The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-22 00:00:00

New Burlington-street, May 22, 1847. Mr.BENTLEY begs to announce that be has this day PUBLISHED, in Three Volumes, H OME AND ITS INFLUENCE By the lion. ADELA SYDNEY, Wh'cb. may now be had at all iSa Libraries. ur.R. _‘A.,TE,;I'Y'S THEATRE. Pir,t vpearance, this season, of - d le. Carlotte Cris'. THIS EVENING, :•,aturclal , May 22, will be per:omit:id Doni- Seth's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAM3IERMOOR. Lucia, Mad. Castellon; Edgardo, Signor Frasehini; Bidebent, Signor Solari ; and Enrico, Signor Coletti. To conclude with the revived Ballet (by M. Perrot), entitled • LA ESMEIT,A:. - 1)A. The principal characters by 3ldlle. Carlate Orisi (her Irst appear ance), Mdlle. Copere, and 3ldine. P. Stephan. M. St. Lew, M. Gosselin. and M. Perrot. Pit i lc , ets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, %Ice lOs. 6d. each. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re spectfuOv informed, that a grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on TiIth:SDAY next. May 27, when will be performed (tint time in this country) Donizetti's Opera, entitled LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Marta, Mlle. Jenny Liml ; Marchese di eerkentlelii, Mdme. Solari; Suplizio Segente, S!gnor F. Lablace ; and Tonio, Signor Gardoni. To be followed by various E ntertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, combining the talents of Mdlle. C. Grist, Mdlle. L. Gratin, Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdme. P. Stephan, and Mdlle. Cerito. N. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. The Free List is suilpended, the Public Press excepted. The doors open at Seven. The opera to commence at half-past Seven o'clock. ROYAL I rALLks OPERA, COVENT -GARDEN. In consequence of the indisposition ot Maine. Persiani, the Opera of " II Barbieri di Scviglii" is postponed. THIS EVENING, Saturday, 31a,y 22, will be performed the Opera of PtIRITANI. Prineipal characters by Madame Grist, Signor Marto, Signor Tam !Plaint, and Signor I%farini. To conclude with the new grand Ballot, INE in three Acts, entitled LA SAL A3IANDR. _ _ _ (Composed M. Blasis,&music composed and arranged by Signor Cann!, the scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin.) Principal characters by Mdlle. Fanny Elssler and Mdlle. Dumilatre ; Also Mffiles. Bertin, Neodot, De 3lelisse, Delechaux, O'Bryan, and Petipa. Tickets, Sts.lls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The Doors will open at Hail-past Seven o'clock, and the Opera will commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir Manna dnke Topple, Mr. Farrell ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson; God frey, Mr. Tilbury; Emerson, Mr. Webster; Cyril Tempest, Mr. Howe; Lady Tempest, Mrs. Seymour; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover ; Florence Wihnot, Mrs. Fortescue; Miss Fi iding, Mrs. Humby. After which, the FOUR HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENTAL VO CALISTS will give their imitations of various Instruments, with the Lips only. To conclude with the Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELI'III. - Under the direction of Madame Celeste • THIS EVEN . NG Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a ilipsy Story. Cheap JclArt, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael. Mr. 0. Smith; the Kinchin, Mr P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. IVorreli ; Cy , itbia, Madame Ceieste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starli;:ht Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss liarding. To be followed by the Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY Lambert LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul led , Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. To con.ludo with the Farce, called THE DOUBLE.-BEDDED ROOM. Dulcimer Pipes, Mr. Lambert ; Major Minus, Mr. Selby; Spigot, Mr. Citilenford ; Joseph. Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Deputy Loma„ Mrs. Laws; Nancy Spigot, Miss Chaplin. ritINCES'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole I.Assee and Manager. TIM) EVENING Will be performed the Opera, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS. Duke of Silesia, Mr. Rodda ; Albert, Mr. Allen ; Fredolus, .Mr. Lettier ; Bertha, 3llss. S. Flower; Giselle, Miss Anne Romer. Between the second and third Acts, and after the Opera, the company of NATIONAL lIUN;ARIAN DANCERS will perform a variety of charac: eristic National Dances. After which, the new Farce, entq;ed A WIFE FOR AN HOUR. Principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Granby, Vining, Cowell, Compton, Mrs. Hughes, and Mi's E. Stanley. To be followed by THE KRAKUSEN; or, Polonaise. By the Runigar , an Cho eograpliic Artistes. To conclude with the Farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Spikespur, Mr. Granby; Crocus, Mr. Compton; Dorothea Danvers, Mrs. Foshroke ; idy, Miss tapotte. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Last Three Wens of the present Management and Company. THIS EVENING Will be perfornrd PERSON , ABOIT TO MARRY. Characters by Messrs. Mathews, t igan, Turner, Kinloch, Mrs. Woollitige, Mrs. Wigan, and iss A den. After which a new Farce, called WANTED A HERMIT. In which Messrs: Wigan, Turner, Kinloch, Keeley, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley w 1 perform. To be foll.wed by the new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac era by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellinghatn, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To conc:nde with the new Burlesque Extravaganza, called THE WOOD D_EMON ; or, One o'clock, In which Messrs. Kceley, A. Wigan, P. Matthew., Bellingham, Kinloch, Snver, Miss Dickinson, Miss Daly, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. MONDAY EVENING • Will be performed the Cornedie of I.F. MANTRA - 1r ; ou, Le P.eve du Mal. Darliere, M. Langeva ; Gillot, M. Tourillon ; Mathilde, Mlle. Vallee ; Emelle, Mdlle. Denain ; La Larrnme, Mille. After which,• the Comedic of LE MARI A LA CA MPAGNE. Colemhet, M. Regt.ier ; Ursale, Millie. Denali': To conclude with the principal Scenes of the Petite-Comedic, en titled LE 3IARRIAGE FORCE. Pancras, M. Ile,gnier ; Dorimene, Angele. Boxes, fis.; Pit, 3a. Gd. ; Amphitheatre, 34.; Gallery, 'is. Boxes and Stalls m:ty be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, ?3. Bond-street ; and at th:). Lox-oftlee of the Theatre, which is open • dally from Eleven till Five. ETII.IOVIAIi SisERE:iiADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. CLOSE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT. The nobility, gentry, end th, p.iblic are respectfully informed, that the popular Entertainment givett•by thoEth Sereoaders, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Gersten, will be. positively ter minated at the end of the ensuing month ot,Juiie, previomily to the fixed departure of the Company for the Continent, _ the sth of July. Since the commencement of this Entertainment, more than four bludred,wformuces, - ; pahlic :tad ptivatd I have • bier given in Lenten ; and, notwittistaadiag the numerous. vu ;gar imitai lot is which have been feceniTy, at:enipte.l in the Tretropplis, the unappr, , achahlo superiority of the ahoire perty is esfaSllslied by their' n,id Minished po;nlarity• and success. Inirin; the few' remaining 'Weel4S of their engnemcrit, the perii)rtnaneeti w;11 be contint!ed every Tu,sday, Thuretlay, anal Saturday evenings, and a Morning Perlornsance will take place every Wednesday. The efitertainni , nts of this Thursday& durlirr, the. in , ,ttlt ni June will he appropriated for the separate Pelle fits of each me aber•af the. Company, And, hi order. to produce nit agree.al,le souvenir kit tha unparal eled papa:rity o . these perforin• anees, it is intended tot resent to every ,sitor of the private Sexes and stall a a portrait of the 141101(4,1re In his private appearance. md also itt-his professional c opacity, illustrating some favourite melody. Such portraits byes be executed from the life, in the finest style, by H. Magui••e, Esry , ant are already nearly completed. The benefits will be arranged in tfie . foiloving order : . . . , . .„ Thursday, June 3, fur the benefit of Germon (tamborine), Thursday, June 10 ditto Stanwooil (accordion), Thursday, June 17 ditto White (banjo), Thursday, June 24 ditto Harrington (banjo), Thursday, July 1 ditto Pell (honest previously to the last Farewell Performance, on Saturday ETanill7, July 3. Boxes and Atails at Mitchell's Roy.il Litrary, 33, 011 Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprio. , r and Alanugcr 11r. «iiliatn Batty. Under the patranage cf the Queer, ,knert.. and the - royal FAmily. Last nights of the grand Ectuestrian and Dramatic Spectacles, pre vious to the WllitAnithle splendid productions. T lIIS EVEN ISG Will he performed %on] Ityrct's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF ARYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Citepiallei SCENES in the CIRCLE, with the parthrmamie , of the Arabian horse, Diarnii:l I of the De,ert ; the four Mexican Antipo dean A tistes ; and the celebrated Clown. Mr. W. F. Wallet. To ccuchhle with ZARA II ; or, The Gipsy Trilic of Bohemia. . . Stage 31anager, Mr. W. I). Broadtbot. Stalls, 55.; Itox,s, 45.; Upper Loxes, 3 , ; l'it, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery. 6(1. Commence every evenin:; at Seven o'clock, ROYAL VIC rOKIA THEATRE. TIIIR EVENING Will be perfotmed — E.l7 II; or, The Lass that Loves a Sailor, Bernard, Mr. Hicks ; Ruth, NI isA Vincent. Alloy which, the Farce of the LOTTERY TICKET. Wormwood, blr. Gardner. To eonclu•l.. with TILE WIZA.RD OF THE WAVE ; or, The Shil , of the Avenger. Captain Fattlim,-r, Mr. Hicks. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, ruder the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. Open every Mond iy, Tu, , s.lay, Wednesday, and Thursday. Ad.nission, Ore Shilling The Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable expense, erected a new Entrance, and a Priagniticent Walk, with lower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain; iu front of the *mad Pictorial Representation of THE TOWN ..ND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. The Menagerie contains many specimens, incluling the Giraffe, Gazelles, &c. The Proinenade Concerts, coti;'ucted y Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge of Statues. The grand Pyrot;ch , iie t dsplay, representing the SIE4F, OF GIBRIA. , ,TAIt. Showing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destrue tlata of tne Town, and Wowing up of the Battering Ships. During the season, M. JULIA EN will give a series of Concerts; the Band will consist of one h- ndre4 ?erionners. The Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their Grand spring Flower Show, on Wednesday, 31ay 26. 'l' W EAT ilElt—S trti OFFICE, MAY 21. TIIERMOXETER, Lowest, 47 ; Highest, 63 ; Noon, 64. BAROMETER, 30.2.—W1ND W.; Sue. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAT. .. 1J minutes after 7. Evening 42 =mutt s Adel 7. ati I • MA ;F. !Ye' . ' ' 'o ;" : *. " 4 . .54 r • Atr- te, er • , 160.. r Dßorr intryttin -54TIL LONDON, SA.TURDA.Y, MAY 22, 1847. Dissension must still coutin prevalent in Por tugal, for the Junta are naturally sceptical as to the sincerity of a SOVEREIGM who has so shamefully and incessantly deceived the country, and the members of the Provisional Government of Oporto consequently demand guarantees for the fulfilment of the arrange ments proposed by Colonel WYLDE. It is impossible to regard the con duct of the popular p ar t y i n this p a rticular with any degree of astonishment. Ilnving by extraordinary perseverance and remarkable int e l. m li g ence obtained the 6 upr e acy in that portion of the Peninsula, the leaders of the revolted Portuguese are very reasonably unwilling to renounce the advan tages they have so arduously acquired, at the tirst hint of a concession on the part 01 - .llAar.l. DA GLORIA, Without beforehand en suring to themselves and their compatriots the blessings of a constitutional Government, sand the redress of their many indisputable rie l vanco. Were they to act otherwise they would .4 ...l l l7f!cun*orthy of the confidence reposed in them by the 2:7.-.-...:jf:Otiticte; they would he rashly confiding the fiber ' isf*-V*..of:";i'partially emancipated race to the hands of il4:PsCvjistentitimi'kevengsful faction. potentiary is returning, therefore, to his pacific mission unfulfilled, and the THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNI_NCT, MAY 22, ►847. monopoly. The authorities at the Ead India House and Marseille., 727 f. 50e.; Vierznn, 583 f. 75e.; Northern, confessed, generally, their igriorac , _!e of the state of 60If. *2.5c. ; Paris anti I,vcps, 433 f 7) e . DONE IN MR: Vr THE things which had call d forth Mr. Wn.r.Rms.vNt's LoNt):)N t•.X4',l plfilanthropic exertions, and eased themselves of all and A mi. (o reproach by alleging. that the local government had P 1; " -I r' )' 0 1 4 1 3 ,_,; s :N a a n ti' d ij ., r i . l u a i l l tt , i' L l : ' L e 1 3 ' . 0 10f the exclusive management of all that related to the 4 a /r i rini. s%;„t ) . " r i e and Meuse, 6 , i. manufacture of salt, and the exorbitant prices at which it was sold to the public. For the last thirty years , millions of the poor inhabitants of India have re mained subjected, with little or no improvement, to the continuance of as heartless a commercial usurpa tion as ever disgraced a public body. We use the word usurpation advisedly, for we cannot discover any clause or expression in the East India Company's Charter authorising them to manufacture salt, and it is no torious that when it was conferred the intention of the Legislature was to deprive the company in lobo of their former commercial privileges; but, whether they have the power or not, with those who will be at the trouble to bestow a very moderate share of reflection on the subject there can be but one opinion as to the course to be adopted. Policy, justice, and humanity unite in demanding the extinction of the monopoly. In the first place, the supply of salt is miserably inadequate to the wants of our Indian population. Their chief food consists of rice, which, unseasoned by salt, is not only insipid, but affects the physical condition of the consumer in the most serious man ner. In the next place, the article sold by the Com pany's agents is deteriorated to a most abomi nable extent. A very influential meeting was held on Thursday in the Hanover-square Itoom, when an association was formed to do away with the monopoly in question. Specimens of the company's salt were then produced. Inspection produced as tonishment and disgust. The poor persons who pur chased it, at a price which absorbed one-ninth of the earnings of their labour, found it contained but one fourth of salt, the remainder consisting of cononon earth. What must be the feelings of millions towards our Government when they are thus shamefully fleeced for this "horrible stuff ?" Our indignation, too, is the more keenly aroused when it is known that disease, pestilence, and death make fearful ravages among the population, unless they can provide themselves in some shape or other with the commodity of salt. We rejoice, then, at the association which has at length sprung into existence, and sure we are that, with only common energy, their humane object will be speedily attained. A letter dated Rome, the Ist inst., published the Augsburgh Gazette, announces that the Pure had given orders that a regular budget of the revenue and expenditure of the Roman States should be pub lished; and further, that the regular clergy had offered to lend his HOLINESS several millions of scudi at a reduced rate of interest. "If this offer be realised," observed the Augsburgh Gazette, " the finances of the Roman Goverm:ient will soon be come unembarrassed." The same paper publishes another letter, dated Rune, the 28th ult., which states that for some time past the number of clan destine printers had considerably increased, and, in consequence, staeral persons had been arrested. A letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 7th, announces, in the most certain terms, that the Emperor of RUSSIA has decidedly been obligtd, in compliance with the advice of his physicians, to renounce the journeys which his Imperial MAJESTY proposed shortly to make to Warsaw and Stutgard. We are, never theless, happy to be able, on the authority of the same letter, to give the assurance that the state of health of his MAJESTY, though still requiring a good deal of care, is ,far from presenting any character to cause the slightest alarm. ,Madrid papers of the 14th inst. have arrived. It wan rumoured that the attempt to form a Sala- Mdrica•iNarvaez Cabinet had failed, and that the financial measures of SALAMANCA would be carried into effect by royal decree. Among the persons pre• sent at the levee at Aranjuez were Senors OLozAaA, MENDIZABAL, SALAMANCA, Ros DE OLANO, PA CHECO, and. Generals SERRANO and JcsE CONCHA. The Tiempo states that on the 12th there left Sa lamanca two battalions of the Asturias regiment, with some cavalry and artillery, for Alcanias, on the fron tier of Portugal. It would appear that this rein - forcemont had been demanded by the governor of Zamora, under the following circumstances. DAS ANTAS, in pursuing a battalion of the troops of DONNA MARIA, violated the Spanish territory, and eighty of his men haling been taken prisoners, were removed to Zamora. The Governor of Zamora having refused to surrender them, the insurgent chief had threa'ened to recover them by force. BlADalsk. BOLSA, MAY 14.—The l hree per Cents. were done a; Str.i for cash ; the Four per cents. at 18%; the Five per Cents. at 19; the Debt without Interest at 57g ; and the Coupons at 16. We have received the Paris papers of \Wednesday The discussion on the Bill for reviving the li , ,yal C hapter of St. Denis still continues in the Chamber of Peers. The beat speech of Tuesday %N as that. of Count D'ALTON SIIF.E, in opposition to the measure, in which he denounced the slavish maxims of the Court clergy, and the conduct of those wh) are Catholics (he might have sad Christians), merely as they ate French or Germans,, who, having passed a life in religious indifference, mutter inecha ically some Chriatian prayers on their death-bed. He was repeatedly culled to order for this outbreak, which the Pre-sident of the Cham ber declared was calculated to wound many men of courage and conscience is their most cherished sen timents. The Chamber of Dt , puties is engaged in the ex amination of the public accounts, which are by no means satisfactory ; and the Ministry have endured several mortifying checks in the course of the ex amination. The Riforme gives the following account of the gambling affair at Chantilly : PORTUGAL. LATEST FRoII OPORTO. DEVONPORT, MAY 20.—The Jackal steamer, Lieu tenant Commander George Western, arrived here this morning from Oprto, having been three days and five hours from port to port.. The Jackal brings dispatches for Lard Palmerston. When the Jackal left Oporto Colonel Wylde was there. He had been trying to induce the Junta to accept the terms which he had been instructed to offer by the Queen, but after deliberating more than a week, those terms had been declined by the Junta. It was generally believed that Don Miguel had landed at Villeconde, from an English brig, and that he had proceeded to Oporto. The Queen's troops had been starved out of the Castle of Vianna, after sustaining a siege of 56 days. Most of the officers and men were taken prisoners, but the Go vernor and five officers escaped on board the Jackal, from which they were transferred to the Polyphemus, and conveyed to Lisbon. " On Saturday evening, after the royal hunt, a number of games at cards, lansquenet and others, were played, and the courtiers took part in them with the liveliest interest. Oae of them, especially, a captain on the staff; officer u'erdonnance of the Cl 4 eau, possessing a somewhat considerable private fortune, caused himself to be remaiked among the players by reason of his excessive good luck. Heaps of gold and bank notes increased before him with such rapidity that in a little time his winnings rtse to from 23,000 f. to 30,000 f. This good fortune excited some suspicions, and some players, more clear-sighted than the others, believed that they re marked some extraordinary tricks. In spite of the title of the lucky player, the suspicious soon became changed into certainty, and it was seen in effect that the official personage had concealed cards, and that he was perfectly practised. The lively indignation of the persons present will be con ceived. Monday it was known at the Chamber that M. G—, son of the General of the same name, captain on the staff, officer d'ordonnance of Louis Philippe, had not been arrested and thrown into prison, as every body thought, but after having been dismissed had been allowed to take flight, and had actually taken his departure for America. M. G—, receiving 3,000 f. as Captain of the staff at Paris, 6,000 t. as officer of ordonntace, was of course a member of the Le gion of Honour ; he had, besides, some 10,0001. of private income I. DUCHATEL arrived in Paris from Havre on Tuesday afternoon. The Constitutionuel says— " It was reported on the Bourse that the administrators of the Lyons and Avignon Railroad were requested to call on Wednesday on the Minister of Finance, for the purpose, ac cording to some, of giving explanations respecting the dis sension which had arisen between the different companies that had united to construct the road, or, according to others, to be informed by the Minister of the decision adopted by th e Council on Tuesday in its regard. It appears that Ministers have determined to propose to the Chamber to exonerate the company from the construction of the branch to Grenoble, and to extend the concession by fifteen years. A: respects the guirantec of an interest of 4 per cent., the majurity of the Cabinet had been of opinion to refuse it." The Gladiator and Polyphemus steam-vessels were at Oporto on Sunday when the Jackal left.—lierald. HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 were American for exportation. The market closed rather firmly, and American sorts were higher, though in other descriptions no particular change occurred. For 3,500 bales American the rates obtained were 6 3 / 4 d. to 74d. per lb. In Rail Way Shares there was a slight improve ment, and with an appearance of more confidence. The Share Market continues flat and depressed; but although the sale of Railway Shares to-day, by Messrs. Lamond and Co., was not very spirited, many shares sold at very fair prices. The following are a few of the principal sales:— Manchester and Southamptti . .OO 10 0 North British, Thirds Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 2 12 6 South Yerkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 6 6 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate . Leeds and Thirsk, I.la;ves 4 15 0 Corns % all Eastern Counties . Eastern Counties. York Extension ..... 5 15 0 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 4 13 0 li.st Lacicasbire (Scrip) ... Newnia , ket and tAies:erford.. North Statlbrdstiire, New Scrip Royston and tlitelsin Bou plaza, concernir.g whose treason to his nation there can now be no doubt, was prevented to the Royal Family on Tuesday. It is said that he intends turning renegade as well as trakor, and abandonmg his creed as well as coun:Ty. Q ueen CHRISTINA arrived at foulon oo the 16:b, where the Infante Don ENRIQUE and his wife had also arrived en route from Rolle. The fleet of the Prince DE JoiNvii.LE was vic tualling at the dockyard, and %O%dd put to sea in a week. There are accounts to-dly of further rioting at Ghent, but in other respects the continental advices are more re-assur ing, as the measures taken by the several Governments to prevent the expoitatinn of g-aiii and afford more equal sup plies, hive had tin; effect of reducing prices in many parts, and of restoring confidence likewise. Here, :also, we are glad to note a fall in the price of whent in Mark-lane, with a duller trade. The letters and papers by the Clyde steamer bring favour able intelligence from all the West India colonies. In De merara the weather was all that could be desired, and the planters even were satisfied. The labourers still appear to be in flourishing circumstances, an , e11 , ..r little " knot" of them having purchased a large esta' aa a given credit, but depositing at once a large sum. A conspiracy had been dis covered among the convicts at 111 , issarony, who contemplated an attempt to escape into the interior. In Grenada the crop, it is estimated, will be nearly double that of last year, and from Barbadoes we are advised that the season was unprecedentedly fine. The colonies generally have now a better prospect of "going a head" than for years past. The Public Securities have improved a little to-day, but as the " Oaks" day thins the attendance, and the Jewish holi days are on, there is not much doing. Consols realise 86'3i i % for present transfer, and 86% - )1 3 for Thursday next; Exchequer-bills realise Is. premium to Is. di:count. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 6,7 1 / i to I. The Foreign Securities are quite neglected. Spanish Three per Cents. realise 33%. The news from Lisbon has led to no bargains in Portuguese Bonds. Dutch Stock is firmer. Railway Shares are quiet. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSIM O'CLOCK. PRICES. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. • • 85%ii 85% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 86% % 87 Nen"Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 87;4% 87% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. A, 1860 .. 83s• 8% Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9% 9% India Stock .. .• . 242 India Bonds, 1,000/. _ Ditto, under 1,000/. .. 5 1 dis 1 dis Consols for May 27 .. .• 86% % 87 Exchequer Bills. d. 2d. Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip •• . 2 1 4 dis 1,0001... sass 1 p 1 dis 2 p 5001. 2p par 4p 4p Ditto. Small —• .... 2 5 p 5 p ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PIOICES. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 35 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • .. 31 1 4 Ditto, for the Account 33% S.,ant.sli Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • .. 33% 33% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent _ .. 38 38 Dividend.% on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a- halt per Cent ,„ 57 358 58 Ditto, I per Cent. Certitlca".es .. 8814 87% 87% Ditto, Bonds .. • • • • • • • • 8754 87% ' , RACES OF PAID. BUSINESS CLOSING DONE AT RAILWAY SHARES. PRICt.S. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .• • • • • •• 30 .... 221,4 „. 24 Binning:lam and Oxford Junction 10 .. .. 16 1 4 16 • .• •• • 1 6 Bristol and Exeter • • • • .. 15 .......... _ Ditto, New .. 10 „ „ 71„i„ ..... 7% c Acv,toittat.:l •• 3U .... 2 - 4% • . 23 34 ititto, Halt Shares .• .. 1 kA tern Counties •• .• .20 ; is eaa a 2 lB l'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. I. 61 13s. 4 f. . ditto.. •• •• "5..4d. par ',s P•• • P Yuri: Extension .. • • 7% .... • t:ast Lan,•ashire . • • • • • • • 17 is In:to Ne, . st s Lc; 5% Lincoloshire •• .. •• 6 1. 4 —_ 7% %••• • • .• 7% • (lists „ _ I quo, Quarter Shares • • .. i 21.4 161,1 ••• • .. 1614 Ely And lluidingdon ~1 3 is 15 Great Northerit .. • • 3. „ ..-!4 • • ••• • • 1 14 Do., London & York Extension 2 t • • . 1 yti Gres: Nortt, of En 51.4101 . „ too Ditto, New .. • • • • • .. 5 .. -..▪ ... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12!,, „ ~I •, eitilts • • •• •• 2 , , , • , . . sad Itury SLEdunitals .• 14 Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. B w , . Leice.ter situ. itediord . • .. •• s Leeds ant Thirsk _ Ditto, rreferellee 6 per ('ent. .• •▪ • • • • • • • 34 i, on.ton. lit 5 Co.•st • , . , 0 7 4 on. 1•41 an North-Western 1 • ...•i f J 170 Ditto, Quarter, L. and It. 7 „ I) tto ditto, New Shares • • • . 1 1 4 .. • • • • .. • • 11'4 Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. .. Au J 6,3 6114. Ditto, 101. Shares SL &u, (IS) 5 9T 4 Loudon alai esturtr. Western 4I t. 1•• 1. t, 1 ••••• • • • • • 61 Ditto. New Consul. Eighths .. 40 4,;.4 .......... 4444 Ditto, Scrip • .. • • • • .• a .... 4 • .•sass. 4 Lynn and I)creham .. • • 20 .... 2.04 .......... 20 1 4 Mancriestet Arad Leeds .. .. • • 82 . . Ditto, Fifths _ 5 sass 834 8.. Ditto, Thirds (Iteg.).. 45..... Ws.— •• • ... 5 tits Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... 34% dis. • •... dis Midland ..10n ....114 ....••.... 114 Ditto, New 38 Do.. Consul. Bristol and firm. eix per Cent. .. • • .. 100 ....123y4 124 124 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 •• •• ••••• • •• •• • Ditto, New .. 5 .... 6% •• •• • • • ••• Nortolit „Ind ...• •• • . Ditto, Extension .. • • • • 10 •• • • 9 /4 •t • ***** • • 9% Northern Counties Union .. .. 4 .. • • •• .. North British .. .. • • 25 •• .. 30%.. •• • •• • • 30 1 ,E Ditto, Extension .. • • • • %•• • • 14 ••••• • • • • • North Staffordshire .. 7 .. • • 9 ..... . 9 Oxford, Wor'stcr, & Wolverhamp. 22% • •• • • .... 13 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 •• • • 4% 5 .... 4.14 Shrewsbury' and Birmingham .. .... 2% ••• • • • .... South Staffordshire 21. 125... % dis.. dis South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .......... Ditto. New (iss at 321.) No. 1. 20 .... .......... 19% Do., New (do. 32/. 65.8(1.) No. '2. 12 .... 11 Do., New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 474% IA West Riding Union • • • • .. 4/. 2s. •• .. 1414 di...... % die Windsor. Staines, &S. IVestern.. 425..... % p p Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 20 .... 11 .•• • .. . • 11 York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 31% .. •• • • 31% Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 .... 13% % 13% Ditto, Preference 4 .... % York atid North Midland .. .. 50 .. • • 89 .. Ditto. Preference .. 2 •• • 9 % •• • ...... • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 0 .• • • 1 6 •••••• • • .. 16 Hord., Toul„, & Cette tConstituted) 4 2 % • • • • • • .... 2% Namur and Liege 10 •• • • '• "• • " 3 14 Northern of France 8 .... 11% ••••• • • • • • 11 Paris and Rouen .. .. 20 • • 35 •" • • 35 % JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia 25 .... 21 .. 24 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered • • •"' °. 74 ••• • • • k COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 8 Gibraltar,. •• •••• • •• • ••••• ••;: 3o so Ditto, at sight ...... 12 5 Leghorn .. •••• • • • • Rotterdam .... •.2 U. 12 8% Genoa ..... ••••• • • • • 29 35 "twerl)• •• • .......... 26 .. ••• • • • .... Elarnhurgh • 11.8. 13 15 Venice.. ••••••• • • • • • • • .7., A1t0na...... Naples .• •••••• • • • • • • • ,,, 14 Paris, 3 days' • s • iiit..... '25 90 t'alenito, per oz.. ...... 119 • Petetsburgh, .26 30 • • .......... $ 2% Marseilles .......• .. • • 7.6 40 t )purte. ... R{)urdeaux ..... ••• . • 26 35 :do Janeiro ..........2 6 Frankfort on 3laine.... 12 Bahia .. • • •••• • • • • •• •• I ferllti • • ___ s ew Y o e, 21 d, i yesigl4 •-• Vicuna, etfec.flo.... • • 16 I 5 i•nilailelphia ••••• • • • • 1' • • BULLION, rug oz. 3 Bs— iluelios Ayres ..... •• • (11 , t0...... • ... 10 15 p}orli. OF Math id 462' 4 ror ei > II Gold is.. 1,3 17 9 I,>t tl2 471 N,,v Dollars •• • •• 0 4 9% liilt'u• ••" ••• • .. • • 11 l' o rtto24l 6,,1,1 Coin .. 0 0 0 13arceioLa . span Dou bloons .. 0 0 0 ..... : 0 4 10% „ ........ vet 1, Latli • • • • •• h urg- Throughout France the mot stinguine expecta tions are entertained of an early and an abundant harvest. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bou"se on Wed nwesdc.a;yvaLz7o7nf: 9 5 0:: r ,. ; the Five per Cents•. 115 f. 50e- : the a r ra.t l n, e 3i.j a iAe t: ia s tasiairtd: R dirtd a st i L l tsE r riy o sa so, a ont. d ntluse;r S rge h ,a a u4 r ; e l s B , f. 1 7 , 9 5c 2 . 2f. ; Soc. ; Rouen, 937 f 50c . ; Havre, 633 f. 75c.; Great Northern, 595 f.; Avignon, 727 f. P P B29oordf.e;atßixa,sies,osltB:s;r.i!oputitelgpipiee: 3410r01. AY 15 ‘; .— r. s :ars ; 440 f ; Lyons and Avignon. 442 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette, 44. Tours and Nantes, 40.5 f.; 35 1 %. eiSupesaniashn dAvignon, Three vig n p o e n r C 40 t ... 5.. Northern, 60.3 f. 75c. Ft h'%; • % OF Tau; So NS ur Tar , CLER O / day ev; . t , in, : , hi s G race tne Ai .Obisbop of Canterbury , gay, it grand banquet at the 1,;m11011, to Ilk lloyal Ilighhes,4 the Duke of Canit:ritige. ttie Lord:ttzy ur,s L'llll's ' &c., and other supponers of the distiogukhet , The ha t; b ac riiieT t cpiet was served up in the - largo most • superb manne , . The ludo:led Letro Kettyt,h, the Lord (hint Ot Co:11- mon Pleas, the Dean of c ant , r ••• ! . 11 , 3 s. 0 1. Sarum, the Lord ,Nia K.'ll - • nard, the Cnamtfrrlain of L n 1. n '''s'er of the Merchant Tailors' Contpau v. ;,- ' ll ' Howarth, t h e T reasurer of the C orpor :..,i'•.. ot the 50,.1 or the Clergy Sir It. H. Inglk, Sint., 11,1stm, &co Sir George Smart, Altl,7rrnett Ttl,mtpett , t, Coprland, Sir Chapman Marshall, Johnson, 11'.,_t, Hughes aught's, Sidney, Moon, the Very II y. Wm. Ly.:;o ALA, and several other clergymen and gentlemen. Fifty-t; t e s:st ttoNit. On the cloth being rem Ned, " The Queen and Cir , rch," " The Corpora tion," &c., and other toasts were and responded to, after which the company separated. WEST INDIAN YAMS.—A vessel arrived from Antigua has brought the large quantity of fifty-one pack ages of this article, the production of the West Indian island named. These yams, which are of a nutritious character, and are now much esteemed, used not formerly to be im ported in sw4 large quantities as the oue under notice. Lyon, Mar - 17 - :—Paria and Rouen, 926 f. 25c.; Avignon consequence of this ineffective interference on the part of the British Go , ernment remains involved in the most profound obscurit• . So far we have acted as a generous nation should act towards a friendly nower; but we cannot conceive for a moment that the Ministers of our Gracious SOVEREIGN will have the temerity or the cruelty to proceed fur ther by sendieg out an armament for the assist ance of Queen MARIA and the conquest of a people who have arisen as our ancestors did in 1688 ; especially as the Portuguese are less stringent than our forefathers in the sacrifices demanded in expiation of the abuse of the monarchical authority. We would not rest contented without the dethronement and expatriation of the Sec: id JAMES, they are only solicitous to associate the system of national repre sentation with the moderate regal supremacy of MARIA DA GLORIA. We declared emphatically and definitively for WILLIAM of Orange, they have sedulously abstained from pronouncing in favour of Dom MiGuee. Now, leaving ont of the question the religious differences which were prevalent in England at the close of the Stuart dynasty, we main tain very distinctly that the Queen of PORTUGAL has proved immeasurably more culpable in her behaviour towards her suljects than did JAMES IL towards the population of these islands. Knowing, therefore, in its fullest extent, the culpability of MARIA DA. GLORIA, we cannot but regard with a sentiment ap proaching to admiration the moderation of the de mands made by the principal men of the still pre vailing revolution ; and we are loth to imagine that the liberal Cabinet of Lord JOHN RUSSELL would proceed against a cause so national, so patriotic, and, as we have just intimated, so moderate as that of which the Junta is the acknowledged centre. Whether it be from a natural indignation arising from that abstract principle of justice which influences every reasonable man, on the contemplation of such a spectacle of mal-administration as that which has long been -visible in the Palace and the Minis terial apartments of Lisbon, or whether it arises from the kindred feeling inspired by our noble and benignant constitution, it is certain that oursym pathies are enlisted to the very uttermost in the for tunes and position of the insurgent thousands of Por tugal. Hitherto the commanders of the Junta have done nothing whatever to render odious the cause in which they have taken up arms ; and most assuredly their opponents have as yet acted in no way to jus tify them either on the score of policy or humanity. North of the Douro and south of the Tagus the pro vinces of Portugal are in the undisputed possession of the insurgent armies ; the Castle of Vienna has been occupied and its Royalist defenders captured ; Ma deira, Terceira, and Fayal have revolted against her MAJESTY'S Government ; even the capital is in a state of deplorable ferment, if not of open insurrec tien ; the soldiers of SALDANIIA are visibly dimi nished in number and perceptibly deteriorated in character ;—the consequence of all this must be the ultimate submission of Queen MARIA to the demands of the Junta unless there should be an armed inter ference on the part of Spain and England. Such an interference, at least on our part, we are most un willing to anticipate. The questions brought forward by Mr. MOFFATT in the House of Commons on Thursday are well worthy of, and we trust will speedily receive, the attentive consi deration of the Government, with a view to the removal of the grievances by which the distilleri of British spirits are injuriously affected. The 'many , heavy charges on the National Exchequer, the depreciated state of the Money Market, and the monetary embar rassments of the country, afford sufficient grounds for the present opposition of the Chancellor of the Exche quer to any propositions, from the adoption of which even a temporary diminution of revenue might be sustained. He has already brought forward his financial statement for the year, and he will have . no means of providing fer any deficieneies that might be occasioned by the introduction of new regulations. This, therefore, may serve as a sufficient reason why there should not be an immediate change in the system ; but if it appears that its effect is to create a gigantic monopoly, to cast the entire trade of the country into the hands of a few firms of enormous capital, to impose undue restrictions on the trade of the Scotch and Irish distillers, and, finally, to compel the consumers to pay a sum far more than an equival:•nt for the corresponding benefit to the revenue, a case is neele out for an early change, by which these evils may be obviated. The first objectionable point relates to the differences that exist ia the warehousing privileges with rest ect to colonial and British spirits. The former can be bonded, and the producer or importer is not required to pay the duty thereon until he has found a pur chaser and it is about to be brought into actual con sumption. It is unnecessary to say how great are the advantages derivable from this regulation, more es pecially when it is considered that the duty amounts to 200 or 300 per cent. on the original value of the article. The same fa cilities, however, are not afforded to the Scotch and Irish distillers. They must pay the duty within a certain limited time, or submit to great disadvantages. They are compelled to charge their customers a profit on their entire outlay, not merely on that occasioned by the production of their goods, but also on the Excise duty. Compound interest at the rate of ten or fifteen per cent. per annem on the amount of that duty is therefore immediately added to the charge which must be defrayed by the con sumer. But this is not the only, or even the chief mischief: by reason of those stringent regula tions the entire trade is placed in the hands of a few large capitalists, A% ho are enabled to regulate the retail prices, and practically to exclude the Scotch and Irish from entering into competition. We desire no advantages for our home producers ; we have never joined in the cry of protection for any branch of cur manufactures. All that should be accorded is a clear stage and no favour, but to that they are manifestly entitled. It is no longer a demand for protection, but for justice to British interests The second hardship to which the British listiller is subjected is, that duty must be paid on all spirits going from the distillery to be rectified. Mr. Moe- FATT suggests the propriety of permitting that spirit to be rectified in bond for exportation, and also of allowing rectified spirits and compounds to be ware housed for exportation; in other words, that in place of the exporter being allowed a drawback on the quantity sent out of the country, that no duty whatsoever should be paid, certain restrictions being adopted . to prevent the commission of fraud. The only conceivable ground on.-which these vexa tious regulations can be justified is, that it would otherwise be impossible to protect the revenue. If this difficulty can be satisfactorily provided for there is an end at once to the opposition. We are convinced that these are not insuperable obstacles, and that every objection can be adequately met. The Excise authorities, however, are not the parties who should . be permitted to adjudicate on the ques tion ; they will naturally oppose any alteration by which additional trouble would be imposed on their department. A Parliamentary Committee, who would have the fullest opportunity of examining witnesses on every side, is the fitting tribunal to decide on matters so materially affecting any branch of the commerce of the country. The general slothfulness of Governments in taking the initiative for the removal of public grievances is proverbial. Aide-toi et Dieu Caldera, is a maxim of which the people should never lose sight. Whse reformation is required they should strictly depend upon themselves and on the g.od ness of the cause they espouse for success, without Pliking any reiiance upon the voluntary efforts of t‘nveron in u gh t power. If the evil under the sanction ofcoamnpn any authorised of be Public body of vast i i n r fl ea uence, and its members de trimental to their pecU nitaaruy i t e i m o e te d r y ests w , ou t l o d rperloyveuponshould consider the de. their smooth prol l ni h s e es co is ndtiot of i t ni h n e t E to resting upon t to the monopoly of salt lament p a a b n broken k; with h r reed. es p e c r s r e n s r e t v r l a l y t n i odiias M.P. : I o - : a bly attests the truth of these f o o b r 1834, Mr. GEORGE WILBRAHAM, South Cheshire, brought th:s matter under the con sideration of Parliament; the evils of the system were then clearly elucidated, and the fairest assurances were immediately proffered that the entire subject should be carefully reviewed, in order to rid the Indian natives of the harsh and cruel consequences entailed upon them by the existence of this inicputous PROVINCIAL BANK OF IRELAND. The twenty-second earl‘ g s eerai mee irg of the pr,prie to, of the Provi Bank t ,•46 load nt t,. rive . (bit broad tided( Thursd d tire sf stria. Oliver Farrir, ca;le.i to the ciarrir, on the mot of it ssoies iisris The adveriisement tasssing Laving bet!: read, The CHAIRMAN proposed the re• election of the four follow ing directors, who went out by annual rotation :—Jolin Allis t Esq., James Fairer, E,q., JOhn Petty - Muspratt, Esq., *TS! Alfr+ d Thorp, Esq. The motion was unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN then said that the next duty he had to perform was to call on the Secretary to real the report of the directors upon the proceedings of the establishment (luring the last awful and eventful year. Ile would enter into no state ment until that report should, have been laid before them ; after that he would be happy to give any information that might be required of hi.n ; and be trusted that the report would be satisfactory to the meeting. The SECRETARY then read the following report:— "In submitting to this meeting the result of the business of the bank for the year ending the 27th March last, the di rectors feel it to be necessary to notice the calamitous circum stances resulting from the failure of the potato crop of last year, and the very great distress aed suffering that has in consequence existed and still prevails in Ireland; but while a matter of such importance, affecting every interest in the kingdom, and calculated, immediately or more remotely, to exercise great influence on the welfare of the community . , cannot be passed over in silence, the sufferings of the Irish people have occupied so great a share of attention and sym pathy in this country, and may be said to have become so painfully familiar to all, that it is not necessary on this occa sion to detain the proprietors by attempting to state any de. tails, the leading features of which must be already so well known. "In their report to the last yearly general meeting, the directors in referring to the distress that had existed in Ire land prior to that time, stated that they had felt it to be their duty to contribute on the part of the bank, in aid of the local subscriptions for promoting employment and providing food. Urgent applications for pecuniary assistance in relieving the destitute have since continued from time to time to be re ceived by the directors, with which they have not hesitated to comply. The directors, however, have not made a general subscription to any of those associat:ons through which large amounts have been contributed by the benevolent in this country and elsewhere, it having been considered that through the instrumentality of the bank's officers in Ireland, and the local committees formed in the districts in which the several branches are situated, the sums voted from the funds of the bank could be more beneficially and economically applied. " The directors cannot omit to notice that the necessity ! which arose for large importations of grain, at a period when apprehensions of scarcity and a consequent demand for it ex isted, in order to supply the wr nts of other European king doms, has led to greatly increased prices, whicl , c mbined with other causes, has had a material effect upon the money market. To this the directors have for a considerable time looked forward, and they have accordingly throughout the whole of the past year exercised the utmost vigilance and caution. The proprietors will readily understand that, in consequence of the comparative cessation of exports from Ire land, and the large imports of food into that country, a great change must necessarily have taken placo in the current of commercial and of banking business there. and to this change it has, of course, become requisite trona time to rime to adapt the regulations under which the business of this bank had been previously conducted. This has required and has re ceived the-daily and anxious attentiori et he iAr , teOris and it has been their object to all• rd every reasonable fachity to those engaged in coininerzi it and agricultural pursuits, but, at the same time, to be-p the. operatruss ot the yank within prusent limits. and they are lia„py ro say the results, up to this time, have been satistac.ury. " The new brarich opieued a; Carl,w, Alarch, 1846, not having received that support and escsuragernsin which was expected, the directors, towards the end of lax': year, re solv:d to wit hAraw it, and Lie husiness has accordingly been wound up, and the branch closed. " The directors have now o cull the attention of the pro prietors to the statement of account which i hey are enabled to submit to the meeting. The account submitted the y. , ; , :rly get, meeting in .I , t s) . .1816, sle)wisi the smonst of rest, on urn .‘larca, 1846, to be From which has beets deducted the amount of two half-yearly dividends paid to the proprietors, viz : At Midsummer, 1846, 4 per cent. £21,600 At Christmas, 1846, 4 per cent. 21,b00 Together 43.200 0 0 Leaving a balance of £it,723 10 4 To which there has since been added the amount of nett profits for the year ending on the 27th, being the last Saturday of March. 1847, after deducting property-tax and all expenses, and providing for all bad and doubtful debts Making the rest, or amount of undivided profits, at the 27th March, 1817... ...... .....£126,196 12 1 In this state of the bank's aff.irs, and five years having elapsed since the proprietors had any participation in the reserved profits, which have during that time been gradu ally accumulating, the directors feel themselves j..:stitied in appropriating a portion of the present reserve, and they have therefore the satisfaction of announcing it to be their in tention to pay in July next a bonus of 11. on each 1001. share, and Bs. on each 101. share of the capital stock of the bank, in addition to the usual half-yearly dividend of four per cent., which will make the sum to be then paid W. on each 100/. share, and 16s. on each 10/. share, for the half year ending at Midsummer next; and the directors purpose also to pay the property-tax for the proprietors as heretofore. (Signed) "ROBERT CAMPBELL, Chairman." The Bev. FRANK HEWSON said he believed—and he was sure it was also the belief of every other proprietor—that the management of the bank during the last eventful year did the greatest credit to their board of directors and to the other officers of the establishment. lie could state from his per sonal knowledge of Ireland, and from what he bad read in the newspapers, that no company could have exerted itself more for the relief of distress than the Provincial Bank of Ireland had done of late; and it was a most gratifying fact that after a year of such an awful character the nett profits of the bank should be greater than they had been during the preceding year. He thought they were very much indebted to the preent board of directors for their successful efforts to advance the prosperity of the batik; and he was sure that the ha idsome manner, iu which they had come tot ward on that occasion to.propose,a bonus -nuuss meet with the appro bation of every proptietor- 7 (1. - lear, hear.) lie wished to take that opportunity of putting a question to the chairman with respect to the withdrawal if the branch at Carloer It had been stated last year that the brancli a 7 Lurgatt Ilan been withdrawn ; but, as Ltirgan was aoinsigititic,!:t place. that statement had excited h. surini , e.. Carlow, too, ever, was a proniinfous town, Stir oui)dozi tiy a rich agricultural dis trict ; arti, althott4h he telt toe • utmost ciqi,lence io tacit board of directors, be wished to anket ili, chat: ton it 'tie could ttive any explanati(ol with re,,•ecr t , :Ne wt,i,dr n.we,l of the branch of meit hank tr.int ;hat. ton, it ? The CHAIRMAN ..,tid tit :I Ih 41 , ,C• •. r .4 17,01 1).! 11 jtrZl i.t. , AlPiii , So that t;arli)W ref Illi: ed fur; ta.: b i, Ai ~,- i,,i:i ; _4ll+:4. ,zt.:: t!1)' had therefore est.,liii• hi.nd -t firm :!,• •t . 1* i 4 ft4lBi tuuiltt by experience VIA th,,l. i. n i., <111 , •.' , r."l ,:,;',' T4il irk„.4l, and as it had re vet been fn it policy t 0 I , t ro '‘. .trio eiWs iiri a district of w!.,icii th , n , w o ii, ~ ~,,,.. .i,i ~.. , y . Au t . 4, ,a}o , rail satisfactorily slipi,li , .:!, 'hvy 1 ,. '• ,, ,i , . : - --q*ercti vii 16 '.i - a. ,, Y their eirt ), 1 -, .1:.:• , . :.. :-•: 7 ', :. i . „ , lelMt 41 11440 ' clur',11;11:, : • ;ken place the ;b: ef o: :ley. Al , - ia. ~ a; quite, sate,f..e . it •.!et Bank -f I-land had eusu, , to • •• •, 'SS tjarlow doing the p- i d w:. • !,.)ty in all towns so 'tear Dt.utin, •:, • •W no opening there for another bank. Li :hat that was the case.] He shoula net tle;ai • the meet ing further than to propose that The report just read by the secretary be adopted, and circulced among the pro prietors." Tile motion, having been seconded, was put from the chair and unanimously agreed to. The Cliaiamax said, he could not allow the moe'i.,g to separate without addressing to them a very tea the first place, he thought he slioulu be ailing 0 iia great inittstice to those officers of the batik tv whom t its pi t. , k , : was in a great degree to be attributed , it he di, nut a 1., that opportunity of expressing his gratitude, and the gratitude', he believed, of all his colleagues, fOr the zealous and efficient services of those gentlemen.—(Bear, hear.) He did not with on that occasion to particulari,e too ma y of them, and he would therefore only refer to the services of the three principal officers of the establishment, Mr. Murray, Mr. Raw lins, and Mr. Hewat. He had no hesitation in saying that he did not believe there was an establishment in the kingdom which possessed more admirable officers. than those three gentlemen. The exertions of Mr.:Murray were almost be yond belief; and the only fault the directors of the bank found with him was his earnest anxiety to do with one head and with one pair of hands the duties of several.—(Hear.) Mr. Rawlins had been a member of the establishment ever since its formation, and for him every member of the board of directors felt the utmost respect.; while his attention to business had been to the proprietors of the highest import ance.—(Hear.) Of Mr. Hewitt, who sat beside him, he could only say, as he was then present, that his business had very greatly increased—that in indefatigable zeal and industry he could not be surpassed, and that every day added to the respect entertained for him by the directors. He bad also to state that to their local officers, in this trying year, they owed much, and that those gentlemen had their most cordial thanks. It could hardly have betn expected that, with so many branch establishments as they had, their officers would have escaped the ravages of that fatal disease which prevailed, throughout Ireland, and he was sorry to have to state on that occasion that Mr. Ma c k enz i e, one of their most useful and respected - managers, had lately fallen a sacrifice to fever. That gentleman was a person whom they all esteemed; he .had been in the service of the bank since the year 1828; he had been 'for some time an inspector, and then, at his own desire, had been again appointed a manager in Waterford, where he had been acting to the entire satisfaction of the directors, and where he had unfortunately latch fallen a victim to the fever which was raging throughout Inland. He had loft a widow and eight children, with the early expectation of a ninth; and he (the Chairman) believed he need hardly say that the directors would consider it their (buy to take into their consideration the situation of that family.—(Hear, hear.) Leaving the melancholy topic, he would next observe that it might appear extraordinary that; in such a year as the pre sent, the directors should propose that a limos be given to 1,- ()U --OU_L the proprieto rs . I n t h e f i rst place, however, I .ie h I 1 sarve that there was no rear, he believed, in which a bruins would be more aceelf,abie.—(llear, and lau..h,er-) Io the next place, he should state that during the five years during which the propri e t ors h a d pat i ent l y wa it e d for a bonus, the reberve tund, out of which it was to be paid, had I:cone on v a se dually inerea;ing; and after the bonus w as paid, the re ..1, twit would amount to about 101,00( 1 /., whereas aft,,, last been paid tI; reserve fund ha:: _ about 93,000/,, or 11,(Y-101. less. He had fort terve, that it had been glair sndeavotic throughout • ,: , t o give every accommodation in Ireland that could be. fault expected frinn them. Hs had no hesitation in ' , l 7 c, '" t !:-: that the amount of accommo:latiea they had during the Yeatir ill Ireland had cottsitleraL l : l 7 which they had been able to give IN been c: e: de A d t ti t li e t same time he was sure that every gentical.: o an establish see that when it became expedient necessi:Lre .? of all looney went like the Bank of England—the .s:t transactions in the kingdoin—to hoves eitila,e,tahnetroeuenttaioljuiht-s accommodation to the public, it ments, which must necessarilybebeuidoeadche3;ttltne ienxotveeinitiettihtes of the Bank of England, to folio cautious policy of that bank.-- (Ete ir, bean) It could, therefore, have hardly been expected that the managers of the Provincial Bank of Irelan should not have been in some heck on what they corik;.l , red instances forced to place a c „ undue speculation.—( Hear , hear.) • But they had eartir , tly endeavoured to give, throughout Ireland, every accommo dation which they could afford consistently with a due regard for the interests of the proprietors of the establish ment.—( Hear, hear.) A PaerinETou said be believed that the exertions of the directors during the year just paned bad exceeded them tatieu 0i! .:I•er H., , ON t i to ordy to exerlions on any former occasion. He certainly had not calculated that their z,tl:4irs c. old have lk - en placed in so ramperous a c.:intiti.,n bs the report had just made knoxn to the nwet log. The directors had hitherto entitled themselves to lne tila,,ks and the c4.nti;lence of the proprietors; and if that h. d been the case in former years, those thanks and that confidence were peculiarly due to them for their services dur ing the past year. Under these circumstances, he felt much pleasure in proposing to the board of directors the cordial thanks of that meeting for their great attention to the inte rests of the bank . —(llear, hear.) A PnornrETou rose to second the motion. lie wished to take that opportunity of mentioning a circumstance which had occurred to hint in Paris. He had been at Rothschild's —one of the head banking establistamnts in that city— and on his inquiring there what was their opinion of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, he had been told that they en tertained the highest opinion of the secure and wise manner in which the affairs of that bank were conducted. Ile felt very happy in seconding the vote of thanks to the board of directors. The vote was carried by acclair at ion. The CHAIRMAN said, that, in the name of his colleagues and himself; he begged to return the meeting their sincere thanks for that vote. They had been fortunate enough ever since the bank had been established to meet every year with the kind approbation of the proprietors; and he could assure the meeting that they would ende.ivcur to continue to de serve that appr.bation. The Rev. FRANK lIEWSON proposed a vote of thanks to the local directors of the bank, Mr. Murray, Mr. Rawlins, and Mr. Hewat, for their zealous and efficient services. He thought it desirable that such a vote should proceed from the general body of proprietors. Captain POSTER, R.N., seconded the motion. He wished to take that opportunity of expressing a hope that any as sistance which their directors might think proper to atnrd to the widow of their deceased manager in Waterford would be afforded promptly. He could not help adding the expres sion of his high admiration of the great ability and the sterling honesty with which the affairs of the Provincial Bank of Ireland were managed. The CHAIRMAN said he had much pleasure in assuring the Hon. and Gallant Proprietor that his opinion, as to the pro priety of the directors at once taking into their best consi deration the case of the widow cf a deceased manager of their establishment, completely coincided with the views of the directors themselves upon the subject. He felt much plea • sure in putting the proposed vote of thanks to the local di ' rectors, Mr. Murray, Mr. Rawlins, and Mr. Hewat; and he and every one of the directors were convinced that they de served it most richly. The motion was then put, and unanimously agreed to. The meeting immediately afterwards separated. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Thursday a Court was held. The principal business of the day was mentioned in the court paper under the follow. ing N. B.:—" It is intended at this Court to present the freedom of this City to M.,jor-General Sir Harry George Smith, K.C.8., agreeably to the rerolution of the 6th of April, 1846." The memb-rs appeared in their full-dress gowns, and the gallery was crowded with ladies. At ore o'clock the Lord vor took the chair, and imme diately afterwards the hero of Aliwal entered, introduced Mr. Anderton and Mr. John Wood, the mover and second, r of the resolution, am:dst loud cheers. Sir Harry Smith s:.,t On the left of the The Chamberlain of the Coy of London read the fillow log resolution Drat tLe thanks and congratulations ct the Court, with the free,otti of tbi= Cit% , iu a AoA box of the value of leo guinei4. he prvs,i:tt d to Sir Harry Crt-,•rge Smith, for the entment hervices ;eikroi by bite in tin , ar duous and successful operations on tin. 18th, 2lsf, and 22,1 of Di. , ceintier, 1845, at 11 , dlte, , and Fer, , z,-I,ah, d for ti:e distinguiThed skill, valour, at.d judgme,t ht. ma”it, , sted the idiv,rtant baths Ali4v;,l, on Hu, 28' I t of *Lomat y, 1846, when a greatly superi, t,-ce (4' the. S.-,lc?. :tarty was totally defeated, and increased lustie slitd upon the reputa tion of the British arum" Sir Harry Smith wa then sworn in with the usual eere. monies as a n of 1,,,,410n. The CHAMBERLAIN lisviog addressed the Gallant Officer in an appropriate and highly compliinswary• Spt ea, which was much appisuded, iARBY SMITH howev: 0, the ciowdel assembly, and said—Nly Lorti iav and Gstdlemen t Omit - of Com mon he distinguished honour you have thus conferred upon me in the name of the City of London, I return you my most gratetid thanks.- To the elegant speech in which your sentiments were delivered to me by the Ch-.m. berlain it, is impossible fur me to reply paragraph by para graph, but I must say that the ternia in which I have been addressed increase, it possible, my gratitude to this great Corporation.— (Cheers.) It i , true her ..lost Gracious Majesty has conferred iidon me high honours and distinctions; it is true that Pardament has given to me a proud testimonial of its approbation ; and it is true that at this moment I am re ceiving in this great city, which has been celebrated from the days of Alfred for its gkrious spirit of liberty, the privi lege of its citizenship —that 1 am put in possession of the freedom of a city which has never been trod upon by the foot of a foreign enemy.—(Great cheering.) Freedom is the first word we are taught to lisp in this mighty empire. Con nected With that blight principle are all the honours and ad vantages to which England lays so unanswerable a claim in the comparison with other nations, and in this city are ex hibited the most authentic evidences of the effects of the noble'principle which was framed for the protection of all. —(Loud cheers.) It has been my fate to• see many countries—to observe the institutions by which the machinery of many nations is worked, and the contracted force of their operation. There is. no human institution without defects ;.. but England possesses so dignified a station, the genies of liberty has poured in upon her so rich a flood of benefits, commercial, moral, and intellectual, that it is impossible to contemplate her without a.deep feel in pride and admiration.—(Cheers.) It is impossible to behold her without pride and admiration, struggling to avert the horrors Of war, to stop the effusion of blood.—(Great cheering.) Let England continue to be but true to herself; let her people flock round their Sovereign , with their accus tomed zeal and vigour and loyalty, and the prey-nce of a foe will never excite alarm or apprehension. She will still maintain her superiority at sea, and victory will still wait upon the energies which necessity may call into intention Action, sup ported by the John Bull rectitude of by •which all her actions have been distinguished.-(Cheers.) I return you thanks for this great honour. I return you thanks in the name, too, of the army to whose exertions the success which you are celebrating has been mainly attributable. There are probably several members of this court Who have relations amongst those lately engaged i r the operations abroad. It Lois been toy fate to call upon the British soldier to follow to victory ; and river have I know!, him to fail. The. f-ar of detect never entered tee bosom of any one man I have seen with the blood , 4 John Bull in his veins. (Great cheering.) So long as Eogland is true to hrself loyal bi the Sever ibis she will stand' as she nOw stands —.he I•si - simount power of the w 0:1(1.—(I ill mense applause tram plrts i i tee cool r.) . . ANIiE.SoN that tho adilr-s , (It' the ChinnbEr t:l,ll tti :tly +Alt , red 1111 ,, 11 tionalts ~t Mr. J. 001) nt,..Con, hie!, Wa'i carried by 44PA,11,- • V;(' t'd'oirt4 A:ls may,ePPlect inuqui - - ,• • , .chr, • of •-• • ?AI ' .'• •' -,• c • , ill% I.rfica t t tekugl44 ;4?tv4i#s ALIO trl, - 411 , 4y•)tile - pnsl:t 4.1 x 41A1g , ,ter. of 4.‘11.1N<4.1 tt t Wy r the i !:i ~' is I+~ ~. a. .. •• cir,tirl with C:, 'on) pud the, = r.r.der their 17.7 , :7 - 7. V. aS . 7 .: i ~77:• • • 1,117011 t. 7 . I'fl[TmYflt f0r4,1 - .4. rich ;11:,1 srustr.g.l they. 1 !,:. exer.. . tlaap, It was referred to a ^ I.r •irr,ety ut . t es:-A -1;,,,,m, , :t and cJocating orphan ao'r, et. , sitou> tr, in , ~t t i ne City, tile niAlagentent bielt should be vcztea in the CUrp:n awn',,end to consider the p-opriety f appropriating the hh le of the redemption fors, rt•speet to tree :onis, tawards defraying the charges of the establistimen*, and also to c tiAiter the propri* of ap plying to Parliament for leave to appropriate the capital and revenue of the Corporation School to the same purpose, the Corporation undertaking to provide the deficiency out of its own funds. COURT CIRCULAR. We have authority to announce that the State Apart• merits in Wind,or Castle, will be clo,eil from Monday next, the 24th instant, until afLer Monday, the 7tn of June next. _ _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace, and remained to luncheon with her. Majesty and Prince Albert. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a committee meeting of the Commissioners for Promoting and, Encouraging the Fine Arts in the re-building the Palace of Westminster. - His ROyal Highm•ss arrived at the new Palace at a'quarter before three. o'clock, attend , c 1 by the Hon. Captain A.' 11 ,1 F, Gordon. The Commissioners present were the sr%t- Aberdeen, Viscount Mahon. Sir Robert • Wyse, and Mr. :Hallam, the Secretary, Mr. Eastlake was also in attendance. when The P in ri e n e ce ing Albert broic e t o u o p k a h t Wales and the Their Royal Highnesies the Prihra_ i n an open car- Princess Royal took an airing y i t s en dt in ,p i a n r u t . u te r s e..f before six o'clock riage and four. om anied by ,the Her Majesty and Prince e _ , d tne periormatice of ,the Prince of Leiningen, h"?,..--rpresene,-, yesterday even- French plays with -tte'cicoostste.i of the Viscountess Albee'rtte, P jug. The Royal •5t"; ; ,.,, i( , ) ,, mat it's Ormonde, c ann i n g, lion. c Phippv, and Captain the l Bushy i c (je l m n i u r ;, ^ i C g ivl :l : ' j:::asaetrel°,atrt:fie:l:Q: e ° l: tt ee n 1 ( :‘ , • I D IIO I ci r s . v ,,, a ts f tm c , r h; l e e rt f u t town rid yesterdayresidence. >Jn. Bushy P . trk. tier e to Marlbo roughl,..ll,.lo7asr i T ig t II D u k e, nf C . ,amhridge, honoured the afternoon. N and - Gelit4egnitn ()web Club with his the company at di , .t - ler last evening. exhibidou of the royal pictures, in St. s James's his day, but will be re sume d on P Sa a t l u se r t d ., ay w , ill , 9 t i in h ci i l n w st a ti s nt h . ei ye:ktertl , — ofliAce(,)u}')li'abteeiti:(2l2:nisters present were the ..F.,31-Icf Minto, S:r •-•!r.301; n louse, Lold Cars p the • Viscount 14orpt,th, and the Right 110•:. S. The , Thu t)•'• ' la ril i 7( t l l 3 a l i interview l i ttlt. with Elul Grey .} Coicnial Office. Count cio • t' A F . ,. • • • • . •rAiell Minister, transacted business yes; t..' rhe Foreign The Bishop 'of • .:;d - Min hal an interview with Sir George Grey a' the K -reign office. Commander •Potbur.', her t • ship Growler, had an interview •Bailwith Grey at the Colo nial Office. Cue Porekt i 4 e, t the Sir John Pelly Imd an interview with the Earl of C!arricton yE .4!erday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The ALtrquia - of Lawdowne (Lord President) left town - on Thursday ati.ernoon for Richmond. • Thspatches wre 'received ycstt.niay at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the Mauritius. Mr. Green, Th e aeronaut, has arrived at Cologne, bringing with hin2 a large halloo, with which he purposes "kin S leritial gicesits. EPSOM RACES. FRIDAY. Although the assemblage on the Downs to-diva to see the Oaks decided, ea-, oy many thousands, let.s mt. merous than on Wednesday, it was considerably larger than on the last day of bygone meetings ; animprov ment equally the consequence of the extreme fineness of the weather, and of the facility the opening of the Epsom line afforded the citizens to visit the course at a convenient hour, without any reasonable dread of a re currence of the confusion of Wednesday. Similar con. fusion, we are glad to say, did not occur, and well filled trains kept arriving up to the last moment bringing parties in the nick of time, evidently pleased with the new accommodation. The South-Western line brought down within a hundred or two, yesterday and on Wednesday, of the number it did on the same dsys last year. Vehicles by the turnpike road s were nume rous, and containing a large number of the fairer sat contributed much to the pleasantness of the soone2 The " ring" was formed as usual in the morning' w , nh front of the Spread Eagle, and some fe w bets ere laid; the only movements, however, of A i l consequence were on Clementine and 6 1813 ":4 who wore at a very general demand at izaiwoehe prices. A similar feeling was shovvn on ts l e course, Alsatia also improved, and Ellerdale, afte r greatly at a discount, came with a rush at the last. O n _ closed at five points less than was currently offered an r hour before. With regard to the Farmer's the Delight who was scratched at half-past eight o'clock in afloat to morning, we should Mention that a rumour is t h e the effect, that her sudden disappearance from. bets rig arose from lameness, caused by " i ni u h rl re inflicted, purposely, with the intention of making " safe." John Day, we understand, has obtained s clue to the principals. of foul play is not confined to the Danebury stable. In concluding our notices of the week's proceeding- We regret to add that the suspicion we can say that throughout, the regulations, except 00 1 first day. when so much time was lost, they were Wets into effect satisfactorily. The arrangements of 3 f, r; Lumley, the new caterer for the grand stand, and of 'I chef de cuisne, Mr. Davis, were characterised by gr ea t taste and judgment. The weather was magnificentlY° though it drew to the course a far more t han the IOW)! number of the middle class, it failed to attract to i l j; grand stand more than a moderate collection of fain ( l rank and fashion. It seems evident, iudeed, that i non "sms railway accommodation will impair Epsom as a re l u ; vous of the beau monde, whilst it will make it 5 o plf mote frequented one for all the other classes. The curious coincidence of the week was that th e s Lu n3 jockey (Templemats) won both the great e vents , l. 1 jockey r l c l v ya stkha carried t ried eachthef a f c t t, very ofdi m off s ay u se nus s unusual, theta y a other 0 the pr. fuson of heats, was h not brought to a wb el i ;s eh : fill ik til e eeals ciyli o'clock ! Pity that at a great eet'l l s' t - i r s , uch ...humili ions as heats should be tolerated. THE OAKS STAKES 1 1b OY 50 sovs. each, h ft ; for three yrs old fillies, Sst • o°l each ; the owner of the second filly to recove s . 0 0 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to Inks 1 0. s. vs. towards the police regulations of the Con° Last wilt and a half. (152 Subs.) Si: J. Ilawlo3's Miami T A Case a'n Humour's Ellerdale .............. .(J. Ma r s°- ' Lord Exeter's Cosachia (w. A bdile) .......... Sir Payee's Clensentina .. ................ . . The following also started, but were not placed:--- 0 sir C. Moncit's Cast steel filly ..................(Bu tler) 0 !r. Drinkal So-Nice ........................... (Fo rd) 0 • Mr. Crockford's Kite (W. Cotton) 0 L Chesterfield's Lady Lurewell ...... (Whiteh o use) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Game Lass filly ° Lord Strathmore's Sultana ..................... (Croue ) 0 Mr. Mostyn's Slander 0 Mr. Douglas's Maria Louisa Mr. Bradley's Exhortation ..................... (Bradley) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Vanity ......... . ................. (Boyce) • lit) Mr. Brook's Luminous ................... ..(Cartwrig 0 Mr. Gratwicke's Joyful (IL dell) .....................0 Sir G. Heathcote's Nannette filly ........ .. 7 . (a../.. r4 " 0 5 - P le) Mr. Robertson's Noiseless .............. .............. Mr. T. Parr's Maniac ......... . ..... s .... . . . Oi r sige fi) Al r. Clifton's Brown Bess .. . ..... Mr. E. Griffith's Lad Y Lift ........ Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell ............ (Holm.es) 0 Mr.,Mostyn's Alsatia (Quilt Arnold's d)...(Calloway) Won by a length. Twenty.three Y. ............ (Marlow) 0 Farmer's Daughter was declared net to Wart 'ail,' morning. la to 1 agst Lady la ilt " 1 s stl3 to 1 ge, and 20 1 agst Maid of Moth 7 tßoelttianggs—t Ellerdale, dlaiige,stlColetm?entign..a, Miami,s to agst,Slan.de r i, Alsatia, t s o r l a "g ne st et' 20 to 1 figst 'welL Sir J. Hawley declared to win with Miami. ed start took place two or three minutes after the appme"la time, and it is almost needless to add, was all that con t.. be desired. Miami took the lead, Cosachia second , f ° rowed by Lumin ius, Ellerdale, Clementine, and Slandetrot several others lying up. This order continued OelYbv the top of the hill, the running then being taken up Cosmchia, Ellerdale and Miami following her,_ W!, s. Slander, Lady Lift, and Luminous at their V a t ; They came thus to the road, when bite recovered her lead, Ellerdale insmediately after.": 4 the third position, and Cl..inentina the fourth. change' in this order w-is that Clementine; defeatett . treac h ale liwlf way up thi , clistanct-,,blit, was unable t? who was landed a very clever winee l 7 r . o ' 7 ,,s. length; the same between the second and third, 'C fourth; Cassteel filly fitth, and Slander .sil o, Ma;iac, Vanity, and several others were tailed o ll *. ,1 254 o iwss iso.si all the way. V.,lue of the st akes Time, 2 min. 54 Rec. h w i t h 30 'Pte I)trir, , toot Oaks nukes o: 5 sovs. g o t; fire. d; three yr ol 1. 7s.t 41b ; lour, Bst 91b ; . e d3lb; SiX Rh ; wares and gelding s al h ' w d been hors. s ti is t s st. , rtstl I,nee.ar this meeting, t ar os so ld I " -st 310, twieo :ill,, The winner a ll o wed t.. f (nos, eti to he sold tor 80 sovs. o,ts, 11, 7. , •• ,i 1 o:l4er all;,wances. (13 ) is . Nat 0 6 1 1 st‘ r. 6 3 re (801.) 2 4 2 O•13;;' 4 r 3 - (501) ....... ••*1 16 3 1.• (801) ..... .. 5 3 de (St 4 de ‘i ............ 0 , tie Mr: ) ..... 0 3 a ir Mr. Dawson':3 Prof's,: ~ • ( 8;)/ ) ......... 0 2 1-iir G. ' Ce , r, cut of s (fi(Saeysisia. .1 - trs, ,1 3 TAIr; D.sith's ; .:: .. • s, , sort) oor . 0 : sst 5 1 . o , n!q;t Sitt:„.. 7 to 2 to-, t.,•,1. 4 1., 1 set eau ;• 1. :;h. S,con: 11, at 6 E ., 4.ap , 2 to 1 ag-:, til!y; ;lion by th ree ;engdi:4.• : Pr, •‘: • e; i t; %o n F-zoft tot :4Vi I ,it sia:y s, w ho worn in c e i canter, w:Ls "fop e . hosing started herore the . pr. pet: tone for fOurth beat, passed the WitoOns c' air triore the jta l / 4 e had entered it; pv,r, he as dose to it, and had no difficulty in Pl ee 7 l the horst S. Mr. O'Brien exprersed some dissatisfacti,oo at this, but, on neihg inform e d by Mr. Clarke that was qu to near e no ug h t o decide, he declined to Inaheot objection, and claim, d the winner. After the first: _ of the next r a ce h a d b een run , Mr. Theebald c laim fresh start for the fourth heat, but there being stewards present, the matter is left in abeyance. .11 01c1, The Metober's- Plate of 50 sovs. ; for three ) aged, 6st 71b ; four, Bst 9lb ; five, Bst 131 b ; six alled___:naer 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowe d 31b. Tb i sSubs.) to be sold for 200 sovs. Heats , t wo miles• c Iw. 0. Mr. Death's Subduer, aged (W a kefield 0 u j. 3 dr Mr. C. Liley's Glory, 4 yrs 0 3 2 dr Mr. l)rinkald's Widred, 4 yrs 2 dr Mr. E. R. Clark's Miles's Boy. 3 yrs O 4 dr Mr. Winch's Jumble , 3 y rs Mr. G. Hobson's Bin nacle, 4 yrs .... . O or Mr. Drew's Concealment, 5 yrs Mr. Woodward's The Slot, 4 yrs O dr Mr Southby's Fel ix, 4 y rsit Betting—First hea t-5 to 2 agst Glory, 7t02 ag Miles'a Boy, 4 to I agst Su bduer, and 5 to 1 agst DO I n Ni icle. Won by a le n g th. Second beat-3 to 1 agar iiles's Boy, and 7 to 2 agst Glory. Won by a neck. Third heat—Even on Glory, 5 to 2 agst Widredt and 3 to 1 agst Subduer. Won b y a length. The w ithdrawal of Glory after the third heat, excited so me thing more than surprise, and the conduct of his o wner was spoken of in terms of - the strongest indignati on ' one gentleman, indeed, declared his intention not to ~' P% on the race, and the matter is very likely to conis,, s!. some shape before the stewards. To complete Comet he of the proceeding, Wakefield walked ov`_., with Subduer, without waiting for either starter u` judge. ~ ' ' BETTING ON THE COURSE.' ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst Cossack Ito L., 1 agst Van TYOUiP DERBY, 1848. 5 to 1 agst John Day's lot I 40 to 1 agst Brocket ( t) 20 to 1 h t Flatcatcher (t) 50 to I H O Springy' - JO' 33 to 1 13t..verlou (t) I (t a ke n ) 40 to 1t t Surplice (t) Isoto 1 agst Oscar ( t ) %. - HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The e aAi usias in produced by Jenny Liud increases WIT night of her appearance. On Thursday night, at the con elusion of the opera Roberto it Diavolo. the *hole house rose et ;.- _nese and shower( it bouquets evil her. A very .., elegant compbment was paid to the queen of s, , Jig V a noble and beautiful countrywoui:,n or her oral , tile lady of a distinguished member of the corps diplonsatiqe• The lady in question threw In r a law el wreath of gre ea and yellow leaves, the coleus sof Sweden. Her be thin of Alicew us last night even more exquis:tvly beautinlit more instinct, it possitde, a ith purity, than on the hest night of her appearance. Fraa ihini was musiceellenv voice, and did full justice to the triing a lb! part. lie is the beat Roberto that has ever appearet Catitellan sang the " Oh, Robert, oh; toi que ails ° with great beauty, and Staudigl and Gardoui were ex: cellent. Her Majesty and Prince Albert„ who honour theed the theatre with their presence, joined warmly il l appla,use bestowed on dlle. Jenn Lind, As usual the house wa M s crammed to suffocation, And gr usual many hundreds went away from the doors, una b a to obtain admission. --,—, _ •—........................---.. , Tins 17TH LANCEItB.—The of of the 17. t? th L anc ers had their annivers ar y banquet last evening a - t .tn - Cl aren don Hotel, Bond •street. Major-General hie BO" Hi g hness Prince George of Cambridge presided, and wee or ported by a large body of his brother officers. v. - , 'I Lkit ' ~ y ,. . r~ '.~6' : 1 . ~ e. ' ~.