The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-27 00:00:00

13, Great Mgrlborough-street. 3 I R. COL 13 I'll N A 11.1, PU ill, IS A, 11:: FOLLiiIVDT6- w :- U IRIY t. 11.. :Lc REV. R. CO BOLD, 31. A, $ vulz.., ,e•it Vol. X. of .14:NE: 3111:1Coll..t.A LIVE, OF TILE QUEEN:74 oe E' eLA U. MI.: Mil 1' SOF V S N DON, )1 'stress of the Robes to QUI ,- .E.N cAit ~t tle.olt , .t; incv_ling Lec tor vf we most oeivorrted Persians Other Time, nuw lint "Wished train the Originals. By MR,. THO. , ISON, Author of " Memoirs of the Court of Henry VIII.," Scc., 2 vols. /Pro., with Portraits. Henry Colburn, P, basher, 13, Great Marlborough - street. Orden► received by ail Booksellers 13 Great Marlborough street. TROLLOPE' NEW NOVEL, "THE IHILEE COUSIN," IS NOW REAuY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Henry Co.buni, ru 'Asher, Urdat Marlborough-street. Orders received y all Booksellers. MRS, U. PRESi7OTT'S NEW lINTORIAL WORK T HE CONQUES T of PERU Is NOW READY. 2 vols. Bvo with Map, Plates. &c., 325. bound. Richard Bentley. New Burlinzton-street, Pubhsher in ordinary to her Majesty. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The. Nobility, Subscribers T to the - Opera, - and the rublic, are re • 'Pee:fully informed, that a grand EXTRA NIGIIT will take place TrIIS EVENING, May 27, when will be perforMed ( 11 r': time lu this cottony) Dinizettes Opera, entitled LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Maria, 31,11 e. Jen:l,y* Lind La Marches* di i:erkentlel , l, Mdme. Solari; SulpizloSergente, S•gnor 1. Lablache ; and Tonio, Signor Gardoni. To be followed by various Entertainments In the Ballet Depart ment, eumbliii..g the caleht4 of she. C. tin. i. 11111 e. L. (Irani), 141 , 111 e. C. itos.u, Ildme. 6tepihin, 3ldlie. Cerito, M. Perrot, and 1.1. 't. Leon - . :veil at Haven The Ope: ato commence at half-paA Senn o cock. Kul'Ai, 1 COVi;NT-AeARDEN. GRAND I,lntA C. on next. .11i.ty 27, when win be pertewined 31. zart's Uper4, 1/4/›. tiIOVANNI, which has been some time in preparatioa, Aid be performed, with ~iisemble, cm:intent); a triple Urenegra, id/2:,thfc4t per iect h.. ru ,., with all the lea dug Artices, includin,; Grist, Ver mont, Corb.trt, 314;t0, Hoyt:iv, faut:iur at, I:44lLifieu, Ley, &c. •To render as . ertect en ens. table p ysible in the pert., malice of this o p , lle. Fanny anti aldLe . Lumilatr,, have kii.dly cots Med to dance e minuet. Conducied or ri CirStii. IV 1 / 4 :ollCitlde with the it•br Arend 11.4 let, a three Acts, entitled LA real, ..11ANOICINE. Principal Ch ,ra :ten by sldlle . Maury r and .Mdile. Guairatre alp, Neotiot, De .ilieltsse, Lielecuaux, and M. Pettpa The nubseribers. Nobility. and Gentiy are respectiully informed that an additional Pit and Box entrance 15 now opened uzider the PiaZa , Covent-garden. ram= OF ADMIS+OOIO. Pit Stall ...... •• • • •....... •• • • £ 1 i o First Amphitheatni Stalls, First Row ...... 0 15 0 Ditto, eeund and Third 0 12 6 Set:owl linplutheatre 0 7 0 Pit l'ickets .............................. 0 8 t Firs Amphitheatre .• .................... 0 8 0 • Second Ammittneatre 0 5 0 Tickets, stAlis, ;tad Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow• t. eel , and at (;ranter, iicale. And co.'s, 201, Regent-street. Pie upta at Ilalf-past Seven o'clock, a. - al the Opera a - . 11 commence at Eight. .:0Y AL, 11.1.1 - M.l:a , i , T. L':i•tc , :4 4M44111-titt :;..t Mr. 7.. Areustar, TUN EVENING Willlbe performed the new Comedy, caUed TEMPER. Sir Manna duke t'opple, Mr. Fort, n ; Sir Civvies 'feiiipest, Mr. Hudson; k;.,(1- trey. Mr. filoury; Eme.son, 'A eli;ler; Cyri: Te,lipest, Mr. nve; Lady reinpest. M,s. Seyntuir Mrs. Herbert, Mrs Glover ; Florence Wil,ot, Mrs. Fortescue; .Miss Pi 'Ulna. 'sirs. aLuno.Y• To le. 1011owett by a Nl:scel:aneous Concert, in wltiell fire 14. - it HUNGARIAN IN , THIT MEN r, l / 4 1, Va.:ALISTA will give their tutions or various his:r.iments, with the Lips only. io conclude :tit :he A•uronoruical Extravazanza, cane.' ggy EW ET ; or, Ilar:equin out of Place. Vnd , a the direction of :thulatiite eleste THIS EVEN,.NG Will he perbrtned the original Draant, wiled THE FLOWERS I thtES ; u tipsy t heap Jcl.n .31r. Wright is!:niael, Alr. it, Sizuth ; the li uclliu, Mr. P. Bedford. Leybourne, 3:r. Worrell ; Cyhthia, Madame Ce.eate ; Lemuel, Iliad W oolgar ; St ,r ._ht oc.A, 11ra Fitzwillieun; Lady Agnes, ' , Ass Harding. Alter which (never acted) an entire , y new Petite Comedy, called FLY,NG CoLOURA; or, Cross:lig Hie Frontier. Captain Salle -804, Mr. Webster; ‘l.irgatet, M. 3, IVoolgar ; Helen de Monte:eau, Aludaine Celeste, J.stine, Mies Llien Chaplin. Tu be followed by the Upera Bun Sketth, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by 3lessrs. Wright, Paul liediord, Lambert, ri ct by, Culleniord, and Miss Wooigar. HIEATKE ROYAL, LYCEUM. L'ader the Atlquement of MiB. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will &e performel PitEStIIPTIUS. Principal charact rs by Messrs. Leigh Murray. Oxberry, Turner, Kinloch, Bellingham, an Emery ; Otis. ea .May, Bromley, Forster, and Mary Keeley. folt , wed by the new ee1:4.1.'141 Drionat c Sketch, called jESSY LIN DAT LAST ; or, Tie Swedish Nightingale. Chzrac crs l Ar. A. Wigan, Mr Turner, Mr. Kin , och, Mr. Bellingoiax, .31r. Render, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. After which TIIE ektINTKIt'S DEVIL. Maurepas, Mr. Belling ham ; ltr'nghin, Mr. Kinloch; Ilea, 3.r. Keeley. to conc!nne with the new Mirlesqtte Ex.ray..ganza, called THE WOOL, I),EMON; or, One o'Cl. , ck, wht -h 3lessri. IL;eley, A. %Vtgan, W. Matthew., Bellingham, Kinloch, stiver, Miss Dickinson, 31Lis Daly, ARd Mrs. Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS.—wr. JAMES' ii TiIEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John 'Ntitchell. TO-310EROW EVENING 1%111 be performed LE:i PREk.NEUSES IDICULEA. Masc.arille, Al. Hewn, r; MaJelon, Mdlis Rhin ; Cnutos, Mdlie. Fotut.et. A iler w_ich, the Cuaie•ly of (WAR, ; uu, U:: Mari qui Trunipe it Femme. Wear, M. iteguier; Denain. Ce coin:Jule with the favourite Comedy of LA AIAiiQUISE DE SENSECERICE. Le 314rqu',, lt,guier ; 41, Marqu!se, Mtille. Lenain. litntes, ; 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3.; Gallery, 2, Itxte, and "'talk may be enguecl tit Mr. aittehell'-. Ruyal Library, 23. ; qnd at the Box-office of the theatre, W•lich is open dady trout Eleven till Five. ti meld 1 ..4 iEHENADERS, TiIEAI att. lit con4enuence of the incre:.:ttig success which attends every re preinitation oven by the celebrated I.:Tait/PLAN :NEltENA.lik.lt, , , tterrington, Stanwood, and Gurmon, ey will repeat their a42ist ENrEItrAINMEN'tS at the above Tbeatru, Till-t Evening, and every Tue , d.ty, Thursday, and Saturday. Doers of ea at 'Light o'clock. They will -so give a DAY l'F.lt. FOR CE on Wednesday Morn ng nett, commencing at Hal:- past I'v.o o'clock. They a ill appear at 6ussti Ilan on Monday ne it. Bosea and stalls at Mitchell's ltoy .1 Library, 33, 011 Botid-street, and at 'lie Wm-office of the theatre. ASTLEI":4 HOY-3 L Prupt letor WO Manager. tr. t , •I,(tr. 1 - Wer the patronage of di:: Queen, Prince Albert, and th - Royal Family. Sple:.d:d combination of Novelties. in addition to which Mr. Batty has (!ng,,Ted Mdile. Lamina, t'e Female Equestrian. THIS EVENING MU ha performbi the Equestrian Magical Sketch, THE (OLDEN TOOIED .TEED; or, The Channeit horse of the Black Valley. Une , tailed SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant di4lay of ILirss. , ln.hip, Introducing the Foreign awl British Artistes. - To ./ic tide w.til ilyt on's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF ypus ; or, The Corsair. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. suns, s.; Boxes, 45.; Upper lioxe, 3 ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. UPP:r thine , Y, Gd. Commence every evenin; at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEAfkli. Uader the Management of Mrs. Frances Daytdge t Lessee. 14.11:4 Will be performed Baines o,:era of LA SONNAMBLTLA ; or, The Village ltodolpho, 31c. Leffler; Elvino, Mr. Harr!- ban ; Alessio, Mr. Tiornc•istle ; Ami , e, Miss llainforth; Ul m* 141 " R. Isaacs ; Teresa, alril. Daly ; An - ette. 311.45 Vaughan. To . tile with th • new Nau7lc.tl Drama, called fIIE WRECK" AND : ItEF . F . C,ptaiu. Mr. flatted; Halstead. Mr. Horn. elstle, - .2 I flock, Mr. Neville; Clirliftmas, Mrs. Ware. Pit. 15. Gallery, iid. Dora open at Aix, coalmen, is• tialf-rr.FA ROYAL VICTOR/A 'THEATRE. E V E SG 'Will T:c i - arinrnted TIIE LONELY J EAN OF TILE OCEAN ; or, the Itefore the Drlclat. chamfers by Messrs. N. 'C. Hicks, Dale, Senile, bird , Raymond, Gardner, Miss Vin, ent, Mrs. G. Lee. and .11_;fir , :tirrougheliffe. te:: which a, Drama Item the French, entitled DONZELLA ; or, The , Lrilc and the Assassins. lo he faewed by M •. Cox's DISSOLVING VIEWS. 'r, euneitt.ie with ADMIRAL B_lM. Supprted by the entire str.hiath ut the Company. Boxes, Hall trice, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAI. SURREY ZOOLO , ;ICAL GARDENS. Under the patronage of her Majesty, We Royal highness Prince Alhen, the Queen Dowager, &c. Open every Mond ty, ruk,tay, Wednesday. and Thursday. Ad.alssion, Ore shilling The Proprietor begs to announce • hat he has, at a considerable ex,fense. erected a new Entrance, and a inagnificent Walk, with fl,wer border, , , statues, and a Central Fountain, In, front of th.. grand Pie,orial Representation of THE TOWN tND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. ha Menagerie comains many specimens, inehrling the Giraffe. Gazelies, &c. The Prontenade Concerts, com'ucted y Godfrey. A reprasentation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge of Statues. Ihe grand l'y'rottxh. Lispiay, representing the SIEGE OF GlBia, fPlowl , i;i the commencement of the liombanliment, partial destrue. Uon of the Aim), and Blowing op of the ilattertn4 Ships. 'Wring the sea , oli, M. JEILLI'..N will ::;ve a series of C. neer:9 ; the Band will consist of one h hdre4 fericirinvrs. . WE ATB OFYICX, MAY 26. TUZIVIONETEI4 Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 71 ; Nom, 67. 1;A tig 'rat:TER, 30.28 —WIND S S:W.; fine. • W•TRii. AT t , (;7 DS wiag .. 0 'mutate!! 4iter 0. I VreoloZ 15 12 :1 1 • A 't o • 4 - • ter . R a . • '•. if maim 2"11114 -uN DON. Tfllifil).% i. M4Y 27. r 447.. From our heart we congratulate the Earl of DUN. DONALII.OII the compensation which he has receiver!, for thirty y ear ,' injustice, by his restoration to knight h)ol A paragraph in the Castle of Tuesday night formally announce:i that Vice-Admiral the Earl of DUNDONALD is once again a Knig ht Grand Cross of the nos Honourabl e Order of the Bath. By that declaration the presant Government been once acknow ledges that a heinous cruelty h a towards thi , heroic sailor by the pre cedi ng Per‘P,etrated tratious, and prochittas to the world that the chim.nt.s of our d;stinguished countryman remains utZnalct'eri and lit Again we express our most ear.nest :elieitatict , s to Lord DUNDONALD for the tardy ibut briiiiant expiation of Ministerial injustice with which her MAJI:.STY'S existing advisers have strive n 1 ed sorrows. May th e to c ompensate his pro.ong tiatigfaction exwrienced by this,Noble and Gallant :Peer at an avowal so imperatively demanded by truth obliterate the recollection of the wrongs and contumelies with which he hag been for years instilted May he fi nd in the contentment and serenity th , wing from an expression of national con trition like this, an enjoyment immeasurably beyond the sufferings entailed upon him by more than a quarter of ,a century of national ingratitude History would have done ampl e j ust i ce to t hi s eminent a; ad valoroUs man, had the State continued blind tee' at' :intr. Indifferent to his services. Nay, hirtc;:ey kas already done him the justice he de serves.. T name of Codurtass ranks among those THE Str At this season of general deficiency and scarcity, when thousands of our countrymen are unable to pro cure a sufficiency of even the humblest and plainest description of food for their families; when trade is paralysed, and the immense quaniries of gold (i he only circulating medium whic'a the absurd restric trions imposed on our currency by the several sta tutes reliving to banking allows us,) is daily exported from our shores in exchange for tine cereal products ,of other lands, it byconies the most serious duty of the Legislature to restrain, by binding and strinent enactments, every description of waste whersby the food of the people is diminished, and the exigencies of t he nation increased ; and also to suspend or abrogate every existing law that may possibly lead to similar results. .Many of the most exalted in our land have taken the initiation in placing their own households on limited allowances. Our gracious SOVEREIGN, ever foremost in the cause of humanity, has set the example. The order has been issued that the quantity and the quality of the bread and flour used in the palaces shall be reduced— that no individual shall be permitted to receive more than a pound of bread in the day, and that second quality flour only shall be used for any purpose in the royal establishments. The precedent thus set, has, as might easily be imagined, been extensively followed. It is 1 oked on as a religious duty by every head of a family to abolish all useless sad unnecessary expendi ture in his own immediate circle, to abridge, as much as possible, the outlay, even for necessaries. It is by such means only that the diffioulties of uur position can be successfully encountered, that the most heart rending misery and suffering can be averted from our poorer brethren. There is not a sufficiency for all, And unless the wealthier will consent to curtail a por • :ion of the cunsuniptien usual in ordinary periods, some must be left with 'tit enough to keep life and , soul together. While such economy is rendered necessary, it weted indeed be a mockery to continue a sys tem that occasions the greatest injury to the ;rowing crops, a system that damps the energy and checks the spirit of the farmer. Too often he finds on the arrival of the anxiously -expected harvest the fallacy of the in which he had indu:ged; in place of obtaining an ample return for the labour and capital he has expended in the cultivation of the soil, he finds the chief portion consumed and destroyed sy a ssperabundance of game and vermin, which he lures not get rid of. No; they must be retained for his landlord's sport, and to his cost he finds that sport invokes him in utter ruin. Some estimate may be formed of the injurious streets o this extraordinary quantity of game, and the lam age thereby occasioned from the case of THOMAS FREDkRICKS, which was heard in the Court o queen's Bench on Saturday last. Into the Isgal points connected with that case it is wholly unneces sary to enter. The simple fact that a jury assessed no less than 343/. 19s. for the damage done in two years by game and rabbits to the lands in the occupation of the plaintiff's tenants, or 160/. 12s. in the first, and 183/. 7s. in the second year, is amply sufficient to awaken the public indignation, and to direct attention to the monster grievance 183'. 7s. damage in one year to a few farmers, in a moderate s'zed manor ! What must be the amount of injury throughout the kingdom in general, what would be a fair per tentage at which to estimate the annual damage done in proportion to the value of the crops, or at bow much per acre might it be assumed r if the average loss should merely be set down at ls. aer acre; and we believe there is no practical agri -ulturist who will not say that sum is very far )elow the mark, we find at once that 1,750,000/ erling is annually wasted for the gratification of the ssildiab vanity of the landowners—that they may lx ,tabled iecord the large quantities of game that 'eve been butchered at their battues. This is hide ,endent of tee enarrnous cost of the establishments ee .atnekeepers,acc., deli - eyed by the landlords out of i hair :,rivate resources, and the still more objectionable s‘utlay oeeusiuue,i by the support in prison of the Madrid pipers of the 19th instant have arrived The Alinisiers, who all went to the Prado on the 18th in order to recommend the KING-CONSORT to re pair to Aranjuez, and reside in the same pala .e with the QUEEN, have not succeeded in attaining their object. The Heraldo says, " lie did not deign to accede to what Ministers demanded." Vrior.to the visit of the other. Ministers, Senor SALAMANCA had a long inter view with the KING, and represented to him that 46 a, Spar.iard, as a loyal sulject, as a soldier, and as a prince, he should be the first to obey the orders of his QUEEN, and shed for her cause the last drop of his blood." On the re- turn of_ the Ministers from -the Prado another Cabinet Council was held, after which Senor PACIIFCO and Senor SALAMANCA set off for Aranjuez. The KING demands, as the price of his reconciliation, the removal of all the present members of the roya household, and the appointment of a Camarillo of his choosing. The " Palace question,' as it is called, ex cites extraordinary interest in Madrid. A guard of honour has been sent to the Prado, out of respect to the KING-CoNsoar. The Popular publishes a letter from Aranjuez, which states that the Qusszi is in an " interesting situation." The marriage of Don ENRIQUE has been officially notified to the nobility. The permission to return to Spain, which Don ENRIQUE asked for on his mar riage, has, it is said, been refused for the present. Generals CAMBA, ESPINOSA, MONTERO, PEROL, and CENDRERA, have all been restored to the rank which they had been deprived for their fidelity io EsPARTERO. The Heraldo publishes a letter from Catalonia, stating that TRISTANY, who was reported some day, ago to have been shot, was on the 11th at the hea ,, of a band of 300 men. MADftID BoLsa, MAY 19.—The Three per Cents. were done at 30 1 % for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 18 3 ,4 ; the Five per Cents. at 19 ; the Debt without Interest at 5 7 4 ; and the Coupons at 16. We have received the National, the only political paper published in Paris on Monday, the other papers having kept holiday in honour of Whitsun tide. On Monday the debate in the Chamber of Depu ties commenced on. the proposition of M. GLats BIZON on postal reform. The proposition is opposed on the ground that it is not safe to risk a defalcation in the revenue at the present moment. Un this sub 'Kt the Natianal as the following article:— " Whit has been the influence of the general receipts ,f the tariff - if 1827 which the Government persisted i,. naintain ne? An augmentation of expenditure rat superior to the increase of the revenue. Couipare, ter uistai.c., the produce of the customs. fore. -ti, regis, mtion, arid indirect taxes, with those of the Post )fliee; and the in'enu ity of the latter will be at tina ppa , ent. 6:ill wore, whilst the lour imposts of which we have just spoken give eaeh year more considerab.t. profits to the Treasury, the rervice of the Post-office a Om. does not follow that a,c,:nsional progress. Or, shy e-ntrary, its expenses augment in the propt;rtions of tin per cent. ; whereas the improvement in the receipts is Only 26 per wtt., so that the Administration, in wish ing to remain stationary, retrogr,clos. But to what other 4:dose but the great elevation of the tariff can this result ire attributed? It is not, besi'ies. a new fact in politica! , conc:m as it has been constantly seen that excessive taxes end in a diminution of reetipts. France claims the honour of having led the way in Europe in organiz ing a post-office service, but her imitators have singu larly gi ne beyond her. Everywhere a progress has teen made; vie alone have stuck fast in the old path The folk ing is the aternge postage at pre:ient Feral ing atuo st the principal nations:— Englan ... uniform postage ... ..• 10c. Yrussi ... 8 zones Hurnerous victims of the game code, and in the union .vorkhouses of their helpless and unprotected wives 1-id families. Every consideration demands the total inviiediate ab , dirion of the iniquitous system. It nei her just nor proper that we should place ternpta , oh in the way of our brethren, and then punish with unrelenting severity the fault we have ourselves (=slimed. But person i who are oblivious of such uosequenees may, perhaps, be awakened to the cub ry ii jury that .oust be occasioned to the .ouetary affairs of the country, our trade and con► ,erce, by the necessity of exporting nearly 2,.000,000/. annually in gold to supply the deficit ~ca.sioned by the damage to which we have alluded, consent to a revision of the laws that are fraught ith NUth baneful results. iVith what con • ... __. _... Spain ... ... ... unit.= ••• ••• 27 United States ~. 3 rules ... ... 29 Sardinia ... ... 7 zones ... ... 34 Awrist ... ... 2 r lik , s ... ... 34 Russia ... ... unitorin ... ... 40 France ... ... 11 zones (tariff of 1827) 42 flits comparative table shows that _France is not even on 1. level with the powers which she has left so far behind her in the career of political reforms. The Government of July has shown less liberality than Austria and Prus -ia. The tariff of 1827 has n I only the effect of placing is in a staie of inn riority relative to the rest of the world, but it places us on a strange contradiction will in ielves. Few persons are aware that duriNe: the la.t oentury and a half we have actually retrograded in postal 'natters. According to the tariff of 1673, the p9stage of single letter was fixed, according to the distance, at :rum loc. to 25c.; in 1705, at from 15c. to 50c.; in 1759, Ateney can any man abridge the quantity of food hi 6 family, and, by continuing to pre erve his game, Maintain a nuisance that con that - .limes twenty tim es t h e quan tit y o f h uman food be saved by suc h a b st i nence ? The adoption o t , ach a course must he cothli,iered as the vilest hypocrisy, how can the Leilislature continue the game-laws Lii their present condition without laying themselves ~,,;lectively open to a similar imputation ? We trust h at we shall see many who have erred, chiefly from want of thought, submitting with a good grace, and ' "luntarily g i v i ng orders fur the destruction of the ex ,esi of game and vermin of every description on their respective estates; and also that measures will be in troduced into Parliament for a Sweeping and efficient measure of reform that is so urgently required. .0 . from 20c. to 70c. The revolution took place, and in 1798 a new tariff, having for basis a single letter, weigh ing' a quarter of an ounce (7i gr.), and e , tab;ishing twelve zones, fixes the postage at from 200. to 75e. The year after the zones were reduced to four, and the post age raised from 50c. to If. 25c. In the year IV. the Council of Five Hundred, considering that it is ar important for the good of the service as for the interest of the Treasury to re establish an equilibrium between the receipts and expenses of the Yost-office, ' declared 'hat something roeuegelhettitem T o be do h n e e p a e t et o e n g7 as,wandreaidsed a he opttds follows : A remarkable feature of the present sess i on l hat, in the midst of the great and complicated que s. 'ions which have been forced upon the attention o f the Legislature, consequent upon the fearful visita tion which has produced such terrible sufferings throughout the whole of Ireland andportions.of Scot- Ist distance, from 10 sous to 2f. 20 sous. 2d IP 15 34 „ sf. 4th »lf. t o 7f . 10 sous. 1£ 5 sous to 10f. of the noblest heroes in the British navy, and Nand, and compelled a review of the entire social second to that system of the Unit e d E mp i re , one.o f t h e most philan is invested with a glory only of the greatest warrior of the sta. In the thropic measures ever submitted to Parliament has all records of our naval Actiot a none are more conspi- but passed the Rubicon of legislation, and will as cuous for calmness almost incredible, for audacity suredly become in a short time part and parcel of the alue.st insane, ft,r enterprise the most continual law of the land. We allude to the Ten Hours' Fee -1 alai the most c hivalrous, than the achievements per- tory Bill. It was not only not immediately connected f armed in the war vevstdv of England by the Earl of in its nature with the extraordinary political exigen- DuMDurAI.D, when Lord COCHRANE. Those achieve cies which the Senate have had to consider from the meats might surely have sheltered this valiant servant very commencement of the session, and which still of the Crown from the odium of professional degrada- continue, in a great degree to demand the most tion and the miseries of Ministerial neglect. The careful deliberation of our lawgivers, but it was also a prowess by which he had so repeatedly maintained measure which its most devoted advocates well knew the dignity of the realm, forwarded the interests of would meet with the keenest and most vigi his compatriots, and covered himself with perpetual lant opposition, at what time soever it glory, might surely have saved him from thirty years might be urged forward. Considering the of anxiety, of official contempt, and of apparent perplexed state of Ireland, the extent and variety of public debasement But no; that anxiety has been the schemes introduced with the view of improving experienced, that contempt has been borne, that ap- it, some of them being of immediate necessity, while parent debasement has continued during thirty others were meant to be of a permanent character, years, and only after passing unscathed through this —considering the unsatisfactory complexion of our terrible ordeal is the sin of the State confessed, and foreign relations as connected with French intrigue the victim of its persecution restored to the knight- in Spain, regarding also the great amount of ordinary hood he had won at the point of his keen sword ! routine business which must be yearly gone through Why, liosclusixo might as well have been branded in Parliament, and recollecting, likewise, that Sir as infamous by the refugees of Poland, or DUCUES- ROBERT PEEL was known to be hostile to the mea- CLIN have had his baton as Constable of France sure in question, it evinced great boldness in Mr. broken ignominiously over his head ! Why, BOLIVAR FIELDEN and his faithful coadjutors to press on 'night with equal reason have been scouted from the the Ten Hours' Bill under such untoward circutn shores of South America, or th e g o ld en slurs might stances ; and it is somewhat marvellous to think that as lief have been hacked from the heels of sir success has, notwithstanding, virtually crowned their PHILIP SYDNEY ! humane efforts. A few weeks back most people, re- All undeserved imputations, however, have been fleeting upon the foregoing, and aware that the Prime removed from the character of Lord DONDONALD, 1 Minister was desirous of limiting the time of youth and his name iv virtually declared to be as untar- ful labour in factories to eleven instead of ten hours, niched as any upon the book of Peerage. What is would, if their opinion had been asked, have declared particularly worthy of consideration, too, in the act that if the measure passed at all, it would be only in of the SovEßEics, and of her MAJEsTr's Ministers, is th e shape to which the first Minister of the Crown that the Earl of DUNDONALD is res t ore d t o the had declared himself to be favourable. The juvenile original lustre of his position, and is re-invested with wor ki ng classes will, however, shortly obtain the toe star and ribbon daring a period of maritime boon of having the period of their daily factory tranquillity, when no sentiments save those of abstract labour restricted to ten hours. This triumph truth, uninfluenced by the motiies of convenience, can therefore he only attributed to one circumstance, could have elicited the acknowledgment of his and that is, the justice and righteousness of the wrongs and the satisfaction for so many i n di g - cause itself. T o r e li eve th e yout hf u l f actory-workers ni is. Lord DuttaaosALD may now rejoice in the from exc ess i ve t o il b y l egal protection is so maei festly conducive to their social, moral, and religious glory with which his own genius and valour have improvement, and to the well-heivg of society at adorned his history ; he may rejoice not merely in the certain admiration of posterity, but in the present large, that an earnest and persevering appeal to the and cordial admiration of his contemporaries. his sympathies of Parliament, supported by such luminous brilliant career has been nobly consummated by the arguments as Mr. MACAULAy urged in favour o f o ur complete vindication of his ac t i ons , an d b y his double investiture, as it we re , w ith t h e emblems of national industriou ' s artisans was certain of gainin g th e ulti gratitude. In the c on d uc t o f the present Cabinet he, mate acquiescence of Lords and C ommons i n M r . FIELDEN'S prepos t .i. Th e C en t ra l Sh ort Ti me Corn inay hate a f ore t as t e of the applause which will be given to the mem ory o f hi s h eroic life by future mitre! of York s have already held a gen e ra l meeting upon this subject, and, in a mos t gra t e f u l generations. . _ spirit, have unanimously passed appropriate resolu tions, expressive of their unfeigned thankfulness for the manner in which our Senators have responded to the prayers of the manufacturing population. The philanthropic wisdom of Parliament is thus early receiving its choicest reward in the gratitude ane , steem of the working classes. A Berlin letter of the 19th informs us that the General Diet had just passed a vote, with only three r dissentients, in favour of a project for the establish.. ment of differential duties as an encouragement to the mercantile navy, and has also declared in favour of a new augmentation of the duties on linen and cotton thread, with a stipulation for the remission of the duty in case of re-exportation. The Assembly of the States of Wiesbaden, in their sitting of the 19th, adopted unanimously the proposi tion of M. &is, for an application to the Govern ment to re-establish the law on the press of the sth May, 1814, and to intervene with the Germanic Diet with a view to obtain the abolition of the censorship, and a general law for the regulation of the press. M. DE STRALENIIEIM, Minister of Justice to the King of HANovEa, died at Hanover on the 19th. 140NDON, TIIrRSDA Y MORNIINIG, .MAY 27, 1847. This was'ale beau ideal of the fiscal theory, and six months after the falling off in the receipts was so enor mous that a new resolution was come to. The Council o Five Hundred, considering that the service of the Post-office presented a deficit in its receipts, compared with its expenses, absolutely ruinous to the Treasury, arid that it was as urgent as useful to ameliorate the pro duce of this service, raised the weight of the single letter from a quarter to a half ounce (15 gr. in place of 7i gr.), and reduced the postage in this way:- Ist distance, 50 leagues, from 21. 10 sous to 6 sous. 2d ~ 100 /11 sf. to 10 „ 3d „ 150 /9 7f. 50 sons to 14 „ 4th „ above 10f. to 18 „ From that period to 1827 we could mention other charges, but all have rather referred to new classific- Lions of distance than any serious changes in the post- age. To sum up, the tariff has been changed eig:3 times from 1791 to 1827, and if any one wishes to ub serve the progress realised, nut only since the end of the 18th century, but since the edict of 1673, he must com pare the postage of a single letter sent to the greatest distance (above 900 kilometres), under the empire of the tariffs which have suceedett each other for the last 150 years:— MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Las;, Night.) The sales or Cotton at Liverpool ) es+ erday were 5,000 balhs, and prices were firm. American ord. *did mid. sorts were quoted per lb. higher than on Friday last, and all ether kinds were at extreme rat s.—ln Shares there was a further improvement. A good demand existed tor Midland, North Stafford, and York and Newcastle. Corn still falls in the provinces as well as here, and the advicts horn New York received this morning, al though but one day later, intimate that holders of flour were rather anxious to realise, and that freights were low. As regards the latter circumstance, it necessarily arises from the canals not having opened, but if holders were anxious to realise before the supplies arrived, what rcay we not expect when they are poured down to the Atlantic seaboard, as some anticipated. If the subjoined statement from the New I'rice Current be correct, and no doubt there are plenty of similar instances in other parts of the country, our home sup plies will be large yet. The writer observes:— '` It is estimated, that as soon as the arrivals com mence, which will be very shortly, from St. Petersburgh and Canada, added to those known to be on the passage from Odessa and the United States, &c., the imp..rts, including flour, will not be less than equal to 100,000 quarters we. kly. This is irrespective of the supplies in the taimers' hands, which, from all we have been able to learn, are quite ads quate to meet our wants until the harvest commenees. It may be interesting to our readers to know the very moderate views which some of the farmers entertain as to a remunerative price for wheat; for example, a gentleman farmer near Norwich, of the name of Blake, bas stored up in his granaries his erops of wheat for the last seven years, and has deter mined not to sell until he can obtain 150 s. per quarter. Another farmer, Mr. Plaxton, in Essex, has three ye ars ' cro p st ill f or sale. For the in formatii,n of farmers and speculators, and as a caution to the millers and bakers, who literally only from ha , :d to mouth, we subjoin a statement of the prices ut grain in the famine year 1800, showing the , wheat tell in price, within one mouth, from 120 s. to 40s. per quarter." 1 ' According to the tariff of 1673, it would have cost 25c. tf ~ 1703 ft 50e. ft „ 1759 9 f 70c. MP ft 1791 ft 75c. If „ year IV. ff 90e. ft 1, „ year V. 75c. ff „ year VIII. lf. •••••• f t ft ~ 1827 ~ If. 20c. Does not this simple comparison relieve us from the task sit d.sellitig longer on the necessity of reducing a postage heavier not only thin the tariff of the absolute Governments, but even than all those hitherto imposed on as 2" Intelligence has been received from the Island of Bourbon up to the 231 February. The financial crisis had become aggravated, in cousequence of the bad weather, which had continued 35 days with out interruption, had compromised the sugar canes, and completely destroyed the plantations of vivrieres. There was an absolute want of specie; the sums paid cut by the Treasury to the garrison Here imme diately conveyed to India or the Archipelago for the aequisltion of rice and cattle. In consequence of the rains, which had caused the rivers to overflow, ruined cultivation, and interrupted all communications for several days; the colony suffered most severely from the want of prov:sions. This deplorable state of things may be ascribtd to many causes, but es pecially to the interruption of commercial relations with Madagascar. Formerly the great portion of rice and cattle required by the colony were ob tained from that island by means of exchanges, hut at present they have to be procured from India, here they have to be paid for in money. The Colonial Council, which had been prorogued on ac count of the violence of its discussions, had resumed its sittings. The Government had submitted to it several drafts of decrees destined to assure the execution of the law of July, 1845, but the party of re sistance seemed disposed to reject that absolutely. The question of delegation was expected to receive a solution in the course of the month of March, but on that matter, as on all others, the Colonial Council was divided, without there being any hope that the two parties would accept any means of conciliation. GANNERON, the banker, died on Monday. A letter from Toulon, of the 20th, says— There is at this moment a great bustle in our road stead, as the squadron under the command of the Prince de Joinville is taking in its stores; and orders have been given for it to be reaf'y to sail by the 234 inst., but if, is not supptisvd that it will be ready before the end of the month. It is reported here that the squadron is to pro ceed to the L•evant, but• this report stands in need o: confirmation. By art order of the Minister of War, atthirty Arab pris o ners wh o are h ere h ave j ust be n set lib. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Mon day at 78f. 10c., the Five per Cents., 115 f. 95c.; the Or leans Railroad Shares, 1,233 f. 75e. ; • Rouen, 947 f. 50c.; Havre, 641 f. 25c. ; G rea t Northern, 00f. ; Avignon, 7251 ; Vierzon, 582 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 507 f. 50e. ; Boulogne, 405 r, ; Basle, 187 f. 50c, ; Dieppe, 323 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 427 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 41111 f.; Paris and Lyons, 436t1 25e. ; Lyons and Avignon, 450 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 451 f. 25c.; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents.. 53t 2 . MARSEILLES, MAY 20—Marseilles and Avignon, 712 f. 50c. ; Northern, 5931: 75c. The table proves this clearly enough, and we expect. that cn:►ny will "be wise in time," according to the a&ig that a '." bird in the hand is worth two in the wish," and that a " - nimble ninepence is better than a ;low shilling." We should think that even farmer! must be able tocalculate the loss of interest upon capital locked up for seven years, and which by improvement, on the land, &c., might possibly have been inereesrd two-thirds in that time. The adrices received to-day from the Cape of Good Hope to March 27, describe the mtnsures about to be taken by the new Go.rernor as being vigorous, and Rely to bring the Kafirs to unconditional terms, and to enforce the surrender of the stolen cattle, &c. The English Funds have been firmer to-day, and the st ttlements so far has not made them worse, although the " options," up to the hour of our writing, have not come off. Consuls have been 87-1 to for present transter, and about 88 to for July. Exchequer bills have been par to 2s. premium. Bank Stock has been firm at 189. The New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. have been marked 88 to 81, and the Three per Cents. 86i to The Foreign Securities have been very quiet again. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 331 I, being flatter again. Spanish Three per Cents. are not higher than 33:1. Mexican Bonds have been steady at 20. Dutch Iwo-and-a- Half per Cents. have realised 58+ Hallway Shares have still rather a firm and improving appearance, and the dullness of trade may throw more surplus money int the market. .1:1:11:414 FUND:, ONE CLOSINI: O'CLOCK. PRICES. !lank Stock .. •• .. .. three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 86 1 , 8 % 86% .11ree per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 87 14 % 87 Iv 'ew Three-and-a-quarter per Cent. Antis. 87%1 88 87% 871 i ong Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 8% 9 9 India !solids, 1,000/. .. .• • • .. .. Ditto. under 1,0001. .. .. .. .. 3 dis 2 p 'JOIIIIOIII for May 27 .. . • • • • .. 87 IA % Exchequer Bills. 11d. 2d. 1,0001... .. 2 p par Min/. . .. .... 4 1 p Ditto, Small 6 3 p ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSEs 821, 3q4 FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 37% Grenada, 1 per Cent .. . Ditto, Deferred .. .. • • .. Mexican Bonito, 1546, 5 per Cent .. 20% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. 33 &wino. Bowls, 4 per Cent .. 22 Ditto,s per Cent. '58,39,40, div.lB4o Ditto .. •• •• •• •• 1845 Ditto, Deferred .. .. • • .. Ditto, Three per Cent .. •• .. 331 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-awl-a- Galt per Cent .. 68% Russian Inscription, 5 per Cent. .. 1 - ItIOES BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT tiICEB ONE O'CLOCK. • .Ituber., Nutting., Boston, and Eastern JillitAitnt . - 2 % .... I .. Binning:aim and Oxford Junction 10 .... 16 !tinning., sVolver., and Dudley • . A ........ Bristol and Exeter .. • . .. 75 .... ........ Chester and Holyhead .. 27%.... 191 y ...... , f.astern Countle. . .. • • .20 .. 18% 19 .. • • Do I'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61 13s. 4d. % p...... Ditto, York Extension 7% Edinburgh And Glasgow .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .... 161 ........ Ely and Huntingdon .. 15 .. 15 %15 .... sireat Nurthorn .. • • 2i q 2...... , ;rent southern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... ........ •i eii S,,stern .. • • 85 •• • • 109 •••• • • • • Ditto, flair :,tares .. 50 .... 63 ........ Ditto, Q.iarter shares 12%.... 15% Ditto, Firth. .. 20 25 1 4, Ditto, -sew 4% 7 ..... . [lull and Selby .. .. •• 50 •• .. 103 ........ Leeds auk isradford .• •• .. 40 .... 81% Othinil and Blitestvall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 7S .. • London Brighton, & -outh Coast 50 51% 52 .... lints, t 'onsol. Eighths .. 10 .... 111 12 I dtto, Filteentlis - • • • .. 52 .... Lond,n and Greenwich.. 121. 15s. 4d..... 8% London ~.., North-Western .•1 00 .. ..171 172.. Ditto. Quarter L. and B. 7 .... 21% .1 Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 11 % Ditto, Filth. .. 2 .... 15 Ditto. 401. Shares M. &B. • . 40 ... 66%....... Ditto, 101. Shares M. &u, (11) 5 .... •• .• • • Ditto, 101. Shares .M. &B. (C) I .. •• .•• .. • • London and tiouth.Westeni 411. 68.10 d... 61%% 62% • Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 .... 51 ......... Ditto. Scrip • • .. 5 .... Lynn acid Ely 25 .... 26% ....• • • • Lynn and Dereham .. 20 .... 20% .• Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 •• .. 98 . ....... Ditto, (fait Shares 38 .... 45 .. Ditto, Quarter Shama 12 .... 14 .... Ditto, Fifths .• ••5 •• • • 8% ........ Ditto, Thirds (Beg.).. .. • • 71. 45..... dls Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • y 2 dis. , Mid:and ..100 ....115 Ditto, New .• •• •• •• 36 •• •• 30 •• . Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm. I•ix per Cent. . • • • 100 .. • • 124 123% Newcas le and BerriiCk • . .. 20 .... 25% 25% .. Ditto, New .. • • .. 5 .... 6%% Norfolk .. • • .. •• .. 100 ....126 ..... • Northern Counties Union .. .. 4 .... ........ North British .. .. • • • • 25 .... • • • Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • . 14% Ditto, Thirds •• 1 .. • • 24. • • • • Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 65% ........ North Nutiordshire ...• 9104% .. • • Preston and Wyre.. .. 25 .... 351 . • Ditto, Halt Shares (A) .. •• 12% .... •• • • Reading. Guildford. and Reigate 5 •• •. ........ Shrewsuury and Isirminghiun .. • ... •• .. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, IUAY 25. Northern of France, U4—Paris and Lyons, 5 1 ,i—Paris and Orleans, WA—Paris and Rouen, 36%—Paris and Stras bourg, 11 . HER MAJESTY'S .THEATRE.---The Queen and his R,) al Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arid his Serene Highness the Prim? ot Leiniegen, and attended by the Viscountess Canning, Lady Augusta Bruce, the Hon. alias Stanley , the Marquis of Ofinontie, the Hun. Cap tain Gordon, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, honoured her Majegty's Theatre en Tuesday. evening with their presenee. tier Majesty the Qaee.. D , )wager, accompai-aed by their 'Serene Highnesses th..• liereartary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and attended by the Maretii-th.ss of Ormonde, Earl Howe, the Baron Tezitz,x, L - . Comte de Buesi, ind the Hon. Captain Somr - rset, was also present. 11is fut., rial ILL hness the Grand Duke Const .litrue, accone ;ituried by his Exellency the Russian Minister, also presenc e . Hi s I mpet i a i nenoured the 'b ea m: with hip Hignness's sue e emepri,eif Admiral Luke. Priedtacks, Haurowitch, and the Hon. Colonel Grey. his Royal Highness the Duke of CarebrA ge was also present. We also noticed the Deke of Wellington and Marchioness of Douro, Prince Louis Napoleon and sutte, the Duke of Leeds, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Duke de Palmeila, the Duchess of Sather bold, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Baremess Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga tie Lechner, the Mar [Nis and Marchioness of Clanricarde a!AI Miss de Bergh, the Marquis and Marchioness of Normauby, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marchioness of Blandford, the Marquis of Kildare, the Marquis and Marchioness ot Aiisa, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Cardigan, the Countess of Cardigan, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Bective, Earl G renville , his Exc,l lency the Hanoverian Minister, the Countess of Shan non, Viscount Carherbury. Vis count c lif . der, Lord Blantyre, Lord and L (fly Charles Well, sley, L o rd, L a dy. and Miss Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Elphinstune, Lord Camoys, Lady Collafirne, Lady Byron Lady August a Baring, Lady Hume Campbell, M. de Berg, Lady Char lotte Denison, Lady Grant, Lady G. Seymour, Lords G. and 0. Fitzgerald, Mr. and Lady Sandford, Sir Wil liam and Lady Fremantle, Sir F. and Lady Roe, the Lord Mayor and Lady Carroll, General and Lady Palmer, Sir H. Durid , as, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Sir Joan Mackenzie, Sir Felix Booth, Sir Thomas Hare, Sir R. Vivian, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. Mountjoy Mr. Lawle s s, Air. r. Monta gue G ore , ey Buckley, C a pt a i n Li l is a cp r k. t t , Ah M ie.p . A P . :t , tHo a r n General, , n ) rs e . General llt e l r a a r ul t , i p n m , to lf at i oat u r , the 11-.)n. J. Macdonald, Colonel Wildman, Hon. G. Byng, M. C. De Coudriaffsky, Sir W. M. Stanley, Sir R. Gordon, the Count de Revel, Hon. St. John Mild way, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, And his Royal Highness Prince George, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with their presence on Tuesday. Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge was at tended by the Hon. ISUis Mitford. Also his Royal highness the Grand Duke of Lucca, attended by the Marvis of Palavicini. There were also present the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Adeliza Howard, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lady illanche Somerset, the Duke of Newcastle and the Ladies Pelhatn Clinton, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietriehstein, his Ex colluticy the Turkish Ambassador and the Princess Callitnlki. the Count de Jirmic, Count Bevel. C ant Palachsy, Count Pot icki, the Margais and Marchioness )f• Aileshury, the Marques of Marquis of Done g tl, Earl and C...uiiters Granville, Earl ana ,_;ounie,a of Wilton, Earl and the Ladie3 CAdogan, Earl Bruce. Elrl Grosvenor, Earl cf Kilmore3 Countess or Chesterfii hi. Dowager C aniteis or Ess.x, countess of Verularn, Viscountess Nevvport, Viscount Durpho, Viscount Cantilitpe, Viscount Exmouth, Lord SuffiPld, Dowager la(dy hutfit ld, Lord Caringten, Leta; Cranstoun, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady Cecilia I)e9 Vce.ix, Lade Caroline arxse, Lord Henn Fenton, , Lady Frederick B , tutirwk, Lord Foley and Hone Miss Foley, H on . Lady Pakenharn' Lord Charles Clinton, Lord George Manners Lady Nelthorpe, Lady Graham, Lady M orr i s, the Hon. A. D Willoughby, the Hon. Mr. Stapleton, th e H on. Mr. Bigot. the lion. Mr. Tol!emache, the Hun. Mrs. Arion, the Hon. Cecil Forrester, the lion- George Byng, th e Hon. me. Mulles, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, General Sir Alexander and Lady Duff, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Michael Sbaw Stewart, Sir B uu• hier Palk Wrey and Lady, Sir W. Massey Stanley. the H on. Robert Lemley, Sir George Talbot, Sir Ht my and Lady Wuxt Mr. 11. R. Yorke, M.P.. antt Mrs. Dodd, Mr. H. Baring, np., Mr. E. D. Prothero e , M . P ., Mr. M. Archdall, M.P., and Mr. W. H. Gregory, M.P.Mr. G. Dodd, THE OAK. HAS Wort.—When the ash-tree opens its leaf before the oak, a wet summer usually follows; and when the oak-trPe ()pens its leaf before the ash, a dry summer usually follows. The oak is first this year. —Murk Lune Express. DEATH OF WILLIAM B. liattCoueT, ESQ.—We re gret to have to announce the demise of the above much respected gentle man, which took place suddenly at St. Leonard's Hill, near Windsor, yesterday morning early. Mr. Harcourt was seized with an attack of apoplexy 0 n Monday night, from which he never rallied, and ex pired at five o'clock yesterday morning. The deceased was eldest son of the late Marquis D'Harcourt, arid married, in Fubrutry. 1837, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Major-General the Hon. it my Ca , endish. The Belgian Free-Trade Association has convoked at Brussels, for the 16th of September next, a meeting. of economists of all countr i es, to discuss their respective in terests and views on the broad principles of free trade. The committee of the Association had deputed to Paris two of its members, Messrs. Corr-Vandersuaeren, Judge of the Tribunal of Commerce of Brussels, and Lehardi de Beaulieu, a civil engineer, to invite the most eminent advocates of free trade in Paris to attend the Belgian Congress. The invitation had been already cheerfully accepted by the Duke d'Harcourt, and M. Anisson Du, perron, Peer of France ; Messrs. Laniartine and Leon Faucher, and other deputies ; M. Michel Chevalier, M. Wolowaki, &c. 8 3 ,, di. _ Ditto. C/ dis.B -• • • v .4"" • • •••• • • • Shropshire Union .. . 4 .... 2t. • Math Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33%.. • • 35 h i 36 .. 131tt, New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 20 •• .. 20%... Do.. New (d 0.331. 68.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... 11 . . Do.. New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 13% Do.. New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 4 .. 51 , uth Wales .. •• 10 .... 7 West !tiding Union .. .. ..4/.25..... (Es•• Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425..... % p Vora and Newcastle 25 .... 35 . . Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 14% % .. . Ditto, Preference .. 4 .... . York 411 d North Midland .. ...0 .... 82 Ditto, Extension •• 2.5 .... 40 „„ „ Do. E and W. tiding Exten— 10 ... FOREIGN 14.4.1LWAYS. 11ouloirrie and Amiens 20 .... 16 Namur and Liege •• .. 10 .... 3%....., ,ortqrn, o. France .. • „ • .. % Paris an Lyons .. • . 8 ...,5 t'aria and Strasbourg .. .. 5 .. „ „ JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London Joint• Stock .. 10 .... •• • • •• London and Westminster .. 20 .... 26 • ... ••• • • • MIN ES. del Nloute. Unrevistered .... 3 4 :1114contained t o b. DEATH FROM IMPROPER MEDICINE. Tuesda' an inquest was held by Mr. Carter, at the I . toyal Geor ge, Carlite street, Lambeth, as to the death of Matilda Re). holds, aged six months, which occurred under the f.l loaing Oeplorable circumstances.:—Mr. Reynolds, Oh deceased's father, holds a s)tuation in the Post•office, and lives tit 86, Carlil. , -street. On Friday week. Sir, heexrutubiattiinhgaltfhtv. Reynolds, consideting that the child wanted medicine. sent another daughter, about eleven years of age, to three pennyworth of buckthorn to Mr. Farmer's , chemist was administerec d wd i r c ilu i ,ih n sgo r s;vlm a i n wee d hdhioic t ii o nh l Mount sheet, Lambeth. and lithoebeerhtildHubnect,otuthireigsh:epryrail: poppies. lite child died on Thursday. Hunt. a l f . r e u r p:l ng cautioned by the Coroner, said the chili hat: : i.''s i l.P h eal °rr i s ti veue l, bitti' p r..ilut r hi'cu t e i c;wre t: ras :u tssa: ti v.a c tineo e pronounced the I)(a) t )sm il es. , e .: a,k , :d him for syrup of poppies, and that was the reason of his saying halt a spoonful. lie had not read the whole of the old label on the phial (sy. buckthorne). supposing it was labelled sy. poppies. The Coronet snail - nen up, and the jury rt mined a special verdict of " Accidental death, by having a quantity of syrup o; poppiei administered to the same, having been supplied lies misadventure for syrup of buckthorne." INCREASE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION.—The pe riodic term hat of new applicants for admissions and leave to practise as attorneys iu England and Wales shows an array of 165 names. Of this number 52 passed examination last term. The thy fixed by the ex aminers of persons applying to be admitted attorneys is Tuesday, the Ist day of June, when the examination w ill b e proceeded with, at half-past nine A.m. It has been directed that the articles of clerkship and assign ment, according to the regulations approved by the judges, be left a t th e usua l place before Friday next. T he questions to be answered in writing are classed under the heads of—l. Preliminary; 2. Common and statute law, and pra c ti ce o f t h e courts; 3. Conveyancing; 4. Equity and practice of the courts; 5. Bankruptcy and emetic", of the court s; 6. C r i m i na l law and proceedings before justices of the peace. A Supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday contains a notification fro m D own i ng -street, that her Majesty had, issued l e t ters p atent un d er t h e G rea t Seal, auto.om ing 37 orders for Bath. the government of the Order of the AMERICA. I NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY By the packet ship Columbia, Captain Fenton, ar rived in the Mersey this morniog, we have New York accounts of the Ist inst. Politically, they are entirely unimportant. The Washington Union reports the position of affairs on the Rio Grande as follows : "The last letter from General Taylor, of the 28th of March, reports that our communications with the rear are now measurably secure, no inte. ruption hating taken place since that reported on the 20th ult. A. train ar rived cn the 24th, under escort of the Ist Indiana Ite-gi meat, and another was daily expected. It is understood Watt the rt . gul.hr cavalry of Urrea bad retired from that quarter across the mountains; a natural result of the retreat of the main army towards San Luis and of our precaution to secure the trains. All was quiet at ;zed tillo; the troops iu good heal. ft, and the wounded ra pidly recovering. The inhabitants, Wit at &ludo and Monterey, were generally returning to their homes, and, in the country, are engaged in planting their crops." The commercial accounts by this arrival are but little later than those received by the Cambria. Ex change, after the steamer's departure, was quoted at 6 to 6f per cent. premium, a little higher being paid, in some cases, for favourite signatures. The cotton market was quiet. Tile flour trade was unsettled, several holders, in anticipation of the opening of the canal navigation, having evinced an anxiety to realize. Freights also were unsettled, and several vessels were about to leave for the St. Lawrence to trade. We annex the usual report from the Aew York Shipping List of the Ist instant. Dates from the southern markets are nut later than those last received : CO it MERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the New York 'Shipping t. ist, May I.) Excilang . e.—Since our last the bu-iness in lorogn, for the steamer, has continued to a lair exient, but with tome alterations in p r i ces , an d we now quote bids on London at: 6 to 6} p,r cent. premium, a tittle higher in ,owe eases being pail fur favourite signatures; Paris, sf. 36P. to st. 35e.; Ainst,rdaw, 39k, and sales of :.ou them Mils at lower rates; Antwerp, 391 to 39k; Ham burgh 35/ to 351, and Brt , men, 78 to 78/. Cottun.—The business in this market, since our laA, has not been as large as for the previous three days, but prices have been fully mainraincd; the market, how' ver, closes with a quiet aspect. The transactions reach 3,600 bales, thus : Upland and Flor. Mobile and N Or. Transactions ... 2,500 bales. 1,100 bales. Ord. to good ord. ... 11 to 14c. 11 to Ilic. Mid. to good mid.... llt to 121,1. 111 to 124 e. Mid. fair to lair ... 124- to 131 e. 12 2 to I VC. 4 Fully fair to good ` air 13t4 to 14c. 14 to 14 4 e. Making a total for the week of 9,850 bales. The arrivals have been, from Riles. Florida ... ... ... 1,236 Georgia •.. ... ... 1,049 South Carolina ..• • ... 409 North Carolina ... ... 84 Total ... 2,778 Total import from the Ist to the 30th ult. 21,431 bales. Export from the Ist to the 27th of April 4,726 „ Export from the United States. Since the Ist of September last ... 806,703 „ Same time last year ... 960,635 „ Flour-The market here for western flour since our last has been dull, and, although the stock is reduced very low, some holders, in view of the opening of canal navigation, have evinced an anxiety ta reitiise, and prices have become unsettled, and lower rates accepted. eienes , ee and Troy cannot be quoied over 7 dolls. 75c., .:nd some has been sold fih• 121 cents 1. ss; Michigan and Ohio command, in small lots, 7 dolls. 50e. to 7 dolls. 621 c.; 800 barrels New Orleans sold at these rates; and 800 o.im, vid Philadelphia, 7 do 1,. 37ie. to 7 di ils. 500. To arrive, there has be,u a go .d demand, and we notice sales of 4,000 bee redo, in May, at 6 (lot's. 371... to 6 duds. 50e., The lower rate her mixed SlichLau; 4 000 in Juno, 6 dolls. to 6 duds. 25.:.; 3,000 in July, 6 doles.; 1,000 in August, 5 dulls. 75c ; and 1,000 on or before Septembn 1, at the option of the seller,. at the same price. Southern is inactive, and prices gradually recede -the sales are 3,000 to 3,500 barrels of Alexandria, Georgetown, end Richmond County, at 7 dolls. 371 e. to 7 dolls. 50c.; and 500 Richmond City Mills about 8 d 0115.504 e , ui sells al iwl. at 5 dells. to 5 dolls. 12c. Bigler rates being demanded for corn meal, the market is quiet-3,000 barrels of Jersey, part. to arrive so,di, sold at 4 dolls. 50c. to 4 dolls. 56k.; 1,000, in all May, 4 drills. 25c.; 3,000 Western, in June and July, on private terms ; - and 100 puncheons of brandywine, 22 dolls. cash. - Export from the Ist to the 27th of April :- Wheat flour . . 90,379 barrels. Grain-'fficre is no wheat here. To arrive in May, 12,000 bushels ot Gen , ssee, wild at 1 d.,11. 50e. to 1 doll. 55c.; and 10.000 of %%, hate Ohio, 1 doll. 40c., c:vh. V. r.hern rye has been ,full, but the in2rltet is now, per hdps, a little firmer; 5,000 bushels sold in Its al 92e. to 95c. A stnal lot of barley brought 72c. ; the last sale to arrive wa, fur early in May at 70c., eish, Northern oats are in less requi:st, and the stock accumu• tates ; the quotation at the close is 50e. to 52e., at which 5.000 busiels have le en disposed of ; and 2,300 Southern it 47c. The supply of corn here is net large, but about equal to the demand, the market retalilin4 114 firmness ; the sales are 35,000 bushels Northern and Jersey yello a at 9.5 e. 97c., wetie 1,000 Jers.y from store, at 1 ; 10,000 Southyrn yellow, at 95c. to 96c. ; and 16,000 white end mixed ditt.,, b2e. t., 94c To arrive the salt's nave been large, say 150.000 push:-Is, partly en terms :iet made putme, inclinibig in part the May delivery at 80c. to 85e., and June and July at 75e. to 761. 8.-ens are in good demand, and considerable sales have been •Geen made within Our range. 500 bags of black-eyed peas sold part al 2 dolls. 37c. por beg of two bushels... Exports from the Ist to the 27th of April. Corn ... 1,052,042 bushels. Wheat ... 55,490 - 44,284 - Barley ... 8,183 Oats • 89,118 - - Provisions-Old Ohio pork • since our last has been very quiet, and yesterday the market was dull. We know of no sales worth reporting ; about 1,000 barrels sour prime brought 11 dolls. 374 c. to 11 dolls. 503.; and 250 new mess, to arrive, 16 dulls. 371 c. to 16 d.. 115. 50e. Beef is inactive ;- 'lOO barrels city prime sold at 9 dolls. 25c. ; 200 mess, 12 dolls. ; and 175 tierces prime mess, a few days since, 20 dolls. Ohio lard is in good demand, and prime in barrels readily commaixls 10e., and in kegs 101 e. ; at these rates, with some No. 2 in barrels, at 91c. to 910., the sales are 1,500 kegs, and 600 to 700 barrels since our last. Pickled meats are firm ; 100 tierces westernr - harns sold at 81c., and 60 hogsheads, shoulders, in dry salt, hie. New butter sells on arrival at 20c. to 22c. for Western dairy, and 25c 26c. for Orange county. Export from April 1 to 27. 2 681 barrels. 5,0(19 barrels. 15,366 kegs. Beef... Pork Lard Rice—The transactions have been to a very fair ex tent since our last Ssturday 's report, and prices are fully. iaaintained. The sales amount to about 800 tierces o! all descriptions at 3 dolls. 50c. for ordinary, to 4 doll., 623-c. for good. The stock having been considerabh reouced, holders ate firm at our quotations, which a e do not vary. Tobacco—We notice a pretty good demand, and sal , s, Aince our last, of 175 hogsh, ads. Virginia and Kill ucky, at 2i.". to 6i-c.; 150eas.-s ot Conn. cticut and tienn iylvania seed leaf.; part 84c. to 10i-c.; 27 Florida, at 6e. 15c.; and 200 Connecticut, for export, on terms not wade public. ~ d:. Iron—We have - no new fluture to notice in the market, except - that holders of Scotch pig are much lirmer, and some are now asking advanced rates. 200 cons common Swedish sold on private terms. Freights-The market remains very unsettled, and rather lower rates have been act:-ptcll. Some eight or ,en British vessels hate left or are about to lt•ave for Quebec to engage in the tin.ber trade. To Ireland, 1 4ondon, and , he continent there is lout little going fOr- Nard, and quotations are nominal. To Liverpoool %%4 notice small tongsgenn-nts in Ainei lean and 13ritish yes of fi•Jur aid meal at 3s. per r l eperbarr el l;. 3 :asL . :ts. 3d.; tar, 4s. 6.1.; 1 , si t ter , . pints of tuipi l itine, at 2d. Per ga I' ' &c. A Britith stiip was taken up to load hea v y good s at Boston for London, at 15s. per ton. To Londo n —Fiour, 4s. to 4 s. 6d p. , r barrel; tui p (North country). , 4s. 63. Pe entine . bare,l; sp tits , of tortentortenlli (252 g olions), 50s. Per jarr,l; twasureu eat goons, 56 6 . Fee ton; cheese, 10s. to 455. per too; w it; i s e . a p t : i r 6 t A ie . r p ee r; 50s. per ton; beet (304h,'labyrsrY.etig,;"3c03r6n1bas2. wet and pork, 6s. P' l "' l3d. to 16(1. pi 4 bushel. bushel; oats and t ' ar 7;uare and round bales), le. to le. T„, H avre —Cotton ashes, per ~ lb • dour, 1 doll Per barrel; b El it to 10 tn,lls.Pet tal. ton; rice, 12 dolls. per ton; wha e ot.e. per 14).; lard, &c., i.e. per lb.; grain, in bags, 3 00. to 35c. p ar bushel. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 30, pm, ~otton is firm, with sale in 3 , 00 bales of Upl an d s and New Orleans, at 13 to 131. }lour isin welder/ice re quest, and holders demand 7 dolls. per barrel for good brands; some extra brands sold at !hat. 1,000 barrels ut corn meal sold at 4 dolls. 31c. ; and 300 barrels at 4 dolls. 25c. 113 e flour sold at 4 dolls. .t 87 c. ; 7,00, bushels of good red wheat sold at 157, and tektite at 162 3,000 bushels of corn sold at 93c.,. and 2,500 b ushels o oats at slit. 23,700 barrels of flour. 5 9•362 bu she l s o w heat, 35,527 bushels of corn, and 18,177 barrels of cc ri wea l, were vxported from Philadelphia last week, princi pally to Europe. BALTIMORE, APRIL 30, P.M. The flour market continues dull and unsettled. I note , asale yesterday morning in t wo l ots of 200 barrels each, a - t 6 dolls. 72c , and about 500 barrels, Susquehanna brands, at 6 dolls. 75c. There are buyers only to amo derate extent of flour at 6 dulls. 75e. Some tire unwil ling to offer more than 6 dolls. 62;ic. holders are Ri rathe en r anxious to o operate a 6 dolls. 75e. N ot hi ng of omt doing jCity Mills. t Small sales of some 400 barrels at 6 dolls. 87fc., and 100 barrels yesterday at 6 dolls. 75c. Corn mea l i s very dull, and can be had at 4 dolls. 37i. T E CHELSSA PENSIONERS. Tuesda the dif ferent m e t ro p o li tan diviAons of the enrolled le d out-pee sioners of Chelsea Hospital, including that from Wool wich, had a grand field-d 4 in Llytie. park, prepai story to their review by the Commarlderiu•Chief, to.day. in that park, The twelfth annual general meeting of the pro" p-ietors of the National Bank of Ireland was held yesterday, at No. 13, Old Broad-street, for the elec tion of directors in room of those who, in pursuance of the deed of settlement, retire from office. Some interest in the proceedings was evinced, as it was expected that reference would be made to the lute Governor of the Institution, Daniel O'Connell, Esq. , ALP., who, during a long and active life sustained such a conspicuous part in the history of Europe. The meeting was, therefore, more than ordinarily crowded. J. C. Ruding, Esq., occupied the chair. , Among the &r ectors present we observed T. L a mle Murray, Esq , J. C. Ruding, Esq., Fowler Newsam, Egb Sut:en, jun., Esq., Charles Bianconi, Est? F. B. Henshaw, Eq., A. P. Johnson, Esq., Wheel, r, E- q., J. L. W heeler, Esq , Jahn Ransom, Esq" W. L. Wheeler, E,q , Joseph 'Wheeler, Esq., Charles Rule, Esq., Thomas Shelve'', Esq., H. M. Jones, N'Q' aO'Neill,sq., Captain Si r Burton Freis E nAuctianuirst Joshua B. &teen, Esq., John Robins, Esq-, Georg° Coxheed, El., Jacob Stanley, jun., E-q , John ritint r_ l4 E;ci , Joseph Barber, E sq ., E. J. D an i e l, Esq., A. " a " Hutchison, Esq., G. F. Hardy. Esq., of Cork. The CHAlRMAN—Gehtienlen, I am hapPY to hav e the pleasure of meeting you at our twelfth annu al meeting, and I trust th.tt the report which we hale to lay before you will meet with your approbation. I shall now call upon the Secretary to read the notice convening the meeting. The SECRETARY, having read the advertisement, then, by ord e r o f th e Ch a i rmen, rea d th e following REPORT ver tii e ment, Of the Directors of the National Bank of Ireland, made to the Proprietors at the Twelfth Annual o°' ntral Meeting, held at the office of the Compaq , No. 13, Old Broad-street, London, on Wedneedalt the 261 t of May, 1847. " In presenting to the proprietors the Twelfth Au' nual Report of. toe operations of the batik, the dirti tors deem it right to call their attention to the geT circumstances that have occurred in the eventful Pert since their l as t meeting, and which were calculaw-: more' r less, to atf ct th e p roperty of the esta blislitneo_ s •' "In August last y e ar, t h e B an k of England, influe n c e" by the favourable course of the exchanges, lowered US rate of interest t o 3 p er cent . ; hut, .subsequently, nail to their re-acti o n, an d t h e consAuent drain of bulli on, raised the rate to 4 p er cent., and, recently, to 5 per c " The failure of the p,it 4to crop in I re land, for t obt second time, caused mu c h cons ' erna ti on , a nd from bell, an exporting country, I re l an d b ecame a large iniP°" - tbe of the necessaries of life, thus, no t on ly disturbing be usual course of thin g s, b u t a ddi ng consi derably to, t deficiency exp er i ence d i n countries s i m il ar ly situatec. 6 "Under these difficult circumstances, new to Bank l bubii.ess in Ireland, and the speculation likely to r e 6 therefrom, the dir ec t ors h ave preserve d one unifor course, discouraging, as muc h as i n th e ir" power, !i_ l ! speculative operati ons , b ut a ff or di ng f ac ilities for to° import of provisions intended to supply the g r°win s wants of the country. One of the immediate results this policy has been already visible, in the incr e asetto' and increasing con fid ence in the bank, and its ab ilit y. i . w gdo grant accom mo d a ti on to t h e l eg i t i mate d em ands of and agriculture. "'the long discussed question of the a bolition, of the corn-laws, b ecame i n t h e past year, a final measure; but the circumstances a lr ea dy noticed, have s..:spended,...„,ith the action so f a r a s t h e agr i cu l tura l i ntere st of. Ire''' . concerned. t the " The proprietors will be gratified to' learn , t-a - Bank has b een i nstrumenta l i n fac i l i tat i ng the operation°, of Government, connected with the Commissioners _ Public Works, and which have been in force for . t purpose of relieving th e unparalleled distress and destltls; tion which prevails in Ireland. strOnr " At the previ ous meeting of the proprietors reeling was m an if es t e d, that the Bank should furtn___ assist in aleviating the wide spread and deep.d4Tf which existed.. The directors have now the satisfnl.:, or st a ti ug th at t h ey h ave carr i e d out th e views rbl i h. proprit tors, by contributing in various localities ,uperorw' of one thou Sand pounds. " The proprietors will observe, from one of laid before them, that the past year bits .beeetwo half prosperity to the Bank, as, in addition to th amounting to p a id, atoo }early chvidends which have been ag a surplus of 22.5004, the ilii - eciors have remaining; dto the 10,612 E 10i. 2 1., which has been carrie the accounnts now credit of the Reserve-wild, 50,108 L 15s. 31. whereby it is increase d to unittvidtal profits at Decomipr, 6 5 1 £39,49 1845. were 6 ` Net profits for the year enchug De cember, 1846 33.112 10 2 72,608 15 3 " Deduct half-y Par's dividend to Mittsu.noter, 1846......... £11,250 " do., do., to Christmas, 1846 11,250 22,500 0 0 i‘ Leaving amount of undivided profits, at Decewbar, 1846 £50,108 15 3 " There are now to be elects d three directors, in the room of Nicholas Maher Esq., M.P., Maurice O'Con nell, E-q , M.P., a n d Robert Sutton, jun., Lq., whose seats at the board are vacated by rotation, all of whom are candidates 1 , r the (dice, anti eligible to be re-elected. Approved by the Court, (Signed) "T. LAMIE MURRAY, Chairman." The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, before I put the quo' Lion of the adoption of this report, I beg to know if any Hon. Proprietor has any question to ask ? Mr. •JoNEs—Sir, it is from no wish to ask any question that the board may not be ready to answers but being a propri e t or , an d presum i n g' th a t there are others who, like me, feel anxious on this subject' namely, how the account of our late Governor stands with the Bank,-at the same time that lam persuaded, both from the character of the illustrious individual deceased, as well as from the care and attention of the directors, I may anticipate a favourable answer--: certainly an answer different from that prognosticate d _ by many of th ose w h o are no t so w ell acquainted with the affairs of th e B an k as m y se lf. Therefore, Sir, if you have no objection, I should wish you to inform the meeting whether the account of the late Governor stands l,he cm a as it A R ought AN to do. qu G e e s n t i t o l e n m o e f n , the ha n ve o° 7 and I h ave t h e utmost satisfact i on i n telling you urch4lreretourer in answerin g t h e ; that the balance due from the late Governor is not more than 4,0001., and we hold life policies to the extent of 7,5001. besides other securities, so that the bank can lose nothing by the late Governor. I am happy to be thus able to put at rest all the incor rect reports that have been circulated, that the debt of the late Governor to this Bank amounted to 60,0001. or 70,0001. .. - Mr. JoNEs—I am happy to hear so satisfactory an answer, although it was only what I expected from the honourable conduct and business character of the directors of this bank. The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, before moving the adoption of the report, it is my painful duty to announce to the meeting officially the death of our distinguished and much-lamented Governor. It is with extreme regret that after the presence of that most distinguished gentleman at the annual meetings of this company for so many years, that we should be deprived of his valuable services, and that upon this occasion so bumble an individual as myself should be called upon to occupy the plac.• so ably filled by . that lamented gentleman. To Mr. O'Connell we owe a debt of profound gratitude for the valuable and gratuitous assistance which he afforded in his lifetime in the establishment of this Bank. The readiness with which, upon all occasions, he lent the aid of his powerful talents - for its advancement, and the able and impartial manner with which he dig.- charged the arduous duties of a governor or the Bank, won for him the esteem of his colleagues, and entitled him to the warmest thanks of all interested in this society. The heart of Mr. O'Connell, I may say, was centered i n this Bank; he believed that this was an institution Whic h ' after paying a beneficial return to its proprietors , was calculated to contribute largely to the so cial improvement of Ireland, particularly the poorer classes, whose welfare was his constant care, and it was a source of the greatest satisfaction to that distinguished gentleman to know, previous to his decease, that all his endeavours towards this end had been crowned with success, and that his fund and ardent hopes for its success bad been fully realised. (Hear, hear.) By the death of Mr. O'Connell his children have been bereft of a kind and affectionate parent, the directors of an amiable IA valuable colleague, and the proprietors at large of a highly influential and distinguished patron.-- (Cheers.) Having paid this tribute to the memory • of our departed friend, I thirk that it is now right to allude to the affairs of the Bank itself.—(Hear, hear.) Since the making up of these accounts, in the month of December last, which have been already laid before you, I have the happiness of stating that the Bank has been progressing most satisfactorily.—(Hear.) Our reserve fund has increased to upwards of 50,0001., a point which, in the opinion of the directors, and which, I hope, will be concurred in by yourselves, is sufficiently large to enable the directors to increase the amount of dividend.—(Hear, hear.) The utmost vigilance has bean exercised by 11„ 1 Dr o fr o g 4 411 to