The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. COLBURN WILL PUBLISH, On Saturday nest, May 29, - THE TOLLOWDIG INTERESTING NEW WORKS TAB 31.4.1tri11. By the BEV. COBTIOLD, 11-1. a vols., Post Bv° ' Tt Vol. X. of AOI 4 .TES STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. MEMOIRS OF VISCOITNTESSSUNDON, Mistress of the Robes to QUEEN CAROLINE, Consort of GEORGE II.; including Let ters of the most celebrated Persons of her Time, now First Published from the Originals. By MRS. THOMSON, Author of " Memoirs of the Court of Henry VIII.," &c., 2 vols. Svo., with Portraits. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. LEND Eight Postage Stamps, and by return, and K. 7 post free, you will get a handsome TEASPOON of C. WAT SON'S SOLID ALBATA PLATE. which is rapidly supersedinsc silver for all domestic uses. It is equally sweet and handsome as silver ifielf. 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LANIOND and Co., RAILWAY IVA SHARE AUCTIONEERS, bcg to thank the ir Frieu Itti Pabqc far their ,outinued support and patro.age, a.:,. to announce that their Puotic sales of Railway Shares, 24_, utire piece every TuzsDAT and Famar, at One o'clock, at tif,• i all of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London, to which plac , favour.% containlng instructions (with a reference), are reePectfull) requested to be addressed. . scrip and share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offeredadv.ces of results will be trwarded by. the rat post after the sale, and the proceeds lztme ei at ely disposed of according to instructions. Oeices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. RER 7 , IA.JES VY'S THEATRE. • THIS ETENING, Tuesday, May 25, will be performed Bellinrs Opera, entitled LA SONNAMBULA, Amma, • Maio. Jenny Lind • Lisa Madame Qolari ; Count Rodolph, Signor F. Labtaehe.; apd.Elvino, Shmor Gardoni. To conclude with the reirive , l Ballet (by M. Perrot), entitled • LA ESMERALDA. The principal chiracters by 3idlle. Carlotte Grisi (her first appear ance), .3.1d11e. Copere, and. Mdme. P. Stephan. M. St. Leon, 31. (losselin, and 31. Perrot. Pit 1 lc. eti may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each. .The Free List is strisencted, the Public-Press excepted. HER MAJ EST Y'S THEATRE, The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the rnbile, are re - ipectflilly . Informed, that a grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place ova THURSDAY next, May 27. when will be performed (first time.. In this country) Donizetti's Opera, entitled LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Marla, Mdile. Jenny Lind ; La Marchesa di Berkenfield, Mdme. Solari; Sulplzio Sergente, Signor F. Lablace ; and Tonto, Signor Gardoni. To be followed by carious Entertainments in 'the Ballet Depart ment, combining the talents of Mdlle. C. Grist, lidlle. L. Gratin, Udile. C. Rosati, Mdme. P. Stephan, and Mdlle. Cerito. 31. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. The doors open at Seven. The Opars to commence at lialf-pa-t Seven o'clock. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. THIS EVENING will be performed the Opera Seria of LUCREZIA BORGIA. Principal characters by Made. Grist, :Mlle. Albonl, Sig. Mark, Sig Mariai, Sig. Tambarini, Sig. Ley, Sig. Polonini, Sig. LaTta, Sig. Tull', Sig. PiaCeritini, and Sig. 'fagLiatlco. To' he followed by the LA .ew grand and DRI NE. successful Ballet, SAL AMA'N In which Mille. Fanny Vaster and Mdile.Damilatre will perform ; also Mdlle. Berth', Mane. Neodot, Made. Dclec.haux, Madlle. Dr Maisse, M. Petipa, &c., will Appe The grand Piazza Entrance is uti4 open. , Tickets, Stall. 4, and Bose', to be obtained at the Box- Aloe, Bow street ; and at , 2ramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. ilfThe doors will be opened at Eight o'clock; and the performance aornmene: at lialf-post Eight. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN GRAND EXTRA, _NIGHT. on 111 CR2DAineTxt, 34;27, when will be performed Mozart's Opera, DON GIOVANN7, which has been some time in preparation, will be performed, with the most perfect ensemble, embracing a triple Orchestra, Ballet, double Chorus, with all the leading 3.rtis'es, including GM, Per igord, Corbari, Mario, Rovers, Tamburint, TagHaile°, con• ducted by M. Costa. To conclude with the new grand Ballet, in three Acts, entitled LA SAL 31ANDIiINE Principal characters bTilcile7iant7il7;lerand Wile. Dumilatre ; also Manes. Bertin, Neodot, De Melisse, Delechaux, O'Bryan, and 31. Potipa . The tiabseribert, Nobility, and Gentry are respectfully informed that an additional Pit and Boa entrance is now opened under the Covent-gardcn. PRICES OF ADXLSSIOIf First Amplitheat's Stalls First Row ...... 0 15 0 Ditl3, 'ecorid and Third 0 12 6 Second Amphitheatre Stalls ................ 0 7 0 Pit Tickets 0 8 0 . First -Imphith'iatre • ..... ••••• • •0 g SeCOINt Amphitheatre .. .. •• •• ••••• • • • 0 5 Gallery • ..... ......... ..... ....... 0 3 0 Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-cillee, Bow nset ; and at Cramer, Beale, arid Co.'s, 201, 11.1 . c.nt-street. The Deers will open at Half-peat Seven o'clock, and the Opera will commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, EIAYIKARKET. Cwt.: the Management et' Mr. ft. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Musical fie - Tie — Ha of THE SWISS COT. TALE. Natz Tiem.. Mr. :77; Corporal Max, Mr. Bland; Li. Bette, Mrs. Keeley. After which the new Com, called TEMPER. Sir 'Karma duke Topple, Mr. Farren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson ; God frey, Mr. Tilbury; Emerson, Mr. Webster ; Cyril Tempest, Mr. Howe; Lady Tempest, Mrs. Seymour; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover ; Florence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue ; Mica Fi Ming, Mrs. llumby. 'to be followed by a Miscellaneous Concert, in which the FOUR HUNGARIAN RUMENT IrOcl A LISTA will give their imi • tations of various instruments, with the Lips only ; Mr. Chatterton (harpist), Herr (piant,t), Mr. Richardson (dentist), and the Ethiopian Serenadevp. (i'eU, Harrington, W bite, Stanwood, and Gennom) will perform. . . To conclude with the A,tronotnical • Extravaganza, called Trak: NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin oat of Place. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under thn.lisection o 1 fad.ime Celeste THIS EVEN.NG Trill be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS 'WIEST ; a tipsy Story. Cheep Jahn, Mr. Wright ; !Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinehin, Mr. I'. I:e.lford ; Leyboarne, Mr. Worrell.; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; itarlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. GF 7'liF • To be followed by the Opera Beira Sketch, called JENNYLIND. .Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cugentord, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce, called THE DOUBLE-BEDDED ItOOM. Dulcimer Pipes, Mr. Lambert ; Major Minus, Mr. Selby ; Spigot, Mr. Cullentord ; Joseph, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Deputy Lomax, :Mrs. Laws; Nancy Spigot, Miss Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox. sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. Creswick ; Don Pedro, Mr. Granby ; Don Lopez, Mr. Wynn ; Colonel Britton, 11r. Webster ; Gibby, Mr. Walton ; Violante, Mrs. ;Stirling; Isabella, Mrs. Hughes. Between the third and fourth Acts, and after the Comedy, the Company of NATIONAL HUNGARIAN DANCERS will perform variety of characteristic National Dances. After which a new Drama, entitled THE KING AND THE _PIPER. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Walton, Barker, 'Wynn, Delay:intl. Granby, Miss E. Stanley, Miss G. Smithson, and Anse Marshall. To be followed by THE KRIKITSEN; or, Polonaise. By the Mungarian Choreographic Artistes. To conclude with the Farce, entitled A WIFE FOR AN HOUR. A"rincipal characters by Messrs. Walton, Granby, Vining, Cowell, Compton, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the 'Management of Mrs. Keeley. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed the Drama, called PRESUMPTION. Charac ters by Messrs. L. Murray, Oxberry, Turner, Kinloch, Bellingham, and Emery; Miss Mary Keeley, Miss May, Miss Forster, and Miss Bromley. After which a new Farce, called WANTED A HERMIT. In which Messrs. Wigan, Turner, Kinloch, Keeley, Miss Arden, and Visa. Keeley w,ll. perform. To be followed by the new occasional Dramatic sketch. called I'ENNY LIND AT LAS P ; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charae- MS by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingtaant. 3. tr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. -To conclude with the new Burlesque Extravaganza, called TAE WOOD EdEMON ; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan. Y. Matthew., Bellingham. Kinloch, Silver, miss Dickinson, Auss Daly, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS. —ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. FOR TUE BENEFIT OF MDLLE. DENAIN. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of OSCAR; on, Un Mari qui Trinime sa Femme. Oscar, M. Regnier; Juliette, Mdlle. Denain. After ve.ich, the favourite Comedy of LA MARQUISE DE SEN TERRE: Le Murquls, M. Reviler ; La Marquise, Mdlle. Denain. o conclude with LES P REC IE USES RIDICULES. Mascarille, egnier ; Madclon, Mdlle Khiu ; Cathos, Mdlle. Foueplet. Boxes, Gs. ; Pit, 33. 6(1.; Amphitheatre, 3,.; Gallery, 2s. ....zes and galls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, !El, Bond-street; and at the Sox-of/ice of the Theatre, which is open nalty from Eleven till Five. .&r. i Tti tOPIAN iERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE Tit consequence of the increasing success which attends every re- Press ntation given by the celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Peil, Harrington, t,ite, Stanwood, and (lemon, they will repeat their usual ENTF.IITAIN3IENTS at the above Theatre, THIS 'WUXI - NG, May 25. and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doom open at Eight o'clock. They will also give a DAY PER FORWANCE To-morrow Morning, May 26, commencing at Half past Two o'clock. They will appear at the Music Hall, Store-street, To-snornow Evening; and at Sussex Hall on Monday next. liaxes.and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, 011 Bond-street, and as tho Box-office of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, le% ruprietor and Manager ),:r. illiam tmler tha patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. splendid combination of Novelties, in addition to Which Mr. Batty • has engaged Mdlle. Lamina, the Female Equestrian. THIS EVENING Wilt be performed the Equestrian Magical Sketch, THE GOLDEN FOOTED STEED; or, The Charmed Horse of the Black Valley. UneqUalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant display of Horsemanship, Introducing the Foreign and British Artistes. To .00nclude with Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRID OF A.BYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, 58.; Boxes, 41.; Upper Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven eclisc.k, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. THIS EVENING Win b. p er f ormed the Opera of THE LOVE SPELL; or. The Mountebank of Ravenna. Dulcamaro, Mr. Leffler ; Nemorino, 31r. Harrison l3szcour, the new Nautical I.dina, Miss Rainforth. To concinde with the new Drama, called THE WRECK AND TAE REEF. Captain, Mr, Tindall ; Halstead, Mr. Horn castle ; Ben Block, Mr. Neville • Christmas, Mrs. Ware. Boxes, 28., Pit, is -u, ma:tit-past St:. • ' Doors open at 51x, commence ROYAL VICTOR THEATRE. TH LONIS EG will be performed THE ELY VE NI MA N N OF THE N; or, th e Night Before the Bridal. Characters by Messrs. N E T Hicks. D. Searle, Bird, ftaymond, Gardner, Miss Vincent, Mrs. G. Lee, and Miss Burroughcliffe. Th After Monk. and the which a Drama from therrench, entitled DONZELLA ; or,, T(. 6 ba followed by Mr. Cox's DISS OLVING VIEWS. strev .vrith ADMIRAL SAM. Supported by the entire Boxes, . . r , cone . lde ompany. cgth of o the Is.; Half Price, 6d• PH, Gd. ; Gallery, 11 . ____ .A 1 201 „ SifRREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS Under the patronage ironage of her Majesty, his Roy, Biomes ' s Pri nce , Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. Open every Mondry, Tuesday, Wednesday, awl Thursday. Ad,nisslon, One Shilling. The Proprietor begs to announce that he has. at a ecnsiderarslo expense. erected a new Entrance, awl a magnificent Walk, w i t h . flamer borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of ti' grind Pictorial Represcntation of THE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. The Menagerie contains many specimens , including the Giraffe,. 0v2•01",1, Sec. The Promenade Concerts, conducted try Godfrey. A. representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge , of titatues. The grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR. Showing the commencement of the Bombardinent, partial destruc— tion of the Town, and Blowing up of the Battering Ships. During the season, M. JULIA will give a series of Concerts; Cho Band will consist of on e h. ndrest )..erto - 5.7 he Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their j Grind Spring Flower Show, on weth ies d ' - - _ _ _ ;By the death of the Earl of Beshorough, the Lord. Li , urenant frehz.(l, a +a - anec has Occurred in the re- , preweritati 4-rby, Lord Dunetnn, , n, the Epirl's son,. ; bein. his successor to the title. The Lion. Fvd.rick. Le 7,:Jvn Gower is spleb of as likely to be the Me m b er fQr Dexby, is the piece of Lord MIDC4IIIIOB. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICZ, MAT 25. TnEttatoxwrzn, Lowest, 48 ; Highest. 70 ; Noon, 67. BAROMETER. 30.23.—W1ND W.; fine. tit :41 w A:rER AT Lo NDON-BKLI)GE TRIS DAY. Morning .. 23 minutes after 10. I Evening .. 55 mintins after 10. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1847. plaint against a slave, or a slave against a free person. It takes a way the jurisdiction of asFize court• in such cases, but leaves to them the jurisdiction in cases where justice is demanded between slaves and slaves, or between freemen and freemen. The Bill will be discussed in a few days. During 'the course of the debate some horrible details were given of the cruelties practised on the slaves in the French colonies under the present system. A Bill has been introduced, allowing an advance of 13,600,000 f., in nearly equal portions, to the Paris and Lisle, the Marseilles and Avignon, and the Or leans and Vierzon Railways. A project of law was presented to the bureaux to restore the right guaranteed by the charter, of having all cases of libel tried before a jury, the law courts hav ing recently ruled that libels upon public functionaries might be tried by the j udges alone, without the interven tion of a jury. The Beaurocracy of the Chambers, however, have refused even to discuss the project for restoring to the press the rights guaranteed by the charter. This reminds us of the worst days of the Vinistere deplorable. The proposal for excluding rail way shareholders from the Chambers was rejected almost unanimously. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. GITY, QUARTER 11 REE lie Cotton Market ut Liverpool yk sterday was firm again. Sales 6,000 bales, of which 1,200 were American for export, and 500 on speculation. Of the total quantity sold 4,000 bales were American, at 6d. to Id. per lb. The market closed firmly.—ln Railway Shares there was more business doing than for some time past, and better prices were obtained. We have no ship arrivals today from any quarter; but the accounts from the Continent in respect to the weather and the supplies of grain are as favourable as those noticed yesterday under this head, and if the fall in grain can but be established on two or three successive market days we shall have a pressure of supplies little expected some weeks ago. If such be not the case, we will then partly side with those who stoutly maintain that there is but little grain in the country, though we know by experience what the money power of many large holders will enable them to do. Upon the whole the aspect of affairs has most decidedly improved ; confidence has been increased, and very general and sanguine hopes are expressed that the state of the Money Market must mend. The directors of the Bank of England have not had an easy task to perform ; and no doubt the desire to assist the Government has served to check their free action. At present the course is clearer, and we trust the Chancellor of the Ex chequer will find the new bills generally taken up at the increased interest of 3d. per centum per diem. Certainly, if the bankers and capitalists have much cash at their disposal, a rate exceeding 4i per cent. upon a security held for n.erely temporary purposes, and always safe and convenient, is not to be pronounced in ad,qUate, especially if there can be any dependence placed upon the Bank of England, and the continuance of loans upon long dated paper, as low as 5i to 5 per cent. per annum. The effect of a funding 'of bills . would be injurious in more respects thin one, although the country woulel save for the time being the difference between 4-k and 3 per cent. paid upon its floating and fixed obligations respec tively. Thee accounts of the state of the manufacturing population is gloomy in the extreme. Before the end of the month 50,000 men will be out of employ at Rouen. 1,600 men have been discharged from the calico print-works in the neighbourhood of Paris, and the directors of the Lyons Railway have declared that unless they receive assistance from the Govern ment, they must discharge 30,000 of their workmen, The Gazette dos Tribunaux states, that on Satur day last, at twelve o'clock, the Committee appointed by the Court of Peers to investigate the charge against Geirral CztEitEs received the deposition of M. DaLpsuir Laisoist, one of the shareholders in the mines of , Gotthecnans, and of M. THIRRIA, secretary to the Mining Company. General CUBIERES under went a further examination, which lasted until half past five o'clock. M. PABMENTIBE, having published and distributed to the members of the two Chambers a pamphlet entitled "Short Observations," General CUBIERES has addressed a complaint to the Attorney against M. PABMENTIER on the subject of it. Very little business was done in the Funds in Paris on Sunday, the beauty of the weather having attracted nearly all the world to the country. The Three per Cents. were, however, still more firm than on Saturday, the price being 78f. sc. (buyers). Our letters contain the following provincial and German stock lists : Perhaps there is at the present moment no place abroad to which parties here look with more anxious expectation for au improvement in the Money Market than P“ris- The embdrrassed position of the railway companies, the reiterated statements of a probable new loan, and the tendency of French speculators geaerally, to " lose heart " the moment a cloud hovers over the financial horizon, these combined are circumstances that constantly keep in check here the more buoyant feeling which ever and anon displays itself. The Funds have been very well supported, but there has been again a dogged reluctance to deal, because neither Bulls nor Bears will exhibit any symptoms of being the weaker party. To-morrow the " options" will show, to use a common, but expressive saying , " which way the cat jumps." Consols have been 871 for transfer, some indication that stock is in request, but only 87-1 -a for account. Exchequer bills have been quoted par to 2s. premium. The New Three-and- a-Quarter per Cents. have been 81 to 88. Bank Stock has been steady at 189. ' In the Foreign Market there is as little as ever passing. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 33i to 34. Dutch Four per Cents. are 88g. Danish Bonds have been at 84. MARSEILLES, MA.Y 18.—Marseilles and Avignon, 717 f. 50c.; Northern, 598 f. 75e.; Paris and Lyons, 432 f. 50e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 22. Luxembourg, .1 1 4—Namur and Liege, 3A—Northern of Erance,llA—Paris and Lyons, 54. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) CHESTER, MAT 24, HALF -PAST 8, P.M.--I have just time to inform you of a frightful accident that has oc curred on the Chester and Rhuabon Railway, by the giving way (it is supposed) of the girder in the centre of the last arch of the viaduct over the Dee, and close to the race-course hare. The train left the station at about a quarter past six, and in less than another quarter, every carriage was smashed to atoms, and are at the time I write being taken away in piecemeal. A great number of persons have been killed, several taken to the infirmary, but what number of carriages there were, I have not now time to ascertain. A Mr. J. Matthews, a highly respectable coachman, who drives from Barmouth to Rhuabon daily, and from thence per steam toChester, was on his return home, and is one amongst the unfortunate individuals. The city is in the greatest state of excite ment, and thousands are at the spot. Business in the Share Market is still very dull, hu ho:ders do not press sales and obtain fuller prices. I appears to us that this caution on all hands is satisfac tory, and is the best possible preparative for a steady improvement. Burrtsu FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • • • • • • • • 190 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 8 , ; 1 % Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • 87% % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 88 87% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 • • BP. 9 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 • • 8 13-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan 5, 1860 .. 914 % India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto, under 1,0001. Consols for May 27 Exchequer Bills. 2d. 1,0001. • • .. • . .. • • par 2p 500/. • • • • .. .• • • 41 p Ditto, Small • • . • .... 63 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent .. .. 84 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • Ditto, Four per Cent • . .• .. 34 33% Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • .. 110 Dividends on toe above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 88% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Amber., Notting.,Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% .... .. to Eastern Counties • • • • • . .• .. 20 .... 187 %.. to 19 Ditto, York Extension •• ~• • • 7% •• .• ...• to 6 East Lancashire •• IT • .. tfi - .. 3: to — . Ditto, ditto, Nevr Scrip .• I % •• .... to 1 . East Lincolnshire .. • • 6% •. • . 7%%.. to Great Northern .. .• • . . .... 2%.... to Great Western • • .. .• .. 85 ....109 108.. to 109% Ditto. Half Shares • . .. • . 50 .... 63 .... to 63% Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • • . 12% .... 16 1 4 to Ditto. New .- .• .. • • • • .. 4%.... 7% %.. to Leeds and Bradford .. • . .. 40 .... 84% to London, Brighton, and South Coast .. 50 .. 51% %to London and North-Western.. • • .. 100 .• .. 171 to Ditto, Quarters .. .. L. and B. 7 21% to Ditto ditto New .. • • .. • 2 .... 11 14 to Ditto, 40/. Shares .. M. and B. .. 40 .... 65 .. • to London and South-Western 411. 6s. 10d. 62 .... to Ditto, New .. • • .. .. 27% .• • • 27 .• .. to Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • . .. 50 •• • • 51% •• • • to Lynn and Dcreham .. • • .. .. 20 •• • 20% .. ••to Manchester and Leeds • . . • • 82 •• • • •• .. to Ditto, Fifths .. .. 5 .... to Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) .. ..71. 45... • • % dis... to Manehester, Buxton, and Matlock -. 425. •• • • % dis... to Manchester and Southampton .. • • 2 •• • • % • ... to Midland •• •• •• •• •• ••100 •• 113% .... to 115 Ditto, New • • • • .. .. 36 .... 3834 %.. to Ditto, New • . „ 6 .. •• 7%% .. to Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .... .... to Ditto, New • .. 5 .... 614% North British .• .. • • .. • • 25 .. • . 30 .... to Ditto, Thirds • • .. • • .. • • 1 .... 2%.... to North Staffordshire •. .. • • • • 7% .... 9% %..to Preston and Wyre • . .• • •• 25 .... to •• •• par .. • •• •• 87% •• . llid. -- The accident was seen by numbers who were playing at cricket on the Roodu at the time. I will give yotr fall particulars to-morrow. P.S. I ought to add that the engineer, being in the engine, cleared thefaial spot, and saved himself, but saw the stoker killed, he, with the rest of the carriages be hind, all falling, in one common gulph, into the Dee. 9FPICIAL ACCOUNT. An accidetit t . Wended with fatal consequences, oc curred ,14Keveqiuion the Chest er an d H o l y h ea d Rail rlyegrt~,Aellikikliont urtetwattei station: by the failure of one of the girders of the bridge across the River Dee, and which is supposed to have arisen from a defective casting. The engine and tender got clear over the bridge, but one of the carriages in the train was precipitated into the river, and four per sons are killed, and about five or six others more or less injured. The stoker also is killed, having been thrown off the engine by the jerk. No official statement has yet been received at the London office from the engineers further than reporting the circumstance. THE COURT.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the royal children, the Prince of Leiningen, and the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, are expected to return to Buckingham Palace about fire o'clock this afternoon, from Claremont. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS SMITIIFIELD.--Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 3/13s; Clover ditto. 3/ 8s to 4/13s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply good, and trade very dull, at drooping prices. CITMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 14s; Clover ditto, 3l 8s to 4/ 12s ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 12s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. WHITICHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 315 s to 41 15s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lOs per 'oat A full average supply, and a heavy trade. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market tor British Plantation has been steady, about 400 casks having been disposed of, includ ing 100 bhds Barbadoes by auction, which sold from 44s 6d to 49s 6d for mid to good yellow. The public sales have offered 4,193 bags Bengal and 2,885 bags Madras ; the former was chiefly disposed of at rather lower prices, but the latter was nearly all withdrawn. The principal transactions privately consist of 1,800 bags Manilla, and about 170 cases Bahia, the former at 42s 6d to 435, and the latter at 42s 9d to 435. The quantity of Briti.h Plantation landed last week,at the East and West India Docks was 3,084 hhds 374 tierces 862 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 864 hhds 69 tierces 193 barrels. The stock in the same places is 12,400 hhds 1,197 tierces 2,905 barrels. COFFEE. -2,353 bags Ceylon sold at an advance for Native, and very good ord at 40s to 40s 6d per cwt. Mid Plantation was taken in at 60s to 625, and Peaberry 50s to 57s per cwt. RUDl.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 868 puns 125 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 500 puns 74 hhds, and exported 48 puns 50 hhds. The stock in the same places is 9,239 puns 1,876 hhds. RICE.-5,100 bags 2,273 pockets Bengal, 350 bags Singapore, and 385 bags Carolina was only partially disposed of at a further decline of 3 , 1 to 6d per cwt. ; SALTPETBE.-300 bags Berigal brought steady prices. SPICES.-500 bags Malabar Pepper realised 3id to aid per h. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 47s 6d to 48s per cwt. on the spot, and town 49s 6d. TEA.—There is not much doing. INDIGO.—The sales conclude to , day, having rather improved since they commenced. Up to last evening 13,162 chests had passed, of which 4,896 were sold. Ditto, Half Shares (A) • • . 8% •.• • 12 .... to Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) .. 3)6 .... to Ditto, ditto (B) • . .. • . .. 3 .... 2 -• .. to Routh Eastern and Dover .. • . • • 331.28.4 d. 35% •• • • to Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) No. 1 . 20 . 19% %• • to Waterford and Kilkenny .. • . 13% •• • • 6 .. • • to 5% %Vest Riding Union .. ..4/. 25.• .• . % dis • • to York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 35 . .. • • to 34% Ditto, Preference • • .. .• 4 .. • . 6% %% to York and North Midland .. 50 •• 82 .... to Ditto, Extension .. 25 •• •. 40 .. •• to 39 Ditto, Preference • • •• •• •• 2•• •• 9X ••.. to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Northern of France •• •• .. •• 8 .. • . 1134 h..to Paris and Lyons Paris and Strasbourg • . .. .. .. 5 .. 1 36 •. •• to MINES Real del Monte. Unregistered •• •• .. • • to LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 25.—Wind W. S.W., moderate breeze, and fine weather. DEAL, MAY 24.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Anjer. Gerrats, Jaia, for Amsterdam; Corinth, West Indies, for ditto; Decima, Smit, Batavia, for ditto. Sid. Calypso, Ellringhatn, Jamaica; City of Derry, Quebec; Arrd. from the river, Susan, Crisp, Cape of Good Hope; Concord, Batavia; Emerald, Antigua; Marlborough, Jamaica; John Brown, Porto Rico; Sunbeam, Cuba. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Eu, Williams, Callao; Isabella, Tilley, Pernambuco; Victoria, Londy, Honduras; John Marshall, Murphy, Philadelphia; Joseph Meiss, Wood, New York. Sld. Algoma, Boston; Albert Edward, Shanghae; Aurora, Madras; Enterprise. Halifax; Sophia, St. John's, New Brunswick; New York packet, Quebec. Off port, Brilliant, Mauritius; Star brig, and Columbia, WHITEHA YEN, MAY 23.—Wind S. Sld. Brazil packet, Antigua. WAThRFORD, MAY 23 —Wind S.S.E. to W.S.W.— Sld. Hornet, St. John's, Newfoundland. LIMERICK, MAY 23. Wind W. Arrd, Robert, Demean, New York. BRISTOL, MAY 24.—Wind S.W. Arrd. Caledonia, avan nab. BIDEFORD, MAY 22.—Sld. John, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, MAY 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Montezuma, Thompson, New Orleans ; her Majesty's steamer He cate, Sierra Leone. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 24. Arrd. Iberia steamer, Gibraltar. MADAME CELESTE'S BENEFIT. ..—.- The talented directress of the admirably-managed Adelphi Theatre takes her benefit to-morrow evening, when the beautiful new drama of the Flowers oftile Forest will beperformed, in which Madame Celeste will sustain her original character of Cynthia, a character which she has herself created, and in which the enthusiasm which she excites is beyond description. The drama will be followed by a new comedy, in which, in addition to the strength of the Adelohi • company, Mr. Webster will appear ; and the comedy will be f o ll owe d b y ot h er en tertainments. We expect that th e h ouse w ill b e cramme d t o overflowing within a f ew minutes after the doors are opened, an d that those wh o d o not secure places b e f ore h an d w ill find some diffi cu l ty i n getting them. The Roy a l Polytechni c I n stitution was visited yesterday by th e G ran d Duke C onstant i ne o f Russia, attended by Admiral Liltru Baron Frederiks, Dr . How re it - I I rowitcb, R on . Colonel G v' M. De Berg, and Cap tain Schwabe. His R o y a l highly gratified w i t h the scigh ne ss expressed himself entific arrangements, more particularly with th e di ver an d e l ec t r ic eels. SUICID E FROM LOSSES ON THE DERBlr.—Yesterday morning the domestic peace of a respectable family was disturbed by a painful event arising out of the late Epsom races. Mr. Frederick Cruso, landlord of the Crown and Sceptre, Great Titchfield-street, Marylebone, poisoned himself with prussic acid. He had latterly attended much more to sporting matters, races in par ticular, than to his business, and from his irregularity of living it was suspected that his mind was d sordered. Not lon g ago, after some heavy losses on the turf , he hiund his a ff a i rs in an embarr a ssed condition, and , in a manner that indi cated he had a w i s h to di e , desired his wife to get some charcoal, that they m ight, children and all, suffocat e th emselves. He was a loser to a consider able amount on the last Derby, and was to h ave se ttl e d his bets on Tuesday evening, but it is supposed he was unable to meet them. Yesterday morning he left home in a cheerful state, and returning at eleven o'clock, went to his bedroom. Not long afterwards his wile entered the room and round him lying on the floor insensible. Mr. Webb, a surgeon, was called in immediately, and foend that he had taken a large quantity of prussic acid. The unfortunate man di e d i n tea minutes. After his death a .azor was found in his pocket. ACCENT OF MR. GYPSON, AND NARROW ESCAPE OF THE AERONAllT.—Yesterday, at the Royal Albert Saloon, among the entertainments offered to the holiday folks, Mr. Gypson was announced to make a night ascent in his balloon, to which was to be attached a model of the late Royal Exchange, when, upon ascend ing a certain altitude, its destruction by fire was to take place, in the midst of a discharge of fireworks. The model was constructed of wood and eauvass, and was about eight feet long by three feet broad. Shortly before nine o'clock, the inflation being stated to be sufficient for the buoyancy of the aerial machine, the gas being sup plied from the Independent Gas Works, Haggerstone, the car was attached to it, which Mr. Gypson and a gen tleman stept into, when, by means of a long rope, the model was connected to the car. The fusee which was to ignite the pyrotechnic machinery in the model was then lighted, and the balloon was released from terra firma. Its ascending power not being sufficient to raise tl e model, it reclined outside the garden, when, while in that position, the fireworks began to discharge, and in a few seconds the model was in a blaze. Much alarm in stantly prevailed for the safety of the aeronaut, as had the balloon caught, the immense volume of gas in it would have exploded, and have caused their instant death. &level of the men in the gardens hastened to detach the model, but it is supposed that the rope was cut by Mr. Gyeson, who took the precaution to provide himself with a knife. The balloon was then seen gra dually to ascend, involved in smoke, and Mr. Gypson waved his flag, when all fears were removed for his safety and that o f hi s companion. The total destruction of the model took place in the garden, no personal in jury having been received by any of the company. We learn that Miss Burdett Coutts has presented the munificent donation of 1008, and Dr. Connop Thirl wall, Lord Bishop of St. David's, 201., to the Queen's College at Birmingham, in furtherance of the plan now in active operation—viz., to relieve the student intended for the medical profession from the danger of those vex atious, if n o t d egra d ing serv i ces, to which the apprentice has been too frequently found subjected, and to train him, under a collegiate system, to combine with profes sional knowledge the feelings, habits, and manners of the Christian, the scholar, and the gentleman. ROLLS' COURT.-(THTS DAV.) his Loiihhip was ocoupic.d all the hic)roing with p Lions, which were thstitutt , of pt.ac Interest. V ICE - CHANCERY.—CI T HIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His Honour was occupied the whole day with cause petitions, whic contained not the slightest feature of in terest. (Before Vice- Chancellor Sir KiriGni' BRUCE.) INDIGENT BLIND ASYLUM V. BIRD. This was a suit on the will of the late Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bird, instituted by the trustees of the Indig: tit Blind Asylum sod the Attorney-General against the executrix, Susanna Bird. Mr. WIGRZII said the deceased by her will left 1,000/. consolidated annuities to the trustees of the Blind Asy lum, to be applied to the purposes of the institution, and the interest of 1,0001. more to be divided among six non resident patients, at the rate of 5/. each annually. The executrix refused to pay over the legacies to the trustees of the Indigent Blind Asylum. A suit was therefore instituted, and a reference was trade to the Master, from whom it now came back for further directions. The only question seemed to be the identity of the charity suing with that named in the will of the deceased. Vice-Chancellor K. BRUCE—Why, there's only the Institution in the Surrey suburbs ; then what is the rea son for such a suit? Why, it is a reflection on Chan cery. Where did the lady live ? Mr. BACON—In London. Vice-Chancellor K. BTlucE—Where, when we LGn doners speak of the Blind Asylum, do we look but to the large building in St. George's-fields ? Cau there be a doubt about that ? Mr. BACON said the executrix would have paid over the legacies at once if the plaintiffs had undertaken to indemnify her against all future claims. She had the greatest antipathy to coming into Chancery. Vice-Cbaneelior K. BRUCE—That is riot an admission which I could have expvcted fr m that side of the cause. Mr. BACON—Truth exacted it from me. An order was then made fur the payment of the lega cies to the trustees of the Indigent Blind Asylum, St. George's•fielda, a separate account to be kept of the 1.-gacy for non-resident patients, and to be called Mrs. Bird's Charity Account. Counsel for the plaintiffs, Mr. Wigram and Mr. Nichols; for the defendants, Mr. Bacon and Mr. Ray. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRAM.) PENROSE V. MORTLAKE. • In this case an injunction was applied for in order to restrain the defendant, who was mortgagor in possession of a large tract of property in Westmoreland, from cut ting timer. It appeared that the plaintiff had become embarrassed, and had parted with the possession of his property for a sum of money far inferior to its real worth. He was only tenant in tail, and therefore was not empowered to sell it entirely. Not being able to fulfil his engagements with the mortgagor, the latter had cut down a great deal of valuable timber in order to re imburse himself, and this application was made to the Court for the purpose of restraining him. His HoNouß said he would grant the application. The defendant had not pursued the proper course. He would also refer the case to the Master to inquire and report upon what loss the property had sustained. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) MUNDELL V. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. Lord DEstmaN gave judgment in this case at the sitting of the Court. It was an action brought by the plaintiff; a lady, to recover the amount of a bond made in her behalf by the defendant in Brunswick. The de fendant pleaded that he was a "sovereign prince" at the time he entered into the contract, and that he was, therefore, not amenable to the laws of this country wish reference to this matter. To this the plaintiff demurred, and the case in this state was argued at great length. His Lordship said that the Court thought that ti is plea was bad, because it stated nothing more than that the defendant was a " sovereign prince" at the time of the commencement of the suit. That he wee a " sovereign prince " ►wen he made the con tract was an immaterial fact ; if he was he was justly entitled to the privileges and prerogatives belonging to that character, but that he was so entitled was merely a matter of opinion, and whether he had for mally abdicated in favour of another better entitled to the character was equally a matter of opinion. If, in• deed, he had been a " sovereign prince" de facto, and had in that character entered into such a contract with the plaintiff, and had not bound himself as an individual, but in his sovereign capacity, the defence set up might have been a good one ; but " sovereign princes" might contract obligations in their private character, and on considerations of a purely personal nature. Neither was there any presumption that this was an act of state, and without an averment to that effect the plea simply told them nothing except that the defendant was a " so vereign prince" at the time of entering into the con tract. The plea was therefore bad, and the judgment of the Court must be for the plaintiff, as they considered that the plea could not be maint,sined. MASTERS V. BUTLER. The rule in this case veasdischatgel with costs. BOYD V. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Mr. CRAMPTON proceeded to address the Court in support of the rule which bad bet-n obtained by the plaintiff in this case. (The arguments adduced yester ; day will be &nod Ir.puried in our taw report 0 yesteFday.) The Learned Gentleman first addressed himself to the alleged misdirection of the 10-arned Judge —namely, that it was for the jury to say whether the plaintiff had abandoned the ship hastily or not, and whether he had or had not used all the means at hand to ascertain the real nature of the injuries which the ship had sustained. He conceived that the sug• gestion, that the plaintiff might have acted in haste, might have had a prejudicial effect upon the minds of the jury, and induced them to decide in favour of the defendant. The evidence adduced at the trial went to show that the plaintiff did not act witb haste, that he had the ship carefully and efficiently sur veyed, and only decided upon abandoning the ship when it was clearly ascertained that she had been so injured that she was not worth being carried to a distant port, where she could have been repaired. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to deal with the question of the verdict being against evidence, but Lord I)EN3tart said—Was it not rather unusual, after a leader had tiddrPssed the court or a jury on this point, against evidence which he had himself adduced, fur a junior to follow on the same side? - Mr. CRAMPTON then concluded by submitting that the plaintiff had made out a case for a new trial. Mr. CLEASPY followed on the same side, and con tended that the evidence rejected at the trial was a ne cessary part of the case, and th&t it would have enable, the Court and the jury to decide whether the ship could or could not have been repaired, and whether she was seaworthy or not. He apprehended that the direction of the Learned Judge was one which might have led the jury to come to an adverse decision. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was about to reply, when Lord DENMAN said—We are quite agreed that the course taken at the trial may be very important, as showing altogether the meaning of the direction. We should like, therefore, to see the short-hand writer's notes, the fullest that have been taken. We will con sider the points raised. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE. • '.• ! 4_7t • 140 1,4 _ . . rIE - o ' 4 • SECOND EDITION. Olteninjt Vint LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1847. Since the rejection by the provisional Junta of Oporto of the terms of pacification agreed to by Queen MARIA DA GLORIA of Portugal in conse- quence of the E ng li s h i ntervent i on, tranquillity has continued throughout the kingdom. That tranquil lity, however, is an ominous tranquillity ; it is but the breathless lull of the conflicting elements before th — e renewal of a more terrible an d deva s tating tern pest. As we have already explained, no other answer than the one returned to our plenipotentiary, Colonel WTLDE, could have been expected from the Junta, presuming that that popular Parliament is composed of men not entirely divested of common sense and ordi nary prudence. To say that the disturbances which have se long desolated Portugal have originated in a merely idle insurrection would be a foolish distortion of facts .and a perverse selection of epithets. Those disturb ances have resulted from a spontaneous anxiety on the part of . an entire people to vindicate their national rights and to maintain the integrity of their constitutional privileges. The outburst is not local, it is essentially comprehensive and national. It is not the consequence of a reckless insubordination aroused by the lawless vociferations of a demagogue. It has sprung from the very fervour of the loyalty with which the Portuguese regard their Government, from their antipathy to unconstitutional innovations, and their simultaneous resolution to preserve the su preme authority from being transferred from their SOVEREIGN and their Cortes to any foreign favourite or unpatriotic statesman. Hence, therefore, the po pu6tion is desirous to obtain a solid and permanent pacification on some such terms as those proposed by Lord PALMERSTON ; and for the purpose of ensuring that solidity and permanence of reconciliation they require a guarantee for the integrity of her MA.. 'TESTY'S intentions. Indeed, the Junta have defini tively expressed their willingness to accept- the pre -1 scribed conditions, provided only they have some security that those conditions will be honestly ful filled. What rigbt, forsooth ! has any external Go vernment to interfere further than we have done for the tranquilization of a people who have heretofore done us no injury whatever, who evince no hostility whatever towards us, who are fighting for the dearest prerogative of humanity—freedom, and - who abstain from signing a most moderate treaty, because they demand some proof of the sincerity of a hitherto per fidious and time-serving woman ? If any military demonstration is entitled in an especial manner to our symvatby and neutrality, it is surely such a demonstration as the one which has transferred the popular power to the Junta of Oporto, :md confiled the direction ofthe popular forces to a Commander-in-Chief like the Count DAS ANTAS. Das ANTAS is to the Portuguese the Gonfalonniere of their liberties ; and it is because his lieutenants have hitherto acted with that combined bravery and moderation which are most consonant with the spirit of patriotism that the country has come so com pletely into their possession, and their characters re main untarnished by the commission of a single crime. SALDANHA, on the contrary, has been merely the in competent champion of an unsound cause, and he has increased the contempt excited by his inefficiency by the odium elicited by his cruelty and ruthlessness. The contrasted reputations of these two chieftains are fittingly symbolical' of the credit due to the opposite principles they are- :eadelevourg' to render trium phant.. instead o evincing a somewlzst dastardly re lance upon the assistance of foreign bayonets—such a reliance, for example, as is actually evinced by the adherents of MARIA DA GLORIA—the Junta and their captains are preparing themselves for a renewal of the struggle. With this intention DAS ANTAS held a conference with PovoAs on the 18th instant at Regoa, when they are presumed to have arranged a combined movement for the dislodgement of CABAL from Lamego. Upon rumours prevalent in the ca pital respecting the probable submission of SA DA 3ANDEIRA to the royal authority we are disposed to ?lace as little reliance as upon similar reports which were some time since circulated about the prObable ter ersation of the President and Commander-in-Chief of Mexico. Should the former soldier, however, prove himself a renegade, he must inevitably meet with the opprobrium such an execrable crime deserves. The mysterious individual who has been watched with so much suspicion, from the circumstance of his being regarded as no other than Dom MIGUEL, ap pears to have landed on the shingles at Villa do Conde, and to have shortly afterwards returned to the yacht of Captain BENNET without any eciaircisse men! whatever. The incident seems to have been conducted throughout in the most melodramatic manner, and may after all prove nothing better than a practical joke in the shape of an aquatic masquera'!e. Notwithstanding certain insinuations to the contrary, we are not disposed to anticipate any armed inter ference on the part of Great Britain. We are rejoiced to find that the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society have presented to the House of Com mons a petition, drawing the attention of that Hun. House to the state of the law of lunacy, as laid down by Lord DENMAN, in the case of Mrs SHUTTLE WORTH, and praying for its revision. The law, as laid down by Lord DENMAN in that case, authorises the seizure and confinement of persons alleged to be of unsound mind, at the instigation of a perfect stranger, by the servants of private individuals, upon the mere certificate of two medical men. And, not withstanding the Act of 8 and 9 Victoria, cap. 100, enacts that the certificate of every medical man, declaring that any person is of unsound mind, and a proper person to be confined, should also set forth the fact or facts, hear say or otherwise, upon which such medical men may have formed an opinion, Lord DENMAN, out of his abundant respect for the opinion of " skil ful persons," has thought proper to decree that such clause is only declaratory, and has authorised the continued incarceration of an alleged lunatic upon a certificate in which none of these particulars are set forth. The interpretation thus put upon the statute by Lord DENMAN proves how more than ever neces sary it is that a public inquiry into the state of mind of an alleged lunatic should precede incarceration. Once confined in an asylum all hope of liberation by due course of law is hopeless. It is vain to point out that the requisites of the statute, as regards certificates, have not been complied with. Terrified by the cry of "mad man," as old women in the street are terrified by the cry of "mad dog," and assuming that every , delenu in an asylum must be insane, the Judges de clare that the whole of the law of lunacy is anoma- I. us—that the directions of the statute are not com pulsory, and that it is their duty for the benefit of society to remit back the unfortunate prisoner to his former custody. The case of Mrs. CUMMING proves the utter inefficiency of the present law to demon s:ration, and we prefer taking the case of Mrs. 'INNING as our illustration, because those who e..,uieciher incarceration have since consented to her ikoeration, and have given proof of their belief in her t t"itY by accepting from her a disposition of her Property in their fAvour We take . it for granted, o,erefore, that. noe ca n . arise as to the state ofi mind of this lady. w of as l t i ncarcerated in a lunatic g.4yium in the month writ of 1846. Suppose a friend had applied for a a :l t d l h De e s i l t le th t h e . a a r d e been brought up before Lord DEaNts, night have been something irregular in c:Ates upon which she was detained—yet Lord D r E i x - - MAN would, in accordance with the interpretation he put upon the law in the case of Mrs. SHUTTLEWORTH, have remitted her back to her former custody, where s h e m i g ht have remained until this hour. For, be it remembered, that although the r Commissioners of Lunacy are ordered to make inquiries into the grounds of the confinement of any alleged lunatic, yet such inquiry cannot be other than a mere mockery, inasmuch as the alleged lunatic is not permitted to cross-examine any of the witnesses, to rebut any false charges, or to correct any mis apprehensions or misrepresentations. What chance would Mrs. CUMMING have had of obtaining her release from an inquiry so conducted ? Clearly none. In fact she was seen by the Commissioners, and her incarceration was continued. Fortunately she had property, and to get possession of this pro perty a public inquiry was necessary. She was produced before a jury, and the public inquiry was commenced. Mrs. CUMMING having no legal friend to advise her, a solicitor, who was acci dentally present, proffered her his services—they were joyfully accepted, and when it was discovered that there was to be a defence and a bond fide public in quiry, in the course of which witnesses would be cross-examined and charges rebutted, a compromise was proposed and accepted, and Mrs. CUMMING was set at liberty. To what is she indebted for her freedom ? Clearly to the fact that a public inquiry before a jury was about to be instituted into her case. To that inquiry she became entitled because she was possessed of property, and such an inquiry we claim for every unfortunate person accused of lunacy, whether possessed of property or not. A public inquiry is the only possible method of eliciting the truth, and if an inquiry is to be instituted most assuredly it should precede rather than follow incarceration. It is of great importance to induce habits of clean liness among the working classes.' Every voluntary exertion that is made for granting facilities to the humbler orders of society foe keeping themselves - clean-in their persons should_ be warmly encouraged. On the other hand, when the .puidic. are enjoying certain advantages conducive to their health, conse quent upon the opportunities benevolently afforded to them by the contributions of the affluent, any mis representation that is made in public, and which, if not shown to be such, would be calculated seriously to affect, if not altogether to deprive, the labouring poor of an important sanatory privilege, should be visited with marked reprehension. A week since Sir PETER LAURIE made a speech in which he declared, that public plunging-baths led to gross immorality, and stated that on , paying a visit to the baths and washhouses for the working classes in St. Pancras, he had seen fourteen or fifteen great fellows stark-naked indulging in disgusting gambols. Had Sir P. LAURIE been at all borne out in his allegation people would have felt thankful for the information. Not that Sir PETER'S assertion, if supported, would have been con clusive against the use of public plunging baths; but it would, no doubt, have had the effect of compelling the committee of management of the above and similar institutions to adopt such stringent regula tions, that public decency should be properly ob served. It appears, however, that Sir PETER was in error in every tittle of his statement. A deputation connected with the baths and washhouses of St. Pancras waited upon a very numerous meeting of the St. Marylebone Vestry, on Saturday last, for the pur pose of contradicting the statement advanced by the Alderman. The Secretary, Mr. SMITH, informed the Vestry that their baths were conducted by a com mittee of gentlemen, most of whom were clergymen of St. Pancras ; that round the plunging baths boxes were erected, with doors four feet high, for bathers to dress and undreie in ; that no person was permitted to bathe without a vestment ; that he had himself accompanied Sir PETER LAURIE over the establish ment when there was but one person in the large bath, and three or four lads in the smaller ones : that upwards of 70,000 had bathed in their establishment since August last—that he had never heard a single complaint of immorality or disgusting gambols amongst the working classes whom they chiefly benefited, and whom he, therefore, considered had been grossly libelled. The Vestry considered the above to constitute a complete refutation of the charge preferred. Some attempt was made to establish the immoral tendency of the plunging bath' by alluding to the fact that th e committee employed a Tian to look after the bathers ; but the secretary rcplied that ." . "ill any doubt Or the moral conduct of the labouring poor, but solely in case of sudden illness, or of any accident to persons unable to swim. We rejoice to learn that those institutions are so admirably ma naged. The plunging bath excepted, all the other arrangements of the committee met with the entire approval of the fastidious Alderman. The officers of her Majesty's ships are constantly in the habit of consulting the health of the crews, by allowing them, in warm climates, wholly to divest them selves of their clothing and jump off the ships' sides to bathe in the sea. An officer is ap pointed at the time to watch that the men do not swim too far, and to afford protection in case of any misadventure. The military are likewise in dulged in a similar recreation. We have, however, as yet never heard of any objection being started against this healthful recreation. But if Sir PETER be right in his excessive notions of refinement in re gard to the public plunging bath, they could clearly be as reasonably urged to prevent our sailors and soldiers from bathing in the sea or in rivers, as they have been permitted to do from time out of mind. Extremes meet, and over-refinement is as dangerous to morality as over-coarseness. But this, we take it, is a truth too subtle for the limited comprehension of Sir PETER LAURIE. Madrid papers of the 18th have arrived. The differences between the QUEEN and her Con sort have risen to such a height, that the propriety of adopting immediate measures to secure a divorce has, it is said, been discussed in the Cabinet. All the Ministers have returned to Madrid, leaving the QUEEN alone at Aranjuez, to which place Senor OLOZAGA had gone at the command of her MAJESTY, it was said to advise on the state of affairs between ISABELLA and her husband. It was rumoured in Madrid that a new Ministry was about to be formed, comprising Geneial SER RANO and Senors MENDIZABAL and OLOZAGA, and that ESPARTERO would be created a Senator, and no minated Ambassador to London. MADRID BOLSA, MAY 18.—Threes, 30i ; Fives, 19 Exchange on Loudon, 49 35. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. They confirm the truth of the report of the death of Mr. O'CONNELL. That illustrious man died at Genoa on the 15th of May. The following letter trom thr Rev. Dr. MILE; his chaplain, addressed to the editor of the Univers, and published in that journal, leaves us no longer any room to hope or doubt : " Genoa, May 17. " Alas, my dear friend, O'Connell is dead! lam so completely overwhelmed with the blow that I am almost incapable of writing. His death was serene and happy, for it was sanctioned by the sacraments, and alleviated by the consolations which our divine religion lavishes with so much mercy on its children. He replied at first in words, and afterwards with look and gesture, to the exhortations %hich I addressed to him up to the last mo ment. He rendered up the last sigh, with the calm of an infant that falls off to sleep, on Saturday, at twenty five minutes to ten at night. He requested his heart— that heart which always beat for the cause of religion and liberty—to be taken to Rome. We have had that noble heart embalmed, and have enclosed it in a silver urn. The body, which has also been embalmed, will re mala here in a chapel until our return from our pilgrim age to Rome with his heart; and then he will be trans ported to his native mountains, to remain there to the day of resurrection. The heart of O'Connell at Rome, his body in Ireland, and his soul in heaven—is not that what the justice of man and the mercy of God demand? Adieu." A letter published in the Journal des Debuts gives the following account of his last moments : " Genoa, May 16. He (Mr. O'Connell) only spoke a very few words to his physician ; and these were to make an earnest request that the coffin should not be closed too soon over his remains, because he was sure (he said) that he would have the appearance of being dead before yielding up his last sigh. His most ardent wish was to reach Rome, and to receive the benediction of Pius and in the course of his journey he expressed a wish that, if he should die on the way, his heart would at least be sent to the capital of the Catholic world. This idea is said to have been sits gested to him by the recollection of Robert Bruce, who, before dying, requested that his heart might be deposited in the Holy Sepulchre. The wish of O'Connell will be fulfilled, and, in conformity also with his last wishes, his body will be carried to Ireland." M. GIIIZOT on Saturday presented a Bill to the Chamber of Deputies for the better administration of justice in the French West India Colonies. It grants to six members of the Cour Royale of each colony, who areintoform the all ca se scriminalwh ewh e re a court,fre free p t e h r e so right o sa f juris dictioneom IN RE TURNER. Mr. MARTIN, Q.C., moved for a rule calling upon a gentleman named Turner, an attorney of this court, to show cause why he should not be struck off the rolls. It appeared by the affidavit that in the month of August, 1845, a gentleman named Beckford was anxious to lend out a sum of money. He applied to Mr. Turner, who was an attorney at Wolverhampton, in respect o , the loan, and on the following morning that gentleman communicated to Mr. Beckford that he himself would borrow the money, which amotnited to 6001., and give as security a house and about thirty acres of copyhold premises. Mr. Beckford having looked at the property, and Mr. Turner having told him that it was free from . mortgage, Mr. Beckford proposed employing anoth!r . attorney to arrange the business, but Mr. Turner sal(' that he did not wish any othr r attorney to know that h, was borrowing money, and that he would do all the business, and would sooner cut off his hand than do anything unfair. A few days afterwards hi handed to Mr. Beckford three admittances of ano ther party, to the effect that he was seised and possessed of certain premises, as security for the sum of 6001., which was to be repaid as thereinafter mentioned. Mr. Beckford afterwards applied to Mr. Turner for his own admittance, but was informed that it had not come from London. Having no suspicion, Mr. Beckford permitted the matter to rest until the present year, when he heard that Mr. Turner's circumstances were becoming embarrassed. He applied to some gen tlemen named Foster, attorneys, to inquire into the matter, and it was found by these gentlemen that Mr. Turner had deposited the surrender to himself at a banker's in Wolverhampton, at a period nearly approach ing the time when the advance was received from Mr. Beckford, and that upon the Ist of May in the present year he had executed a legal conveyance to the bank. He (Mr. Martin) apprehended that these facts were suffi ciently strong to warrant an application of this nature. Application granted. The Court adjourned at an early hour. COMMON PLEAS.--(THIS DAY.) ELDERTON V. EVANS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mr. Elderton, who had been retained as solicitor to the Church of England Life and Fire Assurance Institution. After a time, however, his services were dispensed with, and an action was brought for compensation. On the trial a verdict was given for the defendant, and a rule was now moved for a new trial or for a nonsuit. The case had been previously part heard. After a lengthened argument, which has occupied the greater part of several days, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE gave judgment, and said that he was of opinion that the judgment should be erased in both courts, and that the verdict should be entered for the plaintiff on the first count, and for the defendant on the second count. The whole matter turned upon the meaning of the word permanent." Now the agree ment had expressly stated that the plaintiff was to be engaged as solicitor for the company for a certain period, of which no date was given, and which might be con cluded on either side. The defendant had pleaded the general issue, and had done perfectly right in doing so, and this brought them back to the meaning of the word " permanent." He therefore considered that even if the jury had given a verdict for the plaintiff, the Court would not have given a judgment in favour of the plaintifff. With regard to the second count, there did not appear to be any sufficient consideration for retaining the ser vices of the plaintiff. It appeared further, that the plaintiff had not given any promise to perform certain duties. There was no evidence that either in law or in fact there w as reason f or the verd i ct for t h e plaintiff; and even if a new t r i a l were to b e grante d, an d a verdict to he ciiven to the plf,irniff, the Co , 7rt would not justify vc!rd . _ ct be a jud..mont. The deriFi , n, Ir. (th; , L',rd Jug: ice) came was, that the judgment of the C o ur t on the first count ought to be affirmed, arid on the second that it ought to be en tered up. Mr. Justice COLTMAN coincided in this decision, on the ground that there was not sufficient consideration in the declaration. Mr. Justice MAULE thought that the first count was bad, and that the defendant was entitled to a verdict on the plea of non-assumpit. With respect to the second count he thought that there was no evidence to show that the plaintiff was to be retained for more than the year. The fact was the plaintiff was to give his service for 1001. a year, instead of sending in a bill, and he did not think, therefore, that there was any obligation what ever to continue the services of the plaintiff even for the year ; and although it might be looking at i t with great nicety to consider it in this view, nicety had been provoked by the allegation that there had been two breaches for it, and was evidently shows that no consideration had been rendered. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL qu ite co in cided in what had fallen from the Lord Chief Justice, for it was plea that the term permanent must mean some especial a ll " that ration, so that the term was not indeterminate, and the plaintiff consequently had no right to an unceasing engagement. On the second count there was no consi deration shown, and consequently no plea could be-sus tained. The judgment, therefore, was, that >f verdict should be entered for the def en d a nt, and on the second count that judgment s h ou ld b e arrested. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY') A tall middle-aged man, wearing a heavy moustache, and having much the appearance of a foreigner, who, acting upon the advice of his attorney, Mr. VVolff, re" fused to give his name, was brought before M r :Jardiser. - having been remanded from Saturday on a charge ( 011 suspicion) of b e i ng concerne d w i t h Mary Cleveland to causing the death of her male child, 4hree days old. 00 Friday last, the 21st instant. The woman Cleveland Was not in custody,- not havinx yet tecovered fro il Ilst confinement, Which took pl a ce Zn Wednesday. It appeared on the former occasion, that for tome ti previous to her confinement Mrs. Cleveland bad fre s quently been heard to say that she would make no tar o parations for that even t, as s h e w a s certa i n the "'" would be still-born. She was also heard to ay that had been settled on th e c hild, an d in c a se s & its dea l that money would beco me h er own. Mr. Boeh le ,,g'„l - Bow-street, attended he r , an d was o f op i n i on ths4",rh e a perfectly healthy c hild an d lik e l y to — h o r child was taken t o d ry nurse b y M r s. 9 'w" -- e immediately aft e r it s bi rt h. Sh e t oo k it w r.a that day (Wednesday), and on the next (Thursday) it was sent for by Mrs. Cle ve A s i and remained with her for some time. The nex t Mrs. Barber brought the chili at about three o'clock 11 ! the afternoon, and call e d aga i n t o t a k e it away at aboti! five o'clock, rs hen site was told Mrs. Cleveland rus t be disturbed. She waited till about half-past sii,_l.l; was then shown int o M rs . Cl eve l an d' s room. The was lying on the bed, and Mrs. Cleveland be it was asleep, but on taking it e t Le found it was dead. The face was wile w hic h ; coloured, and th ere were mar k s a l so on the throat , y.Mr. o s latter disappear e d th e next day. eking was set for, who, with Mr. Guthrie, made a post morten eta 4 , nation, the result of w hi c h con fi rme d the suspicion tilt the child had not di e d a na t ura l d ea th. The prisoaele' who had been li v i ng with Mrs. Cleveland for somel4; was seen by a pers o n named Charles Smith, who s sitting in the parlour at the time, to leave the house n th stealthy manner during the time that the child was T o the. mother. The prisoner's name was not Brown,. the servants, among themselves, had nicknamed DIP' " Molly." On the p risoner beinlaced at the bar this Ineriliq: The witness Charles Smith came forward and said that his real name was not Smith, but Tester. Mr. Wolff—Although I questioned this young re a l particularly on this point, he said his nam e was ,e" Tester but Smith. Mr. Burnaby, the c hi e f clerk, read the young 03.6,12 evidence on th e f ormer o c c a sion, in which he ealciL▪ n "My real name i s S m ith ; I have never been k nown .y the Lame of Tester, nor by any other name but Smite' I swear that—l am cautious." n i s opt Mr. Burnaby—And you now say, " My n ail ' a ess Smith but Tester. I ga v e a false name before ?" —Yes; that is right. k.• \Mr. Moseley, on the part of the applied for a r eman d till Thursday, was held yesterday, h a d been adjour ned. to fir. Wolff o t l h il e s den u e b t mi t t i t o e n thatd Pa ss rtrehitql Lustht,°wrin'tliecu-'4 prisoner kept to in o clisty Mr. Moseley had n o wish to have the sufficient. Case of the there washeprisoner n custody, but would be satisfied if he were ordered to find bail for his appearance. Mr. JARDINE would remand the prisoner till Thur.! day, but if two good and sufficient sureties in 501. each were found by the prisoner, he would be liberated. The prisoner not being able to procure the neeessarl sureties in time, was removed at two o'clock in the prison van, with the other prisoners who had been com mitted or remanded on various charges in the course of the day. CLERKENWELL. ,, ( T HIS DAY. William Thompson was charged with an assault upon his wife, of such a violent character as to place her life in imminent danger. It appeared that this morning a constable of the N di vision received information that a female had bees almost murdered by her husband, at No. 6, Edward street, and upon reaching the spot be found the unfor tunate woman lying upon the floor, drenched with blood. She was insensible when he went in, had three or four,_ sleep cuts upon her head, a n d f rom a num b e r of marks around her neck it appeared as if an attempt had been made to strangle her. A surgeon was sent for e and she rallied for a short time, but soon was attacked with violent fits, and she was now in a most dangerous condition. Durinc , her temporary restoration to consci ousness, she stated ' that it was the prisoner who bad so ill-used her. The constable immediately went in pursuit of the prt toner, and soon afterwards took him into custody--7.1 medical certificate was handed to Mr. Combe in wine _ it was stated that the poor woman was at prese nt in a very dangerous state. Mr. COMBE said the prisoner stood in an awful posi tion. The c e rtifi ca t e s howed that the woman's recovery t. was uncertain, and he should remand the prisoner 1I:. Thursday, to know if any change for the bet ter or wors e would take place before that time. THAMES.-(THIS DAY.) DAY.) Thomas Bull, John Warden and William Elliott, were ° charged by police-constables Barnes and Smith, Wh. were on duty at Stepney Fair in plain clothes, wi,T having gambling tabl e s and dice boxes, an d illegall7 using the saa.e. The facts was fully proved, the constables observing that they each c arr i e d a few images with them as a blind, which, when they saw the police they commences offering for sale, but directly their backs pursued a game commonly called " a halfpenny on 3 . a• _ ewfrild from m e t were tur_n. eu . They were all committed to the House of Correctleu for 21 days , with hard labour , lwaibjt T ohou h is o irt m eer ci a,l s ienm llf gps i l ls oom3 o: e i e , dc w oi h np o pte i hr s company's service upwards of seven years, was c u" Sheppard, the dock constable, stated that on ki the ta d enr o din ck eh s d . asa bePerne'sfeinr"'atbillie searching the prisoner, as is customary, esterdaY after noon as he w as p ass i ng out o Y f the gate he found a quail" tit of y copper concealed on his person. The prisoner, who for trial. made no defe nce w as committed L A ND H EARTLESS A n R a T m L e E d SS ROBBERY IN A WORKHOUSE. WORSRip_s7" ----- " --- e t s, the Wa s th ore a d n i d tch Co with robber j : rREET.—(THIS DA- 1 ') y CRUEL —Three Jon es, were charged house—Coleman being the visitor idiot and an inmate there in; of her son. who is an Walsh, her companion, and Jones the nurse of the idiot ward. Several of the parish authorities attended on the part of the prosecution. John Smith. gatekeeper of the workhouse, said that W lem o i llf g - Coleman, about seven o'clock last evening, who was "- companied by Walsh, was admitted to see her son. Both the females returned in about a quarter of an hour. Perceiving something bulky under the arm of Wa lsh ' he mentioned to her his suspicions. He had them both searched, and upon them were found three loaves of thirteen ounces each, and several pieces of soap. Wit ness having pressed them to tell where they had got the articles, they at length replied that they had been .-!.iven to them by Ann Jones, the nurse of the idiot ward. Witness had no doubt that the property belonged to the trustees of the parish, or was the allowance of tome of the inmates. One of the overseers of the parish said that every pre caution was used in order that the poor idiots should not be plundered of their rations, and he would mention one circumstance •in order to show how very necessary this was. A short time since i t was the practice to send the tea in its raw state to the nurse of this ward (accord 7 trig to the number of persons therin), that she might make or brew it for them. The a uthorities of the work house having, however, reason to believe that the 1) tea c r e atures had little else than water , dir ected that the should thereafter be properly ma de before it was sent up to that ward. mor e The prisoners' defence amou nted to nothing than a confirmation of their guilt, and of 51. or pay a fine , Mr. ARNOLD ordered Jones to leman 21. 10s., or three one month's imprisonment; Co . , ,. days' I o r fourteen . weeks' imprisonment; and Walsh, 2 .! imprisonment in the House of Correction. _____.—..—..--..--.... ill be We understand that Mr. Disraeli w. a cant. late a t th e ne xt general election for the representation of Buckinghamshire. LAMBEA meeting of the Com - BortouGa OF feittee of electors took place at the Ship T a vern, Wal o o t-place, last evening, for the purpose of arranging for the public meeting of Thursday next, John Fuller, Esq. , in the chair. Letters were read from Mr. Hawes o and D'Eyncourt, the sitti n g Members, declining tbe present at the proposed meeting, chiefly on the ground the time fixed upon being the Queen's birth -day ; but .t was announced that Mr. Snellson had issued circulars on their behalf requesting the attendance of their friends to oppose any vote of disapprobation ; and , as great -flints will be made by the Dissenting and Radical Par" be ties, a crowded mecting an d stron g discussion may expected. BIEiIIINGUAM METAL MARKET.—This market suf r s considerably from the continued depression of the mnoney market, and business in all metals has been very limited. Copper is dull, and tin equally so; the genial" napression is, that this article will be much lower ere 1 dig. Spelter barely mainta ins its p rice. Tin platefi rira firm, but the demand is exceedingly fiat.—.Birsting• ham Awns'. •; - : - '_.,,, 1 ,e e a P