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. . 13, Great Marlborough-street. :11 URKE'S LANDED GENTRY. The FOURTH MONTHLY PART of this important Na tional Work, price 55., was issued on the Ist of April. It will be completed in Ten Parts, 'minding a Supplement, bringing the work dower to the present time. Communications and Corrections for Nell, it, address& to the care of Mr. Coiburn, must be sent by the 15th of May, or they will be too late for insertion. Just ready, in small Svo. JOTTINGS FROM THE SABRETASCH OF A CHELSEA VETERAN. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in fbrmed, that • there will be a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT THIS IivENING, when will be performed Donizetti's Opera, L'ELISIR D'A3IORE. Adina, Madame Castellan ; Nemorino, Signor Gardoni ; Belcore, bignor F. Lablache ; and Dr Dulcomara, Signor Lablache. In the course of the evening the first Tableau from the Ballet of Lelia P.ookh. Principal parts by Mdlle. Cerito (tier first appearance this season), M. St. Leon (his first appearance this season), M. Vena fra, M. De Mattea, and M. Perrot ; 3hilles. Honore, Cassan, Julhen, Lamoureu, Breton, and Theveeot. After which, Selections from the Third Act of I DUE FOSC To be followed by a Divertissement, in which will be introduced the Pas de la Rosiere, Mdlle. Marie Ta,glioni ; and the celebrated Pas de Quatre, from Le Lae des Fees, by 31dlle. Cerito and 31. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles. Cassan and Honore. To conclude with ORITHIA ; ou, Les Camp des Amazons. Orithia, sldlle. Luc.le Grahn ; Martheria (laßeine des Amazones), 31ille. Copere ; Isapathe, Millie. 31ontiort ; and Alceis, (acythian Prince) M. T.,glioni. A new Pas de Deux by M. Perrot, by Mdlle. Rosatti and M. Perrot. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. THIS EVENING, April 22, an Extra Night, on which occasion Will be performed the first act of SEMIRA_MIDE, in which Made. Cris!, Madlle. Alboni, and Signor Tamburini will appear. After which, the second act of LA SONNAMBULA, in which Made. Persiaqi, Mdtle. Corbin, and Signor Mario will perform. To conclude with a new grand ballet, LA .REINE DES FEES. Composed by M. Albert ; music by Signor Cures;. Principal elm rattan by Madile. Dumilatre, Madlle. Bertin, Madlle. Neodot, and 31. Petipa (from the Grand Opera, Pars). Tickets, stalls, and boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow- Street ; and at Cramer, Beale , and Co.'s, 201, Re gent - street. The doors will be opened at Half- p ast Seven o'clock, the perform ance to com=ence at Eight. PIIICES OF ADMISSION. Pit Stall ...... ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • •• • • • • £1 1 0 First Amphitheatre Stalls, First Row .... 0 14 0 Ditto, Second and Third Rows...—. —•• • • 0 12 6 Second Amphitheatre Stalls.-- —.••• • • • • 0 7 0 First Amphitheatre ...................... 0 8 0 Second Amphitheatre .................... 0 5 0 THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Positively the Last Nights of the New Grand Oriental Spectacle, and of Mr. Hughes's Mammoth Establishment. THIS EVENING Will be performed the grand Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus Mr. Harrison; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mrs. Hughes; Arline, Miss Rainforth. After which the New and Original Oriental Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, The Imaun's Daughter. In which the Two Elephants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. The Imaun Useph, Mr. Howell; Hatez, Mr. Rafter; Barek, Mr. W. 11. P ; Fuzel Oola, Mr. Harley ; Maleck, Mr. T. Matthews ; Ahabeck, Mr. Hutchison ; Kuzliraga, Mr. L. Lee ; Princess Ipomaye, Miss Messent ; Nilda, Miss Collett ; Uirgee, Miss R. Isaacs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management wt Mr. it. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Principal characters by Mr. VV. Farren, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Glover, and Mrs Nisbett. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE ICEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. To conclude with the Farce of MAKE YOUR WILLS. Ireton, Mr. Tilbury; Plotter, Mr. ',Tindal; Brag, Mr. Buckstone; Clara, Miss Telbin Mrs. Foresight, Mrs. Stan:ey. THEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHI. nder the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will he performed tha original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, _hiss After which will be produced an Opera Buffa apropos sketch, called JENNY LINO. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullentord, and Miss Woolgar. !, To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera. entitled LA SONNAMBULA. Rodolpho, Mr. Bodda ; Elvino, Mr. Allen ; Allesslo, Mr. Cowell ; Liza, Miss G. Smithson ; Teresa, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Amina, by a Lady, her drat appearance. To conclude with the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Principal characters by Messrs. Granny, Ryder, Vin ing, Cowell, Walton, Compton, Miss Flower, Mrs. Stirling, Miss A. Romer, and Mrs. Fosbroke. TLIEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. ['rler the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING will be performed a New Drama, Balled TIIE CREOLE. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews. Leigh, Murray, Emery, Kinloch, and Keeley, Miss Dickinson, Miss May, Miss M. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, an entirely new occas!onal Dramat'c Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAS f ; or, Tile Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr, Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold. and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOE THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley ; Miss Dickenson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. ♦nd other Entertainments. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Last Night but Three of the Appearance of Madlle. ROSE CHERI. TO-MORROW EVENING the Performances will commence with (first time in this country), an entirely New Comedie-Vaudeville, entitled LA BELLE ET LA BETE. Antoinette, Mdlle. Rose Cheri ; Ernistine, Mdlle. Duverger. After vaticlt (third time in this country) IRENE ; on, Le Magne tieme. M. pe 13rienne, M. Langeval ; Le Vicomte de Clermont, M. Ithozevil ; Irene, Millie. Rose Cheri. Boxes, 63. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 33.; Gallery, Is. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily front Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre, TIIIS EVENING, doors open at Eight o'clock ; and will give a grand DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, April 24, com mencing at Half-past Two o'clock. The evening performances wit be continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Boxes and stalls at Mitckell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond.street ; and at the Box-office. Boxes and stalls at Mitch2ll's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ASTLEVS ROYAL .k.MPHITHEATRE, Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Proneetor and Manager. Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, THIRD WEER OF THE SUCCESSFUL GORGEOUS SPEC I'ACLE OF Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR, introducing Mr. Batty's numerous and highly trained gorses and Fairy Ponies, living Elephants, Camels, Zebras, Deer, &c. With brilliant feats of Horsemanship. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box Office ;pen from Elevlif till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr, Sheffield. Performance coinmences every evenin; at Seven o'clock, doors open at Half-past Six. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr 3. Frances Claridge, Lessee. - "FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE BUFFALO GIRLS, ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, With Coloured Concert; Nigger Songs, Banjo, Bone, Tambourine and Violin Accompaniments, the Railway Overture, and Grape Vine Twist. All by Female Professors. THIRD WEEK, and Last Four Nights, of the truly wonderful BEDOUIN ARABS. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with THE ANCHOR OF HOPE ; or, The Seaman's Star. Mr. Dunmore, Mr. Conway ; Squire liar -move, Mr. T. Fredericks ; Captaia Walton, Mr. Tindel ; Mary Wheatly, Mrs. Ware. After which TILE BUFFALO GALS ; or, Female Ethiopian Sere naders. To be followed by THE BEDOUIN ARABS. To conclude with THE BRIDGE OF NOTRE DAME; or, THE PARRICIDE'S CURSE. Noel Champinon, Mr. Neville; Master Legris, Mr. Heslop ; Godfrey Mervin, Mr. J. T. Johnson; Melanie, Mrs. H. Yining. . • Boxes, 25., Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, counnence at Half•past Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING JACK LONG OF TEXAS; or, THE SHOT IN THE EYE : Jack Long, Mr. Flicks; Hinch, the Regulator, Mr. Searle ; Ben Sinai!, Mr. Gardner ; Noah Gibbs, Mr. Dale ; White, Mr. Bird ; Hector, Mr. Flovvard ; May Gibbs, Miss Vincent, &c., &c. After which, an entire new Drama, to be entitled the Sill? BOY ; or, The White Slave of Guadaloupe. To conclude with THE RATS OF RAT'S CASTLE ; or, The Old Abbey Ruins. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, Id. Pit, 6(1.1 Gallery, 3,1. Private Boxe, Parties of Four, from 10s. 6d. ; and Parties of Eight, it. le. 1 tIE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, APRIL 22. THERMOMETER, LO:VosY, 39 ; Highest, 56 ; Noon, 50. BAROMETER, 30.12.—W1ND, E.; fine. HE:.=ir WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. adorning .. 17 minutes after 6. i Evening 15 minutes after 7. , .... :*"' 1 ' -.., i .. 9 nu i • mxt . . .—', -, ;'- ' :e ms ip A 6,,...., r„ , , , = eft 1 fla= le ' AO t,' , ..' 4 ' . 1'....g _ , _ , •_ . ..__1: , ._ , 4. , ~- ~ ~wlOl e.,..,......,,,..0, .....,;,-fr --*,,,-4 „ ‘ 4„,, ..:.:,...,,. ....i.......,...,,„_ aa 41 , . -,1014 ,i t r ,;- , :,) , ,h,r."' ' RIM • , ~.. ,i r ~,„, 1111k4., la Er: ~1'i1`,51,.• sr': •' ,„ '... - . -- ' sEcoND EDITION. - LONDON, TEIIIRSDAY, APRIL 22, 1847. The Lords did not sit yesterday. The Commons met at twelve o'clock. The second reading of the Hosiery Manufacture Bill was postponed for a fortnight. On the motion for bringing up the report on the Factory Bill, Mr. TRELAWNY said he would give the Bill every opposition in his power. It was said the labourers were in favour of the Bill, and that, therefore, the Legislature ought to accede to it ; but if they had so high an opinion of the legislative capabilities of the lir. i labourer s , i why did th ey re f use to th em th e f ranc hise ? Bconsidered th a t th e di s t ress w hi c h w ould be occasioned cm by passing this Bill would be incal culable. lie, therefore, moved that the report be received that day six months. Mr. BROWNE s econded the. amendment. Mnstr. M. measure. Plumps felt bound once more agai to protest Mr. P. 1 - 10wAun supported the Bill. Mr. S. CRAWFORD considered the opposition to the measure unfair and vexatious. Mr. ESCOTT considered that in consequence of the defeat of the eleven hours' clause, the Bill h ad been altogether altered. Petitions had been presented in its favour, stated to have been signed by divers ma nufacturers, but these persons had misrepresent e d themselves. On examining the petitions he found that several of the signers could not spell the word by which they designated themselves manufacturers. Mr. FERRAIS'D hoped the measure would pass with out delay. Mr. 211INTz supported the Bill. Mr. TANCRED was satisfied the Bill would not rea lise the hopes of its supporters, and therefore he op posed it. Sir DE LACY EVANS WAS SO convinced by the ar guments of the Noble Lord at the head of the Go- THE OU'N 9 9. ` .LONDON, THITBSDAY_EVENING: vernment, that he felt bound to support the mea- sure. Lord Jon RUSSELL regretted the defeat of the eleven hours' clause, but he did not feel justified in withdrawing his support from the Bill on that ac count, but as the ten hours' plan had never been tried, he was not quite sure but that the House might, in some future session, be called upon to re vise the course they had adopted. Mr. ROEBUCK was surprised at the course adopted by the Noble Lord. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority Mr. BROWNE then moved the clause of which he had given notice, authorising lessees of steam or water power to make a proportionate abatement in their rent for the time during which they would be deprived of the use of such power by the operation of this Bill. Mr. BROTRERTON supported the clause. Mr. ROEBUCK considered that the Bill was sup ported by the agriculturists solely with a view to put a thorn in the side of the manufacturers. After a short conversation, the clause was with drawn, on the suggestion of Sir G. GREY and of Sir R. PEEL. Viscount EBRINGTON proposed a clause, excepting adult women from the operation of the Act, which was negatived without a division. The NOBLE VISCOUNT then proposed a clause enacting that none but medical practitioners should he appointed inspectors under the Act. This clause was likewise negatived. Mr. LEADER moved a clause empowering manu facturers to make up time lost by injury to the ma chinery at the rate of one hour per day. Mr. BRIGHT seconded the motion, which, after a short discussion, was lost by a majority of 63 ; the numbers being—for the clause 31, against it 94. The report was then received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Friday, on the understand ing that a day should be fixed on which the debate on the third reading should come on. The Naval Prisons Bill passed through Committee, after a short discussion, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Friday. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK withdrew his motion for copies of the correspondence between the Foreign office and the Governments of Spain and Portugal, on the subject of the arrears of pay due from the former country to the British Legion, and on the arrears of military pensions due from the latter country to the Duke of WELLINGTON and Viscount BERESFORD. The House adjourned at Six o'clock. Happily for the character of Parliament the long delayed, long-agitated, and long-desired measure for a diminution in factory labour cannot continue inde finitely before the Legislature. As in all sublunary matters, there must ultimately be a termination to the 1 discussion upon Mr. FIELD EN'S Bill. Even the question of preference between ten and eleven hours daily occupation must, in the end, be settled. But that Experience assures us that no Parliamentary consideration can acquire fur itself a perennial freshness, that it cannot he fanned into immortality as by the breezes of the island of CALYPSO, we should be disposed to date the Royal sanction of the Bill (which is so perti naciously squabbled over on Wednesday mornings) at the Greek Kalends—certainly not before ! Hap pily, however, Time is perpetually gleaning both after the harvests of human mortality and the harvests of legislative mortality. The waifs and strays of our senatorial dilatoriness are gathered up in their allotted season. So must it some time be with the Factory Bill—even with the Factory Bill! The very garrulous opposition which has been excited against the propositions of Mr. FIELDEN are absolutely becoming intolerably tedious. Yesterday afternoon the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, the Member for Bath, explained in some measure, the origin of this opposition ; he stigma tised the scheme then submitted to the deliberation of the House as a species of punishment inflicted upon the manufacturers by the agriculturists —as, in short, an invidious compensation for the accept ance of the free-trade principles! That then is the delusion, that is the hobgoblin, that is the 4pectral monstrosity which has affrighted the susceptible imaginations of so many honourable 1 Represesentatives. Why, now that the "mur -1 der is out," the apprehensions entertained for so long a period may be very readily dissipated. The terrible phantom which has appalled so many stalwart gentlemen may be as easily shown to be a silly device as the veriest village ghost may be proved, on inspection, to be a turnip, a rushlight, , and a sheet ! Never was a really philanthropic measure so monstrously traduced as this measure for the eman cipation of the over-worked and neglected factory Artizans! A plan that has originated in the purest and loftiest benevolence is stigmatised as the offspring of rancorous animosity and pitiful spite. Accord ing to Mr. ROEBUCK, that battle of High Principle, which has for several years been eliciting the admi ration of the GoD-adoring and Man-loving multitude, is in reality nothing better than a Faction Fight! According to the hypothesis of Mr. B. ESCOTT, Lord ASHLEY is—notwithstanding his partiality for the late anti-corn-law agitation—an unconscious implement for ensuring revenge to the Protectionists. Accord ing to the suppositions uttered yesterday in the (louse of Commons, her MAJESTY'S Ministers are very innocently, but very energetically, carry ing into effect the invidious projects of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK and his followers. Deluded Lord JOHN RUSSELL ! benighted Privy Conn ‘;illors! deceived Commissioner of her MAJESTY'S Woods and Forests! are you then, out of the very plenitude of your charity towards the suffering children in the manufacturing districts, degenerating into the tools of your bitterest antagonists, of the lovers of a fiscal bondage, of the so-called, and satiri cally so-called Country Party ? Alas! for the pit fals and quagmires of political ambition But, seriously and solemnly, it is maintained that the Ten Hours' Factory Bill is nothing more than a retalliation for the triumph of free trade, and most seriously and most solemnly we aver that never was any true struggle in the cause of humanity so shame fully and causelessly traduced. As well might we designate the charitable labours of him who is com monly called ST. VINCENT DE PAUL as efforts for the destruction of all pedlars and costermongers ; as well might we distort into the patronage of im morality the immaculate sentiments uttered by HOWARD to the inmates of foreign dungeons. Despite these absurd misrepresentations, however, the Bill introduced by Mr. FIELDEN has progressed another stage. In the teeth of a virulent animosity it has advanced through the ordeal of Committee—it has passed unscathed over the burning ploughshares of amendments and cavilled-clauses. On Friday evening it is to be revived for the third reading, con ditionally—in other words, the third reading will then come on, with the understanding that it will be postponed for another occasion. By this quibbling procrastination the discussions have been spread over a gnat multitude of hours already ; yet, thanks to the innate goodness and vitality of the principle at stake, there has been no escape through any one of the thousand loopholes to reach which its opponents have striven so perpetually. The numerous obstacles which the Bill has already conquered form to us a guarantee that it must ultimately prove victorious ! A very interesting discus ion took place last night in the House of Commons in Committee on the Naval Prisons Bill, of which the object is to substitute im prisonment for corporal punishment in cases where naval officers are at present empowered to inflict the latter with ou t t h e intervention of a court-martial. To invest officers with this alternative would be at once a wise and humane act on the part of the Legisla tpuorwe , e r and o wwe proposed have t n o d o b o e u ht giventhat w t h h oe e url i s ld b c ie r e t a i c o c n e a p r t, y . able to th e commandersof ships. Heretofor e the offi cers, whose first duty sisTts maintain an efficient state o f discipline, have felt o themselves compelled to resort to corporal punishment because they have not had th e power in their own ' hands, nor have there been available means, for com. mitting the refractory seaman to prison. And thus happened, that an e xce ll ent and iL has frequentlymaneofficer,who has only faithfully discharged his duty to his SOVERED3H, has had his character for benevolence wantonly impeached, simply in con sequence of the defective and indiscriminately limited system of regulations which has hitherto prevailed for the suppression of naval offences. The Admiralty are, therefore, entitled to great praise for having in troduced the measure in question. It is a proof of the earnest desire by which they are animated to do all in their power to redress the grievances which have been reasonably complained of, both before and since their accession to office ; and that these have not been light cannot be questioned. Captain PECHELL, him self a naval officer, yesterday acknowledged, in the House of Commons, " his wonder how the sailor formerly bore the grievances to which he was sub ject." The sentence of imprisonment in solitary con finement for 28 days, which it is intended to authorise commanders to pass, can not be carried into effect, unless it be first approved of in writing by the chief com manding officer at the port, place, or station where the ship to which the offender belongs may happen to be. This is a proper check and commendable guarantee for securing the sailor against the exercise of undue severity, or unjust treatment. Whether this provision should not be hereafter enlarged, so as to protect the accused against imprisonment unless sanctioned by a court-martial, is a point which will fairly admit of future consideration. The Admiralty have a great responsibility, and whilst they are pro ceeding in a right direction, and making benevolent experiments in accordance with the public feeling, we think they are to be praised for framing their mea sures with due caution. Too precipitate a relaxa tion of power, in the first instance, might have the effect of defeating the very object which we believe is entertained by the Admiralty, in common with the most philanthropic of the nation at large, that of improving the general condition of all the subordinate ranks in the navy, and of removing, as speedily as possible, the various causes which have hitherto rendered a severity of punishment indis pensable. We certainly deem it desirable that naval and military punishments should be assimilated as closely as may be feasible, and we except altogether to the practice of the lash being applied, as it now is s with greater severity to the body of the sailor than to that of the soldier. There should be no difference in the cat•o'-nine-tails in either service; neither do we see why the instrument should be wielded by a powerful boatswain in the navy, when, in the army, it is placed in the hands of a drummer. If the ser• vices of a boy are sufficient in the one case, they ought to be considered equally so in the other. At any rate, were there to be no difference permitted in the severity of the lash, naval or military, it would scarcely, we presume, be contended that the services of a boatswain in the navy, and of those of a boy in the army, would be justified by any assumed differ ence in the relative physical strength of the sailor com pared with that of the soldier. Other matters were elicited in the course of the debate which redound to the credit of the Admiralty. As soon as ever the public finances will admit of it, they intend to increase the pay of the petty officers, and likewise to introduce some honorary distinction. They have also in contemplation t) give rewards to sergeants of marines, whose services for the preservation of discipline received from the Secretary of the Ad miralty a just tribute of admiration. Altogether, it is manifest that the present Lords of the Admiralty are not men who hold out expectations to the public which they suffer to sink into oblivion with the ter mination of a debate in St. Stephen's. The country will feel grateful for the zeal and activity with which they have applied their minds to the important duties incidental to their high office. There are few persons who are at all acquainted with public affairs, or were in the habit of reading the public journals some fifteen years since, who must not have fully in their recollection the daily accounts of tumultuous assemblies, and too frequently of san guinary conflicts taking place in Ireland, occasioned by the attempts then made by the titheowners of that country to collect the compositions established in lieu of tithe from the occupiers of land. What was termed a passive resistance was organised. No farmer or cottier paid the portion chargeable on his holding, without, in the first instance, opposing the recovery of the demand in every manner possible. Every de lay permitted by the law was interposed ; every means of opposition that legal ingenuity could devise no matter how vexatious or expensive it might be to the parties, was bad recourse to before a decree or order could be obtained ; all the machinery of the law was brought into operation by the litigants on either side. No tribunal throughout the land, from the highest to the lowest, from the Court of Cnancery to the magistrates at petit sessions, was free from tithe cases. Bills were filed in Chancery and in the Equity Exchequer.— proceedings instituted and nisi prius records made up from the common law courts—processes before the assistant barrister at quarter sessions, and sum monses at petit sessions, were all in turn adopted, and in almost every instance successful in obtaining favourable decisions for the plaintiffs. But that which usually terminated the difficulties of creditors in ordinary cases proved, in these instances, but the very beginning of their trouble. The payments could not be enforced by any power that could be made use of. If a small party attempted to take the goods of the debtor they were beaten off and compelled to relinquish their seizure, and fre quently considerably injured by the assailants. If a larger force was employed, and the aid of the civil power invoked, blood was shed either on the side of the police:or the people—the enforcers or the opponents of the law. Gortroe, Carrickshock, and many other places obtained an infamous celebrity for the fearful scenes enacted, and numerous widows and orphans had to lament the loss of their protectors, whose lives were sacrificed, and who became the victims of the state of demoralisation and opposition to the law, so universal throughout the island. The military were called in many instances, the troops in addition to their ordinary duties were converted into tithe proctors and bailiffs, to compel submission to the law. Captions were effected and triumphantly borne to the neighbouring towns, and there offered for sale by public auction, in order to realise the amount of the debt and costs, but the result was scarcely more favourable for the claimants. True it was that the overwhelming force employed prevented the assembled multitudes from usi ng o p en violence, or attempting the rescue of the goods by the strong hand ; but thousands flocked in from every side of the country, and with folded arms and lower ing brows regarded the progress of the sale, and curses both loud and deep were uttered against every person participating in the proceedings. Bidders could not be obtained on any terms ; fat cattle were knocked down and sold for as many pence as they were worth pounds, but they had previously been branded so as to indicate that they had been sold for the payment of the obnoxious demands, and the purchaser could not avail himself of his bargain, or make it in any degree useful, for it was followed from place to place, and looked upon as something unholy, to call down the vengeance of Heaven on its possessor ; while he himself, in his person and pro perty, was made to expiate the offence he had com mitted in at all meddling. He could not safely show himself at fair or market; his house and the produce of his farm were consumed by the acts of incen diaries, his cattle houghed or butchered in his fields, and everything belonging to him devoted to destruc tion. In the meantime the persons who were dependent on the colle2tion of the tithe composition for the means of livelihood were reduced to the greatest dis tress. Not only were their usual and ordinary sup plies withdrawn, but they were further impo verished, by being obliged to defray the legal expenses of the proceedings they had insti tuted. Parliament came to their assistance, a loan of one million pounds sterling was first voted on their behalf, which was subsequently converted into a gift from the State to those whose legal rights it was un- able, with all its power, to enforce, and Parliament acknowledged that all its authority was set at nought by the wide-spread, the universal organization and resistance. The titheowner was compelled to sur render a certain portion of his income, in order to obtain payment of the residue. A bonus of 25 per cent. was given to the landlords, in order to induce them to take upon themselves the liability for the balance, and the Act was passed for the abo lition of compositi ons i n li eu of tithe and the substi tution of s rent-charge in plus thereof. By that statute the rent-charge was made • a lien upon the lands, and the owner of the first estate of inheritance was made responsible therefor, while in the event of non-payment a summary jurisdiction was given to the courts of equity to grant a receiver over the rents, issues, and profits of the lands liable for the payment ; from thenceforward there has been no pay ment of any kind of demand in Ireland made with such regularity and punctuality as that which could not previously, by any means, be enforced or obtained. The clause in the Poor-law Bill which was proposed by Lord GEORGE BEN TINCK in the Commons, and rejected only by a majority of three, and which will again be brought forward in the Lords, if made part and parcel of the Act, will occasion a renewal of the scenes of 1832, and the subsequent years, and practically render the law inoperative and inefficacious. The occupying tenants will believe, and with reason, that they are treated with injustice that the entire burden is shifted from the shoulders of the landowners to their own. By the law as it now stands they are entitled to deduct from their rents a certain proportion of the rate, and by a wise regula tion that deduction is in the inverse proportion to the rent they pay. If that is a rack rent higher than the poor-law valuation, the chief portion falls on the landlord—if very low, on the tenant. He is, in fact, entitled to deduct a moiety of the rate per pound from every pound of rent he pays. If no such al lowance should be made from this time forth, nothing could eonvince the occupier that he was not seriously aggrieved, and passive resistance would again be introduced by a people, who from their former triumph were made acquainted with their real power. It is incumbent, therefore, on all friends of the measure to oppose the introduc tion of the clause to the uttermost, for, if carried, it will render the entire enactment worse than useless, and occasion the greatest confusion and disturbance in the land it is intended to benefit. Accounts from Rome state that Don ENRIQUE, on his arrival there, "demanded an audience of the POPE, who, in reply, desired that he should be presented by the Spanish Ambassador; but as this functionary had made pretension to being present at every audience, the PRINCE declared that he could not admit of any witness to any conscientious intercourse that might take place between him and the Sovereign Pontiff. Consequently, he announced his intention of address ing his Holiness directly, the first time he met him in public." A Berlin letter of the 15th states that the pro posed Address, in answer to the KING'S speech, was read at that day's sitting of the States-General, and immediately taken into consideration. The terms are said to be rather violent, and if the Address were voted without modification, it would probably lead to unfortunate consequences. Therefore, Count D'ARNIM, late Minister of the Interior, wishing to prevent all conflict between the SOVEREIGN and the States, proposed, in a speech which had great effect, an amendment, which appeared to be favourably received by the majority of the Assembly. The amendment maintains the same sentiments, but in more temperate language. The debate was expected to last two days at the least. The Cologne Gazette . , states that the Prussian Cabinet has decided on not renewing the navigation treaty of 2d March, 1841, between the Zollverein and England, which is about to terminate. The southern states of Germany objected to the treaty being discontinued on account of the effect it would have on the importation of sugar ; but the Zollverein states were unanimous in resolving that it should not be renewed in its present form. The Cologne Gazette adds, that the dispatches directing the cessation of the treaty were sent to London last week. Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. The QUEEN attended a bull-fight on Monday, and, notwithstanding the bando of the Political Chief, was greeted with loud vivas on her appearance. The Ministers have introduced into the Senate a Bill of Indemnity for having banished AVIRANETA and Caico to Alicant and Almeira. The Minister of the Interior, who introduced the measure, declared that he had no moral doubt of their guilt. The Bill authorising the Ministry to collect the taxes has passed the Senate by a large majority. Senor OLOZAGA, who has taken his seat in the Chamber, had solicited an audience of the QUEEN, in order personally to thank her MAJESTY for having permitted him to return to Spain. The Clamor Public° publishes a memorial ad dressed to her MAJESTY by MENDIZABAL, CORTLNA, MADOZ, and GOMEZ DE LA SERNA, praying that Generals IRIARTE, LINAGE, RODIL, CAPAZ, and SANTA CRUZ may be permitted to return to Spain. The Spanish Government has not received any official account of the landing of any English troops in Portugal to protect the QUEEN. The Tiempo states that the negotiations between Spain and the Papal See are going on very favourably, and there is every reason to hope that they will be speedily terminated satisfactorily. MADRID BOLSA, Aram 1 4.--Three per Cents. • 32 money, 3?+ paper; Five per Cents. 20i money; Debt without interest 5 money, 6e paper; Coupons 17 money, 17i paper. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The debate on the motion of M. REMUSAT for ea• eluding placemen from the Chamber of Deputies still continued, and was the subject of comment in all the papers. On Monday there was a riot of a somewhat serious character at the College de France. The Minister of Public Instruction, M. SALVANDY, had, in pursuance of the reactionary plan which he has long been steadily carrying out, forbidden M. QUINET, the great opponent of the Jesuits, from con firming his lectures on the literature of Southern Europe. In these lectures M. QUINET had exposed the intrigues and doctrines of the Jesuits, and it was doubtless at the instigation of that body that M. SALVANDY issued his prohibition. On Mon day M. QUINET presentel M. Duxus HINART as his substitute. The pupils, considering M. DUMAS HINART as a mere tool of the parti-pretre, refused to listen to him, and at length compelled him to re tire. It certainly is strange that M. GUIZOT, with all his experience, should abet M. SALVANDY, in his absurd crusade against the University. Has M. GUIZOT forgotten the days of the MiniAtere deplorable, when he himself was forbidden to lecture ? Has he forgotten the triumph of his restoration to the pro fessor's chair under the Martignac Ministry—a I triumph which led ultimately to his attaining his present high position ? But perhaps M. GUIZOT is anxious that M. QUINET too should become a Member of the Chamber and a Minister of the State—if so, he cannot do better than aid M. SALVANDT in these pro ceedings. The Buzaneais rioters were executed on Friday. The Moniteur announces that the Chamber of Commerce, desirous to participate in a grand and highly useful enterprise, had voted a sum of 5,000 f. (2000 to defray part of the expense the explora tion of the Isthmus of Suez preparatory to the open ing of the canal which is to unite the .Nlediterranean and the Red Sea. According to the Siecle, M. Guizor has become so alarmed at the present state of affairs in Spain that he has determined to send Count 13R.Eos to Madrid without delay. , , Five per A.UTHENTIQUII.—PARTS, APRIL French per Cents., 115 f. 55c. 50c. 45c. Four per Ceits., loaf. Three per Cents., 77f. 85c. 78f. Bank of France Shares, 3,265 f. Obl. of the City, 1,300 f. Neapolitan (Rothschild's) Defini tives, 102 f. 35c. Romans, 1021. Belgian Five , per Cents. (1840) 9934 f. Ditto, Three per Cents. (1847) 68 1 / 4 . Spanish Passive, Exchange on London :—One month, money, 25f. 52%c.; three months, paper, 25f. 30c.; money, 25f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, IPRIL 21. Boulogne and Amiens, 17—Dutch Rhenish, 411'.1—Namur and Liege, 4 1 / Northern of France, 1278 —Faris and Lyons, 5!/ I —Paris and Rouen, 361/2 —Rouen and Havre, 26:-4 Sambre and Meuse, 57. DEATH OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.—Died of dysen tery at the Cape of Good Hope,on his way hone from Madras, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Scott, Bart., of Abbotsford, eldest son and last surviving child of the author of " Waver ley." Sir Walter was born in 1801, and was a Lieut.-Colonel in the 15th Hussars. The baronetcy is extinct, but the Abbotsford property passes to Walter Scott Lockhart, a Cornet in the 16th Lancers, the only son of the editor of the Quarterly Review, and the only grandson of the author of " Waverley." Sir Walter was married in 1825, to a Miss Jobson, of Lochore, Fife, who still survives to lament, as all who knew him must do, an excellent officer, with many amiable quali ties and much kindness of heart. GRAY'S INN, APRIL 21.—Edward Crispe Ellery, Esq., was this day called to the degree of Barrister-at-law, by the Honourable Society of Gray's A.PRIL 22, 1847, MONEY arid COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was very feeble. American sorts declined id. to%l. per lb. for ord. and mid. Fair and better qualities were less offered. Brazil, Surat, and Egyptian were *d. per lb. lower. Sales, 2,000 bales.—ln Railway Shares there was no improvement. There was a scarcity of money beginning to be felt severely, and much dullness prevailed in consequence. A very considerable degree of interest is felt in the City in the promotion of the subscription in favour of the captain and crew of the "Emilio," who so humanely went out of their course to rescue that portion of the crew and the passengers of the Royal Mail steam packet which was wrecked on the Alacranes reef, during the passage of the ship from Ilayannah to Vera Cruz, on the 12th February last, the details of which unfortunate loss have been already fully made public. Including the subscriptions up to this day, very nearly 1,5001. has been received, in which we reckon the amount given by her Majesty's Government to Captain Camp of 5001., with a gold medal. It is most sanguinely expected that the sum raised will far exceed the amount above stated. Tu encourage such praiseworthy exertions on the part of foreigners towards our ships and crews in distress and danger, too strong a demonstration cannot be made in such a maritime country as this. Much curiosity is evinced in the perusal now of letters from the provinces when any authentic information is contained of the state of trade or the effect of the Bank of England measures. As far as can be ascertained, the country banks are following in the wake of the Bank of England, and are compelled to limit the accommodation usually afforded to their cus tomers. The intelligence from Paris also indicates the continuance of rather an uneasy state of things, princi pally owing to the money wants of the Government. At Amsterdam the rate of discount on bills of exchange rules as low as four per cent., but the higher charges prevalent here will attract capital from that quarter. As the Bank of England now declines some of the paper offered to it, and discounts generally above the " minimum" rate, where paper has more than a short time to run, it is hardly expected that there will be any further public announcement of an increased charge, fur the present, even though the rate out of doors is above the Bank of England terms. The Funds have receded to-day. Consols have been 864 to 87 for transfer, and 868 to 87k for May. Ex chf-quer bills are par to 2s. premium, and East India Bonds have been done at par. Bank Stock is worth 193 to 195. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 874 to 88. The Foreign Stocks are completely neglected. Spanish Five per Cents. realise 244, and the Passive, 51. Brazil Stock is worth 834. Dutch Four per Cents. are 90 to 894. Railway Shares have been flatter. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • • • • • • • • 195 193 195 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 85% 86% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 16% 87 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Arms. 87% % 88 Long Annuities, Expire Jar. 5, 1860 • • 8 15-16 9 1-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 • • 8%% India Bonds, 1,000/. .. • • • • • • par Ditto, under 1,0001. • • • • 2 p South Sea Stock .. .• .. Ditto. Old Annuities • • • • 84% Consols for May 27 .. • • • • 86% 87% Exchequer Bills. 1 % d. 2d. 1,0001. .. • • par 2 p 5001. • • •• • • 2 dis par Ditto, Small .• .. • • 2 dis 1 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • 83% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. • • '24% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 5% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 90 89% Ditto. Bonds .. • • • • • 89 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. .. to Bristol and Exeter .. • . • • .. 75 .... 73 .. • • to Buckinghamshire • • .. • • .. • • 61. 43... dis. to Caledonian .. • . •. 30 .... .... to Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • .. 2% 2 ..., to Eastern Counties .. .• .. 20 .... 18%14 .. to Do., Perpetual,s per Ci. No.l, 61. 13s. 4d..... .... to Ditto, ditto .. No. 2, 61. 13s. 4d..• p.. to Ditto, York Extension 64 .. .. 5 %'4 to East Lancashire .. .. • • .. .. 17 .... .. • • to Ditto, New .. .. • • .. •• • . to , - Ditto, ditto, New Scrip 1U .... 1 5 4.... to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. • • 5() .• .... to Ditto, Quarter i3hares . • • . .. 12%.... 17% .. ••to Ely and Huntingdon . • . • • .. 15 .. • • 15% .••• to Great Northern .. • • • • .. 3 Ditto. London and York Extension.. 2% •• • • 2 •• • • t. Great North of England .. ..100 .. •• .. ••to Ditto. New.. .• • • .. .. • • 5 .... 59% .... to Great Western .. .. • • • • .. 85 •• .. 114 .. • • to Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • • • 12% • 17% to Ditto, Fifths .. .. • • •• 20 •• 27 •••• to Lancaster and Carlisle 60 61 to 60% Ditto. New .. .. • • • . .... 10% to Leeds and Bradford .. .. •• 40 .... 83 to Leeds and Thirsk .. • • • • • • 22% •• • • to Ditto, New .. • • • • .. 10 .. • • 7%.... to London and Blackwell .• 161. 13s. 4d. •• • • •• .. to . Ditto, New, No. 1 • • • • • • . 5 .... 5 1 ,{ .... to London, Brighton, and South Coast •• 50 61 % to London and North-Western • • • . 100 .. 17254 173 to 172% Ditto, Quarters .. • • L. and 13. 7 .. .. ••to Ditto ditto New .. • • .. • 2 .... 11% .... to Ditto, Fifths • • .• •• • . • . 2 .. • . 15% to 16 London and South-Western 411. 6.. 10d. .. • . 63% .... to Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) . .. 50 .... 52% .• • . to Ditto, Scrip .. • . .. • • .. 5 .. • • 4% •••• to Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 21% .... to Manchester and Leeds .. . •• 82 ••.. to Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) • . • • ..71. 45.... • 1% p.. to Ditto % (late 'Judders. & Sheffield) 23 .. •• 24% • .. to Manehester, Buxton, and Matlock -. 425. .. • • par.... to Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .. • • 1 • • to Midland •• •• •• •• •• •.100 ....115 .. to 114 Ditto, New •• .. • • • • 36 .... 39 1 4 . .. to Ditto, New .. .. • • • • • . 2 ...• •• • • to Ditto, Consol. Bristol & Birmingh. 6 per cent. .. • • • • 100 —.122% to 123% Newcastle and Berwick .. .. •• 20 .... 25% %. to Ditto, New • .. • • .. 5 .. • • 7%.... to Norfolk . • .. • • • • .. • . ..100 . .• • • to Ditto, Extension •- • • • • .. 10 .... 10 •••• to Northern Counties Union • • • • .. 4 .. • • 1% •• • • to North British • • • • • • .. • • 25 .. • • 31% to 32 Ditto, Extension • • • • • • • %•• .• • • to Ditto, Thirds • • • • • • • . • • 1 •• 2% •.•• to North Staffordshire .. .. • • • • 5 .. • • 71A%.. to Preston and Wyre • . • . .• -• •• 25 .... ES ... to Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) •• 3% •• • • 3% •• .. to Shropshire Union • .. 425..... 1% dis. to - iouth Eastern and Dover .. •. • .331.25.4 d. 36% to Ditto, New (do. 331. 6s. Bd.) No. 2.. 12 .. • 12% .... to Ditto, New (do. 151.) No. 4 .. 5 •• • • 5 .. • • to South Wales .. .. • . • • • • • • 10 .• • • 7%.... to 7 West Riding Union .. .. • • ..41.25..... % p.. to Wilts, Somerset, and WeymOntb.... 20 11 .... to York and Newcastle • . • • .. 25 .• • • 34 .. • • to 33% Ditto, Preference • . • . .• .. 4 .... 7 % .... to York and North Midland .. 50 .... to Ditto East and West RidlngExtension 10 .... 20 .... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. East Indian .. .. :. •• •• .. ss. •• •• _ %.... to LEWES, APRIL 20.--Beef, from 33 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 6d ; Lamb, is to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 43 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. Supply good, and steady demand. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April 22, 1847, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. BARLEY.' OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. • q. PRICE 1743 E Id 48s 4d 29s 7d 56s Id I 49s 10,1 56s PEA 7d The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day in the New Chamber to hear ap peals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, the Earl of Clancarty, and Lord Waldegrave. GERAIITY V. MALONE AND - OTHERS. The argument on this part-heard appeal were resumed to day. The case came before their Lordships upon appeal from a decree of Sir Edward Sugden's, when Lord Chancel lor of Ireland. The following are the facts of the case, out of which the appeal arises : The respondents had filed a bill in the Court of Chancery in Ireland, praying to be declared entitled to redeem certain lands, and to hold them under a lease of December, 1823, on payment, of what should be found to b e d ue to the present appellant, upon accounts being taken between the parties. The appellant held the lands direct from the Archbishop of Dublin for the time being, under a lease considered to be perpetually renewable, and had granted a lease to a person named Frayne. Rent being over-due in the year 1839, the appellant brought an action of ejectment. The action was not defended, and the appellant obtained judgment, but before a writ of habere facies possessionem was issued the rent and costs were tendered by the widow of Frayne. The ejectment was stopped, and Frayne, jun., took possession of the lands. It was stated that Malone advanced the money, and took a mortgage on the lands by way of security. In the year 1840, rent again being in arrear, another eject ment was brought. The case went to trial, and the appel lant recovered judgment and a writ of habere, which was executed, and under which he entered into possession. The respondent, Malone, afterwards filed his bill in the Court of Chancery, with a prayer to the effect above stated, and al leged his title to be that of mortgagee of the premises in virtue of having advanced the money which in 1839 was paid to the appellant for the rent and costs then due. The respondent, Malone, proved a tender of the rent and costs within the time permitted by the statutes of Ireland to a person who desired to redeem a forfeiture. The appellant refused to accept the tender. The Lord Chancellor granted the prayer of the bill, and apparently considering that the appellant ought to have accepted the money tendered, di rected him to pay the costs of suit. The lease of 1823 ex pired in March, 1843, but the decree was not finally made till April, 1843. . Mr. GERAIITY, the appellant, who is an Irish barrister, argued his case in person on Tuesday last, contending, first, that the alleged mortgagee had not made out a good title, either in law or equity, to have redemption of the land; se condly, that there was no ground to award costs against him; and lastly, that the decree ought not to have been for possession of the land, because the term of the original lease had, in fact, expired. The arguments occupied their Lordships the whole day. ROLLS' COURT-(THIS DAY.) WASON V. BRIDGES, &c. This was a motion for an injunction to restrain the de fendants from pulling down certain houses in Westminster, under the power of an Act entitled, "The Westminster Im provement Act." It appeared that the defendants were tha commissioners under this Act, and the plaintiff' was the per son who originated the speculation for which that Act had been obtained, and the object of which was to make a street from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace, which would pass through property which he held under lease from the Farmers' Charity and from the dean and chapter of Westminster. The proposed project of the plaintiff was ap proved of by the Commissioners of Wocds and Forests, who agreed to give 50,0001. towards its prosecution. In February, 1845, the plaintiff assigned his interest i❑ this scheme to two parties named Mason and Taylor, and an agreement was entered into as to the terms. A Bill was subsequently in troduced into Parliament, which received the Royal Assent, to carry out the proposed improvement ; but the agreement not having been duly executed by Mason and Taylor, the plaintiff sought by the present motion to prevent the exe cution of the work until a satisfactory arrangethent should be made. Mr. KINDERSLEY opened the case for the plaintiff to-day, VICE-CHANCERY.-',THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) His HONOUR took motions to-day, but no case of interest, except to the parties concerned, came before the Court during the morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice DENSIAN and a full Court.) THY QUEEN V. SAUNDERS. Mr. PASIILZT moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Mr. Saunders, a magistrate in the county of Carmarthen, for committing Wir. Griffiths to gaol, and refusing to take bail, under the following circumstances : On the 2d of December last, the applicant and his son were walking along a tram road, orlpublic way, near Lla• nethly, towards the sea-coast, where there was a quantity of wild fowl. It was then eleven at night. A person came up to them on horseback, and on seeing them collared Nirm. Griffiths, who had a gun upon his shoulder, and raised his whip as it to strike him. Win. Griffiths raised his gun as if to strike him, and the person let go of his collar, saying I know you, and then rode off. On the Friday following, a policeman came to the house of the applicant at eight o'clock in the evening, and took them into custody. They were conveyed to the house of a person named M'kennyon, and then instead of being taken before the petty sessions of Llanethly, which were held on the following day, he was con veyed nearly twenty miles across the country, to Caermar then,? and taken before Mr. Saunders. M`K ennyon deposed that he found the plaintiffs walking on the property of the tramroad and canal company, and, as he believed, with the intention of killing game. He admitted that there was no game within two miles of the place where he saw them, but he stated that a hare skin was found in their house. That skin was proved to have been left there by a friend for the purpose of being sold. Mr. Saunders was much out of temper, and committed the elder prisoner for trial. stating that he should not take bail. Applications were sub sequently made to Mr. Saunders to admit the applicant to bail, but he refused. The trial took place on the Bth of Ja nuary at the Carmarthen Quarter Sessions, and a verdict of acquittal was given, and the applicant had been previously convicted of felony and transported, but was pardoned after four years in the hulks, and since that time had been known as a respectable man, so that the refusal to take bail could not be upon that ground.—Application granted. JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. Mr. LUSH stated that there were two prisoners in Court, brought up by writ of habeas corpus. They had been sen tenced to transportation in Jersey, and the question arose as to the jurisdiction of the Court to award that sentence. He would not press the application, as he understood that the Attorney-General was not prepared. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, said that no notice bad been given of the application. The usual course was, to give notice of such application, and furnish the Crown with a copy of the sentence, &c., or else merely to move for a rule nisi. It was merely by accident that he found that such an appli cation was about to be made. _ _ Mr. Lush suggested that the proceedings should be de ferred to any other day that the Court might name. Lord DICNMAN said that on Monday the Court would hear the application. There would be no necessity to bring up the prisoners again. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) WILLIAM* V. CLARK.K. This case was tried before the Lord Chief Baron, at the sittings in London after Hilary Term last, when a verdict was returned for the plaintiff. Mr. WATSON now moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be had, or a nonsuit entered. The action was brought upo❑ a foreign bill of exchange made at Bruges, in Belgium, by Charles Williams, the plaintiff, directed to one Captain Dickson, and payable to the order of defendant, for the sum of 200/. The bill was endorsed by the defendant to the plaintiff, and the whole case turned upon the question, whether or not the defendant had had notice of the dishonour. The evidence proved that notice (if notice it was) had been given in due time. The Learned Counsel moved on an affidavit of surprise, which stated that it was only at the time that the trial commenced that he was aware that the drawer and the plaintiff were one and the same person.—Rule refused. SH ERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-SheriffBURCHELL.) FRASER V. SIRED. This was an action to recover the sum of 171. 3s. Bd. on a guarantee. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default. Mr. CIIARNOCK, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that he would take the case as undefended. The UNDER-SHERIFF said, that perhaps the defendant might appear after the case was over. Mr. CemiNocx. said he would run the risk. He then stated that the defendant was anxious to raise a sum of 1,300/. on an estate, and he applied to the plaintiff for the amount, giving him a guarantee that the plaintiff should be indemnified against any expenses in investi gating the title, &c., if it should be found defective, or the negotiation should go off in consequence of the neglect or default of the defendant. Mr. Burton, who had acted as the attorney on both sides, proved that the negotiation went off in conse quence of the defendant's neglect; the law expenses amounted to 141. 13s. Bd., and the surveyor's charges to 6!. 10s., which had not been paid. Mr. CHARNocK said the plaintiff was entitled to re cover it, as he was liable to the surveyor. The jury gave a verdict fiir 171. 3s. Bd. COGAN V. FISHER. The plaintiff i n thi s action is an oil and colour mer chant, and the defendant a painter, &c. The defendant carriage of passengers in merchant vessels of whatever nation," together with a circular annexed from the S,Tretary of the Treasury to collectors and other officers of the United States on this subject.---I am, Sir, &c. To Wm. Dobson, E (Signed) J. 'MACGREGOR. sq., Secretary, Lloyd's. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY 3Vf.a.-anzTs Sarrrimat.D.—.llleadow Hay, 2/ 12s to 3/ 16s ; Clover ditto. Si 143 to 41 18s ; and Straw, 11 12s to 11 16s per load Trade dull at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 21 14s to 41; Clover ditto. 31 105 to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 11 12s to 11 16s per load. A full average supply, and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 17s ; Clover ditto, 31 12s to 5/ ; an d S traw, 1/ 12s to 11 16s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. NEINITOATE AND LICADENEALL. There was a fair average amount of business passing here, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Mut • ton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork,. 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. MEAT MAXLIEETS. SOUTHALL, APRIL 2 1.—Although the supplies of each kind of fat stock on offer were seasonably large, the trade was steady, and last week's prices were well supported. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, as 10d to 5s 4d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s; Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 48 to 48 8d per 81bs to sink the offals. ROMFORD, APRIL 21.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in steady request at full prices, otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 4.1; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 4s to 4s 3d; and Pork, 45 to 4s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 185 to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. had suffered judgment to g 9 by default, but appeared to pers,,o to deny that he was Ind,bted to the plaintiff, as directly he was sere, d with the writ, he went to plaintiff and raid plug debt a!al got a receipt. Mr. LEWIS, the pl: - tintlif's solicitor, said that that question had been settled before Mr. Justice Erle. The defendant, said that he was not asked to show the receipt, but the fact was Mr. Lewis was going on for costs. The UNDER-SHERIFF asked whether the defendant had the receipt ? The defendant said he had got it at home. vf The UNDER SHERIFF—Did y ou em pl o y any attor ll - A Defendant—No, I o n ly sp o k e to a f r i en d; who oi d be . would " do" the case for tue.—(Laugh ter.) The UNDER - SHERIFF-It appears that he has. There being, however, no plea of payment, nor 'AFT evidence that su c h was th e f act, th e j ur y gave a verdict for the amount claimed. HOPKINS V. PRIDE. The plaintiff in thi s action i s a s h oema k e r in Lambeth , and the defendant is a surgeon, residing at Groitroveo House, Pentardulais, near S‘vansea. The demand was fir 121., for the bo ar d an d l o d g i ng o f an i n fant, nam ed Clarissa i opkins Pride. an d pro' Mr. ATKINSON appeared for the plaintiff; ceeded to state the case—that the defendant had for merly been a surgeon at Blenheim-street DisPer isarlt and the daughter of the plaintiff consulted him proles: sionallr, and this ultimately led to her seduction, a' would be clearly shown. Mr. LOCIE objected to such statements, as the bar e question was, wh e th er th e d e f en d ant ever u ndertook to pay the plaintiff? The UNDER-S HERIFF sa id it wou ld b e much better ?f the matter could b e am i ca bl y - arranged, so as to av id unnecessary exposure, b u t if th e case wen t on be cowl d not prevent all the cir cums t ances w hi c h w ere coWev" with it from being stated. Mr. LOCKE having declined consenting to the arrange" mr:nt, • t% tif Mr. ATKINSON continued, that as to the peternh ; the defendant there could be no question, as he had been present at the chri a tenimg, and it was at his desir e that the child was named after him: Several letters were also put - in, in which the de' fendant said that he would pay the plaintiff. The plaintiff's daughter was then called, and gate evidence as to the nature of the connexio n between h e r and the defendant. Other witnesses were called, but could not prove tht C , defendant had ever contrat e d with the plaintiff to ke e p the child, and Mr. LOCKE submitted that there must be a nonsuitt Mr. ATKINSON said there was evidence on the face O f the letters of an existing contract. The UNDER-SHERIFF considered that there was SO . cient evidence to go to the jury. Mr. LOCKE then addressed the jury, and contesded that the evidence was insufficient, under the decisioe to the case of Mortimer v. Wright, 6 Meeson and `'Ville et and that even if th e c hild h a d b een l eg i t i mate , a fet", e , would not be b oun d t o pay f or i ts support u nless contracted with the party, but he might have been mad liable by au or d er o f a magistrate under the Elizabeth. The UNDER-SHE RIFF l e ft it t o t h e j ury t o s ay w l,„,t ti e : from the evidence and letters, they could infer that fendant had ever contracted to pay for the maintenance of the child to the plaintiff. The jury immediately gave a verdict for the sna c4l/1 claimed. Paris and Lyons Paris and Strasbourg • • • • •• •• Sambre and Memo West Flanders 5 .. • • 1% .... to •-•• .. .. .. .. .. II .• •• 4% .. •• to MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered • • • • •• •• 3% .... to LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) Lox Dow, APRIL 22.—Wind N.N.E.—Fresh breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, APRIL 21.—Wind N.N.E., light.—Arrd. Unique, Clark, Rio Grande; John Anderson,_Lawrence, Porto Rico; Christina, Ran, Havannah, for Amsterdam ; St. Croix, Blan field, Honduras; Mercurius, Suhr, Bahia, for Hamburgh. Std. Swift, Nevis ; General Taylor, New York ; Intrepid and Avon, Quebec. 30 min. past 7—There is a report of guns in the offing, and several boats have proceeded to the eastward. Light wind from N.E., nearly calm, and thick weather. FOWET, APRIL 20.—Wind S.E.—Sid. Augusta, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 21.—Wind S.W. to N.N.E.—And. Berkley, Nickols, Sierre Leone; Leonora, Thompson, Deme rara; Lena, Nagle, Trinidad; Freeman, White, Jamaica; Swan, Taylor, New Orleans ; Durham, Daveson, Charleston ; Athol, Long, Calcutta; Jane, Callao; Walga, Brown, Patagonia; Ann, Johnston, Maranham, sld. 12th ult. ; John Farnworth, Jamaica ; Rival, Petersen, Nassau ; Indepen dence, Harper, New Orleans; Parthenon, Woodbury, ditto; Margaret, Hardcastle, ditto; Edwin, Pierce, Savannah; Prince of Wales, Brown, Philadelphia; Ann Powell, Drown, dittn; Ann Powell, Tucker, Caminho. Sld. John, Matthu, Calcutta; Menzies, Bombay; Trenton, New Orleans; Jane, New York; Minstrel, Boston; Wallace, Quebec; Fellowship, Prince Edward's Island. Off port, Atlas (barque). The Romp, from Malaga to Liverpool, was capsized in a white squall on the 2d inst., lat. 37 long 10, crew, except the master, saved. CLYDE, APRIL 20.—Sid. St. Mary, Jamaica; Perthshire, New York. BIAMULLET, APRIL 19.—The Thomas Rising, from Lon don, got on shore in Ross Bay on the 16th ult., and has since arrived at Westport, with cargo damaged. MIDIBLEBOROUGII, APRIL 19.—The Johns, of Shields, struck on the bar, and has been towed to :—V Stoc kton. OFF PLYMOUTH.—Wind S.Wictoria, Singapore. GLOUCESTER, APRIL 21.—Wind W —Sid. British Queen, Quebec. NEWPORT, APRIL 21. Wind W. Sid. Pearl, Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, APRIL 21.—Wind S.S.E —Off port, Earl of Durham, Anderson, Sierra Leone, left 20th of February, and p roce eded for Liverpool; Vulture , Prymm, Bahia. - WARR E NPOINT, APRIL 20.—Arrd. Kedron, Kearney, New Orleans. The La Grange, for New York, has put back, leaky, having been on shore on Cranfield Point, and is dis charging. BRISTOL, APRIL 21.—Wind N.W.—A . Maria, Balsdon Barbadoes.—Sld. 19th, Idas, St. Kitt's. , Duntax, APRIL 20.—Wind W.—Sld. Industry, Quebec. K L N G STOWN, APRIL 20.—Arrd. Garonne, Dunn, Antigua • Hugh Fletcher, Trinidad. I,ll'3Elllex, APRIL 20.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Albion, Quebec. SHIELDS, APRIL 21.—Wind S. to S.E.—Sld. Edmond, Castle, Quebec; Brodrick, St. John's, New Brunswick; Xenophon, Picton. LONDONDERRY, APRIL 14.—Arrd. Royal Saxon, New Or leans; Pioneer, Philadelphia; Progress, St. John's. 16, Chris tiana Quebec. 17, Collingwood, Quebe c; C reo l e, Phila delphia. OFF SALCOMBII, APRIL 20.—Astarte, St. Vincents. LONDONDERRY, APRIL 12.—Arrd. Ann, Scott, New York; 13, Woodbine, New Orleans; Zelica, Philadelphia; May flower, Graham, Philadelphia; Sun, Meenkly, New York; 15, Montpelier, Stackpole, Philadelphia; 16, R. H. Douglas, Nerrill, Baltimore. INVERKEITHINO, APRIL 16.—Sid. Euphrates, Valparaiso. MIDDLESBOROUGH, APRIL 19.—Sid• Penelope, Quebec. GREENOCK, APRIL 20.—The Concord, of Plymouth, Porto Cabello to Liverpool, was abandoned on the 24th ult., lat. 44, lon. 39, dismasted and leaky; crew taken off by the Quebec arrived in the Clyde. COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL FOR TRADE. Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Whitehall, April 21st, 1847. Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to transmit to you, for the infor mation of the committee for tnao,iging the affairs of Lloyd's, and in order that publicity may be given to the same, the accompanying printed copy of two Acts, _passed by the Congress of We iluiteafitutes of America, no regulate the MIDDLESEX SESSIONS• (THIS DAY.) The Court sat this morning, at ten o'clock, for the clisP °slll of what are termed the bail cases. TUE CASE OF MAJOR BENIOWSEI.—JUDGDIEXT• n his The defendant in this case having surrendered tioe recognizances to receive judgment upon the •enY le awarded at the last sessions, to The ASSISTANT-JUDGE s a id it was hi s duty neer nounce judgment upo n th e d e f en d ant for an assau lt, whic h re as . must term one of a most aggravate d nature. It was an had sault committed after a. l a p se o f upwar d s o f six Yeatbaut intervened between it and the alleged provocation, making inquiries of any individuals except those alln`led W in his affidavit, and who se names were not even mention' Assaults of this nature were of a far more reprehensible ;91., ratter than those o r di nar il y b roug h t b e f ore t h e C our t,where ou tie:, acting upon a sudden i m p u l se o f pass i on , t oo k revenge as , the spot at tke moment the provocation was give different such been the case, h e s h ou ld h ave treate d it in aii a g manner. But the d e f en d ant i n t hi s case h a d, after Wa2 nie t for six years, gone up to the prosecutor the first time,rthee9 him—first proffered him the hand of friendship, and saner when Mr. Urquhart refused it, assaulted him in the %its established by the evidence. With respect to the th e dark , of a fine, he (the Assistant-Judge) circumstance rather in th of the because he was not aware of the were - defendant; but he h a d reason t o believe, that if he impose a heavy fi ne u p on hi m , he would be unable to pa 7 21 3. Under all the circumstances of the case, the sentence of Court was, that the defendant be imprisoned in the llpioruastei Correction for one calendar month , and that at the e of such term of imprisonment he en ter into x his own recogar rti Zinces in the sum of 501., and find one surety in 25i. mayi Major speak ne a nio vi fe s w k (apparentlywords Your A :e n ! c i t h e n a n ff e e w c l e l d ) b — e m M y y ro L p. ra Lord, Th e AssisTANT-JuDGE—It is irregular t o a ll ow p a rties to , w a l, address the Court after judgment ha's bee n p ron ounced; h ow ever, from the latter part of y our sentence I am w illing to hear you. than deserve, or than you co ns id er necessary for the goo d o f SO' noi l n a t j e o i r it ß io e n u t i r intp i— ose upon me r know well, ciety. I could observe th a t your Lordship was waver i n g ag to whether you should i n fli ct a f i ne or a sentence of impr i s on. ment ; but believe me , my Lord, that the sentence you hav e could passed possibly entai ls upon inflict. m No me more evil moneyth than can n the heaviest compensatefi ne he m a y vi L er or p d, nishnin that "you ha ve nue for a month's incarceration from this date, because the 17th of May is th e l as t d ay a ll owed me for the per f ect i o n of three patents granted t o me b y h er Ma j esty for inventions Of mine. My Lord, that day has been gazetted ; on that day • I will be in prison according to the terms of your sentence, and I do implore of you to reconsider your It sentence, and st e • whether it would not be co ns i s t ent with your duty to alter , from imprisonment to fine. I know, my Lord, that you convinced you are not sitting th ere t o execu t e revenge, but to protect society; and surely you will not impose a sentence which would entail ruin upon the party convicted. about The ASSISTANT-JUDGE considered that the matter !in_ the patents was su c h as t o j us tif y hi m i n a d epar ture d a r t the ordinary course. From the statement of the defers —and he had no reason to doubt its truth—it would AT; that if the prisoner were to be imprisoned previous to entail the • the day for which his patents were gazetted, it would ,_ om , upon him effects that would be perhaps ruinous. those circumstances he should alter the sentence fre i . n _ i e d prisonment for a month to a fine of 501., and to be imprinsu_s_. until such time as it shall be paid, and order the defe . to enter into the same recognizances as that specified in the first judgment. The defendant paid th e fi ne soon a ft er wards, lo r d, wig iberated. GRAND CELTIC BALL.—We are charitable a sum of about 4001. has been realized from this c its effort, and that Lord John Russell has kindly undertaken Highlands in the distribution amongst the most necessitous been and islands of Scotland, to whom it has accordinglytreasurer. • transmitted by Captain Lamont, R.N., honourary in g -- lad to learn that country are now closely drawing their attention to the .I`,, HEALTH OF TowNs.—Medical gentlemen s lu t ; , and condition of dwellings, and to the inmates of them, a p,?!: in towns and villages, in order to the affording inform t a w!: thereon. Every person valuing cleanliness, good health, 1 1 d comfort, will be very glad of this. Landlords who do not Se 6 to their tenants' dwellings being in a proper condition mat not only expect (through ill-health and disease) to lose rent, but entail upon the ratepayers at large a great burden, by causing increased claims upon the parochial funds. It is el lamentable fact, that numbers of landlords have lo o k e d but to , themselves a r en vast t amount of blam e . ; and have, in c onsequence, brought upo n OF MRS. DISRA ELL —O n T uesday i n f o r• mation was received in town of th e demise of this lady,th2 • o th n e e m th se i wife of J. Disraeli, Esq., th e C e l e b rated author of ' The Curiosities of Literature,' and mother of the present Mem ber of Parliament. Sh e was i n her sixty-fifth year, and. died at her seat in Buckinghamshire, much regretted by a numerous circle of friends. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPII.—Mr, Alfred Barnard, of St. Helier, informs us that be "has had the honour of sub mitting plans to Lord John Russell (in the event of war) to connect the Channel Islands, Southampton, and the Admi ralty, by subm ar i ne telegraph, consisting only ' of one wire , o compete the the sea formi ng t h e trough to complete electri , current ; when simultaneously, a peal of bells maY be rung here and at Southampton, calling the attention of , the officer to the communication about to be transmitted- This experiment," adds Mr. Alfred Barnard, "has just been satisfactorily proved nea r th e pa l ace at Osborne."—JerseY Press. SUPPOSED SUICIDE BY A DRUNKARD.-01E1T0e 5 ' day an inquest was held before Mr. W. Baker, at the Moores Arms, Bow-common, Bromley, on view of the body of Susannah Degray, aged twenty-two years, of No. 18, street, Poplar. It appeared from the evidence that the de ceased was to be married to a sailor named Pierce in a felr days, and on Friday evening last they both went to a, lodging house: in Silver-street, Poplar, for the purp ose of hiring furnished apartments. She was very intemperate is her habits, and after drinking an immoderate quantity of rum, she became very much intoxicated. She was unable r w te h d en tro to walk, and she fell down in the kennel several times. }l er companion, Pierce, raised her from the ground, and she W$ there threw her drinking bonnetfor a a nd co s n h s a i w de l r o a ff ll e a ntime, assisted to a friend's house in Titler-street. She remains" She was immediately followed by her sister-in-law, a , n ,rf directly afterwards was seen struggling in Limehouse Cu b "j" • the river Lea. The drags were procured, and the decoase— was shortly afterwards recovered and conveyed to the above public-house, where life was found to be quite extinct. 1 1 . found struggling returned a verdict, " That the deceased was s m he th s e ud ji d o e us n l y struggling in the waters of the river Lea, but how she be came so there was not sufficient evidence before the sai d jurors." rriedout EMIGRATION.—As emigration is being ca • O'Brien on a very large scale in Ireland, could not the Smithot parti party be induced to leave the country ? We are e om n Ireland cular where they go, providing it is as far away r some as possible. Government might present them with snug little island at the Antipodes, where they m i g ht make speeches to the native s as muc .se h as they d ' a nd be if this allowed to legislate for th emse l ves . We are confident, . scheme was properly carri e d ou t , it w ould be the gr eatest boon to Ireland that has h a p pene d s ince the day wh en eat Patrick " drove out all the varmint."—Punch. THE TA LLOW -C HANDLERS ' B ENEVOLEN T SOCIETY. —The annivers ar y f es ti va l o f t hi s c h ar i ty t oo k place yester day at the London Tavern, and was well attended by memb ers of the trade. L or d R. G rosvenor pres id e d, and Ald erm an _. Challis, Sir G. Larpent, Alderman Farncomb. and Mr. W •en t Hawes, were am o ng the guests present. The benevolent objects of the charity are the relief of indigent and incapa citated tallow - chandlers , their widows, and others co n nected with the trade. F rom the report it appears that the societl• although only in it s inf anc y, h as a l rea dy been the mea ns on u s : much usefulness ; and th e in creas i n amount of dcal ui to exceeding this year the sum of 300/. gives every reason believe that it will be enabled materially to extend the op of its operations. The dinner and it s accompanying arrang e ments were all that could he desired. in Prince Frederick of Denmark has ar ri ved Paris. AMERICAN TRIBUTE TO ROYALTY.—An article of millinery, consisting of a bonnet of peculiar and costly de scription, is immediately expected to arrive, if such be not already the case, irom,New York, for her Most Gracious Bfa: jesty the Queen. It is rumoured that it has been . the joll: manufacture of several ladies, residents and natives 0.1 miw principal commercial city of the United States of Pr.*