The Sun. — London, England, 1839-05-22 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION WENTWORTHS, NEAR VIRGINIA WATER. E S I? S i a . MURRAY d ti n s TATTER SALLEL LbyAu c - TION, at Gwraway's, in the month of July next (unless pro ( vicusly disposed of by Private Contract), The WENTWORTHS ESTATE. comprising above Three Hundred Acres of productive and highly improving Land, of Which one hundred awes ate under farming cultivation, and the residue in Plantation and Woodland. The principal entrance is by the Lodge, nearly opposite to t he 21 mile stone on the Great Western Road from London to Southampton : the grounds being enclosed in a ring fence. The Mansion, an elegant residence, in complete repair, con tains a vestibule, or entrance Hall, Breakfast, Drawing, and Dining rooms (30 feet by 20), and Library, with ten principal 13ed- chambers and Dressing-rooms on the first floor, and every c onvenience attached : Servants' Apartments, Domestic Offices, and extensive Stabling ; good walled Garden, &c. ; a capital Farm-house, conveniently situated, with suitable agri cultural buildings, and several Labourers' Cottages, with gar dens to them, all in very good repair. The Coverts and Plantations thrive luxuriantly, and afford an excellent breeding ground for game. The beauty of the sur rounding country, and the excelleni,e of its roads, in the neigh bourhood of Windsor, acid the immediate vicinity of Windsor Park, and the easy access to both the Great Western and S outhampton Railroads, renders this residence highly worthy of notice. For further Particulars apply to Messrs. Watkins and Hooper, Solicitors, 11, Sackville-street ; or Messrs. Murray and Tat tersall, Surveyors and Land Agents, 47, Parliament-street. IS Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY, which (though t hoY are NO LOTTERIES), offer many possibilitioo of obtaMing LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, "I'e NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY. Perscns desirous to purchase receive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROS rsrt:CTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH "UT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P. 8. The next Distribution contains portions of 3,500/., 7,000/., and 24,000/. The distributing day bein desig ERY NEAR, NO TIME IS 0 B E LOST for those V rous to be come shareholders for , HIS NEXT DISTRIBUTION. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. The Public is respectfully informed, that the P RESENT MANAGEMENT WILL TERMINATE WITH THIS SEASON ; ; 111 2 following Programme is therefore given of its final ar• -leroents Standard Plays, as brought out at this Theatre, wil be performed once more, viz. : THE TWO FOSCARI, and \VERNER. THIS EVENING, MAY 22, Will be performed the New Play, in Five Aet s , ca ll e d RICHELIEU, OR IHE CONSPIRACY, Written by Sir E. Lytton Bulwer, Bart. The Characters by Didde , Mr. M blr • Elton, 1% Diddear, .acready, Mr. Warde, Mr. kss I lett Mr. Vining. Mr. Roberts, Mr. Ph e lp s , M r . G. B en • oipo Mr. H owe , Miss - E. Phillips, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yar , M r . W. L. Payne, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Bender, e t Paulo, Mr. Gough, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bur t, Mr. S m i th, Mr. Kirke, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Wal• V" , Mr. Ayliffe, Mr. Andrews, Mr. T. Matthews, Miss y,...at'clenhoff, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee, -444 duke, Mathews, Mew, and Morgan. A G „, After which, the New Dramatic Ro OF AUGSBURG. sailed 'NES BERNAUER, THE MAID After which, the New Farce, in One Act, called To conclude with To_ CHAOS IS COME AGAIN. morrow, The Lady of Lyons, with Inkle and Yarico, and maga and Doings. Grand, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. , Holiday Attractions—bliss Ro mer . M r . T emp l eton, an d Balfe, in the New Opera of " The Maid of Artois," and 44 entirely New Domestic Drama. THIS EVENING, MAY 22, And Two following Nights, Mr. Balfe's Grand Opera, entitled THE MAID OF ARTOIS. Isnline, Miss Romer ; Jules, Mr. Templeton ; The Marquis, Mr. Balk. T . A Doubl e Ch orus an d I ncrease d B an d. SlCwith (first time) a Domestic Drama, called -"'.• GRAY, THE SUSPECTED ONE. w ew scenery, and powerful iliterest. The stigget•timt T O CORRESPONDENTS. Letter of A micus will be a tt en d e d t o i n f u t ure; hi s , of the 13 th was not r ece i ve d. a pers ona lmore We cannot i nsert Air. J. B. Di xon ' s l e t ter, w hi c h i s of ver attack on ano th er party , t h an an e l uc id a ti on o f the y important public question referred to. ***---........_ , f ,.....c.r....714 4 czt. '.O , ' - 2_, . . F .. 21 .1. - - .h ...1-' - • .~~ ~j~ ~~: " Xl4 LONDON : WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1839. t o T he reasons stated by the Morning Advertiser 1 4 ! n ot at p r esent making any changes in the Mi ti%lty, which we transfer to our Metropolitan Sum -447, will be regarded by the public as satisfactory. e re changes now to be made, the whole Ministry t be remodelled ; a number of new ele c tions ke l lt take place before the public business could otti ,tnmenced, and the short time which under ti o in arY circumstances yet remains before the Ses on i 3 brought to a close, would be wholly lost. t h e e busi ness , h owever , as f or examp l e ,° prov idi ng f or th o tternment of Jamaica, which every arrival from tolt i w est Indies shows to be urgently required, de atti iinmediate attention. Again, the time has th e t i le when the Budget should be submitted to th at i ll ose of Commons, and it seems indispensable C k t his duty should be performed by the present li o : ll etrAoß of the EXCHEQUER. Mr. RICE, p, pi e ver, is one of the Ministers, according to re ' who will be changed, and it is plain that to d el -°° e him a t present would cause a serious th e a ! to necessary public business. It seems wise, re refor e , whatever Ministerial changes may be d blithe, not to make them till after the business is ses if the Tory factio n w ill a ll ow th a t, an d th e ion has been brought to a close. At th e same time we must observe, that if th ere t° t~t. be no change in the personnel of th e Minis il"ndicating to the nation a more forward and re to e ut e Progress, it is the more necessary that som e 4tures should be proposed which would keep th‘ e all the hopes, and some of the enthusiasm of Public. In the present state of the House of 6: 4lr nons, no large measures of Reform can be e Posed with any chance of succes'l . ; and before Y Can be carried, public opinion must be concen tillted on them, and the conviction that they are t i ee Mary, and will be beneficial, must become 4t, strong, an d genera l. T o es t a bli s h s uch a h o e ' l victi on i s t h e d uty o f t h e P ress, an d w h en pub lat°Pinion shall be suiEciently enlightened on a ny kfl e ct, no doubt that opinion would soon be oned into a law. FLn' administrative improvements as the introdue iii: 5 1a uniform penny postage, ought to be imme i k il tel Y proposed, and the honor of carrying so use thealneasuie, ought on no account to be left to Tories. k o , he Ministers have already announced a grant 1)t e ducation, an d th e grea t va lu e and utilityof their of Position may be inferred from the universal howl il l t he Parsons and o f th e T or y P ress against it, e east religious Establishment of this country, IX revenue as large as half the revenues of ; 1 4 1 4 1a, has been proved, either from th e w an t of t o in the Priesthood, or from want of power, to be wholly inadequate to giv e th e mos t p f ttl ibon school and moral instructi on t o th e b u lk 4 the people. .Self-education is now prevalent ~41%,gst the people, and amongst th e most s kilf u l 4 41 /len in existence are now found an abundance authors and orators, whose composition and (! l let elies would do honour to any Member of the t i l) Per House. But all the education whi c h i s de peve4 fro m the Clergy, or which they ought to dis iiittl.4, is in the lowest and most contemptibl e con . li ti l° n• Their power has been unchecked, their in eiice uncontrouled, and the national morality (as tr t \ n4 s th e report of the Constabulary Commission is at the lowest ebb. Wherever they hav e t i ef 4t Power, as about Canterbury, education is most th e e i c tive ; wherever th e y have th e l east power , as i n I ttl l arge towns, it is most impro ve d. Th e Priest s,,,,l42 opposed to all knowledge which they cannot THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1839. eqntroul, and they cry out against the Government 1 F. BUXTON repeated the observation of an African plan of education, though their own is a mere t Chief, made more than a hundred years ago, and, • costly abortion, because it is not to be placed in unfortunately, the observation still applies with the their hands. Never was there greater pre- same force. " I find," said that Chief, " that the sumption. Education, if it be worth a straw, great curse of our race has been the visit of should enable the rising generation to perform Europeans ; that wherever Christianity goes, their duties as men and citizens ; and though the there are the musket and the sword— Priesthood cannot possibly teach thOse duties, they and that our greatest affliction is, that will not allow the State teach them. They make the we ever saw the faces of the white men." Church an obstacle to all improvement, and to the All the native inhabitants of the New World, cultivation of all kindly feelings, and proclaim that could the question he put, would answer in one it is in hostility to the best interests of mankind. The voice, and heap curses on the memory of him who Ministerial plan, which tends to establish a better first published to Europe the fact of their existence. system of education, in opposition to the Priest- In every part of that world the result has been nearly hood, is deserving of the warmest public support. the same, and what from tyranny, cruel, and But other measures, besides this of education— unrelentless bigotry, or the love of gain, the natives which many of the starving people will condemn— have been harassed, oppressed, and finally expelled and that of the Post-office, will be required. Some- or annihilated by those men who came to them thing is wanted to convince the bulk of the peo- with the words of Christian peace in their mouth. pie that the existing Legislature will do them To remove this stigma from the British name is justice, and that is not necessary to begin a revolu- the great object of this Society. It is but in tion in order to improve their condition. The its infancy, its objects are great, and many abolition of the Corn-laws, could that be accom- are deterred from an attention to the sub plished—but we know it cannot—would have that ject by the apparent hopelessness of the vast effect. To save themselves, and save the State, task ; but those who have commenced it the landed aristocracy will not give up those iniqui- are men of the same humanity, and the tous laws ; and what other measure, besides abolish- same perseverance, with those who, fifty years ago, ing them, would tend to restore the confidence of the began a work apparently more hopeless, and never lower classes in the legislation of the upper classes, ceased till negro slavery was extinguished in every we are not prepared to say. In general the part of the British dominions. We direct the at people are easily appeased, and a measure which tention of our readers to the speeches made at gave them some present relief, and excited hopes of Exeter Hall. In these they will find some account still greater relief, would be of inestimable value. of the sufferings of the unhappy victims of Euro- We know, however, of no such measure which pean cupidity and cruelty, and of the means by could now be proposed with any prospect of success, which this benevolent Society proposes for carrying and we can only expect it from the altered feelings its objects into effect. and enlarged knowledge of the electors themselves " To the Lady FLORA HASTINGS and her family," said the Morning Post recently, " we owe the expression of our regret that we are compelled to recur to a subject, the renewed mention of which must be painful to them." Now, let us ask what it is that compels this ve- Any one who has not a lively idea of what is • meant by " Satan reproving Sin," may turn to the Lady's Maid's Gazette of Monday, where he will find a happy illustration of this striking adage. The Morning Post, with an impudence of tone which it would not be easy to match in this upper world of ours, finds fault with those who are bringing the QUEEN into disrespect. To bring her MAJXSTY into disrespect is not in the power of faction, though it babble with its thousand hireling tongues from morning to night, and from day to day Her MA JESTY has placed her title to the respect of the nation and of mankind, on a. basis which all the efforts of malignity are unable to shake. By giving so memorable a proof as she has done that she knows, and is determined to maintain, the respect which is due to herself, she has laid the first and best claim to the respect of others. It cannot, how ever, be denied that attempts to lower the Queen of ENGLAND in the opinion of the people, though such attempts can never succeed, are made every day ; but they proceed exclusively, we rejoice to think, from the minions of the faction which has been so signally baffled by the firmness and consti tutional bearing of her MAJESTY. The hired in struments of the foiled Premier have been directed to lay aside for the present their pretended loyalty, and to empty the foul cisterns of their abuse upon their Sovereign. In this honorable occupation—this truly chivalrous career, the PEEL prompted scribe of the Morning Post, far outstrips all his hireling brethren. This worthy, who is now so keenly alive to the least deviation from the respect due to her MAJESTY, who never writes her name without getting up from his stool and making a profound reverence, had the grace, a few days ago to represent the QUEEN as spending her time in listening to tales of obscenity, and then by way of varying the pic ture, held her up to the ridicule of his readers, un der the nursery nickname of " Little Bo Peep Do not lectures on loyalty come with overwhelm ing authority from the Morning Post ? hide of grossness and ribaldry, with such affected reluctance, to inflict this pain upon Lady FLORA HASTINGS and her family ? The Post begins by acknowledging that it is about to wound the peace of a whole family—a family, too, which in the in explicable drama of politics, it has been brought to reverence over and above Royalty itself—and then, with an air of consummate coolness, it proceeds to inflict the wound just as if it were performing an act of cruel but unavoidable justice. The Post says it is compelled to do this, and we believe it. The Post is the slave as well as the tool of the faction by which it lives. Every now and then a urking sentiment of grace breaks out that betrays ,he reluctance with which it prostitutes itself to ,he base uses to which it is condemned. The Post is really to be pitied for the degrading offices it is called upon to discharge, for it is rapidly acquiring the odious distinction of being the vendor of all those infamous calumnies that are dis claimed indignantly by the rest of the Tory organs. Oh ! shade of DUDLEY BATES, how you must shiver in the moonlight when you look down upon the nocturnal doings of this your POST I The article that follows this deprecatory, exor dium is a mere reprint of letters that have already appeared in every journal in the country. It is the story of the Bedchamber and the Physician, without a single new fact to enliven it, or a solitary excuse for the repetition of its tediousness. What advantage to its party the Post proposes, we are wholly at a loss to conceive; but it is quite certain j that the renewal of the discussion can have no other effect than to expose the wretched expedients to which the Tories are driven in the attempt to get up an outcry against the Administration. If they had any serious charges that could be brought against the Government, is ) it credible they would waste so much precious rage upon such trumpery matters. " Whenever you see a man whistling and leaning over a bridge," says FRANK LIN, " depend upon it he has nothing more impor tant to occupy his attention." People who respect the feelings of Lady FLORA HASTINGS and her family, leave the " case " where it is, because that Lady's honour has been so abundantly vindicated, that any further reference to the subject is only calculated to re-open anxieties which have been completely set at rest. But Lady FLORA HASTINGS is the victim of party. In the extremity of their distress the Tories, having nothing more effective to work upon, drag her Ladyship again before the public, forgetting, in this blind fury, that all the time they think they are assailing their political antagonist, they are, in truth, committing an act of great cruelty towards the Lady herself upon the very tenderest point. Nobody in England at this moment entertains any other opinion of Lady FLORA HASTINGS than that her honour is as un tainted as the falling snow; but if the Tories go on much longer with their officious defence of her, people will begin to think that they at least enter tain some doubts on the subject. " You bluster so much about your innocence," says the old Colo nel in the comedy, " that if you don't give over I shall begin to supect.you are guilty." We were glad to see by an advertisement in our journal from the Radical Club, meeting at Radley's Hotel, that all the middle classes are not insensible to the trespass on the rights and liberties of the people, involved in the proceedings against the Chartists. The Radical Club very pro perly stigmatise the intemperate language used by the Chartists, but also condemns the recent arrests as " instances of persecution for political opinion, and as tending to abridge the ac knowledged and inestimable right of the people, to assemble for the declaration of theit opinions." Unless some step of that kind had been taken, and unless it be followed up by some similar steps, we shall be driven to the conclusion that the middle classes have grown regardless of the public liberties, and are ready to sacrifice them to their dread of the lower classes. It cannot be that they seek power, not liberty, and care not to see her stabbed to the heart, if it be through the rights of the poor. The Radical Club has done something to relieve the middle classes from a heavy and painful suspicion. Its conduct may also serve to indicate to the Chartists who are their true friends. It properly condemns their violent language, but it steps forward to protect them. The Tories, on the contrary, both by their own language and: example, particularly as to the New Poor-law, have encouraged the Chartists to use violent language ; but instead of protecting them they only mmock at their proceedings, and urge the Government and the Magistrates to persecute and to prosecute them. If the Whigs, from duty, being in office, are opposed to the Chartists, the Tories are their \deadly and implacable enemies. It is not a little remarkable that while the Morning Post, the recipient of the offal scurrility of the party, insists upon the dismissal of certain Ladies about the QUEEN, by a reference to some supposed interference of theirs in this affair. Sir ROBERT PEEL explicitly declared that in his attack upon the Household he did not contemplate their removal—he named the Ladies whose presence he objected to on political grounds, and distinctly as serted, that he never entertained the remotest in tention of interfering with the others. It appears, therefore, that had Sir R. PEEL been in office, he would have acted in this matter precisely as the present Ministers have acted, and that the clamour which the Post is trying to raise is con trary to the sense—certainly to the avowed senti ments—of Sir ROBERT PEEL. Suppose Sir It. PEEL had succeeded in forming an Administra tion, and were now at the head of the Government, would this article have appeared in the Post ? Would the Post, with this declaration of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S before it, have dared to renew the subject ? Why, then, does it do so now ? Because the sneaking, falsifying, and double faced faction are playing'a desperate game, which compels some of their instruments to violate decency and truth for the sake of keeping up an excite ment, while the heads of the party and its more decent organs in the press, endeavour to pre serve a tone of respectability, taking advantage all the time of the very baseness from which they affect to stand aloof. We have reo dived a copy of the citation of Mr. APSLEY PELL ATT into the Spiritual Court, by Messrs. HAWAS and VICAT, the Churchwardens of Christ Cl, arch, Surrey, and also a copy of„ the Protest. delivered into the Court, against its jurisdiction and proceedings, by the defendant. The latter document is of the highest import ince both to the Church man and the Dissenter, and we regret that we did not receiv, : it in time to make those obser vations upon it to —day which we should have done had it reached us sooner, and which se must now postpone till to-mgt.rrow. By the arrival at Falmouth on Monday of the Skylark packet., from South America, we have re ceived late a/.od interesting news from Mexico. The Skylark sailed from Vera Cruz on the 27th of March, T ampico on the 3d, and Havannah on the 16th ul ,t., with 41,000 dollars on freight, chiefly frov a Belize. On the 17th of March a conductor, under a strong military escort, left Mexico ft r Vera Cruz with three millions of dollars, on . account of the British Government. The treat, between France and Mexico had been ratified b:? the Mexican Authorities, but on being sent to A..dtrniral BAUDIN for confirmation he dis covered that alterations had been made in it, of which he did not approve. The debt of 600,000 dollars claim ed by France was called a gift, and other phrases were altered, so as to please the na tional Vanity of the Mexicans. Admiral BAtr- DIN sent back the treaty to have the alterations erased, and the original words re-inserted ; but it was expected t ha t the influence of the British Re presentative woqild prevent any further misunder standing. The French are, therefore, still masters of the Castle of ' :San Juan d'Ulloa. Thus we have Sir ROBERT PEEL in the House of Commons repudiating the notion of interfering with these calumniated Ladies of the Bedchamber, and the Morning Post at the same moment clamouring for their dismissal. Both these doc trines cannot be entertained by the same party, and their utterance in this way seems to imply a pal pable disagreement between Sir ROBERT and his faithful paper. But no such thing. There is no disagreement whatever between them. Sir ROBERT is ready to disown the Post whenever it may suit his purposes, for the Post is the most servile and unprincipled of all his tools, and he can command its gross slanders, and reap the fruits of them when they are ripe, and be quite confident that it will continue just the same as before. " Only let me kick you before company," says the suburban squire to his red-waistcoated butler, " and when they are gone, we will drink a glass of October together !" Whit-Mond iry being a close holiday in Catholic countries, o n l : r one morning and three evening papers were pu!)blished in Paris on that day. We are consequen t ly without any official intelligence from the Fre 17 ch capital. Tranquillity, however, continued un'n iterrupted, and the impression was becoming gel ie ral that the new Cabinet would be able . to mai.n t :a i n i ts g round till t h e en d o f t h e Session. The Ma At the Second Annual Meeting of the " Abo rigines Protection Society " held yesterday, Mr. d rid Papers received are of the 13th inst. The Gazette of that day announces the appoint ment of M. DOMINGO ISMENEZ to the Ministry of Finance, ad interim. No news of any moment was received from the Provinces. The following are extracts from the papers : M. Francois Larnarque, member of the Convention of the Council of Five Hundred, Extraordinary Commissary to the Armies of the Republic, and Prefect under the Empire, died at Montpont, on the 13th instant, at a very advanced age. It is probable that the Moniteur will publish to-morrow the ordinance by which Lieutenant-General Tholose, Governor of the, Polytechnic School, is dismissed from his post, and we again announce it as positive, that General Tholose has, in fact, already quitted the school. General Doguereau, who fills his place till the arrival of Colonel Valliant, is entrusted to make an inquiry into the events that have occurred in the Polytechnic School. —Le Con. stitutionnel. THE MARKETS.-(TFIIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh supply of English Whvat exceedngly small but a good return of Foreign. The trade very dull Fresh Oats in good supply, and but little demand for them In other sorts of grain no alteration, ARRIVALS. Wheat. English Irish Foreign 20 qrs. Oats. Flour . 110 .acks 11,9 iU brls. CITY FISH MARKET.; Supplies good, and trade lively ; prices much as before. Turbot, ss. to 20s. ; Cod, is. to ss. ; Lobsters, 6d. to 3s. 6d.; Salmon, 10d. to Is. 6d. per lb.; Mackerel, sd. to 10d. each; Soles, Bd. to 4s. per pair. IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the %VEER ENDING MAY 17, The Peers have been assembled as a Judicial Court seven times since the Rev o l ut i on o f J u l y —v i z., f or the trialiof the ex- Ministers, in 1830; of the April rioters, in 1834; of Fieschi and his accomplices, in 1836; of Ali baud, in 1836; of Meunier, in 1837 ; of Laity, in 1836; and that which it has now entered upon, in 1839. Among the bodies of insurgents carried to the Morgue four only have been recognized. The first is that of Jean Toures, one of the April conspirators, who was con demned to twenty years' imprisonment, but was released by the amnesty. The second was Jean Fournier, a slater, who, in 1830, was the first to display the tri-coloured flag on the towers of Notre Dame, and had been afterwards invested with the Order of July. The other two are a journeyman stove-maker and a man who was killed by a sword or bayonet wound in front of the Ecole,Polytech nique. The insurgent Barbes, wh o w as b a dly woun d e d i n the head, and was considered as one of the leaders of the disturbances, died on Saturday. Among other instances of innocent spectators of the in surrection on the 12th instant becoming sufferers by it, is mentioned in the case of M. Helu, a porcelain painter of eminence, who was dining with his wife and a family party at a restaurant, in the Place du Chatelet, when the attack on the Corps-de-Garde took place. He went out by him self to see what was the matter, received a ball in the head, and died instantly. BOURSE, PARIS, MONDAY, MAY 20. HALF-PAST THREE.—Though the French Stocks have to.day at one time been lower than at any time en Saturday, the closing quotations differ but little. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 81f. 40c., declined to $1 f. 25c., and closed at elf. 40c., being an improvement of sc. The Five per Cents, opened at 11 lf. 20c., declined to 111 f. 5c., and closed at 11 If. 10c., as on Saturday. For Money the Three per Cents. are sc. lower, and the Five per Cents. unaltered. The Bank of France Shares are sf. lower. The Belgian Fives are unvaried. The Belgian Bank Shares have de clined 30f. The Coupons unaltered. The Belgian Three per Cents. for the Account 72f. 70c. The Spanish opened and closed as on Saturday, at 20c., after having been down to In. The Neapolitan Bonds are 20 cents. lower. The variations in Railway Shares have not been important. The St. Germain and the Versailles Right Bank 21'. 50c. lower. From To A ‘ , ..rage 963 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone ID 0 44 0 41 5 0 Bere l6 stone ...0 —u 0 468 Barley 275 Oats l4 stone. l5 0 17 0 16 3 o Flour, per cwt 8 ztJue — 0 0 0 0 Oatmeal --„.... 8 stone — ct 0 0 Sold to Bakers only. 16,281 Cwt. Flour 22 0 25 6 24 4 Average price of Wheat and Flour 65.. 4.1. per sack. Receipts of Flour, 11,7431 Firsts from 225. Od. to 255. Od. Seconds from I9s. Od. to 225. Od. Sales of Do. 18," . Fnirds ''''' from 10s. Od. to 12s. Od. PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf 10,1. I Half Quartern sd, CORK MA RKETS.—Mav 13 Wheat (per 205t.)29.8 Od. to 375. od. Oats (per 14st.) ...11s. 6d. to 16s. Id Barley (per 165t.)15 0 22 6 (Flour (percwt )...16 0 24 0 Oatmeal (per cwt.) 12s. Od. to - 16^. 6d. Beef, 4d. to 7d.—Button, sd. to 6d.—Vial, 4d. to 6d. Pork, 41d. to sd.—Fresh Butter, 10d. to Ild. per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. To the Country 995. 91s. 08 B9 88 Flret Highest Lewes Last Price Price. Price. Price, French 5 per Cents 1:1 ... 111 ... 110 90 ... I'l 4% per Cents lO6 23 ... 103 25 ... 106 25 ... 106 25 3 per Cents Bl 30 ... 81 35 ... 81 3,; ... 81 v.O Bank of trance Laffitte Bank I,ooof. Si).— 1075 ...1.75 ...1075 ... 1 075 5,00 d. ch 526/ ...52(0 ...526e ...5:201 Belgian 5 per Cents IO2U ... 102% ... 102% ... i 0,4, Bank B2O ... 820 . 787 50 ... 797 50 Coupons S anish Ac.ive 2O ... 20 ... 19% ... 20 Passive 4% ... 4% . 4% ... 4 Neapolitan 101 70 ... 101 80 ... 101 70 ... 101 8/ Roman RAILWAY SHARE. First Quality Second Third St. Germain .. 691 Versailles, R. B 735 ... 737 LO ... 732 50 ... 732 50 L.8.:M0 ... 280 ~, 280 ... „,,,, H avre ... ir ts `g Orleans . Strasburg to Bale 3311 75 ... 3 ?V 75 ... 337 50 „, 007 -" 5. Mulhausen to Thann DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, MAY 18, Money. Bulls. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amon Syndic,4% per cent 95 95 1 , E Ditto, ditto, 356 per cent. BO SO Commercial Company, 4 , ,, per cent lB2 1625 h Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. Loan 1E37, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month ll 97 1 ,i Two months AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VteWNA, MAY 11 Five por Cents. Metalliques 107% Fonr per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1531% —Allgemeine Zeitung, May 17. Fourth . 78 64 55 43 CLONMELL MA RKETS.—May 18 Per Cwt, s. d. s. d. New Butter 83 oto 90 0 Oatmeal 12 0 12 3 Rendered Lard 0 52 0 Fifth Sixth s. d. a. d. Hides (raw) 0 to 24 0 Bacon Pigs 38 0 40 0 Heads 28 0 0 Bag. Thirds 0 32 • Fourths 22 0 0 3arrel. Flour, Second 0 44 6' -Household -- 0 42 0 Rapeseed 20 0 0 B ere t3 4 10 0 Barley 13 0 14 0 I CoaTa 0 0 ,tone. Per S Wheat 1 8 1 10 I Oats 0 8 0 9 KILKENNY Wheat per barrel)2Bs. Od.to GSs. Od. Barley 14 0 IG 0 Oats 8 B 9 0 Flour (per bag) V 5 0 44 0 Butter(percwt.) 90 0 92 0 Bacon Pigs 40 0 41 0 Coals 1 0 1 2 Tallow (rough) 4 0 4 6 Potatoes 0 3 U 4 MARKETS. !Beef (per 113...,-- Os. Od. to O. sd. Mutton 0 5 0 6 Pork 0 4 0 5 Veal 0 5 0 8 Fresh Butter Salt Ditto Potatoes (per st.) 0 2 0 3 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COT TON MARKET, TUESDA T. —The Cotton Market continues dull ; the sales to-day are 700 bags, without change in prices. The accounts received of the state of trade at Manches ter state that it is impossible to announce any actual revival in the demand for manufactured goods generally, but it is satisfactory to know, that in those branches in which the stagnation has been most severely felt, the only safe and certain curative process is in operation. Short time, and a diminution of production, can alone restore the equilibrium so violently shaken by the events of 1837. " The drain upon the Saving Banks has passed its climax, and the claims upon the poor-rates have not risen beyond the ordinary and customary amount. So perfectly orderly are our town population, that one of our most crowded and po verty-stricken districts did not furnish one single delinquent to the watch of Saturday night last. These facts tend to prove that on the whole the state of the labour market is not so bad as the depression on some branches of trade and manufacture might lead us to conclude ; and there is no reason to despair for the general resources of the country. The depression which we experience is not con fined to us, but is telt with equal severity in every market to which the shock of 1537 extended." The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London for the week ensuing Saturday last, consisted, ac cording to the official returns, of 15,160 ounces of gold bars, 3,344 ounces of gold coin, 99,419 ounces of silver coin, and 37,477 ounces of silver bars, which latter were all shipped for Calcutta; the gold bars were divided be tween Hamburg and Rotterdam. Rio Janeiro papers, received to the 14th of March. Exchange, 304 ; Stock, 79. It appears that the Stocks have got up about 8 per cent. The Batavier Dutch steamer has arrived, bringing the papers of the 22d inst., with the Dutch prices of the Funds :—Two-and•a-Half per Cents, 55 5-16 to 554 ; Five per Cents, 102 9-16. Arrivals this morning, a French mail, and ship-letters From Rio Janeiro. A mail has arrived from Vera Cruz by the Skylark, sailed 27th of March, from Tampico 3d of April, and Havannah 16th of April. The effect of the Bank Directors raising their discounts to 5 per cent., begins already to operate on the various exchanges; yesterday they continued firm, and several of them were done at higher rates. We have received accounts from Buenos . Ayres three days later than the last arrival to the 27th February. On the 16th February some French launches entered the port of Sarate, near St. Nicholas, and captured six barks; but when they were about to return they were attacked by a detachment of Militia, of the division of Colonel Ramezez, and obliged to abandon their prize, leaving swords and belts, which were ordered for Buenos Ayres. It is not said if the French left any dead or wounded. It is reported that some time since an officer and marines of the French Navy in the river Parara, dis embarked on the borders of Entre Rios to kill some cattle, but were attacked and made prisoners. We aro informed that in the middle of last month the Argentine schooner-of-war, St. Martin, and gun boat Portentia, were attacked in the Arroio de la Artre, by a numerous flotilla, belonging to the Arroio de la Artre ; the flotilla were obliged to retire with great loss; more than 70 men, who disembarked, were surprised by the militia, and forty of them were killed. The vessel, which a North American conducted from Monte Video, was in Tuya ; and Rosas presented the captain with a sword, which the French left during their disembarkation at Sarate, when they were obliged to abandon the Valandrus; he also furnished him with twenty-five men, and he was about to cruise as a corsair. Exchange, 4 to 41. The blockade of Buenos Ayres still continues, conse. quently the account received some days since of its being raised is not correct. ROLLS' COURT-(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Trinity Term the MASTER or THE ROLLS did not enter his Court until twenty minntes before two o'clock, having b-eakfasted with the Lord Chancellor and the other Learned Judges. His LORDSHIP took notices, the hearing of which occu pied him till the rising of the Court, and which were en tirely devoid of public interest. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) The Judges of this Court walked in procession through Westminster Hall, and took their seats upon the Bench about half.past one. Tie attendance of company—especially ladies in the Hall—to view the procession, and also within the Court, was unusually large. None of the Learned Sergeants-at-Law were prepared to move the Court, except Sergeant Wilde—a mere mo tion of course. RAWSON V. COLLIER. Mr. C. JONES moved for a rule to set aside the verdict in this case, tried recently before Mr. Sergeant Arabin. The motion was for goods supplied to defendant's wife. Mr. James, who appeared for the defendant used the fact with much effect in his address to the Jury, that the plaintiff kept a " tally shop." Lord Chief Justice TINDAL—What is that ? Mr. C. Jorms—A shop where weekly instalments are taken for goods. This topic produced such an ,impres sion on the Jury, that they found for the defendant.—(A laugh.) There was no evidence that the wife was sepa rated from her husband, though they did not live cordially together. The Learned Sergeant who tried the case told the Jury their verdict was wrong.—Rule Nisi granted. , LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MAY 21.—Wind, N. E.—Arrived, the Triton M'Lean, from Barcelona. Sailed, the Blackness, for St. John's, New Brunswick, and Penyard Park, for Marseilles. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 21.—Wind, N.N.E. to W. N. W. Sailed, the Narwahl, Brind, for South Seas. PLYMOUTH, MAY 21.—A calm. FALMOUTH, MAY 20.—Wind, variable, light airs. Sailed the San Luigi, Caffiero, for St. Petersburg. Off port, the Skylark, (packet), from Vera Cruz. LIvERPOOL, MAY 21.—Arrived, the Ace of Trumps, from Terceira ; Iris, Odessa ; Trinacra, Laguna, Pa lermo, Sailed, the Gipsey, Cresswell, for Rio Janeiro; Rapid, Thomas, Jamaica ; Charles, Philadelphia ; Ellen, Jenkinson, Walker, Ancona, Earl Powis, and Spittal, from Cape of Good Hope ; Thomas Worthington Duncan, Lima ; Monarch, Wilson, St. Lucia ; Cambridge, Bur sley, New York ; Elizabeth, Massop, St. John's, New ' Brunswick • Albion, Newfoundland ; Trinity Yacht, Johnson, Lisbon. Off port, the Richard Watson, Trieste ; Catherine, ditto. COCK-FIGH TIN G HUMBUG. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIB,---A paragraph having appeared in your paper yesterday, headed Cock-fighting, &c., in which I am stated to have been summoned before the Uxbridge magistrates and fined, I beg to say this is totally untrue. I did not attend any exhibition of the sort, received no summons, and the whole with regard to myself, is a fabrication from beginning to end. So much for the veracity of your reporter. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, CRAVEN F. BERKELEY. Spring-gardens, May 22. [The Honourable Gentleman is under a mistake so far as The Sun is concerned. We suspected the para graph, rather a long one, extending to half a column, to have been a hoax played off byapenny-a-liner to raise the wind at the expense of our Contemporaries, and we re fused it, insertion. The fe llow ou g ht to be punished for his filching ingenuity.] The Queen, as an encouragement to native talent, has engaged the band of the Quadrille Institute for the ensuing ball at Buckingham Palace. The Hon. William Ashley, Treasurer and Vice- Chamberlain to the Queen Dowager, will be the successor of Sir Herbert Taylor, as Master of St. Katharine's Hos pital.—Morning Paper. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and Miss Percy have left Norihumber]and House for Sion House, where they will pass the Whitsuntide recess in se ctlusion, in consequence of the death of the venerable Earl PoNis, her Grace's father. The Noble Duke, owing to the delicate state of his health, will not, it is understood, be present at the obsequies of the late Lord Powis. The Duke of Argyll's birthday banquet as Lord Steward, at the Clarendon Hotel, tomorrow, will be on a scale of great splendour. His Grace's mansion in Park lane not being sufficiently capacious for so large a party is the reason for the dinner being given at the Cl aren d on. The IVla.rquis Wellesley' continues at Ki ngston House, Knightsbridge, in an infirm state of health. His Lordship has nearly completed his 80th year, and has wholly retired from public life. Hussein Khan , t he Persian Ambassador Extra ordinary, is daily ex pected in town from P ar i s . H is Ex cellency brings over t went y Indian shawls as a present for her Majesty, of the same costly and superb pattern as those he presented to her Majesty, the Queen of the French, at a private audience at the Tuileries. The Chartist meeting at Newcastle-on-Ty ne on Monday passed off quietly. From 15,000 to 40,000 were present.— Tyne Mercury. CAMBRIDGE, MAY 20. — Died at Ca i us Lodge, Cambridge, on Saturday evening, the 19th inst., in the 77th year of his age, the Rev. Dr. Davy, f or 36 years master of Caiva College. Mits. TROLLOPE'S " FACTORY BOY.”—w e are much gratified to find that the interest and value of this work greatly increases as it proceeds. The first two numbers did, and could only be expected to do, little more than introduce the dramatis persona of the story, and fur nish u s with a sort of catalogue raisonne of their respective characters. We are now, in No 3, getting into the heart of the impressive and touching tale which it is evidently the design of the writer to place before us, and we begin to see the important scope of the moral that is to spring from it. There is a terrible truth in the scene at the factory in the present number ; and the new scenes and characters whi c h opera upon us at the mansion of the wealthy heiress, Miss Brotherton, promise the most interesting results. W e are happy to learn that the success of this work already exceeds the most sanguine expectations of the spirited publisher who ventured on so unprecedented a price for the copyright of it.—Naval and Military Gazette. VIE FUNDS. Consols, which closed yesterday at 931 both for Ac count and Money, opened this morning with an improve ment, and may be quoted 93i for Money ; for the July Account 931 Exchequer Bills, 33 36; India Bonds, 35 37 ; Bank Stock, 185 - 1881 ; India Stock, 255} 2561.; In the Foreign Market, scarce any business doing as yet, and most of the prices are nominal as they closed at. Spanish Active, 191 191; Portuguese, 351 36; Brazilian higher, 7£o,- 791 ; Colombian, 311 ; Mexican, nothing done; Belgian, 1011 102 e; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 561 56,1 ; Five per Cents., 1021 Mi. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE o'CLOCK. Paid. Per :!hare. Brazilian Imperial Mining Co.i(itsued at 51. pm.) 20 15 Great Western Railway Company ris 72% London anrackwall Railway 9 North Mid ad Railway Company 65 5 General St Navigation Company 14 24 COURSE OF EXCH, Amsterdam C.F. 12 4)4 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam . U l2 5 Antwerp... Harnburg..........• M.B. 19 113 1 I A1t0na..... Paris, 3 day s' sight 25 35 Ditt0......... ......... 3 Ms 25 65 Marseilles. Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, ELM. 151 Petersbuigh, ruble... 3 Us lo3{ Berlin Vienna, effective 6...3 M lO 5 Trieste ditto lO 6 Madrid 37 Cadiz.... Bilboa .... Barcelona Seville 36Y. ANGE YESTERDAY. i t thbraitar 4,4 , Leghorn,. 30 55 Genoa..• 5 76 Iration.... 3l Venice 47 Naples ............... 4O Pa.erfao Lisbon ....... —.......per oz. 120 54% 0r0n054% Rio Janeiro ...... ......... 2B Bahia 27 Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia 4b PIIICE OF' BULLION, per OZ. Portugal Gold, c0in....X0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars... 3 18 0 New Doubloons .......... 0 0 0 New Dollars ......... ..... 0 0 0 Silver in Bars HALF-PAST ONE. We have no further arrivals to communicate, nor are there any reports afloat in the City. According to infor mation from Dublin it appears that the Bank of Ireland is following the example of that of the Bank of England, by advancing theirrate of discounts. The accounts from the Island of Ceylon of March 9, state that a good deal of dissatisfaction prevailed there, owing to a report that an Order in Council had reached the Governor, directing that no future sales of Government land should be made at less than 11. per acre. This was supposed to be in order to favour the South Australian Colonization scheme, where the price of land bad been raised from ss. to 12s. per acre. Consols are not quite so good as in the early part of the morning, 831 both for Money and the Account. Exche quer Bills, 33 85 ; India Bonds 36 ; Bank Stock, nothing doing. In the Foreign Market the chief operation has been in the Brazilian Stock, which bas got up about 1 per cent, 79} ; Portuguese 354 36 ; Three per Cents. 211 22 ; Spanish Active, 19,14; Colombian, 31 s ; Belgian, 101:1 102+ ; Dutch, 56k. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stock ......... .............. 195 i India Stock 112% Ditto Bonds -.. 36. 9344 1 Ditto Old Annuitie s — 3 3 p perer tlceennt.t.Rce,d..m. 3 per Cent. Red 1W I Ditto New Annuities ... ...... New 3N, per Cent 10114 i Ex. Bills, 1,00 11 /...... 2d 35 pm. New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 500/ 15 pm, Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 35 pm. It 7-16 Bank Stock f or O pg Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 .2:.13 Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. Portuguese Bonds, sper cent. 75 Ditto. New Ditto • Prussian, 5 per cent Russian Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto, Metallic 'Spanish, 5 per cent. 1 9 14 ( Ditto, Deferred S% French, 5 per cent. f —c. Exchange —I —c French, 3 per cent —f. —, Dutch, 1.1% per cent. 55 Ditto, 5 per cent. 111:34 It ES Asturian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent 102 Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent Colomlhan, 6 per cent Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent Greek Bonds, 1825, sper ct — Mexican, sper cent Ditto, 6 por cent., 1825 Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent — S H, Eastern Counties Railway—. tircat Western Railway London and Brighton Itlilvn London and Blackwall Ballo Manchester and Birininghan North Midland ILA way 9 ;; 2 ly 7q ray 1 Itailway CARLOW ELECTION AY.) COMMITTEE (THIS . _ D The vote of Robert hors was declared to be bad, and the sitting Member is now in the majority of one. Yesterday morning workmen commenced remo ving the whole of the French experimental bitumen pave ment laid down at the end of Oxford-street and Totten ham Ccurt-road, and it is being replaced by granite paving by the parish of St. Marylebone. LITERATURE. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAIII RAILWAY. Tilt, London, 1839. This volume is well timed, and will be read with pleasure by those who take an interest in the origin, progress, and completion of; what the author very justly calls, " The greatest public work ever executed, either in ancient or modern times." It describes the entire course of the London and Birmingham Railway, together with the home and country scenes on each side of the Line, including sketches of Kenil wor th, Lea mington, Warwick, Guy's Cliff, Stratford, and several other places. The Plates illustrative of these various scenes are eighteen in number, and are for the most part finished with the same care that we see displayed in the best Annuals of the day. Among the best, are the sketches of the " Entrance to the Railway Station at Euston-square," the " Viaduct over the River Colne," and the " Sherborne Viaduct near Coventry." The literary department of the volume is executed by Mr. Thomas Roscoe, and enters into several interesting details respecting the progress of the Railway. To enhance the value of the work, which we should ob serve is got up with remarkable neatness—there is an excellent map of the whole line of road from London to Birmingham. THE FERGUSONS. 2 VoLs. Colburn, London, 1838. Though avowedly a tale of fashionable life, the Fer gusons is far from insipid or monotonous—as is almost invariably the case with such tales—in the first place, because the incidents, which are numerous, and well put together, are each of a sufficiently exciting charac ter ; and, secondly, because the characters have an in dividuality about them that never fails to beget an in terest in the mind of the reader. But the great recom mendation of the tale is the good taste that pervades it throughout. There is no affectation of fine writing, or wire-drawn enthusiasm ; no exaggerated praises of high life, or elaborate comments upon dress, and the art of dining out—matters of such all-engrossing importance in the eyes of the great vulgar as well as the small ; the author describes scenes and pourtrays characters just as they may be supposed to exist in real life, with mach spirit and vivacity, but at the same time in a subdued and chastened style. His account of the dinner where " John Thompson," the celebrated wit, is expected to show off as a lion ; but where, to the infinite horror and astonishment of his patronizing hostess, he turns sulky, and refuses to perpetrate even the smallest pun, or crack the smallest joke, is a description which it is evident that the author has drawn direct from the life, without any attempt at display or caricature. His sketches of Arthur Ferguson, the hero of the story, a tolerably clever and well-bred young man, whose great ambition seems to be to render himself a " general favourite in society ;" and of the old faded flirt, Mrs. Trevor Ash ton, have not less merit. On the whole, we have no doubt that the Fergusons will be much admired by those more fashionable and lounging readers to whose tastes it chiefly caters, for it is clearly the production of an author accustomed to mingle in, what is called, " the better circles" of society. SMITH'S STANDARD LIBRARY. Smith, London, 1839. Under this title, a variety of our standard works in prose and verse, are now from time to time in the course of re-publication, in a handsome octavo form, varying, according to the matter it contains, from one to two shillings.. Mr. Smith has already published Scott's Poems at a shilling each (they originally cost nearly a guinea each), and the Poetical Works of Burns at half a-crown—infinitely cheaper, we believe, than they have yet been brought out at. Other equally excellent works, we are told, will follow in due course. Consi dering the correctness of this edition, its elegance of form and execution, and above all, its remarkable low vess of price, we think there can be little doubt that it will soon grow into favour with the public, if it have not done so already. RAMBLES IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND. 2 Vols. Saunders and Otley, London, 1839. " My principal object," says Lady Chatterton in her advertisement, " in publishing this book, is to endeavour to remove some of the prejudices which render so many people afraid either to travel or to reside in Ireland." This object she in a great measure bids fair to accom plish, by showing bow numerous are the attractions to be met with in the sister-country ; and how greatly ex aggerated are the majority of Englishmen's notions re specting the difficulty—not to say, hazard—of travelling through its wilder and more secluded districts. The volumes consist merely of a collection of rough notes penned in a light, and kindly-natured spirit, willing to look to the sunny side of things, and, above all, deter mined to decide, not from the re p or t s o f o th ers , b ut from personal Observation. Perhaps the most accept able portion of the work is that wherein the authoress describes, which she does with much minuteness, the rude mountain scenery in the neighbourhood of Darri nane Abbey. From the numerous diverting anecdotes interspersed throughout the work, we select the follow- Lnir, : " The Irish are very fanciful in their signs. One made use of by a tailor at Cahirciveen illustrates the truth of my favourite doctrine, that misfortune, defects, and ignorances may often be turned to good account by a mind deter mined to make the most of every circumstance. A tailor who lived in the little town made once upon a time a long journey to see the world; and on his return put up his name and trade over his shop, adding in large and tri umphant letters From London.' His business of course increased immensely; and all the other tailors (for there were many in a place which furnished clothes to the dense populatisn of the surrounding country), were in despair. At last the poorest and most miserable of them all resolved to make a desperate attempt to carry away the custom from the usurping traveller. Ile lived opposite the tailor from London,' and one fine morning a large sign appeared over his door, bearing the words Thady O'Shaugnessay, tailor,' and in gigantic letters, Never was in London.' The sign created first a laugh, then perhaps a feeling of admiration for Thady's honest audacity, and soon the custom was transferred from the illustrious traveller to the honest man who never was in London.' " METROPOLITAN PULPIT. 2 Vora. Virtue, London, 1839. The work before us is by the author of " Random Recollections of the Houses of Lords and Commons," and gives biographical sketches, accompanied by critical opinions, of many of the most eminent preachers in the metropolis. The volumes are somewhat loosely and carelessly written, in point of style; but they contain considerable information, and justify the author's re mark in his preface, that they are " penned in a spirit of fairness and impartiality." The two most entertain ing memoirs are those of Rowland Ilill and Edward Irving, which arc full of characteristic anecdotes related with much unction. As a specimen we subjoin a re miniscence of the former Rev. Gentleman :—" Mr. Rowland Hill was always annoyed when there happened to be any noise in the chapel, or when any thing oc curred to divert the attention of his hearers from .what he was saying. Oa one occasion, about three years before his death, he was preaching to one of the most crowded congregations that ever assembled to hear him. In the middle of his discourse he observed a great commotion in the gallery. For a time lie took no notice of it, but finding it increasing, he paused in his sermon, and looking in the direction in which the confusion prevailed, he exclaimed, What's the matter there ? The Devil seems to have got among you!' A plain country looking man immediat e ly s t ar t e d t o hi s f eet, and ad dressing Mr. Hill, in reply, said, No, Sir, it arnt the Devil as is a doing on it; it's a lady wot's fainted; and she's a very fat un, Sir, as don't seem likely to come to again in a hurry.'—' Oh, that's it, is it,' observed Mr. Hill, drawing his hand across his chin; then I beg the lady's pardon—and the Devil's too.'" SIX YEARS IN ALGIERS. Saunders and Otley, London, 1839. This work consists, for the most part, of extracts from a diary of occurrences kept by the wife of the English Agent, and Consul General at Algiers, Mrs. Blanckley, mother of Mrs Broughton, editor of the present volume, during a residence in that city, from the year 1806 to 1812. The diary is written in a terse, condensed form, with evident haste, but bears in every page the appearance of perfect authenticity. The writer sketches some of the most familiar customs of the Algerines of nearly thirty years back in a lively piquant, observant spirit, and relates an anecdote with remarkable felicity. More than one Dey died while she was a resident in the city—by poison, of course, or strangulation—for this seems to be the invariable means by which the Algerine monarchs made their exit from life. Of one of the Deys, we are told that "a cup of coffee containing the powder of ground diamonds, a most effectual poison, was offered to the late unfortu nate Paella, out of respect as they said ; but he refused to drink it, saying that he did not choose to be accessary to his own death. He therefore politely declined the honour which the Turks intended him, preferring rather to be led out by the Chaousses, like a culprit, to the usual place of execution, where he was strangled." Of the last Dey but one of Algiers (Hadji Ali) Mrs. Broughton, on the authority of a captive Spanish mer chant, gives the following anecdote :—" He was mur dered by his own negro slave ; a short time before his death, he wantonly murdered five Greek children, the eldest of whom was not above twelve years of age, and. consequently could have (riven no provocation. These a trocious acts b.e executed with his own hand, assisted indeed by the negro slave before mentioned. Three of the unfortunate innocents, horrible to relate, be burnt over a slow fire till they were literally reduced to cinders. He cut up the bodies of the other two, which he preserved in salt, and in this state they were found, when the world was delivered from this atrocious mon ster!" If the French conquest of Algiers has been productive of no other beneficial results, it is at least entitled to the merit of having put an end to these atrocious crimes—which is a great boon rendered to humanity. W e would advise those who read this entertaining volume, to read immediately afterwards " Campbell's Letters from the South," when they Will be greatly struck by the startling contrast that exists EVEN ING E n mom m; between the Algiers o f th e p rosent day, andlthiltrof thirty years since, the period t o w hi c h this wort-446k; x . 7 HISTORY OF CHESTERFIELD. Ford, Chesterfield, 1839. _ _. _ _ A work published in Monthly Sixpenny Parts, and containing several engravings, and descriptive twee t -a n t s of Chatsworth—the princely seat of the Devonshire family—Hardwicke Hall, Bolsover Castle, Wingeworth Halt, and many other noble parks and mansions in the neighbourhood of Chesterfield, together with particulars cf the hamlets contiguous to the town. The publica tion, considering its cheapness, is got up with great neat ness —w e may even say, elegance ; the plates, in parti cular, are remarkably well executed, and are alone worth the price paid for each part. CLARKE'S TRA VELS EV RUSSIA, 4 - c. Chambers, Edinburah, 1839. A republication, in the pamphlet form, of the well known travels of Dr. Clarke in Russia, Tartary, and Turkey, to which are prefixed a brief, condensed mar moir of the author, and numerous additions and notes, prepared expressly for the present edition. The oriai nal cost of this book of travels was, we understand, Ave guineas ; it is now given to the public at the small price of half a crown, and forms one of the numbers of , Chambers's .‘ People's Edition" of standard works, in the various branches of literature and science. THE HIGHLAND INN, 2 Vas. Colburn, London, 1839. This is a collection of tales and sketches of character, which are supposed to form part of the Diary of a Scotch physician, by name Duncan Mac Alpin, who having seen a great deal of life in the New World, as well as in the Old, first, as an army surgeon, and next, as an ensign in a marching regiment, resolves on return ing to his native country, and is stopping at a Highland Inn, on his road road home to Bas Alpin, when he meets with the various characters and inci. dents which he describes in his Diary. Some of these characters are drawn with considerable skill, especially that of the young clergyman, Frederick Mordaunt ; the story of whose first love, Louisa Manvers ' shows that the writer k nows b ow t o move t h e tender feelings of our nature. His descriptions, too, of the wilder Scottish scenery, which occur frequently in his volumes, are some of them graphic and spirited. We regret we cannot say as much for the engravings which form the frontispiece of each volume. They are very mediocre productions. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by the Viscountess Forbes, Baroness Lehz-n, Miss Quen tin, Lord Byron, Lord Alfred Paget, Hon. C. A. Murray, and Sir Robert Otway. Viscount Melbourne, and Lord Hill had audiences yes terday of her Majesty. Her Majesty attended by Lady Portman Hon. Mis s Spring Rice, Hon. M rs . G eorge Campbell, Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Byron, Sir Robert Otway, and Lord Alfred Paget, honoured the Italian Opera with her pre sence last evening. The Prince and Princess of Leinengcn arrived at Wool wich in the Firebrand steam packet last evening, from the Continent. Their Serene Highnesses left Woolwich in one of the Queen's carriages for town, and arrived at Buck ingham Palace at half-past eight o'clock. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council this afternoon at St. James's Palace, after the Levee. The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday in a carriage and four. The Earl of Harewood had an inter view with Lord John Russell yesterday at th© Houle Office. Despatches from the Right Hon. Stewart Mackenzie, Governor of Ceylon, were received yesterday at the Colo nial Office. Lord Holland had a small dinner party yesterday at Holland House, Kensington. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUiV. Sia—The following paragraph, so interesting to the cause of humanity, appeared some time since in the Sun : We are happy to see by a published letter from Mr. Paternoster, that measures are in progress for the organi zation of a society for the protection of persens afflicted, or presumed to be afflicted, with insanity. Snch an insti tution has been long wanted, and its necessity has lately been brought home with irresistable conviction to the pub lic mind, by the exposure of the horrible treatment to which the inmates of private mad-houses are subject. Mr. Pater noster's own cruel case was the first that drew attention to this subject. His dear-bought experience must have fur nished him with much valuable information respecting the secret doings in these dens of iniquity." At this distance, I have no means of ascertaining if the meritorious undertaking be yet realised ; but the gentle man who has so desirable an end in view, might receive very useful information on the subject in question from the able pen of the late John Bell, who in his posthumous work, " Observations on Italy," gives so interesting and valuable an account of the institution for the insane at Averse (a few miles from this city), suth as it then was. I remain, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, Naples, April 26, 1839. C. J. R. Theodore Hook, or some such wag, once said that he dared not begin a sonnet with the usual salutation, " Hail, May I" lest the capricious month should take him at his word, and send a shower of hail. During last week, we had Neil, snow, frost, and cold, almost as severe as if it were January. CORN-LAWS.----We understand the Cheshire farmers never were in a worse position than now, and that there is very little prospect of their rents being duly paid. The eyes of the farmer are just now opening, and he finds that all the hubbu,b about protection to the farmer means protection to the landlord. If we mistake not, at the next election the Corn-law cry will make such men as Mr. Thomas Marsland, Mr. Grimsditch, and Mr. W. T. Egerton, tremble for their seats. If the Reformers are united, not one of these can be again returned._ North Cheshire Roomier. Cow CRAWL !—On Monday last, John Robin son, of Newbold, was taken before G. Crompton, Esq., justice, charged with stealing the milk from Mr. Charles Grimes's cows, at Stoncgravels. The prisoner, we under stand, was caught in the act of milking one of the cows. He was committed to take his trial at the Sessions.-- Aortit Derbyshire Chronicle. MACKAREL FISHERY, AND WANTON CON DUCT OF TIIE MASTERS OF VESSELS.—The mackarel sea son has been en exceedingly unpropitious one to the fisher men of Mevagissey, Goran Haven, &c., for not only have they taken very little fish, but to add to their other losses, they have been greatly injured by having their nets torn away by vessels passing through them, notwithstanding every precaution being taken by the fishermen to prevent such an occurrence. Although they show a light, blow horns, or make any noise, onward g• the vessels and away go the nets.-0n Monday night last, a boat belonging to Goran Haven, was driving about three miles off Fowey harbour, when a limestone-barge passed through the nets, and cut away about ten fathoms of a mackarel net, marked on the corks G. \V., and two pilchard nets marked P. P. This is a serious loss to Peter Pomery, to whom the nets belong, and we hope that should the nets be met with, the finder will restore them to the rightful owner. We trust also that the limestone vessels will keep a better look-out in future, as they have been the principal cause of the loss to the fishermen, other vessels being more careful. West Briton. CAMBRIDGE, MAY 19, HALE-PAST NINE. A scene of the most disgraceful character has occurred here to-day. A requisition was signed by a number of the most respectable: inhabitants to call a public me e ti ng to vote an address to the Queen on the late political event.— The meeting took place, at which the Mayor presided, when an address was moved by Mr. Alderman Forester, and seconded by Alderman Gretton, which was the signal of an uproar and conflict not exceeded by an as semblage of the lowest characters on any public occa sion. To the honour of the town, there was a considerable majority in favour of the address, but it appears the whole of the Tory part of the University was marshalled for the occasion. No sooner had the business com menced than a simultaneous rush at the doors and win dows was made, the parties using instruments for that purpose ; they got possession of the Town-hall, and in de fiance of the Proctors and police, the latter 24 men, they converted the meeting into a bear garden ; some of the Uudergraduates broke through the pannels of the doors, actually smashed the windows, and came in through the glass wounded and bloody ; thence ensued a regular conflict to get possession of the hustings, which lasted nearly two hours ; several of the leading men were injured. The Mayor at length, after great difficulty, read the Riot Act, and the Undergraduates with their mob did not disperse till night came on. At the time of writing this, there are perhaps &000 persons in the Market-place.. We learn that a Counsel, frequently censured for his truculent propensities, was recently reproved in such decided terms by a young pleader of talent, that the matter is expected to terminate a few miles; beyond the Committee-room in which, it is said, the provocation was given and the retort made. Ailiorring the prin ciple of duelling, we rather hope that a person habitually wanting in conventional courtesy, may have It corres ponding unconsciousness of the conventional ameessity for demanding satisfaction of a personal kind when he has attracted an insult to him. In the times of Den ning, Thurlow, Erskine, and others whom. he coe'd cite, gentlemanly decorum never merged e ten in the ardour of pleading. In the present tin' ,es, there is a frequent depression of the moral lone of the bar ; and a man who can only be jusas i likened to Thyr_ sites, the bully of antiquity, Tr:ll'oA be the favoured object of judicial puffery, s.nd trumpeted. forth as i the worthy successes to the ;great legists of she past scat. 1 tury. Society will so leaLer endure the insult with (1 which foul-mouth:el lawyers assail some of its most dc ti - servi ng Inenlt'srs; and we are bound to hope that the pro. f ession itseV,—a body of which England is entitled to bo Proud-- - ,sill lo,e no more time in framing la ales of discipline I again' ,; all conduct unbecoming the robe. They owe it to the 'selves to isolate (if they ca nno t at once expel) any al member whose conduct casts disrepute ota the general fame of. the Bar—Evening Paper. FALSE ALARM.—Lord Clinton bespoke the performance at the Newark Theatre ort. Friday evening. a last, at which the greater part of the Yeoman r y Officers attended ; b e t in the midst of th .seised the the- alarming; sound of " horse and array" ,exice. Their situation may be easier 1 toleaving conceived than described; the officers turned. out o f t theatre, l3 the remainder of the audi ence i tt the I search of the disturber, wh o tose.. ; soon s ound to be an youth, who bad been some t i m e pr gr eatest suspense, argilssouth, in practising on the bugle. Ike seas taken before the Ma yor and. reprimanded.--D°n caster Gazette. j A S R ~s`_ ~~ r ~sw ~~ ~~ rt;t Ni‘ thl HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. T O -MORROW EVENING, THURSDAY, MAY 23,1839. In honour of her Majesty's Birth-Day, T here will be an Extra night (net included in the subscription). Il hen will be performed, for the la s t ti me thi s season, Mozart's celebrated Opera IL DON GIOVANNI, 11 7 Madame G. Grisi, Mulame Menani, and Madame Persiani, s i gnors übini, Lablche, More, an Tamburini ° conclu ß de with the a lli successful Ballet d (by Signor . Guerra) of ROBERT LE DIABLE. ? rincipal performers, Madame Guerra, Mdlle. Bellon, Signor Guerra, M. Gosselin and M. Mathieu. BAfter the Opera, the National Anthem of " God Save the neen " w ill b e sung b y M a d ame Gr i si, Madame Persiani. Rnors Rubini, Tamburini, and Lablache, and the whole ,r ah of the Company. aial 'ect :es ! At the •en s to of Re sup- be eer- Dnly woe the I.Je )us. that ap tion 'ere I ers higs cats the • an and pre was bad , at !iser lig stY No ma 11 \ „