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On the 25th of April will be Published, VOL. VII. of MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. Containing TEE SEQUEL of the LIFE of QUEEN ELIZABETH, and the complete LIFE of ANNE of DENMARK, First Queen Consort of Great Britain. Also", Just Published, LETTERS of MARY QUEEN of SCOTS, Illustrative of her Personal History. Edited, with an Historical Introduction and Notes, by AGNES STRICKLAND. New and Cheaper Edition, with numerous Important Additions, the 3 vols. of the First Edition being comprised in 2, price 21s. bound. " undoubtedly the most valuable, and by far the most interesting work, illustrative of the I fe and character of Mary Stuart, ever given to the world." —Edinburgh Evening Post Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re— opectfully informed that there will be an extra Night (not included is the Subfcription) TO.MORROW EVENING, when will be ',re mitted Rossini's Opera Seria, in two Acts, entitled SEMIRAMIDE. - Semiramide, Mad. Grisi ; Arsace, Mdlle. Favanti ; Idreno, Sig. Corelli ; Assur, Sig, Fornasari ; and Oroe, Sig. Lsblache (for this occasion only). In the coarse of the evening the celebrated Polka, by Mdlle. Car. letta Grisi and M. Perrot. To conclude with the Ballet of GI SELLE. • Principal Characters.--Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Groi ; Bertha, Madame Copere; Bathilda, Mdlle. Ferdinand • Myrtha , Mdlle. Seheffer Wilfiiid , the Prince of Courland, M. Gosselin ; Hilarion, M.Coulon; Waiid; M. Gouriet ; Noblemen, MM. Vcnafra and Bertram; and the. Duke of Silesia, M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box OlEce. Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 17, Will beperformed THE LADY OF THE LAKE. James the Filth, Mr. Barker; Douglas, Mr. Stretton; Allan , a-e, Mr. G. Morncastle; Rhoderick Dhu, Mr. W. Harrison; Murdoch, Mr. Binge, Polalcolm Grwme, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Ellen Douglas, Miss Betts. To be followed by MY WIFE'S COME. After which will be repeated a New Ballet, entitled LADY HEN RIETTA; or, The Statute Fair. Lyonn,l, M. Silvain ; Walter, Mr. Howell; Sir Tristram, Mr. O'Bryan Queen Anne. Miss O'Bryan ; Lady Henrit-tta, Mdlte. Lucile Grahn ; Nancy, Miss C. Webster ; Mina, Miss Carson. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3 s. 6 d. ; Upper Circles 6f Boxes &4., Second Price 35.; Pit 3s Second Price 's.; Middle Gallery 25., Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSER THIS EVENING, APRIL 17, Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews ; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr Tilbury ; Coldstream, Bart ., James Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia S e nnett ; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs Humby. • After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST - TO THE MILL Marquis de Richeville, Mr. C harles Mathews ; Francine, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Evening with Pat Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Lee. 'To conclude with the Extraordinary Performances of Professor RISLEY and his INFANT SON, surnamed Le Petit Mercure." Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, fis. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery. 2 5.; Upper Gallery. Is. Hall.price —Boxes, Ms. ; Pit, 2a.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past 54ix, and the Performances eornmevce at Seven - Mr. W. Farren will appear on Monday, April 22, as Sir Peter Tea*'e, in the School for Scandal. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr L T. Archer, at the Box olice, from I'en till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, APRIL 17, Will be performed an Eng ish version of OTELLO. Otello, Mr. Allen Elmiro, Mr. Weiss • Roderigo, Mr. Gardners lago, Mr. Burdini Desdemona, Mada me Eugenia Ga•cia; i-s E Honner. To which will be 'added, the Farce of the SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. To conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, called FAIR *TAR ; or THE SINGING APPLE , A ND THE DANCING WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Belford, Oxb±rry, 'Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue. ROBERT PEEL said he could not at present lay before , the House the papers respecting negotiations between Great Britain and the Porte, with regard to the exe cution of criminals on religious grounds. Mr. WYsE moved for a return of the names, offices, places of birth, salaries, and ages of all persons hold ing offices in the Customs, Excise, and Post-office Departments in the United Kingdom. The object of the motion, it would appear, was to ascertain how many Irishmen were employed, as compared with Englishmen and Scotchmen. Sir ROBERT PEEL had a good reason for refusing such a return. There were at least 22,000 persons included in the return required, and he satisfactorily showed that, so far from any prejudice being exhi bited against Irishmen, most of the leading men in the late transactions in the East, which had conferred such honour on the country, were Irishmen, and among others, he mentioned Sir H. GOUGH and Sir H. POTTINGER. Mr. HUME also opposed the motion, on the ground that everything that tended to keep up distinction in the three countries was wrong. The motion was negatived. Mr. Alderman COPELAND moved for returns rela tive to the working of the Anatomy Act. Sir J. GRAHAM opposed the motion. The Act had hitherto worked well, and he considered any dis cussion on such a subject could lead to no good. The motion was withdritwn. THEATRE ROYAL LYC HOLISE.EUM LA rE ENGLISH OPERA- Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, APRIL 17, Will to repeated the New Comedietta, in Two Acts, entitled HASTY CONCLUSIONS. Principal Characters by Messrs. 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 Chaplin, and Mrs. Keeley. To he followed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST OF HONOUR. Characters by Mews. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J. Collier, Stanton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the 1 heatre Royal, Adelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Grove. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burle que Fairy Extra vaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. Cha racters by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fa irbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, :Ntessrs. F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—First Price—voxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. • Gallery, 6d. Second Price —Balcony B oxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, is 6c1 1 .; Pit, ls. Private Boxes on the Balcony 'tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas Priva . e Boxes on the Second Tier (ho ding eight perso..s), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad mission 'rickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly Transferrable Free Tickets (for the fist forty nights), Three Guineas. Doors open at Half-past ,ix. Performances begins at Seven o'Clock. AfITLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. ' Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Tfurnphant Success of the Grand National Spectacle. THIS EVENING. APRIL 17, Will be repeated the Historical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle f Hustings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest. Death of Harold, &c. Monsieur liege on the Tight Rope, New Scenes in the Circle, by eminent French and Bri ish Art . stes. To conclude with a Favourite Fare.. . . Mr. Batty (the Proprietor) begs respectfully to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and public that, encouraged by the Battering success during the past year, and finding the Theatre not suffi ciently commodious for its numerous patrons, he entered into an extensive arrangement with Messrs. Halyard and Nixon, the emi— nent builders of Lambeth, for the re-cons' ructing 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 ceiling, with entirely new sp7endid classic decorations, and 'pigeons apppantments, which, with the first-rate talent to be o ff ered, he presumes cannot fail of obtaining that support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the I*4 season. The grand Easter national Spectacle will combine all the stiendid historical effects of the Noinian Conquest of England, produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olympique will in. traduce un quailed equestrian talent, and the don le company com prise talent of the highest older. The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAYIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY TSEATRE. This Establishment again takes the lead—Whitetrisrs, with its splendid effects, and the Scapegrace of Paris, are the theme of ad miration. he Theatre has been more crowded than any former Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING, APRIL 4, Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong efibcts of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRI A HS, hi which the entire Company will perlbini. After which, 'f HE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup ,crtad by all the leading Favourites of the Establishment. To which wia be added the Wendel ful Performanca of Herr HE NGLER on the Corde Elastique, and the Carlo Family in their Unrivalled Gimeastiques. To conclude with, a New Drama of peculiar construction, entitled BARAK JOHNSuN ; or, The Blind Witness. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. °lice, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 17, Wil be performed the Popular Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Vincent. After which, the New Popular Drama, called LEONTINE; or SIXTEEN YEARS AGO ! Fitzarlington, Mr. Osbaldiston; Ar thur, Mr. C. J. Bird; Mat, Mr. Freer; Paul, Mr. Corene ; Leon. tine Miss Vincent. With the Grand Fairy Ballet of ONDINE; by Mr. Frampton and his Pupils. To conclude with A BUMPING LEGACY. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL THIS EVENING, APRIL 17. If crowded, fashionable, and brilliant audiences every night, arc tiyn.ptoms of success, the Performances of the WIZARD OF THE NORTH has matte the greatest bit of all the EATER NJVEL TIES, for the Adelphi has been crammed to the ceiling; his mighty wonders are of so &tattling a nature, that the brill ant multitudes of delighted spectators sit, as if spell-bound, gaze with wonder and arn• sement at the seeming superhuman miracles of the MDERN FAUSTUS. - If the lovers of .. ould O Ireland," Irbihmen, and Irish Music, wish to enjoy a treat, they will spend HOUR IN with Mr. MALONEAN RAYMOND, IRELAN t t ahe A D delphi, whose tales, songs, and anecdotes of the " Green Isle" have been rightly received with bursts of laughter 'an i applause. He will appear nightly, be tween the puts of the Wizard's performances. assisted by Mrs. MALONE RAYMOND and Miss LIN LEY. The GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH will nightly prove that there are more strange things in heaven an.l earth, than are dredmpt Of in mortals' philosophy." Boxes, 3s. Pit. Is. 6d. Gallery, M. Second Price at Nine o'clock. D.)ors open at Seven, the Performances commence at half-past. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY IMPORTANT NOTICE. Mr. HuxtE brought forward a motion for opening cathedrals and other national buildings to the public. Mr. WYSE seconded the motion, which was opposed by Sir R. INGLIS. After a lengthened discussion, Mr. HUME withdrew his motion. It would be difficult to give an outline of the speeches made on this motion, and we therefore' refer to the report, which proves that even in the utmost recesses of cloisters the pressure from without is not disregarded. Sir A. L. lIAy then moved for an address to the QUEEN, praying her to confer honours on the sur viving officers who served in the Peninsular war. It was opposed by Sir 11. lIARDINGE, and eventually withdrawn. Lord EBRINGTON moved for a return of the num ber of stipendiary magistrates, and defended Earl FORTRSCUR from the imputation of an improper exer cise of his patronage. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past One. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of litsto 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 gnlneas, 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, daring the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the. Duke of Wallington, 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 tine pictures, &0., his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to he seen by every one. The price of admis sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian Hail," Piccadilly, daily front Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER—St:TN OFFICE, AP/IL 17. TuramomuTNE, Lowest, 45; Highest, 62 ; Noon, 60. BAROMETER, 30.28. WIND, S.E. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the f c e z ing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. So, Mr. Tuomas BARING, the rejected of the London constituency, and the champion of the mono polists in their great battle with the free traders, is to be brought into Parliament for the close borough of Huntingdon ! That, which the voice of the people would not do for him, is to be effected. by the means of private influence ; and the would have been repre sentative of the first commercial city in the world, is contented to creep into Parliament under the auspices of the protectionist nobleman, who has taken the dis comfited citizen under his guardian care. Well, this is as it should be—the merchant is rejected by mer chants, because of his anti-trade opinions—he is selected by agriculturists, because they cannot find one of their own body to say a word in favour of the privileges they claim ; and a BARING supplies their wants. It is not very clear, how merchants are interested in restrictions and prohibitions upon trade ; but the BARINGS have always had the happy knack of thinking one way and acting another; as Lord ASLIBURTON generally spoke, on the contrary side to that on which he voted. It is no clear indication of the opinion of Mr. BARING, that he is now found supporting the sliding scale ; and at his first coming forward for London, it was for a long time doubted, whether he was not a fixed duty man. Far better for the free traders that he should be what he is, than what he was believed to be;—the fixed duty principle is the rock ahead of the anti monopolists, and they have far more cause to dread the trimmers who would support a fixed duty, than the thick and thin protectionists of the sliding scale, as by law established. Specious as are the arguments that may be brought in favour of a fixed duty upon corn, they sink into nothingness before the touchstone of truth, of sound policy, of real benefit to the farmer, and of sub stantial justice to all classes. Why should there be any protection for the landed interest of this country, in the shape of a fixed duty upon corn ? Why should there be a fictitious and not a real settlement of the corn-law question? Why should not a final and a permanent adjustment be come to, instead of a mere temporary and fleeting arrangement ? The farmer is interested, beyond all men, in knowing the state of the law upon which his welfare rests; he is anxious, above all things, for certainty and full assurance in his undertakings. A complete settlement is to him invaluable; nothing else holds out to him any security ; and he has no enemy so great to fear, as uncertainty. A certainty of rental, without re-adjustment—a certainty in the corn market, subject alone to the difference of price caused by the seasons, and freed from the operations of speculators—a certainty, that, as tenant, he shall reap all the benefits of his exertions and improvements—will amply compensate the farmer for a total and imme diate repeal of the corn-law. But any fixed duty, be it at any scale, however small—be it 25., or more— is only a temporary expedient—it must and would leave the certainty of uncertainty—the conviction of mere momentary arrangement—and all parties would know that it was only a fancied settlement, to be unsettled at the very first opportunity. When Factory Bills for the limitation of labour are brought in—when they are supported, upon the necessity of watching over the poor, who are unable to take care of them , selves—and when even Whig legislators shall aid and abet them—it may well be asked, how is it, while all this care is taken to prevent the poor from labouring to excess, that laws shall be so carefully kept on the statute-book which make labour imperative, or starva tion certain ? Why shall the Legislature enact, at the same instant, a necessity for labour, and a re straint upon industry ? Why ?—because a landed aristocracy seeks to draw the uttermost farthing from the pockets of the poor manufacturing labourer, and at the same moment to gain credit for a desire to raise the price of his labour, by limiting the number of hours that he shall be allowed to work. In plain language, to diminish his hours of work, and thereby compel an increase of price for the diminished supply • in the labour market. Out upon such pretexts, be they urged by Whig or Tory. The plain, the intel ligible principle of legislation is, to free labour from its shackles, and to allow free trade in every article of necessity or of comfort. But when Tories enact and support corn-laws, and Whigs join in abetting a fixed duty on corn—when labour is sought to be restrained by the one party, solely because it is sought to be left unshackled by the other, we confess that we I do not impute great honesty to either side ; but we regret that statesmen shall be found in these days, so totally ignorant of the true principles of government as to make bread dear, hard labour compulsory, and yet claiming the merit of philanthropy, in seeking the good of the people in every direction, save the only one in which it can be found. Wein WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TII:S DAY. Morning . 4 1ininutes after i I Evening ... 0 minutes after ?. We believe we may announce, without fear of con tradiction, that TIIE GOVERNMENT HAS ABANDONED TIIE IRISH REGISTRATION BILL. In our yesterday's impression, we prepared the public mind for the pro bability of this occurrence ; for most certain was it that no such measure could pass, either this or any other session, whilst one independent Irish Member of Parliament sat in the House of Commons. But what a Government is this country blessed with !---2 Government powerful —no, not even powerful for evil,that e b a u n t n to ot tally powerless for good. A Government The House of Lor ds met y esterda y for the first yet anythingeaargryaimantytthheiinrgofppoornethnetisr. presented, and severa l motions were postponed, but own party, nor time after the rec ess. A number of petitions was And let us look b e y on d t h e i r I r i s h R eg i s t ra ti on no business was transa cted, and the House rose at an Bill to their d omest i c arrangements. Their At early hour. torney-General, we say it truly in sorrow, is In the Commons the So uth-Eastern, Canterbury, about to quit En g l an d for s ome mont h s, to fi n d , i n Ramsgate, and Margate Ra ilwa y Bill, was passed the genial clime of Italy, that h ea lth which, in this country, he cannot regain. Th e i r Solicitor-General, also the Manchester and Birming ham ( includin g the *Macclesfield and Poynton branches). , out of Parliament, however compete n t h e may be in ! Mr. TRORN ELY gave notice that on the 30th of Who is to do the legal business of the Government? April Mr. COBDEN would move for a Committee to How is that to be carried on? The only fr n.l*.e ,. 1 440 the effect of protective duties on the man who could have done it, KELLY, was not deemed worthy to PAtionafteyeiine. fir self be entrusted with the task, although the Premier hi m . 1 4 atiswer "to a• question from Mr. Hu3iE, GrAnsiosz said. flies Railway Committee were ex- , self has condoled with him, by letter, upon the sad ne : ' pie - ted to brirys the' r investigation to a close in a . cessity which prevented his appointment. .short tithe, and t. :.' their report would be laid before ..,._Then, again, is Sir JAMES GRAHAM going :., t troiiss,Vti . '..'; e l a y. Mr Vrit : : 4'. ERRALL moved for various returns Ito India ? Is it true that the Government, /It • '.io kin re , ie gstown Harbour an I the K . I. Ingsto wn and the India Board, and the East India House, tremble for the state of affairs in India ? Is Atmospheric Railway, which we re or d ered. it true that the Indian army is unsettled, that LI =WU to a question froth - Dar. Mluizs, 'it i dissatisfaction prevail; and that El.zsoAocG4 has SECOND EDITION: played his game, so as to bring general want of con fidence in his talents ? Do these things reflect credit on the strong Go vernment of this day ? And when we see this, can we avoid viewing it as retributive justice, which, sooner or later, overtakes all Governments that take office by false pretences ? the limits of his duty, when he repressed the insolence of the English agents at Otaheite. 'We have only to read the re cital of the intrigues of Pritchard, shutting up Queen Pomare ' to prevent her from communicating with the representative of France, and to imagine the position of our seamen, when they saw M. Toup landing soldiers and establishing signal-posts, and the flag of the :protectorate obstinately replaced by an•• other flag, hoisted and lowered daily with that of the English frigate. Suppose, as the Admiral has well observed, any Euro pean rower had conducted itself in the same way in China as England did at• Otaheite, that such Power had induced the Emperor of China to remove the outward sign of his alliance with England, and to hoist one showing that he had placed himself under the protection of that Power, would not Eng land in such case have felt that she had a right to demand from the Emperor of China au account of his conduct, and to chastise him, by deposing him if she had the power to do so? What England would have expected from her officers under such circumstances is precisely what our officers have done. It is not necessary, however, to go so far as China to find striking comparisons. England exercises a protectorate over an archipelago almost at our gates—the lonian Islands. Let us send missionaries thither, and persuade the unhappy Greeks to hoist another flag than that of the Lord High Commissioner, and which should correspond with the tri-colour flag, and see whether ourneighbours would disavow the Admiral who should convert the protectorate into possession. England. in such case could not stop there, and the unhappy islands would soon be covered with scaffolds." Sir ROBERT INGLIS is a kindly, sincere, well intentioned man, who never advocates any measure that he does not really believe is for the benefit of the people ; but he has a slight touch of intolerance in his nature, and is apt to be crotchety and led astray by prejudice on all questions wherein the interests — or presumed interests—of the heirarchy are con cerned. On every occasion of this sort, Oxford never fails to rise up like a menacing phantom before him, and scare him from the straight-forward path of obvious justice and common-sense. Were he to consult the unbiassed suggestions of his own reason, his votes and speeches would, we suspect, be very often different to what they are ; but he is fettered by the necessities of his position, and entertains a. lively and discreet recollection of the unceremonious manner in which Sir ROBERT PEEL was cashiered, when, on the memorable question of Catholic Eman cipation, he ventured to set up his own judgment in opposition to that of his rigid " Church and State" constituents. Sir ROBERT INGLis has no inclination to exhibit similar independence. He has reached that sedate and unheroic time of life when a taste for martyrdom loses all its relish ; so is content to leave things as he finds them, and run tractably in Oxford harness. This is the secret of his decided and almost solitary opposition to Mr. HUME'S motion, last night, in the House of Commons, for opening the cathedrals to the public. Sir R. INGLIS' judgment—at least,we infer so from the exceedingly lame, clumsy, and sophistical manner in which he handled the subject—told him that this motion was a rational one ; but his discretion compelled him to enter an earnest protest against it. If there was no struggle at work in his mind between his convictions and his sense of expediency, how are we to account for such shalbw, inconclusive reasoning as the following, which he seems to have urged with no other view than to maintain his consistency at the expense of his good sense ?—" The Hon. Member for Montrose," observed Sir ROBERT INGLIS, "ar gued that the opening of the cathedrals would be the means of enlightening and improving the people ; but for his own part he did not believe that there was a necessary connexion between intellectual and moral excellence, and therefore he did not feel called upon to support this motion. At the brightest period of the intellectual world, they had found that there had existed the greatest masses of public and private corruption. Many were the instances of great taste being connected with great personal depravity ; and for these reasons he was satisfied that, to make the people skilful judges of statuary and painting, was not the soundest mode of enlightening them in the doctrines of Christianity." This is a mere begging of the question—a palpable evasion of Mr. HUME'S argument. No one ever dreamed of insisting, cer tainly not the Hon. Member for Montrose, that there is a "necessary connexion between intellectual and moral excellence," for great powers of mind have in all ages of the world been occasionally found asso ciated with great vices ; but these are merely ex ceptions to the general rule ; in by far the majority of cases, virtue and morality have never failed to follow in the train of mental cultivation. As regards the Hon. Baronet's remark, that " at the brightest period of the intellectual world, they had found that there had existed the greatest masses of public and private ccrruption," ancient and modern history alike prove this to be erroneous. Was there more profligacy during the Augustan age of Rome, than during the later and more degenerate period of the CARACALLAS, the HELIOGABALUSES, the GORDIANS, and their suc cessors, when the national intellect had become enfeebled and corrupted ; when eloquence and poetry were mute ; when public patriotism and pri vate worth were all but extinct; and the " Mistress of the World," was indebted for existence, not to the high courage of her own citizens, but solely to the swords of rude, foreign, mercenary soldiers ? Pass ing to modern times, was there a greater amount of corruption during the highly-intellectual period of the Grande Monarque's reign, than during the coarser and more brutalising reigns of the Regent ORLEANS and Louis XV., when manners, intellect, and taste bad all equally degenerated from the exquisite tone of refinement which they possessed but a few years before ? As regards our own country, was there a. greater mass of corruption and profligacy during the Elizabethan period—our Augustan age—than during that of CHARLES 11., when small wits and dramatists, and still smaller poets and orators, were all that Great Britain had to boast, in the war of national intellect ? There is scarcely The Journal des Debats has no article on the sub ject, but the Globe, a Ministerial paper, thus defends he Government, and blames the Admiral : " There was wanting only to justify the conduct of the Govern ment in the affair of Otaheite, the report of Admiral Dupetit Thouars. It will be seen by it-Ist, that at the time of the occupation by the Admiral, the flag of the protectorate had not ceased to float over every point where it had been set up ; 2d, that this flag bad never been hoisted at the residence of Queen Pomare, and that, consequently, it was not neces sary- to lower it in order to hoist the fancy flay, composed of leaves of the palm tree; 3d, that, independently of the ill feeling, not of the English Government, but of some Eng lish subjects, independently of the regret of the Queen, which is easily to be accounted for, if not justified, the Ad miral does not mention a single fact of a nature to compel him to act as he did act, without waiting for instructions from his Government." The Ilioniteur publishes returns of the last quarter's revenue, which show an increase of 1,007,0001., as compared with the same period last year, and the large amount of 7,647,000 f. over that of 1842. There had been a decrease, however, in the customs' duties. On Monday the funds, with the exception of the Five per Cents., remained firm. Large purchases had been made in that stock, which brought down the price to 122 f. 90c. The Threes closed at 83f. 40c. one epoch in history of any moment that does not prove the fallacy of Sir ROBERT INGLis' assertion. But his argument is not merely fallacious—it is open to a still graver objection, for its obvious tendency is to discourage all attempts at civilisation, and indi rectly to insinuate the vast moral superiority of the dark ages over those which have been more enlight ened. In direct opposition to the crotchety Member for Oxford, we are for throwing open our cathedrals and churches unreservedly to the public, for the contemplation of such imposing objects cannot fail, by the thoughtful and refined habits they engender, to make the people better citizens and better Christians. Within the walls of our grand ecclesiastical edifices, the man of even ordinary faculties may find the materials of poetry, of history, of religious and philosophical contemplation. The hallowed spirit of the past is about him ; voices, solemn and affecting in their tones, speak to him from the tombs of the illustrious dead; h:s soul, in spite of himself, confesses the magic influence of the spot ; his very tread—and we have seen this not once but a dozen times—is that of awe and reverence ; and when he quits the consecrated walls, he quits them, for a while at least, an altered man. " Whatever," says old JOHNSON —we quote the passage from memory, and therefore with hesita tion—" whatever withdraws us from the power of our ordinary senses, and makes the past predominate over the present in our minds, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings." Now, none can deny that the contemplation of our cathedrals—those mag nificent monuments of ages long since gathered to the years beyond the flood—possess, in a high degree, this salutary—this ennobling influence ; and, there fore, we repeat, w.e are zealous advocates of Mr. EustE's proposal for throwing them open, uncondi tionally, to the public. We have intelligence from Madrid to the 9th inst. The Gazette contains two decrees—one conferring the Grand Cross of the Military Order of San Fer nando on General RoscALI, who commanded at Alicant ; and the other the Order of Charles 111., on the Minister of the Interior. The General was daily expected at Madrid. On Tuesday, the 9th, the Bourse was open, when the Three per Cents: were done at 36+ for cash, and 37 at sixty days; and the Five per Cents. at 23i at sixty days. THE BOURSE—MoNnmr, APRIL 15. First Highest Lowest Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents 123 .. 123 .. 122 85 .. 122 85 Three per Cents B3 50 .. 83 55 • • 83 35 83 40 Bank of France..." • • 3lOO •.3100 ••3090 .. 3100 Laffide Bank, 5,000 f. Sharesslss ..5155 ..5155 —5155 Belgian 8ank..•..... 1841....• 1115 ..1115 ..1115 ..1115 Belgian Fives, 1831 • 1840 1842 1071 •• 1071 • • 107; • • 1071 Dutch Two-and-a-Half ..... 61 • • 61 • • 61 • • 61 Spanish Three 5............ 371 .. 371 • • 371 • • 377 New Deferred ..... 16; •• 161 •• I GI .. 161 Neapolitan ...... .......... 102 .• 102 10 . • 102 102 Roman lO6 106 •• 106 .. 106 The Paris papers are almost entirely filled with the dispatch of Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS, and com ments on that singular document. It has been a God-send to the Opposition. They had got through all their stock of motions against the GUIzOT Minis try, and had no hopes of bringing forward any sub ject that could lead to a division, when fortunately M. REINE arrives with the dispatch in his pocket. It shows great hostility to the English, and consequently is held in high estimation both by the TRIERS party and the Legitimatists. They are determined, there fore, to make the most of it, and have entered into a coalition for the purpose of shaking the Ministry, and perhaps turning them out. On Monday they met in one of the Committee-rooms of the Chamber, and, among other leaders present were MM. THIERF, BERRYER, REMUSAT, ODILON BARROT, BILLAULT, and VIVIERS. After some discussion they agreed that one of them, probably M. BILLAULT, should give notice of a motion on the subject ; but as they had not agreed to the exact form in which it should be made, he resolved to postpone the question till the following day. In the meantime their journals are doing everything to excite the Chamber and the pub lic against the Court and the Cabinet. The follow ing extract from the National is moderate when com pared with the statements in some other journals : " Even supposing the report of M Dupetit Thouars has undergone no change or mutilation in its passage through the bureaux of the Ministry, and that it is published just as it was received, there is still twenty times more than was necegary to proye that the Adrakal confined him elf within , A 11 - ••P DrEv - , L-„ kanv k, NKr' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1844. lilytniug :--itu-t> LONDON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1844. RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ....... .. 825 •• 825 825 Versailles, R.B. 375 .. 375 •• 375 375 L.B. ...... 255 .. 256 25 .. 235 .. 235 Rouen •• •••• •• •• •• .• •• 973 75 .. 973 75 973 75 .• 973 75 Rouen to Havre .... . Orleans 715 •• 962 50 Strasburg to 8a1e....•..... 290 .• 291 25 .. 287 50 .. 287 50 Avignon to Marseilles • • • • .. 770 .. 770 • • 766 25 . • 766 25 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR TIIE ACCOUNT. Versailles, R.B. 3BO .. 380 377 50 • • 377 50 L. 8.. ..... 235 .. 260 •• 232 50 . • 232 50 Rouen ••••• • • • • • • ........ 977 50 .. 977 50 . 960 • • 960 Rouen to Havre 715 715 707 50 .• 710 Orleans ......••........... 960 •• 960 •• 948 75 •• 950 Strasburg 291 25 •• 291 25 • • 285 .• 286 25 Avignon to Marseilles. .• • .. 770 • • 770 • • 767 50 • • 767 50 PRIVY COUNCIL—A Privy Council is appointed to be held at three o'clock this afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Summonses were issued to the Cabinet Mi nisters yesterday afternoon to attend the Council. It is expected that Lord Lonsdale will be sworn into office as Lord Lieutenant of the county of Cumberland, in the room of his late father. THIS DAY'S NEWS. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY). AULIVER V. A,SIILEY-JUDOMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was arg ue d so m e time since upon appeal - from the de cision of the Vice-Chancellor of England. His Lordship ordered the decree pronounced by the Vice-Chancellor to be varied, by directing the annuities to be valued, and the tenant to keep down the interest on such valuation, instead of keep ing down the interest on the annuities as directed by the Vice-Chancellor. It was arranged that the matter should be mentioned again on Wednesday next, in order to settle the minutes of the decree. The Court then proceeded to hear appeals, none of which possessed any features of public interest. VICE-CHANCERY,-(THIS DAY). The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole day with cause petitions of no general interest. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY). STRIKING OUT CAUSES. In the course of the morning, Mr. ROGERS applied to the Master of the 11.6i1s to permit a cause, in which the parties were not prepared, in consequence of its having unexpectedly come into the paper, to stand over for a short time. Lord LANGDALE said it was very inconvenient to postpone causes that were in the paper. Solicitors ought to be pre pared, and he must insist upon striking out the causes if the parties were not ready when they were called on. If that course were persevered in for a short time, parties would be more on the alert. Mr. Gic (of the firm of Clarke, Metcalfe, and Gray) beg ged to state on behalf of the solicitors of the Court, that they were not altogether to blame. He knew of a case that was yesterday postponed which would have lasted three or four day:, and, consequently, those cases that stood after it had unexpectedly come into the paper, and much earlier than was anticipated. The parties in those cases, relying upon the causes being taken regularly in their turn, were of course not prepared, while all the extra labour to get the heavy case ready to which he had alluded, had been entirely thrown away. Lord LANGDALE—There is something in that, Mr. Gray; but I think solicitors should be prepared for every con tingency. QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY). (Sittings in Banco.) THE CORPORATION OF SALTASH V. FLNNIMORE. This was an action brought to try the right of the Corpora tion to levy a toll of one shilling on every vessel entering Plymouth Sound, as anchorage and buoyage. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Wightman and a special jury at Exeter, and the verdict was found for the plaintiff. Mr. BARSTOW now moved for a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground—first, of the improper reception of evidence ; and, secondly, of misdirection by the Learned Judge. At the trial the charters granted to the borough by Elizabeth,Charles the Second, and George the Third, were put in evidence. These charters confirmed to the Corporation their right''' . to dues for anchorage and buoyage, and to all other dues which they had heretofore been entitled to receive. The plaintiffs then proceeded to show usage from time imme morial in the collection of these, dues. Among the evidence put in to support this usage there were a number of trades mens' bills receipted, taken from the muniments of the bo rough of Saltash, for repairs done to certain buoys. He ob jected to the admission of these bills, contending that they could not be given as evidence, that the work had been ac tually done, inasmuch as it would be extending the principle of the admission of hearsay evidence further than it had ever yet been extended. The Learned Judge, ,however, had ad mitted them to be given in evidence, as was now contended, improperly, and the Learned Counsel quoted several cases in support of his argument. It further appeared that there had been given in evidence what was called a decree of the Court of Chancery in the time of Queen Elizabeth, in the case of Roodyard v. Cloburry and others. This was an action brought by certain persons who claimed these dues under a charter of Elizabeth, against the Corporation of Saltash, for persisting in collecting them. The Corporation contended they had a right to these dues, and the Court confirmed them in that right by what was of fered in evidence as a decree, but which he contended was merely an interlocutory order. Now in that case there were two contending grantees for the Crown, each claiming the toll, and therefore each interested in assuming that there was a right to collect the toll ; but there was none to represent the interests of the public, and therefore it could not be given in evidence in a case brought to tr . " the right to the toll. The order itself was merely interlocutory, confirming the right of the Corporation to collect these tolls until the plaintiffs should show better cause to support their claim. It was merely a decision nisi, and could not be given in evidence to show the immemoriality of this claim on the part of the Corporation of Saltash. The misdirection was, that the Judge having ad mitted this as evidence, treated it in his summing up as de cisive of the point. Mr. Justice Wrottrma,V had treated it as cogent evidence, but not as decisive. we ll, my Lord, then I will only ask granted. Mr. BansTqw—Very for L m or y d • ru p l EN eo 3 n ut t N h — e rtrwa-okefirysntuir)orinnites..—Ron nisi BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY). THE QUEEN V. TILE TOWN-COUNCIL OF STAMFORD. Mr. STEPHENS applied to the Court for a mandamus, di rected to the Town-council of the borough of Stamford, com manding them to pay 1971. 19s. 3d. to the treasurer of the borough fund, to be carried to account of that fund. It ap peared that an order had been made by three of the Town council for the payment of this sum out of the borough fund to an attorney for certain proceedings taken by him. This order for payment the Court of Queen's Bench had subse quently quashed, and the object of the present application was to have the sum in question restored to the borough fund. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said, that having doubts as to the proper course to be pursued, he should take time to consider his decision. HOARE v. ANDERSON. In this case Mr. Platt and Mr. Mills were for the plaintiff; and for the defendant no Counsel appeared. It was an action brought by the plaintiff, a livery-stable keeper, to recover the sum of 711.25. 6d., the balance of an account of 1421. 55., from the defendant, a gentleman well known in the sporting circles, and brother-in-law to Madame Vestris. The account had been incurred by Mr. Anderson, and by his wife, for the hire of carriages, from January to September in the last year, to c onve y them to and from Ebury-street, Pimlico (the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews), to and from the theatres, St. Alban's races, and various other places. The trips were proved by three of Mr. Hoare's servants, who had driven the defendant or his family on various occa sions, within the period stated; and the jury at once found a verdict for tke plaintiff, for the balance of account claimed by him. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY (Sittings in Banco.) The following notice was posted in Court this morning : " It is ordered that in future the Peremptory Paper be called on the first day of each term after the motions, and be proceeded with the next day, if necessary, before the motions." In accordance with this order, the cases Kt down in the peremptory paper were proceeded with to-day. They did not appear to be such as to call for particular notice. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) FE.ARN V. MICA. Sir T. WILDE, in this case, moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, on the ground of its being against evidence, and on the ground of misdirection. The cause was tried before Mr. Justice Coltman, and a ver dict was entered for the plaintiff to the amount of 3021. ss. The action was on a bill of exchange. It appeared that a person named Grand took a counting-house in the City, using the name of the firm of Howard, Grand, and Co. Grand had by some means obtained an introduction to the Commer cial Bank of Paris, and kept books at his counting-house to show that he had transactions with that Bank, but there was not a single entry in them. The action in the present case was brought on a bill of exchange remitted by Pauli and Co., of Milan, to Grand, and drawn on Gaud°lfi and Co. in the City, who were the real defendants. Before the letter covering the bill arrived, Grand shut up his counting-house and absconded. He was advertised, and a reward of 50/. was offered for him, and a fiat in bankruptcy' issued against him. He had, however, left a letter for a per son named Lonagan, authorising him to open any letter that came for him, and to endorse the bill in question. There was a letter also for a person named Lopez, stating that the bill should be appropriated for the payment of any debts for which Lopez was liable on account of Grand. It was not so appropriated, but was applied in discharge of a debt due from Lonagan to a person named Daniel, which was said to have arisen by reason of an advance of 300/. made by Daniel on a pledge of some wine warrants. Taking the plaintiff to be a bond, fide holder of the bill through Daniel, the issue taken in the case was whether the bill was endorsed by Howard, Grand, and Co. The first objection he had was that the letter might be construed into an intention to commit a fraud, and that Lopez and Lonagan. were cognisant of fraud, having ab sconded. In the next place there was nothing in the letter of Grand authorising the appropriation which had been made of the bill. He contended. that the bill never belonged to Grand, and that the authority to appropriate it was revoked by the act of bankruptcy. - The Learned JUDGE told the jury to consider whether. the plaintiff was a bond fide holder, without reference to those circumstances, and the jury were of opinion that there was no act of bankruptcy when there clearly was one. Rule granted on both points. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Nicholson, a Lancashire man, was charged with breaking the leg of a man named Watchorn on the preceding night. It appeared the parties were tanners at Bermondsey, and living together at the "Crown and Cushion" in Page's-walk, they quarrelled and had a scuffle. In the course of the affray the prisoner resorted to a very discreditable mode of attack on his adversary, and gave him what is termed a most violent "Lancashire kick," which broke his leg, and he was obliged to be taken to the hospital. Mr. Corrmawt said the defendant had acted in a most brutal manner, and remanded him till the injured man is able to attend. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Vicunas Sharpe, a genteel, good-looking youth, between seventeen and eighteen years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a silk purse, containing sixteen sove reigns, a half-crown, and two sixpences, under the following circumstances : The prosecutor, Mr. George Masters, a solicitor, residing at N 0.22, Duke- street, St. James's, stated that the prisoner had been in his service from the 28th of December last as footboy, and had apparently conducted himself with steadiness . and propriety. Last evening he (the prosecutor) returned home from the country, and being much fatigued, from having travelled . two days and nights, retired to bed between eight and nine o'clock. About a quarter to ten he was awoke from out of a sound sleep by something occurring in his bed-chamber, but could not make out what it was, and therefore concluded he had been dream ing; but presently afterwards he was somewhat startled at perceiving, although very indistinctly, at the foot of the bed, the head of a person, who was evidently in a crouching posi tion. To assure himself that he was not deceived, he gently raised himself on his elbow, and, after the lapse of a few seconds, distinctly heard a rustling, as of a person moving cautiously about, on which he instantaneously jumped out of bed and ran against some person, whom he seized firm hold of, and, throwing him down, pinned him to the floor, but it was too dark for him to recognise who it was. The bell- pull being within reach, he rang for his servant, who quickly came with a light, and he then perceived that he had captured the prisoner. On examining the room the purse and its contents were missed from off the -drawers ' where he had placed it just previously to going to bed, and on looking about it was found on the floor at the prisoner's feet.- The prisoner afterwards begged to be forgiven, fur the sake of his parents, who are very de cent people. Mr. HAnDwicK asked the prisoner what he had to say ? He said he had been drinking, and did not know what he was doing.—He was fully committed to Newgate. THE WILLS FORGERIES. CRIMINAL COURT,-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT Mr. Justice Williams took his seat on the bench at ten o'clock, and immediately afterwards the prisoners Win. Bar ber, Joshua Fletcher, William Saunders, Lydia Saunders, and Georgiana Dorey, were placed at the bar. The prisoners, as before, ware accommodated with seats. Capt. Foskett was recalled—He was questioned by the Court as to certain parts of his evidence which was given yesterday. He did not recollect whether when he called upon Barber anything was said about his residence. He did not recollect anything being said with respect to Miss Slack's residence. Wm. Phillips was then called and examined by Mr. ERLE, and said—l am a stock-broker. I have been acquainted with the prisoner Fletcher eight years. I have also known Barber for five or six years. I remember seeing Mr. Fletcher in the Rotunda of the Bank a few days before the 7th of April. He said he had got a good job for me. He did not tell me what it was, but I understood it was respecting a transfer of stock. On the 7th April I saw the prisoner Barber at my office. A lady was with him, who was a stranger to me. Barber intro duced her to me as Emma Slack. The prisoner Lydia Saunders is the person he so introduced. Barber directed me to sell 3,500/. Consols which were standing in the name of Emma Slack. Barber told me that lie expected Fletcher to call soon. I then proceeded over the way with the prisoner to the Bank of England, and went into the office of the Ac countant-General, which is the office out of which un claimed dividends are taken. Applied for an order for the dividend on 3,500/. Consols, and obtained it. The course of business in that office is for persons apply ing for dividends to be identified by a stock-broker. I wrote the words "known to me" at the foot of the order for the payment of the dividends. When the order was obtained it was presented by me to the chief cashier, and from him I got an order to go down to the drawing-office. The order was given to Mr, Barber, and I left him and the prisoner Lydia Saunders in the drawing-office to take the money, and went to forward the transfer of the stock, having arranged with Barber to meet again in the Rotunda. I sold the stock to Mr. Clement Smith, a stock-broker, for the sum of 3,3861.55., which sum was paid to me by Mr. Smith in notes and cash. I think there were three one thousand pound notes amongst them, but I do not recollect the other. When coming out of the drawing-office. I saw Fletcher in the Rotunda. I told him that there was 1,1001. dividends being received. After I had transferred the stock I returned to the Rotunda, and there I saw Fletcher, Barber, and Lydia Saunders, and I gave the money which I had received for the stock to Barber. I had a conversation, but I cannot say with which of the prisoners, about changing a 1,0001. note for gold. They then left me, and I went to my own office. Cross-examined by. Mr. GREAvEs—I have been at the Mansion-house but once since Fletcher was under examina tion. I was there when Mr. Barber was first examined, and on that occasion Mr. Fletcher was examined as a witness. I furnished instructions to Mr. Freshfield respecting his cross examination. I did so while Mr. Fletcher was being cross examined by Mr. Clarkson. I told Mr. Freshfield that Mr. Fletcher had told me that he could introduce me to "a good job." I will now swear that Fletcher had used those words to me. I will swear the word ",introduced" was used to me by Fletcher. I cannot distinctly recollect to-day what I said in my examination in chief. The witness, in the course of his cross-examination, hesi tated a great deal in giving his answers. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he thought this was an ante diluvian mode of doing business.—(Laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr. SToxis—Nothing occurred in this case which might not occur in the ordinary course of busi ness. Nothing passed between Lydia Saunders and myself when the money was received. If I recollect rightly, the prisoner Lydia Saunders wore " . a veil when thetransfer was made, but whether she wore it down or not I cannot say. I think she was dressed in the same way when she was exa mined at the Mansion-house. I recollect nothing being said by the prisoners when the money was received at the Bank, except what was said about changing the 1,0001. note. There was nothing unusual in that. I dare say I have identified as many as 300 persons at the Bank for the purpose of receiving dividends. Cross-examined by Mr. Wamxs—Mymemory is not very good. IJ can recollect some things and not others. I will not swear either one way or the other as to whether Mr. Barber took part in the conversation respecting the change for the 1,0001. note. I think he must have heard the con versation. There were very few persons in the Rotunda of the Bank when the money was received. I was present at about tour or five examinations respecting this case, which took place at the Mansion-house. I have had other trans actions with Mr. Barber besides the present one. On the 29th April, 1843, I sold out 100/. Reduced for Mary Anderson. On the Ist June in the same year I sold 1,210/. Consols for a person for whom Mr. Barber was attorney. I do not recol lect any other transaction with Mr. Barber. Re-examined by Mr. Dux—When I saw Lydia Saunders at the Bank her veil was up, and I saw her features. I do not recollect a case in which a female took so much gold out of the Bank at one time after selling stock. James Ballard examined by Sir J. BAYLEY—I am a clerk in the Three per Cent. Consols office in the Bank of England. I produce the transfer-book in which the transfer of 3,500/. stock is entered in the name of Emma Slack, on the 7th of April, 1843. I was the attesting witness to the transfer. Clement Smith was the purchaser of the stock. Mr. Clement Smith was then called and examined by Sir J. BAYLEY—I am a stock-jobber. I purchased on the 7th of April, 1843, 3,500/. Consols from Mr. Philpotts. I paid 3,282!. for them. I paid fur them in Bank notes=three notes of 1,000/. each, and the rest in small notes. I received the large notes from a gentleman of the name of Mortimer. I received four from him on the 7th of April. The other note I paid into Prescott and Co.'s bank. Cross-examined by Mr. GREAVES—I am quite positive as to the number of the 1,0001. notes I had in my possession on the 7th of April, but I do not recollect the numbers or par ticulars of them. By the Couar—l frequently have 5,000 or 10,000 Bank notes pass through my hands in the course of a week. Charles Smith Mortimer said—l am a member of the Stock Exchange. On the 7th April, 1843, I lent the last witness 3,000/. I paid him Bank notes to the amount of 4,000/. They were four notes of 1,000/. each. Cross-examined by Mr. GREAVES—I have a great deal of money passing through my hands. I recollect receiving these 1,0001. notes, from a particular entry in my book. Edwin John Bruen was then examined by Sir J. BAYLEY —He merely deposed to having paid two 1,0001. notes to the last witness. Several witnesses were then examined as to the identity of the 1,0001. notes which were received by Mr. Philpots. Several clerks in the Bank of England were examined, who had paid on the Bth April, in gold, a number of Bank notes. These notes were indorsed " Emma Slack," but the witnesses did not identify the persons who had received the money. Henry Alcock Grattan was then called, and examined— I am a clerk in the Southwark branch of the London and Westminster Bank. I am acquainted with Fletcher. He kept an account in the bank for upwards of four years. The writing which is on the note produced, which is for 500/., " Emma Slack, 7, Francia-atreet, Tvtouilaul_wart.rad,„ is in the handwriting of the prisoner Fletcher. The same en dorsement is on the 1,0001. produced, and that is also in Fletcher's handwriting. On the 10th of April, 1843, the sum of 5001. in gold was paid by Fletcher into the bank, and placed to his account. On the 18th of the same month, Fletcher paid in to his own account the sum of 480/. in gold, and 201. .in.notes. On the 13th, Fletcher had paid in the sum of 1,0001. in gold, which was placed to his deposit account. Mr. John Miller deposed that he was a clerk in the Bank. On the 13th of April he paid 1,000 sovereigns for a 1.000/. note. (This was the note endorsed " Emma Slack, Fran cis. street, Tottenham-court-road.") Mr. Grattan was recalled, and several letters were pro dticed. The witness said he believed the writing to be that of the prisoner Fletcher. The Court here adjourned for ten minutes. The next witness called was George Gorsuch, who said—l was formerly in the employ-. ment of Mr. and Mrs. Dorey, in Oxford-street. I lived with them three weeks in March and April, 1843. During that time I saw the prisoner Lydia Saunders at the house. She arrived in Oxford-street, on the 7th of April, 1843, in a cab, with Mrs. Dorey. She remained until the following Monday, the 7th being on a Friday. Oa the Saturday morning I saw Mrs. Dorey produce a Bank of England note for 1,0001. It was shown to me as a curiosity, as I had never seen a note of that amount before. Shortly after that I saw Mrs. Saunders in the shop. She was dressed, and . 1 saw her take an omni bus to the City. She returned in about two hours, and brought a canvas bag, which from the sound appeared to contain a large quantity of sovereigns. When she returned, Mrs. Saunders looked out several articles to take away with her. While she was in Oxford-street, I had an opportun:ty of seeing Mrs. Dorey write. The endorsement, "Emma Slack," on the note produced, is in her hand-writing. The dress produced is the one which Mrs. Saunders took away with her when she left on the Monday. . Cross-examined—As Mrs. Saunders walked through the shop she seemed lame. She was introduced to me as Mrs. Dorey's sister, from Bristol. I breakfasted and dined at the same table with her on the Sunday. I was not dismissed from Mr. Dorey's service. I left on the 19th April, 1843. [The trial was proceeding when we went to press.] MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 2,500 bales, at about former rates, all to the trade.—French Rail way Stock and Eastern Counties were in good request, but others not much noticed. Birmingham and Derby were 62, Chester and Holyhead 7i, Dublin and Cashel 5, Edinburgh and Glasgow 664, Great North of England 98*, Lancaster and Carlisle 74, Birmingham 230, Manchester and Birming ham 49, Manchester and Leeds 1114, Midland Counties 88, Paris and Lyons 3, Paris and Orleans 361, South-Eastern 36. There is an absence of colonial or of foreign advices of any leading interest this morning. It is satisfactory to find that business is much more brisk in the China and East India trades, and the large imports that have within the last few days taken place from the East Indies and Hong-Kong, are likely to find a ready market. The transactions in the Funds to-day have been rather in favour of a decline in prices. There is some anxiety among the Bulls as to the effect that may be produced in Ireland, should a sentence of imprisonment be passed on Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers. Hence the fall in prices. Consols from 1004 have gone back to 991. The Commissioners bought about 30,0001. at 998, and the price rose soon afterwards to par, fig immediate transfer, as well as for the Account. All the other portions of the Debt were lower by 4 to 4 per cent. The New Three and-a-Half per Cents. have fallen very nearly 1 per cent. on the highest rates of yesterday. The premium upon Exche quer Bills has been pretty firm. Bank Stock was yesterday 2004, it is to-day 1774 to 178. India Stock has receded from 293 to 291. At length, something like a move has been made towards liquidating, at least, a portion of -the loan raised in this i country, for Guatemala, in the year 1825. That loan was for about 1,400,000/. ; and, from that time to the present, the interest has been in arrear. The Republic, it is known, has been divided into several minor States, and the loan dis tributed among them, according to the extent of land possessed, and, the numerical strength of population. The State of Costaßica, one of the Republics coined out of Central America, has been the first in the field to offer terms to the bondholders. It proposed through its agents to pay 82A per cent. on its share of the loan, or 11,5801. in full discharge upon it, on account of that portion of the debt raised here for Gua temala. This is pretty fair ; but if the resources of this new State can provide —as they have, for the cash is in hand —so large a per-tentage of of the demands upon it, the bondholders might take the offer as a first instalment, and wait till the amount of their claims are liquidated in full. It is a long time since there was any marked value for the bonds of Guatemala ; indeed, they have been excluded from the official list for many months, and were reinserted towards the end of last week. It is to be hoped that the other new-born States comprised in the divi'- sion of Central America, will be induced to follow the exam ple of Costa Rica. In Foreign Stock the transactions have not been con siderable this morning. The result of the meeting of the Committee of the Spanish Bondholders yesterday was that an address was agreed upon to Signor Carrasco, expressive of their confidence in his policy in support of the national credit, and urging the necessity of immediately carrying out the measure of Senor Ganiboa for capitalising the overdue coupons, and also pressing on his attention the neglected claims of the holders of Spanish Passive Stock, at the same time pointing out the necessity of resuming at least a part payment of the dividends on the Active Stock itself, without resorting to the expedient of augmenting the liabilities of the Government, by the continued capitalisation of interest, Spanish Consols have fallen from 26 to 251 ; the Three per Cents. from 374 to 364 ; and Colombian to 15. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. have improved to 614. In the other Foreign Bonds there was but a trifling variation. There has been a busy market for Railway Shares, but prices were on the decline. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock __ _ _ 190 . 107% 108 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..... 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 1 . 150%% 99% 100 3 % per Cent.elledueed Annuities New 3% per Cent. Annuities lO4 , 03%, IA Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 11-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860. ... ..... India Stock India Bonds,l,ooo Ditto under 1,000 •91 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account 'lOO% 99Ai 100 Exchequer Bills, 131 d. I %d. 1,0001. 5001 Ditto Small ..... ...... 74 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds; 5 per Cent. Columbian Bonds. ISIA 15 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840... ......... Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds Ditto Deferred IA Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Ditto Deferred l9 . ~, Dutch 234 per Cents 6114% Ditto for the Account Dutch 5 per Cents 10034% New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents...... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAXS. PAID. PER SHAM Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto New Caledonian Chester and Holyhead 5 7434 ... to Dublin and Cashel ... 2% 5%34 ... to Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered 81. 6s. 8d ... to Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent l.3s. 4d.... 1% ... to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 66% to Great North of England 100 Great Western Ditto % Shares Harrowg,ate a, d Kr, al esboro' ... 3 Harwich (Braithwaite) Lancaster and Carlisle London and Birmingham. lOO 227% 2%8 to 226 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares London and Greenwich London and Greenwich (Preference) 18% London and Croydon (Trunk)... 13% Ditto Scrip Manchester and Leeds 7O Ditto 34 Shares Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Northern and Eastern 45 5744 to North Midland Norwich and Brandon Sheffield and Manchester Dit o 34 Shares :4 South Eastern and Dover Ditto New York and NorthiMidland Paris and Orleans ....... ........... ... 20 Paris and Rouen 2O 38 to 37% Rouen and Havrc. Strasburg and Basle MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 16.—The market has been buoyant to-day, and considerable business has been transacted at the following prices :—Eastern Counties, Re gistered, 154 ; Ditto, Perpetual, 11. 17s. Id. ; London and Birmingham, 233 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 494 49i ; Manchester and Leeds, 110 ;:Ditto, Half, 47 ; North Union, 1084 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 73 731; ,Ditto, Quarter, 8 7-16 ; South Eastern, 36 ; Ditto, New, 6 premium ; Trent Valley, 1 premium; Barnsley Junction, 3 1-16; Man chester Assurance, 10g. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY LONDON, Anal, 17.—Fresh easterly breeze, and fine clear weather. _ _ - _ OFF DARTMOUTH, Arm 15.—Robert Heddle, Paddon, Cape Coast Castle. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 16.—Wind S.W., light. —Sid. Adairo, New York ; Cato, Priscifla, and Sylvia, Quebec. FAT...mourn, APRIL 16.—Wind N. to N.N.E., light breezes, and fine.—Arrd. Sylph, La Guayra. Off, Wilhelmina Marie, Hamburgh for Singapore. DEAL, APRIL 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Janet Wilson, Wil son, Calcutta. Sld. Ellen Bryom, New York ; Lady Sale, Montreal ; Cyrus, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 16.—Wind W.S.W.—The Eleonore brig, of Jersey, is ashore on No Man's Land, but is expected off. WEYMOUTH, Amur, 16.—Sid. Astrea, Quebec. TORBAY, APRIL 16.—S1d. Preston, St. John's, N.B. OFF SCILLY, APRIL 10.—Vesta, Elingers, Charleston for Hamburgh. SWANSEA, APRIL 15.—Arrd. Alex. Robertson, Cuba. LivEnroot APRIL 16.—Wind W. to W.N.W., moderate.- -Arrd Enchantress, Brisett, Barbadoes ; Provincialist and Calefornia, Culd, New Orleans ; Blonde, Crawford, Mobile ; Princess, Vaughan, Charleston ; Memphis, Coffin, New York ; Enterprise, Jones, Halifax. Ski. Cordelia, Calcutta; Hope well anc Sarah, Cape of Good Hope; Sarah Fleming, Angra Pequina ; Dynamene, Africa; Falmar, Rio; Champion, Antigua ; Crescent, Jamaica ; Matthew Pearce, Laguna ; Caspar, Baltimore; Thomas P. Cope, Philadelphia; Hebe and Hannibal, New York ; Albion, Pugwash. Off Lanercost Lima ; Dumfriesshire, Mobile. SHIELDS, APRIL 15.—The Hercules, of Aberdeen, which, got ashore in the Herd Sound, Jan. 14, has been got off and into the harbour. Sld. Earl Durham, Bordeaux and Calcutta. SmomsEss, APRIL 12.—The King William, Ferguson, of Berwick, from Liverpool to Stettin, with 'salt, drove on the Island of Flotta yesterday, and filled. Assistance has been sent, to attempt to get her off. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY The supply of English Wheat was but moderate, yet the demand for it was in a depressed state, at barely Monday's quotations. So little was doing in Foreign. Wheat that prices were almost nominal. Malting Barley was quite as dear; but grinding and distilling sorts were a mere drug. Malt, and all other grain were unaltered. ARRIVALS. W English 3,s 2 h oe a q trs. 2 11 V0 cY cirs. Fl° s u acks Irish.. -- 13,090 -- Foreign 690 8,750 - alt, qrs. WIIITECHAPEZ. We had only a moderate supply of meat, while the de mand was somkwhat inactive, at late rates :—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s 2d per Blbs. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending Saturday, April 13, 1844 :-21,871 passengers, 4,3734 Fs, Sd.; goods, 3434, 96.—Total, 4,7214 11g. tid. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: BATH RACES.—YESTERDAY. : ,1, The Lansdowne Trial Stakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft., w"" 100 added ; for three yrs old colts, Bst 1 01 b ; fiUie' Bst 51b. Mile and a half. (17 Subs.) 1 i Mr. John Day nd Seaport (John Dayiu n v 2 Mr. Herbert's c by Elis, out of Odessa .................. 3 Mr. Meeklam's Godfrey 4 Mr. Minor's Molecatcher 5 Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower 6to 4 agst Seaport, 3to 1 agst Godfrey, and 4 W 1 agst Best Bower.—Won easily by a length. A good ism for second. The Weston Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., with ,F s t added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b. Straight Half mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. John Day's The Maid of Orleans (J. Day , jun.) 15 Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis 3 Mr. J. Dixon's Chevy Chase .......................... Mr. Herbert's c by Ells, out of Charlotte ........... . ... Mr. E. Mr. Steven's filly, by Wintonian, out of Lucy Banks 6 to 5 agst the Maid of Orleans, and 6 to 4 agst D-115 Elis, won by a length. 5 The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs each, 1 5 ft 20.,--„ only, if declared, with 100 added. 2 miles ands "A'' 62 Subscribers. Duke of Riehmond'sßed Deer, 3 yrs 4st 111b(Abdale) Mr. Griffith's Newcourt, 4 yrs Bst (Crouch) Mr. Ramsden's Roseius, aged 7st 101 b ................... Betting.-7 to 1 agst Red Deer-5 to 1 agst'Ve" court-5 to 1 agst Naworth-5 to 1 agst Ben y'G' h 7to 1 agst Greenfinch-8 to 1 agst Roscius—an d 10 to l a apt Young Lochinvar. A dead heat between 11,e, u , Deer and Newcourt, Boscius a good third. Th e decl ing heat was not run when the last train left. II The first heat of the Members' Plate was w° lll sai Una in a canter, beating seven others ; the second 11 was not run in time for the train. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BATH RACES.—TUESDAY.—(CONCLUDED.) ang , The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 14 5 only if declared, &c. DECIDLNG HEAT. 0 I Duke of Richmond's Red Deer, 3 yrs, 4st 11113 (Abdale) o 1 Mr. Griffith's Newcourt, Even betting. Red Deer made all the running , and easy by a length. stsk el The County Members' Plate of 501., added to a 5w e 21 3 ,,) of 5 sous. each. Heats, one mile and a half. (8 Sulam) 1 Mr. Dan's Jack, 5 yrs (Sly) 8 , 1 9 Mr. Gough's Fausta, 6 yrs 5 2 A 3 d r Mr. J. Day's Mechanic, 4 yrs - 2 dr Mr. Wilkin's Ima, 6 yrs Mr. Hook's Una, 6 yrs 1 3 "" Mr. England's Spring Bok, 3 yrs Mr. Griffith's Haroldston, 5 yrs . 3dr Mr. M‘Donald's Lottery, aged 4 dig' Won easy. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TuEsDIS• TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 4 on The Ugly Buck—offered. • CUP. ' 8 to 1 agst Bramble—t CHESTER 25 to 1 agst Sir Roberfr't 9to 1 agst Pagan—t 40 to 1 agst What --t , 12 to 1 agst Red Deer 40 to 1 agst Xaath ' u.. 1 14 to 1 agst Cattonite—t 40 to 1 agst Rowl and-- 20 tol agst Alice Hawthorn Nothing else name d ' DERBY. e Of 27 to _1 agst sing 3 to 1 agst Ratan 3 to 1 agst Ugly Buck 25 to 1 agst Orlando 25 to 1 agst Cockamaroo OARS.—N, Gipsies' 30 to 1 agst Bay. 310110* No others mentioned. It an offer. HUNTINGDON ELECTIOIN. of , (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) tste From the enclosed you will perceive the hopeless 0.."00 the Liberal cause here, in consequence of Mr. Martin's c oo: to stand as the free-trade candidate. If he would ban. tos, sented, it is believed, notwithstanding the venal, corruP,;ool, dependent state of the major part of the constituency , e pi have been pretty well supported, as he is highly oge e "' all parties here. the Or Mr. Thomas Baring, the "rejected of London," t'a servative candidate, is likely to be unopposed now. Huntingdon, April 16. r oguisL o p tiell [Our Correspondent encloses, in the fetter, a -,, d pr,, to Mr. Martin, signed by forty-five electors, ca l _.„im'ai ter pos i him to suffer himself to be put in nomination as a nor which he respectfully declines, on the ground that his to the requisition would involve such sacrifices of w ss' comfort, as, at his advanced age, cannot be reason s hi pected.] A Sey - a, MILITARY•APFRAY AT WINCHESTER.---, bits o ;4 affray, which caused great alarm amongst the ba l l gb o "/ took place at Winchester on Sunday evening fit' lion col eight o'clock, between the privates of the Ist bak e Grenadier Guards (recently from Windsor) and th e Regiment of Foot. A quarrel having occurred at a „, i f t , i s ", house between two men belonging to each regit ay- to affair was taken up by their respective comradeatd fro, number of between 300 and 400 on either side, li n „ f u esc' t the severe blows which were exchanged, fatal cons e 'i c i f sel i "' were expected to ensue. Piquets from each r t e l l t * e coi re l amounting to 300 men, with fixed bayonets, under or je niand of captains and subalterns, were immediate; of out ; but it was upwards of two hours before the whei c „ectli,. men could be captured and secured within their r e ` e ' r iotli! barracks. We understand that several who were 4 6 , 11 Bet injured are now confined to the hospital. The 44 ' cl' GOp s 0 0 ment is 900 strong, and the Ist battalion of the Guards about 700. It is expected that one of the reb of will be ordered into another district. A d DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND NARRO* v e ,l INHATES.—This morning, between the hours o f ctiP ,t, three, a destructive fire broke out in the preinises,,, 4 . — 13 11 t, by the undermentioned persons :—Mr. Barnes, . 0 7,9tre„"0 and Mr. Stoddart, situate at No. 5, Upper Rosaraell i eg Clerkenwell. Police-constable G 149, in passing ir,,,Dve beat, perceived smoke issuing out of the kitchen on wAle, rh a ment floor. The officer immediately sprang his rs ‘i ' io clL l raised the necessary alarm ; but such a strong be1",.00,'6 flames obtained, that they ravelled with surprising.,'"d ee o quickly enveloping the whole of the lower fla i l folio , building. At that time there were from twelve to t o el persons asleep in the premises. After some trouble, bat stable succeeded in arousing the whole of the ininal es . i 0 0 0 the time he had accomplished that object _,..,w`dirif had reached the staircase, and were fast ricers of o r the different apartments. At first the destructi oo S e j whole of the minutes appeared inevitable ; b a ntis geant Clarke, with a number of private constables 4 into the house, and succeded in saving, one by one, 3 , 3 0 0 t of the residents. The flames during the time wer e sli e/ os rapid progress, and no sooner had the inmates tak e !,gli in the adjoining house, than the fire broke 007 windows, and illuminated the whole neighbourlion - iat t O sengers having been sent to the engine-stations Wil t ori! genre of the outbreak, with all promptitude engine s , e iio parish were at the scene with a number of brigsu g os a l a i' with Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent, and also, coi9 of England and County engines, the former with D 1 . 1. ,,',gr, fr 0 0 , ton. An abundance of water being soon obtained, 1 t sti` t til portion of the engines were set to work, and a gre y in to of the antagonist element was thrown upon 1 1014 f 0P - o fY flaming premises, which soon extinguished the 0 0 _ 1 ,00,1 , but not before the building and its contents were tirely consumed. The total loss must be considers,' iiporeo to add to the misfortune, none of the persons wereiutel The origin of the calamity is unknown. Mr. Stle„ . rvi c Macey, with a strong body of police, rendered grea t " 4 0' the inhabitants in guarding their property, &c. , s t SUPPOSED SUICIDE OP A LADY.—Late 01 ing Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Rising Sull , „0 0 0 4 , street, Grosvenor-square, on the body of Miss E l ;9 0 20 sage, aged 69, a lady of property, stated to amoun t Y ti , Abe, Mr. Wm. Flower, of 3, Belgrave-street, Pimlico , 811/ I LB ' half-past two p.m., on Saturday last, he was wa g ' sington-gardens, on the south bank of the SerP e ;d e osi! observed deceased pass him in a hurried manner , ha d rently disturbed in her mind. The moment she„ Eli e si e him he heard her say, " I'll never forgive him. .„,orw f stopped, looked at him, and he passed her. Af ter . the turned round, and passed him again, still uttering,.,.o i ii , ; sentence as before. She then went towards the `" t i, 0) 0 , , e ? bridge, and he lost sight of her. Master T. W. 6 ,, c eli f f 0, Lincoln's Inn-fields, deposed to finding a parasol, 6 , 1 7,0 O v , to have been deceased's, standing against the bei' t rvi sfy,", bridge near the water side, on the north. He aft ";ti°' the body of deceased floating on the water la. fl orli i e; of the first arch on the north side. He gave ; 1 y• t lj , at the receiving-house of the Royal Humane Wodhop, chief boatman of the Society, provecle c e ls s "A body out of the water at the spot indicated by t o I 'oi 'less. Mr. Wooley, surgeon to the Society, trie". o joa )1 ( : i life, but without succeeding. *Witness was of e 1 1 , 31 ter. fO, deceased had not accidentally fallen into the ``„, it te'vee',: Samuel Clements, of No. 2, Conduit-street, 1 3 g 5 , r eir t y ° deceased was his sister-in-law and resided in 118 0 0 it Camden-town. Deceased had slept at his bons forlo,o night, and after breakfast went out it was thong P'o, o The family had observed during the last four or 'der c blf a great alteration in her manner, accompanied,:: c lea t , 1 . , 01 1, of spirits, which was attributed to hearing of t u 'zer ;r i d brother at the time he was expected lioni_ r e , _7l‘ v, sojourn abroad. Dr. Anthony Thompson, of w ve- sfi" ks ef te k said he had attended deceased about six we found her labouring under deep nervous depression' scribed for her, and advised mental amusernen!:,iii. pression as deceased's often degenerates into / 11 - 3 ' att jr diet, " Found drowned." EARLY FRUlTS.—Yesterday, at Coir''st II Market, there were displayed for sale, for:the f ir t 405. season, peaches at 60s. per dozen, and cherries aoh Hot-house grapes, strawberries, pine-apples 4 beans, and new potatoes, were also very plentli .gic °jt9 BIRTHS. $ . 1) . On the 10th inst., at Maida-hill, the lady 0 - ff. Esq., of a daughter. ntSl ll° On the 11th inst., at Alderholt-park, lia Key, of a daughter. , 'lt' On the 13th inst., in Curzon-street, Mrs. v , • o f bant, of a son. ditli On the 13th inst., in Blackfriars-road, th e - f olir Robert Tebbit, surgeon, of twins—girls. , d 4jor On the 13th inst, at Ipswich, the lady or Or w M. N. Sturt, Bengal army, of a son. o f . C 4. On the 13th inst., at Nottingliampthe wire.„,kr Esq., Enniskillen Dragoons, of a son. •_; ?ore' o f i v On the 13th inst., in Devonshire-street, i f the wife of A. B. Chisholm, Esq., of a daught er ibe l e , t er On the 13th inst., at Nonsuch-park, Surrey' so otol l F. Gamul Farmer, Esq., of a daughter. ji On the 14th inst., Mrs. henry T. Wright , race, St. John's-wood, of a daughter, still-hell' da V. 011 A MARRIED. J ip'll l s' ° On the 10th inst., at Danbury. the Rev. i t et ". - Vicar of Little Baddow to Emilia, youngest " P r , Rev. Henry Brooke Bridges, Rector of Danb u of " On the 11th inst., at the Episcopal Cilall)005,00, Edinburgh, Fretcheville Lawson Ballantine cost Dovenby Hall, Cumberland, to Ann Eliza , e e,;o,r a e• l of the late Joseph Gunson, Esq., of Ingwellt r s lB 4 i Di 1 0 " On tke 13th inst., at Borehain Essex, itt r " fott: 0 0 pi ° thews, of Knightsbridge, to Miss brain, ( d we ir. t y it° o f On the 13th inst., at Wandsworth, the dug Welldon, M.A-, of Tonbridge, to Elinor, daub Michael Turner, Esq., of Putney. - ------------- DIED. „ a tii ro f On the 30th ult., Charles Chatfield, r , s c i'' f rllt e Of ,Apst , t te l/eC Camberwell. On the 4th inst., at Strasburg, Eleanor, o". - o ry O r the late Alexander Begbie,Esq9 G un/131s f 01.° Bahamas. On the 7th inst., Carter Draper, Es+, d'of 11 teg ton, Loudon, aged 69. Vic :,dI)- On the Bth inst., the Rev. Roger BAS S, ally° Warwickshire. g t tri 6l On the llth inst., at Hastings, Horatis of the Rev. 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