The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-15 00:00:00

..... MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CTI'Y, QUARTER TO THREE. shippingccounts received at Liverpool from the the American ports state that the receipts of Cotton up to latest date, were 64,000 bales more than up to the corre th m ing period of the " great crop year," and 391, 000 more au to this time last year. Holders evinced a disposition to riall, and .4,000 bags changed hands ; 200 balers Egyp -34 realised 6 1 4 d. ; 300 bales Surat, 2%d. to 3 1 4 d. ; „ Sea Island, 10 1 / 2 d. to ls. Id. ; and the rest Alterl 13 - call, at 3 1 4 d. to 4 3 4 d., all to the . trade.— xiarnsicYJunction, 4X ; Ditto, Half Shares, 2% ; Birk_enhead, au-atria,. .chester, and Cheshire, 10% 11 ; Blackburn, Darwen, t' aolton, 61s. 515 6d. • Belfast and Ballymena, 8% ; Belfast l it cl ' gan e°ler aille, 3%; 'Befast and County Down, 1 ; Bolton, t' , and Liverpool, 11 1 ,E % ; Caledonian, 10V 11 ; Ditto gtv tlit aign, 3 1 .4 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7i •; Chester and dud -- eilhead, s'2i/ . , 1/, ; Ditto, Half Shares, 26 %; Chester ianelit. olyhead, .16';i 4 ; Churnet Valley, 6 1 4 ; Clitheroe ebbion, 2X 58a. 6d. ; Cork and Bandon, 8% Bs. 9d. ; Cork aterford, 2 1 ,4 ; Dublin and Galway, 4 ; Dundee and 31 , .. C 05..., A , Dublin, Mullingar, and Ath10ne,.4 1 ,4 ; Eastern I-67; 4e5, New Shares, 4 1 4 ; Edinburgh, Leith, andGran_t ,, on : DO ' G le-agow and Dumfries, 1% ; Grand Junction, 8 :I'nt°cit,s' Etei: idh Shares, 20% % ; Great North of Scotland, b a -i c ; Great Southern and Western Extension, 13; Goole and . 1; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 6% 76 , traica Junction 4% ; Liverpool and Manchester, 203; batat% Junction, Shares, ' 106; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 50% 52 ; p r . 2 New sh ares 363% 37 ;. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and dfas , ACI . rn, " ‘as 6d. ?., t i ; London and Windsor, 1 ls. ; London- L e ee . and Coleraine, 3 3 4 •, London and York, 4% 91s. 6d. ; 10 i; and Thirsk, 7 1 A • - Leeds and West Riding Junction, i...„ l :u s a• 2 d , •, Lynn a ndereham, 565. ; Manchester . and Bux- Man 7i ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 6 . ; wa c ester and Leeds, Half Shares, 69% ; Miclland Rail coda'alteds2%,l6o4 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, l!l et i % ; Midland Con wick - Birmingham and Derby, 122 , Newcastle and Ber 8a1ig11,314 ; Newry and Enniskillen 5% ; North British, Mel t - " a rcs, 4X • North Western, 44i; Oxford and Birmd as"d ~ain Junction;3% , Preston and WV re, 29 1 4 ; Sheffiel d'rLalaticheater, Quarter Shares, 15 1 4 1 ,4 ; Shrewsbury and bg,, cl Illuction, 5 1 ,4 ; South-Eastern and Dover, 40 -41 ; 0 2•1 3 I `ew Shares, No. 1, 14% ; Ditto, No. 2, 13%; Ditto,. Lug °'Ya ; Trent Valley Continuation, 7i ; Welsh Mid irrial,u2,i 2 L ; West Yorkshire, 2,f 6s. 6d. ; Worcester . and la D e Z.' ;1 6 ; York and Carlisle, 2,2 % ; Louvain and Je (Lifitt7., 5 Namur and Liege, 6% ; Northern of France, alai --'') k 1 / 4 •, Ditto (Rosamel'Fl, 2 1 4 435. 9d. Paris Und one, English (Laftlttii's, 2% ; VerOna and Ancona, 4 . 15. portZer this heed, on Monday last, we referred to the im chaah,t c°lll Munication that had taken place between mer bh,e,'" connected with the trade of India and the Court of consC rB °f the East India Company, upon the subject of the wis r uction of railways in India. Since the correspondence . !ab et : f t:le Public, and the announcement that the Court is to r e ,„" scud over practical men to survey the country, and dworrt thereon to the authorities here, the subject has been c a - t i n „,pc't l with a great deal of earnestness, strongly la h'',.° of a desire to forward by all means possible so great net alp ''' We naturally expected that many days would 1 41 se before plans would be announced for executint , i,-, of this ki n d , s h ou ld t h e re p or t of the sur tilidlao u ltimately prove favourable. And such w h e issued be the fact, as a preliminary prospectus has been 'Older til llre adY for the formation of railways in India, ca p i tal e title of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. The intention ; fixed at no less than six millions sterling, and the , L ,rresid; La tc form a connexion between the several Ind!an 'tlronc e--e ' r ° and with the nearest point of intercourse with tad - • - k ,,,,,,,:tt Must be admitted that the scheme is of a bold It""„stic c haracter_; but should the report of the sur- Id a on ci e b a. t a - d i :l e is t t l iolw eers prove satisfactory, there is not a shadow '''' rr i ed i t t;: t ile various lines contemplated will be rapidly n Qolne n - " l eeution papers have been received to-.day from t i catio . a a ni s ild we are glad to perceive from them that the in large h i ll er - an early spring were becoming more apparent. A ' a illecian --ea se of exports was expected in the present season,. of e sip ,l of flour and lumber. To those interested in the affairs , Wlli an ",,ua, the following extract from the Quebec Gazette t 'Oubt he read with much interest : tliph y . "ls time, the 4th of April, the indications of an early hot*Tn s w hicill were so apparent last month,lhave diminished. ard"atanding the thaws in the months of February and bet ween there is still a great quantity of snow on the ground oia„ Montreal and Quebec. Spots of bare ground are th e Jj , eible on banks exposed to the sun. The main channel of faotlo Lawrence is free from ice from opposite Montreal to the loft s d , t . lt a current at St. Sulpice, and from Pointe du Lac to Grondr ta nce below Three Rivers. It is again open at the the bit tla to opposite the point of Deschambault, and from ea L ak s al. ef Portneuf to Quebec. Carriages were crossing the 1 0 „ e ''t• Peter and different parts of the St. Lawrence on Od e ," lithe Ist April. The channel north of the Island of ti le fi l : i a l B still also crossed on the ice. The depth of snow in Qa e b "is nearly the same in the vicinity of Montreal and tiehnec• Poi nte - aux-Trembles, about twenty miles west of 1.1 4( 17; is the only place wher a large extent of ploughed T h ' e pll'ars.” th 4 t.`" has not been much fluctuation in the quotations of Sgt nada this morning. Consols for Account opened it, k et , :( and are now a shade lower. For Money the price is h avr v e ; at 39. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. t uir ,2 l ooo largely dealt in at from 100% to 101. In the quo litleZ.: of the other British Securities the changes have to.d. k s ...uperem o :a3tuniiing.o 14 per cent.: Exchequer-bills are heavy at sin the Foreign Bonds have beeu very trifling prep Spanish are at 30 1 ,4 for the Five per Cents. The aho s e t l., B ,crip is at 1% premium - the Portuguese Converted ... _ . and 11/' "‘ 4 1 4 ; the Dutch Four per Cents. at a fall to 9, X , •,„ exican at 36%. 6,...,, n e Rail s .., way hare Market has been good to-day, and •,--v t ransactions are on the increase. attiTlau FUNDS THIS t ank stock (From the Official List.) .2091,4 1 1 Per Ce n t. Reduced Annuities 98 1 14 tPer Cent Consols Anne 99 % 14 99 ~:ntlatAztsotocaoupeukyirteiCe3a:E,L2s irlieuulhesjan. 1860 l l l% 5-16 'T ~" 31 4 • All I' 101% 100% 101% 101 B°D:iiihoSoeileSdwtitnn..Eii-a.1ui71::i?te:e;.84;.:j...a.:11.1.....5•.:: ''' ''''''''''''' ... ''' : 2791-99:85429-73/471614 Commis for A Excheq u " Bi lli c il ceutit 1,000/. '''' I%d. 11,4d. 5001. ........ .. ..... Ditto S ... .... .... 56 54 pm. p , mall . ..".. 54 56 pm. Iti" 9jD-Pi.t°toßDE-el.fGre-rN.r-e-diSij.toNcD—lES spithDititsoh AT ONE O'CLOCK. ,ueicazi Bonds, 1837 5 per Cent 36% 17% P : i u t gu to p c: nao e nB3 : 3 vdiev : rt, ll es ds ebdp , oen s rds per Cent ... Ditto 3 per Cent French Scrip, 3 Cent., 1840 • i" / ' 42f2 Dutch 21,4 per Cent l% per Cents • Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... 98% 97 %i PRICE op bi- -.urtrung..ni_ani and Glo: Bbo nd _ iItARAVAIrs. HAR cerster E l S oo AT ONE O'CLOCK. PAID. PER SHARE. 136 Jl ll 4 '` ut land Oxford e411..._ !on ............ . ... ...... 2 ea ......... 10 eh r and Holyh d 71 417.\H"'",:,,t,r6tIrlibeesititiQe:aue:741::11.11Thiaetd; r L.• fo il i11 rd e°1 . 1 . 1111 ... • .................... .. 52111:1•••••1 11271366 3 1:6%: 14 14341A1 iA l 1%:.% ..... 1 . ti t to:0 0 0 -------57‘ 134i -2111 0 11 : el vir fas 7,•• 11;;;c • ilo • n • 2 2 ? 1 ti o ai ! lll : an e eo p... 4L unti es 10% N.. • to 4, .. to a?: ** * . ... .. ... ..... 25 2 /2•••••• 1 4 9%P 4 .... to 20 1 4 Stern i r `t,et• 5 Per Ct. No 1. 5/.13s 4d 1% A ... to uttD - s ' in°n . •,,•:_ ~.: ' 15 South and w .. ( . 1 . : ...... , 20y 2 ...... to --- q tIO E xt . • rah)... 10 e, re, at N - o _ , ension ....... ... 2% 12% to 13 i i t t to te Ife l ; t.).f. .................... ...... ::: I°° s G5O to 48 ri tit.,Th ew .................... 2 ~,, % s ........ 80 4 b . i t , , eate h r aa .......... 1851 h to 185 , julaf ord, p r ea ............... 50 104% to 105 t t ,._, e , .. areham, Portma 2 1 ,4 4% to • i c p_ b ............... Lta 4 and Bla c k 1 . -, z 1,. tioa a nd /3 wal 16% 9V3 to 9 calk% tighten.— ...... 50 bit t , l t,.nd South Western.. 41tg 78% to 78% Loed New .... •••••• L o _A and ..: ................ 2 4. 44011.. x.ork .......- ...... 2 u derid er farY, & Yeovil 2 h 21% to L e n . 40 a.ad Enniskillen 2% eater i tatic" 1Y .................. 2 % 4 6 1 A to tap, , and Leeds 73 .. ... ...... to andl4444l4,_aarters ! i b it a 1an t0 ' c e. T ........ 8 .. 1 . 7 .. iL ... g .. h . am ....1 4 00 0 57 to 161 ..... to 160 Nal an , l 4- : .ily ..................... 2 4 ' 4 ear . ea at i e ll t lr ) . and Derby ...100 122 to ~.bitte. N o arlington J unc. 25 ...... 49% to Na 4 e asv ew Brandling 4 and 13 • k k 1 "Y ith. , erwic 1 1 1 tio..s nritish ... . 4% to N nit Walt ........... .•• -:..sco:rtiltitthuiel2 Wal es ...............•. .. .. ..... coreester. an...d. ............ ... 10 3 to b itt„ c), rt Brandon vlw ew . ...... 10 11 ...... 17% to 6b,4 4%1A... to iitr,..___ ,__ entral .............. 2 1 ,4 6 3 /4 to titi v i t w4.olPer,, liad.,Birm. 2% 4 3 /4 to 5 t , Ditt:axa,..ern and Dover ... 33%...... 40%% to tath V a r r • I ' lo - 1, ............ 8 -- %„cnt V,,r,,c .................. 2 1 ,4 5%N... to e .............. .... 2 ... 4!ilti l s t ; ni u a r nd Kilk eMly 1 ...... ai, i a llto ° $., 8 ,& Weymouth 244 2 ...... 53 . ork aria No Zbitto ant,,,_North Midland ... 50 .....- bitt o kLa lf Shares ' Elte lcom ............ 1 1 4 l7 4 3 ,4 ... to D ra at st.d TotiFilthhEsNe CH RAILWAYS. -411 / 5, a 2 Lourei 'alavliuljhowie ............ 2 . ... 2 14 5g n lllll r.r a nd ', . eInePPQ ..... •••• 2 nes ts 4 - ,..-. 1 ege........ ...... 2% 6 ...... to .- 1:44 am r Bordeaux ... .. 2 i-arisaad 0 7 ._ °11 -c(Laffitte) ... 2 Taillbr, ani uns (Ganneron's) 2 ... ours 3,, Meuse ......... ... 4 4Aall tes (Mackenzie) 2 4 ndea a nd Westmli JONT STOCK BANS. nster ... 20 ...... K 27% to 26% Idt --.0y 1) , to 8 SHIPPING. —(THIS DAY b !°)O X la teez e , -44 T 15.—Wind at noon, northerly, moderate h_ and clon SliM % ght d a At 14 e—Arrd. Scotia, Sunderland, for Lisbon, tbalinownrnage, having been in contact with a schooner, name Co Nvi , SI. 1 - 2/,,:: , MAT 14.--Wind N.E.—Arrd. Michael, Christopher, ngo, for Hamburgh. for a7,„ 4- 2 41 _ uTst il a terda ra. tight to _ Li:errrto::::4AY 13.—Hermann, Week, Baltimore, L oud -- ..GAT t m °llto I 14.—The steam-tug, Meeson, from , was run ashore on Broadstairs last 81 bep„ ted pv, : _e : t er sinking, and now lies under water, and sted to ° cenle a wreck ; crew saved. 41 . her his l4;—`Wind N.N.E. to N.E., strong breeze. — d PLyzlo-I.re.i.estiis steamer Vesuvius, westward. "'Wood r i l, AY 14.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Moffatt, Van- With a 2 .-,ondon! for Aden leaky, having been in contact till ' t 2 tl. reign brig, I,4tlthh Std name unknown, off' this on the night of „Q. E. D., Montreal. ritt ‘; R e d V.,'' nIAY 14.—Wind N.E.—Off, Camillus, Deme lau . Nir I \k) er, Charleston for Hull. Sld. Sancho Panza, T ° P; 13 1 : 13 1 ' ICe rrY, Montreal ; Daedalus, Quebec. OF, Salle cniT°N t MAT' 14.—Leander, Millman, Hobart .., Op t . ,_d Decll. Vleril arnb j -- "QAr tvot•T, MAY 13.—Malcolm, of Kincardine, T ?fc'i out forty days. S . ro ca ' d , ro '' I, MAY 13 . —Anne, Ichaboe. Off"., ar: MAY 12 .—Arrd. Hampden, Gibson, Ichaboe. 1;1 0 ,'" Ir 13.—Arrd. Edwin, Gibson, Ichaboe. bra tti ,,,,,' E R, MAY 13 . —Swan New York, for Hamburgh. •)dcihii" l ''• MAY 14.—Wind N., moderate.—Arrd. \Val /taloa?, ',1,;. Margaret, St. Andrew's. SM. Falcon, Africa ; - "valal s ap r „ ill ,,,, i dad ; Grasshopper, Porto Rico ; Sw,ea , — "" 6 4, Philadelphia ; iijampzogs and ROQUE; New York ; Glenview, Siaten Island ; Glasgow, St. John's New Brunswick ; Naitch, Restigouche ; Acadia, Helen, Lady Sale, and Lord Seaton, Quebec. H eLI„ I\lnv 14.—An outward-bound schooner is aground on the Holm Sand. The schooner Aquatic, hence to Whit stable is ashore on Spurn Point. LimEmcK, MAY 12.—The Ballina Lass, bound to Liver pool, with wheat. has returned to the Quays to discharge, having sprung a leak. MARKET NE W S.-( THIS DAY.) SAY IMUSIZKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4/ 10s ; use ful do., 4/ 12s to 513 s ; fine Upland do. , 514 s to 5/ 80; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6135; Oat Straw, 1118 s to 21; Wheat Straw. 21 Is to 213 s per loa. Trade throughout dull, at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND. —Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4/ 16s ; useful ditto, 41 lis to 513 s ; fine Upland ditto, 514 s to 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ; Wheat Straw, 21 is to 21 3s per load. A moderate supply and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 41 108; useful ditto, 4/ 12s to 5/ 3s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 4s to 5/ 8s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 61 4s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 21 to 2/ 2s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. MEAT MATLEETS. SOUTHALL, MAY 14.—We had only a moderate supply of each kind of stock on offer to-day, while the general de mand was steady, at about last week's quotations :—Beef from :;s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s. to 5s ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 10d per Sibs to sink the offal. Nearly the whole of the stock was dis posed of. ROMFORD, MAY 14.—Prime Beasts and Sheep sold steadily, at full prices; but, otherwise, the demand was in sluggish state :—Beef, from 2s 1 0 d to 4 s 2 d ; Mutton, a 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 29s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 1 6 s to 20 s ; and Mich Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. IlAiLsirAm, MAY 14.—We had only a moderate supply of each kind of stock here this mornipg. Generally speaking, the trade ruled steady :—Beef, from 3slto 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s to 45 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s Gd per Sibs. ARUNDEL, MAY 13.—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4e 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s Gd per 81bs. Supply limited and trade firm. CHICHESTER, MAY 14.—There was a very steady general trade here to-day, at our quotations :—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 295; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 18 s; and Mul ch Cows, with their small Calves, 161 to 191 each. 21 4 20 9 21 4 20 11 21 4 21 6 29 6 30 6 32 1 30 2 29 9 31 4 34 9 35 5 35 1 35 9 36 1 37 1 35 7 36 6 36 1 36 1 36 10 36 8 DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Madame Anna Thillon made her debut at f theatre, last evening, in the character of Stella, in Balfe's new opt•ra (.. , f The Enchantress, which was produced last night expressly for the occasion. Every lover of music must recollect the sensation produced last year by the first appearance of Madame Anna Thillon at the Princess's. Even the most fastidious were obliged to confess that the English prima donna of the Parisian Opera Comique was equal to Persian' in taste and science. and superior to her in voice. But there was still, as there always will be, a dissatisfied clique, who, compelled to admit that Madame Thillon had achieved a success greater than any of her countrywomen had ever before achieved, yet com forted themselves by observing (for to such persons the power of grumbling is a comfort), that although she was admirably suited to a small theatre, yet her voice would be absolutely lost in the vast area of Drury-lane. Alas ! for the grumblers. Not only is her voice not lost in the vast area of Drury-lane, but it is absolutely heard, in that vast area, to infinitely greater advantage than it is in a small theatre. We were seated [at the very back of the upper circle of boxes, and we heard every note that Madame Thillon sung with the utmost distinctness. With Harrison such was not the case ; Madame Thillon completely sung him down in many instances. Madame Thillon, however, completely filled the theatre, and, with the exception of Borrani, she was the only artiste who did so completely upon all occasions. The opera is a long one, com mencing at a quarter before seven o'clock, and not concluding until eleven. Although long, it is, how ever, by no means heavy, for, thanks to the inventive genius of M. de St. George, the author of the libretto, and to the talent of Mr. Bunn, the trans lator, the interest never flags, while the light, agree able characteristic music of Balfe carries the whole off delightfully. The opera, which is preceded by a well-scored overture, which contains many of the principal motives of the opera, and then follows the prologue—so called, we imagine, because it was not cnnsidered quite scion les regks to have an opera in four acts. The scene of this prologue is the deck of a pirate ship off the island of St. Michael, and an admirably-managed scene it is. As the curtain rises, sailors are discovered crouched about upon the deck, on the poop, and in the shrouds, smoking, cleaning their arms, and engaged in other equally sailor-like occupations or amusements. They are singing a joyful chorus, expecting the return of their chief. A. boat approaches, bearing Ramir (Borrani), the second in command. Their chief,. Juan Telles, has been taken and condemned to death He leaves to them his infant daughter, calling on them, at whatever cost, to give her the most brilliant education, and to make her their Queen, until she arrives at eighteen years of age, when she shall be at liberty to continue at their head or to disband them. Before, however, she decides, she is to peruse a certain document which Telles has confided to Ramir, wherein Telles requires her to accomplish a vow necessary for the repose of his soul. He concludes by informing his comrades that if at day-break they hear three guns, they may conclude that Telles is free, if four, that he is no more. In this part there is introduced a preghiera, which was beautifully given by Borrani, and the chorus and the effect of which was very fine. During the perform ance of the preghiera day begins to break—one gun i 3 heard—they all rise—another and another suc ceeds—there is a pause—" He's saved!" exclaim the pirates joyfully—the fatal fourth gun is heard boom ing in the distance—joy is turned into despair— " He's lost I" The child of Telles is brought from the cabin, the pirates surround the infant, and swear alle giance to her, and with this the prologue concludes. A lapie of 15 years occurs between the prologue and the first act of the opera, which opens in the Abruzzi, at the Hermitage of our Lady of the Woods. This scene is exceedingly beautiful—the magic pencil of the Grieves has transferred the warm and glowing and clear atmosphere of Italy, with its picturesque mountains and romantic forests, and retired hermi tages, to the precincts of Drury-lane. A religious chant is heard. A procession of young girls and boys is seen ascending the mountain, bringing offerings to the statue of the Virgin. Fra Antonio, the hermit, in whom we recognise our old friend Ramir, the ci-devaut pirate, appears and bestows on the worshippers his blessing. During the chant Mathanasius (Barley) a quaint, fidgetty old doctor (an admirable buffo character, admirably played by Harley) enters inquiring for Sylvio, his ward. The peasants fear he may have fallen into the power of the Enchantress, whereupon the Doctor asks con cerning the said Enchantress, and is replied to by Fra Antonio, who, ia a ballad sung with great taste by Borrani, gives an account of her powers. A shout is heard in the valley, and all rush forward. A horse has been knocked down at the brink of the precipice, and the rider has fallen. At a signal from Fra Antonio three pirates appear they have fired the shot at the bidding, as they say, of one " who commands them all." They immediately conceal theselves, and the peasants return leading in Don Sylvio (Harrison) who has been stunned by the fall from his horse. He has seen the enchantress and is enamoured of her, albeit he be lieves not in goblins, or enchantresses, or fairies, inas much as for years past old,Mathanasius has been trying all sorts of sorceries to find out the secret of his (Sylvio's) birth, who eighteen years before had been left a very small baby, accompanied however by a very large purse, in the care of the Doctor, with directions to bring him up in the Abruzzi. The Doctor, however, has faith, and essays by various spells (such spells as Harley alone can perform), to raise the sorceress. In this scene is introduced a buffo trio, sung very effectively by Harrison, Borrani, and Harley—the latter more than making up for his deficiency of voice by his quaintness of gesture. Thunder is heard in the distance—the lightning flashes, and Stella, the Enchantress (Madame Thillon), the daughter of Telles, appears dressed in a most picturesque and brilliant costume, at tfie back of the hermitage. Her appearance was the signal fur the most enthusiastic applause, which lasted for some minutes, which was gracefully acknowledged by Madame Thillon. She advances —Sylvio gazes on her with extacy, and she sings a beautiful recitative, " To the Regions of Earth," followed by an exquisite air, " I've Love-spells." Never have we heard Thillon in better voice than she was in, last evening. Her delicious, clear, silvery, flageolet-like tones could be heard in the very re motest part of the theatre. Her powers of execution were wonderful, and she looked most bewitchingly— she was indeed an enchantress. Sylvio declares his love, and warns her against the approach of the peasantry, who are coming to slay her. She promises to appear to him in a dream, and giving a signal to Fra Antonio, she disappears. The peasants enter and fire after her. Sylvio staggers and falls into a seat. Fra Antonio administers to him a sleeping potion ; and, on his touching a spring, the couch on which Sylvio is reclining, descends into a cavern. The next scene is the pirates' cave. On the appearance of Stella, the pirates break out into an animated chorus—" Ever be happy and light as thou art." They remonstrate with her on her whim of appearing as a sorceress. She says it is to accomplish the task marked out the appellation. grotto, l t is h u a e n g d for her by her father , and they all swear to obey h e r commands. The next scene is a magni ficentoes it one—it deserve is the fairy round w well i with flowers, lighted by crystal chandeli e r s of all colours, and covered with the richest car p e t s . S y l v i o is discovered sleeping on a Greek bed of silver brocade. He gradually awakes—the softest music is played—a fairy chorus is heard. He sings a cava tins, the music of which is exceedingly beautiful, ex pressive of his desire to see the genius of the place. The back of the grotto opens, and Stella appears on a brilliant throne, surrounded by a group of beauti ful female Greek slaves. Her costume is superb, and on her head she wears a crown of stars. She advances to Sylvio, exacts from him an oath of implicit obedience, and commands him to go to Palermo, where he will find a palace prepared for him, and a commission in the army. Her slaves advance and present to him a crown and sceptre. She tells him, that in four months he shall possess the crown of Sicily. The act concludes with a duet between Sylvio and Stella, beautifully given by Madame Thillon and Harrison, and a grand chorus of the pirates The scene of the second act is at Palermo. Stella has performed her pro mises. Sylvio has a magnificent palace, and has gained rapid promotion in the army. In the first scene we find him in camp, carousing with his brother officers. A page enters with dispatches for him from the Regent. He is promoted to the rank of General. The page is Stella, and in this scene is introduced a song, " A youthful Knight whose hopes were bent," which promises to become the most popu lar morceau in the opera. It is given to the page, and Madame Thillon not only sang, but acted it in the most bewitching manner imaginable. The audience were in raptures, and it was, as a matter of course, encored. She sang it again with even more spirit than she had infused into it originally, and there was one loud and unanimous call for its repetition. A third time Madame Thillon gracefully obeyed the call. After that there were many who again called for its repetition, and this song narrowly escaped a triple encore. This was followed by a beautiful romance, which was well given by Harrison, and which was also encored. The next scene is hi the palace of the Regent of Sicily (Weiss). The Recent, brother of the late king, has been Regent for twenty years, for the people will not be per suaded but that Dun Paul, the son of the late King, is still alive; and they are right, for Sylvio is Dun Paul, and the restoration of him to his throne is the task which has been imposed upon Stella by her father. For that purpose she has gone to Palermo, has appeared at the Regent's Court, who, fascinated by her beauty, can refuse her nothing, and has through her interest with him pushed the fortunes of Sylvio. The Regent at length is jealous of Sylvio because he fears he may supplant him in the affections of the beautiful stranger. A magni ficent scenic effect takes place at this point. The curtains at the back of the Hall open and present a view of a grand saloon, magnifi cently lighted for a fete and filled with dancers and masqueraders, among whom are Sylvio, Stella and Ramir. Ramir, who loves Stella, and is also jealous of Sylvio, gives the Regent a paper warning him against Sylvio. Stella sees it, advances tothe Regent, unmasks, and while he is fascinated by her beauty, snatches the paper from him, and disappears among the crowd. All unmask, and she appears in a splendid eastern costume. In order to warn Sylvio she sings " The young Nadir to love had dared ;" a Sicilienne in E 6-8 time. This is a most singular composition, but very pleasing, and from the manner in which it was given by Thillon, exceedingly effective. Her fioritiori in this song was rich and most luxurious, but still so tasteful, so musician-like, that it was most exquisite. It is needless to add that the applause was most enthusiastic. The Regent has ap pointed a rendezvous with Sylvio, and has hired assassins to cut him off; by the judicious management of Stella, the Regent himself falls into the trap, and Sylvio is proclaimed King of Naples. The third act opens with a romance, " the happy days of life are passed," most exquisitely sung by Borrani. This is followed by a solo by Stella, "My task is ended," in which the execution of Madame Thillon was really wonderful. Her task, however, is not ended. The document which proves the right of Don Paul to the throne, and which she has sent to him, has miscarried, and the Senate are about to depose him .as an imposter. Ramir undertakes to recover it, on condition that Stella will reward him with her hand—she consents, and goes to seek Sylvio—she finds him in his cabinet, in custody of the senators, who will lead him to the scaffold in an hour, if he does not prove his claims. In this scene she sings a song, " Who has not heard," with a burden tra-la-la —which is a perfect marvel of vocalization. The burden of course is almost ad libitum, and her fioritiori i s positively overwhelming. Never before have we heard such luxuriance of orna ment, and yet all in such good taste, so beautiful— each note so clear and so distinct—it was like the warbling of seine bird. if the human voice be, as some anatomists contend, a musical instrument, then is Madame Thillon the most accomplished performer on that instrument that has ever been heard. She is superior to anything that Persiani was, even in her best days. Ramir gives her the document and de mands her hand. The right of Sylvio to the throne i 3 made clear, and he of course offers to share it with Stella. It is evident she loves him, and Ramir, rather than make her miserable, resigns his pretensions. This is the sub• ject of a beautiful trio, " The love almost sublime I felt," which was exquisitely given by Thillon, Borrani, and Harrison, and was enthusiastically en cored. This trio is perhaps the gem of the opera. The finale, which is sung by Stella, is the opening motive of her duet in the first act with Sylvio. She is acknowledged as Queen, and Ramir rejoins his pirate band. This is certainly one of the most magnificent spectacles that Mr. Bunn has ever produced. The music is pleasing and characteristic, and he has at length such a prima donna as has not appeared on the boards of Drury since the death of poor Maiibran. Thillon and Balfe were called for at the conclusion, and were both enthusiastically received. The house was crowded to overflowing long before the rising of the curtain, and the overflow of last night is but a foretaste of what may be expected during every night of Ma dame Thillon's engagement. THE BANKS. (From the Times.) We mentioned the other day the fact that the join stock banks in Dublin considered themselves ag grieved by Sir Robert Peel's new Irish banking mea sure, inasmuch as the privileges extended to the other banks of Ireland would be withheld from them. These joint-stock banks are two in number. The oldest is the " Hibernian Bank," formed in 1825, chiefly by a number of Catholic gentlemen, in conse quence of the exclusion (at that time) of Catholics from the direction of the Bank of Ireland. They ob tained an Act of Parliament for their establishment, and endeavoured to get the power of issuing notes, but all the clauses giving them that power were struck out of the Act in Committee. In 1827, how ever, they attempted practically to use this power by issuing what they call e d " tokens," which were notes in appearance, though they did not contain the words, " I promise to pay ;” but they were afterwards com pelled to withdraw them on the decision of the Go vernment that they were illegal. The paid-up capital of the Hibernian Bank, upon which they have paid steadily dividends at the rate of 4 and 5 per cent., is 250,000/. The other joint-stock bank, the " Royal Bank of Ireland," was established in 1836, by the purchase of the private bank of Sir Robert Shaw and Co., who issued notes. The Royal Bank, having more than fund 30,0001., after the report it poaf id a lp ry ca l p a i r t g al e is su a m bou in t six partners, lost their privilege. By their last payment out aapnd i o a purchase of Sir R. Shaw's business, and other pre liminary expenses. From their commencement they have regularly paid a dividend of five per cent. Neither of these two banks have any branches. The objection of these establishments to Sir R. Peel's measure merely proceeds from their desire to be placed on the same footing as the other banks. To the principle of the measure they do not object in the least. Their case is precisely that in which the London joint-stock banks would be if ten years hence the privileges of the Bank of England were abolished, and, while those banks which now issue notes 65 miles beyond London were allowed to issue in the metropolis also, the joint-stock banks should be obliged to continue non-issuing institutions. The law authorising the Louvain and Jemappes Railway, which passed the Belgian Chamber of De puties unanimously, has been . equally fortunate in the Senate. An extension to Diest has been conceded to this line. The Bankers' Ma g azine furnishes the returns of the circulation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending re spectively the sth, 12th, 19th, and 26th April ult., as published in the Gazette, and gives the following as the average weekly circulation of these banks for the weeks ending the 26th ult.:— Private banks £4,681,211 Joint-stock banks AVQTage weekly circulation of private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales during the past month £7,987,466 On a comparison of the above with the returns for the month ending the 29th of March last, we have An increase in the private banks of X228,250 An increase in the joint-stock banks of ... 158,458 Total increase last month £386,708 And as compared with the month ending the 27th of April, 1844, it shows A decrease in the private banks of £ 614,028 A decrease in the joint-stock banks of 446,612 Total decrease as compared with last year... £1,060,640 On comparing the above returns for the past s the comparattve state of the circulation, mon th with the total fixed . issues, it appears that the following s tock banks are below their fixed issue... 171,066 Thep rivate banks are below their fixed issue £329,886 ---- Joint- Total below the fixed issue £500,952 The publicatwn of these returns of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales (distinct from those of the Bank of England) affords to parties who are interested in the subject, the means of judg ing how far the wants of the country districts are distinct from those of London. The weekly returns of the Bank of England, though extremely valuable as indicative of the c ondition of the London money- I , er nor; uke de iliaua h he two aracter afirtu" restil° rr a Cr lie Iroo a to 112 cknOlf# gittil i g i nil work "'" o n to teri h. blo t " ' t ti lle sslll. the C ID a st Y de' ll, ; 16° 1 eraiet CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 10, 1845, mada up from the (Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, Per Imperial Quarter. Wheat .. • ... 45s 10d I O a ts Barley ••.. • • 30s 5d Rye •• . • AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. 37s ld 363 8d :Weeks ending Wheat. 1 Barley. I Oats. Rye. I Beans. Pease. April 5... 45 5 32 3 45 3 32 5 46 11 ' 31 11 45 11 31 6 45 0 31 2 46 10, 30 5 3fay _3.... IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS. Wheat •• •••••46s Id Oats .• •• .... 21 2d Beans • • 35 9d Barley I 3ls 7d Rye •• • • 130 7d Pease •• •• 36 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. When 20s Od Oats . • .•• 6s Od B e ans 7s cal Barley ...... 76 Od Rye I lOs 6d Pease I SPORTING IN TELLIGEN CE (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, WEDNESDAY (CONCLUDED). MatCh, T.Y.C., 50 sovs.—Lord Exeter's f by Velocipede, out of Amaryllis, Bst 7lb (W. Boyce), beat Capt. Spencer's The Wryneek, Bst 71b, in a canter. 7t04 on Wryneek. The Jockey Club Plate of 501. B.C.—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, aged, Bst 91b, walked over, mid divided the Plate with Duke of Rutland's Welbeck. DERBY BETTING. 9to 2 agst John Day's lot 50 to 1 agst Remorse—t 2 to 1 agst Idas—t 50 to 1 agst Maynooth 9 to 1 agst Weatherbit ,1000 to 15 agst Fuzbos—t 12 to 1 agst The Libel—t 1000 to 10 agst Merry Mo• 15 to 1 agst Pam narch—t 17 to 1 agst Pantasa • 1000 to 8 agst Desperation 17 to 1 agst Alarm 700 to 400 on Weatherbit agsl 18 to 1 agst Old England Old England 23 to 1 agst Doleful 1000 even Clear-the-Way ap 33 to 1 agst Titmouse—t Maynooth 45 to 1 agst Laird o'Cockpen--t OA 7 to 1 agst Hope—t 12 to 1 agst Lady Wildair—t Bto 1 agst Laneash.Witch—t 20 to 1 agst Maid of Orleans 10 to 1 agst Rose of Cashmere —taken NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY Niairr. ENTRIES FOR TO-MORROW. T. Y. C. Sweepstakes, winner to be sold for 200/., 84c.— Caen, 5 yrs ; Physalis, 4 yrs ; fby Boiram, out of Manto, 4 yrs ; Little Finch, 3 yrs, and Energy, 3 yrs. Handicap. T. Y. C.—Paultons, 3 yrs, Bst 71b ; Sir Francis, 3 yrs, Bst 71b ; Lyons, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b. Garry Owen, aged, 9st 21b, paid. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, winner to be sold for 50/., &c.—Prince of Wales, 4 yrs ; St. Domingo, 3 yrs ; Tisi phone, 3 yrs ; and f by Liverpool, out of Corranna's dam, 3 yrs. The only bets laid after the list was read were, 14 to 1 agst Pam, to a small sum, for the Derby, and 20 to 1 to 1501. agst Maid of Orleans for Oaks. ZANONI.—The Stewards have certified that they are of opinion, the horse now called Zanoni was bred by Sir Charles Ibbotson in 1840, and that he was got by Gladiator, dam (foaled in 1823) by Capsicum, out of Acklam Lass ; and that he is the same horse which ran in the Derby, 1844, under the name of Running Rein. MANCHESTER RACES—WEDNESDAY. A Cup of 100 sovs. added to a Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only, if declared. One mile-and-a-quarter. Mr. Meiklam's Philip, 5 yrs, Bst 61b Mr. Buckley's David, 6 yrs, Bst 61b ... 2 Mr. Meiklam's The Best-of-Three, 4 yrs, 7st 10Ib Hudibras, Miss Holbrook, Helmsman, and Chemise, also ran. Won by a neck. Free Handicap of 10 soya. each, and 30 added. Mile-and-a quarter. Mr. Dawson's T'Auld Squire, 7st 41b (Lye) 1 Lord Stanley's Ambition, list 71b Mr. Hornby's gr g by Stumps, sst 71b The Filly Stakes of 10 advs. each, 5 ft, with 30 added. One mile-and-a-quarter. _ _ _ Mr. Salvin's Marian Ramsey, Bst 31b (Bumby) 1 Mr. Cooke? Chemise, Bst 31b 2 Mr. Bennett's Ada and Mr. Osborne's Merry Girl also ran. Won by a neck. 50/. Plate, on Tuesday, was won in three heats by Mr. Robinson's Wasp, aged (Hopwood), beating Mr. Dawson's Montgomerie, 3 yrs, and ord Stanley's Ambition, 4 yrs. WARE'S LONDON REVIEW. In the present Number there is a long account of the Royal Society of England, chiefly relating to their Council and Committees. There is an interest ing account of the great Duke of Marlborough ; and an article on the " Increase of Crime and Pauperism," in which the writer observes, that crime increases with prosperity, not only because where there is more wealth there is more temptation, but from the fact that " commerce leads to luxury, and causes sudden vicissitudes in men's fortunes, thus producing ex treme inequality of rank, avidity of gain and con tempt for poverty." Ile also remarks, that while robbery, forgery, swill/oiling, &c., increase in England there are fewer capital crimes—" our offences, like our pursuits, are mercantile." " A Glance at Eng lish Literature and Academical Learning" is written by one who laments the utilitarian feelings of the present day ; he is disappointed to find so few men of real learning and genius, at a time when literature is diffused far and near ; he attributes this, in a great measure, to the Universities, observing, among other things, that " Greek literature has at present no existence in England." REDEEMING THE MALT-TAX.--A jovial old farmer of this neighbourhood, who is fond of social company and his glass, was not long ago brought before the bench, on the old charge of " drunk and disorderly." His numerous visits to the Court, consequent on similar delinquencies, trenching further on his time and " tin" than he liked, he asked the magistrates if they would have any objection to contract with him for a year, as such a measure would save trouble to both himself and their honours the justices ?—Liverpool Courier. MAILS FOR NEW Youx.—Yesterday the following notice was issued by the General Post-office authorities : " Ship Letter-office. General Post-office, May 14: A ship letter mail will be made up for New York to be forwarded by the Great Western steamer. Letters in time on Friday next (to-morrow), the 16th instant. THE GIBB'S SAFETY LOCK.—The Church of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, is open at the roof and three of its windows, and " any burglar" writes a parishioner, " could break in with the greatest ease." We recommend the parish to solicit Alderman Gibbs to cover up the apertures with his churchwarden's accounts, has no one has ever been known to get through them yet.—Punch. The Bowery Theatre, at New York, was totally destroyed by fire on the 25th ult. THE COAL TRADE.—The regulations which have so long obtained in the coal trade of the north of England for limiting the " vend" in the London market, are now at an end, the determination to abolish the combination having been come to on Tuesday by the Coal Trade Committee at Newcastle, in consequence of the impossibility of satisfying all the ;parties, especially those having extensive colleries, with extensive capabilities of working. The supply being now unfettered, the inhabitants of the metropolis may rea sonaloly calculate on being supplied with fuel at a cheaper rate than hitherto. They will henceforth reap the full ad vantage of competition. BRITISH MUSEUM —The number of visitors during the last three holidays was 63,549, exceeding those of last year by 14,980. The number present on Monday was 35,233 ; on Tuesday, 8,133 ; and Wednesday, 20,183 ; whilst on Whit- Monday last year they were 25,558 ; Tuesday, 6,418 ; and Wednesday, 16,603. The conduct of the visitors was very orderly. THE THAMES TUNNEL.--WHITSUN HOLIDAY S. — Upwards of 33,000 persons have passed through the Thames Tunnel during the last four days, viz., on Whit-Sunday, 8,590; Whit-Monday , 8,320 ; Whit -Tuesday, 7,290 and Wednesday, 8,190; the great majority of whom were chil dren. Bands of musicians were stationed at either end, but the rincipal attraction was a Welsh family named Thomas I (a father and four children), the youngest of whom was only five years of age. DEATH OF THE CENTENARIAN COUPLE. —It is but three or four weeks since that we gave an account of the ex traordinary age of Mr. and Mrs. Plaisance, then living in Redmoor Fen, in the Isle of Ely, the husband of the age of 107, the wife 105 !—a case without parallel perhaps in Eng• land or in the world. On Wednesday, strange to relate, after a short affliction, both expired on the same day ; their united ages 212 1 The greater part of their lives were passed when agues were so prevalent in the Fens that very few escaped the disorder, yet their lives were prolonged to this extraor dinary period; and Providence seems to have ordained that as they had lived so long together, in death they were not divided. They have left one daughter, who lived with them, of the age of 54,—,11ury Poit. THE SUN, LONDON, TTIT7'RSDAY:, EVENING, MAY 15, 1845. market, are not alone sufficient to afford a clear vie of the state of the circulation of the kingdom. A decree of the provisional Government of Aipj.i co, dated the 22d of P e tru ar y, contains tie articles : .. That the contribution of 1 'per cent. imposed by be 2d article of the decree of the 10th of March, 1843, in the transit of money from one department to another, is no longer to be col . ' .eeted, and therefore the articles 42 of the decree of . th- d 11th of July, 10 of the decree of the 28th of Decer -,oer, and the order 0 the 3d of April the same year,. relatin g t o th e sa id contr b u ti on , are ren d ere d null a7:. 0 void. " 2. The forced loan decreed on the 15th of May 843, ceases. "3. The extraordinary contribution decreed on the 21st of August, 1844, also ceases. " 4, The Executive will propose in the second month of the second period of the ordinary sessions the manners and terms in which the parties have paid the whole or part of their quotas by virtue of the imposts alluded to in the 2(1 and 3d articles of the decree." There is so much useful and amusing matter in Mr. Gilbart's analysis of the bankers' return , , that we do not hesitate to extract from it largely. The following table will interest a great number of readers:— A List of those London Banki house ; the Numher and Nam of Naives in each House. Name of the Finn. I. Barclay, Bevan, TrMon, & Co., Lombard-street....... 2. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., 50, Conlin 3. Barnett, bares, Barnett, Bradshaw, and Co., LOlll. bard•street ••• • • • • • • • • • • 4. Bosanquet,Franks, & What raan, 73, Lombard-street .. 5. Brown, Janson, and Co. London (Abchnrch-lane) • 6. Curries and Co., 29, Condillll 7. Denisen,lleywood,Kennard, and Co., 4, Lombard-street 8. Fullers and Co., 65, Moor gate-street . • • . . • • . • • • • • • • 9. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. • • LO. Hanbury, Taylor, & Lloyd, GO, Lombard-street .. 1. Harkey, 7, Fenchurch-strect 12. Jones, Loyd, and Co. (Loth. bury), L0nd0n...... . . L 3. Lubbock, Forster, and Co 11, Mansion-house-street • • 4. Martin, Stone, and Martins, GS, Lombard-street .• • • . ,5. Masterman, Peters, Mildred,, Masterman, and Co., 31 and 35, Nicholas-lane, Lombard street. • • • • • • • • • • • . 6. Prescott, Grote, Anus, and Co., 62, Threadneedle-street, Price, Marrynt, & Co., King' William-street, London•• • • 18. Robarts, Curtis, ltotiartq Curtis, and Co., 15, Lom• bard-street •• •• ...... ,9. Rogers, Olding, Sharpe, Boycott, and Co., 29, Cle ments-lane, Lombard-street 20. Sapte, Banbury, Muspratt, and Co., 77, Lombard-streol 21. Smith, Payne, and Smith, 1, Lombard-street 22. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., 27, Gracechurch-street.. 23. Stevenson, Salt, and Son, 20, Lombard-street 24. Weston and Young, 6, Wel. lington-street, St. Saviour's, Southwark .............. 25. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane ..... 26. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street .. .... .. .. I. The name of the firm : lig Firms who attend the Clearing :tiers, and the Number les of '5, 1 .:-,' -- 4 c- z 5 ° t ;,, 4 the Part r a. z INames of the Partners 2 Barclays, 2 Bovans, 2 Trittons. 2 Ifarnards, 2 Dims dales. 2 Barnetts, 3 Iroares, 1 Bradshaw. Bosanquet, Franks, Whatman. 2 Jansons, 1 Brown, 1 Barr, 1 Whitaker. 3 Curries, 1 Mageus, 1 Mills. 2 Kennards,l Denison, 1 Heywood. I 2 Fullers, no Co. I 2 Glyns, 2 Hallfaxes, 2 Mills. I 3 Hanburys, I Taylor, I Lloyd. 4 Ilankeys. 13 Loyda, 1 Tabor. Lubbock, Forster, Brown. I 3 Martins, 2 Stones. 3 31astermans, 2 Mil dreds, 1 Peters. Prescott, Grote, Ames, Cave. I 2 Prices, 1 Marryat. 2 Robartsea,2 Curtises, no Co. I 2 Oldings, 1 Rogers, 1 Sharpe, 1 Boycott. 12 Banburys, 1 Sapte, 1 Muspratt. All Smiths. Ilttwood, Twolls. All Salts. IlVeston, Young. 2 Williamses, 1 Dea con, 1 Labouchere, 1 Thornton, I Melville 2 Tomkinses, I Willis, 1 M'Pherson, I Per cival, 1 Blanchard. Upon comparing the names in the firms with the names of the respective partners in the above list, we find that the names of some firms do not correspond with the names of the partners. Thus, in the firm of Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., there is no parter of the name of Jones. In the firm of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, there is no partner of the name of Payne. In the firm of Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., there is no partner of the name of Spooner. In the firm of Messrs. Stevenson, Salt, and Son, there is no partner whose surname is Stevenson. The senior partner is named John Stevenson Salt. In the firm of Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, Robarts, Curtis, and Company, there is no Company. In the firm, also, of Messrs. Fullers and Company, there is no Company. The first name in the firm is not always the name of the first partner mentioned in the official returns. Thus, the partners in the firm of Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., stand in the following order: — Bevan, Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Barclay, Tritton. In the firm of Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., the names stand thus:—Halifax, Mills, Glyn, Glyn, Halifax, Mills. In the firm of Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., the names stand thus Tomkins, Percival, M`Pherson, Willis, Tomkins, Blanchard. The names of 19 of the clearing firms end in "Co." In 11 instances the " Co." represents partners of the same name as other partners mentioned in the firm. 11. The number of partners : The number of partners in the 26 clearing firms is 112, and the number of names 70. They may be thus classified : Total Total Partners. Names. 6 partners 36 22 5 ditto ... 30 17 4 ditto ... 26 ... 17 3 ditto ... 12 ... 9 2 ditto ... 6 ... 5 6 firms have, each ... 6 ditto ••• 7 ditto ••• 4 ditto ••• 3 ditto • 112 70 - 111. The names of the partners:— A plurality of names occurs in 30 instances, and the number of partners who bear the same name as other partners is 72 :- 1 Instance of five persons in one firm bearing the name—Smith . _ 1 Instance of four persons in ono firm bearing the same name—llankey 7 Instances of three names—Curries, llanbury, Hoare, Loyd, Martin, Masterman, Salt 2l 21 Instances of two names—Barclay, Bevan, Trit ton, Barnard, Dimsdale, Barnett, Janson, Ken nard, Fullgr, Glyn, Halifax, Mills, Stone, Mildred, Price, Robarts, Curtis, Olding, Ban bury, Williams, Tonakins 42 72 40 Single Names 70 Names. Partners.. In the following firms respectively the partners are all of one name:—Messrs. Fuller and Co. ; Messrs. Ilankey; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith; and Messrs. Stevenson, Salt, and Son. • IV. The occupation of the partners.—All are de scribed simply as as bankers, except Sir John W Lub bock, who is described as a merchant, and Mr. Young, of the firm of Weston and Young, who is described as banker and brewer. V. The name of the place where the business is car. tied on : None of the clearing firms carry on business at any great distance from the clearing-house, which forms a part of the old Post-office in Lombard-street. Twelve of these firm• are located in Lombard-street, and one in each of the four streets or lanes leading out of Lombard street—Birchin-lane, Clement's-lane, Nicholas-lane, and Abchurch.lane ; one in King William-street, ono in Mansion-house -street, one in Moorgate-street, one in Lothbury, one in Threadneedle-street, two in Cornhill, one in Fenchurch-street, one in Gracechurch-street, and one in Southwark. Besides carrying on business in London, Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., carry on business at Manchester under the firm of Messrs. W. Jones, Loyd, and Co, ; and Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., carry on business at Leeds, under the firm of William Williams, Brown, and Co, VI. The residence of the partners.—Three banking firms have returned all their partners as resident at the place where the business is carried on. Three other firms have each two partners resident on the bank pre mises, seven others have each a partner resident at the hank. Most of the other bankers reside in London, or within an easy distance. Some reside at a considerable distance in the country. The Morning Herald and the Standard have re cently betaken themselves to lecturing upon the character of the newspaper press. They denounce the Times with great indignation, for maliciously suppressing Sergeant TalfourJs name in its law reports. We have already expressed our opinion—somewhat unreservedly perhaps—upon this con duct of the Times, and in the absence of any explanation, we must adhere to our opinion of its unjustifiableness. But we must protest against the assumption that we participate in the views or sympathise with the feelings of the Herald and the Standard. Respect for the character of the newspaper press is not the motive which induces these journals to assail the Times. They do it as a speculation—upon the same principle, and pretty much in the same spirit, that a mounte bank abuses a successful rival. It is not by conduct such as is adopted by the Herald and the Standard that the character of the press can ever be raised in public estimation. Take, for example, one fact of very recent occurrence. Mazzini, the Italian exile, was accused by Sir James Graham of having instigated the assassination of two men at Rodez. The Herald and the Standard repeated the charge, and one of them grossly misrepresented an article in the Chronicle, to prove that it was well founded. Sir James Graham subse quently discovered that there was no foundation for his abominable accusation. He did what became him as a gen tleman : he retracted and apologised. But what did the two journals, which, in repeating the calumny, took care to in fuse into it sonic of their own venom? They held their tongue. They neither apologised, retracted, nor explained. Yet they who coolly sit down to perpetrate a piece of villainy like this, have the face to talk about the respectability of the press and the unprincipleduess of the Times.—Morning Chron. accident FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVEIt. — fat Y al e ste d ay afternoon, between six and seven o'clock, a occurred near Southwark-bridge to a young man, named Edward Lee, an apprentice to a weaver. In e several others, he had hired about for the afternoon's with o i n's amuse ment, and in attempting to step from one seat to the other, he overbalanced himself and fell o ver b oar d . B e i ng unable to swim, and somewhat inebriated, he in despite of the exertions of his eompanions. drowned, PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the members and friends of this Association was held in the large hall, Exeter Hall, on Wednesday. The Right Hon. the Earl of Winchilsea in the chair. The meeting was numerously attended, the body of the hall and the gallery being filled; principally by ladies) ; and upon the platform, surrounding the Noble Otiiairman, were Sir Digby Mackworth, Sir Brooke Brydges, Captain:Gordon, Rev. It. G. M`Ghee, Rev. M. O'Sullivan, D.D. Rev. J. T. Robinson, rector of St. A n d rew ' s , H o lb orn ; Rev. Dr. Holloway, &c. The CHAIRMAN having acknowledged the compliment and honour paid him in placing him in the chair, pro ceeded to remark upon the important crisis which had ar rived in the history of the Constitution of this Protestant country, which he for the last thirty.six years had en deavoured to maintain. It was at the early age of seven teen that he had first raised his voice at a public meeting in Kent in defence of those Great Protestant principles and that Protestant Constitution, the maintenance of which was the only title by which the house of Hanover held the crown of these realms—of those great religious principles which the Whigs looked upon as valueless, and which the Conservatives—self-styled Conservatives—had made their stepping-stone to power. And those were the great princi ples—the Protestant principles of our glorious Constitution of Church and State—which they were met to uphold.— (Cheers.) They had, session after session, of late, been accuinstomed to see attacks made on the Protestant religion, as established in this country. The first attack was the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts ; and in regard to that measure he would say, that no man would go further to relieve the Dissenters from their civil disabilities than he would, but he said now, as lie had said at the time that Act passed, do not let us extend the relief to Sucinians and unitarians; let the relief be confined to Christians. Those who deny the divinity of the Saviour had no claim to re lief. The next attack was the (so called) Catholic Relief Bill of 1829. He thanked God he had used all his influence and all his power in opposition to that measure, and the satis faction he now felt in having done so he would not exchange for all the world could bestow. They were told at the time that that measure would pacify Ireland, and unite Protestants and Roman Catholics in that country; but so far from that being the result, they found that the Church of Rome.had used the power which that Act gave it to undermine and destroy Pro testantism in Ireland. The next measure in favour of Popery was the destruction of the Kildare-street Society—( Hear, hear) —which had received the support and sanction of the Roman Catholic hierarchy of Ireland, and the great agitator of that country and his followers; and what was the ground for destroying that society ? because Popery found that the mere reading of the Bible, without note or comment, must speedily end in the destruction of their religion.—(Hear.) The next thing done by the Parliament was to show an utter disregard for Protestant interests and for Protestant feeling in Ireland, and to abolish at once twelve bishoprics in that country. The next step was now to follow—and that was that Protes tant England was to be called on to endow the Popish. Church—(Hear,, hear)—for it was absurd to say that a per manent payment of 30,000/. a-year for the support of the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth was anything but an endowment of Popery, by the State. The proposed endow ment of Maynooth was, in point of fact, an endowment of that religion which they had declared to be founded on idolatry and superstition. He called on the meeting to take a leaf out of the Prime Minister's book, and register— (Hear, hear)—in defence of Protestantism, and to exercise their influence in their respective counties to ensure the return in the next Parliament of a body of men who should uphold the Protestant Constitution at all risks.—(Cheers.) He had exerted himself, and had been mainly instrumental in driving from power Sir Robert Peel's Government after the measure of 1829, and he would not cease to agitate until he had succeeded in rousing the people of this country to a sense of their danger, and driving from office a Government that bad a second time betrayed them.—(Cheers.) The SECRETARY having read the report of the Committee, Captain GORDON moved the first resolution, to the effect that this meeting is convinced of the increasing importance of the Association, and its claims on British Protestants ; that the report of the Committee be adopted, printed, and circulated, and that certain gentlemen named constitute the Committee for the ensuing year. The Rev. J. T. ROBINSON seconded the resolution, which was supported by Sir DIGBY MACKWORTII, and carried una l i - nimously. The Rev. R. G. M'CatER then rose to move the following resolution :—" That from the system of education adopted at the College of Maynooth, in training up young men for the office of the Roman Catholic priesthood, from the im. moral, intolerant, anti• social, and persecuting character of the books used and the system taught in that college, and from the principles in which the Roman Catholic hierarchy are pledged to Rome to train the priesthood in reference to the Protestant Sovereign of these realms, and in which they are proved to train them not only in Maynooth, but after they leave that college and enter into their offices as priests—it appears to this meeting that the endowment to the College of Maynooth is.not only irreconcilable with the duty which Protestants owe to God, but with loyalty and fidelity to our gracious Sovereign, with due regard to the safety of our Constitution, and to the laws, the liberties, and religion of this great empire." It had been said the subject had been exhausted in the House of Com mons, but he contended that as yet the merits of the question had not been discussed at all, and had not been permitted to be discussed. Some inquisitorial influence, not known to the British Constitution, appeared to have been exercised over the Cabinet, and the result had been that the Cabinet had studiously quashed all discussion upon the real merits of the question. The proposition of the Go vernment was to endow a college for the purpose of educat ing a certain class of men. Now, he contended that the whole question to consider, in dealing with such a proposi tion, was, what VMS the character of the education it was pro posed to endow? Surely it must be a very equivocal or sus picious education which it was an act of grace to conceal. But to whom was it an act of grace—was it to the country or the system?—or was it concealed because the Prinie Minister knew it would not bear the light? On the 2d of this month an attempt was made by two Members of the House of Commons—the Ilonourable Member for Kent (Mr. Plumptre), and the Member for Newcastle under-Lyne (Mr. Colquhoun)—to force on some dis cussion upon this the real question, and they had succeeded in eliciting an impotent, irritable denial of demon strable facts ; and upon that occasion the Right Ilonourable Baronet (Sir R. Peel) had stated that he had heard the dis cussion with great pain, because he thought the House of Commons was a most unfit place for discussions of such a nature. He was astonished to hear that statement, for to what did it amount ? That the House of Commons was unable to legislate upon the subject, for if it could not dis cuss, surely it was unable to legislate upon the question.— (A cry from the body of the meeting, " Three cheers for Sir R. Peel.") Sir Robert Peel had given notice to move the third reading of the Bill on Monday next; but would he do so? He believed that before Monday the Right Hon. Baronet would feel it to be due to his country and to himself, rather to bring in a Bill to investigate Maynooth, and those laws which had been set up by the Papal bishops of Ireland against the laws of that Sovereign who had entrusted him with the government of this country. (Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman then entered into a long statement of the doctrines taught at Maynooth, and those of Peter Dens, and thus concluded :—And if the measure should be carried in the House of Commons, who would the Premier get to move it in the House of Lords ? Would he impose the task on Lord Stanley, as a fitting reward for his exertions in undermining Protestantism in Ireland, and cutting out the Bible from the education of his (Mr. M'Ghee's) poor country men ?—(Cheers.) Or could he ask the Duke of Wellington to prostrate his well-earned honours, or the Primate of all England to sacrifice the Protestant religion at the feet of Dr. Higgins ?—(Hear, hear.) Or, should he carry the Bill through both Houses, would he venture to ask the Queen to give to it the royal assent.—(A voice in the gallery, we be lieve, " Yes, he will.") If so, then he would say, Oh ! for the mighty, indignant thunderbolt of a Chatham's voice to read in pieces the hollow-hearted, spiritless legislation of the day. Oh, for its electric power to thrill once more round the walls of the House of Lords, and call upon the ancestors of England's nobles to frown from their tapestry upon such an insult to the British Constitution, and upon the judges to raise the purity of their ermine, and the bishops to interpose the sanctity of their lawn, to avert such an evil to this country.—(Cheers.) The Rev. CHARLES PREST seconded the resolution in a speech of some length, in the course of which he stated that the Wesleyans, though not a political people, were vet ready, when circumstances required it of them, to come for ward and unite with their fellow-Protestants in defence of the Constitution and the Throne—(Hear)—which, he con tended, were endangered by the Government measure for endowing Maynooth. The resolution was then put and carried. The Rev. Dr. O'SULLIVAN moved the next resolution, That the coronation oath was a great national safeguard; and that the meeting would use all constitutional means of resistance to any legislative measure they believed to be at variance with the spirit of that:oath, and destructive of the objects for which that oath was and is required by the laws which called the ancestors of her Majesty to the throne of England. He had looked anxiously into the Government Bill in the hope of being able to find something good in it, but he was convinced that it could only be regarded as a measure to widen, embitter, and make permanent religious dis sension in Ireland, and lead to tumult, massacre, and the dismem berment of the empire. Experience showed that they could not hope to conciliate the Roman Catholics of Ireland by any such concessions ; and moreover, they had declared by their bishops that they did not require this endowment. DUDLEY PERCIVAL, Esq., seconded the resolution, which was put and carried. Sir BROOKE BRYDGES, Bart., moved that the thanks of the meeting be given to the Chairman, which was carried, and acknowledged by the Noble Lord in an appropriate speech, after which the meeting separated. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. Yesterday a special general meeting of tho Proprie tors of this Company was held at the Euston-station ; Mr. George Carr Glyn, Chairman of the Board of Directors, presiding ' • to approve of several B ills now before Parliement, for the construction of extension lines. There was a numerous attendance of Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said the meeting had been convened in compliance with the standing orders of the House of Lords, to a pprove of cer tain Bills now in progres s before Parliament ; and as they had already been brought before the notice of the Proprietors, and unanimously approved of, it was unne cessary that he should enter into details. Two of these, the Churnet Valley and Manchester and Birmingham Amalgamation Bills, rejected by the standing orders, ' had been withdrawn for the present. The Chairman then proceeded to propose seriatim resolutions approving of the Bills. The first was the London, Wor cester, and South Staffordshire, now in Committee. He would make no comments on the proceedings that had taken place, but simply say that they expected a favour able result. The next Bill was for a branch from a Dudley to Sedgley, forming connecting link with th e London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire, and which had been adopted as a precautionary measure in the event of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham being thrown out on standing orders. The Birmingham and Glouces ter were applying for a similar line, but it was not a question of difference between them. The next Bill related to the Trent Valley line from Stafford to Rugby. The Chairman here took occasion to allude to a statement lately promulgated, to the effect that the London and Birmingham Company were charge able with fraud in the transactions connected with the Trent Valley Bill. This he denied, observing that Captain Huish, the secretary of the Grand Junc tion, had, at the meeting of that Company on Monday last, stated that no charge of that description had been preferred in Committee against the London and Bir mingham Company. The next Bills he had to propose were more immediately connected with the main line, and for carrying our extensions from the Leighton Buz zard station of the Birmingham line to Dunstable, and from the Bletchley station to Bedford, and for leasing the West London line. Resolutions approving of the respective Bills were pat and carried unanimously. Mr. J. M. UPCROFT congratulated the Proprietors on the success that had hitherto attended the exertions of the Directors to make the line more extensively useful to the public by the increased accommodation afforded to all classes, and especially to the middle and poorcr class of passengers.—(Applause.) He con cluded some further observations by proposing that the cordial thanks of the Proprietors be given to Mr. George Carr Glyn, the chairman, and to the Board of Directors, for the success that had hitherto attended their exertions to establish the property of the Proprietors on a secure basis, and to render the Company more extensively useful to the public by the admirable arrangements proposed at the last meeting, and the measures since adopted for carrying them into effect, which the Proprietors entirely approved of, and pledg themselves to support the Directors in all such other steps as they may consider necessary to obtain the sanction of Parliament to their various important pro• jests. Mr. WILLIAMS seconded this, and testified to the good feeling that had always been displayed on the part of the London and Birmingham towards other interests, and trihted that they would always be willing to maintain their own rights consistently with those of others. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks on behalf of himself and colleagues. It had always been their desire to carry out the concerns of the great undertaking they were en trusted with on a footing of perfect amity with their neighbours, and they had tried in every direction to evince that spirit to the utmost extent. They bad been anxious to encourage any opportunity for negotiation that might be offered, and had been ready, for the sake of peace, to make considerable pecuniary sacrifioes, but they had determined upon never submitting to any con ditions at the expense or to the disadvantage of their allies.—(Applause.) In reply to a question from Mr. Williams, The CHAIRMAN said that the Northampton and Peter borough line had already been partially opened, and that probably by the 2d of June it would be opened to the public throughout, The line, it would be satisfactory to know, had not only been finished within the time, but within the estimate.—(Applause.) FLANDERS AND DUTCH MA]!L. THE HAGUE, MAY 13.—The Minister of Finance gives notice, conformably to article 3 of the law of 27th December, 1840, that the amount of the Treasury Bonds issued by virtue of the laws of 27th December, 1840, and of 19th June, 1843, which were still in circulation on the Ist of this month, was 952,900 florins. Their Majesties the King and Queen, and members of the Royal family, set out this afternoon for Amsterdam. The Java papers from the Ist to 18th January, have been received to-day:— BATAVIA, DEC. 31, 1844.—Yesterday evening severalof the inhabitants of this city saw a comet, the appearance of which seems to be as unexpected as that of the comet which was visible at the beginning of 1843. The neucleus is plainly discernable by the naked eye, but the tail is not so bright nor so long as that of the comet which appeared almost two years ago. BATAVIA, JANUARY 14.—Mr. T. Hedwig, harbour-muter at Anjer, has sent us a tabular list of ships that passed the Straits of Sander in 1844. The total number was 627. Of these ships 282 were under Dutch colours, 217 English, 57 American, 22 French, 15 Hamburgh, 4 Spanish, 3 Belgian, 2 Australia, and litessian. AMSTERDAM, MAY 13.—The Court is just arrived at the palace, namely, the King and Queen, and their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Orange, Princes Alexander and Henry, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, Prince Frederick, his Majesty's brother, Princess Frederick, and their eldest daughter. The royal suite is very numeroua. Immediately after their arrival their Majesties and the Royal Family came into the balcony of the palace, and were loudly cheered by the crowd that was assembled befere the Palace. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussns, Mai 12. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ..... ....... Rothsehild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• . • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •. • • Ditto Three per Cent ........ ....... Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .... • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 . Ditto, ditto, 1844 102 4 Ditto of the City, 1843 ..... Bank of Belgium ...... .•••••• - -Brussels Papers, May 13. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—lrtrxwa, MAT 6. 5 per Cent. Meta11ique5............. . 4 per Cent. ditt0........................ 102 3 per Cent. ditto.• • • ... • • ...... Lean, 1834 ....... . Ditto, 1839 ............ Bank Shares . • .. Esterhazy's Loan •• . RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand Venice—Milan r • Gloggnitz . Leghorn •.• • • • • • • • 123 Allgeineine Zeitung, May 10. 1650 THE ARIEL CLUB BOA T-RACE. The Ariel " scratch", four-oared race was rowed on Wed nesday evening, and drew a strong muster of the various aquatic clubs. The distance was from Westminster to Put ney, and the start took place at about seven o'clock. Blue—Messrs. Rowland (stroke), Bottril, H. Cooper, Allen, C. Cooper (cockswain). Yellow—Messrs. Peschey (stroke), Williams, Chesswright, Longrove, Hendry (cockswain). Red--Messrs. Dodd (stroke), Trigge, Frisby, Gils, ham (cockswain). The gentlemen were started by the St. George, in their eight, and went away from the bridge at the same moment. After being oar and oar for a few moments, blue took the lead, and although pressed severely throughout the race, maintained it. 'Yellow and red disputed the second place gallantly ; red had the best of :it up to the Penitentiary, when yellow came oar and oar, and gradually drew a length ahead ; red, however, was not so easily shook off, and were close upon their adversaries' quarter all the way up. The race was won by two lengths, yellow two yards in advance of the third. 'the St. George, Neptune, Waverley, Nautilus. Trident, Herne, and other clubs, accompanied the race. DEVON AND CORNWALL WREST- LING MATCHES. TIIE LAST DAY.-PLAYING OFF THE WEAVY WEIGHTS. The Devon and Cornwall Wrestling Society brought their matches to a close on Wednesday, at the Brecknock Arms Tavern, Camden-town, and the company was very nu merous ; many gentlemen belonging to the above counties being present to witness the science displayed in this old English game. The play, which was certainly good throughout, cams off as follows : SECOND PLAT. The drawing of the names brought John Goodman, of the Royal Blues, and Richard Dyer, both of Cornwall, together. men of science and judgment in this art. These men played together for nearly an hour, several foils taking place, Dyer being quick, either falling on his side or shoulder ; Good man, after struggling, caught his opponent by a knock over the knee, and threw him a fair back, amidst the cheers of his friends. The next men to enter the ring were W. George, of Corn wall, and J. Ball, a man of the same county, bath good wrestlers, and during this bout a deal of science and play was shown on each side, several falls taking place, but no back ; Ball ultimately catching his man, and throwing him by the fore hip. The last name in the draw was John Dyer, and he being the single man, was considered to have gained a faiL THIRD PLAY. John Goodman, of the Blues, was again the first man called by the umpires in the ring, and John Dyer, a Cornish man, who was quite fresh, not having played in the second plays, as we have stated above, to contend for the prizes. The betting was in favour of the soldier, be being superior in power and size. Both men played extreinly vvell, and each showed great skill, several foil s takin g place, Good man throwing Dyer, after a hard bout, by the back-heal amidst great cheering. • John Goodman still kept the ring, and J. Bell, of Corn. wall, entered against him, the odds being greatly in favour of Goodman carrying off the prize. Goodman looked well and confident, and after a little dodging for hold, Goodman caught his opponent over the shoulder, and quickly put Up flat on his back, amidst loud and continued cheering, GoW. man having gained another laurel. John Dyer and Ball then came together for the conten tion of the second prize. These men were well matched, and each in their play were on the look out, displaying con siderable judgment ; Ball throwing Dyer. the first time by the hip, but no back. On coming together again, Dyer threw Ball, but on his aide. Several other foils took place, and after a deal of dodging Dyer caught his competitor by the lock, and threw him a fair back, thereby winning the second prize. Both men played extremely well in this bout, being • very even match. This concluded the day's sport, and the prizes were im mediately awarded to the winners by Mr. Steer, of the Ship Inn, Ivy-lane ' • and it will be seen by the play, that the Cornish men have gained the advantage, having won three prizes out of four. The following are the winners : lIEAvv WEIGHTS.—First Prize—John Goodman, of the Royal Blues, Cornwall. Second Prize—John Dyer, Cornwell LIGHT WEIGHTS. — First Prize—James Truscott, Dewitt. Second Prize—T. Treggidder, Cornwall. Fooi. RACE..--THE BLUES AND THE 2ND Liya GuAßDs.—For some time past a great spirit of rivalry has existed between the Royal Horse linards (Blue) and the 24 Regiment of Life Guards, as to which regiment could pro duce the fleetest runner. In order to test the pedestrian skill of the best man in each regiment, several trials had taken place for the purpose of selecting a runner from each, and the match was appointed to take place ob. Monday on oun slow-heath, midway between Windsor and London •, the Blues being stationed at Windsor, and the 2d Life Guards et Hyde-park Barracks. A purse of 251. was made up by the men of each regiment for the winner, and bets to a conside rable amount were also pending on the result between the officers on either side. The men selected to contest the raw were Corporal Mason, of the Blues, and Private Miller, of the 2d Life Guards, the tallest man in the regiment, standing six feet six inches and a half ! Nearly the whole of the officers were present on the heath, to witness the race, and as many of the non-commissioned officers and private as could be spared from their military duties, at their respective barracks. The whole of the distance to be run, 150 yards. was staked and roped in, and also a rope along the centre, to prevent " jostling." Mason had been the favourite, at tri fling odds, for some days before; on the ground, however. the odds rose to 3to 2 against his opponent. At four o'clock the word " off" was given, when both went away at a tre mendous speed, Miller having the advantage of the start by about a yard. At the end of 50 yards Mason nude up for hU loss at the onset, an advantage which he continued to i.sn prove upon during the remainder of the race, beating his op. poneut by three yards. The distance was run in 16 seconds. Both men had been in close training for some days previously to the race, they having been almost wholly exempted. during that time, from their military duties. PARLIAMENTARY COURT CIRCITLAR.--Lord W. Loftus kissed hands on Monday last with the Duke ci Marlborough on the appointment of his brother as member for Woodstock. In the evening ;Ins Lordship dined with his Grace; and, after dessert, took down instructions in writing for his brother, how the Duke wished him to vote during the session. Lord W. Loftus started the following morning for the continent with orders for his brother to return unmA diately to England, and wait upon o th_ e D 3 ;. f it yn to oot t speech in time for the third reading f tsa Punch. 01, r e g_ rtve , om _ Count ansfi lf eld al , sor dste iv i e n d , Coon General Steam X avig Company Clam-Galin. , s steam-ship Earl of Liverpool, from cox* pegs been Dten etit of i stant. pie )on ),00°1 .---