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Immediately, in 3 vols., post Bvo., o N IN OR, G S B Y: CTHE NEW GENERATION. By B. D'ISItAELI, Esq., M. r. Henry Colima', Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW AND CHEAPER. EDITION, NOW READY, Comprised in 2 vols.' small Bvo, price 21s. bound, FREDERICK THE GREAT. HIS COURT AND TIMES. Rdited, with an Historical Introduction, , By THOMAS CAMPBELL. " This work has the high honour of being introduced to the world by the Author of ' Lochiel' and ` Hohenlinden.' "—Edinburgh Review. " We recollect but few biographies which have more highly and constantly kept up our attention."—Blackwood's flag. " This Life of Frederick the Great will become a standard work in the libraries of .England."—Scotsman. " No book ever passed more rapidly into a standard work."—Bri tarmiti. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in one handsome volume, Bvo., 135. bound, THE MILITARY NNUAL For 1844. By the Author of " The Artillerist's Manual," &c. Ere t ty effort has been exerted to render this work a truly nseful military eernpeudiam, and a welcome adjunct to the library of every talker. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13. Great -Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., LEVER'S ARTHUR O'LEARY, HIS WANDERINGS AND PONDERINGS " IN MANY LANDS. Edited by his Friend, HARRY LORREQUER, • AND ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE RUIKSHANK. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great C Marlborough-street. - MR. ewerm•-- HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, APR:L 20, Will be performed Rossivi's Opera, entitled SEMIRAMIDE. Sernitamide, Mad. Grisi ; Arslce, Mdlle. Favanti ; Idrene, Sig. Corelli ; Assur, Sig. Fornasari ; and Oroe, Sig. Lablache. To conclude with the Ballet of GISELLE. Principal Characters.—Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Bertha, Madame Copere; Bathilda, Mdlle. Ferdinand; il•lyrtha, Mdlle. Scheffbr • the Prince of Courland, M. Gosselin ; Hilarion, M. Conlon; Wilfrid, Gouriet ; Noblemen, MM. Venaf ra and Bertram; and the Duke of Silesia, M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Oflicl, Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be paTformed the opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim Mr. Borrani • Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison • Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Ar li ne, 'Miss Rainforth ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mi Betts: " After which will be repeated a New Ballet, entitled LADY HEN. RiErrA 4 : or, The Statute Fair. Lyonn,l, Pi. tiftvain ; Walter, O Howell ; Sir Tristram, Mr. O'Bryan ; Queen Anne. Miss O'Bryan ; Lady Henrietta, Mdlie. Lucile G ratin; Nancy, Miss C. Web s ter ; Mina,•Miss Carson. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price Ss. dd . ; Upper Circles of Boxes 5‘.. Second Price 3s. • Pit Ps , Second Price Ss .• Gallery Second Price I s.; ' Upper Gallery la, Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTEII. LESSER. . • • THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be performed the Comedy of SPRING AND A U rumN ; er The Bride of Fifty. Sir Simon Slack, Mr. Strickland; Mrs. Gene. ral Da'tmouth, Mr• , . Glover. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr Tilhury Wurzle, Mr. James Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterhuck, Mrs To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Evening with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Math a ews. Mr. J. bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, a n d Miss Lee. To conclude with the Extraordinary Pertbrrnances of Professor RISLEY and his INFANT SON, surnamed " Petit Mercute." Orchestra Stalls, bs. ; Boxes, ss. • Pit, t"s. ; Gallery. 28.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes,_36'. ; Pit 29.; Gallery', Is. ; Upper Gallery, fid. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances ermimerce at Seven Mr, W. Farren will appear on Monday, April 22, as sir Peter Teazle, in the School for Scandal. rickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box.- o!tice, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.ST BEET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be performe I GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Swellington, Mr W. Lacy; Abs. Swellington, Miss Noel ; Betty, Miss Brooßs. After which, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. To be followed by a New Farce, in One Act, entitled THE YOUNG SCAMP; or, My Granchnother's Pet. Joseph, Miss Fortescue; Mildew, Mr. Morris Barnett. To coticludewith a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, called FAIR STAR ; or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANCING WATERS. The princial characters by Messrs. Wrigh t, Paul Bedford, Oxberry, Mrs. IL P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM LAM ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, APRIL 0, Will be repe the New Comedietta, in Two , entitled HASTY CONC at LU ed SIONS. Principal Characters by MessAcrsts . Diddear. F. Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs 'Keeley. After which. MY WIFE'S OUT. Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr Wigan, Miss ChapMl, and Mrs. Keeley. To he followed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST OF HONOUR. Characters b 7 Messrs. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J. Collier, Stanton. Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the Theatre Royal, Adelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Grove. To conclude with an entirely now Grand Burle , que Fairy Extra esganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. Cha. Violets by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge. Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—First Price—foxes, O.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d.Second Price—Balcony Boxes, es. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony 1 ier Molding eight persons), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (ho'oing eight persons), One Guinea and a.Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad mission Tickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly Transferrable Free Tickets (for the first forty nights), Three Guineas. Doors open at Half-past Six. Performances begins at Seven o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BArrY. Triumphant Success of the Grand National Spectacle. THIS 'EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be repeated the Hi.torical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle of Hastings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, .te. Monsieur Plege on the Tight Rope, New Scenes in the Circle, by eminent Francis and Bri ish Artistes. To conclude with a Favourite Fare'. Kr. Batty (the Proprietor) begs respectfully to vcquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and public that, encouraged by the flattering succ ess during the past year, and finding the Theatre not suffi ciently. commodious for its umerous p aions, he entered into an extensive arrangement with Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi nent builders of Lambeth, for the re-constructing on a magnificent and novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre, which has been rebuilt, dress boxes enlarged, upper boxes widened, and pit and galleries extensively improved. Fourteen glass lustres are added, and a Grecian dome ceillog, with entirely new sp'endid c l ass ic decorations, and gorgeous apppcsntments, which, with the fi rs t-rate talent to be offered, he presumes cannot fail o f obtaining Mat support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the last season. Thegrand Easter national Spectacle will combine all the splendid historical effects of the Nonnan Conquest of England, produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olympique will in troduce un quailed equestrian talent, and the dou)le company com prise talent of the highest order. The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances sommence 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-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DA V IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. This Establishment again takes the lead—Whitefrisrs, • with its splendid effects, and the Scapegrace of Paris, are the thetne of ad. =ration. The Theatre has been more crowded than any former Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS, in which the entire Company will perform. After which; THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup Arted by all the leading Favourites of the Establishment. To which will be added the Wonderful Performance of Herr /FIENGLER on the Cprde Elastique, and the Carlo Family in their Unrivalled Gymnastiques. To conclude with, a New Drama of peculiar construction, entitled BARAK JOHNSON; or, The Blind Witness. Paces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschn er, at the Box. Alice, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING. APRIL V, Witt be p rformed Sha'tspeare's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello. Mr. Freer; lago. Mr Dale • Cassio, Mr. Osba!diston ; Dee. demon, Miss Vincent ; Emilia, Mrs ' G. Lee. After which, a New Drama, called THE FELON OF NEW YORK. Anhatt (the Felon). Mr. Freer • Lisette, Miss Arden. With the Grand Fairy Ballet of ON DINE; by Mr. Frampton and his Pupils. To conclude with A BUMPING LEGACY. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, APRIL O. If crowded, fashionable, and brilliant audiences every night, are syrneorni of success, the Performances of the WIZARD OF THE Nolan has made the greatest hit of all the EASTER NJVEL TIES, for the Adelphi has been crammed to the ceiling; his mighty wonders are of so staitlivg a nature, that the brill ant multitudes of delighted .pectators sit, as if spell-bound, gaze with wanner and anvitement at the seeming superhuman miracles of the MODERN FAUSTU. If the loversmild Ireland," Irishmen, and Irish Music, wish t o evjoy a treat, they will spend AN HOUR IN IRELAND iongwith Mr. MALONE RAYMON he Dat the Adelphi, whose tales, s, and anecdotes of t " Greenl sle" have been nightly received with bursts of laughter an I applause. He will appear nightly, be tween the parts of the Wizard's performances. assisted by Mrs. MALONE RAYMOND and Miss LINLEY. The GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH will nightly prove that there are " more strange things in heaven ant earth, than are dreampt of in mortals ° philosophy." Boles, 3‘, Pit. Is. 6.1. Gallery, ed. Second Price at Nine o'clock, MM. open at Seven, the Performances commence at half-past. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to hove 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 stractive 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, daring the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of WS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it might to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS Pave stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis sion is reduced to ONE SIIILLING. The ~.N, . APO. .L EON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian daily from Ten till Dusk. THE WEXMIER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 19. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 61; Noon, 56 . BAROMWTER, 30 .42.—Wmn, N.N.W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the f eez i n g point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. Trail WATER AT LONDOIT-BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning fl minutes after 3 1 Evening 1 .. 36 minutes after 3. 4- g e cif S o nevi•ss 4 , 1 / -50!-::A ' l l,l . mo s v•A,L 24,13:8A' - NOM '...4. - jjaSiV 1. • ;•• A. • • „% Uøruxfl fIL LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1844. In the House of Lerds, after the presentation of certain petitions, and the postponement of several Bills, the Bishop of EXETER presented petitions against the Dissenters' Chapel Bill, and intimated his intention of opposing the Bill. In presenting these petitions, he took the opportunity of exhibiting a specimen of nigh Church bigotry. It was stated drat ronit.of them came from the Presbyterian Church of Ireland) but there was no such Church in Ireland or England, and there was an express canon of the Church against persons calling themselves members of any Church not the Church of England. The canon was established in 1603 in England, and about thirty years afterwards in Ireland-. 3116 Marquis of Noslssrun gave notice that on TEE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1844. was needless to say, lead to the moral, healthful, and, as the Bishop of LONDON had stated, to the spiritual improvement of the people." We have high authority enough in the testimony of St. PAUL himself that " next to Godliness, cleanliness is a virtue," without applying to the Bishop of Low- DON for his Lordship's private opinion on the matter. And any one who has admired, as we have done—the dexterous accuracy of our sleek diocesan—(when he does walk)—in skipping over impromptu puddles de posited by water carts, or shirking gutters that have not yet come under the supervision of his New Churches Building Committee, will be apt to suspect the Bishop of somewhat too decided a personal solici tude as to these objects, to attach much importance to his views of their public influence. Of much graver import to the country is the question whether the anticipations entertained by the Committee, as expressed in that part of the Chairman's speech which follows, would be realised. Mr. COCHRANE proceeded to remark—" The experience the Com mittee had had convinced them that the most effective way of keeping the streets clean was to prevent the accumulation of dirt by re moving the manure immediately after it was depo • sited by the passing cattle. Hundreds and thousands of able-bodied labourers would thus be employed, and the pauper would be converted into an independent work man, and the great losses to which shopkeepers were now subjected from the masses of mud and dust, would be immensely diminished by a comparatively insignifi cant outlay. The shopkeepers of the two great thoroughfares at the west end, to which he had alluded, embraced with delight the proposition, and the efficacy of it far exceeded their expectations." Without pausing to consider how far the City of London might be justified, under the circumstances touched upon by the LORD MAYOR, in cancelling an ill-executed contract for the cleansing of its streets and thoroughfares, we have only to express our most anxious hope, that the municipal authorities of all the other great commercial emporiums of the kingdom may set about investigating the extent to which they can apply the same principle of means of permanent employment for their able-bodied poor. The scheme appears to us so simple, yet of such grave moment, so singularly important, that no time should be lost in bringing it into general ope ration all over the country. It might be made to embrace so extensive a proportion of those whose labour is at present useless to themselves and to the State—to relieve so largely the burden of the poor rates—and to exalt so beneficially the feelings, the character, and the social relations of the parties to be employed, by restoring them to the ranks of honest and independent labour, that we await the further development of the plan, and, we trust its early experiment, with equal curiosity and impatience. Lord ASHLEY has egregiously disappointed the hopes of all those who placed faith in his justice—his consistency—his benevolence—by the course he has thought fit to pursue on the important question of the Factory Bill. There is no use in mincing matters— :he stern truth must be told—he has abandoned, i not betrayed, the cause of which, not three weeks since, he declared himself to be an uncompromising advocate, and let it slip through his fingers like so much water. He is riow, just as lifeless and in- different, as he once was energetic, in his advocacy of the Ten Hours' measure. " The flaming patriot," s iy-s Jumus, alluding to HORNE TOOKE, " who so lately scorched us in the east, now sinks temperately in the west, and is hardly felt as ha descends." And wherefore this vacillation —this langour on the part of his Lordship—this unworthy aban donment of the vantage-ground on which he stood ? Because, forsooth, the question is surrounded by difficulties—is beset by complications and perplexi ties to such a degree, that he cannot see his way through them ! Should he not have known this be- fore ? Should not past experience have taught him chat the Ten Hours' Bill was one which would task his utmost energies, and be met by a vigorous oppo sition, both within and without the walls of Parlia ment ? If he did not mean resolutely to brave every obstacle, and do his best to surmount it, why did he take the question in hand at all ? Why raise expecta tions, only to disappoint them ? We have no notion of t public man thus playing fast-and-loose ssith a great cause—thus voluntarily sowing the dragon's teeth, and then taking fright when he finds them spring ing up into armed men. Lord ASHLEY—there is no denying the fact has abandoned post after post to his opponents —in proportion to the vigour of Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S advance has been the rapidity of his retreat—and now we find Lim in full flight from the field, for the purpose, as he tells us, of taking up some other position which he .veil knows is untenable, seeing that the whole neigh bourhood is in the full possession of the enemy. And he has acted this ignominious spirit, because the question is one beset by difficulties ! Why, this is the very reason of all others that should induce a man of any boldness or energy to grapple with it—to per evere in it to the last. Was there ever a great re medial measure yet agitated in Parliament that was not beset by a host of difficulties ? Had Sir ROBERT PEEL or Earl GREY listened for an instant to this unworthy plea, the one would never have carried Catholic Emancipation, nor the other the Reform Bill. But Lord ASHLEY, it may be urged, has only abandoned the Ten Hours' Bill for this session, and sill agitate it with increased energy the next. We wish to GOD he would leave it alone altogether, for we now see clearly enough that he is not the man to leal with such a mighty question. It is not for the lwarf to wield the bow of ULYSSES. Passing from his Lordship to a man of much more " mark and likelihood," and carrying a much greater seight of metal, we have a crow to pluck with Mr. %YARD, of Sheffield, for some hasty remarks on the Ten Hours' Bill, which fell from him on Wednesday night at the League meeting in Covent-garden. He told his hearers on that occasion that it was the iheerest folly to legislate on such a subject, and that the only way to do real good was to attack the system that caused excessive la- bour in factories. This is perfectly true, but what is to be done in the interim with the poor overworked women and children ? Are they to be left unpro tected, till the vast, complicated system that blunts their moral faculties,.tiuins their health, and consigns them to a premature grave, is wholly extinguished? It may be years ere this desirable consummation is effected, and are those who are now leading the lives of slaves, oppressed by disease, penury, and suffer ing in their worst forms, to be expected to wait patiently till then ? Pressing wrongs demand prompt remedies, and no one can deny that the case of the factory women and children calls for the instant interference of Parliament. But, say our opponents, trade will be injured—which, by the bye, we doubt—by such interference ; well, be it so ; trade is, no doubt, a great consideration, but it is not every thing ; it is not the question of questions—it is not the one paramount inte rest before which all others must give way. The claims of the breeches pockets are by no means Superior to those of humanity; and that wealth is dearly purchased, which is purchased at the expense of the health, the happiness, the temporal and spiritua welfare of thousands of our fellow-creatures. Mr. WARD went on to state—and he threw himself into an attitude of elegant horror when he made the state ment—that if the Ten Hours Bill were carried, wages would inevitably fall. Now, if hehad read the report of the Delegates at the Sunday Manchester meeting,he would have found that the operatives were prepared for this alternative, and quite ready to submit to it. Their almost unanimous opinion was, that it was better to have less onerous labour, even if they re ceived less remuneration. They would take their chance, they said ; and their determination, however paradoxical it may appear, was a truly sagacious one, and prompted by a generous considera tion for the comfort of their wives and children. Precisely the same language was repeated at the last Manchester meeting, at which Mr. WALTER, who was present, met with admirable force of argument the common-place, selfish doctrine that the Legisla ture has no right to interfere in matters of contract between the employers and the employed. "In reply to this," observed the speaker, " I will beg leave to observe that the doctrine is only sound d a d n e o a fe s n o d ? Assuredlyegood,mele when themselves. the employed are able to not. Are women o a e n s d not childrenthe able aw t in terfere in all other ca ses t o p ro t ec t th e wea k ? Are not infants, and minors, and p ersons o f wea k under standing protected by the law ?" To clove, cogent Monday he would • call attention to certain omissions in the papers recently laid on the table relative to G walior. Adjourned at Half-past Five o'Clock. In the Commons several petitions were - presented against the Masters and Servants Bill. Mr. T. Dux- COMBE presented thirty-six petitions of this descrip tion from some of the most populous towns in Eng land, among others Manchester, Birmingham, Bolton, Norwich, Nottingham, and Rochdale. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on Tuesday be should move for the newspaper stamp returns. Mr. BRIGHT called the attention of the Home Secretary to the conviction of an unfortunate woman at the present assizes in London, for the murder of her child. It appeared from the evidence that she had attempted to commit suicide and destroy her child at the same time, from the utmost destitution. The Judge in passing sentence held out no hope of mercy. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said his attention had not been called to the fact till that moment. He could not, however, enter into a discussion on such a sub ject, but the Hon. Member might rest assured he would do his best to exercise a sound and dispas sionate judgment on all the circumstances of the case. It is singular that while this melancholy affair has excited general attention, the Home Secretary, who, above an others, should have known the merits of the case, had never heard of it. In answer to a question from Mr. Ross, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he had every reason to believe that a Bill would shortly be brought into the other House on the subject of Presbyterian marriages in Ireland. On the motion of Lord ELIOT, the Irish Municipal Corporations Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on the 29th. The Committee on the County Courts Bill was fixed for Monday next. Mr. TUFNELL asked why a writ had not been issued for Horsham on the accession of Mr. SCARLETT to the Peerage. Sir T. FREMANTLE presumed that the writ of sum mons to the House of Lords had not been issued, and consequently the Hon. Gentleman was still a Member of the House. Lord J. RUSSELL blamed such a slovenly mode of proceeding, and intimated his intention of bringing the subject formally before the House, in case such negligence should again occur. On the Order of the Day being read for the House resolving itself into a Cornmitiee of Supply, Sir C. NAPIER moved for certain returns respecting the timber received into the royal dockyards during the last ten years. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT did not find himself justi fied in giving the returns, but he was willing to give every information to the Gallant Member wilich he could, without prejudice to the public service. A discussion took place on the appointment of stipendiary magistrates in Ireland, and chiefly on the late appointment of Mr. O'BRIEN, but it led to no result. _ _ _ _ The House then went into Committee of Supply. Several votes for colonial establishments were agreed to. On a vote of 13,6801. being proposed for the civil charges of St. Helena, Mr. HumE moved as an amendment that the sum be reduced by 2,0001., when, on a division, the amendment was rejected by a ma jority of 45. Several other votes were agreed to, and the House resumed. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Twelve o'clock. The advance of a country in wealth and civiliza. tion—that progress to which all legislation and policy are subservient—is, after all, a benefit dearly pur- chased at the price inevitably to be paid for it; for, 1 the test of present experience, and the records of all history show, that the price consists in the displace ment of many thousands of families from a position of comparative competence or ease, and the sacrifice of many more in the competition between the exclu sive privileges of the distinguished few, and the sordid wants of the indigent multitudes, which seems to wait, like a shadow on the march of opulence and refine ment. No State on the globe, perhaps, exhibits a more remarkable instance of these conflicting elements of extensive pauperism and accumulated capital, than Great Britain. But it is not our purpose to write, at present, of her extraordinary, her almost incon ceivable wealth. We may, indeed, epitomise the idea of it by stating, on the authority of Mr. PORTER's last Statistical Paper, that the total sum paid by railway passengers, last year alone, on the several working lines of the United Kingdom (58 in Eng land and Wales, 10 in Scotland, 2 in Ireland), amounted to 3,063,000/. sterling! Our wish at pre sent is to direct attention to the enormous pressure 01 poverty and destitution on our social system ; and this we may evidence in three words, by the statement of the last authenticated Poor-rate aggregate return (Ses sional Paper, H. C., 1844, No. 63). From that paper it appears that the total amount of money levied for poor-rate, for the year ending Lady-day 1842, was 6,552,8901. for England and Wales, atone The most disastrous aspect which this pauperism presents is, that it " grows by that it feeds on." In four short years, as we lately took occasion to show, the levy for this rate has increased one million ; on an average, at the rate of 250,0001. per annum for Eng land and Wales only. There have been, in the same ►nterval, railroads and other mighty public works in full activity of construction ; yet the market of labom has been so greatly overstocked that at no former pe riod, probably, was the number of able-bodied paupers larger than it is at the present moment. In the ma nufacturing districts the demand for labour has fluc tuated as usual, and just now may be somewhat more active than for some time past ; but it is not even pre tended that this improvement is one for which an 3 permanency can be safely anticipated. And, indeed, as to manufacturing labour, we see nothing, either in the general state of trade, or the bearings of improved commercial relations with foreign countries, to induce us to look for any other but the usual circle in which, from some cause or other, our manufacturing energy seems destined to revolve,—sudden excitement; in- tense activity ; rapid and unparalleled production ; de clining, because glutted and overstocked, markets; lassitude, panic, decay ; displaced labour, on a scale the most appalling. We are now once more com mencing this series of phases ; and we wish we could add that, with our still crippled system of commercial polity, aggravated by the mischiefs of our monetary system, we could look forward with any confidence to the cessation of those fatal sequences which have so often followed close upon the same cheering pro mises of a largely increased demand for labour. The real remedy for this destructive tendency our pauperism to re-produce and multiply itself co incidently with—and as if in mockery of—capital, would be an extended permanent demand for able bodied labour. If any plan- , could be devised by which able-bodied pauper labour, in its more simple forms, and without the requisition of extreme manual' dexterity or technical facility of manipulation, could be, at all times, largely employed throughout the country, the market of independent, in contradistinc tion to pauper-labour, would be proportionably relieved, 'and the wages of those able-bodied pauper labourers would be paid by municipal and other communities, not in the shape of an unproductive and annoying tax upon their own capital or incomes, but of a legitimate consideration for value received. - - • vv We are much disposed to think that we can see in the further progress of the efforts of the " Committee for promoting the greatest attainable cleansing in the public thoroughfares, courts, and alleys of the metropolis"—a deputation from which, a day or two since, had a satisfactory conference with the LORD MATon, on the mode of car c. permanent cocuu Ali demand statedrying out thei r o bj ec t s —th e germ o f some suc h ma for that able-bodied o hject of labour. the d e p u 3 t f a r : tion in waiting upon his Lordship was to read to him the substance of resolutions which had been passed at a meeting at the Hanover-square Rooms, relative to the immediate employment of the able-bodied poor, in the hope that he would • assist by his powerful co-operation, in accomplishing an object calculated to do the most important service to the physical and moral condition of the public-- keeping the streets free from mud and dust, according to an experiment which had ,been most successfully tried in Regent-street and Oxford-street. No objects immediately connected with the ornament, salubrity, and pleasantness of all large towns, as well as of our own noble capital, could be suggested more legitimate in themselves, or more easy, we should think, of practical attainment. The report proceeds thus : " The cleanliness of the thoroughfares word, it reasoning like this no satisfactory answer can be made, and accordingly we do not at all expect that any will be attempted. At the great meeting to which we have just alluded, the Sub-Dean of Manchester remarked : —" In these manufacturing towns what large num bers are to be found with distorted limbs, rickety knees, or crooked spines." Large numbers, indeed, as any one must remember who has ever visited a Lancashire trading town And in what spirit do the political economists meet this dreadful statement? Oh, " It is a thousand pities," they reply, " and we are heartily sorry for the poor deformed creatures ; but it can't be helped ; no immediate remedy can be applied ; because if you do attempt anything of the sort, our manufactures will be injured; less money will be made by our great capitalists, and conse quently there will be less means for supplying the wants of the poor." These objections are certainly not without their force; but still recurs the great question—are hundreds— thousands of our fellow-creatures to be annually blotted out from the book of life, in order that the worldly interests of the manufacturers may remain unimpaired ? In the august name of Huma nity, we emphatically reply, No ! Madrid journals of the 11 th have been received. They are almost entirely filled with the new decree relative to the press, which, of course, is highly praised by the Government journals. All the others are gagged or extinct. The Three per Cents. were done at 362- at 60 days; and the Fives at 23 cash, and 231 at 60 days. The discussion in the French Chamber of Peers on the Secret Service Money Bill was brought to a close on Wednesday, when it was adopted by a majority of 131, against 18. During the debate, which lasted for three days, the affairs of Otaheite formed the prominent feature. The Marquis DE BOISSY charged the Government with disowning the act of Admiral DUrETIT THOUARS from fear of England. M. GUIZOT said he really did not know what to reply to that allegation, which he constantly found in his path, and which had been so often disproved. He had only to deny its truth, and deelare that they had been actuated by no fear of England in their decision relative to the absolute sovereignty, any more than in ratifying the protectorate. Undoubtedly they had taken into account the state of their relations with England, for it was their duty so to do. But was it right to apply the term pusillanimity to such conduct ? He felt convinced that the Chamber would reply in the negative. Another measure of some importance was discussed on this motion, namely, the Educa tion Bill, on which the Count of MONTALEMBERT warmly espoused the cause of the clergy, and considered them justified . in setting human laws at defiance. His arguments are well summed up in these words :—" Make laws in your own way, but we will obey them only when we please. Pronounce judgments, we laugh at them, and at the judges. Our consciences, as Catholics, place us above all that. We know no sovereignty but our own—we are our own law, our own rights, and we shall ever have the last word." In fact, his arguments are those which have been held by every dominant church. The priests in nearly all ages have asserted that they have Divine authority for their guide, and obey the civil law only from fear or necessity. In reply to the bigotted speech of the young Jesuit, MONTALEMBERT, the Mi nister of Public Instruction, said, " the skilfully written manifesto of the Count DE MONTALEMBERT would meet with more than one reproach. On some special points it would receive that of, the Minister of Jus tice ; and on the others it would meet with the opinion and astonishment of the country. They will ask him whether, under the title of Ambassador of GoD, any body of men have the right to set themselves above the laws, and above their civil and political .institu tions? No, let them render unto C.MSAR what be- longed to CXSAR, and by the word C2EsAa he would be understood to mean the ensemble of the institutions which governed the country. The language used by the clergy had been that of menace, a threat of ex communicating the public authorities if they made a law displeasing to them. Religion had resumed a salutary influence in France, but the Government would not make use of that influence as an instru ment." _ _ _ The Funds on Wednesday continued firm. We subjoin the only other extracts from the papers of in terest : The Toulonnais of the 13th inst., after noticing the ex pected arrival of General Bugeaud from Algiers, states posi tively that the Duke d'Aumale will act as Governor-General of Algeria during his absence, and adds :—" Some persons pretend that Marshal Bugeaud will be permanently replaced by the Duke d'Aumale, while others affirm that-he comes home ou leave merely to take part in the debate on the budget for the colony ; and this last version appears to us to be the most probable. Still the return of the Marshal at the moment of the expedition to the East, planned by himself, is on the point of being undertaken, somewhat surprises us, and we must wait for further information before we can make up our minds on an event of so much importance." " We learn from the Havannah," says the Globe, " that, thanks to the energy and firmness of M. Mollien, our Con sul-General at Cuba, the five Frenchmen arrested on the absurd information of slaves, compromised in the last attempt at revolt, viz., Messrs. Frederic Meynadier, A. R Descha pelles, Riollea,Feor a uch s e a , mamndary amAlferxedßionuastsieerneaub,y a magistrate.has beense set at li was libe frtuyll ft time to have justice done them, for considerable y w as apparent in the numerous F renc h p o - pu i t e n miles round Matan z a s , t o w hi c h di s t ance the il x I lan of revolt, tr ue or f a l se , a tt r ib u t e d t o ag t ae a t t i e i eonenti withinta o r h e d of the the slaves, was to extend." The Lloyd Nantais has the following from Hayti, March 9th. We may remark that a general colour of exaggera tion pervades the late intelligence from this quarter :—" On the 27th February the town of Santo-Domingo rose agains , the Haytians. After a combat, the latter entrenched them selves in the arsenal where they were besieged by the Spanish population. The French Consul having intervened the com bat ceased, and a capitulation ensued, by which the Haytiam, were to deposit their arms at the residence of the Frencl: Consul, and a vessel was to be hired to convey them either to Jacmel, or Port-au-Prince. It was stated at the latter place that the Spanish part of Hayti had risen generally. The insurgents had put down the Haytian authorities, and formed themselves into a republic with a provisional Go vermnent." THE BOURSE—WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents 122 50 .. 122 50 .. 122 .. 122 Four per Cents• • •• • • 106 30 • • 106 30 .. 105 60 .• 106 30 Three per Cents.• •• • 83 60 • • 83 60 .. 83 50 • • 83 50 Bank of France. •••••• • • • • • 3093 • • 3100 3095 ..3100 Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Sham:lll7o • • 1170 —ll7O .•1170 5,000 f. Sharessoss ..5055 —5055 ..5055 Belgian Bank.. •••••• • • • • " 700 • • 700 . • 700 .. 700 1840 •••• • • • • www • •106/ .. 1061 106/ Belgian Fives, 1831 ••• • • • 1031 .. 103 .. 1031 1842 ... ..... 1071 .. 107 f .. 1071 1071 Spanish Active ......... .• • 341 . • • 341 • • 341 .. 341 Threes ••.••• • • • • • • 3' t • • 371 37f 37f Passive ...... ••• • • • 6 1 • • 61 04 .. 6i Portuguese Five per Cents. • 01 • • 461 .. 461 46/ Neapolitan. • . ..... .• • • 102 • • 102 .. 102 .• 102 Roman . ,.. •• • 104 .. 106 .. 1051 .. 106 RAILWAY SILARES. St. Germain ••..•.......•• 832 50 • • 832 50 • • 830 .. 830 Versailles, L. 8.• ........ . 240 • • 240 .. 230 .. 232 50 Rouen ..... ..... • • • 970 .. 970 .. 970 .. 970 Rouen to Havre •••• • • • • • • 710 • • 710 .. 708 75 • • 708 75 0r1ean5....................952 50 .. 952 50 .. 950 .. 950 Strasburg to Bale. ••••• . • • . 278 75 282 50 .. 277 50 .. 277 50 RA (LW A 'V SHARES, Eon TILE ACCOUNT. St Germain Versailles, L. 8.• ••• • . .• • • 240 .• 240 .. 230 .. 232 50 Rouen ••• • • • ....... Rouen to Havre. • 710 710 .. 708 75 708 73 Orleans Strasburg to Bale. .. • 280 - 285 • 277 50 .. 278 75 FLANDERS and HAMBURGH MAIL. BRUSSELS, APRIL 16.—Lieut.-General Antonio Von Halen, Count of Perecamps, formerly Captain-General of Catalonia, who, since the fall of the Regent of Spain, has lived at Brus sels, after having visited the principal military establishments of Belgium, is gone to Maestncht, where he arrived on the 13th, on his way to Liege. It is said that the ex-Regent, who is at present at London, waiting for some event which may enable him to return to his country, intends to come and reside at Brussels. POLISH FRONTIER, APRIL B.—Private letters from Warsaw state that his Majesty the Emperor of Russia is expected in that city in the course of next month. The various reports of the reduction of the Southern army are wholly unfounded ; only a change in the troops composing it has taken place; the regiments sent to the Caucasus having been filled by ethers from the former Po lish provinces. BERLIN, APRIL 9.—lt is said that the Chevalier Bunsen will be raised to the rank of Count or Baron before he returns to England, which seems in some degree necessary in his post at the most aristocratic Court in the world. The Che valier is well known as a man of great talent and extraordi• nary learning, and possesses, through his wife, who is an English lady, a considerable fortune, which will enable him to support the dignity of his new title. STOCKHOLM, Amu, 9.—One of our jo urnals sa y that the King will go in May to the Western provinces of Sweden and to Norway.—Hamburgh Papers, April 16. _ ROBBERY AT DEBENHAM AND STORK'S.—Dning the last three days a large stock of plate and jewellei7 has been sold at the Sale-rooms of these gentlemen in King street. The articles each day were exposed to view, and a person was appointed to keep a sharp look out after thieves, as a serious robbery had been committed last year on the pre mises in open day. Some thief or thieves, however, on Wed nesday, contrived to elude his vigilance, and abstracted gold plate and watches to the value of 2501. ANOTHER EXPEDIENT.—In some parts of th. coun try, coalmasters are resorting to the expediency, whenever colliers beg of the public—no matter how civilly—to have them committed under the vagrant laws. Now the effect of this will be, to fill Houses of Correction, and burthen the county rates, whilst the men committed will be maintained at the public expense, instead of their union fund. This scheme of coalmasters will not answer their purposes and ends. The following is a verbatim copy of the address on a letter received through the Nottingham post-office : " For Mr. Taylor at Nottinham a traveling dockter binn in the Llarrney a Solger with all speed." SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubltr Optitton. " TT7to runs may read." FOREIGN. Some accounts from Paris would lead to the belief that the health of the King is not satisfactory, but, judging from his frequent visits to Versailles and other places, and the large parties invited every evening to the Palace, little credit can be attached to these reports. On Monday evening he received the Austrian Ambassador, the Ministers of Bavaria, Baden, the Netherlands,. the Hanseatic towns, Tuscany, and Denmark, Rear-Admiral Le Ray, Marshal Molitor, Generals the Marquis de St. Simon, Count Dejean, and Jacqueminot, the Marquis de Rochambeau, Count d'Haubersaert, Viscount d'Archiac, Baron Deffaudis, the Chevalier and Mine. Macedo, MM. Conte, Robineau, de Bougon, Esperonnier, and Hebert, the Duchess de Valencay, the Countess de Boigues and de Luxbourg, and Mme. Peruzzi. The Journal du Havre of Monday, in announcing the ap• pearance there of the Prince de Juinville, says :—" On Sa turday, at about one o'clock, a traveller, very simply attired, went to the office of the Morlaisien steamer, to engage his passage. Your name, sir,' said the bookkeeper. My name? write the Prince de Joi:nville."The bookkeeper, who heard him imperfectly, instantly wrote a receipt in the name of M. Blin de Joinville." The National, and almost all the opposition Paris papers, blame the Spanish promotions in the Legion of Honour. The National, after mentioning that the grand cross of the Legion of Honour had been conferred upon the Duke de Baylen, calls this an act of anti-nationality worthy of the Man of Ghent, which cannot be sufficiently reprobated. " A strange report was current to -day," says the Courrier Francais, " at one of the offices of a Ministerial department, relative to the marine excursion which the Prince de Join- vine has gone on to the western ports. It was affirmed that he was travelling by superior order, and that he had been formally prohibited from seeing, before his departure Capt. Reine, aide-de-camp to Admiral llupetit Thouars. It was added that the Prince de Joinville had proved hostile to M. Guizot's policy in the Tahiti affair, and that his eloignement by order might very possibly be a little disgrace." We find, by the Moniteur Algerien, of the 10th inst., that the Duke de Montpensier arrived at Algiers that morning, on board the steam-frigate the Labrador, and was received on landing by the GovertiOr-General and the whole of the civil and military authorities. His Royal Highness was in perfect health. A letter from Algiers of the 10th inst., in the Gazette de France, represents Abd-el-Kader as having once more risen from his ashes, and made an inrcad in the environs of Oran with 1,000 horsemen, instead of the 150 which the bulletins of the last campaign left him, and as having killed 900 men belonging to the tribes who had made their submission to France. We learn from Vienna, April 9, that a duel, arising from very frivolous causes, took place lately in the environs of Presburg, between the Count S. de Schoenborn-Wiesenthied and Captain Baron Arnstein. At the third discharge tile Count, who was only thirty years of age, but who had already fought several duels, was killed by the ball of his antagonist. The Universal German Gazette states from Kalisch, in Poland, April 5, that six Russian deserters were lately sen tenced to receive 1,500 lashes each. Three of them are stated to have died under the effects of the punishment, and the three others to have been transported to Siberia. LAW AND POLICE. At the Central Criminal Court, Mr. W. Read was ac quitted on the charge of inducing Captain W. Simpson to sink, at sea, the brig Colina. The verdict was received with ap plause by the Court. Simpson was then called up for judg ment, and sentenced to be transported for life. A woman, named Mary Walters, was brought before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, by the authorities of Bishopsgate, upon the -charge of having abandoned her set tlement in Gloucestershire, to which she and her four children had been regularly passed from St. Botulples, Bishopsgate, to which she and her children became thus a serious bur den. She was sent to Bridewell for a month, and the children were taken to Norwood. Jane Walker, a showily-dressed, pretty-looking girl, 18 years of age, was charged at Queen-square with having robbed her father, an aged and infirm pensioner from the Coldstream Guards, of 41. 10s. It was the amount of his quarter's pension, which he had just received, and given the daughter to pay the bills of the tradesmen who were in the habit of trusting him till he received his money, but she expended it all in purchasing dress. Only 9d. was found on her. The Magistrate consi dering it a breach of trust rather than a felony, dismissed the girl ; but on quitting the Court she used such violent threats to her old father, that she was again taken into custody and sent to prison for 21 days. Mary Hammond and Mary Ann Davis, late in the service of Mrs. Storer, residing at 5, Upper Hyde Park-street, Pad dington, were charged at Marylebone with having robbed the lady above alluded to of property of different descrip • tions. Some of the articles stolen were produced and iden tified by Mrs. Storer, and the prisoners were committed for trial. John Shields, a respectable-looking young man, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, at Union-hall, for re-exami nation, charged with forging and uttering bills of exchange, with intent to defraud Aaron Smith, ship-owner, and bill discounter. The amount forged is between 600/. and 7001. Some further evidence was adduced, and he was again re manded. • _ Margaret Brown, the wife of a tradesman in Broadwall, was charged at the same office with attempting to destroy herself. The unfortunate woman precipitated herself at six o'clock in the morning from Waterloo-bridge, and the tide running down at the time she was carried midway between the two bridges, and picked up, being found floating on her back. On an inquiry into the circumstances which led her to attempt the rash act, it appeared her father, to whom she was greatly attached, died a few days ago, since which she had been in a low desponding state. She was given up to her husband. COURT-rAsHIONADZE. Earl Howe will give an entertainment on Wednesday week at Curzon House, when the Queen Dowager and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected to honour the Noble Earl with their company. The Arch bishop of York, Duke of Wellington, and other distinguished personages are invited to join the circle. Viscount and Viscountess Leveson shortly return from Germany, where they have gone to make their usual visit at this season of the year to the Viscountess's estate. Count and Countess de Tscharnolousky arrived on Thursday at Mivart's Hotel, from St. Petersburgh. Lord and Lady Farnham arrived at Mivart's Hotel on Wednesday from Southampton, and in the afternoon departed for Gray's Court, Lady Stapleton's seat, near Henley-on- Thames, from whence they will come to town on Saturday. His Excellency Baron Brunnow was prevented from being present at her Majesty's Drawing-room on Thursday, at St. James's Palace, by a fainily affliction. His Excellency and Baroness Brunnow's dinner party on Thursday was put off from the same cause. We understand that Lord Wodehouse, the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, is about to break up his extensive establishments both at Kimberley and Wilton Park, in that county, and to proceed forthwith to the Continent, for a lengthened period. The absence of this excellent Nobleman will be severely felt and lamented by all classes. The marriage between Mr. Talbot Clifton and Mise Low ther will be solemnised early in the ensuing week, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. A breakfast will be given ;titer the ceremony by the Hon. Colonel and Lady Lucy . i , ,leanor Lowther, at their house, in Bruton-steet, Berkeley- Auare, the invitations tu which are confined to the imme !iiate family connexions, in consequence of the recent demise el the ventrable Earl of Lonsdale, grandfather of the bride. 'Mx AIst3BOVS. The total naval force on the Irish coast consists of 2 frigates, 1 brigantine, 1 cutter, 1 steam-frigate, 11 steam vessels, and steam transports—force, 1,600 men. The Vernon, 50, Captain Walpole, is on her way to Cork from Portsmouth, and the Malabar, 72, Captain Sir E. Sartorius, was ordered there from Lisbon. A general court-martial is ordered to assemble at Chatham, on Monday next, for the trial of a private of the 13th Light Dragoons, for striking a non-commissioned officer. The Benevolent Society of Blues held their twentieth an niversary festival on Thursday, at the London Tavern, where an excellent dinner had been provided by the proprietors of the establishment. Upwards of one hundred and forty gen tlemen were assembled, the greater majority of whom had received their education at Christ's Hospi tal. The donations amounted to upwards of 9001. Among the contributors were the names of Mr. Charles Few, the Chairman, for twenty guineas ; Mr. G. Thackeray, twenty guineas ; Lord Arundel and Surrey, ten guineas ; Mr. B. B. Cabbell, ten ; Mr. Baring Wall, ten ; Mr. S. B. Brooke, ten ; Mr. R. Pigeon, the Treasurer, ten ; Mr. Barnard, the Hon. Secretary, ten ; ' Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, ten • Mr. Bellassis, ten; Mr. J. Curteis, twelve; Messrs. Bathe and Breach, fifteen guineas; Alderman Farebrother, five, &c. On Thursday evening being the seventh anniversary of the Westminster Literary and Scientific Institution, a very nu • merous and respectable company assembled in the new Lec ture Theatre, Great Smith-street, Westminster, to hear the customary address. It was read by the Secretary, and dwelt upon the gratifying- fact of the great increase of the members, and the general prosperity of the Society. The library, it appeared, now contains no less than 4,000 volumes on the subjects of science and of general literature. A meeting was held at the Queen's Head Tavern, George street, Bethnal-green-road, on Thursday evening, to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament against the pro posed tax upon coal, for the purposes of the Thames embank ment, when resolutions were passed strongly condemning the measure, and a petition to the House of Commons to that ef fect was unanimously agreed to. There are at present confined in the House of Correction, Clerkenwell, 857 males, 253 females, and 11 children—making a total of 1,121. The labour of the prisoners had realised during the last year 5251. Bs. 9d. In the New Prison there are 143 prisoners, of whom 99 are males, and 44 females. Several of the latter are undergoing various terms of imprisonment for attempting to commit suicide. TIIE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF BLUES.—The anni versaryfgte for the increase . of the funds by which relief is afforded to indigent and decayed persons educated at Christ's Hospital, was celebrated yesterday with more than usual hos pitality and good feeling, in the great room of the London Tavern, in Bishopsgate-street. The company sat down to an excellent dinner, at half-past six o'clock, to the number of 150 gentlemen. The gallery was filled with ladies; and the musical arrangements were enlivened by the assistance of Messrs. A. Novella, Fitzwilliam, and Young. The chair was excellently filled by Mr. Few, who was supported at the cross-table by the Earl of Arundel, Sir George Carroll, Mr. Alderman Farebrother, the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, Mr. Pigeon , Mr. R ice, head-master of the school ; Mr. M'Culloch, Mr. Waghorn, and other gen tlemen of rank in the commercial world . The usual toasts— viz., " The health of her Majesty the Queen and Prince Al bert," " The Queen Dowager. and the other members of the Royal Family," having been drunk with the most loyal feel ings, and several other toasts having been also given and re ceived with cheers, the toast, " Success to the Institution," was given and received with loud applause. The list of sub scriptions was then read, which amounted in the aegregate to nearly 9001., the principal subscribers being—the Chair man, 21/. ; Mr. Thakerav , 21 /. ; the Lord Mayor, 10/. lOs ; Mr. Curteis, 121. 12s. ; Mr. S. B. Brooke, 10/. 10s. ; Mr. Pi geon, 101. 10s. ; Mrs. Pigeon, 101.10 s. ; Mr. Pigeon, jun., 10/. los.; Mr. Bellasis, 10/. 10s., &c. The festivities of the even ing were kept up in the best spirit, and it was not until lat: that the company separated. The more robust of the p , nsioners in this town, to the number of about 140, are this Heek having their clothing distributed out to them at the Barracks. The dress consists of a blue surtout coat, with scarlet cuffs and collar, and dark trowsers, with a broad scarlet stripe one inch and a half in breadth. The men are "to pa rade" on Thursday next, at the Barracks, when the arms and accoutrements will be distributed, and the whole of their appointm e nts made good.—Nottingham dieview, !DONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, FRIDAY EVENING The English Stick market closed with a better aspect this afternoon, Consols being 99i to 4. The sudden fall has prompted a few parties to come in as buyers. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. left off at 103, and the Reduced at 102. Bank Stock was 1961. The F. r ign investm‘nts have be. n also a little better, Spanish Consols obtaining 25 to 3 1-. the Three per Cents. 36 to ; Mexican, 35 to ; and Dutch Two-and- a- Half per Cents. 64- to 1. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 7 to 8 ; Blaekwall, log-, Brighton, 6-g- to s ; Eastern Counties, 101; Greenwich, 7-a ; and North Mdland, 12 discount. Dublin and Cashel have been 2i; Grand Junction, 1324; Great Western, Half, 211 to 22; Lancaster and Carli.re, 2 ; Harwich, 1 to i; South Western, 41i ; MancheSter and Leeds, Half, 171 ; Newcastle and Darlington. 211 ' to 21; North Midland, Thirds, 7-1-; South-Eastern, New, 5 ; and Paris aid Orleans, 161 to premium. Provin cial Bank of Ireland shares were 19 to 4 premium. The rates of exchange were about the same on Paris and Antwerp, but rather lower on Amsterdam and Ham bregit. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, all to the trade, and at rather steadier prices, the choice being smaller ; 400 Surat realised 3%d. to 4%d., 200 Egyptian 7d. to Bd., 100 Pernam 6d., and the rest American 4i(l. to 6d. per lb.—The general tone of the Share market was better, with a good business doing, though some of the quotations were more in favour of the buyers. Caledonian, 5%; Eastern Counties, 13%; Chester and Holyhead, 71.85. 9d.: Edinburgh and Glasgow, 66%; Great Western, New, 713; Birmingham, 228 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 60; Ditto and Leeds. 1103 ; Paris and Lyons, 21. 18s. 6d.; Ditto and Orleans, 363. There are accounts from Buenos Ayres this morning . brought by a vessel that has arrived at Liverpool to the 10th of February last ; there is little in the papers of very general interest. The conflict with the Monte Videans was still con- tinned, and with very doubtful success. The tendency to recede is the ruling characteristic of the Stock Market. An impression prevails that one Bank of Issue will be the panacea of the Premier to correct the errors of the currency system, and the Scotch, the Irish, and the English Banks of Issue are preparing for the trial they will have to undergo, if such be the case, by withdrawing their notes from circulation. To do this they will require for a limited period at least, considerable sums of ready cash. Hence the sales of Stock within the last four days. This afternoon Consols for Money and the Account have declined to 99k, but are now at 99i. The Commissioners took 40,0001. Consols 99k. Bank Stock had fallen to 1951, but rallied to 1961. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced are at 101.1 to 102, and the New Three and a-Half per Cents. at 1021 ' a wide margin certainly. The premium upon Exchequer bills and India Bonds have receded but a shade. In the Foreign Stocks not a great deal of business has been transacted this morning. Spanish Consols have been sold as low as 241, but are now at 25. The Three per Cents., after a fall to 351, have touched 36i. Belgi,in Bonds are firm at 1041 ; Dutch Stock is a trifle better than it was early in the morning. The South American are flat. Mexican at 341 ; Colombian, ex Venezuelan, at l4i ; and Peruvian at 29/. The variations in the Railway Shares have been slight, notwithstanding a large amount of business has been tran sacted. In Joint Stock Bank Shares there has not been any business done to-day. Real del Monte Unregistered Mine Shares have been quoted at 5 ; Santiago de Cuba at 9 ; and United Mexican at 4i. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCITANGE, APRIL 18.—There has been less business clone to-day, but prices continue firm. Eastern Counties, 13i ; London and Birmingham Quarter Shares, 261 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 501 ; Manchester and Leeds, 1101 ; Blackburn and Preston, 51 ; Lancaster and Preston, 40k ; Manchester Assurance, 10i. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock . 4 per Cent. Red lB!r',,, Ditto, Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons 31 , , per Cent Re i New 3 per Cent lO3 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. INd... 78 pm New 5 per Cent. — Vitt° 500/ Loiig Annuities to expire I Rto Small 73 pm. Jan. 1860.... .. ... ... 12% Bank Stork for Acit — Oct. 1839 l2 3.16 Consols for Acct lal% Jan. 1860 12% ltidia Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. - Austrian, 5 per Cent ...... ... Portuguese, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent lO4 Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cet— 354 Russian, 5 per Cent — t.hilian c per Cent ....... ..... Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent 364 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent O3 'Ditto, Deferre , l4 Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 16 5, 5 per Cent...... — 'Exchange —f. .....c. Mexican, 5 per Cent_ . ..... ... .35% French, 3 per Cent —f. ..—c. Ditto, 6 per Cent., 16:37 — Dutch 23% per Cent 6Ol Per4iati, 1825, tiirieent... 2914 Ditto, 5 per Cent 141 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 92 Dublin and Cashel (2)1 paid) Eastern Counties (23 paid) Grand Junction (100 paid) 232% great Western (75 paid) Harwieh (Braithwaite) (2 paid) Lancaster and Carlisle ( 5 paid) '7% London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4dl) ti Lonion and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (Lt. If's. 4d. paid) 5% Ditto, Preference or Privilege (131. 17s. 2d) 16% London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid. 83% Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto Half Shares (30 paid) 47% Newcastle and Darlington Junction (18 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland (100 paid) Di to Thirds (21/. 13s. 4d.). ...... .... ......... South Eastern and Dover (3312 s 4d paid) Ditto New Shares ( 4 pa;d) Paris and Orleans (20 paid) COURSE OF EXCHA/ Amsterdam CF. 12 5 Ditto, at sight l2 3, Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 ' Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona l3 15 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Frankfort on Maine Petersburgh, 3Us 364 Berlin Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M 956 Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 [GE.—(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 60 Genoa 25 90 Milan Venice 47 Naples 39 Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon 531 Oporto 53 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres New York,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars..X3 17 9 _ _ Cadiz I.lilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville — Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 New Doubloons-- 0 0 0 New DoHars 0 4 9 Silver in Bars 0 4 11 LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, APRIL 19.—Wind, light north-westerly breeze and fine. DEAL, APRIL 18.—Wind N.N.E. to N.—Arrd. Three Sis ters, Arthur, Buenos Ayres. SM. Lord Wm. Bentincl , , Port Philip; Zephyr, St. Helena; James Cruikshank, St. Viz:cent ; Agnes, Jamaica; Emmanuel, New York; Colliagwood, Quebee ; Scotsman, Jamaica ; Dart, Mad ira. OFF HASTINGS, APRIL 18.—Duke of Cornwall, Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 18.—Wind N.—Arrd he; Majesty's ship Pantaloon, Plymouth; ditto Nautilus, eastward. LivnttrooL, Amt. 18.—Wind, N.W., moderate.—Arrd Lancaster, Jefferson, and Albioi., Calcutta; George Buckham Singapore; Tam O'Shanter, Buenos Ayres ; William Sorlie APlntosh, B this ; Bewick Ha Ling, Christiana, Simpson, Lord Maidstone, and Royal Advlahle, Nes Orleans; Marion, Mill, ' and Lord I'almeeton, Charleston ; Shan, daah, West, Philadelphia ; Elizabeth, Tickle, Ciufuegos, (Ist inst.) Sld. Columbus for Pernambuco ; Charlotte. Africa; Mary, Charleston; William Fisher, Montreal. POOLE, APRIL 18.—S1d."Olive-branch; Newfoundland. CORK, APRIL 16.—Arrd. Hope, Liverpool for Montreal. Sld Coxon, St. John's New Brunswick. HULL, APRIL 18. —Wind. W S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Bonne Mere, Dove, ICIIObCC. SHEERNESS, APRIL 15.—The King William, of Berwick, ashore on the Island of Flotter, has been got off and beached for temporary repair. LIMERICK, APRIL 17.—Sld. Governor and Ninian, Quebec. MILFORD, APRIL 16.—S1d. Trusty, Quebec. LONDON, APRIL 19.—The Ann Creighton Creighton, from London to Gibraltar and Marseilles, left Gibraltar on Jan. 12, and has not since been heard of. LOSS OE THE ZEPIIYR. " Foreign-office, April 18, 1844. " Sir,--I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to transmit to you, for the information of the Chairman and Committee of Lloyd's, the copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, announcing that the British brigantine Zephyr, William Reed, master, bound from Trome to Malaga, was wrecked naar Peniche, on the coast of Portugal, on the 25th ult. " I am,_ Sir, your obedient humble servant. (Siened) " H. U. ADDINGTON. " Wm. Dobson, WI: . (Copy.) . " `.Lisbon, April 8, 1844. " Sir,--I beg leave to acquaint you that the British brigantine Zephyr, William Reed, master, bound from Trome to Malaga, with a cargo of coals, was wrecked near Peniche, on the coast of Portugal, on the 25th ult. The crew, nine in number, were all saved ; but the hull of the vessel, as well as the cargo, are totally lost, it having only been possible to save the masts and sails. " I have, &c. &c., (Signed) " WM. SMITH. " John Bidewell, Esq., &c. &c: " THE HUMAN REMAINS IN FARRINGDON-STREET.— In the course of the present week, several men who have been employed in excavating . the ground in Newcastle street, leading from discovered a very large quantity of human skulls, thigh-bones, &c. Almost a cart load have been dug up. Many of the skulls were perfect, and in some of the jaws there were the whole of the teeth, which were in a state of excellent preservation. The earth they were found in, along the length of the street, is mixed with cart loads of bricks. The remains, after the sewer is formed, are again deposited in the earth. At the end of Newcastle street, in Farnngdon-street, the men came against the brick wall which formed the ancient barrier against the overflow ings of the river Fleet. It was about eight feet in thickness, and had to be cut through in order to reach the great sewer that runs down the centre of Farringdon-street. BEETROOT SUGAR.—The Moniteur publishes the returns of the manufactories, produce, and consumption of beetroot sugar, from which it appears that there were still 325 manufactories in operation on the Ist of April last, or 59 less than in 1843 ; that the quantity of sugar manufactured during the season amounted to 26,865,395 kilogrammes; that sold for consumption, to 24,313,678 ; and the duties levied thereon to 3,488,3981. f(JICIDE IN A, WORKHOUSE.—On Thursday after noon a man named Thomas Moore, aged 35, committed stickle by hanging himself in the workhouse of the Stepney Union, situate in the Globe-road, Mile-end. It appeared that the unfortunate man was a coalwhipper, having a wife and young family. From some reason, he was compelled to re sort fora short time to the above workhouse, where he had been an inmate for the last seven days, and yesterday morn ing was employed in breaking stones in the yard, from which occupation he was suddenly missed, and one sf the paupers having occasion to go to the watercloset, he found the door fastened on the inside, and on its being forced open, deceased was discovered hanging by his neckerchief from a nail behind the door. On being cut down he was found to be quite dead. The only cause that can be assigned for the rash act is the dread that he would be entirely separated from his wife and family, by his being obliged to remain an inmate of the work house. PENNSYLVANIAN LAW.—It is a curius fact, and not generMly known, that by the laws oflAmsylvania a man may be sold into servitude who refuses to maintain his wife and children; and it is stated that recently a man was sold in Venango county, by order of the Court, for an indefinitq period, who had refused to maintain his wife and family, they receiving the wages of his labour for their support. Truly: "do mestic slavery" must be preferable be P 43 thus COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in th• Royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent partook of a th:jcune with her Majesty and Prince Albert, and their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, yester day, at Buckinghtim Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied bf his Serene HiLrlinesi the Prince of Leiningen, and at' tended by ei,brnel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, 11° ' noured the exhibition of the British Institution, in Pan' mall, with a visit yesterday. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgian. visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Thursday, at Clarence House, St Jame*. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yester day at a meeting of the Commissioners for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding Me Palace of "Westminster. The Commissioners; present w, re, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lor a Colborne, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, Sir no' bert Harry Inglis, Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. Hawes ' 11. r.; Mr. Hallam, Mr. George Vivian, and Mr. Thomas Wyse. The Commission sat three hours. Prince Albert, 14' tended by Colonel Bouverie, afterwards returned to Buckingham Palace. The American dwarf, " General Tom Thumb," MI tended yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Ro Y s ` circle included her Majesty and Prince Albert, their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen. The General • was habited on this occasion in a full Court suit.' The Royal Family were taken their customary airings yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited the Duche 3l of Kent on Thursday. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace ye,i• terday evening included her Majesty the Que! Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, bs Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, ho Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Viscountess Barring; ton, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Earl of Jersey. Earl et Denbigh, and Lord George Lennox. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, oa Thursday evening, included her Roy al Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer , Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Duke of WeilingtoN the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Hon. Sir Edwari and Lady Cast, and Sir George Anson. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited her Repo Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Cla Xenc. House, and the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. The Duchess of Cambridge left town, yesterday , for her residence at Kew. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess Of Kent, yesterklay. Mr. lia,%sois, Treasurer of the Mauritius, had an terview wi:h Lord Stanley at the Colonial (try. Mr. Rawson', unexpected return to England bog been occasion , d by the d, ath of his mother, Lady Ra w. son, which took place at Rome, a few days after his sr rival in that city, The Governor of the Wink cf England, and the Dre puty-Governor had an interview with the Chancellor et the Exchequer, esterday, at his official residence i° Downing-street. Sir James Graham, as Secretary of State for the Home Department, has ismed invitations for a St ilt dinner, on Thursday next, to the Judges, & in-cele• bration of her Majesty's birthday. The banquet will b l office, yestev given at the residence of the Right Hon. Baronet ' Hill-street. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England 1 18 1 1 ! meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehro, e place. There were present the Bishop of Herefo rd, Bishop of Salisbury, and the Earl of Besborough. Mr. Reid and Mr. Hutton had an interview with Lor. St•inley at the Colonial-office yesterday. Mr. John Thornton, Deputy-Chairman of the Stan: and Ta7.es, had an interview with the Chancellor of I Exchequer 3 est roey. Mr. E. Wodehotke, M.P., had an irterview with Lo rd , Stanley at the Colonial-office yesterday. is Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence has arrived in Paris. Lordship is expected to return to town at the en d of tr present mouth. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCIZ. BURTON CONSTABLE HUNT RACES.—WEDO sI d The Drawing Room Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 gia°"9 Oue mile and three-quarters. 14 subs. Mr. Wilson's dog Billy, 3 yrs Col. Thompson's Gib 4 yrs ....................................... Mr. Milner's Beta, aged .......................................... Mr. Baxter's Magna Charts, 4 yrs .............................. Mr. Tuting's Corodino, 3 yrs .................................... Mr. Creyke's f. by Delirium, out of Nell, 3 yrs ...... . ..... Mr. E. 11. Reynard's Miss Redmond, 4 yrs .............•.. Won in a canter. The Tally-ho Stakes of 7 sovs. each, 2ft and 20 added- 0 yrs, lOst 91b ; 5 yrs, list 71b ; 6 yrs and aged, 12st. ge l/ one mile and a half. 15 subs. I 1 2 Mr. Milbank's Robinson, aged ...(Mr. C. Reynard) # Col. Thompson's Hamlet, aged ••• ..... 1 ! 3 Mr. Richardson's Orleans, 5 yrs 8 ° g 3 6 ° Mr. Loft's Le Grand, 6 yrs Mr. Creyke's mby Muley Moloch—Alma, 5 yrs 3 S a Mr. Johnson's Isabel, 5 yrs .. , Sir H. Boynton's Perambulator, 4 yrs 7 Mr. Reynard's Curate, aged 9 9 at Capt. Chichester's Maria, 5 yrs Won cleverly. A ilf . The Holderness Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 addewlle three years old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b ; one w" and three quarters. Mr Wilson's Dog Billy IN HURWORTH HUNT. AND DIMSDALE SP r A alk E ed - OCS: TUESDAY. itill The Hurst Steeple Chase was won by Mr. Appl e g l Safeguard, beating Creeping Jenny. 9 GO The Hurdle Stakes were won lay Mr. Emmerson s Darling, beating Paddy. OP The Cleveland Stakes were won by Mr. Thompson' s ney, beating Shepherd. by DU' The Brancepeth Stakes were won, in three heats, w., Horne's Doctor, beating Ariel and Miss Denton. , tile The Dimsdale and Middleton Stakes were won, is „„a heats, by Mr. S. Waring's Saul, beating Miss Hityto two others. _ .149 REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS 12 -„ — ., 1 DEATHS.—A.NNE SLACK'S CAS -"' • Ti! THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Tighe Sia,—Very shortly atter the birth of his Royal "li t e ness the Prince of Wales I read in your pap, that , fo e registrar of births attended at Buckingham Pa I f e d the the purpose of rogistering such birth. Here we "°, public officer fulfilling his duty to the letter, sou 0 01 oriniag himself careful y" of such birth ; he ye tis bito satisfied at a stranger calling upon him and tellingo jog that a Priece of Wales was born, and on such eas t ' t formation regist• ring the same. No ! he carried oil t o 6th and 7th Wm. 4, c. 36, s. 18, which enttel s , o alf every registrar is hereb% require d to inform 1 11 701 carecully of every birth and every death which k ith' happen di-iris ,an to learn and register, clog out fee,required p rticol.rs respectively toll 0 4 e‘ coy such bi2th nud every smelt chat!), as the col% the be," &c I Le iev, that Buckingham Palace is 1 7.00 0 Piathco regisv ar's oistrict ; if so, we find this 1,4 officer registering the death of Anne Slack a s : t a ° (0 0 place on a c-rtain day at South-terrace, of such place being in his district), on the informati, ° " s elf , p-tf•cr S ranuer, without proceeding to " inform according to hi , duty, laid down in the Act of dest° mew, as to the carr. ctness of the information 0 , 1 0 14 left at his office ; and it appears that he was 13°'„1 th e of having registered a fictitious circumstance 11 , 13 0 " th e , party was in custody for felony who had given o t afice' information. The consequence of this registerillito 0 0 , having been "slack" in the performance of his uletioo,i -that a fraud and felony were carried out to coMP•ollf I had this officer proceeded " to inform himself etl io be! / as to the correctness of the statement of Mr*.,a,rea" Hart (alias Fletcher), of James-street, Comniere7a 'pre East (a fictitious name and address), before b e L I . 1 50 0t 11 .: seeded to register the death of Anne Slack, o f terrace. Pimlico, we should not now find such his books, or a will of . such party stated to Work; living at such place, and dying in such places r e e hee_A at Doctors'-commons, or a probate of such will ha y , or' ncio 0' exhibited at the Bank of England, or a sum of u i , tr Or i n g dividends standing in the name of Anne Shtn'' ferred by the Bank of England, under the autb; ot ioa n the Commissioners for the Reduction of the titled Debt, into the name of a party not legally en such unclaimed stock and dividends. a De'll The Act for the Registration of Births a n 0 0 0 was passed for the protection of the public 1 1, 1 o pt registrations; but if the duties are to be carrie be " OP this officer appears to have done his, it ought t o l minated " An Act for giving facility to Impo sit t he Frauds." The registrar will perhaps say, tha t otte r 's ment of one shilling for each entry will not re beo him ; this cannot or ought not to be allowed t ° for tb excuse; Before he had become a candidate te a fit os : office ho ought to have made himself acqua4o there, the duties required, and before he had under t " t he ib e he ought to have satisfied himself wheth er . s a ot muneratian would be ample or not ; surely it b o e fA • time after election, and after neglecting his dot , We o f reported to have done, to say, it would not Plf th ° AL . infirm myself carefully" as to the correctnes s of 0 1 79 formation of every birth and death reported a t a p t 0 5 It: It is quite time that something were done tol ett il3o. o ,o to these intliseiiminate entries of births and "100 1 0 was but a few weeks since that a woman was ,ild. tare custody for begging for money to bury he r o .: ss ere e pt. , produced a registrar's certificate (la death to "oteel„eti ~f h er parties %horn she solicited of the truth b T A r" On inquiry, it was found that no such dea th .0. _Of . prat; as repre;ent,d in the registrar's certifi" bop 0 • by douele fraud I believe to be in daily practice itio es imposters, and facility given to these t het o e r" frauds by registrars neglecting to otn teo bil', cal t AEI of the truth of the rep: rts left at th e is t °T r y . a pretty way, indeed, to swell up the aun: ll ,ea t t beir ling.-fi es tor registration if they are 4 1 °, 4 to gister any report of a birth or death b rollg " f fra ool es; offices by strangers 00- . 0 vr. I knew nothing whatever of the registrar a te l r oe I have made this attack, further than ta e rege p i cot t he public newspapers, se that, if my statement have I can only ;ay that I shall be willing to Pif.he,yeti.ool4 most ample satisfaction for the insinuations anti out. I have no personal feeling' take the present case, as reported, for tnv t iregl e a to instancing the oils tin public are liable to ._"-Yairee i l s bita neglecting their duties ; and as the attack l' to ettra.„ o o l ; an individual, I do not think it would be fa° sen .uch n ' d 03 0 by placing an anonymous signature to t• 11 tigairiSt .1111%top.orroto •ation, therefore I do not hesitate to affix residence.—l am, Sir, yours truly, Ilfracombe, April 18, 1844. rartt tt' ROBERT W. DICI6-ri STONE THROWING E X TRAORDINAB'' — '' -11 et t"; 141----- - _ To 0 b a t b . a young man of the village of Edensor, made a tt,Acic epeein could throw a stone one hundred and fifty von bi , and forwards each way. It was decided on lue s e Il i vag e 'Caa las t tin Chatsworth Park, when Strutt won tike ~ wenty-three yards, having thrown the stone 0r7,. and 49YelltY-thre9 yards. —Tvoiverhampion clio° ;r<"'" a , la