The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-30 00:00:00

I % drove in the course of a year amounted to 1,500 black ! _ it ,tle, and 4,000 s h eep . H e was a l ar ger dealer in black I _ ll tie tha n any other drover i n the county —b u t th ere w ere Zveral more extensive dealers in sheep than himself. He a : Perfectly acquainted with the line of the proposed ttish Central Railway, as it was directly in the usual ' ll 4 taken by drovers in bringing cattle from Perth, Ross, 11R1 Inverness,, to the southern markets. If the line b y made he would send his own cattle by it in preference h al lY of the present modes of conveyance, and from con tbreation he had had with other dealers he was persuaded tr e y 'would de the same. The time that would be saved by Cusnaitting cattle by railway would be full three days; and would aloo be less exhausted at the end of their journey, 7 1. would sell to bett er a d van t a ge in the market. 1. h is Witness was cross - exam i ne d by Sir TIIO3IAS PSILLIPS, "Inothing material was elicited. Or. Flockhart, cattle-agent, was then called. His evi offfic ut:Lmerely tended to corroborate Mr. Mitchell's statement in cattle, as far as regards the neighbourhood of Perth. MAYNOOTH. MEETING OF DELEGATES.—(TIIIS DAY.) QiutiatSe meeting o f c l erg ymen, from various parts of C o ` nritain and Ireland, not only from the Estab to Church, but from other religious sects, opposed lield — tt e endowment of the College of Maynooth, was o , t the Crown and Anchor Tavern this morn eliiiir""°„rtlY after ten o'clock ; Sir C. E. Smith in the thre l ; 0 „'• great number of clergymen addressed their bdre tern), ".tne object of the meeting, and expressed their e det nation, and that of their congregations, to offer the most irtned opposition to the great proposed. 41tienatn. eeting adjourned at three o'clock until six this 11 R. WOLFF•S MISSION TO BOKHARA. AMETING AT EXETER-HALL.—(THIS DAY.) 4et 4 'g was held this afternoon in the large room of l ititri er.ha i, 0 , .1_ the friends of Dr. Wolff, for the purpose Le e n‘aluie statement of the Rev. Gentleman relative to his ~!eerr,- " s s, ou to Bokhara, undertaken for the purpose of pat b - L r ung the fate of Col. Stoddart and Capt. Conolly. but f - s'eeding were advertised to commence at two o'clock, by :g before that hour the large Hall was completely filled Were s e veral well of highly respectable persons; amongst whom au 'tai well dressed ladies. On the platform we observed ttlroele Mussulman dressed in a magnificent Eastern cos tttb., allieared to occasion much interest in the meeting. ,aok tl ," oclock Admiral Sir E. Codrington, G.C.8., F.R. S., olag e "e chair, amidst the loud cheering of the vast assem- Cap t. a erated L'u'over, the indefatigable friend of Dr. I , olff, was t ree ec „ 4 ll the side of the Chairman. Capt. Grove r was not was r ." by the meeting at first, but when he b alled e e Nulse . d he was greeted with loud and longecon ueering. t ticl, adv ertisement convening the meeting having been t• he 0, mrt er tr ,"AtriNtAri called upon the Secretary to read the re • Prev"e Committee. C e „,L° ll 3 to the reading of the report, however, letter'Zu GnovEn, by permission of the Chairman, read a Presig'unt General Sir Jeremiah Bryant to Dr. Wolff, ex- Dres e - 1 1 his regret that illness prevented him from . being td rairar at the meeting, and testifying to the feelin of Whi c h - t with which he looked upon the noble heroism 44 410 11. r • Wolff had exhibited during the course of his Th e s L'lter b_EZETAr t y th en rea d th e r eport, which stated, that L e•ing • Wolff had written from Bokhara, by order of the • To',` at ;t l that he had put the British Envoy to death cror " ' 8 43, Dr. Wolff was more strictly guarded than for hr tha t thinking an a d vanc e of money might be necessary o Pli ans om the Committee had applied to Lord Aberdeen, Pre — authorised an advance to be made by the British 'te nt rtative at Teheran, on the understanding that repay been thug ° ld be guaranteed by the Committee—that 4001 had . 41)441 tadvanced, the whole of which had been immediltely Nittee ° t he Government by Captain Grover, and the Com intern recoMmended that a subscription should be entered eap-tre.llburse Capt. Grover for the money thus advanced. f°rm a „ al a l l GROVE R then advanced to the front of the plat `"at s aid he wished to sa one word with respect to self, paragraph '“Pu of the report which related to him tflr of "It is Captain Grover," and loud With respect to the recommendation pub e „"uri.luittee that an appeal should be made to the !Ile N'" reimburse him for the money he had advanced for "eao ti p ) u of Dr. Wolff. He begged distinctly to state . that b letipti„ s o ot receive any sue from any public or private sub y$ eiinb him for the money he had advanced oa be w 9 1. Dr. Wolff.—(Cheers.) When the money was ad *in' February, Sir Joseph Copley had sent to say that 4 r ,!so half.—(Cheers. ) Their 'Gallant Chairman had nr a s—. to pay half.—(Cheers.) He had received letters sab ir : r . i lugham and from Dublin, offering to raise the snm ad• aet Nation in those places—(Cheers)—and two ladies ret u allY sent him subscriptions.—(Cheers. ) These he felt d,, i . tt rued, and had gratefully declined all these offers. He Bcfto "ghted that his 400/ had' been the means of restoring 0% 1. D A r ia tsty such a subject . I . Volff.—(Cheers.) g sdoly • Wolff had set out on his mission some . persons ae,Niected to him as a visionary and an enthusiast, who the r , 'lever be content to abide by the directions of '7l\sitioiruirnittee. He had, however, but one obser- N"' Wolfr t° make on that point, and that was that , , ii ad carried out the instructions of the Corn itta ini n ° tue very lett er . Wh en urge d to remain at Con go . I and to send on to Bokhara, Dr. Wolff had replied kul'fro have my written instructions, those I will follow, /low b2 ll them I will not swerve.—(Che9rs.) He would 1,,,3 to introduce Dr. Wolff to tbe meeting.—(Cheers t .) s Na"e Valiant Captain haying retired for a couple of m!nue e a ared leading Dr. Wolff, who was greeted with the in chin hand, Rev. Gentleman, who held fiter ° l ° h is lirst arrivarightl in England, but he still looked far v o .•He was accompanied by Mr. J. S. Buckinham. having advanced to the centre of the platform ead Bo • ab ,7, 4 ulost enthusiastically cheered. After the cheering -"twhat subsided, he commenced his address, and was (LEFT SPEAKING. ) — xtLIAmENTARY BUSINESS. $O ll ,, TUESDAY, APRIL 29. GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. 4 4iily, J urri, B u rnley, Accrington, and Colne Extension -/I Y,--Report, Thursday, May 1. tuteek union and Harwich Railway and Pier,—Com on petition, adjourned till Friday, May 2. • kwich and Eastern Counties Railway (No. 2),—Com.- ' l 4 ea on petition, adjourned till Friday, May 2. 4 „'4teds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway, —Committee avourned till Friday, May 2, at t we l ve. b rent alley Railway,—Committee on Bill, adjourned till A lt sday, May 1, at eleven. elfast and Ballymena Railway, —Report, Thursday, ILttlastern Counties Railway (Ely and Whittlesea),—Report l r klaY, May 1. 141 n,, ftYa, nd Ely Railway,—Committee on re-committed Bill, May 5, at twe lv e. MRS. SALMON. stR, TO Ti EDITOR OF THE I.IOANING POST. tpee n ": () ,bserving a paragraph in the Mo; nzny Post re -141. - . 5 the destitute situation of Mrs. Salmon, formerly bltWlnent vocalist, I beg to state. that, early in 1843, ~yt Om er , Mr. Hawes, Mr. Calkin, Mr. Rovendino, and p4iZer, undertook to get up a subscription for her, and the 4 .kolid.,,P t e'-‘ 8 generally, both in town and country, kindly kei hv , our views. While we continued to receive sub -44411.3 fr eln benevolent individuals, we paid Mrs. Salmon ugly for several months, but when no money Post t Z, e oraing we, after due consideration, thought it the 4 , 11 kor a ': 'Lent Plan to , invest the surplus in hand, viz., 1201., Aould-Znity for her, otherwise the whole amount received "'tford - 7, 11 be exhausted. Messrs. Duff and Hodgson, o t1 ) ,, - ,." l.e et, kindly undertook to pay Mrs. Salmon one re ‘,,1 ' , lat (and not in weekly payments), which she lieribtt'arlY received since December, 1842. The . sum sub t4lrtione:ll2llnted to 1751.. 13s. 6d., out of which Mrs.. f r ; 5 / , f o - ,„ — " e ived 481. 14s. 5d., including a second donation - C h r ",. — the Duk miridge. The Committee, find littt4ltt'', no more s e ub o s f crip a tions Were likely to be received, 11 i n t , ti : e accounts and closed their labours, having done t ? Ark eq. ,POWer to raise a sum sufficiently large to ensure I coon a comfortable maintenance. I ktv, e You with these remarks in hopes that they f may & 44 : I - p e n _eause so laudably undertaken by Mr. Oxen ord, -41 hon l et to sa that the distressed situation of Mrs. 4 40 110 1 (Who i ' 8 i?r , her fifty-eighth year) has not been too G_ lt ' it l'i lt ainted b y him. Your obedient servant, us sell-street, April 30. JOHN PARRY T- li t; LABOURING CLASSES. th, i followin g are the t r a bouri n propose d resolutions respecting tt Job g classes of England and Wales, to be moved by t hat he Russell : ree eat . t he Present state of political tranquillity, and the ° ,l l Pert„,Pval of trade, afford to this House a favourable - `enn en i,"tY to consider of such measures as may tend per 2 .11 1 t° improve the condition of the labouring classes ,. ... te ttiv at those laws which impose duties, usually called p.o i n e t ! tend to impair the efficiency of labour, to restrict the ar alec e l reh atige of commodities, and to impose on the people That taxation. "`ti oks a gr , ie u i tu th re e , Present corn-law tends to check improvement Produces uncertainty in all farming specula 24)eets a o t f t- 'old. out to the owners and occupiers of land pro 4. Venial advantage which it fails to secure. lien, ',at this Ho use will take the said laws into considera -4entswlll a View to such cautious and deliberate arrange -Nett!: °l ay be most beneficial to all classes of her Majestys e akfui at the freedom of industry would be promoted by a 4 Preval rev ision of the l aw o f parochial settlement which now 6. ,! England and Wales. t ellev 4a f a t t a systematic plan of colonisation would partia ll y pl ° e v :ese districts of th e country where the deficiency of 4itisb a - ent has been most injurious to the labourers in ry. Th Zation oc at fi t h e improvements made of late years in the e.du "ave b e . ,„`"e People, as well . as its more general diffusion, 8 . " leen with satisfaction by this House. 14 48 at this House wi.l be ready to give its support to Vehi c i l r es, fou n d e d on liberal and compre h ens i ve principles, and ' o r conduci ve t o the further extension of religious . oral instruction. lay thetha a humble address be presented to her Majesty, to for egoing resolutions before herb ajesty. S .._viuLAR D ISCOVERY OF A G ENTLEMAN D YING IN two '"ER TS.— , Shortly after eleven o'clock on Monday night, as ti or g i e . n o tle rn " e ,,, i Who gave their names and addresses as E 0. B. C . f 4 tl, 23, Woburn-place, and Charles Roumier, q., Bovington, Herts, and No. 8, Regent-square, were attr ott .:l along Wilstead.street, New-road, their attention was 1,4 b ,who war to the b o d y of a man lying partly on t h e cur b an d partly in e 7 in r,ho groaning heavily, and appeared to be dying. tiog'ranchl l u ny gave an alarm to th y : police, and police-constable S. having procured a stretcher from the Somers-town ' b an aid by the two gentlemen above named, and a young 'ari arced barber conveyed the apparently dying man to the St. ats.le e : — "orkhouse. On their arrival, there was no medical man re. V•sur l d e t ° the establishment, and Mr. Cooper, the parish surgeon, of apt ` ctits t reet, had t o b e sent f or. H e arr i ve d in about ten minutes, l'eforo ec h o signs of life w e r e e xhibited on his admission, lo ng orthe th e arrival o f th e surgeon h e h a d expired. The b od y deceasedpear was attired in such a dress as a gentleman wou ld '4% 1 4..7' as no mon e y or any art i c l e o f value was found ug u d n r clu g pr e a d n and pn . it is not k nown whet h er h e ma y no t have be /ears7, u " by Some on e . He is a man apparently a b out forty- fi ve a 8 e, five feet eleven inches high, his head nearly bald, !lini o t t 2 ru yin hair with rather a long visage, and whiskers in "o red. His dress consists of a nearly new suit of black— hlUehwaistcoat, and trousers, a black neckerchief, and 01 ; 4 411e " ts. He had on the little finger of his left hand a gali -4% and a paper was found in his pocket, bearing on t f4 oso o k f P embroke, Carlton.gardens, from Scraggs." The cause 4 1t h..,`" has, of course, not been ascertai n ed at present, and, eie — a's several persons yesterday attended at the workhouse to may, up to last evening it had not been identified. fla y it 'LtEaTum.—l n t h e last edition of The Sun yester att.. wa s incorrectly s t a t e d th a t the T o tt en h am an d Farringdon etd: Extension Railway Bill had teen thrown out. The standing ` r .. Were complied with, tuid the Bill of course proceeds. SUMMARY O F NEWS AND pub Itt pinton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. On Friday at three o'clock Louis Philippe, attended by General Gourgaud, Colonel Dumas, the Marquis de Strada, and two orderly officers, went to inspect the porcelaine ma nufactory at Sevres, and afterwards the stud at St. Cloud, returning to the Tuileries at seven o'clock. In the evening their Majesties received the Pope's Nuncio, the Chancellor of France, the President azd members of the Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies, the Duke d'Estissac, Counts Mole, d'Augeville, and de Saint-Mauris, and Generals Dode de la Brunerie, de Ponthon, and de Laplace. A grand dinner took place at the Tuileries on Saturday on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of the Queen, who, on that day, entered her 64th year. M. Guizot was to leave the Hotel of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs onTuesday for the villa of Beausejour, at Passy. About 500 postmasters assembled on Saturday, at Lerner deley's, in the Rue Richelieu, and sent a deputation, com • posed of the masters of Paris, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Stras burg, Lille, Rennes, and Nimes, to wait upon the Minister of Finance. They were immediately received, and were in formed by the Minister that a Bill on the subject of the posts would be presented to the Chamber without delay, and upon which he had consulted various Members of both Chambers, and also M. Jouhaud and M. Dailly. MM. Georges and Elie, Councillors of State of the Re public of Hayti, and M. Cerisier, Secretary of Legation, have arrived in Paris on a special mission, to negotiate respecting the financial questions between France and Hayti. General Bustamente, ex-President of Mexico, has left Paris for London. At the close of the reign of Napoleon, the number of per sons who received the Cross of the Legion of Honour was 30,747: at present it amounted to 49,744, or something more than a third additional. The collection which was made some time ago by the sth Legion of the National Guard for the benefit of the poor, amounted to 13,861 f., being a much larger sum than in any former year. The Espectador, a Madrid journal, having announced the marriage of the Young Queen with the Count de Trapani, the Heraldo and the Glob.) deny the truth of the statement, and say that the Madrid Government has not yet taken the ques tion into consideration at all. The fifty-second anniversary of the birth-day of the Em peror of Austria was celebrated at Vienna on the 19th inst. LAW AND POLICE. A clergyman named Butt received his interim order and protection from Mr. Commissioner Shepherd, in the Coed of Bankruptcy. Treacher, an insolvent fishmonger, was remanded for two months, and Farrell, an insolvent tailor, for six months, by the Chief Commissioner. At the Middlesex Sessions a man named Butler appealed against a conviction of Mr. Bond, the magistrate, who had fined him 5/. for hawking hay . without a license. The Court having heard the arguments in this case quashed the con viction, subject to the opinion of the judges. A middle-aged decently dressed man, named Joseph Lin sell, was brought before Mr. Jardine, at Bow-street, charged with having a quantity of plate, jewellery, and other property, supposed to be stolen, in his possession. The prisoner had been stopped by a pawnbroker, who suspected that the articles had been stolen, and had been given into custody. He was remanded to Friday. Mary Wilson, 14 years of age, was finally examined, at Clerkenwell, charged by Mrs. Sarah Caroline Edmunds, of Walcot-place, Lambeth, with stealing 50/., some jewellery, and several foreign coins, and was fully committed. At Worship-street, Mr. J. L. Sewell, a surgeon, of Stoke Newington, and William Rawley, were charged with having committed the following assault upon Miss Sarah Taylor, the daughter of a gentleman residing at North Cottage, Hackney. The prosecutrix and her servant were passing down the Hackney-road, when they met the two defendants, who, without any provocation, threw two bundles of fire-wood at them, which struck them, and hurt them severely, and when remonstrated with on their conduct, one of them struck the prosecutrix, and they both insulted her. The defendants, who pleaded intoxication, were each fined 5/. John Macdonald was taken before Mr. Broderip, at the Thames Police-court, charged with assaulting and wounding George Thompson, who is upwards of 66 years of age. Both parties were inmates of Mile-end New-town workhouse, and a dispute arose between them as to who should be first shaved. They began fighting, and used each other very roughly, until Macdonald threw his adversely against the edge of an iron bedstead, and broke his ribs. Mr. Simmons, the master of the house, said he was afraid the inj uries would be fatal to Thompson. Mr. Broderip remanded the prisoner for a week, and said, if Thompson continued in the same condition, and was not out of danger, he must remand him again. COURT-P.A.SECIONABLE. Prince George of Cambridge is expected to visit Brighton in the course of the ensuing week to see his regiment, the 17th Lancers, at present stationed in that place. His Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess de St. Aulaire will give a grand banquet this evening at Manchester House, in honour of the natal day of the King of the French. The Countess of Haddington has an assembly this even • ing, at the Admiralty. The Noble Earl and her Ladyship have issued cards for a grand dinner party on Saturday next. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst have issued invitations for a grand dinner on the 21st of next month, on which occasion her Ladyship is expected to have an assembly. The Countess of Listowel has issued cards for a grand ball at Kingston House on the 26th of the ensuing month. It is to be given in honour of the debut of her Ladyship's daugh ter, Miss Wyndham. MISCELLANEOUS. The Master of the Rolls has appointed Monday, the sth of May, at the Rolls Court, Chancery-lane, at half-past three in the afternoon, for swearing solicitors. The houses of three farmers, at Lower Ballinacourt, Pallis, county Limerick, were attacked on Friday night, and shots fired over the heads of the inmates by the assailants, who threatened to " finish" them on their next visit, for having dared to ask more than a certain price for potatoes. In the same neighbourhood, three boats from Milton, carrying sea weed, were maliciously destroyed. The Right Hon. Lord John Russell will preside at the anniversary dinner of the Farringdon General Dispensary and Lying-in Hospital, on the 4th of June. On Tuesday morning, at eleven o'clock, the remains of the late Sir George Hoste, C. 8., who was commandant of the Royal Engineers, were removed from his residence at Mill hill, and were met on the Royal Artillery-parade, Woolwich, by the troops of the garrison, consisting of the Royal Horse and Foot Artillery, Royal Engineers, and the Royal Marines, who formed up the mournful procession, and proceeded along the road for Charlton churchyard, where the body of the late lamented deceased was to be interred in the family vault. Thousands of individuals assembled to witness this grand, though mournful, military spectacle, and the whole line of road was most densely thronged ; but through the excellent arrangements of the police not the slightest acci dent occurred, or confusion prevailed. The whole of the troops assembled were under the command of General Lord Bloom field, G.C.8., G.C.H., commandant of the garrison. PRIZE FIGHT FOR FIFTY . POUNDS.—Yesterd a y very gallant fistic encounter took place near the Twyford-station of the Grand Junction Railway. The belligerents were Angelo, of of Windsor, and Burton, of Leicester , both heavy weights, and second.rate fistic renown. The former was the favourite, because he had trained well, whilst the other could scarcely be got to train at all, indulging in bearty meals, and a sort of duke far niente, at the Grey Hound, Fulham. In consequence, he entered the arena fat as a Thames porpoise. Notwithstanding his obesity, he fought seventy-four severe rounds in as many minutes, and conquered his opponent in very masterly style. He fought with amazing rapi dity, punished his antagonist severely, and came off victor with scarcely any bodily marks of injury. SEDUCTION AND SUlClDE.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Dudley Arms Tavern, Harrow-road, Paddington, on the body of flannels Darlington, aged 21; a domestic servant. Police.sergeant Alfred Hughes. 13 D, said that on Saturday night last, about ten o'clock, he was crossing the Harrow-road.bridge, over the Grand Junction Canal, when he heartl a man and woman quarrelling, he thought, beneath the arch. He went down, and saw deceased run across the towing. path and jump into the mid dle of the canal, crying out " Now, then, here I go, you Being unable to swim, he sent for the drags, and the body was discovered in about ten minutes. It was taken to the station.house, but efforts at resuscitation proved un successful. He saw nobody with deceased. The mother of de ceased said she had been seduced some time back by a young man who had since deserted her ; that on Thursday last she met the young man, who told her he was going to be married, and witness believed that this led her daughter to destroy herself. Verdict— " Deceased drowned herself, but in what state of mind there was not evidence enough to show." THE PRISONER CONNOR AND THE RECENT EXECU TION.—ShortIy after the body of the culprit Hocker had been cut down, the prisoner Connor was visited by his sister Margaret, with whom he conversed freely upon the subject of the recent execu tion. During the night, being awoke by the noise of the prepara. Lions outside, he remarked, " That in a few hours it would be all over with poor Hocker.'' Two person s are appointed to watch him during the night, and one by day. Connor has expressed some surprise at Hooker's spirits having so broken down, at the Caine time speaking with considerable confidence as to the result of his own trial. On Saturday he was visited by a Catholic priest, with whom he had a long conversation. The mother of the prisoner, after leaving Newgate, was taken seriously ill. She had been in a delicate state for some time, and it is feared that her son's situa tion has accelerated her disorder (a disease of the heart), and that she will survive but a few days. Connor in appearance has consi derably improved since his incarceration ; he has been attended by the medical gentleman of the prison, and the change in his health has been spoken of very thankfully by the prisoner, Mr. Ballan. tine has been retained by Connor, sen., as leading counsel, and Mr. Doane by the Sheriffs, as junior for the defence. REPORTED RETIREMENT OF LORD LONSDALE. - Our readers will probably recollect that, shortly after his Lord ship's accession to his title, we stated the fact of the Earl of Lona dale having tendered his resignation as Postmaster.Gencral. The Noble Lord was, we believe, only induced to continue in office for a time, upon a representation that by doing so he would cos ondu g ce to to the public service. His seces sion at this moment, supposin it take place, could not, therefore, be attributedto any opinions hesnay hold on the Maynooth question ; it would merely be the fulfilment of an intention that his Lordship has entertained for some time.-- Post. QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND--The Dublin Even , . ins Mail of Monday says:—" We repeat in terms the most em phatical—and we would not venture upon the assertion in such for a tone of confidence if we had not m ore than ordinary grounds making the statement—that there is no intention on the part of her Majesty to visit Ireland this summer. It is probable that ere many days elapse an official announcement will be made of a determine tion, on the part of the Queen an d Prince Albert, to go up the Rhine, with a view of paying a visit to the family of the illustrious Prince Consort. The month of July is the period likely to be named for this excursion into Germany, so as to enable Prince Albert to return in time for the grouse shooting in Scotland." DEATH OF THE HON. LADY SINCLAIR.—This estimable Lady died at Edinburgh on Tuesday, the 22. d instant, at an advanced age, The deceased laity was eldest daughter of Alexander, first Lord Macdonald, and aunt of the present Lord. Her Ladyship was born 28th September, 1769, and married sth March, 1788, the Right Hen. Sir John Sinclair, the celebrated agriculturist, who died in 1835, and was consequently mother of Sir George Sinclair, Bart. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—On Tuesday the annual meeting of the members of this society was held at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St, James's, the Earl of Derby, the President, in the chair. The receipts amounted to 11,9971., and the expenditure to 10,999/. Amongst the donors of preserved specimens to the museum were Lord Saye and Sele, Colonel Owen, the Norwegian Consul, and the Countess of Mansfield. Her Majesty had pre sented to the menagerie a beautiful Albanian deer, and many valuable animals had been received from Colonel Warrington (con sul-general at Tripoli), Professor Schomberg, Captain Chalmers, the Hon. Miss Hardy, the Hon. Miss Singleton, Captain Richard son, the Hon. William Ashley, &c. The plan recently adopted of exposing the carnivore to the open air, instead of keeping them in dens warmed by artificial heat, had been attended with the best results, there having been a diminution in the number of deaths, and a great improvement in the health of the animals. The report was adopted, after which the officers for the ensuing year were appointed, and the meeting separated. E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 3 O, 1845. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame Castellan appeared here last evening as Adina, in d'Ainore, that delightfully light and elegant Opera Buffa of Donizetti. She was most successful, and has fairly proved her claim to occupy the position which was formerly held by Madame Persiani. Her duet in the second act with Lablache (whose Dulcarnara was a rich bit of drollery) was beautifully given, and was encored as a matter of course. She sang the whole of the music with clearness, precision, facility, and brilliancy, and her acting was delightful— coquettish, sportive, espiegle, and intelligent.. She was the very Adina of the author. She was excellently supported by Corelli, whose Nensrins was excellent. He gave the celebrated " Una furtiva lagrima" delightfully, and was rewarded by a unanimous encore. Between the acts of the opera we had Les Vennoises, whose performances are as wonderful and as attractive as ever, and afterwards Lucille Grahn appeared in Kaya. This was the last evening of the sole reign of the classical Lucille Grahn as the deesse of this theatre. On Thursday, Cerito and her husband, St. Leon, make their first appearance for the season. The house was crowded with the elite of the fashionable world. There were present the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck and Mr. Mildmay. The Queen Dowager's box was occupied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Earl Brownlow, the Hon. Miss Mitchell, and the Honourables Misses Cust and Mr. Hudson. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duchess of Hamilton, the Marquises of Ailesbury, Douro, Worcester, Lansdowne, Sligo, Clawricarde, Granby, and Huntly ; the Marchionesses of Douro, Wellesley, and Miss M"favish ; Baron and Baroness Brunnow ; Count Kielman segge ; the Earls of Lonsdale, Liverpool, Jersey, Falmouth, Wilton, Bective, Munster, Shelburne, and kenmare ; the Countesses Breadalbane and Shelburne ; Lords Brougham, Charles Wellesley, Aylmer, Petre, Templetown, William Beresford, Vaughan, and Ernest Bruce ; Ladies Charles Wellesley, Georgiana Curzon, Aylmer, Vaughan, Wombwell, Joddrell, Pym, and Fremantle ; Baroness Rothschild ; the Honourables James M'Donald and R. Curzon ; Mr. and Mrs. Carew ; General Upton ; Count Kondriaffsky ; Sirs H. Wil loughby, A. Barnard. William Fremantle, C. Grant, H. Pym, A. Douglas, H. Webb, and C. Kent ; Captains Lyon and Cuddy ; and Count Louis de Noailles, Sec. Lli Mr. Newton's Ma Mie, yrs Mr. J. Drake's Anonyme, 5 yrs, and Lord W Powlett's Eclogue, 4 yrs, also ran. . to 2 on Sorella, who took the running from Anonyme at the B.M. post, had it all to her self, and won by twenty lengths. The races were brought to a close shortly after four o'clock, having, as our return will show, afforded some very superior sport. The ring was formed in the town as usual, but to no purpose, not a bet having been laid at the time our parcel was made up. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY.—Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of Romford's Cob, Bst 71b, agst Lord Exeter's Celia, 7st 131 b ; T.Y.C. ; 150, h ft. THURSDAY.—CoI. Peel's Garry Owen, Bst 71b, agst Lord Exeter's Celia, 7st 71b ; T.Y.C. ; 150, h ft. NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT. The betting up to the reading of the list this evening was uncommonly slack, at the following prices : ANNE HATHAWAY ; or, SHAKSPEARE IN LOVE. By Emma Severn. No man has been more celebrated, yet less known than the bard of Avon ; scarcely any details of his private life have reached our days, while the bright inspirations of his genius will be known and admired through all time. One of the few events which history has recorded is his marriage, at the early age of eighteen, with Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a yeoman of Stratford, then in her twenty-sixth year. This lays the foundation of the tale before us—the rest is the work of fancy. Though bearing a name so celebrated, professing to chronicle the adventures of persons so renowned, it is in reality a work of fiction, not a history of the poet. The "gentle Willie" is its hero, not the immortal Shaks peare. We may congratulate the authoress on this discrimination ; people have ceased to fancy a poet a different being from other mortals ; yet we have all some indistinct, undefined idea of Shakspeare—he is like a mighty . wizard, " perceiving all, yet watching unperceived ; he knows our thoughts and feelings, unveils the secret recesses of our hearts, we are awed by his power, and spell-bound by his genius. He is our ideal hero, joined in our minds with all that is grand or sublime—then, should some daring hand seek to disturb the mysteries of the past, and to show us the great poet, only as a man, we should regard the deed as profanation. Anticipating such objections, the authoress has left the poet untouched, ar.d only showed us the ardent and high-spirited youth, such as Shakspeare must have been. Being a tale of do mestic life, it has little variety of incident or adven ture, but as a compensation we find a series of highly-finished portraits, rendered more forcible by their combination. The calculating, avari cious character of the old lawyer, supposed to have been his master, contrasts admirably with the generous independence of the young poet, and the picture of Anne Hathaway tends to remove our objections to Shakspeare's ill-assorted marriage ; she is described as a thoughtful, enthusiastic girl, yet ren dered wise by longer experience, and consequently better suited to associate with him who was so much above all others. We have one scene from the life of Elizabeth, where she appears in a new and unusual light —her character drawn with softer touches than historian ever used. We here behold her, not as an imperious sovereign, but as a woman. The " Great Queen" has had many admirers, and many enemies, to give her praise, flattery, or reproach ; but who would offer her sympathy Y Yet it is in the touching character of one claiming sympathy with her sorrows that the authoress seeks to excuse the faults of this not faultless woman. " If, indeed, as has been eloquently said, she lived but for conquest and display ;' if she, indeed, thought in finitely less of bringing a sister queen to the block, than of failing to make an impression on a gentleman usher,' not unto her name wholly be the sin or the shame ; with the crown of her inheritance she won a fearful gift of error and weakness". The heartless levity of her mother's spirit, the obstinate recklessness of her father's will, were the needful and perilous adjuncts to her hope less isolation on a throne. Shut out from the blessings of human sympathy, the dangers of her early life had cast her lot with Ishmael, to exist essentially alone. To live with an enemy is perhaps the bitterest curse ma lignancy need wish to a hated foe ; even to abide over long on the defensive, perverts the understanding, tramples on high thoughts and crushes the whole soul into the mire of mean selfishness. Perhaps there is no woe like unto this woe ; but Elizabeth was selfish—even as a thief-taught child, driven by strong circumstances, becomes a felon ; and at that hour it was her own re grets, her own misfortunes she mourned." The third volume contains "Martin Luther," and some other tales; but the chief attraction of the work is the name of him who has himself said— " What's in a name ? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." The following passage is an example of the fidelity with which the human passions are described : " Memory,' observed Sir Ludovick, evasively, is a true usurer, that multiplies past errors, wrongs, and miseries, ad infinitum, long after they have vanished away. A cursed tyrant is memory, gnawing the heart, and racking the brain with an odious maddening repe tition of circumstance, place, and time, till the mind grows giddy, and the soul sickens at the endless tale.' " You forgot,' replied Sir Fulke, that no remem brance of past woes, no s uccession of present calamities, can blind and obliterate the vivid picture of past happi ness, or efface ,the consolation which thought affords, when looking back with thankfulness on the feeblest deed of self-denial, mercy, generosity, or unselfish pur pose carried into effect.' CHESTER CUP. 7 to 1 agst Cataract (t) 30 to 1 agst Portrait 7 to 1 agst Semiseria 33 to 1 agst Counsellor 7 to 1 agst Fitz-Allen 40 to 1 agst Sorella 10 to 1 agst Obscurity 1,000 to 15 agst Pride of Kil -25 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne. dare (t) 25 to 1 agst The Era (t) 1,000 to 15 agst Beatrice 25 to 1 agst Winesour DER' 2 to 1 agst Idas (5 to 2 t f.) .1 to 1 agst Weatherbit .2 to 1 agst Alarm No others 1,000 even was betted that I hat were engaged in the Two OA 45 to 1 agst Young Eclipse. 50 to 1 agst Irontnastv (t) 1,000 to 15 agst Fitz-Allen (t) mentioned. _ . das beats all the other horses Thousand Guineas Stakes. 125 to 1 agst Stamp. 3 to 1 agst Kent's lot 16 to 1 agst Miss Elis ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. B. C. Plate—John o'Gaunt and Plantagenet. The Handicap and Selling Stakes did not fill. One Thousand Guineas Stakes ( Thursday)—As-you-like- it is scratched. Newmarket Stakes (Friday)—Winchester is expected to morrow. Old England is declared not to start. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Miss Rainforth took her benefit here last evening, and, as might have been expected, the house was a bumper. The opera of Fidelio was the piece chosen for the occasion, the fair beneficiare appearing as the heroine, Staudigl, the prince of bassos, taking the character of Pizarro. He was received with the utmost enthusiasm, and sang and acted magnifi cently. Miss Rainforth's Fidelio was exceedingly beautiful ; as a piece of vocalization it was most tasteful, and as a piece of acting exquisite. We have never before seen her exhibit so much intensity of feeling as she did last evening. She was called for at the fall of the curtain, and greeted with a complete shower of bouquets. A concert followed, in the course of which a very successful debut was made by Herr Oberheffer, a new German barytone. THE COFFEE HOUSE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.-ANNIVERSARY DINNER. The eighth anniversary of the above Association was held last evening, at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate hill. The chair was taken by Mr. Alderman Sydney, ' one of the sheriffs of the City, supported by General Sir De Lacy Evans, D. W. Wire, Esq., J. Curtain, Esq., Treasurer of the Institution, and several other gentlemen. Dinner was served at six o'clock, and put on the table in a style reflecting the highest credit on Mr. Lovegrove. The viands and wines were of the most excellent quality. The cloth baring been removed, and ...Non Nobis Domine sung, The CHAIRMAN gave the health of her Majesty, which was drank with great enthusiasm. The remaining loyal toasts were then given and re sponded to with the utmost warmth. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the toast of the " Army and Navy," coupling with it the name of General Sir De Lacy Evans. In doing this he alluded to the exploits of the Gallant General in Spain, and congratulated the members of the Association upon their having amongst them so honourable and distinguiahed a guest.—(Hear.) The toast was drank with all the honours, and amidst loud cheers. Sir DE LACY EvANs returned thanks, and said that he had been absent at the last anniversary meeting of the Association, but it had given him the greatest pleasure upon having the invitation renewed this year, and of accepting it. The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the toast of the evening. This Institution was one of benevolence simply. The recipients of the bounty of the members of this Institution were those who had been prostrated by misfortune. This was a society which he felt more than ordinary interest in promoting.—(Cheers.) It was a society, it was true, which had been established by humble individuals, but those individuals by this act of charity had ennobled their characters, and rendered them selves worthy of the admiration of mankind.—(Cheers.) The society had been in existence for seven years. It had commenced in a small stream, and had slowly pro ceeded unostentatiously on until it had become an orna ment to the City in which they were assembled. It had been the means of relieving the sorrows and afflictions of deserving, but heart-broken and unfortunate men.— (Cheers.) He had been requested by the Committee to state, that by the next half-year their funds would enable them to advertise for ten pensioners upon their bounty. The amount at present allowed was 131. annually, but the Committee had authorised him to state that they, in manyinstances, considered this too small a sum, but they were willing to extend the amount if they should be empowered with the means of doing so. They would raise the amount as soon as they felt in a position to do so.—(Cheers.) He concluded with proposing, " Pros perity and perpetuity to the London Coffee-house and Eating. house-keepers' Association." The toast was drunk with three times three, and loud applause. Mr. HUMPHREYS then announced the following dona tions to the Society, which were received with loud cheers, namely— The proprietor of " The Sun " £2l 0 0 The proprietor of the '° Era" 2 2 0 The proprietors of " Punch " The Chairman lO 10 0 The Lerd Mayor 5 5 0 D. Salomons, Esq. General Sir De Lacy Evans D. Wire, Esq. 2 2 0 J. Cartain, Esq. Sir DB LACY EVANS proposed the health of the Chairman, which was received v%ith great en thusiasm. The) CHAIRMAN briefly acknowledged the compli ment, and said that he should be always most happy to do anything calculated to forward the interests of this institution. Mr. WIRE then, in an eloquent speech, proposed the Prcas, and may it over bo guidod by wiodom and virtuo, and may all its efforts be to promote the happiness and welfare of mankind. The toast was drunk amidst loud acclamation. Mr. BLACKBURN, on the part of the Press, returned thanks. Several other toasts were then given, and heartily responded to, and the company separated at a late hour, after an evening of most delightful and unalloyed en joyment. During the evening several excellent songs, duets, were given by Mr. G. F. Taylor, Mr. G. Rennie, and R. F. Smith and Moody. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. " MONSR. PHILLIPPE. "It is respectfully announced that the celebrated Monsr. Phillippe, of the Theatre Bonne Nouvelle, Paris, whose extraordinary experiments have created universal astonishment, is engaged to present a short series of his Soinfoes Mystoirieuses; at the St. James's Theatre, which will be commenced to-morrow evening, Tuesday, April 29, and be continued, for a short period only, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday." Such was the announcement which drew us to the St. James's Theatre last evening. We knew not what to expect. Who is Monsr. Philippe, and what is a " Soiree Mysterieuse ?" Such were the questions we asked ourselves. Sages tell us that the future is to be learned from the study of the past, and, accord ingly, we interrogated the past to enlighten us. There was a Monsieur Phillippe (Due D'Orleans), who flourished in the year 1789, and who, "if they have writ their annals true," held sundry " Soirees Mysterieuses" in his palace, au Palais Royal, which produced the first French revolution. Was Phillippe Duc d'Orleans the prototype of this M. Phillippe ? Was M. Phillippe, of the St. James's, about to create a revolution—was he to introduce a reign of terror ? Again, in 1830, there were sundry " Soirees Mysterieuses" 'at Neuilly, and shortly afterwards, Louis Phillippe, who had assisted at these soirees, became King of the French the election of the people. Was M. Philippe about to become a king by the choice of the people ? Then as to " Les Soirees Mysterieuses," perchance he might, like Sir Robert Peeel, be a financier who was about to create a large surplus revenue. The evening on which Sir R. Peel brought forward his property-tax was a " Soiree Mysterieuse." The evening on which he brought forward the tariff was a " Soiree Mysterieuse." The evening on which he proposed the Maynooth Bill was a " Soirée Myste rieuse," and even last Friday, when he brought for ward his project for the regulation of the Scotch and Irish banks, was a " Soiree Mysterieuse," seeing that he refused to give the least information on the sub ject before the arrival of the great, the important day. Now, M. Phillippe is all these. A great revolutionist is he certainly, for he has produced a complete revolution in the art of /I blanche majie, which he professes. A king is he, too — the King of Magicians, elected to the throne by the unanimous voice of the people, and certes he is a great financier, for if he do not create a surplus for the treasury of the St. James's by his engagement, there is no love of good acting, and laughter, and fun extant. M. Philippe is the very Prince of Ma gicians. To him even the renowned Herr Dobler must yield the palm. Last night was the Jena of the Prussian—M. Phillippe is the monarch of his craft, and as one of the Ministers of the St. James's, he must produce a surplus revenue. To attempt to describe the tricks of this the most wonderful of wizards would be as impossible as to attempt to com prehend them. Who can describe the incomprehen sible ? For ourselves, we were contented to sit still and to wonder. We saw basin after basin filled with water, in which were swimming gold fish innume rable, produced from a carpet, which had been pre viously thrown up into the air and spread out before the audience. We saw rings placed in papers and eggs, and flour and water poured into a hat; and from that hat we saw produced—not a pudding, but seven bouquets, to each of which was attached one of the rings, which had been previously placed in paper. From another hat we saw produced bon-bons suf ficient to have stocked a confectioner's shop, and from one stick there were drawn forth more union-jacks than T. P. Cooke has ever waved during the whole course of his career. A hat borrowed from a gentle man who sat next to us, after producing feathers enough to stuff a large bed, brought forth cocks, hens, pigeons, ducks, geese, turkeys — all alive ; it was, in fact, a portable Leaden hall-market. Add to this that M. Phillippe is also an excellent actor and a polished gentleman, and the reader may form some faint idea of the treat which is in store for him at the St. James's. It was a just complaint against Dobler that he could not speak a word of English. Now M. Phillippe speaks English excellently well, but with the slightest pos sible foreign accent, which adds immensely to the pi quancy of his entertainment. The house was well and fashionably attended. M. Phillippe will, if we mistake not, become the most popular magician that has appeared of late years. MUSIC. THE SHOCKING YOUNG MAN, WITH THE GALVANIC BIN G: This is another production from the pen of Mr. Bueler, to whom comedians and comic singers owe a debt of gratitude, and the sooner they pay it the better—a service of plate, for instance, for the service he has done them for so many years, would, doubtless, be very acceptable. A word to the wise—it is better to remember a man alive than dead ! The song is announced as " Beuler's Galvanic Ring," and as such rings are all the fashion, people may as well have his as any ; because, though it won't cure the rheumatism and tic-doloreux, it will tickle their fancy and dispel the blue-devils, the rapours, and doldrurno, and bu may prove a goof] two shillings-worth to humanity. The song is of a racketty gentleman, called young Wit, who wears a galvanic riug to cure him of his tricks, and who, either at the Polytechnic Institution, or the Adelaide Gallery, Mr. B. don't mention which, gets, out of bravado, so overcharged with electricity that he ever afterwards goes through the world shocking people, till, as one verse says:— " At length his appearance was shocking to see! His friends he had shock'd, and, of course, he was shied; And with shocking bad hat' on his head at last he, With shocking intentions, went to the sea-side. And one dull day at Brigid on, to finish the spell That was set upon him, he took his last dip; And some say 'twas he that exploded the shell That fired Captain Warner's experiment ship! Oh, oh, 0,0, 0, oh! What a shock! ! and I sing Of the shocking young man with the galvanic ring." And then, becoming food for fishes, he is supposed to be the origin of electrical eels, more especially as 6 , The last one exhibited, dying, did bring To light the true cause that its shocks were so free, For in it was found the great galvanic ring Of the shocking young man who had jump'd in the sea." It is rather an ingenious story, bearing a good moral, and, like Mr. Beuler's " Shiver and Shakery, may be made much of by the experienced singer. THE MAYNOOTH ENDOWMENT A public meeting of the electors and inhabitants of the borough of Finsbury took place yesterday evening, at White Conduit gardens, Pentonville, to protest against the grant to Maynooth on the voluntary principle. The great saloon was crowded with a most respectable auditory. There were present on the platform—Thomas Duncombe, Esq., M.P. ; Dr. Epps, J. H. Parry, Esq., Q.C., T. Hodgskin, Esq., R. Besley, Esq., R. Taylor, Esq., Dr. Price, and a great many other leading men of the borough. • Mr. BESLRY having beon unanimously called to the chair, briefly stated the object for which the meeting had been ca lled. It was to avow their opposition to the principle in volved in the proposed grant to the Catholic College of May nooth. That principle was one of endowment. The present meeting were the friends of the voluntary principle, and therefore they were opposed to the grant. He did not sympa thise with those who had started the " No-Popery" cry upon this occasion. He was happy to believe that, bad as the present times might be in many respects, they were infinitely better in every respect than the time when it was penal to harbour a Roman Catholic priest.—{Hear, hear.) Dr. Errs moved the first resolution, to the effect—" That in the opinion of the meeting all endowments by the State for religious purposes were injurious to civil and religious freedom." He did not object to this grant on the ground of its pecuniary pressure on the country, but because he deemed it an impertinent assumption of power on the part of any Government to dare to take on itself the right of taking money from one man to supply the religious wants of another man.—(Cheers.) It was interfering with that freedom of conscience which all men should enjoy. By State establish ments in Ireland the people had been reduced to the lowest degradation, and this was the real source of the power which Mr. O'Connell now possessed.—(Cheers.) Mr. BELLINGHAM seconded the resolution. Mr. R. TAYLOR was opposed to the resolution. In France they would find that Protestants and Jews were equally en dowed with the Roman Catholics. He had very great doubts about the voluntary system. as it was embraced by a fana tical and bigoted class of religionists.—(No, no.) Look at Exeter-hall.—(Cheers.) He feared that the electors of Finsbury were playing the game of the fanatics who were trying to resuscitate the cry of " No Popery " all over Eng land. Ireland had been so greatly injured by England, that he was willing to countenance any step which would lead to a reconciliation between the two countries.—(Cries of " No, no," and cheers.) Mr. Taylor, though an old and much re spected inhabitant of the borough, was heard with impatience —the meeting being all but unanimous against the grant. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Dr. PRICE moved the second resolution—" That this meet ing strongly sympathises with the Irish people in their struggle against Protestant ascendancy, and declares that in opposing the grant to Maynooth it is not actuated by the slightest feeling of hostility to the Roman Catholic faith, but solely by a desire to carry out in that country the great principle of religious liberty." The resolution having been seconded by Mr. VINCENT, was unanimously adopted. Mr. PARRY moved the third resolution—" That this meeting declares its solemn opinion, that the Anglican Pro testant Establishment in Ireland is a national nuisance.— (Immense cheering.) That beyond every other religious endowment in the world it is opposed to the plainest prin ciples of justice ; that it always has been and still is the principal cause of discontent and disunion among the Irish people, and that this meeting pledges itself to co-operate at all times with the Irish people, in every constitutional manner, to abolish it." It was not to oppose the grant to Maynooth, he said, merely that this meeting was convened, but to enter a protest against all religious endowments by the State. By sending this resolution to Ireland, it would show to Mr. O'Connell and the Irish people that the people of Eng , land were not ignorant of the great grievance under which they (the Irish people.) suffered, and were not backward in seeking to relieve them from it.—(Cheers.) At all events, s,the passing of this resolution would s e p arate the vast multitude he was then addressing from a ll sympathy with the odious cry of "No Popery."—(Cheers.) - Under that cry ages of injustice had been perpetrated, and under that cry Protest ants had exhibited the very worst features of Popery . which the Protestants themselves alleged against the Cathohcs. Mr. HoDGsKtx seconded the resolution. The resolution was unanimously agreed to. It was then resolved that a petition, embodying the fore going resolutions, should be adopted, and presented to the House of Commons by their Member, Mr. Duncombe. Mr. DUNCOMBE came forward, and was very much cheered. He was proud to find that his vote in the House of Com mons on this subject was in such perfect accordance with the opinions of the great majority of the electors of Finsbury. It it had not been so, he should have felt it his duty to have returned the trust into their hands, in order that their sen timents might have been better represented.—(Cheers.) H e should be most happy to present their petition to the House of Commons, but he should be dbceiving them if he were to tell them that that petition would have the slightest weight. —(Laughter.) There had, within the last month, been pre • se nted to the House between 7,000 and 8,000 petitions against the grant to Maynooth, signed by nearly a million of persons ; and what was the answer given to ebise" . time ? Why, Sir R. Peel olkl k1.41Al A d •n of PC' i • 1 , ) a t , • I F .r WWI SPORTING IN TELLIGENCL., NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY'S RACES. The extraordinary bustle in the town this morning proved the interest excited in the public mind on the all-important race of the week, " the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes." At an early hour the rattle of vehicles of every description, from all parts of the country, all verging towards one common centre, gave earnest of what might be expected, and, at a later hour, the coaches from London, as well as innumerable " posters," having discharged their " freights," the mass assembled in front of the Subscrip tion-rooms defied calculation. All ranks were here con gregated, and the busy hum of the spectators, as they pro • claimed their wishes, or sought or received information, proved the intensity with which they reg arded the approach ing event. Idas maintained his supremacy, 6to 4, and in one or two instances 7 to 4 having been laid on him ; but it was obvious from the eagerness with which many of the new rn coers took the odds that " the fielders" w ere by no means an i ns i g nificant body, and that Winchelsea, with whom Mr. \V record declared to win, was by no means lost sight of. The first race was appointed for half-past one o'clock; but long before that hour the display on the heath equalled anything we have ever witnessed on any similar occasion. The equi pages of the aristocracy were numerous, and hicles w ith b eau ty and fashion, while the throng of ve a less pretending character was unprecedented ; in fine, a more crowded assemblage, or a more exciting scene it has never been our lot to witness in this region. Reserving our list of the fashionable visitors for a more convenient opportunity, we must now pro ceed to describe the events of the day in the order of their occurrence t -is The Coffee-room Stakes, of 50 sovs eaeh, for 3 yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies Bst 41b, A. F. 3 subs. Lord Exeter's Lyons .................................... (Mann) 1 o Duke of Bedford's Prol o g ue. 3 Duke of Richmond's Refraction l 7 to 4 on Refraction • 7 to 4 agst Prolo ' gue ; and 10 to 1 agst Lyons. A very fine race up the cords ; Lyons, who h m a a v d i e n g all (1 u tl i r g u o n t n p g; Renfnralicigtion by a head. Prologue never was beaten a length. The , '' pace was bad to the bushes. Match ; 100, h ft. First half of the Ab.M.—Sir J. Haw ley's Comrade, 3 yrs, Bst 71b, beat Lord Exeter's Dr. Hill, 4 yrs, Bst 41b. 6t04 on Dr. 11111. Won Bedford's head. Match; 200, 11 ft. T.Y.C.—Duke of Oakley, 9st, received forfeit from Mr. T. Wesley's The Counsellor. Sweepstakes of 300 sous. each, 100 ft, for 4 yrs old. B.C. Bst. (Three subs.) Duke of Bedford's Panther, Bst 71b Walked over. The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, by subs of 100 sovs. each for three year old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. R.M. (18 Subs.) Lord Stradbroke's Ides, by Liverp00l Mr. W W reford's ort hl e ss, by Camel Mr. Wreford's Winclielsea, by Camel 3 Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon, by Velocipede Duke of Rutland's Paultons, by Royal Oak We have already mentioned that up to the close of the betting in the town 6to 4 was laid on Ides. On the heath Pigeon, lsea Pault ons , an d Id es the fielders became more co nfident, and at one moment it was even betting ; a slight r e-action then took place, and at the breaking up of the ring 6 to 5 was laid on him ; 7 t o 4 was betted against John Day's lot, 7 to 2 agst Winchel sea, and 12 to I ag st ` Food Pigeon. The race was run at a great pace, Winche leading a couple of length ede byW a 'e n ed Werthless two or three lengths lying usp, withfolloNt•h latter d behind. They observed this order to the nost ew ground, where Paultons was beaten ; at the T. Y. C. p, Wood Pigeon also received his quietus, and Idas took his place. In de scending the bill he went up to Winelielsea, made him safe before he reached the bottom, went on by himself, and won easy by two lengths. Worthless, having got nearer than his quarters. Winchelsea was a bad third. After the race Ides was backed for the Derby at 3 to 1. Match, 100 h ft, D. M.—Mr. Ramsbottom's Pine Apple, Bst 11b, beat Duke o f Bedford's Minotaur, Bst 101 b, by a head. 4 and 5 to 1 on Minotaur. The Queen's Plate of 100 guis. for mares ; four yrs old. Bst 91b ; five yrs, 9st 81b ; six yrs and aged, 10st. R.C. Mr. Osbaldeston's Sorella, 4 yrs (F. Butler) Sir J. Hawley's Vibration, 6 yra COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an early walk yester day morning in Claremont Park. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness afterwards rode out on horseback, attended by the Equerries in Waiting, Colonels Arbuthnot and Bouverie. His Royal Highness Prince George arrived at Claremont soon after three o'clock yesterday afternoon from town, to pay a visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert. His Royal Highness took his departure in the afternoon, returning to town vid South-Western Railway. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Claremont yesterday afternoon from town, on a visit to the Queen. ' Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an air ing in the pleasure-grounds of Claremont yesterday fore noon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by . the on. Miss Eden and the Hon. Miss Mitchell, took an airing in the Parks yesterday afternoon. Her Royal 'Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice yes terday, at Buckingham Palace. The Royal Duchess left her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, in a carriage and four, at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, for Claremont, on a visit to her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz went yesterday morning to Kew, returning to Cambridge House in the afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at DI arlbor ough House. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, and attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein, paid a visit yesterday to the British Museum. Mr. William Hamilton accompanied the illus trious party through the different de'partments of the Museum. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenhurgh-Strelitz, and the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden honoured the Italian Opera with their presence last evening. The Ecclessiastical Commissioners for England had a meet ing yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Durham, Bangor, Carlisle Chester, Chichester, St. David's, Hereford, Lichfield, Lincoln, and Rochester; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Earl of Besborough, and Lord Ashley. Archdeacon Marryat had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-oflice. A meeting of the Commissioners for the government of Pentonville Prison was held at the Colonial-office yesterday afternoon. The Commissioners present were the Lord Pre sident, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Chichester, Major J ebb, Mr. Craufurd, and Mr. Russell. Mr. Emerson Tennent had an interview yesterday with Lord Stanley. The Lord President of the Council and Lady Wharncliffe left town yesterday afternoon for Brighton. AIR. PARSONS' BENEFIT.—Mr. Parsons, the box T book-keeper of Drury.lane heatre, to whose civility and atten. tion the frequenters of that theatre are greatly indebted for the admirable and judicious arrangements which he makes for their comfort, takes his benefit to-morrow evening. The bill of fare is most attractive, comprising those chef d'oeuvres of Italian and German opera—La Sonuctonbula and Der Frieschutz—besides a Grand Concert and a Dirtissement, in which Polin and Gas. P erini are to appear. There can be no doubt but that his friends will rally round him on this occasion, so that he will have a bum Fer. TIIE MASTERSHIP OF THE TEMPLE CHURCH.— We are informed that the Rev. Dr. Robinson, morning preacher at the Foundling, and formerly Archdeacon of Madras, has been ap pointed to the Mastership Pf the Temple Church, in the room of the Rev. Mr. Benson, resigned, • Est was the opposition to this grant; the greater it wee— the greater the excitement that existed in the public mind, so much the stronger was his determination to force through Parliament this grant.—(Hear, hear.) Under these circum stances, what was the use of petitioning ?—(Cheers.) Of course, the grant would pass ; but it would leave bitter tiel ings behind it. The Prime Minister said he thought the fer ment in thepublic mind was fast subsiding. On the contrary, he ( Mr. Duncombe) believed it was only just beginning. The great objection to the grant was, that it introduced a new endowed State Church into a country which had one .state Church too many already.—(Cheers and laughter.) As to the permanency of the grant, he thought the House of Com mons had assumed a power, in snaking a grant hitherto an nual a permanent gran.; :such as had never been assumed by any Parliament since the one which passed the Septen nial Act.—(Hear, hear.) The assumption was founded on a most unconstitutional principle.—(Cheers.) It was a gross libel on the people of England to suppose that they wished to do injustice to the people of Ireland. What was their conduct last year when the State trials were going on? Did they not meet in thousands to sympathise with Mr. O'Connell, believing that he hail not had a fair trial? Was it the electors of Finsbury who approved of the packing of the jury, the exclusion of Roman Catholics, and the partiality of the judges? Was it they who sanctioned Mr. O'Connell's imprisonment for three months without any legal conviction ? No; it was the very men upon whom Mr. O'Connell himself and the Roman Catholic priests were now fawning.—(Cheers.) The Queen would be welcomed as she ought to be. Peel and Graham might be received with acclamations by the people; but to suppose that a country so misruled as Ireland bad been, was to be bribed by a paltry grant to Maynooth, was too mon strous to be entertained for a moment. No ; both Peel and Graham would find themselves as much detested and de spised as ever, by the honest people of Ireland.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN stated that he had received a letter from Mr. Wakley, saying that his duties elsewhere prevented his attendance at the meeting, but that he heartily concurred in the object for which it had been convened.—(Cheers.) Mr. HELP then moved a memorial to be presented to the Queen, in the event of the grant to Maynooth passing the House of Commons, praying her Majesty to dissolve the pre sent Parliament.—(Cheers.) Mr. KNOX seconded the motion, which was carried unani mously.—The meeting then broke up. IRELAND. THE NEW BANKING MEASURES. . Dummr, APRIL 28.—Sir Robert Peel's explanation of the changes contemplated by Government respecting the Irish banks has produced very general satisfaction, especially amongst commercial men. The measure is well calculated to afford facilities to trade, and to open up new sources of com mercial enterprise. Some apprehension , prevailed that the Bank of Ireland would be materially injured by the abolition of its monopoly of issue in the metropolitan districts, and within a circuit of sixty-four miles around Dublin; but there is little ground for alarm on this p2int: - REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day in the Conciliation Hall. The chair was taken by Nicholas Maher, Esq., M.P. for Tipperary. The CHAIRMAN said he could not let that opportunity pass without declaring hi gratitude to Sir Robert Peel for intro ducing the Maynoot the straightforward manner in which he brought it forward. But whilst they would re ceive these instalments with gratitude, they would neverthe less be satisfied with nothing short of the repeal of the legis lative union. —(Cheers.) The Member for Edinburgh (Mr. Macaulay) had recently stated in his place in Parliament that the suppression of the monster meetings had led to the restoration of peace and order in Ireland; but he would ask the Hon. Gentleman, at the period when these meetings were in progress was there ever the slightest infraction of the law committed? He doubted much whether Mr. Macaulay had given expression to such a sentiment; he was sure some waggish reporter had put the phrase in his mouth. Mr. O'CoNNELE handed in several remittances. In refe rence to a letter from Wexford, inclosing 101., he said he regretted much to be obliged to animadvert on the absence of the members for that county from Conciliation Hall. For the gentlemen that represented that county, individually, he entertained the highest regard, but he felt bound to declare that the first question put to the candidate who sought the suffrage of any Liberal constituency, would be whether he was a member of the Repeal Association.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then announced the receipt of 741. from the clergy of the diocese of Ardagh, forwarded by the Right Rev. Dr. Higgins. Mr. S. O'BRIEN brought forward the address of the com mittee of the Repeal Association to the electors of the county of Down, adverted to yesterday. The Hon. Gentleman, having moved the adoption of the address, said, that during the course of a late debate, Mr. Macaulay had declared in the most emphatic terms that the repeal of the legislative union would be fatal to England, and that the English people would never consent to it, were they even threatened with an united attack from France, America, and Spain. Sir James Graham, on the part of the Government, concurred with every sentiment which fell from Mr. Macaulay on the subject. Firm as had been the declaration of the Member for Edin burgh and Sir J. Graham, he would assert that no less firm was the determination of the people of Ireland.—(Cheers.) The language which had been enunciated almost tempted him, on the part of the Irish people, to answer it with defiance. If the Government of England depended solely on the strength of that country for the maintenance of the union, he would tell them that, circumstanced as even they (the Irish) were, it could not be sustained by physical power.— (Cheers.) They would not be intimidated by rash and in solent boasts.—(Hear, hear.) The consummation they aimed at they were determined to have, not certainly through . . the intervention of foreign aid, but by their own exertions; and he had no hesitation in declaring that if the north joined the national cause, the union would be repealed within three months, and that without striking a single blow, and he did not know but such a union might take place.—(Hear, bear. ) Eapressions had lately beefi uttered by Conservatives which were worthy of that hall, which warranted him in looking forward to a union between all parties for the benefit of their common country.—(Hear, hear.) If the contingency on which he calculated were to occur, he would tell them it would then be too late to negotiate:—(Hear, hear.) If the ships of America, manned with regiments of Irish emigrants, armed and ready to defend their native land—if the fleets of France were ready to make a descent on the unprotected coasts of England—if the soldiers of the British army, form ing one-third of that force, were to refuse shedding the blood of their fellow-countrymen—if the Irish resident in England were to co-operate with us, then the contingency would have arrived—the British empire would be broken up, and the history of Ireland would henceforward be that of a distinct and independent nation.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. J. A. O'NEILL seconded the adoption of the address. Mr. GREY PORTER said he did not find fault with the Association that there were so many Catholics in it, but be cause there were so few Protestants. The men of the north of Ireland wished to know whether the repeal of the union were a sine qua non, and whether, if the just grievances of one country were redressed, they would still persist in loot ding for that object. lf, for example, the number of reto: - esentatives were increased in a fair proportion—if the iriinchise were extended, and if a good Landlord and Tnant Bill were con ferred, and the Municipal .Act amened, and if the Church temporalities were modified in Munster and Connaught, and if a diplomatic intercourse were opened with the Court of Rome—the question then was, whether, if these concessions were granted, would they forego the repeal of the union ? (Cries of " No, no.") He approved of the course Sir Robert Peel was pursuing. What he was doing he was doing well, and when he considered the opposition that was offered to him, he thought it was the duty of the Irish representatives to go to Parliament and support him in carrying out those beneficial measures. Mr. O'CONNELL said he quite agreed in the speeches which had just been delivered by his two friends who had preceded him. It was true they had the entire of the Pro testant population of the north against them, but they had the entire Catholic population of Ulster with them.— (Hear, hear.) He was sorry to be obliged to make these distinctions, but he looked forward to the day when all parties would be known only as Irishmen.—(Cheers.) Mr. Porter had expressed his regret that they did not in quire first whether the people of England would do them justice, before they had resolved on the alternative of repeal. But they had already tried the experiment—it was for that purpose the Precursor Society was formed.—(Hear, hear.) Did any of those of the north join them then ? They did not; but, since they had made their manly declaration of insisting on the repeal of the union, many of them had done so. The schoolmaster, when he found - that tufts of grass would not answer, tried stones ; it was so with them—they had in vain appealed for justice. What hopes of justice could he expect fronithe people of England when he beheld Exeter-hall, and indeed every part of England ring with calumnies on the Irish people and their religion? Was not an Irishman nearly torn in pieces the other day merely for asking who was the publisher of a certain forgery ?—(Hear, hear.) What was the harm of giving the name of the publisher, if it were not a forgery? But it was a forgery, and was sent from Achill. Sir Robert Peel had promised him success; he had declared that this agitation could not be put down by force. He might deny that asser tion, but he could not blind the English mind, or the mind of Europe. They would have that declaration placed on the walls of that hall. The declarations of Mr. Macaulay and Lord Ilowick, with regard to the Established Church and its temporalities, were most significant, and would, no doubt, tell on the Protestant mind. Sir Robert Peel's measure with regard to banking he looked upon as excellent; and, as far as he had considered the matter, the Bill was admirable. He intended to abolish the oaths usually taken by Catholic directors, that was just and fair. The monopoly of the Bank of Ireland was to be abolished by Peel's Bill, which secured freedom of trade to bankers, and safety from failure to the public. He thanked Sir Robert Peel for that measure. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to animadvert on the speech lately delivered by Mr. Macaulay in the House of Commons, which he desig nated as insolent and intolerant, and stated that the first speech delivered by that gentleman in Parliament was in favour of the Coercion Bill, which he designated as an expe rimentuni in corpore viii. Last week ho was anxious for the i Queen to come to Ireland ; he had a notice on the books of the corporation in reference to the subject, but his mind had since undergone an alteration. That alteration was in conse quence of the speech lately delivered. He would wish it to be understood that there neither was nor would be any shrinking on the part of the people, and for his part be would declare that he would forfeit his claims to the charac ter of a Christian if he relaxed in his efforts to accomplish that object which would restore happiness and prosperity to his country.—(Cheers.) In conc lusion, Mr. O'Connell moved the following resolution :—" That the Committee of the Loyal National Repeal Association be directed to con sidert eQueen whatenas willbece Ie the ir most Majesty appropriateshou lshould visitm n manner Ireland,o f receiving ta hg care that while the greatest respect is paid to our Sovereign, she may not be allowed to remain in ignorance of the inten tion of the Irish people to persevere, under all circumstances, in their demand for the legislative independence of Ireland.': After the disposal of some further business, Mr. O'Connell announced the rent for the week to be 417/. 12s. lid. The meeting then adjourned. STOCK EXCHANGE THIS DAY.—CLOING PRICES. There was a slight rally in the Share market to-day, and hispeculatorsieh prevailed c a calculate l a a t t et the en closethe speedy o f the pba subsidence sett,vNeveenektn of ; . the dpu b " ri p n ' a n a i n c w d have 5( It d o 3 jere sold freely at A Sa turday,Galiv ay, which again sunk ralliad, a f l r i o i e m d an further improvement has taken pl ace i n the Belfast and lymena, Waterford and Lime r i c k, and the Cork andaßnadnßdaoln lines. Altogether the market bears a better aspect. E al l i t d N a lE .Q NT uar l t 'U er N p D e S r . Cent. per Cent. Consols, 97i- ; MISCELLANEOUS. —Hibernian Bank, 34 T h e ; e ° e \ Mining Company of Ireland 13; Stock, 1001 101. Royal Bank, 14A ; RAILWAYSSharesof .8 36, 51 City of Dublin Steam Dublin and Belfast —Great Junction, and Western Extension, 134 ; to Mullingar and Itlhiltnie, Irish(3 * ; r e Irish s Western,Great Dublin Western, Dublin to Galway, 4} ; Belfast and Ballymena, 8 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 5-i ; Waterford and Limerick, 81 9 ; Wexfbrd and Carlow, 5 ; Kingstown and Bray, 9} ; Cork and Bandon, 81; Waterford and Kilkenny, 4-1 ; Lon don and Enniskillen, 4A ; 4 t .l,fast and Coleraine, 4. 'l‘4 13i,shop of Londou held a confirMation yester. tcxcug, ir k the kmool chute' of pt. J Piecadilly, when be, ;11"ch,44t4'/0° "n^B persons were admitted members of the of them connected Kith families of rank; DISCOVERY OF BURGLARS. The neighbourhoods of Bingham, Hose, Melton Mow bray, have latterly had many robberies of an extensive character committed in them, and it has only been by the most vigilant and persevering exertions that a dis 'every has been made which led to the apprehension and final committal of the Bingham burglars for trial at the next assizes. Amongst the many depredations com- • mitted was one in the early part of the month of March last, at the house of Mr. John Bailey, draper, at Bing- • ham, when property consisting of silks, satins, waist coats, flannels, and other goods, to the amount of nearly 601, was stolen and carried away. The thieves accidentally left behind them an old pocket•knife, hav ing a remarkable appearance. On the police being in formed of the circumstances connected with the robbery, Gillman, an officer, took the knife into his possession, and during three weeks used his, best endeavours to find out the owner, but being unsuccessful, he handed it to Cunningham, a policeman, at Bottesford, to exercise his judgment and to set his wits to work in discovering the owner. After untiring exertions Cunningham as certained that the knife belonged to Henry Rouse, for merly of Hose, but then a soldier at Leicester, and being determined upon an experiment, he set out to Lei cester. where, after diligent inquiry, he contrived to get into the company of the soldier. Attired as a country man, he sat a considerable time in the room, and then took the knife from his pocket, and began to pare his nails. Rouse, seeing his old pocket com panion, in voluntarily exclaimed, " That's mine." "Is it indeed ?" replied the unknown policeman, " I should think not, for I have had it a long time." " You hav'nt," replied Rouse incautiously, and imme diately attempted to force the knife out of the hand of " the policeman. Cunningham, fully satisfied with his discovery, said, " Yes, I know it's your knife, and you are my prisoner," and at the same time secured his man with a pair of handcuffs. The soldier was then directlyr charged with the burglary, and supposing his accom plices had been " splitting" upon him, he resolved to make terms, if possible, to save himself, and he at once made a confession of the whole affair. In ' consequence of his information, Samuel Morrison, carrier, from Hose and Bingham to Nottingham, and Richard Sarsten, labourer, of Hose, were taken into custody, 'and a large quantity of the stolen pro perty was found concealed in the roof of Morrison!'s house, and other portions of -it have been found secreted in different parts of the village of Hose. The prisoners underwent examination before the magistrates at Melton. Mowbray, and afterwards were removed to Bingham, where, on Thursday last, they were committed to the county gaol at Ncttingham, for trial at the next assizes. Morrison has been living in circumstances that raised him above suspicion, and was considered a respectable person, but there is reason to believe he has long been an associate of thieves, and the means of conveying large quantities of stolen fowls to market from the neighbour hood in which he lived, as the farmers have missed poultry, generally, on the mornings he had to go to Not tingham. TO REMOVE WHITEWASH OR PAINT FROM STONE AND WOOD. Much of the beauty, we are able to obtain by well executed masonry, results from the well-defined forms of the mouldings, and the sharpness of the arrises. The effect of Time is rather to chip out at intervals the soft parts of the stone, than to wear the whole away, at an equable ratio : the general tendency of the lines is uta broken in the perspective, and the decay rather adds to the impression which results. But the brush of the whitewasher mars all that it passes over : for fillets are substituted rounds, and for mouldings and indents plain faces, while bosses and similar ornaments become very much like door-handles. To the paint-brush is to be attributed the unsatisfactory result of our modern cement and stucco, scarcely less inferior to well executed brickwork than to stone, and having for its in evitable consequence a feeling of unsatisfaction at its pretension, and the attempt to deceive. The speedy re moval of the whitewash, from which hardly two of (Kr churches are free, is much to be desired, and the work is so easy and inexpensive, and the result, with roper care, likely to prove so very satisfactory, that it ought to be every where proceeded with. This may be most easily done by scraping away the outer surface, tind then moistening the part by means of a brush with a mixture composed of one part of sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol), and eight or ten of water, and washing it over with water after every second i,r third time you put it on, till you see the stone or wood appear. If, however, you wish to remove the whitewash from the remains of a painting on a wall, use soft soap with. hot water, and a brush not too hard. This, done carefully, will not hurt the painting. Paint is harder to get rid of it may, however, be effectually done with strong soap makers' lye, or, what is quite as good, the fol lowing liquid :—Put one pound of potash or pearl ash, with half a pound of unslaked lime, into a jar, and pour over it one gallon of boiling hot rain water ; wash this repeatedly over the surface, scrubbing off the paint as it becomes softened. Or you may try this way : take a quarter of a pound of soda, boil it with a little soap in three pints of water 'ail it comes to a paste, then lay it on till you want to Clean, r pretty thick ; two dayS after lay ,it on again, 'without washing the bld aivay ; do this tour times, and P,ien scrub the whole off, the paint will come off too. This does either for stone or wood. At North Walsh,am, Norfolk, a solution of potash and quicklime, in tF , e proportions of one pound' of the former and half, a pound of the latter to a allon of boiling . Neater, was used with satisfactory results. ThCa solution, being ex tremely caustic, should be used with care, and if the ex ternal coating of paint which it may be desirable to re move, be thin, diluted with water ; and in all cases the solution should be trite:, ukon a small portion of the painted surface. Mr„ J. G. Valler, in giving his opinion, that the Paintinr, found on the walls of churches, and usually called . fresco," arc in reality nothing more than distemper, suggests the use of vinegar for cleaning. It should tie carefully applied with a brush, alternately with water.—The Builder. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on geld at Paris is 17i per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 59; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 77k, it follows that gold is 0.72 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 lof t ; and the exchange at Hambnrgh on London at short being 13 it follows that gold is 0.57 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 109 f per cent. ; and the par of exchange between England and. America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex change is 0.18 per cent. in favour of England ; but the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at sixty - days' sight, the interest must be added to the above difference. The settlement was the chief business of the railway mar ket. It is not a very heavy account on the present occasion, but money nevertheless fetches high rates of interest. Dublin and Galway and Direct Northern experienced severe depre ciation, the want of compliance with standing orders having caused sales. In other respects prices show a tendency down wards. The decree passed on the 19th inst., for the conversion of the Portuguese Bonds of 1841 into a new permanent For per Cent. stock, appears as an advertisement in the journals of this morning. On the whole it seems to have met with. the approbation of the parties most interested, as is indicated by the state of the market; but, otherwise, a second conver sion of a Government stock, brought forward after an interval of only four years, would be a matter liable to some question as to its soundness and policy, as, in consequence of this pro ceeding, an entire set of new bonds with coupons attached must be issued, and all the old ones cancelled—a process which involves considerable expense in itself, as well as a commission to the parties who manage it, and is almost al ways attended with embarrassing circumstances, arising from the neglect of many holders to convert in time, and the refusal of others to convert at all, which must be dealt with according to the merits. Some persons are of opinion, therefore, that it would have been better for the Portuguese Government to have quietly waited the gradual increase of the rate of interest under the conversion of 1841, which would not have reached 4 per cent. for several , ears to come, though it would ultimately be 6 per cent. '1 he present arrangement involves the pay ment of 100,0001. annually by the Portuguese Government more than would otherwise have been required, and this, with a Government certainly not in a state of great financial prosperity, would have been a fair motive for a little further delay in such a conversion, which could as well have been accomplished three or four years hence as now. There is some suspicion, too, of a little stock jobbing at the bottom of the whole affair, as it is notorious that Portuguese stock did rise nearly 10 per cent. without any public communication by which its cause could be explained, and of which it follows, that some few favoured individuals must have derived the advantage. We have no reason to doubt the regular pay ment of the dividends now created, but certainly Portuguese credit would have stood quite e.a high withoeuxostunisgttarihn alle present oßfd r r e uoa s i tt e iih n e leh t or conversion. Letters from Rio de Janeiro to the I st of March state that it has been proposed stu:in2aet i pu n eriree s t b ye e:e e iinn C t h a 5.a a d, m vdt hiibltlaieotbrnae on no h e l a t,tii t hieede o n and after the • English duty on Brazil sugar is re d uce d so • nat ions. It is expected that the proposition will be IMPROVEMENTS AT THE COVE OF Corac.—We are glad to hear that great improvements are contemplated at Cove by Lord Middleton, under the direction of Mr. Dreimus Burton. The execution of them will be intrusted to Sir Thomas Deane and Mr. Hearne Deane, and could not be in better hands. We are glad that Lord Middleton has determined to take advan. tage of the talents of gentlemen who have been engaged in so many undertakings of importance, to employ artisans and la. bourers, enhance the worth of his own property, and impart addi tional attractions to the place. The work, according to Mr Burton's plan, will consist of an esplanade 2,000 feet in length, on a new quay in continuation of Mr. Smith Barry's, divided Prom • new road by chains, &c.—a crescent and several ranges to be 13Id out for new buildings, with provision for terraces, hotels, baths, and all that can contribute to comfort or convenience. We hope this example may be followed by other proprietors similarly <a cumstanced. Rumour says his Lordship intends to spend 40,V00/. in the improvements.— The Builder. A NEW WAY TO GET IN DOUBTFUL DEBTS.—A good deal of merriment and some little " quizzing" was excited on Wednesday last, by the appearance of the following " notice" in the shop window of Mr. Mottershead, provis:on.d , aler, of East gate street, Chester :—" Mr. —, grocer, of Eastgate.street.row, owes me, Thomas Mottershead, Is. Bd. for two pounds of butter ; this is to give him notice, that unless he pays very soon, the blank will Le filled up with his name in full." On Thursday an addendum was made to the following effect :—" Sent the boy to ask for it this morning—says he is a respectable man, and will not ba annoyed— drove the boy away without paying —does that look like respectabi. lay ?" We suppose Mr. Mottershead terrified his long winded debtor into compliance, as the threat of publishing his name his not yet been fulfille&—Macclerfield Courier. SALE OF FOXBOUNDS.--On Tuesday, at Tattersall's, Grosvenor.place, a sale of foxhounds took place, the prop celebrated sporting gentleman, well known in Hampsh e i b r r e, ty, was attended by a ;mat many gentlemen of sporti e n i g o ce tee l iz Bud an active competition was the result. The re e fir s t was put up at IO which were divided into six lots. ert: i o il f c a; fetche:t al. Lots together 100 guineas. gu ineas, and was sold for 19 g uineas. s everal lo