The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-13 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, 81ii,scribers, and the Public, a re respect ally in formed. that an EX cltA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING May , 13, when will be performed &Mill's Opera, LA SONNAMBUL A, Amina, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Madame , olari ; Count Rodolph, Signor F. Lablache ; and Elvino, Signor Gardoni. Between the Acts of the Opera a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which will be introduced the admired Pas de Quatre, from " Le Lac des Fees," by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles. Ho nore and Cassan. A grand Pas de Deux (composed by M. P. Taglioni), by Mdlle. Marie Taglioni and Mdlle. Rosati. La Manola, by Madlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. To conclude with Selections from the admired Ballet of CORAL lA, -- Comprising the Moonlight Scene, Garden Scene, and the eelsbrated Aquatic Palace of the Outlines. Coralla, Mdlle. Rosati ; Huldebrand, M. Taglioni ; the Squire, M. Gouriet ; Bertha, Mdme. Petit Stephan ; the Page, Mdlle. Honore ; Duke, M. Goasslin ; Fraisondin, M. Venefra ; Ulrich, M. Di Matt.a. The Fre. Lilt is suspended, the Public Press eieepted. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, May 13, an EXTRA NIGHT, on which occa sion the combined strength of the Company will perform. The OPERATIC PERFORMANCES will embrace the talents of adame Grisi, Madame Yea.ani, Signora Alboni, Signor Mario, Signor Salvi, Signor Rovers, Signor Marini, and Signor Tamburini. The BALLET will be supported by Sidlle. Fanny Elssler, Mdlle. milatre, Male. Haderna, Mdlle. De Melisse, m dile. Antis', Ma dame Delchatm, M. Petipa, M. Croce, M. O'Bryan, M. Delferier, &c. The Doors will open at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Opera will commence at Eight. Tickets, Stalls, and Bores to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. UM. , The Management of Mr. H. Webster, sole Lessee. FOR THE B.NEFIT OF MR. T. F. MATHE WS. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of WHO WANTS A GUINEA ? Principal characters by Messrs. Farrell, liloury, Rogers, Bian•i, Biackstone, Stuart, Hudson, Webster, Howe, Mrs. Stanley, and Miss After which the Farce of HE LIES LIKE TRUTH. To be followed by 7HE BOARDING SCHOOL. In which Messrs. Webster, Howe, }Nelson, and Mrs. Gifford will appear. To conclude with the Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE NEW PLANET; or, Harlequin out of Place. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. riid,r the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EYEN:NG 'will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. I'. Bedford ; Leybourne, r Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Strtr!ight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which the mew Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, & I V, Cull emord, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with th, Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Chr. Lambert, Mr. Wo:rell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Maplin will perform. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Aladdost, sole Lussee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comic Opera, called THE SYREN. The Duke, Mr. Walton ; Scipio, Mies Flower; Balbaya, Mr. Leffler ; Tempesta, Mr. Allen ; Pecchione, Mr. Delavanti ; 3lathea, Madame Peron; Zerlina, Mils G. Smithson. After which, the new Farce, entitled A WIFE FOR AN HOUR. Principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Granby, Vining, Cowell, Compton, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with the Comedy of THE HYPOCRITE. In which Messrs. Ryder, Vining, J. Webster, Granby, Fisher, Compton, Mrs. Fos coke, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs. Stirling will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Drama, called THE CREOLE ; sr, Love's Fetters. Damiron, Mr. F. Mathews ; Alphonse, Mr. Murray, Hyacinthe, Miss Dickinson; Bokes, Mr. Keeley; Latour, Mr. - Emery; Virginie, Miss M. Keeley ; Louise, Miss May ; Bellona. 31Iss Daly. Af er which, the entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravanza, called THE WOOD DEMON ; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, F. Matthew., Bellingham, Kinloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson, Miss Daly, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed the Comedie of LE MANTEAU ; on, Le Reve du Ma , i. Darllere, M. Langeva ; Gillot, M. Tonvillon ; Mathilde, Mdlle. Vallee ; Emelle, Mdlle. Denain ; La Baronne, Mdlle. Angele. After which, the new Comedie, UN COUP DE LANSQUENET. Desrousseaux, M. Regnier ; La Marquise du They, Mdlle. I tenaln. To conclude with LE MEDECIN .IIALGEtE LUI. Sganarelle, M. Regnier ; Martine, Mdme Grassan. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, ; Gallery, 2s. 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 TIIEATRE. In consequence of the increasing success which attends every re presentation given by the celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Yell, Harrington. bite, Stanwood, and Germon, they will repeat their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre, on SATURDAY EVENING next, May 15. Doors open at Eight o'clock'. They will also give a DAY PERFORMANCE every Wed nesday Morning, commencing at Halt-past Two o'clock. They will appear at the Horns, Kennington, To-morrow Evening ; and at Crosby Hall, on Monday next. Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-oflioe. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager Li r. William Batty. • Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the _ . Royal Family. THIS EVENING Will be performed Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Unequalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with the performances of the Arabian horse, Pear! of the Desert ; the four Mexican Antipo dean Artistes ; and the celebrated Clown. Mr. W. F. Wallet. To conclude with ZARAH ; or, The Gipsy Tribe of Bohemia. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. it.talls,ss.; Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management or Mrs. Frances Daviclge, Lessee. Last Four Nights, previous to the Opera Season. Whit-Monday. Itnmense success of the Hall of Rome. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Tragedy of VENICE PREqERVEn. Jarber, Mr. Johnsen; Pierre, Mr. k redericks ; Belvidera, Mrs, H. Vining. After which the HALL OF ROLE, by the celebrated Tableau Vivants and Poses Plabtique. To courlude with TUE BUFFALO GALS ; or, Female Ethiopian Serenaders. Boxes, 25., Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence at llalf•past Six. ROYAL VIC FORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed RE H ; or, The Lass that Loves a Sailor' IBernard ,Mr. Hicks ; Ruth, Miss Vincent. After which t 'e grand new Romance, entitled THE QUEEN OF INDLAND ; or, The Hunters of Moldavia. Characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Howard, Raymond, Gardner ; 311ss Vin cent, Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. G. Lee, 1111,s Burroughcliffe, &c. Tv conclude with IHE 11OL.''TEIN HUSSAR ; or, The Grenadier Guards. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL, SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, Hay 17, Ard every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable expense. erected a new Entrance, and a magnificent Walk, with sower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, In front of the grand Pictorial Representation of THE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. The Menagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe, Gazelles. &c. The Promenade Concerts, conducted oy Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge of Statues. The grand Fyrotrch,lic I leplay, representing the SIEGE OF GIBRA • TAR. _ Showing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destrac• Lion of tne Town, and Blowing up of the Battering Ships. During the season, 31. JULLI EN will give a series of Concerts The Band will consist of one ho ndre.l Pertormers. Ad oission, Ohe Shilling The Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their Gland Spring Flower Show, on Wednesday, Al ay 26. !I ti WEATIIER.—StrN OFFICE, MAY 13. TimiltomETErt, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, 64 ; Noon, 63, BARomETER, 29 9 —WIND S.; fine. ill , vATEit AT f. ,,, 1.0N-fittimit - TIM, DAY. M;rninz .. 20 minutes after 12 .. 44 %Ili:ICUs after 12, • • st• rali • G GA I I . MA z • • 7 ,111016 k -'1 ,42 u llll "." , ,4 10 • eltening -O.NDON, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1847. While Lord Jour; SS ELL is fi m re a b ligned in eontunaelious language by a f ew Irish men in t be is immeasurably more than compe nsated b y ra t n h e ds ' hedis tinguished approval of all right-thi n ki ng ]kingdom, and especially of his own eminent consti tuency. This has been conspicuously shown in the grand civic entertainment given to the members o f the Administration by the Right Hon. the LORD 31 -tATOR. It is befitting the generous character which has latterly characterised the Legislature, that the ex , artions of the Ministry, and especially the courage they have evinced during an unparalleled accumula tion of difficulties, should periodically receive some such public acknowledgment. It is appropriate, taoret)ver, that these expressions of confidence and appro bation should immediately precede the vaca tions of Parliament, so that the members of her EAJE* TY'S Councils may be cheered on in their arduous and extraordinary toils. On retirement of Sir ROBERT PEEL, it vas eon , ':eived by the unreflective that the new Adr ainistn , tion would find the general Exe curive & 0 1 / 4 'mparative sinecure. The giant ob- Limb. TIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY lB, 1847 stacle of the laws prohibiting the importation of corn had been removed, and the erroneous sup pc.sition follow el thereu,tol. that the path of govern uwnt ,s theieby singularly smootht-d and tNideued. Undoubtedly the Govern ment was relieved from a tremendous incubus by the repeal of those enact ments, I )ut there remained many another incubus besides. There was the incubus of national ignorance, there was the incubus of an erroneous criminal code, there was the incubus of a demoralizing and dege nerating social condition, and a long vista o f similar woes and curses. All these had to be removed before the country could hope to arise in its full strength; to put forth its full powers, to vindicate its true character. Knowledge had to be rendered accessible to those whose poverty debarred them from the blessings of instruction. Sanatory regulations had to be compiled for the preservation of public life, of public health, and of public morality. Criminals had to be regarded rather as reclamable to the paths of virtue than as obdurately bound to the perpetration of iniquity. The whole foundations of the social system had to be removed, to be deepened, to be strengthened, and, if possible, rendered sufficiently wide and absolutely immutable. Those were among the gigantic labours which the newly inaugurated Government were expected to accomplish, and the ex pectations of the community were confirmed by the solemn assurances and voluntary engagements of the Cabinet. ! improvement of their estates to certain landlords, who I might elect to take advantage of its provisions. The sub'ect is of sufn , ient imnnrt;:r,c,? to warm, 41 0^ ; n . troductiuo 4,1 .; Nothing can be more objectionable than the practice of including in a single Bill different subjects which have no immediate connexion with each other. Many persons might strongly advocate one of the principles and be as strongly opposed to another. It also leads to the greatest confusion when matters legislated on are not even alluded to in the preamble of the Act. However just or proper the limitation of the hours of labour in factories in itself might be, it could scarcely have been introduced as part of a measure for a repeal of the duty on raw cotton, or for an advance to certain manufacturers. The principle should stand or fall on its own intrinsic merits, and not receive any adventitious aid from another with which it had been coupled. The MiniAtry have therefore acted discreetly in limiting the operation of the clause to the measure then in question, and to that extent it has been most properly sanctioned. It is not for the benefit of the Irish landlords only that the sum of 1,500,0001. is about to be advanced from the national Exchequer. It is to enable them to pro vide that employment which, from their own limited resources, they could not have afforded. It is to enable them to direct the vast quantity of labour now remaining useless and unproductive into the most beneficial channels. It is particularly important that the whole of the money granted by the Legislature should be appropriated to the purpose for which it was intended, and that no portion should be applied by the borrower to his own use, unless some such safeguard was introduced. This could easily have been effected. The landowner, who is empowered to select for him self the men to whom he will give employment, might not have taken any who would not consent to take a portion of land from him at an exorbitant price, and to devote the greater part of their wages to the satisfaction of the rent. This evasion will be rendered impossible by the additional clause, which provides " that the payment for labour under the Act shall only be made in the current coin of the realm,'' and the interests of the labourer will be protected in the most efficient manner. The miseries which have descended upon Ireland and upon a considerable portion of Scotland have hithertb, however, retarded or interrupted the mea sures of reform promised by Lord Join; RUSSELL and his colleagues. Intermittently, it is true, the educational and sanatory schemes of the Administra- ' tion have been introduced to the notice of the repre sentative and hereditary Houses of Legislation; but the main energies of the Ministry, the main re- , sources of the Treasury, the chief amount of the industry, and eloquence, and sagacity, and forethought of the Government, have been devoted to the alleviation of the distresses and the amelioration of the condition of the suffering millions of our fellow-countrymen. Can any one, therefore, conceive for a single instant that the nation is in any manner aggrieved by the postponement of the peculiar benefits anticipated from the present Cabinet on its first formation ? Not, most assuredly, when all the labours and a nx i e ti es o f th e G overnmen t i n connexion with Ireland are taken into consideration. Had her MAJESTY'S advisers done nothing more during the course of this onerous and eventful session than they have actually accomplished for the population of the sister island, they would have entitled themselves to the lasting gratitude and re membrance of the people. Nor has the assiduity of the Administration, in striving to diminish the dreadful effects of the late dispensations of DIVINE PROVIDENCE, been without its beneficial consequences in the way of example and incitement. The benevolence of the Cabinet has influenced the benevolence of private individuals and public asso ciations, it has even operated in eliciting the cordial assistance of our brethren on the banks of the Ganges, and of our brethren also by blood on the northern continent of America. Upon these exhibitions of a true cosmopolitan charity the Prime Minister of England very beautifully observed in the banquet chamber of the Mansion House, " I rejoice in this manifestation of sympathy and liberality; it shows that no remoteness of distance—that no diversity of institutions—that no records of separation, even though written in bloody characters—have obliterated that sympathy which springs from the same origin. Remembering that they speak the same language as ourselves—that they read the same authors — that they have the same precepts of divine truth by the banks of the Hudson and the Mississippi that we read from the same sacred volume on the banks of the Thames and the Shannon—l rejoice that they have shown the same enlarged spirit of charity and liberality; and I am sure, whatever may be the mis fortune of the present time, there is this consoling circumstance—a circumstance tending to unite the two nations in the bonds of brotherhood, kindness, and affection." Actuated by these high and enno bling principles, the Ministers cannot fail to ensure to themselves, not merely the sympathies of the po pulation of these realms, but of the most distant ter ritories. Lord JOHN RUSSELL can afford to con temn the opprobrious epithets by which he himself and his Ministerial associates are mentioned by Dr. M'kLtLE and other malcontents. The Government has acquired for itself the confidence of the empire by its determined, temperate, and generous policy. Generally speaking, any interference between the labourers and those by whom they are employed is objectionable ; but when the nation has been called upon to advance large sums of money for the support of the starving people, and thus to take upon itself a duty which should have been performed by the owners and occupiers of land in Ireland, it becomes necessary to take steps that may prevent the recurrence of a si milar necessity. One of the chief causes that have led to such an unhappy result, undoubtedly, has been that the peasantry of the country have been taught to place their whole dependence on a precarious crop. In place of obtaining a pecuniary remunera tion for their labour, as in this country, and then purchasing therewith the necessary supplies of food for their families, they got a slip of land for which they mortgaged their labour. If it turned out un productive, their only resource was in casting them selves upon the charity of the public. This cause has led to periodical famines, and so long as it is suffered to continue, the like effects will be produced. The sooner, therefore, that some general measure can be introduced to do away with the grievance the better for the country, and we know of none more calcu lated to attain that object than a provision making void any agreement for the payment cf rent by the labour of the party taking land, and enabling him to recover the wages of his labour in money, notwith standing any such agreement. The Frankfort Gazette, of the 9th instant, states, that disturbances connected with the high price of provisions occurred atLeutmeritz, in Bohemia, on the Ist instant. The people cut off the ears of a speculator in corn. The Hanover Gazette, of the 6th instant, states, that since the 17th ultimo, horse flesh has been introduced as an article of food amongst the popula tion with the best effect; 5,000 lbs. has been already sold for consumption in the different towns of the kingdom. The smack Speedy arrived on Wednesday, at Fal mouth, from Lisbon in six days. The mission of Colonel WYLDE had, it was hoped, proved effective; and at.the time the Speedy sailed negotiations were going on between the Junta and the Government. The Levant mail brings intelligence from Constan tinople to the 26th, and from Athens to the 30th ult. The French fleet, under the command of the Prince DE JOINVILLE, has arrived in the Archipelago, as has an Egyptian fleet, MEHEMET ALI having tendered the services of his fleet to the Porte against Greece. The Russian Ambassador at Athens has received orders to support the demand for satisfaction made by the Porte. COLETTI is tottering to his fall ; his majority in the Chamber of Deputies having dwindled down to one vote, and that one vote his own, he has had recourse to the desperate step of a dissolution. The Moniteur Grec of the 26th publishes a decree dissolving the Chamber, and convoking a new one on the 26th of July. The present session of Parliament had scarcely opened before Lord BROUGHAM, malta revolvens, pointedly recommended that the heads of families throughout the, Empire should rigidly enforce the utmost providence in their domestic establishments with regard to the consumption of bread. The ad vice was given upon the sound policy of taking time by the forelock. It was at once judicious and bene volent. The idea was not an original one; but the circumstances under which his Lordship revived it, and the value which he properly imparted to it, by a reference to the humane resolutions adopted, within his Lordship's memory, by a large number of Peers, when the country was threatened with an alarming scarcity of food, entitled the recommendation to a cordial approval. Mankind at large are averse to test by due reflection the pvvoyanee of the monitor, where acquiescence in his views is likely to entail upon them the prudent necessity of undergoing any temporary privations. They like to put off the evil day, and are willing to believe upon the slenderest data, however specious, that results will falsify the gloomiest prognostications. This temperament is peculiar to JOHN Bum.. He is always grumbling, but at bottom he is ever sanguine. He retains his confidence to the last, but it is his humour to conceal the existence of this feeling from everybody else. The consequence is, that it is fre quently impossible to kindle his energies till he finds himself menaced by some prominent crisis. The moment, however, that affairs, individual or collec tive, have attained to a critical height, JOHN BULL rushes in medias res, with a remarkable zest. He relies upon his indomitable spirit for success, and enjoys his triumphs all the more if he should, in the first instance, have complicated matters by a perti nacious adherence to his otiose propensities. It troubled him little, at the beginning of the session, to warn him that extraordinary supplies of foreign corn must be imported to meet the demand at home, occasioned by the extensive failure in the potato crop, and the wants of a population increasing at the rate of 1,000 a day ; that a vast amount of bullion would leave our coffers to pay the foreign producers—that the restrictive conditions of the Bank of England Charter would consequently impose a serious check upon credit—that our manufacturing interests would its effect; and that the demand for labour would diminish, which, combined with the probable dear ness of provisions of all descriptions, would inevitably lead to great national privation and distress. All this might be very true, but until he actually felt it, he would not compromise his accustomed tranquillity. 'The prophecy is now, in a great measure, fulfilled; :and accordingly communities of all sorts have sent - up their representatives to Downing-street to detail 'their pressing grievances. Much more, however, de p ends upon individuals themselves than upon the Go v ernment. Practical conduct is just now the one thing m ?.edful. Economy should be universally sanctioned. P cudence demands thus much, though we are far fr 3in sharing in the apprehensions entertained by any that the present crisis will be of some dura titan- Example is better than precept. Her MAJESTY s taken the lead : an order was yesterday issued by the Lord Steward, commanding that for the pre s,:7 it no description of flour, except seconds, shall b e used for any purpose in her MAJESTY'S household, a n,l th a t no person in the Palace s h a ll h ave more t h an u . n o h fe p breadoor will fee each dth , and th e country a, thankful, day. lye h o p e t hi s patr i ot i c 4;3 mple will b e speed il ymtated throughout th e w i 1 be largely benefited. Madrid papers of the 6th have arrived. The QUEEN, accompanied by her uncle and her sister-in-law, left Madrid on the sth for Aranjuez. The KING did not accompany her MAJESTY. The financial plan of Senor SALAMANCA will, it is said, be carried into effect by a series of royal decrees. The funeral of CASTRO Y Oaozco, took place on the 6th, and was attended by the Members of both Chambers. There were 180 carriages in the pro cession. MADRID BOLSA, MAY 6.—The Three per Cents. were done at 31% for cash; the Five per Cents. at 19i ; the Debt without Interest at 534 ; and the Coupons at 16. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The severance between the Guizot Conservatives and the Progressive Conservatives is now complete. The Debats thus commences its reply to the attack made by the Presse of the preceding day on the Ministerial party : " We will not enter into a long discussion with the chief and organ of the defunct party of Progressist Conservatives. There are no longer any Progressist Conservatives; the mask is thrown off. They have taken a defined position, and they declare to the majority that its policy conducts to a terrible revolution! That is frank and honest opposition." The Debuts then proceeds to attack, with great severity and sarcasm, the conduct and projects of the Progressist Conservatives, and concludes as follows: "A great and very dangerous misunderstanding is for the futire cleared up. It is now notorious that a cunning oppo sition wriggled itself into our ranks, and laboured by sap and mine to ruin the Conservative party. We had some idea that this was the case when we saw the chief of these pre tended Conservatives blame, under pretext of independence, sometimes the foreign, sometimes the domestic policy, of the G wernment and the Chambers. Whoever has followed the se double pr epe • r f in ac g ed te a p n i d ay tdhoeuble same double-voting Conservatives. history of the last Legislature, is not ignorant th a t a ll the esti em barrassments of the Ministry, all th e c r ises o f th e ma j or i ty were caused %e.es. by these e were in the present Legislature ; but we congratulate ourselves on having unmasked them. Their intrigue, caught in the fact, no longer frightens us. We know what they are, and what they desire ; and that is important. The Opposition opens its arms to them. As for ourselves we will no longer consi der as Conservatives the men who believe they characterise the policy followed during seventeen years by these three words—' Nothing! nothing ! nothing!' But there will still remain two very precious things to the new Progressist party and its chief—the esteem of the ATational and the praises of the Augsburg Gazette—praises which everybody can com mand who will." The recent changes in the Ministry are commented on in all these papers. The Constitutionnel says—. " It will be seen by the royal ordonnances that the retire ment of M. Lacave Laplange was not a voluntary one. H e persisted to the last, with a pride which does him honour, in refusing to give in his resignation. He would not meekly submit to the insulting want of good faith of his colleagues, and has openly protested against the odious and pitiable cal culation of men, who think to expiate the common fault by the sacrifice of the person amongst them who was the least culpable. In compelling the other Ministers to dismiss him, M. Lacave Laplange has deprived them of the entire benefit which they hoped to derive from his removal. He has denounced them aloud as the first authors of the disorders, the deficit, and the gaspillage • he has cast upon them the responsibility which they had imagined they could throw upon him." The Constitutionnel then remarks on the men who have been chosen to fill up the gaps in the Adminis tration, after, as it asserts, all others who were ap plied to had refused to join the Cabinet : " We will say nothing of General Trezel, an ultra-Con servative from conviction, but personally so respectable that he disarms criticism. All the rest of the combination still further weakens instead of strengthening the Ministry. M. Damon did will show more character in the Finances than he did in the department of Public Works. He is capable of learning what M. Lacave Laplagne already knew ; but for some time to come he will be much less conversant with such matters than his predecessor was. M. Jayr was a I.eettiadygood. Prefect, b u t h e i s o therwise of inferior mind. accomplished his political ca reer when he reached the Prefecture of Lyons, and had even exceeded the point to which his ambition Montebellochoice of M. de as Ministerculd justly soar. The e of Marine is supremely ridiculous. We can comprehend that t an effort should be made to place at the head of this department a man who does not belong to the navy, but he ought to be at least a skilful adaduis. VI e Government have adopted the suggeston offered by th e Duke of WELL INGTON while the Landed Pro pe n y (Ireland) Bill was in Committee, so far as the pap nent of the labourers under that Bill is concerned. it v ,could scarcely have been proper, however mils alai evous the practice complained of had been, t o i n . Itroduce a clause interfering materially with the em gioym,vnt of labour throughout the country in a Bill aviiich yas only intended to afford facilities for the trator. The person chosen is an Ambassador who has ac- WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) quired some diplomatic experience in little courts, but who I James StiVox, 16 yet -a of age, and formerly in the em has not been an administrator in any way. It is the history~YTn , ; of the dancer of Figro. Titus the effect produced by tl.l ; , with I e t eLai eti V, I,h i, he tett,,wing robbery and embezzlement ceived rel laugh, except by the most Ministerial I Mr. Jennings stated that the prisoner, who had formerly members of the majority, who, however, are discontented been in his employment, left it on the 20th of March and sad." Two days afterwards, however, witness discovered that he All the Opposition journals are equally severe on was still acting the calling as usual upon his customers, I.e -the new appointments. The Presse declares that " the m th a e nd r i o n c g e t ed h s e fg o ap hls rs o , w re n ce u i s v e ing the moneys, and appropriating three vacant portfolios were offered from door to door, The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was but none would accept them, not even the most de- ordered to be again brought up previous to his committal for voted friends, such as M. VITET, which proves that trial. no great confidence is entertained in the stability of the Cabinet. It is, in fact, a Cabinet worn out. In this respect neither M. GUIZOT nor M. DUCHATEL entertained any illusions ! They admit that tiaey have only wished to gain a little time, in hopes that some favourable circumstances may permit them to withdraw with dignity, as they might have done when they experienced the first check." The Courrier _Francais states that the Ministers have refused to give Admiral MACKAU the command of the squadron in the South Seas, for which he had applied. In the Chamber of Deputies, on Tuesday, M. ODILON BARROT asked for explanations respecting the recent Ministerial changes, and M. GUIZOT named Friday as the day on which he should be at the service of the Chamber, to answer any questions that might be proposed to him on the subject. A Bill was brought in by the Minister of Commerce on Monday extend ing the time for the free importation of corn into France to the 31st of October. In the sitting of Monday M. CREMIEUX, in moving his resolution to prevent Deputies from taking part in public companies, made some slight allusion to the recent Ministerial changes, but such was the length and discursiveness of the speaker, that M. Dusion, the new Finance Minister, was enabled to give them the go-bye. M. GRA UDIN then attempted Ito elicit some explanations from the Ministers, but their friends, to prevent the questions being heard, set up a loud shouting, and a scene of disgraceful uproar and confusion ensued, and which was characterised by the President as most unwarranted and most in decent. The Chamber decided to take the proposi tion of M. CREMIEUX into consideration. The Moniteur announces that the importation' of grain and flour into France during the second fort night of Aptil amounted to 790,445 hectolitres, or 59,280 tons. The quantities imported from the first of July, 1846, to the Ist of May, 1847, amounted to 6,695,431 hectolitres. The Semaphore de Marseilles of the Bth instant announces the receipt of private letters from Malaga, brought on the 7th inst. by the Sphynx steamer, mentioning that the Consul of France in that city had been informed by the Spanish Governor of Melilla that ADD 13L-KADER had forwarded to him a second letter for the French Government, offering to submit. The Paris Bourse on Tuesday displayed symptoms of recovery, although to only an unimportant extent. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on that day at 78f. the Five per Cents., 115 f. 90c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,233 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 936 f. 25c. ; Havre, 655 f. 50c.; Great orthern, 606 f. 25c.; Avignon, 761 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 590 f. ; Bordeaux, 511 E 25c. ; Bou logne, 4051. ;_ Basle, 1881. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 420 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 407 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 435 f ' • Lyons and Avignon, 432 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4411. 25c.; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 531/ 2 . BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 12. Boulogne and Amiens, 15% 8 —Dutch Rhenish, 3 1 ,4—Lyons and Avignon (Constituted), DA—Namur and Liege, 4 Northern of France, 11 5 A—Paris and Lyons, 4 V s —Paris and Rouen, 361/1. HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was dull. Sales 4,000 bales, at previous rates.—Railway Shares were a shade better, but there was still a good deal of heavy stock pressing for sale. Accounts have been received from the Cape of Good Hope dated the 9th of March. Sir Henry Pottinger had held a levee, and received the inhabitants with great kindliness and sincerity, assuring them of his determination to use vi gorously, and yet prudently, the great power entrusted to him, and at the same time to endeavour to settle the affairs of the frontier on a permanent basis. According to the official returns made up for the year to January 5, the exports of wool, beef, butter, and various other valuable productions, had fallen off considerably compared with 1846, owing to the abandonment of farms and loss of sheep and cattle during the war. Under the assumed name of " Tristram Trye," a party has appeared in the currency field, as an advocate of 11. notes, or at least of a measure compelling the Bank at all times to keep a much larger reserve of specie, so as to enable it to continue its usual accommodation to the public after the export of live or six millions. The writer's views appear to have attracted much attention at Liverpool, and are entitled, in many points, to general consideration. He remarks : " The Bank of England holds, we suppose, ten millions of specie for twenty millions of notes out; 'she exchanges five millions of bullion for five millions of notes; she has now, instead of the proportion of ten millions to twenty, only five of bullion to fifteen of notes. To adjust this variation in the proportions of the basis, comes in the enforcing the true principles of currency' of Mr. S. J. Loyd, ' namely, to contract the total circulation of paper, until the proportions of the original basis are restored. Now it will be evident that, to render this theory consistent, even with itself, one thing is required, namely, that a return be made of the total amount of coin in circulation. You must know this first—you must know it exactly: and yet the theorists act without such knowledge, and such fundamental knowledge appears never by them to have been sought for as a part of the true principle of currency.' If the total circu lation of notes were 40, and of specie '2O, and 5 of the latter be exported, it is evident that if the relative value of the paper to the specie can be sustained only by taking more than five from the forty, you must take ten. You will then have the proportion of fifteen of specie to thirty of notes, which is the same as twenty to forty. This 15 all plain enough. Let us try a converse application to the rule. Let us have a total circulation of eighty in specie to forty in notes Let five of the specie be exported, reducing the former * to seventy-five against thirty. five in notes. You can sow only restore the original relative value of the paper circulation, by making the Bank of England re-issue two and a half of paper! You will then have seventy-five of specie to thirty-seven and a half of paper—the original proportion. But to keep the currencies of the same relative value, they must 'be kept at all times of the same amount.' Now, ac cording to the most authentic estimate (for this is all you can obtain, and therefore the theorists never can see the barometer to use it as they pretend), there is in circula tion of gold alone sixty to seventy millions. There must be also twenty to twenty-five millions of silver money. It is perfectly safe, however, to estimate the two at an average of eighty millions; and the paper being forty, what is the consequence in connexion with the rule before us ? That you can only equalise the specie and paper circulation con formably with the rule, after losing five from the former, by augmenting the paper from forty to seventy-five millions ! We appeal to the senior Wrangler whether this is not sound logic? Is it not, at least, as reasonable that the Bank cir culation should confirm to the bullion standard of the coun try, as that the circulation of the latter should conform to ti.e bullion of the Bank ?" The English Funds have improved this morning, in con sequence partly of the Bank of England having made ar rangement for accommodating parties with money at a rea sonable rate, upon the deposit of stock. This, while it gives ease, may prevent sales of Consols. We believe the opera tion is connected with the loan of stock made to various par ties by the Bank some time since. Consols have been 87 1 / s %, but are now 87 to 1 / 8 for transfer, and for time they have varied from 87 1 / s to 87 1 /s. Exchequer-bills have been 4s. premium to par. Bank Stock is worth 18914 to 191. East India Stock is at 240. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 87 1 4 3 / 4 * The Foreign Bonds have been very dull. Nothing has been done in Portuguese, although the accounts received this morning state that negotiations were in progress between the Junta and the Government. Spanish Three per Cents. are 33 3 / 4 ; Mexican, 20; and Brazilian 82 to I A. The market for Shares is still languid. BR 1 T ISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock •• 189% 191 19i Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 86% % 86 86 N Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 87 36 %% 67 87 1 ,i New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 87% 87% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 8 15-16 9 9 India Stock .. . .. 240 240 Consols for May 27 .. .. • • • • •• 87 % 87 g India Stock for Account .. 242 Exchequer Bills. l % d. 2d. 1,0001... .... 4 p par 1 p 5001. ~ 1 p 4 p Ditto, Small 6 4 p - 4 p ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 82% 82 82 Ditto, Small .. • • .. 82% 83 83 Equador Bonds .. .. 3 3 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 20 193 Russian Bonds .. 109 108% 103 g 10914 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 22% 22% Ditto, for the Account .. —22 l Ditto, Passive Bonds —4% Ditto, Deferred .. 16 16 Ditto, Three per Cent • .. • • • • 33 % 3331 Ditto, for the Account .. 3338 Div;dendA on the above payable in Lendon. Dutch Two-and-a-Hall per Cent .. 57% 57% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 87% 88 88'4 PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. .. 30 .... .... •• • ... 23 NEW ZEALAND. A dispatch, of which the following is a copy. was received yesterday by Colonel Wakefield, the principal agent of the New Zealand Company. It will relieve many long-existing anxieties : " Wellington, New Zealand, Dec. 21, 1846. " Sir,—The detention of the Ralph Bernal allows me the satisfaction of briefly acquainting you, for the information of the Court of Directors, that the suspense in which the company's claims to land have remained during the whole of the year now drawing to a close, has been terminated by the arrival here of Governor Grey on a visit, the object of which is the assumption by his Excellency of measures for bringing the adjustment of the question to a conclusion. The dis turbed state of the native tribes at the Bay of Islands and in this neighbourhood has, throughout the above period, prevented the Governor from himself personally directing the steps necessary to the attainment of this desirable end. " For the purpose, also, of obviating the inconvenience and difficulties presented, by the great distance between. the seat of Government and the company's establishments, to the satisfactory framing and settlement of the Crown grants to the company, the Attorney-General has been directed to meet his Excellency here ; and he may be expected to ar rive in a few days. "The Governor, with a view to the complete subjection of Rangiaiata and the disaffected natives under his orders who are posted on the coast near Manawatu, and of the re fractory chiefs at Wanganui, who occasionally disturb the peace of the settlement there, brought with him in the Driver steam-ship a reinforcement of troops. Her Majesty's ship Racehorse was to leave Auckland with an additional force a few days ago, and the frigate Castor is to return to this port from Hobart Town next month. " A detachment of 150 men of the 58th Regiment, accom panied by a small force of artillerymen, with two guns, has been conveyed to Wanganui in her Majesty's ship Calliope, and there posted, with orders to take up a commanding posi• tion, and to build a fort on an eminence commanding and protecting the town of Petre. " These preliminary steps, under the circumstances of the detention of Rauparalia and the two other chiefs, appre hended at Porerua, and of the failure of Rangiaiata to collect a force sufficient to enable him to renew his hostile proceed ings, will now become only precautions against further out break, and, in the opinion of all, facilitate the peaceable ac quisition of the clie.ricts immediately required. " I have received ..ince his Excellency's arrival an assur ance from him that he has sangaine hopes of settling, with out delay, the claims of the company, by the measures he proposes to adopt during his present stay in the south.—l have the honour to be, Sir, S m . " W. WAKEFIELD, Principal Agent. " To the Secretary of the New Zealand Company, &c." PALACE COURT. --(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. BaHicr.) This morning Mr. Best was sworn in as one of the four counsel of the Palace Court, in the room of Mr. Beaden, who has been appointed a magistrate at the Hammersmith Police-court. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Baron ALDERSON. ) PRACTISING AS AN APOTHECARY WITHOUT A LICENSE.- Michael Sweetnanz was placed at the bar, charged with having practised the business of an apothecary, at No. 50, John-street, Clerkenwell, without being duly licensed. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. l3ALLAripnvir, who appeared for the prisoner, stated that the present proceedings were instituted against the pri soner by the Apothecaries' Company, who had, no doubt, a right to adopt that course, but there was no imputation on the prisoner of having practised his business immorally. Baron ALDERSON—And I hope not unskilfully. . Mr. BALLANTYNE—There is not the slightest imputation of that kind. Mr. CLARKSON, who attended for the Apothecaries' Com . pony, stated .that the present was the first prosecution in stituted by tho company,who felt bound to protect themselves. Mr. BALLANTYNE stated that his client had gone through the routine of qualification to practise as an apothecary, and would have obtained his license but for pecuniary diffi culties in which he was involved, but that he would now do so. The prisoner was bound in security of 2001. hims e lf, an d two securities of 50/. each, to appear and receive jud gmen t, should it be the intention of the Apothecaries' Company to persevere in a course, which it was understood they would not adopt if the prisoner took out his license, or discontinued practising, if he did not obtain such qualification. Nicholas Kerp, Alfred Wilbreum, and Joseph Alexander, who were severally convicted yesterday, the two former of for gery, and the latter of larceny, arising out of the same judgment. Baron were brought up yesterday for Baron ALDERSON—I have ordered you all to be brought up together, because I am perfectly satisfied that you were all engaged in the same occurrence. You, Kerp, and you, Wilbream, were found guilty of committing forgery, but at the same time I believe you are only instruments of more artful persons than yourselves, a band who are too success fully pillaging London. 51y practice since the abolition of the capital punishment for your offence has been to inflict the severest punishment that the law allows, to protect the public. The sentence of the Court is that each of you be sen tenced to fifteen years' transportation. You, Alexander, have been convicted of larceny only ; your sentence cannot exceed, but must extend to, transportation. You are sen tenced to seven years' transportation. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) Caroline Jones, a young woman of questionable character, was placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing two sovereigns and a half, the :moneys of Robert P enn y , cabinet maker, 39, Windmill -street, Ha market. It appeared that on the previous night the prosecutor was walking along Charles-street, when the prisoner accosted him with a request that he would stand a dro p of something to drink. The request was made in such a winning manner that the prosecutor at once consented, and adjourned to the nearest public-house, where they partook of several glasses of ale. After leaving the house the prosecutor was induced to accompany the prisoner to her residence, where he passed the night; but previous to his going to bed he took the pre caution to hide his money in one of his boots, which he placed underneath the bed. This morning he was awoke by hearing the prisoner moving stealthily about the room, and attempting to unlock the door. He immediately jumped out of bed, and on feeling in his boot missed the two sovereigns and a half. He taxed the prisoner with r obbin g him, which she stoutly d en i ed. The pr osecutor then sent fora constable and gave her in charge. On the prisoner's arrival at the station she was searched by t he female searcher, who found the money in one of her hands. The prisoner, in defence, said the prosecutor gave her the money for favours conferred. She positively denied the charge of stealing it, and had not the least doubt but what he had forgot making her a present of the money, as he was very drunk at the time. The prisoner was fully committed to take her trial at the Middlesex Sessions. POTATOES NEW AND CHXAY.—Last week new potatoes were sold in Lancaster market at threepence per pound. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction . 2%.... .. 11 ,e Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. 5 .... 9% ...... •• .. Buckinghamshire .• .. 6/. 4s .... 1 %41 dis... 114 dis. Caledonian - .. 30 .... 23%.......... 23% Ditto, Half Shares ........ 1% Eastern Counties .. 20 .. 18% 19% 18% 18% Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. •• ••• • • • % P Ditto, ditto.. .. ...No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. par ...... par Ditto, York Extension .. .... 4% East Lancashire .. .. 17 .... 1514 % • • 15% Ditto New .. .• • • 7% • • 6 ••••• • • • • • 5 % Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 •• .. —..........— Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 15 . 22 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .. •••• • • • • 16% Great Northern . .... 25% .. • • .... 214 Do., London & York Extension ........ 1 Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 24 ...... . 24%, Great North of England . ..100 ....231 • • ........ 231 Great Western .. 85 ...... • • . 111 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 65 ......... 64 Ditto, Quarter Shares •. .. 12 ...... • 16% Ditto, Fifths 20 ‘ 25 ., .. Ditto, New .. • • • • 4 % •• • • 7% ••••• • • • • • 7 % Leeds and Thirsk .• 26 _ Ditto, Preference 6 per Cont... .... 3%.......... 3% London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. 7% .. • • . Ditto. New, No. 1 .• • . 5 .... London, Brighton, and S Coast • • 50 .• .. 51% 51% Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. .. 10 .... 11 ll Ditto, Fifteenths .. • • .. 2 .... •• • • 2% London an North-Western ..100 •• • • 172% . 172% Ditto, Quarters • - L. and B. 7 .... 21 •••• •. • 21% Ditto ditto, New Shares .. 2 .... 11 14 • 11% Ditto, Fifths .. .. Ditto, 101. Shares 31. &B. (A) 5 ...• 10 10 Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) I••••—•• • • .. • • • • 6 % London and South-Western 411. 6s. 10d... 61 % ........ •. 61 % Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... 45% 45% Ditto, New .. 27% 27 Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) •• 50 .. 51% Ditto, Scrip.. .. • . .. 5 .... 4 • • .• • • 4 % Manchester and Leeds .. 82 . Ditto, Fifths _ 5 _ 9 Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425....: % dis. ....• die. Midland ..100 Ditto. New _„. 38% 39 38% 38% Ditto, New .. • • 6 •• • • 7% •••• • • • • Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 90 89% 8934 Do., Consul. Bristol and Birm. 51x per Cent...loo —123% •••• • • • • 123% Newcastle and Berwick • • .. 20 .. •• 25 .... „ 2 , 1 , Ditto, New .. • • • • • • 5 •• .. 6% % „ „ Norfolk .. • • .. • . • • ..100 .• .. 123 123 Northern Counties Union .. .. 4 North British • • .. • • •• 25 30 • : .. • • 30% Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • • 12% •• • • 13%.. • • • 13% Ditto, Extension • • • • . 0% „ North Staffordshire .. ••• • 7% .... % ... .. .• • ••• •: 9 North Western .• .. • • • • 4 2% 2 Preston and Wyre.. .. • • .. 25 • 35 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... 4% 4X R o yston and Ritchin 1 1 •.•. 1% Scottish Central .. • 17 2 3 Z .. Scottish Midland .. .. • • 17% • • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3% .... 3%• • • • ••• •• • 3% 6 Shropshire Union _ South Eastern and Dovor 33% _ 35% 36% •• • • 33 „,t‘ S uth Wales „„ 10 „... 7% _• • 7s %Vest Riding Union .. • • .. 4/. as... .. i 34 p•• • • • • & Pa :, Windsor. Staines, &S. Western... 425.... • % p ••• • • • P York and Newcastle .. 25 34% •• • • 34 u Ditto, New.. .. ▪ _lO 14 •• •• •• 14 Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 .... 6% •• • 6 % York and North Midland 50 .... al •• •....... 81 , Ditto. Preference .. . 2 .... 10% 9X 9% Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.. 10 .. •. 20% .. • ..... • • 20% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) .. 12 .. •• ••.. • • ... 14% Namur and Liege .. .. • • .. 10 . • Northern ot France •• .• •• 8 •.•• •• .... Orleans and Bourdeaux 6 .... 6 6 Paris and Lyons .. .. 8 .... Paris and Itouen .. .. • • .. 20 .... 35 ....... 353. Rouen and I favre . .. 20 .... 2434 •• . 24h, Sumbre and Meuse 14 .... 7 MINES. Rea) del Monte, Unregistered .. .... 3 1 ,.‘ ...... LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 13.—Wind S. W. by S., light breeze, .and cloudy. LIVERPOOL, MAY 12.—Wind S., light.—Arrd. Mary Hart ley, Barker, Bombay; Firefly, Glyed, Rio Grande; Irt, Young, Pernambuco; Favourite, Rezey, Barbadoes ; Stead fast, Merrell, Barbadoes ; George Dean, Spunny, Havannah ; Jane, Honduras; Flint, Robert, New Orleans; Scotia, Kelly, Baltimore; Columbiana, Mallet, Baltimore; Niagara, Rus sell, New York. Sld. Polaris, Surinam ; Elizabeth, Rad cliffe, Lima; Custries, St. Lucia; Worthington, St. Thomas; Sophie, Honduras; Monongahela, Philadelphia; Swan, New York; Abbot, Lord, Boston; Richmond, Boston; Terry, Newfoundland, The Charles barque, a derelect, was passed 15th ult., let. 25, long. 43, by the Irt, arrived here. The schooner Antelope, of Halifax, dismasted and abandoned, was passed 22d ult., let. 40, long. 57, by the Niagara, arrived here. The Leman, hence to Baltimore, rather leaky, and captain sick, but not in want of asKistance, wgq naqsed 90th 1,13, lung. nor the Gaii.s. oft . -ooct, I:.‘b,rt White, ay, Alica, S H. 1. LLYDE. MAY 11. —Wind E.—Arrd. Mary Ann, Gallo ay, Trinid a d ; L CDD , Ib urrarar, Havannah. Ski. St. George, Rio Janeiro; Clarendon, Honduras; Perthshire, and Fanny, New York. DUBLIN, MAY 9.—Wind S. and S.W. —Arrd. Union, Roach, Trinidad; Hindley, Shaw, Mauritius 11. Sld. Victor, New York. Sue°, MAY 10.—And. Governor Troop, New York. LONDONDERRY, MAY 3.—Arrd. Volante, Murchy, New York; 4th, U n i corn , B oy d, Phil a d e l p hi a ; Barbara, Pre!s, New Orleans ; Seboats, Thompson, Baltimore ; sth, Flora, Hurd, Philadelphia ; Forester, Andrews, Norfolk, N.S. ; 6th, Sarah Warner, Curtis, New York. 7th, Jane Stanley, Young, Baltimore. Sid. the 3d, R H. Douglas, Baltimore ; Ann, Philadelphia ; 4th, E. Grimmer, St. Arntrew's, New Brunswick ; Montpelier, Philadelpnia ; Bth, Churchell, Cuba; 6th, Ranger and Blumat, Philadelphia. KINGSTOWN—SId. Georgi,tna, Quebec. BELFAST, MAY 11.—Wind S.E.—Sea, Godfrey, Balti more. old. 10th, Thetis, New York; Nelson, Village, Que bec ; Olive, New York. OFF THE WIGHT. —Java's Welvaaren, Golianas ; Santa rang, from the Texel. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 12.—Wind S.—Arrd. Thomas and Mary, Allen, Charleston. Sid. her Majesty's ship Apollo, Halifax and Quebec ; Wellington, New Yolk. COWES, MAY 12.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrd. Superior, So dennan, Bahia; Dart, Newton, Madeira. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, MAY 12.—The supply of fat stock being on the decrease, and the attendance of buyers large, the general demand was brisk, and prices had an upward tendency. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 5s to 6s; Lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 4d; Veal, 4s 4d to ss; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, MAY 12.—Beasts and Lambs sold briskly, at higher prices; and the value of all other kinds of stock was firmly supported. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Mutton, 4s 10d to 6s ; Lamb, 5s 6d to 63 2cl; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s ; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 10d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s; and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/10s to 191 each. - ILmsnAm, MAY 12.—Higher prices were obtained here to-day, with a brisk demand : Beef, from 3s 6d to 48 10d ; Mutton, 5s to 6s ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s; Veal, 4s to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, MAY 11.—Beef, from 3s 8d to 4a 10d; Mutton 4s 10d to Ss 10d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s; Veal, 4s 4d to ss; and Perk, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. Supply short, and trade firm. CHICHESTER, MAY 12.—We had a very firm trade this morning as follows : Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 5s to 6s ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 295; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. ATEIWGATE AIVD IaI.A.DENHAT.L. There was a full average supply of Meat on offer, yet the trade was firm, at very full prices. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 4s to ss; Lamb, 5s 4d to Gs 4d; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; and Park, 4s to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. HAY DT 11 No. ICE TS - SMITHFIELD.- -Meadow Hay, 2115 s to 3/ 17s ; Clover ditto 31 15s to 4/ 18s; and Straw, 1/ lOs to it l .1s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CUMBEKLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2l 18s to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 15s per load. A full Average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHrracwArEL.--Meadow Hay, 2/ 12s to 31 17s ; Clover ditto, 31 12s to 51; and straw, 1/. 103 to 1/ 14s per loci.. Supply good, and trade dull. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 13, 1847, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland'and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BAELEY.' OATS. I ATE. 1 BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE •• 1 813 10d Ms Od 31s 6,1 58s 4d 1 53s Od 543 11d Tho Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended. THE CURRENCY. The following, written twenty-two or twenty-three years ago by Dr. Webb," has been sent by a correspondent:— " PITT blew a bubble of paper curet, To keep up an infamous war; PEEL the damnable bubble burst, To produce greater misery far. By advance, or retreat, we're by trouble beset; We must ruin the debtors, or injure THE DEBT; As debtors are MANY and creditors FEW, To give PAnzu again 's the best thing we can do." ' Every year, every month, and almost every day, proves this view of the subject to be as true as the rhyme is bad. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. TO THE ADl7'Ol? OF 711 E SUN. Sin—will you permit me, through the medium of your influential journal, to address a few words to the public. The alarming Mate of the country, attributable to the scarcity of corn, and grievously aggravated by the insane Bank Bill of 1844, dues not appear to attract the atten tion it deserves and remands. With absolute starvation for the masses of the people staring us in the face—a starvation which nothing but the miraculous interposition of Divine Providence can avert—we see large quantities of corn almost daily leaving our shores, under the belief that plenty more is coming ; and Government, with an apathy and ignorance wholly inexcusable, looking on with folded arms. Mr. Editor, the fact I wish to impress upon your readers is, not the self-evident high price of corn, but the difficulty, if not absolute inability, of getting it at any price, before the next harvest can be available. If every grain that can be got is kept in the country, and the most rigid economy in its consumption practised, there must still be want—woful and frightful to con template—throughout this and other countries. The next four months will be remembered as a period of destitution and distress unparalleled, and let us not aggravate what is inevitable, by neglecting the ordinary means of self-preservation. I consider it unnecessary to trouble you with my reasons for arriving at this conclusion, as they are clearly shown in the signs of the times. 4 remain, Sir, YOUR CONSTANT READER. King's Lynn, May 11, 1847. THE WHITTINGTON CLUB. The Whittington Club held its second soiree at the Crown and Anchor Tavern last evening; Douglas Jerrold, Esq., in the chair. The indefatigable president of the institution was supported by the -presence of several ladies and gentlemen, distinguished as friends of the middling and industrial classes, among whom we noticed Mrs. Cowden Clarke, Colonel Thomson, George Dawson, Mr. Bennock, and many ethers ; the absence of Mr. Dickens was accounted for on the score of ill-health, as was that, of Mr. Macready by a professional engagement elsewhere. If number and good-humoured hilarity be any sign of success, then does the Whittington Club bid fair to outvie the most aristocratic assembly of the day, for the room was literally crammed with well-dressed ladies and gentlemen; and we learned from the president's speech that the institution, which but a few short months since was but a thing existing in the warm imaginations of its enthusiastic friends, is now a somewhat tangible embodi • ment of what hearty and united co-operation can accom plish ; and it promises, moreover, very shortly to have a locale of its own in some compendious form of " brick and mortar." ---- Sincerely do we wish it success, if this be not a super fluous compliment with an affair that in three short months has increased its members from 1,200 to upwards of 2,000. The entertainment of the evening consisted of a mixture of music and sentiment, and we heard with great pleasure that distinguished castatrice Miss Maria Hawes, whose beautiful song of " I'll speak to thee" was sung with great power and feeling. There was an excellent trio by the Misses Rain forth, Bassano, and B. Hawes, and a duet concertante by M. Benedict and Mr. Carte, which called forth repeated expressions of approbation. The only encore of the evening was the fine old song of Arne's, " here the bee sucks there lurk I," which was given with great spirit by Miss Bassano. Several weli-intentioned and judicious remarks were made by the Chairman, Colonel Thomson, Mr. Dawso n , an d ot h ers, as to the power of the middle classes to combine in such an institution both for amusement and instruction, elegant en tertainment, and useful knowledge; but it struck us that the speeches were wanting in enthusiasm. These, however, were but preliminaries to the brisk and lively dance. This commenced at ten, when a scene of life and vivacity, as well as grace and elegance, presented itself, of which Almack's in its best days might have been proud to boast. There will be great benefits accruing from this institution, and its gene ral gatherings will amply compensate the trouble inciden tal on all such large assemblages, if they only present opportunities where youth of both sexes can meet to pass a ' leisure hour, free from any of those baleful influences which tend to debase and degrade our common humanity. We have rarely seen a more cheerful company, or been in so large an assemblage, where so few symptoms of weariness appeared. There was a goodly sprinkling of per r s s o o n n s s oi n the ma ture years, but the. most part were youths and . p; r prime of life. Again we say, success to tahaeg hi t friendst ingt o b n e Club," may the anticipations of its mo s s t t i, a ded nine speedily realised, and the metropoliosvidindg with societies recrea -1 aving for their main object the unison h ealthful y social tion and appropriate literary food, ;lir and physical comfort. ---------=--"_ DETERMINEDSUICIDE OF A SPORTING MAN.— 1 Yesterday foren n oinformation was received at the Co roner ' s office, Westfomrienstoer, of the distreFsing death of Illr. William 1 Kendrick, lg ageacti.e,,.l6,residing at No. 4, Upper Ranelagh. s t ree t , Be The deceased was a married man , an d welfrkanvoe-wsnqin the sporting circles , by the safeness of his general moden of betting on all the principal races, but having i lost largely at th e Newmarket S p rin g Meeting, hich he had been unable to settle, he had been in a very low and despond-- ing state for several days past, and on that morni ng (Wed nesday) after taking Lis breakfast, he went into his bed-room v to dress, and very shortly afterwards, his wif e b ear i ng a heavy fall in his room, went to ascertain the cause, and on entering the room she discovered the deceased lying ex tended on the floor with his head nearly severed from his body. A razor covered with blood was lying by his side. A servant was dispatched for medical aid, and Mr. Griffiths, surgeon of Lower Ebury-street, immediately attended, but on his arrival the vital spark had fled, the windpipe and carotid artery having been completely divided. An inquest will be held on the body on Friday. A mine of rock salt has just been discovered in the environs of Lemberg (Gallicia), which is even richer than that of Wieliczka, in the same province,litherto considered the richest in Europe.— Galignani. Accounts from Muhlberg, of the 3d, inform us that the Elbe had overflowed its banks near that town, and threatened, by inundating the country, to destroy the crops. THE SCARCITY IN HANOVER.—The Hanover Gazette states, that since the scarcity of provisions had been felt so severely, it had been endeavoured to introduce the use of horseflesh. Several horses had been killed and sold, and the prejudice appeared to be wearing off. GREENLAND FISHING, LERWICK, MAT 3.—The William Ward, of Hull, Captain Granville, has just arrived from Greenland, with about eighty tons of oil and eight thou sand seals. She was stove in by the ice, and lost tour boats before being extricated. She came in at Hillswick, on Thursday, and is now getting some repairs before proceeding to Hull. It is only six weeks since she left Lerwick, and if she gets speedy repair, she will accomplish a second voyage to Greenland. The William Ward conveys the intelligence that several of the vessels had fished tolerably well, and that some of them may be looked for soon.—Newcastle Advertiser. FOOD RIOTS.—A riot, in consequence of the dear ness of provisions, took place a short time since at Lent meritz, during which the ears of a speculator in corn were cut o ff by the mob. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• 1 1.777.77.1'r)0.7.., STOCK ExcHANor.—The market bcttcr to .day. There was a large amount of Lon N - don and orth- Western and Midland Stock in the market, the sales of which were rather pressed. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1% dis.—East Lincolnshire, New (scrip), Is. 31 dis.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 70—Leeds and Thirsk, dis• —Ditto, PretereEce, 3s. 9d. p.—Liverpocl, Crosby, and South' port, 3 / 4 p.—London and North-Wrostern,l6B%—Ditto,Quar tors (L. and R.), 14% p.—Ditto, New Quarters, London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarte rs (B), Manchester and Leeds, 32/. Shares (late Extension), Ph• .-- Ditto, Fifths (late W. R. U.), par—Manche ster and Sout ampton, 1 1 % . dis.—Midland, 1131/ —Ditto, 40 1 . Shares, ?% —Ditto, New, 1 3 / 4 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, OA 13. —North S!afford 1% shire,p.—Shrewsbury and Binning al, barn, 3s. 9d. dis.—Shropshire Union Rail wa y and Can 38g. 9d. dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 , % South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 1 die. halo, an d or Newcastle, Preference, 2 1 h p.—Dublin and Drogheda, 16Y1 —Ulster, 9 p. Mit,.NCHESTER, MAY 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--Arnbergate,NottiOsafra ham, and Boston, I% dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashie, Cheshire, 1% dis.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, n:gi p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preferentials, 11-16 c. t on, c h t East Lancashire, New (scrip), dis.-Fleetwood, Pres`ta and West Riding, 1% . dis.-Huddersfield and Man Railway and Canal, dis.-London and North-ViesS ( Manchester, and Birmingham), 6534 -Ditto, Quarters ci at ; p.-Ditto, ditto (C), 5% p.-Manchester, Buton, lock, and Midland, % dis.-Manchester and Leeds, 321 1to r g (late Extension), % p.-Ditto, Fifths (late IlVes/ - • Union), 1-16 p.-Manchester and Southampton, North Staffordshire, c. p.- North-Western, 11 Oldham Alliance, 1 4 dis.-Shropshire Union, 2A ds. South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 5-16 dis. LEEDS, MAY 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, 156 ham, and Boston, 295. n. dis.-East Lancashire, Nei', n. di:.-Ditto, New (scrip), ls. 6d. dis.-East Leedsand Yorkshire, 1 1 / 2 dis.-Leeds and Bradford, 4343 die"' Dewsbury, Halves, 7s. n. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 6;4. Ditto, Preference, par-Leeds, Wakefield, dis.-Malton and Driffield Junction, 15s. n. and Leeds 321. Shares (late Extensions), 2s. 6d. P; West Riding Union, par-Manchester, Buxton , hiet' °e Narth Midland, 7s. 6d. dis.-Midland, Preference, 340. C. i" - Dittor British, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 12s. 6d. r; Extension (scrip), ls. p.-North Staffordshire, 1A North-Western, 38s. dis. and 311idlanae;-1 HULL, MAY 12. , Netting: STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Amberg_re&_, (scrip?! ham, and Boston, 235. 6d.-East Lancashire, Dit...nalearitnet 3s. 6d. dis.-London, Brighton, and South Coast, , r"". Is. p.-Manchester and Leeds (West Riding lJn i°lll 4criP) -North British, Quarters, 595.-Ditto, Extension 2s. p.-Yerk and Newcastle, New, 4 p. SHEFFIELD, MAY 12. Votti.nt STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales ar Ambergata, - ham, and Boston, 1 1 ,4 dis.-East Lincolnshire,hlVaad Manchester and Lincoln Union, 295. dis.-Ma nc " es lieide l4 Leeds (West Riding Union), par-Manchester, S id sod and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 2% dis.-Ditto Lincoln), 3 1 / 2 dis.-Wharfdale Junction, IA Wakefield, and Midland, 1 dis. EDINBURGH, MAY 11 . or& 19' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, Forfar, 6d.-Airdrie and 13athgate, 31. 145.-Arbroath O.? 1 9 0 , 27/. 15s. -Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and GallowaY, ' an an d -Caledonian, 241.-Ditto, New, 11. 184. 42k 100%1 Dumbartonshre, 145.-Clydesdale Junction, I, Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, I' -Dundee and Arbroath, 42/..L'-Ditto Nov, N c4 1 770. e gt A Ditto. New, No. 2, 30/.-Ditto, New ' , I s T o. %Trade° ali e: -Dundee and Northern Junction, IL 2L Perth, 301. 165.-Ditto, New, la-Ditto, Quarters, 6d, -East of Fife, 21.105.-East Lothian Central, 11. Edinburgh and Batligate, 6/. 17s. 6d.-Edinburgh 17a Gls 1. gow, 701.-Ditto, Halves, 221. 55.-Ditto, D ino , prefer 103.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 18L-Dit"Ziatirter* ence, 20/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 2/. 7s. 6d. -Ditto, 1 ls.-Flinburgh and Northern, 171. 53.-Ditto, ' OP -Ditto, Newport, 61. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, Nev i, rtittOf 64.-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), IL 1 .,, 85 .r t0 , Se° Halves 11-. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1181. --ml AP/ Stock, 351. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, W. 155.--D itt s P . 26. 6 '" No. 2,61. 35.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, ,„,„.oiool4 -Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39/.-Glasgow Gener alves► rd l A.' /. OS. 121. 55.-Glasgow and Greenock, 16L -Ditto, -Ditto, Preference, 81.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, an t s o den': san, 41. 10s.-Great North (.f Scotland , 21.---Gr ea n doa 03 . (late Direct Northern), 21. 9s. 6c1.-Ditto (late North Bre York ), 21.-Newcastle end Berwick, 241. 15s. 6, 41. 2 6 : . tish, 30/. 155.-Ditto, Halves, 141.-Ditto, Quartesitirdern" -Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 19s. 9c1.-ILi tt° ' 120. ". 10s.-Dtto, Fifths, 6/. 155.-Scottish Centre., 23/ L, 00e."; -Scottish Grand Junction, 193.-Scottish Midland, ' B 4 l , se' Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10 s. -Shrewsbury , O evi and Chester, 101.-Ditto, New, IL Is. 6d.-Stirling wishA w fermline, 3/. 55.-Stirling and Midland, 21% and Col tness, 491. 55.-York and Newcastle, 3 44 , t )300 115 ; New, 14/. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 61. 105.---112'rec; North o ' and Madras, 2s. 6d.-East Indian, 2s. 6d. rest 140110ret India, 38.--Great Southern of Madras, and Arcot, Is. 6d. GLASGOW, MAY 11. NO, 388. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Cal Cen 6d.- Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 50L-E ast a i li° iditib Urgll A tral, 395. 6d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow , f 'es,„ SP' and Perth (New Co.), 38s. 6d. -Glasgow, Dumalanchee Carlisle, WA-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 2 31 -49 0 . 9d. ter and Southampton 9s. 6c1.-North British, I EN C E SPORTING INT-- - L G TATTERSALL'S-NEDNESDAY. Wilar The Derby betting, although extrem el y fiat, was not portant, inasmuch as it brought Planet and BovrstringP;;.. minent.ly into notice, and sent Mr. Martin , if not altoge _ 2O out of the market, at least out of any:kind of favour; the 7,4 quoted being quite nominal. 'Van Tromp also gave vial for the Oaks, as much as 10 to 1 was laid against the ~ Daughter. These were the only movements of snY COP.- ! quence. DENBY. 7 to 4 agst John Day's lot 13 to 2 agst Kent's lot—taken freely 5 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack 5 to 1 agst.Pigot's Conngham tu 15g 9 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp--tak en 11 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin 25 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Beuverie's War Eagle—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt 28 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Montpensier---taken. 33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mathematician ,m, 35 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart --ti.""' 35 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Bowstring—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Retort colt-- 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Merry's Limestone—taken. 1000 to 10 agst Mr. A. Johnstone 's Ulysses MO to 2 each agst Allertonian and Taal' OAKS. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Cleillen" n " 8 to 2 agst Mr. J. Day's that ,Sit Gabel" EPSOM RACES.—We are glad to state __ owed a portic ° Heathcote bas, with his usual kind feeling, allowed the Der by of his park poles to be removed,which 111 The Fan:nee,' DAUghter. ..# wddock ; this will O v o horses to be pulled up within his a acc id ents Wh ieb , h ill ; doubt prevent a recurrence of the the fin' S- di frequently taken place at Epsom at . da p 10 .. lAetropolitan . v! a race, and recently on the h a ving p a c ed two horses ran awa down Chalk -lane, only. __,. trust rs. : , ously thrown his r ider, who was seriously huf v - ei trus t to p i a through Epsom town, by the Spread Eagle- , The gro a r permission will not be confined to theerbY).. us 010 1 is in first-rate condition, owing to judicio _ nters , a , _ merits, made by Mr. Dorling, during the last turo_rt io nl j el_ . ! a great expense to the fund. The Betting-room, s' er ig b l ' Spread Eagle Inn will be open as usual. There__ F r ichlif xpress-train to will from London-bridr Saturday, Sunday, audgMonday mornings, a- fivevo''el°elg‘ 6 t D o z l i t I n a DE RBY.-5 agst sst Van to Mr.l Tromp agst 3ia r t i (takenCn on ( y_o (o ff ered) , egf_ freely), a ed l m )y ,) , 5 BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TtIEaA.Ve. ossa4,!_ 20 t o 25 to i• •-.' 000. i , i ggt h yge pensier, 25 to 1 agst Mathematician, 30 to 50 to 1 agst Halo (t), 50 to 1 agst Good Coin (t). 1 a gst i t ; tO l I s gsa agst L cru e t .: Onxs.-5 to 1 agst The Farmer's Daughter, Clementina, 14 to 1 agst Lady Lift, 16 to 1 ab et 20 to 1 agst Maid of Motherwell. n, 4 5 t toilelos, ;d ot Ev G a seol 3 o ELYN HARCOURT, a novel, by „,,, ia t go if author of "Temptation, or a Wife's Perils," "7' o ol vols., is published this day by Mr. Colburn, 5 0 " • os t be had at all the libraries. Mr. Colburn has 1 115° con fished the following popular novels :-2. The litr e DO ° ; by Mrs. Trollope, 3 vole. 3. The Story of 4 . Roma Mrs. Crowe, ,bo o rau of "Susan HopleY , " 3 " . 11 13 1 nce of War , the Highlanders in Slou j o u Pi, Grant, Esq., late 62d Reg , 3 vols. 5. Temp ta the Ite ,; Atonement, by Mrs. Gore, 3 viols. 6. Marston, G. Croly, L.L.D., author of " Salathiel," sesonde,;o vols. 7. Emilia Wyndham by the author of . 1 " Men's Tales," " Mount Sore I,'*&c., 3 vols. AlOl 3Bll O OXFORD, MAT 1 2 . ni - At a meeting of o o s t C6nvocation, held this afternoon, it was res olved— ed to ' Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone having consent ,joe put in nomination a s a candidate for the represe.n.teat boa. this University in Parliament, this meeting conside r 0 00 a tit and proper person to represent the UniversitY:, pledges itself to use every exertion to secure his return. op , THE SMITRFILD NUlSANCE.—Yesterday, c sequence of the Smithfield drovers commonly Wig se p streets aichre a , n;1 1 d t d h l o e r s o e u x g , h t f o ar s e e s p the a o r f ate t adjacent hea oc ica that na . ris becont h : tri ; o t o e; mixed in their egress from the maket, to the grim : , t rscl° ance of the inhabitants and the serious injury of t a , i be,lopiog and property; notices were compelled to be jiggin g - be tin them that all beasts thus found would for the ft"''" pounded fur the penalties incurred. Th SOO:: CONTINENTAL COMMUNICATION. -- . 43 ves s _ . „t- 8 , Eastern and Continental Steam-ship ComPanY C itou e log" Queen of the Belgians sailed from Folkestone for „old on Tuesday evening, at half-past five o'clock, and 1- r s again in Folkestone harbour yesterday g' °/ . ti e l d o'clock, with eighty passengers. The steamer seen d $ Ol French entered Folkestone on Tuesday evening,,;clc. again for Boulogne yesterday morning at eight sr ° n The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady eel Foca euepte Ole tamed his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, w eb, t Senor Isturitz, the Duke and Duche ss of Bucc olos Earl and Countess of St. Germans, and Lady Lgi ele " sg_ i or r to o g rei tar ae , the Earl Bathurst, the Earl and Countess of Lady Ellen Douglas, Viscount Somerton, ',nig' bites Lady Harriet Baring, Mr. Tomline, and distiuPn"Zubitebil" to dinner last evening at the family residence i vy gardens. ePv PUBLIC GYMNASIUM. — Workmen are f b : l . s the scs ie r e gaged in placing up poles and other erections._nAnd tormance of gymnastic exercises on a similar 0 00 '0 adopted at many of our barracks, in Victor: .r a margin of the ornamental waters near the. eatrsg hs e l 4 3 s_s .,4 l( Bethnal-green. The two cricket grounds, wii t to - !, o men been open for some weeks, are the daily resorrnotth:grotoeiso persons for indulgeace in that game, by wh c i i. p., to 11 0 0 propriety is observed. Viscount Morpeth, ," Park' the public is indebted for these additions to the tar a mongst the visitors last Sunday . y ea ri .- th e c i t T ESTI MONIAL TO LORD DUDLEY STUART. a Coor nd day a deputation , comp osed of the Member? mittee of the Polish emigrants in Great 13ritain_g;:ited gPi o accompanied by several of their countr/me,Painwes,,..plao Lord Dudley Stuart, at his residence, b 4 take ° °f g oer , present his Lordship with a gold watch, as for tbo_„., tude on the part of the whole Polish theiretnigrati, vices rendered by his Lsrdship to the eause2al:.., so d t) 0 1 4 , The watch, which was made by Messrs. ,tr eco of Geneva, their ©f countrymen, is a splenolgsF..„bjen3l":"„ manship—the dial ornamented with varito.ue r: ck A rs, r a devices of the history of Poland, and on :_f..1 4 4 4 1 4 ? ft;, graved the arms of his Lordship, and th__N_v_r ta i s poe je n Domino Dudley Coutta Stuart, ill: assiduo liDer` acUutori. defensori ; ejesque filiorum patria orboruat& 4 0 1 Maii, 1847." Several distinguished rson_ ,;Birs. the La Frances Sandon, the Hon. Miss tio,d to PIP" Abel jSmith, the Marquis of Northampton, an Deauraont, were present on the occasion. • • . ,~