The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-25 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. HE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the 1_ NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE, and such of the DEPUTIES as are now in London, will assemble To-stonnow, May 26th, at Twelve o'clock, at Brown's Hotel, Palace-yard. Impudence seems the quality now most relied on to conduct public affairs to a happy issue. Are the people destitute of religious instruction while the clergy live like princes, the priests: demand more wealth to cure the disorder. Do the people complain of a restricted franchise which separates political power fram physical power, subjects the many to be taxed without an appeal for the advan tage of the few, and continually exposes the State to discontent and convulsion, the remedy proposed by the impudent Tories is to increase the injustice, and still more to limit the franchise. Is there a great corporate body which exists only on the suf krance of the people, which has nearly six times as many promises to pay on demand in circulation as it could by any possibility redeem, which has been on the verge of declared bankruptcy half a dozen times within these fourteen years, and which is chiefly supported by the law, not allowing any other bank to ci rcu l a t e t h ose cre di t notes which are in dispersible in the present state of society, what can the advocates of such a fraudulent body do but demand more power for it, and boast of its public services ? It is said that this public body, which is now winding up the concerns of several American houses, much to the dissatisfaction of their guarantees and creditors, and which Ame rican houses this deceiving Corporation compelled to stop par ment by its manoeuvres, did a great public service by supporting those houses. Impudence cannot well go further. The Bank equals the Church. What can the Bank possibly do in such a case, or what can it ever do, but lend its own promises to pay ? that is, it puts more notes into circulation, and borrows from the public to the amount of those notes, payi ng no interest wh a t ever f or t h e loan, an d i t lends that sum to merchants and others at a high rate of interest, which species of humbug its advocates describe as conferring an obligation on society. This is astounding impudence, but unfor tunately similar impudence pervades all our public affairs, and wherever most mischief is perpetrated by our pretended guide s and governors, there more power is most vehemently demanded. IWe received last ni g h t papers by the Fl an d ers ard Dutch Mail, which contain some interesting details of the disturbances in Servia. It will b e seen that the population there were in a st ate o f the highest excitement, and that every attempt was made by the local 1 authorities to reconcile th em to the changes which, at the instigati on of Russia, have been made in that country. There must be some insufferable grievance, or some dee;)-laid plot for effecting, furtller changes, to account for the r e . bellion of a people so isolated and helpless. 13 Y the Royal Adelaide steamer, which arrived at Falmouth on Saturday, we have received Lisbon pape rs o f t h e Bth instant. The opening of the new the working classes at the present moment. They were, • Cortes was fixed for the 25th (this day), after he doubted not, inclined to venerate and uphold our which it was expected that a modification of the civil and religious institutions, if they can only C enjoy under thei r s h e l ter an d predom i nance a abinet would t a k e p l ace. A ccording to these Journals the Marquis of SALDANHA did not moderate and reason a bl e d egree o f com f ort an d re independence; and no class of the community is ceive his instructions till the moment that he was more susceptible of gratitude that the re for any act of ed kindness ; setting out for L on d on ; an d t h at t h e probabilit) is them, to a greater extent b was not less persuaded than the House prevail amongst that he will find him se lf so em b arrasse d b y t h e re pared for, a grow i ng di strust and al i enation as regarde d strictions pl ace d upon h i m, that he will not be able that House—equiralent in many i ns t ances to a f ee li ng of to effect any final settlement of the claims made by contemptuous aversion. They thought the House of Corn- the British Government. It is moreover asserted mons, admirable representatives of the opulent and pros- thatiis .mission h the .Portuguese Ministry in s en di ng hi m upon . ad no hi g h er o bj ect i n v i ew t h an to porous, but sorry legislators f or th e i n d us t r i ous and the distressed—eager to make ample p rov i s i ons f or the luxury t 1 and extravagance of a Court—unwilling to take the get rid of a dangerous rival before the opening of slightest notice of the interests or necessities of the people. the Cortes. They saw that there was, perhaps, no other country in The Port uguese J unta o f P u b l i c Credit has which wealth was w o rshipp e d w i t h suc h s l av i s h idolatry, and poverty so u n i versa lly regar d e d a porten t ou s and u n - given n o ti ce o f i ts rea di ness to pay the dividends pardonable c r i me .— (H ear , h ear .) W e fi n d t his di s ti nc - on the h ome d e b t d ue i n D ecember last ; but not tion frequently exemplified, not only in the distribution of a syllable is said by the Junta about the claims of recompense, but in the infliction of punishment. Whcre the Foreign creditors. offences are nearly simila r in na t ure an d degree, The Na c i ona l cont i nues to ra il w i th the most rigour the most relentless is meted out t o the o bscure, whilst for . bearance the most indulgent i s e x er cis e d towards the r i c h, inveterate malice a ga i ns t E ng l an d. E very number Without following Sir GEORGE through his ex- of that journal contains a prophecy of the downfal planation of the causes of the di s t r ess and disc on t ent of our do m i n i on , an d t h e utter extinction of our which prevail, w e s h a ll quo t e a passag e w hi c h power and civili za ti on . Wh enever we fall, if Por would have been regarded almost as treason had it tugal survive, we shall leave behind us one proof, been spoken by a Chartist : at least, of nations preserved by our generosity. It flow many honest and respectable fathers of families are will be remembered that, in the hour of our might, at issue with those who maintain that the present system is we snatched Portugal from destruction ; and that, working well ? It d o es s o , u ndoubtedly, as f ar as the Court and th e p e r s o ns w h o su bsist on the t axes are con- when r e p a id b y i ngrat i tu d e, we disdained to cerned. It is more adapted to further the i nterests of resent that natio na l b aseness w hi c h shr i nks those who have realised or inherited large incomes, or who from the dignified and dignifying acknow ean secure preferment f or their brothers, promotion for lodgment of obligation. The Nacional talks their uncles, legations for their children, and jointures or about securing the Portuguese Coloni e s by pensions for their widows, or power a n d patronage and place for themselves. putting th em un d er A mer i can protect i on. Let the When Tory M e mbers have thu s f oun d out that A T aeional b eware o f see ki ng suc h a protection the system i s part i a l a nd u n j ust , a curse to the against E ng li s h am bi t i on. B rother Jonathan poor, and no t a bl ess i n g, th oug h i t b e so intended, is a stu r dy f e ll ow , b ut as a co l on i al guardian he is to the rich, th e Ch a rtists an d t h e unrepresented not a jot mor e t o b e truste d t h an ourse l ves. If this classes m a y b e to l era ted w h en t h ey d enounce it as be the only s c h eme b y w hi c h t h e assumed ambition iniquitou s . Li sten aga i n to t hi s T ory Baronet of England is t o b e guar d e d aga i nst, the people of Portugal must b e cur i ous t o know upon w h at d ata describing an o th e r contr as t b etween the rich and the poor : the Nacional h as b ecome so assure d of the downfal We (the Members of the House of Commons) all ex- of a Monarchy so powerful. pect that we shall this evening return to comfortable places Badly, however, as we are treated by the Portu of abode, where those whom we love are surrounded by '' (mese Ultras, we a re st ill t h e pr i nc i pal consumers all the conve niences a n d most o f t h e luxuries of life. f the staple t e Rut the h an d-loom weav e r re t urns to hi s f orlorn and cheer- - less h ome , i n a s t a t e o f p os i t i ve ex h aust i on and mental appears fr om a R eturn made to the Go despondency, with nothing to leave his children but misc.. vernment that the exportation of wine front the ries like his own. Is it consistent with reason or common port of Oporto February, March, an d of th e present year - during Aprilthe months o f J anuary, sense that he should feel atta c hm en t t o t h e i nst i tut i ons under which he liv e s, or rat h er w hi c h h ave doomed • him to pine, o r th a t a f ee li ng o f d esperation, or was 9,596 pipes, of whi c h 7,897 were sh i pped to England a l one —l eav i ng l ess than 2,000 to supply thirst for vengeance, may somet i mes d r i ve hi m to acts of violence? Should he address this House, his demands all the other markets in the world ! But this is not are committed in silence to the Lethean sepulchre of obli- all. The Porto Government charges a d uty vion, if th a t i n d ee d can b e said to be forgotten, which g attracted not th e not i ce o f a s i ng l e moment. equal to 3/, p er p i pe on w i ne shipped for England, . . . And what is it that the working classes, when thus re- while the duty on wine shipped for time United duced, have presumed to require at our hands ? Do they States and Brazil is only 10s. a pipe. We con evernets or co ac h es an d s i x? B y no means. The sum and all the other nations of the world put( call f or r ibb ons or reg i ments ? Do they ask for coro- sutne nearly fi ve t i mes as much PortoPortuguese wine as together, and substance of their remonstrances amount to this—" You are the r e p resentat i ves of the people—a people of which to mark her a p prec i at i on of such an encourage we constitute no inconsiderable a proportion. We desire ment of her staple product, Portugal only demands not to eat the bread of sloth ; we are perfectly willing to from us six times time_ amount of duty p a id b y ot h er work, but are either altogether unemployed, or cannot, nations ! without such an amount of drudgery as renders life a bur den, sec ure an a d equate su b sistence; we, therefore, as Prince ERNE S T, o f S axe C o b ourg-Gotha, is at a last resource, appeal to your humanity, or rather to present on a visit with their Majesties the King your justice, and pray that you will devise such mea- and Queen of PORTUGAL. sures as may enable us either to emigrate to foreign crams or to earn (which we would infinitely prefer) within the precincts of our country, for our wives and children, a decent maintenance commensurate with our sphere in life." Is there anything unfair—anything unjust —any thing unreasonable in such a prayer as this ? The unhappy and patient victims ask no more. I see not in conscience how human nature can put up with less. For himself, he believed, that unless they improved the physical condi tion of the poor, the day of danger was nearer than the most sagacious politician would believe. Conspiracies never existed amongst the people but with discontent as their foundation. It was absurd to talk to a man earning seven sbillings a- week of his enjoying the benefits of trial by jury. What he stood in need of was the allevia tion of his physical sufferings, and when they expended so much zeal in %catching over the condition of the Hindoos and the Hill Coolies, it would become them to show some proportionate regard for the welfare and happiness of their own country. We have omitted Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR'S comparison of the Legislature to the Priest and the Levite, who passed by on the other side, and neglected to relieve the man who fell amongst thieves ; to have made such a co:nparison strictly correct, Sir GEORGE should have compared the Legislature to the thieves among whom the man fell, and who wounded and plundered him, for the Legislature causes the misery of which Sir G. SIN CLAIR complains. In its conduct towards the patient and long-suffering people, it much more resembles the robbers amongst whom the traveller fell than the Samaritan who bound up his wounds, and set him on his ass, and carried hint to a place of safety. But its character will not appear in all its proper blackness by this comparison unless it be also sup posed that the robbers who fell on the man were his appointed guardians and protectors. The hand-loom weavers, whom Sir GEORGE pities, and the men whose hearts arc filled with poverty and discontent, who, as Sir GEORGE says, are alienated from our institutions, corn plain of nothing so much nor so justly as the Corn-laws, and Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR, in 1839, voted to maintain those laws. Till we see how he votes on Mr. VILLIERS' forthcoming mo tion, we will not say that his opinions may not, as we know he is capable of changing them, have undergone a complete change ; but should he, on Mr. VILLIERS next motion, vote to maintain those unjust and iniquitous laws he will forgive us, we are sure, after his able commentary on the conduct of the House of Com mons, if we say that Sir GEORGE is not only one of the trusted . guardian s w h o ro bb e d and wounded the man, an d left him to perish on the highway, but that he has also sought hypocritically to hide his guilt by pretending to feel g:eat compassion for the sufferer, and.great indignation at his oppressors. We like Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR'S sentiments directed against oppression, but we should also like that his vote should be given in accordance with his words. If he vote for the Corn-laws after the speech he made on Friday, let him look to hear from us and the indignant people. There arc several interesting, though not politi cally important, questions mooted in the French Journals of Friday and Saturday. On Friday the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies appointed to examine the project of law for the removal of the remains of NAPOLEON to France, concluded its report, and on Saturday it was presented to the Chamber by Marshal CLAUSEL. It recommends the ashes of the EMPEROR to be deposited under the Cupola of the Inva'ales, and that a monument be especially raised to his memory, surmounted by an equestrian statue. It further recommends that the grant of one million of francs be increased to two —as less would be insufficient for the erection of such a work. Before all is done we fear that it will be a very pasteboard and tinsel affair. The following telegraphic despatches from French Africa confirm the intelligence to the same effect published in the Sun of Saturday TOULON, MAY 20.-- THE MARITIME PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE. —The Tartare, which left Algiers on the 17th, has just srrivcd. The army on the 12th forced the Col de Teniab, defended by 6,000 infantry, of whom 2 500 were regulars, and carried a great number of re doubts and entrenchments, which were taken by assault with the most remarkable energy. The army of Abd-el- Kader was put to the rout. On the 14th the army was till on the Tcniah. TOULON, MAY 20, 9 A. M. —THE MARITIME PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF TILE MARINE.--I have derived the followin g details from a private letter from Algiers:--It was hoped that the Medeah would be taken on the 18th. It is said to have been the division of the Duke of Orieans which attacked the Col de Teniab in front. The 24th, the 2d Light Infantry, the Zouaves, and the African tirail leurs at first met with great resistance, but a charge made by the Prince Royal at the head of the 23d and 48th of the Line decided the affair by putting the enemy to flight, leav ing two cannon behind. The Duke d'Aumale charged sword in hand in advance of the Grenadiers. We have had 50 men killed and 150 wounded. • The following additional intelligence is from the i private correspon d ence of the Constitutionnel : ! ARZEW, MAY 12.—We learn that Milianah has been completela evacuated. The Commandant of the town was ordered to defend the approaches to it against the expedi tionary army. The province of Oran, although more and more stripped of French troops, continued perfectly quiet. We remain entirely on the defensive. Numerous gatherings of Arabs are making on the plain of the Mina. The intentions of the Emir to bar the road to Mostaganem against the Marshal becomes more and more evident. We are not yet able to reason on the effects of our new campaign, but those who have been long in Africa remark that the Emir is displaying an extraordinary energy in all his ope rations. The weather is fine and settled ; but all the crops which were spared by the contending armies have been burnt up by the sun. The health of the troops remains good. The Commerce of Friday has a long article con demnatory of certain articles which are said to form the basis of a treaty between Admiral DUPOTET and General Ros As, adopted at the instance of Mr.MANDEVILLE, the British Minister at Buenos Ayres. The Commerce insists that the proposed treaty places France in the same position now that she was at the commencement of hostilities two year; ago, and contends that the nation cannot with honour abandon General LAVALLE, after having openly taken part in his revolt. Upon such a question we are not prepared to offer a decided opinion. The following are the articles cited by the Commerce:— " 1. The Argentine Confederation shall send a Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the French to arrange the differences which exist between the two countries. " The blockade shall be immediately raised, and the Island of Martin Garcia be restored with all its war mate riel, artillery, &c. "3. In the meantime the French shall be treated at Buenos Ayres as foreigners are in France. "4. The indemnities claimed by French subjects shall be regulated in France by the Argentine Minister. "5. The arms, munitions of war, &c., which the Ad miral, or the agents of France, have supplied to the rebels who disturb public peace, and attack the legal Govern ment of Rosas, shall be taken back within a delay of forty days." Two coal mines have beet: discovered in the Island of Candia. The Belle Pottle frigate and the Favorite cor vette, with three other vessels in company, forming a small squadron, are to sail for St. Helena, for the remains of the EMPEROR, about the 20th of June. Shekib Effendi leaves Paris to-day for London, where, as he is g o i ng to ta k e the place of Neuri Effendi, who, like Talat Effendi, has fallen into disgrace. Now if, as a journal of this morning affirms, the party of the Sultana Valide triumphs, and if Chosrew Paella retires to make way for the men who are thought to be indispensable to an agreement with Mehemet Ali, will not Shekib Effendi be in his term, di sm i sse d ? It is reported that a Commission will be appointed to examine the question of the emancipation of the negroes, that the Duke de Broglie will be the President, and that Messieurs. Slounier, Peer of France, Sade, Deputy, and De St. Hilaire, Counsellor of State, Director of the Colonies, will be among the Members. It seems that M. Passy, as Vice-President of the Abolitionist Society, will be a mem ber of the Commission to which Messrs. Charles Dupi• A and Laurence are said to have hopes of being added.-4;e Commerce. BRUSSELS, MAY 23.—The sections hav e terminabzd their examination of the project of law for a l oan of millions, and have all named their reports to the Central Section, STRATFORD. CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN, STRAND. Full House every Night. GREAT ATTRA Full_ AMUSE MENT !—SURF D, ASTONISHED , AND DE LIGHTEDAU ,'CES! Superior to all Wizards, whether real or imaginary ! Mr. M. JACOBS, ILLUSIONIST, VENTRILOQUIST, and IMPROVISATORE, will continue to give his interesting Entertainments at the above Tavern, THIS EVENING, and every EVENING during the Week, except Wednesday. He is the first legitimate Sleight-of-hand Performer in Eng land. His tricks are done with dexterity and skill, and may be termed deception unmasked. His Ventriloquism has been ac knowledged by the Morning Herald, Morning Advertiser, Weekly Dispatch, and other Papers to be, if possible, superior to the great Alexandre himself ; and his F.xtemporanecus Song on subjects proposed by the audience a production of the most amusing description. Admission, Front Circle, 2s. ; Back Circle, Is. Doors op en at H alf-past Seven ; commence precisely at Eight o'Clock. THREE GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCES' Will be given on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Two o'clock precisely. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ERUPTION OF HECLA ! MONDAY AND THURSDAY. The earnest and unceasing endeavours which have been made during the winter, to increase still further the magnificence of this unparalleled Spectacle have been crowned with the most complete success, fully demonstrated on each Evening of its Exhibition ' by the unani mous an d ent h usiastic delight with which each portion of the gorgeous display was hailed as it pro ceeded by the thousands assembled on those occasions. In com pliance with the expressed wishes of great numbers of the visi tors, it will be repeated OA Monday and Thursday, May 25th and 28th, commencing shortly before dusk. The Panoramic Model, Al Fresco. of Mount Hecla, entirely eproduced by Mr. Danson, the original Artist, is exhibiting faily from ten till dusk, with the Menagerie, which is now in the,finest order, and has lately received many mportant addi tions.—Feeding Hour, Five o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORItOW. Morning 9 minutes atter ii Evening 36 minutes alter 9 --- The Publication of the Evening Edition of THE SUN corn. menced at 30 minutas after Three. K:' - etkr-Sl a o tl )4 LONDON : MD NDA Y, MAY 2.5, 1840. It is so .very seldom that we see anything to praise in the sentiments of a Tory, an d we h ave so freque n tly reprobated the political tergiversation of Sir G.:SINCLAIR, who is said, like Sir C. LEMON, to have been affronted by Lord MELBOURNE by inn' refused him a Peerage, that it would be must in us to pass by Sir GEORGE'S speech on Friday evening without com men d at i on. We beg to be understood, in spe a ki ng o f t h e sentiments of the Tories, as limiting ourselves exclusively to their political sentiments. They may be very excellent husbands, fathers, brothers, masters, &c., but the theory of government they have adopted makes them execrable rulers, and as politicians, who trample on the people while they plunder and oppress them, we have continually to condemn their sentiments, When we find any one of them, therefore, expres sing a feeling favourable to the people, it is our duty and our pleasure to notice it ; and when that one is Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR, whom we have often individually censured, to give any sentiments of his we approv e of the utmost prominency in our power, is doubly our duty and our pleasure. We shall not quote our own report of what Sir GEORGE said, which, though quite accurate, wants the corrections which it is understood S. usually makes in hi s speeches before thear y appea r hi the columns of our T ory Contemporaries. Taking then what we presume to be the corrected version of his speech, the following sent i ments appear to us wor thy of public attention on account of their truth : I sball en this occasion proceed to take the liberty o f stating what I consider to be the temper and condition o HOUSEHOLD FUICSITURE— THIRTY-THREE DOZEN VERY OLD SHERRY, 84c. ATESSRS DEBENHAM and STORK are instrucitrd by the Executors of the late Henry Cheape, Esq., to SELL by AUCTION, at the Cottage, Stratford-green, adjoining Archdeacon Jones's, on Timis- DAY. May 28, at Twehe. The neat HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, consisting of ctpital mahogany four-post and French bedsteads and furni ture, prime horse-hair and wool-mattresses, goose-feather beds and bedding, chests of drawers, dressing tables, wash-stands, awing glasses, bed-steps, &c., - set of Spanish mahogany dining tables, four fret six by eleven feet, a set of superior Spanish mahogany dining-room chairs, Spanish mahogany 100 and card tables, en suite, drawing-room chairs, whatnot, Persian and Brussels carpets, window curtains, cut glass, china, table and bed linen, garden implements, kitchen requisites, eight-day dial, &a ; also the cellar of choice old wines, consisting of about 33 den of very old pale Sherry, a small quantity of 3ladeira, Mck, Champagne, and Port. . _ May he viewed the day previous, and Catalogues had on the Premises ; and of the Auctioneers, King-street, Covent-garden. 13, Great Marlborough-sireet. . MRS. MABERLY'S NEW NOVEL, EMILY; OR, THE COUNTESS OF ROSENDALE, IS NOW READY At all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo. , with Portrait of Emily. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. HIS INIAJE)STY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA IANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY 'REMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) °Ter many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, I - lEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase, may receive, PRE- VfOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. S.--THE NEXT DISIRIBUTION contains Portions of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, FIVE THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND, FIGHT HUNDRED, SIX HUNDRED, FOUR HUN DRED, TW) HUNDRED, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ONE HUN DRED AND TEN, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, &c. &c., amounting to £72,170 Sterling. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VEST HIS, LAST NIGHT BUT FOUR OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING, MAY 25 ' Will be presented Shaksp e re' s C ome dy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley ; Master Slender, Mr. C. Ma. hews ; Ford, Mr. Cooper ; Fenton, Mr. W. Harrison; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Ann Page, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. Quickly, Mrs: C. Jones. At the end of the Comedy. the National Anthem of " GOD SAVE THE QUEEN." To conclude with the New- Grand Comic, Romantic, Operatic, -Melodramatic, Fairy Extravaganza, in Three Parts, entitled rnd founded on that popuhr Nursery Tale, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. The Principal Characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Vining, Mr. J. Bland, Madame Vestris, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. C. .ones, &c. Dress Boles, 7s. ; Second Price, 33. 6d. ; Fi rs t an d S econd Circles ; Second Price, :Is. 6d.• ; Pit, 3 3 . ; S econ d P r i ce, ;• Circles, Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seve-i o'Clock. Tickets and plat se for the Boxes to be taken at the Box-of fice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had •;Aly of Mr. Andrews bookseller 167, New Bond-street. DAVID- J GE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Sixth Week of Haine's New Village Tragedy, " The Life of a Woman," and still increasing dc,ire of the Public to witness its representation, and Second Week of " Everybody's Re .lation, ' which exeites rJars of laughter from delighted au diences. THIS EVENING, MAY 25, Will be acted the New Village Tragedy, entitled THE LIFE OF A WOMAN; OR, THE CURATE'S DAUGHTER. Realization of Hogarth's celebrated " Harlot's Progress." After --bleb will be revived the Domestic Drama entitled VIC: ORINE, THE MAID OF PARIS. Te conclude with a New Comic Drama, called EVERYBODY"S RELATION. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. NEW STRAND THEATRE. On WEDNESDAY MAY 27, A GRAND FASHIONABLE MORNING PERFORM ANCE. .-...—. Doors open at O.; at Two. SEVENTEENTH WEEK ne OF commence THE GREAT WONDER NV 0 II KE R. London rings with his fame—the Provinces re-echo it. Who is the principle topic if conversation at every Coterie in the Metropolis? The Wizard of the North.—Have you seen him ? No.—Then go.—Sixteen weeks of uninterrupted success have not palled the public appetite : the Temple of Magic is still thronged with miracle-beho!dinw auditors, who proclai m hi m t o be the only Wi zar d extant, and all' other assumptions of the Ne cromantic character vain and futile impositions. Do nut allow Imp° , s, wh o b u ild upon another ' s foundation, to deceive you ; go to i un t a i n -h ead at once. REIL.I ER the GREAT an d ONLY WIZ ARD, HE of the NORTH, will, On MONDAY, and EY ILRY EVENING during the Week, Display his wondrous powers of Divination, Delusion, and Digital Dexterity ; the whole of which is performed with a most brilliant, gorgeous apparatus of SOLID SILVER. llr. CHARLES SLOMAN, the only ENGLISH DI PROVISATORE in the World, who can embody the lan guage of our native land in Extemperaneous Verses on any subject proposed by the audience, provided it be neither Politi cal, Personal, nor Theological, will deliver an Irnprovisazione, concluding with a itlyriorama. THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. Yesterday our Most Gracious Queen completed her 21st year, but the usual rejoicings are fixed for this day. The illuminations will be very genaral, no doubt, from its being the first birth-day since her Majesty's marriage. Nearly every city and town throughout the country will celebrate the happy event with ,public dinners and balls. At Leamington Spa, Cheltenham, Bath, Brighton, Has tings, Szo., several fetes are announced, the festivities of the day closing with balls. In the evening Viscount Melbourne gives a sumptuous banquet in South -street. The Marquis of Normanby, Se cretary of State for the Home Department, entertains the whole of the Judges in Hill-street. Lord John Russell, Secretary for the Colonies, has a grand entertainment at the Clarendon Hotel. Viscount Palmerston, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, will have a sumptuous entertainment on Carlton-terrace. The Earl of Albemarle, Master of the Horse, has a grand dinner in Grosvenor-square. The Earl of Minto, as First Lord of the Admiralty, will receive a large party of the Lords of the Admiralty and other gen tlemen connected with that department. Sir John Camp bell, the Attorney. General, entertains the Queen's Counsel and a large circle at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. The Earl of Erroll, Lord Steward of the Household, hag a grand dinner at Grillon's Hotel. NSPECTION OF THE HOUSEHOLD TROOPS BY PRINCE ALBERT. This morning the annual inspection of the Regiment of Life Guards and the several Battalions of Foot now sta. tioned at the Wellington, Charing-cross, Knightsbridge, and Portman Barracks, took piece on the Parade at St. James's Paik. By half.past nine the battalion of foot were formed in line, which extended wholly across the Parade. The Cavalry took up their station near the Treasury. The morning threatened rain, but notwithstanding the unfavourable indications of the weather, there was a large assemblage of :fashionably :dressed persons, especially in the centre of the parade, which was set apart for the friends of the officers on duty. The splendid bands having performed the National Anthem at precisely ten o'clock, Prince Albert, accom panied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Hill, the Commander of the Forces, and a numerous Staff, rode upon the parade, when the troops presented arms, and the band again per formed the Anthem. His Royal Highness then proceeded in front and rear of the troops, they still presenting arms —and this afforded an excellent opportunity for the hundreds who were anxious to obtain a sight of the Prince, and to whem his Royal Highness bowed repeatedly. The troops then marched in sl ow an d quiet time, the bands playing the whole time. The inspection being con cluded his Royal Highness and Staff returned to Bucking_ ham Palace. He was loudly cheered and seemed much pleased with the cordial reception he was greeted with. The people who had expected to make a trifle by letting tables and forms to admit of a better view, were disap pointed, as the police would not allow one to be placed in the Park. THE MARKETS-(TH IS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English Grain last week were small, of Oats from Scotland end Ireland good, and of Foreign Wheat consi derable. The supply since consists chiefly of a fair quantity of Wheat from the near countries. The quality of the Wheat not being attractive, the millers were cautious buyers, and the prices declined Is. to 2s. per quarter. Barley unaltered. Beans dull, and hardly supported their prices. Peas scarce, and fully maintained their value. Oats met a dull sale, but their terms were not lower. The Flour trade destitute of animation. PRICES ON BOARD OF SFIP Wheat, Red (old) —s. —s. Beans, Small (new)... ...... 445.41513 ...-.... White (old) —s. —s. ..—......--__—.. (Old) — s.—s, —Red 1.8:39) sss. COs. Tick (new) 38s 42. Fine 62s 655. •------- (old) ----- Superfine Ms. cBs. White (1839) 60s. C.4s. ---- Fine 665. 703. --- Superfine 723. 755. ----Foreign free 60s. 60s. Rye. 36s. 403. Barley 30s. 38s. --- Grinding "Os. 345, --- Malting 383.425. Malt 563, 655. ,---- Fine New &is 725. Pease, Grey, New 363. 335.. Maple New . 463. 425. White 38s. 40s. --- Boilers 405.42;, ARRIVALS OF GiI.AIN IN LO I Wheat. II I 5,025qr5, 2, 425.44 s - Harrow (new) 42;.44s (old) 41s. 46s Brank Oats, Feed ......—.....—... New 255.293 --- Poland , --------- New "6::.;35. --- Potatoe 32;.345. u ew 325.345. --- Scotch 225.:345. --- Irish 245. ... 265.28 r. Flour Town (per sack).... 535. 621. i -. S econds 545.563 North Country 50 s 52i, Bran 10;.111, )NDON DURING LAST WEEK ;arley. 04(6. ' ki.,, r. ,752 qrs. 2, 4 45 qrs. 5,518 sacks '22 11,311 20 331 1,620 3,795 Lrls. - English Irish Foreign 22,913 SMITHFIELD. A good attendance of buyers, with a pleasant trade. Bee, in request at an advance of 4d. per stone. Veal and Pork un altered; but Mutton and Lamb have sustained a decline: the former of about 2d., and the latter of 4d. and 6d. Price per stone of 81b., sinking the offal—Beef, 35. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. 2d. ; Veal, ss. to 53. Bd. ' • Lamb, 6s. t o ; Pork, 4 s . 4d . to ss. 4d. Hea d o f Cattle at market-- 6Boesa.sts, 2,613 ; Sheep and Lambs, 25,490; Calves, 129 ; Pigs, tics a fair tradeINGSGATE ; MARKET. prices steady. Turbot, ss. t o 18s. ; Cod, 39. t o 10 3 ; Soles, 6d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 4 s . ; Salmon on, 11d. to 2s. 6d. per lb. ; Good supiaes an \‘' l'it'wgst 3d. to 6d. ; H a dd oc k s , 6d. to Is. TIE RAIONDSEY WATERSIDE POTATOE MARKET. T demand ; muc h business was during the past week , with a good was done in York Reds, 77 5. to 80 s.; There w ere large supplies Essex, 525. to 5-Is. ; Scotch red, 555. to 575. HOP MARKET. But little demand for hops; the prices, however, have not receded, and the supplies have not been large. The accounts from the Hop grounds are good for the growing bine generally, the exceptions are too trifling for notice. TEA MA . So little d one, and prices were RKET so uncertain, that they could not be named. Great preparations are making at Antwerp for th, t fetes HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.---There was on which are to take pl a ce en the inauguration of the statue Saturday one of the most crowded houses seen since the saison of Rubens. and imprisonment of the Bishop POLISH FRONTIER, (no date. )_The news of ti e arrest i dom of Poland to publish in the churches all the Imperiai Orders were lately given to rho oefigPliutdßlaischhoiapsisofccthriefirkminegd: commenced. Otello was the opera performed. Rubini is said to have been indisposed to that continuity of exertion re -11)e0A,-,,,,s•firre,,Fut forth their wonted energies, quired by hi; part, and that the Diva herself was not so f ood a Desdemona as she usually is. Lablache and Tamburini, lian Cerito, it is certain, is Fanny Ell 1 qua , and _lef s t_n e o , t a hing to l orders, whatever their contents might be. Se•✓en een of the though Tae Bishops confirmed the Emperor's will ; onl g one, the distance. ' Bishop of Podlachia, refused to comply with the WELSIIPO TI 1 leaves her and all others at an immeasurable re desire of the Government. He stated in a re- 12th Regiment of°l--t 'li speetful letter to the Governor of th c kingdom months since, and a F r o ri o v t e (which landed atAberyswittwelv e le depot detachment of the the ground on which his conscience would not tricts of Mont g o meryshireo l Welshpool on Thurs: allow him to obey this order. No answer was given to day last, en route from Brecon to Chester. The men were r marched ort un i e n i t y h 5n t h e n ight spirit, commenced a subscription for the purpose of affording this letter, but after an interval of some weeks, the e v idently much fatigued; a n d th e inh a bitants, with a laudable Bishop's residence was suddenly surrounded a . waited on Major O'Neil by Dragoons. A police-officer entered the Bishop's refreshments to the poor fellow s and their families after their carriageapartment, that wasordered r h e i a m dy t ofoquit him. tlie house, Tbe Bani, ;hop get o w i a n s to t htehne march. deputationln a very short time a liberal sum was collected, and dispose of it for the comfort of the men. The Major thought taken to Mohilew, where he is now 'Acpt., in p close con- to request permission to finement. it would be a eangerous precedent to allow soldiers to receive guished any other reward for the discharge of public service than from ALEXANDRIA, Aphis. 26.—Lord T' the the country. He eventually, however, army d g anistr the English in Af h . ''Cane, who commanded Government of tl conceded to the urgent reuest of the deputation, and the poor before yesterda an !o -day 'fellows, with their he was receivec 1 by the Pacha 1 families, were bountifully regaled. Sa- Ina : er , .arr T iv o e .. d 4 :I r e:: Ihhoe willday i opian. je the most cl Y is ' tlll I THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1840 embark for Malts. The English steamboats will ply regularly during the summer season between Bombay and Suez, and arrive at the latter place on the 19th of every month. I have no political news to tell you. _ __ ... _ _ _ BOURSh.--PARIS, SATURDAY, MAY 23. i i.irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price french 5 per Cents ll6 15 ... 116 ..:0 ... 116 5 ... 116 10 4% per Cents III 50 .., 111 50 ... 111 50 ... 111 50 4 per Cents lO4 75 .., i 65 ... 104 75 ... 105 3 per Cents B5 5 .... 85 10 ... 85 5 ... 85 10 Bank of France .1490 ...350G ...3490 ...319Ti Laffitte Rank 5,000 f. Sh 52'.5 • —.5205 ...52'5 .5205 Belgian Bank 9 's ... 905 ... 905 ... 905 5 her Cents 102% ... laN ... 103% ... 103Y2 3 per Cents 76 ... 76 5 ... 76 ... 70 5 Dutch 23 per Cents 54( ... 5441 ... 51% ... 54'X Spanish Aci live .. Passive 7% ••• 7 % ••• 7 4 •• 7 '4 Neapolitan ... 106 Roman 103% ... 103% ... 103% ... 103% RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, L.B 385 ... ::85 ... 582 50 ... 382 50 Orleans . Strasburg to Bale 430 .•. 430 ... 4 1 !0 ... 4 2 2 50 ____ The Madrid Journals received arc of the 15th inst. The Committee of the Cortes, to which the new Loan Bill, was referred had reported against it. To get rid of the difficulty it was said that the Finance Minister would issue the amount of the pionosed loan in Treasury Bills, bearing five per cent. interest. We trust the public will not fool ishly be duped by svcn a juggl e , w hi c h i s b ut one step more towards a national bankruptcy. The Marquis of ESPEJA died at Madrid on the 11th. He was formerly Ambassador from Spain at the Court of France. The news of the capture of Cantavieja filled the inhabitants of Madrid with great joy. The Five per Cents. were at 28,4 for cash. DR. TURNBULL.—The Duke of Cambridge and some of his suite honoured Dr. Turnbull with a visit on Saturday, to witness his operations for curing the deaf, dumb, and blind. More than a hundred unfortunate persons a ff ecte d w i th diseases hitherto co ns id er ed incurable, were collected on the occasion, and his Royal Highness remained for two hours highly interested in witnessing the changes . effected by the great es t di scovery of the present age . O n his depart ure , hi s R oya l High ness expres se d his delight and astonishment at the extraordinary success of the operations. There is a little tale of scandal current in the West end, and so generally talked over that there can be no objection to our noticing it. It is said that a Member of the. Legislature, passing by one of those silk mercer's shops in Westminster which have two entrances, each in a different street, remarked his wife's carriage drawn up before one of the doors ; returning four hours afterwards, there was still his wile's coach. He hastened round to the opposite en trance, and was just in time to catch a view of his wife alighting from a hack cab. The cab drive off, the husband hailed it, and told the driver that the lady had forgotten a most valuable article of property, and begged that he would drive back again as fast as possible lest the people of the house should possess them. selves of the property so incautiously left behind. The cabman drove back as fast as he could, and pulled up at a --. The rest may easily be imagined.—Observer. HER MAJESTY.—We Lave extreme gratification in announcing that there is every probability of our Most Gracious Queen gladdening the hearts and best wishes of the nation, by an addition to her Majesty's illustri ous house. The announcement of this most important event will, we are sure, be hailed by every loyal subject with the utmost delight. Our fervent prayer is joined to that of every friend to his country, that the Almighty may aid our Sovereign in the hour of need.—Observer. GUERNSEY, MAY 20.—Arrived the Qlieen of the Isles, Le Messurier, from Monte Video; Wave, David, Ha. vannah. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS The Boundary Question.--We learn from the Phila - delphia Inquirer that rumours prevailed in Philadelphia that a message had arrived from France with an offer from Louis Philippe to mediate between the United States and Great Britain in the adjustment of the North-east boun dary question. Arrivals this morning__Two French Mails, two Ostend, one Dutch, also the Royal Adelaide steamer with mails, Gibraltar, 11th May, Cadiz, 15111 May, Lisbon, 18th May, Oporto, 19th May, Vigo, 20th May. The Quebec Papers received to the sth May state, that by accounts from Toronto to the 24th April, an in vestigation has been instituted on both sides of the lines respecting the late diabolical attempt to destroy the mo nument to the memory of General Brock, and the result proves that the parties by whom the crime was committed came over from the American side, and that Tell, the murderer of Captain tither, was one of them. The Kingston Rudd mentions the arrival on Sunday of Sir George Arthur, from the seat of Government. He came down for the purp3se of making inquiries respecting the occal,ion of the late fire. The weather continues cold and stormy. " "Jerald Office, New York, May 9. "We write you the last moment. There is much dis satisfaction in Canada, but no news of importance. Two eminent officers died suddenly." The Cotton crop will be large. 5,000.000 dollars of State Stock will be sent to Europe for sale this spring ; also, 5,000,000 of Texas Scrip. OPENING OF THE PORT OF QuEnEc—The ship Vere arrived from Poole on the 26th April, being the first arrival this season, and up to the 4th May, 18 more had arrived. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MAY 22.—" The transaction in Integrales have been very animated on 'Change this ,day. There were several purchasers,iand the prices got up. In other National Funds there was little doing. The fall at Paris and Antwerp of Ardouin's Spanish, caused several sales in that fend, price 261 26 5-16. Pric es o f Amsterdam, 21stIVIay—Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 55k; Five per Cents., 100 7-16. The British Queen was spoken with on the 7th inst. in ion. 38. W. THE FUNDS. Consols at present may be quoted not quite so good as .hey left off in Saturday, at 921 i for the Account; at present 9'2 i both for Money and the Account ; and for July,93. The Markets have rather a heavy appearance. Exchequer Bills, 23 25 prem ; India Bonds, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 176 177. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active left off 2834, receded to 2881; Deferred, 131 i; Portuguese, lame as they left off, 35,f 4. ; Three per Cents., 241; Mexiean, 3I 32, lower ; Colombian, also lower, 281 1; Brazilian, 751 764. ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., shade lower, 541 i ; Five per Cents., 1011 i. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 177 61 India Stock 3 per Cent. Red.......... 9131 Ditto Bonds ... ...... I 4 pm. 3 per Cents. Con. 31 per Cent. Ditto Red :99i 100 New Ditto .. 904 New 31 per Cent. lolk 1 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long, Annuities to expi re Ditto ...... 500/. 23 25 pm. Jan. 5, 1860... 13a 13-16 Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859. ...13 11-16 Ditto Commercial ..... dis. ...... p m . Jan. 5, 1860. ..... Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880. April 5, 1880. ... Jan. 5, 1870. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Belgian B on d s — Ditto Account Ditto Account — Portuguese Bonds Brazilian Bonds — Ditto New Bonds ... Ditto Account . . Buenos Ay res B on d s ... 24* Ditto Account — Ditto Account 244- Chilian Bonds - Prussian Bonds ..... ... Ditto Account Ditto Account. .... Ditto Metallic .... Columbian Bonds, 1824 Spanish Bonds .. Ditto Account — Ditto Account Danish Bonds .. . Passive Ditto Account Deferred 134.4. Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 — Ditto Account —-- 4 per ce n t... —f. —c. 3 per c en t... 85f. Mexican Bonds,s per cent —____ Exchange... 25f. 40 c. e. Ditto Account ...... ...... Ditto Account .. Ditto, 5 per cent lOlll Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. X. s. d. X. s. d. £. s. d. RAILWAYS, Paid, Per Share, Great Western Ditto New to 42i South Eastern and D over lB JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of London HALF_ PAST ONE. Very little has been doing in the course of the morning, either in the British or Foreign Funds, this being the option day for the Puts and Calls, and to-morrow settling day in the British Market. Money is at a more easy rate in the House than it was in the course of last week, but it is difficult to ascertain the exact rate of discount, as it entirely depends on the demand from those who stand in need of it, consequently some Brokers can obtain a higher price than others. Consols at present 921. have been 92i ; for Money 921, 1 1; Exchequer Bills, 23 25 prem. ; India Bonds, 1 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 177 176 i. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 28i 4. ; Pas sive, 7-1 ; Portuguese 321 4. ; Three per Cents. 241; Mexican, 31i • Colombian nothing d one ; B raz ili an 76 ; Dutch Two-and. a- Half per Cents., 54i; Five per Cents., 1014.. No further arrivals. CHARTIsm.--The unfortunate occurrences in England have destroyed Chartism there. It is, however, but a lull between the fierce blast of the hurricane. Like the sphinx, it shall soon rise with tenfold vigour from its ashes, and, warn e d by experience, p rocee d w i t h more c i rcumspection and increased effect. In Scotl an d, Ch art i sm still increases. Thereis scarcely a hamlet but has an Association based on the Charter; and from the u nceas i ng correspondence and interchange of visits between our districts and one another, a more efficient organisation is ramified through the whole country than ever before existed. We are on no account to estimate the strength of Chartists who arc entered members of the va rious Associations. Whenever an Association is formed, it stands in the relation of a large Committee, who can, at any time, on a subject of public interest, call forth to support the popular side, almost every working man. We are to test the strength of Chartism by the numbers to obey the summons on any important question ; and in support of this we triumphantly point to an out-door meeting heldmGreenock on Wedne s d a y l as t. I n t hi s p l ace, w h ere th e Association per haps does not number above four or five hundred, more than six thousand working men left their work, in most cases in de fiance of the express injunctions of their masters, and assembl e d to declare th e i r d e t es t at i on o f th e Ministry, and their sympathy for the pers e c u t e d p a t r i o t s . This is the test by which we are to prove the strength of Chartism. — Scottish Patriot. On Thursday, Southwick House, near Ports- mouth, the: seat of Mr. Thi s tl e thwaite, was destroy e d b y fire, the outer walls alone remain standing: Noj life w as lost, nor was any one ac c id e ntally hurt ; and it is a matter of high satisfaction that the neighbourhood, from the highest to the lowest, rendered instant and willing . assistance. The pro. perty was insured for 13,000/. in the Sun-office, but the loss to the wealthy owner cannot be less than 25,900/. THE WEATHER.—The transition from sum. mer-heat to winter-cold, which we have witnessed in London, appears to be general throughout the whole kingdom. Ac. counts accordingly are rife of frequent squalls, tremendousgales, and sharp cold ungenial weather. The crops, however, a re described as promising. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MAY 24.—Wind W., fresh breezes.—Arrived the Elizabeth, from Mauritius; Aneandale, Burgess, Ja maica; Ruckus, Deane, Grenada; and Alcyon, Schlei kaer, Costarieo and Valparaiso. Put back the Rookery, Bourne, for Hobart Town. PORTSMOU rat, MAY 24. —Wind W. S. W., fresh breezes. Arrived the Harriet, Beazley, from Saurabaya, sailed the 22d November, Cape of Good Hope the 27th February. Off port the Isabella, Sexton, from Bombay, saileckthe 12th DLccmber, Ceylon the 20th January, and Cape of Good Hope the 13th March. PLYMOUTH, MA% 24 —Wind N. W.—Sailed the Chap man, for Quebec ; and Cynosure, Simpson, Havannah. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24.—. Wind W. S. W., fresh breezes. —Arrived the Cora, Melville, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Sirius, Crawell, and Camaoens, Wilson, La guna; Blackaller, Maracaibo • Charlotte, White, Ja maica ; Lima packet, Porto Rico; Irish Lass, Granby, Jamaica; Jamaica, White, ditto ; Nerve, Trinidad; Lydia, Cothy, Savanilla; Cambridge, Bursley, New York, sailed Ist init. ; North Star, Benedict, Philadel phia ; Fanny, Adams, Charleston ; Liverpoo;, Graves, Mola, Palmer, Savannah ; London, Scott, Lotus, Larke, Trenton, Bennett, and Tamerlane, ditto; Henry Ewbank, Smith, Orion, Glidden, Diadem, Hamilton, Woodside, Welsh, New Orleans • Tuskina, M o bil e; A sceo l a, Childs, ditto ; Cumberland, Power, and Planter, Apala.. chicola ; Jessie Logan, Major, Calcutta ; Crescent, Da mon, Demerara; Hannah Greigson, Perrier, Laguna; Velocity, Jamaica; Ranger, Curtes, New Orleans; Warsaw, Sheffield, St. Joseph's ; Clinton, Stone, Mo bile; Catherine M'Donald, ditto; Samuel, Jameson,ditto ; Persius, Rowan, Minerva, Adams, Rhode Island; Rogers and Charles Huncherstone, Marshall, Savannah. Sailed the outward bound. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 23.—The Roxburgh Castle, Bour chier' from L on d on f or C a l cutta,—sailed on the Boro Bank this morning, but floated on the flood, and has since been moored alongside the Blake, hulk, and does not ap pear to have sustained damage. The Frederick Young, Stewart, from Newcastle for Montreal, has put in here with foretoprnast sprung and foremast damaged, and will repair. YARMOUTH, MAY 24.—Thc Henry and Elizabeth, Mann, from Shoal to Newcastle, has put in here leaky and mast discharge. DOVER, MAY 24.—The Nashau, Pollard, from Ma tanzas to St. Petersburg, got in contact with the Palmer, Francis, for the Cape of Good Hope, 23d inst . ., off Folke stone; both received some trifling damage and proceeded. FALMOUTH, MAY 23 —Wind N. to W. S. W., fresh breezes. —Arrived the Rover, Charles, from Havannah, sailed, 12th April ; Feronica, Wallace. Aux Cayes, sailed 12th ult. ; Royal Adelaide steamer, Gibraltar, left 14th inst., Cadiz izath, Lisbon 18th, Oporto 19th, and Vigo 20th. Off port—Racer, Predham, Havannah ; George Canning, Braithwaite, Savanilla; Ann, Burges, Tobago, sailed I I th ult. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have received New Brunswick papers to the 26th of April, but they are void of intelligence. From the New York papers received this morning by the Great Western:— COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne bad an audience of the Queen on Saturday. Marshal Saldanha, the Portuguese Minister, had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on Satur day, at Buckingham Palace. The Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend ance at the Palace on Friday evening. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace at a quarter before three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, in an open carriage and four,with outriders, for Claremont. Three of the Royal carriages and four followed, containing the Countess of Sandwich, Hon. Misses Cocks and Caven dish, Viscount Torrington, Hon. Charles A. Murray, Hon. Major Keppel, Hon. Colonel Grey, Colonel Wylde, and Mr. Francis Seymour. The Earl of Erroll and the Earl of Albemarle conducted the Queen to her carriage. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by the Royal Suite, returned to Buckingham Palace from Claremont at twenty minutes before ten o'clock last night. The Earl of Albe marle and Lord Robert Grosvenor were among the Royal Suite. The Prince of Lciningen arrived at Buckingham Pa lace soon after four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, from the Continent. His Serene Highness was received by the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, the Clerk Marshal. The Prince went to Ingestre House, Belgrave-square, the residence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and shortly afterwards left town on a visit to her Majesty at Clare mont. The Duchess of Kent left town at nine o'cleck yester day morning, on a visit to the Queen at Claremont. Her Royal Highness returned to town last night. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Viscountess Barrington, Lion. Miss Gore, and Earl Howe were in waiting on her Majesty. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service yes terday morning in the Foundling Hospital. Major Ste phens and Colonel Jones were in waiting on his Royal Highness. The Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge attended Divine Service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Miss Kerr and Baron Knesebeck were in wait ing on their Royal Highnesses. The Duchess Ida and the Nine and Princesses of Saxe Weimar, attended Divine Service yesterday morn ing in the Royal German Chapel. The Rev. Dr. Kuper preached the sermon. The Queen Dowager attended Divine Service, yesterday afternoon, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Prince George of Cambridge arrived in town on Satur day from Brighton. His Royal Highness visited the Queen Dowager and the Princess Augusta, yesterday. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marlborough House. The Queen Dowager, and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, took an airing on Satuiday in the Parks, in a pony phaeton and four. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess Augusta on Saturday, at Clarence House, St. James's. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by all the Ministers. The Council sat two hours and a half. Viscount Melbourne left town after the Council, to join the Royal dinner party at Claremont. The French Ambassador had a dinner party on Satur day, at his residence in Manchester-square. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday. Mr. Edmund F. Moore was heard upon the petition of Mr. Smith, a barrister, from Sierra Leone, against certain Orders of the Recorder's Court in that Colony, by which he had been fined and imprisoned, and ultimately disbarred —when their Lordships directed the matter to stand over fur further evidence. An appeal from Bombay, Carsondass Hemsraz v. Ran dass Hurrydass was opened by Mr. Miller, Queen's Counsel. The Lords present were Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the Prerogative Court. His Excellency Shekib Effendi, the new Turkish Am bassador to this Court, arrived yesterday at the Embassy's residence in Bryanston-square, accompanied by his first Secretary, Toad Effendi, and by Towpick Bey, Major in the Ottoman Imperial Guards, beside a largo number o his suite. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. Sir Charles and Lady Coote and family ; Lord and Lady George Lennox, from Bognor ; the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Lord Otho, and Lady Jane Fitz gerald ; the Rev. Lord Augustus Fitzclarence, at the Burlington Hotel ; Lady Beresford ; the Hon. Mrs. Bland and Mrs. Cavendish ; Sir George Warrender; Sir Benjamin and Lady Heywood ; the Rev. Lord John Thynne ; Lord Newport ; Lady William Poulett ; the Hon. F. Dndley and Mrs. Ryder, at Hathaway's Hotel, Brook-street; Sir John de Veulle and family, at ditto ; J. Ogilvie, Esq., at ditto, from Scotland ; Colonel Moncrief, at ditto, from Windsor ; Cyric Lloyd, Esq., at ditto, from Wales ; Miss Cunningham, at ditto ; Mordaunt Ricketts, Esq., and family, at ditto, from Cheltenham. DEPARTURES. The Earl of Chesterfield, for Newmarket ; Captain Huntley, R. N. ; the Rev. Mr. Trevelyan, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir Minto and Lady Farquhar, Sir Seymour Blanc, Lady Normanton and family, for the Park Hotel, at Norwood ; the Hon. Captain Rous, for Newmarket ; the Duchess of Gordon, from Gril:ion's Hotel ; the Mar quis of Northampton, for Coolsburst, ► ; Sussex ; Earl and Lady Marianne Compton, for Castle Ashby, Northampton shire ; the Duke of Devonshire, for Cheltenham. Her Majesty and Prince Albert attended Divine Service yesterday forenoon at Esher Church. The demonstra tions of attachment that she received along the road all the way to Claremont on Saturiay, and on her way to the Church yes terday, must have been highly gratifying to her Majesty. We hear with deep regret that the Earl of Dur ham has had a relapse, and is now quite unable to attend his place in the House of Lords. The Noble Earl has not quitted his house for the last three weeks. His physicians have recom mended his taking the waters of Carlsbad; and, if able to travel, he will go off, with Lady Durham and his family, in about a week.—Morning Chronicle. [Surely, within 4‘ the last three weeks," we have seen Lord Durham named in the Court Circular as a guest at one of the Queen's entertain ments ?]— Spectator. The Countess of Durham and Lady Mary Lambton were at her Majesty's ball, but on that day the Earl of Durham was confined to his bed. The Court Circular certainly did state that the Earl of Durham was himself at the ball. That statement was, however, erroneous. —Morning Chronicle. LORD BROUGHAM.—The Noble and Learned Lord is expected at his mansion to-morrow evening from Cannes. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL LYSTER, or THE GRENADIER GLIARDS.—In the American papers brought by the Great Western, we find the following para. graph :—" Lieut.-Colonel Lyster, of the Grenadier Guards, was found dying in his bed, on the morning of the Ist instant, at the Globe Hotel, Quebec. Before the medical gentlemen sent for could arrive life was utterly extinct. Lieut.-Colonel Lystcr had arrived the day before, in command of the batta lion, and rode at its head from the wharf to the Citadel. Al though very weak, he was able, on alighting at the hotel, to transact regimental business. DREADFUL ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN OT WAY.—A very serious accident happened, on Friday evening, in Hyde Park, to Captain Otway, of the Royal Navy, eldest son of Admiral Sir Bobert Otway, Bart. Captain Otway was riding a very spirited horse in the grass field on the left of Rot ten-row, when the animal reared up, shied at the hurdles, and at the same time, in consequence of the rider bearing the reins too tightly, both went over. Captain Otway fell on his back, and the horse upon him. By the concussion great internal in jury arose, but no bones were broken. Captain Otway was immediately conveyed to the rooms of Colonel Cavendish, at the Knightsbridge-barracks. Mr. Lane, the resident surgeon at St. George's Hospital, was the first medical attendant ; but shortly after Sir Astley Cooper and Sir Benjamin Brodie ar rived. Bleeding and fomentations were resorted to, the patient suffering the most acute agony. Lord Clarence Paget, who was riding with Captain Otway at the time of the melancholy occur rence, sat by the bed of the sufferer during the whole of F r id ay night. On S a t ur d ay even i ng Sir Robert Otway arrived from Sheerness, and the Gallant Admiral has remained at the bar racks ever since, except for a short period yesterday, when he went to bring Lady Otway and her daughters to the melan choly scene. We lament to state that last evening there were hut faint hopes of his surviving through the night. Captain Otway is about 30 years old, and a great favourite in the navy. The Queen has sent repeatedly to learn what hope the medical gentlemen entertained. ANTI-CORN-LAW DINNERS.-011 Wednes day last, the North Cheshire Anti-Corn-law Association, ac cording to previous announcement, gave a public dinner to Mr. Archibald Prentice, Editor of the Manchester Times, in ac knowledgment of his valuable gratuitous services as an Anti. Corn-law Lecturer, in North Cheshire. The dinner, which was got up in excellent style, and reflected great credit on the worthy host, Mr. Weatherby, took place in the George and Dragon Inn, Cheadle, and was attended by about sixty gentle men, including several strangers from Manchester. It was in tended that Absalom Watkins, Esq., should have presided, but though that gentleman was present, the delicate state of his health made him decline the duties of the chair, which was ably filled by James Watts, Esq. After the usual routine loyal toasts had been disposed of, Mr. Absalom Watkin proposed the health of Mr. Prentice, in a most eloquent speech, in which, with a delicacy and propriety peculiar to himself, he paid a just tr,bute to the public services of Air. Prentice on various oc casions, and especi a lly on t h e Corn-law question. Mr. Pren. tice replied in a speech full of feeling and intelligence, in which he expressed his determination to go forward in his exertions to benefit his fellow-men, under the cheering impulse of the high approbation of a man like Mr. Watkins, and the company then assembled. Many excellent speeches were delivered in the course of the evening. An excellent spirit of zeal in the Anti-Corn-law cause characterized the whole of the proceed ings, which terminated about half.past ten. On Thursday evening a public dinner was given to Mr. Prentice, in the same place, by one hundred of the working men of the neighbour hood, and was characterised by the same spirit. BASTENNE BITUMEN COMPANY.--A Scial General M eet i ng of the Shareholders in this Comp pe any, was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, yesterday, when the Report of the Directors, with the statement of ac counts, was read. It appeared that the prospects of the Com pany, a l t h ough uninfluenced by the great depression which has reigned over the monetary affairs of the kingdom during the last two years, are now, by the exertions of the Directors, placed in a prosperous position, as far as regards the future operations of the Company. Advantageous arrangements have been made with most influential persons in the United States of America, Russia, Germany, and other Continental countries, for the supply of the manufactured material ; and in this king. dom the novelty of its application has disappeared, and its great value in various ways has been fully substituted. The feeling which pervaded the meeting was strongly in favour of the absent Shareholders to respond to the call of the Directors, and place them in a position to carry out, with every due effect, the many contracts which have been presented to them, but which have been retarded by the want of sufficient funds. A further indulgence to the 6th of June was granted to pay the call of 1/. ; after that date, all shares not then paid up will be forfeited, an d t h e Directors will be empowered to re-issue them at the ra t e o f 1/. Is. per share. Thanks were then votedto the Directors, for their past exertions. ST. DAVID'S, EXETER.—The police have only recovered th e p l ate, b ut all the offenders engage d in this daring outrage are now i u custody. not EVENING EDITION. SCOTLAND. " May 28, 1840." WOOD PAVEMENT. (From the Era.) All who undertake to mend the ways of a metropolis. whether phy s i ca ll y spea ki ng or morally speaking , must be subject to the criticism of those whose steps they P re ; sume to guide. One of the greatest improvements et modern days is p rom i se d by the introduction of the wooden pavement ; an d we anticipate with more ines• sure than we can express, the delight of being n o longe r bumped over uneven granite, or grinding through t he loose stones of M ac Ad am, where the slightest fall of horse is sure to ruin him for ever. Amidst the many improvements in ou r metropol i s, the pavement has lene" been a desideratum. We viewed the asphalte atteniP t l with anxiety and dist rus t, an d our fears have been ve rified by the failure. We hailed the announced introduc tion of the wooden pavement with pleasure, because we , felt its capabiliti es; b ut we have cautiously abstained from stating our opini on s until sufficient experiments had been made to enable us to form our judgment as 1° which was the best of the different methods that have been adopted in the experiments which have been made in va rious parts of the metropolis. The first which was I ' id down was that at the east end of Oxford -street, which IS merely composed of hexagonal blocks laid down with n ° regard to any scientific principle whatever. This pare' ment, however, ill done as it was, gave us great hopes, frona its outstanding the bitumen, that when some scientific priLe ciple was adopt e d woo d pavement wou l d succeed. Tn.° second experiment, in Newgate-street, was in our ° P I T nion a compl ete f a il ure , not ar i s i ng from the material but from the manner of its execution. The third experi ment, and which was made under the superintendence of the Board of Works, was at Whitehall. It was the first attempt with the Comte Do Lisle's patent, and the width of the road, together with the weight of the traffic, made us tremble for the result. It has, how ever, so completely succeeded, that the Board of Works has adopted it at the Queen's Palace, and are determined to use it in future in all the streets under their control, a'id it is strongly recommended by their surveyors in a ll the reports they have made on the subject. The fact is , that this is the only wooden pavement that is laid down w of i regard contains wood t t o h e o f an a construction. rch, an E d v b e e r l ing bl° :ll pinned together with oak pi ns eac h block forms a perfect supp ort to i ts neighbour, and nothing can dis turb the pavement. The public have only to com p are this pavement w i t h the hexagonal p a vement in -Ox ford-street snd Netvgate-street, to perceive its supe riority ; an d w h en we ha en to know that a cer tain quantity o f large waggons most heavily laden with stone were prepar e d by t h ose w h ose i ntere st it was, to crush the wood p avement , an d were d r i ven ov er that spe cimen at Whitehall th e moment i t was o pened, in the hopes th a t it m i g h t b e d amage d b e f ore i t b a d co mpletely . settled, we feel justified in the opinion we have formed et its excellence. Mad this happened to any of the other pavements, the conspirators would most probably have succeeded in their attempt to disturb the pavemente—but the Comte do Lisle's principle is such that it requires ns settlement. It is perfect at first, and we have a bstained . from giving our opi n i on unt il i t h as stoo d t h e tes t of all weathers, and proved that it is affected by neither cold or heat, wet o r dry, f rost or sun . Thi s i s t h e paving of the Metropolitan Wood Paving Company, which has been adopted by the Board of Works, the Commissioners of Metropolitan Roads, and which will, no doubt, ultimately be the pavement of the metropolis. WRECK OF THE RO YAL GEORGE. The operations have continued daily, with great Re! vity and success, two divers being employed every slack de in slinging the fragments of the wreck. The stern post has been got up, broken into three pieces by the great explosion of the 11th inst., together with a large frog mut of dead-wood, that stood over the keel, and was also connected with the stern -post. A very curious masst consisting of part of the lower deck, with a portion of bean, and two knees below the deck-plank, and a rider or upright knee above it, together with part of a Por t ' and the remaining, both of the inside and outside plank ing, on each side of a fragment of a timber, may new be seen in the Dockyard. A very large cable has also been got up, measuring twenty-four inches round, and about ninety fathoms in length, which was generally very soun d ' but has been broken into several pieces, so that the diver had to descend repeatedly for two or three days be fore he slung the whole of it. All is clear now above the orlop deck, except some beams of the lower deck, which still remain. This day (Saturday) red flags were hoisted on board the two lumps, at 10 o'clock, as a signal that tWO explosions of 2.501 b. cf powder each would take place at the next slack tide, and two divers were sent down to mak e preparations for placing the two charges, one under the_ main hatchway of th e or l op d ec k , t h e ot h er near t h e bread' room. Lieut. Sy mon d s , t h e executive engineer who m att ! all the arra ngements on t hi s occas i on, as well for the great explosion of the 11th, then sent down the charges with t he divers, and having removed the lumps to a little distance, lie posted himself at one voltaic battery, whilst Set:le ant- Major Jones had charge of the other. Colonel Pal. then gave th e wor d to fire, but only one explosion 50° ' t n n ie e ll i ' i s su b a a l tte e r ff y ec a t t the o d a is g ta r n e e n e t o c f nin 242 ot f i e n e n t. in This place, which was effected by four cells of Professor Ds; ja the form of an inverted bowl, spreading to a c eesi " e sev era able distance, but not rising to any great height, seconds elapsing, after a sharp shock was felt, before this agitation of the water took place. The second explo sion, which was to have been fired by means of Mr. Alfred Sinee's new voltaic battery, did not take place on com pleting the circuit ; but Set giant-Major Jones, feeling th e shock of the other explosion, believed it to be his owe , for ho competed the voltaic circuit, on first receiving the or der to fire. Being ordered to complete the circuit a : r a o t d cr u l c r a second time, he did so, and on keeping up t h e contact fo r about f our secon d s, t h e explosion was effected at the dis tance of 460 feet. After these explosions, which were witnessed by Admi rals Sir Edward Codrington and Bouverie, Major-Getters!' ,sir Hercules Pskenham, and a number of officers of both services, and numerous other spectators, the divers !c peatedly w en t down again, and lashed large p ieces cl tim ber, amongst which we observed the parts of a lower deck beam. A human skull, with teeth, from th e a f ter part o f t h e wrec k, w hi c h C o lonel Palley has declared hi s i ntent i on t o b ur y i n Ki ngs ton churchyar d, together with such other remains of skeletons as may be obtained hereafter. was also brought .uP CATHERINE TI. OF It ussiA.—l was enthu siastically fond of music, but she was far from being so; an Prince Daschkaw, though with some taste for it, was as li ttle of a performer as the Empress. She was, nevertheless f ond of hearing me sing, and sometimes, when I had done, secretly passing a sign across to Prince Daschkaw, she wonld propose a duct, which she used to call the music of the spheres, and which, without either of them knowing how to sing a note,they both per formed in concert. A sudden burst of the most exalted and ridiculously discordant tones was the consequence—one seconding the other with scientific shrugs, and all the solemn s elf-complacent airs and grimaces of musicians. From this, perhaps, she passed to the cat concert, and imitated the purring o f poor puss in the most droll and ludicrous manner, always taking care to add appropiate h a lf com i c, h a lf sentimentalwords, which she i nven t e d f or t h e occas i on ; cr e l se , s pitting like a cat in a passion, with her back up, she suddenly boxed the first person in her way, making up her hand into a paw, and mewing so outra geous l y t h at instead of the great Cathe rine, nothing but the wrongs of a grimalkin remained upon one's mind.—Memoirs of the Princess Daschltaw. SHERIFFSHIF OF EDINBURGH.—it is generally believed that Mr. Graham Speirs "ill be the new Sheriff of Edin burgh, and will be succeeded by Mr. Sheriff Inncs, the senior Depute-Advocate, as Sheriff of Elgin and Moray. GENERAL ASSEMBLY.—The Assembly has done nothing as yet, but elected Dr. Makellar Moderator, passing over Dr. Hill, and setting at nought the arrangement of long standing, by which th e M o d erate and Orthodox parties were allowed to name a chairman alternately. We ha ve given a pretty full report of the meeting in the Assembly Rooms yesterday, which was large and respectable.- - Scotsman. The capital sentence against James Dalrymple, wbo was tried last week for the murder of DOnald Fraser at Linlithgow, has b een commuted to transportation for li fe. LANDLORD'S LIBERALITY.— We have great pleasure in stating that his Grace the Duke of Sutherland h as re mitted the whole arrears of rents owing by his small tenants on the estate of Reap—Scotsman. PUBLIC MEETING —LORD ABERDEEN'S BILL.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of Edinburgh, favourable to the principle of Lord Aberdeen's Bill for healing the differ ences of the Church of Scotland, was held last Friday In the Assembly Rooms. The audience was numerous, com pletely filling the large Hall. The Lord Provost had pre viously refused to call a meeting, and the present was held without his s anct i on . Si r R. Abercrombie Was move d into the c h a i r , b y Si r F. W. Drummond. S e v e ral reso lutions, declarat ory o f sat i s f action with the princip l e o f the Bill, having been adopted, petitions were adopted to the House of Lords and House of Commons, founded on these resolutions. The petitions ore to be entrusted 1 0 the Duke of Buccleuch and Sir R. Peel. THE NEW PATENT GAS-LIGHT• We on Saturday evening last Witnessed the exhibition of Count de Val Marino's valuable invention in the grounds of the Workhouse, in Mount-street, Berkeley square, made in the p resence o f severa l noble and scientific gee; tlemen. The object i n v i ew i s to produce from water and tar a more brilli an t an d pure gas, at less cost, than that a t present suppli e d t o th e pu bli c. As regards the brill i anc y and illuminating p uwer , we are fully convinced of i ts sn; periority. It produces a pure white flame, free from 111 ' smoke, which was tested by a large star burning in the open ground, and the usual burners in doors. Among the company present, who were highly grati fied, we observed the Turkish Ambassador, Lord ther, Hon. Mr. Byng, Dr. Costello, Mr. Maughanli Cooper, and many gentlemen connected with the gal Companies. The following is a testimonial of the opinion : of Mr. Maugham, th e ce l e b rate d lecturer of the Adelaide Gs' lery:— i, I have this day witnessed the combustion of the gas made on Count de Val Marino's principle, an d I have no hesitation in stating that this gas i s pos sessed of a very brilliant illuminating power, an d that the process of manufacturing it is calculated 50 turn to a v a l ua bl e account an article which at pre sent is scarcely marketable, selling as low as one poll per gallon. As the coal tar can thus be turned to account, it certainly is a matter of consideration with the gas cow: panics, whether the iar produced by the distillation of coal may nut be rendered more valuable by converting it gas on Cou n t d e V a l M ar i no ' s principle than selling it , is at present, at th e a b ove - named price. I wish it to b e un d erstoo d t h at I am quite favoura ble to the introdu c ti on o f t hi s gas, because some misunder standing took pl ace d ur i ng t h e exhibition of the gas an it was thought by many persons present that I w i s h e d to depreciate th e va l ue o f t h e i nvent i on, which was not the case. " W. MAUGHAA I ~ f I 11 I