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this establishment received its due share of attention on the part of the holiday-keeping public. The rooms were well filled throughout the day, and, as the exhibition is rich in every department of art, it did not fail to gratify the most sanguine expectations of the visitors. SUFFOLK-STRELIVifi'...a,LERY. The present exhibition is generOlf acknowledged to • one of its happiest displays. It is especially rich in landscapes, both portraits and compositions, and in other departments of art it maintains, at least, its pristine station. WATER-COLOUR EXHIBITION, PALL-MALL EAST. The fortieth exhibition of this society, which is now open, is generally deemed equal to the best which has occurred since the formation of the society. The exer • tions of the members appear to suffer no diminution ; but, on the contrary, they have rendered their present annual exhibition worthy the reputation they have ac quired in former years. The liberal patronage of the public has, in consequence, been their reward. NEW WATER-COLOUR EXHIBITION, PALL-MALL. The excellent quality of the specimens which adorn the walls of both these exhibitions is a proof of great attention paid by our artists to the cultivation of this branch of the fine arts, in which they have long been held to excel all the world. Like its predecessor, the exhibition-room of this society received its due share of the patronage of the holiday-keeping public. THE PARISIAN VENUS. This is an exhibition completely per se, having, from its peculiarity, no competitors in the metropolis. It consists of a beautiful model, in wax, of a recumbent female, on removing portions of the surface of which the whole internal organization of the body is displayed to view. Every part is finished with the most perfect accuracy as regards anatomical detail, and it may be re garded not only as an object of amusement but of useful information, in relation to the study of the human frame. THE PANORAMAS, LEICESTER-SQUARE. A strong desire to view our newly-acquired territory of Hong-Kong, of which Mr. Burford's Panorama is allowed to be a perfectly correct representation, was of course to be expected on such a day of recreation to the metropolitans as Whit-Monday. Independent of the exactitude of the resemblance, this panorama, like all which have from time to time emanated from the same hand, is entitled to high praise from its pictorial beauty And artist-like execution. The other panoramas on view at Mr. Burford's rooms t tra representations of Treport, with the landing of her Majesty and Prince Albert ; and a beautifully painted portrait of Baden Baden, the Cheltenham of Germany. THE DIORAMA. The dioramas on view were representations of the Abbey Church of St. Ouen, at Rouen, and of the Ex terior of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, at Paris. They are both painted by M. Renoux, who has obtained great celebrity in this country, for his happy talent in this species of painting. They are perfect optical illusions ; and when the gradual alteration of effect from open day light to tle3 gloom of night is in progress, the spectator Ands it difficult to conceive that he is not standing in the is oned:ate vicinity of the piles, the mimic representation pf sfhich he is contemplating. T 11.14 COSMORAMA, REGENT-STREET. These delightful views attracted much notice. The reptusentatious consist of the Colossal Statues of the Plain of Thebes in Upper Egypt, the Exterior of the Pantheon at Rome, La bier de Glace in Savoy, the Ex ter:or and Interior of St. Peter's at Rome, the Eruption of Mouut Vesuvius, in action ; the Lake of Thun, and the Ilippodtome at Constantinople. These views are painted ith so perfect an air of reality, that it is impos sil l not to witaire them. Some pleasing variations in „the ctLet of light are occasionally made, which add - -twerially to the interest of this exhibition. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. :fir. Horn's lectures upon the music of eight different rot t. : ,-, ntinue to be the principal novelties at this in structive ; and they, y the oau the ohysioseop ,, th :e h large dro-electric concour m se achine, of miscellan p en q u, e wieroscove, and t; e toys and instrutnents, Are capital objects for the atten tion and delectation of Whitsun visitors. There are several items of noveby added to the miscellaneous stores of this institution, and a now set of dissolving iews. ADELAIDE GALLERY. This is alv•sys a favourite haunt with holiday folks, and properly so, for it contains a vast number of objects „y the g ,„ kst i nt ,rest. Some accessions have been made late 1v to the stores of curious things with which its elm:libels and galleries are loaded. There are models, philosophical toys. and optical instruments in abundance; and at stated intervals there are short lectures on scientific sa..-cl general topics, which are full of amusing practical tilu.:trations. The dissolving views are still as fresh and 1 ,13 beautiful as ever ; and then there is the steam gun, the goo microscope, Monck Mason's aerial machine, be sides wooden railroads—the examination of which inter miuOn vary instructively with the disquisitions on mes merism, phrenology, anti mechanics, which are in pe riodical delivery by the professors in attendance. Mr. Clauget's colhetiou of photograph portraiture is one of Tale principal notabilities of the place, and the process itself may be seen in action on the roof of the gallery by the patentee and his assistants. 14,c, good of their kind. The proprietor employs just now a strong orchestra, capable of executing any description of music ; and the vocalists, in conjunction with it, are by po means uninteresting and unskilful people. EGYPTIAN HALL. General Tom Thumb is still the principal exhibition at g,f, gse rooms, and the 1 üb!ie interest in him does not teem io abate with acquaintance. Since the presenta tion of tti." little hero at Court, he has become an object of especial ptronage among the nobility and gentry, at svhose soirees .he is almost as frequent a visitor as the American Minisuer himself. For the Whitsun folks there is no doubt he will be a great card. Not only does he go through his Grecian statues, sing Yankee songs, and take snuiT as Napoleon, but at half-past twelve in the morning he paces the platform in the iden tical court-dress in which he paid his respects to the two Queens of England and the juvenile members of the :Royal Family. Think of that ye holiday-maker's ! A pretty sight is the General in this official coat of plum coloured velvet, this waistcoat of embroidered satin, these stockings of silk, and these ruffles of lace. Besides the attractions of the General, there are other things worth looking at in the room where he exhibits. There is Mr. Catlin's celebrated gallery of pictures, contain 41g multitudinous delineaLions of the prairie life, war fare, and costume of the Red ft;dians of North America. General Tom Thumb takes leave of the London pub tic on Saturday next, when, it is stated, he goes over to Faris to make his obeisance to Louis Philippe. THE EXHIBITION OF THE DECORATIVE WORKS FOR THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—This exhibition at the St. James' Bazaar, although better attended yester .day than on any previous day since its opening gra ituitously to the public, was nearly deserted, the number .of persons visiting it not reaching to more than 200 or 00 during the day. The cause for this laxity, as re gards numbers, is stated to arise from the fact of its not being known to be open to all free of charge. The works of art which attracted most notice was the splendid s pecimen of carving . by Mr. G. Rogers, the different styles of fresco pa i nt ing, and the designs for stained glass windows. THE TOWER OF LONDON.—The reduction in the -price of admission to view the armoury, and the crown :and other jewels kept within the Tower of London, ,caused a great influx of visitors to that national depo rsitory yesterday, all of whom appeared delighted with ;the evidences of England's former and present greatness. THE THAMES TUNNEL.—As at Easter, the stalls in i ;indertaking were decorated out with flags and ever greener with music at either end of the tunnel, playing favourite airs during the day. The number of persons passing through was very great. BRITISH MUSEUM.—The number of visitors to this national establishment yesterday was 25,558, being an increase of 7,148 as compared with Whit-Monday last year, when the number was 18,410. A few constables .of the A division, under the able direction of Sergeant !Neal, were in attendance, and the greatest order pre wailed throughout the day. UNGRATEFUL TREATMENT. THE STANMORE BREWERY, TOGETHER WITH SIXTY INNS AND PUBLIC-HOUSES, SEVERAL BEER-SHOPS, LAND, AND OTHER VALUABLE PROPERTY. yIR. W. W. SIMPSON respectfully announces that the above extensive property, which was advertised for Public Auction at the Mart, on Thursday, the 30th inst., IS DIS POSED OF BY PRIVATE CONTRACT. Bucklersbury, May 28, 1844. TO-MORROW. THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE'S PAMPH LET on the STATE of the NAVY of FRANCE, as com pared with that of ENGLAND, translated from the French. London: Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, Military Library, Whitehall. G RAVESEND STAR PACKETS. Fare, Eightpence or One Shilling, Boat and Railway included, From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, Daily at Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Three, Four, Six, Half-past Seven. The Trains leaving one quarter of an hour before each of these times. The Terrace Pier, Gravesend, From the Old Shades Pier, above London-bridge, Daily at Nine and Eleven. Greenwich Pier, Half-past Nine and Half-past Eleven. Roff's Wharf, Woolwich, Ten and Twelve. N.B.—These splendid and fast Packets convey the public at the lowest fares. Star Office, Gravesend, May 25, 1844. NEW SPORTING NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., HYDE MARS TO N; OR, A SPORTSMAN'S LIFE. By "CRAVEN." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING ,MAY 2S, Wiil be performed (for the lan lime this season) IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Elisetta, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Mdlle. Favanti ; Carolina, Madame Persiani ; Paolino, Sig. Mario ; Count Robinson, Sig. 1.. Lablaehe; and Geronimo, Sig. Lablache. Toconclibie with the Grand Ballet, in Six Tableaux, by M. Perrot, ant it led ONDINE, ou, LA NAIADS. The Scenery by Mr. W. Grieve. The music composed by Signor Pu gncipal cLaracte re by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Scheftkr. Mille 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. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re spectfully informed that there will be an extra Night (not included in the SubscriptionN ON THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 90, When will be performed Rossini's Opera of IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, by Madame Grist, Signor Mario, Signor Lablache, 4lgnor F. Lablache, and Signor Fornasarl. After which will be produced, a New Divertissement, composed by Mdlle. Cerito. e•ttitled LA VI VANDIERE, introducing La Redowa Polka, by:Mdlle. Cerito and M St. Leon. To be followed by the last scene of Rossini's Opera LA CENE- RENTOLA. La Ceneren. ola, Mdlle. Fivanti. To conclude with the Gran I flatlet enott ALMA (omitting the First Tableau), in which Mddes. Cerito and Frassi, and Mons. M. St. Leon and Perrot will appear. Applications for Bores, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, .Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will eommence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL. DRtJRY-L 4 FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. F;TZBALL. THIS EVENING, MAY QR, Will be performed the First Act of a New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W. Harrison; Count Ono Soranzo, Mr °lrani ; Naii,a, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdlle. Albert:4azi ; Francesca, Miss Romer. After which, ACIS AND GALATEA Cupid, Miss A. Payne; Acis, Mr. Barker ; Daman, Mr. Hudson ; Polyphemus, Herr Staudigl ; Galatea. Miss Romer. To conclude with BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Gnatbrain, Mr. Meadows; Blue Peter, Mr Barker; Black. Eyed Susan, Mrs. :stifling. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3a. ed. ; Upper Circle; of Boxes 58 .• Second Price :Is.; Pit :Is , Price es.; Middle Gallery 25., second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price &I. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mit. BEN►AMIN WERSTEH, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MAY '29, Will be repeated a New Originil Domestic Drama, entitled £HE SEMPSTRESS. Goldring, Mr. Stric land ; Bob Debit, Mr. f. Holl ; Plainwerd, Mr. Stun* , ; Mercy Golslring, Miss P. Horton; Lev Sparkle, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, Mr. Planche's Successful Comedy of THE FOL lES OF A NIGH T. Pierre Pallid% Mr Charles ,Mathews ; Duchess de Chartres, Madame Vestris. To be followed IN the evt,aordinary Performances of Professor RISLEY and his TWO INFANT SONS To conc'ude with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. Orchestra Stalls, 55.; Boxes, .`O3. Pit, Is. ; G a llery, 24.; Upper •lallery, Is. Half_priee -Boxes, r. 2 ; Pit, , ; Gallery, It. ; Upper Gallery, (Id. Doors openei at Ualf.past Six, and the Performances ommeace at Seven Tickets and Places to be ha,d of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box- Iffiee, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET., LESSEE. r .1. NI, NI A 11110 X. THIS F , V ENING. M Y 2q. Will be produced a New Drama, cAlled BLANCHE DE V A LM Y Colonel Chatillon Mr. Oranht ; Franval, Mr. Waftan : St Hilare, Mr. Walter Lacy; Pierre 11.4tix, Mr. Oxber y ; Blanche de Valmy, Madame Eugenie Prcrper Ju.tikte, Mi. Noel. After which, A MISTAKEN STORY. To be followed by aIA 1, r DIV F.R TISSE M ENT. To conclude with Tth HE DEVIL'S IN IT. tHEAPRE ROY L LYCEUM. LATE ENGLISH OPERA.. OUSE. tinder the agerA ent of Mrs. KEELEY. " Open Sesame; or, a N-ght with the Forty Thieves " rontigues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable audiences THIS EV uNINn MAY 2S, Will be repeated a New and Comic Drama, cal ed TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE. rine pal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keely, and Emery, !~lies E, Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To which will be aetled a New Comedietta. entitled THE WHITE iEATHER. Princ4ml Charact,7, by Messrs. F. Virthig, Collier, Craven, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, Fairbrother To be followed by In A 0r.,p07 Bagatelle. called POLK kMA NI A Characters by Mr. .F. Ma...hews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs K e.• To conclude with z 0 na Bride que Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; o:. a Sight with the Forty Thieves. < ha. meters by Miss Wo.,lgar, al: is E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Pinner, Miss Grove. M Wig in, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, snd Mrs. Keeley, Weirs F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADM V ON.—Bid,,ny roxes, 45.; Upper tiksl , Kiel;;lsoM. ii?C I . 11 . BATrtiiiiThß2M tier :holding eight person 'l tx , Guineas Private Poxes on the Second Pier (ho!ding eight p..rsons), one Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea. - ASTLEY'S Rfr. A I AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Prom etr , .Lu'ager, Mr. BATTY. Splendid Whifsun Holiday Fe' es. iftls Ft/ENING. MAY '2B, Will be repeated a , enti , e new M litary and Naval Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAIT; or, The Conquests of Amoy by B itisli Arms. New Scenery. Dresses, Appointments, kc., to realise the recent tri nnphs of England's Army ,nd Navy. Entire Cha.ige in !he icenes of the Circle. Brilliant Cavalcade—Feats of Horse'n .nship—The celebrated Polka Dance by Mille. Cushnie and Signor Milano. To c nclude with a I aughable Farce 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 hare been re .m.structed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage-in s lager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAYMOI , 7B ROY,Ir. SURREY THEATRE Extraordinary Novelty—EngafTement of Mr. G. Wieland, and Three Entirely New Pieces. THIS EVENING, MAY 25, Will be repeated a New Drama in Three Acts, entitled THE INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE in which Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks,,Honnor, Vale, Lewis, end Johnson; Mrs. H. Vining, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs Hicks, will perform. After which a New Burlesque e,ititled.OEOßGEY BARN WELL. Rupported by Messrs. Vale, Neville, Heslop, Mrs. Da'y, and Miss ferrey. To conclude with a Grand F..l:y Spectacle c lied THE SPRITE OF THE SNOW DRIFT. Zimmeir. the Sprite, by Mr. G. Wieland. Superb Scenery an Dres,es Extraordinary effects, and wonderful feats. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box_ ,dice, from Eleven to Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. OPEN FVEuY EVENING. FIRST WEEK OF MADEMOISELLE ROSSINI, IN ADDL TION TO THE WIZARD'S NEW WONDERS. The Great WIZARD OF 9 HE NORTH is proud to announce to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, that he has, at an enormous expense, succeeded in en Ma vaging, for Twelve Nights only, tlelle. ROSSINI, The Great Lady Violinist. She will have the honour of giving her Second Grand Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT, THIS EVENING, the 29th Inst., and every evening dnring the Week, assisted by M. A I)OLPHUS COLLINI, EMMA COLLI NI, VICTORIA COLLINI, and JOSEPH COLLINL The stage will hav a most brilliant appearance ! To give effect to the most novel Concert ever given in England, a GRAND SCENE has been painted exp•essly for this occasion, by M.% William Beverley, AN ALLEGORY IN HONOUR OF HAN. DEL, representing THE TEMPLE OF MUSIC ! The Great WIZARD OF THE NO , -2,TH is quite aware that the Public expects something now at this season; he is happy to say he will not deviate from . 4 a good old rule ;" for he is con vinced he has prepared the most splendid Banquet that can be offered to the Public ; In short, his present arrangements will totally eclipse all his former efforts. He will, in addition to his already unparalleled performances introluce NEW WONDERS, among which will be an origin Experiment, Magic Filtering, the Enchanted Silver Fish, and the Golden Circlet, with other asto. nishing New Mirac'es, which will decide a question at issue. This Entertainment will be divided into Four P trts : Part I. The WIZARD will lie an hour in his Mystic Circle. Part 11. The ARAB BROTHERS' Classical Groupings. Part 111. Maddlle. ROSSINI'S GRAND CONCERT, in the Temple of Music. Part IV. and Conclusion, The WIZARD'S seconsl mystic hour. Doors open at Half-past Six, to commence at Seven Private Boxes .£1 15s. ; Orchestra Stalls, 51. ; Boxes, 44.; Pit. 25.; Gallery, Is. Second Price at Nine o'clock. Stalls, 35.; Boves, 25.; Pit, ls. COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEASON, ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, GRAND WHITSUN FETES. TO-DAY, TO-MORROW, AND THURSDAY. Strong as have been the claims of this favoured place of public esort at the beginning of each season, the Proprietor feels justified In asserting, that never before did it offer a tithe of the attractions t now presents. The Gardens have been completely renovated, Statues and Fountains introduced. new and extensive Promenades formed, and the most lavish expenditure in every department, will evince the Proprietor's anxiety to insure a continuance of public Patronage. THE NEW GR AND PICTORIAL MODEL OF LONDON IN THE OLDEN TIME I Painted by Carlson and Telbin, Is the most gigantic achievement ever yet produced, and fur grandeur of composition, fidelity of design, and beauty of execution, it far oxceeds any previous production. It rccurately represents ancient London—Old St. PauPs—Old Lond..n Bridge—Baynard's Castle, and all the principal Churches and Buildings of the loca , ity, and may with truth be designated the most wonderful production of mo- Jern times. THE MENAGERIE, ALWAYS UNRIVALLED, HAS RECEIVED MANY VALUABLE ADDITIONS. To defy aIIAMERICAN competition, theDWARF Propriet T.)M r has THU MB engaged ! the celebrated now exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. The PROMENADE CONCERTS—the splendid Band of Fifty Performars, conducted by Mr. Godfrey—will perform a selection of the newest and most popular music. The far.famed HIGHLAND DANCERS AND PIPERS are also engaged, and will go through two a.:ts of their National Danced. which procured for them the distinguished approbation of her Majesty and Prince Albert at Taymouth Castle And at Dusk will take place the most astounding exhibit:on ever attempted, vie., a Representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Mr. Southby (to whom in justice belongs the anpellatinn of " Fire !Emir) has exhausted the resources of his art, to give effect to this exhibition. London Bridge, Old St. Paul's Cathedral, and other Buildings will appear devoured by the devastating element, and present a heap of blackened wins, in accordance with the best s7leepheneseeatnitoaiontst,:tr a en at Great the Cityper d iod e , s a t r r i t cl l :t w the coup fire. d 'cei 1 will give a vivid Doors ores at Twelve. Admission. One Shilling. The ladies, who unquestionably were the very best props of the Non-Intrusion cause—who ran about with the Sustentation lists, and chalked the very doors with .a cross if they did not succeed in getting the counten trice or aid of th e i n mates,—the Free Church ladies, Maitland ho, for so doing, were coaxed and flattered by Mr. Al.acgill Crichton of Rankeilor, and others of the lay and Clerical leaders, including Monzie, Mr. Fox Mettle, and Mr. Begg, of Libberton,_&c.,—and who were .solemnly assured that thei r . right to vote in the ,election of Free Chu r c h ministers and elders, or der o ffi cers, would co nsidered and favour- IV entertained, if not absolut ely recognised in the :Tree Assembly, which sat in Glasg o w last autumn; but -which right to vote was then post poned tt. in till the next to o ing a Edinburgh meeting of the Free Assembly, now we fea , r becaus n e ot w her disap -these ladies are doomed, Tointrnent at the hands of the Free , look in rain for any, the least notice, yet taken of them e T ee° Assembly. Can this be possible ? Can i t be n p t os his that the leaders are no w turnin g their backs upon ithe)adieg, and leaving them where they found them, =law the moneys ? It will be exceedingly ungrateful, iikaAicles ungallant and treacherous, if this be so. We taro a re that the Free House is very mueh divided on the stii wa *t. but that is n o reason why the promised vote should not be taken one way or other. We beg pardon of the ladies for attending to their .claims. We could not offend them, —we love them too .well for that,—and it is because we wish to see them :fairly and honourably treated, without any flirtation in tthe case, from laymen or ecclesiastics, that we hve !presumed to throw out these gentle observations a .— ~,Se_otch Reformers' Gazette. Lean BROUGLIAM.—The malice of the Post never `was m ore apparent, perhaps, than in charging Lord atrougham, on Saturday, with love of gain, because he Maise,i the retiring pension of all Chancellors a thousand to year, in 1331. It is perfectly notorious that this was the measure of the colleagues of Lord Brougham, in 'whichway he never interfered i n an y whatever ; and principally, was a compen s ati o n for the loss of 12 large sinecure pie!!es abolish e d by L or d B roug h am th a t ;year, one of wi'ich was nearly 8,0001. a year, and all of 'which had been treated as private property by the Lord chancellors, his p.redoeassors, and made the subject of :family settlements on Oft marriage of their daughters. :But the grossest part of this misrepresentation of the .Post is, the total omission of the consideration that two sof these sinecures, worth 3,500/ a year, w ere actually *vacant at the time, and might, before Lord Brougham's have been filled up with young lives in his family, ;as they bad been by Lord Eldon.--Morning Herald. OWE SHILLING IM A PORT AN ir NOTICE. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. dmission to SEUM, the most magnificent - teal Curiosities and WorksoAan'l THE NAPOLEON MU extensive Collection of Ilisto ,nt _fi rt ever known to have been formed oy One Person, during Tw l orn ve i years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to manner, the illustrate, in the most in ,loolnLois: important part of Euro peanili:llt CROMWELL, and structive and interesting history, viz.--CHARLEi I LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE anal the EMPEROR ai hatLbeen visited often, NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Al t i_ts e eum oy a mily, the Duke of ad a t i la , eir Ladles, several l l the Pro during the last and present yea , r 4 , , b in h bas i s t ;,aorm Wellington, the Foreign Princes , also many thousands ®f the Nobility and Public; prietor has recently hen able to increase, by his previous situ .at incredible number and variety y 6ll° peeted It, pictures, Scc., Mgs., Works of Art, awl a multitude of valuable Relies, and other curiosities, curiosities, iii this most instruetive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Muse,wit. Many ttousand have his and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EMI - 6%A of the l'illiLlC PREss have stated that it otmht to lx, seen by every owe. The price of ettnils• eon is reduced to ONE SIT ILL I' . is The NAPOLEON MUSI.:I 7 :tI to be seen only at the " Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. The Right Rev. James Bowstead, Lord Bishop of Lichfield, having died intestate, letters of administration of his estate have been granted by the I'rerogative Court of Can terbury to Joseph Bowstead, Esq., brother and next of kin. The deceased's residence was Eccleshall Hall, Stafford; but he died at Clifton, near Bristol. The administrator has sworn the personal estate to be under 10,000/. THE SUN, LONIDON . , TUESDAY ETENING, MAY 28, 1844. irrational and inconsistent than another, that is the course they will honour by their adoption. Mean time, despite all their eel-like twisting and twirling, and open and ' secret opposition, the Protection system, for which they have so ungrudgingly made these stupendous sacrifices of character, verges fast to its fall. Yes, the hour speeds on that is bear ing on its wings the doom of every species of mono poly. Conservatives themselves—such is the cruel necessity of their position—are made the instruments of the overthrow of their own darling prejudices. First, they are compelled to concede a tariff; next, a Canadian Corn Bill ; and before they have well get over the shock of these afflictions, their inexorable task-master exacts from them another sacrifice ; and, true to his favourite system of expediency, which has ever a discreet eye to the "pressure from without," will never let them rest till he has wrung from their fears and their subserviency such an alteration in the corn laws as shall bring joy to the heart of COBDEN, and set the pulse of BRIGHT bounding within him like one of the " little hills of Hermon." We resume our notice of the Premier's speech of yesterday week with the remark that although, in its commencement, the Right Hon. Baronet complacently talked of this new " rider" to his monster blunder of 1819 as "this great scheme," (1) it was, in truth, a miserable evasion, from beginning to end, of his own questions of the 6th inst., namely, " What is a pound ?" " How does the adoption of a geld standard of value operate to regulate the currency ?" This Tamworth Wizard has forgotten the promises of his own " Bills:' He has still to show us how the danger of over issues of paper money is " inevitably consequent" on the abrogation of that standard. He has still to tell us by what process of reasoning_the conclusion is arrived at that in future tke circulation on issues upon securities, of the Bank of England, should be limited . to 14,000,0001.; and "'the remainder of its issues to take place on bullion alone." It is scarcely necessary to insist on the truth, in all its rigour, of the remark made on Tuesday last by a Morning Contemporary, "that Sir ROBERT PEEL seemed to be incapable of defining what money was ;" but any such worthless quibbling upon words where precise definitions were required—any such pantomimic failure as the Right Hon. Baronet's, who, in answer to his own question, "What is a pound ?" produced a sovereign, and abso lutely chuckled at the drollery of what he no doubt imagined to be his irresistible demonstration, we trust the House is nut doomed soon again to witness. When Sir ROBERT finds in a bank note, after the word " one pound," which it promises to pay to bearer on demand, this descriptive indication, "or one gold coin of the realm called a sovereign," he may begin to persuade himself that he has identified the idea with the thing—that he has identified the conventional signification of the phrase with a palpable symbol of the value it proposes to express. In the meantime the gold sovereign is not a pound of bullion, twelve ounces of gold, or twelve ounces of silver; and it is equally certain that twelve ounces of bullion, silver or gold, are not one gold sovereign. But we proceed to more important details. It seems that Sir ROBERT is determined that not only is a total currency, of convertible paper and gold, amounting to 30,000,0001. amply sufficient for all the purposes of the country, but that of this limited amount a large sum would he, generally speaking, uncalled for : " Take, for instance, the case to be as it was at present, that the Bank was possessed of a large amount of bullion, not less than 16,000,0001., the banking de partment of the Bank would possess 30,000,000/. of bank-notes, fourteen mitlions on securities, and sixteen millions on bullion. Now, a great portion of the sixteen millions would lie dormant in the coffers of the Bank, for about 22,000,000/. wool! be all that would be required for the legitimate supply of the demands (f the country." By what sort of "private-view" priority of infor- Illation Sir ROBERT has arrived at this important secret of the specific amount of circulation that would thus be required, we are of 'course as ignorant as we are of what may be signified by the "legitimate supply of the demand" of the country. To our humble apprehension, it appears that if, in the nature of human affairs, it were possible to divine before hand the amount of circulation needed by such a community as ours, for the transaction of all its enormous business,—for its prodigious home trade, its weekly and daily recurring disbursements for in dustrial wages, to agricultural and machine labour, its machinery-cost of manufacturing production, its investments and remittances on account of its incal culable foreign trade, and its absolutely countless calls for, and transfers of, cash in the hourly transactions of social intercourse—the grand and primary diffi culty of any monetary system would be, at once, re moved. But Sir ROBERT, knowing that the in vincible vice of his "great scheme" and the inevitable inadequacy, from mere physical or natural causes, of any metallic currency that, could be launched, to the exigencies of the British people, was interested to make out as good a case as he could in the matter of quantity, for a practical base upon which to start. He, therefore, modestly assumes that the Bank, upon an average of bullion stores, will keep in its cellars 16,000,0001. in bullion. Why, it is true, that it has almost that amount in its vaults at the present moment. But it is equally certain that it never had it before—even when it-has accumulated gold unde more favourable circumstances than it operates with now. Nor would it be quite prudent to assume that—even now—this stock has been got together, or can be kept up, except at the sacrifice of a premium, which, how ever the Bank may be disposed to pay it, pending certain recent negotiations and the final decision of Parliament upon terms so greatly favourable to its ' monopoly privileges, as those under debate ; it does not follow that it would hereafter be either willing or prepared to pay. But if this assumed scale of bullion deposits be hereafter practically diminished, to any considerable extent, the whole of Sir ROBERT'S anti cipations as to this elementary principle of his "great scheme" falls to the ground. The country, if it allow itself to be duped by his assurances, will find that with the disappearance of, or wasting of the gold stock, the general circulation must be proportionably contracted (for silver is not to be a legalised tender at all); and then the whole currency must acquire an oppressively enhanced value. On that scarcity of circulation and consequent dearness of money, a frightful, wasting, and ruinous panic must ensue, which, with all its concomitants of bankruptcy, terror, and commercial ruin, the whole resources of the Tamworth Wizard's legerdemain will be utterly powerless to arrest or to mitigate. And it is clear that Sir ROBERT is himself awake to the probabilities of such a disastrous eventua tion of his "great scheme." He, therefore, falls back ' from his own expressly stipulated postulate "that bullion shall be taken to intend Gait only ;" and dis covering—is the course of his speech—that it would be idle to expect that any such stock of GOLD could be kept up as 16,000,0001., he submits that, of the deposits in bullion to be maintained, in conformity with the proposed Act of Parliament, by the Bank of England, "one fourth may be in silver." That is, that if the Bank could retain io stock 16,000,0001. of bullion, it shall satisfy the Act in question if 4,000,0001. thereof shall be in silver, and only 12,000,0001. in gold. In dealing with this hypothetical relaxation of the " golden screw," we meet with the same whimsical vacillation of purpose to which we alluded in our paper of yesterday, as the Macheath foible of the Premier :-- " The Bank, by the arrangement which he proposed, would hold comparatively little silver. He had given much consideration to the suggestion that the Bank, to a limited extent, should give silver in exchange for their notes when so required. The result was, that he felt that great inconvenience would arise if they prevented the Bank issuing any portion of their notes, and taking as the basis of their security silver in their coffers. In admitting this, however, it was not intended to depart from the great principle that gold was the only standard, and that those to whom debts were due had a right to demand payment in gold. He proposed that still the only legal payment by the Bank should be gold." • If the Bank is " to hold, comparatively, but little silver," there is so much the less reason why they should not be required to receive it at a given or Mint price, seeing that the gold standard of 1819 is to be continued. If the Bank is not to be bound so to receive it, the value of silver will depreciate to an extent which will still furth,r enhance the value of gold. But if the Bank, as Sir ROBERT resoli es in the conclusion of this preposterous " great scheme," may hold one-fourth of its bullion deposits in silver, it is clear that it will hold comparatively a LARGE, and not a LITTLE, amount of that metal,. Now let us take Sir ROBERT'S own assumption-4,000,000/. To be a bullion deposit 'at all, it must have some determi nate value. To represent one-fourth part of the just value of gold and silver bullion deposits, this silver must have a certain, relative, fixed, proportionable value to that gold. For otherwise, what is the tan- THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, MAY 28. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 41; Highest, 56 ; Noon, 54. BAROMETER, 30.05.—W1ND, N.E. Norm.—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. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning ... 6 minutes after 10 I Evening ... 40 minutes after PO. . 4a, 1..:.-• ~ '••• :C . VA • '• 1 , ,,;,',.:•• i ,:j • 4_1!,.. N ':' , l.4 f. '' • I . ;Z i - qc 4 , I 7 11 ,;'. • I* 21, ' ~,,,, , • fli t ,i : .j.,— , in i .•!••••—•,, ... V . jib 1, • .'lO 11 71!,.7 - .P. 4 t.5h.,, L A ..-..._. , • ...,....... -.. , 'ittigi --/ i-' ••• ;7171.1L5. = -..:-../.."' ......., SECOND EDITION.. N enter, :int - LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1844. Notwithstanding that he has been three times de feated in his attempt to smuggle through Parliament a Bill for the inclosure of Hampstead Heath, the Lord of the Manor, Sir T. M. WILSON, with a perseverance worthy of a better cause, has again renewed his efforts to accomplish that unpopular object. The Bill now introduced into Parliament, observed Mr. HOARE, at a meeting held on Thursday at Hampstead, although different in form, had precisely the same object in view as the three former Bills which had been so successfully resisted. What was contem plated by the Lord of the Manor by the present Bill, was to obtain power to effect a sale of certain por tions of land in various parts of Hampstead Heath. Now, if this were permitted, no one " could doubt for a moment," added the speaker, " that the beauties of the Heath would be destroyed, and the copyholds of the manor be considerktbly de preciated in value. It was therefore desirable that resolute steps should be taken to oppose this measure." We cannot imagine a more ungenerous or obnoxious scheme than this for the inclosure of Hampstead Heath, which is now almost the only open, airy, syl van spot left us within a moderate walking distance of the metropolis. Norwood, with its umbrageous glades, and sunny, sylvan uplands, exists no longer, being everywhere defaced with brick and mortar; the meadows, once so picturesque and healthy, in the neighbourhood of Dulwich and Camberwell, are stuck all over with notices of " This land to let for building ;" not an o2en space in Islington—which but twelve short years ago was still a country village—but is converted into unsavoury brick-fields, and threatened with the visitation of Heaven knows how many suburban villas; Hackney and Clapton —injured innnocents !—are in the same digressing plight; and now it is seriously proposed to deprive the working classes of the metropolis, who stand so much in need , of fresh air, of their sole remaining healthy country walk, by covering Hampstead Heath with a mass of unsightly buildings, thereby converting into private property that which, for long generations, has been the undispo ,, d property of the public. The scheme is about as sel:ish and offensive a one us could possibly have entered into the head of a monopolist, and we do hope it will be strenuously protested against, not only by the copyholders of Hampstead, but by every Mem ber in either House of Parliament who takes an interest in the welfare of the working-classes. The system of commons' inclosures has already been carried to a much greater length than either justi.:e or right feeling can approve ; year after year, artfully and noiseessly, the poor have been shut out from the lauds over which they had exercised the rights of pasturage for centuries ; field-paths have been blocked up ; large portions of heaths pillaged from them in order to make preserves, or increase the extent of the possessions of the squirearchy of the district ; and—with here and there perhaps an exception— they have scarcely an acre of ground left which they can venture to call their own, or even ramble over on a summer evening, after the day's toil is at an end, without incurring the penal ties of trespass. As regards Hampstead Heath, which is one of the lungs of the metropolis, and serves to ventilate the entire northern district, nothing can be possibly more injurious to the health of that populous district, than the inclosure of this fine, airy tract ; for when once it is covered with brick and mortar, elevated as it is far above every other spot in the neighbourhood, every brisk wind that blows from the north, will be sure to bring down upon a large portion of the metropolis immense clouds of smoke, which will half poison the inhabitants with its pestilential vapours. But the greatest grievance, and the one which we wish chiefly to keep in view, is the injustice which will be inflicted on the working classes of our over crowded capital, who, when once Hampstead Heath is inclosed, will be deprived of one of their favourite Sunday evening enjoyments—a breezy country walk over one of the healthiest and most picturesque spots in Middlesex. This is no slight grievance—whatever the Lord of the Manor may think to the contrary— : for, deprived of the enjoyment in question, many of the working classes may fly in despair to the tavern or the gin-palace. "We freely confess," says a Whig Contemporary of this morning, " that the manner in which the ques tion of Ten Hours was treated in the House of Com mons was not such as to exalt the already low esti mate formed by the working classes of that branch of the Legislature. Hopes were excited only to be disappointed; votes were given only to be rescinded; allegations were made and contradicted ; statis tics were confronted with statistics ; speech answered speech ; but there was nothing throughout the whole controversy which conveyed the impression of calm, deliberate, investigation and decision. The House of Commons has exhibited itself to the country as dealing with a great question, first in the spirit of rash meddling, and then timidly shrinking from it under a vague apprehension of consequences." This stringent censure more parti cularly applies to the Conservative portion of the House—to that selfish, short-sighted, unscrupulous faction—for, however numerically strong, they scarcely deserve the name of a party—who first voted one way, with a view to bully, and frighten, and revenge themselves on the manufacturers, and then voted just the contrary way, from a discreet apprehension that their own interests might be en dangered by their consistency. In the whole annals of political tergiversation, we know of nothing so utterly indefensible as this recent wholesale apostacy of the Conservatives—an apostacy for which they did not even deign to apologise, but which they seemed to look upon quite as a matter of course, as a laches to be expected from them, and quite natural and justifiable under the circumstances in which they were placed. With what sovereign con tempt must not the working-classes henceforth regard this trimming, cowardly faction With what freezing indifference—not unmingled and unquickened by a fierce despair—must they not regard every future measure which receives their sanction ! Though strong just now in point of mere numbers, the Con servatives have not the slightest moral influence. No unprejudiced man has the slightest confidence in them—no thinking man cares two straws for what they say. Bad as the Tories were, these, their illegi timate successors, are a thousand times worse; for the former were at least manly, consistent, and intelligible in their conduct; whereas the latter fling all ideas of consistency to the winds, and speak and act under' the influence of no more generous motive than that of pleasing their task master, whom, nothwithstanding their subserviency, they hate with as much intensity as the Devil hates holy water. Truly, it is a great credit to Sir R. PEEL that he has manufactured such a sect out of the shattered fragments of Toryism. The created are well worthy of their creator, and deserve equally the respect and admiration of the country. Both these amiable parties just now find it their mutual interest to pre 'e<s a decided hostility to any farther altera tion in the corn•laws. But having changed once, sad this without the slightest hesitation, on one of the most important questions of the session, who shall say that they will not change again ? Who shall say that when r.VitmEns next brings forward his motion for the total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws, the Conservatives, with the ductile Premier at their head, will not " go the whole hog" in company with the Member fur Wolverhampton ? There is no speculating on the course of policy they will pursue on any one public question, though the probability is that if there be ope course more gible, intelligible authority which imparts to the mass the value of 4,000,0001.? Why shall it be less than five or more than three millions ? Will the reader believe that the concocter of, and avowed sponsor for, " a great scheme " of monetary reform, so far from providing the determined and defined value of so large a proportion of its whole bullion element, abso lutely denudes it of any such principle of value ? Un der what infatuation can a Minister have brought himself to hazard so elaborate an inconsistency ? Under what sort of general abasement and servile ac quiescence in the dictum of a Minister, a House of Commons can have brought itself to confirm so puerile an absurdity, we are at a loss to understand. The fact we should be at a loss to believe, if we did not find it recorded in the Parliamentary report. He has over and again repeated that the gold standard will be rigidly maintained, and the gold currency alone legalised. But he relents : "If they allowed the Bank to keep in its coffers a certain amount of silver, on the security of which they issued notes, and to allow parties to receive, when they desired it, silver for their notes, they would obtain the advantage of preventing an inconvenience which was oc casionally felt by acting on the exchanges when the ex changes were high, and when the price of silver was low. At present silver was sent out of the country in exchange for gold, and the gold was deposited in the Bank." Surely, this last is a good reason for affixing some denomination of value to silver, if you will attach it to gold. But if a given mass of silver is to represent in deposit a given mass of gold, the good reason rises to an indispensable necessity. What is the statesman like manner in which Sir ROBERT PEEL deals with this necessity ? " It would give facilities and advantages to commerce if they permitted the Bank to issue some portion of their notes upon the security of the silver deposit, having no reference, however, to the price of silver, or the sum which should be given for it, but regarding it mere!!, as a valu able commodity, to be dealt with at the option of the parties." RZ . SUM teneatis I Why, this is truly " a great scheme." Whilst it recognises, as a sacred principle, that the bullion, in which three fourths of your de posits are to be kept, shall bear a certain statutable value, ascertained, in relation to its standard fineness, by the Mint price, settled by the Act of 1819, the value of the other fourth is to be left to the chances, ca price, or accidents of—what? " The option of the parties." Sir ROBERT ties his victim in a chair. On his right leg he puts irremovable manacles and fet ters. By way of compensation his left leg is to be allowed to kick and plunge at pleasure. Doubtless, a very able invention—a " great scheme"—pity, only, that it is not a little more reconcileable to common sense. But this " option of the parties" is precisely THE standard which we contend for, as the free and fair one, whereby to determine the value of the precious metals, as of all other commodities. But if it be good for silver, Sir ROBERT, why not for gold ? On "silver," however, the Premier delivered himself of too many remarkable observations not to induce us to reserve them for the subject of future comment. Madrid journals of the 20th announce the de parture of the Royal Family for Barcelona. None of the Ministers except NARVAEZ accompanied their Majesties. The municipal elections had commenced, but as" the Liberal party said they were all a farce, owing to the violation of an Act of the Cortes passed last year, they declined voting, and the Government party had it all their own way. The Barcelona journals state that great preparations had been made for the reception of the Royal Family, and that the municipality intended to have a grand tournament to celebrate the occasion. On the Madrid Bourse, the Three per Cents. were dcine at 28i for cash, and 28i 29 at 60 days, and the Fives at 20 13-32 at 60 days. The Journal des Debats of Sunday contains an article on British India, which is of so singular a character, and so unlike the general sentiments ex pressed in that journal, that one almost feels inclined to believe that it had been smuggled from the office of the National, and inserted in the Government paper by mistake. Some of the statements are most inconsistent, for whilA tho writer asserts that Russia has formed a vast coalition of native princes against England, and that her power - in India is on the wane, and that her fate in that quarter is sealed, almost in the same sentence it admits that she will take posses sion of the fertile and vast plains of the Punjaub. Taking this as a matter of fact, what could Russia, with the Persians and the Khan of BOKHARA, and all the other khans and kings on the west of the Indus, do against her frontier ? What impression could Russia make on such a boundary as would thus be formed by strong forts on the banks of the Indus, and by countless steamers in its channel? Indeed the production, altogether, is like a rhapsody drawn by some visionary at Bombay under the influ ence of opium. Russia, he says, is taking gigantic steps, and there is something terrific in her march while she does not appear to move. We are to infer, therefore, that she is working like a mole under ground, and that some fine morning her armies will spring up from the soil of Lahore, all accoutred and in terrible array, to annihilate the unfortunate Eng lish. We give the following as a specimen, and leave the reader to judge of its merits :—" The intelligence last received from Bombay abounds in interesting facts. There has been a movement in politics, and some perfectly new arrangements have been accom plished. Until the present period Russia has failed in all her attempts to approach India, but we now learn at the same time that the Persian flag floats at Herat, where YAR MOHAMMED acknowledges himself to be the humble vassal of the SHAH ; that Khiva has sub mitted to pay tribute to the Khan of. BOKHARA, the ally and the Scid of Russia, the murderer—or at least the gaoler—of Stoddart and of Conolly ; that all Central Asia, from the Caspian Sea to Hindoukosk, from Asterabad to the Indus, had been consolidated into one vast confederation, of which Russia is at the same time the soul and the base ; that Sunnites and Shutes have, for the first time, forgotten their secular animosities, in order to unite in one common league against the English; and that Russia at length holds in her hands the keys of Hindostan. We are only imperfectly informed as to the means which Russia has employed to arrive at her object, but we cannot doubt of the results. Never truly, in our history, did Russia make so gigantic a step towards India ; never did she place her foot so firmly amongst the slippery rocks and shifting sands which sepa parated her from her distant prey. There is something terrific in the march of this Power, which arrives thus without appearing to move. And still, however little as we may be disposed to sympathise with her, we cannot refuse her a certain feeling of esteem which is ever excited by the solution of a vast and complicated problem. What will England do in presence of the danger which she feared the most ? she who threatened to set the world in a blaze rather than suffer the influence of Persia at Herat, or be cause an obscure adventurer presented himself at Caubul, under the name of Russia. Will she again pass the Indus to throw herself into the Khyber or Bolan passes? No; she will for a long time remain inert, because this task is now beyond her strength. The tide which carried her forward is on the ebb. These events, in the meantime, will have an imme diate effect on the destinies of the kingdom of Lahore. Strong in the secret assistance of Russia, and free from all uneasiness as to his rear, DOST MOHAMMED and his son display extraordinary activity in taking advantage of the disorganised state of the Pun jaub to recover the fragments detached by RIJN JEST SING from the ancient empire of the Aff ghans. Two brothers of the DOST are already on the spot, and although prisoners on parole—one at Peshawur, and the other at Lahore—they pos sess immense influence. There appears to be no doubt that MAHOMED AKRAR KHAN, who had arrived at Jeilalabad, with 12,000 men and ten pieces of cannon, will reconquer, without striking a blow, all Peshawur, as far as Attok. We may, therefore, anti cipate the approaching dissolution of the empire of the Sikhs, and its triple dismemberment. Peshawur will return to the empire of .Affghan ; Lahore and the entire plain will become, probably next autumn, the prey of the English ; Cashmere and the mountain will remain with Huta SINGH and his family." • The Constitutionnel states that M. GUIZOT has pro tested, in the name of France, against the incorpora tion of the Texas with the United States. "This act," it adds, "does not surprise us as it is much more con formable to the policy of England than of France." These papers furnish no later accounts from Switzer land. On Sunday, the Three per Cents. were done at 84f. 65c. THIS DAY'S NEWS. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) EAT P/LARZSTS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31; use ful ditto, 31 3s to 31 10s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s to 3l 15s ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 51 5s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ Es ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 10s per load. The best Meadow Hay sold steadily, at full prices ; but, otherwise, the demand was in a very sluggish state, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 31; use ful ditto, 31 3s to 3/103; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s to 3118 s ; Clover Hay, 41 to 5l; Oat Straw, 11 7s to 11 9s; Wheat Straw, 119 s to 1/ lis per load. Trade throughout dull, at the above quotations. WurrEcuArEL.--Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/; useful ditto, 3/ 3s to 3/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ lOs 3/14s ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 518 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1185; Wheat Straw, 118 s to 11 lOs per load. Supply good and trade very dull. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—Holders of British Plantation have since our last accepted lower prices, which has led to more activity, and about 500 hhds have found buyers 6d to is below the rates obtainable on Friday week. sr he public sales have only of fered 135 casks Barbadoes, 960 bags Bengal, and 1,327 boxes Havannah. The Barbadoes sold readily at Tuesday's prices, viz., at 60s 6d to 66s 6d for mid to fine yellow. Nearly all the Bengal was disposed of at 613 6d to 67s for fine yellow to good white Benares, being rather dearer. The Ha vannah was all taken in at 25s 6d to 29s 6d for low to good white, but of old importation ; subsequently, how ever, about 300 boxes of the better sorts have been sold at 295. The only transaction worth reporting privately con sists of a cargo of yellow Havannah, containing 2,200 boxes, which have been sold afloat at 21s 9d, deliverable at Venice. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks, was 1,289 hhds, 108 tierces, 272 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 415 hhds, 19 tierces, 53 barrels. The stock in the same places is 2,822 hhds, 403 tierces, 458 barrels. COY/MR.—There has been very little doing. Rum.—The quantity landed last week, at the East and West India Docks, was 111 puns, 30 hhds; there were taken for home consumption 101 puns, 19 hhds, and exported 180 puns, 141 hhds. The stock in the smile places is 8,159 puns, 1,536 hhds. MA.—The market is tolerably steady, and the deliveries are good. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 40s 3d to 40s 9d per cwt on the spot, and Town 425. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 3,000 bales at previous rates.—Shares were better. Birmingham and Gloucester Quarters were 22* ; Caledonian, 4; Eastern Counties, 1 ; Birmingham, 225 ; Brighton, 46i ; South- Western, 87 ; South-Eastern, 37 • Paris and Lyons, 3} ; Trent Valley, 9 ; Paris and Orleans, 39. We are again without arrivals to-day. A plan is on foot for establishing steam communication from Panama to Lima, thus completing the line on the western coast of South America as far as Valparaiso. The energy and experience of Mr. Wheelwright, who has already linked the first part of this substantial chain, is directed to the connection of the further portion ; and for the interests of commerce and civilisation it is ardently to be desired may prove successful. In fact, we believe there is very little doubt of this, as Mr. Wheelwright has addressed a letter to the merchants trading with South America, to inform them of the forwardness of his arrangements which will enable him to commence operations, it is hoped, early in the year 1845. Our commerce and influence have already been ad vantaged by the boon we have conferred upon Peru and Chili, but yet more important results will follow from the completion of the line, as there will be a communication carried on across the Isthmus of Panama, both for goods and passengers, which can be conveyed to that part of South America by the West India Royal Mail steamers. It is important also to remark that the route to Australia and Canton will also be reduced by this new steam communication, as from England via Panama and Lima to Sydney, will be less than 13,000 miles, and to Can ton under 15,000 miles. As regards the latter, however, the overland mail would always exercise the pre-eminence. As upon a former occasion there appeared in another part of The Sun a very ample review of Mr. Wheelwright's pamphlet, and of his position towards the Pacific Steam Company, it is unnecessary further to comment upon that, and we are glad to find by that gentleman's letter that he is likely to make satisfactory arrangements for co-operating with his former allies. The Funds are to-day influenced but slightly by the set tlement of the Consul Account, although there is a tendency to a turn in favour of the buyers. There is a continuation of about ato July, Consols having been called 99a to for Money, and 99a to I for Account. There has been a money bargain at 991. Exchequer Bills are 71s. to 735., and India Bonds 925. premium. Bank Stock is firm at a further ad vance of to 1 per cent., being 199 ; and East India Stock has risen to 288 and 289. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 102 a to The Foreign Market has been dull again, and Spanish Bonds droop. The Five per Cents. are 23a ; and the Three per Cents. at 35ai to Portuguese Converted Stock has been marked 46i to and is dull ; Colombian Bonds are 14 to ; Chilian, 103 ; and Brazilian, New, 77i ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. are firm at 61a. The Railway Shares are not very brisk. South-Eastern and Brighton are rather lower; and Birmingham and South- Western steady. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From ti* ()facial Lint.) Bank Stock 199 3 per Cent. Iteduced Annuities S per Cent. Consols. Annuities 99 Slii% 3% per Cent. Annuities, 1818 lOl% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lo%li New 3% per Cent. Annuities 1112%% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 T-18% India Stock male Liman', tm0...... ***** .....•.. ******* .••••••••••••••• •••• Ditto under 1,000 92 Consols for Account .. 99% Exchequer Bills, I%cl. 1 0001 7l pm. , • 000000 "OS 0000000 ••••••• 5001 I%d. Ditto Small... ...... ......... ... ..... 7l int. Ditto Advertised......... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC/4. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Oitto New Bonds, 1829 and 1830. 77% Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .s.. 103 Columbian Bonds. 14% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted - 46 % % Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent...... ....... ... ..... 118% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 — Ditto for the Account ..... •••••• ...... Ditto Three per Cent. ....... ....... ........... ..... Ditto for the Account Dutch 234 - per Cents. 61% Dutch 5 per Cent 5......... ..... ........... ....... 100 34% New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents. 99%% PRICES OF SHARBS THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Pain. PER SHAM. Birmingham and Gloucester Bristol and Gloucester 3O 46% Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered el. Os. 6d. Ditto Perpetual 5 per sent Lis. 4d. ... 0% Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 66 London and Birmingham. lOO ... ...224 ... Ditto New Thirds Dit o 4 Shares London and Brighton SO London and South Western 41% Ditto Eighths London and Croydon ?k ...... 18% Manchester and Leeds '7o .... ..... 104 .. ... .... to North British 2% South Eastern and Dover 32% 35% % 36 to 353436 Ditto New Paris and Orleans ............. ........ 20 Paris and Rouen 2O 38% to Rouen and Havre. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 27.—There is no material change in our market to-day. Eastern Counties, Old, 11i ; Ditto, Perpetuals, No. 2,10 s. 6d. premium ; Man chester and ,Birmiagham Quarters, 4i ; Huddersfield Ca nals, 211. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock — --- 199 --- Indian Stock 269 pm per Cent. Red. OS% Ditto Bonds ...... 9e pin 3 per Cent. Cons. .!,‘ per Cent. Re 1 New 3% per Cent. 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. It'd.... '7l pm. New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5001 Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small '7l pm. Jan. 1860 1 4% IBank Stock for Acct..... Oct. 1859 ..... Jan. 1860 ............ llndia Stock for Acct 2,9 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent.. Russian, 5 per CenL ...... allian, 6 per Cent lO3 Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent 35 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred 35% Dmish, 3 per Cent — French, 5 per Cent --f; —c Greek, 18,5, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent ...... ... 35% French, 3 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 Dutch, 234 per Cent.... 6134 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent ln . Ditto, 5 per Cent .......100% SHARES. Dublin and Cashel, 2% paid Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid) 16% Great North of England, 100 paid Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto. New Thirds, 2 paid Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) Lonion and Brighton (50 pa►d) Ditto Loan Notes, 10 paid -- 113 Atto Loan Notes, . J paid Ali London and Greenwich (Ht. 15s. 4d. paid) 7% London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) lB4i Northern and Eastern (45 paid) South Eastern and Dover (33 21 4d paid) ...... Ditto New Shares ( 4 paid) Trent Valley, 2 paid oc. Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) ew... 2l York and North Midland (50 paid) ll6 Ditto Half Shares, 25 paid . I'll 46 Rouen and Havre, 8 paid ........... ... , ......... ........ 19 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY) LONDON, MAY 28.—Easterly strong breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, MAY 27.—Wind N.N.E. to N.B. by N., strong.• Sld. Mary Catharine, Calcutta ; Sir C. Forbes, Quebec. OFF DOVER, MAY 27.—Charles Kerr, Arnold, Madras for London, slipped from her anchor in the Downs last night. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 27.—The Maria Dorothea, Peterson, from Falmouth to Lingoumd, was towed into harbour this morning, having been totally dismasted by collision with the Childe Harold, from Bombay to London, off Beachey Head 25th inst. ; the master and six men of the former got on board the latter. POOLE, MAY 25.—S1d. Ceres, Newfoundland. STROMNESS, MAY 18.—Sid. Undaunted, Miramichi ; Tyne. mouth Castle, Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, MAY 26.—The Eleanor, Kewley, from Lis bon to Rio Grande, was spoken 27th March, lat. 11 S., lon. 31 W., had been to Porto Praya to restow her cargo, which had been done without loss or damage by the Jamaica, off this port. Arrd. off, James Campbell, Pitcairn, China Philip Dean, Singapore. OFF SANDGATE, MAY 25.—Hortensia, Buenos Ayres, for Antwerp. OFF FOWEY, MAT 24.—Laura, Ashton, Charleston, for St. I'etersburgh. NEWHAVEN, MAT 25.—Arrd. Rambler, Tynemouth, for Rochester, with damage, having been in contact with the Ardent, of Pwllheli. ETON MONTEM.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert left the Paddington statian of the Great Wes tern Railway at ten o'clock this morning, in the State carriage, and was conveyed by a special train to Slough. From Slough the Prince proceeded in a Royal carriage and four to the residence of the Pro vost of Eton, to witness the proceedings of the Eton Montem. Her Majesty did not leave town. His Royal Highness will return to town this afternoon. ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.—On Friday night there will be a total eclipse of the moon visible at Green wich. First contact with the shadow at 9h. 9m. middle of the eclipse 10h. 50m., and last contact with the shadow about half-past 12 on the morning of the Ist June. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY) (Sittings in Banco.) BARROW AND ANOTHER c. ARNAND. The plaintiffs in this case are merchants in Liverpool, slid the defendant is the collector of Customs in that p o rt. Th e plaintiffs had imported a cargo of corn into Liverpool by the ship David and John, from Spain. The new corn-law , whicu received the Royal assent on Friday, 29th April preceding, repealed the corn-law of 9 Geo. IV., and at the same tOO enacted that the duties to be levied on corn should be based upon the averages to be returned on each Thursd* The John and David arrived in Liverpool during the by days between the 29th April and the first Thursday passing of the Act, when the plaintiffs contended the ports were open, and no duties could be levied. The de fendant, however, contended that the corn was liable to duff, refused to suffer it to be landed, except in bond, where it re; mained for two months, and was then released , on Par nell , of duty. The plaintiffs brought, this action to recove r damages for loss sustained by this detention of the corn bi the collector of Customs at Liverpool. As there WO no dig" pute as to the facts of the case, a special verdict bad been taken, subject to the opinion of this Court, as to the consts ll ' tion to be put upon the Act of Parliament. The COURT, having heard Mr. Erie for the plaintiff , 0 ,, the Solicitor-General for the defendant, took time to conslar' after the their judgment. MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.) .A laCw John Thomas, a very gentleman in appearance, was P -- $ . 6 before Mr. Rawlinson, on a charge of having co mraitted e ., indecent assault upon the person of William Smith, who .i scribed himself as a valet, residing at 19, Titchfield - s treew Portland•place. vet The circumstances of the case prove that there ar e d o scoundrels who, undeterred by the fate of the notorie Stringer, levy contributions upon the timorous, by threats u' preferring charges of an unnatural character against the Mr. RkwuNsoN inquired the gentleman's address, but of stated that he could not, while resting under the 4;diu lli such a charge, think of giving it. The prosecutor was not in attendance, and it ha d NO ascertained that he had given a false address at the state" house. James Joy, a park-constable, said, that on the evening be .: fore he had been told by the man Smith to take the prison' into custody for the offence as stated in the police s heet. . Prisoner—Did I not also tell you to take him also into custody ? Witness—Yes, you did. Sid Mr. RA - svurrsoN—Why don't you tell all the truth, Let me know all that passed. Witness—Yes, Sir. Thea , ,. prisoner said several times at the station-house he would g" - the man in charge. Wm. Wall, inspector of the park-constables, said thal also heard the prisoner give the other man in charge, wthe was not taken. He had been to the address given by prosecutor, and had ascertained that he did not live there. The prisoner said—l am quite innocent of this charge•ty was walking in the inner circle of the Regent's Park, Si' t d. e , man Smith came up and entered into conversation witi',; 9 l, After talking of one thing and another, he said at _.„` "What will you give me?" I replied, "What do you larSill are you miserable ?" He rejoined, " I am ; and if you ''. e d not give me something, I will charge you with having tri o' to commit an unnatural offence." I refused him m oney, he then called the constable and gave me into custody. " Mr. RAWLINSON said that he could not, for a me ta think of detaining him, and he was therefore discharged' 00 1 The gentleman expressed his determination of traciag the miscreant, and bringing him to punishment. QUEEN-SQUARE.-(THIS An old man, apparently 60 years of age, named Di 9 7 30, tailor, carrying on business at No. 3, Queen-street, Ch ei was laced at the bar, before Mr. Bond, charged With dis, , Sp gusting conduct towards a little girl, the daughter 0 ' Fox, a painter and decorator. Mr. Fox, the defendant, who is a married man, and thslo°. ther of two young children, rented apartments in his h ° 3, Queen. street, and carries on a lucrative trade. Fr e , ; .. :dr formation which he received from his wife respecting tu - y ea fendant s conduct towards his child, who is between se and eight years of age, he was given into cuetody. Ann Fox, a pretty intelligent little girl, was then broggre into Court, and having been questioned by Mr. 13 011 ,. ( 1; or speating truth and falsehood, of the nature of which sx'',.. c o, peared to be aware, she was sworn. From her evi t Tilis which is of course unfit for publication, it appeared th e : t et• defendant was in the habit of presenting her with e " r fes meats, and had repeatedly taken the most indecent lie,h/e, with her. After the lapse of some time she told her tre' r , of Miss Mary Moy, a young woman about eighteen Y e !, dr age, deposed to hearing some conversation between til u oli fendant and the child, who innocently asked him lid the conduct was not wicked. She saw the defendant an child in the water-closet together. to The defendant, in answer to the charge, entered teided rambling statement respecting the sweetmeats, an d __, E d h that he took any liberties of an improper nature child. , e na• Mr. BOND asked the prosecutor if he was desirous the ing the case to the Sessions, as the punishment wh' e ' pot law gave him power to inflict upon the defendant l e d. commensurate to the offence with which he was charg desl Mr. Fox said he would leave the case in his hands to with it as he thought proper. 8 0 Mr. BOND repeated that he thought the case ought to to the Sessions. ) CLERKENWELL.—(THIS D A Y ' be o Laurence Summers, a smith, was charged with hevwe B pd drunk and breaking five panes of glass, at the Cart t o Horse public-house, the property of Mr. IL I-Egg - ill* landlord. T 0 cI • It appeared from the evidence, that on the previous .„ 0 0 three o'clock the prisoner entered the house of the eernri g eei ant and called for drink, which, being in liquor, they re bsii to serve him with. A woman was making a noise at t h lt, the landlord attempted to put her out ; the prisoner po' fered, and was himself put out. He then went on the. i o,, ieft site cide of the way, and flung six brickbats at the va n tive Po li ce -constable 189 G partly corroborated the abo v timony, and said the Cart and Horse, which is in . itieet, was a quiet and respectable house. Mr. BROUGHTON fined the prisoner 155., or a raollu' prisonment in the House of Correction. UNION HALL.—(THISAI:; ) , 6 OI Thomas Weblin, a well-dressed man, was charge',.. f the wilfully breaking a pane of plate-glass in the window Horse and Groom, in the Westminster-road. A t It appeared that, on the preceding day , . the defenu,° oo lo been down enjoying the sports of Greenwich fair, ana', iote * return, he called at the Horse and Groom, and 4°,.",,1 1 04; squabble with some women who were at the bar. 'n e ste: lord, anxious to preserve regularity in his house, r ec _lA. the defendant to quit the place. He, however, refunoce• using very improper language, challenged to fight the 1 : 11 : 0 0ter who not being at all inclined to enter into a pugilistic en cn itl with him, at length succeeded in the expulsion °fee i • c" customer. The moment the defendant got outside 11 :3 - ipg' up a large stone and dashed it at the window, del:0°0;0e large plate pane of glass. He afterwards attempt t but was secured. 14 4 The defendant denied the charge, but evidenc e d otsr been adduced of the fact, he was adjudged tope' t ile and default was locked up. Wm. Brown, a diminutive boy, wa s charged Wit h eltellllllB in coals out of a barge on the Thames. tbat of In the course of the examination it was stated Q•sags quantity of coals stolen from barges on the river, 1 )7%44 juvenile thieves, was incalculable. In the presen t ioc ßi O ita the prisoner was seen between three and four e'c! morning to walk out into the river nearly up to hie foe in mud and water, and ascend a barge and comin e l colt a bag, which he had slung over his shoulder, lt sod T When lie had finished his task he waded back age° taken into custody. as , s Air Mr. TRAILL said there was little doubt such I s of -,, r prisoner were encouraged by their parents in ac d rob' honesty, and that they were compelled to go ou t bis betunished. he prisoner, however, having refused to tell t e e 7oe ilg parents lived, and being known as a very inor ri g i thief, he was committed for six months. itaed tit eencta case ne h yoodstn e aefrhadi estls A swetiihetnrrnei d amgettg utimh:ol men have experimental bear tad v ngpf o seti vessels h s go f e aari lw-vesh:abei w a r , which e eoutwt d e r n : the f r pe ro ottogbo i oh n offrituheem ttTsitby:htenlareiii brigs,ri I :ni e etsbil e gsi rynn t r i r a L egotonb i neria,peolicdplepa,erhylocondesihirnnoffisnetubegficiensos,ei itteefowsihnsanc: r a e n ha d o F ve ly d in fr g eni Fis i h t , s n p o r t op a e s r in p g iae le e. gu_n v w ev i o li v be o rt graph. ft 4 DA' . 0 CRUELTY OF MEHEMET ALI'S SON"— rdest_., The notorious Defturdar had a den in his F il he ~r which he kept a lion, %hich became so tame t han it iss_rj about the grounds at liberty, and followed t ed, like a dog. But before he was quite domestics ,istO p t while yet in confinement, one of the gardener'sl.lsoiolei, was guilty of some error, of which the suP e l l i a tort complained to the Defturdar. In no case " 1 s vit,4o passing judgment, he ordered the accust o . going into details, to be cast into the lion's ` l ,,t, Vol order was immediately complied with ; the be a see°4,- ever, treated the poor condemned wretch likeotosyr,o Daniel ; it not only did no harm, but , to te ar iee, e • ment of the beholders, licked his hands. The 6 10 10„ 5 , assistant was not the animal's attendan t, but„, in l fr os, aionally thrown some of his bread into the 4. odo op i a n n g d . s p T a r h e e d noblehis ben e factor'sanimal ha not lifeforgotten b e l t ° 4 00 4; a but pee hearing this, was by no means please , . ; te st k' thirsty as ever, and without feeling the sligh toot ciation for this act of generosity, ordered - d eli theaistor kept fast during the whole of the day,.and the r e' wig e$ to remain in confinement : thinking, in the e the o ot gratified rage, to force the beast to becon.. ,sad cutioner of its benefactor. But even - hung er th e overcome the magnanimity of the royal ainT," ur t ip bet poor gardener remained the whole day lZ ers teai f be, den with the lion. In the evening he wa s m i root , 0 4 did not long escape the vengeance of the_ Y re meeting him one day in the garden , Y O - 0 0' brushed up a heap of leaves, accosted him r . l ee 0 0 0- thou art so bad that a lion will not eat t " „ el ; he t bea thou host made thine own grave." Uerelir s ou 0, o ven , manded him to carry the dry leaves to an , so cut es to creep in himself. When this order wag! „ T ete% tyrant had the leaves lighted, and the pool Tort' pared under the most horrid tortures.-- 1.0. Kordofan. g glP° % ;:fter THE ELAIE HOTEL, LON LONDON . terday this e D xcellen D t establishment was re- O P: d dece!: c t t!): dergoing most extensive improvements, a&ftiltvf„i: under the auspices and management of bi.r.r ou tlivinl other proprietors of the Bridge-house Hotel t , d o inne r, fib 0 0,0 , 1 occasion was celebrated by a magnificen t „,..,utlere' n o of ' P o . were assembled a numerous company ol coati ° . Cb h • d corP , con sibly connected with the commerce City Marshall, ofLondon, whoseunder b the presidency honzmi presiden man e duced in an eminent degree to the collY,r ' the ment of the evening. All the toasts, with an arra`i t er l A that of the Queen, were honoured sitting, ..tion• ail, ro' and example well worthy of general itoderl!!,,e, usual routine of loyal toasts, the wol:lPL d ly feei u ;e., speech replete with great good sense and kindly occefio s e p posed the health of the host, Mr. Softlav r .! s ef, o , Adelaide Hotel, to which that gentleman.:or a! 1 a eey' r j. ciprocal spirit. The health of the lA)reltjec°lni"geler* other toasts were given and received kith resent weremosto,,, siasm. The professional vocalists Pre,s,l t wo nda, ~f Hobbs, Hawkins, Chapman, and Roe, YT ;9 o ot s s ' e l,deena from the metropolitan cathedral, and i" e iodeP .s oo much to remark that the musical treat all 'f the s ce fa the banquet, which included all the rarities t h e the choicest wines, was cheap in itself at,„ u ateS , dinner ticket. Mr. Harker acted as toss'e— also in capital voice. Mir ~ r SU SOj th at, e Eats