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the almost incredible short period of twenty-five hours and fifty Minutes. The intelligence of the important arrival soon spread through the town, and in a few minutes a large crowd assembled in front of the Coffee-house, and warmly congratulated each Other on this great step towards final success. About half. Past ten Mr. Young, accompanied by the Editor of this paper and another gantleman, proceeded in a chaise and four for the north--an outrider having been sent on before to Longtown to provide chaises and horses to take the expresses forward to Glasgow and Edinburgh --and were greeted with three cheers on their departure. When we reached Longtown a large crowd had assembled, and the news was welcomed with three cheers, Mr. Young set cff imtheillately for Glasgow, and we proceeded to Along the whole line of road as we passed, Wherever the news became known, the most enthusiastic cheer. ing followed. At llawick, where we did not remain more than five minutes, a crowd of nearly :200 persons immediately assembled, and testified their joy by loud acclamations—such as might have taught the Duke of Buccleuch, had he been pre sent, that in the neighbourhood of his own vastdomains, at least no re -action had taken place. The reception which was given to the intelligence in every village thn:ugh which we passed was most gratifying, and gave sufficient evidence of the strong feeling which exists in Scotland in favour of Reform. At F uchie-bridge, the good old lady of the inn gave us a most hearty welcome—insisted upon our partaking of the very best her house afforded. " Cod bless you I" she added, ahaking us Most cordially by the hand, "ye hae brought t 4 itee to the country. I'm an auld reformer (the lady ap. Pears to be between sixty and seventy years of age) and eh, Sirs I this is a proud day for me." She then insisted upon t ying white favours to the hats of the postillions, " that the fowk o' Embro' might ken at ance what glorious news they brought. ,, From Fuchie-bricige to Edinburgh is eleven miles, W hich was accomplished in three-quarters of an hour, and exactly at seven o'clock we reached St. Andrew-square, where is situated the shop of Mr. Smith, the newspaper-agent. The arrival of the express spread like wildfire—people might be Seen running in all directions towards the square, and by the time the carriage stopped at least two thousand persons had assembled in breathless haste, and when the glad tidings were atihobnced from the chaise window, three hearty cheers responded to the welcome sound. The news was soon dill. ftised through the whole of the city, and was despatched in various directions to the North with all possible celerity. Thus in the short space of thirty.six hours, from the period at which the Lords carne to a decision, the result was con. veyed a distance of 490 miles—an instance of despatch Which we believe is unequalled ; and for which the spi rited Proprietor of The Sun desrrves, as we are sure he will receive, the best thanks and the warmest support of the public. The expense of these expresses is enormous, and when we consider that the whole has to be repaid out of the sale of a sevenpenny newspaper, the government tax upon Which is fourpence, the public may well feel astonishment at seeing fu eing s uch thin gs accomplished. We ought to h ave men ti one d , that Mr. Young, on his arrival here, despatched an express l 0.. n ho rseback to Whi tehaven, which it reached about half-past _h e ree the same afternoon, and a similar express to Dumfries. It had also s ent an express from London to Dublin—and, in short, to every part of the three Kingdoms ; thus diffusing the news with a rapidity never before equalled, and exhibiting a spirit of enterprise which no difficulty can subdue. K (From the Esse z H era l d, Tuesday, April 24.) aWe feel much indebted to the Editor of The Sun Evening _Pain per, for cop i es of that Paper of Saturday the 14th inst. con taing nineteen an d a h alf columns of the Debate on the se cond reading of the Reform Bill. The debate terminated at seven o'clock i n the morning, and in about three hours and a half the express arrived at Chelmsford with copies of The Sun, enabling us to communicate to the public, by a placard, that thesecond reading had been carried by a majority of Nine. (From the B ury Th a nd Norwich Post, Wednesday, April 18.) own e glad tidings of the Reform Bill were received in this !. ,„ onSat urday evening, about five o'cicck, with general W F lags were hoi s t e d on the steep l es, an d t h e b e l ls qu i ckly a nd Flags merry peals, which were continued till midnight, to We re renewed on Sunday in the intervals between the Zurs of service. Some of our good friends of the Corpora_ a looked rather blank; but we can assure them that they gain more real advantage by the increase of good will to *rda them, amongst their no-longer excluded townsmen, than they will l ose b y the deprivation of their exclusive privi (T• T he members of th e Pi e P oudre Court, to the number theM abov e eet at the Bull Inn, in the e ven i ng , t o commemorate vent. IPSWICH, APRIL 14. The news of the glorious division of NINE, on the second reading, was received here this afternoon by The Sun Express, and diffused great j The happy tidings were soon spread 'n all directions, and oy. by night would be known throughout the e° UntY of Norfolk. CHESTER. Extract of a letter dated Chester, April 15 :—I received your Pacth,.ke.t f expressed papers last night soon after nine o'clock, and v glorious nexvs was in a few minutes from one end of the city !the other, all wondering how the intelligence could be conveyed the distance of 182 miles in the short time of . fourteen . hours ,24 . the date of your paper (seven o'clock). I immediately ''.`.irred to the newsrooms, hotels, &c , &c.. every one giving all credit a nd praise t o th e P ropr i e t ers o f Th e S un f or t h e great exertions that t he mornin w ere manifested on the occasion. It anticipated 1 ‘ -- P e r , by fourteen hours ; they never arrive lill e even o'cl e 'clock n. in the morning, and anticipated the regular con- Ve3:ance (per mail) to this city by twenty-four hours. I \ l3 . We obtained the intelligence one hour and a half earlier thane obtained Ex tract of a Letter WAKEFIELD. , dated W, rati April 15 :—" I ke the firs t opportunity of expressing akefield g mygratitude to you, t for forwarding us copies of Th e S un, containing the division on the Reform Bill. The great length at which the debates ir e given, and the rapidity with which they have been corn roUnicated to the public, are most extraordinary, and re flect the highest credit on the Conductors of The Sun. The t e xpress reached Wakefield at about a quarter past ten last (5a 0..., night. I immediately laid copies upon the News-room ' in ies—had our s hop ex t ra li g h ted, w i th the papers laid on the co unter : I should rather say they were in the hands of hun (lres the same night. I also despatched a messenger to a Ar es town—Dewsbury—which lies out of the ex press's r oute, with a copy of The Sun. Indeed I have taken e_verY means possible for forwarding your endeavours. The ant Paper was th e only accessible paper, containing the impor this news, at W a k efield, from ten o'clock last night till ten morning." G REENOCK. Extract of a Letter from Greenock, dated April 16 :—" The inhabitants of Greenock are under no small obligation to the proprietors of The Sun newspaper for the most extraordinary w e m a y say despatch given to the glorious majority of nine. to the boroughmongers now, as the boys say when gaming, ! three and three is six and three is nine ; you are the fool, but the prin's mine.' We have been supplied with your paper fully fifteen hours sooner than the usual time, which to us was a source not only of gratification, but of amazement.—While I Write this, the town is all astir, flags flying in all directions; in short, every body appears to be happy at the result. Were it not for the cholera, which is very severe here, we would have a coMplete gala day of it. y appreciate th e exertions We sons of Scot t o will c e rtainly dul of the a nd time w i ll assuredly confirm itProprieors of The , Sun, " A GREENOCKEAN." NEWCASTLE. , Extract of a letter, dated Exchange Subscription Rooms, \ ewcastle, April liith, l 83? ;—« I beg to inform you that a cop y of The Sun paper of Saturday has been received at these i'oonas, which, by the envelope, appears to have come from your ()Ince; and, it is p r esumed, must h ave been sent by express ; b ut not receiving it until this morning, I made inquiry at the Post -office as to the cause of the delay, and was informed that the paper in question, together with a parcel addressed to the post-inaster at Morpeth, and others for Aberdeen, &c., here all vaster at the same time from York where, it would that -PPear your express had terminated ; and, consequently, !!'the papers remained there until the following da) ,i 's i a le m ,, n , a ted il w to , o o k , . eH I S P. I have thought it right to make this circumstance. The cover of . our of a c p o e y r r7h a a d c Len torn off, and was tied to the paper with a piece f " I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, " J. ORD, Sec." COURT CIRCULAR. Their MAJESTIES went from their Palace at Windsor yesterday morning, to the Old Palace at 1(• , w. The KING and QUEEN went over the Conservatories and Gardens, and afterwards partook of a djjeunj at the Palace : a select party had the honour of being invited. Their MA • Jr:Bl'ms spent th e day at Kew, and in the evening (lined with the Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, at their residence at Kew. Yesterday was the hirth.dav of the Duchess of GLOU !ESTER. h er Royal Highness received congratulatory risits from the Princess SOPHIA, and the Princess SorniA lArri.nA. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND visited the Royal Duchess on niuday• The French Ambassador, the Prussian Minister, Mon- Bsieur lionarcE, the Danish Charge d'Affaires, and the elgian Charge d'Affaires, t ransacted business yesterday at Office of the Secretary of State for Forei gn Affairs. CRIMINAL INFORMATIONS. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. THE KING v. GRANT AND OTHERS. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, at four o'clock, yesterday afternoon, stated that the Court intended to proceed with the motions first this morning, and that it did not mean then to gc any further. Sir JAMES SCA RLETT hoped their Lordships would per mit him to move for a criminal information, which he had beer pressed, from the first day of term, to move, but which hi had put off' from day to day, in deference to the Court's wish, , hat nothing but new trials should heretofore have been mover for. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE inquired if it would take long? Sir JAMES SCARLETT would pledge himself to be as short in his statement as he possibly could. It was for leave to file a criminal information against Mr. Patrick Grant, the proprietor of the True Sun, and others, for a series of libels against Mr. Alderman Winchester and Mr. Briggs, a solicitor, which they had been pestered with almost every day since the commencement of the present month. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE then gave permission to the Learned Counsel to move. Sir JAMES SCARLETT Elated that the libels in question commenced with the pamphlet he held in his hand. The libels charged those gentlemen with fraud, swindling, corruption, and every sort of crime, and they were addressed with respect to ' Mr. Alderman Winchester, to his constituents and to his brother Aldermen, to prevent his arriving at the dignity of Lord Mayor. With respect to Mr. Briggs, he had been threatened repeatedly with motions to strike him off the roll. It was difficult to go through a series of facts to show a denial of the truth of the charges, but they all arose out of one trans. action, and Mr. Alderman Winchester and Mr. Briggs had stated the whole of that transaction in their affidavit, from which the Court would see what their conduct had been, and the nature as well as the falsehood of the charges. It ap peared that a Mr. Patrick Grant had been the part proprietor of The Sun evening newspaper. His interest in that paper was three fourths—the other fourth was invested in Mr. Murdo Young. Mr. Grant had become indebted to Mr. Alderman Winchester in the sum of 1g 2S/., and in the course of last year he was made a bankrupt. His property consisted of his share in The Sun, and some settlement he had with his wife. His debts, proved under tile Commission, amounted to from 6,000/. to 7,000/. Mr. Alderman Winchester was the principal creditor, and he and a Mr. Thornton were appointed the assignees. One of the charges in the libels related to the alledged mismanage ment of the assignees —at least of Mr. Alderman Winchester, and Mr. Briggs, the solicitor under the Commission, with re spect to the sale of Mr Grant's shares in The Sun. It ap. peared that soon after the bankruptcy means were taken to bring the bankrupt's effects to a sale, and Mr. Young, the co proprietor, made an offer of 7,5001, on certain terms, to buy the whole of the bankrupt's interest. The bankrupt was desi. rous that some friend of his own should purchase it, and a per. son of the name of Westley came forward, and proposed to give 9,0001. In consequence of that, Mr Westley was applied to by the assignees : repeated appointments were made for Mr. Westley to attend to complete his purchase, which Mr. Westley requested might be postponed, and at last alleged that he was only an agent for others, who he could not get to come for. ward to enable him to make good his offer. Upon that, the assignees were disposed to close with Mr. Young for the sum of 7,5001., and as soon as it was found that Mr. Young was likely to become the purchaser, the bankrupt put forward two other persons of the names of Lomax and Bell, who offered to give a larger sum. The result was, that the assignees thought it right to put the bidders on equal terms, and Mr. Young raised his offer to 9,0001. In consequence of that offer, and no one at that time offering a larger sum, a disposition was enter tained to treat with him ; but then came forward again Bell and Lomax, and they offered 11,000/. The assignees thought it their duty to accept that sum, and they were ready to do so, but it seemed that Mr. Briggs was obliged to go into Yorkshire on business. He had left directions to prepare the contract with Bell and Lomax. Mr. Young, however, finding that other persons were brought into competition with him, put for. ward a claim which he had by his contract of partnership, to a right of pre-emption, and having had originally an expectation of a contract, which was but conditional, for the sale to him for 9,0001., he at first was disposed to bid up to 11,0001., but after wards stood upon his original right, and filed a bill in the Court of Chancery against the assignees to restrain them from selling the Paper to any one else than himself, insisting on his right of pre-emption—praying that it might be referred to the Master of that Court to ascertain the real value of the Paper, and to take the accounts. That bill was still pending. When Mr. Briggs returned from Yorkshire he found the con tract with Bell and Lomax for the 11,0001. had been prepared, but he also found the bill in Chancery pending; and, under these circumstances, he could not advise the assignees to com. plete the contract with Bell and Lomax, and it was therefore postponed. Then came another person of the name of Hick. man, who proposed to be a purchaser for 13,0001., but he would not purchase, except on an indemnity against all consequences, one of which was the bill in Chancery; and another stipulation was, that Mr. Young should he compelled to deliver up possession of the premises, which the assignees had no authority to insist upon, and therefore Mr. Hickman declined the purchase. The assignees then, at the instance of Mr. Thornt on , w h o was fa. vourab'e to Mr. Grant, were prevailed upon to file a cross bill in Chancery against Mr. Young, which was also still pending. The consequence of those bills being filed was, that it was impos. sible to effect any sale at all. Mr. Alderman Winchester not being quite satisfied with Mr. Grant's conduct, had refused to sign his certificate; but whilst these proceedings were depend ing, he was prevailed upon by Mr. Briggs to sign it, Mr. Grant alleging, that until it was signed, he should not be able to get his friends to advance money to purchase his shares in the news paper. The certificate was accordingly signed, and as soon as he had obtained it, he set up an evening paper, called the True Sun, in opposition to the one which he had before jointly published, and in that paper these libels appeared. He bad called a meeting of the creditors, not sanctioned by the assignees, nor by the solicitor under the com mission, nor consisting of many of the creditors. The whole amount of the debts of the creditors who attended that meeting, did not exceed Mr. Alderman Winchester's debt alone. They passed on that occasion certain resolutions which the assignees were no parties to. This was a statement of the affairs generally down to the 9th of April instant, and he would now proceed to give the Court some specimens of the True Sun, and of the manner in which the gentlemen who now complained had been treated. \Ve request the earliest attention of our readers to the re port of the meeting at Basinghall-street, on Saturday, at which it was Mr. Alderman Winchester's fate to make so unenviable a figure. . 4 The subjects discussed on the occasion are, of course, deeply interesting to us, but they are also full of matter of reflection to all who take an interest in reforming the abuses of our present system of law—to all who would connect responsibility with trust, whether the trust has reference to lawmaking or to the admi nistration of law. " We have repeatedly stated to the public that Mr. Alderman Winchester has, in the exercise of his functions as assignee of The Sun Newspaper, been guilty of fraud and falsehood. At a meeting of creditors, called by himself, Mr. Alderman Winches ter, it will be seen, stated, in rely to the indignant censures of his constituents—censures which supplied strong confirmation of our charges—that he felt himself under no obligation to supply them with any explanation of his conduct—and that he looked upon their censures • with utter contempt.' " This, the learned Counsel stated, was explained in the affi davit ;it was a very small meeting of the creditors—a meeting expressly called for the purpose of taking the part of Mr. Grant, by a few of the creditors. • " The body of creditors whose interests Mr. Winchester has so grossly betrayed, refused, in consequence, to recognise him as assignee—to sanction his acts—to permit him, in short, to take any further steps under the Commission which he himself sued out. In other words, the body whom Mr. Winchester has hitherto represented have declared him unworthy of trust." Now most of the creditors, according to the affidavits, who had proved their debts to the amount of from 6,0001. to 7,0001. had signed their sanction to the proceedings adopted by Mr. Alderman Winchester, and the creditors who had taken Mr. Grant's part and the opposite view to Mr. Alderman Winchester were hardly more in amount than Mr. Alderman Winchester's debt. The libel went on to state— " In order to defraud his constituents, and to enable Murdo Young to secure The Sun on his own terms, Mr. Winchester and his solicitor some time ago alleged that Young had bought that Paper. The allegation was a falsehood. Winchester and his solicitor afterwards admitted it to be a falsehood." This was distinctly denied by the affidavits. It was denied that it ever was any thing but a conditional sale—it was flatly denied that it was ever admitted to be a falsehood. " As to Mr. Briggs, we decline saying anything more at pre. sent. We understand that a motion will be made in a few days, at the instance of some of the creditors, to have him struck off the rolls. " An application for Mr. Winchester's removal from the as. 6igneeship is also about to be made. " When the result of that application shall be known, it will remain for the Honourable Court of Aldermen to pronounce an opinion on the conduct of this aspirant to the Mayor: lty. We trust, however that they will, without waiting for further evi dence than was supplied at the meeting of Saturday, vindicate the character of Civic dignitaries, and show their respect for public decency, by expelling Mr. Winchester from their body." Now Mr. Alderman Winchester, in his affidavit, utterly de. nied the truth of these charges of fraud and falsehood, and Mr. Briggs also utterly denied having sanctioned fraud or falsehood, or being in any way concerned in fraud or falsehood, either in this or any other transaction. Their Lordships would observe that the charges were connected with a supposition on the part of Mr. Grant that the object of Mr. Alderman Winchester was to give an undue preference to Mr. Young in the purchase of The Sim newspaper. Then a pamphlet was published by Mr. Grant, in which the following statement appeared among many other select passages of the same sort : " Mr. Briggs was by no means prepared for the rencontre with my friends. He angrily demanded of the solicitor who attended fcr Messrs. Lomax and Bell, the intended purchasers, what he wanted there ? On being told that gentleman's business, 'Mr. Briggs declared that the property was sold to Young. " This was a deliberate falsehood--a falsehood which the as signees have contradicted upon oath." This was also distinctly denied. As Mr. Briggs's statement did not satisfy my friends, Mr Winchester, who entered a few minutes afterwards, delft e _ rately repeated the falsehood which Mr. Briggs had uttered. Mr. Winchester has since contradicted, upon oath, his own state_ ment." The pamphlet contained many other gross libels to the same effect, the truth of which was utterly denied by Mr. Briggs and Mr. Alderman Winchester. The True Sun of the 16th of this month also contained libellous charges of a similar nature and purport, of which the following was a specimen : " The whole scheme of the commission which Mr. Winches ter sued out against Mr. Grant was a swindle—and the same spi. sit which led to the suing out of the commission marred Mr. Grant's attempts to repurchase his property. Mr. Grant twice offered to his creditors double the amount of his proved dells ; and, though his offers were rejected, still, by an incredible ex. penditure of toil, and by enc. entering unheard-of humiliations, he finally baffled all the fraudulent devices to which the Lord Mayor that is to be had recourse." " To the public, accordingly, he hai addressed himself, and, by the aid of the public, he is rapidly recovering his property .Who shall say that, by doing so, he gives to any one just MIS , . ifcomplaint ? Re long ago p&nted out to his creditors a fun *rom which his debts might be •• :!:'---, IC, if it was their pleasur to permit a trio of swindlers to stand between them and their pro. ,ercy, the fault certainly was not his. If they chose to allow M Winchester and Mr. Briggs to cheat them out of their interes .n The Sun, Mr. Grant surely was not, in consequence, bound tt !brego his interest in that property, ,, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE inquired if the present ap plication was a joint or separate one. Sir J. SCARLETT replied, that at present the application was a joint one; and that these libels had been repeated every night; they were put into songs, and into a variety of shapes. re excite the public attention. Under these circumstances, Mr. Winchester and Mr. Briggs had no remedy but to apply to the Court to put a stop to these publications. In the affidavit, the whole truth of the case was made to rest on documents, witl: a precise account of the transactions. They (Mr. Winchester and Mr. Briggs) stated that they were unacquainted with Mr. Young. Mr. Briggs never saw or heard of him until this trans. action. They had no connexion with him whatever ; he was no relation of either party, and the. , had no interest to serve him in particular, and there was no truth whatever in the im putation upon them, that for the purpose of favouring Mr. Young they had quarrelled with his partner, and that they had sacri. fired the property, and endeavoured to ruin Mr. Grant. They felt they were exposed nightly to these vollies of attack, and unless the Court afforded them its protection, there were no other means of obtaining redress. Lord TENTERDEN inquired whether the publications were brought home to the parties. Sir J. SCARLETT said they were, both by the affidavit at the Stamp office and by admissions. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Take a rule to show cause why one or more informations should not be filed. (THIS DAY.) LIBELS ON THE DUCHESS OF RICHMOND. THE MORNING POST. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the Court this morn. ing, to confirm the rule Nisi against Mr. Byrne and others, of the Morning Post newspaper, for a libel published in that paper against her Grace the Duchess of Richmond. Mr. POLLOCK appeared on behalf of the proprietors of the Morning Post. Undoubtedly the libel complained of had ap peared in the pages tf that paper—a libel that was wholly un. true; therefore the Court wou'd easily suppose, that on behalf of his clients he had not the slikhtest comment to make in op position to the grounds on which th?, application had been made by his Learned Friend for this ru'e ; at the same time it was right that he should state on behalf of h ? defendants the situation in which they stood. Mr. Byrne hid made a long affidavit, in which he stated that the libel in question had been copied into the Post from the Observer ; th. t it appeared in the Observer on the preceding day in a most con •picuous part of that Paper, with all the appearance of authe. tic !y, so that when it was put into Mr. Byrne's hands he verily i e eyed it to be true. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE i squired whether that was to be considered as an excuse in a Curt of Law. Mr. POLLOCK had no idea of making this statement under any such impression ; at the same time it certainly was due to all parties that that fact should be known. The proprietors of the Post, in copying this libel had not the slightest wish to libel or injure the character of any individual whatever. There were many offensive passages in the libel, as it appeared in the Observer, which never did find their way into the Post—no colouring appeared there—nothing but what seemed to be the facts. Oa the day after the publication, a person called at the office of the Post, under the authority of his Grace the Duke of Richmond, to state that the whole was untrue. On the next day the most decided contradiction was therefore given to the atrocious calumny, as it was styled in the Post. And in that statement the proprietors en de.avoured to make every reparation that an apology, a con tradiction of the falsehoods, and a condemnation of the original publication were calculated to afford. When the present rule was applied for they also took that opportunity of rendering all the reparation in their power, by expressing their regret at what they had done, and their perfect conviction of the false hood of the statements. If any thing else were required of them they were perfectly ready to do every thing in their power. One of the gentlemen was in a state of health that rendered him exceedingly unfit to undergo the anxiety of entering into a legal contest of this de scription, therefore it would be a great relief to him if the Learned Counsel would now give an intimation of the course he or his noble client intended to adopt ; and he trusted that the state of health, as well as all that had been done by the proprietors since the libel appeared, would operate as an extenuation either with the Learned Attorney-General, or the Noble Duke. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, he had not seen the affidavit referred to, therefore he could make no observations upon it; neither could he at this moment in Court think of entering into any negotiation. Indeed one of the reasons stated by the Learned Counsel for flregoing the prosecution, really made it the more urgent that the proceedings should be gone on with ; because if newspapers were to be excused in publishing the most infamous slanders merely on the ground of having copied it from another paper, that would establish one of the most alarming precedents that had ever been laid down. The Noble Duke's adviser had been obliged to select four of the newspapers to which there appeared to be the greatest degree of culpability attaching. Almost all the respectable newspapers of the day—those operating the most on the public opinion, had abstained from taking a part in that most scan. dalous calumny, which had been so industriously cir culated by the papers selected on this occasion. He did not deny the desire as sworn to of the proprie tors to make every reparation in their power, but the way in which they had set about making the reparation, viz., by say ing that the Noble Family now lived in the same uninterrupted degree of felicity in which they had lived previous to the circu lation of the libel—that of itself carried with it a sting, which required to be extracted, and which showed that nothing but this proceeding could possibly make the reparation complete. The COURT ordered the rule to be made absolute. DIOCESE OF SALISBURY. SALISBURY, APRIL 23.—0 n Monday, the Lith inst., t he h Lord Bi s h op o f th i s Diocese held an ordination in the C ipel o f hi s P a l ace, when the follo w i ng persons were ad toitted into the holy order of_. DEACONS. l°lGeorge Robbins, 8.A., of Magdalen College, Oxford. 14 J. Vaughan, 8.A., of Mert on C ollege, Oxford. 111 tePhen R. Spicer, B. A., W orcester College, Oxford. R. Cottle, M.A., Pembroke College, Oxford. PRIESTS. I —Snlicbß. P. It Clerk, B. A., Trinity College, Cambridge, I. J. Cooper, M.A., St. John's College, C am b r i dge, ury and Winchester Journal of Saturday. Died, at Rome, on the 11th of April, ELlZA tkirn, the youngest daughter of the late CHARLES MOE, 45., E sq . , of the Polygon, Southampton. THE COURT JOURNAL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved to make the rule ab. solute in this case, for the same libels. Sir JAMES SC ARLETT was instructed to oppose the mo tion, but from what had just passed he certainly could not feel that he rose under very encouraging circumstances ; at the same time he was anxious to do justice to his clients, who had made a long affidavit, in which they stated that, in publishing the libel in question, they were actuated by no malicious or unkind feelings. They were exceedingly sorry that they should have been the medium of giving publicity to such a piece of passing scandal. The Editor had stated that his paper had the character of being extremely free :from the publication of such libels, and which he (the Learned Counsel) be lieved to be true. There was a sort of competition between the editors of newspapers, as all must know, to be the first to feed the public appetite for slander. Sincerely did he wish that there were any other means of satiating that desire; but a newspaper would have very little circulation if it were to abstain from taking a part, and a very active part, in this mode of proceeding. He was instructed to throw himself on the mercy of the Attorney-General and his noble client, and to say that his clients were prepared to make the most ample apology. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would only make this ob. servation, that in this case the Court Journal appeared to have been the first to have issued the scandal; therefore it was, per_ haps, in a more capable situation than any of the other Papers to give information as to who the original propagators were of the vile scandal.—Rule made absolute. THE JOHN BULL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then moved to make the rule absolute in this case, for having also published the same libel. Mr. PLATT appeared on the other side, but hardly knew that he could state any thing for the benefit of his clients. They had copied the libel from the Court Journal, which had been the source of all this mischief.--(Laughter.) His clients had to express great regret for what they had done. Rule made absolute. THE OBSERVER. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL believed that no one was in structed to oppose his motion to make the rule absolute in the case of the Observer, therefore he would take his rule. Rule made absolute. COURT OF CHANCERY. -(THIS DAY.) LIST OF MOTIONS—ENORMOUS EXPENSE. Sir E. SUGDEN stated that he had been consulting with some of his Learned Friends on the best mode of getting rid of the arrear of motions. There was a vast arrear at present, which led to a most ruinous expense to suitors. He had no less than thirty-five motions in his own bag; and upon the one seventh down in his list, by a calculation which his clerk had made, the charges for solicitor's attendance in Court already amounted to upwards of the enormous sum of FORTY GUINEAS All this had been occasioned from the want of an opportunity of making that 'notion. The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired if that particular motion was an appeal motion Sir E. SUGDEN replied in the affirmative. The LORD CHANCELLOR did not know why many of the motions—motions which were not appeal motions, were not taken into the Vice-Chancellor's Court. Sir E. SUGDEN believed that his Honour's Court Was already crowded with motions. The LORD CHANCELLOR was inclined to think that, however crowded that Court might be, yet that still many of the motions now stated to be in arrear in this branch of the Court ought to be taken there. Indeed, why should original motions, except some which were peculiar in their nature or character, came betore the Lord Chancellor at all ? Sir E. SUGDEN said that if they were not, and that if all, or any thing like all, original motions were to go to the Vice-Chan cellor, the consequence would be, that his Lordship would not be able to keep a single Counsel to himself. He (Sir Edward Sugden), for instance, confined himself upon motions entirely to his Lordship's Court; but if it were now to be under stood, that all motions were in the first instance to go be fore the Vice-Chancellor, lie would immediately accept of briefs in that Court. What the bar had now to propose was, that there should be a list of no more than six of the oldest motions before his Lordship put Into the paper on every seal day. In this way to go regularly through the arrear of motions, that paper at the same time not preventing Counsel from occasionally moving in junction motions, or any others which absolutely re. quired to be made without delay. In this way the expense attending the arrear of motions wou ld b e greatly obviated, because solicitors would only be allowed to charge for their attendances in those motions which were in the paper. At present they charged their Ms. 4d. on both sides on every motion in arrear every seal day— and to such an ex `ent did this expense go, thafrespectable solicitors actually felt lstruned to put down their charges. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought this would be a very proper plan, and therefore directed it to be adopted. ROLL'S COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The MASTER of the ROLLS was occupied with causes of no general public interest up to the time of our Reporter's leaving. VICE-CHANCERY COU:T.-(THIS DAY, The VICE-CHANCELLOR took motions to-day, but no case worth reporting had come before his Honour when our Reporter left. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) DELAY OF BUSINESS. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET entered the Court preci se ly a t a quarter past eleven o'clock. There were seven causes for trial on the Remanet paper, all defended, and the only Coun. sel in attendance at the sitting of the Court, was Mr. Martin, who was engaged in the cause, "Brunskill v. Giles." On the officer of the Court calling over the causes, none of the par ties engaged in them answered, nor did any Advocate in their behalf, with the exception of Mr. Martin, who said he was concerned for the plaintiff' in the above named action, but that Mr. Serjeant Bumpus, who was against him, was not in at. tendance. Mr. Justice BOSANQUEr--The Court must make some arrangement about this—it makes the Sittings in Term a per fect farce. I will take especial care to mention it in the morn ing to my brother Judges. In the case of Swansberg v. Coventry, a Gentleman in Court said, that ➢lr. Sergeant Wilde and Mr. Sergeant Jones were en gaged in this case, but that they were not present. He believed that the action had been withdrawn, and that it would be tried at the Sessions. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET—You believe it is withdrawn ? That will not do, I c innot take your belief. I will strike it nut of the paper, which the Learned Judge did instanter, and took occasion to remark upon the inconvenience to which the Judge and the Jurors were put by" a number of causes being placed on the paper for trial, and when they are in attendance to try them, none of the parties are present. Something certainly should be done to prevent the recurrence of such farcical prac tices in future. The COURT was then adjourned till the next sitting (Thurs. day). THE MARKETS.-(T 'IS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRIcE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended April 20, 1R32. made up from the Return, of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, pet Imperial Quarter. Wheat-- eos 11,1.1 Oats 21s. Id 1 345. 2n. Barley-- 34s 4d I Rye 335. 7d I Pease—, 345. 54 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVFRAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PREGET/IN°. 59s 104. i Oats 2ls ld.l 8ean5...„...—.. 34s 4d. B trley-- 345. 54.1 Rye 345. 34s Ild. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Bd.l Oats 154. 3d.113ean5......... 18s. 3d. 10d.I Rye 18s. 3.1.1 18s. 3d HAY M A IiKETS.—(At per Load of SA Trusses.) CUMEERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 lu to .f 2 15 kTew Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old ' 6tto Eine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass i-lay 4 0 4 15 t lover Hay 4 5 6 0 Oat Straw ....XI 12 to .£1 141 Wheat st , aw A moderate supply, and a steady trade; prices as last quoted. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 15 to £3 0 slew Meadow flay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and !lye-grass Hay ...... Clover Hay (extra fine)....E6 0 ..Generally Oat Straw ....,. E I 11 to £1 16 1 Wheat straw 1 18 2 0 Supply short, trade rather dull, and prices stationary. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY FROM LLOYD'S DEAL, APRIL 25—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Clarinda, Au burn, from Honduras; Nile, Putman, from Havanna; Nesbitt, Simpson, from Jamaica; Tanfield, None, from Montserrat; Mag net, Parker, from the Cape of Good Hope; Mlgnus, Master son, from Rio Janeiro ; Bedford, Camp' ell, from Cadiz; St. Vin cent, Planter, from Jamaica; Parmelia and Amphitrite tran, ports. Arrived from the river, and sailed, Edinburgh, Marshall, and Berwickshire, Madan, for China ; Vesper, Brown, for Bombay. Arrived and sailed for the river, Bencoolen, Kerr, from Manila ; and Magnet, Parker, from the Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 25.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the William Harris transport, Speedy, Folcher. from Lisbon. Passed by the Mine. va, Probyn, from Bengal, sailed Jan. 12, and from S . Helena the Fth ult. FALMOUTH, APRIL 21.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W.—Arrived the Duke of Marlborough packed, sailed 15th inst. DOVER, Apart2s.—Arrived off this port, the He•efordshire, Hope, from China ; Morley, from Ceylon ; Margaret, Donald. from Honduras; Orcitava, Smith, from Teneriffe; Janet, from Lisbon; Zorilda, Croft, fr m Cork ; Lady Douglas, Cullen, from Wexford. Arrived off this port the Minerva, Probyn, from Bengal AfiLFORD, APRIL 24.—Arrived the Admiral Howe, from Odessa. GREENOCK, APRIL 2.—Arrived the Capricorn, Smith, from the Mauritius, and the Duchess of Richmond, —, from Sierra Leone. The Eclipse, Davies, from London to the Cape of Good Hope, was totally wrecked at the Island of Palma, on the 31st of January, and four passengers drowned. The F , undling, M'Kechnie, from Demerara to the Clvde, was driven on shore, near Arklow, on the 22c1 instant, and not expected to be got off—cargo discharging. The Wanderer, from New York, fell over in the dock at G a l. way, on the 14th instant, and damaged about 140 hhds. The Dolphin, Roberts, bound to Liverpool, put into Bally shannon, leaky, and must discharge. The Hope, Greig, from Liverpool, bound to Newfoundland, put into Bournore, the cargo having shifted, and with loss of boats, bulwarks, dcc. Ariived at St. Helena the Rose, Marquis, from China ; Duke of Bedford, -, and the James Pattison, Grote, from Bengal. Arrived at Bengal the Roxborough Castle, Denny, and the Ganges, Boultbee, from London. The St. George: from Bengal to Liverpool, was spoken with by the James Pattison going into the Mauritius, and was partly dismasted. The following was posted at Lloyd's this morning:— MADEIRA, APR►L 10.—On the 30th ult., three vessels of war, under Terceira colours, appeared off here, where they paci fically remained until the 4th inst., when they boarded four Ame rican vessels, viz., the Alpeine, Mogown, Enterprise, and Geo. Coddington ; warned them not to come in here, declaring the island to be in a state of seige, and closely blockaded." Another account states, that the blockade was only against enemies' vessels, and vessels laden with provisions and warlike stores; and that the blockading squadron consisted of a frigate of 46 guns (Vice-Admiral Sartorius), a brig of 20 guns, and a schooner of four guns. THE FUNDS -(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Calcutta Papers, to the 7th January, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The John. Bull, of the 6th January, gives the following from Manilla : --- His Majesty's ship Crocodile, Madras Roads, Dec. 21. British brig Emerald on shore, much damaged Ditto Colombo ro.le out the gale, but cut away her foremast. American ship Crusade on shore, cargo lost. Ditto Sabrina rode out the gale. French ship Bayonnais rode out the gale. Spanish ship of war on shore. Ditto Sabrina on shore. Ditto Union on shore, mere wreck. Spanish brig Brilliant rode out the gale. Portuguese brig Atricane on shore. And immense damage among the vesels in the river. (From the Calcutta Price Current.) The demand for Indigo during the last week has continued more brisk, and considerable sales have been effected. In sales of other goods we are still unable to quote ally improvement. COTTON PIECE-GOODS.—Sales continue small, and at no advance in price. Letters from Madrid state that the news of the ravages made at Paris by the cholera has caused great consternation in the above capital, and it was reported that the King was going to leave Aranjuez, andproce ed to Granja: other accounts say that he was going to Andalusia. There was also a report that the cholera had broken out at Malaga; but no positive news has as yet been received on this subject. A Lisbon Mail has arrived,—sailed on the 15th of April. We do not hear, as yet, of any political news of importance by the above conveyance. - THE FUNDS. The estafette trom Paris brings the French Renter higher, 7(f. 35c., owing to aslight improvement in M. Peri er's health. The cholera there is gradually decreasing—'29s deaths on Monday. Consols, which left of yesterday at 85 1 / 4 1 7 1, opened at 5 1 4, sellers, at which price they are at present, with nothing doing. HAF-PAST OE. Our private accounts b y the Lisbon L mail this morning are both alarming and distressing to the commercial interest lion Mi guel is again acting the tyrant by wholesale ; he hat ordered pri sons to be prepared on the frontiers of Spain for those persons, merchants, or individuals of wealth, who do not pay up the forced loan, tube confined in them immediately; but on this being known several have conformed to his late decree, and have been obliged to pay the double. Prosecutions to the greatest extent are car ried on at Lisbon. We also understand that a number of per_ sous of high rank, confined in the prisons at Lisbon, are going to be sent to Africa ,to make room for others. Madeira is blockaded by part of the squadron of Don Pedro. Some American vessels going in with provisions were ordered off by the islockading ships. The private letters from Paris this morning are more favour , able in regard to the cholera. Perier appears to be improving in health, and the cholera abating. The King of France is acting with the greatest generosity tow..rds the poor and afflicted Pari sians' giving large sums of money towards their relief. No change of Ministers is as vet expected to take place. The report of Count OrlotPsspeedy departure for Holland rather excites the attention of our speculators—the question is, will he, depart without exchangingand ratifying the Dutch Treaty? This as yet, is to he ascertained. If he sets as arbitrator to settle the modifications between the two parties, we should imagine he will not previously exchange the ratification, but actas a disinter ested umpire, and tint with hands tied by one party—but report says that he will exchange and ratify the Treaty before he takes his departure. A few days will decide this affair. The Funds have continued steady during the whole of the morning at 85th, alternately buyers and sellers for the account; for money 85 to Brazil Stock and Dutch have improved, but more particularly the former, which is attributed to accounts received to-d,y from Pernambuco that the Government there have sent about seventy thousand pounds in bills on London for the November dividend, which, with the sum of thirty-five thousand pounds received last Saturday from Bahia, will nearly complete the sum wanted at that time. In other Foreign Securities little doing at present. HREE 0 CLOCK. Consols for Account Sbi. The latest advices from Madrid give reason to hope for speedy assurances of a satisfactory neutrality on the part of Spain in respect to the impending struggle in PortugaL—Mornin7 Paper. PRICES OF STOCFS THIS lank Stock per Cent. Red. .44 %1 4 i 11,er Cent. Con . ``s;F 1 4 per Cent. -- mtn Red. 91% 2 1%% ev,334 per Cent. 93 i I rer Cent Ann. 17.2 i; , 83N per Cent. 1826 101% 100% -lank Long Ann to exiore Jan. 5, 186.... 16 9-16 11-16 Oct. 10, 1859......... lan 5, 1860 _ Jan. 5, 1880 - Aprils, 1880 - lan. 5, 187 0 - DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. I New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds ......... 2.3 pm. Soot! , Sea Stock ..... Did Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 -- Ex Bills. X1.000...12 11 14 oil Ditt0...—. Ditto Small ...... 12 14 Ditto Commercial err, Ditto Advertised Bank for Account ...... India fes Account Cons. 'o May 23 95 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 914 Raglan Bonds Ditto Scrip Ditto Account t , U 3razilian Bonds 4 7 ,4 Ditto Account...46h 7V4 8 Buenos Ayres 80nd5...... Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 94 10 Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 ll h Danish Bonds 67% Ditto Account Greek Bonds THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account 11 4 Portuguese Bonds 48 (2 Ditto Account Regency Scrip — Ditto Account Prussian Bonds 99 Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1822 ... Russian i onds, 1822 (ism Ditto Account New ',lan 9334 Spanish Bonds, 1821 — Ditto Account 14% Ditto Bonds, ttts — Ditto Account l3 French Rentes, sp. c. 86f 50c. -- Exchange 2sf 50c. 3 per cent —f —c. --- Exchange —f — c- Dutch Scrip 44 %34 Ditto Account 441. I French Scrip . Ditto Bonds, '825, 3 1:44% Ditto Account Nlexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent 31% Ditto Account .32% 1 j Neapolitan ......... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONX O'CLoCX. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 71i Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 125 Brazilian imp. Min. t ,o. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O Ditto St. John Del Rey I7 Ditto Cocaes . 5 British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian alining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 47 1 4 English Mining Company 1254 General Mining Association £l2% Seal tie! Monte Mining C 0...., — 44..% 1654 1434 8 3 ,2t 1 : 21. PRiCrRs •.,F IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIA, APRIL 23. Bank Stock — A. l'atrich !nsur.(pet Share Consols, 3 ner cent. 3ov. Stock, 3% per cent 9114 I , rational Ditto 25% )itto, New I per Cent — I Flibernian Bank .1914 .;oy. Deb. 3% percent..., 87 iProvincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal 5t0ck......... 24% I imperial Mine city Deb. 4 per cent — i Mining Co of Ireland 'allast I Mice Deb. 4p. c. 91; 4 'Commercial Binh - tines — FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, APRIL 23.-Five per Cents., 96(. 5 0 c. 60,. se c . 55e. 6pc. 55c. :AI!. 55c. 50c 961. 55c. 60c. 55c. 50e. 60c. 75c. 70c. ; Three per Cents. f9f. 75c. B , :c. 90c. ssc. 80c. 85c. 80c. 90c.80c. 69f. 90c. 70c. ; National Loan, 96f. The. ; Rente de Naples, SOf. 80c. 81f. 80f. 90c. 81f. Blf. Isc. 20c. 25c. 30c 35c. 40e. ; Roman Five per Cents. 8 , 14 ; Rente d'Espagne, 10 1 .4 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 804 % :Sy 81; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 574 1 % %; Belgic Certif., 79 794 %%; Haytian Loan, 2201 Ex change on London, one montli, paper, 25f. 60c.; money,2sf. 60c.; three months, pa,..er, 25f. 45c. ; money, 25f. 45c.-Court Au thentsque. T HE EXCLUSIVE DINNER CLUBS OF LONDON, In the COURT JOURNAL of SATURDAY. April 28. To be bad of all Booksellers and NeNsmen, P.sstage Fne. rt r Ault LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 26, 1832. We this day present our readers with a fair sample of the public rejoicing on the news of the Reform Bill being read a second time in the House of Lords. For this information the public was mainly in debted to the Depresses forwarded by The Sun Newspaper to all parts of the king dam, on the memorable morning of the 14th April. On that occasion we had rivals in the field of emulation, and to each and all we cordially award whatever merit is due to their alacrity in running the race of competition. Sufficient for us, the consciousness that The Sun has been the first to quicken the march of intelligence, by assiduity as unwearied as the enterprise was arduous. We claim no other merit. To such of our provincial contemporaries as have recorded their sense of our exertions on the present as well as on former occasions, we return our best thanks for their flattering notices—notices the more grateful, as they have been wholly unsolicited. With regard to the expression of public feel ing on the arrival of the news throughout the country, he who runs may read. If Lord GREY but witnessed otie-half the exultation which we saw manifested on the majority of nine being an nounced—he would, without further delay, se cure the final accomplishment of the measure by a creation of Peers; for where the joy has been so great at the bare prospect of the Bill passing—how tremendous must be the re sponsibility of that Minister who shall hazard the public peace, perhaps the national safety, by disappointment ! The Tories have raised the cry of reaction—with how much justice let the columns of The Sun this day testify ! But let the Reform Bill be once again thrown out, and there will indeed be a re-action, of which no man living can foresee the end ! We are happy to learn by the private ac counts from Paris that the mortality in that city is on the decline, though the number of victims is still very alarming. Accounts from Madeira represent that island as blockaded by a squadron from Terceira. This is, we presume, a preliminary step to the expe dition preparing to attack it—and which will probably arrive in a few days.. The great Yorkshire county meeting in favour of Mr. SADLER'S Factory Bill, took place on Tuesday last. It was most numerously and re spectably attended, and appears to have created an extraordinary sensation throughout the north. Many able and energetic speeches were made, deprecating the oppressive labours to which children of both sexes are exp:sed in the unwholesome atmosphere of flax and cotton factories. Some alteration (and that to no trivial extent) should undoubtedly be made in the present system adopted to. wards operatives of such tender years ; their hours of daily toil should be diminished ; their little comforts—and few enough, GOD knows, these poor creatures possess !—increased ; but at the same time justice should also be awarded to the manufacturers, many of whom, we know, are unremitting in their benevolent attentions to their young work-people. The question, though full of difficulties, is a most important one, and demands the prompt attention of the Legis lature. Dutch papers of the 24th seem to justify the arrest of M. THORN upon a strange presumption —as being accused (yr having cooperated in the overthrow of the Government established by the fundamental law of the kingdom of the Ne therlands, and that he shall ba imprisoned till further orders from the Hague. Upon the same principle his Dutch MAJESTY may seize any Belgian whomsoever—even the adopted KING himself. If such a spirit f animosity pervades the Dutch Court, what is he use of ratifying Ow Belgian treaty ? The whole proceeding becomes as great a mockery as he delay has been insulting. Let us hope that a more satisfactory explanation mly soon be given of this matter. AMSTERDAM, AMITE 21. Actual Debt, 2% percent 42 to 424 Amort Syndic, 44 per cent ...... ....... Ditto, ditto. 3Y, per cent. Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent 93% to 113% The Allgenzeine Zeitung of the 19th instant, states that the affairs of Italy are in a very fair course of being speedily and amicably settled. • The office of an English Consul in the Papal States no longer exists. The Roman ports in the Adriatic are placed under the Vice-Consul at Ancona, while those in the `Mediterranean are under the Vice-Consul at Rome, who takes the title of English Consular Agent. VIENNA, APRIL 14.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 87 13 16; Four per Cent, 77 ; Bank Stuck ; 11521. —Allgemeine Zeitung, An•ii 19. Brussels Papers of the 25th have been re ceived this morning. They inform us that M. DE VAN WEYER has returned from London with the ratifications of Austria and Prussia, which are published in the Moniteur Brl2r. These Papers contain no further news respecting the capture and detention of M. THORN by die Dutch. Matters appear to be very unsettled throughout Belgium—and the fatal prevalence of the cholera in France adds considerably to the public apprehension. Severe measures are adopted with respect to travellers, and the utmost caution is observed in preventing the introduction of the disease into the Netherlands. Judging from the previous career of the cholera, we think, should the disease bend its course in that direction, Belgic vigilance, however acute, will prove of little avail in resisting its progress. Lisbon Gazettes from the 14th to the 19th inst. have been received, but they contain no political information. An order was issued from the Board of Trade against vessels which had endeavoured to evade payment of the light-dues on entering the Tagus, under the plea that they were stopped by quarantine regulations, and con sequently were exempt from paying harbour dues, The dues must be paid. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. ,„; . to bON. .E Z§ l §R 7. G.: C.) •CdCa 0 24C. - .)E, i c4 1 8 E 75 5 --a E . Z q g Total 210 54 32 41 j 195 2521 1282 Total from places where the disease has ceased and from which no return h;:s been this day received... . 6lBO 1814 Grand Total B6Bl 3u96 LONDON.—APRIL 25, at FIVE P.M. . • el, r, ec T Astss . E E 5; 11 0 2 7s s E Z A g E. 04: E -- - - Total 56 3 310 1 46 2012 1048 Cases from places before reported 452 2SO (Signed) 'otal 2524 I 13.1 i 'ACLEAN, Secretary, Grand Ti WM. M FINE ARTS. NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. 3 you. Three volumes of this valuable national work are now completed. They are of a full quarto size ; most splendid and imposing in their exterior, and il lustrated with some of the chastest and most elabo rately finished engravings we have ever seen. Nei ther time, labour, nor expense, seem to have been spared to render this costly work worthy the encou ragement of a great nation. The portraits of all those illustrious Englishmen, who, whether as poets, philosophers, senators, lawyers, divines, warriors, or artists, have figured on the stage of existence during the last hundred years, and earned a title to the un dying gratitude of posterity, are here introduced, accompanied by-slight explanatory memoirs, penned in a very agreeable and unassuming style by Mr. Jerdan—a gentleman who, from circumstances, is every way qualified to do justice to his task. A work like this forms a necessary part of English literature. History doubtless will record the acts of many of the eminent personages whose biographies are inserted in it ; but the major portion of such re cords will necessarily be in sketch, whereas here we have them in detail—not the mere bust, but the ample full-length. What historian, for instance, will ever give so minute, so animated a detail of the circumstances attending the assassination of Per ceval, as Mr. Jerdan who was on the spot, and au eye-witness of the whole transaction, has afforded us in the National Gallery ? We repeat, that the wok is a necessary adjunct to our country's literature. No pri vate or public library can properly be said to be com plete without it. Viewed even as a sample r.f the high state of cultivation to which the Fine Arts have ar rived among us, the National Portrait Gallery is eminently deserving of the great encouragement it I.as received. The engravings are by various hands, but by far the major part of them are executed in the most superior style. We parricuarly allude to the portraits of the Princess Charlotte—the Duke of Wellington—Lord Grantham, and the late Mr. Angerstein, each of which has been finished with a degree of neatness, of delicacy, of the most rigid attention to force and purity of effect, to which we have few, very few parallels. The expenditure of capital on this work must have been enormous, and such as English enterprise only would have hazarded. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Last evening, after The Conspact, the splendid piece of The Magic Car ; or, Three Days' Trial was repeated for the third time. We mention this piece again chiefly for the purpose of noticing the remit. hahle ability displayed by a most interesting little girl, only six years old, Miss Adelaide, the daughter and pupil of 111 r. and Mrs. C. Byrne, awl the niece of the celebrated Mr. Oscar Byrne. This hieltly accomplished dancer appealed on Monday evening, for the first time on any stage, and occupied the most conspicui us station in a characteristic fairy dance. Her c,trect mode of keeping time, her very graceful manner, her self-confidence, and her agility, st, uck us with admira tion, and bhe was throuchout most enthusiasticahy ap plauded by a crowded and fashionable audience. Sue pi o (nisei the most flattering hopes o; contributing, iu no small degree, to the already well-earned fame of the exit:- brited name she hears. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. YouNG appeared here list nigla in his favourite cha. rricter of Brutus, in Julius C'celar, and phip-il with .11 his wonted tact and spirit. C KeNtat.s:, a. Mark thony, and WA RD; us Cassius, supp.rteo him ably on the occasion. The parts being thus strongly cast, attracted a full house,