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so without the benefit of public opinion; and without the advantage of the assistance of that public opinion, he thought that it would be unwise to carry that resolution into effect.—( Hear, hear.) He did not therefore think that this was the proper moment for the House to stop the execution ; and he therefore felt that it was impossible to adoptthe course recommended by the Hon. Member fur Montrose. He did not think that they would have public opinion with them in endeavouring by force to cat-, y these resolutions into effect, by the imprisonment of the plaintiff in this action. What, then, were they to do? Were they to postpone the question and allow the goods of the Ser geant to be levied upon ? and were they to suffer him to be the victim of their own supineness? But he did not think that this would consist with their dignity, nor was it any more wise to postpone the decision of this question, and expose their officers to the consequences of their neglect. They could of after this use force to commit the parties who were thus offending against their privileges. The House, therefore, should come to some dscision on this point to-night, for, unless they interposed, the execution must take place. Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to state what had been the course pursued on former occasions. In the particular case referred to by the Solicitor-General, the House had directed their officer to plead to the action. That was the course on a former occasion, but on that specified occasion the House did not plead. The question was now whether the damages should be levied, and the House should or should not pay the damages. The House had been advised by the Attorney-General to plead to the action. He ( Lord John Russell) had proposed to the House that Howard and all those who acted with him should be summoned to the bar of the House. The House had not agreed with him at that time and this was the consequence. The motion of the Hon. Member :for Montrose could not in his opinion he acceded to, and unless the House interposed the execution must be levied. The Solicitor-General had read the resolutions adopted on a previous occasion, yet the question was whether they were right or not, and it was an im perative duty on the part of the House to come to a decision, and , agree whether they should allow Mr. Howard to levy for the damages under this judgment or not. Sir R. INGLIS rose only to say one werd on the observa tions of the Hon. Member for Sutherland. He observed, that that portion of his speech in which he had spoken of the Hon. Member for Cambridge having taken a brief on this suit as a breach of privilege, was loudly cheered. Now he ( Sir R. Ingiis) thought if that were a breach of privilege, it was equally se for the Attorney and Solicitor-General to have taken briefs on the other side. satisfactorily carried out in Ireland? Had they not seen that it would net be deemed a measure of real benefit to the Ro man Catholic people of Ireland? That it should have the sup port of the Protestant people of Ireland would appear to him a most unnatural proceeding. To think that those who had opposed the present national system of education, should support this proposition, would be a thing he could not be lieve. He bad no doubt it would be looked upon as an evil of far greater importance to Ireland than even the Maynnoth Bill. These were his reasons for taking the course he had in regard to this measure—a course which he bad felt it his imperative duty to pursue. He would not weary the House with any further observations, and in the few he had offered he hoped he had endeavoured to be as calm as the nature of the subject permitted.—( Hear, hear.) If he could consistently support this measure he would; but he could not help saying that he felt justified in his opposition by all that he had heard in that House upon the subject, as well as by the expressions of the leader of the Irish people in reference to it, and in which he as well as the the Protestant people of England fully concurred. These expressions were to this effect, that a system of education should not be enforced unless it had the father's sanction and the mother's blessing.—( Hear, hear.) —that religion should be the basis of all education, and if it were not it would corrupt more than it would en lighten. The same authority proposed a scheme of education which he (Lord John Manners) con sidered far preferable to the Government Bill, and that was, to have separate colleges for the Roman Catholics, the Protestants, and the Presbyterians; and as for Trinity Col lege—and here let him request the attention of the Right Hon. Member for Dungarvon—as for Trinity College, he could see no reason for any change in that. ISiow, that was the plan which he (Lord J. Manners) would wish to see carried into law, and if it were, all objections of a religious nature would be obviated ; but if they separated secular from religious edu cation, it would be worse than useless, and prove not a blessing but a curse. It would be a measure which future statesmen would tremble at, and future ages deplore. He would beg to move the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Lord ADAIR seconded the motion. Mr. ROSS said, he cordially approved of the measure pro prosed by the Government, and he could not see upon what grounds the Noble Lord opposite assumed that it would prove a curse instead of a blessing. In approving of this measure he (Mr. Ross) could not shut out. from his mind the fact that up to this time it had always been the practice in Ireland to set one day of the week apart for religious instruction in all the schools, and he had yet heard no reason why that should not be coutinued. He believed that Mr. O'Connell did not represent the Irish people.—( Hear, hear.) He believed that he had greatly ex aggerated matters, and he felt assured that the Roman Catholics of Ireland viewed this measure,:not with dislike, but approbation. When Mr. O'Connell characterised the Bill as iniquitous, and that education apart from religion had led to crime in France, he answered by a denial of the fact. He asserted that where education had existed crime had diminished. He called upon the Government, in conclusion, not to give way to the clamour that had been raised against the measure in Ireland. —i Cheers.) Lord ADAIR thought it would be better to establish Catholic Colleges in the south of Ireland. He was opposed to the measure altogether, and one of the material grounds of that objection was that it gave to the Minister of the day the power of the appointment of the professors. Lord SANDON could not think that voting for the second reading of the Bill pledged any Hon. Member to adopt its details. He was anxious to see the Bill go into Committee, in order that such alterations might be made in it as were re quired. He believed that it was a measure in the right path for the future legislation of the people of Ireland. Sir JAMES GRAH AM, who spoke in so low a tone of voice as to render it difficult to hear him at all, said that he was one of those who thought that no personal question of re ligious feeling or belief ought to be discussed in that House. His Noble Friend had truly stated, that under the present circumstances of Ireland it was impossible, with the least prospect of success, to propound a mea sure generally acceptable to the people of that country for the endowment by the State of the clergy of a portion of the people. He could well understand a scheme such as that which had been suggested by his Noble Friend the Member for Newark, who advocated a scheme of separate edu cation for the different sects prevailing in Ireland. He could understand founding a Roman Catholic College in the South of Ireland, and he could understand founding a separate College for the Presbyterians in the North of Ireland, but, for his own part, he for one very much feared that, so far from removing religious differences, no scheme could •be propounded more certain to produce the effect of perpetuating those differences. The Noble Lord the Meniber for Newark had referred to the proviso at the end of clause one, which had reference to the formation of the proposed colleges. Now, the principle which that proviso went was that upon which the University of Lon don had been established. Considering the great diffi culty which attended this question, it was absolutely necessary that they should be perfectly explicit upon it. It was the intention of her Majesty's Government, in pro posing these colleges, that no religious tests should be applied either to officials or to students. There was no novelty in this, none whatever. Let them look to Scotland, a country respect ing which no disrespect for religion could be alleged. There was no country in the world where religion was more venerated. In the colleges of that country no religious tests of any kind were imposed. Attendance at Divine worship was not re quired, nor upon theological lectures; and yet the parents and guardians of Scotland sent their sons and young men to the colleges of Edinburgh and Glasgow, perfectly satisfied with the system that was pursued. Two Noble Lords who sat opposite would bear testimony to this. What then was the course pur sued at Oxford? When he was a member of that University, a student matriculating there was not examined as to what he knew ( Hear, hear.) but he was called upon to subscribe to what he believed. He was bound to say that for the two years and a half that he was a member of Christ Church, Oxford, he never was called upon to attend any lecture on theology or on divinity. He never received any re ligious instruction whatever, and he did believe that through out the whole time that he was at the University he never heard one sermon.—(Laughter.) The Noble Lord the Mem ber for Newark himself must know that this was a cammon thing, although he (Sir James Graham) did not know what the taste of the Noble Lord was when he was at college. The effect of this would be aw interference with the election of the professors. Something of the same kind had occurred with respect to the appropriation of the regium donnm, and the appointment of the professors at Belfast. There were at that place a congregation of Unitarian Presbyterians and of Or thodox Presbyterians, and in that case there had been felt to be a necessity for the appointment of two professors. If he were to follow the same plan, there would have to be a profes sor for philosophy, theolo g y, and anatomy, of different opi nions; and then he would have to meet the difficulty by the appointment of three professors of divinity, to obviate the in convenience. Now he thought that the introduction of such professors would destroy the very utility at which these academic institutions aimed. There ought to be every care taken that parents and guardians sbould have the power of securing the principles of those in whom they were so deeply interested, for he believed that no greater evil could occur than that the spirit of proselytism should be let loose. It had always been an opinion of his that great injury would arise from the alienation of the Irish people from their national religion, for he feared that it would only end in that infidelity which was worse than any other evil. The supervision of the parents and guardians would be one means of security, and the power of removal which was held by the Crown, or, as it was, in fact, the removal under the ad vice of responsible Ministers, who held seats in that House, would be a complete guarantee that these means of education would not be perverted. The visitorial power of the Crown could not, he believed, by the prerogative, be delegated to any one but the Keeper of the Great Seal, unless it were by statute. This facility was liable to abuse. According to the rules which he believed were observed in Trinity College, he be lieved that no attendance was compulsory on the Divinity Lec tures, and he thought that some prevision ought to be made for religious instruction; he therefore intended that oppor tunities should be allowed for the residence of teaci-ers within the colleges, though he would not provide halls or other facili ties for the teaching of any particular theological opinions. There were several Gentlemen opposite who received their early education at Trinity College, and, from their principles and appearance in that House, be felt assured that no test of religion had been enforced on entering the college, or on taking the honours which the college conferred. He would now refer to the question of the professors' chairs. A memo rial had been presented, requesting that certain chairs should be held by Roman Catholics. The first chair referred to, was that of history. He saw no reason why there should be any restriction or exclusion, and, therefore, he should not agree to any departure from the principle of the Bill. The next chair was that of moral philosophy and metaphysics. He saw no reason why any rdvantage should be given to any particular creed. The same rule applied to logic and geology ;he did did not conceive that any rule of the kind should be permitted. Then came the question about the removal of professors. He considered it the best to place the power of removal in the hands of a responsible Government, not under the authority of any other power. While the Government had the power of removals, they had no objection to allow a visitorial power, vested in parties in whom con fidence could be placed.—( Hear.) While they objected to favouring any religious party in the appointment of the pro fessors, they had no objection to allow halls and lecture-rooms for the use of lectures, providing parties were found who would endow them for the purposes of religious instruction. To that extent he had no objection to go, and that in Committee pro vision should be made to that effect. He did not think it neces sary to add more at present, as he had referred to the leading objections urged against the measure. Great advances had been made in the education of the lower classes of Ireland within the last few years, attributable to the influence of that excellent establishment, the National System of Education. Great social and educational progress had been made, and the pre sent measure was only an extension of that plan. The Hon. Mem ber for the University of Dublin had objected to that system, but against his objection he ( Sir J. Graham) could place the authority of the Hon. Member for Belfast, who had stated that, so far from evil having resulted from that system, it had been of the greatest benefit to the people of that country. The children of the National schools of Ireland if placed in con trast with the National schools of this country woull appear in a very advantage ous position. The best possible effects had been produced upon the poor of that country by the system, and the present measure was only to extend to the upper classes what had been already extended to them.—( Hear, hear.) This measure would be found the only measure calculated to satisfy the claims of Ireland as regarded education, and was attended with such principles as would realise the most happy results.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. ROCHE said it was incumbent on him to join with the Noble Lord the Member for Newark to oppose the second reading of the Bill. It would be unnecessary for him to say that the proposed measure of education was a difficult subject for any Irish Member to deal with. He would be ready to give his assent to a measure for what was called a mixed question of education. He would go as far as any man in the desire to spread proper notions of religion and education among the people. He considered that religion should be a main ques tion in carrying out any mixed system of education. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said you must leave to us the ap pointment of the professors, because I am determined there shall be nothing savouring of proselytism introduced into these colleges. I will not permit any professor to remain in office who endeavours to proselyte any of the pupils under his care. The Rig ht Honourable Baronet did not understand what was very weil apprehended in Ireland that he bad fixed the terms of his holding there. He contended th he a w t o if ud he h ß e i n g a h rr t y H in o. Gentleman g n outhiaown carried out proselytism. his w T o hey n g re u g e n s i t r io e n d fn lreland th a t th ose pro f essors shou l d not b e t h e mere nominees of the English Government. They ought to be re sponsible to public opinion in Ireland, othe Government of the day" o and not to any Govern ftH the prejudices and the ideas lend his assistance to • the e would be most anxious to support i and spread of information and education in lan md,eaobautof poisoning e ison w in a g s determined that there should not any o b o e t r e the fountain from whence the youth Ireland drew their w. s H e o n would heir abstracte o n firs ttend ; h i r a a t u t g h h e t s powerof k , now sbouldl e d i g n e oTrest with the Ministry to d* • a man because he should not meet t.eier:tiv.::ismiss question of politics. He was not prepared to say in Ireland were proof against a bribe, especially when tit' . uvrir wa s offered in the shape of 500/. or 8001 . a year.—(Hea r, hear.) They might be tempted, for they were not proof against temptation, any more than general humannature. If you give us these colleges the professors must be as inde pendent as the professors of 0 0 t x t f o ord be a a n s d u C nf a e m tt b e r r i e d d ge and Un tn i: veriitie3 were ; a nd if the y are n depen nothing m ore than a curse would be gether, and, M d oin g so, dent then he would say, let the g rant be refused alto ivithheld. He would rather have a system of education sepa- Sir R. PEEL said that it was only postponing the evil day to defer the decision of this question, and he thought that it would only be increasing the difficulty by deferring their deci siontill Monday night; and if they were disposed to resist en croachments, this was the day. He did not understand that what they had done, or the allowance of this judgment, was in any way a recognition of the jurisdiction of the Court over their privileges. He had been a party to the resolutions respecting their privileges. On the previous occasion they had acted under advice, and, after eight days. had consented to plead. This they had done when Lord Campbell was Attorney- General, and he would say that the privileges cf the House had never had a more zealous or able advocate.—( Cheers. ) He had been quite inclined to exert the power cf the House, and it was by his advice that they had pleaded the general issue. It was on this high authority that they had consented to plead, and he did not understand the doctrine that this was admission of the ju.i adiction over the privileges of the House. It was a doctrine and a distinction which he could not ac knowledge. If they emir. to the ulterior fact, and came to the resolution of allowing th • Sergeant to pay, they would be un able to go further; but he thought the most advisable plan would be to give a distinct notice to the parties not to carry their execution into effect. By this means they would relieve themselves from any false position, and then they would be able, if they thought proper, to commit those who were guilty of any breach of their privileges. Ile (Sir R. Peel) objected to the motion of the Hon. Member for Montrose, for he was not prepared to enter intoany contro versy on the subject. He thought the consequence of his mo tion would be to increase the difficulties by which they were surrounded. But while he admitted that he was not prepared to enter upon this discussion, he was fully prepared to vindi cate the privileges of the House.—(Cheers) And if the Howie intended to uphold those privileges, he would tell them that it was she lutely necessary that they should make up their mind, not to deal with subordinate officers merely. That course could give no satisfaction. They were, on the one hand, dealing with mere agents—sheriffs and other officers; and, on the other, with the Court of Q.seen's Bench. He said that they must deal with higher .personagee, :they must deal with the Court of Queen's Benc itself. The House had, by a resolution passed at a former period, determined to uphold and maintain their privileges—privileges which were given them not for their own benefit—not that they might be capriciously exercised—but for the interests of a free people.—(Cheers.) If they were pre pared to uphold and exercise these privileges, they must take a different tour_ e from thst adopted in 1840. They ought to be pre pared to go to the utmost extremity in vindication of their privi leges, but bef re they did so,they mustjconvince their own minds, their own consciences that such a state was absolutely necessary, and that:no other resource was left them. They must not only conceive themselves that such was the case, but they must im press the same opinion on the minds of the people of England. The prominent feeling was at present in their favour. Fortu na.ely the period had not yet arrived when extreme measures were necessary. He should recommend that for the present the defendant should be allowed to try his case at bar, to appeal from the decision of the Queen's Bench, and to carry the ques tion before a Court of Error. He trusted that he had con vinced the House that he himself had shown no disinclination to vindicate the privileges to which they were justly entitled, but as they had a powerful minority in the House to contend with, he was not willing that they should press the question to an issue. But, still if no other means were left them, if no other resources were at hand, he should be prepared to proceed with the question in that House, and to maintain privileges which he believed were essential to the rights and liberties of a free people—privileges which were now invaded by a decision of the Court of Queen's Bench—a decie;on which he believed to be unjust, and which ought, in maintenance of the rights and privileges of that House, to be set aside.—(Cheers.) Mr. BERN AL was free to confess, from what he knew of the constitution of the House, that any report emanating from the Committee at any future period, could not put the House in a better position f , r deciding the question than they were in at that period. He thought that, in the course of the dis cussion, much matter had been introduced which had no re lation to the subject, and he should, therefore, very shortly recal the attention of the House to the real matter at issue. He thought that where there was a choice of difficul ties they should adopt a mild before they pro ceeded to an extreme course, and, therefore, he entreated his Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose to give way to those whose opinions in that House were entitled to some weight, and not to plat- Ifinself in a situation which he would afterwards regret—a situa ion which would effectually prevent him speak ing again in that House. Air HUME said that the Hon. Member who had just sat down had cautioned hiM against putting himself in a position which eou d peevene hirrropening his lips in that House, yet the Hon. Member had admitted that be (Mr. Hume) was right in bringing forward his motion, and yet, that Hon. Member had not the moral courage to support him.—(Cheers.) The Learned Soicitor-General had shown them the evils, explained the difficu.ties of their position, and, after all, he had sat down wi bout telling them what to do. Were they to allow themselves to go on in error, to get deeper and deeper into dif ficuties until they would eventually find themselves inevitably and irrecoverably committed. The House then divided. The numbers were— For the adjournment Against it Majority . ACADEMICAL INSTITUTIONS (IRELAND) BILL. On our re-admission to the gallery we found the House in discussion on the subject of proceeding with the Irish Acade mical Institutions Bill. Sir JAMES GRAHAM replied that he could say that the Government did not propose any material altera tion in the Bill in consequence of the memorial of the Roman Catholic Bishops, which, however, they thought worthy of a full c ,nsideration, but the Government were de termined not to deport from the principle of the Bill. Lord JOHN MANNERS begged leave to suggest that the discussion of so important a measure might be postponed, with out inconvenience, to next week. Sir R. INGLIS objected to proceeding with the discussion at that late hour. In answer to a question from Mr. SHEIL, Sir R. PEEL said that it would be left open to the Catholic community to provide professors if they pleased, but there would be no interference on the part of the Government. Mr. OSBORNE said that as an Irish liberal Protestant he would suppurt every measure which would promote the educa tion of his countrymen, but he greatly regretted to see in the memorial of the bishops a demand that the professors of materia medica should be Roman Catholics. He deeply re gretted that whilst he laboured himself to enlarge the liberties of his Catholic fellow-countrymen, he could see on their part a disposition to restrict the liberties of others. Sir W. JAMES would like to know if this Bill advocated what Mr. O'Connell called the voluntary principle.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and " Order.") Sir J. GRAHAM said he had had some experience in Par liamentary business, but he should say he had not heard any thine like the course pursued in reference to this Bill.—( Hear, hear.) He had every disposition to answer questions, and he had answered several, and all he could say now was, that this Bill had been framed with a view to establishing a national system.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. B. HOPE—This had been called a system of acade mical education, but not religious. Now, he would wish to know if this was to be a system of academical education, or such a system as Ireland could afford.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and " Don't answer.") The ques' ion was then put that the Bill be read a second time. Lord JOHN MANNERS said he never in his life rose in that House with greater reluctance upon any question than he did in rising to propose the rejection of the Bill now before the House, as proposed by her Majesty's Government; but the nature of the measure was such as obliged him, however. ' pain ful to him se lf, or wear yi ng to the House, to oppose t, and state his rea sons f or d o i ng so . He had heard this called a measure for giving education in Ireland. Now. he should say he thought education a very different thing. He never could , call this an educational measure so long as it contained s uch a clause as the one he now held in his hand, and which was to the effect that no religions test should be applied to any of the pupils, or any of the candidates for the privileges or offices of the colleges. He knew not what might be the feelings of Hon. Members on this or the opposite side of the House, on this part of the 'subject ; but this he would say, that he was as anxious as any Member of the House to see ample justice done to the people of Ireland; but he felt bound to say, after the de claration he had heard from the Right Hun. Baronet the Se cretary of State for the Home Department, of his determina tion to adhere to the principle of the Bill, he had no other course open to him but to move the rejection of the Bill. He knew he would be met by the assertion that the measure was founded upon the systems of education in force in foreign countries ; but he would contend for it that nothing could be more mischievous than the systems that had of late obtained in Frame and in Prussia. In fact, the volcano on which France at present stood ought to warn this country in time not to imi tate the example of that country. He would ask was he not warranted in opposing this measure when he saw the names of fifty o,f the bishops of the Anglican Church exp-ess their oppo. sitmn to the measure, because they looked upon it as a system of education which threatened to rend the country to pieces. Whatever might be the effects of such a measure in this coun try, he would say, that it would produce results far worse, and more deplorable, in Ireland. He had heard of one instance of a person being promoted to a high office for endeavouring to alienate the Roman Catholic people from their religion in Ire land, and of anothe r instance in Spain, where the Order of Isabella was conferred upon an tnoividual for doing the same in the Basque Provinces. , he would be far from advocating such acts, but he had no doubt, thraotveit to o h b is e B w i o ll rs w e eu t l b d an no n t s h el a e v s e s that effect in Ireland, it would e p as an Educational measure. 9 aware how religious h w e el A l ,a k . new in what e parts cul.ies of Ireland consisted, and 'aht He h d to avoid. differences in that country had compelled many to ta to in them that they could have wis e be told, that bef or e ought to be prepare Honourable Members prepared with a oppose this measure, th ey better one. Now he had no he objection u tot to the Howe say he w as prepared with a HT; but before he snbm it t e.. would say, that however it might fai l ini attainin g the object in view, he could not conceive a He would like to the one now before the House. nay measure so bad or ineffec tual as know what probability there was of this measure ever being E SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1845. rate, as indicated by the Learned Gentleman opposite, than that hinted at by some Gentlemen on that side of the House. He, for one, agreed in the opinion that the days of ascendancy of all sorts were numbered. What ascendancy could there be in giving one college for Protestants and another for Catholics? Education ought to be free, and the divisions of the day in politics and religion should at least be excluded from the lecture room.—( Hear.) He preferred a separate system of education such education. They would write for them the history of their country. An How. MEMBER—Who will read it? Mr. ROCHE—The people of Ireland would read it. They refused to give them a free and unshackled education, and they would refuse to receive a scheme filled with such imperfections as the present. Mr. ROSS explained. Sir R. INGLIS said he would repeat what he had already said, that the present was a gigantic scheme of God less education; but in doing so he begged to say, in an swer to the charge of the Right Honourable Gentle. man the Secretary of State for the Home Department, that he regretted the Right Hon. Baronet had declared his determination to stand by the whole of this Bill—that should have been left for the Committee. The Right Hon. Baronet had nailed his colours to the mast, and, therefore, every one who voted for the second reading of the Bill voted for Governmental power, Governmental nomination, and Governmental dismissal of officers as they thought proper. He could not help it if he were taunted with opposition to all education, and he frankly avowed he would rather see the people of Ireland thrown upon their own resources. He believed they did not take the same view of it as he did. He never said there was any thing aggressive in the system, but it was a negative of religion. He would wish that in any scheme of education for Ireland, the colleges in that country should be based on the same principle as that of Oxford, where Protestantism was made an element in the education of youth. He was quite ready to admit that between religion and certain schemes of education, less differ ence might be observed ; but he should be glad to find that the same system were established every where. He could not agree with the proposition of the Noble Lord behind him ( Lord J. Manners), that there should be separate colleges for Presbyterians, Roman Catholics, and Church of England men. Sir J. GRAHAM explained, but in so low and indistinct a tone that it was impossible to reduce his statements into an in telligible form. Mr. REDDING TON was in favour of the Government pro position, but he thought that the principle of mixed education was of great value, and the Legislature ought not to neglect it. He would support this Bill as a measure of mixed edu cat:on, and he thought it wise to leave the endow ment of a theological chair open. Notwithstanding all that had been said both by Protestants and Roman Catholics on this question, he should say that his opinion was, that there should be Roman Catholic professors as well as Pro testant. He approved of the appointment of the professors being vested in Crown for the present, for he was aware of in stances of abuse of the power vested in the local authorities. He thought that,in Ireland some scheme for the education of the people was required. He considered that the present mea -1 sure was only a small reparation for the injustice that had been done to Ireland.—( Hear.) Trinity College was left where it was, the door of that College was still closed to Roman Catho lies, and, until it was opened, they would not do justice to the people of Ireland.—( Hear. ) On the motion of llr. MONCTON MILNES, the debate was adjourned to Monday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at half-past Twelve o'clock to Monday. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. (BY SPECIAL DEAIRE) THIS EVENING Will be performed Don:zetti's Opera, DON PASQUALE. Norina, Madame Grisi ; Dr. Malatesta, Sig. Fornasari ; Ernesto, Sig Mario ; Notary, Sig. Dai Flori ; and Don Pasquale, Sig. Lablache. Between the Acts the Pas de Deux, " De la Favorite" (composed by M. Perrot), by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi and M. Toussaint. The Danseuses Viennoises will appear in a New Pas, entitled " La Polka," and the " Pas des Bergers" (being their Last Appearance but Two). To conclude with an entirely New Grand Ballet, in Five Tableaux, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, entitled R l / 4 .)SIDA ; OU, LES MINES DR SYRACUSE. The Ballet and Mis en scene, by M. St. Leon. The New Scenery by Mr. Marshall. The Music by Signor Pugni. Rosida, Mdlle. Cerito ; Alman, M. St. Leon ; The Queen of the Mines, Mdlle. Moncelet ; Torbern, M. Di Mattia. In thd course of the Ballet the following Dances : - First Tableau.—" La Sicilienne" (New Pas de Caractere), by Cerito and M. St. Leon, accompanied by the Corps de Ballet. Second and Third Tableaux.—Pas du Mineur, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, assisted by Mesdlles. Ferdinand, Demelisse, and Cassan. " Pas des Quatre Nations" (New Pas de Caractere), by the Corps de Ballet. To be followed by "La Wolinienne," by 3ldlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-dike, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Seven; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. Antwerp 26 20 Ramburgh M.B. 14 0 Alton& — Paris, 3 days' sight 25 95 Ditto, 3 months 26 15 Marseilles _ 26 15 Bourdeaux 26 20 Frankfort on Maine 123 Petersburgh, 3Us — Berlin — Vienna, effee. fi. 3 M lO 4 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36* Cadiz Bilbao — Barcelona — Seville -Barnsley Junction, 5 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 2% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12% 13 ,• Cambridge and Lincoln, 6 13-16 % •, Churnet Valley, 5 1 /4 % ; Clitheroe Junction, 1 15-16 13-16 prem. ; Direct Northern, 3% 5-16 ; Eastern Counties, New, 71. 3s. 6d. ; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 2 , 22 5. 6 d. ; Erewash Valley, 19 1 ,4 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 2 1 / % ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junction, 1 1 % ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, 11 8 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6% 3 4 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 6% ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7% ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 8 1 / 5-16 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 ; Leicester and Birmingham, Bs. lls. 3d. prem. ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 535. ; London and Windsor, 275. ; London and York, 4% 3% ; Manchester, Buxton, Matloc, and Midland Junction, 4 5-16 1-16; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 21 3 / 4 ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 8 ; Midland Railway Consols, 401. Shares, 24% ; North Western, 4 9-16 % ; Preston and Wyre Ex tension, 2% 1 4_,• Sheffield and Manchester, 123 ; South- Eastern, 53 •, Ditto, No. 3, 7 1-16 ; Southport and Euxton, 2% 13.16 ; Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 14 1 A ; Welsh Midland, 1 1 4 prem. ; West Yorkshire, 2%; Whitehaven and Furness, 2% % ; York and Carlisle , 20 s. 17 s. 6d. p rem . ; York and North Midland Extension, 17 3 / 4 ; Great Northern of France, English, 5%; Paris and Lyons, English, 2%. A " Constant Reader" of the Sun, who writes from Liver pool for information respecting the Royal North of Spain Railway, shall have all we are able to give him, but that our reply may be more intelligible, we rive some portion of the qaeries addressed by the writer. He remarks "lt would be of great service to many of the shareholders to learn some authentic information as to the ultimate pros pect of the undertaking. I am, as you may suppose, a shareholder, and bought at a large premium, partly upon the faith of the prospectus, wherein 14 per cent. was shown, and partly upon the respectability of the Directors, two of whom -Sir Joshua Walmsley, and Mr. William Jackson (both honourable gentlemen)-belong to this place, and the former, I understand, has gone to Spain fur the express pur pose of superintending the progress of the works-in fact, as Resident Director. " As it is possible that you may, through some of your channels, obtain information which parties in the country know nothing of, I have ventured to address you upon the subject, in the hope of learning something not yet made known." The Royal North of Spain Railway, like most other con • cerns, has its advocates and opponents. The principal ob jections urged in the City, irrespective of the alleged exclu sive allotment of shares, which, as our correspondent justly says, has nothing to do with the merits of the line, are the large sums reported to have been paid for the concession, and the difficult nature of the country across which the railway is to be carried, and which, in the opinion of many experi enced Spaniards here, is very great. However, Mr. Colville and the engineering staff which recently went out, will, it is to be hoped, fairly ascertain how the matter stands, and not undertake a task likely to result in loss to the share holders. Under all circumstances, the wisest course appears to us to be, for present holders to keep their shares and await the result, and for those not interested to have at present nothing to do with them. Such a course as this is least likely to hurt anybody. The public securities have to-day been firm, though quiet. Consols have realised 99% to 99 1 ,4 for present transfer, and 99% for Account. Exchequer Bills have been at 60s. to 635. premium. The Government broker having taken 21.000/. Bank Stock, the prices are firmer:at 210. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 101 1 A to 101%. The Committee of Portuguese Bondholders are very pro perly calling the attention of their constituents to the sacrifices they will make, by acquiescing in the new conversion, for at - present they are guaranteed 3 per cent. until the year 1849 ; 4 per cent. from that time till 1853 ; 5 per cent. on to 1861 ; and 6 per cent. to 1883 ; after which they are to be Five per Cents. permanently, whereas it is now pro posed to dock off all the back interest, and reduce the Five to Four per Cents., making a loss to the bondholders of 3,000,0004 Such of the bondholders as prefer four per cent. at once in preference to Three per cent. for the next four years,; and then :a :steady Eincrease, will et course [con vert, but most of the influential holders, and Mr. Thornton at the head, do not seem to be so disposed. The Stock to-day is down to 66 1 / 2 and 66. Spanish Five per Cents. are heavy at 29 1 /. %, and the Three per Cents. at 41%; Mexican are 37 to 37 1 4 ; Chilian 99, and Brazilian 89%; Dutch Four per Cents. are 98 1 / 4 . ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced ... 98m %r 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 per Cents 101 % 1 /s% Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 11 5-16% Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ..- - Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 - India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... - South Sea Stock - Ditto Old Annuities - Consols for Account.... ...... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 /d 6l 63 60 Ditto 5001. . - Ditto Small .•• - -• Ditto Advertised 5B 59 57 ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... • Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela - Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent BB% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... - Portuguese 5 per Cents. - - Ditto, Converted 66% 66% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. ... .. 4 1% 41% Ditto, Account - 41% 63 3 / 4 Dutch, 2 1 A per Cent , - Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certafic 9 84 084 PRICES OF CLOSINO RAILWAY SHARES PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Birming. and Gloucester loo 136 137 135 1 / 135% Do. New .. Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bristol and Exeter 7O - Do. New .... - ........ 2 ...... 8 1 74 8% Caledonian Ditto Extension ...... 21 z.. ... 2 3 / 4 1 / 2 % Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 / ...... 7 Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chichester and Brighton 10 Cornwall Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine - Dublin and Galway Dublin and Mullingar 2 12 4% Eastern Counties 25 ..... 18 1 4 % Ditto New 4/. 16s. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto Quarter Shares 12%...... - ........ Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 3 Great North of England..loo 25 3 1/ Ditto New 5 ' 67 66 67 65 ... Ditto New 2 35% ... Great Western BO 0 00 203 Ditto % Shares 5O llO 108 113...... Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2 1 / ..... 5% Hull and Selby 5O ... 107 108 ...... .. Do. Half Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 20 London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...245 250 Do. New Thirds Do. % Shares London and Blackwell. 16/. 13s. 4d 9%4 London and Brighton... 50 Do. New consolidated Bths 25 - London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d - Do. New l3s 4d - . Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. - ••• London and Greenwich 12/ 1554 d... 10% London and S. Western 411 6s 10d 79% 79 81 Do. Consolidated Bths 12 - ••• Do. New London and York 2 l/ 4 3% Londonderry& Coleraine 2%. - Londonderry and Ennis killen Lynn and Ely ...... 2 1 / 6 5 1 / 2 Manchester and Leeds... 73 149 Do. % Shares Do. Quarters 2 Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. New Quarters ... 2 - Midland 100 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby 100 l5O 152 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction ... 25 ..... 54 52% ...... .. Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and Berwick 1% lei% 17 1 /. 2 ... Newry and Enniskillen. 2% Newark and Sheffield .. 1% North British Do. New North Kent North Wales _ _ CLOSING PRICES. 210 98% 99% 101 1 % 11 5-16 t 11% 11 1 ; 72 97% 99% pm. 60 pm. 63 pm. - pm. 57 CLOSING PRICES. 90 99 _.... __ Norwich and Brandon... 10 Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm -154..... South Devon... South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 431/,34 1 .4 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 South Wales 2l Trent Valley Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. 3 3 /4 1 / 2 Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and North Midland 50 lO9 Do. 1 / 2 Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension FRENCH RAILWAY:. Boulogne and A miens Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Great North. of France.. 4 ...... 5% Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Great Paris and Lyons 2_ _ •••••• 1 % ••• raris a._ Jamaica Junction l% Louvain and Jameppe... . 2 ... . 4 1 / s Namur and Liege ...... 24 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Paris & Lyons, Laflitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan , 2 3 /4 ............... 2% neron's 2 ...... Royal North of Spain Sambre and Meuse JOINT STOCK BANKS. National of 1re1and...... COURSE OF EXCHANGE .— (YESTEIWAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 84 Gibraltar....• •........ Ditto, at sight l2 6 i Le g horn • 30 80 Rotterdam 2U.1 2 9 Ge noa ................ .. 26 20 Milan ...... ....... ...... Venice ..... Naples ..•..... ........ 391 Palermo, pez 0z...... 119 Lisbon .. 53 Oporto... Rio Janeiro.— Bahia Buenos Ayt ea NewYmk.:::!dyssight Philadelvli;a . PRICES 3F /113LLION, PER OZ Foreig-e.;4,11,bar5..£3 17 9 Portuga: Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 NW D011ar5......... O 4 9* Silver in bare...... 0 4 1 HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. BENEFIT AND LAST APPEARANCE BUT ONE OF THE DANSEUSES VIENNOISES. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed that the BENEFIT of the DANSEUSES VIENNOISES (their iast Appearance but one), will take place ON THURSDAY, JUNE 5, When will be performed Rossini's Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Cris'; Bertha, Mdlle. Bellini ; 11 Conte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo, Sig. Lablache ; Sig. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. The Danseuses Viennoises will appear in some of their most favourite Dances. Their Performances this Evening will include the celebrated " Pas des Miroirs," the " Pas des Moissonnenrs," and (for the first time) a New Divertissement, entitled POT POURRI, com prising a resume of their most admired Dances :--Hornpipe, by Mdlles. Kock and Weber; Schweitzer Tanz, by 3ldlles. Praeger and Ilankel ; Tarentelli, by Mdlles. Rorarius and Sporl; Tyrolotanz, by Mdlles. Florianschutz (sisters) ; Cracovienne, by Mdlles. Mina and Werner ; Mazus, by Sixteen ; Linzertang, by Mddles. Kock and Weber; Polonaise, by Wiles. Praeger and Henckel ; Polka, by Four ; Hongroise, by Mdlles. Florianschutz (sisters) ; Toleo de Xerxes, by Sport and Franz Weiss ; Coda, by all the Danseuses Viennoises. With a Musical Entertainment, combining the talents of Madame Castellan, Mdlle. Brambilla, and Sig. Mortara. To be followed by various Novelties in the Ballet Department in which will appear Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Lueile Grahn, and Mdlle. Carlotta Grist ; Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, &c, ; M. Perrot, and 31. St. Leon. - v. applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box. office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ; to commence at lialf-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. ON MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 2. Will be repeated an entirely new and Original Opera, entitled THE ENCHANTRESS. The Music composed by M. W. Haire ; the Libretto, by M. de St. Georges and Mr. Bunn. Mr. Balfe will, on this occasion, preside in the Orchestra. Don Sylvio, Mr. W. Harrison ; Ramir, Mr. Borraui ; Duke d'Aquila, Mr. Weiss; Nugnez, Mr. H. Horncastie ; Stella, Madame Anna Thillon. To conclude with the First Act of the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. The Duke of Silesia, Monsieur Silvain ; Gisell , Mdlle. Weiss. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will he repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS IVONDERJ. Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farren ; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss FortescUs ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Mrs. Humby. After which, GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. THEATKE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTF. THIS EVENING Will be performed PAUL PRY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs. Yates ; Phcebe, Miss Woolgar. After which, will be produced, a New and Original Farce, entitled THE IRISH DRAGOON. Mr. Brown Sherry, Mr. Selby; Paddy Murphy O'Brallaghan, Mr. Hudson. To 'onclude with ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspeare's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT Jacques, Mr. Wallack ; Amiens, Mr. Allen ; Orlando, Mr. Walter Lacy : Touchstone, Mr. Compton ; Rosalind, Miss Cushman. After which, a New Divertissement, entitled LE PIM:TEMPS. Supported by Messrs. Gilbert and Marshall, Miss Bailin and Miss Marshall. To conclude with a New Drama, entitled THE CIIEVALIER ST. GEORGE. The Chevalier St. George, Mr. Wallack ; The Countess, Mrs. Stirling. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. THIS EVENING Will be performed an Original Comedy, entitled OUR NEW GOVERNESS. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Wigan, Turner, Stanton, and Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley. Previous to which a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Dawson. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mrs:! Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, The celebrated Monsieur Phillippe will continue his SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES at this Theatre, THIS EVENING, and every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, commencing at Half past Eight. And in consequence of the great success on Monday Morning last, M. Phißippe will give a SECOND MORNING PERFORMANCE; or, MATINEE MYSTERIEUSE on MONDAY next, June 9, com mencing at Half-past One o'clock. L'Ariequin Celebre, Le Drapeau Nationale, La Cuisne Infernale, Le Cosaque,f and the surprising and inexplicable feat of LES BASSINS DE POISSONS D'OR, et LA GRANDE MENAGERIE, universally considered the most extraordinary Tour de Physique aver accomplished, and which, on every occasion of its being repre sented, has excited the most enthusiastic admiration, will be repeated every performance. NEW STRAND THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be repeated an original Drama, in two acts, by Leman Rede, Jailed S ALOON and CELLAR; supported by Messrs. H. Hall, Roman ,Cockrill, 11. Lee, Montgomery ; Mrs. 11. Lee, and Misses Fitzjames, and Hamilton. After which, a grand Scena from DER FREICHUTZ. Rodolph, Mr. C. Hodges ; Zamlel, Mr. Ridgway. To be followed by a Military Ballet, called The SOLDIER'S DREAM. Added to which LONDON liY NIGHT. To conclude with ROBINSON CRUSOE; or, the ADVENTURES of a FRIDAY. Robinson Crusoe, Mrs. C. Horn, Jun.; Martyn Crusoe, Mr. Thompson ; Friday, Mr. H. Hall ; Whitimnda, Miss Namllton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCES. To-day and during the week, the GODOLPHIN ARABIAN ; or the Race Horse of the Desert. In compliance with the wish of several influential and fashionable parties. and in order to accommodate those who, residing at a dis tance, are prevented from visiting the nightly representations at the Amphitheatre, as well as with a view to the gratification of the 'uvenile members of families, Mr. BATTY has concluded an arrange ment with Mons. Tournaire for THREE DAY PERFORMANCES, introducing the entire troop of French Equestrians. These per formances will take place on the 29th May, dune 5, and 12. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. TIIIS EVENING Will he produced an entirely New Drama, entitled THE FAIR MMD OE PERTH. With New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, and powerful cast. After which, a New Comic Drama, called THE HONEYMOON SCRUPLES. To conclude with a New Local Drama, entitled THE OLD FLEETE PRISON ; or, The Widow and her Suitors. Splendidly appointed and supported by the Entire Company. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A magnificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmeu, and the immortal Scott's "Ain Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor' Loch, as it formerly existed, the Calton Hill, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Institution, Holyrood Palace, and all the most inter esting features of " Auld Reekie." The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he is delighted to say it met with his most decide and perfect approval, and from the more than usual care which has been observed in its execut ion, he points it out as the happiest production of Mr. Danson's pencil. The drawings were made by Mr. Danson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, So decidedly popular at this E3tablishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr. GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will be produced in rotation,' ncluding some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. The ettire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the Tableau, ta re: on the :Calton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moun wlues,htthee illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings by olt n place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour trayel.Fiftd, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Royal and Patriotic Lake The Portraits e r r t e r e ei t t i e n or ll h e e i Hei ght, aliveisltlyb and exhibited ndpri n co Albert,in thec s e u n n trlo u f n th e d e Feeding of the Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in a-rto te half-past Display ..rtAlueed. c ar ea aj u ve d r esierled and executed by Mr. Danson. Four ; Pelicans, 80., at Five ; Concer' at SIX; and a i'l Admission, One Shilling. at Nina. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of Friday Evening contained — The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Railway Committees of the House of Commons. The List of Appointments, Bankrupts, &c., from the London Gazette. The Conclusion of the Epsom Races, received by Express. The Parliamentary intelligence of the Evening, being a full Report of the Debates in both Houses of Parliament up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. The Latest Market Intelligence. The whole extending to Seven columns and a half of the smallest type. RAILWAY NEWS. Subscribers and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAII,WAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY. Sun-office, 112, Strand. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning •. 10 minutes after 10 I Evening .. 42 minutes after 10. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 30. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 53; Noon, 62. BAROMETER, 29.93.—W1ND, N. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. • vs. td 0.0.U1• M ..** 46aL- 1 ° t . ..rt, • „„, u , ~ll~i sw fah , )tA O,T Pileinting LONDON, SATURDAY• MAY 31. 1845. The House of Lords met at five o'clock. The whole of the evening was occupied in the presen_ tation of petitions on the subject of the Maynooth Bill. The Cotton Print Works Bill (after a few observa tions in opposition to the principle of the measure from Lord BROUGHAM) passed through Committee. On the motion for the second reading of the Post office Regulation Bill, The Earl of RADNOR expressed his entire concurrence in the measure. The House was subsequently addressed by several Noble Lords, and ultimately the second reading of the Bill was negatived by a majority of 46. The House of Commons met at four o'clock. The debate on the question of privilege, involved in the case of " Howard v. Gossett " was renewed, and again adjourned. The order of the day for the second reading of the Academical Institutions (Ireland) Bill was then read. Lord Jou& MANNERS moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. A long debate ensued upon this proposition, but ultimately the debate was adjourned till Monday evening; and the other orders of the day having been disposed of, The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. Madrid journals of the 22d inst. have been received. According to some of them the Court, or rather Queen CHRISTINA, has some new measures in view not quite acceptable to the Ministry, and one of them is said to be the marriage of Queen ISABELLA with the son of Don CARLOS. The Duke DE RIANZARES (MUNOZ) had left Madrid for Paris on the previous day, possibly to make arrangements on the subject with the French Court. The festival of Corpus Christi was celebrated on the 22d, and no business consequently was done on the Bourse. In the French Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday the discussion on the extraordinary estimates for the army in Algeria commenced. M. Dunois, the first speaker, condemned altogether the system of military colonisation, and more especially the present expedition into Kiklia, which he considered unnecessary and ill timed. M. DE CORCELLES recommended the Govern ment to proceed with energy against the Arabs, as on no other conditions could French dominion be established in that country. M. DE BEAUMONT than adverted to the failure of the treaty with Morocco, and theinconsistency of the Government journals, first praising the conduct of General DE LA RUE, then condemning and disavowing it, and contended that owing to the wavering policy pursued, and n otwithstanding the victories of Marshal BUGEAUD, the colony was in a worse con dition than in 1844. He was left speaking at the hour of post. The opposition journals continue to discuss the policy of the Government in reference to Morocco, but we find nothing in them but repetitions of charges already made against M. GUIZOT, the English, and Sir ROBERT WILSON. The resignation of Don CARLos in favour of his son seems to be admitted as an undoubted fact by all the papers. One of thew say s s - We believe we are warranted in giving as certain the news that the abdication of Don e CARLOS has been sent to the French Government. He at the same time demands that he shall be at liberty to sojourn wherever he may think fit. The French Government received by the same courier an ap plication from the son of Don CARLos, for passports to Spain, as a subject of ISABELLA." The KING and Royal Family were at Fontainbleau, and no reply would be given to the application till his MA JESTY returned to the capital. The Moniteur publishes a report to the KING from the Minister of Justice on the administration of civil and commercial justice for 1843, of which the following is an abstract "In 1843 the number of suits before the civil and com mercial tribunals was greater than in 1842. In the former the increase was 5 per cent., and in the latter 10 per cent. The number of causes before the commercial tribunals in 1841 was 159,188 ; in 1842, 165,814 ; and in 1843, 176,450. In 1842 there were formed 2,396 com mercial societies, viz., 1,902 en nom collectif, 324 en commandite, 151 soczetes par actions, and 18 societes anonymes. Of this n umber , 2,395,733 were in Paris, 20 0 in the department du 148 in the Seine-Inierieure, 98 in the Nord, 92 in the Gironde, 91 in the Bouches•du-Rhone, and 46 in the Loire-Inferieure. The number of declared failures which in 1842 was 2,419, rose in 1843 to 3,071. The assets of 110 of the bankruptcies, the accounts of which were closed in 1843, were entirely absorbed by the privileged cre ditors; the dividend in 256 bankruptcies was under 10 per cent. ; in 910 it was from 10 to 25 per cent ; in 26, 50 per cent; in 423, 51 to 75 per cent., and in 68 it exceeded 75 per cent. The debts in 1829 of the bankruptcies closed in 1843 amounted to 105.116,436 f. In 152 they were all under 5,000 f. ; in 304, from 5,000 f to 10,000 f. ; in 958, 50,000 f.; and in 212, from 50,000 f. to 100,000 f. In 203 the debts exceeded l 00,000 f. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Wed nesday, at 8 5 f. 85c. ; the New Loan, at 86f. 10c. ; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 75c. ; Orleans Railroad Shar es, 1,231 f. 25 F , ; Rouen, 1,102 f. 50 c. ; Vierzon, 830 f. ; Havre, 882 f. 50c. ; Avig non, 1,050 f. ; Ba sle, 268 f. 75c. ; Spanish Actives, 39 1 4 ; Spanish Three per Ce nts., 41% ; Spanish Passives, 7%. The following are the quotations for the new lines:- Orleans and Bordeaux, 215 f. premium ; Boulogne, 105 f. ditto ; Troyes and Montereau, 45f. ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 17f. 50c. ; ditto (Calon), 2f. 50c. ; ditto (Gan neron), 10f. ; Northern line (Laffitte), 35f. ; ditto (Rosamel), Bf. 50c. ; T our s and Nantes (Mackenzie) , 7f.50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 12f. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 17f. 50c. ; ditto (Talabot), 35f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 10f. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), 4f. ; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 10E 50c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, If. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 12f. 50c. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the sales were 8,000 bags, including 500 on speculation, and the rest to the trade. The market was steady, at previous rates. 1,200 bales Maranham realised 4d. to sd. ; 400 Surat, 2%d. to 3d. ; and 6,400 American, 3%d. to 4 3 / 4 d. per pound. A good business was done in Shares, and the m ar k e t ge nerally had imp roved. Barns ley Junction„ H a lf Shares, 2 %; Bir kenhead and Che shire Junction, 9; B e lf as t and Ballymena, 8 3 / 4 %; Bolton, Wigan, and Li v erpool, 13%; Caledouian, 9% 1 / 1 . 6 3 / 4 %; Chester and Birkenhead, Cambridge and Li nco l n , Share, 16% li t ; Ditto, 53 ; Ditto, Half Sh ar es, 26% ; Churnet Valley, 5% ; Cork and Bandon, 8% m Eastern Counties, 18 3 / 4 • Edinburgh and Glasgow , 66 ; Ditto , Q uarter Dumfries, 2% %• , G ran d Junction, 232%; Ditto, New New Quarters , 6 %; G la sg ow and Quarter Share s , 47 3 / 4 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 20%; Great North of England, 301. Shares, 36 ; Great Western, 188 ; ss. 6d., Ditto, Half Shares, 10514 7 • Ditto, Fifth Shares, 42 %; Goole and Doncaster, 1%; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 7% 7 ; Inverness and Perth, % dis. ; Leicester and Birming ham,Shares, 34% 3 / 4 ; Lon don and York, 4 ss• ; Limerick and Waterford. 8 71.183. 9d. ; Liverpool and Manchester, 210 ; Ditto, New Shares, 37% ; Liverpool, Orneskirk, and Preston, 2% • London ad Bir mingham, 242 ; Ditto, 321. Shares, 4d%; Ditto, Quarter ;79 Leedsl.2; and t i cn ; London Directand Southti-ieWestern, . Thirsk, 7% • , Leeds and West Riding, 7%; 11Ianchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 6 ; Matlock and Midland, 3Y R %; Midland Railway, 187 : Ditto, 401. Shares, 24% %•, Ditto, Fiftieth Shares, 3 ; 5 8 ; Ditto, Consolidated Birm ing ham and Derby, 149 8%; Newcastle and Berwick, 17 16%; Newcastle and Darlington, 53 1 4 ; Newry and Enniskillen, 4 ; North British, 21%; Ditt o , H a lf Shares, 5 1 4 1 3 / 4 ; North Kent, 5 ; North Union, 148 ; N or th-Western, 4 3 / 4 %; Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton. 425., 435. 6d. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 123 6 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15 3 / 4 ; Shrews bury and Herefordshire, 10s. 9s. • South-Eastern and Doer,o, 43 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 1, 154 1 ,4 ; Ditto, No. 2, Ditto, No. 3,7% ; Scottish Central, 6; South Wales, 5%; Trent Valley Continuation, 11 A 1 4 ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 334 ; Welsh Midland, 215., 23 5• ; West Yorkshire, 2 3 / 4 ; Worcester and Tring, 4%; York and Carlisle, 1 18s. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 1/ ; Great Paris a nd L y ons, 395. Jamaica Junction, 2 3 / 4 ; N ort h er n of France (Laffitte's), 5% %; Ditto (Rosamel's), to , 21 4 • P a ris and Lyons (Laffitte's), 595. ; Paris and Strasburg , 2%. • i • 29 . —The sales are MANCLIZSTER STOCK EXCILAIWEP M 4l " - ES THE OAKS DAY. The Epsom Races terminated yesterday, and, apart from the two principal events, the sport they afforded was of indifferent character, and the attendance, whether patrician or plebeian, less numerous than usual. For the inferior quality of the majority of the races we can not easily account, and if we tried to do se our opinion would be contested; but we may safely impute the paucity of the com pany to the lowering appearance of the weather each morning of the week. Few calculate, that though it may rain in town it may be exceedingly fine a dozen miles distant, yet so it hap pened to be every day after the races execept on Thursday. Notwithstanding we have rarely seen the Oaks run for with fewer spectators. There were hardly two hundred vehicles of any sort upon the Course. The line of horsemen on either side the chains barely extended beyond the Grand Stand, and in the balconies of that edifice, and at its base, we do not think there were three hundred spectators, of whom about twenty or less were ladies. When we arrived at Epsom about an hour be fore noon on the Derby day, we found it more than tolerably thronged, and the Spread Eagle both within and without showed a busy crowd of those whose " breath is the agitation" of the race course. Yesterday the scene had changed, and the town was quieter than it would be even on a well-attended market day. On the steps of the Spread Eagle, and in the area in front, there were only a few dozen persons, nearly all sporting characters of high and low degree. An hour before the prin cipal race, the betting ring on the hill seemed to be as thickly filled as on Wednesday; and business was carried on with an energy that proved how comfortably the professional specula tors had got over the Derby. At;two o'clock the bell for clearing the course rang, and the numbers on it being so few it was speedily cleared, and easily kept so. At twenty minutes to three the careering of eques trians from the betting ring, and from behind Sir Gilbert Heathcote's training stables in the direction of the " Corner," announeed the approaching start, and in about five minutes afterwards, the bell told that it had taken place, and soon those about the winning -post saw the competing cavalcade swiftly crowning the hill, the colours of the jockey caps and jackets sparkling in the sun. They were quickly round the corner, :down the hill across the road, and in front of the grand stand there Refraction darted like a ray of light from the second rank, and snatched the Oaks prize from its compeers in the most gallant stele imaginable. It is a singular fact that she was ridden by a brother of the lad that rode The Merry Monaroh. Prince George of Cambridge and the Prince of SaxeWeimar were present yesterday, and so were nearly all the noble and distinguished individuals whose names appeared in our list of spectators on the Derby day. The following is a return of the sport : The Oaks Stakes of 50 sovs, each, h ft, for three vrs old fillies, Bst 71b each ; the second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay NO soya, towards the police regulations of the course. Last mile and a half. (128 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Refraction, by Glaucus ..... ...H. Bell 1 Mr. Bennett's Hope Major Yarburgh's Miss Sarah ... 3 Loi:d ChesterGld's Lady Wildair The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch—Lord G. Bentinck's Rose o Cashmere—Mr. Gulley's Maid of Orleans—Mr. Roger's Glee —Mr. Armstrong's Venus—Mr. Liley's Stamp—Lord Eglin toun's Plaudit—Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis—Mr. Bowes's Heather Bell—Sir G. Heathcote's f, by Samarcand, out of La fille mal gardee—Sir C. Monk's f, by Physician, out of Castaway—Mr. Osbalde:ton's Fickle Wild Rose—Mr. Hop kin's Event—Col. Wyndham's Caroline—Sir J. B. Mills' Giantess—Lord G. Bentinck's Longitude—Col. Peel's Hersey. Mr. Wagstaff's The Queen of Cypress was weighed for by Buckle, but an objection being made by Lord George Ben thick, was examined by Messrs. Barrow and Bartlett, pro nounced to be four years-old, and was nst permitted to start. The mare, we understand, was sold on Thursday to his Lord ship, but on a hint that she might possibly be above the proper age, her mouth was examined, and found to be a very suspi cious one ; his Lordship, therefore, not only refused to ratify the purchase, but immediately objected to her starting. Betting-5 to 1 agst Kent's lot, 7to 2 agst Lancashire Witch-11 to 2 agst Lady Wldair-7 to 1 agst Glee-8 to 1 agst Dliss Elis-12 to 1 each agst Maid of Orleans and Hope -18 to 1 east Rose of Casbmere-20 to 1 each agst Refraction, Longitude, Plaudit, and Stamp, and 2 to 1 agat any other. A good start was accomplished at the first attempt, and, a novelty here, not more than a quarter of an hour after the time fixed for running. The lead was taken by Hope, Lady Wildair and Lancashire Witch following her, with Caroline, Refraction, Longitude, Miss Sarah, and Glee in waiting on them. They ran in this way at an indifferent pace to the turn, where Caroline and Lancashire Witch were beaten. At the road Miss Sarah took the lead from Hope, and carried the running to the stand, where Refraction went up, took up the running, in creased her lead as she went on, and won easily by a couple of lengths, Hope, who had followed her, beating Miss Sarah for second by a length ; Lady Wildair a good four, Glee fifth, Sir C. Menck's filly sixth, and Longitude seventh. The others were beaten off. The Members' Plate of 501. for three years olds 6st 71b ; four years Bst 91b, five years Bst 131 b, six and aged 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs. The winner to be sold for 2001., &c. Heats, two miles. Mr. J. Thompson's The Wreck, 3 yrs ........(Irvine) 1 1 Mr. Dockeray's Dalesman, 4 yrs Mr. Trimming's Gazelle, 3 yrs Mr. Willan's Elysium, 5 yrs Mr. Drewett's Trudge-it, 4 yrs Mr. G. Ongley's Seaweed, 4 yrs Lord G. Bentinck's Sich-a-getting-up-Stairs, 3 yrs dis Mr. Wernick's Arrian, aged First heat-6 to 4 agst The Wreck and 3to 1 agst Sich-a getting-up-Stairs and Dalesman. Won in a canter by two lengths. Second heat-5 to 2on The Wreck. Won in a trot. The winner was claimed. 'the Derby and Oaks Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added ; the second saves his stakes. Heat, one mile. 10 Subs. Mr. F. Dawson's Live-and-let-Live, 4 yrs. 7st 131 b( Lye) 5 1 1 Mr. Hook's Wild Roe, 3 yrs , 6 st 31 b Mr. Coleman's The Devil among the Tailors, 6 yrs, Bst 31b Mr. Mattleews's Tub Thumper, aged, Bst 51b 2 4 dr Mr. Wrn. Coleman's The Black Duchess, 5 yrs, Bst lolb 4 5 dr The first heat was won in a canter by five lengths; Live and-let-Live did not try for the heat. Wild Roe, overpower ing her jockey, ran almost to Epsom before she was pulled up, and had no chance in the two next heats, Live-and-let-Live winning them both cleverly by a length. GOODWOOD RACES. The Duke of Richmond has given notice that he will permit no horse which shall have been proved to have been fraudu lently run/under a false description to be entered for or to run for any Plate, Match, or Sweepstakes or other prize at Good wood hereafter. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, MAY 7, 1845. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of ' Knighthood upon Henry Robinson, Esq., Lieutenant of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 7. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Robinson, Esq., Standard Bearer of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gen tlemen at Arms, to be Lieutenant, vice the Hon. Sir Edward Butler, who retires. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Matthew Wyatt, Esq., to be Standard Bearer of her Majesty's lion. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Robinson, promoted. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 30. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain H. B. Head, from the 15th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice W. N. Custance, who retires upon half-pay as a Captain Unattached, May 30. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant W. K. Allix, to be Ad • jutant, vice Gordon, who resigns the adjutancy only; Assis tant Staff Surgeon J. Mee, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Matthew, appointed to the staff; May 30. 13th Foot—Lieut. F. G. Christie to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Stehelin, who retires ; Ensign C. W. Ilinxman to be Lieutenant , by purchase, - vice Christie ; E. Lynch, Gent., to be Ensign ' by purchase, vice Ilinxman, May 30 . 15th Foot—Capt. J. Hay, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Head, appointed Paymaster of the 2d Dragoon Guards, May 30. 23d Foot.—Second Lieutenant C: E. Hopton to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ellis, who retires ; A. F. Lord Greenock to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hop ton, May 30. 36th Foot. —Major C. Ashmore to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Maxwell, deceased ; Captain E. R. King to be Major, vice Ashmore ; Lieutenant J. Pratt to be Captain, vice King, May 22. Gentleman Cadet H. J. Maclean from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purChise, May 30. 46th Foot—Assistant.Surgeon W. B. Langley, M.D., from the 74th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon,' , ..yice M'Bean, pro moted in the 73d Foot, May 30. 54th Foot—Gentleman Cadet •W. Poulett, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Coates, who retires, May 30. 60th Foot—Lieut. H. F. Williams, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bailie, who exchanges, May 30. 71st Foot—Lieut. W. Hope, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Speer, who retires Ensign . J. C. Halkett to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Hope ; F C. F. Smith, Gent. to be Ensign. by purchase, vice Halkett, May 30, 1845. 73d Foot—Capt. E. Ricard, from the 75th Foot, to be Cap tain, vice Freer, who exchanges; Assistant Surgeon J. A. D. M‘Bean, from the 46th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice J. Foster, who retires upon half-pay, May 30, 1845. 75th Foot —Captain D. G. Freer, from the 73d Foot, to be Captain, vice Ricard, who exchanges, May 30. 79th Foot —Ensign W. Forrest to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Hamilton ' who retires; W. M'Cormick I airrie , Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Forrest, May 30. 81st Foot—Assistant -Surgeon G. Taylor, from the 93d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice C. Dealy, who retires upon half pay, May 30. 87th Foot—Lieutenant J. Bailie, from:the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Williams, who exchanges, May 30. 92d Foot—Lieutenant A. H. Tattnall to be Adjutant, vice Gleig, who resigns the Adjutancy only, May 30. 93d Foot—Assistant Staff Surgeon W. G. Swan, M.D., to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Taylor, promoted in the 81st Foot, May 30. HOSPITAL STAFF. —Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals —J. Davy, M.D. f ro m half-pay to be Inspector-General of Hospitals in the windward and leeward islands only, vice Hugh Bone. M.D., who retires upon half-pay Assistant Staff Surgeon T. Alexander to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice M'Bride, deceased ; Assistant Sur geon J. A. Bostock, M.D., from the 3d Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces , v ic e Alexander, promoted ; Assistant Surgeon T. P. Matthew, from the Ist Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice Me e, appointed to the Ist Foot W. F. T. Ivey, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice Swan, appointed to Lie 93d Foot, May 30. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 28. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second . Captain G. W , . Bingham to be Captain v i c e Berners, retired on full pay Fi rs t Lieutenant G. R. Barker to be Second Captain, vice Bingham ; Second Lieutenant R. K. Freeth to be First Lieu tenant, vice Barker, May 21. Corps of Royal Engineers—Captain and Brevet-Major H. J. Savage to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Kelsall, retired on half-pay; Second Captain B. S. Stehelin to be Captain, vice Savage; First Lieutenant W. G. Hamley to be Second Cap tain, vice Stehelin ; Second Lieutenant 11. W. Montagu to be First Lieutenant, vice Hainley, May 22. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Samuel Harris and Daniel BANKRUP Reeve, S. linen-drapers, Minories. T Samuel William Searle, cheesemonger, Adelaide-terrace, Chelsea, to surrender June 6, at twelve, and June 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assig nee, Sambrook-Court, Basinghall-street ; Townshend, How land-street, Firzroy- square. Thomas Wenman, merchant, Birmingham, June 10, at eleven, and July 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ' • T yn d a l and Sons, Birmingham; Rowland and Co., 1 hreadneedle-street. William M'Alpine, tailor, Liverpool, June 13 and July 11, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Bridger and Blake, London -wall, Lon don; Francis and Almond, Liverpool. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending, May 23, 1845, is 30s. 7d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. Dividends, he., in our next. 15% 88 1 4 371,,f 8% 9% 2% VA 1.61/2 4 E ; 67i/_ 16% 22% 34% 203 45 1 5% 108 35 9 1 / 8 66 21 1 ( 2 58A 7% 49 3 / 4 54 35 18M 511 22 yo 43 4 4 14 1 4 7 3 % 5% COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen took a drive in a carriage and four yesterday afternOc__ attended by the Lady in Waiting, the Countess of 3lountEdgectanDc The Equerry in waiting, Lord Charles Wellesley, was in attendauC on horseback. on at kits Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon , th a meeting of the Commission for Promoting and Encourag-M, se, Fine Arts, in rebuilding the Palace of Westminser. Ills I teY , Highness arrived at Gwydyr House at a quarter before three o'cloa, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting. . The Commissioners present were the Marquis of LansdoWne., Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Ashbuton, Lord Csrol borne, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M, Henry Hallam, air. Samuel Rogers, and Mr. Thomas Wyse. _ Their Royal Highnesses the prince of Wales, the Fins R 0 3 71 and the Princes Alice, were taken airings yesterday in the rola' gardens of Palace. Her Majesty and sprigce Albert, acconmanled by the prince Leiningell, honoured the performance of the French Plays with t,,_,0- presence yesterday evening. The royal suite included the Colltal of Mount Edgecumbe, Lord Byron, Lord Charles WellesleY, 3. Colonel Wylde. The Queen and Prince Albert inspected yesterday the drawing,_fLf the Illustrations of her Majesty's approaching gal costume. to be P.u_ v ., lished in the Pictorial Times, which were submitted by Mr. Setep_e; Sly. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were pleased to xPr e approval of their historic uctiracy Their Royal Higiniesses . the Duc.hess of Kent and the Duchess o f Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen Dovager yesterdsl Marlborough House. her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge took a drivenlo2o carriage to Kew yesterday, returning to Cambridge House k.. 4, afternoon. Her Roy-,1 Highness dined with the Duchess of Lov cester. at Gloucester House, in the evening'. Ills Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by' 3fr• E d. m a K . l l- 3 1 ' a i l ; brchis.tsibirl'ildtng(O,3,i,ladriin,e,cdk\s‘,"iythestteiregfliycee,reslioinfgt.he 2d Life Guards, at ti'' e l; , o c r e t ti t !! e n , e t a l r i the y \fl'evneezinuocillainh,lpinvsisetedr,byliahsi:zsivcetoli einnctyovrti .041:4_,,1e5i: A meeting of the Commissioners for the government of Pent o' Prison was held at the Council-office yesterday afternoon. __ to e f The Commissioners present were Lord Wharncliffe, the_ i: . ;, , gr. major Jeo" Richmond, the Earl of Devon, Lord John Russell, Craufurd, and Mr. Russell. ter T d l a le y Ecclesiastical Commissioners ( t ; iome n to n th iis c s e io i t n ier l s vi f l o it r b E a t i l l g _ l p a la n c d eh ad Th a : :e r: i iet e r li re: sent the Bishops of Winchester, Bangor, and St. Davd ' Ilo iN n ii ...H Jo . illoti,vhoootidse,,CahaacilritnhaenßoifghtthellEonx.eJiseor h.Licahnolli.nterl,ff...odwenalla the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday', at his officio"' In Downing-street. a lso ff in til. Dispatches from the Governor of Ilong-Kong, and 8 Mauritius, were received Colonial-ollice. -_------------- ..r., „Ay.) MARKET NE vv. r_4,___(y Esrbitm CORN EIMCANGS. The arrivals of English Wheat up to urnarket_lbmwis eseel(of having been again very moderate, the shoW of st a r ri deds that grain here was small. Selected qualities colulumidiling steady sale, at fully Monday's quotations, but the Eprgiga and inferior kinds were a slow inquiry'. In _,, o wed ° Wheat rather more business was transacted, 81 , ,, . es dily , quotations. The best parcels of Barley moved:A:4' eifej other kinds slowly, at late rates. Malt Was_ ... ,. a u ptilf sa -7 1 ices were generally supported. Oats, B 041 " 4 our were quite as dear. god . ARRIVALS. Oats. 1 14° I Barley. ..,' ..,' 13,400 Malt, 3.360 gra. sivzrrarrsz o. tef l9l / The supply of Beasts on sale here being rather Bee t Th 1 1' 4 3 :411104". )2°:34°° we have to report rather a sluggish demand forees,butnlstc°. primest qualities, however, sold at Monday's 11 11 , in 00 1 ; 0 0 other kinds were 2d per Sibs lower. There were c o ws bi o ket 500 Scots from Scotland, and 90 02ten an oder tite , W or Holland, The numbers of Sheep were onlY I n es were B e . the a : l a A t l e u a t t v o e n ra t g r trade e ; was but Cstaelavdeys,aannddppi o r t: io us rat 05 0 1 6 rally supported. In Lambs a fair average 101 , 1/ ri ot ell e rto thonF i t f on I were a dull inquiry. Mach Cows sold free ! ) a 1 9/ 5s each. English Irish Foreign .. • • • • Wheat. 3,850 qrs. 3,790 11 ,6* f• d ' i° 4 i Per Sibs. to sink the offal. inferior Beasts .... 3 d o . 3 4 Second qu'''',,it;ivditt; 41 . : 0 6 6 4 63 Second quality ditto. 3 6 3 8 Coarse-w°°;ereterS 4 ' '6 Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 2 Soutlidowolo,ool -- 0 s Prime Scots •••. .. 4 4 4 6 Ditto out of V . .... 3 4 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 8 Large 11°g ! rs • •• •' 3 0 5° 0 Prime small ditto • . 410 5 2 Small rorbe ,_. ~16 0 Inferior Sheep .... 3 6 4 0 Lambs ''' old Tl 6 b Suckling Calves, . .18 0 30 0 Quarter 0- ~.• .. • Ail' SUPPLY AT MAOEI% 1 P. Beasts. c a lve& 950 I Sheep. I 3 ,51 ~„r A fi I" 5 ... I 8,360 A.PO34'-0g tell° NEWGATE AND LZ- follow' ,d. We had a steady demand here, 00 ti2 e ,.a o o , st l e i 6 At per stone, by the C^- . ~ 3 5 4 4 5. d. to s. d. in . 3 8 4 ;0 Beef, inferior- •• .. 2 8 3 0 M 01,0' noddling. 4 6 3 6 middling •• .. 3 2 3 4 2---- - __ prun e '., 9 11) ,,, 4 0 prime large •• 3 6 3 8 -------,,ge••'''''• 3 - \---'eal.p.i..i.m.e. ........... :: 43 8 5 3 1 0 -- --P°rll4;; ;_d all • ' .... '.. Lamb. 5s -d to 65 „„,r . e a tole: 1307401:7G33 UOP 1134115‘vbe° colis a l o t t g in tillS Although the plantation accounts basinlll.ess. ed• rably favourable, there is rather more upPort lily 9 gala ' market, and last week's prices are se t° ,r, d ir's .il C°" ltdAlat market 00ti;A Prices per ton at the close of Chesterlotrnagitio,ls9,l, ,i 14s 6d ; Carr's Hartley 17s 6d ; Hartley, 17s 6d ; Or'd's Redheugh ,t 'West Wergelnl; Hartley, 14s; West Hurl, 173 3 , -; , -1 , 10 u_ 169 '.,, Wylam, 15s ; Wall's-end, orthumberl!osiut oetton,usolid, lis 3d ; Praddyll's lletton, 183 6 1 1 r• Haswell, 18s 9d ; Hetton, 18s 6d ; Hetton, lis 9d ; Shotton, 185; Eden Hartlepool,,Bs; li 17 ; Brown's Deanery, 17s 6d ; _,, Tees, ' moor Tees, lis 6d • South DurhaPit ts:ri'ved, 4. . lo'rrrits,s,on,vl3:3ds 641;ilvesnig°11; ~ I ra 5 0) cl gdpn lye.' Price d there we re P bell b ol i Hetton, 16s ' 6d ; Hartley, 175.--ShlePsurril'ent, or p,..„ of b y S e u r G s (From the Lo bu t ' at market, the qavrseelVt?sy the small and inferior as g the total sales for the wt. s ' amounted to 200, mal'in. dvanee in prices 19 Pe r c „ e l to A hhds and tierces , and the a trade were compel; itoovi wvaas°materialli en . REFINED. TO. A fo ß r . -- a 1 I Fp°lfr p W o s e es t . day the home cwt O r , D oe il: a b u lkr si i :e s s c: lumps,; all offered has been tag ,r,,, r c ot. A the e r Crushed Sugar is held for 38s to 38s oil P e . _sed..., sue 69s to 70s for brown, and 71s to 7(!sivp wh E ic a h sT ru l e N 6 n d La t . o - 1 MAURITIus ---The deliveries have agata rif oil tb' A s pefruretwhetrabaodvveantcheosheasoitbi, n a f a i l bu , - e b e tis b , e e re ! rivals. Some merchants have disposed of n e "" . fie ,* they had. lll take" P e : k 0 sol A d l a o t r a t l9 s s s E t S o . 71e DemerarapßFCels of l6 s fi 6 n d e N t :11: _sc . "! O a ; es t : r FOREIG N.—This afternoon a floating earg°,t refill i t be e : eirirchase' , '2OO brls Porto Rico were sold at 22s per o A t ' t - ig . s P c 0 1° ' 15s 6d to 16s ; Bengal 16s 6d per cwt. rated • v: ft f l. ~,, ,t l w e e —Some COFFEE.—This afternoon Mocha was se_t-oe'lnri:a boo'' at auction sold at steady pricer. The coltos is& India are wanted, but owing to the advane eiv A ness was checked. West India sold at the Turps 009,,5 market is firm for Ceylon. ibis be - 011 Tra.—lmporters have manifested firnole t i s fire..o a refrained from offering any at public sale, Iner„etesse wricsi•;cs shown on the part of the trade generally to p o li c e in je r dt green, but we have still no improvement la i r o wers e Lero s t bs RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS. ,ii rbtetiA 0 5 or manifest firmness, and will not sell but at '4 . ' d to 9 o b - es otr 0 are held with firmness, and for pro f /5 2 es hi ll pg e Ol rates insisted upon, but only a limited 1104 0..00U acted. Demerara has met with a fair b utePtbe el!ipetel.:o 2s 6d to 2s 10d. Calcutta is wanted, O. i 1 1 1 , 04 Il'i, holders to sell at former rates checks blisorbody,di Oen; 0 desire has been manifested topdisposedurchsse of. s t Is ra to former terms large parcels have been exports tiol l .o g 1 1 ' 0 0 several parcels have been taken for ;ta"' Pon orta Is 9d, and fine fit for home consume° 2 a pelo 0. of 2s 9d per gallon. English Corn Spirits l_u'octioe. GiOge" SricEs.—This afternoon Piment? 0 te erse i u m er• s o, rates, at a decline of bd. per lb. Chins Pother Oh all taken in at Is per lb. Cinnamon anal.ito et _ 3 .00 . 0 , $1 Cocoa.—This afternoon British PI n j s t 6,0., joi to, e all 5° boal eer sti fv l/ 1 tion, and 342 bags at public sale wer -ore so 0 , FRUIT. — In Currants there bas,beeo is..4odiog.,to mo last week's quotations, but importers.,:;eis Its'' ` oho; fp. has checked further operations. Of, v i n bask e i : bsilliisl ei have been considerable at 40s ; D er in brls at 303; for Chesme Raisins 393 per cwt red .° o ffering' b $O4-00, Died bt 0 1 fused. For the common descripttoinsie there are buyers at 38s, and ref little 00 Il l e l j hel i° , g° RlCE.—This afternoon Bengal pl e d Oleo 0 s e. - a but further advanced rates being asked in at g c e .- 3,410 bags at public sale were all t sr el i e ( Aull .1,...-,. former rates of 6d to Is per cw• till s.. 0, a bets ti SALTPETRE.—The market be- 4 , 0 8 r Egli ill sloped • 5 , 0 , 6 0 Rough, and prices are drooping. ' b e oceloes h. ul reduced rates having bean take% s evera l P a 01 ,0 s, mand, and at 27s 6d to 28s per e'r riot iii ' disposed of. a CP°6ll fi" i , Cori° 01 „04 , 90 Ot Ls.—This afternoon 100 hil l '' soother° t iger r :or ; . i d at 28s 3d to 28s 6d per cwt fer fine ;. _ II o ld et • .f etFleob , ' cellent request, and 100 tuns at Oct!! sperfflopP .tb at 261 to 30/ 10s for low to fine tlql ; 841 1 o f Se;b• tuns at public sale selling at 84i ' prior o f to 85/ 15s for Headmatter. blie 3116 04111139 f 6cl; 4 t0 05 36 6 5 d 6d • American Tallow went at 37s TALLOW.—This afternoon at V no , yi, , ibo toe' sa 64 to 0- - 0 °l ed 9 ior 3" to 36s ; 13 casks of African, 40s; 50 : A iell., idef hie 3r - •9 cas ' lcs of New South Wales 37s t t oe th. ,---- Ace las t, to - - ----- II! 108 ir - ix , r to ef en te d .. „ 0 0' spoercacs:: of North Americ: i i . ,, op P PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOc Joe sibil tribo r DC' Oil to hear that since the dinner 00 M r e u to o • ceettot hre , ,bt o East and West India Dock compol. atria blitheee hss this Institution, and intimated to l i ; won ° oetf hi go) st I ing members of the Association sci l oet I A d e w the Court of Directors. ~, ~,,,rf•----..,04 Pre olk g en SACRED HARMONIC not',' o f .- el ti• • ntion de° leo fO t been pleased to express her inte , fo s g _ . , 6 1 , _A s v Society's concert on Monday next, an".. oth U'.: 11301,"codooei sohn's " St. Paul " should be perforrne.,_rig 0" ote tour ° M. de Chateaubriand left rjeco. lope e' r gor. t here of tb ° Venice, on a visit to the Duke 0 .01e ,f „, lion of Legitimists is expected to ase` lete , ' ote , . $ feel opt a short time. se of , Oral" el f et iirl/ The King of Saxony , se . io Va c n otie u • 6 22d instant, from Dresden, is ifil it about - 1 ,00, , w ell d e 1 ore er of, r borders of the Danube. 'a 9e erti litit e.t fl i and employ himself in botanical rese The Duke de Broglie P i d the no pl , 0 00 0 to the Foreign Corps Dip!oraaiique n ,, two. _,,tea t _ t o., dour to his return to Paris in a dal :;, e :,, 011e‘'_':... ritv do e The Countess of Tan ,:',oo,u,fr:rog to ~ TON Koine el ''' 1 1. i• her ladyship has been staying so ,nor el to Grosvenor-street early in the eneultio orl 0 iticlet•-„,tce of it e Sebastiani. , gr. --, t he ow - • vo n on TITS NEXT HERITEB.--- ot w oo tbe st es., n oo n being the senior alderman who hesha:eotreet, atria of and R. W. Kennard, Esq., of T wo for the sh r chant, are to be put in noudna t brio, -- 0 0 ___ Midsummer -day next. _ ---- - --- 5 .Vrs' 0 at CbipPenbs l Of , On the 26th inst., I3OTE, . 10; wilts, or d :f e o . b pd Goldney, of a son. the wl 50 1 ! e Dea r lii t Cartels, Esq., of a daug hter ark itectos,ooter„torl• On the 26th inst., at Olio,. Tower, of soathswr the lady of the Rev. Charles . tone. pie, On the 27th inst., at Ketof a son. On the 26th inst., at Leasaln, lady of Captain.J. F. Du Verne , ,_. iebel On the 29th inst., J1!110i!e4;450/1 Charles William, son of the late of Charles 14te Brighton, to Elizabeth, daughter bert, Esq., of Eaton-square. i 10 i------ ---------------- w 0 0. t ------li/F.V. the I On the oath inst., at Bishop be is Rev. NV. Brock.on, t . Aiger tet On the 26th inst., at Wilton - ilton - c rescenw 0 00 son of Mr. and Mrs. Tollemache. fourth O OP • hton Frances, DAtte 00 On the 27th inst., at Brig , 9s.,plSCel OA+ the late Thomas Saunders, of St. John CIaP" (1, On the 27th inst., 13edford-rlright, A. ~.b. ero Frances, youngest titerdaug of S. P.: p's Waltbnint .IV eldest datill ' sot, On the 27th inst., Caroline Andepon, , ..,x. it _, Regent e •illaro „Li/ Romer, sq., Cambridge -terrace, .0, . per On the i 27th inst., at Eastbournle; _.'ex. giiitill, Lieutenant. Colonel of the Royal 5 !i . 4 Lieutenant and magistrate of the count , ' ~„10.: no YOV; IVel CP*- , London : Printed and Published _.l, fit),!ffice,2..nof No. 112, Strand. Printer, at 7:,, ___'3.7,110 too Strand. in the Precinct of the D_ ,:v. , liiddlosoz, Saturday, May 011 Ow, ~--` the D. frolin-; ' 4 4k 4 )4, hot I . ' .