The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-17 00:00:00

Business d:' w - dal 1111 1 dal Late, NE i r S. ref,Ov—• day we re e , g : a e re teite. o v _L i gol ,ll l aed the sl34' made oP fer factory /Or.' re is * she ll eery oW ie „ r. rumen: 54e ,r, ma d e by su; rcuistiou f' I upon dance to t he the qu itter tiler empl o y of the 1314 )site. Co' I are 0 f°l' ,649,110 6,840 134,36 5 4,30 0 154,59 6 392,10 0 963,89 1 599,86 0 127,8 63 2,39 0 606,36 2 518,74 0 508.89 0 67,7 35 195,96 0 !38,71 5 271,61 7 18 060 153.15 0 31,87 5 t aeee rO be at 90 d u d ‘ ll • lig her rite bullion er er, 130 ° 4,000 off' expor t ' 5,0001. he advic e• laechest er ' hole brisk' withcl mater, so" . 8 -Quarte t Three P er one rather Foreig li uoted 2 0 1' . are at 40 . i. to 3 3 1 os Arco -Halt per the ire' ;LOGE. P P P LOCK• PIZ Og. 17 9 O 0 O 0 4 11% 5 136 k Y.) se and from ppliee, r, and n And MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. Although SOMt.A hat heavy supplies of most articles in Season were on off r to-day, the general demand ruled steady, and prices were well supported. New Potatoes are coming forward freely, and in good condition. Fitt:fr.—Pine Apples, 6s Od to lOs Od par lb. ; Hot house Grapes, 6s Od to 12s Od per lb; Strawberries, 6d to Is per oz; Pears, 2s Od to 5s per dozen; Apples, dessert, tid to Os per dozen ; cooking ditto, 5s to lOs per bushel • Oranges, 6s to 14s ; Seville ditto, 7s to 14s ; Lemons, 6s to 12s per 100 ; Almonds, Os per peck ; ditto sweet, Os to Os per lb; Chestnuts, 2s to 5s per peck; Brazil Nuts, 12a to 14s; Barcelona, 20s to 22s per bushel; Cob Nuts, 70s to 758 per lUolbs. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, Is Od to is 6d per dozen ; Greens, 4s Od to t , s Od per dozen bunches ; Brocoli, 78 to 12s per dozen bundles; Potatoes, 81s to 120 s per ton; ditto, 4s to 7s Od per cwt; ditto, 2s Od to 3s 3d per bushel; Turnips, 2s to 28 • Car 0t5,03 to Os per dozen bunches; Cucumbers , 6 d to 2,3 eac h ; Leeks, Idto 2d per bunch ; Celery, 6d to is Gd ; Rhu barb. 4d to Os 9d ; Horseradish, Is to 45 per bundle • Spinach, 9d to is Od per half sieve; Onions, 2s to 2 s d; Artichokes, is to is 6d per half sieve; Endive, is to Is Gd per score; Red Beet, 6d to 1 , per dozen; Mushr oms, 9d to is 3d per Pottle; Corn Salad, is to is 6d per half sieve; Radishes, tad to Is per cozen hands; Cabbage Lettuces, t , cl to 9d per score; Parsnips. 4d to 9d per dozen; French Beans, Od to Os Od per 100; Seakail, 9d to 2s per punnet; Asparagus, 4s to 10s. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey:, 5s Od to 7s ud ; Geese, 6s dtoBs Od ; Ducks, 3s Od to 4s Od ; Tame Rabbits, Is 4 d to is 8 d; Wild ditto, 8d to 10d ; Pigeons, 5d to 8d ; Roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to 7s Od each ; Surrey Fowls, 7s Od to lOs; ditto Chickens, Os Od to Os Od Barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to 6s per couple; English Eggs, 6s Od; French ditto, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; and Irish ditto, Os Od to Os lid per 120; Fresh Butter, Os to Os Od per lb; Partridges, Oa Od ; Hares, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; Leverets, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; Wild Ducks, Os i d to Os Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 40 • Mutton, 2s 40 to 3s 8d ; Lamb, bs Od to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 10d ; and Pork, 38 4d to 38 10d per Blbs. WHITECIIAPEL. Beef, from 2s 2d to 38 4d ; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 45 6d to bs 6d ; Veal, 3s Od to 3s 10d ; and Perk, 2s 8d to 33 8d per Sibs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 38 Od to 12s Od ; Brill, is 3d to 3s 6d ; Haddocks, Os 6d to is Od each ; Cod Fish, 28 Od to 4s 6d ; Lobsters, 60 to 2s Od ; and Crabs, 4d to 2s each ; Soles, Os Gd to Is 10d Per pair; Flounders, 90 to 2s Od each; Dried Haddocks, 6s Od to 8s Od ; Smelts, is Od to 2s Od per dozen ; Whitings, 2s 6d to 7s 6d per 15 ; Eels, Os 6d to Os 10d ; Salmon, Is 3d to 2s Od per lb ; Herrings, Os Od to Os Od per 100 ; Common Oysters, 6s Od to Ils Od per i.ushel; Salt Fish, Od to Os 00 per seore ; and Mackerel, 25s 04 to 3Us Od per 100. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 6%d to 7d; of Household ditto, 41wd to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDE MARKET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2d to Od ; ditto, 641 b to 721 b 2ici to d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2id to 2d; ditto, BOlb to 881 b, 2id to 24d ; ditto, 881 b to 961 b , 24d to 3d ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3id to 34d ; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 4d to Od. Calf Skins, light, Is Gd to 3s Oct each ; ditto, full, s<6dtoOs Od ; Horn Hides, 5s 6d to 6s; Polled Sheep, Os Od to Os Od; Rents, 6s Od to 6s 9d ; Half-breeds, 58 9d to 7s Od ; Downs, 4s 6d to 5s 9d; Lambs, is 10d to 2s 10d; Shearlings, 9d to 10d. NAY MARKETS. SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 41 6s Od ; Clover ditto, 31 bs to 41 lOs; and Straw, ills to 11 9s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade firm. CIIIIIMLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 58 to 41 lOs; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 10s; and Straw, I/ 2 s to I/ l ls per load. Trade inactive, at our quotations. WurrEcturEn.—Meadow Hay. 3/ 3s to 4/ 6s; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 is to 11 9s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) RAPE.—John M•Laren, aged 48, described as a shoe- Maker, was indicted tor committing a rape on Rosins Jane M'Laren, his own daughter. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Ryland prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. The details of the case were unfit for publication, but the medical testimony failed to support that of the girl, and the jury acquitted the prisoner. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) BURGLARY.—Joshua Smith, aged 21, described as a hawker, was indicted for feloniously breaking and enter ing the warehouse of Josiah Lowe, and stealing there from six coats value 31, and other goods, also divers moneys, amounting in the whole to 101., his property. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Cooper prosecuted, and Mr. Huddlestone de fended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence of a girl named Harriet Ball, with whom the prisoner had cohabited, that one . . morning in the beginning of April the prisoner forced her to get up between four and five and E 2 with him to a place in Whitechapel. . When they reached the spot the prisoner desired her to stand at the top of a court, while he went down and fetched some things. She accordingly did so, but she kept her eye upon the prisoner until she saw him get over a. high wall. He was absent for about ten minutes, and when he returned he brought with him a bundle of coats and three pair of trowsers. They then returned home, and in the course of the day all the property was disposed of with the exception of a pair of trowsers,wbich the prisoner had altered to fit himself. These trowsers she subsequently pawned, and when the prisoner turned her out of doors she gave information of the robbery to the police, and gave them the address of the pawn broker where she pledged the browsers. The witness in her cross-examination denied that the prisoner turned her out of doors because she had been false to him, but it was because he wanted to get mar• tied to somebody else. She had bHen on the streets, and the prisoner had participated in the proceeds of her prostitution. On one occasion she robbed a sailor and was imprisoned six months for it. On another she be• Came so disgusted with her mode of life, that she took to Shoplifting, and for one offence of this nature she had suffered three months' imprisonment. She had been fiakd 10s. for breaking a woman's head while in a state of intoxication, and had been repeatedly accused, but sever convicted of other robberies. Several of the pri soner's companions as well as her own had been trans. Ported, and the prisoner, who was tried with one of them, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The other evidence went to show that the prisoner be longed to a notorious gang of cracksmen, and when his lodgings were searched a large quantity of housebreak ing implements were found concealed there. None of the property but the pair of trowsers pledged by the girl bad been traced, but a knife which the prisoner left behind him when he committed the burglary was produced and identified as having been in the prisoner's possession. Mr. HUDDLESTONE addrtssed the jury for the defence, Contending that the evidence of the girl was unworthy of belief, and therefore the prisoner ought to be ac quitted. The Learned RECORDER summed up. The jury had not returned a vtrdict when wo went to press. RAMBLES in the CRY STAL PALACE (THIS DAY.) The receipts of yesterday at the Crystal Palace amounted to 3,2504, of which 6761. was from the sale of season tickets, and the remainder, 2 5541., from the ss. fee for admittance. Th e cont i nue d sa l e of season tickets is a result which we have always anticipated, since the first view of the Exhibition is quite sufficient to convince any one that a dozen visits w ill not su ffi ce for a satisfactory inspection, and for all who may be able to visit it so frequently, a dozen visits will h ave found out long ago that a season ticket is by far the cheapest method of going to work. %ye confess that we do not share in the anticipation that inconvenience, at any rate considerable, will result from the over-crowoing of the place even during the shilling season; but it Would still be well if some provision were insti tuted to prevent the admission of more visitors than would allow perfect freedom of locomo tion from one department to another. Even now, at some hours of the day in the transept and some parts of the nave it ir, difficult to move along; but a proportion of the present class of visitors flack to the Crystal , Palace as an afternoon lounge, and scarcely think of penetrating beyond the transept and the main avenues ; these, of course, will not be there on the shilling days, and, altogether, we may assume that the mass of visitors will be more equally spread over the building than at the present. Neither do we consider that the full powers of the buildinc , have yet been tested, since a co ns id era bl e portion of' the foreign de partments, especially i n t h e rear—the galler i es, do not yet admit visitors. Whatever arrangements are to be made, however, must be d one speedily, as there remains but a short time before the crowding may be expected. In Section 22, No. 265, we noticed several large spe cimens exhibited, by M. Felix Abate, of t w o entirely new processes for printing on, and ot h erw i se orna menting, metallic surfaces. The first is an electro chymical process ; the laws o f electricity, d eve l oped by the contact of some metals with the saline solutions of others, aro hero a pplied to produ ce inscriptions or bright ornaments, with a dark ground on Metallic sheets, bars, or tubes, thus opening an entirely new field to the art of printing. and an endle ss variety of useful applications in the manufacture of metallic wares. The other process is chymical, and produces, through the application o f metallic colours, similar b ut still more striking effects. Both the processes ar e re markable for cheapness an d facility. of execution. The same exhibitor has als o produced three machines, With specimens executed by th ese machines, for smooth ing, planing, burnishing, and ornamenting metallic d sheets, bars, and tubes, and a lso for smoothing and polishing sheets of glass, and o f wood for veneering instantaneously, and All these effects are produced nstantaneously, and with astonishing perfection. A book-case, by the Messrs. Hollands, upholsterers, of Merylebone-street, intended to form the entire Bide of a library. It is about twenty-five feet in length, and between thirteen and fourteen in height. In the centre is an aperture for a chimney-piece, the embellishments of which appear to be Per zance marble, but the entire absence of polish renders it difficult to speak with cer tainty. The wood is walnut-tree, bat the details of the carving are far from being admirably wrought, and the dingy appearance of the walnut wool gives to the whole a very gloomy aspect. Its ponderous size has nothing to enliven it. Narrow slips of green marble, introduced as panelling, we presume are to represent malachite. In place of the original they would be much better omitted. In spite of the gilded perforations in two of the largest panels, the contrast is not sufficiently power ful to give any richness or colour to th e genera l c l ums y effect, which is dismal and funereal throughout. A bad specimen in the Italian style! TELEGRAPHING AT S . EA.—Dempster's new equilateral t r i angu lar telegraph isno w in a complete working shape in the Great Exhibition. In the catalogue it is mentioned under the head of " Naval Archite c t ure , Cl ass 8, No. 313." The advantages claimed by the author of this invention may make the sous of the ocean put on THE SUN, their considering caps. The telegraph stands on the south gallery, east end of the building, beside the flag staff. There is a large map with dra u ings, plainly showing that with four flags—white, red, blue, and yetlo a--the twenty-eight characters of the alphabet are fully sym bolized upon an entirely new principle of changing colours, and to appearance there in never more than ono flag hoisted to the mast-head at a time. This experi ment Mr. Dempster practically demonstrates in the Great Exhibition as being a decided improvement upon all other flag telegraphs for showing numbers or letters during light winds, or calms, &e. Beaidea the map there is a small printed volume suspended to a brass chain. This volume contains Mr. Dempster's intro duction to the telegraph, with rules and exareples for the vocabulary, &c. Some general information on the subject of fi-hery improvements appears also in its pages. The questions and answers, sentences, &c., are under an alphabetical arrangement. The numbers to cor respond with the seatenc; , !s are also made out upon an entirely new principle. In Mr. Dempster's intro luc tion to telegraphs he plainly shows that with four car dinal flags—white, red, blue, and yellow, and four distin guishing pend,nta (eight flags in all), he can commence with No. 1, and proceed up the scale in an unbroken chain of numbers until he arrives at 128,576. More than this might easily be obtained by u slight vai ia tion, but as such a quantity of numbers is considered sufficient for any marine vocabulary or dictionary, and as the 123,576 numbers are derived in a clear, correct, scientific, and uniform principle, Mr. Dempster bas ceased his labours from ringing any more changes. In most other signal books extant all numbers where more figures than one of the same sort occur are passed alto gether; this Mr. Dempster does not consider a scientific arrangement. LONDON, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. ' DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Sir J. Hawley's Teddington—taken 6 to 1 agat Lard Enfield's Hernandez—taken Bto 1 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister—t freely 11 to 1 agst Mr. Nleiklam's Constellation—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. J. Clark's Marlborough Buck—t 25 to I agst Mr. Wilkinson's Neasham—taken BATH AND SOMERSET RACES.—FRIDAY. The City Cup of 100 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 aovs. each; the second to save his stake; three yrs old, 7st; four, 9st 51b; five, 9st 131 b; six and aged, 10st 41b. About two miles and a half. (16 Subs.) Mr. Burgess's Narcissus, 4 yrs (A. Day) 1 Mr. Z. Parr's Cloth worker, 5 yrs (Haman) 2 Mr. Gregory's Aurora. 3 yrs (Wells) 3 Mr. Pearce's Heather Bell, 4 yrs i (Well) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Aurora, sto 2 agst Narcissus, and 3to 1 agat Clothworker. Won by a neck, two lengths between second and third. Run in 5 min 20 secs. The Aristocratic Handicap of 10 soya. each, h ft, and 20 added. Gentlemen riders. Once round. (8 Subs.) Mr. Barnett's Sir Peter Laurie, list ...(Mr. Scobell) 1 Mr. Land's Defaulter, 12st (Mr. Beyille) 2 Betting-6 to son Sir Peter Laurie. Won by a length. Run-in 3 min 12 secs. The Weston Stakes of 10 soya., each, and 50 added, for two yeprs old; colts, Bst 91b; fillies and geldings, Bst 41h; untried allowed 31b, if both 51 b. T.Y.C ., halt a mile. (13 Subs.) Mreville's bf by Slane—Brington's dam...(Flatman) 1 Mr. Hayter's Tested (W. Day) 2 Mr. J. Arnold's Little Harry (A. Day) 3 The tollowing also started, but were not placed:— Mr. T. Stanley's Richard Primer (Hiatt) 0 Sir C. Rusbout's Queen of Spain (Clay) 0 Mr. P. Tomb's Pickle (Wakefield) 0 Mr. W. Gulliver's Lady Blanche (G. E. Sharpe) 0 Betting-6 to 4ou the Slane filly, 4to 1 agst Tested, and sto 1 agst Lady Blanche. Won easily by a length; the same between second and third, and the others beaten off. Run in 55 secs. The Dyrham Handicap Plate of 1001. Once round; about a Mile and a Half. Mr. J. Arnold's Pitsford, 4 yrs, Sat 81b (A. Day) 1 Lord John Scott's Windbound, 4 yrs, 7st (Well) 2 The following also started, but were not placed:— Lord W. Powlett's St. Ann, 7st 101 b ...(G. E. Sharp) 0 Mr. Gain's Seignor of Holderness, 4 yrs, 7st (Cowley) 0 Mr. Jenkin's Miss Larkaway, 4 yrs, 63t I3lb (Burn) 0 Mr. T. M. Smith's Fugitive, aged, 6st 91b ...(Archer) 0 Mr. Symonds's Jester, 5 yrs, Est 101 b (Donald) 0 Mr. Cowley's Combatant, 5 yrs, Est 51b (Lowe) 0 Mr. Ramp's Bacton, 4 yrs, Est 31la (Kendall) 0 Mr. Crofton's Carbuncle, 5 yrs, 6st 51b (Barker) 0 Mr. Austin's Tommy the Tinman, 5 yrs, Est 21b(Hiett) 0 Mr. Gregory's Aurora, 3 yrs, sst 1 llb (crd sst 131 b) 0 Mr. Bloomfield's Simplicity, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Cowley) 0 Mr. Pitcher's Harry, 3 yrs, sst 31b... ...... (J Goater) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Pitsford, 3to 1 agst VW indhound, 7to 1 apt Cambatant, and 7to 1 agst Bacton. Won by a head, the same between second and third; Com batant a bad fourth. Run in 3 min 4 sec. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added. Heats. Half-a-mile. (11 Subs.) Mr. Shrimpton's Arlette, 7st 2lb (Gilbert) 0 0 1 1 Mr. Whitehouse's Costume, 6st 71b (Hiett) 1 0 2 2 Mr. Way's Miss Conyngham (Cowley) 0 1 odr Mr. Grerille's Diligence, 7st2lb (G.Sharpe) 0 2 0 dr Mr. Treen's Launcektta, sst 61b (Treen) 0 0 0 dr Mr. Crofton's Cosachia, 7st 41b (Donald) 0 0 0 dr Mr. Isaac Day's Mignon, 7st 6119(W akefield) 0 0 0 dr Mr. Farrance's Lord of the Manor(Goater) 2 0 dr Mr. Jenkin's Miss Larkaway 4 yrs (Burn) 0 dr Mr. Lane's Lycinm, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Lowe) 0 dr Mr. Gregory's fby Birdcatcher (Wells) 0 dr Won easy. Match; 1001.; Somersetshire Course over 4 hurdles. — Mr. Burrow's Aiza (Burrows) bt Mr. Glossop's Rubens (T. 011iver). 6t04 on Aista. Won by two lengths. DERBY BETTING ON THE COURSE. 4to 1 agst Teddington(t) 20 to 1 agst Black Doctor(t) 10 to 1 agst Constellation 30 to 1 agst Lamartine (t) 12 to 1 agst Marlbro' Buck THE LAW ASSOCIATION.—The 34th annual general meeting of this association, established for the benefit of wi dows and families of professional men in the metropolis and vicinity, was held on Thursday, at the Hall of the Incor porated Society, Chancery-lane; Augustus Warren, Esq., one of the treasurers, was in the chair. The report, which was read by Mr. J. Murray, the secretary, stated, inter t u o lia l , ,6 t 3 h s a z t . S t s h . e i i d n . c , om an e d , a the e i n d t i h r e e p t o r r e s c e h d a i ndg the3,e a g r, r a a t m i fl o c u a n t o e n d to announce that 101. 105. had been given to the asso ciation by Mr. John Jaques ,• Si. ss. by the Principal of Staples Inn ; 51. ss. by Mr. J. G. Hough ; 1/. Is. by Mr. 11. P. Bird ; and 21. 2s. annually by the widow of Mr. Michael Clayton. The Master of the Rolls, and his Honour Vice-Chancellor Turner, had both consented to become vice-presidents of the association. No new case of the primary class had come before the board during the past year ; whilst, on the other hand, one of the claimants, on her marriage, voluntarily resigned all claim on the funds. The outlay in this branch of relief has been this year 085/., being less than in the preceding year. The sum voted at the last annual meeting for the benefit of the widows and families of persons who had been, or who had ceased to be, subscribers to the society, was 2001., being 50/. more than the grant for the previous ye?.r. Relief had also been afforded to six other cases, and there is now a ba lance of only 18/., which consequently falls into the general fund of the association. The directors hoped that a similar grant for the next year would relieve them from the painful nessity of rejecting applications, which they cannot but think the subscribers in general would be willing to include amongst the objects of their benevolence, but which cannot receive much attention if this Lind be much under 200/. During the year, notwithstanding the issuing of an address at its commencement, only seventeen new members had been obtained. Since the last meeting 2001. had been purchased in the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., thereby increasing the funded property to 10,8001. in the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., and 10,2001. in the Three per Cents. Reduced. The report having been adopted, the vice-presidents and other officers were elected, and a vote of thanks to the chair man closed the proceedings. ANOTHER ROBBERY AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION. — Yesterday, a second robbery in the Exhibition building was reported. The article now stolen is a lady's dagger of a very unique description. It is only six inches long, in the form of a cross, having steel blade, ivory handle, and silver cross ornamenting it, and enclosed in a purple case. The property was seen safe shortly before ten, and at a quarter past it was found missing. Immediately the loss was made known at all the entrances, and extra constables stationed, in order to catch the guilty_ party ; they, however, got clear away. M. MAZZ(NI.—The manifesto to the revolutionary committee in London, which has been going the round of the Paris and London journals as emanating from M. Maz zini, has been denied by that gentleman. ROYAL ARTILLERY, WOOLWICH, MAY 16.—Cap tain Mundy's company, 6th battalion, embarked at Roff 's wharf this morning in one of the Woolwich steam-vessels, for conveyance to Sheerness, to be stationed there. Forty seven gunners and two buglers embarked at the same time to fill up the three companies removed from Chatham to Sheerness to-day. It is expected that an additional com pany will be stationed at the Tower, and at Portsmouth and Sheerness, on the arrival of the three companies ordered home from llalifax, Nova Scotia, and Canada. DOVER, SATURDAY, 2.10 A.M.—Their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, Prince Lei ningen, and the Duke of Wurtemburg and suite, arrived at Dover from Calais at 12 30 A.M. in her Majesty's packet Garland, Captain Wylde. They were received on landing by Mr. James M'Gregor, chairman of the South-Eastern Rail way, and will leave Dover fur London per special train at 10 A.M. ALLEGED CRUELTY TO A DAUGHTER.---A man, named Robert Carpenter, and Louisa, his wife, were ex amined before the magistrates at Bristol yesterday, upon a charge of cruelty towards Christina Carpenter, a girl sixteen years of age, the daughter of the male prisoner by a former wife. The evidence of the girl, whose body was in a wretched state from debility and sores, was to the effect that she had been confined in a small room up stairs for a period of three months, till at last she made her escape; that sufficient food was not given her, and that both the prisoners, particularly the female, had severely beaten her. After a lengthened in quiry, the case was adjourned. We understand that a fine dish of green peas was gathered from the garden of W. Carrie, Esq., of Ellenglaze House, on Wednesday last.—Royal Cornwall Gazette. We believe that the office of Clerk of the Crown, about to be vacated by Lord Cottenham, is to be filled up by the appointment of C. J. Tindal, Esq., son of the late much respected Lord Chief Justice. MR. GROOM'S COLLECTION OF TULIPS.—The friends and patrons of Mr. Groom, the florist at Clapham rise, were in the course of yesterday afternoon admitted to a private view of his tulip show. The exhibition was one of great interest and astonishing variety, no less than 2,000 roots of the finest specimens of the tulip being displayed under an awning measuring 156 feet in length. Among these flowers we observed some specimens of those tulips which amateurs set such store by, for instance, the Victoria Regina, Prince of Wales, Duke of Norfolk, Nourri Effendi, Addison, Catalani, Marshalt eoult, Dr. Horner, and many new combinations of colour and shape, none of which have as vet been introduced to public notice. The impression produced by so many and such exquisitely timed flowers was most pleasing, and Mr. Groom's exhibition is most in teresting. AMERICAN SLAVERY.—The Temperance Demon stration Committee have unanimously passed the following resolution :—" That while this committee desire to cherish the most friendly feelings and to exercise all the require ments of fraternal and Christian hospitality towards any advocates of temperance from America who may visit this country, they feel it to be their imperative duty not to wel come to their platforms, or to any conference which may be held on the subject of temperance, any minister of religion or other gentleman, whatever may be his reputation in his own country, who hesitates to avow his abhorrence of slavery, and his earnest desire for its abolition, or who acts under the influence of the unnatural prejudice against the coloured portion of the population." THE LATE THUNDER STORMS.-Last week, during a violent thnnder storm in Essex, several labourers at Dengie took refuge by the side of some mustard straw. Alarmed by the vivid play of the lightning over the straw, five of the men quitted the spot ; one, who lingered behind, was instantly struck dead. At Edinburgh, just as a wedding party were about to enter a drawing-room, a flash of light ning struck the chimney, passed through the room, and broke its way out through the window. If any of the party had been in the room it is supposed there would have teen loss of life. On the 24th ult. a thunder storm broke over Upwell, Lincolnshire. The lightning set fire to a mill, and killed a labourer. On the same day, at Barrowby, a fine old ash tree was struck, the bark peeled off from top to bottom, and two or three divisions made through the trunk. A farm house at Norton, in Gloucestershire, was struck by lightning on Wednesday week, and considerable damage was done. The inmates fortunately escaped. Among other freaks, the electric fluid effectually swept the chimney. THE WINDOW-TAX.—The Board of Stamps and Taxes have issued instructions to the assessors throughout the country, directing them not to make any assessment of the window-duties for the current year. These instructions amount to a repeal of the tax, commencing from the sth of April last. LEICESTER TRADE.—No material alteration from last week can be reported in the state of trade . Shi pp in g orders to som e extent have been received; but these in a large measure have been Met by the stocks on hand—so that tho amount of employment remains about the game. Norton LITERATURE. STUART OF DUNLEATH. By the lion. Mrs 3 Vols. Colbzirn. " The power of writing," says Mrs. Norton, in her preface, has always been to me a source of intense pleasure ; it has been my real solace in hours of gloom, and the name I have earned, as an author, in my native land is the only happy boast of my life." That happiness and that boast will be more than ever justified and augmented by the publication of this work. " Stuart of Dunleath," although one of the most mournful, is one of the most beautiful, the most enthralling, and the most tenderly pathetic stories that we have read for years. Many novel readers may, perhaps, find fault with it as "too me lancholy," but all who have experienced real emotion, all who have truly loved and truly suffered—and the terms are to some extent synonymous—will find their hearts irresistibly moved and their deepest sympathies enkindled by the sad, sweet story of the gentle, loving, unbeloved Eleanor Raymond, narrated as it is in the most natural and fascinating manner imagi nable. The effect produced by the revelation at the close of the first volume is most powerful and mo.t admirably managed. We must confess that, habi tuated to novel-reading as we are, and hence unfortu nately apt to guess the denouement of a story, long before it arrived, we were as completely taken by sur prise as Eleanor herself when she read the letter of her guardian, the unhappy and unstable Stuart of Dunleath. We are loath to say a word that may hint at the nature of that revelation, which would be doing injustice alike to the readers of the novel and to the very successful authoress of its skil fully arranged story. Yet this dramatic effect is only one of the many excellent characteristics of " Stuart of Dunleath." Its greatest charm, perhaps, is the natural and beautiful development of the character and history of Eleanor—she is the centre of interest and attraction, throughout accompanied continually by the sorrowing sympathy of the reader. Stuart himself is another illustration of that too-often justified prophecy, " unstable as water, thou shalt not excel." During a considerable part of the narrative, seeing him as Eleanor sees him, believing him what Eleanor believes him, we follow him with interest and regard, but by the close of the third volume the moral purpose of the tale has made itself felt, and we re cognise the success with which Mrs. Norton has ful filled the intention alluded to in the dedication (ad dressed to the Queen of the Netherlands). " Hold ing as I do," she says, "that that power (the power of writing as she can write) entails a certain responsibility, I have not ventured to present to my countrymen or to offer to your Majesty a mere ro mance—the weaving of idle thoughts to amuse idle hours. I have endeavoured at least to write with a distinct purpose, to illustrate the working of particular faults on our own destinies and the destinies of others, and at the same time to uphold a wider toleration than we are generally willing to accord to those defects which do not exist in ourselves." The powerful effect produced by our faults on our own destinies and on the destinies of others, is fully demonstrated in the sad eventful history of Eleanor and the unstable Stuart, while the beautiful virtue of toleration is most exquisitely set forth in the example and teaching of Lady Margaret Fordyce, one of the I most charming loveable creatures that ever cast sun shine over the pages of a novel, diffusing gladness around her. No one extract can suffice to do justice sunshine to Margaret, and there is something so infec tiouss in the very character of her g oodn ess , well as abroad, a sweet t em per a s w ell as a s weet voice, beauty of charac ter as we ll a s beaut y of face, to here,that insteadwe recommend wm.hphti lnogve to describe at cribhehme her a make acquaintance with Margaret, who combines all these charms, and having seen her, not only to ad mire, but to go and do likewise. " Popular she was to her heart's content. From her brother Lanark, who simply thought there had been nothing like her since Eve was presented to Adam in Paradise, to the chance acquaintance who had the good luck to sit by her at dinner the day before, a unanimous vote was always given in her favour. The sweet cordiality of her manner had no forwardness is it, and was balanced by a certain stateliness and dignity, hereditary and natural, while her perfect temper, active kindliness, sincere and unostentatious piety, increased to love the admiration already inspired by her gaiety, ac complishment, and beauty:' Although example is always more effective than exhortation, we must give a specimen of Lady Margaret's eloquent vindication of her favourite virtue— TOLERATION. " I believe not only every one has faults, but every one has some great leading and especial fault; and es long as that fault is neither a very mean, nor a very atrocious one—as long as I believe they do their best to balance their imperfect nature by such good as lies in their power, I am as ready to respect and love them as if my reason were a mole, and had no eyes to spy out their imperfections." " Well, I am not." " So it seams ; but does it never strike you, that while you have no patience with one man because he is stingy, another because ho is extravagant, a third be cause ho is presumptuous, that there may be something in your own nature that makes them equally impatient? To exchange indulgence with, fault for fault, would be best, don't you think?" " I think, that in condemning where I see reason to condemn, I merely follow the principles of religion, and the dictates of common sesase.' " Not of our religion, Mr.Marsden: you aro a great reader of the Scriptures, but they cannot bear that in terpretation. In all the history of our Saviour, there is not one wrathful sentence—not one speech of condem nation. He had sympathy and compassion for all hutnaa infirmities; for sorrow, for sickness, even for repentant sin. He went about healing and pardoning. Whether it was Jairus wailing over his little daughter, or Lazarus' sisters weeping by a brother's tomb, or the lame beggar who vainly struggled to the blessed pool for cure; the gentle Jesus felt for all.: ; ,;'ho last bitter moments ha spent on earth, hanging ivtorture on the cross, were spent in speaking comfortso the penitent thief. There is nothing recorded after tflia, but his evilamation in the death-pang. Ohl if eveets'lesson of indulgence could be taught to man, surely weight learn it there! Even to those who deny and ddtbt the divinity of Christ, his life must seem one great and complete emblem of universal toleration!" :,:4 Excellent as it is, this extract conveys but a poor idea of the charminvetyle and fascinating in terest of " Stuart of Dunleath." The most beau tiful portions are perhaWthose passages of mingled tenderness and pathos in which the heart-trials of Eleanor, her love for her children, and their sad fates are recorded. The descriptions of these infants could only have been written by one fully cognisant of the depth and tenderness of a mother's love. The cha racter of Eleanor would have been more perfect if, at the close of the story, ahe had returned to Penrhyn, and she would then iittve more literally obeyed the favourite maxim of Ate noble-hearted Margaret— " Fais cc quc dois; ur udvienne que pourra." With this reservation weliardially commend " Stuart of Dunleath" to the loits of the beautiful portraiture of natural emotions, warning them, however, that in its pages sorrow predominates over joy, and that during its perusal their sympathy will be evoked more fre quently than their,l.ipiles. THE DREASM AND THE WORKER. By R. H. How, author of I, Orion." '2 Vols. Colburn. Th e author of " Orion" has here taken up his pen in a cause well deserving of the ability and earnest ness with which he advocates it. While illustrating the peculiar characteristics and distinctions of " Dreamer and Worker," Mr. Horne's ultimate ob ject is to demonstrate the individual importance of each. The eye and the hand are no less equally essential to the artist than are both dreamers and workers to the commonweal. A general without an army, and an army without a general, are similarly incompetent for any practicable good. By the mu tual co operation of the dreamer and the worker, the a i ry nothings" of the one obtain a tangible reality, and the material labours of the other are reduced to fairer proportions and di.. self-teachi ng , self rected to higher aims . In this endeavour to aw ar d the honour due alik e to the toiling brain and the toil ing band, Mr. H orne has our cordial sym p ath y ; but his task does not end here. In his admirable por may be, is by no means to rest content with bein g onl y a d t w r e a o p i r e t k n o e d r, felin honourable n d oi labourer,nugr,a b t h l e e w though perse e v e ng ' are reminded th a t th e his lot, as such, worker. His Heart and intellect are not to be waste because his hand is cunningly instructed. In the ex ample of Harding it is shown how moral and mental culture, instead of raising the workman " above his station," , and making him " un fit for his position,' as the saying goes, only render him more aware of the true dignity of labour, and more zealous in the performance of its duties. So, while advocating with energy the value of the plain practical common sense and laborious handiwork of Harding, our authori anxiously desires, as he happily expresses it, "to put beauty into his soul." To this end he encourages him in his leisure hours not to seek practical knowledge only, but even to read poetry. It may; be objected that all working men are not so well adapted as Hard ing to receive such instruction, but the principle laid down in his case will bear a wide application. While Harding is a " worker" end something more, Archer is purely and solely an inhabitant of Dream land ; and here we think Mr. Horne has not suffi ciently pointed out the cia media that should to a certain extent assimilate those opposite characters. While the " worker" as a man is entitled to the intel ligent pleasures of humanity, so the " dreamer," on the other band, and by the same law, must to some ex tent beCome a partaker in the labours enjoined upon humanity. It is as incumbent upon him to give the world the benefit of his dreams as it is to the work man to give the labour of his hands. Some advice of this kind is very forcibly addressed to Archer by a brother dreamer, in which he, desponding because disappointed, is enjoined not to relapse into idleness because immediate success is denied to his SATURDAY EVENING; labours. The remarks on this subject are well worthy of consideration, but their application is not sufficiently carried out in the character of Archer. Although we heartily respond to the sentiment with which Mr. Horne sets forth, and are fully prepared to admit the worth and social utility of both dreamers and workers, we can hardly think his examples so good as his sentiment ; for dreamy, do-nothing Archers, such as he has depicted, are little likely to do the state much service, and the social value of a dozen such would be insignificant by th 6 side of one resolute, energetic, persevering Harding. Yet, if in this solitary instance the moral of the work is not enforced quite so effectively as it might be, the very story of Archer and Hard ing carries its own lesson, and dreamers and workers will both consult with profit the conclusive reasoning and encouraging advice so abundantly to be met with in these pages. The idea of the " unseen city" of poverty and sorrow, bid by the palaces, and parks, and stately mansions of a great town, is beautifully and feelingly set forth and carried out by the hearty s 3 mpathy of the Working Harding, and the poetic fancy of the Dreaming Archer, for which see the second volume of "The Dreamer and Worker." We have said nothing of the story itself, but it, too, has its moral, and very happily exhibits the folly of any life long companionship being entered into by persons of incompatible tastes and feelings. The good and sen sible Mary, the first betrothed of Archer, will divide with the more fascinating Ellen the sympathy and admiration of the reader. CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. Part VII. The present number of the re-issue of this glori ously comic tale contains the visit of the Gudges to Venice, and the act of brigandage perpetrated on the amiable Mrs: Hamper by the free-and easy, gentry of the Apennines. MA Y 17, 1851. THE GOLD-DUST ROBBERY. William Pamplin, the person who has been appre hended at Winchester on the charge of being concerned vi eels, was gold-dust robbery, and who was r em and e d l as t was again brought up, yesterday, before the Mayor and magistrates of Winchester. Mr. Crombie, the solicitor, attended to prosecute on behalf of the South-Western Railway Company, and a London solicitor attended on behalf of the prisoner. The first witness called was a porter at the Win chester Railway station, who deposed that the prisoner came to the station at about a quarter-past 11 last Thursday night, some time after the luggage train, from which the gold-dust was stolen, had passed, and asked what time the next train started. He had a package under each arm, and appeared by his staggering walk to be in liquor. Re (the witness) went, shortly after wards to the Eagle public house, near the station, for a glass of beer. While he was there be saw the prisoner go into the tap-room, and he followed, to make sure it was the same man he had seen at the station, since the prisoner did not appear to be so drunk in tho tap-room as when seen previously with the pack ages under his arm Another porter belonging to the Winchester station deposed that he was standing at the door of the station at a quarter to twelve on ike night of the robbery, when the prisoner came up and asked if be might stop in the station until the train left. He was carrying a bag and parcel. On being told that he could not be went away. The witness saw the prisoner appear again at the station just before the train started, take a ticket for the Water loo station, and go from the booking-office into the last carriage with his bag and parcel. The Governor of Winchester Gaol deposed that on searching the prisoner when he was apprehended, a pitce of black cloth was found in his pocket, in which some heavy box, measuring; 13 feet by 8, plainly ap peared to have been conveyed. The cloth bore marks of having been in contact with sealing-wax and chalk. Une of the boxes of gold dust missing was about the size of the above measurement, and on it was sealing-wax, and if thrown from the train near Winchester, it would have pitched on a chalky soil. Inspector Field deposed that he had made inquiries near the prisoner's residence, and found that the latter was in the habit of keeping late hours; that his wife denied, when first asked, that she had quarrelled with him (the prisoner's excuse for being away from home was that ho quarrelled with his wife). She, how ever, afterwards stated that she had. The witness had ascertained that a cabman had conveyed a man with two packages who had arrived at Waterloo-station last Friday morning by the next mail that left Winchester after the goods train from which the gold-dust was stolen to the Shoreditch-station; that the person who had hired the cab got out of it close to the station, dis missed the cabman, and entered a coffee-house opposite the station, and that a man of a similar description hired a cab from thence, and was conveyed to another part of London, which he was not at liberty to name, as it would defeat the ends of justice. The prisoner's solicitor submitted to the magistrates although the evidence against the prisoner was perhaps sufficiently strong to justify a remand, he ought to be admitted to bail. In opposition to this the solicitor for the prosecution pointed out to the magistrates that the prisoner stated when apprehended that he had left London in search of work; yet, almost immediately after he had arrived at Winchester, he was seen at a distance from the town, and in the neighbourhood of the spot where the box of gold was found; and that it had been given in evidence on a former examination, that, in talking to a woman at the public•house near the spot before alluded to on Fri day afternoon last, he stated that he had missed the 3 P.M. up-train on that day; and yet he had asserted to the police-officer that he had left London by the 1 P.M. train on that day; and, consequently, that he had not arrived at Winchester when the 3 A.M. train left. When the evidence had concluded the mayor and ma gistrates remanded the prisoner until next Friday, and refused bail. THE CONSERVATIVE CLUB. Mr. 'Walter presents his compliments to the editor of the Times, and begs to enclose a copy of a letter which he has addressed to the secretary of the Con servative Club, which he trusts the editor will have the goodness to publish. 40, Upper Grosvenor-street, May 16, 1851. 40, Upper Grosvenor-street, May 16, 1851. Sir,—Mv attention has been called to a paragraph in the Morning Herald of Wednesday last, i❑ which it is stated that ' at a very numerous meeting of the Con servative Club, on Monday, two gentlemen, one of them a distinguished member of the bar, were requested by an immense mejority, taken by ballot, to retire from the club, on the purely political grounds that, in the estimation of the voters, the gentlemen referred to bad ceased to be Conservatives as the term is understood by the club.' " Although personally unknown to either of the gen tlemen who have been thus summarily expelled from this society, I cannot but feel interested in a proceeding which threatens the independence of every member of the club, and exposes them to a similar indignity, at the mere will of an arbitrary majority. "In what sense the term 'Conservative' is under stood by the club' I know not; but I would suggest that the majority who have excommunicated Mr. Bethell and Mr. Tindal fur political heresy ought i❑ fairness to publish their articles of faith in terms so explicit as to leave no doubt in the minds of future candidates for admission as to the doctrines tL) which they are ex pected to subscribe. Unless Conservatism and cora laws be convertible terms, which I own I never under stood them to be, I am at a loss to discover what these two gentlemen have done to merit the treatment they have received. " Under these circumstances, believing myself to be a Conservative in the truest sense of the word, yet not choosing to place my political character in the power of a majority who may understand the term in a different sense, I beg to withdraw my name from the list of mem bers of the Conservative Club. " I have the honour to remain, Sir, " Your most obedient servant, " JOHN WALTER." FALL OF A NEW BUILDING IN GRACECDURCIP. STREET.—PREADFni. Loss OF LlFE.—This morning, about a quarter before eleven o'clock, the inhabitants of Grace church-street were al rmed by a sudden crash, similar to a peal of thunder, accompanied by an immense cloud of dust. As soon as the atmosphere got a little clear, it was ascer tained from the cries and groans of the workmen that the iron roof of a new building, intended for commercial cham bers, had fallen in, burying beneath the debris a number of workmen who were employed on the premises. At present it is impossible to ascertain the exact number who have been entombed, but the lowest accounts state that there are now twelve or fourteen under the ruins, and two dead bodies have been already taken out, with three in almost a lifeless state. Workmen of all descriptions are busily engaged in removing the rubbish. The building is numbered 17, Gracechurch street, and extends backwards to George-yard, Lombard street. The back of the premises is the portion that has given way. If the street wall had fallen, the loss of life would have been fearful. At twelve o'clock another body bad been recovered, and an additional gang of hands have been put on A strong body of police are on duty, and the remaining walls are being secured. GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' COMPANY.— Yesterday this Committee, consisting of Mr. B. Denison (chairman), Mr. Matheson, Mr. Monsell, Mr. Jackson, and Mr. B. Cochrane, re-assembled. After considerable delibera tion the Committee decided on granting the City companies a locus. Mr. Talbot, Q.O ,on their behalf, in a long address, called on the Committee to dismiss the 13i I, on the ground, amongst others, that the promoters of the undertaking had, by obtaining the consent of the Commissioners of Sewers, already become a self-constituted company, and had in fact gone to work and established themselves without Parliamen tary sanction, which was now only sought for the purpose of obtaining limited liability, which without an act of incorpo ration they could not possess. The room having been cleared, after the lapse of half an hour the public were re-admitted, and the Committee declared the preamble of the Bill proved. IMMENSE BROCCOLI.—A. broccoli was brought to our office this week weighing about twenty pounds. The monster was grown by Mr. W. Francis, of l'enybank, near Caerleon, who has several of the same size still in the ground, some of which he purposes exhibiting as "extra stock" at the forthcoming Newport Horticultural Show.--filoninouth shire Merlin. PUBLIC DINNER TO MR. CHARLES Fox AND MR. PAXTON.—We have much pleasure in announcing that it is the intention of the gentlemen of Derby and its vicinity to invite our townsman, Mr. Charles Fox, the builder of the Crystal Palace, and Mr. Paxton,the designer of it, to a public dinner to be held in Derby a few weeks hence. It is a great honour to our town and county that the two gentle men who have been mainly instrumental in contributing to the success of the Great Exhibition are so nearly allied to us; and we rejoice that it has been determined to pay them a public mark of respect.—Derby Reporter. FATAL ACCIDENT AT FOLKESTONE.—On Thursday morning, about eleven o'clock, as a poor fisherman of the name of Joseph Eastwick was proceeding along the east cliff, he was precipitated into the sea. Death must have been instantaneous, as, when picked up two hours afterwards, by a fishing-boat, his neck was found dislocated. The de ceased was subject to fits. True sensibility leads us to overcome our own feel ings for the good of others.—Eliza Cook's Journal. The annual regatta at Isleworth will take place in the second week of June, under the immediate patronage of the Duke of Northumberland. Prizes will be given for four oared, pair-oared, and scullers' matches. THE POISONING CASE NEAR MOTTRAISI.—The in quest on view of the bodies of Sarah Ann Barcroft and Ellen Mills was resumed on Wednesday afternoon by Mr. Hudson. Several additional witnesses were examined. After consulting for forty minutes the jury returned a ver dict of "Wilful Murder" against Jonathan Barcroft. The wife was discharged, and the coroner issued his warrant for the committal of the man to Chester Castle. He is about twenty-six years of age ; his wife some years younger, and of rather prepossessing appearance. She appeared to be in the greatest distress of mind. COMMISSION of LUNACY.—Yesterday a commission de lunatico inqui re nd o was opene d b e f ore M r. C omm i ss i o ner Winslow and twenty special jurors, at the Red Lion Inn, Southall, Middlesex, respecting the mental condition of Mrs. E m l a iz te ab o e f t p h r L . u p cy an ß ie o n n ,s al a d 3 s 3 , l l u a m te , o S f o s t h i e a w ll ° i r ) t a h r l, k a u g t e n d 04w7, widow w of the late Dr. Ronalds, an eminent physician of Coventry, a lady possessed of about 2,0001. per annum. The Learned Commissioner, in charging the jury, stated that the Commis sion had issued at the instance of the children of the unfor tunate lady. The utmost sympathy was evinced by the jury, who expressed a wish that her desire to reside with her children should be complied with, and returned a verdict, dating her insanity from June 15, 1849. ANOTHER SPEECH FROM MR. DRUMMOND—We understand that should Mr. Henry Drummond be fortunate enough to catch the eye of the Speaker, he intends making another speech in the same strain as the last. With the view of making an effective display of anti-Popish feeling, the Hon. Gentleman has, we are told, crammed himself with facts and incidents not easily accessible to the generality of Protestant readers. — Advertiser. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Some few instances have come under the experience of our reporter where errors in classification have arisen, and which, if not carefully looked to by the jurors, are very likely to causease much vexation and disappointment. Sopalpable are oa of these that they ought to speak for themselves, but there others, from their nature, as certain to be overlooked if not remedied at once. One, for example, is "No. 100 A, W. Mason and Co., Honey lane, class 12, printed cashmeres, &c.," which clearly ought to be under " Class 18 , wove n and p rinted fabrics " We point this out in passing, because these goods are really pro nounced by the most competent judges to be as line speci mens of printing as could be produced, and quite equal to anything in the class from which they have been sosingularly excluded. Globe. Miss Catherine Hayes, our English prima donna, i l ;a s b tA o au u n t d to cross the Atlantic, and to pay our American brethren a visit. Previous to her departure , however, she d g a i v y es m o o n r e npi l ip a alge s ci t: ro c a o nn . ncert at the Hanover-square itooms on Mon his first c w e 'h in ich rub o l c i c c as . ion she will be supported by held gaustas o u st ra o h f a t tn al , en th t, o v s o o c n al o a f ntdheingsrterautmteenntoarl: will and make n e ULAIL DEATH. , _—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., inquest ak r th College Arms, College-street, Cam udnento-rtotuwnna,tenpon. agent on Tuesday evening, gentleman Fowkes, a solicitor, of Leicester. The Euston -square, whence he left the chambers of his London carrying a small carpet bag, for e i i i ntended to reach Leicester by the nine o'clock train, insanity on the way thither,e must have been seized with Franks, 156 E, deposed that forhileon police-constable duty in EdmundEuston square, at, ten o'clock en Tuesday Euston-square, when ‘ h ‘ e P h ° u li rr e i ' e ' l fr t o o m th l e lr ho ll us e e a,le an s d 30,h ir n i sae 1 3:- lea l,, r an t o ld him that there Witness his went veryinto socks,the incoherent sen was a naked man in the garden. g sc h tae t as h o o d ld tor o o f garden, and there saw deceased stark jumping frantically about and muttering tences. Ilis clothes were scattered about in all directions, and near him lay his carpet bag. witness him, and endeavoured to put on his shirt, bu c t a d u it into shreds. With the assistance of other con e forced him into a cab and conveyed him to the mcotrbtlliaelzsouhsee, and when they reached it, he exclaimed, " Don out ; let me die in the cab." lle tore even his flannels to pi ec es lle received ev er y attention, but died on Thursda j. The section of the body disclosed an effusion of serum into. the ventricles of the brain. The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death." M. Kossuth has addressed a protest to the Sub lime Porte against the forcible detention of himself and other kluagariau ittigqia at 4441413' RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. opened, 1851. 1850. 1851. BRITISH. -- 72 Aberdeen --..-- .. - - .... ... .. £l,OO £1,380 37% Belfast and Ballymena ••• • • . 17 Belfast and County Down . • • • • • • • • • .. 200 215 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,733 1,357 27 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. .. 389 674 85% Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • .......... 4,121 4,432 160 Caledonian. . 94% Chester and Holyhead.• • ............ 2,532 2,635 49 Dublin and Belfast Junction • • .. • • .. 279 610 53 Dublin and Drogheda...... ......... 916 934 6 Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • 768 771 16% Dundee and Arbroath 375 453 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 555 656 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen- .. - - .... 145 148 67% East Anglian.- -- .. .... .......... 733 658 79 East Lancashire .. ... ..... ..... . 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • 95 Eastern Union 116% Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • . 71 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.... • • 2,113 2,082 18 Furness Railway ... - „ - 171 14 Glasgow, and South-Western - .... 22% Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock • 236 Great Northern and E. L. • • 188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 4,256 4,731 262% Great Western .... ...... 90 Lancaster and Carlisle •.•••• • . • .• 3,539 4,009 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire..• ••• • • 39 Leeds and Thirsk 12' Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. 51844 London and North Western ••. • • 5% London and Blackwall 754 1,119 1731 London, Brighton, and South Coast 8,041 9,4 1 1 239 London and South Western. 15 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 174 181 11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. 107 124 167% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 5,317 6,009 9% Manchester and South Junction - .... 355 i 448 28 Maryport and Carlisle .. 586 610 496 k Midland .. •• • .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. 21,271 20,120 50 Midland Great Western (Irish) • . . . . . 1,316 1,367 60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. • ......... - 2,000 2,164 146 North British ••-•••••••• • • • • • . . . . . 3,188 3,429 222 North Starionishira ................ 4,419 4,963 47 North-Western • - 626 45 Scottish Central ••• • • • .............. 1,333 1,827 32 Scottish Midland - • ............• .. 392 547 47 Shrewsbury and Chester •••• • • • • .... 1,690 1,857 30 Shropshire Union 58 South Dev0n........ . 201 South Eastern .. . 75 South Wales - 93 ,, 69 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,081 1,207 40 Taff Vale ••••••• • • • • • • • ............ 2,067 2,347 36 Ulster .••••• • • • .• • ............ ..... 828., 920 25 Waterford and Limerick • • - 347 13 West Cornwall ...... • .... •••• • • • • 301 330 12 Whitehaven Junction ... • . • • • • • • • • • • 179 194 293 York and Newcastle, and Berwick . - 12,897 13,966 256 York and North Midland ... •• • • .... 6,891 6,815 FOREIGN. 76% Amiens and Boulogne. - ...• • • ..............1,396 1,396 1,550 44 Dieppe .. • • • • • • .... • • ... 400 - 63 Montereau and Troyes ...... ........ 865 090 336 Northern of France ••••-•• • • • • • • - 15,296 19,080 143 Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) .......... 2,756 3,391 72 Orleans to Bordeaux . 9,178 3,324 82 Paris and Orleans .... ••..••.• • • • • • • 7,686 8 479 S 5 Paris and Rouen... 59% Rouen and Havre BOUNTY AND BENEVOLENCE.—Though there are doubtless still some who " do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame," yet such instances of benevolence as we are about to record are especially deserving of notice, inasmuch as at least they are not of frequent occurrence. Soon after her arrival in Dublin, as Miss Catherine Hayes, the highly gifted and amiable vocalist, was passing along one of the principal thoroughfares her attention was attracted to a group consisting of a middle aged woman with a child at her breast and a little boy of about eight years of age standing by her side, who joined his mother in singing with an un usual degree of taste and skill one of the popular ballads of the day. Their appearance, though sufficiently miserable, still bore traces of respectability, and cleanliness struggling with extreme poverty. Miss Hayes tendered the poor woman some temporary relief. at the same time compli menting her on the talent of her little boy, when the woman with tears of gratitude informed her that she was the widow of an humble but respectable professor of music, who had been suddenly cut off by an attack of typhus fever, leaving herself and three children entirely destitute. Her narrative of distress immediately touched the heart of our fair vocalist to the quick, and in a few days, having made inquiries which verified the poor woman's statement in every particular, and finding, moreover, that the little boy possessed an excellent ear for music and a beautiful voice, she so effectually exerted herself in behalf of the poor family that the little boy, after having been sufficiently instructed in music at Miss ilayes's expense, has been lately received into the choir of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and the mother, who is an ex cellent workwoman, has been placed in a situation which promises her comfort and respectability for the remaicder of her days. DEATH OF THE HON. LADY HAEVEY.---It is with unfeigned sorrow that we have to announce the demise of the amiable consort of our venerable and esteemed Lieutenant- Governor. This sad event took place at the Government House in this city, on Thursday last. From the peerage we learn that the Hon. Elizabeth Lady Harvey was third daughter of Jerard, first Viscount Lake, a general in the army. Colonel in Chief of the 60th (Royal Rifles) Regiment, and Governor of Plymouth. He was advanced 13th Sep tember, 1804, to the dignity of Baron Lake of Delhi, Laswary, and Ashton Clinton, county of Bucks, for the intrepidity, eminent judgment, and active spirit displayed by him when commanding the British army during the Mahratta war. The subject of the present notice was married, 16th Jnne, 1806, to our present Lieutenant-Governor, at that time a ma j or in the army, and attached to the staff of Lord Lake, la which capacity he served with distinction throughout the entire war. Since her marriage, Lady Harvey has accom panied her husband in all his varied and distinguished ser vices, in almost every quarter of the globe. With the single exception of Canada, Lady Harvey has gracefully dispensed the hospitalities of every Government House in the British North American Colonies. And we are confident that we speak the sentiments of the people of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward's Island, in expressing the deepest regret on the occasion of the death of Lady Harvey, and the warmest sympathy with her distinguished husband in his sad bereavement and irre parable loss.—Nora Scotian, Halifax, N.S., Wednesday, April 16. " HE LOVES AND HE RIDES AwAr."—A bloom ing maiden, of 60, resident in Ilyson Green, a few weeks ago, with all the fervour of first love, became deeply enamoured of an itinerant spectacle-monger. After two whole weeks' deliberation, Derby, we believe, was the town selected to be honoured by the performance of the nuptial ceremony. Afterwards returning to Ilyson Green, and enjoying two days of real bliss, but not being able to procure a suitable residence, arrangements were made for migrating to Leic a t od The lady acquiesced, and at once packed up her clothes, medal, at the same time handed over a silver watch, a go ld and 1 r ; sovereigns to her dearly beloved, for geerse le c a u N r , i i t n when he took his departure for Nottingham station for her on when every domestic comfort would beprepared. add the villain had his beloved spouse to follow him to Leicester i the evening, her arrival at Leicester. It is needles e s e to end money. Since decamped with the whole of her clothes Notts. Guardian. her consoles return s she can._philosopheress, and _His Grace the herself he i has n the proved).;e st herselfway the lion. Captain Drum- Duke of Athol, accompanied his stalwart of stalwart Highlaruiraen, all OTTER. HUNT.—COUrARb ANGUS. Drum mond and a large body attired in the , highlandmet costume, in charge of a sp l endid pack of otter at the Bridge of Dean, near Meig 1 e , week, fur ;the Prosecution of ott er h unting. one day lastttbe ne ighbourhood, previously a d v i sed by hounds Some gentlemen o his Grace of the xcellent.—Pertit Courier. meet, here joined the party, and the day's sport proved moat e ST. GILES AND ST. JAMES. The fifth part has just been issued of the collected edition of the writings of Douglas Jerrold, carrying the favourite tale of " St. Giles and St. lames" to the thirty-first chapter. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The success of Keeley in his new calling is unprece dented, all his " Apartments " are let every evening, and more " visitors" required to be " accommodated" than he has room for on the premises.':Last evening his miseries, as the too much patronised lodging-house keeper, elicited shouts of laughter, and we have no doubt but crowds of " visitors to the Exhibition " will con tinue to call to look at his " Apartments." This amus ing piece de circonstance was preceded by Twelfth !Night, in which the Viola of Mrs. Charles Kean was the " admired of all observers;" and followed by the magnificent spectale of the Alhambra. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, paid a visit yester day morning to the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal accompanied her Majesty. The Royal suite consisted of the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Countess A. de Hacke, Colonel the Henourable Charles Grey, Lieutenant- Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, Major Von Boyen, and Count Goltz. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Princess Royal, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, with the Princess Louisa, honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster with a visit yesterday, at their residence in Upper Grosvenor-street. The august party left Buck ingham Palace at five minutes before two o'clock, at tended by the Countess of Gainsborough, the Countess Louise Oriolla, Count Puckler, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Lady Fanny Howard, also honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster with her company. After partaking of luncheon, her Majesty and the illustrious circle inspected the Rubens Gallery, and afterwards took their departure, returning to Buck ingham Palace at a quarter before four o'clock. Mrs. de Montmorency was presented to the Queen by Lady Elizabeth Dawson, at the Drawing-room on Thurs day, and Miss de Montmorency was presented to her Majesty by her mother, Mrs. de Montmorency. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Birch, took a drive yesterday in an open carriage. Her Majesty, with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Princess of Prussia and the Princess Louisa of. Prussia, took a drive in an open carriage and four yesterday afternoon. Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Roy al Highness the Prince of Prussia, rode on horseback yesterday afternoon. Lieut.-Col. F. H. Sey mour was in attendance. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Helena and Louisa, took a drive in an open carriage and four yesterday. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Al bert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, went to Devonshire House, shortly before nine o'clock yesterday evening, to witness the performance of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's new comedy, .Net so Bad as We Seem, for the benefit of the Guild of Literature and Art. In attendance on the august party were, the Countess of Gainsborough, the Countess A. do Hacke, the Countess Oriolla, the Honourable Eleanor Stanley, the Marquis of Ormond°. Count Pokier, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Robert Boyle, Colonel the lion. Charles Grey, Lieu tenant•Coloncl F. H. Seymour, Major Von Boyen, and Count Goltz. _ _ Her Royal Highness tho Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, honoured the Priucesn'a Theatre with her presence last evening. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign• office, Downing-street. The Council was attended by Lord John Russell, tho Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Honourable Henry Laboucbere, Sir Francis Baring, the Earl of Car lisle, and the Marquis of Clanricarde. The Council sat two hours. A deputatio❑ from the Birkenhead Docks Company, consisting of Mr. Joseph Bailey, M.P.; Baron Goldsmid, Mr. William Ellice, Mr. John Coizel, and Mr. James Abercromby (civil engineer) had an interview yesterday with Lord Seymour, at the office of her Majesty's Com missioners of Woods and Foreits, Whitehall-place. Sir Francis Baring was present v►ith Lord Seymour at the interview. The Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Sir G. Stephen, and Mr. Roebuck, had an interview with Sir G. Grey yes terday at the Home-office. Lord Talbot do Malahide had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation from Leicester, consisting of Mr. J. Ellis, M.P., Mr. R. Harris, M.P., and Messrs. Whe stone, Stone, Maucaulay, Briggs, and Parsons, had an inter view yesterday with the General Board Of Health at the office in Whitehall. _ _ . A deputation from Bilston had an interview with the General Board of Health. The deputation consisted of the Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., Mr. T. Thornely, M.P., and Messrs. J. C. Barlow, and Robert Ben. Sir Charles Lemon had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey at the Home-office. Di were sent off yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governor of the Canadas and the Governors of the other North American colonies. Dispatches were also sent off to the Governors of the West India Dispatches were also received yesterday at the Colo nial-office from the Governor of Gibraltar. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council met yesterday. The Lords present were—the Chief Justice of Common Pleas, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. The appeal—Harmen v. Bell (High Court of Admiralty, " The Bold Buccleuch") was heard ; and the appeal, Wallace v. Fielding (High Court of Admiralty, " The Oriental") was part heard. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, MAY 16. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.— The Committee for the town of Cowes have this week made up their accounts ; the amount subscribed here was 66/. Os. 6d., a very liberal sum for so small a town. ELEcTION MOTEMENTS.—The nomination of a Mem ber for the Isle of Wight is to take place at Newport, at eleven o'clock on Friday next, and if a poll is demanded it will commence on Monday following. Mr. Boaham Carter is to propose, and the Hon. Augustus Moreton to second, Mr. Dawes. Mr.l.lamond's proposers are to be nominated at a meeting of his friends to morrow. The struggle is expected to be a very severe one. The grocers and bakers are showing off their taxed and un taxed bread. Protection sugar at 9d. per lb., free-trade sugar 4V.; protection bacon (ugly rusty Irish), 10d. per lb., good free trade bid. Cons.—Why was Queen Pomare like Captain lie mond? Answer—Because she was an advocate for protection. . Why is Captain liamond like Queen Pomare? An swer—Because he does not appear likely to get it (pro tection). CREMORNE.—Mr. Simpson, the proprietor of these gardens, has shown great wisdom and discretion by delaying to open for the season until Mon da y next, thus escaping the storms that have, until lately, converted every species of ground into a swamp. Equal Judgment appears to have been evinced in the prepa r at ions which Mr. Simpson has made for the summer season, particularly in . the construction of a monstre platform for dancing, the merits of h whi orei ch will, doubtless, be fully appreciated, e6pecially by syc fgners —and we trust they v;i:1 be many—who will honour the gardens with a visit. A host of entertainments, vocal, in strumental, theatrical, illusional, pyrotechnical, and strictly ex hibitional, are anno unced ; and a m ongst them we ma y mention the performances of the Denims in ballet, and p oses plastiques of a peculiarly i nteresting and highly classical character; the war exercises and domestic customs of th e Bosjesmans, who will be found to have taken up their ab o d e in the gardens; and, in June next, the performances Franconi and h is celebrated equestrian troup a novelty of which ought to be of itself sufficient to ensure an extremely prosperous season. The Austrian Government has ordered seven regi ments of light cavalry to be tur ned into lancers, in ons quence of having found that during the late insurrection in _Hungary the lancers had a decided superiority over every other description of light cavalry. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 16. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the 'Wool sack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Lord CRAN WORTH presented a petition from cer tain attorneys suggesting alterations in the Expenses of Prosecutions Bill. The Duke of ARGYLE presented several petitions against Papal aggression; also a petition from the synod of Ayr, praying their Lordships not to permit any bishop to assume territorial titles in Scotland. Ile thought it was scarcely worth while to introduce a clause to exempt Bishops of the Episcopal Church in Scotland from the operation of the Bill, as it had been decided by the law courts of Scotland that the assump tion of such territorial titles were illegal. The Bishop of SALISBURY said that although such titles were unknown to the law of Scotland they were not contrary to law. Lord CAMPBELL said that the Supreme Court of Scotland had decided that the assumption of such terri torial titles Wert) contrary to law, The Bishop of SALISBURY said that they violated no law in assuming those titles. Lord CAMPBELL raid that the Right Reverend assume their t h h a e ( i l r n t rc r i i s t e o l r y: a t l h t e it s le a s m . e right to assume the title n • of Hoke of Edinburgh es the Scotch prelates had to STANLEY,RAILWAYS io putting N the AMERlCA.question of which he had given notice, railway from Halifax on to t h Quebect railway h a su t bJ' ct a d f t us ofi i . n er d e s d d ttoheitr.ooLstortrldotshipas' ll ;o r o p ! a r t o o l , o s r eed ihnidsiviodwuaol o h os a t d , an at from Lake Superior to the Pacific, and that the United States' Legislature had entertained the project, arid had offered to sell him 78,000,000 acres of land, at 10 cents per acre, for the railway. .This rend ere d it more im portant that the railway from Halifax to Quebec and Toronto should be completed, and he believed that pro positions had been made by the Noble Earl to Mr. Howe, the able and indefatigable agent for N ova Scotia, which had found favour with the Leg i slature of Nova Scotia; but, as he understood. the colony of New Brunswick had refused those terms, and had repeated their adherence to their original terms, to transfer to the company or the Legislature ten miles of territory on each aide the line, and unless New Brunswick consented . to the form a ti on of the line, the consent of Nova Scotia and of Canada would be useless, and the great line of communica tion between the Atlantic and the Pacific would be c arr i e d on t h roug h th e cou ntry of the United States, i nstea d o f t h roug h B r iti s h America, un less the Noble Earl comes to some terms with New Brunswick. He asked, therefore, if the Noble Earl would lay th e proceedings of the New Brunswick Legis lature on the table, and if the Government were pre pared to meet the vi ews o f t h e N ew B runsw i c k Legisla ture, which to him appeared fair? Earl GREY had no objection to lay the papers on the table, although th e i n f ormation conveyed by them was veryimperfect. He did not consider that the decision of the New Brunswick Legislature could be con sidered as final, as it had been hastily adopted at the end of a session on imperfect information. He had never yet heard that any really substantial company had offered to construct the line, and the only company from which he had received an offer was one which had been repudiated by the Governments both of Nova Scotia and Canada. He had acted on the principle of declining commiinication with the representativei of any company which was not countenanced by the Nova Scotian and Canadian Govern ments. He agreed with the Noble Lord as to th e im portance of the construction of this line, and he did not consider that what had passed in New Brunswick pre sented any insuperable obstacle to such construction. Lord MONTEAGLE had heard with extreme satis faction the expression of opinion on the part of his Noble Friend that he did not consider the opposition of New Brunswick to be of such a nature as not to be over come, and that the Legislature of that colony might yet be brought to aid in the making of the railway. He (Lord Monteagle) could not but express the regret he telt when he found his Noble Friend had given up the occupation of the land when it had been offered to him. The whole question of the legislati on f or t h ese N or th American railways, involving as it did the connexion between them and the mother country, as well as the improvement of 13,000,000 of acres of land, was one of great importance; and he hoped his Noble Friend would suspend any final proceedings on the matter until the opinion of the three colonies should have been obtained. He wished to know whether any steps had been taken with respect to the railway Bills of last year? Earl GREY said he had considered that it would have been much better to have the land under the manage ment of a local Government instead of the British. With respect to the Acts referred to, they had been only received two or three days, and no steps had yet been taken about them. After a few words from Lord MONTEAGLE, Lord STANLEY wished to know, with reference to the company to which he bad referred, whether there would be any objection to lay on the table the commu nications which had passed between them and the Go vernment? Earl GREY said if the Noble Lord wished to move for hern, they would be produced. The subject then dropped. SPIRITUAL WANTS IN RURAL DISTRICTS. The Marquis of LANSDOWFE said, in presenting a petition which was entrusted to him, he beggEd to call the attention of their Lordships to a subject in which a Rlght Rev. Prelate present was interested, concerning as it did a portion of the diocese which was so ably and justly managed by him. It was with reference to a place in the diocese of Salisbury. The petition was trete the gentry and inhabitants of the parish of Wool, in Devonshire, in which they complained that ever since they had been made a district, there was but ono clergyman to discharge the duty of that and two other neighbouring parishes. The petitioners prayed for some relitf from that state of spiritual destitution. Ho was not cognisant of the circumstances of the case of his own knowbetige, but having been requested to do so he had felt it to be his duty to bring it forward. The Bishop of SALISBURY thanked the Noble Mar quis for his courtesy in giving him notice of his inten tion as well as for the manner in which he had presented the petition. Ho acknowledged there was a difficulty in the case of the petitioners, and he feared very much it might not be easy to remedy it. The parish of Wool contained a population of about 800 persons, and the in come was 1181. a year for the clergyman. Between 600 and 600 persons resided in the hamlet of Wool, about two miles from the church. Before the year 1844 there had been a resident curate, but he found it very difficult to obtain the services of one now for the place. It was after that date he gave his consent to the formation of Wool into a separate district, in the hope that the Com missioners would be able to provide for its endowment. In that hope, as in many similar ones, he had been dis appointed in the failure of the funds of that Commission, and in their falling so far short of the demand made upon them. He had endeavoured in various ways to obtain the services of a curate in that parish, and be still hoped to be able to do so. He had himself more than onto offered to pay half the exp e n s e of a curate, and . . pan y was stil I prepared to do so if other persons wou the other moiety until the Ecclesiastical Commission could make provision for the parish. __ THE COASTING TRADE. e from a number of pre sent a petition, pursuant to notie complaining of shipowners in Shields and Sunderland, h their trade had suffered both The Marquis of LONDONDERRY. then rose to the great depression whie alleged unfair arrangements made by laws, and certain railway as a portion of it, to look railway directors and ce to preserve the mercantile ma from the consequences of the c r o e m pe p a a l n e i f es. the lt n w a a y s ig a at m io a n ti ter of great importance vessels engaged in the carry to the The petitioners, number of between carry ing Irnadde:;oo, complained of the different rates of carriage 4 c o h d ar a g charged by r ailway companies for sea-borne coals and afterrinet this those which came by land conveyance, and they there tecrouus interests thosea.n , fore asked that all parties should be put upon the same footing in respect to that great article of C o nsumpt i on. It was a question which was worthy the serious atten tion of Government. Tho Earl of lIARDWICKE did not rise to support the prayer of the petition, but to c ongratulate his Noble Friend on his change of opinion.— (Laughter.) The Marquis of LONDONDERRY—I beg to sot the Noble Earl right. I voted with my Noble Friend.— (Hear, and laughter.) The Earl of lIARDWICKE continued—The petiticn referred to the coasting trade, and, therefore, the ques tion of a change in the laws did not come before them. He was not then going into the question of g how far the coasti ng trade was or was not a ff ecte d I )3' the repeal of t h e nevi ration-laws but he b e gged to throw out a suggestion, and it was ; this—that theforpetthis screw steamers peti tioners were not alone injured by the railways , n i e n r f so com plained i ed s t . he north increase of steam navigation had also materially and ne cessarily te a a m ff affected now 0 their ei building, condition. to be Therepropelled t compete most machinery, which would soon be b_ auceetssfully even with the railways; u w e re by a sail ela s a s n o d f to the south and back again in four or n Lord BEAUMONT said what not they would be able to make their voyag.erefrodmay charges were proportionable of was, that the articlec on the petitioners h p e et w it a io s the one railway. They charged equal for the same . to one place thananother;y coals going . charged higher fur forty miles beyond London wer for instance, coals thus© com ing to the metropolis itself charged more than e d in gettin had sue . g two rates of The company . ~ , nii t.e.r ....1.., and act ed inserted inaccordingly. charges . we ll worthy their Lordships' nb,e ct That was a s con sideration. words from the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, After a fevi NVILLE thou h v. Earl GRA— g t WA a great deal was to lterat . $,,, said ag ainst any . a ion of the law. He er. - h - eri ded if a provision were introduced in accordance wi th th e prayer of the petition, that the effect of it would be n ,- it to lower the tolls for forty miles, but to raise them for the 200 miles between London and York. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to expla in to the No hie Earl near hiui that lie still felt the con ,ietit?a he had formerly entertained, alai espres.ed Ilia opinion that th e navigatioit-laws had beau b great source of 11. e prosperity of the best interests Gt the country. The patior, was then ordered to table. The on the The E ar l o f STRADBROKE presented a petition against Papal aggression. Several Bills having been forvra rded a stage, their Lordships adjouined. —______— HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 16. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. T HIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and pasud St. Andrew's Railway. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. Uttoxeter to Stoke, near Stone, and from Bdillivieb to ike Bandon TOO 12 1 ,4 )% 30 45 95 45 41% 124% 124% 63% 63% Eden, r nde- Ads, ;ortih -Sid. [quo; puol, of LIS*. )LI ; 00, er,