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MAJOR HARRIS'S TRAVELS IN AFRICA The New Edition of THE HIGHLANDS of 'ETHIOPIA ; being the Account of Eighteen Months' Residence of a British Em bassy to the Christian Court of Shod. By Major C. W. HARRIS, Author of "Wild Sports of Southern Africa," is this day published. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longinans. 13, Great Marlborough-street. 1111. COLBURN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. To he had of all Booksellers. 1. MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND. 7 vols., 10s. 6d. each. 2. Mr. LEVER'S " ARTHUR O'LEARY ;" Illustrated by George 42raikshank. 3 vols., 31s. fal. 3. The VOYAGES and SERVICES of the NEMESIS, Compris ing a Complete History of the War in China, &c. 2 vols., Plates, 325. 4. The MILITARY ANNUAL for 1844. 1 vol., 15s. 1. LIEUT. GREENWOOD'S NARRATIVE of the LAST CAM PAIGN In AFFGIIANISTAN. 1 vol., Plates, 12s. 6. LIEUT.-COL. NAPIER'S WILD SPORTS. 2 vols., Plates, 21s. 7. BURKE'S HISTORY of the LANDED GENTRY. PAN. 2,10 s. Cut h. SIR EDWARD BELCHER'S VOYAGE ROUND the WORLD, 1836-42. 2 vols., Forty Illustrations, 365. LETTERS of MARY QUEEN of SCOTS. 2 vols., 21s. 10. DR. CROLY'S HISTORY of GEORGE IV. 2 vos., 21s. 11. MEMOIRS of the QUEENS of FRANCE. 2 vols., 21s. 12. SECRET MEMOIRS of the IRISH UNION. 1 vol., Twenty eight Portraits, 12s. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor FO RN ASARI has the honour to inform the Nobility, Sub. ,seriberi to the Opera, Friends, and Public, HIS BENEFIT will take place hl3 an THURSDAYthe NEXT, May that 9, when will be performed Herold's Chef d'ceuvre, ZAMPA. Camilla, Madame Persiani; Rita, Madame Bellini ; Zampa, Sig. nor Fornasari (his first appearance in this character) ; Alfonso, Signor Corelli • Daniel Capuazi, Signor F. Lablache ; and Dan dole, Signor Lablache (his first appearance in this character). With other Entertainments, in which Madame Grist, Mdlle. Favanti, Signor Lahlache, and Signor Mario will appear. To conclude with the Grand Ballot, in Six Tableaux, by M. Perrot, entitled ONDINE; ou, LA NAIADE. The Scenery by Mr o W Grieve. The music composed by Signor Pugni. Principal characters by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Scheffer, Mdlle. Fer dinand, Mdlle. Plunket, Mdlle. Barville, and Mdlle. Adelaide Frassi ; M. Perrot, M. Montassu, and M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will onimence at Half.past Seven. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The first appearance this Season of Mdlle. Cerito. TO-MORROW EVENING, MAY 4, Will be performed Bellini's Opera, entitled LA SONNAMBULA. Amine, Madame Persiani ; Lisa. Madame Bellini Elvino, Sig Mario. To conclude with the Grand Ballet of ONDIN E. Principal Characters by Mdlles. Cerito, Schaffer, Plunket, Ferdi nand, Barville, and Frassi, and Mears. Perrot, Montassu, and S - . Leen. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera-colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES t) I 'VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W. Harrison ; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr. totrani ; Naiima, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Albertsszi ; Francesca, Miss Romer. To be followed by MY WIFE'S COME. To conclude with A DIVERTISSEMENT from the Grand Hal Masque of (i USTA V U S. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. M It. BENJAMIN W EBSTER. LESSEE THIS EVENING, MAY 3, WHI be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis ;Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia isaoriett ; 'Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE MILL. Marquis is Bicheville, Mr. Charles Mathews-; Francine, Sladarae 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 Pit% Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, blr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and bliss Lee. To conclude with a New Farce.. entitled LOVE IN A SACK. PitINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STKEET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, Will be performed an Opera. To conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, called FAIR STAR; or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANCING WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, °xi:wry, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue. And other Entertainments. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. " Open Sesame; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves , " c ontinues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable audiences. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, Will be repeated an Original Comic Drama, entitled THE THREE WIVES OF MADRID. Princinal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, F. Matthews, Emery, W i g an, Craven, Turner, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Tu rner, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle. called POLK AMANIA Characters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a Grand Burleique Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves. Cha. zacteis by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, bars . Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the Grand National Spectacle. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, Will be repeated the Historical 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. &c. M. Plege on the Tight Rope. New Scenes in the Circle. 'To conclude with a laughable Farce. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, Will be performed, C/ESAR, THE WATCH-DOG OF THE CASTLE! or the Sword of my Father. Caesar, (the Watch-dog) Miss Vincent. After which the Popular Drama, in Three Acts, entitled THE OLD MAN'S BRIDE; or, the Murder at Norwood Vint. Sup ported by Messrs. Freer, as Grantly ' • Nantz, as Tony Smooth ; Dale, Seaman, C. J. Bird, Gardner , Paul, Coreno, James, Miss Arden and Miss Vincent. To tie followed by the celebrated " Polka Dance" every evening. To conclude with the Melo-Drama of TOM CRINGLE ; or Mat of the Iron Hand. Tom Cringle, Mr. Freer,- Mat, Mr. N:ritz ; 411 ypsey Jack, Mr. Corms ; Elizabeth Stanton, Mrs G. Lee; Fanny kozgleve, Miss Arden. Private Box es,Xl. Is. and £l. ll& 6d. DAVIDGE'S ROYAI. SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING MAY 3. Will be produced a New Tragedy, entitled OCTAVIA BRA fg ; or, The Confession. Supported by the Entire Company, a.. 01 Miss Charlotte Barnes, from New York. After which, THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS. Robin, the Saa iegrace, Mrs. R. Honner. To conclude with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, eutitled WHITEFRIARS, in which the entire Company will perform. To conclude with a Domestic Drama, entitled BROKEN HOME. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPH I. LAST WEEK OF M ALONE RAYMOND'S IRISH ENTERTAINMENT. The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH'S modern Miracles are the Wonder et London; he is nightly on his Mystic Throne crowned with the plaud is of admiring thousands, Who exclaim, is he mortal ?" He will perform his extraordinary HAT DELUSION every Evening. This wonderful Feat, which has created so great a sensation, is performed with ANY GENTLEMAN'S HAT ! !! and sh,wn to be perfect.y empty before he pr, duces from it a Fea ;her Bedand the Gifts of Flora. Dress Circle, Ss.; Pit. Is. 6d.; Gallery, gd. Reserved Seats, and Iliwate Boxes can be secured at the Theatre, and of all the Agents. tiecwrd Price at Nine o'clock. DJors open at half-past Seven—the Wizard appears at night. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to TILE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of yisto rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed Ly One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 0,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, . viz.—cHARLEs 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., awl. the EMPEROR -NA P9LEcs, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during 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 iriet,r has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, !Lc., his previous almost Incredible number and variety of MgS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it aught to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have Inspected it, isnd THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS havc stated that It ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis • ao,a 14 reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. TIE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 3. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 43 ; Highest, 66 ; Noon, 60. BA ROMETE 30.2 .--WIND, N.E. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. - - R'oll WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. ,lylorning 51 minutes after I I Evening ... 15 minutes after 2. .. , .., , ' [ l p o , _ 4 22 .. c., i ::•,,,,,, z, i' ,rpt . liiil • 41, - L "'_, ` l V 4 1- `,, ' ---,.. - —," - , ~.,- ------ - - - v.-4 - ' • n om "r- / 7 ;1. • '''''' s '.k,114, 114 11 6 —‘ AI " 4 .'",'''',? , 4 , •••• 106" , v /-•• • --.•'-i. o ‘ . \ ''., i •Cr •Al 0 S ',. ' I, , ,, , A 4 e'Dit on V. 7 ,7, ;4' . ' 'NFM,I ''' SECOND EDITION. ~~ ~~.ufl LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1844. In the Lords, a Bill was introduced by Lord CAMPBELL, for the more speedy recovery of debts in Ireland. The Earl FITZWI I L move IAM f gave notice that on Tues day, he wouldfor a Commission to inquire what points of the country said, they required railways. The Duke of l vuLLui heappointmentshuttn the TON like g of such a Commission, would stable door when the horse hadbeen stolen. The Marquis of NORMANDY presented a petition from the working men of Edinburgh, prayin g tha Legislature to establish better sanatory regulations w ith respect to the dwelli n g s of the poor. Lord CAMPBELL supported the prayer of the pe: • tion, and said Edinbur g h was justly entitled toill; epithet of the " Modern Athens." Lord BROUGEIAM said the inhabitants considered this epithet as an insult, and had his Noble Friend been still representative of that city, he would not have had the support of his constituents in what he had stated. Lord CAMPBELL then &scribed Lord BROI:GIiA24I as an Alcibiades, a Pericles, and a Demosthenes, and the conversation (in the Parliamentary phrase) dropped. Lord CAMPBELL moved the committal of the Writ 4f Errors Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR opposed it, and said, he verily believed the Bill had been introduced solely in reference to the trials pending in Ireland. Lord CoTTENnam supported the Bill, and said, nothing could be more preposterous than that a party should be undergoing a punishment while a Court of Appeal was deliberating whether that punishment ought to be inflicted. We believe every man in the kingdom concurs with Lord COTTEN HAM , yet the 11 was rejected without a division. The House adjourned at Half-past Eight o'Clock. In the House of Commons, after a variety of pro ceedings which cannot be abridged more than they are in the Parliamentary report, Mr. WYSE asked Sir R. PEEL whether there would be any objection to lay on the table the opinions of Counsel delivered to the Treasury relative to Arts-Union ? Sir R. PBEL answered in the negative, and added that the Government had no intention of proceeding against those societies. The matter rested with com mon informers. In answer to questions from Mr. GISBORNE and Lord SANDON, Mr. GLADSTONE said that in the course of three weeks at the utmost, the resolutions proposed by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for the re duction of duties on certain articles would probably be adopted by the Legislature. In answer to a question from a Member relative to the communication with Ireland, Sir R. PEEL said the great object of the Government was to have a speedy communication, and, taking into account the reports of professional men, he preferred the line by Holyhead. Leave was given to bring in Bills for the reduction of duties on glass, vinegar, and marine insurances. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to savings' banks, the principal provisions of which are to reduce the rate of interest from 21d. to 2d. per day, to reduce the amount which any person could invest in one year from 301. to 201., and that, when ever the capital and interest should amount to 1501., the interest should cease. The House adjourned at a Quarter-past Six. The debate in the House of Commons, on Wednesday night, on the motion for going into Committee on the " Masters and Servants Bill," terminated in another defeat of Sir R. PEEL'S very " powerful" Govern ment. By the rejection of this motion, the Bill it self was lost. A majority of 43, in a House of 151 Members (exclusive of the tellers), concurred in kicking out a measure which, in the "altered shape" or " form," as Sir JAMES GRAHAM modestly desig nates the reconstructive process through which it had passed under Government manipulation, certainly embodied the most stringent and outrageous penal legislation which in our time it has been ever pro posed to visit upon the heads of our industrial com munity. We conscientiously believe that there is no member of the Administration, except Sir JAMES GRAHAM, who would have volunteered the quasi fra ternity of so odious an experiment on the rights and the feelings of labourers and servants. But in the face of all the storm of indignation which Mr. Thomas DUNCOMBE'S powerful exposition of its enactments conjured up from all sides of the House at so unconstitutional and ill-omened a piece of work. Sir JAMES persevered in pressing the House for judgment, with that graceful pertinacity which is sure to provide some disgrace or disaster for his party once, at least, in a month. He was; as usual, didactic and sarcastic ; rebuked opposition. Members in a tone half forbearing, half patronising; and invoked the support of the friends of Govern inent with a haughty confidence that, in spite of the invincible affectation of his manner, was sufficiently transparent to indicate his own assurance of success. Truly the ship, of which Sir ROBERT PEEL is helms. man, has got, in Sir JAMES, as unlucky a JONAH as ever was thrown overboard by those who had had enough of his company. In her next venture amidst breakers we may anticipate for her, one of these days, that destiny to which the Lord of Netherby has so marvellous a genius for conducting his friends. He is like Captain MARYATT'S Peter Schrifter—he never sails but a storm overtakes him, and never takes up his berth in a craft which does not founder with all who have been silly enough to embark with him. making such a distinction between wool and other agricultural produce. He says that " wool is the raw material of an important branch of the national manufactures;" no free trader could assign a better reason for the removal of monopolist restric tions and discriminating duties; but can any man tell why the application of this principle should be con fined to the sheep-walk and not extended to the corn field ? Wheat is one of the most important of raw materials in every branch of manufactures ; the weaver must have food as well as yarn ere he can use his loom ; the smith must have bread as well as iron ere he can exercise his hammer. We say no thing of the many manufactures in which flour is used in various shapes ; this though not unimportant kcarcely strengthens a case, in which every possible form of industry has a direct and obvious claim. Unless men eat they cannot work, and unless they work they can produce no manufactures. Wool and corn stand precisely in the same position, and Mr. GOULBURN'S principle (would, that we could add his practice), are just as applicable to the one as to the other. The whole affair of Wednesday was an instructive commentary on the Right Hon. Secretary of State's mode of " doing" business. Mr. TilomAs DUN COMBE, in a speech meritorious alike for its clever ness and its temperate expression, followed up the presentation of more than 150 petitions against the Bill, from various parts of the country and many dis• tricts of the metropolis, by stating the objections he had to urge on behalf of the 2,000,000 of petitioners whom he represented. He said that those petitioners had truly designated the Bill as " one of the most monstrous, oppressive, arbitrary, iniquitous, and tyrannical attempts to oppress the working classes that had ever been made." 'What is remarkable— and very characteristic, looking to the subsequent in terposition of Sir JAMES—Mr. DUNCOMBE said that in its original shape the Bill was a very good one ; that is, as Mr. MILES had brought it in, " its object was humane and proper. If it somewhat in creased the power of the justices, it did so for the purpose of facilitating the recovery, by workmen, of their wages. The House had therefore passed the Bill through its first stages ; but it had been imposed on by false colours and pretences." When Mr. HAwEs, in a later stage of the session, had asked the Right Hon. Secretary for some explanation as to the alterations introduced, that functionary had replied that Mr. MILEs was responsible for them. Mr. MILES stated that the Bill had been drawn up by de sire of the Government. But on 'Wednesday night Mr. MILES went so far as to say that his Bill had been so changed by Government that he himself did not know his own bantling ! This is more intelligible and pre cise than Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S confession to its pa ternity as to "form" only. Now, what were the grounds on which Mr. DUNCOMBE induced the House to discard this ill-conditioned illegitimate, whom one putative father could not recognize and the other shrank from ? Mr. DUNCOMBE gave an excellent summary of former enactments on the points at issue, to be found in the sth Elizabeth, c. 4; 20th Geo. 11., c. 19; 22d Geo. IL, c. 22 ; 6th Geo. 111. ; 4th Geo. IV., c. 34 ; .sth Geo.IV., c. 18; and sth Geo. IV., c. 96: " The only legislation hitherto had been in respect to persons hired for a certain term as to whom magistrates were empowered to tine or imprison persons who did not fulfil their contract, and there had certainly been instances of persons who had been imprisoned under these circum stances. But there was no instance of power having been given to the magistrates to send persons to the House of Correction for neglect or d.reliction of duty in job or piece work. Now, under the present Bill, whether the contract be in writing or not, when a man engaged to make a hat or a pair of shoes, and did not fulfil his work in the time agreed upon, he might be taken before a magistrate and sent to the House of Correction for two months upon the single oath of the employer. The Hon. Gentleman intended that the Bill should only affect labourers employed in husbandry. But as it stood now it would affect those employed in factories. They might be imprisoned for two months upon the oath of the foreman or overseer, if they were only five minutes too late." Mr. HOME forcibly remarked that " this Bill was altogether a new Bill from that which was originally introduced by the Hon. Member for Somersetshire. Several clauses in the original print of this Bill, which would have given relief to the working classes, were now omitted from it." Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S defence of the Bill amounted simply to this : "The present law appeared to him to operate against the workmen, and unduly and unfairly in favour of the masters. By the law now in force any employer might complain against a servant or labourer for alleged misdemeanour, mis carriage, ill-behaviour, or misconduct before one justice, who might forthwith issue, not a summons, but a warrant, to ap prehend the person of the labourer, and might imprison him with hard labour for three months. But if, on the other hand, a servant or labourer complained against his master, he had no warrant to apprehend the master, but a summons only issued against the master. This certainly was an oppressive state of the law. But, as Mr. Humn had shown, Mr. MlLEs's Bill, in its original shape, had rectified it. What answer does all this special pleading of Sir JAMES GRAHAM furnish to the grave offence of patronising such in tolerable enactments as Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, in the passages we have given above, so forcibly denounced? None! Thus thought the House, and the Bill was summarily extinguished! The sapient Duke of RICHMOND, who has been placed at the head of the land-monopolists vice BUCKINGHAM superseded or sequestrated, has taken alarm at the Chancellor's new profession of faith in free trade, and has given notice of a motion which will afford him an opportunity of reading a homily to his creatures, the Ministers, on these symptoms of rejecting the infallible decrees of the snuggery at Goodwood. The bleatings of the sheep on the downs of Sussex will not be more pathetic or more pastoral than his promised oration. 'We seem already to hear his Pandean pipes attuned to notes of woe, and his title established to the name of " Gentle Shepherd," which has remained unappropriated since the days of CHATHAM. We can fancy his melodious sorrowings over deserted sheep-walks, exiled shepherds, absent shoulders of mutton, unattainable trotters, and lamb disappearing to the manifest danger of the mint. "How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue, How sweet the periods neither said nor sung." But his Grace's sympathetic bleatings will be of no avail. The West Riding of Yorkshire has triumphed over Sussex ; wool has won a victory over mutton ; and henceforth the total and immediate repeal of the agricultural protection is an established precedent and recognised principle in legislation. Mr. GOULBURN advocated the repeal of the wool duties on account of the stimulus that will thus be given to manufactures. Thus early has the senseless fallacy of over-production been abandoned by those who took it up for a party purpose. Instead of pre tending to fear any surplus of production, the Minis ters plainly declare that it is the duty of statesmen to stimulate production, and to remove the restrictions by which it is fettered. It is to be regretted that those converts to the true faith are not yet so tho roughly fixed in their new creed as to be perfectly consistent. The protection accorded to corn is a greater blight on industry than that which was granted to wool, and we hope that the defiance given to the monopolists in one item will inspire courage to attack their citadel. We quote the following passage from an interesting document which has been issued from the Metropoli tan Police-office in Whitehall, and which contains n account of the number of persons taken into custody by the police authorities, and the results, in the' year 1843 :—" Respecting the degree of instruction of the persons taken into custody, it appears that out of 62,447 individuals taken up, 11,336 males and 5,682 females—in all 16,918—could neither read nor write; that 25,897 males and 13,170 females—in all 39,067 —could read only, or read and write but imperfectly ; that 4,918 males and 905 females—in all 5,823 — could read and write well, and that 654 males and 15 females were of superior instruction. Of the number summarily convicted or bailed, 7,053 per sons could neither read nor write ; 15,924 but imperfectly ; 2,874 well ; and 320 had had superior instruction. Of those tried and convicted, 1,214 could neither read nor write ; 2,088 but im perfectly ; 172 well ; and 31 had received a good education." These criminal statistics are exceed ingly curious and important, and show—what we have often taken occasion to remark—how closely, we might almost add, how inseparably, connected with each other are crime and ignorance. We here find that by far the greater majority of persons taken into custody by the metropolitan police consists of those who can neither read nor write, and that the numbers are few, comparatively speaking, of those who have received the benefits of education. Surely facts like these—facts given on unimpeachable evi dence—should speak trumpet-tongued in favour of a system of general instruction for the lower classes! Of what use is it to build new churches in the metro polis, when there are so many thousand people resi dent in London and its suburbs, who are unable to avail themselves of such a spiritual advantage, by reason of their utter inability to read the word of GOD? To our thinking, the Bishop of LONDON, hold ing the high—the solemn—the responsible office that he does, would be far more serviceably employed in endeavouring to provide the means of education for the neglected poor of his vast diocese, than in building new religious structures, from which those only can expect to derive spiritual benefit, who have received some sort of instruction. It is idle to hope to engraft a sound religious feeling on the minds of the utterly ignorant. The soil must first be cultivated so as to fit it to receive the wholesome seed, otherwise it will never bring forth fruit in due season. Religion should not precede, but follow in the train of educa tion. Churchmen, however, can never be brought to see this, even though the proofs of the dreadful immo rality and impiety that are the almost invariable con comitants of ignorance, are constantly before their eyes. Really our men in authority, whether lay or clerical, have much to answer for, in not at once straining every nerve in order to supply the benighted lower classes of their fellow-countrymen with the blessings of a sound, homely, practical education. The evil is one that ought to be immediately grappled with, for it yearly assumes a more dangerous charac ter, such as cannot fail to excite a feeling of deep anxiety in the minds of all thinking people. Pro vide the ignorant poor with competent instructors ; elevate their nature by providing them with at least the rudiments of knowledge, and you will hear no more of servile insurrections, of the excesses of Swing, or the mad, mischievous pranks of Rebecca and her accomplished daughters; but leave the lower classes in their present state of crass—to use Lord BROUGHAM'S favourite expression—ignorance, and in periods of difficulty arid effervescence, you will not be able to guarantee the tranquillity of the country from one week's end to another. Madrid journals of the 25th have been received, but they are barren of intelligence. Very little busi ness was done on the Bourse on that day, and the Funds remained nearly stationary. The quotations were—Three per Cents. 36i cash, 37* at 60 days; and Fives 22i at 60 days. The Paris papers bring no intelligence of im portance. Wednesday was observed as a strict holiday at the Bourse, and the Post-office closed at one o'clock, so that the accounts of the receptions at the „Tuileries are very meagre. Indeed, the only notice of the ceremonies is id the Univers, which states that the Archbishop of PARIS presented himself on ' Wednesday, to congratulate the KING on the occa sion of his fete. "We have been assured," adds that journal, that the reply of the chief of the State to the good wishes of the venerable Archbishop did not breathe the benevolence usual on such occasions. It appears that the word liberty' had been introduced by the Archbishop /into the harangue, and that his MAJESTY did not relish the expression." Total and immediate repeal of one branch of agri cultural protection forms s v‘ a .l item h. in the Chancellor's as the Magna Charta and wool, of i ci ch Budget; the duties wereß ights oi. described British farmers, are wholly abOlished heard of sheep disappearing maonouurr backse ds, and shep wfielhave not yet from but are to be shep herds sinking in desperation. dependent on foreigners for clothing Church wool !nay our fo stomachs . are still to be restricted to British fo ' od • , nay come in freely without danger ' to State, but foreign mutton is still held to be slily or •ive of the altar and the throne. The skin of the sheep is the frontier between safety on one side and danger on the other ; all that grows upon it is safe and innocent, but the perils centred in the flesh within can only be warded off by discriminating duties. Assuredly the brains of our rulers have gone wool gathering with a vengeance! Two exquisite rea sons have been assigned by Mr. GOULBURN for The general debate on the Education Bill in the Chamber of Peers was brought to a conclusion on Tuesday, when the Bill went into Committee. The Deputies were still engaged in discussing the Bill for the improvement of prison discipline. Thi following are the average prices of wheat in the different markets of France for the month of April. The price at Toulouse, Lyons, and Marseilles was 23f. 32c. the hectolitre (equal to two bushels three quarters Imperial measure); at Marans and Bordeaux, at 21f. 84c.; at St. Laurent and Le Grand Lemps, at 21f. 59c. ; at Bergues, Arras, Roye, Soissons, Paris, and Rouen, at 19f. 34c. ; at Saumur and Nantes, at 20f. 18c. ; an d a t M e t ; Verdun, and Charleville , at 16f. 79c. At TORTONfS, on Wednesday, the Three per Cents. were quoted at 84f. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.—MT. Henn concluded his speech on Tuesday. Mr. Fitzgibbon, who had THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1844. received a hurt on his foot from the fall of his horse, while he was taking a little fresh air in the outskirts of Dublin, was to have followed Mr. Henn on Wed nesday, but unfortunately he could neither stand nor speak. He rose on one leg, and intimated to the Court that as his observations would not be very brief, and as he could not stand very comfortably for any length of time, he hoped they would not call upon him to speak that day. Their Lordships, ever ready to comply with such suggestions, most gra ciously adjourned the Court till Thursday. Mr. Fitzgibbon will, it is said, speak all Thursday, Fri day, and a part of Saturday. Mr. M'Donogh will finally close the week ; and on Monday next the Attorney-General will reply, and when he will close no one can tell. The monster trial acquires fresh strength every day—vires acquirit eundo. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.-Sir David Davies and Mr. Ideate, her Majesty's medical attendants, were in waiting at an early hour, at Marlborough House, this morning. The following bulletin was afterwards issued :—" The Queen Dowager still suffers pain in the hand and arm, but her Majesty is altogether going on very favourably." _ " ROYAL ACADEMY. — Her Majesty and Prince Al bert, attended by the Royal Suite, visited the exhibi tion of the Royal Academy, in Trafalgar-square, this morning. 'The august party spent upwards of an hour in inspecting the numerous and interesting works of art, and then returned to Buckingham Palace. THIS DAY'S NEWS. OVERLAND MAIL We have received by Extraordinary Express the following Telegraphic Dispatch : MALTA, APRIL 28. MARSEILLES, MAY 1. The Great Liverpool has arrived, bringing dates from Bombay to the Ist of April, and China to the 27th of February. Perfect tranquillityprevails in both these countries, and the Mail does not bring a single article of news worth mentioning.—Herald HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat this day to hear writs of error. The Peers present were Lord Cottenham, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. Paris and Orleans 2O - 37V4 ... to Parisand Rouen 2O 37Mi ... to Rouen and Havre. JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock London and Westminster MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. Second qualityiltto... bay ; Ann Dingwall, St. Thomas's ; Helen Munro, Hayti ; Victoria, Texas ; Catherine Fraser, Boston ; Sherbroke, Quebec ; Nestor, Montreal. CORK, APRIL 30.—Arrd. William Woolley, Maughan, Ceylon, left Dec. 16, Mauritius, Jan. 27, Cape Feb. 19, As cension, March 10. WATERFORD, APRIL 30.—Ski. Mary, Newfoundland. ATONE AND CO AilVi ERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A good business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, the sales amounting to 6,000 bales, of which 800 were on spe culation, and 400 for export. Prices were steady—sales, 200 Pernam at 6d. to 7d., 250 Maranham at sd. to sid., 400 Surat at 30. to 4d., and the rest American at 4-id. to 54d. per lb.—A moderate business was done in Shares generally, but there were large tranfers irt Dovers at 374 for the Old, and ll for the New. Chester and Holyhead, 7 ; Dublin and Cashel, 4i ; Eastern Counties, 13i ; Paris and Lyons, 3h ; Do. and Orleans, 38. There are no arrivals in the City to-day, except the usual continental mails. _ _ _ From Leipsic we learn that at the fair there had been a very extensive business done in cloth fabrics, especially Prussian and Saxon. The further portion of the Canada loan is taken to-day, but the arrangements being conducted at the Treasury, the result will not reach the City in time to be noticed under this heal in the early edition of The Sun. The Funds have rall.ed a little this morning, and there are fewer sales passing on the market. Consols have realised 994 a for Money, and 994 4 for Time, although they opened rather lower, Exchequer Bills have been 745. to 7 65., and India Bonds 945. premium. Bank Stock has been rather flat at 196 to 4, and India Stock has further declined to 281 and 284. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 1021 to A ; the Reduced 1014 to 4, and the Three per Cents. 94 to 4. In the Foreign Market there has been comparatively little doing. Spanish Actives have been firmer, viz., 244; but the Three per Cents. have not improved, being 354 a. Mexican Bonds are 354 to 4 ; Portuguese Converted have been 454. Belgian Bonds are quoted 1024 without the dividend. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 614 to 4. In Railway Shares we have had less business doing : the quotations are very fully supported. Great Western, 41 to 414 ; Ditto Half, 25 ; Birmingham. 131 to 132 ; and South- Western, 436 premium. Brighton are 54 to 53, and Eastern Counties 94 discount. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 1963 196 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 4 so's 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 334 per Cent. Annuities '0233% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan 1860 l2 7-16% Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. Ib6o. India Stock India Bonds,l,ooo 99 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account 1 v. 911M %36 Exchequer Bills, I%d. 1,0001. 5081 ............ 74 pm. Ditto Small ....... 74 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 10234 Mexican Bonds, 1 837, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred Stock 1534% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. 2934 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account 45% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 24% Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred 14% Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account Dutch 2 1 / 4 per Cents 8 I IA Dutch ,5 per Cents. 11% 10 0 Dii to for the Account lO O, New Loan 1837. 5 per Cents. 99% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT GNE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Bristol and Exeter 7O Bristol and Gloucester 3O Chester and Holyhead 5 714% ... to Dublin and Cashel ... 23¢ Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered Si. tis. Rd. Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent las. 4d.... 1 34 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 66% to Great Western Ditto ;4 Shares Ditto Fifths l2 20% to London and Birmingham. lOO .... Ditto New Th rds London and Blackwell London and Brighton 5O 44%% ... to London and South Western ...... 41% London and Croydon (Trunk)... 13% Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Northern and Eastern 45 57% ..... to South Eastern and Dover 3 2 1 /4 37 1 / 4 %% to Ditto New Yarmouth and Norwich York and North*Midland Ditto Scarboro' Branch 234 2 O l /4 Since Monday only a moderate arrival of English Wheat has taken place for our market, and the stands were by no means heavily supplied. In most descriptions of the article a fair retail business was transacted, at full prices. Free foreign Wheat was in better demand, at rates quite equal to those quoted in our last report. In bonded Grain no transac tions were noticed. Nearly 20,000 quarters of foreign Barley have arrived this week; yet, the greater portion having gone direct to the distillers, the quantity on offer this morning was by no means large, and prices were supported. In Malt but little was doing. Owing to the prevailing dry weather, holders of Oats, Beans, and Peas, were firm for high figures. ARRIVALS. Wheat. English 4,340 qrs. 610 qrs. 1,060 qrs. 3,560 sacks Irish.. I-- 60 I 6,940 -- Foreign 4,470 19,770 460 - alt, 5,570 qrs. SMITHE•XiiLD. . -- - A very limited supply of beasts was on offer, owing to which the Beef trade was somewhat active, at an advance on Monday's prices of 2d per Blbs. From Scotland only 90 scots came fresh to hand. The numbers of Sheep were but moderate, while the inquiry for them was, on the whole, stead), at full currencies. Lambs, which were tolerably nu merous, met a sluggish trade, at previous figures. The de mand for Veal was rather active, and the rates had, in some instances, an upward tendency. Pigs sold steadily at ful quotations. Milch cows were held at from 161 to 1915 s each. Per 81ns. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 I s. 4. to s. 4. 2le 3 2 32 3 4 36 3 • iicon7lqQlity ditto 210 3 2 Coarse.Woolled dittos. Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 t , Southdown Wethers Prime Scots, &c. 1 arse coarse Calves 3 4 4 2 Large Hogs 3 4 6_lo Prime small ditto Suckling Calves, each 18 0 2S +. Quarter old Pigs,eachl6 0 21 0 Inferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I She 22ep0 . I C: 2 33 lves. I Pigs. 560 9, 360 zit rural:ll.TE AND LEAD =CHILL L. - -- We had a fair demand for each kind of meat, on the follow ing terms : 8. 4. to s. d. 2 4 110 30 3 2 34 3 6 20 2 8 3 8 4 2 At per stone, by the Carcase s. d. to s d. -reef, inferior 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior - middling ..... 2 6 2$ - middling prime largr 210 3 0 prime prime small 3 2 3 4 Pork, large Vaal ..«.......«.«....«.. 3 4 4 6 1--small Lamb. 4s 10d to 5s 10d BOILAUGH HOP PilitiiLKET. The accounts which have come to hand this week from the hop districts are not very flattering, yet they have had little or no effect upon our market. The finest parcels of Hops are selling steadily ; other kinds slowly. COLcAVIrs.I.. SUGAR.—The supply of British Plantation continues limited, and there is a fair demand at full prices. The sales, not including to-day, are about 1,000 hhds. Refined Standard Lumps are in request at ills to 81s 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS AND BENGAL.-11,376 bags 105 casks of the former sold at full rates to a slight advance; good to fine yellow 64s to Os, low 60s 6d to 61s, and mid and good brown 58s to 59s 6d. 6,844 bags and 161 chests of the latter went off well also at 63s to 69s for low to fine white, at 59s to 65s for yellow, and 65s to 71s for Dobah kind. FOREIGN.—There has been a better demand privately for these descriptions, and at rather improved rates for Java. MOLASSES.-100 puns Antigua sold by auction at 275, and 26 puns Grenada at 235. COFFEE.—British Plantation has been steady privately, but at public sale 161 casks 96 barrels• Jamaica were mostly taken in at 42s to 94s for ord to mid. Foreign sorts have been brisk ; 176 barrels Rio partly found buyers, low mid at 70s to 745, and fine fine ord as high as 90s 6d per cwt ; 91 bags Havannah were taken in at 52s for good ord ; and 194 bags Costa Rica sold at 55s 6d to 57s per cwt. Mocha has been sold to some extent privately, and at a rise of 6s to 8s Per cwt. At public sale 364 bales 72 bags realised fer mid yellowish clean garbled 81s, but most of the rest was taken in at 65s to 80s. In East India 126 bags Singapore Java partly sold at 29s to 38s, and higher prices have been paid than before the budget was announced. COCOA.—There has not been much demand ; 108 bags British Plantation sold at 44s to 46s for Grenada, and 46s 6d to 508 for Trinidad. RUM.—There has been a steady but dull market. CorroN.—The market has been dull. SALTPETRE.—The demand has been limited, and the par cels offered were mostly taken in. Rim—This article has been dull; mid to good white at lOs 3d to II s per cwt. SPICES.-600 chests Cassia Lignea sold rather lower. Pimento and Pepper have been in fair demand privately. DRY SALTERY.—Indigo has been in good request for ex portation at fully previous rates. There has been a good business in Lac Dye, which is held for higher prices as rt-- gards ord. Cochineal meets a steady sale at fair prices. Brimstone is without alteration; and Logwood and rustic have sold well. TOBACCO.—During the past three or four weeks a good business has been transacted, au 2,000 hhds of all descrip tions have found buyers. The chief business has been in Kentucky; strips 4id to 51d, and leaf 2iel to 4-id per lb. TEA.—The public sales have comprised 36,800 packages, only 700 having found buyer?, and prices ranging a shade lower. Congou is id. for ord to good, and Is Id to is 2d for but mid ; Twankay Is lid to 1 3d, for good ord to but mid. The stock is 27,600,0001b5, in the port of London, or much the same as last year. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is quoted 40s 6d to 41s per cwt, being steady. ACCIDENT TO TEE EARL OF BANDON.—Yester day afternoon, about half-past three .o'clock, an accident occurred to the Earl of Bandon. The Noble Lord, attended by his groom, was riding up Bond-street, in the direction of Oxford-street, when, on arriving at the corner of Union - street, his horse stumbled, and threw him over its head with great violence. His Lordship's forehead coming in contact with the ground, he was rendered insensible. He was in stantly assisted by the bystanders into the shop of Mr. Fisher, surgeon, of 76, New Bond-street, where, on examina tion, it was discovered that he had sustained but slight in jury. A bruise on his forehead having been dressed, he was enabled to remount his home, and proceed to his residence in Connaught-terrace. The anniversary of the birthday of the Duke of Wellington was celebrated by his Grace's tradesmen on Wednesday, the Ist of May, by dining together at the Albion, Afdersgate-street. The toasts to the Queen and the Royal Family were drunk with the greatest demonstrations of respect and loyalty ; but the toast of the evening, " Eng land's hero and pride, the Duke of Wellington, and lorg may he live," was carried with enthusiastic applause. The plea sure o: the evening was increased by some excellent singing from Mr. Hudson and other professional gentlemen. The entertainment was in every respect worthy of the reputa tion of Messrs. Staples, the proprietors of the establishment, and also of the occasion which it was intended to comme morate. There is a rumour in the more select political circles that Lord Wharncliffe will probably be appointed Governor- General of India in the room of Lord Ellenborough. —Post, The Lord Mayor had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. TAYLOR V. CLEMSON. The further arguments in this part-heard writ of error were proceeded with, and occupied their Lordships the whole morning. CHANCERY-(THIS DAY). The LORD CHANCELLOR took lunatic petitions and ap peals to-day. IN THE CASE OF DYCE SOMBRE, A LUNATIC. This case came before the Court upon the petition of Mr. Dyce Sombre, late M.P. for Sudbury, praying the super seding of the commission that had been issued against him. Sir Thomas Wilde and Mr. 'Wakefield were specially re tained on behalf of Mr. Ds ce Sombre. Mr. Bethel' and Mr. Calvert appeared for the committee of the person, Mrs. Dyce Sombre, and Mr. Tinney for the com mittee of the estate. _ _ _ Sir T. Wilde was about to •pen the petition, when Mr. BETHELL, on behalf of the committee of the person, took a preliminary objection to its being heard, on the ground that Mr. Dyce Sombre was in Paris, and could not be exa mined by the Chancellor as to his state of mind. The Learned Counsel submitted that no case had ever occurred in which the Court had superseded the Commission without seeing the object of it. ',lr. CALVERT followed on the same side. Sir T. WILDE and Mr. WAKEFIELD contended that it was not a necessary ingredient in superseding a Commission that the Chancellor should see the object of it. After some discussion, in which the Lord Chancellor re peatedly stated his strong opinion that he ought to see Mr. Dyce Sombre before he could venture to supersede the Com mission, and it being intimated by Sir Thos. Wilde that Mr. Dyce Sombre had an impression that if he came to this coun try he would be deprived of his liberty, Mr. BETIIELL, on the part of the committee of the person, gave an undertaking that if Mr. Dyce Sombre came to this country, nothing should be done to interfere with his liberty exeept under the order and sanction of the Lord Chancellor. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought, if what had How been done was communicated properly to Mr. Dyce Sombre, he would not hesitate to come to this country. If he did so, he might feel assured that he (the Lord Chancellor) would do nothing to interfere with his liberty, unless he committed acts of violence, and from what he (the Lord Chancellor) had heard of the course of conduct pursued by Mr. Dyce Sombre abroad, he believed that he would commit no such acts. The only object he (the Lord Chancellor) could have in view was the interest of Mr. Dyce Sombre, and that alone. The petition was then ordered. to stand over. TULLOCH v. HARTLEY. The Court then proceeded with the further arguments in this appeal, which occupied the Court the remainder of the morning. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY). (Before the MASTER of the Rotas.) Several causes put down in the paper were ordered to stand over until Trinity Term. The Court went through the list of petitions, and ruse shortly before eleven. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY). The VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND was occupied the whole morning with unopposed petitions, short causes, and petitions, none of which possessed any points of interest. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BRucE.) His Honour was engaged during the morning in disposing of cause petitions, none of which involved any feature of pub lic interest. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. IVIGRA3I.) 'HAVES V. HUIVES. This case came before the Court on further directions and on petition. His Honour pronounced judgment only on one point in the case; then proceeded with the part-heard case of King v. Wilson, which came on for hearing upon further directions and costs. BAIL COURT,-,(THIS DAY). (Before Mr. Justice CoLERIDGE.) THE HILL U a E p E p N I i *l t D TIIE CORPORATION OF LONDON. Mr.o the Court for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, calling u p on th e L or d M a y or and Aldermen of the City of London, t o a d m it M r . W. Ashurst, an attorney of this Court, an att orne y o f the Lord Mayor's Court. The app licati on was made under the statute 6 and 7 Victoria, which enacts, that an attorney of a higher court may be admitted an attorney of an inferior court. Mr. Ashurst had made his application according to the form pre scribed, and had also produced the documents required by the Act, but the Recorder had so much doubt upon the sub ject that he advised an application to this Court for a man damus.—Rule granted. COMMON P S in t e T o.) HlS DAY.) The Court took the sp ecial paper to-day ; but nothing 01 the least importance occurred. (SittingsLEA EXCHEQUEICOURT-THIS DAY (Sittings in Banco.) The Court heard motions to-day, hut those that were dis posed of to a late hour of the day were totally devoid o: interest. BOW-STREET , -(THIS DAY.) A respectable -looking man, named Gardner, the money- N ert il w lia as m Stubbins, at the theatre, placed before Mr. Jardine, le t a a hs l a c t e r ng r ie a gd t h i e t t assaulting Theatre, t. The complainant stated that he went to the pit of the theatre last night with his wife. He put down half-a-crown to pay for admission at half-price ; and when he got into the pit with his wife, he suddenly remembered that he had not received the sixpence change. He went back to the de faidant, and told him of the circumstance, and the defendant said lie had given the sixpence, and if somebody else had taken it up, he could not help it. The complainant became rather excited, and told the defendant that if he did not give him the sixpence, he would be acting as a swindler. Upon this the defendant struck the witness a violent blow in the mouth, arid he was, in consequence, given into custody. The defendant said the complainant was very insolent and offensive in his behaviour. When the complainant came to him he examined his cash, and found that it was correct ; and he therefore told the complainant that he should not give him the sixpence back. Upon this the complainant called him a swindler and a vagabond. - Mr. JARDINE said this was not sufficient to justify a blow. As, however, there was some provocation, he would only in flict a penalty of 10s.—The money was immediately paid. MARYLEBONE.- 7 ('THIS DAY.) Charles Barret, a young man of gentlemanly appearance, described as an artist, was placed before Mr. Long, charged by one of the park-keepers of the Regent's-park, with having cut some letters upon-one of the seats there. The park-keeper stated that seeing the defendant rising from the seat he went there, and found that it had been in jured. He therefore took him into custody. The defendant had nothing to say in extenuation. Mr. Fell, the chief clerk, suggested that the defendant, being an artist, might wish to leave upon record a specimen of wood engraving. Mr. LONG did not wish to repress genius, but public pro perty must be protected.—Fined 10s. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Two notorious young pickpockets, named Ilittr• and Jones, were charged before Mr. Trail w ith stealing a silk handker chief from the pocket of Mr. Fenwick, the firework-manufac turer, in the Borough-road. The complainant stated that on the preceding afternoon, as he was walking along the Westminster-road, he felt a tug a t his coat pocket, and missed a silk handkerchief. He turned round and saw the two prisoners and another lad (not in cu s tody) immediately behind him, and at th e same time saw the handkerchief fall on the ground from one of them. He sei ze d the two prisoners, and the lad (not in custody) picked up the handkerchief, and, holding it up, offered to give it to the owner if he would let his companions go. During this pro ceeding the prisoners made ;the most vigorous attempts to escape, by kicking and biting the complainant, but he held them firmly until a policeman came up and took them into custody.: Both the prisoners have been repeatedly in custody on si milar charges to the above, and they were committed. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 3.—Light north-easterly breeze, and fine. DEAL, MAY 2.—Wlltd N.E., Imoderate.—Acrd. Autiman, Groat; Rio, for Antwerp ; Columbine, Robertson, Aux Cayes, for ditto. Sid. Meg Merrilies, Sydney; Angelina, Hobart Town; Courier and Mary Stuart, Cape of Good Hope; Gla phyra, St. Kitt's ; Cintha, Quebec; her Majesty's ship Nau tilus, on a cruize ; Bilton, Calcutta; and the rest of the out ward-bound. 0 F SALCOMBE, APRIL 29.—Lafayette, Costay, China. MILFORD, MAY l.—Sld. Cabotia, New York. WEY FORD, 31 AY L —The Thomas Lambert, from Newport, in making this harbour yesterday, got ashore on the point of the Forth, but is expected off next tide. THURSO, APRIL 29.—The Star, of Inverness, from Liver pool to Dingwall, ashore on the sands of Dunnett, has become a total wreck. LIVERPOOL, MAY 2.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W., light.—Arrd. Albert (steamer), Wexford, with 207 packages of goods from the Georgina. Sld. Areta, Singapore; Quintan, Leitch, Bora- SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubltt Optitton. " Who runs may read." rostEitil4. On Tuesday, at one o'clock, on the occasion of the eve of the King's fete, his Majesty the King of the French, surrounded by the Royal Family, received in the hall of the throne the Archbishop of Paris and his clergy. At eight in the evening the King received the ladies of the diplomatic corps, and at half-past eight the Council of State. Their Majesties received on Monday evening Lord Cowley, Marshal Soult, the Minister of the Marine, the Chancellor of France, the Duke de Fezensac, the Marquises de Chasseloup Lauhat, Counts Simeon, de Saint ericq, de la Tourettt•, de Monthion, de Bruce, and Dietrichstein, the Earl of Dun more, Lord William Russell, and a number of other persons of distinction. On Tuesday, the Duchess of Kent and the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, went, at three o'clock, to view the Luxembourg, where they were received and attended by the Grand Referendary and the Duchess Decazes. After being present at the sitting of the Chamber of Peers for nearly an hour, their Royal Highnesses visited all the various parts of the Palace. They returned to the Tuileries at four o'clock. General Van Halen, Count de Peracamps, has arrived in Paris from Belgium. The mail which left Paris on Tuesday last at half-past six o'clock in the evening for Nantes, arrived there on 'Wednes day, at half-past four in the afternoon, having performed the journey in 22 hours, being at the rate of four leagues and a half an hour. A letter from Dresden of the 20th ult. states that a de plorable duel was lately fought at Tharandt, between the Count de SeckendorLand the Baron de \Vender, both pupils of the Royal Forest School of the town, and neither scarcely 17 years of age. The weapons were pistols. Baron de Wender had the first fire. The ball entered the temple of his adversary, who instantly fell dead at his place. The young Baron fled, but has since been arrested at Freyberg, and will be brought to trial. The original cause of the meeting was a dispute at billiards. A young man was lately arrested at Bayonne as he alighted from the Madrid diligence. It was at first supposed that he was some political offender, but he turned out to be the coachman of M. de Rothschild at Madrid, who had robbed his master and made off. He has partly confessed, it is said, and a sum of 300,000 f. has been proved to have been taken. The theft, however, amounts to much more. During the last review in the Champ de Mars, a young man, under twenty years of age, in attempting to cross the ground during a charge of cavalry, was thrown down and trampled under the horses' feet. He was taken up lifeless, with his skull fractured and a shoulder put out. A cui rassier also fell in the charge, but was only slightly hurt. On Tuesday while a gentleman was bathing in the Seine, two Newfoundland dogs from the watering-place at the Quai de la Monnaie, both animals, excited by some unknown cause, swam with all their speed into the middle of the river, and then dived. On coming again to the surface each held in his mouth what appeared at first to be a bundle of linen, but which, as they dragged it to the shore, proved to be the body of a well-dressed woman, between thirty and forty years of age. It appeared that the unfortunate woman had been but a short time in the water, and, from a letter found on her person, had committed suicide. LAW AND POLICE. In the Sheriff's Court the following persons were pro claimed as out-laws :—Thomas Read Kemp, Sir Thomas Houland Roberts, Bart., Edward Tuke, Mathew Rudsdale, Francis James Nugee, Frank Whitworth Sykes, Thomas Burrell Phipson, Harriet Massey, P. F. Bordmane, Samuel Bertee Ambrosse, William Pyne, Augustus Villiers, George Jackson, William Leith Hay, James Whitten Arundel, Thomas James Vyner, Charles Wing, Gilbert Bolden, George Hawker, William Wright, F. A. Stockpole, William Richard Arthur Pole Tinley Long Wellesley, John Davie, William Wood, John Salmon, William Walter, Hugh Mills Bum bery, James Anthony Emlee, Charles Francis Adey, and Montague George Smith. At the Mansion House Mr. Cope, the Governor of New gate, waited upon the Lord Mayor, in consequence of his Lordship's desire to communicate with him on the subject of a report which had become very prevalent, to the effect that all the prisoners who had been tried with Barber, repeatedly declared that delinquent to be innocent of the knowledge that, in the proceedings adopted for getting the sums of money sworn to as bequeathed to the different legatees, out of the hands of the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, there had been any unfair play what ever resorted to. Barber had expressed a wish that the other prisoners should sign a declaration that through all the transactions he only acted as a professional man, and that he had no knowledge of the frauds. This they have all refused to do, with the exception of Mrs. Saunders ; Mrs. Dorey alleges that Barber knew all about it. It was to state publicly that the other prisoners had refused to sign such a document that Mr. Cope waited on the Lord Mayor. His Lordship said it was necessary to remove wholly the impression that Barber, who was shrewd and clever enough to take in all the rest, was himself the dupe of any of them. The Court at Bow-street was crowded to excess, in con sequence of a man, who was deaf and dumb, and believed to be insane, being secured about an hour before the business commenced while attempting to commit self-destruction. He had gone into a barber's shop to be shaved, and there at tempted to cut his throat, but was prevented doing himself any injury. Greif for the death of his wife, to whom he was much attached, was stated to be the cause of the attempt. He was removed to the Strand Union. A young woman named Susan- Doherty, was charged at Marylebone, with having robbed Miss Elizabeth Hodgson, of 17, Old Cavendish-street, with whom she lived as servant, of property to a considerable amount. She was committed for trial. Miss Julia Elizabeth Scales, a good-looking young woman, of 18 years of age, was finally examined at Lambeth-street for the wilful murder of her female illegitimate infant, on the 22d of March last. She was committed for trial. CO MOM A.ki Prince Albert is expected to be at the annual dinner of the Royal Academy to-morrow, when all the Ministers, the Duke of Sutherland, Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Francis Egerton, and a very distinguished party dine together. The Duke of Devonshire left Devonshire House on Thurs day afternoon for i is residence at Kemp-town, Brighton, where the Noble Duke remains for a week, and will then come to town and give a series of parties. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have arrived at Northumberland House, from Alnwick Castle, Northum berland, for the season. His Grace is recovered from his late severe attack of gout. The Duke of Richmond, the Earls of Egmont, March, and Winterton, the Bishop of Chichester, and the leading gentry and clergy in the county, have engaged to attend the annual dinner of the Petworth Agricultural Association, on the 10th of next month. Lady Pollock, the wife of the hero of Affghanistan, arrived in town yesterday from India, with her daughter, by the Dover Railway. Sir R. and Lady Sale will arrive in England next week as passengers in the Great Liverpool, from Alexandria, which is due at Southampton on the Bth inst. Lady Harriet Baring, after a lengthened residence in Italy for the benefit of her health, arrived from Nice on Wednesday last, much recovered. PSI 4C3061,11.1411M0U9. The annual distribution of prizes and honorary certificates to the students of St. Bartholomew's Hospital took place on Thursday, in the large hall, which was crowded with the medical professors, governors of the establishment, the students, and their friends. The President of the institution, Matthew Prime Lucas, Esq., Alderman, was in the chair. On the same day an anniversary dinner in support of the Society for Relieving Foreigners in Distress, was celebrated at the London Tavern, the Duke of Cambridge in the chair, supported by Lord Arundel and Surrey, Count Reventlow, Minister from the Court of Denmark; Count Bjornstjerna, Minister from the Court of Sweden ; Baron Rothschild, and numerous other persons interested in the welfare of the charity. The report showed among the subscribers, her Majesty 1001., the Queen Dowager 10/., the King of Denmark 1001., Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., 101. 10s. ; the gross sum amounted to upwards of 1,5001. The anniversary meeting of the Sunday Schools Union took place in the evening of Thursday at Exeter Hall. Mr. Hindley, M.P., in the chair. About four thousand persons were present. On the platform were W. B. Gurney, Esq., short-hand writer to the Houses of Parliament, the Rev. D. Morrison, Rev. J. Sherman, Rev. Robert Young, and a long list of other gentlemen, lay as well as clerical, in connexion with the dissenting interest. It appeared from the report that within a circle of five miles of the metropolis there were 481 schools, 9,369 teachers, and 93,797 scholars—(Applause) —there was yet accommodation in the various schools for 10,000 more children. The London City Mission held its ninth annual meeting in the large room, Exeter-hall, yesterday. The chair was taken by Mr. Plumptre, M.P. The room was crowded in every part. The report consisted of many interesting accounts of the labours of the missionaries, and of their success in res cuing from vice and crime several hundred persons. The funds last year exceeded the amount received the previous year by 2,027/. 9s. 2d., being 8,781/. 14s. 4d. The ex penses were upwards of 7001. per month, which went to pay 101 missionaries, and current expenses. FIRING PRINCE ALBERT'S PLANTATIONS, NEAR BAOSROT.—WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—lnformation has just reached Windsor of a most diabolical act of incendiarism which has been committed upon the extensive plantations in the forest, near Bagshot, the property of Prince Albert, which was purchased some time since by his Royal High ness, and which formerly belonged to the late Duke of Glou cester. At an early hour yesterday morning the plantations were discovered to have been fired, and in the course of the day and last night upwards of 700 acres have been totally destroyed. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF PORTLAND. —Yesterday (Thursday) morning the Duchess of Portland was found by the housekeeper dead in bed at Welbeck Abbey. Her Grace (who occupied'a separate room from the Duke retired to rest overnight in her usual health, which has not been good for several years. This melancholy circum stance will, it is feared, be such a shock upon his Grace as to further impair his constitution.—From a Correspondent. LAUNCH OF ANOTHER GREAT STEAMER—THE CITY OF LONDON.—Within the last few days a stupendous iron steam-ship, the largest that has ever been built in this country, with the exception of the Great Britain, was launched from the works of Mr. R. Napier, on the banks of the Clyde, at Govan, near Glasgow. This monster of en gineering skill is intended for the London and Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company, and when completed will run between those ports. She is named .the City of London, and will undoubtedly be one of the finest and largest steam vessels that ever entered the Thames. She has been viewed by several of her Majesty's naval surveyors, who have given a very high opinion as to her form of build t both in beauty and speed, as also to the strength and security of her con struction. She is almost entirely composed of iron, the only wood about her being the spars, decks, and the ornamental work in the saloon and cabins, which is of the finest oak. In order that she may be rendered as sea-u orthy as possi ble, the builder has divided her hull into four watertight compartments, so that, in the event of her meeting with an accident, and causing a leakage, she cannot, under any cir cumstances, become filled, and thereby founder, as was the case with the Pegasus, and many other packets. Her -ex treme length is 231 feet, depth of hold 20 feet, and length of beam 32 feet ; poop 65 feet long, which is erected four feet above the main deck. Her complete measurement amounts to 1,116 tons, and she will be fitted with two engines of 230, horse power each. The ceremony of launching passed off admirably. A large number of the neighbouring gentry and Directors of the Company were in attendance ; the shores on each side being lined with spectators. It is considered that in six or eight weeks she will be completed and placed on the station. THE FARMERS.—This class of persons already (since the Budget was opened on Monday evening) begin to avow their wish for an immediate repeal of the corn-laws, seeing clearly that they will go in a while. They feel that rents must then come down, and until then they know it will be impossible to hold up ae„Ainsi: the sliding policy of their " friend" Sir Robert. The election juggle of 1841 is now g; an end.—From a Correspondent, 1 COURT CIRCULAR. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—Her Majesty we are WV' to state is much better. Her Royal Highness tile Duchess of Cambridge arrived at Marlborough House in a pony carriage from her residence at Kew yesterday morning, and visited her Majesty. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge also paid a visit to her Majesty. The following bulletin was issued yesterday : " The Queen Dowager has passed a good night, and her Majesty is advancing satisfmtorily to recovery. " Marlborough House, " DAVID DAVIES. " May 2, 1844. " ROBERT KEATE." The inquiries at Marlborough House yesterday, the part of the Diplomatic Corps and the Nobility an d Gentry, were very numerous. THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER.—Her Royal High neS 5 passed a good night on Wednesday night, and we sre happy to state is going on very favourably. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Camb rid g e visited their Illustrious Relative at Gloucester House yesterday. The Duchess of Cambridge afterwards pro ceeded to her residence at Kew. The Queen and Prince Albert took their daily walks in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace yesterday His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting, rode out on horse back, yesterday forenoon. The Royal family were taken airings yesterdaft iii the Royal Gardens. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, Y es i terday evening, included his Highness the Prince ° Oettingen Wallerstein. the Duchess of B u ccleutd); . the ,f Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, the Marques Douro, and the Earl of Aberdeen. The Health of Towns Commission sat yesterday after' noon at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. The C om missione rs ; present were the Duke of Buccleuch, the Rol el Lincoln, Mr. Robert Aglionby Slaney, Mr. Get'r Graham, Sir Henry Thomas Do la Bale, Mr. D el ' Boswell Reid, Mr. Richard Owen, Hunterian Profeg°r of the College of Surgeons, Captain "1 homas Mr. James Ranald Martin, and Mr. James Smith, l)eanston. A Deputation on the subject of vinegar, c cnsistingi Mr. Charles Pott, Mr. William Pott, Mr. Brandon, ,311:;. Burnett, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Payne, had an inter vie7 s with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, hi official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an in ter* view with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Dean 11 ' 1 7, also an interview with the Chancellor of the Excheq uer yesterday. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy-Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Harbour Commission had a meeting yesterdsrt 'afternoon, Gwydyr House, Whitehall; Admiril l Byam Martin in the chair. --- HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE' be d farewell Carlotta Grisi took her benefit and '.' 0 „ 1 : farewell for the seasoa last evening, on which eeee si i ,," , - 0; Mozart's chef d'auvre (we are almost inclined to say chef d'oeuvre opera) 11 Don Giovanni, was performe d' l 'j the first time this season. Either of these causes n a j have been singly sufficient to have produced a crow b w, house ; as it was the house was an overflowing one, ds far the most crowded house of the season. Crown besieged the doors long before they were opened---te crush was terrific—within ten minutes after they ic, opened the pit and gallery were crowded to suffocall 0 0 ; and at the commencen.ent of the overture there was n a box or a stall unoccupied. The cast of the opera we, the same as last year, with the exception of the eheF a e di ter of Donna Elvira, which was last evening susta l .' ne • by Mademoiselle Favanti. She g ave her o Pe el ifir . scena with admirable effect, and sang mos t c arefe'i e and excellently in the concerted pieces. The trio "Y ea tegga giusto cielo" in the first act was exquis it given by Grisi, Mario, and herself, and its repetition loudly called for. It is clear that Favanti does not / I I alone to her wonderful powers of voice—her ca re 0 execution of Mozart's beautiful mettle proves that sb e o studying diligently and practising assiduously.; her go on in this course and the day is nut far dill. when she will aohieve for herself a position in her P o o fession which the proudest might envy. Grisi's De F ri g, Anna was a magnificently impassioned piece of a eti o re Nothing could exceed the intensity with which she g - s if the words "E carnefice del padre mio "—and th e ', je which immediately follows it, " Or sai chi l'onore which she urges her lover to revenge her father's d e 7;0 Fornasari is more at home in the Don than he was i s season, he was then rather too studied—probablY 1 1 10 1 the part being new to him ; l a st ni g ht, ho w ever, he the character completely within his grasp, and thrlo degree of reckless abandonment into the part, which " most effectually. He rattled off the " Finche dal v ll 7 O in admirable style, while in the " Lu ci darem la leag - , 1 . in which he was admirably supported by Madame 1 0 siani, as Zerlina, he seemed the very soul of tendelp and love ? What shall we say of the glorious Lelv re re of Lablache. It was perfect from the first scene to ti.o stage last ; whenever he was on the the audience IV° io the titter—audiences at her Majesty's theatre hello, general too genteel o indulge in a hearty laugh• ee k blache, however, not unfrequently forced them to set quette at defiance, and to indulge in a hearty roar a l ". j 0 inimitable droll, ries. He is decidedly the first etta ° ., o , the world. Frederick Lablache, as Masetto, showed W .- if self the worthy son of a worthy sire. Indeed , 0 his Masetto had not been good, it would have b onpsrdon..ble, seeing he had Madame Persiani for Zerlina. Nothing could exceed th e b eaut if u l end y simplicity with which she act e d th e coquet tish coool t o' maiden, and her clear, silvery voi ce did am ple justior'3 the beautiful music of Mozart. Her "Baas B a tts, 0 11 . Masetto" was decidedly the gem of the opera, and' n $ P m titer of course, it was rapturously encored. B"- - I 's itely, too, did she sing the beautiful wattna the second act " Vedrai carino." There was 9 ' ll et of archness mingled with tenderness about her of giving this de,icious air, which told most effe,etive' Mario made a spirited Don Ottavio, and his last cav at „ i ic 0 "11 m'o tesoro," was given with exquisite tender — ot and pathos, and the audience were so delighted its conclusion they called for him twice to come for to receive their plaudits. The orchestra, under the 7: 0 tion of Costa, gave the overture magnificently, alt. c lo tainly it is impossible for the chef d'ceuvre of 15 14) 7, lot be more effectively given as a whole than it wel i , - t e* evening.. Between the first and second act, Cal,';e- Grisi and Perrot danced, and the ballet of La -D- t t if ralda concluded the evening's entertainments. Th e 09 beneficiare was welcomed most rapturously wil elz bete first made her appearance, and, after every daub er quets in profusion were showered upo n h e r by n e 'ir wirers. Immediately after the conclu s ion of the b a th , we understand, she left for the terminus of the Sl io r Eastern railway, where a special train was in i t eel to convey her to Dover, as she is under an engage:o to appear at the opera in Paris to-morrow eve";itls treat credit is due to Mr. Lumley, f o r the spirit `tiff which has made these arrangements, in order t 9 gr / /da, his patrons with one more performance of La Fame /1 1 4 st by delaying the departure of Carlotta Grisi to the °o , moment. The h use continued crowd e d until the elusion of the ballet. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. e ra' op Madame Anna Thillon, the prima do n na of the a Comique at Paris, made her debut at this th e atre last e ing in Auber's opera Les Diamans de la Couronne, a j t l er; lash verson of which was produced for the occ asion, u, 13 , i -dianti "' title of The Crown Jewels. The mus i c i s s p ar kling, .' ‘ age and completely Auberish, and the plot is one of those sr w hicli melo-dramatic mixtures of ruffianism and elegane- - ei o gslo Auber so delights to illustrate. A young Queen of in order to replenish her exha u st e d exc h equer , deterli g to pawn the Crown jewels, and e m ploy s th e chief of a &sr bandits and coiners for this purpose, he at the same tiP t heit dertaking to manufacture false ones, to substitute iii ivot la room. The Queen visits the robbers at their d lost . and there meets with a young Nobleman who b i a, be P i his way, and wh o f a ll s d es p era t e l y i n l ove with She afterwards me e t s h er l over a t th e ho use f rag the Minister of Poli ce , an d th e y oung no bl em an belie l d her to be a robber, i s i n th e grea t es t d rea d, ex pecting 04 ,0 1 instant to see her a rr e s t e d. Th e espieglerie wit h lat e Thillon gave this scene wa s i n i m it a bl e . Sh e se emed 'O l Ji• revel in the agonies of poor Allen, who acted the 'Alt• e f number of amusing incidents succeed, until at last, all i* je plained ; and the Queen from her throne announces re o il' termination to take the yo ung N o bl eman as MK' 5L13!", The success of Madame Thill on was mos t com plet_ e . not been on the stage ten minutes before site ' no d been;:ecil great a favourite with the English, as she 1 , , w ith the :-;„, tei's audience. Her features are handsome, e xtreme ly and very expressive. Her eyes are b': anent and platf IP' her smile is one of the most 'WV:telling ever behen' o rieti t voice is deliciously sweet, and 14 Capable of t h e u tmost v l oos of expression. Now she melts her hearers: 1 8 1 slif t to tears by the impassioned tenderness w h ;,, c oot throws into a love ballad, and anon she astonishes ~ ',„pirlY„) her wonderful fioriture in the clearness, neatness, au, u of which she equals Persiani herself. \Vith these ati"; t it is not astonishing that Madame Thillon should be 11 e ti ,i versa' favourite. H er success last night was pre - en u ie and Mr. Maddo x h as a dd e d to the number of the oblig a: a r e under which the musi ca l p u bli c o f t hi s country airrnt,.St„lft to him, by his en gagemen t o f t hi s very facinating a'; 1 " t 1 ing actress and singer. We are delighted, too, ,c) be a r' A , although Madame Thillon is the Prima Donna of th e si Comique in Paris,_sh e i s , by b irt h, our c o untry ;;°e She was a Miss Hunt. At th e conc l us i on s he made ••,?, pearance twice before the curt a in, in o b e di en ce to th e 7 4 - ap p the audience, and was each time received with sbe hts ,, lad p plause and showers of bouquet s . Th e house cro on o the ceiling, and we have no doubt but that Madam e f o ,a6 and The Crown Diamonds will draw similar houses es her engagement lasts. 61 THE LATE MATCH FROM LONDON TO W I of o f Igo - The parties to this match, after th e performance re d Y e , one of the horses engaged died of exhaustion , aPPr; t ip i e , tertian at the instance of Mr. Thomas, secretarY themes ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to nimals, at wa s f u ll s hall, Windsor. The charge of excessive cruelty,„ bors, substantiated against the driver and owner lirL.uwilliattvii which subsequently died of his exertions, 8 ,. of Moseley, and lie was convicted in the full pens- 1 0 7 , n r ider,. costs, A Mr. Henry Bond, a medical student, V at, o s e the other horse, was then proceeded against, f no d gr e i animal he rode was described as having been in% in 0 17, 4 distressed, the charge was dismissed. Mr. Thomas, 1t 1,11,1 to a question from one of the bystanders, reirmeLin i s , law, however efficient against these vulgar ci not• reach the parties to the recent steeple-chew Job° three fine horses had perished. Car ter ; tri .. .,.# 111 SMUGGLlNG.—Yesterday EtiWar— &with gerf i t Of yacht Dai called an lja t m he es 'Train, at the Woolwich Police-court, charge nd w e 'g umPui 3sof-h In a contraband tobacco. Samuel Charles H c sou „ ff on board that vessel upwards of three thousLei,abold, spector of the Coast Guard Service, and , w i J s o i h s, n o s f on io th th e ne r w s e t r e e r baronducgrbetvibs3:ssrog,. con"' -AI the vess e A to 5/.. - e i Purfleet, and demanded to know what oceetlev• v efis The prisoners replied nothing. They lo arts o f the • her, and found stowed away in different a P, A ppolbs to Custom-house officer, deposed that the, boarded the 1 1 9 0 :41 62 bales, containing between 3,0001b5. tobacco, which had not paid duty, and nn; t the So lis sid Saturday, in order to have the attendance of the priso.ne b. of the Customs to prosecute. One d nearly 500/. Mr. Traill said the caseTstboe it was rhubarb leaf steeped in tobacco. _. They a i r bailed, but Mr. Traill refased to take bail yenianaor "A 4 Or c 401 ve l the lan Jeei ZI jai lo t lal 41