The property of the' cabin passengers, with two exceptions, was insured; but not more than two or three of the steerage passengers had insured their effects, several of them are altogether desti tute, and the' case of Mr. Troy 'and his large family is in the highest degrendeplorable; his unhappy wife, after the ship sank, received a blow from a spat 'of the falling mast, which terminated her existence in a few hours; nothing could exceed the misery of the dying mother. Mr. Troy has lost I,OOQ/. in cash, and goods to an equal amount, ' and has, wenre informed, no means of being Conveyed to New SoUth Wales, where he bas some friends. His , faintly Comiios of nine children, of whom only two are old enough` ter allOici him assistance : a subscription has been opened for him. At the sitting of the Court this morning, the Lord Chief Baron announced to the Bar, that the Court, anxious to get through' all the business before them, had deter mined to take adVantage of tie late Act of Parliament, which 'enabled the Court to sit in Banco out of Term ; ; accordingly the 'Court' would sit in Banco on the 13th and 14th of June, on which' days they would take the Special Paper. As it was not likely that the whole of the latter day would be so occupied, they would immediately, upon the disposal of the last case in the Special Paper, proceed with the New Trial Paper, which would also be taken on the 15th, 19th, 20th, 2lst, and 22d of June. , watt]) v. pYRNE. The plaintiff in this case had lann a tow,g traveller. in she service of `tlie'defdnditnt.. enteriqg sack service he entered into a - bend; "b y which he bound himself not to "'follow Di' 'be Criiplayed in the same. business" of a' coal;.merChant within nine mon ths, or 80 - licit, or sell coals to- any' of the plaintiff's customers within two years. Within the nine months after leaving th e plaintiff's employment he entered into the service of the Protector Coal Company, and for such breach of the contract the action was brought. It was tried before Lord Abinger, when he thought the defendant, being merely a servant of the Company, and it not being proved that be ever solicited orders, there was no breach, and the verdict was for the defendant: A rule for a new trial h . aving been obtained, cause against it,was shown to-day*by M. Kelly and Mr. Addison who contended that the condition could not mean to deprive the defendant of all employ ment—it was that he should not set up in business for him self to the detriment of the plaintiff. If it was to be con tended that the defendant was to be deprived of all means of livelihood for nine months, then the condition would be void. Mr. Miller, in support of the rule, contended, that the meaning of the bond was to restrict the defen dant from in , any way entering into the coal trade for nine' months after he left the service of the plaintiff, so that he might not he able to give the knowledge he had of the plaintiff's business tp a rival coal merchant. The LORD CHIEF BARON said the opinion be bad formed at Nisi Prius had not been altered. Mr. Baron PARKE ,thought the bond was entered into clearly for the purpose of preventing the defendant from injuring the plaintitrin his business, which be would be enabled to do by entering into the service of any coal merchant. The other Jueges, Barons Gurney and Maule, agreed in opinion with Mr. Baron Parke, and the rule was made absolute. THE CIRCUITS. The Judges met together this morning in the Exchequer Chamber, when the ensuing Circuits were chosen as under: HOME.—Lord Denman, and Lord Chief Justice Tindal. MID LAN D.—Lord Abinger, and Mr. Justice Littledale. NORFOLK.—Mr. Justice Vaughan, and Mr. Justice Bosanquet. OXFORD.—Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Williams. WALES.— Mr. Justice Pattison, and Mr. Baron Gurney. WESTERN.—Mr. Justice Coleridge, and Mr. Justice Erskine. NORTH ERN.—Mr. Justice Coltman, and Mr. Baron Manic. Mr. Baron Parke to be the Judge in town. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) LEWIS V. FULLARTON. The Court was occupied the whole of the day in hear. ing the irguments of Counsel, upon a motion made by Mr. Kindersley, on behalf of the plaintiff, the proprietor of " Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England," to re strain the defendant from publishing and selling any copy or copies of " Ball's Gazetteer of England and Wales," which the plaintiff alleged was a piracy of his work. CORN AVERAGES. T S 1.. .: CORN, lassiis a49ndjd: GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRI For the Week ended May 24, 18:151, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Clti4e3isss..ain,tdda.:7;ecnaassnesin.... Wales, per Imperial Quarter. 0. Wheat 7os. Pd. I Oats Barley Ol Rye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE !:x wEEics PRECEDING. ' 4 l ( s ;s. ltt 8ean5.. ..... ............... .8' 3113 4: Wheat '7ls. 2tt. I Oats 393. 7d. 1 Ry e :36:: D4sdulT...rit(s);et?.../..:71:;..N Bd. I DB cans. ........ 12R. 64. Barley I. R N :e as e ......... 123. 6d. wpeat Barley -......•••••••••........1011•••••••••10.104.1••• ITHE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY . ~ 1 WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. Supplies considerable, but trade dull. Prices as follow :- Beef 3s. 9 d. to 3s. Bd. Mutton 4s. to 4s. 4d. Lamb ss. to .ss.' Bd. Veal 3s. Bd. to 4s. 8(1. Pork 3s. Bd. to 4s. iod . HUNGERFORD MARKET. Supplies good, and so was the demand. Prices firm. Turbot 55. to Iss. Cod ls. to Ss. Lobsters 10d. to 3s. 6d. Salmon Is.:3d. t o 2 s : . per lb. Beef ii d. to Bi. per lb. M utton iid. to Sid. Veal Bd. to 9d. Pork 71d. to 81 E d. BILLI NGSGATE MARKET. Supplies good, and so w as the demand--prices much a s l ast quoted. Turbot, 53. to 15s. Cod, Is. to Bs. Soles, 6d. to 35• .6d. per pair. Lobsters, 10(1. to 3s. 6d. 'Mackerel, lid. to 10d. Salmon, Is. 3d. to 2 s. p er lb. Whitings, sd. and 10d. Haddocks, Bd. and Is. 211. HAY -MARKET. . Supplies moderate and demand in proportion. Prices rn.._, as last quoted. Hav, 70,:. to 933. Clover , 80 s. to 112 s. ''''" Straw, 365. to 425. per load. COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE'S GRAND BALI. TO TILE HEREDITARY GRAND DUKE OP RUSSIA AND PRINCE WILLIAM OF THE NETHERLANDS.--We under. stand the temporary Ballroom, lined with scarlet and ,white, erected, for the occasion at her Ladyship's family mansion in Grafton. street, by Mr. Benjamin Edgington, of No. 2, Duke-street, Southwark, was 50 feet long by G feet wide. The effect when lighted up by mirrors was i Very brilliant. These. ter4orary rooms are complete, and ca.o (reeted and removed vith'out difficulty. . . _ It is reported ` that the packet sliip from 'New York, of the Ist instant, is off Liverpool. - We do not hear as yet that papers or letters have been received.' " Consols opened. this morning firm at the closing prices of yesterday, 938 i for Money ; Account, 931 i. This being the grand day for the races at Ascot, a great number of persons from the city, as well as from the Stock Ex change, have proceeded to the sporting spot,. consequently it is not expected that much business will be done i n e ith er of the Markets. Exch equer Bills, 26 28; India Bonds, 28 SO ; Bank Stock, 195 196 ; India Stock, 256 257. ;. Spanish ACtive as they closed : l9kt ;. Portu guese , 35/ I Tfiree'pei; Cents., 214 1; ,Belgian, 1011 102 ; Brazi lian,' 79i ; — Colornbian 30,f 314 ; • Meiican, 26i.; Dutch Tvreand-at Half per Cents. 561-; Five per Cents., 1021 j.. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. • Bank Stock.. b.... 3 per Cent. Red • b ' 52%3.i Ditto Bonds 3'J 28 pro. 3.per Cent. Cons. 93,, % South Sea Stock — 3, 4 per Cent — I Old Annuities — Dittei Red. ' ' 104 93! 100 New Dian New 336 per Cent OM 36 1 4 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Lohg Annuities toezpire Ditto 500 .. 26 211 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 , 14% Ditto Small .. ......... .... 26 29 pm. Oct. 10, 1850' , .14 3-1 d; Ditto. ommercial, pill. Jan. '5, 1060 ' ' '- 14 11-16' Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880 . India Stock for Account ... Jan. •5, 1870 ' ' 'Consos for Account 933( Ti, PRICES, OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAI AT ONIa O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds — ,Peruvlan Bonds Belgian Bonds ' f Portuguese Ditto Acc8em i5. 0unt.......... ... ... : Ditto Account, ' , I 75 Brazilian Bonds - 93 i Ditto New, f10nd5,........45%14 • Dittb Account • — , Ditto'Account "% At :Ditto, 3 per Cent ... .. : Buenos Ayres Bonds ..........' —; Ditto Account Chilian Bonds ' — i Prussian Bonds — D.tto. Account —, Russian Bonds, 1822 Columbian Bonds 2S.O ( Ditto Account ..... Ditto Ac6oun't __.. Columbian 80nd5,1824.... Ditto Account anish Bonds Ditto Account ........ Greek Bonds... ..... ......... Spanish Bonds Ditto Account, Passive Dcfcrred.. 7 - French 5 per ce— -- - ~ ~ cent....... —f. --c. —.----. 4 per cenL ...... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825. Ditto Account --.- 3 pev cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per C en t — , --- Exchange. f. c. --f. —c. Ditto Account — Dutch, 2 .!.4 per cent. ........ 56%, ~ i Ditto, 8 per Cent —' - D itto Account Ditto Account FRICES OF SHAKES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. British Iron Company Great Western Railway Company.... 65 . • 74 Brighton Railway •. ondon and Blackwan Railway ' ll lAL neon and Birmingham Railway Comp any .,, go ondon and Greenwich riailway Company 2r. 17 5,', Iznidon and Croydon Railway Co m p an y l6/. as. 13% 4 ...t.nchester.and Birmingham Railway. ...... Do. Do, Extension ...... g rth'l‘tidland Railway Comp any 65 • , x, 61 PRICES OF IRISH STOCK S, DUBLIN, MAY 9.8. 3 per Cent. Consols 3% . per Cent. Stock Ditto New, 1830 ...... .. ICO, City of Dublin Steam Comp. -- 31.; per Cent. Debentures.. 92 National Insurance Company Bank Stock .... - City D e b entures, 4 per cent. Grand Canal Stock - Royal Canal Stock A- It now appears doubtful at L H loyd' LF PAST ONE. s whether the ship re ported in their Liverpool l e tt er as bein g off that port is th e New York packet of th e I st i nst. or a ship from China. Up to the present hour no papers or letters from New York have been received. The Dutch mail of yesterday has arrived with papers of the 28th inst. The reports there of hostilities between the Turks and Egyptians caused the Dutch Funds to re cede about ,-} per cent. ; prices —Two-and-a -Half Cents., 5.1,i ; Five per C ents ., 101 1 . p The Stock Exchange and Foreign market have much the appearance of its being a holiday, instead of places of bu sir;sis. During the morning not a feature of any conse quence has taken place in either of the markets. There are now three packets due from New York, the Europo and Roscoe to Liverpool, and the St. James to London, and in all probability the Liverpool steamer will arrive first, if the wind does not change. Consols continue at the morning prices, 931 1 Money ; and 934 ..,- Account ; Exchequer Bills 26 29; India Bonds 1 30 26, lower ; Indi a S toc k 256; Spanish Active 19 ; Portuguese 3534 ; Three per Cents., 21i; Brazilian, 79k; Colombian, 281 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. sq-; Five per Cents. 1021 ii. __ THREE O'CLOCK. The following notice has just been posted at the Ex change:— " Bank of England, May 30, 1839. " The Governor and Company of the Bank of England do hereby give notice, that they are ready to receive ap.. plications for Loans upon the deposit of Bill s o f E x . change not having more than months to run, Exchequer Bills, East India Bonds, and other approved of Securities, such Loans to be repaid on or be fore the 23d July next, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and to be for loans of not less than 2,000/. each." Miss Eliza PlantagenctSraffordCOoke (niece to Mr. Stafford Cooke, who claimed the Earldo m o f S tafford), who it will be recollected a short time ago w as i nve i gled and robbed by two women in St. Giles's, has been disco vcred to Lc heiress to a large fortune, which, it is alleged, has been unjustly kept from her. Mr. Thomas, a medical gentleman of the Vauxhall-road, it appears, h as taken up her cause, and Mr. Benett, the Magistrate of Hatton-garden, has expressed his willingness to lend his aid, if just grounds can be shown for her title to the pro perty. The young 14dy is highly accomplished, but since the death of her parents has been deserted by her relations. She was on Tuesday introduced to Mr. Benctt, and an officer was employed to make some inquiries. BRUSSELS, MAY 28.—We stop the press to announce that the Jury has acquitted Messrs. Kato and Burtols. The Duke of Saxe Coburg and his family Kill set out from London at the end of the week, The Manchester and Birmingham Extension Railway Committee met yesterday at twelve o'clock. The attendance of Members eras very greit, amongst wh om we noticed Sir R. After a lengthened discussion, with closed ddoi;, Mr. Ingham was appointed Chairman. n o inquiry excites- great interest. The Committee on the Bill for the Manchester and 'Birmingham Extension Railway commenced its sittings yesterday. The attendance of members was unusually, indeed almost unprecedentedly, large. So soon as the preparatory proceedings had been gone through, and the Chairman elected, Mr. Sergeant MEREWETIIER objected to the Midland Counties Railway Company being allowed to appear in Committee as opponents of the Bill. That Company, it appears, had presented a petition to the House alleging that the Extension Railway, if made, would be a compet ing line to their own between Tamworth and • Rugby, and praying therefore that they might be heard by council and witnesses against the Preamble. The facts are shortly these.. In the Session of 1836 two acts were obtained— one : by: the Midland Counties Railway Company au thorising the construction of a Railway commencing by a junction with the London and Birmingham Railway at Rugby, 'which is 30 miles south of Birmingham, and com municating with the towns of Leicester, Nottiagham, and Derby ; the other by the Birmingham and Derby Railway Company, authorizing the making of a Railway between those two towns by way of Tam worth, with a branch to the London and Birmingham Railway, near Hampton cum-Arden, about ten miles south of Birmingham. The lines thus obtained were not regarded by Parlia ment as any comp e ti ng li nes accompl i shing the ' same main purposes, otherwise it may be presumed that one or other of the Bills would never have " pass e d muster " i n the Legislature. The Midland Counties Company assume that the traffic 'of the North Midland Railway reach ing Derby in its course to London, will pass thence by their line to Rugby rather than by the Derby and Birmingham Railway to Hampton-cum-Arden, because there is an advantage, in respect to distance between Derby and Rugby by the former line, as compared with the latter, of somewhere about ten miles. But it so happens that the Extension Railway, the object of which is to connect Manchester with London, proceeds by way of Tamwcrth in its course to Rugby, and at Tam worth passes under the Birmingham and Derby Railway, about 24 feet beloW its level, and the Midland Counties Com pany apprehend that the traffic of Derby destined for Lon don, instead of proceeding by their railway thence to Rugby, will pass by the line of the Birmingham and Derby Railway from Derby to Tamworth, that at Tam worth it will " bolt down" to the line of the Extension Railway, end so journey on to Rugby, the distance from Derby to Rugby by this course being somewhat about the same as by the line of the Midland Counties Company, and some thing less than by the Derby and Birmingham Railway to Hampton-cum-Arden, and thence by the London and Birmingham Railway. Upon the reasonable pretext, there fore, not that the Extension Railway would be a compet ing line with the Midland Counties, but that it might enable the Birmingham and Derby to become so, this very modest Midland Counties Company affixed its common seal to a petition against the Bill of the Extension Railway, seeking thereby, for the special advantage of those whose money is embarked in that speculation, to deprive Manchester of its desired communication with London. The petition was referred by the House to the Committee, and Counsel ordered in the usual way. Counsel and solicitors were in attendance accordingly, and the right of the Company to appear as opponents, was argued at great length and with much ability, for the promoters of the Bill by the Learned Sergeant and Mr. Austin ; for the Midland Counties Company by Mr. Parker. The room was then cleared, and, the Committee divid e d upon a motion, affirming the right of the Company to appear, which motion was lost by a large majority. So that this Company, which has been raising such a splutter about the Extension Railway, has nut, according to the decision of Parliament, a right even to be heard in cpposition to a measure which they have pursued with an unrelent ing opposition ever since it was first brought before the Legislature. The Company's funds have been expended in that opposition, and the resolution of the Committee affirms in effect that the money thus expended has been improperly employed. Will the Shareholders call for an account of that expenditure ?—will they require the Directors to repay to the general fund what ought never to have been taken from it for such a purpose ? We shall see. THAMES TUNNEL.---ThiS great national under taking is rapidly progressing, and the most sanguine ex pectations are entertained of reaching low water. mark, on the Middlesex shore, before the termination of the summer. The works have now progressed to within 35 feet of Trinity low water-mark on the north side, and from the state of the shield and the general appearance of the excavation, it is believed that all danger has been surmounted. When low water-mark is reached, a shaft will be sunk on the Wrapping side of the river, and the workmen will continue their labours at both ends of the Tunnel. It is expected that the subterranean communication between Surrey and Middlesex for foot-passengers, will be opened in about 15 months. The number of visitors has greatly increased of late, and the book which is kept in the Tunnel for the entrance of names, contains the signatures of Ile most distinguished characters in Europe, including- many scien tific men. The United States appears by the book to have furnished its quota of visitors. The Grand Duke Alex ander of Russia, and Prince' Henry of the Netherlands, have inscribed their names in the visitors' book. The handwriting of both is remarkably small and neat, and has more the appearance of a young lady's writing than that of the Heirs Presumptive to the Thrones of two powerful kingdoms. The labourers, with some few exceptions, enjoy tolerably good health. About half-pa . st four o'clock on Friday morning last, Foulshaw Moss, near Milnthorpe, in Westmorland, the property of G. Wilson, Esq., of Dallam Tower, was discovered to be cn fire to an immense extent, and the flames :;preading rapidly. The fire, when at its height, is represented as having had a most sublime and grand ap. pearance, rese.nbling in every respect a vast ocean of rAlingilatne. All the pests were destroyed by the fire, by the cutting and selling of which a number of poor people obtained their livilhood, and who b•. this unf-rsPe - calamity are reduced tl a state of destitution.— Carlisle Journal. CARLOW_ MAGISTRACY.—TII O lllail in Calling on Lord Ebrington to dismiss from the Magistracy Dr. White and Mr. Haughton, observes :—" The Lord Ebrington is by this time convinced that in the Dublin Evening Mail he has no unfair or ungenerous opponent of his government ; nor will he think our occasional approval of the less value, because our occasional stric tures are frank and unreserved. If we have consistently resisted, with all the powers we could command, his ac cession to the Viceregal throne, on account of the whole tenor of his political career, we have never done it at the expense of his private character. We have not withheld from him the very influential merits of his per sonal virtues, nor been niggard of an aniple reeogni tion of his moral worth and religious principle." TILE. MARCIL OF HUMnUG. — Cambridge is the great Whig University, and once on a time the Cambridge men prided themselves no little on their superiority in speculative and utilitarian philosophy over their brethren of Oxford-- The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; While he a library to Cambridge sent— For Whigs allow no force but argument ! The sons of Whi g landowners, however, b can under stand the impolicy of being bubbled as clearly as the . scions of the m os t T ory h ouses. A discussion after the manner of Friar Bragomardo arguing f or t h e bells of Notre D ame , w i t h platform Presidents, re porters, and attested copies of " Mr. Sidney Smith's first half hour," " Mr. Senior Wrangler's first half hour," and .so forth, would suit the taste of the age much better, and would certainly rouse a vast deal more of dangerous inquiry among the incompetent multitude. We approve of the laughinr, chorus in s u c h case , muc h more than of a ll the modes in Barbara, Darii, arid Felapton. Who, for example, would think of arguing with the Chartists? It is mere waste of breath and thought. And, as for arguing with the Dusts, whe ther they be Dusts phrenological, or Dusts tee-total, or Dusts anti-corn-law, you might just as hopefully whistle jigs to mill-stones. Commend us, we say, to the t g Via w But, while Cambridge is returning, although in uo very dignified way to her senscs,we rejoice to see Oxford bestir ing herself so worth!ly in her wonted support of the Con stit'ut ion. We refer—and we turn with pleasure from the boyish demonstrations of her inconstant sister—to the dignified and noble protest of the heads of the Colleges there against the new scheme for introducing Pop&y, under the name of National Education in England. La these who look to use the " Oxford divines" as tools against civil and religious liberty, read this and GAZETTE--STATE OF THE COUNT RY.—All the in genuity of the Mail is unable to supply more than one case of murder. PROCLAMATIONS.—We have been told that in cen suring Lord Ebrington for not prohibiting by proclama tion Mr. O'Connell's incendiary project of illuminating the city on the night of the 23d, we have done an 'in justice to his Excellency's motives, and overlooked the wisdom of his course. That course, it is said, was to let it be seen to the world that t.he• loyal Conservative inhabitants of this city have, of themselves, the power to beat down the demagogue ; and that, when they choose to exert their influence, he is too timid and too powerless to carry his pernicious designs into execu tion. With this view, it is added, his Excellency de clined either issuing a proclamation himself, or recom mending the Lord Mayor to do so ; in order that, as the menaced outrage proceeded from Mr. O'Connell, the acknowledgment of its defeat and frustration might also emanate from his disappointed lips. Mr. O'Connell's day is over here. He meets • nothing but reverses and insults from the constituency which he misrepresents. The mechanics of Dublin belt him single-handed. A few determined and spirited Protest ant gentlemen have now defeated him again. He and his party have been thoroughly well threshed in the re gistration courts. He will never dare to show his face at the hustings of Dublin again. The General Steam Navigation Company's packet the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Cus tom-house at twelve at neon this day. ENLARGEMENT OF THE MANCHESTER Ex- CHANGE.—A number of workmen have been actively em ployed for two or three weeks upon the enlargment of kkee Exchange. The addition will consist of a room of about ninety feet in length by thirty in breadth, lighted by seven large windows to the south, two to the east (Exchange street), and two the west (Ducie-place). This will be the reading-room, and it will communicate by a wide opening with the semicircular room to the front, which, being cleared of tables, will afford ample accommodation for meetings " On 'Change" without disturbance to the readers.—Manchester Times. MEDIA AND TUUM.—On Saturday week, the owner of a small house in Newcastle asked an old woman, her tenant for the May-day rent. Wait till Moonda'," said the Chartist dame ; " wait till Moonda', and then we'll see whether t' }loose is yors or mine."—Tyne Mercury. The Maidstone Gazette animadverts with equal truth and force on the foul and disgusting misrepreseeta tions of a person calling himself Mr. O'Beirne, w i n) i s g now travellin about the country and victimising th e p i ous, obscenity the basest Ywhich be p ro f esses to have studied d le i e c ( t t lecturi ng calumnies on ' the Liberal press. Our Contemporary think s i t t h e duty of the London press to chastise this Mr. O'B e i rne. But, Iffa o y n -n ot the th, °bsc end uttering with deference, we submit that the fellow should be punished on the spot where, his indecent outrage is perpe trated; and if all our country Contemporaries, wherever the libeller shows . his head, were to undertake the repulsive task Pf exposing* him, a sufficient antidcee to bis poison woulLl fir provided. Letters from Constantinople of the 9th instant, assure us that though an accidental collision may have taken place between the Turkish and Egyp tian armies on the Syrian frontier, there is not a doubt but that the statu quo will be maintained in the East for another year. The German Papers received last night give a very - different account of what may be expected to take place, but it is evident that they have received -no later intelligence than what reached London on Satur day evening —namely, to the 7th inst., from Alex andria. On •the Bth the SULTAN honoured - the CAPITAN PACHA by deigning to inspect the fleet; and expressed himself highly delighted with its ap parent invincibility. A courier 'pasSed 'through . Constantinople with dispatches for Lord AtIC,K LAND, whom he expected to find aLLahore ; and another had arrived with letters to Lord PONSONBY, from Herat, - Tabriz,' and Teheran. It was sup posed, from the flying of couriers in every direction, that something extraordinary was about to happen. We recommend to the attentive consideration of our Dissenting readers an article in another part of The Sun, which we have copied from a provincial Contemporary, and also its accompanying comment by Mr. CHILDS. Without expressing any opinion as to some of the points therein mooted, we cannot help saying that after the Church-rate Abolition Society has so gr'Catly disappointed the expectations of the Dissenters in the country, whose money, collected for the promotion of a public cause, it has spent nobody can learn how, it is rather too great a draft on Dissenting credulity to call upon them to subscribe to another Society of a simile! , kind, got up by the parties who have mismanaged that which is just defunct. This will never do. There must be no suspicion of jobbery attached to any association that appeals to the public for support. It must come forward with " clean hands and a pure heart," if it expects to be successful. The Madrid Papers just received arc of the 21st instant. They are destitute of any news of interest The REGENT had conferred the rank of Lieutenants- General upon Brigadiers DIEGO LEON, and O'Dox• NELL, for their recent victories in the Basques. ES.PAR TERO was extending his lines with a view to deprive the Carlists of all supplies, having given orders to General DIEGO LEON to attack Estella. The Carlists were beginning to be reduced to great streights. CABRERA was besieging Cuenca, whither his mortal foe, No- GUERAS, was marching to intercept him. The capital was tranquil. The debate in the French Chamber of Deputies on the Secret Service Money Bill, promises to be very interesting. It commenced on Tuesday, with a speech delivered by M. GAUGUIER, a Deputy, who described himself as a large landed proprietor, the owner of iron foundries employing 1,200 workmen, and the contri butor of 3,000 frs. annually in direct taxes to maintain a Government from which he never received the slightest personal favour. He had everything to fear and nothing to hope from civil commotions, but that would not pre vent him from declaring that in his opinion the anarchical state of the Government was the consequence of the en croaching spirit of royalty. The late crisis had cost the country 600,000,000 francs, but if the Chamber were to refuse the salaries of Ministers during such in terregnums, there would be fewer of them. He de nounced the MOLE Cabinet as deplordule, and the present as composed of apostates and hypocrites. During the delivery of this caustic address, the PRESI DENT attempted to call M. GAUGUIER to order, and some confusion prevailed in the Chamber, but the speaker appeared quite unmoved, and by his firmness convened the Ministers to hear him out. That the Bill will be carried by a large majority is certain, but the Opposition will not the less fearlessly expose the monstrosity of the system which renders it necessary. The following are the articles of the Copy Right Bill, adopted by the Chamber of Peers on Monday and Tuesday :- I.—T4 exclusive right of publishing or authorizing the publication of any hook, engraving, or lithographic sketch, is guaranteed to the author during his life, 2.—After the death of the author the exclusive right of publishing or authorizing the publication of the work shall last for 30 years, for the benefit of his heirs or other repre sentatives, and for his surviving consort, according to the rules of the civil law. 3.—The proprietor, by succession or other right, of a posthumous work, shall have the exclusive right of publish• ing or authorizing the publication of it for 30 years, count ing from the first edition of the work. 4.—The author shall have the faculty of ceding the ex.: elusive right of publishing his work either for all the time granted by the above articles, as well for himself as his representatives, or for a shorter time. In this latter case his representatives shall enjoy the right during the time not comprised in the agreement previously made. s. —The exclusive right of the State over works published by its order and at its expense shall be for thirty years. from the entire publication of the work. The rights of academies and literary or scientific bodies over works pub._ lished in their name shall last thirty years, dating froth the publication of the volume which completes the work, or from the publication of each volume in the case of memoirs, ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. COMMON COUNCIL.—(THIS DAY.) A Court of Common Council was held this day for the dispatch of business. The proceedings attracted unusual attention and interest, from its having been announced that the Tory party would muster in strong force to oppose the resolution for an Address to ber Majesty for her conduct on a late trying occasion. The benches on both sides of the Hall were completely crammed, and the space appro priated to strangers was also filled long before the hour appointed for commencing the proceedings. At twelve o'clock, the LORD MAYOR having taken his seat, the minutes of the previous Court were read over. Mr. PEMBERTON was proceeding to address some ob servations to the Court relative to certain accounts sent in by the Lord Chamberlain and other civic officers, when he was called to order, on the ground that the requisition took precedence of all other business. Mr. Pemberton said he would give notice of a motion on the subject for a future day. - ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. The Cerk then proceeded to read the requisitions ad lresscd to the Lord Mayor to convene the present Court. When he had concluded there were loud cries of " Read he names." Sir PETER LA URIE hoped the names only of those gen tlemen who had signed the requisition themselves would be read. —( fleer, hear.) A MEMBER said that every one of the eighty-two gentle men had signed the requisition with their own hands. The LORD MAYOR said the requisition had been ad dressed to him, containing the same words, and some ' parties had signed all four of the requisitions.—( Hear, hear.) He supposed the best way would be to read all ' four, with the names attached to each.—( Hear, hear.) The Clerk then read the four requisitions with the names. Mr. ASHURST rose and said he was surprised at the course that had been taken by some members on the pre sent occasion. His Lordship knew what the ordinary practice with respect to these requisitions was, and it had not been deviated from in the present instance—namely, that some parties did not like to put their names down in the first instance until they had seen the names of others who would undertake the duty of bringing forward the ques tion in the Court.—(Hear, hear.) I n or d er that the Lord Mayor mi g ht not be misled, an alphabetical list of the names had been made out, and the signatures reckoned, no name being counted twice, and it was then signified to his Lordsnip, as was the fact, that there were eighty-two signatures to the requisition.—( Cheers.) He perfectly well understood the nature of the cheers with which the reading of the names had been received, and it was attempted to be insinuated that the requisi tionists would practise upon the Lord Mayor that which be was confident no man who bad attached his name to the requisition would do, an imposition as to the number of the signatures.—( Cheers.) There was one other point which he wished to refer to, namely, that Mr. Pewtress uad obtained in writing the authority of two gentlemen to affix their signatures to the requisition.—( Hear, hear.) Having stat e d t h ese f acts, he now rose to move that a loyal and dutiful address be presented to her Majesty, on the recent trying circumstances in which her Majesty was placed. It had been insinuated that those who had signed the requisition had attempted something like an evasion of the principles embodied in the Address. In order that the Court might see that there was no such intention on their part he should read the resolutions which it was intended to submit, and which in fact embodied the substance of the Address to her Majesty. Mr. Ashurst then read the resolutions as follows : " That we cannot, however, refrain from expressing our desire that the responsible advisers of her Majesty will in future, by a steady and progressive course of rational Reform, command the support of such a majority of tier people and of the House of Commons, as will effectually prevent the recurrence of 'a crisis similar to that , n which her Majesty and the country has been recently placed."— ( Hear, hear.) " That we would also with profound respect express to her Majesty our ardent hope that such measures may be introduced into Parliament, and be earnestly advocated by her Majesty's Ministers, as will extend and confirm the liberties and franchises of her people, recognize equal civil rights without distinction of sect or party, improve the condition of the working classes, and promote the cause of universal s education, and which, by purifying and reforming our institutions wherever abuses exist, may se cure to the Throne the only safe and permanent basis for a Constitutional Monarchy, the sincere affection and support of a free and contented. people."—( Cheers.) That her Majesty's conduct, in the trying circum stances in which she has been recently placed, has elicited our warmest sympathy and admiration." " That from the constancy and amiable feeling mani fested by her Majesty in relation to her private ,and do mestic friendships, and the calm determination with which she has sustained the just prerogative of the Crown, we infer, with confident satisfaction, that her Majesty will, on all occasions, evince the same firmness and steadfastness in maintaining the 'rights and liberties, and in promoting the welfare and happiness of her people."—( Cheers ) (THE CONCLUSION in a SECOND EDITION.) MANCHESTER and BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION RAILWAY. EVENING EDITION: f COWES (ISLE_ OF WIGHT). i _ ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTEL LIGENCE. YACHTS ARRIVED.—The Giulia cutter, 42 tons , J ohn Anderson, Esq. ; th e F anny cutter , 7 5 tons, Thomas P. Halsey, Esq. ; th e N orna sc h ooner ,• 46 tons, Stephen i ) Challin, Esq. ; Th erese cutter, 14 tons , Si r B . Graham, Bart. ; Rei n d eer cutter , 1 0 7 ton e , J ohn Moore, Esq. Phcebe luggcr, 33 t ons , J. L . G ower, E sq. ; Fanny, ten.. der to th e C omman d er- i n- C h i ef at Portsmouth, Adrairal Fleeming ; Bl ue - e y e d M a id , l ate the property of W. Han barn, Esq. ; He ron cutter , 46 tons, Fortescue Horner, / ) Esq., from Weymouth to fit, expected to sail for London on the sth of June. The Medora c u tt er , 47 t ons , i n t h e R oads, waiting the l' arrival of her owner, Edw. H. Byshe, to proceed to the Mediterranean. YACHTS FITTING.—The Kestrel yanl, 202 tons, Com modore the Earl cf Yarborough; the Witch cutter, 70, tons, Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. ; the Midge cutter, 35, Col. Jno. Petre; the fiche, cutter, 68, Andrew Corbet, Esq. ; the Amazon cutter, 75, Sir Jno. B. Walsh, Bart. HAULED OFF.—The Emerald cutter, 58, J. L. Sy.. i monds, Esq. ; Owen Glendwyr cutter, 113 tons, Col. J. Hall ; Aurora, cutter, 40 tons, W. Beach, Esq. REPAIHING.—NautiIus cutter, 103 tons, Earl de Grey. The new schooner building in Mr. J. White's yard for • A. Hill, Esq., is nearly ready for launching. Mr. White has received instructions from Capt. George Keane to lay down a yawl fur him of 45 tons. The Earl of Yarborough is expected to arrive from town this evening. the Kestrel to go out of harbour to-morrow, and sail for Sheerness on Sunday. Nautical science and naval arc hi tecture are b oth greatly indebted to the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the R. Y. S., amongst whom the greatest emulation exists, each wishing to excel, all aiming at perfection in their pet ,crafts. Many beli)re they have sailed their favourite one season, see some fault in her trim must be altered—her rig, she has not enough beam, she must be lengthened—she must be sold. A new idea has struck them, and a new yacht must, be built. The Yachts of this truly national club are the pride of Naval England. The Secretary has, within a very short time, sold the following yachts:—Colonel Shedden's schooner yacht, Merlin, of 104 tons, to W. Lyons, Esq. ; Spencer de Horsey's cutter yacht, Union, of 48 tons, to Oliver Ll o yd, Esq. ; E. N. Harvey's brig an ti ne yacht, of 175 tons to Lord Francis Egerton; and Captain George Keane's cut ter yacht, Amazon, of 75 tons, to Sir J. Walsh. Captain " Keane has ordered a new one to be built. CHARTIST BOASTS. It is said in certain papers that one of the Chartist leaders said in Birmingham, that the Chartists of the Isle of Wight were ready to arm ; he did not say their numbers, nor in what part of the Island these worthies were to be found. Certainly not in Cowes, as there has not been one Chartist meeting, nor do we believe there is one Chartist in it; and more, we believe that if this fellow has any re gard for a whole skin, he dare not make such an infamoncs assertion in any part of this Island. IRELAND. The subjoined extracts from the Pilot and the Mail supply a summary of the subjects on which each, the Liberal and the Tory Paper, employed his pen last Monday. THE TORIES—THE QUEEN.—What !—our young Victoria dead !—the " sacrifice" of faction ?—the poison raging in her veins—those lips blue—that fair form writhing in agony—that pure heart. beating its last throb—and ob, horror of horrors—Cumberland our King !! ! The mother clasps her child, and the wild birds scream, and the wild winds moan —and nature herself shudders at the fearful —th e polluted word— Cumberland our Monarch ! !—Pilot. TORY FEROCITY AND IRISH JUSICE.--.The Orange factionists of Dublin had planned a snug slaughter lately, to solace party disappointment with Popish blood. The occasion selected was that of the illumi nations, intended by a loyal, grat e f u l, an d attac h e d people to th e i r Sovereign on her birth-day, just passed. " _Keep your powder dry" was about to be transferred from the poetry to the practice. Yes, the determina tion to baptize the celebration of the royal birth-day with blood is not concealed. If any one doubted it, the Newspaper which has prospered by watching and administering to the worst passions and purposes of the party has betrayed the fact too glaringly to let it be any longer a problem.—lbid. LIBERTY OF THE PRESS—THE " PiLoT."—From all quarters of the kingdom we continue to receive the most flattering tributes—both in a pecuniary sense to enable us to liquidate the enormous costs to which we have been subjected by the repeated prosecutions re cently carried on against us—and more gratifying still, I those tributes speak in terms which we cannot but feel excessively flattering of the services which we have ren dered the country, and which they, in common with ourselves, believe to have called forth these persecu tions.—lbid. gay , i stir, boor ; OW; chase ;ropi ,ns of dear Ipted ative fling ,a in far wen -4 - •