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could come again to Parliament for a second rate, until the rate for the previous instalment was in the course of being raised ? The CH AN7IELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had not made any statement to that effect. Mr. AGLIONBY regretted when so great sums were I voted away for Ireland, that Members should not under stand how these sums were applied. The Government had no idea what was doing in Ireland. Statements were coming out accidentally in the Committee in which he acted, and the schism it would seem which had oc- ' curred in that country between the officers and the employed were quite appalling. He assured the Go vernment that it woo 'd he ahs ilately necessary for them to obtain more immediate and accurate information than could be obtained by the ordieary printed r-ports. He thought the must serious evils and abuses prevail-d, and thought that it weal , ' be incuinnent on the Governinent to adopt some such meaiures as he had recommended. Mr. LATIOU...-HERE said thet the abuse spoken of by the Hoe. Member was the necessary concom.tant of the extraordinary measures which were adopted for the amelioration of the miseries whi,:h had afflicted Ireland. At nee ti ne the Goverement ernpl.4% - ed 750,000 persons upon pub'ic w rks —a gigantic undertaking, such as no Ge ee ee r nent had hitherto attempted. These great mea sures had been carried Out with ,ut d:sord r, aroi the Peorle vere kept at. peace and hi constant employment. Fre I) , lir , v9tl that it was n o matter of surprise that some nbeses li-J1 prevailed, for the oiierations carried on of onby the Gotr,7rnrm.,q were, he believed, aletogettih,evred out ihat t i ' m e ordinary pale of letei-dntive actg. H f ei Geeernrnent could undertake to employ or to teed a portlon of the p o pulation e ane p eo ple, no r even such. al trouble and evil arsine. wished also at they had waded withou t nitre t.d. H e from the measures whic h the y a- op i - f to correct the practice w hich existed of making sweeping ohservations; against the Irish g entr y , for he knew very rawly iestaeces in which g:•e,•.t, personal trouble was un dereene, and great pecuniary sacrifices sustained for the allesittien of the miseries of the starving peasantry, In 1846 there were 100.6001. subeeribed by private ie. dividaals, and from September, 1846, to May, 1847, they ammented t 200.0001., so that there was not, therefore, an y want of public spirit on the part of individuals. Af'er a few words frmn Mr. AGLIONBY, Mr. ROEBUCK said, that when he had heard the iendlerds er Ireland spoken of as a class, he had heard tl , em described as not informed as to their duties; but let that mater be as it vas, he conceived that the Govern ment were depirting from their legitimate function.; in their interference on the present question. Sir J. GRAHAM differed somewhat from the Hon. tines Learned Member for Bath in his general statement of the effe'rs of Ireland, and he fully sympathised with the Government in the feat ful emergency in which they were called on to act. Still he thought it was time that they revelved Ceeir position, as he looked on the state ment of the Right Hon. Gentieroan (the Chancellor or the Exehequer) as anything but cheering. There should espeeially be no misunderstanding about the 600,0001. now spent monthly in Ireland in various works. Stets should he taken to get it paid back, and rates in nil Cases where practicahle under the present law should be levied tesear 's lignidating these advances.—(Hear.) Me ROEBUCK wished to know whether the Go vernment were determined to enforce the p a yment of the rates ? In several cases gentlemen in Ireland lied, it epeeared. euccesscelly opposed the collection of the rate air etey imnosed. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the rates would be eurnseed as far as possible. With regard to the ge perel sitticet, it ought to be recollected by! the Right n. Baronet the Member for Dorchester that the time at which the Government was called to act was one of great e•nerizeney.—(Hear, hear.) s' of Ireland was one of 5,000,000 of p.opl, not clepridin.r, on regular wages, but on the food which they themselves cultivated ; when that food filed, the state of secatte did not aff .rd a r merly—society was dis oreani,eri. Trey had not to do with granite, but with a loner, friable sandstone. The proprietors had no hold on the atfectiens of the people, the landlords were not roso , eted by the ecclesiastics, the lower classes were excited by speeches which appealed to their imagina tions ; they were not affiteted by measures which were directee hrt their benefit ; anti however much the House miebt admire the patience and constancy with which they bore the calamity with which Providence had afflicted them, they could not disguise the feet- 4 that that ey'l fled been con iderably heightened by their own want of en erg y an d f r es ieht. It was u rged against the Gevern meet that they ought not to interfere in a calamity like this ; it was urged that the Govern ment were travelling out of their way by introducing measures to all via.'e the sufferings which were daily ex perienced ; but when they found that these works were sueeessrul alleviating that distress—when they foiled that much misery and melt wretchedness had been combated, he thougbt that the Government had so far proved their wisdom in bringing, forward such ma inures. The abuses attending the system adopted be Guy , rnment for the alleviation of this distress, had at het the effect of inducing a better state of things, awl he trusted that the calamity which had already visited that country, would, in conjunction with the poor-laws, lay the foundation for a state of great and happier ex istence. He was still of opinion, that it was right for them to adopt such measures as might meet the calamity, and afterwards elevate the people in the scale of nations. He hoped the Hems , . would grant its consent to thus, sums; he did not ask the House to grant that consent in the exneetetion that no abuse would be exhibited in the expenditure of them, but he could assure them that the fullest attention of the servants of the Government would he r_rive-i to the proper distribution. Sir D. NORREYS expressed himself satisfied with the sta , emee t, of the Noble Lord, but still he could not help fueling that thee landlords of Ireland had been unjustly treat 4 by many Hon. 31 tub- - :rs in that House, and ra•tc , .. , .ri.)' by true II m. and Learned Member for bid]. The truth wag. the great body of the landed gentry of Ireland 'lad done their best to mitigate the sufferings of th:.y peorle, but they were beset on all sides by diffi ulties. an , i nerhans their efforts had not been so siv cessful as they might otherwise have been. He enter tlini.d no doubt, whltever that in all they did Govern ment wls actuated by the best feelings and intentions t ,, watdi Ireland ; but their ignorance of the real state of things in that unfortunate country had led them into many error.a. Mr. ROEBUCK said that the speech of the Hon. Ger,tl•gmsn who had just sat down was a complete con firmation of what he had been saving throughout the whale Fe , -;slin in reference to Ireland, and the mode that vrs< alopted in reference to relieving , the distress of that coon try. The resolution was then agreed to, and ordered to be reported to the House to-morrow. The other orders of the day were then ctsposed and the House actiourne3. SURRE ir THEATRE. A new ballad opera, the libretto - w - ri - t — ten - by Mr. E. Peeled!, and the music composed by Mr. J. H. Tully, the cend ictor of the music at this theatre, was produced here 1 tst evening with comply-te success. It is entitled the Forest Maiden and the Moorish Page, and the scene is laid in Eeglard. :n the reign of Mary Tudor, better known by the name of " Bloody Queen Mary." Mary, Oars. H. Vining,) the cruel and blood-thirsty bigot, is married to Philip of Spain, (Mr. Leffler), the licentious bigot. Among the Maids of Honour of the Queen, is Alice Conley, ( %His Itainf , rth), the daughter of S'r Edward Copley, (Nir. Mc Nlahon), a proscribed noble prescribed because he is a heretic, and has slaved to think for himself. As his mother, however, has been a good Catholic, Mary takes Alice into her service, and she attracts the attention of the licentious Philip, who mikee love to her. His suit is, however, indignanly relected, and undeterred by the penalties to which alt relapsed heretics are subject, she meets her father in Winisar l'Arls, and is by him affianced to Francis Huntley (Mr. ISr. Harrison), the secretary of Philip. Her proceedings are watched by Leon (Miss R. Isaacs), the Msorish page of Philip, who is the spy of the Queen, and who picks up a letter, which Alice has let fall, and gives a to the Queen. This letter is from her father, and Mary immediately orders her to be arrested as a Istpead heretic, giving, at the same time, the letter to Philip. Philip, thinking the accusation of heresy may fins and his views, orders Alice in strict custody to the Tower, appointiug his secretary. Huntley, governor of the fortress. He goes to the Tower seeking an interview with Alice, and finds that Huntley, acting strictly upon hie order,, refuses him admission to her cell, as by the warrant of her commitment no one is to be allowed access to her, but by the especial orders of the Queen herself. In the meanwhile Leon who has discovered that Mica has rejected the suit of Philip, determines to save her, and meeting with the Q teen in the tower, tells her that Alice is innocent, and that if she will release Alice the really guilty shall be delivered into her hands. The Queen consents, and gives Leon larr royal signet. Alice is released, and then Leon declares that instead of Leon Leonora de Castro, the former mistress of Philip. who has followed him from Spain, stands before her—that through jealousy she has denounced Alice—and as she makes the avowal dies, having swal lowed p,ison. Philip is exposed, Sir Edward Copley pardoned. and Alice and Francis made happy. As far as music is cone:ailed, this, perhaps, is one of the most unevenly composed operas that ever was presented to the puhtie. Until the finale of the first act all is noisy doom may summer fly" is common place. Tae beauty of the finale, however, a quertette_e-yes yes, whatever be " end ing with a „ beautiful eaeee.t g n a :Sow the golden and produced an outbreak of well deserved spa eaue4 lYl at the falling of the drop scene. Mr. Tully is a better e music. In this quartette a of nd chamber than of operatic madrigal he depended more upon the vocal than it e p e s , o l d the instrumental music for preducing his effects, w noise he he was really great, and if he would esche ezuld be a great com pproact. was admirable poser. The music of the see. n e a m te. The scene t h rou hour. It was dramatic and a opens with an old English revel under i th his iatitation of the old style of English mush:3l%re; anti beauti`u!. It was an imitation, certainly., b ut a a : h e ard, that it had all the meirlit:att lion of' n i p music was peeormed principally b y And the sostenuto was very beau 1411,1.- d iterumente, chi A se n . : 4 by Miss Rebecca Isaacs " The Moerieh Meiden " ie x beeutiful bit of melody, exquisitely . g i ven , and it was deservedly encored. It is followed by a benefit . ..ll ballad, •'A little c,,t beside toe sea," de . liciuusly gives by Mi ss It a i n f ort h ; an d a duet, a very b eautiful compositicomposition,•'H ope hovers o'er us, Which is, perhapz, th e gem of the opera , and which was given by Miss Rainforth and Miss Isaacs in a style, which secured a loud call for its repetition, and which very narrowly escaped a double „ cor e. The fin ile to this act is a very fine composition, and wa - : given with great spirit and effect. In the third act we have a very effective chorus, a ballad from Mr. Har rison, which he gave according to his wont, with little feeling, but witis great power, and which was voci ferously applauded by the galleries ; and an exquisite song. by Miss Isaacs, "Every joy of my childhood is gone," an exquisite , composition, given with great pathos Ol'i~ (': and ta;te, and wh!ch ought to have lee* encored, but was not. In this act there is a very graceful melody, "That flower so sweet," which was well sung by Mr. Leffler, and a very sweet ballad " The beautiful morn," which was given with great taste by Miss Rainforth. The triumph of the evening, however, remained with Miss Isaacs. Miss Rainforth, Mr. Harri son, and Mr. Leffler, sustained their former positions. Miss R,beec z Isaacs took to , iiint's stride in her profes sional career. Hitherto sh e has made much of little parts. In this opera she has been cast for a part more worthy of her genius, and she has known how to avail herself of the opportunity. Miss Isaacs is the most promising singer at present on the stage. We give her two years to be at the head of her profession. At the conclusion Miss Rainforth and Miss Isaacs were called for, and led on by Harrison, and then there were loud calla for the Maestro Tully, who came on and bow d his thanks. The house was crowded to the ceiling. CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY. The anniversary festival of this institution was held last evening, at the London Tavern. His Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge in the chair. Amongst those present were Viscount Lake, Sir George Larpent, Sir T. Wilson, Luke James Hansard, Esq., George Cruikshank, Esq., J. T. Bedford, Esq., &c. The usual loyal and constitutional toasts having been un tnimously responded to, The CHAIRMAN proposed " Prosperity to the fund, and may it flourish for ever." In doing so, he said that the society was commenced in 1818, under the auspices of his late Noble Relative the Duke of Kent. In 1828 the funds were so great that the institution was en abled to ply 11.11 s. a month to the male and 11. 2s. to the female pensioners. The subscriptions at that period amounted to 9,276/. 10s.; but in 1828, the funds began to diminish; and in 1833, the managers were obliged to reduce the pensions of the men to 45., and the females to 3s. He did not say that the subscrip tions, which had brought about this reduction, had been withdrawn, because he believed that they had been given to other institutions which had been formed for a similar object, the initiative having been given by the institution whose anniversary they had met to celebrate. However from 1836, the funds began to improve, owing to the exertions which were made by the friends of the insti tution, and they were now enabled to pay the males 1/. i's., and the females 18s.—(Cheers)--and their great ambition was to restore the pensions to their former ' state.—(Cheers.) Another argument in favour of that institution was this—that each male candidate should introduce, at the time of his admission, three new subscribers, and each female candidate two sub scribers, who should continue to contribute to the funds during the whole period they received aid from them. The half of the receipts were devoted to present emergencies, and the other half was invested for future contingencies. His object in taking the chair was to promote the object which the managers had in view, and he trusted that they would induce their friends and others to join the Institution.—(Cheers). The toast was drunk in a bumper. Sir GEORGE LARPENT then proposed the health of his Roy Highness, which wa s warm l y responded to. The CHAIRMAN felt the utmost in terest in the prosperity of the to promotelnstitution, i and ts should feel happy t o d o a ll i n power prosperity. It was seven years ago since he presided over one of the anniversaries arid he trusted that the effect of his taking the chair on that occasion would be the means of restoring the pen sions to their former amount. Mr. RICHARDSON. the Secretary, said in 1818, when the society was honoured with the presidency of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, that benevolence had not taken so wide a range as it had at the present moment ; nevertheless, the society gained rapidly in public esteem, and the payments at one period amounted to 10,0001. a year ; in fact, their coffers were so full that they came to a resolution to elect 100 pensioners twice a year, and the excitement at the elections was not unlike that which prevailed at a contested election ; but since that period, Lambeth, Southwark, and other large locali ties, had established similar societies, awl those who had supported the parent society were profligate enough to furget that they had rendered themselves responsible for the pension of nearly 700 individuals, and that the directors, by their withdrawal, were unable to pay them their stipends. His Royal Highness had said that there had been a transfer of charity, and that it had been diverted into other channels, but there should have been no transfer of charity whilst the pensioners who had been elected lived.—(Cheers.) In 1828 their means were so crippled, that they were obliged to re duce the payments to 3s. for the men, and 2s. to the women. _,They could better imagine the feelings of those who had been lod fo believe that their pensions would be p-rrnanent, than he could describe them when they found that their small means of subsistence had been thus reduced. Many thought that they ought to s-11 out, and abolish the in-titution altogether ; but still a great number were of opinion that they ought to pro ceed.—(Loud cheers.) And as a great step in that direction, they had solicited his Royal Highness to take Cie chair. One important feature in this society was this, that the votes given to unsuccessful can didates were kept as a ledger account, and registered in their favour at any future election.—(Hear, hear.) His Royal Highness might return to his palace with the sa tisfaction of knowing that the institution was in a fair way of being restored to the state it wan in in 1818. The subscriptions in the course of the evening amounted to upwards of 1,0001. ; amongst them were the following donors :—The Duke of Cambridge, 201. ; Mrs. Brandford, 2001. ; L. J. H ansar d, E sq , 20 /. ; F. Cobb, Esq., of Margate, 501 ; the Duke of Buccleuch, 20/. ; Lord Ashburton, 101. ; S. J. Lloyd, Diq., 10/ 10s. • T. A. Law, Esq., 21/. ; N. J. Prescott, 101 10 s . ; Si r d. Lar ! pent, 101 10s. _ _ _ _ _ The object of the institution is to give permanent re lief without distinction of religion, sect, or country, to decayed artisans, mechanics, manufacturers, and trades men of good character by allowing them pensions, not to exceed 31;. per month to the men ; and also to poor deserving widows, not to exceed at any time 22i. per month, such pensions to he payable monthly. None to be admitted candidates under sixty years of age, cases of total incapacity only excepted, and the female pen sioners to be elected never to exceed half the number of males. Mr. Toole was the toastmaster. RE-APPEARANCE of the POTATO DISEASE. (From the Dublin Evening Post.) The reader will peruse with deep regret a statement from the Carlow 'Sentinel regarding the failure amongst the potatoes (for we would hope even against hope, that it will not prove general) in the Queen's County and in Carlow. We shall say nothing ourselves on thii distress ing subject—having all along exerted what influence we might be supposed to possess to warn the farmer against the potato—except to subscribe unconditionally to the opinion of our Carlow contemporary, that it would be absurd and mischievous to inspire hopes which may not be realised. Nay, it would be treacherous to the land lords and farmers of Ireland. Just as the preceding rf ferenee was about to be sent to the printer, we received the following communication from the firm of Messrs. Iliggins and Co., seedmen, of College green:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE " DUBLIN EVENING POST." Sir,—We hesitate not to communicate to you the result of an experiment made by us on the potato plant, which, we regret to say, leaves but slender hope of se curing the growing crops free from disease. Being of the opinion that there was very considerable risk in cultivating potatoes this season, we planted a few sets in a green-house, which soon vegetated, and flourished beautifully until about a week ago, when the fatal disease suddenly, but certainly, appeared. On the same day our attention was attracted to a small plot of ground, in which was growing, up to that time, very luxuriantly, a variety called early martin, the seed of which had been saved with the utmost care, having been what is termed greened. On examination they proved to be decidedly affected, and in a manner similar to those grown in the greenhouse. We have decided on making the above facts as public as possib:e ; as we have learned this day, that already seine hundreds of acres in the county of Carlow have been ascertained to be irretrievably attacked. The disease assumes various types ; in Tipperary the leaves speedily black and curl. In Carlow, the stalks are found to be affected just below the ground. We delay not now to make any suggestions as to how the calam , ty may be mitigated ; but purpose at once to make them the subject matter of another communica tion.—We remain. Sir, your obedient servants, JOSEPH HIGGINS AND SONS. 29, College-green, 29th May, 1847. The fallowing is the statement referred to : CARLOW, MAY 29.—A gentleman who has visited various parts of the barony of Slievemarigne, Queen's County, and several fields adjoining this town, called at our office on Thursday, and produced unquestionable proof of the appearance of disease in the potato. The stalk looked healthy, and presented no external appear ance of disease, but on a close examination of the root near the tuber, the disease was visible—evidently pro gressing upwards, and in a state of transition from a sickly state of decomposition ; and what is more extra- ' ordinary, the seed in some cases was sound, and the stalk green and healthy. To conceal this information, and to continue to inspire hopes of success, would not only be absurd but mischievous. We, therefore, call on those who planted potatoes to judge for themselves, to go through their fields, to examine the stalk carefully near the tuber, and if they find the slightest appearance of disease, let them forthwith prepare the ground for a crop of white beet, or turnips, while the season for plant ing such crops continues.. The potato crop last year looked healthy and luxuriant until it came into blossom in July ; then it was that the disease manifested itself generally ; but we entertain no doubt whatever that it was progressing steadily from a muca earlier period, although its effects were not visible. The ground at thstlate period was useless ; but if upon examination at this early stage of its growth the potato is found tainted, not fail we warn those who may still cling to the fond hope of 'oitpttfheseetyailodntgiiisaa.t:toto crop, in direct opposition to the evidence their tenses to prepare the land for such a crop as generalwil d i u s hnt: a m p i ti,c t p o liee repay the labour bestowed in o t f ni f s oo y d e , ar an d d id i n t ot is re f l o y r o tu n n t a t t i e e exper i. iment, ite u n livation was very generally tried prove a failure, those who toted ; and if the ex _ nirlind green trope being substi hazard it have ample y t im ee nt Since the foregoing t o was s i tn writte supply the deficiency. most healthy fields in appearanceninwtehvisited one of the !ow. The gentleman to whom it belongs envicinity of Car with great care, and planted them in 4soZtivated it tact can no longer be concealed, that although and the the tato is formed the crop is g one. If th e farmer, on exa. urination of the stalk at the tuber, find the colour brown instead of a purple tint, he may rely on the fact that disease has set in and will go on. Let every man, h oe _ ever, l ex am ine his own crop , an d judge for himself.— TUE SUN, LON DON z TUESDAY MORN I NG; JUNE t. 184'1 AMERICAN AFFAIRS. NEW YORK, MAY 15.—My last letter, dated the 11th inst., by the propeller Sarah Sands, announced the defeat of General Santa Anna by General Scott, at Cerro Gor !o. Since that affair General Scott has advanced , o, and taken possession of, Jalapa and Perote, without cp pisition, the Mexicans having abandoned these posts. General Worth emend Perote on the 22d of April. Perote is about 40 miles in advance of Jalapa. There is a rumour, not believed, that orders have been issued and forwarded to General Scott, directing him to halt, and not to enter the city of Mexico. If such an order has been issued, it will probably be of no avail, as Scott, it is supposed, will have taken the city before the order can reach him. There is another rumour, more ridiculous, that an extra session of Con gress is contemplated. The inquiry, in the American community, now is, having conquered all that is important or valuable of Mexico, what is to be done with the conquered territory ? The opinions on this point are conflicting. The high toned portion of the Administration party insist upon the Government holding all they have or may conquer until the Mexicans pay the expenses of the war. They say the army shall be supported by contributions levied upon Mexico, &c. On the other hand, there is another party that advo cates an abandonment of all conquests, or substantially so, contending that whatever territory it may be deemed expedient to retain shall be honestly paid for, at its real or true value. Between these two extremes there are a variety of opinions. What are the precise v;ews of the Executive is not known. It is considered, I believe, a State secret. One thing, however, many think is definitively settled, so far as the Administration is concerned. Not an inch of territory of any value, which they may have the power to hold, will they ever surrender. Every ace, every movement, indicates such a design. What the American people will ultimately require their Govern ment to do, is in the womb of Time. I yet hope and believe that they will indignantly spurn the idea of being recorded on the pages of history as freebooters and robbers. In the present state of public affairs, I shall bazar no other opinion as to the future policy of the Govern ment on the question of peace or war, than that above expressed. The partisans of the Executive are amass ing fortunes. They will, therefore, continue to laud Mr. Polk and the war. I neither know nor hear of any honest effort by those in piwer to terminate the conflict. A few weeks will probably develope more fully the views of the President and. his Cabinet. The latest accounts &cm Mexico would lead us to the conclusion that they were preparing for a guerilla warfare. On the 28th of April it was rumoured at Jalapa that Mr. Bankhead, the British Minister, has renewed his offers of mediation between Mexico and the United States, and that when the last diligencia left the city of Mexico the Congress wai acting upon his propositions, whatever they may have bee.. Notwithstanding the fixed and denunciatory tone of the press, there is a peace party in Mexico. and there may be something in this report of English intervention, in the distiacted affairs of that country. But this Go vernment will reject all or any interference in this ques tion. To admit it, would probably defeat the views and policy of the Administration. It would certainly jeo pardise them. The following preamble and decree have been passed by the Mexican Congress:— The sovereign constituent Mexican Congress, it , use of the full powers with which the inhabitants of the re public have invested it for the sacred object of saving its nationality; and as a faithful interpreter of the firm de termination with which its constituents arc decided to carry on the war which the United States are now making on the nation, without desisting on account of any kind of reverses; and considering that under these circumstances the first public necessity is that of pre serving a centre of union to direct the national deft nce with all the energy that circumstances demand; and to %void even the danger of a revolutionary power arising which might dissolve the national union, destroy its in stitutions, or consent to the dismemberment of its terri tory, has determined to decree as follows: " Article I.—The Supreme Government of the union is authorised to dictate all necessary measures for the purpose of carryir g on the war, defending the nationality of the republic, and saving the federal republican form of Government under which the nation is constituted. " Article 2. —The preceding article does not authorise the Executive to make a peace with the United States, conclude a negociation with foreign powers, nor disrose in whole or in part, of the territory of the Republic. " Article 3.—Neither does it authorise him to make contracts of colonisation, impose punishments, or confer any civil or military employments other than three whose appointments are expressly entrusted to him by the constitution. Article 4.—Every agreement or treaty shall be null and void which may be made between the Government of the United States and any authority whatever, which, subverting the actual order of affairs, should set aside or take the place of the legally established supreme powers of the union. " Article 5. —Every individual is declared a traitor, let him be a private person or public functionary, who, either in his private capacity or invested with any autho • city, incompetent or of revolutionary origin, may enter into treaties with the United States of America. " Article 6.—ln the event that the actual Congress finds it impossible to continue its sessions, a permanent Committee shall be immediately installed, to be com posed of the oldest individuals then found present of each deputation. " Article 7.—This committee. in the absence of Con gress, shall perform the duties of a Government Council; , hall appoint, in case of vacancy, the person who is to take charge, temporarily, of the executive powers of the republic ; shall regulate the counting and taking of the votes in the election of a rew president ; shall give pos session to the elected p rson, and shall call together the national representation. " Article B.—The powers which the present decree confers on the Government shall cease as soon as the war is concluded." A most unpleasont collision has taken place in Cali fornia, between Commodore Stockton and Lieutenant- Colonel Freemont on the one side, and General Kearney on the other. I pretend not to judge who is in the wrong ; but I may safely state, that public opinion is strongly against the Commodore, and in favour of the General. When Kearney presented his authority as Governor, Stockton refused to recognise it, and defied his authority. One charge against Colonel Freemont, it is said, is making improper and incorrect reports to the Adminis tration for sinister purposes. It is further said, that the General is only awaiting the arrival of troops to sustain him, and he will then, probably, arrest Stockton and Freemont as mutineers. Within the last ten days, it is announced, the Cabinet have had two conclaves on this serious subject. Freemout is the son-in-law of Colonel Benton. It is also stated, that Mr. Marcy, Secretary of War, sustains General Kearney, while Mr. Mason, Secretary of the-Navy, deems it his duty to uphold the acts of his subordinate. This is, for the President, an unpleasant dilemma, to say the least of it, as it may produce un happy results. _ MI:. Walker, Secretary of the Treasury, is afflicted with an alarming complaint, and has not attended the two or three recent Cabinet meetings. Without being very ill he is losing his voice, and is now scarcely able to speak so as to be heard. He recently visited Balti more for medical advice, and it is said he is instructed to converse but little. In a former letter I remarked that the temperance cause had received a check in consequence of legislative interference, The State of New York, through the importunity of certain fanatics, passed what was termed an excise -law, but which was. in fact, a law prohibiting the retailing of spirituous liquors. The independent portion of the community (many of them tem perance men) denounced this law as oppressive, and a violation of the rights of the citizens, and so loud and long were their denunciations, that a few days since, just before the adjournment of the Legislator , . they took up the subject arid promptly repealed the Excise or License law, and all Acts proh biting the sale of spirituous liquors. On the motion I repeal, the votes stood:— Ayeg Nayes In the Senate ...... In the House of Representatives 68 38 Such is, and ever will be, the effect of coercion, when substituted for persuasion, especially if the rights of the citizen are supposed to be invaded. A repeal of this odious law will promote the cause of temperance.— Times. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER. T, _'HE .. , EASOR.—PROSPECT9 Or THE eltOrS,--The accounts contained in the provincial papers from all quarters of the country coincide in describing the prospect of the har vest as most favourable, and the effects of the present genial weather as most beneficial. The crops are everywhere look ing remarkably fine, and no doubt appears as yet to be enter tained of an early and abundant harvest. It is a sad fact, that from the very large quantity of game preserved on the Duke of Marlborough's estate at Blenheim, some of the corn-growing land in the locality will not produce a bushel of corn to the acre. His Grace has some hundreds of acres of arable land in his occupation, which is now unproductive, and which has not this season been cul tivated. John Gorman, Dennis Gorman, James Coffee, John Gilbert, and Catherine Gorman, were finally examined at Westminster Police .court, on Saturday, on a charge of com mitting a desperate assault upon the police, and Ellen Gorman was charged with attempting to rescue one of the other pri soners. The first five prisoners were fully committed to Newgate for trial on the capital charge of assaulting and wounding with intent, &c. ; and Ellen Gorman, who wa , , proved to have tried to rescue her husband, was admitted to bail. ABERGAVENNT.—We rejoice in being able to state that the colliers have returned to work to Cwm Celyn (the works of Messrs. Cruthwell, Allies, and Co.), while the be ginning of the week, at latest, will, in all probability, find them busy at Coalbrook Vale. The restoration of a good understanding between the masters and men is hailed with very considerable satisfaction by the tradesmen of Aberga venny, and the poorer part of the population have to con gratulate themselveson the reduction of the price of flour from 18s. a week or two ago, to from 14s. to 15s. 6d.—Herelbt d Times. By a memorandum of this month the shabraque of heavy cavalry are discontinued, and the hussar saddle and sheep skin are to be used. We hear the epaulette is to be done away with for officers, and the scale worn in marching order, and an auguilette and shoulder-knot in ball rooms and reviews. The helmets at the new issue are also to be changed, and made somewhat similar to the Life and Horse Guards.—United Service Gazette. THE PITT CLUB.—The anniversary of the Pitt Club was celebrated on Saturday at the London Tavern, and was both fully and most respectably attended. The Hon. Captain" Duncombe, R. N., 111. P., presided, and was supported by the Earl of Eldon, President of the Club; Sir IL R. Farrel. Em r.; 2 3 " q John; Croft, - Bart.. Sir Brooke Bridges, Bart., Sir R. P. Glyn, Bart., Colonel Sibtholp, M.P., Joseph Neeld, Esq., M P., the Club, and several' Mr. Samuel Fisher, Secretary to G. W. J. Repton, Esq., M.P., other members. The dinner and wines gave great aati a f act i o B. DISCOVERY OF COALS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. We have great pleasure in laying the following in teresting narrative before our readers. By our friends in the neighbourhood of Southwell, Farnsfield, 011erton, and Mansfield, it will, we feel assured, be read with deep interest and delight, when we inform them that the Messrs. Gregory, who by their enterprising researches, have been the fortunate discoverers of this great colonial blessing, are the sons of the late Joshua Gregory, Eeq., formerly of Southwell, and nephews of W. J. Gregory, Esq., of 011erton, and Mrs. Shipman, Mansfield. The particulars of the expedition are obtained by us partly from private correspondence and partly through the medium of the Perth (Western Australian) Gazette, and may be embodied as follows: With a desire to peneta ate into and make further dis coveries relative to the terra incognito of the vast tract of country known as Western Australia, these scientific and enterprising young men, consisting of Messrs. Augustus, Francis, and Henry Gregory, voluntarily undertook an expedition into the interior, trusting to find, if not coal, at least some extent of good country, which might be made available for the increasing flocks and herds of the settlement ; Government having fir this purpose granted them the use of the four survey horses, they obtained some meal for the animals and a present of flour from Advocate GE neral G. Moore, and took their departure from Perth on the 4th of August last, hoping that by having undertaken their journey during the winter months they should suffer less from want of water than during any other season. After travelling for eleven days, during which time they repeatedly encountered groups of the natives, who appeared far more disposed to decamp than parley, they came in sight (on the 15th of August) of a range of lofty hills, distant about forty miles. From the singular appearance of these hills, which rose abrutly from the plain, with deeply serrated aides and a peculiar tint, it was evident that they belonged to a different geological formation to any the party had yet seen ; steering for these hills they passed over a beautiful grassy hill of trap rocks, the soil a dark brown loam; from the top they observed an extensive lake, filing up nearly the whole of the valley for many miles to the north and north east. Descending from this hill they pushed on for the lake, and reached its margin at one o'clock leen of the 161 h; it, however, proved nearly dry, and covered with a thick crust of salt; the banks were very steep, nearly thirty feet high, and formed almost entirely of gypsum. They halted for the night in a thick scrub without water. On the 17th, having discovered some granite rocks with water in them, they refreshed themselves and their tired and hungry horses, and resumed their journey; having arrived at the summit of the highest peak, which they named "Mount Jackson," they left their horses and ascended through thick bushes, with which the sides were clos-ly covered, and after half an hour's toil, they reached the summit—a mass of variegated trap rock, singularly stratified in thin layers of red and black; from this point the view was most extensive and delightful. Four similar ranges to the one they were now upon, presented themselves, bearing re spectively east, south-south-east, north, and north east, and being distant from about thirty to fifty miles. The whole of the intermediate space was nearly one dead level plain of brown or glaring red sandy loam, in many parts nearly bare, the rest covered with thick scrubs or open forest ; a few native fires were visible, but none to the east of the line they were upon. Having descended Mount Jackson, the party returned to their horses, and went in pursuit of water, after searching in vain for nearly two days they were reluctantly com pelled to return in disappointment and exhaustion to their last watering place, where their thirsty horses at once drank up nearly all the water that remained, thus obliging the party to fall back upon the only water with which they were acquainted, being not less than 30 miles in the rear. From this time to the 24th the country, although of an indifferent quality, was not devoid of the picturesque; the lakes in the valley to the right formed a pleasing contrast to the white cliffs which surrounded them, broken as they were into detached masses by the rich foliage of the wild cypress. As they mounted each sue cessive ridge, a tall, majestic cliff, in the distance. which they named " Mount Singleton," was ever and anon seen rearing its dark blue summit against the clear sky, and forming a beacon by which the now weary and tired travellers were to keep their course. Early in the morning of the 25th, they started full of hope, expecting to reach Mount Singleton, distance about twenty miles, before night; after travelling eight miles the ground became open, and on emerging from a forest of white gum trees they discovered a lake three miles in width, which lay between themselves and the high lands which skirt Mount Singleton. Although the soil on the margin was extremely soft they entered the lake, which was nearly dry ; with much labour the horses got over the first two-and-a•half miles ; when ,ithin three hundred yards of the opposite shore, the upper crust,consisting cf three or four inches of salt and gypsum, gave way, the horses sinking to their bellies in mud and brine ; after several attempts to extri cate them had proved unavailing, the horses being quite exhausted by plunging and struggling for two hours, as a last resource the travellers proceeded to the opposite bank and made two hurdles of tea trees, each twelve feet long, lashing them together with tether ropes ; these, although so heavy that two could scarcely carry them across the mud, the party succeeded in placing alternately in front of the horses ; the poor animals appeared to know the use of them, and immediately walked from one to the other with the utmost caution. In this manner, after fivichours' toil, they succeeded in retracing their steps, arriving on firm groun d just as it ate grew dark. This was first day they mo ll utid tfieir horses, having walked 4t, least 350,01 a, On the 2d September they fell in with a party of four natives, who were evidently taken by surprise; they ad dressed theta in the dialect of the York district, trying to make them understand that they were friends; but after staring for about a minute without speaking they walked off a short distance in a crouching attitude, and then took to their heels at full speed. They were naked, save their noolben or belt. On the 9th the party discovered a considerable river, and traced it for some miles, but as it tended too much to the southward they left it, turning to the west ; in a few miles, however, they again struck upon it. much enlarged. On the 10th they continued the course of the river, which, making a sudden turn, entered an extensive valley two or three miles wide. Here the pasture, consisting of rye grass and wild oats, was most luxuriant, displaying large open grassy flats of 200 or 300 acres each, game in abundance, turkeys, cockatoos, crested pigeons, and parrots, displaying their gorgeous plumage in wonderful and rich variety. The country along this river (which they continued to fol low) is truly splendid, being the finest pieces of land either for pasture or agriculture that they have met with in the colony. Having followed the course of the river until it emptied itself into a small inlet of the sea, the party returned by a different route, along the south east branch of the same river, and after a variety of diffi culties, fatigues, and adventures, and having travelled 1,100 miles, our adventurers at length ascertained the glorious fact that extrusive coalfields did indeed exist in this wild and comparatively unexplored country of their adoption, and that within 180 miles north of Perth, on the river Irwin, avkitonly 39 miles from the beach. These are indee4lorious advantages to. the whole population of the ,colony—and to minds so well able a , appreciate these' deanteges as the discoverers undoubt edly are—the first sensations of delight must indeed have been enthusiastic—nay, one would think almost a sufficient reward for all the toile, fatigues, disappoint menta, dangers, and anxieties they had undergone during their two months' expedition in search of it. The for mation proved of considerable extent, consisting (as far as they had time and means to ascertain) of two seams of from live to six feet each in thickness, with the usual accom paniment, shales and sandstone, which are peculiarly interesting as proving the exact coincidence of the gen logy of that continent with Europe on this point. In the cliff where the coal was found may really be said to be an execution in nature of Buckland's map of the coal formations. The coal is so advantageously situate for working, that in the space of a quarter et' an hour one of the party extracted seve ral hundred weigh., with which they raised a brazing fire as a feu de joie! The coal gave a great heat, and burnt out to a will:4. ash. Having supplied themselvt s with specimens both o! the coal and shale , , the party returned, with light hear, and joyful cr.untenances, to Perth, where there arriva' was hailed by the good citizens with raptures of delight. The coal caused a grand se,sation, and was displ for some days to the &lighted public from the verandah of the Government offices. We shall not-omit to state that the party are entitled by virtue of this discovery, to a grantor reward of 2,500 acres of land from the local Government.—Nottingham shire Guardian. EXTRACT OF A L ETTER FRO M GIBRALTAR DATED MAY 21.—" The appearance of the Straits f or the last three days f orc ibl y rem i n d s me of the return froi , Epsom on the d a y o f th e Derby. I scarcely thin!: it an exaggeration to estimate the vessels pressi n g or . at 1,000 ; upwards of 200 had been long anchorer! at Frogerols, in sight of the Rock, distressed for provisions and water. The French steamers were extremely active in seeking out and taking through the Str a it s all vessels in which Frenchmen were inte rested, while England, with her boasted fleet of steamers. had only on e lyi ng h ere , w ith three leaky boilers, so that if authorized to act she is compelled to be motion less. I fear a l arge p or ti on o f the English cargoes mu st be heated, some of them arrived here having been loaded 130 days.' GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE.—This market during the past week has been in a very depressed state, and sales have been on a limited scale. To-day there was a much better feeling, and prices may be quoted, firm, at 635. per ton, for mixed Nos. f. o. b., and for all No. 1. 645. 6(1., and 655. per ton.—Notional Advertiser. A WINNER ON THE DERBY.—An amusing inci , lent is rec,irded of a winner on this race. A person at Pontefract having 5001. depending on the event, in hi- _neat anxiety to have the earliest possible intelligence, hired a horse and gig and proceeded t., the electric tele riphic office,atCastleford,a distance of three or four miles, Cossack being announced us the winner was such a stroke of fortune for him, that he at once lost all rec,dlection of the manner in whi c h h e h a d come from Pontefrac t, an d proceeded h ome aga i n w i t h all possible haste on foo t, without it ever once cross i ng his mind that he had l eft his horse and wanted a pock e t h an dk erc hi e f from his top - c o t i n o r d er t., wipe off the perspiration from his f act ! —Leeds Mer cury. gig, until be rea ched his destination and WESTPORT, MAY 22.—Ski. George and Charles, Matanzas. Tan INDIA N M AIL .—The French Gover nm e n t has received the foll ow i ng te l egra phic dispatch, dated Marseill es, 2Bth inst.:—" o'clock. Tile Indian m a il was delivered at the Post-office at half-past seven, and the courier started fo r P a ri s at 7h. 5-om." The Spitfire arrived here this evenin g at six it INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI- NEERS. PRESIDENT'S CON VERSAZ lONE. Sir John Rennie, president of the institution, gave his first conversazione this - season on Saturday evening, which was both numerously and brilliantly attended by the members of the institution, and by visiters who ap peared to be alike delighted with the intellectual treat provided for them in the extensive collection of works of science and art arranged in the suite of apartments, and with the host's generous hospitality, as displayed in the refreshment rooms. It would be impossible to enumerate all the objects of interest in works of art or models of machinery exhibited, we must therefore restrict our notice to some of the most prominent. Count D'Orsay contributed some spirited statuettes and busts of the Emperor of Russia, Daniel O'Connell, the Duke of Wellington, &c. which were deservedly much admired. Paintings and sketches by Oliver, Bass, Wood, Scanlan, Digby, Wyatt, and Ward ; enamel paintings by Bone •, chalk drawing s from Mr. Fuller, and some beautiful sketches from Mr. Ackerman's col lection were profusely scattered through the rooms ; Taylor, Williams, and Jordan had some excellent speci • mens of machine carvings, and Mr. Rogers some delicate examples of hand carving. _ _ The collection of models was more extensive than we ever remember to have seen it, and as the whole of the ground floor was devoted to their reception, there was ample space for displaying them to advantage. A series of models from the Admiralty exhibited the construction of a 50 gun ship at various epochs, from the highly decorated but clumsy vessel of 1637, to the simple but elegant and effective " Vernon" of 1840. Other models illustrated the most approved form of bows, sterns, and midship section, and the general lines of the vessels composing the experimental squadron were con trasted by a series of uniform models. The wave-prin ciple was illustrated by models from Mr. Scott Russell and Dr. Pfiipps, and the progress of the steam navy was exemplified by beautiful models of vessels and engines constructed by Messrs Renaies, Maudelays and others. The screw-propeller by G. Rennie, Woodcroft, and Maudeley, excited much attention. Models of Brunel's block machinery, and Harewoods patent scuttle were appropriate mingled with this part of the collection. All the various systems of electrical telegraphs were represented and were at work in the apartments : Bain's electric clock, Nott and Gamble'. simplified single wire Telegraph , the Electric T e l egrap h C ompany ' s com plete and efficient system as used at the Admiralty, Brett and Little's apparatus, and Brett's printing tele graph, in which by depressing a series of keys, corres ponding letters are brought into contact with a continu ous strip of paper, and the communication is printed at any number of miles distance. Mr. Cowper contributed a series of models of the old French and other telegraphs, in order to form a contrast with the present instantaneous and certain methods of communication. A curious specimen of laminated granite from Dart moor, contributed by Mr. Freeman, appeared to excite much interest among the geologists. There was a series of models of bridges of all kinds, amongst which we remarked one of corrugated cast iron, erected by Mr. Barlow on the Tunbridge Railway. The wrought iron- tube bridge, by Mr. R Stephenson at Conway, beautifully shown on various scales by Sal ter'r elegant card board models. A cast iron girder bridge by Mr. Borthwick, of the same construction as that over the Dee at Chester, and which is now exciting such painful interest. The drops for loading coal vessels, at the Date Dooles, Cardiff, by Mr. Highton, excited much attention, and appeared to be an ingenious modification of the system used in the north, well adapted to the purposes of the South-Welsh railways and shipping ports. Stephenson's long boiler locomotive, Bessemer's axles, Dunn's simple and elegant turn table, Stevens's efficient railway sigoals, and Clarke and Varley's new atmos pheric railway tube, formed au interesting series of railway models. Cochrane's machines, for sawing out curved tical ers of all forms without waste, was worked, and was uni venally admired: it was stated that these efficient machines were now being introduced into the royal dockyards. Liitig-t's very ingenious new printing machine, by which the number or sheets now dispatched, great as the quan tity seems, can be doubled, was also at work, and ex- cited much attention. We must reserve until the next meeting the notice of the other models, which were so numerous and well chosen that it is impossible to do justice to them all. • Among the guests we noticed almost everybody of eminence in science and art, and a number of the aris tocracy, whe from their Parliamentary duties have their attention now directed to scientific matters. The President received his guests with that distinguished urbanity which is characteristic of him, and his obliging and hospitable attention to his friends, in which he was ably seconded by Mr. Manby, the secretary, was beyond all praise. It is manifestly impossinie, in so crowded an assembly, to point out every noticeable individual present. W e , however, remarked, amongst the c r ow d passing through the rooms in the course of the evening, the Marquis of Quadra, Earl of Dov-n, Co..int Rosen, Baron de Bode, Bishop of Norwich, Lords Orford, Auck land, J. Stuart, and Littelton; Sirs H. Ellis, R. Schom berg, D. Blair, Gaspar Atkinson, C. Lemon, N. 'IN illock, J. Clark. R. Westmacott, N. Delabeche, C. D,uglas, E. Ryan, W. Newton, P. Egerton, C. Adam, J. L. Goldsmith, R. N. Inglis, R. I. Murchison, W. Ross, J. Copley, and D. Norris, Captain Schwabe ; M.M. Diego E&Tappar, Hebeler, Helberer, Alexandroti. Pan riTratief, C. Enystrom, S. C. Cliuckerbutty. ll,lanoth :e, Oval. Coneiter, Seal, Parsee Students or M. di me; the Very Reverends Deans of York and Westmin ster, Professors Grant, Wheatstone, Faraday, Forbes, Prytne, Grove, and Owen; Doctors Phipps, Playfair, Jelf, D.D., Billing, and Paris; Colonels Sykes and Stanhope ; Major Willock, Captains Ford, Miller, Swinny, W. Walker, Wenn, Chather, O'Brien, Couloir, and Gordan; Messrs. Gustraff in, Fuller, Cubitt, Glynn, Clarke, Varley, Woodcroft, Ditchbourn, Salter, Brett, Oldmixon, Archibald, Cochrane, Little, Wild, D. Smith, Cowie, Bergue, Leigh, Manche, Drory, Stevens, Kemor, Mylne, Hicks, H. P. Boul, Clarke, Archer. Applegarth, awper, Laxton, Herapath, C. Words worth, Whishaw, Lyall, Rivers, B. Cowper, Mclan, Westmacott, Gamble, Webster, Horn, Merryweather, Buchanan, Hebeler, Pickering, C. Enderby, Bohn, Bronde. Ayrton W. Cubitt, J. Field, G. Rennie, M. and J. Rennie, iurner, Ward, Landseer, Perigal, Baxen dale, Albano, Donthorn, Carpenter, B u ck e d on , A m y o t, Windsor, Clowes, Knight, Shaw, Bichner, Beecham, Babbage, Scales, Codrington, Jones, Adolphus, Roper Doyle, De Burgh, Herbert, Sharpe, C. Barry, Bartly, Blose, Lefray, Miller, Donkin, Grissell, Donaldson, M'Garrell, Wright, Wyatt, Scanlan, Galloway, Alex ander, Smee, Estcourt, M.P., M‘Gregor, Lee, Leslie, Gravat , , Hanson, Penn, Brandon, Cooper, J. Smith, Bain, Young, Vulliamy, Grainger, E wart, Jee, Macready, Broderip, Murphy, E. Landseer, Leech, Chadwick, Jordan, F. Stone, Scharf, Ure, and Meek. TRAGEDY EXTRAORDINARY. —At the Queen's Theatre, in Manchester, on Monday, the sock and buskin were laid under peculiar contribution in the representa tion of King Richard 111. Mr. Wyndham took a benefit, which, we trust, really proved what it was hoped to be; and a quintet. of comic actors, including Messrs. Sloane and Wyndham, undertook the novelty of strutting through the crooked-backed tyrant, one act of the tragedy being apportioned to each actor. Of course so startling an announcement as five Richards in the field astonished the " gods," who, as the several tragedians • appeared, scarcely knew whethe r to laugh or cry. At length the climax of t he t ra g ic farce arrived, Mr. Sloane dashing upon the stage as King Dick. In the midst of a very grave soliloquy the risible muscles of the audience were disturbed, and this in decorous facial expression in the midst of a solemn tragedy was quickly followed by a loud guffaw, which Richard's philosophy could not scorn. Hastily steppieg to the front of the stage, and, with his well-trained tragic face, he said, " Lathes and gentlemen, pray don't think we are playing comically, for I assure )ou that we are playing tragedy as earnestly as we can. You'll oblige us much if you won't laugh." The people again ::artily knew whether to laugh or cry; and in a aw moments afterwards the curtain fell amidst peals of laughter. . _ _ THE ARMY. Major-General Wynyard proceeds to New South Wales as General Officer and Commander of the Forces. He will be accompanied by his son, Captain Wynyard, Adjutant of the let battalion Grenadier Guards, as .Military Secretary. By the change the Hon. Manners Percy will be adjutant of the latter. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE HOLY SEE AND ENGLAND.—The following is (in substanc.,) taken from a private letter just received from Rowe, and we believe may be implicitly relied on. When his Holiness heard of the defeat of Mr. Anstey's (or Mr. Watson's) Bill, he exclaimed—" The q iestion of sendaig a Nuncio to England is now put to rest. I will never consent to renew my diplomatic relations with England so lon r as a vestige of the penal laws remains in that country.". Gi A t bless Pope Pius IX.—The Tablet. Haymaking has commenced in the neighbourhood of Batb, and the crops promise to give a fair average yield. The wheat plant _ also is looking strong and healthy the genial showers of the last ten days having ,natt•rially promoted i:s growth.—Bath Gazette. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPPcL—The late copi - ous rains, and glorious sunny weather, have broug'“ vegetation forward with extraordinary rapidity. The wheat, and grain, and potato crops, indicate a Ventiful, and, we trust, an earls harvest ; the country presenting ,o far every appearance of a fine and prolific season. ['here is also a fine show of fruit, and the advanced prriod of the year gives promise that the blossom is secure from further frosts or chilling winds. We are gratified to find that a similar state of thin g s exists throughout the country, 83 ex p resse d i n t h e different local papers —Nottingham Review. A soldier, named William Atter, of' the Royal Artillery, has been committed for trial at the Hertford as sizes, for a brutal assault and highway robbery, committed in the open day on a butcher named John Salmons: The out rage was committed on the road between Barkway and Barley ; and the life of the wounded man is still considered n danger. A. letter from V ienna states th a t as th e R uss ians have fortified an important point on the Vistula, the Austrian Council of War h as propose d to f ort if y C r acow and a point of the Bukowi ne c l ose to t h e R uss ian fron uer. These works are expected to be commenced next year. A site of ground, two miles square, has been chosen for these fortifications. CANINE SAGACITY.—A short time since a favour ite dog belonging to a person residing at the Lye, near this town (Stourbridge), had its ear severely hu rt, and was taken for two or three days to a chemist's shop, to have it dressed. On the fourth morning, however, the sagacious an animal went to the shop by i tself, and resting its head on the counter, patiently awa ited the usual dressing of the ear. It continued to do this every morn ing till the ear was well.—Locall'oper. THE TRIPLE MURDER AT 111 R- FIELD. The prisoners Michael M•Cabe and Patrick Reid, underwent a long examination before the magistrates ht Dewsbury on Saturday. About nine o'clock the pri soners arrived in Dewsbury from Wakefield, in the police van, and at ten o'clock were placed at the bar of the magistrates' room, in the Court-house. Some time before the hour named for the examination a large concourse of persons had assembled in the vicinity of the Court-house. Joshua Ingham, Esq , H. W. Wickham, Esq., J. B. Greenwood, Esq., and J. Hague, Esq., were the magistrates upon the bench. Mr. Helsall, solicitor, of Middleton, near Manchester, appeared for the prisoner Patrick Reid; and Mr. Watts, solicitor, of Dewsbury, appeared on behalf of M'Cabe. Both the prisoners throughout the examination appeared quite cool and col lected, and paid great attention to the evidence. Evidence of similar purport to that given before the coroner having been adduced, Mr. Ilicuses asked it there were any more witnesses to produce to-day?—Superintendent Green replied that there was no further evidence at that time, but he be lieved that in a week, or at furthest a fortnight, he should be in a position to adduce further evidence. Mr. INGHAM thought a fortnight too long. Mr. Hensall (Mr. Watts having declined to say any thing on behalf of Weal.), then addressed the bench for Reid. He said the liberty of his client was of course in the hands of the bench, but in so saying he was fully satisfied that the magistrates would take a fair and most proper view of the whole circumstances. Whatever suspicion at tached to the other prisoner, he contended that none attached to his client. Between the two prisoners there was a wonderful distinction in this respect. With regard to what had been stated about the prisoner being near the premises of the murdered persons on the day of tv P diabolical outrage, he would submit to the bench that there was nothing in that. Both men were hawkers, and both followed their avocations in that neighbour hood, and called at every house in the place. It had never been shown that the two prisoners were acquaint ances. That was an important fact, because he candidly confessed that if it could have been shown that the prisoners were acquaintances and companions, he should have had his doubts. He complained of the prejudice that had been raised against the prisoners, from the fact that they were Irishmen. It had long been said that poverty was a crime; but he was afraid, from what had occurred in this case, thet in the estimation of some persons a man's being au Irishman was another. 'Yet it had not been shown that th-'re was a previous acquaint ance between the parties, much less an acting in con cert, and if there had been anything of the sort it would have most certainly been broaeht to light by their ex cellent officer, Mr. Green. Therefore, in the absence of all proof, he confidently contended that there was nothing to justify the committal of Reid. The prisoners were then remanded to Saturday nex and the inquiry terminated at f o ur o'clock. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 29. STocK EXCHANGE.—There has been a considerable im provement in our market to-day, especially in the larger kinds of stock, and a good business has been done at the fol lowing quotations :—Blackburn, Clithero, &c., Preference. Ol t p.—Birmingham and Oxford, 6 5 ,E p.—Caledonian, ss. di3.— Eastern Counties, 19%—East Lancashire, 1% dis.—Ditto, New, % dis.—Ditto, New Scrip, % p.—Great Northern, 265. 3d. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference,6s. 3d. p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1,- 8 p.—London and North-We3tern, 176 1 4 —Ditto, Fifths, 14 1 / 4 p.—llitto, Quarters (G. J.), 17 p.—Ditto, Quarters, New, 10 1 p.—Manchester and Leeds, 19 p.—Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extensions), 1 / 4 p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), Is. 3d. p.—Xtanclies ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 87—Ditto, Eighths, 2 dis.— Ditto (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 8 di'.—Midland Stock, 120%—Ditto, 401. Shares, 4 1 4 p.—Ditto, New, 3p. —Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 1 / 4 p.—North British, New Quarters (scrip), 1 4 p.—North Staffordshire, 2% p.—North Union (A), 207—North-Western, 1% dis.—l'reston and Wyre, 35%—South-Eastern and Dover, Quarters, No. 4, % p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 3% p. LEEDS, MAY 29. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The setting in of most beautiful sum merweatber, and the large arrivals of wheat and flour iu Li verpool and other English ports, having caused a material decline in the price of grain, a better tone has been given to the share markets. The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, IBs. dis. —East Lancashire, 1 1 4 n. dis.— Ditto, New, % is. —Ditto, New (scrip), ls. 6d. p.—East and West Yorkshire, '/ dis.—Great Northern, 1% dis.— Ditto, Extensions, 15s. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 7s. 6d.—Leeds and Thirsk, 57/ s n. dis.—Ditto, New, 4 dig.— Ditto, Preference, Is. 6d. p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Mid land, 18s. 6d. dis.—Balton and Driffield Junction, 12s. 6d. dis.—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 2s. 6d. p.—Ditto, West Riding Union, 2s. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 4s. dis.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 1X p.—North British, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 225. p.—Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 3s. p.—North Staffordshire, 2% c. p.—North-Western, 295. 6d.—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 9% dis.—Sheffield, Rother ham, and Goole, I% dis.—Wharfilak3 Junction, 1% dis. SHEFFIELD, MAY 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 19s. dis.—East Lancashire, Scrip, 2s. p. —East Linconshire, 2 c. p.—Manchester and Leeds ( West Riding Union), :is. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire (Grimsbv and Sheffield), 8% dis.—Ditto, 20/. Shares, 21. 18s. dis.—Ditto, 12/ 10s. Shares, 1% dis—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 3 1 4 dis.—North Staffordshire, 2% p. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Northern, 1 dis.—Newcastle and Carlisle, New, 10 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 11. 16s. p.—Ditto (North Shields Pur chase), 30. HULL, MAY 29. STOCK EXCHANGH.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, and Baston, 32s 6d.-Blackhurn, Damen, and Bolton, Preference, 1% p.-East Lancashire, New (scrip), 54. p. cash-Gi eat Northern, 485.-Manche: ter and Leeds ( %Neo Biding Union), :is. 3d. p.-Newcastle and Berwick, Jll - Ditty, Sew, 365. 6d. p.-North British, Quarters, 86, 6d.- Ditto, Extension (scrip), 3s. 3d. p. cash-Ditto, Thirds (scrip), 515.-Northern Counties Union, 265. - North Stat thrdstitre, 24 125.-North ti ales, 20s. EDINBURGH, SIAM 28. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 304-- Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271. 155.-Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, IL 19s. 6d.- Caledonian, 29/. 9s. 6d.-D i tr o , New, 24-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, V. 93.-Clydesdale Junction, 421. 10s.- Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, IL 7s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 404-Ditto. New, No. I, 29/ -Ditto, New, No. 2, 301.-Ditto, New, N 0.3, 4/. 7s. 6d.- Dundee and Northern Junction, 11. 9s. 6d.-Dundee an': Perth, 301. 10s.-Ditto, New, 10/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Quar ters, 2/. 175.-East of Fife, IL 155.-East Lothian Central, 11. 145.-Edinburgh and . Bathgate, 84 10s.-Ediaburgit and Glasgow, 691-Ditto, Halves, 22/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 171.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181.-Ditto, Prefer ence, 204 10s.-Ditto, New, 21. 7s. 61-Ditto, Qu,rters, I Is.-Edinburgh and Northern, 164 17s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 21. 165.-Ditto, Newport, 71.-Ditto, ditto, New, IL 19. i . and Perth (New Co.), 11. 10s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 6s. 6d.- Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1151.-Ditto, New Stock, 404 10s.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 84-Ditto Halves, No. 2, 51. 10s.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5/. -Glasgow and Garnkirk, 381. 10s.-Glasgow Genera Terminus, 121. 155.-Glasgow and Greenock, 17L-Ditto Halves, 81. 15e.-Ditto, Preference, 8/--Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Ardrossan, 41.-Great North id Scotland, 2/.- Great Northern (late Direct Northern), 2/. 65.-Ditto (late London and York), 24-Newcastle and Berwick, 251. 54.- North British, 314 155.-Ditto, Halves, 141. IN.-Ditto, Quarters, 41. 58.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip). Ifs. 9d.- Ditto, Thirds, 2/. lls.- Ditto, Fifths, 6/. 15x.-Scottish Central, 231. 12s. 6d.-Scottish Grand Junction, 195.-Scot tish Midland, 184-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.-Shrews bury,oswestry, and Chester, 91. 155.-Ditto, New, , 14 - g- Stirlin and Dunfermline, 54-Stirling and Midland, 21. 55.-Wishaw and Coltness, 481. 10s.-York and Newcastle, 351.-Ditto, New, 14/. 55.-Ditto, Preference, 6/. 153.- Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s. 6d.-East Indian, 2s. 6d.- Great North of India, 35.-Great Southern of Madras, Is. 6d.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, is. 6d. GLASGOW, MAY 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 40s.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 565. 6d. —East Lothian Central, 345. 6d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 691.—Edinburgh arid Perth (New Co.), 31s.—Ditto, Halves, 7s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 116/—Ditto, 39%—Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 8%- 7 -Ditto Halves, No. 2, 5 3 / I —Glasgow, Dumfries,' and Carlisle, 6/.....:3lanchester and Southampton, 10s.—Stirling and Dunfermline, 4%. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 31. The House sat to-day to bear English and Scotch appeals. The Peers present were the Lord-Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. WOOD V. YOUNG.—JUDGMENT! Their LORDSHIPS gave judgment to-day in this appeal from the Court of Session, reversing the decision irow the court blow, and directing a new trial. CHRISTIE V. ALLEN. The House was occupied the remainder of the moruin, with the arguments in this Scotch appeal. VICE-CHANCELLOrtS' COURT, May 31. (Beture the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) WAGSTAFF V. BURNHAM. • The further arguments in this part-heard caso oecu pied the Court the whole ,itty. BOLLS' COUICT, May 31. The Court was occupied all the morning with a part heard cause, which was destitute of any g, ueral interest. 7i l n n so th lv i e s n c t as o e u a s n u a r p t p u l e i s - INSOLVENnT---RI)ETBBO7;OAsR G S o ' D c.." ft O E U y. I:T, May 31. appli cationPbeLhlCurAgTelOttt until his hearing at Chester. They offered themselves AUDACIOUSw as madet:di; as bail for 3001., which they, stated in their affidavit that they possessed over and above all they owed. On the part of the detaining creditor an affidavit was read o ppo:-ition, from which it appeared that the pr o _ puled sureties were clerks in the Liverpool Post -office. O n e of them had pleaded his p overt y , and g ot a creditor se d in if) grant him dine to pay his own debt. On being asked shether he bad made an affidavit in this case, he admit. e d that he had done so, as he was asked to get the in solvent out of gaol. He had never read it. The affi davit further stated that the bail was not worth a shil ling, and that the other bail, a fellow-clerk, was not in a ,ituation to pay his own creditors. Mr. Commitsioner PHILLIPS said the present was a mustprh li e insolvent cation it was admitted th at n audaciousthe part o a pplication. The COURT at once rej? eted the application, declaring the ring alidavit appea red to be unansw erable. t h a t the attorney for the opposition would not do his lay unless he preferred an indictment for perjury. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Joseph Baggett, a lad about fourteen years of age, was placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with committing a Violent assault upon Esther Baggett, his mother. Complainant, whose face appeared to be covered Kith wounds, stated that, on the previous evening, about a quarter past six o'clock, she was in her bedroom, when ,ha was alarmed by the screams of her little child, a girl about four years of age. She rushed into the yard and saw the prisoner in the act of severely beating her. O her remonstrating with him on his cruelty to his little sister, he got into such a rage that he took . up a knife anti struck h er across t h e nose, inflicting a foe* ful wound, nearly severing it from her face. He then took part of a window-frame and beat her abo ut ths head till she becrme irceasib'e. Fort tnotely the sc reams of the other children brought a police-constable t o the spot, who took the prisoner into custody. Edward liaggett, a lad about eleven years of age, corroborated the evidence of his mother. PoLl-cdrgernt 13 C said he was on duty the r e " ceding evening in Porter -street, Newport-market, when his attention was called to No. 19 in the street, by hear: ing violent screams proceeding therefrom. He entered the honse, and saw the prisoner in the act of beating complainant over the head with a piece of window-fon:art which was broken completely in two by the violence ot the blows. He called in some of the people in the house to look after complainant, and having secured the pri" soner, conveyed him to the station. • The . prisoner, in a dogged manner, denied stilling his mother in the manner described. Mr. &limiest said the case was of such a serious nature that he should remand him for a week, in order to see what state complainant would be in. MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDA Y.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English Wheat for our market last Week' coastwise as well as by land carriage and samples, were 00 very moderate scale. Of all other articles of home proall° the receipts were very small, if we except Malt and Flon the supplies of which were seasonably good. Fro m ' role° and Scotland the arrivals were on the increase , but by nO f means large, the time of year considered. The imports „ - foreign Wheat and Flour were moderately extensive--viz upwards of 20,000 quarters of the former, and 8 . 000 barrehl of the latter—but those of other grain were by 0 0 1° , 8a11 2 . large. 1 resh up to. day from Essex, Kent, Cambridgesuu-' as well as from all other quarters, the arrivals of Wheat vrers unusually small, but the quality was very good. N° tlfitil ; standing the show of samples was limited, the dema nd for descriptions, owing to the absence of the principal fleaL fr rs ' the unwillingness on the part of the millers to get into Ow' at the present high rates, and the prevailing doe " tither for the growing crops, was excessively heavy; indeed a °Pa' plete panic took place in the trade, suffered a decline on those obtained on Monday last °f ! a t : an d at W u e ' ssi TEN TO TWELVE SHILLINGS PER QUARTER, amount of depression next to nothing was doing, j t i the a moiety of the supply remaining unsold at the e105e1" . ....; 01 market. There was a full average quantity a Wheat on show. That article met a very depressed Mil"' and the currencies declined from vii To TwELVIE f r o LINGS per quarter upon those of this day eel/might. " t i, e st of the floating cargoes might have been purchased on f 2 % - : reduced terms than those alluded to. The quantity of and the quotatioal ley on offer was by no means large; nevertheless th e 134 in trade was very dull, and the rates declined from is t° some instances 3s per quarter, and at which a clearance was not effected. We had rather a large supply of l ' sl Ya ri 4 slow, and which commanded very little atterti o at Is to 23 per quarter less money. Wi th hci t ni ne grown Oats we were scantily supplied ; hu " t quanity of foreign was good. The trade tra .4 p r tremely inactive, and the rates fell from Is to 25 1 ) 11 , quarter. There was a very slow sale for Beans, at is t d a m e, per quarter less money. In Peas next to nothing rres ; ay . and all kinds were is to 2s per quarter lower. N 2 tra „ n ,,a 25 tions were reported in Indian Corn, which must be rat .- t to 3s beneath late rates. The Flour trade was very dull ' a fall of 5s per sack and 4a to 5s per barrel. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE • i gsto if heat—Essex & Kent, a lt—Ch e valisr. • • • • • '— Red, New.... 80s to 90s Oats—Yorkshire and . 365 Ditto,White, New 86s 955 Lincolnsh., lead. 3ls Norfolk and Lin- Potato .••• • • • • 364 coin, Red.— • . 76s 84s Youghal and Cork. 0 . 359 Ditto, White. • • 80s 865 Black .••• • • • t 311 Irish, Red •••• • • . • —s —s Cork, White. •• • • 385 40 Ditto, White •-• • • • --S —s Scotch, Feed. •• • • Itya—Old •••••• • • • • • • —s s Beans—Tick. •••• • • • • Z.'"". New. •••••• • • • • • • 625 65s Pigeons .••• • " • • s - fss 611 tiarley —Grinding .... 488 505 Peas — Grey • • .•••• 6 61$ Malting .•••• • • • . 585 60s Maple. ••••••• • • • h 6 911 Chevalier •••• • • • 60s 6ls White .•••• • • • : 7 . - 29 9 64° llalt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •••• • • • • 70 , f01k...... .... • . 74s 785 Flour—To wn-rnade .• • 602 ~E 684 Brown .. • • 64s 70s Suffolk •••• • • • • c s u•-• Kingston and Ware 75s 76s Stocktn & Norfolk sHEITHPIEL37- k Into During list week the importations of foreign stock London were as under:— From whence. Oxen. Cows. Sheep. Lambs. C 3191111 Rotterdam Hamburgh Harting." r,20 40 ..g.arlingen ...... 180 ... 390 ... 32 Nieu lliep ...... 10 ... 29 ... IsU .•• ••• '. ........' -- --- —„„ Total ...... ... 320 718 1, 490 2"t lnv the s r ' At Hull, Newcastle, and the various other outp!)r , t,eep, 90 rivals have comprised about 1::00 Bests, U 5( - ) e u n , terstand , Lambs, and 80 Calves, the whole of which A Oxen and Co'' O To-day there were on sale here about 30 ,, G e r.. been disposed of in the different local markets:; 900 Sheep and Lambs, and 30 Calves, tr(ri Holland, was not t o . many, and Prussia. As the quality of this stot. _ ea ___, -r say good, the sale was, comparatively speaking, .h____...vi,soz: late rates. From our own grazing districts the a . rr t t he Beasts fresh up this morning were seasonably Goa g d With that. general quality was somewhat inferior, cotnpare h revai l4 full prices. exhibited on several previous days. Owing . to t Vl ) au d ing hot weather, and the thin attendance ot both town . actiVz , country buyers, the Beef trade was somewhat le °go and, in some instances, the quotations declined 2d per ,°,`,. —the highest figure for the best Scots being 5s 2d per _pif: The bullock droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire, comprised about 1,200 Scots, Home-b Tis, An Short Horns; from the Western and, Midland counties, °,. Herefords, Runts, Devon., &C.; from other parts of Englaill 750 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 300 horned Ow polled Scots; the remainder of the supply being derived frolrf abroad and the neighourhood of the metropolis. There vrili a large increase in the number of Sheep, the quality of %ilia , was good Oa the whole, the Mutton trade was stead;' though not to sa . bri-k, at prices about equal to those pas , " on Monday last; the pritnest old Downs out of the wool p 5 clueing 5s 8d per 81bs. With Lambs we were well sttP a i i yet the demand for that description of stock was stesS," last week's quotations, viz., from 6s to 7s per 8 1 ts. v i i t i was a fair sale for Calves, at about last week's currencies. ;I: Pigs very little was doing, yet prices were mostly suPE4rt Per albs. to sink the offal. . s. d. to 1. d. d. to 4 1 4 , inferior Beasts..... 310 4 4 Second qualltyditto 4 - 5 4 ' , scowl quality •.. 4 6 4 6 Coarse-woolledditto 5 6 I Orinae large Oxen.. 410 5 0 Southdown Wether 5 6 rlme Scots • • 50. 5 2 Ditto out of the wool 411 Large coarse Calves 4 8 5 2 Large Hogs ...... 4 0 $ !'rime small ditto .. 5 4 5 8 Small Porkers .... 4 10 ; 5 . 1 0 4uekling Calves ..20 0 30 0 quarter old Pigs •• 15 Interior Sheep • . 4 6 4 8 Lambs •••••• • • • • 6 " SUPPLY AT MARKET. yeasts. Sheep. Calves. 315 3,23 J I 25,050 I 161 UEWGATE AND IMADENia Arai' " ar kets The arrivals of country-killed Meat up to these mar lies since this day se'nnight have been very sma ll ; but the supy_sd. slaughtered in the metropolis have been se asonably . b ri 7 o , A lull average amount of business has been ag ain L ,,,d s acted, yet in some instances the quotations have hit downward tendency. About 700 carcases of foreign 1"-` have appeared on sale. s. At p d er . to 3ta. one by the Carcase. 0. &W I; 0 41. Beef, inferior.--3 10 4 0 Mutton, inferior •• 4 4 ; 0 - middling •..• 4 2 4 4 --- na iddling•• 4 10 6 4 - prime large 4 4 4 6 --- prime •• •• 5 2 4 le - prime small 4 6 4 8 Pork, large • ••• 4 4 0 6 4 veal • ..... 4 6 5 4 -- small .. 5 " Lamb. 6s Od to 6s 10d BOROUGH AND SPITAXarIZZDS. de , Although the supplies of potatoes are very small, the mand is heavy, at almost nominal quotations. York Ar to , 2.10 s to 260 s per ton ; Ditto, Regents, 2605 to 280 s; M o d Shaws, 200 s to 2205; Dutch, 100 s to 140 s; Lincoln 1800 Cambridgeshire Regents, 2603 to 280 s; Ditto, Kidneys, to 2205. BOZZOUGH HOP rffilitlLZT. e ffoptir We have to report a very dull sale for a ll ki n ds 01 band owing to the favourable accounts which have come to sso from the plantations, at bare'y stationary prices. S u Os; pockets, 3/ 18s to 4145 ; W ea ld of Kent, diao, 41 4 s to 51 1 Mid and East Kent, 41 lOs to 61. and 1,900 b a l es from var i ous ot h er quart!le‘ hg from Port Philip, WOL. The imports of Woo l last O weck con,isted of 2.6 00 ---.. Privately th e d emand for all kinds of Wool is very beel' and the quotations have a downward tendency. W. The price of Tallow is TA very LLO fair, at this morning's ( le °ll. Lion, and the holders are sanguine of higher rates. For at: rival, a large b us i ness h as b een d one at front 46s to .17e A Town Tallow is scarce, at 48s 6d net cash ; rough fat, 2. 9%'" per Blbs. COLONIAL CHURCH SOCIBTY.—On Saturday the annual meeting . of the members of this society was held 14 the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover-square, the Earl ,w Effingham in the chair. The secretary read the reP er ."„ which deplored the spiritual destitution which prevail the colonies and dependencies of the British Crown, as, C;lng pared with the pressing wants, for it appeared that au left the years 1835 to 1843 the 'lumber of individua l s Who the our shores for the colonies amounted to 850,590, being a t rate of 84,987 per annum. During t he y ear g rants had beeP made and inis,siouaries sent out to the West Indies, the C31:4; • of Good Hope, Australia, and numer o u s p laces in continenta, Europe- An anonymous donor had p resented the society with 1,0001. so that, after discharging all liabil i ties , there re mained in the hands if the treasurer the sum of 708/. Tho report was adopted, and several gentlemen having addresse a the meeting, the proceedings terminated. BIRTHS. May 27, in Downing- street, the Lady Mary Wood• O f daughter. May 24, at Cheltenham, the lady of Major-Ganef ° Ticked, C. 8., of a daughter. May 25, at Ridgmount-place, Mrs. W. &Austin of a t May 26, at Chepstow-place, Camberwell, the wi fe o f Cornelius Wheeler, of Leadenhall-street, of twin song- May 27, at Caledonia-place, Clifton, the lady of Major xi— derson, of a son. May 27, at Charlton-grove, Mrs. Wilbraham Taylor , o f a son. May 27, at Cambridge-square, Hyde-park, the lady of 1/* Bright, Esq., M.D., of a daughter. May 27, at St. NichoIas MARRIED Church, Brighton, Sir Christ.' pher Rawlinson, to Georgina Maria, youngest dauof g Shloan the late Alexander Radclyffe Sidebottom, Esq. , street, DIED. May 19, in Princes-street, Edinburgh, Miss J. Home, Nis .— - May 23, at Edmonton, Mr. John Fisher, aged 63. May 24, in Fludyer btreet, Westminster, J o hn Christi° uttner, Esq., aged 82. May 25, Charlotte Amelia, wife of Mr. Francis Benjallig Dalton, surgeon, aged 34. May 25 T. Spring-wood, Huddersfie ld. May 25, , at Gordon House Leamington, Robert Willoughby', Esq., aged 83. Mly 26, at Brighton, Emily Antonia, the daughter of J 0 Hawkins, Esq. May 26, Ueorge Anderton, Esq., of the Albany-014 Camberwell, aged 59. May 26, at St. Pauls-plaot, Islington, Mary Jane, alligh. ter of Mr. J. F. Betts, of Oxford-street, aged 8. th e May 26, at Penloyn , L lanrwst, North Wales, Eliza wife the Rev. Peter Title, aged 32. Ma of y 27, An Newton, the daughter of Mr. SVllkl . 113°D ' late of Bishopsgate. Wid° %( May 28, in Park - street , Grosvenor-square, Sophia, of the late C. Welstead, Esq. 1 9 Loa•ton: ['rimed and l'ablishod by JULTUIX) YoUNG, of 35 . :.0 , trand, Fainter, at the Sun taco, N 0.112. Strand, in the of r th e, the Savoy, II tie County of Middlesex, Tueeder 1847.