The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-17 00:00:00

Wewora will benefit all but his friends, And I fancy will be with the odds and the ends. Joim Scorr, not improving his very bad luck, I imagine will be but amongst the great ruck. MR. MARTIN will prove whether Blenkhom or Kent Is best to be trusted for this Great Event. The stable al Oroodwood is powerful, strong, But the PLANET will find the distance too long. GLENTILT is superb, as I understand, But the GLEN it succumbs to the Hampshire high land. Mr. Martin's been made a very great pot, But he's not the best of the Mostyn great Lot; The running at Chester may have been very well, But at Epsom the coorse will a different tale tell. The MrrcrrEu GRovz !Zags, tho' deprived of the Sage, Are a dangerous Lot a war with to wage. The RED HART steers steadily over the Hill, The stout blood of Venison his arteries fill; And tho' against the Dons he may not win the race, At the finish he'll be in a capital place. MONTPENSIER may run pretty smartly and stout, And Oxotriax . , I own, I know nothing about. Zorn) RUSSELL'S a sportamau, his nag he will bring, But he'll find that his NoTTING:fax is not a STING. BOWSTRING may run the Great Stable to please, But while running is backers are ill at their ease. MER3IILLO, observe, is coming meanwhile On the strength of his run o'er the PIIOSPNEROUS mile; Bet he is no Phosperons, so I opine, Ana must not expect in the Derby to shine. The martial WAR EAGLE I cannot trust, His highly raised banner will trail in th e . dust. For the COSSACK has beat him, and will beat him still; The WAR EAGLE'S too soft to get over the Hill. If MATHEMATICIAN comes well to the post, There'll be grumbling enough 'bout the money that's lost; If the Brother of Euclid is meant to pull through, He'll pepper the cracks, and Physic them too. The scholar will puzzle the Gnosti cs right well, And make it more doubtful the winner to tell. And now I declare, tho' I can't draw the line, A dark one may come and put out the sunshine, Make the fielders rejoice at the books they have made, And the backers of horses fall back in the shade. The great LIBERATOR a mile may run through, With the race after that he'll have little to do; To sum up the whole, should PLANET be well And not stop at the Hill, ; the tale he m a y tell. There are five that first pass Mr. Clark's chair, 'Tis Planet, Day's two, Tromp and Red Hart that's there. If any one wishes his fancy to back, He must lay out his tin on the Chestnut COSSACK. Folks have many fancies, b u t I h ave b ut one , . The winner! he comes f rom th e b an k s o f the Don. Exester, May 15, 1847. ESAU. THE OAKS, 1847. 'Tis hard to atop ambitious men, Tho' oft in trouble it has brought folks, Yet I in ink will dip my pen, To write what wins the Epsom great Oaks. My yarn it will indeed be short, There are but two I can discover That will add to the exciting sport, Unless foul SLANDER turn them over, And when again I scan the field, JERSET'S a gem of the first water, But the proud aristocrat must yield To the humble FARMER'S DAUGHTER. Bicester, May 15, 1847. ESAU. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. ASCOT HEATH, 1847. The ASCOT STAKES of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared on the Monday in the Epson race week ; if the highest weight acceptiag is under Bst 71b, it will be raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. age st lb *Mendicant ...........4...9 10 Br cby Velocipede, d Pyrrhus the First ...... 4...9 8 Emelius 4...6 8 The Hero 4 ..9 7 Leaconfield ...........4...6 7 *lnheritress a 9 4 Camera Obscura .....,4..,6 7 Newcourt .a...9 1 Nestor 3...6 7 Bh by Wintonian out Morocco 4 6 7 of Flight 5...8 8 Buscot Buck 6...6 7 Burgundy 4...8 5 Wild Roe 5...6 7 Lothario ..... ... ir 8 s;The Nob 4...6 6 Dolo 48 5/ Apple Blossom ...3...6 6 Laundry Maid 4...8 5 131 by Astrachan out 'Annandale 5.. 8 4 of Nanette 3...6 6 Pineapple a...8 2 Forest Flower ...... ..5...6 5 Footstool 4 8 2 Alkali 5...6 4 Miss Elis 5.. 8 0 Maid of M0therwe11...3...6 4 aQueen of Tyne ........ a...8 0 Halo ... ..- ........ 3...6 4 'Colliugwoud 4...7 12 Ukraine 4 6 4 Ihtrepid. . 6...7 12 Polka ......... 4...6 4 Wood Pigeon 5.. 7 101Guaracha Doleful 5...7 10!Regalia Humdrum 4...7 10fGr c by Clearwell,out 'Pal ..4...7 10 of Angelina 3...6 0 'Magnet .... . . ......5...? 9'Crozier ...3...6 0 Crown Prince • Lord Saltoun 6 7 9 Mirmillo ....... ....... ...3...6 0 Milden 5...7 7 Clermont ...3 ..6 0 Glory 4...7 7 Geraldine ..............4...6 0 'Little Jack.... ..... —5...7 7 Kimblesworth ........3...6 0 Vanish 4...7 6 Rosin-the-beau (h b) 4...6 0 Mosque a... 7 6 Eryx 3...6 0 Misdeal a.. 7 5 Christopher 3...5 12 91 6 7 5 Projectile 3...5 12 Lady Cecilia 4...7 5 Doctrine... .3...5 9 Secundus .6...7 5 Tuft Hunter 3 ..5 7 Bravissimo 4...7 5 Allertonian 3.. 5 7 The b1ang1er............6...7 3 Qu een m eenMary 3...5 6 Duc-an-durras -5. .7 3 Ali wa l - .3.. 5 7 *Best Bower... ...... -.6-7 3C by •Hetrnan Platoff, . Giantess 5.7 3 out of Marmora 3...5 7 Widred 4...7 3 Tim Whiffler 3...5 5 Plaudit 5...7 2 Premier 3...5 5 Plantagenet 6...7 2 Vanity 3 5 4 Flitch 4...7 2 Cosachia ..... . .3...5 4 The Roper's Dough- Watchdog 3.. .5 4 ter a...7 2 B fbr Touchstone, out Priscilla Tomboy a... 7 2 of Caststeel ..........3...5 4 Oxonian 3...7 0 'Daughter of the Star 3...5 4 Romance ... 4...7 0 Congress ....... 3...5 2 Columbus 5 7 0 Moonlight ...............3...5 2 The Attorney 5...7 0 Lazarillo .3...5 2 Rufus 4 ..7 0 The Tartar 3...5 2 Subduer a... 7 0 Palma Mount Callan 4...7 0F by Lanercost, out of Mathematician 3...7 0 Camp Follower 3...5 0 Flawhowlagh 5 7 0 Mistress Jean 3...5 0 *The Premier 4...7 0 Sir Martin ... 3...5 0 Sheraton 4 7 081 by Elis, or Venison, Chevaux-de-frise 4...6 12 d Odet'sa 3...5 0 The Polka 4 .6 12 Don Ciasar 3...4 12 Marq. ofConyngham..4...6 12 B c Vampyre...... 3...4 10 Devil-to-pay 6...6 10 Teresina... ...3...4 9 Emigrant a...6 10 Pell-mell 3...4 7 Lynceus .. 4 6 10 fanais 3...4 7 Scarlet- runner 5...6 10 F by The Doctor, out Sir Simon 4 6lO of Revelry ......3...4 2 Administrator (late Farthing Candle ..... ...4 ) Virgo) 3 6 9 Sweetmeat 55 pd Hydrangea .. ... ..... .4...6 9 Those marked • having been entered without the know ledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time pre scribed, unless specially ordered to be left in. The ROYAL HUNT CUP, a piece of plate, value 200 sovs., by subscription of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, for all ages (two year olds excepted); weights to be declared on the Tuesday after Epsom ; the winner of any handicap plate or stake, value 100 sovs., including the winner's stake, after the weights are declared, 71b extra. Antler, 6 yrs lonia, 3 yrs Sir Simon, 4 yrs Cosachia, 3 yrs Spithead, 4 yrs Wood Pigeon, 5 yrs Maria Louise. 3 yrs Doctrine, 3 yrs Dromedary, 3 yrs Collingwood, 4 yrs Christopher, 3 yrs Bridle, 3 vrs Loto, 4 yrs Fistiana, 3 yrs Tragical, 4 yrs Nottingham, 3 yrs The Polka, 4 yrs War-eagle. 3 yrs African, aged St. Leon, 3 yrs Wintonia, 3 yrs The Traverser, 4 yrs Gabbier, 3 yrs Prussic Acid, 4 yrs Crozier, 3 yrs The Mangler, 5 yrs B f by Lanercost out of Quilt Laundrymaid, 4 yrs Arnold's dam, 3 yrs Patriot, 6 yrs Queen Mary, 3 yrs Good. coin, 3 yrs The Swallow, 3 yrs Dean Swift, 5 yrs Mr. Martin, 3 yrs Don Cmsar, 3 yrs Lynceus, 4 yrs Correct-Card, 5 yrs Colleen Bawn, 5 yrs Mendicant, 4 yrs Halo, 3 yrs Wee-bit, 3 yrs Limestone, 3 yrs Buckskin, 3 y rs King of the Forest, a r s Pam, 5 vrs Elirnea (h b), 4 yrs Lady Wildair, 5 yrs Kismet, 4 yrs F by Don John out of Prize- Bedouin, 3 yrs flower's dam, 3 yrs Deriadea, 3 yrs Jolly Dick, 3 yrs Dr. Goodall, 3 yrs Bravissimo, 3 yrs Widred, 4 yrs Kimbleswoth, 3 yrs The Swinley Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, with 50 added, for three years old. IDoctrine, 3 yrs Sultana, 3 yrs Cossack, 3 yrs age st lb Wanota, 3 yrs Voronetz, 3 yrs Secundem, 3 yrs Reminiscence, 3 yrs Three Hundred Sovereigns, the gift of the Great Western Railway Company, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for three yrs old and upwards; the weights to be declared on the Tuesday after Epsom ; the winners of Ascot Stakes, the Queen's Vase, the Royal Hunt Cup, or the Emperor of Russia's Cup, 71bs, of any two of those prizes, 101 b extra. Antler, 6 yrs B f by Elis or Venison, out of Odessa, 3 yrs Nydia The Blind Girl (late Elena Clara), 4 yrs Forest Flower, 5 yrs The Polka, 4 yrs Alkali, 5 yrs Gift; 3 yrs .Tinglepot, 5 yrs lViutonia, 3 yrs Crozier, 3 yrs Projectile, 3 yrs (by Lanercost out of Quilt Arnold's darn, 3 yrs Camera Obscura, 4 yrs Lynceus, 4 yrS Colleen Bawn, 5 yrs Bellerophon, 3 yrs The Tartar, 3 yrs Kismet, 4 yrs Bedouin, 3 yrs Denadea, 3 yrs lonia, 3 yrs Cosachia, a yrs Wood Pigeon, 5 yrs ,Doctrine, 3 yrs ißolthara, aged Whirligig, 3 yrs Bridle, 3 yrs Fistiana, 3 yrs Tragical, 4 yrs Dulcet, 5 yrs Reminiscence, 3 yrs Bedlam, 3 yrs • IPoynton, 4 yrs Viee •Consul, 3 yrs IThe Laundrymaid, 4 yra Patriot, 6 yrs Good-coin, 3 yrs Faunas, 3 yrs Don Cxsar, 3 yrs Correct Card, 5 yro Wee-bit, 3 yrs Allertonian, 3 yrs Buckskin, 3 yrs Stultz, bro to Stitch, 3 yra Lady Wildair, 5 yrs Bravissimo, 4 yrs 'Vanity, 3 yrs The Surreand HAMPTON, 1847. h ft, and 5 it Middlesex. Stakes (handicap) of 20 soy. ea c h, declared on or before the first Tuesday Epsom races. If the highest weight accepting is after E under Bst 71b it will be raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. 1. 1 7, T u h u e sc A ot tto ß rn u ez ...... .... Age. st.lb.' ................... lb g . St. Lawrence Annandale ...4 ..6 12 Lord Saltoun 5...8 2 illessenge v . a... 7 12 Slayer's IL;;.iiii;,T Bukhara Widred 4.. 12 Pimento . . '"F* 6 10 a 7 10 Tragical ........................... .. ........... 8 Misdeal 5...7 Etona ............ . ....... 5. c 4 Little Jack Glory 4...7 8 Forest Flower ..... .....5 ':6 4 7 8 Rosin-the-beatl ......4 - „6 7 Alliance Best Bower a.. 7 8 The Hatter (h b) ...... 4...6 4 'Crown Prince... 4 ... 7 8 Amazon (h b) 4...6 3 Deloraine ......... ... —3...6 2 Marquis of Conyng -3 6 0 4.. 7 6 ham Co ngress Icicle 4...7 6 Kite 3...6 0 'Duke of Richmond ...4...7 6 Brave Buck 3...6 0 Erin-go-bragh .........4...7 5 Montem.. 3 6 0 Soft stone ... ......... ...4...7 4 l on i a .3...5 10 Beadsman .............. 4...7 4 Don Cesar. ......... ......3...5 10 Sister to The Nob ...... 4...7 2 El ecam p a ne ... 3* -5 8 Cherry —4...7 0 Faunus 3...5 4 Mortis co 4...7 0 Teresina 3 ..5 0 13r cby Velocipede, d tSoringhook 3.. .5 0 by Emilius ........4...7 0 Jumble .3...4 12 Ais to Flambeau ......4...7 0 Farthing -candle 4...pd Those marked thus 1 ' having been entered Trigwut the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1847. knowledge of their owners, will be struck out by the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to be left in. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 184! Tll URSDAT. Match, 300/., 100 ft, first-half of Ab. M. ; Mr. Ford's Shazadee, Bst 51b, agst Duke of Bedford's Fistiana, Bst, both three yrs old. Match, 100 h ft, Bst 4lb each, T.Y.C.; Mr. O'Brien's Eagle of the North agst Duke of Bedford's Sable. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1847. MONDAY. Match, 300/., 100 ft, 7st 101 b each, first half of Ab. M, Mr. Ford's Shazadee agst Duke of Bedford's Fistiana. FRIDAY. Match, 3001., 200 h ft, 6st each ; Cesarewitch Course ; Lord Eglinton's Eryx agst Duke of Bedford's Bridle. Match, 200 h ft, Bst 21b each ; Cl ermont Course ; Lord Eglinton's Glen Saddell agst Duke of Bedford's Duplicity. IRISH POOR-LAW BILL. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MAY 14. List of Division in the House of Lords on the motion to agree to Lord Monteagle's Amendment for Limiting the Duration of the Irish Poor -law Bill. CONTENT. DUKE. EARLS, Richmond Mountcasheil stAeutrisEs. Ranfurly Downsbire Rose Ormonde Stradbroke BAILS. I Vinchilsea Bathurst Roden Dartmouth Burlington Clare Wicklow Desart Ellenborough VISCOUNTS. Clancarty Enniskillen Combermere Leven ABCHBISHOP. Lonsdale Dublin Lucan BISHOP. Malmesbury Gloucester BARONS, Abinger -- Berwick Bolton Castlemalne Colchester De Ros Northwick Rayleigh Redesdale Southampton Stanley Templemore Tenterden Wrottesley Blayney Boston NON-CONTENT. EARLS. DMus. Bedford I St. Albans Galloway Ripon usaiamsEs. St. Germans Lansdowne Shaftesbury Conyngham ' Glasgow Northamptbn Waldegraye Clanricarde Yarborough Camden Zetland choiniondeley Harewood Morley EARLS. BAR . ONS, Cottenham Erskine Foley Hastings Montfort Strafford Sudeley Whariieliffe Kinnaird Manners Kenyon Mostyn Auckland Chichester - Clarendon Clanwillian2 Devon Dude Fortescue Granville Grey :vtscounr. Sydney BARONS. Beaumont Byron Bruce Camoys Campbell Carrington Colborne BISHOPS, Peterborough Lichfield Lincoln Worcester Hereford At. Asapk Ely PAIRS. Earl ofCharleville Bishop of Durham , Earl of Orfcrd Lord Portman Viscount Lake. Earl of Denbigh Marquis of Ailsa Lord Beauvale . Earl of. Erne . Lord Vivian Earl of Orkney Earl of Ilbhester Margin; of Exeter Earl Spencer Earl of - Munster • Viscount Clifden . Earl of• Bradford . Lord Dinorben Marquis of Abercprn , . LordD)acre . Earl of Sheffield Lord Walsinghara • Bishop of Exeter Bishop of Chester Duke of Newcastle Marquis of Headfort Earl of Limerick Earl Verulam Lord Sondes Lord Glenelg Viscount BeresfOrd Marquis of Anglesey Lord De Lisle • Lord Crewe Marquis of Ely . Earl of Leicester Lord Ashburton , Earl Minto • Earl Dela warr Earl Fitzharding,e Earl Dfgsy 'T - Bishop of Salisbury Earl of Eldon • Earl Camperdown Duke of Manchester Marquis of Winchester Lord Wynford Lord Lilford Earl of Cardigan Duke of Norfolk Earl of Tankerrille • Earl Cornwallis Lord Saltoun Earl of Fingall Lord Willoughby d'Eresby Bishop of London Earl of Wilton Duke of Roxburgh Duke of Beaufort Lord Langdale Earl Nelson Earl of Effingham Earl of Somers Lord Lyttelton Viscount Canterbury Bishop of Rochester Marquis of Ailesbury Earl of Ellesmere Earliof Warwick Bishop of Oxford Earl of Longford Bishop of St. David's Lord Brougham Earl Craven Lord Middleton Earl of Sefton Lord Faversham Duke of Buccleuch Viscount Strangford Lord Gardner Duke of Cleveland Bishop of Ripon Earl of Iladdington Earl Poivis Lord Gage Lord Churchill Earl of Kinnoul Earl Howe Earl Egmont Viscount Falkland Duke of Montrose Marquis of Westminster List of Peers who did not vote either way for Lord Mont eagle's Amendment on the 6th inst., but who voted on Friday last, either in person or by proxy, or who paired off in favour of the Marquis of Lansdowne's motion for the Bill to be permanent. DUKE. Chichester BISHOP. Buccleuch Cornwallis Salisbury MARQUISES. VISCOUNT. LORDS. Camden Melbourne A rundell Chohnondeley DIsROPS. De :Hanley EARLS. London Denman Howe . Lincoln Hastings Denbigh Rochester Howard de Walden Fitzhardinge Worcester Willoughby de Broke Leicester Winchester Walsingliam Sefton Chester Sherbome Onslow Ely Alvanley Beauchamp Oxford Gardner Lindsey Ripon Petre . Mount Edgcurnbe Peterborough Strathallan Powis St. Asaph The proxies of the Earl of Abingdon and Lord Bayning were, through a mistake, not extered. If proxies had been called for, there were entered for the Government 62, and 44 against, the majority would consequently have been 30. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGII OF MARYLEBONE. GENTLEMEN, T HE announcement by Sir Charles Napier of his having been called into active service will impo e on you the duty of select jig another Member in his stead to represent your im portant and influential borough in Parliament, and I respectfully beg to inform you that It is my intention to solicit the honour of your suffrages, whenever the vacancy may occur. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient servant, DAVID 3, Great CuSALO ONS Cumberland-place,Hyde-park, May 17, 1847. 13, S IR GEORGE SIMPSOGreat gh-street. N'S Marlborou OVERLAND JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD, IS NOW PUBLISHED, In, 2 vols. Bvo., with Map, Portrait, &c., price 31s. Gd. bound. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. GASCOIGNE. Now ready at all the Libraries, In 3 vole. post Bvo., E VELYN HARCOURT, By Mrs. GASCOIGNE. Authoress of " Temptation; or, A Wife's Perils," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, HER 31AJESTI"S THEATIIE. TOMORROW EVENING, Tuesday, May 18, will be performed Bellini's Ol era, entitled LA SONNAMBULA, Amine, .Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Madame Solari ; Count Rodolph, Signor F. Lablache ; and Elvino, Signor Gardoni. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which will be pre sented the Pas de la Couronne, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. A new Pas de Deux (by M. I'errot), by Mdlle. Rosati and 11. Perrot. And Pas Styrienne, by Madlle, Cerito and M. St. Leon. To conclude with the admired Ballet (by 31. P. Taglioni), entitled CORALIA, (Omitting the two tirst Tableaux). Coralia, Mdlle. Rosati; Huldcbrand, M. L'Dor ; the Squire, 31. Gouriet ; Bertha, Mdme. Petit Stephan; the Page, Mdlle. Honore ; Duke,; M. Gosselin ; Fraisondin, 31. Venefra ; Ulrich, 31. Di Mattia. The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in formed, that a grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURS DAY EVENING, ➢lay 20, when will be performed Meyerbeer's Opara, entitled ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Alice, Mdlle. Jenny Lind; Isabella, Made. Castellan ; Roberto, Signor Frasehini ; Rambaldo, signor Gardoni ; Sacerdote, Signor Bouehe ; and Bertram, Signor Staudigl. To be followed by various Entertainments in the BALLET DE PARTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdme. Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Cassan, Ilonore, James, Julien, Lamoureux, and Mdlle. L. Grakn. M. Perrot and M. St. Leon. The doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN, GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, combination of talent, THURSDAY next, May, 20, when will be performed the Opera of - LUCREZIA BORGIA. _ _ . The principal characters by Madame (Iris!, Signora Alboni, Signor Mario, Signor Marini, Signor Tamburini, Signor Ley, Signor Polonini, Signor Lavin. Signor, TMli, Si ;nor Piacentini, and Signor Tagilafico. To be followed by the Second Act of the Opera of L'ITALIANA IN ALGIEM. The Principal characters by Signora Alboni, Mdlle. Angelini, Bellini, Signor Salvi, Signor Rovere, Signor Polonini, and Signor Marini. To conclude with a new grand Ballet, in three Tableaux, entitled LA SAL A MANDR IN E In which Mdlle. Fanny Elmler and Mdlle. Dumilatre will app ear ; also 3ldlles. Baderna, Bertin, be Mellsse, Delechaux, M. Petipa, M. Mabille, &c., will dance. The ballet by M. l'lasis, the music by Signor Curmi, the scenery by Messrs. Grim and Tahiti, and the costumes by M. Bailey. The Doors will open at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Opera will commence at Eight. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow street ; and at Cramer, Beak, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee, TIIIS EVENING Will be petrol med a new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir Marma dulse Topple, Mr. larren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. lludson ; God frey, Mr. Tilbury; Emerson, Mr. Webster ; Cyril Tempest, Mr. Bowe ; Lady Tempest, Mrs. Seymour ; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover ; Florence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue ; Miss Fielding, 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, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF TIIE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To be followed by the Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Chr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Maplin will perform. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Play of THE HUNCHBACK. Master Walter, Mr. Creswick ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. J. Webster ; Lord Tinsel, Mr. J. Vining; Julia, Mrs Butler; Helen, Mrs. Stirling. After which; the new Farce, entitled A WIFE FOR AN HOUR. Principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Granby, Vining, Cowell, Compton, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled A SLEEPING DRAUGHT. Vincolo, Mr. Granby ; Bruno, Mr. Walton ; Rinaldo, Mr. Fisher; Popolino, Mr. Compton; Gabriotte, Mr. Cowell; Mr. Smith ; Signora Francesca, Mrs. Hughes ; Norma, Miss Stanley. TIIEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING _ Will be performed the new Drama, called THE CREOLE ; or, Love's Fetters. Damiron, Mr. F. Mathews; Alphonse, Mr. Murray, Hyacinthe, Miss Dickinson ; Bokes, Mr. Keeley ; Latour, Mr. Emery; Ylrginie, Miss M. Keeley; Louise, Miss May; Bellona, Miss Daly. Arei which, the entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner; Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravanza, called THE WOOD DAIMON ; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, F. Matthew, Bellingham, Kinloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson, Miss Daly, and Mrs Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed the c'mic Vaudeville of LA DOT D'Au- VERGNE. Pierre, M. Dumery ; Jerome, M. Pagenier ; Madeleine, Mdlle. Focquet ; Felicite, Mdme. Dumery. After which, the new Comedic, UN COUP DE LANSQUENET. Desrousseaux, M. Regnier ; La Marquise du Puzy, Mdlle. lienain. To conclude with the popular Comedy of OSCAR ; ou, Un Mari qui Trompe:sa Femme. Oscar, M. Regnier ; Juliette, Mdlle. Denain. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3 , . ; Gallery, 'ts. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, CLOSE OF TILE ENTERTAINMENT. The nobility, gentry, and the public are respectfully informed, that the popular Entertainment given by the Ethopian Serenaders, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will be positively ter minated at the end of the ensuing month of June, previously to the fixed departure of the Company for the Continent, on the sth of July. Since the commencement of this Entertainment, more than four hundred performances, public and private have been given in London ; and, notwithstandingthe numerous vulgar imitations which have been recently attempted in the metropolis, the unapproachable superiority of the above party is established by their undiminished popularity and success. During the few remaining weeks of their engagement, the performances wal be continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings, and a Morning Performance will take place every Wednesday. The entertainments of the Thursdays during the month of June will be appropriated for the separate Bene fits of each member of the Company. And, in order to produce an agreeable souvenir of the unparvreled popularity Of these perform ances, it is intended to present to every visitor of the private boxes and stalls a portrait of the beneficiare in his private appearance, and also in his professional capacity, illustrating some favourite melody. Such portraits will be executed from the life, in the finest style, by 11. Maguire, Esq., and are already nearly completed. The benefits will be arranged in the folio ving order:— Tinlisilay, June 3, fur the benefit of Germon (tamborine), Thursday, June 10 ditto Stanwood (accordion), Thursday, June 17 ditto IVhit (banjo), Thursday, June 24 ditto Harrington (banjo), Thursday, July 1 ditto Pell (bones) previously to the last Farewell Performance, on Saturday Evening, July 3. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-stree and at the Box-office of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the ROyal FAMily. Last nights of the grand Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacles, pre .vious to the Whitsuntide splendid productions. THIS EVENING Will be performed Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of TIIE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or,' The Corsair. Unequalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with the performances of the Arabian horse, Diamond of the Desert ; the four Mexican Antipo dean Artistes ; and the celebrated Clown. Mr. W. F. Wallet. To conclude with ZARAII ; or, The Gipsy Tribe of Bohemia. • Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. L'roadfoot. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes,. I s.; Upper Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Will be performed RU TH I SM or, The EVENING Lass that Loves a Sailor, Bernard, Mr. Hicks ; Ruth, Miss Vincent. After which, the Farce of the LOTTERY TICKET. Wormwood, Mr. Gardner. To conclude with THE WIZARD OF TIIE WAVE ; or, The Ship of the Avenger. Captain Faulkner, Mr. Hicks. Boxes, Is.; half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. WILL OPEN THIS DAY, May 17, And every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable expense, erected a new Entrance, and a ruagnificent Walk, with /tower borders, statues, and a Central FOuntain, in front of the grand Pictorial Representation of THE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. The Menagerie contains Many specimens, including the Giraffe, Gazelles, &c. The• Promenade Concerts, conducted ry Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge of Statues.. The grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the SIEGE. OF GIBRALTAR. Showing the' commenc emen t of the Bombardment, partial destruc tion of the Town, an d B lowing up of the Battering Ships. During the season, M. J ULLI EN will give a series of Concerts; the Band will consist of one 11 - ndreei Performers. Admission, One Shilling. The Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their Grand Spring Flower Show, on 'Wednesday, May 26. THE WEATUER.—SuN OFFICE, MAY 16. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 52; Highest. 66; Noon, 66, BAROMETER, 29.65. WIND S.W.; occasional squally showers and sunshine. • MAY 17. THIMMOMETER, Lowest, 50 ; Highest, 66 ; Noon, 65 BAROMETER, 30. —WIND S. W. ; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 29 minutes after 3. J Evening .. 49 minutes stir! 3. dling the animal passions of the multitude by the breath of his inflammable egotism. Now that the Repeal Association is incapable of acting with its customary energy and perseverance, seeing that its great leader is still sojourning on the Continent, for the purpose of recruiting his debilitated constitution, the firebrand patriots, who are sticklers for physical force, are endeavouring to filch from him that popu larity with the Irish multitude of which he has hitherto been the sole object. An enthusiastic race like the llibernians must always have some medium through which to express their political sympathies. The sudden illness and retirement of DANIEL O'CON NELL have deprived them of the medium to which they have been accustomed for very nearly half a century. The Young Irelenders perceive the oppor - tunity afforded by this (to them) felicitous calamity, and hence their periodical demonstrations at the Rotunda, and their flagrant and hyperbolical speeches at what is, no doubt ironically, called the Irish Con federation. If these 'melodramatic gentlemen really imagine that a whole nation is to be deluded by claptrap phrases and insolent boasts, they will find themselves most pitifully mistaken. By the latest intelligence received from the travelling com panions of the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork, it would seem that the recovery of that extraordinary man is now tolerably certain. On his return, with a renovated constitu tion, DANIEL O'CONNELL will hake sufficient to ac complish in the way of pacifying his countrymen and reconciling them to the dispensations of PROVIDENCE and the efforts of a benignant Government. Nothing has ever equalled the Young Ireland braggadocios in violence of sentiment or bombast of utterance. By their inflammatory orations they are assuredly numbering themselves among the most re prehensible class of juvenile offenders. They are drawing down upon their extravagant faction the stern, and po wer f u l , an d a ff l i cted realm. with the sinc ere we ll w i s h ers o f t h e sister indignation Instead island, f coalescinga instead of labouring practically to ame liorate the condition of, the dying and neglected mil lion, instead of evincing a manly susceptibility in regard to the sorrows of their fellow-men, they are striving heart and soul to sow dissension among the masses, to aggravate the sufferings of starvation by the anguish of discontent, to cast obloquy upon an Administration whose paramount anxiety is to assuage the woes of a people of whom they are said to be the bitterest enemies and the most ruthless murderers. Can any man with a spark of the be nign fire of Christianity in his bosom, can any man with a sound intellect, or a heart not wholly hardened against the influences of humanity— can any man, indeed, who is not entirely bereft of his senses entertain the slightest respect for the political ranters and jumpers of the Irish Association? Messrs. O'GORMAN and MEAGHER may conceive that they are acquiring a reputation kindred to that of ROBERT EMMETT. If so, they are labouring under a deplo rable delusion. They are so far from eliciting the approbation of the sensible, that they are ensuring for themselves the contumelious regard even of the least discerning. Perhaps in their very recent emancipation from the school-room these youths may bear some dim remembrance of the masterly description of CATALINE, written by the his torian SALLUST. Should this classic reminiscence have not altogether faded from their memories through the ecstacy of' their democratic ardour, they would do well to draw an analogy with that immortal portraiture, and henceforth eschew the demoralising tendencies of their phre netic and fanatical doctrines. If they are not actually playing such fantastic tricks " before high 'leaven as would make the angels weep," they are certainly conducting themselves in a manner tha must make all honest patriots grieve. It is one (and that one not the least) of the many evils of the present' dearth and famine with which it has pIeasedPROVIDENCE immediately to afflict Ireland, and mediately, through the failure of the crops in that unhappy country, this, comparatively speaking, more favoured island of England, that the attention of the Legislature and of the public has been so completely absorbed in attempting to devise measures to mitigate the horrors of this appalling affliction, as to render it necessary to leave unredressed and even uninvestigated many abuses which call loudly for reform, and which, had they occurred in times of greater material prosperity, would have at once demanded, and have obtained the immediate attention of Parliament. Foremost among these, as placing in jeopardy the personal liberty of every one of her MAJESTY'S subjects, is the Law of Lunacy; the neces sity for a sweeping reform in which is demonstrated by a trial which took place in the Court of Queen's Bench in the course of last week. The case to which we allude, is the case of " CITIVIMING V. INCE," which was tried before Mr. Justice ERLE and a common jury. The plaintiff was the unfortunate Mrs. Cumiumo, to whose case as an illustration of the necessity of an alteration in the present state of the law we have, on more than one occasion, directed the attention of the readers of The Sun. The action was brought by Mrs. CUMMING to recover possession of certain title-deeds detained by the defendants, in consequence of an arrangement entered into not to prosecute a com mission de lunatico against the plaintiff; one of the conditions of which arrangement was that the plain. tiff should make a certain disposition of her pro perty in favour of the two defendants. The circum stances of the case, as stated by Mr. COCKEURN, the counsel for the plaintiff, and admitted by Mr. j WATSON, the counsel for the defendants, were these : , 6 Mrs. Cumming, the plaintiff, was a woman entitled to certain freehold properly. She was a person considerably_ in life, and was perhaps rather irascible and im en herself and her two daughters, the wives Hooper and Ince, differences had arisen, and theoe 13e o eni n sict s s.er h tsl. ad thought fit to apply for a commission of lunacy 1 111 a popa g fetalr a t3li inst their mother. This commission issued on the 29th of July; it lay for some time without execution, but towards the middle of August the parties proceeded to put it into execution. The plaintiff had been put into a lunatic asylum as early as the 13th of . May, an d s h e was b roug h t up f rom that place to be.exam.ned under the commission. On the 29th of August the inve-tigation began, before Mr. Barlow, the Commissioner, and after continuing for four or five days, an arrangement was entered into. In consequence of that arrangement, the title-deeds of the plaintiff were delivered up. It was to Let aside this arrangement that the present proceeding had been instituted." She now sought to recover the possession of those deeds, because the consent she had given to this ar rangement was not a free and voluntary consent. " She was under duress, which the existence of re straint and the fear of a continued abode in a lunatic asylum imposed upon her." Mr. Justice ERLE, in his summing up, told the jury "that an agreement derived all its force from the mental consent of the party who made it. It might be valid as to externals, and yet void in law if the mind of the party making it had not gone along pith it when made. Where there was an appa rent consent and an apparent execution, still if it was shown that it was obtained under duress, and not by the free will of the party, the agreement would be void." Ills Lordship, therefore, put this question to the jurors—" whether the plaintiff's apparent consent for Mr. PETERSDORFF to sign the agreement on her behalf was obtained by the effect of the restraint she was under, and without the exercise of her free will? If the arrangement had not been made the inquiry would have gone on. The jury was empanelled, and the plaintiff knew that a verdict must be taken. If the jurors now thought that the plaintiff had con sented to this agreement without any exercise of her free will, they would find for the plaintiff; if they thought she had consented of her own free will they would find for the defendants. This question was entirely for them." Our readers will recollect that at the time the cntdioelri dt arrangement was entered into, we expressed an opini on t h at it was, upon the very face of it, invalid, a hu b art e e e s ;: se if M rs . CUMMING were insane, sh e was incapable of e xecu ti ng any l ega l d ocument; and if sane, the arrang emen t, as h av i ng b een entered i nto u was til nd s voiadt, opinionan d i t supported is with by some s g o r abtiigfih a legal authority as Mr. Justice ERLE. The jury re turned a verdict for the plaintiff; invalidating the ar rangement, and restoring to Mrs. Cuatainw full months; control over after a p n rop i e n r c t a y r . ce T ra h t u i s on afte in r a a lapsen nsoyfi'utwin-elvoef four months ; but tpensshee lavtoteunlddanhtaveupzal) after all the anxiety and all the aw, rende d Mrs. CUMMING has obtained action this at suffering l an h tardy remedy ; p i f r e l t i h m e i n l a a r w y alled re as it ought to render, a public alleged lunr..i.an.qu;*y into the sanity or insanity of any e necessary, before authorising the de tention, a Such alleged lu n ati c i n any asy l um . W e 511:44 be told again as. we have been told before, 'that MUM= the law renders: it necessary to hare the certificates of two medical men to authorise the keeper of an asylum to detain any alleged lunatic, and that the commissioners of lunacy are appointed to see that this provision of the law is strictly complied with. We have already demonstrated the utter worthless ness of such certificates—certificates which may be purchased in the market at the rate of 10s. each. But is even this requisition always complied with ? What is the evidence as to that point given in the present case. We quote from the report of the trial:— " Mr. Justice Erle accordingly took from the statement of Mr. Haines the following detail of the circumstances of the case. The plaintiff was a person 69. years of age, the de fendants were her two daughters, and their two husbands. She was taken to a lunatic asylum on the 12th May, 1846. On the 19th July the plaintiff's husband died. On . the 29th July a commi ss i on i n l unacy was ta k en ou t. Nome of exe cuting it was given on the 22d of August. The plaintiff' was taken to a madhouse on the opinion if one medical man." This last sentence is cunningly and cautiously worded. What does it mean—that there were the certificates of two, but the opinion of only one medical man—or that she was received into the madhouse on the autho rity of a single certificate, and detained after her recep tion upon the authority of a second—or that she was detained upon the authority of one certificate only ? It may mean either of these. How comes it that the Commissioners did not elicit by their inquiries the fact that she was taken to a madhouse on the opinion of one medical man ? Is the law even less careful of the liberty of the subject than we have hitherto supposed it to be ? Does the law authorise a person to be taken to a madhouse, upon the opinion of one medical man ? If it does, is it not more than ever necessary that such law should be altered ? And that no alteration short of a public preliminary inquiry previous to incarceration can be satisfactory, is demonstrable from the facts of this very important case, as we propose to prove on some future occasion. In support of the cause of civil and religious liberty our earnest endeavours have never been wanting. The principle is of vital importance to the growth and maintenance of civilisation. Man acts accord ing to his feelings, and he shows himself most rational when these are tempered with judgment. The sen timents of religion are those which influence the human mind down to its profoundest depths. The history of the whole world is fraught with terrible illustrations of this truth. No political lever has proved itself so powerful as that of religious enthu siasm. This feeling has demonstrated itself, when once kindled, as the infallible precursor of most of the re markable events recorded in the histories of different nations. Under its influence thrones and states have been shaken to their foundations, and revolutions have come and gone, resembling, in their rapid succession, the repetition of the hurricane during a continuous and desolating tempest. The potency of this principle is evidenced by the reflection that some of the fiercest struggles between religious communities have turned more upon the forms than the principles of their different, creeds. The comparative peace which has so long been enjoyed by the world at large, and Europe in particular, and the favourable rise which nume rous countries are making in the scale of civilisation, are attributable to the homage which has been, and is now, for the most part, paid by their respective Go vernments to the benign principle of toleration, Persecution in any shape, on account of a man's re ligious persuasion, is at length happily beginning to be viewed with general abhorrence by all enlightened people. Here and there we witness occasional out bursts of an intolerant spirit, even in England itself. Fortunately these manifestations are of an isolated character. They are, in fact, still-born. The motives of public bodies, such as the Pro testant Association and National Club, are not to be impugned; but their judgment is open to be arraigned, their fears to be slighted, and their conduct to be represented as tyrannical in its effect. Were the powers of the Vatican exercised in the most arbitrary and bigoted manner, they could not be more viru lently assailed than they are at this moment by a prejudiced few ; but as they happen to be notoriously wielded by Pius IX. in a spirit of liberality, such that Austria herself has openly censured his policy, a more inopportune moment could not have been selected for attempting to raise a No-Popery cry. Lord JoUN RUSSELL on Friday took occasion to pay a well-merited tribute of admi ration to the course which his lioraNEss has pursued since his accession; and, in answer to a question from Mr. Holism" whether the Government contemplated taking any steps to place the British relations with Rome on a more friendly footing, his Lordship, after adverting to certain legal difficulties at present existing in the way of deputing a Minister with cre dentials from this country, avowed his conviction of the desirableness of establishing formal diplomatic relations between England and Rome. We have no doubt that this important subject will hereafter re ceive the consideration to which it is entitled. Madrid journals of the 9th and 10th ult. have been received. A letter of the 9th gives the following particulars relating to the late alleged attempt on the life of the QUEEN, and to Don ANGEL DE LA RIVA, the supposed assassin, and his accomplices : " The attempt upon the Queen's life on Tuesday evening continues to monopolise public attention. The affair is un dergoing a very serious and active investigation by the ma gistrates'; but nothing transpires either to confirm or dispel any of the reports in circulation. Don Angel de la Riva, who is said to have fired the pistols, is in custody ; he is an 'advocate, and was lately employed in editing the ?lOU relies diverse: of the Clamor Public° ; but the politics of that paper did not exclusively engage his attention, for he was at the same time intimately connected with Don Diego Coello, editor of the Faro, an ultra-Moderado journal, es blished under the auspices of Senors Mon and Fidel. Senor Coello has also been questioned by the examining magistrate. The official statement is anxiously looked for by everybody, for regicide is deemed an impossibility among Spaniards • it it not therefore sur p r i s i ng t h at many persons pers i st in doubt ing whether the pistols wers loaded with ball. Since her Majesty's arrival at Aranjuez she has repeated her in- vitatious to Don Francisco to join her, but he is in flexible. I am essured that he has written to his cousin the Count de Montemolin, declaring the date of his last personal communication with the Queen ; which supposes suspicion of a jealous character. He also expresses appre hension of some attempt upon his life—an insinuation ren dered absurd by the Queen's well-known amiable disposition. Notwithstanding the inteme anxiety which pervades every class of society, it is gratifying to be able to state that no fears have :risen respecting the tranquillity of this capital. The money crisis, which weighs so heavily on London and Paris, hes naturally prcduced its effect here, and our com mercial horizon is gloomy; however, there is at present great activity in building, so that the labouring classes have plenty of work. "P.S.—I have just heard that Senor Coello has been ar rested, and is now in prison, and also that some important individuals are implicated, as having instigated De la Riva to his criminal attempt." The QUEEN has invited Generals SERRANO and CORDOVA, together with the Marquis of MIRAFLORES and Senor PACRECO, to the Court at Aranjuez. The Gazette publishes royal decrees, appointing General RICARDO SCHELLY Captain-General of An dalusia, in the room of General PEZUELA ; General Baron DEL SOLAR DE Esrplosa, Captain-General of Granada ; and General F.ERNANDO CoroNER, Captain- General of Burgos. The Ticmpo announces, that on the evening of the 9th some alarm was created in Madrid by the explosion of two petards at the Puerta del Sol. The KING has refused to join the QUEEN at Aranjuez, and has gone for some days to the Prado. It is said that PACHECIIO is opposed to the promul gation of a royal decree giving force to the financial projects of Senor SALAMANCA. Food riots of a serious nature have taken place in the provinces of Seville and Grenada. m BoLsA, M AY 10 , done MAat 10.-.-The Three per C e nts. were 3114 for paper; the Five per Cents. at 1914; t? . Debt without int erest at 071 3 ; and the Coupons, at 16 Ivi cash. S a T W t uhree day h a.ve received the Paris papers of Friday and interpellation of M. G UIZ OT by M. ODILON BARROT, on the subject of the recent change in the Ministry, took place on Friday in the Chamber of Deputies, The scene is thus described by the National : " M. Odilon Barrot questioned M. Guizot as to the motive for the dismissal of the three Ministers. M. Guizot replied that it was done because such was the pleasure of the Crown. M. Lacave Laplagne said it was not his fault, and Al. de Girardin replied, after which the Chamber broke up. this did not occupy an hour. About 2,000 persons went A to ll the Chamber am about 1,2C0 of them for the sake of amuse ment, and amused they must have been, for it was very droll." - u On this subject the Pre sse says— " Yesterday was an evi l da y for the Ministry. It is left in an abased situation, from which it will be difficult for it n is t to extricate itself. An inexorable severity towards its as eocieat more must, in turn, recoil If the upon its rygenerous. extremely confident in its own stren g th not to show g reat er indulgence, or rather it must feel itself extr emely weak :not to b Itromng, s if t it be 114%4 not felt that ita existence WU Atake, 4 maid h h own a d head. been s t aye i ,i - 1 1 •1/4'-'ll, • .4-,-,—;:'' •)` 'ti'i5i.0L474').7.PA.,*,10104,, 2, (it,;; , .. i f — s• 1-'..,,. I* .4. N i i , - ' "I Ai: , .. '•• C' e" ,t4IN' ', ;'..•:, = 1 ., " .., ‘ SECOND EDITION. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR CHARLES WOOD, BART, M.P. Sir,—l delayed addressing you upon the subject of the statement you made respecting the difficulty of framing a Bill for the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland, in the hope that the discussion on Mr. Scrope's motion, on Tuesday last, would have elicited that explanation which certainly appears necessary, for, although report assigns to you a hostile feel ing to the measure, yet no person would fancy that you could in the face of Parliament state difficulties that you did not believe to exist. Your statement was, "That after attempting to put the Bill into a practical shape, and after consulting with several lawyers and other Members of experience, &c., &c.,1 I do think it would have been impossible to pass a Bill which could have been brought into operation this year." Now, I believe I shall make it appear as clear as the sun at noon day, that your lawyer of experience must have misled you, and that it would be difficult to find a lawyer who would not prepare a Bill which should come into operation, not only this year, bat the week after it had received the Royal Asses t. Your Bill when put into a practical shape must have been based on one of the three following principles :- Ist. Government taking the power of purchasing the unre claimed lands of every proprietor, although he was himself willing to employ the people in reclaiming the land. 2d. Government taking the power of purchasing the unre claimed land of any proprietor who will not employ the people in reclaiming it. 3(1. Government taking the power of purchasing the unre claimed land of any proprietor who was desirous of selling. The first may be termed Mr. Scrope's plan, the second that which I had the honour to propose, and the third as one which could not possibly have done any injury to any indi vidual, and which might be productive of essential benefit. I have always considered, and reflection confirms the opinion, that the plan proposed by Mr. Scrope would be a measure of great injustice, and still greater irnpolicy ; as it has been abandoned, it is useless to adduce reasons in support of this opinion. I cannot conceive that the principle of the second plan contains anything approaching to injustice. It is too late now to question the soundness of the principle that" property has its duties as well as its rights," and the present Govern ment have worked out that principle by declaring that the first duty of property and the first burthen upon it, is to sup port the people. That is the principl e o f y our I r i s h P oor-law Bill, but society has a right to expect that such principle shall be carried out with the least possible injury either to the giver or the receiver. There is only one possible mode of effecting this object—employment. If this be correct, then comes the question—Has any pro prietor a right to say I hold 10,000 acres of unreclaimed land, which I choose to keep in its present state for my amuse ment., and although its reclamation would give employment to all the industrious in the district, it shall not be touched, and I prefer feeding them in a state of idleness rather than part with my land. Has any individual a right to hold this language? Does that property perform its duty to society? And if all right-minded persons would immediately answer such questions in the negative, is it unjust to compel such a proprietor to sell his land at a just price, that the people may be employed and fed? The third principle is one which could not possibly injure any individual, and to judge of its beneficial importance, suppose the Government had possessed such a power during the last winter, would not the reclamation of waste lands have been a better return for the millions which have been I expended than the roads whi c h h ave b een ma d e ? However good the harvest may be, the Government will again have to feed a porti on o f the Irish people. Of this there exists no reasonable doubt, and you should be prepared with every measure which may enable you to give that food for wages fairly earned. There would' not be the sli g ht est objection in the present Parliament to vest discretionary powers in the Government, and you ought to apply for them unless you are prepared to be accountable for another year of that profligate waste of public money, which, under the pre tence of feeding the destitute, has been freely given to parties possessed of ample means.—l have the honour to remain your most obedient servant, RIGBY WASON. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—It is stated that her Majesty will arrive at the Castle, for the Ascot Races, two or three days earlier than had origin a lly b een contemplated— Monday, the 31st inst., having been the day fixed upon for the Court to leave town for Windsor. It is now expected that her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Royal Family, will arrive at the Castle on the 28th inst., the day following the Drawing- room to be held at St. James's Palace. The Court will not remain at Windsor, it is stated, beyond a week or ten days. VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S ASSEMBLY.--ViSCOUt and Viscountess Palmerston entertained his Excellency Mr. Bancroft, the Earl of Clare and Lady Isabella Fitzgibbon, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Lord Howard de Walden, Lord and Lady Ashley, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, Sir Augustus and Lady Clifford and Miss Clifford, &c., at dinner on Saturday last at their residence in Carlton-gardens. At a later hour of the evening her Ladyship received a brilliant circle of the corps diptomatique and nobility, among whom were his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dictrichstein, his Excellency the French Minister and the Countess de Jarnac, his Excellency the Turkish Minister and Princess Callimaki, his Excellency Baron de Benst, his Excellency the Bavarian minister and Baro n ess de Cetto, his Excellency the Portu- Reseunt N sc li h n i tte ra r o sa d .Baroness Moncorvo, his Excellency Minister and thrlirtiali;cl(' Baron Hugel, the Swedish his Excellency the Brazilian chioness di Lisboa, his Excellency Rehausen, Count Re Charge. d'Affaires, and Baroness the Marquis of Clanvreic'a C d ce" the Marquis of t G. Revel, Count Potocki, Marquis of Granby, the Marchioness of Ailesburyr the Ladies Mary and Olivia' ayleu r the Earl anlide&dunfortest ofd St. T G li er E m ll an o s p an ctnii i : s ti o tt e , r B4 3.w c. warhich we have had weather, have in the past week, with somewhat proved highly beneficial to every kind warmer regetation h o ps, partaking of the genial influence, have yet al l maa • The progress, but we perceive that they are not yet all posiecf,'thde backwardness of the season not having recini n d tkis Opera tjou 5 o early a ILllMl........Canterbury Journal. .7111 t LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1847. Ireland is still the region of famine, of pestilence, of arson, of insurrection, of incendiarism, of stabbing, of pistolling, and of brutal murders. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN seems to be solicitous to consummate the wretchedness of his country by rendering the allegiance of its inhabitants to the Government T t ira is sibl e ,.b y exciting them to insubordination with evitupertgive potoi o of Billingsgate, and by kin- DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, MAT 14. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent— .• • • ..... 57% 58% Ditto, 3 per Cent ................'in•• 70 1 A 1 Ditto, 4 per Cent.. •••••••• • • • • • • • • 89i 89% Arnort Syndic, 3% per Cent• •••••• • • • Commercial Company, 43 per Cent • • 172% * 17314. East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • • • 89 1 4 89% Exchange on London, at sight 12 20 Two months • • • . 12 02 On Hamburgh, at sight ...• 35 Two months • ..... ••• • • • 35 12 On Paris . • .• ••••• • • • • Tw0m0nth5............... HAMBURGII BORSENHALLE, MAT 8. Bills. Money, Austrian 5 per. Cents 108 Bank Shares ....... .......... • . 1590 Anglo-Russian Loan .• ••• • • Russian 5 per Cont., Hamb. Certificate. Ditto let series Inscription Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. Ditto, in Certificate ... ..... New 4 per Cent., Hope and. Co. •• • • Ditto Stieglltz .. -• ••••• •• ••• • • •... 88 Spanish New 5 per Cent •• ••• • •• 17% 167 i, Ditto 3 per Cent •••••• •• • • • ..... • • 28 % Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • . Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• •• 55 Ditto 3 per Cent. ........ •• • • .... Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .... • • 84 National Bank 5hare5..........5hare5................ BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussm.s, 3LAr 11. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••••••• • • • • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ..... Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent— .• • Ditto Three per Cent— .......... Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • •• Ditto,ditto,lB4o.. • . • ••••• • • • •• 100 Ditto,ditto,lB42 Ditto, 1844..• •• •• ••••..•••• •• •• •• ••• 96% Ditto, 1838 .• ........................ 68% —Brussels Papers. May 12. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—YLENNA, MAY 7. 5 per Cent. Metalliques— •• • • ••••• • • .. 107 4 per Cent. ditto— ••• • • 97% 3 per Cent. ditt0.........• • • 69% Loan, 1834 • • •a •6 to o• t• •• •• •• o• • . Ditto, 1839 •• •• • • • • • • • ..... • • • • • • • • • • 119% Bank Shares • • •• • • • • • • • • • ..... • . •• •• .• 1588 Esterhazy's Loan .• .• .• •• •• !• .• •• •• •• •• ioi 98 97% RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .......... . 1014 Gloggnita Vienna—Milan .. • ............. • • I I 1 Leghorn ••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 89% Sienna ••.•••••••••••.• .• • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 69% Grosetto ........ •• • . Oldenburg ••• . • • •• • ••• • • • .... • . Pestoja • • • • • . • • .. • • •• • • . • • • • • • • . • . • Perth Bridge .•• • • • ••••.•• • • • • • • • Apennines THE ARMY. 11th Foot—Head-quarters arrived at Hobart Town from Sydney, per Java transport, on the 19th of Janu ary, and were transhipped on the 22d January to the Elizabeth and Henry, for conveyance to Launceston. - The Java was to take the remainder of the 51st Regi ment from Sydney to Madras. The 58th Regiment had returned f rom Now Zealand to Sydney. The 96th and 99th Regimentsh.u.Tae.r_ proceed to India from New Soutl_i W e_.ceived orders to c.0..-.ng c-u -t charity for I thi ,I tiles SOCIETY.—The an niversary 1I 'ldr f I -, • maintaining the cit en o t lose once in eating, and wholly ond Saturday at the London Tavern, Mr. prosperity, was he .d d 1-I"Ali d A 'on n er L e lj f Ai th O i and was supported by Sir W. 11. Cabbell, M.P., presi e , , s, Rev, the Dean 1 P the ery of Hereford, Jolliffe Bart., A • ~ F s ~..fc'ej k-I len ' Mien eputy Evans, Mr. E. Brewster, and about 180 Sir E. Pearson, Sir J. Phillip Part, Colonel Lewis, Colonel Wilkie, of the gvors and their friends. The chairman an al Highness the Prince of Wales bad the patrons of the society, and had presented guineas to the charity. It was also an becomeo fi u r n s e d on that donationo f hti of 250 stated that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had kindly promised to take the chair at the society's dinner next year. A m ong the donations announced were—H er Ma jesty, 104 10s. ; the Queen Dowager, 104 10s. ; the Chairman (Mr. Cabbell), 214 ; Mr. M. Attwood, M.P , 211. ; Mr. E. B rewster and i friends, 624 10s. The total number of children in the society's two establishments, t h e Royal Asylum at Brixton and the town school, is 294. During the evening the children entered the room, and the modest and ingenuous manner and appearance of both sexes elicited the wannest commendations of the m pany. Their healthy and intelligent looks they fortunately share in c ommon with the inm a t es o f many of our well-con ducted public institutions ; but it was still - more gratifying t o o b serve that every youthf u l f ace bore the traces of those in the kindly gentler affections which are only cherishedi nurture of happy homes. Several ladies who visit the asy lum, and take a benevolent interest in the health and im provement z.wereGuards w e p r r e es s e t p ba rox a m f e t n h t e o c f a t l l d ie st c r h ea il in dre G n u , present A portion of th e stationed in the gallery, and the musical arrangements, which included Miss Betts, Messrs. Hobbs, Kench, and ~L ocket', materially a dd e d to t h e enjoyment of the evening, Ihe dinner and wines were on the most liberal scale of excellence, character of Messrs. B a th e and and fully upheld the Breach's establishment. We are glad to noti ce th at the funds of this institution (the bene fits of which are exclusively confined to the children of those who have seen better days) are in a satisfactory and pros- , perous condition. CORN FROM AUSTRIA.—The Austrian Observer of the Bth instant publishes an Imperial decree, prohibiting the export of corn from the Austrian dominions for five , mouths, undoubtedly postponed all modification of the Cabinet until after the session." The Siècle has the following ferocious attack upon M. GUIZOT " There are men whose political conduct is nothing more than a series of opportune defections. Always in the secrets of fate, they can foresee events, prognosticate misfortune, change their stations in good time, bend and accommo date themselves with wonderful suppleness and prompti tude to the rapid revolutions of Fortune's wheel. Like the Roman Emperor who admitted into his pantheon the gods of every mythology, so they have their altar for every wor ship, but reserve their devotions for the Divinity of the day. These men were found at Ghent in 1815, intriguing among the enemies' bivouacs, while France succumbed at Water loo. Brought back to Paris in an English or Prussian baggage waggon, they have made use of the Restoration while pretending to serve it, and exercised their pens in the Lune!' de l'espri public, or in the conciliabules of royalist reaction. Under this flag advancement was too tardy, and their impatient ambition turned in another direction with its arms. Their wounded but prescient pride sought applauses on another stage. They became doughty cham pions of the Soci6te Aide- toi, le Ciel t'aidera. The Revo lution of 1830 raised them on its bucklers. On the day after this popular triumph they induced the new dynasty to deny its origin, and urged it on to the perilous path in which its predecessors had lost themselves. A competition of servility soon brought into action those subaltern pretensions which dispute for the first place in the vestibule of Government. The dismissed servant revolts. He resolves to renew the assault in the adjoining ante-chamber. There may be seen the excess of zeal with which he demands credit for his tardy devotion to the national and constitutional policy. This holy cause ennobles, in his eyes, every part he may play. He accepts that of recruiting -sergeant of the coali tion, and collects a small platoon of Doctrinaires under the standard of the great Parliamentary army. We find this man of agi!ity at London in 1839 and 1840, conspiring against the system which he bad sworn to make prevail, and against the Ministry whose policy he was bound to re present. England rendered him justice. He spoke, but she did not beli eve hi m . I t i s h e hi mse l f who has told us so. After he had thus expiated his faults, his repentance received its reward. He enters into the Ministry, and, to complete his abjuration, denies all the principles which he had maintained in 1838 and 1839. He it was who under took to purify the temple which had for a moment been profaned, and to replace on the altar the idol of royalty which reigns and governs. We now find him, in 1847, faithful to the practice of his whole life, abandoning the vanquished, giving the finishing stroke to the wounded, be traying those whom fortune had deserted, and sacrificing his accomplices to escape the chastisement due to his own faults." The Chancellor and Committee charged to make the preliminary investigations in the case of General DESPANS CUEIERES, on Friday examined AL LE. GRAND, Under Secretary of State to the Department of Public Works, and N. PELLAPRAL, a very old gentleman, who was formerly a receiver-general. The distress continues to increase in all parts of France. In Paris alone one-fourteenth part of the population is absolutely pauper, and two-fifths of the inhabitants have availed themselves of the advances made by the authorities to ensure to all who claimed it bread at not more then 16 sous the loaf. In the provinces, where the Government has not made any similar advances in aid of the starving population, the most serious riots have taken place. At Cambrai on Wednesday a black flag was paraded through the streets, the multitude vociferating " Bread at 20 sous, or death." Every quarter of the town was disturbed, It was attempted to disperse the crowd by a display of infantry and cavalry, but the military failed in their efforts. At six o'clock in the evening a detach ment of 50 National Guards established a post in the hall of the Consistory, and the firemen, having taking arms, contributed to restore order. At Lille, on the 13th, the bakers' shops were plun dered by a mob, and seditious cries were uttered, among others, Vice La Republique! Vice Henri V.- Vice noire Roi qui est en Angleterre (Louis NA roLEots)! There were also serious food riots at Tournay on Wednesday. These riots were renewed at Tournay and at Lille on Thursday, but tranquillity was restored on Friday. The Panama steamer has been ordered to proceed to Marseilles and placed at the disposal of Queen CHRISTINA. CHRISTINA goes to Naples, where she will remain ten days. It is intended that she shall on her voyage back to France remain a few days at Leghorn with her sister, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany. Algiers papers of the 10th have been received. On the 7th Marshal BUGEAUD left Algiers to take the command of the expedition against Kabylia. Mr. O'CONNELL arrived at Genoa on the 6th. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on that day at 77f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents., 115 f. 65c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,225 f. ; Rouen, 928 f. 75c. ; Havre, 645 f. ; Great Northern, 603 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 721 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 580 f. ; Bor deaux, 507 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 407 f. 50c.; Basle, 188 f ' 75c ; Dieppe, 320 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 421 f. 25c. . : Tours and Nantes, 410 f.; Paris and Lyons, 431 f. 25c. ; Cette, 442 f. 50c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53g. MARSEILLES, MAY 11.-Marseilles and Avignon, 758 f 75c. ; Great Northern, 603 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 15. The only transaction in Foreign Railways was-Ceylon, , MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS' CITY, QUARTER TO TER SE ' In the Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday the 0 10 were 4,000 bales, of which the greater part was te nleriFsg• The market was steady, with less of the stapWTl) There were 3,500 bales American sold at 6d. to 714 as ;G T; bales Surat at 3: : 1 4d. to 44d. per pound. Railway' shares ir!,': in an unsatisfactory position, and prices were lower. f ought Letters and papers to the 4th February have been b ___, by the ship Hamlet from Sydney. The weather var,l4 favourable in the colony, and the stock was reported nisi in excellent condition. There is expected to be a goo,a_ u t b, of boiling down in the pastoral settlements, owing lu great increase in the flocks. • Fo i l A paragraph in the Sydney papers states tbst Sir believe Wilmot was exceedingly ill, partly arising, it Was bo° from anxiety of mind. general,' Nor th Accounts from Birmingham state—" The call 00 Staffordshire Railway Shares, due on the 10th inst., arolo k to have been very promptly tesponded to b y the sh , t be This has been particularly the case in the district whlo io ta synl line is more especially designed to serve, and the P . r . ale exceed the most sanguine expectations, considerttb: rot affects en _A v . pressure for money which now so seriously teries, in common with the manufacturing districts goine"rofe'd The marketable value of the shares has slightlY ii A, r e of with the call—a circumstance that evinces the el ~.,. pe r capitalists in the undertaking. There are now 7 4 .fr iorro vi share paid up ; and as the company have po le s er o t t v ..- eho gght about Thesf.rapienr money when 101. shall have been subscribed, it i . D ,_r ioue h likely that the resources of the shareholders wil dlyy' further tried." q m ua a r r t k e e r t fo i r s w u i p le , at co , _ r lAA comp with ion fur other corn. railf ol Notwithstanding the very heavy calls pa id ba t _ r iot' shares, we understand, upon high authority, that tue _r ive' deposits in the Scotch banks are greater at the p ment than they were twelve months ago. , ii i• gto 0 . 14 The Funds are flatter again to-day, mainly " — f e rr Ole s although without 110. enhancement in corn, and there have been a „ _ „,. / oor• is about 5A 6 pressed. Consols have realized 86:A % for trange l ,,r, ply row, and 86% % for Account. The " continuationitv „edi forced upon the market, being 2s. discount to Is. f a ref tor k. There have been no bargains in Bank or East Inel,i.oB6g, The New Three-and- a-Quarter per Ce ' nts. have row per cent. Exchequer-bills have mg in_ro;,. to 87%, and the Three per Cents. 8514, to 4. The Foreign Investments have been rat s have with the English funds. Spanish Consols have pg u rt ;l g ueso 22% ; and the Three per Cents. 30 to 341,_',, a ,,, e bee11., Four per Cents. have been 34%; life:Ewan Dinmd_s.)oll quoted at 20, and Grenada 19N; Dllt ch T wo. per Cents. have been 57%. f Abe le° The Share Market is depressed. The vain° : Eastern of et; ties, 18% 14 • shares has been 23% • Caledonian, 2 3 % 3 / 1 - k 11, ii - Brighton, hn L -At 51 1 4 ; North-Western , 169 to 17% , ; ( ' tie ° id Western, 61 to 61%; Midland, 112% to 114; Sew i 9 to Berwick, 24%; North British, 30% . , North _1454 to Great Western 110 to 107; lilac w.a,,,.ps , VA ; Scottish Central, 22% to 23% ; South-Buten" v ra asill 36 ; York and Newcastle, 34%; and Northern or . 11% 1 / 8 . , cLocr•• ratITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 (From the OftICIAI List.) %14 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • ' 6 8111 N . % g 4 Three per Cent. Consols Annuitie s • • l'i 7 36 A India Bo nds, New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 • • ; 34 6 Consols for May 27 .. tto, 3 1 0 ,00 years, ol . Ditto, under 1,0001. 1 Exchequer ,oool. Bills. .. .. . . 1 . i .... d : . ....: ::Ip 2 8d F c if is. s : l, ' 500/. ...... Ditto, Small • • • • •• • • 3 P 1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'C 19% Granada, 1 per Cent. • • • • '• 20 Mexican, 1846, 5 per Cent • •• _ P ortugue se Bends, 5 per Cent. • 4 , Ditto, Four per Cent • • • • • : 0 Sp an i s h Bonds, 5 per Cant. • • • • li 2 Ditto, Passive Bonds • • • • • • 33% Ditto, Three per Cent • • • • ". 335 , 34 ' Ditto, for the Account • • • D u t c h Two-and-a -Half per Cents. 57Y1 olsa BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SNARES AT r _O s li s t i s' ~... Dividends on the above payable in Londl2. ... ,o. ItAILWATS. PAID. ~ ~, , to, Aberdeen • • • • . .. .. .. 30 •• • • ' 379 ".• to ''.• 1% •• ' •••• Amber., Notting.,Boston, &Eastrn•Tn. 2% •• • • ~4 • to. Caledonian • • • • • • .. .. .. 30 .• • • 2 . 3 . 7 '' • •• to ''• to '- Chester and Holyhead • • .. .. .• 27% •• • • „,Thii , Eastern Counties • • • • • . .. .. 20 •• • • I° ,l „.. Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61. 135. 4d.•••• -4 ' W. ' Ditto, ditto • • .. N 0.2, 61. 135.4 d•"" Ditto, York Extension • • •• .. 6% • • . 4 .2 "` „to ".. East Lancashire • • • • .. .. .. 17 •• • • .'7*** •to •••• Edinburgh and Glasgow • • .. .. 50 .• • • ---,,, ;1 .. Ditto, Half Shares .. •• .. .. 15 •• •• 2 ! 7 P,_ 71' to ...' Great Northern .. •• .. .. .. 3ii•• •• Ir, ~ to -;;„, Ditto, London and York Extension.. 2% ....,,,,• 75 “ to , i 1 — Great Western • • • • •• •• •• gb ....i tY, '•'„ t o v. Ditto. Half Shares .. • • .. 50 •• • • 637 ‘ .. .. to -- Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. .. 12% •••• 16 .. .to 24 % 254 . Ditto. Fifths .. .. .. •• •• 20 „, • 7• •• ..• : -- -- Ditto. New .. .. •• • • • • • • *Al . ' .. ..:' Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds .. 14 •• • • ''''' .. to Ditto. ditto, and Norwich— .. .. 8% •• •• .., .. to -- Leeds and Bradford •• • • .. 40 .. •• 8,;,1;h• • • to --- Leeds and Thirsk .• .. •• •••• .. 26 •• • • IQ' •• to --,, London and Blackwell .• 161. 13s. 4d. •• •• al . "' .to 5 1 1 London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 ••",n' l 7 •• • to 16974 London and North - Western • • .. 100 • • • ' f ...,"" t i -o* . to. London and South-Western 1411. 6;,. 10d. Ditto, 40/. Shares •• M. and B. .. 40 •• •• — ,, - 14 •• • to Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. .. 50 Ditto, 101. Shares .• M. and B. (B) 5 .• • • '''' •• • • .. 61 .... 61 , E •• • • Manchester and Southampton 2 • ii•• •• L - CIO 100 •• ..114 •• •• •-• ~. Ditto, New • • . • • •,• •• ._ „ ** .. 38 , h •• . tO •,•• Ditto, New • • • • • • •• •• • r • "'e• '• 7 g 34 % to ---- Ditto, Birmingham and Derby ..100 —:: 89 •• W Ditto, Consol. Bristol & Birmingh .• .• „., 1 6 per cent. .. .. .• • • • :100 . ... 123 • •.•'''' -21 , Newcastle and Berwick . .. .. .. 20 ... 24% ••.. im --- ,‘,1% Norfolk • • .. • • • • • • • • • •100 . ..124)4 ••••• to t'• Ditto, Extension • • • • .. .. 10 .... 91 4 .• .. to --- North British • • • • .. .. 25 .... 30% • to ••• Ditto, Half Shares • • .. • • 12% .... 14 ~,,. to -7 4 Ditto, Quarters • • • • • • .• • • 34 ... 4 ••• to " Ditto, Extension • • • • .. •. •• •• • . a .. % • • ~ •• " ...- to s t• t r a c e st w o s n b a u t r i y d W an y d re.. Ditto, Thirds • • • • • . • • • • I ** 't •• '• -- North Staffordshire ••• • • • 1 ••.. 2%.... to Birmingham: .. A) " . 52 23.- .' .* ••.. t o tot ---- 7,4 .... 934.... to • Reading, Guildford, and Reigate . 25 •• •• 344 i s• . to ..... Scottish Central .. .. S ';o li t r i ° th Ps t n : l a r s e te U rti n a o n n d Dover .. ~ .. 331. 2s 4d 36 .. to 3594 .; Ditto, New (iss. at 32/0 -No. 1 .. 20 • •20 Ditto, New (do. 151.) No. 4 .. 5 .. .. 4% . • to south Wales .. .. .. .. .. •• • • ... to --- .. .. 10 ..• • 614 •• ~, York and Newcastle ........25 .• .. 31 %••• • t 0 York -- York and North Midland .. .. .. 50 .• .. 83 •• • • to Ditto Ditto , , Extension ........25 ••.. 40 ••" "" •••• •• to 19)1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Luxembourg ............6 .... 1%• • • • , t° ,. Namur and Liege • • • . •• 10 .• .. 31 •• •• ~ • • ," :- Northern of France .• •• .. • . 8 .... 11 MINES Real del Monte • Unregistered • • •• —3% to •••• LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS Pit l air, LONDON, MAY 17.—Wind S.S.W. , fresh g ale, add g uar, BRISTOL, MAY 15. Arrd. Brita nnia, Simmons, ti xf s, 4 does; Emerald, Dugdale , Demerara ; George, Nic ol n ,,, Vincent ; 16th, Lucy, Cherry, Antigua. Sld. Mb, v''' derer, Madeira and Demerara. JERSEY MAY 15.—Skl. , SCILLY, , Olive MAY 14.—Wind S.W. Branch by s.—BSld. 9th, pc' '0 Matanzas. 1 lth, Franklin, Meinke, New York, for Hamburgh 1 .7,',d DEAL, MAY Is.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W., mcalerate.--Arl4i. „14 Swea, Astrom, Bahia, for Copenhagen; Vrow Johann.a,,_"§ der loeven, Matanzas, for Amsterdam ; 15th, John Wilbr',,, Morgan, South Sea Islands ; Hamlet, Wilson, S,;,r_lf, N. S. W. ; James Rae, Pernambuco ; 16th, Simon 11, 0 , Brown, China ; Viscount Sandon, China; Ranger , Ke e l . v be nambuco ; Forrester, M'Arthur, Tobago ; Grecian,4c'top ford, Bombay. Sld. 15th, Highbury, and 16th,„ 1 1 . kts ad Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, Nautilus, „model, Islands; Mary Bibby, Madeira ; and Nevis, Pr' Richebucto. L B e f i n g ir h : 16 1 . 1 — av l a i n 'i n n a d h1 ter 5c......51d. La e PORTSMOUTH, MAY 16. Ne C p O tti 7, et Emergo, Boston, U.S. at tanzs a ' s O c IF T T H H A E MP N T V O IG N :IT is , a b ir a I y S. o e t Queen, - A - SO' 16. —Wind i„..ri.a._„.._ ro; Bunting. New York. Grabs ° Wind W.S.W. —SicL Montreal. • d le a n n e ;; N r e i w on Y ee o r :k N . Abe ° TEIGNM . OUTII, MAY ....Sld. Labrador. 15.—Wind S.S.W. d l iV DARTIIO SALCOMBE, MAY 14. Nederland, Batavi a . um, MAY 15.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Cxsar an PLYMOUTH, MAY 15. ItOtt er OFF for ew Orleans — for Havre. _-Sid. Cboriste r, Cadiz and Monte Video. g n bess of FALMOUTH. MAY 16.—Wind S . S.W—Sid. 1.7. •-a c —Wind S.S. W.--..-. Le OFF inste THE LIZARD, r, Penang and MAY iL— Singapore OBS IiIUtiOrI, J oy, . philEd el# C •ff. -011. phia for Havre; Zealous, Richards , Cha rleston for L° o da; GREENOCK, MAY Is.—Arrd. Hallyards, Potts, S ur...iiitee. Vermont, Percy, New York ; 1 0 th, Franc is, Elliott, t,,,..ebee, 14th, Clydesdale, M`Farlane, Trinidad. Sid. Qu ebec Wu for Quebec. ..,.,1 13 0 ' WATERFORD, MAY 14.—Wind S. to S.W.—A,' — 'l,.. Lady Begot, Williams, New Orleans • Alert, New ler - - r ise, LIVERPOOL, MAY 15 AND 16.—Arrd. 14th, EnterLok Wright, Port Philip ; Mauritius, Peed], BomblYi,figtb, Simonds, ditto; Mary, Jones, Maranham ; Isabel, uLbire, Antigua; Joseph Christal, Cloed, La Gua,yra ; Roc,r,,, d is, Evans, New Orleans; Caledonia, Bond, Savannah; i, do Hall, Charleston; Silva Rich, Hunks, Baltimore; .1 00 : 4 1. Waite, Reid, New York; Queen, Gilboa, ditto; 15th, ~.,I • ',.t . colm, Monte Video; Lydia, Jones, Antigua; Ottawa, v,;; r man, Mobile; Marchioness of Bute, Kenny, ditto; P',. manic, Welch, Baltimore; 16th, Charles Watton, Btt r a '' ditto; Calliope, Scott, New Orleans. Off port, Alecto, 01 '; badoes ; Valiant, Sir C. Napier; Carlota, and G a nges. et i 1 1 5 5 . a.—n—dWl Gipsy,v in i n d a S s W.— S 1 d . John .1-- ' New ....A r i r r d o . rk l ; 4 E A lli n ot, tw el l e iT . K r i: great number of barrels of flour or tallow were passed 2v ult., in lat. 43 lon. 44, by the Isabel, arrived here. rut bapdouesN; BELFAST,, AI MAY A Undaunted l binson, Norolk, V. 15, Royal Sailor, ditto; Mary, n '',, - 1, New York. Sld. 12, Glenroy, St, Th omas ' s , 14, PL .- Havannah ; Mary, ditto ; Vandalier, New York. 15 ' '- - pasian, Cuba; Trenton, Havannah; Omota, Pictou. NEwRY, MAY 13.—Apollo, Carter, New York. Elin or, LIMERICK, MAY 15.—Wind W.—Arrd. 13, r' l , : ,, ; Groves, Baltimore. Sid. 13, Linden, Quebec • Swallow', 1 " - e ld Horatio, New York. The Vesta, Draper, ;ailed hen ce - April for Quebec, and has put back to Turbeck R oads CORK, MAY .—The Mary and Eleanor, of Cardlggtb abandoned, with four feet water in her hold, was passe. a , u, PJ „ inst., lat. 33, long. 15, and a ship's mast following dft the Agitator, arrd. here. SLIGO, MAY 12.—Arrd. Adario, New York and lAA °. ABERDEEN, MAY 11.— The Brilliant, Quebec. .. s eal. DUNDEE MAY 13.—The Altna Keith sloop, of Pittellw„.„i was found on her beam ends at the mouth of the river Wu" master drowned. Aeo to IlEarta, MAY 12.—The Heroine, Walker, Abe, r",,. belt Quebec, passed through the Frith yesterday , putuab „,.er with loss of mainmast and bulwarks, and one twin board. 1 . 0 THANKS OF THE FRENCH GOVER NMENT BRITISH SHIPMASTER. , a % itr The Admiralty has forwarded a dispatch to Lloyd's, state closing copy of a letter received by the Secretary'3„oi,ter for Foreign Affairs, from Count de Jarnac , t he French Attedg. at this Court, directing him to request that the acknow6spt, ments of the French Goverment may be conveyed 1 :31 .1 of Andrew Davidson, commanding the English brig , 0 te n. Newborough, of Workworth, for the c e rvices which :'',„ t he dered to the crew of the French brig Je une Chevalier, on occasion of that vessel taking fire. Otil'ilt° DECREE OF THE JUNTA OF OPORTO..—TO DUES. • f o r Tr 9444 Office of Committee of Privy Co uncil Whitehall, 15th May, 1847. _ io n of Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Con""..„ a tion Privy Council for Trade to acquaint you, for the inforw n d tbe of the committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's,..ablished merchants trading with Oporto, that the Junta has P t iL, fo rt a decree exempting vessels that may enter or leave that before the end of July next, with cargoes, from the P a .' of tonnage dues.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, -,,,2 (Signed) J. 31AGGEW•4" W. D 9130, En., SNOWY; Lloyd's