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NEW SPORTING NOVEL. Now realy at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., YDEMAR S T O N; OR, A SPORTSMAN'S LIFE. By "CRAVEN." Henry Colima, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ARMY AND NAVY. THE JUNE NUMBER OF COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE AND NAVAL AND MILITARY JOURNAL, Contains :—The Waterloo Campaign and its Historians, by Major Basil Jackson (concluded)—The Navy of Russia and her Maritime Province of Finland—The Mouths of the Danube, from the Notes of a, Recent Traveller—Military Literature—The Naval Chaplain's Note Book—Sinde under the Ameers, by Captain Hart, Bombay Army— Narrative of the Destruction of an Armed Convoy in the Bay of Bosas, by an Eye-Witness—Military Anecdotes and Sketches of Character, by Lieutenant-Colonel Wilkie—Historical Sketch of Mili tary Punishments, by Dr. Marshall—An Incident of Civil War fare—What altered the Intention of Euphrates—The Duke of Wel lington's Opinions on Charges of Cavalry and of Infantry—The Con clusion of the Memoir of Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, K.C.B.—The Old Peninsulars--Itecal of Lord Ellenborough, and A 1 - pointment of a new Governor-General of India—The Prince de Join- Pamphlet—Distribution of the Army and Navy, Promotions and Appointments, General Orders, Circulars, and all the Professional 'News of the Month, &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE ONLY MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSIIANK. Price Half-a-Crown: AINSWORI'II'S MAGAZINE, For JUNE, contains:— SAINT JAMES'S ; or the COURT of QUEEN ANNE. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Book the Second. Chap. Vll.—How the Marquis de Guiscard helped to free Mr. Saint John from an incumbrance. VlM—Fur nishes fresh proas of Mr. Harley's talent for intrigue. IX.—ln what way Mrs. Plumpton and Mrs. Tipping comforted themselves during the Serjeant's absence. X.—ln which the Queen consents to the marriage. Xl.—Of the manner in which the Duke of Marlborough set out for Flanders. Xll.—How the marriage was forbidden by the Duchess, with the result of the interruption. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. The City of the Virtues. By Laman Blanchard.—A Wreath.—The Poems and Ballads of Schiller. Translated by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart.—Daniel Maclise, R.A.—A Few Passages on Dreams, Night-Noises, Phantoms. By Charles Oilier, Author of " Ferrers."— Spring. By Mrs. Ponsonby. A JAR OF HONEY FROM MOUNT HYBLA. By LEIGH HUNT. No. Vl.—Pastoral Poetry. Scottish and Irish Poetical tendencies in humble lifo. Pastoral of Theocrittts, of Moschus, of Virgil, Spenser, Tasso, and Guarini. _ _ The Gulf of Alexandretta. By W. Francis Ainsworth.—Waterloo brklge. A London Story. By Charles Mackay.—Benjamin D'lsraell and the New Generation.—The Elliston Papers. Edited by George Raymon4. (Concluded.)—Our Library Table. JOIIN MANESTY, THE LIVERPOOL MERCHANT. ' By the late WILLIAM MAGIRN, LL.D. Chap. XX.—lnwhich a new character appears on the scene XXI.- - Hugh Manesty's submission, and its consequences. XXlL—Hugh and Mary. The Earl of Silverstiok is exhibited in a new light. London : John Mortimer, Adelaide-street, Trafalgar-square. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re— spectfully informed that there will be an extra Night (not included In the Subscription) THIS EVENING MAY 30. When will be performed Rossini's Opera of IL.BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, by Madame Grist, Signor Mario, Signor Lablache, Signor F. Lablache, and Signor Fornssari. After w birth will be produced, a New Dive4tlssement, composed by Mdlle. Cerito, entitled LA VI V ANDIERE, introducing La Redowa Polka, by Mdlle. Cerito and NI St. Leon. To Le followed by the last scene of Rossini's Opera LA CENE. RENT 0 LA. La Cenercn.ola, Illdile. Favanti. To conclude with the Grand Ballet entitled ALM A (omitting the First Tableau), in which Mdlles. Cerito and Frassi, and Mons. M. St. Leon and Perrot will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box oMce, Opera Celoanade. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will commence at Hal Lpast Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANK FOR THE BENEFIT OF MISS BETTS. THIS EVENING, MAY SO, Will be pinformed the opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnbeim, Mr. Borrani: Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilshoof, Mr. Morncastle; Arline , M iss R ainforth; Queen of the Gipsies, Mi s Betts. _To conclude with the Last Act of the Opera of THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W Harrison; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr I'orrani; Nlatna, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdlle. Albertazzi ; Francesca, Miss Romer. Dress Poxes is., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes Is.. Second Price 3s. ; Pit as , .lecond Price 25.; Middle Gallery 25., Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. ME. BENJAMIN W EBSTER LESSER THIS EVENING, MAY SO, Will be performed THE LITTLE DEVIL. Nicolo Angell, Viacentio d'Estella, Mr. Charles Mathews; Gil Bablo, Mr. Strick land ; Maria Theresa of Spain. Miss E. Yarnold; Clotilda, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews ; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To be followed by the extraordinary Performances of Professor RISLEY and his TWO INFANT SONS. To conc'ude with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper •rallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper G Very, tad. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances c anmexce at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr 1. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. I.F.SSEN. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. FOR THE BENEINT OF M'SS SABILLA NOVELLO. THIS EVENING, MAY SO. Will be performed th- Last Act of LA SONNAMBULA. Amin; MiUSabilla Novello; Liza, Miss E. Honner; Elvin% Mr. Allen. After which, the Second Act of DON PASQUALE. To be followed by A GRAND CONCERT. To which will be added a B A LLE I' DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with a New Farce, called BOUNCE; or, The Ojibbewav Indians. Characters by Messrs. Oxberry, Fitzjames ; Granby, Walter Lacy, and Miss Brooks. THE/111'HE ROY AL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA- HOUSE Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. " Open Sesame; or, a Night with the Ferty Thieves," continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable audiences THIS EVENING, MAY CO, Will he repeated a New and Comic Drama, cal ed TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keeley, and Emery, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A.Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley To which will be added a New Comedietta, entitled THE WHITE .F EA TH ER. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Collier, Craven, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Fairbrother. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle. called POLK AMANI A Characters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with 0- en 1 Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or. a Night with the Forty Thieves. Hassarac, Mr. Keeley; Morgiana, Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF A OMVSlON.—Balcony Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit. 2s. • Gallery. lld. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is a.; l'it, 1 , . Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (holding eight persons). Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tler (hoisting six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Splendid Whitsun Holiday Fees. I - 11S FVENING. MAY 30, Will be repeated al entire new Military and Naval Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or. The Conquests of Amoy by B -itish Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, kc., to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Entire Change in the Scenes of the Circle. Brilliant Cavalcade—Feats of Horsemanship—The celebrated Polka Danceby Mdlle. Cushnie and Signor Milano. To c nclude with a Laughable Farce. The doors will open niehtly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage.m wager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. nA V T DOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Extraordinary Novelty—Engagement of Mr. G. Wieland, and Three Entirely New riecea. THIS EVENING, MAY 3 1 , Will be reneated a New Drama in Three Acts, entitled THE INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE in which Messrs.- Saville, Hughes, Hicks, Honnor, Vale, Lewis, and Johnson ; Mrs. H. Vining, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs Hicks, will perform. After which a New Burlesque entitled GEOROEY BARNWELL. Supported by Messrs. Vale, Neville, Heslop, Mrs. Da'y, and Miss Terre); . To ronclude with a Grand Fairy Spectacle celled THE SPRITE OF THE SNOW DRIFT. Zimmeir, the Sprite, by Mr. G. Wi,land. Superb Sceneryand Dresses. Extraordinary effects, and wonderful fats. _ _ Places and Private Boxes to be bad of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. FIRST WEEK OF MADEMOISELLE ROSSINI, IN ADDI TION TO THE WIZARD'S NEW WONDERS. The Great WIZARD OF THE NORTH is proud to announce to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, that he has, at an enormous expense, succeeded in engaging, for Twelve Nights only, Madelle. ROSSINI, The Great Lady Violinist. She will have the honour of giving her Fourth Grand Vocal and and CONCERT, THIS EVENING, t h e 30 t h , and every evening dnring the Week, assisted by M. ADOLPHUS COLLINI, EMMA COLLI NI, VICTORIA COLLINI, and JOSEPH COLLINL The stage will have a most brilliant appearance ! To give effect to the most novel Concert ever given in England, a GRAND SCENE has been painted expressly for this occasion, by Mr. William Beverley, AN ALLEGORY IN HONOUR OF HAN. DEL, representing THE TEMPLE OF MUSIC ! The Great WIZARD OF THE NO STH is quite aware that the Public expects something now at this season; he is happy to say he will not deviate from "a good old rule ;" for he is con vinced he has prepared the most splendid Banquet that can be offered to the Public ; in short, his present arrangements will totally eclipse all his former efforts. He will, in addition to his already unparalleled performances introiuce NEW WONDERS, among which will be an origins] Experiment, Magic Filtering, the Enchanted Silver Fish, and the Golden Circlet, with other asto nishing New Mirac!es, which will decide a question at issue. This .Entertainment will be divided into Four Pirts : Part I. The WIZARD will be an hour in his Mystic Circle. Part 11. The ARAB BROTHERS' Classical Groupings. Part 111. Maddlle. ROSSINI'S GRAND CONCERT, in the Temple of Music. Part IV. a - id Conclusion, The WIZARD'S second mystic hour. Doors open at Half-past Six, to commence at Seven. Private Boxes £1 15s. ; Orchestra Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery, Is. Second Price at Nine o'clock. Stalls, 35.; Boves, 28.; , Pit, Is. COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEASON. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. GRAND WHITSUN FETES. THIS DAY. Strong as have been the claims of this favoured place of public resort at the beginning of each season, the Proprietor feels justified In asserting, that never before did it offer a tithe of the attractions It now presents. The Gardens have been complete:y renovated, Statues and Fountains introduced, new and extensive Promenades Dunned, and the most lavish expenditure in every department, will evince the Proprietor's anxiety to insure a continuance of public Patronage. THE NEW GRAND PICTORIAL MODEL OF LONDON IN THE OLDEN TIME! Painted by Danson and Telbin, Is the most gigantic achi evemen t ever ye t pro d uce d , an d f or gran d eur of composition, fidelity of design, and beauty of execution, it far exceeds any previous production. It accurately represents ancient London—Old St. Paul's —Old London Bridg e—Baynard'a Castle, and .111 the principal Churche s an d B uildings of the loca'ity. anti may gins ith tr times.uth be designated th e most wonderful production of mo. THE MENAGERIE, ALWAYS UNRIVALLED, HAS RECEIVED MANY VALUABLE ADDITIONS. To defy all competition, the Propriet, r has engaged the celebrated AMERICAN DWARF TJNI THUMB! 'now exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Th e PROMENADE CONr. GodCEßTS—the splendid B an d o f Fift y Performsrs, conducted by Mfrey w iu Perform a selection of the newest and most popular music. • The far-famed HIGHLAND DANCERS AND PIPERS are and will go through two acts of their National Dances, also engaged, which procured for them the distinguished approbation of her Majesty and Prince Albert at Taymout h Castle. And at Dusk will take place the most astounding exhibition ever attempted, viz., a Repres en tation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Mr. Southby (to whom in justice belongs the appellation of "Fire King") has exhausted the resources of his art, to give effect to this exhibition. London Bridge, Old Cathedral,St ihe Pa d u e r v s astating elen a ie n n t t, a nd other and Buildings will appear devoured by present a heap of blackened ruins, in coup acc d ord. ce i anc i e w w ill ivitghteha vivid delineations taken at the period, and the representation of a Great City destroyed by fire. Doors or•ea at Twelve. Admission, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Elate •rlcal Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a .cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean• history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, 'during the Tast and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies, all many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro pricierrs, ue has recently been able to increase, by several very fine 1 1 ) ,I 4 5. 4 4 W ac o, e" his previous al mos t i ncre dibl e num b er and variety of of Art, an d a multitude of valuable Relics, and other i curiosities, n this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected It, and THIRTY P have stated that it ON tOt, EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS lon is reduced to ONE Beenb every cute. The price of admis. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to b ae n only at the ~Egyptian P1M41117, IXOr4 Tea till e Duck. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. No. CCCXLIV. For JUNE, 1844. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS : I. Traditions and Tales of Upper Lusatia. No. I. The Fairies' :iabbath.—ll. Columbus. (A Print after a Picture by Parmeggiano.) By B. Simmons.—lll. To Swallows on the Eve of Departure. By the Same.—lV. The Diligence. A Leaf from a Journal.—V. Who wrote Gil Bias ?—VI. Michael Kalliphournas.—Vll. Africa—Slave Trade—Tropical Colonies ; with a Map.—VIII. Narration of certain Uncommon Things that did formerly happen to me, Herbert Willis, B.D.—IX. Beau Brummel.—X. The Actual Condition of the Greek State.—lndex. William Blackwood & Bons, 45, George-street, Edinburgh; and 22, Pall-Mall, London. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MiY 29. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44 ; Highest, 57 ; Noon, 49. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND, N.E. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is uivally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 0 minutes after 0 Evening 11 minutes after 0. ... .. . , C,7c,. : - ,:74,: - • , • - . . i 0,4 , ...s . n. ‘ , I 51 ~.0 , ~., . s ot ONI•MAL . ,j, A 1 7A'i 1 2 11 7 Amp(V l ' lloi t..4• . -4.- E : )' .l .. 01 " , ly‘ ...z....*:irl i A gai - v -2 ,.. , i'1dik , - - ,. t ' ij f . ' 7 . 7.4. 0 111111 -iirmir, 1 ' .:. - 4.. ',C ...__ ' ,•''' ' : ~ PACT Ant LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1844. The South Lancashire election has terminated in the return of a monopolist, and yet its result is a decisive triumph of Free Trade. A very large majority of the freeholders gave their support to BROWN, but their votes were swamped by the tenants-at-will, of whom more than four thousand were brought to the towns in feudal array, marshalled by the stewards and land-agents, and held in disci pline by the threat of a summary court-martial, in case of desertion. The election has been also re markable for a new division of parties; many of those landed proprietors who usually side with the Liberals, who became, on this occasion, warm adherents of the monopolist candidate, regard ing the struggle as one between the despotism of land and the freedom of industry. They stood by their order, and have thus shown the people that, whenever proprietary usurpation is menaced, the landlords, by whatever idle designation of party they may be called, will be found banded together to maintain their unjust and injurious class-ascendancy. This was a lesson which many of the free traders of Lancashire had to learn ; they have been hitherto trammelled by old associations, and fettered by feel ings of attachment to titled leaders ; but they have now been taught the real nature of the struggle in which they are engaged; they now see clearly that the despotism of land, irrespective of petty and party distinctions, is arrayed against them in one compact body, and that they have to contend against an entire class. The array of the serfs, for the tenants-at-will are as much adscripti glebce as ever were the vassals of a feudal baron would have been ludicrous if it had not been melan choly. Among the bands thus paraded were many whose sons and brothers depended for subsistence on mills and factories, which furnish them with the employment which the nig gard soil of South Lancashire refuses to an agricultural population ; these poor fellows followed their leaders with manifest reluctance, casting a wistful eye down the by-roads and cross-streets as if to seek means of escape ; but they were closely watched by the stewards and agents, more closely than are bands of slaves by Brazilian overseers. It is said that a gentleman travelling in the south of England during the war saw four men heavily ironed, securely tied on a cart, and escorted by a file of musketeers. He inquired who the pri soners were, and was informed that they were volunteers from the Tipperary Militia. There was just as much volition in the tenants-at-will, who gave their support to ENTWISLE, as in these truly Irish volunteers. At no former election did those manufacturers, who are renegades to their own order, and traitors to their class, exhibit such suicidal zeal. They clearly proved the truth of the old adage, that men set them selves furiously against reason so soon as they discover that reason is decidedly against them. Since the days of Peterloo there has not been a more thorough manifestation of the bitter spirit which animates those who are conscious that they are apostates to the principles of their own natu ral order. The names of those who took a prominent part in the Manchester massacre, and which had for years, for very shame, been withdrawn from public observation, were on this occasion ostentatiously pa raded, as if such persons were anxious to show that even in their ashes glow their wonted fires. The revival of such spectral apparitions of the worst of times revived many slumbering me mories ; but they were still doomed to feel that they could now only command the votes of serfs instead of the swords of cavalry. There was treason in the manufacturing camp—there was union beneath the agricultural banners; but yet, under all disad vantages, the free traders have improved their position by more than a thousand votes ; they have also learned the exact force of the enemy ; they have discovered the elements of falsehood, and therefore of weakness, in their own ranks, and they have thus learned the proper course to adopt in order to ensure future victory. We quote the following paragraph from the Liver pool Albion, for the purpose of making one or two comments on it :—" An Irish girl, aged seventeen, who had borne a good character, was lately tried at Stafford, for having stolen a gown and petticoat, and was sentenced to seven years' transportation. It is now believed that she merely took the goods to wear on some particular occasion, without any intention of keeping them. She heard the judgment, and remained stupified ; in twenty-four hours she was a lunatic, and is now in the infirmary with no hopes of reco very. She was a remarkably handsome girl, but from the period of her sentence her health visibly declined, and her hair has actually turned grey." llad the punishment of this poor creature been duly proportioned to the offence she had committed, and the mitigatory circumstances of her case been taken into consideration by the magistrate who tried her, she would not have been in the distressing—the hope less condition in which she now is; the ends of jus tice would have been quite as satisfactorily answered ; and the girl herself—wretched victim of the undue severity of magisterial law—would, most probably, have been reclaimed—for she is specially described as having " borne a good character," up to the un fortunate moment when she yielded to temptation— and, warned by humiliating experience, have become for the rest of her days an irreproachable member of society. But the opportunity of retrieving herself was not afforded her; her first offence was visited, as if it had been her twentieth ; no distinction .was made between her case and that of the most hardened veteran thief; but precisely the same punishment was awarded to her, as would have been awarded to a BARRINGTON, or a Major SEMPLE, had they been convicted of the same theft. This is no solitary instance of the injudicious and impolitic harshness of magisterial decisions. Scarcely a week passes, but some case or other occurs in our metropolitan police courts, or our provincial quarter-sessions, illustrative of the undue severity of, or the undue lenity of, those who sit in judgment. Not unfrequently it happens that raw lads, who have scarcely yet entered their teens, are subjected to the dreary horrors of a gaol for offences, for which a good flogging from their parents or guardians would have been quite punish ment enough; and when the term of their imprison ment expires, and they are turned loose once again on the world, what with the humiliation they have en dured—inflicted on them at a time of life when the feelings are most exquisitely sensitive—and the polluted society they have perforce kept, when they have heard principle and honour laughed to scorn, as the mere idle dream of fools and visiona r i es , they have become callous to all just and generous impulses, and quit the prison in a far different frame of mind to that in which they entered it—namely, as desperate, deter mined reprobates. It is incalculable the mischiefs that are done to society by this indiscriminate mode of punishment on the part of magistrates. M any a poor wretch, who has been banished for life, or ex piated his crimes on the scaffold, may trace his utter ruin to the injudicious harshness with which he was visited for his first offence, and which precluded all chance of his reformation. As exercised by too many of our magisterial authorities, law makes almost as many rogues as it condemns, and never fails to cut out a prodigious deal of work thrice a year for our going Judges of Assize. " Nemo repente fuit turpissimus," says the old Latin proverb, and there is much wisdom in this aphorism, for in the great ma jority of cases it is by degrees only that men become hardened criminals ; and were they to be treated for their first offence with consideration and humanity by their Judges, and allowed an opportunity of reformation, the whole complexion of their subse quent career might be altered, and instead of becoming the pests of society, and ending their lives on the gallows, they might become honest and industrious citizens, and, night and day, find cause to bless the judge who treated their first fault with so much dis crimination and considerate forbearance. But magis trates seldom think of these things ; they do not trouble their heads with nice distinctions, but con found all shades of guilt together; and seem to ima gine that their duty begins and cads in awarding the same measure of punishment to the hardened as to the inexperienced offender. It does not seem to be the Premier's destiny to be more fortunate in dealing with the silver, than he has hitherto been in meddling with the gold element of our currency. In former articles we have demon strated—(to those of our readers who had not already arrived at the same conclusion by the light of their own experience and judgment)—on the authority of the "Enquirer after Truth," that the Premier was " hurrying on the measure " now before Parliament " with indecent haste." We have showed, from the same pamphlet, the confirmation of our previous charges against the Right Hon. Baronet:-Ist. That he had really exhibited an incapacity to understand the nature and properties of " money" in the larger and more legitimate sense, wherein it is necessary to consider it, in reference to any scheme for regulating the general monetary system of a country. 2d. That he has essentially misstated the history of" one pound" in attempting to trace it from earlier periods of the monarchy to the present. 3d. That he has com mitted a double mistake in saying that "subse quently to the reign of WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, a great alteration was made, not in the name, but in the intrinsic value of the pound sterling, by debasements of the currency ;" for, the " debasements" of our currency have been probably less than those of any other European State in all that interval ; and the alterations of the coin, which have diminished its " intrinsic value," have been produced by the diminu tion of the weight of that coin. 4th. That his asser tion that the pound sterling means a definite quantity of the " precious metals of certain weight and fine r ness," is refuted and disproved by the very historical data which he had adduced to establish that assertion affirmatively. 5. That the allegation of Sir ROBERT on the 7th inst., " that it was not until a late period of the reign of ELIZABETH that silver, being then the stan dard of value, received that determinate weight, which it retained without variation, with constant refusals to alter it, till 1716," is utterly overthrown by the fluctuation in the relative value or proportion of silver to gold, in that lapse of more than 200 years, from 10.095 to 1, to 15 to 1.6. That subsequently to the late period (namely, 43d year) in the reign of ELIZA BETH, this "determinate fixed value" ascribed by Sir ROBERT PEEL to " the gold pound of the value of 20s. of our present money, was so little determinate, so far from fixed, that it was altered, in 1604, to a gold coin of fineness and quantity value 253.; in 1625, to 225. 9d. ; in 1675, to 215.; and in 1815, to 20s. It is curious to turn from blunders of fact, and misconceptions of principles, like these, to this petu lant and contemptuous notice of that bold measure of PITT'S, which, far unlike that paralysing Act of 1819, restored the public confidence, gave energy to our commerce, vigour to our finance, development to our capital, and enabled us to sustain eighteen years of subsequent warfare (intermitted only for some fifteen months), against the combined strength and resources the navies and armies, of all Europe, confederated under the vigorous directorship of France. " Gold," said Sir ROBERT PEEL, " continued to be the measure of value, legally and practically, until 1797, when that fatal measure for restricting cash payments by the Bank was passed, enabling parties to issue paper money at their own discretion, without its being con vertible into coin." We cannot quite blot out of our minds some school boy recollections associated with iEsor and the fable of a dead lion, kicked by a quadruped of a different race from that which, in a moment of post-prandial excitement, last autumn, the Premier was betrayed into a promise to purchase for the Tamworth farmers, at Birmingham, at whatever price. To read this flippant allusion to the daring experiment of 1797 and its wonderful author, does awaken recollec tions which it would be highly disrespectful not to dismiss. We return, therefore, to the conclusion of the sentence. The " fatal measure" of 1797, was one, it seems, " which disturbed not only the speculations, but " (Oh horror of horrors ! Here we have the true ground of quarrel on the part of the bullionist- Minister with the Bank Restriction Act)—"the theories and speculations of men with respect to the standard of value." Happy had it been for this em pire had it scared Sir ROBERT out of his wits, or at least his theory of the standard of value out of his head ! We should then have been spared the monster production of 1819. How bewildered Sir ROBERT himself is in the expression of his own notions about this "standard "—whether he means simply " mea sure of value," or " standard measure of value"—is shown by the "Enquirer after Truth," in his admir able tract, of which we this day give a further notice. We had intended to advert, in detail, to the Pre mier's plan for regulating the future circulation of banks of issue, by an average most unfairly taken on their issues during the last two years. Those years were, notoriously, seasons of agricultural, and, in most respects, of manufacturing depression. The average is, therefore, an unfair one, as selected to govern the extent of this future business. But we protest against the whole principle of the proposed interference with the joint-stock and private banks, as to their issues, as an unwarrantable, impolitic, and most mischievous intervention with the first element of all trading and commercial property, namely, the unfet tered investment of private capital. The same inter ception, though contemplated with much more favour able intentions towards the Bank of England, is cal culated to work not less detrimentally, in the long run, on the interests of that establishment. In the disastrous disorganisation of the State Banks of the United States we have had recent and irrefragible evidence to the dangerous results of the mania of na tional legislation on the appropriation of private capital. We are willing, albeit against hope, to suppose that the House of Commons cannot allow itself to be led, unresistingly as it were, into the full adoption of the crude fancies which Sir R. PEEL has advocated, as grave conditions that ought to be recognised for those which shall hereafter regulate the relations of a fixed and an inexpansible currency with a commerce per petually in movement, and exercising its tendencies to expand and advance. The data on which his pro positions are founded have been disproved and dis comfited usque ad absurdum. The propositions are not less to be distrusted than the data on which they proceed. To affirm, in its present shape, the scheme which the Premier has manufactured out of such ma terials, would be an act of folly and recklessness the enormity of which can alone obscure, by rivalry, the recklessness and folly of the Premier, whenever he ventures so much beyond his depth, as he is sure to do in the troubled waters of " banking and " cur rency !" The accounts from Madrid are to the 21st. On the evening of the 20th the Royal Family had safely reached Quintanar. The Carlist Chief, long a faithful adherent of Don CARLOS, and two of his officers, had heen at last taken prisoner, and shot. The Funds continue to fall. On the 21st, the Three per Cents. were done at 27f 9-16 for cash, and 28 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 20 for cash, and 20i for 60 days. The Paris papers of Monday announce the death of the celebrated banker and politician, M. JAcctuEs LAFFITTE. The melancholy event took place on Sun day evening, at seven o'clock. He had been suffering for some time from a pulmonary complaint. A favourable change had taken place in the morning, and some faint hopes were entertained of his re covery, but soon disappointed. He was born in the year 1767, and, consequently, bad att a i ne d his rfiE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY so, 1844. seventy-seventh year. From all accounts, he was a man of very high character, uniformly consistent in his politics, the unbending friend of liberty, and a real lover of his country. Few men ever made such sacrifices for the public good. That the Royal Family of France know well ; and they also know that to him, more than any one individual, Louis Prmarpu owes his throne, though latterly this excellent man was seldom or never seen at the palace. The follow ing just tribute to his memory appears in the Na tional :—" M. JACQUES LAFFITTE died last evening, at seven o'clock, contrary to the hopes enter tained a few hours before of preserving him. At four his state appeared more satisfactory, and it was only at six that the change came on which in a short time terminated his existence. Up to the last moment M. LAFFITTE preserved his intellectual faculties fully, and he had the consolation of once more embracing those members of his family whom he loved the most. The deep and sincere grief that reigns at this moment in his house would prove, if it was necessary, how excellent was his disposition. Death, in fact, has rarely struck so noble a victim. For more than a quarter of a century the name of M. LAFFITTE has shone forth amongst us at the head of the list of the purest patriots, and for fifty years all persons in distress were accustomed to turn their eyes towards him as towards a Provi dence. M. LAFFITTE committed errors in politics. The generosity of his heart was such that he could not believe in the perversity of which some men are capable, and this generosity rendered him more than once their dupe. But the people, whose feeling is so sure, never ceased to regard M. LAFFITTE as one of their best friends, and they were not mistaken. Every one has still in his recollection the speech by which this great citizen bade farewell this year to the place of President of the Chamber, feeling a presentiment that he should no more ascend that chair, where he had just uttered such unaccus tomed truths. France will not forget those words, which are, as it were, the political testament of M. J. LAFFITTE. She will not forget the man to whom misfortune never applied in vain. It may be asserted that if all those on whom M. LAEFITTE has showered his benefits should attend his obsequies, never will a prince's funeral have drawn together in a concourse greater in number, and formed of persons in a higher rank of life." The funeral was fixed for Wednesday (this day), and as it would to a certainty be attended by vast crowds, the authorities were making every preparation for preserving order. The Funds were slightly affected . by his death, but soon recovered, and the Three per Cents. closed at the prices of the previous day 84f. 65c. We learn by the Swiss journals that the fighting in the Valais had entirely ceased. The forces of the Upper Valais have been completely successful in their conflict with those of the Lower Valais, which are so disorganised that there is little chance of their being able to rally. Mcst of the other Cantons have called out troops for the protection of their respective terri tories. The Canton of Vaud have even sent a batta lion into the Valais. The question of convoking an extraordinary Diet for the adoption of measures for the maintenance of general tranquillity, has been re solved affirmatively by several of the Grand Councils. The Nourelliste Vaudois of the 24th has the following, under the head of Levey, May 21 : " The engagenient which took place this morning in the defile of.the Trient was an effort made by the entire column of the Lower Valais to effect their retreat to St. Maurice. The conflict appears to have been long. About 400 men suc ceeded in passing, by wading across the water up to the waist, under a very sharp discharge of musketry. The rest turned back to Martigny, to the number of about 200. There, after having ascertained that they were surrounded on all sides, thepzlispersed, with a view to escape separately, though without much hope of succeeding. Messrs. Barman and Joris formed part of this second troop ; the latter was slightly wounded in the forehead. It is understood that they have both succeeded in effecting their escape. The cause is entirely decided, and the struggle is even finished. The Valaisian volunteers who occupied the position in front of St. Maurice have just returned, in consequence of the de mands made on them to do so. The prefect has given orders not to allow any man in arms to leave the canton. They are now bringing to the infirmary the wounded of both sides, taken up from the place where they lay ; there are at present sixteen of them. The number of killed in the last engage ment is supposed to be about twenty." Under the head of Lausanne, May 23, the same journal says The mail from Italy yesterday passed the Valais without obstacle. The conductor of the diligence has brought word that the Upper Valaisians are in number about 2,400 men, well armed and well organised, under the orders of M. de Kalbermattan, and that they have provisions in abun dance. It was only yesterday, at four o'clock, that those troops occupied Martigny. In taking possession of it, M. de Kalbermattan issued a proclamation, inviting the inhabitants to return peaceably home, promising them protection for their property and persons. The population of Martigny viewed with great satisfaction this occupation, because it placed them under protection from any attacks from the in habitants of the lateral valleys, particularly Salvan, which they dreaded very much. M. de Kalbermattan is operating a general disarming of the Lower Valais. The troops under the orders of this chief were to occupy St. Maurice to-day towards eight in the morning. They are also to occupy Monthey and the other communes as far as St. Gingolph. There is no truth in the report of the burning of villages. The only fires were those of the bridges, and of a few de tached buildings." We read in the Courrier Suisse :--" In the midst of the sad scenes of the combat of the Trient, where several Lower Valaisian leaders were killed in crossing the torrent, we are well pleased to cite the following fact :—M. Duvay passed without being wounded, but he was made prisoner. The men who had taken him wanted to shoot him on the spot. A cure, whose name, we regret, we are unable to state, pene trated into the midst of them, and said, Unhappy men, what to sotpdb w o oe iatl loDon to Do you forget that b e f ore a pri soner ed him to prepare for death ? i he took him by the arm, some bushes which grew on the banks of the Rhone , and where they wer e so o n hid from sight. The cure returned alone, and wh en th e men asked him what he had done with the prisoner, he repli e d et d m ledi are as cs h ohy i no m oftue ltsvis aboutmi t i h ie o m'l nut Thereuponp that he had escaped.* TILE BOURSE-MONDAY, MAY 27. First Highest Lowest Last . - Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents ...... 131 70 .. 121 80 .. 121 70 .. 121 75 Fe ar per Cents ••••• 107 75 •• 107 75 .. 107 75 .. 107 75 Three per . Cent 3 . — •• 84 50 .. 84 60 .. 84 50 .. 84 60 Bank of France•••••• •••• •• • 3 ° 75 ••3075 .•3065 ..3065 Latlitte Bank, I,ooor. Shares 1080 „logo "1080 ..1080 i,ooof. Sharesso62 50 ..5070 ..5062 50 —5070 Belgian 85ui1t.. 1 • 8 • 4 • 2 • . i . • ii I:: 6 10 6 9 5 1841_,......111250 ..1112 50 —1112.50 ..1112 50 Belgian Fives, 1840 •••• • • • • 106 .. .. 665 .. 665 .. 665 106 .. 106 .. 106 geapolitan •. 109 .. 109 .• 109 . 10 2 70 .. 102 70 .. 102 70 .• 102 70 Roman, ex ay.... RAILWAY SHARES. St. G e r ma in ... ....1005 Versailles, R. 8.• • • • • • • • • • " 386 2 5 • • 386 25 • • 386 25 .. 386 25 L.8............. 2 50 .. 251 25 .. 250 .. 251 25 Roues . ......... .......... 982 50 .. 987 50 .. 982 50 .. 987 50 Rouen to Havre.• ••••• • • • • • 775 • • 775 • • 772 50 .. 775 0r1ean5......... ••1007 50 ..1003 75 ..1007 50 Strasburg to Bale• ••••• • • •• 261 25 .. 262 50 .. 260 .. 261 25 Avignon to Marseilles.• •• 775 .. 785 k . 775 .. 785 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain Tersailles,R.B... .... •• •• 385 .. 385 .. 385 .. 385 L.B. ....... . •• • • 252 50 .. 252 50 •• 251 25 .. 151 25 Rouen •. •• •••••••••• •• •• • • 985 .. 987 50 .. 985 . 987 50 Rouen to Havre. • - 775 .. 775 .. 770 .. 775 Orleans lOO5 • .1007 50 ••1003 75 ..1007 50 Strasburg to Bale.•. 261 25 •• 262 50 .. 261 25 .. 262 50 Avignon to Marseilles.• • • • • 777 50 • . 785 • • 775 .. 785 MORTALITY IN TILE METROPOLIS.—The return for the week ending the 25th was a slight increase as compared with the previous week, but is still under the average. The total number of deaths was 876, previous week 862, average 883 ; and, taking the average for the last five years, the number was 946. This shows that though the weather has been unu sually dry, and there have been keen east winds, the general health of the population of London has not suffered. Indeed we hear from the different hospitals that at no former period were there so few cases of disease in these establishments. The beds for pa tients in one establishment are nearly empty. In one hospital where they have beds for twenty-six, only two patients were received. In cases of small-pox, scarlatina, and croup, the amount is considerably above the average, which is 161, while last week it was 206. In diseases of the lungs there is a consi derable diminution, the averag3 being 286, while last week it was only. 239. Thirty-six persons died of small-pox, and of these twenty-four had not been vac cinated. The number of violent deaths was 12—ave rage 24. Of these there were two cases from frac ture or contusion by falls—one by a carriage, one from swallowing a needle, four from drowning, one from murder, and only two from suicide. The thermometer was highest on Friday, 66.8, and lowest, on Satur day, 42.8. PORTUGAL. PARIS, MAY 28. The French Government has received the fol lowing TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. BAYONNE, MAY 27. We are assured that the Portuguese Ministry has been modified as follows : M. COSTA CABRAL, Minister of the Interior and President of the Council. Brigadier CORDEIRO T,ENTARDO, Minister of War. Baron DE CATAINA, Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. LOPEZ PASTRRO, Minister of Finance. M. TERRAGUSTO, Minister of Justice. M. DUGUE DE TORESECA, Minister of Marine. —Times. DUTCH AND GERMAN MAIL. THE 14WJE M AY 25.--- Though the Belgian journals deny the fact, we know for certain that the Cabinet of. London has sent an energetic note to that of Brussels respecting the system of differential duties contemplated at Brussels. The Government has presented to the Chamber a project of law for the repayment in the exchange of a part of the national debt. The principal object in the amelioration of the finance of the State is at the time to regulate the employment of the sums due to Hol land by Belgium. The capital of 80 millions of flo rins at 24 per cent., invested to the credit of Holland in the great book of the national debt of Belgium, will be exchanged, either wholly or in part, for a capi tal of the same amount in the public debt of Holland at 24 per cent., or this capital will be invested, either wholly or in part, at a price which - cannot exceed 594 per cent. of the nominal capital. We learn that the ex-Regent of Spain, General Espartero, and General Van Halen arrived at Rot terdam yesterday, by a steamer from Cologne. We learn by a private letter from Paris that the Governments of France and Austria have resolved not to interfere in the affairs of Switzerland.—Dzitch Papers, May 28. TURKISH FRONTIERS, MAY 13.—We have received to-dav letters from Constantinople of the Bth of May. The - Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin and the Hereditary Prince Lippe arrived there on the 4th. The most dreadful persecution of the Christians was again going on at Konich. Letters from Alexandria of the 6th of May, state that the Viceroy had arrived there, but have no other news of importance.—Allgemeine Zeitung, May 23. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Consols close rather flatly at 99/ f, for Money, and 991 for Time. Bank Stock has risen again to 199 and 1991, and India Stock has been marked 289. Spanish Bonds were as in the morning, the Three per Cents. being 34i to Colombian were heavy at 13i to 14,and Br to firm at 771 to 78. Belgian were 103,1. Portuguese Converted were steady at 46 to The additional transactions in Railway shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 9 ; Eastern Counties, 111 to : Brighton, 34 to ; Green wich, 51 to 5 ; North Midland, 11 ; and Thames and Medway, 9 discount. Bristol and Gloucester have been 15 ; Chester and Holyhead, ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 15i to 161; Great Western, 42 ; Croydon, 51 ; Ditto Scrip, 8i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 16 ; Northern and Eastern, 121 ; North Midland, Thirds, 71 ; Nor wich and Brandon, 5i 1 ; South-Eastern, 2/ ; Trent Valley, 71 to 7 ; West London first class Preferred, 2i to 3 ; and Paris and Rouen, 18i premium. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The transactions in Cotton were on a limited scale, only 2,000 bales changing hands, and all to the trade, at previous rates.—Shares were dull and not so firm. Eastern Counties, 11A ; Grand Junction, 2231 ; Great Western, Fifths, 211; Birmingham, 224 ; South-Western, Eighths, 41; North Midland, 88 ; Ditto, Half, 44 ; South-Eastern, 36 • Ditto, New, 11h ; Trent Valley, 9 ; Paris and Lyons, 3} ; iaris and Rouen, 38i. The private commercial accounts received this morning speak in more satisfactory terms of the demand for British manufactures, and certainly, taken altogether, the prospects as respects trade for the future ill America are improving. The rejection of the Bill by the House of Representatives for an amelioration of the tariff, is much regretted by our mer cantile and shipping interests. Political affairs in Canada do not look well, but little doubt was entertained that matters would settle down shortly. The season had opened unusually early, and the timber trade was animated. The transactions in American Wheat had been considerable, the produce of which, when ground, is to be forwarded to this country. Halifax papers received this morning give an extract from the speech of the Governor on the closing of the Legislative body. It is as follows: " I thank you for the supplies you have granted for the current year; and I shall take due care that the moneys you have placed at the disposal of the Executive are judiciously and economically expended. "It is gratifying to me to observe on your journals a re solution expressive of implicit confidence in me, and in the desire I have always entertained and acted upon, to do justice to all classes of her Majesty's subjects, and I am firmly de termined to continue a course of conduct by which I have se cured the approbation you have so kindly expressed." There were not any purchases by the Government brokers announced this morning. The value of Consols for Money and Account has rather receded this morn ing. The price for the former has been quoted at 99* to 1, and for the latter at 991 to I. The other Stocks are a trifle lower also. Exchequer Bills are the same as yesterday. Bank Stock opened at 198, and is now 199. India Bonds are at 943. to 925. premium. This is the pay-day on the account settled yesterday. We have not heard of any defaulters. Spanish Bonds have dropped a shade, but the business doing is small. The Actives are at 23H, and the Three per Cents. at 34a. Dutch Stocks were nearly the same as yes terday. Russian Five per Cents. have advanced to 114, and Mexican to 351 k. A slight improvement has taken place in most of the Rail way Shares this morning, and business has been somewhat brisk. National Bank of Ireland Shares are at 21 discount. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 28.—We have little business doing, and prices are much the same as yester day.—Manchester and Birmingham, 56k 57i ; South Eastern New, Ili ; Trent Valley, 9k. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Sank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 98% Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons, 3% per Cent. Red lOl% Ditto New Annuities... New 334 per Cent lO2 % Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 1%d... 71 pm. New 5 per Cent ....... Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 7.1 pm. Jan. 1860 12% Bank Stock for Acct... 199 Oct. 1859 l2 5-16 Consols for Acct... ..... .. 993 Jan. 1860 12% India Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — 'Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent 1033 Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds ... ........ ... Prussian, 5 per Cent ...... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 'Russian , _ 5 per Cent IIBU Chllian, 6 per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 .... ........... ........ 'Ditto, 3 per Cent 34% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred ........ .......... Danish, 3 per Cent ; French, 5 per Cent f. —c. Greek, 18:5, 5 per Cent — Exchange ... ........... .... —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent ...... Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 61% Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, 5 per Cent ..........10034 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid).. ...... 9l Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) 7P% Bristol and Gloucester (36 paid) Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) Dablin and Cashel, 234 paid Eastern Counties (23 paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths, 12 paid 2l Harwich (Braithwaite), 2 paid — Ditto, Locke, 234 paid. London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) Lon Jon and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (12t. 15s. 4d. paid) 7 % London and Croydon (Trunk) Ditto, Scrip, 10 paid lB% Manchester and Birmingham 56 North British, 234 paid 234 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland (100 paid) Ditto. Thirds, £2l 13s. 4d. paid 29 Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) 7 % South Eastern and Dover (33 2a 4d paid) Ditto Vew Shares ( 4 paid) Trent Valley, 2 paid 9 Paris and Rouen, 20 paid TESTIMONIAL TO MR. BUNN. DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE TESTIMO NIAL, PRESENTED MAY 29, 1844, TO ALFRED BUNN, ESQ. This testimonial consists of a massive and elabo rately chased candelabrum and Epergne united, com posed of a column richly ornamented with foliage and over-shadowing a group of emblematical figures, viz., a full-length of Apollo and Sylvan Nymphs, executed in frosted silver, intended to represent those delight ful arts which Mr. Bunn has so successfully pro= !noted. The base, which supports this design, is a sexagon--the three smaller angles being chased into scrolls to receive the names of those noblemen and gentlemen, and members of the theatrical and musical profession, who are contributors to this testimonial. The three grand sides of the base consist of bold pan nels, in which are engraved the following: in the first the armorial hearings of ?Jr. Bunn—the second is a composition of scrolls and foliage, entwining the titles of the successful operas and ballets of the season 1843-1844, with the number of nights each was per formed—the third contains the following inscrip tion : Presented to ALFRED BUNN, ESQUIRE, May 29, 1844, By a numerous circle of attached friends, As an humble token of their affectionate regard, And as an Enduring testimony of their most sincere esteem For the superior talents, The enterprising spirit, and the unvarying urbanity Which have characterised his successful career As Lessee of the Theatre Royal Drury-lane, During the season 1843-1844. The Earl of Chesterfield in the Chair. MOTTO. " Libera per vacuum posuit vestigia princeps Non aliens sun pressit pede : qui sibi fidit Dux regit examen."—HOßACE. The whole, including the massive salver on which it rests, is three feet and a half high, and weighs up wards of 500 ounces. Manufactured by Messrs. Catchpole and Williams, Regent -street. Music.—A concert will take place this even ing, at the Crosby Hall, in Bishopsgate-street, under the direction of those able professors, Mr. and Mrs. Schwab. The bill of fare exhibits several of the most distinguished names in the musical world; and, as the great proficiency of tho professor and his wife are well known to a host of wealthy families, the hall will doubtless present a crowded appearance. LONDON AND B RIGHT O N RAILWAY.—The Di rectors of this Company repeated on Whit-Monday the plan which they found so beneficial to their exchequer at Easter, of issuing holiday tickets, entitling the passenger to return either on Monday or Tuesday for a single fare, and the re sult was again most successful. Brighton never received so large an influx of visitors as it did on Monday. The train, which usually leaves London-bridge at half-past eight o'clock, was delayed for nearly half an hour by the immense number of passengers. It at last started with forty-five carriages and four engines; at New-cross it was joined by six more car riages and another engine ; and at Croydon by another six carriages and a sixth engine. The greatest apprehensions of an accident prevailed at Brighton among the numerous per sons who thronged the terminus, as eleven, twelve, and one o'clock passed without bringing the expected train. A pilot engine with one of the Directors then started up the line to ascertain the cause of the delay, and in about half an hour later returned heralding in the monster train of fifty-six car riages and six engines. Close in its rear followed the mail train of sixteen carriages, and the passengers debouched from the terminus in an apparently endless stream. The Carpen ters' Benevolent Society, 980 in number, also arrived earlier in the morning by a special train ; and after spending the day in Box's Royal Gardens, left by the same conveyance at half-past seven o'clock in the evening. The train comprised thirty-three carriages, propelled by three engines. The first two up-trains were also unusually large, the first containing thirty-two carriages. Altogether between 5,000 and 6,000 persons travelled ou the London line, awd nearly 3,000 on the Shoreham branch. SUM •CRY OF NEWS AND tittbitr Optuton. " Who runs nay read." PONZION. Disgraceful riots have taken place at Philadelphia,, caused by some misunderstanding between the native inhabitants and the Irish population. The Americans burnt down two Catholic churches and eighty houses, and fifty people had been killed or wounded. On Saturday evening the King and Queen of the French received the Brazilian Minister, Generals de Preval, Latour- Maubourg, and Du Roure, Counts de Segur, Saint-Priest, and Dubreuil, Baron de Talleyrand, M. Franck Carr& and M. Rabien; Mayor of Eu. "If the Prince de .loinville went to Compiegne, as has been announced," says the Constitutiolinel, "he did not re main there long, for he was at the theatre on Friday, and on Saturday he visited the Exhibition of National Industry." The Prefect of the Seine, Count de Rambuteau, gave a grand dinner on Saturday, at the Hotel de Ville, to the mem bers of the jury of the Exhibition of N l ational Industry." The Pope has addressed a letter to the Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops, calling their attention to the efforts which are being made by various Bible Societies, and par ticularly by the Christian Society of New York, to produce religious dissent in Italy. The King of Bavaria arrived at Florence on the 14th, and alighted at the Pitti Palace, where apartments had been pre pared for his reception. His Majesty was to leave on the 15th or 16th for Rorie. Two English families, who arrived on Thursday evening at Antwerp from London, were so alarmed by the late acci dent on the railroad, that they determined to proceed to Brussels with post-horses. Before they arrived at Vilvorde, one of their carriages was overturned into the canal, and the inmates were saved with difficulty. The cures and clergy of Paris generally waited upon the Archbishop of Paris last week, to protest against a passage in the speech of M. Persil, in the Chamber of Peers, in which he spoke of dissensions between the inferior clergy and the episcopacy. M. Laffitte, the banker, died at Paris on Sunday, aged 77. From the heavy falls of rain on Monday and Tuesday several of the bears in the Garden of Plants were nearly being drowned. The drains of their fosses becoming choked, the water rose, and the poor animals had no other means of saving their lives than by climbing the dead trees that are left there for their exercise and recreation. We learn from Naples, May 15, that the alarm which was felt in Sicily as to the crops, owing to the drought which threatened a famine, has ceased, abundant rains having fallen to refresh the earth and promote vegetation. LAW AND POLICE. At the Sheriffs' Court, a special commisiorl was held, issued at the suit of the Crown, by the Commissioners of Excise, against the estate of the late Mr. Edward Hall Campbell, who was a distiller and rectifyer, carrying on an extensive business at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for alleged frauds upon the revenue, amounting to 15,871/. lls. 7d. The jury found for the whole amount claimed by the Exchequer. William Clough, master of the brig Bolden, of Shields, was summoned at the Mansion House, to answer the complaint of John Whiting for having unlawfully detained him a month longer, than was necessary for the discharge of the cargo of that brig in the port of London. The Lord Mayor gave the defendant a day to answer the question, whether he would pay the man for a voyage and a half; if he did not, the law would be put in force against him. Johan Eivart, the mate of the ship Alexander, from Ros tock, was charged at the same office with having been on board that vessel, with the knowledge that she had stowed away amongst her cargo a large quantity of tobacco, made up into parcels, each of which weighed a pound. Two of the crew had been committed a few days before, upon a similar charge. The mate was not brought up with the convicted defendants, because of the inconvenience likely to arise from capturing an officer so prominently engaged in the vessel. It was stated by Mr. Davis, one of the revenue officers, that two-thirds of the tobacco used in the metropolis is smuggled. It was also stated that some of the steam-vessels had been fined forty times for carrying smuggled goods, and that 20,000 pounds weight had been lately cleared out of the Cus tom- house in Dutch cheeses. The penalty of 100/. was inflicted. The Watermen's Company have taken out a summons against the father of the boy who was entrusted with the wherry, the sinking of which caused the loss of so many lives at London-bridge. Thomas Walker, the collector of the City street-toll at Temple-bar, was Charged at the Guildhall, with unlawfully obstructing the public highway in Fleet-street, by enforcing payment of the toll, by forcibly hindering the passage of a cart, instead of forthwith distraining something in, or be longing to, the cart, as directed by the statute in respect to tolls created by the statute, and as the custom has been in respect to tolls created by grants from the Crown, or cus tomary tolls. The ease was heard by Alderman Gibbs, who took time to consider upon it. Emma Hayes, a girl only thirteen years of age, with Thos. Hayes and Susan Hayes, her parents, who have for many years borne the character of hard-working respectable people, and who have a family of seven children, were brought be fore the magistrate for re-examination at Queen-square, the former charged with stealing a 101. note, and the two latter with having feloniously received it. The girl was in the ser vice of Mr. J. Severn, the artist. The daughter and father were committed, and the mother was discharged. Thomas Cleary, of South-place, Hercules-buildings, Lam beth, was charged at Union• hall with committing a violent assault on William Parnell, by which his life is placed in imminent danger. He was remanded, bail being refused. _ Mr. Charles — Pearson, the City solicitor, attended before Mr. Ballantine, at the Thames Police Court, to prosecute an information against Mr. John Alexander, the master of the collier brig Liberty and Property, for remaining in the Pool a longer period than fifteen days_, contrary to the by-laws for the regulation of the port of London, by which he had incurred a penalty of 201., or 101., for each day beyond the time allowed. It being the first offence, the penalty of 40s. only was enforced. The law will, it is understood, be rigidly carried out. COURT-PIUMIONAZ LE. The Earl and Countess of Wilton have left Grosvenor square for the , Lord Chamberlain's (Earl Delawarr), Buck hurst Park, near East Grinstead, to meet his Majesty King Frederick of Saxony. The Noble Earl and Countess return to town on Friday and Saturday, having been invited by her Majesty the Queen to pass the Ascot race week at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Sutherland, who went to the Albion Hotel at Brighton, accompanied by the youthful Marquis of Stafford, last week, for the improvement of his Grace's health, is not expected to return to town until early next week. The Duchess and the Ladies Leveson Gower remain in town. The Marquis of Granby has left St. James's-place to at tend the funeral of the late Hon. Captain Charles Stuart Wortley, his Lordship's brother-in-law, whose interment was to take place yesterday (Tuesday), in the family mausoleum at Belvoir Castle. The Hon. James Stuart Wortley left Grosvenor-street on Monday to attend the funeral. The Dowager Countess of Essex had a small and distin guished circle to witness the third representation of Catherine of Cleves, at her mansion in Belgrave-square. The temporary stage was placed in the dining-room. It was after twelve when the party broke up. MISCELLANEOUS. On Tuesday the annual general meeting of the corporation of the Royal Naval School took place at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, for the purpose of receiving the re port of the council for the past year, and to appoint the pre sident, vice-presidents, and directors, for the year ensuing. The meeting was numerously attended. From the report it appeared that the school-house at New Cross is nearly com pleted, and will be opened in August. It is calculated to contain 250 boys. The donations and subscriptions to the general building and other funds, including interest on stock, previous balances, &c., amounted to nearly 20,000/., from which nearly 12,000/. had been expended on the building, 5721. invested in stock, and after defraying necessary ex• penses, there remained at the bankers 913/. 13s. 9d., in addi tion to funded stock of 7,6731. 19s. 7d. There hare been some slight showers in the course of the day, the barometer is gradually falling, and by the time of full moon, which is on Friday, a favourable change in the weather is anticipated. For the last ten days it has been ex• tremely cold and dry for the season. It is stated, in the New York Tribune, that a discovery has been made by Mr. Simeon Broadmeadow, of New York, in the manufacture of iron, by means of which the iron ore is by only one process converted into wrought iron without being first made into pig-iron, and at a less expense than the pig-iron can be made. Great preparations have been making for the last fortnight in St. Paul's Cathedral, by putting up benches all round for the anniversary festival of the Charity School Children of the different parishes in the City. The rehearsal took place on Tuesday; and, considering the unpropitious state of the wea ther, was very fully attended. The festival will take place this morning. v . HAYDN'S " CREATION."—The Sacred Harmonic Society will perform this work at Exeter Hall en Friday next. The vocal performers are Madame Caradori Al lan, Braham, and Herr Staudigl, a combination of talent rarely presented on the same occasion. GRAY'S INN, MAY 29.—William Shaw, Esq., was this day called to the degree of Barrister at Law by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn. CALEDONIAN BALL.—This annual fancy dress ball took place on Tuesday at Willis's Rooms. It was more nume rously attended than on any former occasion. Some of the Royal Family, and all the elite of the haut ton, were present. The costumes were chiefly Highland and military. Dancing, which commenced shortly after ten, was kept up with on tiring vigour till an early hour. The band was relieved by the Duke of Sutherland's, Captain Charles Forbes's, and Cap tain 11. Stewart's pipers playing strathspeys and reels. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—THE MASQUERADZ. —The second masquerade given this season at this theatre, came off on Monday night and the following morning. The numbers were not so great, perhaps, as at the first one, at least upon the platform, but the boxes and other parts of the theatre were completely filled. It was perhaps no disadvan tage that the platform was not so crowded, and the more especially by a class of persons who only confuse the dancing and roll about in a semi-state of intoxication, to annoy and interrupt. On Monday evening there was nothing of this sort. The company on the platform was very numerous. without being a mob, and the dancing and the other arrange ments were exceedingly well sustained and conducted. The supper was such as is generally seen at public occasions, the wines and the rest of the creature comforts were not, as usual. the worst to be obtained. The band, under the direction of Mr. Weippert, who presided, and appeared with his harp high above the rest of the numerous musicians, was exceed ingly effective, and executed its task in the best manner. One great feature of the evening was, at least up to the late hour at which we quitted the theatre, that decency and de corum were observed. At things of this sort some allowance must be made for exuberance of spirits and the excitement of the scene, but we saw little to be blamed, and for such an amusement a good deal to be spoken well of. There was a vast number of persons in character, as it is called ; and it would be much more amusing on these ossasions if every body came in domino, or in some costume different from the dress of every day. The decorations of the theatre were very splindid, and in good taste. There were chandeliers, banners, flags, looking-glasses, and everything to give the appearance of a joyous scene. Altogether, the affair was well got up and well conducted; and if all masquerades be con ducted with similar good taste, good judgment, and decency none but very fastidious persons can object to their occasional introduction amongst the amusements of the town. Dullness is the worst that is to be feared. THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—NEW PICTURES.— The National Gallery has, within the last few days, had three new pictures added to its collection of intrinsic worth. They consist of " A Jewish Rabbi," by Rembrandt, formerly in the collection of the Duke of Argyle, but purchased at the sale of the late Mr. Harman's pictures, for 400 guineas, by Mr. Fairer. The " Infant Christ embracing John the Bap tist," by Guido, sold to Mr. Seguier, at the same sale, for 390 guineas ; and a beautiful little portrait of " Gerard Dow, painted by himself, also formerly in Mr. Harman's collection. This little gem was bought for 121 guineas. r AMERICAN NEWS. DISGRACEFUL RIOTS AT PHILADELPIIIA' WITH LOSS OF LIFE. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 4 o'CLo_c lL ' The Royal mail steam-ship, Hibernia, Cs y Judkins, has just arrived, having left B oston on tn 16th, and Halifax on the 18th. She brings a heal mail, and a large number of passengers. over A The dates brought by this arrival extend rht period of fifteen days, no sailing packet having broogi_Pe late papers since the arrival of the last steamer. I only important intelligence in the pap ers j 3 the AC: count of a dreadful riot that had taken place in f_ .: 111 1 1 ladelphia between the native American a nd the IP% population, originating, it is said, in some differenca about the repeal question. Several lives are reportleie to be lost, whilst two Catholic churches , two atil°o school-houses, a Catholic nunnery, and pearl dwelling-houses had been burnt down. The Vbe-en of the authorities and the police appear to have f - i n • quite set at nought, and nothing in the wAY ° ful ^ 0 1 terference appears to have taken place ti ll the l the mob was spent. The following accounts of these lawless proce---Ddil are taken from the American papers, and they therefore, be considered as not too partial to the ol to who, by-the-by, seem to have beaten the Yankeeshey. their heart's content. When the latter found t o , could not match the Irish in fighting, in IT lal b e ol i c lent and cowardly spirit, they set fire to the Ca t , t be churches and schools, as well as the dwellings poor inhabitants. (From the Philadelphia papers.) naltiraor° The joyful shouts of the peaceful gathering had scarcely ceased to echo through our land, when fair sister city of Philadelphia atose the savage cry ) ,° . ,, ti gue , raged mob, which has enacted scenes of riot and h!'"r e d oia certainly thh most appalling that have ever stattletittf country's history, and almost without a paral lel in 3' and brutality. t he at It appears by the United States Gazette tha t PO American party- held a meeting on Monday aftern o °, n c ,p e eek, o'clock on a vacant lot at the corner of Master a nd streets, but before the meeting was organised a sterol . t the them to take shelter in the market-house n ear by, _l'o corner of Master and Cadwallader-streets. Who Oro t he speaker rose to address the meeting, a man standing 0 3105 outside of the crowd was heard to say t o another, sneleg next to him (both of whom are represented to us : o dtb e Irishmen), "Now let's make a noise, so that he"toor heard." They forthwith created a noise, and were,tjtyed strated with by some of the bystanders, who recta' TleY to let the proceedings of the meeting go on in peae e ' e lied would not cease their clamour, and were finally CO do so, in consequence of readying a severe flogging' 40 1 1 1 This fight caused a little excitement, which was '„,' an intense degree, in consequence of several shots he, l ' i r,e, from the upper windows of the Hibernia hose-o°s o gi Cadwallader-street, fronting the market-house. By thi s erical several wounds were inflicted, and the native itntecyli, gathered at the meeting, becpming highly exasPe ll is cie the Irishmen having gathered into a mob, thef Erg o tin attack upon them. A number of shots were fired to li ce ; crowd of Irishmen, but they were finally compelleut of tt The native Americans pursued them, and seve • re , heel fugitives, finding themselves hotly pressed, darted in and up alleys, in order to escape. Several of the hS a eliels ti which they were seen to enter were immediately ;00 ! e and the front doors and windows of two frarae,j the sse' s , Cadwallader-street, below Master-street, and one 04-stoe' street above Master-street, were battered in ti n . .V e' Finally, the Irishmen rallied, and beat off the na tive ricans, and there the contest ended for the time. ill `, t; The worst result of this disgraceful contest is se ti ke 0; 1 4 loss of life. From the beginning of the affray' an d s' were frequent, and one man was killed insta ntly ' tl 3° severely wounded. t bi The great excitement created in East Kensiner° e° occurrence was intense. - a, 0- Sheriff 111°Michael was early upon the grout? ece• learn adopted active measures to prevent further vtitifl),, FURTHER PARTICULARS—TWO MEN I ' l a lbs During . the evening great crowds of people were.. oruc in the neighbourhood of the scene of violence in claeo noon, and about ten o'clock an attack was made in 1 4 4 ling-house in Second-street, just above Franklin. , rea eo' then raised of " Go to the nunnery," and a crovra,Pee up Second-street to Master, at the corner of, filed eft Roman Catholic school-house. A bonfire was hin w ., 4B . t corner of the street, and the fence of the school-11°7k, fre d l i fire. About this time, when the crowd bad halte°, frog of the school-house, a volley of musketry was fire ° , oat; house opposite, and when the crowd had parted' 1",„30 covered that several were wounded; one young Lo.,)1 1 . taken up dead, a bullet having pierced his left h e ;:i ego above the heart. Another was shot in the upPer vr left lung with a bullet, and when we left was exPinitia. were also told that two other men were seriously t r o - tive` The native Americans then retreated, and up to o'clock (midnight) affairs remained quiet. fki „ atr° 6 l,er On Tuesday the riots were renewed with terrt_,,,u 1 0% g , In Kensington seven men were killed and a 11 "4 e t-1 1 °_,,,ee wounded, and thirty buildings, including the rre" Ab ills ,7,0 r were burnt. On the morning of Tuesday hanu .kat en' • posted about the city, calling a meeting of native vie ver , te at three o'clock ; before the time of meeting' h e large crowd of persons carried an American flag tillnylet streets, torn and defaced, having on it in large letters,, the flag that was trampled upon by the Irish Papitllf 811;( The speakers at the meeting at three o'cloc k v " - boa' he deavoured to quiet the excitement. An imniens! g to men, some 3,000, adjourned from the place of inee,,1 0 0, 4 ; scene of the atrocities on the day previous at - 0 -v.„ spr where the following barbarous scenes were enacted , "" f a t b United States es Gazette : • gton,,i Most of those present moved in a body to Seaselli e deu,, e e the corner of Second and Master-streets), and Rric - p of organise a meeting, but they had scarcely ntut e ,", e u r eb° flag (the same that is spoken of above) when a qf boys made an attack upon the Hibernia hose-4usicieti';, number of shot were then fired from houses in t' diet towards the meeting. and the native Americantose.bo;eo persing for a moment, rallied and attacked the u_„4 took out the carriage, ran the hose off the reel , "" • ,Ate• broke the apparatus up. 0' 0 " - Ave yt e e The native Americans then (between four and ot t ar e took possession of the market-house, and for the n wea l of hours, .the shots were frequent from the houses roof a o' o l' vicinity. Men were seen lying upon the roofs ~f coasted, houses fronting the market ; and in every, p lace v,,, a ec went near the same place others were occasionally' auTiie About fiveo'clock another attack was made uP e h t out rDig house, and a large new bell found in it was broul otter av d the open square and shattered to pieces. Sli nrt li 0 6 10 0 a frame dwelling-honse next to the hose-house v i t he v from that time up to nine o'clock in the evening..'oine o-oei continued to spread without stay until twentY u pol , yet. were consumed, the greater part of them being ibexi od wallader-street, and four upon the street facing , About seven o'clock the market-house itself caugu l e e at Atne o'clock lay in a heap of ruins. orIIP P- eis e seven o'clock the First Brigade and Of° 00, 4 0 the Third Brigade came on the ground, under t"ii e st, Pi r elC of General Cadwallader, and formed on Master-so t he de north. Cannon were stationed so as to range ° . ,„ 0 :14;01 , fronting the market and on Master-street wes,. t ba. ' 1°, 1 4 0 , tachment of two companies, under command ei rioe d a r t' oro ce marched to the north end of the market, end tl9 been across the street. The military had previously" in like manner on Master-street. sti b ` j • C oe A, ot The Sheriff then detached a number o f his 'r tu e V t sl ie d force (which had preceded the military on the' whir:lolP and proceeded to examine all the houses froal l be P had been fired; in one of them a man pruned '„..° Os!" was found, and in the same room in which he wr ite tb. heavily loaded. He was brought out and consig ne ad , of the military. eel° mad e ter' s ' del / In the meantime General Cadwallader Diss ( dress to the great crowd assembled below „or t c eirn urging them to preserve peace, and to • the t" I with the military. The whole affair rested nitilealeeroro the law, and he was bound to see that the b e et the g o fpg.; lawfully made. His brief address seemed to In e 0 . 0 0 1 approbation, and during the entire evening th e . rest sons collected seemed disposed to let matter' ceeli hands of the civil and military Lrce. goos e s e , r• At half-past eight members of the Carro ll build .so menced to throw water upon the burning.„,,„ no succeeded in stopping the progress of the 7; 4 ,4 lig; At nine o'clock the United States engine ground, under escort of a detachment of the Ai. ka As - d e r I , Guards, and immediately went into service• sloe us e f be io engine shortly afterwards went into servic e l s % O m co escort of military, and shortly afterw and` e P4 ll Fire Department were upon the gr then stayed, but not until a vast amount •os-i ro te:: destroyed. rile to 6 The result of the few hours during vi ra ge , o r ~, between the native Americans and the Irish d 0 04 S,, t ; seven men were killed and five mortally, au oe OPittw e dangerously wounded, among them Wa s A veg et a ego wounded by a shot fired by John T agg art. ar t, sul r , o iej in the market-house, immediately fire d at Tagytbee s. ral shot struck him in the forehead. g ru sh a house, but a number of the native Americ a ' e Sc f tof made him a prisoner. g el ds ° .: e rs He was conducted down to Alderman B° , h i r e te o arlsoe upon the oath of the spectators, committal_ o f to Street mensing prison. He left the office in cliar4.o,,er-s_rdactued and a number of citizens, but when near co,estse crowd took him violently out of the hands.oL orae tied a rope round his neck, and dragged non t A bat along the street. e a of 1 %0" , His captors then passed the rope over the end ° f post, and pulled him up for the purpose of h_ e f o g t i lien r ci _ r t°!e, the beam broke and he fell to the earth ; he r i c e a treci a ti v o ` r , for some distance, and finally left lyin; i n w hen te c sa e appearance dead. He was, however, a III F,-,•ht. S e ot and remained so up to ten o'clock last D i "' _ re er e eti s however, survive. the n 01 , A bbo j S. Abbott Lawrence, a nephew of the el.° aP ite Boston, was standing on the outskirts of , 00 t, : 0 much P au ' als t `' i t . eh a bullet struck him and caused him ck his 3f) upon examination, that the ball had stru u l' _ tee lodged against a ent which was in his P ieta b lere a to rsi ;el course was stopped. The cent was comaily the escape of Mr. Lawrence may be cer to P T O videntia I. mots o Sheriff M‘Michael was unceasing in h i . e at D en o I . l°c •hle end to the riots. The military were callen,°"'" in the afternoon, and they were put it.nomurot,loogik,atthe Had they arrived on the ground at ot asof ti destruction of life would have been prevent. gration would not have taken place,derstand, A meeting of Catholics, we unn, fur the purpittier evening at the Cathedral of St. John, the Bid T eri he ng ßi a s i h id o Philadelphia issued an Bishop gmeasures to el_a_Y s t p l p w ert e rt e ; as tl3 .se e rob lege : WbY shou • 1 0 and to do nothing that in any and during anger lies calling on them to shun all public Ila ci ceg oa lpe t r b a e te v ere st ° l The military remained on the grO part of the night. • wiedit' te * d o s ' 4lit't° ea re' passed and the riot quelled. Most , e , There is reason to believe that earn e r r - do we ll r oil , s 3 reit% es l it may be the case. ddawyelmlinorgnsi,nfrotmhe rit u r th ;' tena ro n ;, row On of lY fr e a d m nes e untenanted, just in the rear of C deurrtr„",,ed and Tit t ee an ted moved, were fired, and soon er_ ii a .. n d o e t r i lt r qe,,t , ;o• 6l . ,, r i • mediate vicinity of the late fire, were building' t ret e short time afterward, two three storY , like wise ro il vi of Jefferson and fate.Washington-stre loircikty,t tee , were set on fire and shared the sam e eathol ic bas l o Tb° HALF-RAST Two o' St. Michael's, on Second-street abov e 00t, e d., tt er CLOCK.The s outh, "i" nit fired, which, with the dwelling .raf-the4 dest'....i and small frame dwellings on the q priest, under the protection of the lulu"' Master, :~y''~ J tie kt tei4 11 4!:0,14 MR. G. P. R. JAMES'S NEW ROMANCE. R 0 S E D'A L B R E T; OR, TROUBLOUS TIMES. In 3 vols., post Bvo. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.