The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-18 00:00:00

TIIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1847. customary energy and perseverance, seeing that its great leader is still sojourning on the Continent, for the purpose of recruiting his debilitated constitution, the firebrand patriots, who are sticklers for physical force, are endeavouring to filch from him that popu larity with the Irish multitude of which he has hitherto been the sole object. An enthusiastic race like the Hibernians must always have some medium through which to express their political sympathies. The sudden illness and retirement of DANIEL ° S OON: NELL have deprived them of the medium to which they have been accustomed for very nearly half a century. The Young Irelanders perceive the oppor tunity afforded by this (to them) felicitous calamity, and hence their periodical demonstrations at the Rotunda, and their flagrant and hyperbolical speeches at what is, .no doubt ironically, called the Irish Con federation. If these melodramatic gentlemen really imagine that a whole nation is to be deluded by claptrap phrases and insolent boasts, they will find themselves most pitifully mistaken. By the latest intelligence received from the travelling com panions of the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork, it would seem that the recovery of that extraordinary man is now tolerably I certain. On his return, with a renovated constitu tion, DANIEL O'CONNELL will have sufficient to ac complish in the way of pacifying his countrymen and reconciling them to the dispensations of PROVIDENCE and the efforts of a benignant Government. Nothing has ever equalled the Young Ireland braggadocios in violence of sentiment or bombast of utterance. By their inflammatory orations they are I assuredly numbering themselves among the most re prehensible class of juvenile offenders. They are I drawing down upon their extravagant faction the indignation of a stern, and powerful, and afflicted realm. Instead of coalescing with the sincere wellwishers of the sister island, instead of labouring practically to ame liorate the condition of the dying and neglected mil lion, instead of evincing a manly susceptibility in regard to the sorrows of their fellow-men, they are striving heart and soul to sow dissension among the masses, to aggravate the sufferings of starvation by the anguish of discontent, to cast obloquy upon an Administration whose paramount anxiety is to assuage the woes of a people of whom they are said to be the bitterest enemies and the most ruthless murderers. Can any man with a spark of the be nign fire of Christianity in his bosom, can any man with a sound intellect, or a heart not wholly hardened against the influences of humanity— can any man, indeed, who is not entirely bereft of his senses entertain the slightest respect for the political ranters and jumpers of the Irish Association? Messrs. O'GoamaN and MEAGHER may conceive that they are acquiring a reputation kindred to that of ROBERT 'EMMETT. If so, they are labouring under a deplo rable delusion. They are so far from eliciting the approbation of the sensible, that they are ensuring for themselves the contumelious regard even of the least discerning. Perhaps in their very recent emancipation from the school-room these youths may bear some dim remembrance of the masterly de.,eription of CATALINE, written by the his tori In SALLUST. Should this classic reminiscence have not altogether faded from their memories through the ecstacy of their democratic ardour, they would do well to draw an analogy with that immortal portraiture, and henceforth eschew the demoralising tendencies of their phre netic and fanatical doctrines. If they are not actually playing such fantastic tricks " before high Heaven as would make the angels weep," they are certainly conducting themselves in a manner tha must make all honest patriots grieve. In support of the cause of civil and religious liberty our earnest endeavours, have never been wanting. The principle is of vital importance to the growth and maintenance of civilisation. Man acts accord ing to his feelings, and he shows himself most rational when these are tempered with judgment. The sen titnents of religion are those which influence the human mind down to its profoundest depths. The history of the whole world is fraught with terrible illustrations of this truth. No political lever has proved itself so powerful as that of religious enthu siasm. This feeling has demonstrated itself, when once kindled, as the infallible precursor of most of the re markable events recorded in the histories of different nations. Under its influence thrones and states have been shaken to their foundations, and revolutions have come and gone, resembling, in their rapid succession, the repetition of the hurricane during a continuous and desolating tempest. The potenc'y of this principle is evidenced by the reflection that some of the fiercest struggles between religious communities have turned more upon the forms than the principles of their different creeds. The comparative peace which has so long been enjoyed by the world at large, and Europe in particular, and the favourable rise which nume rous countries are making in the scale of civilisation, are attributable to the homage which has been, and is sow, for the most part, paid by their respective Go %ernuients to the benign principle of toleration. Persecution in any shape, on account of a man's re ligious persuasion, is at length happily beginning to be viewed with general abhorrence by all enlightened people. Here and there we witness occasional out bursts of an intolerant spirit, even in England itself. Fortunately these manifestations are of an isolated character. They are, in fact, still-born. The motives of public bodies, such as the Pro testant Association and National Club, are not to be impugned; but their judgment is open to be arraigned, their fears to be slighted, and their conduct to be represented as tyrinnical in its effect. Were the powers of the. Vatican exercised in the most arbitrary and bigoted manner, they could not be more viru lently assailed than they are at this moment by a prejudiced few; but as they happen to be notoriously wielded by Pius IX. in a spirit of liberality, such that Austria herself has openly censured his policy, a more inopportune moment could not have been selected fur attempting to raise a No. Popery cry. Lord JOHN RUSSELL on Friday took occasion to pay a well-merited tribute of admi- ration to the course which his HowsEss has pursued since his accession; and, in answer to a question from Mr. TlonsmAN, whether the Government contemplated taking any steps to place the British relations with Rome on a more friendly footing, his Lordship, after adverting to certain legal difficulties at present existing in the way of deputing a Minister with cre dentials from this country, avowed his conviction of the desirableness of establishing formal diplomatic relations between England and Rome. YVellavb.no doubt that this important subject will heseiftsorre ceive the consideration to which it is entitled. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING VFW be performed RITIII ; or, The Lass that Loves a Sailor, Berria rd, Mr. Hicks ; Ruth, Miss Vincent. Afji .r which, the Farce of the '.OTTERY TICKET. Wormwood, Mr. ki ardner. 'Pt iconclude with THE WIZARD OF THE WIVE ; or, The Ship of tb,o Aven*ez=► Captain-Fattiltuer, -Mc ky f Boxes, ls.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; •• ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOOICAL CARD 365, Und.eethe patronage crt , lror Majesty, , Isla Royal Highness • Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. , 'Open avery.,Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: - __* The rroprietor begs to announce that he has, at -a - considerable. expefole, erected a new Entrance, and a magniffeetieWalk." Whir borders, statues, tfurt a Central rountain, in front of tl.e grantifflctoria) Representation of THE 'TOWN AND ItAir OF GIBRALTAR. Madrid journals of the 9th and 10th ult. have bean received. A letter of the 9th gives the following particulars relating to the late alleged attempt on the life of the QUEEN, and to Don ANGEL DE LA Rive, the supposed assassin, and his accomplices : " The attempt upon the Queen's life on Tuesday evening continues to monopolise public attention. The affair is un dergoing a very serious and active investigation by the ma gistrates ; but nothing transpires either to confirai ri or dispel any of the reports in circulation. Don Angel de to inv., who is said to have fired the pistols, is in custody ; he is an advocate, and was lately employed in editing the nou velles dicerses of the Clamor Public° ; but the politics of that paper did not exclusively engage his attention, for he was at the same time intimately connected with Don Diego Coello, editor of the Faro, an ultra-Moderado journal, es- Wished under the auspices of Senors Mon and Pidal. Senor Coello has also been questioned by the examining magistrate. The official statement is anxiously looked for by everybody, f•.r regicide is deemed an impossibility among Spaniards; ft it not therefore surprising that many persons persist in doubt ing whether the pistols wers loaded with ball. Since her 'Majesty's arrival at Aranjuez she has repeated her in • vitatious to Don Francisco to join her, but he is in fl,''.cxible. I am assured that he has written to his cousin liii-piei o f i n o o r 9 'a m i l e n a i l e O l u t s i o h :nsion of t_.,:;BoC.4Tnet de Montemolin, declaring the date of his last ~•red absurd by c n ha w r i a t c h t e rt:h the II Quee n also ; exP l re ic s h ses su a p p p p o r s e e - s some attempt upon his life—an insinuation ren ( i iss o r society, it j , :b . ieen's well-known amiable disposition. tears h ave arisen re= s i Intense anxiety which pervades every .pectin g the tranquilli ty X. twit hstanding gratifying weih to be able to state that no `l;,a money crisis Ild iris, bas natura'lly preduc d g * 8 e iaa. o s f es h th a is .e c p a l p e i n ta t3 l . . so 'heavily on London and ow ns effect here, and our corn ay.eor,uthere is at present great Intl cial. horizon isgg,lsooomthya;:htho Coello has b S al e s n r o o m r t g h a ---...---- a,tivit y in bulletin 14etand is still the region of famine, of pestilence, of work.. . " P . S ;and .—l is h agcyaN have just in h prison, eard andt ht of arson, of insurrection, of incendiarism, of stabbing, re , ,ted,leen ar of pistolling, and of brutal murders. Mr. WILLIAM itnlividi tals are implicated, as havin g in st i t g :MeVortant SMITKI O'BRIEN seems to be solicitous to consummate I to his c riminal attempt : " . a Rivs ' The QUEEN has invited Generals SERRANO and the wf?tchedness of his country by rendering the I : CoaDovAt, together with the Marquis of lvf —IRAFL OR allegiance of its inhabitants to the Government ' and im- , Senor PACNECO, to the Court at Aranju ez . iiss possifile by exciting them to insubordination with . • ' the vituperative patois of Billingsgate, and by kin- ? The Gazette publ ishes ro y al decrees, a pp ointin g filing the animal passions of the multitude by ' ' ' G- nerd RICARDO SCIIELLY Captain-General of An the breath of his inflammable egotism. Now that the dAusia, in the room of General PEZUELA ; General Repeal Association is incapable of acting with its B Aroii DEL SOLAR DE ESPINOSA, Captain-General of Tb.s Menagerie contains many specimens; including the Giraffe, Gazelles, &c.- The Promenade Concerts, conducted by Godfrey. A reprikientation of the Porcelain Tower orNankin. The Gothic 'Bridge of Statues. The grand Pyrotechnic 'Display, representing the SIEGE OF' OrBRALTAR. Shoviing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destruc tion-ot the/Palm,. anctiflowing up of the Battering Ships. rhiring the season, M. JULLIEN will give a series of Concerts; the Band will consist of one fr Inked 40,ertoamere. Adalission, One Shilling. e__RoY2,l South London Floricultural Society will hold their Gran a.spring Flower Show, on Wednesday, May 26. -CHEW EATII.ER.—S UN OFFICE, MAY 1 7. TH OcuoNETnit, Lowest, 50 ; Highest, 66 ; Noon, 65 . BARobIRTER, 30.--WIND S.W.; fine. 1, .1- [1 WATER AT LONl)oll:l3eltil>tii T 11 1 .3 LAY. , i rwng 10 minutes after 4 ing .• 31 canna( anEt 4, •••14 . ,) 11\ 1Y -I'4- • . - - ur, , 5.3 /(:) " = SS , ' e•• r • M i e, o tellOn. Olt .1 4 11414;, i , pig k ruin 'lll-1t :;;; ( - ) N-DON, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1847. Granada ; and General FERNANDO CoroNER, Captain- General of Burgos. The Tiempo announces, that on the evening of the 9th some alarm was created in Madrid by the explosion of two petards at the Puerta del Sol. The KING has refused to join the QUEEN at Aranjuez, and has gone for some days to the Prado. It is said thht P - ACHT CHO is opposed to the promul gation of a royal decree giving force to the financial projects of Senor SALAMANCA. Food riots of a serious nature have taken place in the provinces of Seville and Grenada. MADRID BOLSA, MAY o.—The Three per Cents. were done at 31 1 % for paper ; the Five per Cents. at 19 1 4 ; the Debt without interest at 5% ; and the Coupons, at 16 for cash. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The interpellation of M. GUIZOT by M. ODILON BARBOT, tieiSnbject of the recent change in the Ministry, 'OA place on Friday in the - Chirnber of Deputies. The scene is thus described by the National:— " M. Odilon Barrot questioned M. Guizot as to the motive for the dismissal of the three Ministers. M. Guizot replied that it was done because such was the pleasure of the Crown. M. Lacave Laplagne said it was not his fault, and M. de Girardin replied, after which the Chamber broke up. All this did not occupy an hour. About 2,000 persons went to the Chamber; about 1,200 of them for the sake of amuse ment, and amused they must have been, for it was very droll." On this subject the Presse says— " Testerday was an evil day for the Ministry. It is left in an abased situation, from which it will be difficult for it to extricate itself. An inexorable severity towards its as. sociates must, in turn, recoil upon its own head. It must be extremely confident in its own strength not to show greater indulgence, or rather it must feel itself extremely weak :not to be more generous. If the Ministry had bees strong, if it had not felt that its existence was at stake, it would have undoubtedly postponed all modification of the Cabinet until after the session." The Siecle has the following ferocious attack upon M. GIIIZOT There are men whose political conduct is nothing more than a series of opportune defections. Always in the secrets of fate, they can foresee events, prognosticate misfortune, change their stations in good time, bend and accommo date themselves with wonderful suppleness and prompti tude to the rapid revolutions of Fortune's wheel. Like the Roman Emperor who admitted into his pantheon the gods of every mythology, so they have their altar for every wor ship, but reserve their,devotions for the Divinity of the day. These men were found at Ghent in 1815, intriguing among the enemies' bivouacs, while France succumbed at Water loo. Brought back to Paris in an English or Prussian baggage waggon, they have made use of the Restoration while pretending to serve it, and exercised their pens in the bureau de l'espri public, or in the conciliabules of royalist reaction. Under this flag advancement was too tardy, and their impatient ambition turned in another direction with its arms. Their wounded but prescient pride sought applauses on another stage. They became doughty cham pions of the Societe Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera. The Revo lution of 1830 raised them on its bucklers. On the day after this popular triumph they induced the new dynasty to deny its origin, and urged it on to the perilous path in which. its predecessors bad lost themselves. A competition of servility soon brought into action those subaltern pretensions which dispute for the first place in the vestibule of Government. The dismissed servant revolts. He resolves to renew the assault in the adjoining ante-chamber. There may be seen the excess of zeal with which he demands credit for his tardy devotion to the national and constitutional policy. This holy cause ennobles, in his eyes, every part he may play. Ile accepts that of recruiting-sergeant of the coali tion, and collects a small platoon of Doctrinaires under the standardC of the great Parliamentary army. We find this man of agility at London in 1839 and 1840, conspiring against the system which he had sworn to make prevail, and against the Ministry whose policy he was bound to re present. England rendered him justice. He spoke, but she did not believe him. It is he himself who has told us so. After he had thus expiated his faults, his repentance received its reward. „He enters into the Ministry, and, to complete his abjuration, denies all the principles which he had maintained in 1838 and 1839. He it was who under. took to purify the temple which had for a moment been profaned, and to replace on the altar the idol of royalty which reigns and governs. We now find him, in 184 , faithful to the practice of his whole life, abandoning the vanquished, giving the finishing stroke to the wounded, be traying those whom fortune had deserted, and sacrificing his accomplices to escape the chastisement due to his own faults." The Chancellor and Committee charged to make the preliminary investigations in the case of General DESPANS CUBIERES, on Friday examined M. LE• GRAND, Under Secretary of State to the Department of Public Works, and M. PELLAPRAL, a very old gentleman, who was formerly a receiver-general. The di - stress conti,nues to increase in all parts of France. .In Paris alone one-fourteenth part of the population is absolutely pauper, and two-fifths of the inhabitants have availed themselves of the advances made by the authorities to ensure to all who claimed it bread at not more then 16 sous the loaf. In the provinces, where the Government has not made any similar advances in aid of the starving population, the most serious riots have taken place. At Cambrai on Wednesday. a black flag was' paraded through the streets, the multitude vociferating "Bread at 20 sous, or death." Every quarter of the town was disturbed. It was attempted to disperse the crowd by a display of infantry and cavalry, but the military failed in their efforts. At six o'clock in the evening a detach • ment of .30 National Guards established a post in the hall of the Consistory, and the firemen, having taking arms, contributed to restore order. At Lille, on the 13th, the bakers' shops were plun dered by a mob, and seditious cries were uttered, among others, Vice La Republique! Vive Henri V.— Vive notre Roi qui est en Angleterre (LOUIS NA POLEON)! There were also serious food riots at Tourney on Wednesday. These riots were renewed at Tourney and at Lille on Thursday, but tranquillity was restored on Friday. The Panama steamer has been ordered to proceed to Marseilles and placed at the disposal of Queen CHRISTINA. CHRISTINA goes to Naples, where she will remain ten days. It is intended that she shall on her voyage back to France remain a few days at Leghorn with her sister, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany. Algiers papers of the 10th have been received. On the 7th Marshal BUGEAUD left Algiers to take the command of the expidition against Kabylia. Mr. O'CONNELL arrived at Genoa on the 6th. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on that day at 77f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents., 115 f. 65c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2251.; Rouen, 928 f. 75c.; Havre, 6451.; G rea t N or th ern , 6031. 75e. ; Avignon, 7211. 25c. ; Vierzon, 580 f. ; Bor deaux, 507 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 407 f. 50c. ; Basle, 1881. 75c. ; Dieppe, 320 f. ; Pa: is and Strasburg, 421 f. 25e. : Tours and Santes, 4101.; Paris and Lyons, 431 f, 25c. ; Cette, 442 f. 50e. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 531. MARSEILLES, MAY H.—Marseilles and Avignon, 758 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 603 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 15. _ . The only transaction in Foreign Railways was—Ceylon, 14 THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY 15.—We regret to state that the Lord- Lieutenant has been rapidly sinking since yesterday. This morning•thOMfing bulletins were issued:— " The LordtQeutenant's '•strength is much reduced since yesterday." - - " Two o'clock. The illustrious patient does not feel restored from the prostration of strength under which he suffered during the night." " Four o'clock. ' His Excellency is not worse than he was this morning." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) In the Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday the sales were 4,000 bales, of which the greater part was American. The market was steady, with less of the staple offering. There were 3,500 bales American sold at 6d. to 7id., and 200 bales Surat at 3 3 / 4 d. to 4id. per pound. Railway shares were in an unsatisfactory position, and prices were generally lower. Letters and papers to the 4th February have been brought by the ship Hamlet from Sydney. The weather was very favourable in the colony, and the stock was reported to be in excellent condition. There is expected to be a good deal of boiling down in the pastoral settlements, owing to the great increase in the flocks. A paragraph in the Sydney papers states that Sir Eardley Wilmot was exceedingly ill, partly arising, it was believed, from anxiety of mind. Accounts from Birmingham state—" The call on North Staffordshire Railway Shares, due on the 10th inst., is said to have been very promptly responded to by the shareholders. This has been particularly the case in the district which the line is more especially designed to serve, and the payments exceed the most sanguine expectations, considering the pressure for money which now so seriously affects the Pot teries, in common with the manufacturing districts generally. The marketable value of,the shareat-has slightly improved with the callra circumstance that.evinces the confidence of capitalists in the undertaking. There'are now 71, 10s. per share paid up; and as the company have power to borrow money when 101. shall have been subscribed, it is not thought likely that the resources of the shareholders will be much further tried." _ _ The grain market ia up, compared with Monday last, about 5.5. per quarter for wheat, although without alteration for other corn. _ _ Notwithstanding the very heavy calls paid up on railroad shares, we understand, upon high authority, that the private deposits in the Scotch banks are greater at the present mo ment than they were twelve months ago. to-day, mainly owing to this eve been a few sales pressed. Te enhancementFun c dosn Consols fl he aoatrytnee,rr realisedd n e tahBe ethere for transfer to-mor row, and 86% % for Account. The continuation" to July h is about % per cent. Exchequer-bills have again been forced upon the market, being 2s. discount to ls. premium. There have been no bargains in Bank or East India Stock. The New Three-and- a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 86% to 87 1 /x, and the Three per Cents. 85% t o 14. The Foreign Investments have been rather heavy, in unison with the English funds. Spanish Consols have been quoted 22% ; and the Three per Cents., 33% to 34; Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 34%; Mexican Bonds have been quoted at 20, and Grenada 19%; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 57%. The Share Market is depressed. The value of Aberdeen shares has been 23% •, Caledonian, 23,6 3 / 4 ' • astern Coun ties, 18% 3 / 4 • ' Great Western 110 to 107; Blackwell, 7%; Brighton, 50% 51 1 ,4 ; North-Western, 169 to 170; South- Western, 61 to 61%; Midland, 112% to 114; Newcastle and Berwick, 24%; North British, 30%; North Stafford, 9 to 9 ; Scottish Central, 22% to 23%; South-Eastern, 35 1 /, to 36; York and Newcastle, 34%; and Northern of France, 11 % 1 /S• BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 853 14 854 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 86%N 14 8630 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 87 86% $7% 874 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 15-15 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 9 3-16 9 3-16 India Bonds. 1,0001. Ditto, under 1,0001. Consols for May 27 Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... 5001... •• Ditto, Small •• •• % 154 d. 2d 86% . 1p 2 dis 2 dis 1 p 2 dis 2 p •—• .... 3p 4 ldis 1 p ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Grenada, 1 per Cent ..• . 19% 19% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 20 20 4 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Four per Cent 3431 34% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 22% 22% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. 44i 5 Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • • 33% 33% Ditto, for the Account •• 33% 34 34 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 5734 57% BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. • .. 30 .... 23% ....... •.. 2334 Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction . 2%.... 11 ; 4 itirmingharn and Oxford Junction 10 .... .... • 16% Buckinghamshire .. 61. 45.... .. 134 dis. C4lcdonian _ 30 .... 23% % • 23% Chester and Holyhead . • .. 2734 •• • • 19 :6 • • ...... • • 19 :4 Eastern Counties 20 •• • 18 %14 Do. l'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. 4 p•• p Ditto, ditto.. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. par ...... .• • par Ditto, York Extension .. • • 6 3b •• • • 4 % •• • • •• • 4 sq East Lancashire •• 17 •• • • 1 5 % •• •••• • • • • 15 % Edinburgh and Glasgow .. • • 50 •• • • •• • • ••• • • Ditto, Half Sh ares .. 15 .. • • 21%% •• • Great Northern _ 3% .... 2 Do., London & York Extension 2% .... I% . • ...... • Great Western „ „ „ 85 ....110 107 •• •• • Ditto, Half Shares _ 50 .... 6331 63 ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 1234 .... 16 .. • Ditto, Fifths „ „ „ 20 2534 24% Ditto, New „ „ 4% ...• 7 • • ...... •• Ipswich mad Bury St.Edmunds 14 •••• • • • • • Ditto ditto, and Norwich . • •• • • 4 •• • • Leeds and Bradford .. 40 .. • • 8 3% ••••• • • • • • Leeds and Thirsk _ 26 .• • • 19 %14 •••• • • • • London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 754 London, Brighton, and S C oas t • . 50 •• .. 50% 514 London an North-Western ..100 ....169 170 16931 Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. .. 40 •••• 65 :6 ••••• • • • • • Ditto, 101. Shares M. &H. (B) 5 • 9 % ••••• • • • • • London and South• Western 411 6s. 10d... 6131 61 .. • • Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) •. 50 .... 52 .... •• • • Lynn and Dereham .. 20 .... ••••• • .. • • Manchester said Leeds .. 82 • .. • • Ditto, Fifths .. 5 .... Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) .. ..71. 45..... p• • .. •• • • • • Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... Midland .. ..100 ....114 11231 Ditto, New .. .. 36 .... 3831 38 .....• Ditto, New .. . 673134% •• • • Ditto. Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 89 Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm. 51x pei Cent. . ..100 ....123 122........ 123% Newcastle and Berwick • . .. 20 .... 24%.. .... 25 Ditto, New .. • . . • Norfolk .. •• .. 100 • • —12454 123% 123% PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Ditto, Extension .. 10 .... 9% North British .. 25 ..., 30%...•.• Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 12% •• .. 14 Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • VA •• • • 43 X Ditto, Extension • • • • • 0 %. •• • ••• • • Ditto, Thirds .. • • 1 •• • . 2%,,.... North Stafibrdshire .. • • • • 7% •••• 9% 9U .. Oxford, Wor'ster, & Wolverhamp. 22% ........ Preston and Wyre.. .. • • 25 .... 343,4 4 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... Scottish Central .. . • • 17% .... 23% 22% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3% 3 Ditto, Class R .. • • •• • • 3 .... .......... Shropshire Union .. • • • • • - 4 •• • 1% 2.. South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% 36 36 Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 20 .... 20 19% Do., New (do. 101.) .. No. 4 . 5 • • • South Wales .. • • .• .. 10 West Riding Union • • • • • • 4 /. 2 5... • ' York and Newcastle .. .. 25 3 434 •.*. • • Ditto, Preference .. • • .. 4 ..... ••• York arid North Midland .. .. 50 83 .......•. Ditto, Extension • • .. 25 .„ FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Luxembourg Namur and Liege .. • • • • • • 10 •.• N orthern of France • • • • • • 8 •• • • 11% % ..,.•.,, MIRES. Real del Monte, Unrezietered •• • 3M . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR CHARLES WOOD, BART, M.P. Sir,—l delayed addressing you upon the subject of the statement you made respecting the difficulty of framing a Bill for the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland, in the hope that the discussion on Mr. Scrope's motion, on Tuesday last, would have elicited that explanation which certainly appears necessary, for, although report assigns to you a hostile feel ing to the measure, yet no person would fancy that you could in the face of Parliament state difficulties that you did not believe to exist. Your statement was, "That after attempting to put the Bill into a practical shape, and after consulting with several lawyers and other Members of experience, &c., &c.,1 I do think it would have been impossible to pass a Bill which could have been brought into operation this year." Now, I believe I shall make it appear as clear as the sun at noon day, that your lawyer of experience must have misled you, and that it would - be difficult to find a lawyer who would not prepare a Bill which should come into operation, not only this year, bat the week after it had received the Royal Astieat. Your Bill when put into a practical shape must have been based on one of the three following principles :- Ist. Government taking the power of purchasing the unre claimed lands of every proprietor, although he was himself willing to employ the people in reclaiming the land. 2d. Government taking the power of purchasing the unre claimed land of any proprietor who will not employ the people in reclaiming it. 3d. Government taking the power of purchasing the unre claimed land of any proprietor who was desirous of selling. The first may be termed Mr. Scrope's plan, the second that which I had the honour to propose, and the third as one which could not possibly have done any injury to any indi vidual, and which might be productive of essential benefit. I have always considered, and reflection confirms the opinion, that the plan proposed by Mr. Scrope would be a measure of great injustice, and still greater impolicy; as it has been abandoned, it is useless to adduce reasons in support of this opinion. I cannot conceive that the principle of the second plan contains anything approaching to injustice. it is too late now to question the soundness of the prineipl• that" property has its duties as well as its rights," and the present Govern ment have worked out th a t p r i nc iple by declaring that th e first duty of property an d th e fi rs t burthen upon it, is to sup port the people. Th at i s t h e p r inciple of your Irish Poor-law Bill, but society h as a r i g h t to ex pect that such principle shall be carried out w i th the l east p o ssible injury either to the giver or the receiver. There is only one possible mode of effecting this object—employment. If this be correct, then comes the question —Has an y pro prietor a right to say I bold 10,000 acres of unreclaimed land, which I choose to keep in its present state for my amuse ment, and althitugh its reclamation would give em p lo y ment to all the industrious in the' district, it "shall not be touched, and I prefer feeding them in a state of idleness rather than part with my land. Has any individual a right to hold this language. Does that property perform its duty to society? And if all right-minded persons would immediately answer such questions in the negative, is it unjust to compel such a proprietor to sell his land at a just price, that the people may be employed and fed? The third principle is one which could not possibly injure any individual, and to judge of its beneficial importance, suppose the Government had possessed such a power during the last winter, would not the reclamation of waste lands have been a better return for the millions which have been expended than the roads which have been made? However good the harvest may be, t h e Government will again have to fe e d a portion of the Irish people. Of this there exists no reasonable doubt, and you should be prepared with every measure which may enable you to give t hat food for wages fairly e arne d . There would not be the slightest objection in the present Parliament to vest discretionary powers in the Government, and y o u ought to apply for them unless you are p repare d to be acco un table for another year of that profligate waste of public money, which, under the pre tence of feeding the destitute, has been freely given to parties possessed of ample means.—l have the honour to remain your most obedient servant, RIGBY WASON. - - Tun COURT.--tier Majesty will give a grand vocal and instrumental concert at Buckingham Palace, on the 28th inst., at which M a d emo i selle Jenn Lind and the y prin cipal artistes of both I ta li an Operas will assist. The invi tations were issued from the Lord Chamberlain's office on Saturday last. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—It is stated that her Majesty will arrive a t t h e Castle, for t h e A sc ot Races, two or *free days earlier th an h a d original l y b ee n contemplated— the Monday, the 31st in s t., h aving been t h e day Court to leave t own for Windsor. It i s now expected that her Majesty and th e P r i nce Consor t, accompanied by the Royal Family, will ar r i ve at t h e C as tl e on the 28th inst., the day following the Dra w i ng - room to b e h e ld at St. James's fixed upon for Palace. The Court will Rot remain at Windsor, it is stated, beyond a week or ten days. THE ARMY. 11th Foot—Head-quarters arrived at Hobart Town from Sydney, per Java transport, on the 19th of Janu ary, and were transhipped on the 22d January to the Elizabeth and Henry, for conveyance to Launceston. The Java was to take the remainder of the 51st Regi ment from Sydney to Madras. The 58th Regiment_bacl returned from New Zealand to Sydney. ' The 96th and 99th Regiments have received orders to peoceed to India from New South Wales. ROYAL ASYLUM OF ST. ANN'S SOCIETY.—The an niversary dinner of this excellent charity for clothing, edu cating, and wholly maintaining the children of those once in prosperity, was held on Saturday at the London Tavern, Mr. Cabbell, M.P., presided, and was supported by Sir W. H. Jolli&, Bart., 51. P., the Very Rev. the Dean of Hereford, Sir E. Pearson, Sir J. Phillippart, Colonel Lewis, Colonel Wilkie, Mr. Deputy Evans, Mr. E. Brewster, and about 180 of the governors and their friends. The chairman an nounced that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had become one of the patrons of the society, and had presented a first donation of 250 guineas to the charity. It was also stated that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had kindly promised to take the chair at the society's dinner next year. Among the donations announced were—Her Ma jesty, 10/. 10s. ; the Queen Dowager, 101. 10s. ; the Chairman ( Mr. Cabbell), 214 ; Mr. M. Attwood, M.P., 2.1/. ; Mr. E. Brewster and friends, 62i. 10s. The total number of children in the society's two establishments, the Royal Asylum at Brixton and the town school, is 294. During the evening the children entered the room, and the modest and ingenuous manner and appearance of both sexes elicited the warmest commendations of the com pany. Their healthy and intelligent looks they fortunately share in common with the inmates of many of our well-con ducted public institutions; but it was stillinore gratifying to observe that every Youthful face bore the traces of those gentler affections which are only cherished in the kindly nurture of happy homes. Several ladies who visit the asy lam, and take a benevolent interest in the health and im provementeojoymeot of of t t h h e o c e h v i e l n d i r n e g n . , were present. A portion of the andbandthe charactermp eof s t t h l e oifb e eA o ri l ae d ls s s t : r cs e .a a l : Guards were stationed in the gallery, 'Messrs. iizesa,lic.aarnrcahn,gaenmdenLtose, Locket', materially a i t n e c r l i t a ll l) e , d ad M d i e s d s B to e t t h ts e , are glad to notice that th h e e f of which are exclusive l y Ba the excellence, and fully upheld the a l n ' d be ßr d e i a n c n h e , r s e a s n t d ab : i v s i h n in es en : . were Nv on e days) un a d r s e o n t h i a s institution satisfactory (the d bene fitspro who have seen better confined to the children of those perous conditiqn. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, had an evening party yesterday at Marlborough House. The Queen and Prince Albert and the royal suite, arrived in three carriages at nine o'clock. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were accom panied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, and were attended by the C oun t ess o f Charlemont, Lady in. Waiting ; Hon. Misses Stanley and Dawson ' Maids of Ho nour in Waiting ; L or d W a t erpar k, L or d i n Waiting; Ad miral Sir Edward Codrington, Groom in Waiting ; Lieut.- Colonel C. B Phipps, Equerry in Waiting; and Captain the Hon. A. IL Gorgon, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Marl borough House soon after nine o'clock, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper. His Royal Highness Prince George was also present. A select party of the Nobility and Gentry had the honour of meeting the august circle. The Queen and Prince Albert. accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took an airing yesterday, in an open carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting—Lieutenant -Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon. The name of Colonel E. Morris, Aide•de-Camp to the, Queen, was a cc id en t a ll y om i tte d i n the li st o f compan y honoured with invitations to her Majesty's state ball on Friday evening. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Marquis of Lansdowne and the Earl of Minto were prevented by indisposition from attending the meeting. The Council sat one hour. A deputation from the London and North-Western Rail way Company, consisting of Mr. Creed, Mr. Swift, Mr. Tweesdale, had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Rail ways in Great George-street. Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, and Baron de Mon corvo, the Portuguese Minister, transacted business yester day at the Foreign-office. A deputation from the Steamship Owners, consisting of Mr. Williams, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Hall, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Bolges, and Mr. Morgan, their Secretary, had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, yesterday. The deputation was accompanied by Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., Mr. Pattison, M.P., and Mr. Browne, M.P. The Ecclesiastical Commissionners for England had a committee meeting yesterday. Mr. G. C. Lewis had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of New South Wales, New Zealand, and the Mauritius. A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Anstruther, Hill, and R. Grahame, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. E. Strutt at the office of the Commissioners of Rail ways. HAYMARKET THEATRE. 2p 86% 21% 24 107 83% 19% 7% 5114 170 65% 60% par 113 A new comedy, entitled Temper, was successfully produced here last evening. It is from the pen of Mr. Robert Bell, and is (what we seldom meet with in modern times) essen tially a comedy of character. It is written with a purpose— to illustrate the miseries which ensue from the infirmities of temper, and it is a play likely to maintain possession of the stage for a much longer period than many of the plays which have been lately produced, inasmuch as it is adapted to all times and to all seasons, and does not depend for its success upon a piquant illustration of the manners of the day. To illustrate the evils of temper, the author takes two couples, the one married, Sir Charles and Lady Tempest (Mr. Hudson and Mrs. Seymour), and the other unmarried, Cyril Tempest (Mr. Howe), and Florence Wilmot (Miss Fortescue). fir Charles Tempest is a careless, good-tempered man upon town, who, finding his home rendered uncomfortable, seeks for excitement abroad ; in fact, a characterless man, or rather a man of cameleon disposition, who takes his colour from the persons by whom he is surrounded—a man who, had he fallen into good hands would have been the model of domestic husbands, but who is irritated and vexed into a careless, rather than a bad husband, by the (to use his own expressive term) "niggling" temper of his wife. Florence Wilmot, his ward, who lives with him, and the education of whose temper he has, sooth to say, culpably neglected, is just of age, and is mistress of herself and of 30,0001. She is in love with his brother Cyril, and all is arranged for a marriage. The guardians and the lady are met, and the lady generously refuses to have any settle ment made of her property; but where is Cyril? He was to have been there at four. He is behind his time nearly an hour. The lady is miffed at his neglect, and when he arrives will not listen to his excuses. It is in vain that he alleges that a lady was nearly run over, and that his detention was occasioned by his rescuing her from danger. The wayward Florence will listen to no excuses, and at once casts him off in a fit of temper. His temper is roused, and he quits her. They are des perately in love with each other ; but the temper of neither will give way; and it is not until Cyril is on the point of embarking for Sierra Leone that temper gives way, and the lovers are made happy. The married couple also confess their faults to each other, and promise to behave better for the fixture (the lady is, tant soft pen, jealous of Florence), and all these reconciliations are brought about through the instrumentality of Sir Marmaduke Topple (Mr. W. Farren), a passé good-natured old country gentleman, a sort of modern Justice Shallow, who, accompanied by a chattering sister, Mrs. Herbert (capitally acted by Ars. Glover), whose eternal clack keeps his head in a constant whirl, and by two old maids (country ladies)--- Miss Oldfangle (Miss P. Horton), and Miss Fieldingl,(Mrs. Humby)—who have never been in London before, have come up to "see Town." There is also introduced a Mr. Emerson (Mr. Webster), a blasé man about town, a gentleman who keeps a cab and a tiger, who invites himself upon the strength of his cab, keeping out to dinner every day, who, to use his own words, has embarked all his capital in a social speculation and cultivated idleness as a business— alias a fortune-hunter, who makes love to each of these Derbyshire spinsters in turn, but whose views are seen through by them, and who eventually gets " done " by each. The loves of Emerson and the spinsters make a very plea sant underplot, and eventually Emerson has given to him an African appointment, given up by Cyril on his marriage. The character of Emerson was acted to the life byWebster, and there was a dry humour in the deep tones, and stately bear ing of Miss P. Horton, as the dignified Miss Oldfangle, which told amazingly. Farren, as the effete old man, was beauti fully true to nature; and nothing could exceed the joyous good humour and the rattling volubility of Mrs. Glover, as the chattering widow, who rules and manages everything for everbody. The comedy is admirably built, and the dialogue is carefully written. All the artistes were called for at the fall of the curtain, and Mr. Webster announced the play for repetition every evening, amidst the unanimous ap plause of a crowded house. THE DISSOLUTION.—The House of Commons will be adjourned next week for the Whitsuntide holidays, after advancing several Bills through the respective stages, and will meet again after a week's recess. It is not expected that the session can be brought to a close much before the end of July. Whether the dissolution will immediately follow, or be deferred till after the harvest labours shall be ended. must depend upon the circumstances of the moment, and cannot now be possibly determined upon. Already symptoms of im patience are exhibited in the House of Commons by Members desirous of cultivating the good graces of their constituents, and even at a period of the session so early as this it is not easy to keep the House together. Hon. Members, however, must be more calm, for we believe it will not be possible to dispense with their services sooner than the time we have have indicated.—Observer. SCOTCH MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION BILLS.— A numerous meeting of Members of both Houses of Parlia ment connected with Scotland was held in the Clarendon Hotel on Saturday last, for the purpose of considering these Bills, his Grace the Duke of Montrose in the chair. After various Members had delivered their sentiments, the meeting came unanimously to the conclusion that, from the strong expression of opinion against these measures in Scotland, the Bills ought not to be proceeded with this session FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF ARGYLE.— On Tuesday the remains of the late Duke of Argyle were conveyed from Inverary Castle and deposited in the family vault of Kilinun. Early in the morning a large concourse of people had assembled in Inverary, habited in deep mourning, to pay the last mark of respect to their departed chieftain. About seven o'clock, "a.m., the coffin containing the body of the departed Duke was brought out of the castle to the lawn in front, surrounded by the chief mourners, the ladies of the household, and a large assemblage of the neighbouring gentry. Prayers were offered up by the Rev. Mr. Smith, of Inverary, after which the procession formed and walked down to the steam-boats in waiting, amidst a dense concourse of people, most of whom were dressed in deep mourning. The procession amounted to about 500 in dividuals. The steamers Dolphin, Craignish Castle, and the Dunrobin Castle, were chartered to convey the funeral com pany to the place of sepulture. The coffin was taken on board the Dophin, and deposited in the after part of the cabin, where it lay in state, surrounded by the distinguished relatives of the deceased and a body of Highlanders. The vessels in Inverary harbour had their colours half-mast high, and the various vessels which met the steamers in their course to Kilmun. also lowered their enlmtra as they passed. The steamers proceeded through the Kyles of Bute with a fair passage, and arrived in the Holy Loch a few minutes before two o'clock, where a large assemblage of people, amounting to about 2,000 from Glasgow and the surrounding country, were in waiting to witness the last pageant of departed great ness. The forenoon of the day at Kilmun and eastward was very unpropitious, it baying rained without intermission for several hours ; and consequently the concourse of stran gers was not what it would have been had the morning of the day been more favourable. By the time the funeral procession had disembarked. the weather had cleared up, and the mist began to roll upwards from the hills, and the afternoon turned ,out, agreeable and pleasant; every eminence along the line of procession was occupied by crowds of r orderly and respectably - dressed people, a nxiously awaiting the landing of the funeral train. About twenty minutes' past two o'clock the procession was arranged on the pier of Kilmun, and began to move towards the church, his Grace the Duke of Argyle being chief mourner. Having reached the burial vault, situated behind the church of Kilmun, and the coffin having been deposited, the Rev. Dr. M'Leod offered up a n i.npressive and fervent prayer. Immediately after the funeral, the Duke, Lady E mma Campbell, Mrs. I3oar, n and a small party of their friends, left the ground their carriages; and the comp any re-embarked on boa d the rDol phin, the Craignish Castle, and the Denrobin Castle, for their several destinations.—North British Mail. A Sate SUNK, AND THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS MURDERED By THE CREW.—Letters were on Saturday re ceived from Launceston, cemmunicating the particulars of the sinking of the ship Prima Donna, and the murder of the Commander, Captain Jones, and his officers, by the crew. The vessel, it appears, had called at Lowbock for water and rice, being bound from China to Hobart Town and England. In the latter part of December last the Prima Donna's long boat, containing fourteen of the crew (all Manilla me n ) ar rived at the port of Ball, in the Java seas—the ship, ac cording to their statement, having foundered south of Java, and the captain and his officers had perished. Subsequently, when questioned more fully as to their fate, their statements differed so widely that no reasonable doubt could be enter tained but that they were cruelly murdered and the ship plundered and sunk .. . The whole of the crew have been placed under arrest, and search is being made in the locality where the ship is said to have been scuttled for the remains of the captain and officers. It was expected several would divulge the circumstances. The ship and cargo were valued at 8,000/. NEW INSPECTOR-GENERAL , --The trade of Liver pool has increased so rapidly within the last year, that, on a recent visit of the Chairman of the Board of Customs to that port, it was deemed requisite to have a second inspector.. general to supervise the large revenue department established there, and to meet the increased wants of the trade. Mr. F. St. John, an intelligent and active landing-surveyor of the pert of London, has been selected for the appointment. HRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., COUSINS, THE THREE A NOVEL. BY MRS. TROLLOPE, Author of " Father Eustace," " The Barnabys," &c. Henry Colburn. Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in small Bvo., price les. 6d , J OTTINGS from the SABRETASCII of a CHE T.' ,". 7 A VETERAN. Richard Bent ev, New Burlington-street. to ba hAd of all Booksellers. . _ . . -- rudiLWA Z3HAUES Y PIIISLja , „3O4FS , .=.rc.a.:C t i‘IESSRS.,,,LIMOND and Qo .RALLWItir SHARE AUCTIONEER, beg to thank their,' ffriielf,de n! Public for - their. continued support patror,age, , and strinciance that 'their Public of yallwitx Shares, &c.; 'Ake place every TuEsn'ir atter .rl5'A id; At 'btie e'clOCk,, at ' , the iiall of Commerce, Threadneedle-Street, , 'Loiaelcrtt, whlet thvours, contataing inatinctions (with tureferenco)i are respLct4aly (giVieftfl 1)0 be addr4ised. . ' . Scrip = and &fare, cicSac.#es must by ..deposited, the day nrrevfouS_to Melt :kitbag offered; and, advices of results will be 1496 ; 4161 tri^ the first p6st after the sale; and the proceeds blame ghtfeWcilipoied et according to initructidns. 1 / 1 1009 .- II aleof Cottimerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER , dtAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Tuesday, May 18, will be performed Bellini's Opera. entitled •14 A S -0, -N N. A M LA, Jtuue. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Madame Solari4,C;niu*Rodolph, Signor F. Lablache ; and Elvino, Signor Gardoni. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, In which will be pre sented the Pas de la Couronne, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. A new Pas de Deux (by M. Perrot), by Mdlle. Rosati and M. Perrot. Apd Pas Styrienne, by Vadlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. "To conclude with a Selection from the admired Ballet (by M. P. Taktioni), entitled CORA.LIA, Cortina, Mdlle. Rosati ; Huldebrand, M. L'Dor ; the Squire, Gouriet ; Bertha, Mdme. Petit Stephan ; the Page, Mdlle. Vonore ; Duke; M. Gosselin ; Fraisondin, M. Venefra ; Ulrich, M. Di Mattia. The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility. Subscribers, and the Public, are reipectflilly in formed, that a grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place oa THURS DAY EVENING, May 20, when will be performed Meyerbeer's Opera, entitled ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Ake, AlcMe. Jenny Lind ; Isabella, Made. Castellau ; Roberto, Signor Fraschini ; Rambaldo, signor Gardoni ; Sacerdote, Signor Bouche ; and Bertram, Signor Staudigl. To be followed by various Entertainments In the BALLET DE PARTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. C. ROsati, Mdme. Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Cassan, Honore, James, Julien, Lamoureux, and Mdlle. L. Gratin. M. Perrot and 31. St. Leon. The doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at lialf-paA Seven o'clock. Pit fickets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, combination of talent, THURSDAY next, May 20, when will be performed the Opera of LUCREZIA BORGIA. The principal characters by Madame Grisi, Signora Alboni, Signor Mario, Signor Marini, Signor Tamburini, Signor Ley, Signor Po!onini, Signor Lavia, Signor, Tulli, Signor Piacentini, and Signor Tagliafico. To be followed by the Second Act of the Opera of L'ITALIANA IDi ALGIERI, TIM Principal characters by Signora Alboni, Mdlle. Angelini, Mdlle. liellini, Signor Salvi, Signor Rovere, Signor Polonini, and Signor Marini. ;Lo conclude with a new grand Ballet, in three Tableaux, entitled LA SAL ‘3LANDRINE. Idlvhich Mdlle. Fanny Elsler and Mdlle. Dumilatre will appear ; alOkr 31dlles. Baderna, Berlin, De Melisse, Delechaux, M. Petipa, M. 3I fbille , &c., will dance. The ballet by M. Plasis, the music by Signor Curmi, the scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin, and the co%tumes by M. Bailey. The Doors will open at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Opera will commence at Eight. tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow stseit ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. • Under the Management of Mr. If. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir Marina duue 'Topple, Mr. Farren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson ; God frey, Mr. Tilbury; Emerson, Mr. Webster; Cyril Tempest, Mr. 116*e; Lady Tempest, Mrs. Seymour; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover; Florence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue; Miss Fielding, Mrs. Humby. After which, the FOUR HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENTAL VO- C XLISTS wilt give their imitations of various instruments, with the Lips only. To conclude with the Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE NEW I'LIN ET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING I VTIII he performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS Ck"FErE FOREST ; a Gipsy Stcry. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; lAmael, Mr. 0. Smith; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, MU Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Wool,gar ; St ir!ig!it Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To b.: followed by the Opera Buffo. Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Prapii.al characters 1:y Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, t 4 - 111 ,,.3'.(',tillentord, and Miss Woolgar. To olnclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which CIO. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Muny - ard, Miss Harding, and Miss 3 !APiiia will perform. PRINQESNS THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. .1. 11. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. EVENING Wilt', be presented RI, PIay THIS of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Creswick ; B ron -teinfort, Mr. Ryder ; Solomon, Mr. Granby ; Peter, Mr. Cowell ; Mrs. Railer, Mrs. Butler (her last appearance but •one). After which, the Comic Opera, called THE BARCAROLE. In hith 3lessi , . Walton, Riptide, Leffler, Allen, Miss E. Runner and Mist , Anne Romer will appear. T) eonclude with the Farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Spit.espur, Mr. Granby ; Crocus, Mr. Compton; Dorothea Danvers, Mrs. Fosbroke ; idy, Miss Lapoite. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Last Three Weeks of the present Management and Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed PERSONA ABOLT l' TO MARRY. Characters by Ittessra. Mathews, vv igan, Turner, Kinloch, Mrs. Woollidge, Mt s. Wig in, and Miss Ai den. After which a new Farce, called WANTED A HERMIT. in which Messrs. Wigan, Turner, Kinloch, Keeley, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley will perform. 'o be followed by the new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called .IE. SINT LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ten . by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yairnold, and Mrs. Keeley. o conclude with a new Burlesque Extravanza, called THE WOOD DEMON ; or, One o'Clcck, In which Messrs. KeeleY, A. WI; ran, F. Matthews, Bellingham, Kinloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson, Mls s Daly, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS.— ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. LCS3CC, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed SANS NOM ; on, Drames et Romans. M. 136n.homme, 3S, Tourilton ; Felix Bunhomme, M. Dumery ; Paul do Sairit-Mery, M. 3lasquillier ; Angcle, Grassau ; Juliette, M tile. Cordely. Alter which, the new Comedie, UN COUP DE LANSQUENET. isrousseaux, M. Regnier ; La Marquise du Puzy, :Mlle. Denain. To conclude with the popular Comedy of OSi:AR ; ou, Un Mari qu i Trompe:ea Femme. Oscar, M. Regnier ; Jullette, Mdlle. Denain. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3i.; Gallery, Zs. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. AlitchelPs Royal Library, 22 4 Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open 'is fly from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. CLOSE OF nig ENTERTAINMENT. The nobility, gentry, and the public are respectfully informed, that th ?, popular Entertainment given by the Ethiopian Serenaders, Pelt, trringlon, Waite, Stanwood, and Germon, will be positively ter m. Dated at the end of the ensuing month of Julie, previously to the fix ed departure of the Company for the Continent, on the sth of July. Since the commencement of this Entertainment, more than four hundred performances, public and private have been given in Is , falon ; and, notwithstanding the numerous vulgar imitations which have been recently attempted in the metropolis, the unapproachable superiority of the above party is established by their undiminished po , nilwity and success. During the few remaining weeks of their enlagereent, the performances will be continued every Tuesday,. Tb ursday, and Saturday evenings, and a INfornlng Performance will take place every Wednesday. The entertainments of th. , Thursdays du fing the month of June wili be appropriated for the separate Ilene fitto of each member of the Company. And, in order to produce an ag:•eeable souvenir of the unparalleled popularity o. these perform. an , !es, it is intended to present to every visitor of the private boxes ant I stalls a portrait of the beneficiare in his private appearance, and als a in his professional capacity, illustrating some favourite melody. Su , :h portraits will be executed from the life, in the finest style, by H. Maguire, Esq., and are already nearly completed. The benefits wia be arranged in the following order:— 'Thursday, June 3, for the benefit of Germon (tamborine), Thursday, June 10 ditto Stanwood (accordion), Thursday, June 17 ditto White (banjo), Thursday, June 24 ditto Harrington (banjo), - Thursday, July 1 ditto Pell (bones) previously to the last Farewell Performance, on Saturday Evening, July 3. _ Boxes and Stall. at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-off cc s" the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor r.nd 3lanager Mr. William Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal nanny : . _ Las, -nights of the grand Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacles, pre vious to the Whitsuntide splendid productions. THIS EVENING Will be performed Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE , . OF 12.YDOS ; or, The Corsair ? Upec t ualled SCE#P3 in the CINCT,t; - Altli the performance> of the f t rabian horse, Diamond of the Desert ; the four Mexican Antipo dean Artistes ; and the celebrated Clown. Mr. W. F. Wallet. To conclude with ZARAII ; or, The Gipsy Tribe of;;Bohemia. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadloot. Stalls, ss. • Boxes, 45.; tipper Boxes, 3s; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is.; CA )er Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven ()Von, EPSOM RAGES. TATT ERSA LL'S.-510NDAT. As usual there was a great crush at the coiner, and a considerable number of horses were backed for the Derby; the business, however, on the whole, was not by any means extensive, nor were the fluctuations of much importar ce. Of John Day's lot, reduced to two by a declaration that none of ➢lr. Gully's horses will start, The Cossack had an undisputed call, an even 1,000 having been followed by a bet of COO to 500. Of Kent's lot Planet, Glentilt, Red Hart, and Halo, were in betting, the first and third having the strongest parties. Oxonian was the "lion" of Forth's lot, but several scores and fifteens were invested on Old Port. Van Tromp was on the decline, and Mr. Martin altogether out of favour; nor was any disposition evinced in favour of The Liberator, Nottingham, or Clarendon. Very little done on the Oaks. Closing prices : DERBY. 2 to 1 agst John Day's lot—taken 6 to 1 agst Kent's lot 12 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken 9 to 2 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—take 5 to 1 11 to 2 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—taken 8 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp 13 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mirmillo—take 14 to 1 18 to I agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian 18 to 1. agst 111 r. Mostyn's Planet-20 to 1 taken freely 20 to 1 aget•Mr.-Mostyn's Glentilt—taken and aft. off. 20 to 1 agst•Lord•Caledon's Wanota 20 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Montpensier 22 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—taken 28 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord E.Russell's Nottingham 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin 66 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Limestone—taken 1000 to 15 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken 2000 to 30 agst Mr. Meiklam's Deloraine—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port—taken 2000 to 15 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Retort colt—taken 2000 to 25 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Bellerophon—taken 2000 to 20 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Atlantic—taken 1000 to 6 agst Mr. Bateman's the Questionable—taken OAKS. 9 to 2 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina 7 to 1 agst Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale 8 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander 14 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Miami 15 to 1 agst Mr. Griffith's Lady Lift—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell 22 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Sultana—taken 25 to I agst Sir J. Hawley's Vanity—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Cosachia—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's f by Sir Hercules, out of Maria TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In accordance with my announcement yester day, I shall now give as correct a list of the Field for each race as possible ; those marked thus (t) a e doubtful starters, and those marked with (*) are, in my humble opinion, the horses likely to win : TUESDAY. THE CRAVEN STAKES. *Spider King of the Forest tMiss Whip Filly New Era STAKES. Elf colt Manto colt * Woodcraft Sister to Dexterous *Flatcatcher Daughter of Toscar *Crozier Marquis of Conyngham Bedlam Vice Consul WOODCOT: t Ptolemiau3 Brother to Khorassan Dovor Dinedor Miss Baggs filly Caveraham Awkward MANOR *Headsman }Emerald Isle Glory Icicle STAKES. Master Stepney 4 Binnaele Selina *Carissima Bretwalda STAKES. Captain Pepper *Clemanthe S D A Y. STAKES. The Slot flbrahim Pacha Bokhara, *Moodkee Guaracha, Conceit *Treacle STAKES. "Mistress Jean Cameo Lebanon Bretwaida Bletsoe Lass *Main BrLc:. STAKES. *Tell Sylph Chemise 1Y STAKES. *Cossack Mathematician Glentilt t Christopher Halo tlleloraine Signet Mr. Martin *Old Port Liberator War Eagle Oxonian Mirmillo Good Coin Wanota Liska. Will o' the Wisp fEryx 'aces I shall leave until tc 'test information. ►m. Sir, yours, &c., ?IRIT OF THE TURF. HORTON WEDNI CAREW POLESDO BURGH THE DER: Nottingham Bowstring Bingham Black Dwarf Epirote Planet *Conyngbam Retort colt Red Hart Questionable Aliwal The Admiral Chainbearer Clarendon Limestone Dromedary Monteensier *Van Tromp Thursday's and Friday's r: morrow, so as to have the la 'a THE sr May 18. SIR,—As it is the custom now among certain wise men (not of the east, but the turf) to imitate Lord Byron by putting their inspirations into rhyme, I have sent the follow ing prophetic dream "done into verse" for your approval and that of your readers, on the all-absorbing subject of the coming Derby : The bell - has rung; all to the post do hie, To view the horses and pronounce their judgment; Which done, they range them in a row, Preparing for the start. The course is cleared, The horses paw the ground ; Hardly the second bell is heard Amid the din around. "They're off ! They're off l" is heard from every mouth, Though all join in, yet still 'tis not the truth ; The start is false, and at the post again they muster, Once more the signal's given —They're off! and in a cluster. As to make dust fly, like hailstones on a stormy day, Bingham takes the lead, and at a fearful pace makes play. Cossack closely follows, and soon in front he shows, But suddenly recedes, as if affected with the slows. Bingham resumes the lead, War Eagle in his wake; Oxonian now appears, running for Old Port to make. The hill's ascended ; Bingham's still ahead : Planet advances, and with long stride the lead He takes. With Cossack and Van Tromp the Corner's neared ; Here Epirote his horses head, and thAn the Corner's cleared. The Dutchman, with Conyngham and Red Hart follows, The Liberator's next, who after Conciliation halloas. Old Port, Mathematician, and Glentilt bring up the rear, With Montpensier, Halo, and IJI3 sses very near. Bingham, War Eagle, Epirote, here give up ; Mr. Martin with Mr. Mostyn goes to sup. Oxonian's mission now performed, he back retires; Old Port's hard held; and Planet to the lead aspires. The Road is pass'd : Planet now leads the van ; The race is left to eight—Planet, Mathematician, Conyngham, Glentilt, Old Port, Van Tromp, Cossack and Red Hart—all in a lump. In twelve more strides the Stand is reached; All eyes are strained, all necks are stretched. Now comes the struggle, and three in turn do lead—. Now Old Port wins ; now Conynghatn ; but Planet shows ahead. The Derby's o'er—the vision's past—the race is won— Mr. Clark the palm awards to Beeswing's only son, And the monstrous CONYNGHAM the Planet has outshone. I am, Sir, yours, &c. May 17. MORPHEUS, PROPHECY FOR THE DERBY, 1847. Well, the Derby is near ; l'm again at my post, Regardless of what ma y be won or be lost, To pick out from the list which the Derby will win, And back him yen may, but not through thick and thin ; Because I at times have put the thing right, On the present occasion may be in a plight; And the Prophet who oft told the nags that would win May now be quite out instead of quite in. Having named the Two first for this subject last year, I also pursed through with the MENDICANT mare. No other I named, I saw nought in the race, With the stout BEGGAR GIRL, that could long live the pace SIR TATTON, THE BARON, and wonderful FOIGII. For the Leger I, luckily, pulled from my bag. But, now for the nags, let us see what they are, And look 'em well round, and their merits compare ; VAN Titomr, if he be in his two-year old form. Will yet show hie thanes anything but forlorn ; It UONYNGIIAM'S able the distance to stay, Like stout ForGif-A-BALLoo.w. may still clear the way, WANOTA will benefit all but his friends, And I fancy will be with the odds and the ends. JOHN Scorr, not improving his very bad luck, I imagine will be but amongst the ßle r n ea k t hem ruck. Ma. MARTIN will prove whether or Kent Is best to be trusted for this Great Event. The stable at Goodwood is powerful, strong, But the PLANET will find the distance too long. Hampshire , high land. B G u L t EN th T e lL G T L iS EN SH i p t e s rb uc , c as um l b t s in t d o e t r h .st e and a , Mr. Martin's-beentnade a very great pot, But he's ilia the balt-Of the Mostyn great Lot; The running at: Chester may have been very well, But at Epsom Vie 4ourse will a different tale tell. The Mrrommt. GROVE nags, tho' deprived of the Sage, Are a dangerous Lot a war with to wage. The RED HART steers steadily over the Hill, The stout blood of Venison his arteries fill; And tho' against the Dons he may not win the race, At the finish he'll be in a capital place. MONYPENSIER may run pretty smartly and stout, And OXONIAN, I own, I know nothing about. LORD RUSSELL'S a sportsman, his nag he will bring, But he'll find that his NOTTINGHAM is not a STING. BOWSTRING may run the Great Stable to please, But while running is backers are ill at their ease. AIERMILLO, observe, is corning meanwhile On the strength of his run o'er the PitosigtEnous mile; But he is no Phosperous, so I opine, And must not expect in the Derby to shine. The martial WAR EAGLE I cannot trust, His highly raised banner will trail in the dust. For the COSSACK has beat him, and will beat him still; The WAR EAGLE'S too soft to get over the Hill. If MATHEMATICIAN Comes well to the post, There'll be grumbling enough 'bout the money that's lost; If the Brother of Euclid io meant to pull through, He'll AnAThentid niipo4levpk scholarpe eli r the l. twmil declare, a lo rpceur doubtful t c zh k loe s a : tille n c a d Gtni P lnte h ods y wt!iac i n c :r,i them n r oit the l itu t Nev oo. el A dark one may come and put out the sunshine, Make the faders rejoice at the books they have made, And the backers fall back i n t h e shade. The great LIBERATOM k With the race after that he'll 11,1L.i`Y run through, .).- `le to do ; To sum up the whole, sh ou ld PA And not stop at the Hill, the tale he inafl - 1 1 , There are five that first pass Mr. Clark's chair, 'Tis Planet, Day's two, Tromp and Red Hart that's thee. If any one 'wishes his fancy to back, He must lay out his tin on the Chestnut CoaSACE. Folks have many fancies, but I have but one, The winner! he comes from the banks of the Don. Bicester, May 15, 1847. ESAU. THE OAKS, 1847. 'Tis hard to stop ambitious men, Tho' oft in trouble it has brought folks, Yet I in ink will dip my pen, To write what wi ns th e Epsom great Oaks. l\iy yarn it will indeed be short, There are but two I can discover That will add to the exciting sport, Unless foul SLANDER turn them over, And when again I scan the field, JERSEY'S a gem of the first water, But the proud aristocrat must yield To the humble FARMER'S DAIGIITEE. Bicester, May 15, 1847. ESAU. OOD RIOTS AT EXETER. (From the Western Times.) FRIDAY NooN.—Whilst preparing for the press, a row and clamour in the street below drew us out to see what it was ; we found an elderly man pale, confused and anxious, mobbed by women, rushing put our oftlee door. His pale face and anxious visage were trulf pitiable to behold. He was not apprehensive without reason, for the wild cries and savage manners were far more fearful than would have been the noisier macifee• tations of men. Lascelles the policeman endeavo ured to protect him, but th e y brushed him off instantly, and the old man was spun round and his cc'el half off in a trice. H e h urr i e d onward en' escaped, fur they fastened upon Mr. Buckland the baker, who happened to be standing at his door, and commenced mobbing him. The first one was a potato dealer. He had been detected in St. Thomas's watehinq the country people coming into town, intercepting a rk ; purchasing their stocks of potatoes. The women in formed;: us that it was old Whitfield of the Island, w ho : was charging half-a-crown a score f or his 't,atoes, with foul reproaches they loaded his forestalling name. He had to thank his lucky stars that neighbour BUM. land appeared in sight, for he, though enjoying the re putation of a cheap baker, has been advancing with the market, and was supposed to have a great stock in Mina. Mr. Buckland stood at his door, and the mob, working itself up into a pitch of fury, assailed him first it groans, then with stones broke his windows, and when he repelled the assailants they beat him violently till be was drawn into the shop; all this was passing in view of our own window. The poor people are terribly famished no doubt, en a the women are maddening with rage at being unable to find food enough for their little ones. But the legging assailants of Mr. Buckland were the idle and disorderlir who seize any opening for a row. The majority of the. mob were, however, middle-ag e d women , w h o wo uld no have been found in the streets clamouring against pro ' vision mongers had the re nu t b een d rea df u l want " home. Mr. Buckland is a kindhearted man, and has alirsl s kept down the price of bread; and it is worthy of mark that the mob was headed by three women, W' . ing arm in arm, to their attack on his house. THE CORN MARKET. As soon as Mr. Buckland's shop was closed, the m ob proceeded to the corn market, where they made a sal; and clamorous attack upon the fa rmers . They Pass in at the upper door with a roar and a yell, and maul agriculturists escaped out of the lower door. The women began the riot in each case, and the men fol" lowed. One farmer had his head cut with a stick, an other was felled by a blow in front. The farmers re treated rapidly, but the dealers kept to their stalls; but they were soon compelled to retreat. We saw dealer's hat in the hands of the mob with the crown out, and tossed about with savage imprecations. Getting into the thick of it, we endeavoured to Pets suede a young woman, with a child of about eighteen months old in her arms, to go home. "Go home!" she exclaimed, with fierce invective_, go home to w starved! Better bide here to be killed at once, tilting home to starve!" There was something terrific in t u i ; wild frenzy of the women. If a farmer gets a punch the head from a civilian of the town, he knows howiti'ci corn return it, but a woman's fist wringing in his face , a ut . her shrill tongue ringing in his ear, baffles him 0 ,.,. right. Mr. Stone defended many of the farmers '1" great courage—his shop was sate enough —he sell drugs and physics, and laboured under no apprehensf: as to an attack at home; all the doctors shops are '` the The butchers quickly packed up their meat , an d into several dealers cleared their stalls. We overh ea butcher swearing that "the women had taken it Int" - their heads all together." The mob having cleared the corn market, t en oning di; persed, breaking upon stray f a rmers, and s one itself with a hunt of this description. We 5- ba bad venerable man, whose appe a r ance showed that teful not made much wealth i n grow i ng food for an tinge fa . people, coming down Fore-street-hill at a ptsecrerible beyond his' years, fleeing in vain from thet, ree where women. Another was hunted into he stood at bay, his tormentors clamouring and - ing at him, as if he had stored corn all his days. de was a cool and imperturbable man. He steadily clared that he came into the town neither to sell nor to buy. As his quiet, calm manner gave no salient point girig-st— screech.. for their savage fancies, they left him. After leaving the corn market and hunting the. farmers, a general cry arose to proceed to the stores of Messrs- Sercombe, the corn-merchants on the quay. A shOwer of stones soon broke the windows, and the count wieogm.heonusweerwe the quicklyindowschwieefreacors. Tshme asltter ha declaringed. Boys and wildly that they had children at home crying for bread. The tales of these poor women were too true—they car ried conviction to the mind of the spectator. They were impatient of remonstrance, and rebuke would have been as imprudent as useless. But amongst them, were, 01- course, the usual proportion of dissolute and perma nently degraded, who had neither the excuse nor the energy to take up the active part of the work though they clamoured loudly they had no children -- no domestic ties. Having finished in the place of busi ness, they next proceeded to Colleton-crescent, where they attacked the residence of Mr. J. C. Sercombe, and smashed his windows. They then proceeded to Mr. Kenwood, the baker's South-street, he threw out his loaves, and they smashed his windows. In the mean time his Worship the Mayor had ar rived by the express train. The magistrates had pre viously sworn in special constables, and his Worship at once proceeded at the head of a party of police, accorn• efountdhethewpinedoopws. H people rioting" Worship apprehende d two of the rin g leaders with his aptanTiehdebaytre th e - t r to w n-clerk.eand breakingll own hands. Proceed in g down Fore-street, he found a Theatre-street, mob before Mr. Jones's house, and the panic-struck and apprehended others of the diipersed the mob, baker, pitching out loaves of bread. The Mayor here rioters. Mr. Shore, the miller, of Ex wick, was exceedingly ill used by the mob in the corn mark et. He is reported to be very much injured, we regret to say. Mr. Beedell, baker, West-street, bad his windows smashed. Mr. Salter, baker, Butcher-row, emptied his shop bread, and saved his windows. The women carried 0 the bread in their aprons. Mr. J. lA. Kingdon was es ceedingly active in his endeavours to appease the mob. All the windows in the houses of Mr. Strong, miller and his brother, in the Bonhay, have been broken. THREE O'CLoCY.—The town is becoming quiet. Special constables and police are out ; the magistracy are in attendance at the Guildhall. We hope that the people will reflect that, however much they suffer, breaking 'windows will not multiPli a t the a T re ops sa h s a e m mbblainrgrack at the the Cavalry _ bread, nor will riotous conduct f ee d th e i r h ungr y children. FOUR o'CLocß.—The Y eomanry Cavalry will muster this The evening Pensioners racks, and are to b e pl ace d under the authority of Cavalry-bar racks, Thest six, m a o j n o r t i h ty e o s state of o respectableft he town. magistrates. A public meeti ng w ill b e held this evening, at half past sworn in as sp e ci a l constables. inhabitants have bees The following circular has just been issued by the authorities to the several parishes : " Guildhall, May 14th, 18 47 . f o Sir—l am directed by the magistrates of this city to request you will call an immediate meeting of your parishioners this afternoon, in vestry, to take immediate steps for the preservation of the peace of this city, il l connexion with the magistrates. " JOHN HARRIS, Deputy Mayor." The excited state of the town shows that precautions must not be abandoned. THE DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE IN THII CITY. —On Saturday some information was circulated by the police as to the foreigner who. on Thursday. cut his thrust In Princes-street, in the City, and has since been lying in St. Bartholomew's Hospital in a dangerous state. It had been ascertained that his name is Halentine Legg, a nativeof Germany. and that he had been only a few days in London. His place of abode was not certainly known, but was believed to be in the neighbourhood of Holborn. He is described as about 45 years of age, five feet eight inches in height, with light brown hair, and wore a long blue jacket. VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON SASSEMBLY.—ViscoIIt v ß i a s o c c o r u o n ft t , the I%b E o a u r r l e o C v l s r : e o a u n n d t L a n a d dy and Viscountess Palmerston entertained his E xce ll enc y Mr. Vi ls s a c b o e u l n l a t e ss m Fitzgibbon, ahon Lord Howard de Walden, Lord and Lady Ashley, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, Sir Augustus and Lady Clifford and Miss Clifford, &c., at dinner on Saturday last at their residence in Carlton-gardens. At a later hour of the evening her Ladyship received a brilliant circle of the corps dip/omatique and nobility, among whom were his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, his Excellency the French Minister and the Countess de Jame" his Excellency the Turkish Minister and Princess Callimakis his Excellency Baron de Benst, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, his Excellency the Portu- Count Schimmelpenninek, his Excellency th e Brazilian Minister and the Marchioness di Lisboa, his Excellency Baron Hugel, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires, and Bari:MOSS Rehausen, Count Revel, Count G. Revel, Count' Potocki, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Granby, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Headfort end Ladies Mary and Olivia Tayleur, the Earl and Countess 01 St. Germans and Lady Louisa Eliot, lee. PORTSMOUTH, MAT 14.—KING'S Rooms, SOUTH SEA.—THE BAcHELofts' BALL—This -reunion, which - had - been looked forward to with so much eagerness, came off in great style this evening. The rooms, which are of large dimensions, were on this occasion increased by the colon nades being enclosed and made to form a supper room, at once elegant and commodious. By a little after ten nary all the elite of Portsmouth and its vicinity were as semble and dancing was kept up with trumpet- srit till nearly four the morning, a fact that tells " tongued" how much the assembled parties appreciated the happy though fleeting momenta. Fiske, of Southampton, furnished the refresh ments, which consisted of the usual delicacies, and the ber!, of the 43d Regiment was in attendance during t he whole of the night, and gave the highest satisfaction, their melodious and in'piring strains giving additional grace and agility W the clanseurs. We hope ere long to see in the same place 0 similar assemblage of rank and beauty. A report has been circulated that the Portsmouth Theatre was to be purchasen oraovernment, for the purpose of being pulled down, ill paper assei J-eqe the Cambridge Bairacks; and a w ee lq nesday last, but theatre was sold by auction on a,' t h ea t r e is not likely, at tes ..,, _ , nnstance took pWe lace. Tue down or sold. " either to be taken • _