The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-07 00:00:00

EVEN LNG EDITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. saw a paragraph in your paper of yesterday beaded " Getting Drunk, but not at the expense of the Parish," wherein it is stated that the worthy Guardians having occasion to lay in a stock of wine for the sick and infirm poor. bad twenty-five bottles sent them as samples, which were so excellent that they, the worthy Guardians, drank the whole of it down to the very lees. After all, it is not stated if they purchased any for the sick and infirm poor. If that paragraph is intended as a broadside against the respectable parish in which I reside, I beg to say that the statement is incorrect, inasmuch as the samples were not sent to the Guardians, but the Guardians went to the samples. As to their getting drunk, it is best known to themselves. However, as soon as it was convessient, they did report they had purchased half-a-pipe of the first q uality, and a few days ago tw en ty eight dozen of bottles , said to contain vs ine, arrived at the Workhouse (and an empty cask—no deception), which arc c arefully laid up (sacred) for six months, that the wine may improve by age for the use of the sick awl infirm poor. God grant they may get it, and not the rats, by which the house is infested. AN ENEMY TO PARISH RATS. Finsbury, May 5, 1840. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Will you permit me to direct your attention to the folios% ing passage, which occurs in the third section of the Introduction to Blackstone's Commen taries :—" At the dawn of the Reformation, in the reign of King HenryVi I 1., it was enacted in Parl;ament (stet. 25 Hen. 8, cap. 20, revived and confimed 6y I Elizabeth, cap. 1) that a review should be had of the Canon Law ; and till such review should be made, all canons, constitutions, ordinances, and synodals provin cial being then already made, and not repugnant to the law of the land, or the King's prerogative, should still be used and executed. And as no such review has yet been perfected, upon this statute now depends the authority of the Canon Law in England." Such being the case, would it not be advisable that Mr. T. Duncombe, or some other Liberal Member of Par liament, should move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the statute in question as the most effectual method of preventing for the future the perpetration of such acts of oppression as that of which poor John Thorogood is the victim ? A motion of this sort ought to command the support of all those who profess to admire the wisdom of our ancestors. Our forefathers invariably, up to the time of Henry VIII., resisted successfully every attempt to introduce the eanon law into this country. Witness the famous de claration of the Parliament of 20 Henry 111., when the Prelates endeavoured to procure an Act re lating to the legitimacy of bastards, founded on the pro visions of the Canon Law, on which occasion, " says the Parliament Roil, " all the Earls and Barons, with one voice, answered that they would not change the laws of England, which had hitherto been used and approved," " No/unius le g es 4nglice niutarc." And again, in the 11th Richardll., in consequence of a similar attempt, the Nobility declared " That the realm of England bath never been unto this hour, neither by the consent of our Lord the King, and the Lords of Parliament, shall it ever be ruled or governed by the civil law," and in this instance I trust that we shall for the future be guided by tho wisdom of our ancestors. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN ENGLISHMAN. DR. HOLLAND'S NEW WORK. In 1 vol. Bvo. 18s. cloth lettered. TUEDICAL NOTES and REFLECTIONS I_7l. By HENRY HOLLAND, M.D. F.R.S. &c., hysici,n Extraordinary to the Queen. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. MR. JAMES'S NEW NOVEL. This day is published, in 3 volt, post Svo., price 11. 115. 6d., THE KING'S HIGHWAY : a Novel. By 0. P. R. JAMES, Esq. Author of " Henry of Guise, or the States of Blois ;" "The Huguenot, a Tale of the French Protestants ;" " The Rob ber ;" " Life of Edward the Black Prince ;" " The Gentle man of the Old School," &c. &c. 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Peerages of Ireland extinct ing to Titles. • ,„• This work comprises exclusively, the Extinct Peers of Ireland and Scotland, which are now submitted to the public in detail, each article entering fully into the origin and trans mission of each respective title, and bringing the descent down to some existing family, in every case where so desirable and interesting an object could be accomplished. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. *,• Orders received by all Booksellers. TpEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MAY 7, Willis' presented Shakspere's Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. 4ir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley ; Master Slender, Mr. C. Ma thews ; Ford, Mr. Cooper ; Fenton, Mr. W. Harrison ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Ann Page. Miss Rainforth, Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. C. Joncs. To eonclude with the New Grand Comic, Romantic, Operatic, Melodramatic, Fairy Extravaganza, in Three Parts, entitled end founded on that popular 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. Jones, &e. ke. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, N. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second P: ice, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes is be taken at the Box-of t*, from Ten till Feur, where Season Tickets may be had apottapplication. • Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews bookseller 167, New Bond-street. Mlt. GROOM'S TULIP SHOW. This annual exhibition commenced yesterday, and is the best that we have seen at Walworth for many years. The flowers are fully a fortnight earlier than those of last season ; the colours, probably owing to the bright clear atmosphere that has so long prevailed, are more dilicate and more marked, and, what with the fine wea ther, and the endlesi variety of colours of every hue, the exhibition presents one of the most gratifying sights that a tulip fancier, or any one who has a taste for flowers, could possibly desire. The number of plants is about 1,600, some of them have arrived at maturity, others arc seedlings, and will not be in perfection till next season. " Nourri Effendi," the prince of the col lection last year, still preserves his superiority. The next is " Prince Albert," which is not very dissimilar in colors, (yellow and black), but the great favourite appears to be one which has not yet been named. It is a beauti ful flower of the bybliomea species, and surpasses " Nourri" and Albert" in grandeur and colour. Louis the Sixteenth," (white, with a slight tinge of dark on the edge), and which was exhibited last season, we should put down as the finest flower in the collec tion. The following is the list of the best tulips, with the prices of the first two :—" Prince rAbert, 1001. ; Nourri Effendi, 1051. ; Louis XVI. ; Pompe Funebre ; Reperbe en Noir ; Lac ; Duke of Devonshire ; Sir R. Peel ; Michael Angelo ; Emperor of Austria. REFUSAL TO BURY A CHILD OF WESLEYAN PAltawTs.-Vi r e have received aletter from the father of a child which died at Torquay, and was refused christian burial at St. Mary's Church, under the following circumstances. The father says that " the child was two years and three months old, and died last week, and it was determined by my wife and friends to lay the remains of our dear child in the same place where all her friends have been buried for generations past. Application was made to Mr. Coleridge, the clergyman of St. Mary's Churcb, for interment. He made a slight objection, on ac count of the child dying out of the parish, and seemed fearful leet he should have half Torquay to bury. He examined the applicants very closely, asking many questions. Is the father of the child a Churchman, or not ? It was replied---he is a Wesleyan. He asked if the child had been baptized ? It has, was the reply. By a Church Minister o r no t? B ) a W es l e y an Minister, in the Wesleyan Chapel, Torquay, was the answer to this question. On being told this, the form of his visage changed,' and he said, with the greatest degree of [apparent] abhorrence and detestation, and in the most disgusting and offensive manner—' the body shall not be brought into the church yard at all,' and swinging himself round upon his heel left the applicants in a state of confusion to get away in the best way they could." Such is the narrative which we have received from the father of the child. We are not aware what the law may be with regard to the burial of a child of parents living out of the parish, but the manner in which the clergy man rejected the application, when he heard the religion of the parents and the baptism of the child, shows a determination to insult the powerful body to which the parents belong. There appears to be a growing desire in the church to insult the Wes leyans. Western Times. [The intolerance of this clergy man, and his hatred of the respectable denomination of Chris tians to which the parents of the child belonged, are evident enough, and his conduct—we wish we could say his unprece dented conduct—will receive from the public the reprobation which it deserves. But he was not bound by the law of the land to admit the body of this child into the churchyard of the parish ; and the law of charity, it is quite clear, he cloes not ac koostledge.] NAME OF THE CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND. —We are informed that a full board of Directors of the New Zealand Company on Wednesday resolved unanimously, that their first and principal town at Larnbton Harbour, in Port Nicholson, shall be called Wellington. The unrivalled situa tion of this spot as a centre of commerce for the islands will probably ensure its becoming the capital of New Zealand.— Colonial Gazette. Had not the debate of yesterday been necessarily postponed in consequence of the horrible and distressing event which has caused so powerful a sensation in this metropolis, the majority for at once extin,geishing the Stanley Registration IS ill would, we know, have been considerable. We had hoped that Ireland would without delay be relieved from a measure so odious to her inhabitants, and which has created so strong an excitement.—Morning Chronicle. TIIE PORT OF PORTSMOUTH FLOATING BRIDGE commenced its operations on Monday, at twelve o'clock, and many hundred persons passed over the harbour. In the evening, owing, however, to stopping on the Gosport side to take in carriages, the tide receded with such rapidity, that for several hours the new concern was fast on the shore. During the few hours it ran, the Broad-street was like a fair, from the multitudes of people. Very many c arr i ages, carts, an d other . vehicle 4, passed across, nor,did there appear those obstructions to the navigation so fearfully prognosticated by the naval idlers in the High-street, who have nothing to do but find fault with everything they do not comprehend. We have no doubt that . this mode of conveyance will prove most beneficial to the towns, and no lady will in future think of crossing by any other. The public will very speedily appreciate the regularity and ease of the passage on every day since ; the bridge has plied with exact ness; nor is an accident like that of Monday again likely to occur. Our mercantile folks already find the convenience of sending their commodities to Anglesey and the country, without the trouble of shipments and unloa:lings ; the expense of the bridge being amply repaid by the pin of time, &c. Ports mouth will eery shortly become, what it never yet has been, a posting town, between Southampton and Chichester, and the great th oroug hf are b etween the eastern and western parts ' of south Hampshire, for all persons engaged in business.—Com ,lnercial:Travellsr. MANSLAUGHTER AT ROCHESTE R C 3 roner's inque s t was yesterday held at the Bear and . Staff pnblc- - house, St. Margaret's, Rochester, before R. Hinde, Es( Coroner, or. the body of John Gregg, aged 23, who died from a mortal stab inflicted upon him b l y t a. yp•oeuatrhdnafrmed Edward place om between th e e t v n h i . John Thomas, on Saturday last. that some foolish quarrel had taken Bence, p art i es , and that the deceased had been stabbed, and th e Boner also wounded. The Jury returned a verdict of ‘• alscr,hter," and the prisoner was ordered to be committed to :Maidstone gaol. EASTER CUSTOM.—Many years since, an inhabitant of Hallaton, Leicestershire, bequeathed a piece of land to the rector of the town for the time being ; in trust, for the providing of two hare pies, a quantity of ale, and two dozen penny loaves, to be scrambled for annually on Easter Monday. This iand, which was called " Hare-crop Lays," being enclosed in 1770, a piece of land was allotted to the Rector in lieu of the same.; since which period the Hector, instead of two hare pies, provides two large pies made of veal and bacon, which are divided - into pieces, and put into a sack ; about two gallons of ale, in wooden bottles, tvAout handles or strings, are put into another sack ; and the penny loaves, cut into quarters, are put into a joined, soon Th e men w h o have charge of the basket arc soon after they leave the rectory, by those who intend to en gage in the sport. In the course of their journey to a place called " Hare-pie-bank," about a quarter of a mile south of the town, the pieces of bread are thrown to be scrambled for. The place of rendezvous consists of a bank,with a trench round it, and a ci rcu l ar h ole in the centre, ich the pies and bot tls of ale are th. ar e e fond of th e s r port own rush U fornwaarsdi,g't' oa, Ibeseizeing t g , i i t v e o n f , p those wh en o_ eavonr to get possession of a bottle Court,.2 erary World. INCEST the Consisto the office of thee.fudr , e was promoted ointectielYsbyiJames Woods against on Monday, n hi having intermarried George Woods,' his brother!, with 11fary Ann Spratt, the dauaht . er t o ' f sister, histtehre, city yo the 2-Ith of March, 1839, at St. Peter's MancsrOowftl, Norwich. Dr. Lushington did not give judgment then a question of evidence remained undecided. THE NEW VAGRANCY BILL. —We have only t hi s day received this Bill, an d we lose not a post in putting our readers in possession of its wicked a n d ant i- social enactments, f` is the last importation of British manuf ac t ure; and it is O n . a par fully with the thousand-and-one previous acts of absurdity Ind ,_,,-..,,ni:loll,—Dttbiln ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. BUTLER. THE HOUSE OF LADIES having been reeeived with ananimouse applause by crowded houses, will he repeated (to gether with' The Ladies' Club") every Evening antil the end f the Seam. THIS EVENING, MAY 7, Will be Presented, THE LADIES' CLUB. 3fra. Fitztsnyth (the Chairwoman), Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by THE HOUSE OF LADIES. Mrs. Fitasmyth (Member for Chatterton)-_Mrs. Stirling. 11 rs. Morton (Member for Smallborough)—Miss Atkinson. Mrs. Rookby (Member for Edmondsbury—Miss Treble. Mrs. Derby (Member for Melton)—Miss Fitzvralter. Mrs. O'Donnell (Member fer Donnybrook)—Miss Ayres. Mrs. Bustle (Secretary for the Fashionable Department)— Miss Stephens. Mrs. Twankay (Speakerl—Mrs. Garrick. Fahey, Miss Beachamp. Time, Mr. EArnends. After whieh, BAMBOOZLING. Captain Bamboozle, Mr. Butler. senelitde with the New and Original Drama (by the author of " The Ladies' Club"), called GWYNNETH VAUGHAN. wynneth Vaughan, Mrs. Stirling ; Owen Williams, M r . B a k er ; E van Pritchard, Mr. Hell; Hugh Morgan, Mr. G. Wild. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. accessing popularity and immense success of Haiae's New Village Tragedy, " The Life of a Woman," in which the realisation of Hogarth's celebrated " Harlot's Progress," nightly elicits the approbation of crowded audiences ; roars of laughter at " The Wet Nurse." and universal admiration of the magnificent scenery and effects in " The Venetiau." THIS EVENING, MAY 7, Will be acted the New Village Tragedy, entitled THE LIFE OF A WOMAN; OR, THE CURATE'S DAUGHTER. After which, a New Comic Drama, called THE WET NURSE. To conclude with an entirely New Romance, entitled THE VENETIAN ; OR, THE COUNCIL 'OF TEN. The Scenery comprising some of the most splendid Views in Venice. The two last pieces must be withdrawn after this week, for an entirely new Tragic Ple,y, in which Mr. Elton will perform. HIEN WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW M0rnmg......17 minutes after 7 I Evening 44 minutes after 7. The Publication of the Evening Edition of Tins Sux eon- rneneed at 10 rrit.utes after Three. . 4. cte Vic e ; c , ...e s ZIP Zs /AIL LONDON: THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1840. Thy© House of Lords did not meet yesterday. The House of Commons met, but it was only to postpone all business. Some petitions were in deed presented, but the absence of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, caused by the melancholy death of Lord WILLIANI RUSSELL, induced Lord STANLEY, without hesitation, at the request of Lord MoR PETH, to put off the Irish Registration Bill till Monday week. Sir It. INGLIS, without a personal appeal to him, put off his motion concerning Church Exten sion, which stands for this day, without naming any day to bring it on. j The House immediately adjourned. The sus pension of all important business in the House of Commons till Lord Jolts RUSSELL can re-as sume leis place, which will probably not be for a week or ten day 3, adds much to the interest and importance of the occurrence that keeps him away. In another part of The Sun appears the very elaborate judgment given by Lord DENMAN, on Friday, on the Braintree Church-rate question, and which circumstances, including a pressure of other, more temporary though less important, matter, have hitherto prevented from appearing in our Paper. It is with great satisfaction that we record the assertion of Lord DENMAN, that the Court " had MOSE carclullg looked into and considered all the numerous cases which had been cited in the cours e of the argument," which will ensure respect for th e judgment. On the same account we re member with satisfaction the great praise which the Tory Journals, lately fighting on the side of law against privilege, gave Lord D ENMAN for his conduct on that occasion. Though the advocates of Church rates, they will respect the law, as declared by Lord DENMAN, which places it wholly in the option of the Vestry to levy Church-rates or not. One of the concludinr, paragraph s of the judgment is very strong and very decisive. " In whatever stage of the proceedings," said the j Noble;Lord, "that want of urih o n was mad e a pp a rent, either by the C rown or hyiw : jo su J, the Court s o f Law were bound to int er f ere. the erroneous construc tion of an Act of Parliament was one those cases, the imposition of a tax without lawful of authority was anothe r ; regarded a n d con and such a tax must a Ch urc h- rate be r sidered when made by parish officers, not r only with ou t opposition to, the concurrence of the pari s hi oners, but in and defiance of their decided ref usa l to make rate." The whole gist of the judgment is, that the Churchwardens cannot make a Church -rat e with out the consent of the inhabitants regularly convened in Vestry ; and that the Ecclesiastical Courts have no authority to mulct the Church wardens or punish them for not repairin g the church ; or, if the Ecclesiastical Courts act on the supposition that they have such an autho r it y , except by Ecclesiastical censure, the Court of Queen's Bench will interfere and pro tect the Churchwardens against any injurious consequences for not levying an unlawful tax, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1840. Hitherto it has been maintained by the Church men, ar.d they have frequently acted on their own view, that the Churchwardens are bound to com ply with the mandate of the Archdeacon to repair the church; and if the parishioners refuse to make a rate for the purpose, the Church wardens are bound to levy it by their own autho rity. This opinion is now totally overthrown, and the power of granting or refusing the rate is de cided to belong exclusively to the Vestry. They may tax themselves, but the Churchwardens cannot tax them. We do not, we cannot for one moment, suppose that this decision will make the priesthood and their admirers abate their arrogant pretensions, or make them ready w release Dissenters from sup . porting a Church which they do not use ; but we tell the Dissenters, who can, if they please, almost always muster in sufficient numbers to oppose a Church-rate Successfully in Vestry, that it will be entirely their own fault if they much longer pay a single Church-rate. The decision of the Court is entirely in conformity with the opinion we have always entertained (with very imperfect legal knowledge) as to what is the law, and which opinion has induced us to call on our readers to attend the parish Vestry, and resist the imposition of a rate. This decision will in one respect, we presume, excite the astonishment of the public. For nearly ten years has this question of Church-rates been a topie of agitation. Rates have in some cases been refused by the parishioners, and the Churchwardens have not dared to levy them. In other cases the Churchwardens have made the rate by their own authority, and the parishioners have paid it under the fear of an Ecclesiasti cal Court. Now what can be thought of the state of the English Law as a rule of conduct, for it is so defined, when it has left this impor tant question so long doubtful or uncertain, or has not provided any means for getting easy access to its oracular decisions. The agitation, the want of a ready mode of deciding the dispute, the neglect of settling it till indignation resounds through the land against the Church, and several goals are filled with the victims of Church-rates, are all, in our humble opinion, disgraceful to the Legislature, disgraceful to the law, and disgraceful to the Church. We would add, equally disgrace ful to the people, but we remember that they con fide in these other bodies, who are responsible for the government of society, and that the people are only to blame if confidence in the Legislature, the law, and the Church, be ill-founded and unwar rantable. No circumstance has for a long period created such a frightful sensation in the metropolis as the death of Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, who, ac cording to the verdict of a Coroner's jury, was murdered in his own house, and in his own bed, the night before last. That an aged, and at least an inoffensive—not to say a venerable—gentleman, closely related to the highest families of the land, living in one of the most fashionable parts of the metropolis, surrounded by servants and all the guards that are thought necessary to give protection and security, should meet such a fate, is very alarming, very horrible, and calls forth the most intense feelings. " In the midst of life we are in death." Only a day or two ago Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL was exulting in his health. He called, we are told, at the door of a gentle man of our acquaintance only the morning before his death, and was cheerful and happy. He went to bed unsuspectingly, having no reason to suspect, and was murdered in his sleep. The dreadful suspicions, the deep mis trust which it will spread through many families, the great alarm it will engender, make us look on it as an important event in the history of the age. We give a complete report of the Coroner's In quest, and by that it will be seen that as yet no suspicion rests on any one, and no clue appears to be found to the murderer. We hope and pray that he may be speedily discovered, for the most horrible thing of all would be that the assassin should remain undetected. The extraordinary express from Paris received yesterday, deprives the French Journals of Tuesday of all interest. In the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday the Beet-root Sugar question was under discussion—a question which is of the utmost im portance in France, but which has no interest for an English reader. The Beet-root growers were clamorous for high protecting duties, and the colo nists for a free trade. The Government appeared not to know well what to do, and were trying to steer a middle course. Reports were in circulation that the President of the Council is devoting a considerable share of the secret service funds to the corruption of the Press. The Opposition Nouvelliste is now merged in the Ministerial Moniteur Parisien ; and the Messager is said to have been regularly purchased by the Government. This, if true, is very disgraceful. The following is the official account of the cele bration of the KING'S birth-dav at Versailles : The King's fete was celebrated on Sunday at Versailles, with unusual magnificence. In the morning an " diet" was celebrated in the cathedral, the bishop officiating, and all the authorities being present. Afterwards, the prefect and general officers reviewed the national guard and the troops of the line. At half-past four, the Queen, the King of the Belgians, the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, the Prince de Joinville, the Duke de Montpen sicr, Madame Adelaide, the Princess Clementine, the Duke Alexander of Wirtemberg, and Duke Ferdinand, and the Prince of Saxe Coburg, arrived in the Cour de Marbre of the Palace, accompanied by the Count Montesquieu, Generals the Baron de hlontmo rency, Hernoux, and De la Tour ; the Aides-de. Camp of the Princes of Saxe Coburg and Wirtem berg, and several ladies of honour. The whole of the Royal Family made the tour of the gardens and park in an open char-a bane, to view the playing of the waters. The crowd was immense. It was estimated that not less than 30,000 people were asssembled at the different points, and more particularly round the great basin of Neptune, all hailing the Royal Party as they passed with acclamations of loyalty and respect. The Queen entered the Palace at six o'clock, and at the same time the King arrived from Paris, attended by General Berthois, Colonel Dumas, the Marquis de Strada, M. Vatout, M. de Cailleux, and two orderly officers. The Royal Banquet took place in the gallery of Louis XIII., the band playing during dinner on the terrace. The King ordered all the windows to be thrown open, and the spectators were allowed to come up to the steps. After dinner, their Majesties and the whole of the august party went to view the several historical galleries by the light of flambeaux, as on the occasion of the marriage of the Duke of Orleans. The promenade concluded with the theatre and the Gal lery of the Cruntqcs. Their Majesties and the whole of the Royal Family took their departure at half-past ten, passing through a dense crowd, which extended as far as the Avenue de St. Cloud, and arrived at the Tuileries at a quarter past twelve. The number of persons conveyed to Versailles by the railroad from Paris in the course of the day was 20,000. The last train came back with 3,000 persons, and three locomotives. 'We have not beard of a single accident having occurred. The sulphur question is regarded as settled, as there is no doubt but that the mediation of France will be successful. It is again rumoured that French mediation has displeased Austria. From Spain the news was very satisfactory. The Carlists were losing ground in every direction. The latest accounts from Madrid are of the 28th ult., but they report nothing of interest. The Five per Cents. were at 29i for cash. The expedition against Abd-el- Kadar is now on its march. According to our last am:tints the army was to keep the King's fete at Miliana. The column will still be 15,000 strong after leaving :sufficient garrisons at hledeah and Miliana. The column organized at Oran was to set out at the same time ; it is about 7,000 strong, and will, it is said, proceed towards Mascara, ,n order to take the Arabs between two fires. It will then return to Mosta ganem, while the main body will continue its march to Ileinecen ; then it will proceed to the Tafna. Thus, there will remain only a few tribes that will not be visited by our troops. The column organized a t C onstant i ne b y General Gal bois, was to march to Setit about the 25th of April ; it will remain in the Mejanah till the return of the Marshal to Algiers, making excursions in all directions, and se conding Ben-Gannah, who will undertake expeditions in the Little Desert. It is thought that General Galbois will open communications between Setif and Boujia, and will form one or two camps between those places ; ha will likewise approach the iron gates, for the two -fold purpose of chastising the tribes which have sent contingents to the Emir, and o f reta i n i ng towar d s th e East all who might be disposed to join Abd-el-Kader's army. These three French columns, and two columns of theina tives (that of Ben Gannah and that of Tedjini, who have approached the Dje r id) w ill ac t s imultaneously, and if these movements are well combined they must accomplish the submission o f a ll th e tr ib es , an d t h e p ac ific a tion of Algeria. Such is the news brought by our letters from Toulon.—Le Commerce. BRUSSELS, MAY. 3.—The King is expected to return from Paris on Tuesday. The Count d'Oultremont, our Ambassador to the Holy See, who is coming to pass the summer in Belgium with his family, left Rome on the 15th of April ; he travels by short stages, and is not ex pected at Liebe till the en d o f th e mont h. BRUSSELS, MAY 4.—Several reports on different pro jects of law were presented to-day to the Chamber of Representatives. After they were presented the order of the day was the general debate on the project of law for Itu amnesty. MM. Vandeaboiche, Delehaye, De Smer, and Vanden Steen, were the only Members who spoke on the question. The general debate being closed, the Chamber proceeded to vote on the project, which consists of one article only— " All prosecutions for political offences committed before the 19th April, 1839, are, so far as necessary, forbidden and abolished." The article errs agreed to by a rnjority of 60 to 3. BOURSE.—PARIS, TUESDAY, MAY 3. I first Highest Lowest last Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cent ll3 75 ... 114 ... 113 75 ... lia 95 .4}, per Cents lO3 75 .., 103 75 ... 103 75 ... 103 7.) 3 per Cents B4 :10 . 81 45 ... 80 25 ... BO 40 Bank of trance 3355 _3370 ...335.5 ...3370 Lattitte Bank I,ooof. Sh lOl5 _llOO „X 95 ,„11 0 Belgian Bank 9 5 ... 903 ... 905 ... 905 5 Fer Cents lo3}i ... ION ... 103 , A, ... 103 1 ,4 3 per Cents 74 30 ... 74 30 ... 74 ... 74 New York .... 9l ... 91 ... 9! ... 91 Ohio lO2 15 . 102 75 11'2 75 102 75 __ . State of New York 99 SO ... 99 80 ... 99 $0 ... 99 tU Spanish A cti e 1 29 29 ... 29 Passive 7% 7% 7 V4 New Deferred Old Deferred ... ... 7% Neapolitan lO4 10 101 15 ... 104 10 1114 15 Roman MURDER OF LORD W. RUSSELL The perpetrators of the horrid murder remain yet un discovered. Inspector Tadman, of the D division, and some policemen of the C divison, are in the houso is Nor folk -street. The investigation pursued by the police is conducted with great secrecy. Inspectors Beresford,p3aker, and whirs of the C division are especially employed by order of the Commissioners Mayne and Rowan, and great hopes entertained that it will not be long before they be able to obtain sorae clue into this, at present, mysterious affair Now that the verdict of wilful murder is re turned, it is expected that the Churchwardens of St. George's, Hanover-square, who are Lord Grimston and the Hon. Mr. Dawson, the Foreman of the Jury, will offer somo reward for the apprehension and discovery of the murderer or murderers. A reward sill be offered by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. We have just learned that the young man, Carr, has been found, and is ready to meet any investigation. It appears, however, that there are no grounds of suspicion against him. RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R. 1; 5 95 ... 597 50 ... 995 ... 527 50 L.B. 391 25 ... :191 25 ... 390 ~.:390 Orleans .. 5ll 25 ... 512 50 ... 513 ...510 Strasburg to Bale 422 50 ... 422 59 ... 4 5 ... 415 DUT C 11 FUND3.—Ammanam, Max 7. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, f.. 14 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A iiicii t Syndie,4 per cent 9l ci t P 2 Ditto, ditto, 3!,i per cent 7514 76 1 * Commercial Company, 41,j per cent lB l l* 1811, Ditti (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. ...... IPtto 1 , 37, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. .. 9714 :A Exchange on London, (Inc month ll 95 Two months —Dutch Papers, May 7. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MA r 6.—Wind moderate.—Sailed the Eliza, McCarthy, for Madras; Delhi, Byron, Cape of Good Hope ; Meg Merrilies, Skinner, ditto; Ida, Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, MAY 6.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the John Bolton, Finlon, New Orleans ; Caroline Rodam, Wallis, Santander. Sailed the St. Cloud, Colborn ; Splendid, Lund, and Robin Hood, Pro , tor, for New York ; Islay, Galt, Montreal; Emerald, Ellis, Quebec ; Hero, Grant, Africa ; Juhn and Thomas, Moore, Labrador. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind S.E.— Sailed the Rox. burgh Castle, Bouchier, for Calcutta ; Indus, Walker, Odessa. PLYMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind N. E.--Sailed the Royalist, Seward, for Demerara. BRISTOL, MAY 6.—Sailed, the Harebell, Chulleigh, for Cadiz and Monte Video; Herald, Hancock, Demerara. DARTMOUTH, MAT s.—Arrived the William, Hodge, from St. Michael's, with loss of bowsprit. JERSEY, MAT 4.—Sailed, the Brutus, Lo Gresley, Bar badoes; Superb, Contanche, Labrador. MARYPORT, MAY 4.—Sailed, the Indian, Pearson, for Quebec. CORK, MAY 4.—Arrived tho Tremont, Gray, from Charleston. Sailed, the Norman, Bond, for Jamaica ; Atalanta, Clark, Newfoundland. VESSELS SPOKEN wrrn.—Lord Saumaurcz, London to Launceston, 3d ult., lat. 22, lon. 23 ; Mary, Bordeaux to Talmagouche, lat. 25, lon. 46; Harriet and Jessie, from Liverpool, 26th, lat. 48, lon. 14 ; Hinds, Liverpool to St. Thomas, 27th, lat. 48, lon. 12, by the Flora, Ken dall, arrived at Falmouth. CORN AVERA GE C. - - GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended ;May I, 1840, made up from the Returns s , the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per imperial Quarter. Wheat tiSs sd. Oats I BArlcy 39 s , Bd, Rye ... ...... 375. lid.' Pease 425. ()d. IMPERIAL AGO REGATE AVERAGES OF THE °IX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat 604. Mkt I Oats Barley ......... Od. Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat........, 16s, 8(11 Oats 8ar1ey........, Is. 10(1. I Bye THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. Good supplies and a fair demand, prices steady. Turlot, 4s. to 18s.; Cod, 2s. 6d. to Bs. ; Sole!, 6d. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, J. to 4s. ; Salmon, Is. to 23. 6d. and 3s. per lb. ; Beef 7d. to 80. ; Mutton lid. to Bid. ; Lamb, 9d. to 10d ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Poi k, 7id. to Bid per lb.. Prices of Ve getables on the advance. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Large supplies. Turbot, 4s. to 15s. ; Cod, 2s. Gd. to Bs. ; Salmon, I ld. to 2s. 3d. per lb. ; Soles, 6d. to 3s. Gd. per pair; Mackerel, 4d. to 10d. ; Whitings, 3d. to 6d. ; Had docks, sd. to Is. HAY MARKETS. A j r , Supplies good, demand brisk, a n d pr i ces A r m. . TALLOW MARKET. 3 - The market dull, and the price of P. Y. C. 495. nominal. TEA MARKET But little business doing in Company's Congou, at 2s. 6id. to 2s. sid. ; and Free Trade, 2s. 7d. to 2s. 7id. for cash. COLONIAL MARKET. Little done in Colonial produce, and prices much as they were. British Plantation Sugar sold steadily, and prices were very firm. No public sales of Sugar. Refined Standard Lumps 80s. to 82s. 13,000 bags Refined Rice sold at 13s. fid. for fair. quality, and 1.300 of Java, at Ps. to Ils. ; a small parcel of 'Trinidad Cocoa fetched 545. to 605. Nothing done worth notice in the Coffee Market, but the holders would not sell at lower prices. . wc.; MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE crcLodir. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKLT, :WRDNRSD•T.-The Sales to-day are 4,000 bags at yesterday's prices, fully maintained. The arrivals this morning are French and Ostend mails —no Ship letters. We have received the Journal of Commerce of Antwerp, of yesterday's date. Boras OF AMSTERDAM, MAY 4.—The operations of the Bourse have been very favourable for the National funds, and the prices in general are higher. The actions of tho Society of Commerce were more dull than on Saturday. INK FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off quota tions of yesterday, 91 to e Money, and 91i for the Ac count ; Exchequer Bills 25 27 premium; India Bonds 4 to 6;prem. ; Bank Stock, 1751 ; India Stock 2491 250 k. In the Foreign market the prices were as follows : Spanish Active - 28i 29; Deferred, 14f i; Passive, 71 Portuguese, 354 ; Three per Cents., 24f- 1; Colom bian, 25f 26 ; Mexican, 28i 29 ; Brazilian, 75} 76f ; Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents., b 34 54 ; Fivv per Cents. 1001 /. In Ardoin's Spanish there was no variation. From the Hague it is stated that the Second Chamber will assemble on IWednesday to hear the report of the Central Section on the Budget of 1840. The Minister of Finance left yesterday for Amsterdam. . 1 , Durcu UNDS, MAY 4.—T wo-and-a-Half per Cents., 52i.; Five per Cents., 99 11.16ths ; Ardoins, 27i. It appears that the navigation of the Baltic in the year 1839 was very animated ; the Sound was passed and re passed by 16.157 vessels, more by 2-196 than the pre ceding year. The increase is principally attributed to the transactions in corn during the winters of 1838 and 1839. The duty on the passage of the S oun d w as about 2,903,000 f. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCN. Bank Stock - 175tH % ' India Stock - 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cents. Con 90% , South Sea Stock — 3% ncr Cent - Old Annuities... ........... .... FS 1)1th, 1ied............. --DEIN% New Ditto New 3% per Cent 99Ti 100; 3 per Cent. Annuities. 175 1 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toccnire 1 Ditto 500.. 2:i S:7 pm. Jan. 5, 1800 13% 11-16 ; Ditto Small 25 27 ion. Oct. 10, 1859 13% l Ditto Commercial...". dia. Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised ...... pm. Jan. 5, IMO — Bank Stock for Account .. Aprlls, 189(1. — India Stock for Account .. Jan. 5.1870 — Consols for Account 9 1 14 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O CLOCK Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Tionsls Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian ilonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto ..I.ccount ......... Chilian 3end a — , Prussian Bonds Ditto Azi:c's Pt — i Russian Bonds, 1822 11 4 14 Colurntian Br :ids —, Ditto Account — Ditta tc--, nt Columbian 3: - thi,15124 DL:? kccJ.l it 2 anish Bonds Ditto Act( Int - Deferroil Greek Boasts .... French, 5 per cent...... —f. —c, Ditto Bonds, IWS — --- 4 per cent....... —l. —c. Ditto Account .......... - 3 per cent. —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent 24% —. Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account ... —. i Dutch, 2% per cent Ditto, 0 per Cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan — Ditto Acc0unt......., — HALF-PAST ONE. We continue in the same state as in the early part of the morning, without any intelligence of importance—few ar rivals, and very 'laic doing. Money continues exceed ingly plentiful. Consols are firm, and rather better than in the morning, 91 i for the Account ; and 91it for Money ; Exchequer Bills 26 27 prom. ; India bonds 6 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 176 i 4 In the Foreign Market Spanish continues at 29 ; Portuguese, 30 ; Russian 1141 ; Mexican 294 ; Danish 784 ; Dutch Two.and.a-Half per Cents , 63i CLOSING PRICES. nrarisit FUNDS Bank Stock 175y,'„ India Strick per Cent. Red 3 per Cent Ci.ns 914, Onto Old Annuities.... ..... 3t4 per Cent. Red 98% Ditto New Annuitie s New 11t.,i per Cent 100 ' Ex. 13111 s, 1,000/ t.'d "e. pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/ "7 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 27 pna Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan ISO ..... FOItEION FUNDS Austrian, 5 per cent sper cent. Brßelgianazilian Bonds, 5 per cent P rus sian, 5 per cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent — Russia's Bonds, 5 per cent... 114 Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditt o, Metallic.. mei Colobian, or cent — Spanis h . 5 p er yen' 2B, BDitto, 1824 — 110 D Po it r t t o u , gt s ,u.zf.l 3 D n i n t ' t i c: ' Ditto, Deferred 14% Danish, 3 per cent 78%, F re nch, 5 per cent Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct. ' Exchange l. —c Mexican, 5 per cent 24% French, a per cent —4. —c, Ditto,(l mem cent., 18 9 5 — Dutch, 2N, per cent. Peruvian ,1823,6 per cent..... , Ditto, 5 per cent. 314 A RES 11 irminghatu and Derby Railway Cheltenham and (treat Western Rziw a y lB Great Western Railway Di"" few Shares.. - Gotiport Junction Railway ........................ London and B - righton It3tiway. ................... 22ScX London and Bla - ekwall Railw.ay Lontinu and Birmingham Railway. London and South W es t er n Railway 5l 11 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) NorthrsTonr Ditto Northern s taa irt Shares 1206 1 75 UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION. —An ordi nary general meeting of the members of this Institution and their friends took place on Monday evening. The attendance vas numerous. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers pre sent were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wynford, the Ear] of Sandwich, and Lord Southampton. PERSSR V. PESSSE. The Lotto CHANCELLOR and Lord WYNFORD gave judg ment to-day in this appeal, which was heard before their Lordships ~. few weeks since, upon appeal from the deci sion of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, dismissing a bill filed by the appellant for the purpose of enforcing the covenanting of a deed executed by the respondent, Robert Persse, in Dec. 1827, by which certain lands, called the Cas tleboy Estate, situated in the county of Galway, were conveyed to certain uses. The respondents insisted that, considering the circumstances under which the deed was executed, it could not be enforced against them ; and Lord Plunkett being of that opinion, dismissed the appel lant's bill. Both Noble Lords were clearly of opinion the judgment of the Court below was correct, and ordered it to be affirmed with costs below, but without the costs of appeal to the House. VISCOUNT MAITLAND V. BORNE. The arguments in this part heal d appeal were resumed, but had not concluded when our reporter left. ROLLS' UOURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Court took motions. ORENFELL AND OTHERS V. THE DEAN AND CANONS OF WIND SOR AND OTHERS. Mr. RICHARDS moved on behalf of the Rev. Richard Adolphus Musgrave, one of the Canons of Windsor, and a defendant to the suit, that an order made by his Lord ship on the 11th January last might be discharged, and that the injunction awarded against the defendants, the Dean and Canons of the King's Free Chapel of St. George, within the Castle of Windsor, and the said Richard Adolphus Musgrave, to restrain them from paying to the said Richard Adolphus Musgrave, and the said R. A. Musgrave from receiving any sum or sums of money arising from the income of the said Corporation estates, in which the said R. A. Musgrave was or might be interested as a member of the Corporation, or otherwise by virtue of certain letters patent dated the 14th of April, 1829, might be dissolved. It appeared that Mr. Musgrave, one of the Preben daries of Windsor, having fallen into difficulties, applied in October 1838 to the plaintiffs, who represent a Loan Society called " the Family Endowment Association," for a sum of 1,2001. on the security of his prebendal stall. That sum he obtained, but failing to repay it, the plaintiffs filed their bill, praying for the injunction and the appoint ment of a receiver. The defendant, by his answer, ad mitted that he was one of the canons, and stated that by virtue of his appointment he was bound to reside twenty one days in every year in the Castle of Windsor, and to perform certain duties, otherwise he would not be entitled to his stipend. It also appeared that there had been a prior mortgage to a Mrs. Ann Butcher for 5,0001., but which Mr. Musgrave had concealed from the plaintiff. Mr. RICIIARDS was proceeding to argue that if Mr. Musgrave did not perform his duties there would be no emoluments, and therefore there could be no receiver, when he was interrupted by The MASTER of the ROLLS, who said he could not as sume that Mr. Musgrave would neglect his duties for the mere purpose of spiting the parties from whom he had borrowed the money. His Lordship could not deny the defendants' right to argue the question:upon legal grounds, but it would be better that some arrangement should be made. MR. RICLIARD3 was sorry to say an attempt had been made to come to an arrangement without effect. The MASTER of the ROLLS—I do not know what proposition you have made. I have no doubt,lMr. Richard!, you acted with your usual prudence and discretion, when you desired on a former occasion that the case might stand ever with a view of making a proposition to the other side, but really this is a shocking sort of proceeding. However, I cannot deny the right of your client to argue this. Mr. RICHARDS—I am sure your Lordship never thought I was anxious to argue it. The AIASTER of the ROLLS—It is really too shocking to think that such a course of proceeding as that should be adopted. Mr. RICHARDS—I was most anxious, my Lord, to induce the other party to come to some arrangement. Mr. DANIELL (for the plaintiffs)— We are anxious that an arrangement should be made. Mr. RICHARDS—Then if we are both anxious to come to mune arrangement, why, in the name of fortune, don't Tetd9,4 4 lam informed, my Lord, they will not come to Any arrangement that will not shut out the first mortgagee. Mr. DANIELL-Our mortgage was taken without any notice of the first mortgage. Mr. RICHARDS observed :it was impossible for Mr. Mus grave to perform his duties, as he could not come to this country, and therefore nothing would be forthcoming. It would be for the benefit of all parties if some arrangement were mado. The MASTER of the ROLLS—I am sure it would. Cases of this kind, when they are brought forward, are never looked upon without a sort of: horror. You see this is a benefice without cure of souls. There is no public duty. He is to attend so many days in the chapel where divine service is performed for the benefit of his own soul and to enable him to receive his salary. Mr. RICHARDS.--rt is perfectly plain that unless he does reside in Windsor for a certain time no emoluments will come to him. The MASTER of the Rous—l cannot assume that for the purpose of defeating the plaintiffs, Mr. Musgrave will voluntarily neglect the performance of that duty which, as I understand, it is his interest to perform. Mr. DANIELL—They have made certain proposals to us, but nothing reasonable has been offered. What they proposed was that we should sacrifice our security, give up our claim on the canonry, and come in with a class of creditors whose existence we knew nothing of. The MASTER of the Rous—l have not heard Mr. Richards's arguments as to this being an illegal assign ment, and therefore I have not formed a shadow of opinion upon it. If there is a legal right Mr. Musgrave is en titled to have the benefit of it, and I must enforce it. After some further discussion it was agreed between the parties that the motion should stand over generally, with a view of effecting some arrangement. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY. The Court was occupied the whole morning in hearing the Attorney-General for the Crown in the case of the Attorney-General v. Dunn, a Legacy Duty case. There was nothing important in the case, and it is not likely to be finished to-day. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) ROBBERY BY A PORTIEL—George Crook, who had been a pauper in the Strand Union Workhouse, was charged before Mr. Hall with robbing his fellow servants under the following circumstances. Henry Reffell, a porter in the service of Mr. Jacquett, tavern-keeper, of Clare -court, Clare-market, stated, that on Wednesday, the sth of February, ho put his purse, containing 14s. 6d., and a gold ring which had been given to him by a friend who had gone to America, into a drawer in the kitchen, which he locked. The prisoner was employed in cleaning knives at the time, and must have kr. own where the money had been deposited, and it was his duty to have remained up the following night as porter. On the next morning, on going to the drawer, it was found to have been furced open, and the purse, with the money and ring, taken away. The prisoner absconded at the time, and was not again heard of until last night, when he was given into custody. Abraham Hall, an inmate of the Strand Union, having identified the prisoner last evening in Fleet street, he charged him with having on the day in question robbed the prosecutor, and on telling him that he should give him into custody, as he had been ins tructed, he ad mitted that he had taken about 18s. from his fellow Fcrv a n t, and he was aware that another charge would be preferred against him for stealing a coat. The prisoner made no defence, and he was fully corn. mittcd for trial. He was again charged with stealing a coat from Alfred Doen, an outdoor pauper of the workhouse. It appeared that . about three weeks back the prosecutor agreed to go to Woolwich with the prisoner, for the pur. pose of getting work, and having stopped at a public house on the road, the prisoner took the opportunity of snatching a coat from the arm of the prosecutor, in the pocket of which were 18s., and other articles, promising to make a short delay, but he was not seen again until he was taken into custody on the other charge. The prisoner did not deny the charge, and he was or. dered to be fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) The natural anxiety of the public to learn the result of any further inquiries as to the origin of the late horrible catastrophe induced many inquiries at this office during the day, but no fresh light has yet been thrown on the subject. ILLNESS OF SIR W. BRABAZON.— A COT respondent informs us that Sir W. Brabazon, Member for is now seriously ill at the hotel in Kinnegad, where be had been compelled to leave the coach, whilst on his way from the Connaught Provincial Meeting, in order to I be in his place during the debate on Lord Stanley's Bill. Me dical assistance was procured, and it was considered that Sir William's life would be endangered if lie proceeded on his journey. —Dublin Evening Post. day, WINDSOR, TUESDAY.-This u i mmediate l y after the conclusion of the morning service, the Vice-Provost and Fellows of Eton held a college for the purpose of proceed ing to a new election for the Provost in the room of the late Dr. Goodall, when the Rev. Mr. Hodgson, who was recom mended by the Sovereign, was unanimously elected to the Pro vostship. I regret to state that the Rev. Mr. Briggs, one of the Fellows of Eton, who has been for some time labouring under the effects of an affection of the heart, expired at an early hour this morning. HIBERNIAN SOCIETY. The anniversary meeting of this Society took place this day at Exeter Hall. The Marquis of Cholmondeley was in the Chair, and he was supported by Lord Teignmouth and several gentlemen of distinction. The object of the Society is to establish schools and disperse biblical know ledge in Ireland. The audience was not numerous, and the meeting far from interesting. PRAYER BOOK AND HOMILY SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Prayer Book and Homily Society took place this day at the Freemason's Tavern, Great Queen-street. The objects of the Society, IN hich has been established since 1812, are to distribute gratuit ously, and circulate at a reduced price, throughout th: British empire, its colonies and dependencies, and parti cularly to the army and navy, authorized formularies of the united church of England and Ireland. At 12 o'Clock the chair was taken by the Right Hon. Lord Bexley. The attendance was rather thin, the hall being only half filled, and almost exclusively by ladies. The Secretary read the report for the past year, which showed that the receipts had amounted to 2,5421., and the expenditure to 3,0591., being a balance due to the trea surer of 2171. The Rev. E. SYDNEY moved the adoption of the report, and expatiated at some length upon the benefits which the society had conferred upon the crews of trading vessels, puticularly by introducing prayer-books and tracts, and promoting religious worship among that class of persons. It had also afforded very important and extensive assistance to missions abroad, and was on these and many other grounds highly deserving the support of the public. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. Howe, the Rev. Doctor Heathburn, and several other gentlemen, and the resolutions unanimously adopted. Thanks wore then voted to the Noble Chairman, and the meeting broke up. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ( From the Brighton Gazette.) PORTSMOUTH, MAY 6.—The Magicienne, 24, Captain Michell, is ready to leave the harbour, and will proceed to her destinat;on, the Mediterranean, about the 13th inst., calling at Plymouth and Lisbon on her way thither. The Carysfort, 26, Capt. Byam Martin, is expected to arrive from Malta about the 20th instant. She sailed thence 26th March, under orders to touch at Tunis, Tri poli, &c., and will be paid off at Sheerness. The Admiralty have ordered two ships of 90 guns to be forthwith commenced at Chatham and Portsmouth, similar to the Aboukir, building at Plymouth. The Stromboli steamer will he completed by the Dock yard, for the pendant, by the 25th instant. A new frigate, to mount 44 guns, named Meander, is ordered to be launched at Chatham on Tuesday, in pre sence of the Lords of the Admiralty, and to be fitted for ordinary service. The Sparrowhawk, 16, Commander Shepherd, was at Valparaiso on the Bth February, having recently returned thence from her voyage to the Friendly Islands. Private letters state that the people at Pitcairn's Island are in a very happy state, and expressed a great desire to have Dr. Watts's Hymns, which could not be procured at any of the settlements in the Pacific. The various presents of clothing and other articles (the benevolence of private individuals at Valparaiso), conveyed by the Sparrowhawk, were most acceptable, and gratefully acknowledged. The ship is expected to reach England in December. The Dolphin, 3, Liout. Littlebales, has been docked, and is repairing damage sustained by getting in contact with a steamer. She will sail in a few days to join the Cape and West African squadron, and goes to Ascension. The Rodney, 92, Commodore Parker, C. 8., is in Hamoaze, from the Mediterranean, dismantling for paying off. The ship will forthwith be docked and recommis sioned, and it is understood the Gallant Captain will shortly have the Superintendency of Woolwich Dockyard. The corvette Modeste, 20, Commander Eyres, has lately captured off the island of Madagascar a Portuguese brig, having on board nearly 800 slaves. The Jupiter troopship, Mr. Fulton, master, is undocked, and fitting alongside the Jetty; the rumour of her going to China is unfounded. Rear-Admiral Elliot, commanding on the Cape station, was off Cape Coast Castle on the 14th February, in the Melville, 7s, flag-ship. The Rose, 16, Commander Christie, left Rio de Janeiro for the River Plate, en the 10th February, to strengthen the force there, vihence she was to proceed to the Pacific to join the Admiral, reported to relieve the Fly, 18. At Spithead.—No vessels of war. In Harbour.—Britannia and Victory, flag-ships; Van guard, Jupiter, Excellent, Royal George yacht. Magi cienne, Victor, Dolphin, Messenger, and flag. tenders. THEATRES. ADELPHL This theatre closed for the season last night. The fol ,owing is the farewell address " Ladies and Gentlemen —Our efforts to amuse you are this night terminated, being three weeks earlier than by authority we arc enabled to keep open what we call our after season. " Two circumstances have induced us to close—the ne cessity imposed on us by Act of Parliament of re-building the front wall of the theatre, and the unexampled beauty of the weather. It is a singular fact that the devil has found London too hot to hold him, and he therefore this night re treats with his tail, composed of eighty young ladies. " We have to thank you for a very fair proportion of pa tronage ' • great success duri ng t h e run o f J ac k Sheppard, of which may I be allowed to say that the version exhibited here was as much distinguished by its absence from low vulgarity as it was famed by the excellence of its acting. " The period which will elapse before we again mako our bow to you will be employed by me in searching for your amusement, and respectfully in my own name, and that of the company, we bid you farewell." HA YMARKET. A new farce called tho Irish Attorney, by Bernard, was produced last night with decided success. An old York shire lawyer of the l as t century ta k es i nto partnership a wild Irish practitioner (Power) with a notion of nothing beyond racing and duelling, but who is at bottom an honest good-hearted fellow. This " Galway practitioner" ad vises one client to call a man out instead of bringing an action, puts a writ into his pocket, and goodhumouredly allows a defendant to escape, puts on a jockey-cap and wins a race in the middle of business, gets roaring drunk on the occasion, and, in a word, commits such a host of unprofessional enormities, that his senior partner resolves on an immediate dissolution of partnership, and orders his junior out of the house. As it turns out, the harum-scarum good-humour of the Irishman has gained so many friends, that his eccentricities prove of the greatest benefit to the firm, and, overpowered with thanks from all the clients for the admirable conduct of his partner, the old Yorkshire man is just as anxious to make it up with him as he was before to get rid of him. With the reconciliation of the two partaers the piece terminates. LAUNCH OF THE MEANDER FRIGATE.— Yesterday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, this beautiful vessel, constructed under the superintendence of the late Sir R. Seppings, was launched at Chatham with all the usual ce remonies—the display of numerous flags, bands of music, and the cheering of a vast number of spectators, amounting to several thousands. The dock-yard was thrown open for the free admission of the public between one and two o'clock, and every point that could command a view of the ceremony was quickly occupied. She dashed into the river in fine style, without the least rocking, with the Royal standard, union jack, and other colours, hoisted en board. She was christened the Meander, with the usual forms, by Lady Marshall. The Meander is a 46- gun frigate ; her keel was laid down about thir teen years since. The Duke of Leinster, as will be seen by the following, has caused his name to be attached to the petition adopted at the Leinster Aggregate Meeting : " Carton, Maynooth, 2d M ay . " GENTLEMEN,-Will you h ave the goodness to put my name to the petition against Lord Stanley's Registration Bill. I would not give you the trouble only I have been prevented going to Dublin by business.—l have the honour to be, your obedient humble servant, " LEINSTER. " T. T. Dolan, W. H. Hart, Esqrs." MR. JOHN DRUAIMOND.—His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has been pleased to appoint John Drummond, Esq., to be a Stipendiary Magistrate in Ireland. This gentle man is a member of the Scottish bar, and brother of the late la mented Under-Secretary. We omitted to state in our Parliamentary Re port that Colonel Salwey presented a petition from the Mayor and Town Council of Ludlow, against the clause in the Con stabulary Act which provides for the consolidation of Borough and County constables. THE ISLINGTON MURDER.—Within the last few days some information has been received relative to the atrocious murder of Mr. John Templeman, late of Pocock's fields, Islington. Mr. Templeman, the deceased's grandson, attended at Hatton-garden office, in company:of two individuals, one of whom had given the information alluded to, and they were closeted for some time privately with Mr. Combo and one of the clerks, when they left the Court. The strict secrecy observed on the occasion precludes particulars. DR. BIRKBECK.—On Monday evening last, the members and friends of the three Lyceums, established in Ancoats, Chorlton-on-Medlock and Salford, assembled in the lecture-room of the Manchester Athenaeum, to meet Dr. Birk beck, the well-known originator of the plan of giving cheap scientific knowledge to the operative and mechanic. The doc tor very kindly accepted an invitation given hint by Mr. Wm. Fairbairn, the president of the Ancoats Lyceum, to lend the powerful aid and sanction of his presence, approval, and coun sel to these in s tit u ti ons. James Heywood, Esq., president of the Atheneum, was called to the chair : at his right hand were our venerable and distinguished townsmen, Dr. Dalton, Mr. Wm. Fairbairn, Col. Wemyss, and Mr. Alderman Cobden ; at his left were Dr. Birkbeck (who, on his entering the room, was, together with Dr. Dalton, welcomed with hearty applause). Daniel Maude, Esq., president of the Salford Lyceum, Mr. William Langton, and Mr. Ed tvard Ilerford. Amongst other gentlemen present were Mr. Smith, of Deanstoun, near Edin ! burgh ; C. J. S. Walker, Esq. ; Messrs. Absalom Watkin, Joseph Adshead, Eveleigh, T. H. Williams, I'. H. Holland, C. Peuntney, and other friends of popular education. Dr. Birkbeck made a speech in reply to the following resolution : " That this meeting feels great gratification at the sanction afforded by the eminent founder of mechanics' institutions, to the plan and objects of the Lyceums." Many other compli ments were paid to Dr. Birkbeck, who well deserves this testi mony to his public utility. It is equally honourable, also, to the public, that they pay the well-merited honours to the peaceful, but most valuable, merits of the great promoter of mechanics' institutions. The following Fashionables have visited the Olympic Theatre during the week:—Lady Fanny Williams Wynne, Lady L ang f or d, Si r W at ki n William Wy nn e, Right Hon. Lady Step ne y, L or d P etersham, Lord Frederick Beau clerc, Lady Gordon Cummins, the Ladies Tierney, Right Hon. Lady Woolmote, Earl and Countess of Harrington, Right lion. Mr. Stanley, Lord Gardner, Lord E. Thynne, Lord Beresford, Countess Zytche, Most Hon. Marquis of London derry, - derry, Colonel Copeland 31, Earl and Countess Harrington , Peplow, H on. Mrs. Rowley, &c. the ew Solicitor-General lMr n .lTomasAlaitla forbe nd, of the eScotch bar, is to EVENING EDITION. TRISTIA ; OR, THE SORROWS OF OPIUM. Alone like a King on his chair of state, The disconsolate Spirit of Opium sate ; He looked in as wan a nd lean condition, As the Tories do, when in Opposition ; And 'twas clear from his chin's dark, stubbly hue, That he had not shaved for a week or two— Alone he sate ; and while thoughts of pain Swept over his vexed bowildered brain, He thus, with many a tear and sigh, Poured forth his griefs in soliloquy : " My reign is over, for one and all, " My foes are combined to work my fall; " Yes, they who can see nor shame nor sin " In the wide-spread havoc wrought by Gin; " Who can coolly resolve to shut their eyes " To the crimes that from Brandy's influence rise; " Who caa swear that Whiskey's the best of cures " For the sorrows that brother Pat ondures; " Who can bid him sock refuge from distress " In a constant round of drunkenness; " And quiz, as a capital jesting theme, " Poor Father Mathew's Temperance scheme;-- " The sly, hypocritical Tories, who " Thus speak and act—the canting crew ! " Now lift their eyes like a duck in thunder, " And are filled with horror, and awe, and wonder, " To think that lam allowed to stray, " Unfettered o'er moral far Cathay,'. " While Gin, and Brandy, and Whiskey, three " As innocent Spirits a% ever can be, " Roam here at large with impunity I " Ungrateful knaves I From the Tories, I " Could least have expected such cruelty; " For mine is the Spirit that prompts their sense, " And inspires their drowsy eloquence; " What is Goulburn's rhetoric, dull and still, " But a genuine, unmixed Opium-pill? " What is Sibthorp's sarcasm, trite and tame, " But a larger and heavier dose of the same? " What arc Graham's Philippics, so wire-drawn?"-" But here the Spirit began to yawn, From the force of association deep, And instantly after fell fast asleep The ancient name for China. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE• The Queen held a Levee yesterday afternoon, at St * James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived soon after two o'clock, from Buckingham Palace, escorted by a par .y of the Life Guards. The suite of her Majesty . and Prince Albert occupied three of the Royal State Car riages, and consisted of the Marchioness of Normanby and the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Ladies of the Bedchamber in Waiting, Lord Byron and Sir Frederick Stovin, the Lord and Groom in Waiting, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Clerk Marshall, Equerry in Waiting, Masters Cowell' Chichester, and Byng, P ages o f H onour i n W a iting, the Earl of Morley and M r . Francis Seymour, G e ntleman an d Groom of the B e dch am b er in Waiting on Prince Alb ert ' Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert. The Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward received the Queen and Prince Albert at St. James's Palace, a nd conducted the Royal Party to the State Rooms. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, at' tended by Baron Knesebeck, was present at the Levee. Prince Castelcicala, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary f rom th e K ing o f N ap l es an d Si c ily, had an audience of the Queen in the Royal Closet before the Levee, to deliver his credentials. General Alava, the Spanish Minister, had an audience of her Majesty to deliver a letter. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced b y, Viscount Palmerston, G. C. 8., her Majesty's e Princip al Secretary of State fo r F ore i gn Aff a i rs , an d con ducted by Sir Robert Chester, M as t er o f t h e C eremon i es . Her Majesty having en t ere d t h e Th rone - roo m the fol . ' lowing presentations to o k pl ace i n t h e di p l omat i c circle Monsieur Edouard H e rb e t. A ttac h ee a l'A m b as sadc, and Monsieur Lenormant, Membr e d e l'l nst i tut , by Monsieur Guisot, the French Ambassador. Le Baron de Pfeil, Conseill er A n ti que , o f his Majesty the King of Wurtemberg, by C oun t M an d e l s l o h, the Wet' temberg Minister. Major Baker End Captain Hu g er, bob of the Un i te d States Army, presented by Mr. Stevenson, the /Meng° Minister. The Chevalier Perez de Castro c 3rito, Attache to the Spanish Legation, by General Tara, the; Spanish Minister. After the Presentations in the Circle, tit following were,,, presented to the Queen at the Entree:— Mr. Gabriel Salame on his arrival iron Egypt, by Ifti brP ther, Mr. Salame ~ra Mr. Sheriff Evans, by the Marquis of Normanby -; Mr. Sheriff Wheelton, by the Marquis of Normanby The Dean of Chester by the Viscount Melbourne Mr. Strachan, Gentleman Usher to th e Q ueen , on hi s l asi riage, by the Duke of Montrose Rev. Thomas Watson, M. A., by Mr. Sheriff Wbeelton Lord Robert Grosvenor presented an Address from the Meteorological Society, congratulating the Queen upca her attended by the Foreig n A m b assa d ors , The Majesty's ia ev n eew u a p s t ial s. Ca A b m in o e n t g M t i h n e is g te e r n s e , general company company were Sir David R. A., Principal Painter in Ordinary to the Queen; George Hayter, Historical and Portrait Painter to ha : Majesty ; Sir H arr i s Nicolas, K. C. M. G Chancellor° the Order of St. Mi c h ae l and St. George.; &c. eact ta d The following N o bl emen an d G entlemen were resen t(' her Majesty:__ The Hon. Hugh Fortescue, by Viscount Melbourno Hon. Charles Ashburnham, her Majesty's Secretary of JJe gation in Mexico, by Viscount Palmerston Hon. George Fortescue. by Lord Braybrooke The Earl of Caledon, Coldstream Guards, on pr omotion. by Colonel Walton Lord Wenlock, on b e i ng a pp o i n t e d L or d- Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, by L or d B r a ) brooke Lord Kilmaine, o n hi s marr i age , b y L or d Wicklow The Hon. C. Maud e , on hi s appo i ntment t o the 21 Lou Guards, by Colonel R e id, 2d Lif e G uar d s . Sir John Kirkland, o n a pp o i ntment as Military Agent to Field-Marshal his R o y a l Hi g h ness P r ince Albert , b y Lord Robert Grosvenor Mr. Armstrong, on hi s a pp o i n t ment as on e of her Me jesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor Mr. David Dundas, on b e i ng appointed one of her Mr" jesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor Mr. Holford, by Mr. Estcourt Mr. Charles Barton, on his return from the Continent, by Lieut.-General Sir Robert Barton, K. C. H. Mr. l, ha'nd Ferrer, r r, by his Grace th e D u k e o f Buckingham a d c Mr. Kuper, Attache to her Majesty'3 Legation at Frani - fort, by Viscount Palmerston Mr. Law Mr. Benjamin Oliveira, on his appointment, by the Elul of Lovelace Dr. Addison, by the Earl of Rosalyn Lard Dr. Ingham, 29th R eg i ment , b y Li eut .-G e neral Strafford Dr. Downie, Physician to her Royal Highness the late Landgravire of H esse H om b urg , b y Li eut .-General Sir John Macdonald The Rev. Arthur P. Stanley, by his father the Lord BialloP of Norwich Mr. Th;selton Dyer, on taking the name of his maternal uncle, by the Marquis of Normanby Mr. Frederick Dundas, on his appointment as DoPt it Y . Lieutenant of the county o f Orkney and Zetland, by the Hon. John Dundas Mr. Gerald Fitzgerald, by Lord Talbot de Malahide Mr. James St. George, Ordnance Storekeeper, by Ge e ' Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart., M.P. Mr. John N. Gladstone, Lieutenant Royal Navy, on marriage, by Viscount Ingestrie Mr. Kennedy, by the Marquis of Lansdowne Mr. William Beckford, by the Earl of Effingham Mr. Francis Ellis, by Colonel Sir R. Shaw. L O rd Mr. Alfred Lewis, on his return f rom a broad, by Lyndhurst The Rev. John Courtney, by Lord Wenlock The Rev. Dr. Arnold, by the Lord Bishop of Norwich the Rev. Dr. Willi ams , P re b en d ar y o f Wi nc hester, by the Bishop of Winchester The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Clogber, by i r lf" count Hawarden Captain Graham Grasr Charlesh i amEgerto E n, ge 7 r 7 t t o h n ßegiment, by Lieu t e nant ' General Mr. Robert Pulsford, by Vice-Admiral Sir Richard sey Hussey Mr. B. Chaillet, by Lord John Russell Mr. E. W. Robertson, by General Sir John Fraser Mr. Lawson, of B roug h h a ll , b y h i s Grace t h e Duke or Norfolk, E. M. Mr. Sumner, by Mr. Douglas Halford eath Mr. Thomas Barn ar d H art, b y t h e Marqu i s o f Wel" Duke Mr. Townley Mitfo r d, R oya l S ussex Mili t i a , by the Du of Rich ;mond, K. G. Mr. Rutherford Alcock, by Viscount Palmerston Mn, Congreve, by Lieutenant-General Sir W. H. Pringle Mr. Henry B. Walker, by Sir E. Knatchbull, M.P., Mr. !sham, No r th am pt ons hi re Militi a , by Mr. Maui' sell, M. P. John Len onnoxa,ppoofinNtSm'ocondthetaod,thbey BMbthe Duke Ligh ftolarAMr. a r n g tr Y l l . l , by Mr. Maunsell, M.P. Mr aa lrlduindesor,n,K. C 6 lst ß ß . Wes- Mr. Henry Frye, Madras Army, by the Hon. Henry tenra Mr. Macdougall, 70th Regiment, by General Hall Mr. Peter Fitzgerald, by General Sir William Anson, Bart.. K. C. B. The Rer. William R. Tomlinson , Rec tor of Sherfield English, Hants, by his father, Rear-Admiral Tomlinson Rev. James Wiggett, by Sir George Staunton Mr. Sergeant Halcombe, by the Lord Chancellor Surgeon-Major Johnson, Grenadier Guards, on promc tion, by Colonel Lambert, Grenadier Guards Major-General Sir John Gardiner , K. C. 8., on appoint ment to the Colonelcy of the 61st Regim ent, by Lord Hill Lieut.-Colonel Campbell, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, by —........ the Earl of Rosslyn Licut.-Colonel Johnstone, 42d Royal Highlander!, on promotion, by Sir George Murray Lieut.-Colonel M'Donall, 2d Life Guards, on promo tion, by the Gold Stick in Waiting Major Sir Trevor Wheeler, Bart., by Lord Rolle Lieut.-Gun. Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, on appointment to the command of the 52d Light Infantry, and return from the Continent, by Lord Hill. i