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of ten months, thirteen months, fou s r t te t e e n and eighteen months, and this was conduct pursuedwae a a of things existing, and this was by men in the receipt of public money totheamountof thirteen or fourteen hundred a year. Before he con cluded, he would say, that if the Government were to attempt to enforce the powers of this poor-law, th e y would have a rebellion in a week. They could not en force it against the rich, it was the poor alone whom they mould so oppress. They should become the pro tectors, instead of the oppressors of the poor, for there did not exist a more loyal, a more patient, a more obe dient, a more industrious class upon the face of the globe. And what they could have done to merit such treatment. neither he nor any man could fathom. They had borne their misery for thirteen years, let them depend upon it the day of reckoning was at hand. they had trampled upon them, they had deprived them of their dbarest rights, and they could not now appeal to them with that generous confidence which they could have done before they inoculated the laws of England with the accursed principles of Malthus. They would have no right to appeal to them for allegiance when they refused th em protect i on. He would conclude b y movin„, that the Bill be read that day six months. Mr. WAKLEY seconded the motion. Mr. ROEBUCK—The Hon. Gentleman might do much mischief and effect little good. It was very easy t o talk about the 43d of Eli za b et h, the tyranny of the Poor law Commissioners, and iaalienable rights, withoutasquite evi under- standing anything of the three subject: It w dent the Hon. Gentleman had never read e t s he t 4 h 3 a d th o e wefEliuzald beth; he was quit e i gnoran t of it, so lay anything th a t h e had not ever much openedaso easy as to the pages of s the Act that contained it. Nothing w rant about what one did not understand,andnoothf a nothing so easy to obtain popularity by shama affectation de votedness to the cause o f the people. Now he should prove the ignorance of the Hon. Member. He w oo l,' that the 43d of Elizabeth had not been depart e d from. In the time of Elizabeth the convents were put dowse ; the Act to which he alluded sprung from the suppression of these religious houses, for they had been in the habit of maintaining a certain number of poor around them. They came to the door of the monastery, and they received relief proportioned to their wants ; and they might talk as they liked about the Reformation, and " no Popery," and all that sort of thing—they might do very well te be let off as cannon against one another —bat thenosuld not controvert the fact of the immense good whieW they conferred on the districts where they were founded. Howes, r, after their suppression, a number of sturdy beggars wandered over the country — such are the words of the Act—and for these it was necessary to provide. From hence sprung the 43d of Elizabeth, which enacted that churchwardens should be appointed, whose duty it would be to set to work such children as had been deserted by their parents, an also all such persons as were maimed or infirm, or who lied no means to aopport themselves. They heard a great deal of the rights of the poor, but what he desueed was the rights of the industrious poor against the lazy poor. These latter braved the authorities of the parish, they came into th e ves t r y, th ey d eman d e d relief, and th . e . p -or farmer was f r i g ht ene d ou t o f hi s he refused, hi s s t ac k s were fi re d, hi s ca ttle w ere hough e and he himself stood in terror of his life. The local authorities were totally unable to deal with this growing mischief ; they said, let us unite a number dit c. ot , parishes, and let us put the authority at a distance from us. Let there be a central board in London, to whom an appeal can be made. And nets what is the meaning of all this talk about inalienable right? He remembered reading a perm in his boyhood, 'r Country Justice," he thought it was by Dyer, in which- these petty feuds were happily painted, for ti p ;et eiesesibed a woman lying-in in a cart, while two parishes. were fighting almost which of them should re ceive-andanaintain ll:T.—(Hew, hear.) The advantage of thialaw then was the ceniril autbority—it was whet all desired; lent as ...eon aslD:tree men are seletQcl, as so n as they enter Sotifetaet house they are marked out, and there. isaeetsa trading politician who does not point his finger at thetn rept-oach ; and then the Hon. Membsr cones forward ahid hilke of the people of England, much afterlho .faokirhl of giehree tailors in Tooley-street. Depood, uptoia it .they vt'dald" never have heard of these evils were it not fir the app detment of these three Commissioners. With 0n or two eeeeptioas, those vrh spike so load about the p >or-law ware those who were most opposed to giving political rights. Some test was absolutely necessary in order to enable a distinction to be made between the idle and the industrious poor. 'rids test was found in the poor house test, nut nothing was easier than to find persons who were ready to fi n d f au l t w i th this test, upon all such popularity-hunting opponents of th it, test he would put the stamp of canting hypocrites. It was considered by the law that that man who was con tent to come to th,, poor-house and receive relief was a man deserving of relief. Nov, a great deal had been said about the inalienable rights of the poor to relict conferred on them by the 43d of Elizabeth. The Hon. Member had quoted from Coke and Blackstone, but it was his (Ur. Roebuck's) opinion that the Hon. Member did no; know which of those great writers first wrote upon the subject. Now, what was the meaning of in alienable rights? If they were defined, as the Hon. Member said, by an Act of Parliament, then those rights could be altered or removed by another Act, and the Act abolishing those inalienable rights would be the law of the land, as well as that which conferred this inalienable - right. The inalienable right spoken of was right to relief, but a relief to be given only by labour. It was hie habit day after day to go into the habitation, of hie poorer countrymen, and it was hislirra opinioe that there were thousands of the people or this country worse clad, worse fed, and worse housed than those why were taken wider the protection of the poor-law, not -withstanding the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. Wakley) had ventured to call the poor-houses a den. A poor man said that he was unable to support himself, he came to the state exchequer, and was told that if he came into the poor-house his wants would be provided for. But then came in the pathos of the novelist and the poet, who said what a hardship it was to separate the wife from the husband and the children. Why, that was a thing occurring every day in the life of the soldier and the sailor, and even the experience of Irish Members would add another chapter to the patriotic pathos of novelists, for in most cases they were compelled to la ore, their wives and children in Ireland, but no Hon. Menthera were in the habit of standing up in that House and in a burst of patriotic enthusiasm calling public attention to their distressing situation.—(Laughter.) He was quite aware that this workhouse test was a very unpopular term, and then just at the close of the seventh session of Parliament it was a very enticing subject to lay hold of. He knew well the risk which attended the course he was taking upon this subject, but as he had commenced his political career so he inten-led to con- Ai:me it in spite of all opposition to the contrary. It was a matter of absolute necessity that a teat should be provided for the able-bodied pour. Now, with respect to the Poor-law Commissioners, he must say with regret that they had not acted ace gding to the law. They had quailed before another power. The Times newspaper was the great point of all the opposition to this measure, and the Honourable Member for Knares b ;rough was but a faint shadow, a sort of will o'- the-wisp, of that journal—(Laughter) —and every thump upon th a t re d b ox, every parenthesis, every accent in the speech of the Hon. Member was nothiug bat a. 'lad imitation of the Times newspaper. The arti cles iv' the Times newspaper were, however, written by a genoleman conversant with the subject upon which he wrote and acute enough to see that the Commissioners were i.ot adapted to carry out the provisions of a good and wlaolesome law. And this was the real cause of the bad vuorking of the measure—the Government had chosen :persons to carry out the measure who were unfit for the task. Then the 43d of Elizabeth stated that work should be provided for the able-bodied poor; but it had boen said that bones were given to the paupers to crush. Now was there not in the different classes of society tinny persons employed in trades and callings which,.:'if they were set to by the Commissioners, would have rinsed such a storm as nothing could have crushed? What vvas the trade of a nightman ?—(Laughter)---or the type-founder, whose life was destroyed by the small iron flings which entered into his system,—or the painter, - afflicted as ha was with disease consequent upon it e pursuit of his calling, —or the collier, working many fathoms under ground in about two fv t of space, in obtaining the coals which re ie the cheerful Christmas fire ? What were :Ili these hu as different species of that labour which was the comnon lot of humanity, and by which man was to obtain hit livelihood. Yet what a cry had been raised about the =ploy -meat of the poor at Andover, while all the great mans of the enjoyments of society is general had been oeurloolieti. Was it to be said for a moment that the idleyagabend at the gate of the industrious man should be enntled to say " G me of your substance, for you are rich" The industrious man would have a right to say 4 1 have a e ire and children, I support my family honestly; and why should John Thomas, the id:e fae . ahond,' b.e entitled to claim my hard-earned money?" But low was this John Thomas, the idle vagabond, to be distinguished from John Smith, the in dustrious man? Why, what more natural, than to give him work? Then it had been said, they were set to work in a sled, •etsen to all the wiudows of heaven. Not so, however, ace buildings were well built and well ventilated. ! but, then, said the Hon. Member for Finabury, it was a and the dress was a prison dress. Well, b e ;st, ogr be • h it not, a prison dress, all he could say wile, %at e dress, such as it was, was much better and mucdttioors Warmer than the dress of the honest man Int of but because it was of a brown or gr y celour a n h d e u ' ru ni o Po r r e m h dress. Now ehat could then it was a colour than to have a prison was, for or if question depel:Jing upon the colo a cut of a coat. the colour had For so this cpestion really u w o o s i t idd not be been red and tie dress uniform. then j il t callud a prison Gress. But now the real whet was to be lone for the poor of England?"Lwtast— non. Members IN- Knaresborough and Pinsbury''brihze forward some rtelsure upon the subject theniselvk o n l y f a ncy n.3i11 d-awn up by the Mei. Member for Kres What would he (Mr. Roebu c k) g i ve to nab set, re: out the :poor drawn up by the Hon. Member f0i.11. - nareahor( ,, ,lL , ;/ If :hat Tion. Member would only be kind enoosh (fox th or. was no doubt that he had some spark of kinn in him) to bringy in =etch a Infos:o7e, he Or riolincl.) would undertaire to route him rani(4 the door in a very few iniantee. A :etonitnen of leoislative confusion had a risen lati)- in all th E b ur l y burly- of a Committee appointee to implire into tie Law of S.dtkment. Mr. P. BORTEIWICK—The law of settlement has nothing tode• with the pow-law. efn. ROEBUCK—That was now one of the bad effects of sPfaki"CsameiliteiLs7w°7rwhh w it e the h person was unacquainted, loastilisto , es I' --grilehrwhea in v% here angel s d ared to tread. " 0*!, tvg this, that he w as speak i ng the semi : awn tsi" of thepeilp l id this country. The rational part of the peep k. part of the labouring population, agreed with him: 'lle (114* maintain the argument that men were equally entitled tfileMef, whether honest or dishonest ; for when they tart aine4hiteke might obtain relief—that he could de- Imatid it, wimial.attie or unable to obtain work, he considered S that the glory of this country would depart; but when they told him that it was the last resource of an honest man, when he was wholly unable to support himself, that it was aid in the season of need, and o n ly on th a t occas i on th e y wou ld stand d as tion the lords of the huma n ki n d. B u t if a man wer e in a condition to say, " I ask, and you shall give," instea popu lation, they would have a craving, subservient,ofasdaihgreeifiteedd popostead of a race of lation—a miserable race of cringing slaves, i h n e believed it was upright and honest men--( Hear)—because the first duty of the nation to maintainstich a character among measure of relief, to give greatour people, and, therefore, he askd them to tot maintain desen t i h o i g s poor, and not to give to the undeserving poor, that to which they were w o e ie re aa n r o r t y e io n g tit o led. utof T t ho he s l e who aw,ha nd hitherto been entrust e d d a oothadthatstedfastoess of mind which was necessary for the proper carrying oat o f th e law• and, therefore, he entrusted the Noble Lord to let no personal feeling- enter into 'a matter which affected so vast a number of the industrious classes, and to give them a commis sion free from, and, consequently, above, all suspicion. Mr. BANKES was rather surprised that the Hon. and Learned gentleman should treat the opinions of the Hon. Member for Knaresberough (Mr. Ferrand), so lightly, when he himself was no great authority upon pub lic matters of this kind; but when he taunted the Hon. Gentleman wished not to bring in a Bill as expres siveof his views; he merely repeated the taunt which the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had thrown out at the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the other night.—( A laugh.) The only difference in the new Commission would be, that it would be the same as of old, with the addition of more honour to those who would comprise the body, inasmuch as its members would have seats in that House ; but this must be viewed in a constitutional light, and it was well to do so at the outset. He feared the Noble Lord, who he admitted was op.. pressed by business, had not had time to look into this Bill and into others which had been recently introduced with the sanction of the Government. For instance, the Health of Towns Bill and other Bills, which would create a number of new offices, but the Health of Towns Bill had been proved to be an useless measure, and that it would in terfere with private rights and private property, and the Noble Lord had not been able to dine with his constituents until he had told them that the city of London would be exempted from the operation of the Bill, and subsequently he had ex cluded other metropolitan districts.—(Hear, hear.) The new Prison Bill, which was of this kind of measure, would create a number of new officers who would supersede those who had been entrusted with the government of the poor in their respec tive localities for many years.—( Hear, bear.) Swift i n hi s " Advice to S ervan t s ," sa id , " spend all your master's income, because the more you cause him to spend, the more he will be respected"—(Laughter) —and the Noble Lord seemed to act upon this principle, and to get rid of any surplus by creating new offices to spend it upon. Thus he had pre. pared two new placemen in connexion with this Bill, shortly after the proposition to appoint a new railway commission had been submitted to the House.—(Hear.) He (Mr. Bankes) had always considered that the body which had the manage ment of the poor should be represented by one member of the body in that House; but do not let two of the present body be so elevated, because the nation was dissatisfied with them. L W o h rds y n o o f t t ha he ve A t d w m o ir o a f lt t y h , e or L t o w r o ds of of th t e he ßo T ar re d a o su f ry o , o f the by the r. B ) ill. He H co e nl o d b n j sup port roefothree, snaking i t o h g ese of reasons rladtwwn O rdnance?— (Laughter.) nboc e n c ti ted the t Commis l s e io .m ne t r i s e , ai in co t m h m ei i r ss o io w o n era ch h a ad mb a r i s le , d an to d g c v e n s s i a t d r s ed f c i h o a n t the Ecc u in this respect, notwithstanding the Attorney. General had quoted that body as an instance of success in the forming of general rules. He saw no reason, therefore, why any alteration in the laws relating to the poor should not come under the revision of the House.—(Hear, hear. ) He did not think it would be even approved of in this House to make measures without due consideration of the circum stances of these measures. The great benefit of this measure, asserted by the advocates of the measure was, that it would unite all classes; but the present law, did not effect that object. The petition he presented was in conformity with these views. If they persisted they would render the measure most unpopular. He would propose the second read ing of the Bill. Sir G. GREY said that he would trouble the House (with a few observations on what had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman. The Hon. Gentleman said that his greatest difficulty W3S founded on the amount of new patronage which this Bill bestowed' on the Government. His patriotism had drawn him away from the sanatory considerations attached to the Bill. But he could assure the Hon. Member that the patronage of the Crown would, in a pe cuniary, as well as official point of view, be dimi • nished instead of any thing else, for several offices which had before existed, were now abolished, and of this he was anxious to inform the Hon. Member, in order to allay his anxieties ; b ecause h e seeme d to think that we had better go on with 111th and fever, rather than create a few new officers, who are to inspect the health of towns. The same objec tions, however, did not extend to the Prisons' Bill. But lie was surprised that the Hon. Gentleman did not support the measure, seeing so few points of difference existed between them. He (Mr. Bankes) supported the Act of 1834. He was also in favour of a central authority, and considered that they should be represented in that House. Holding such opinions, be was surprised that he had not voted for the Govern ment, instead of for the Member for Knaresborough.— ( Hear, hear.) Her Majesty's Government had come to the opinion that it was better to have a responsible body re presented in that House, than have them suffer from the im perfect vindications of the officers of the Crown. They were also told that it was too late in the session to intro duce such a Bill. He was very happy to hear that it was late in the session; but he would ask, looking back on the mode in which the last three months had been spent, was it possible that it could have been introduced earlier ? however, the Hon. Gentleman had told them to withdraw the Bill, and that there was plenty of time to introduce another.—(Hear, bear.) But whether it be late or early his Noble Friend near h h ad ich st t a h t e ed m i e n u t u h r e e eharaldy beenpart of the founded, s o s ession,t thath e principles there had h on nn s; been plenty of time for consideration. Colonel SIBTHORP said that if the Hon. Member for Knaresborough divided the House upon his amendment, he would be very happy to vote with him. The Bill did nothing more than change the names of parties, and they had no inti mation of what was to be the salary of the president or in spectors—whom he would rather call spies —nor even of their number. When once a Bill received thet second reading in that House, it might be considered as booked_( Laughter.) A few Members attended the Committee This was known to every Member, even of one year's standing in the House; he, therefore, protested against the Bill, which was one got up at the latter end of the session ;_ it was an ad caplandean measure , suc h as was the Health of Towns Bill, for the Government only desired to have the people say— " See what luminous fellows we are."—(Loud laughter.) He had seen so many strange things go on—( Laughter) —that he believed Government patronage was only intended for the purpose of giving rise to a host of needy expectations— (L ai:liter.) He (Colonel Sibthorp) knew a good deal of life —( Great laughter) --he heard out of doors a great deal of hard times, and a scarcity of money, and, as an Hon. Friend re minded him, of Exchequer bills at a discount.—(Hear, hear. ) And they were to have a Commissioner. Was he a guardian to sit down with a fellow—a Government inspector or spy— (Great laughter)—who came down to see what they did— ( Roars of laughter)=--a fellow who would talk to him— (Laughter) —and say, " I'm your inspector. If you disobey me, woe betide you." Me! what a fellow, sent down in Government pay—a fellow dressed in Government livery. (Roars of laughter.) He (Colonel Sibthorp) had a sort of honest pride--(Hear, hear)—that as a poor-law guardian, and as a 'Member of that House, he was above the fellows that Government might send down to rule them. He considered that the Bill which the Government now attempted to bring before them, was another of a piece with the Health of Towns Bill, which exempted London and St. Giles's, and Alarylebone ; but the Noble Lord at the head of the Government told them that to touch on London was dangerous ground.—(Laughter.) The Ministry dined there—(Continued laughter)—and therefore the city of London was holy ground. He should support the motion of his Hon. Fr:end Mr. Ferrand, because he was one of those persons much wanted in that House. He was an honest man. Mr. CHRISTIE moved the adjournment of the debate ; which was agreed to. LOAN DISCOUNT BILL. Mr. SPOONER wished to know when the Government were prepared to take the Loan Discount Bill for the third reading. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed to take it Cc. Thursday next. • Mr. WAKLEY said that the country expected •ry diferent poor-law f r o m th at w hi ch had been in p troduced -a , a e nd he thought, therefore, that time should I,be given f or an expression of feeling upon the subject. He considered that the Loan Discount Bill should be taken first, and the Poor-law Bill afterwards. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that with regard to the Loan Discount Bill, it was desirable to get it through the House before the Whitsun holidays. He believed that no opposition was offered to the Bill on principle, however much might be objected to it in detail, and he should therefore wish to take it as early as possible. SCOTCH REGISTRATION BILL. In answer to a question from Mr. Oswald relative to the Registration (Scotland) Bill. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the Bill would be )rought forward at an early period. Mr. LOCKHART regretted that in accordance with the universally expressed opinion of the Scottish people, the Bil, was not given up altogether. Mr. FOX MAULE trusted it would not be given up, be cause when he recollected the Prisons Bill, which he had him self introduced, he feared that the only objection which existed was on account of a little expense. Mr. FORBES said that great opposition was manifested to the measure in the county which he represented. Mr, F. MACKENZIE regretted that it was the intention of Hon. Gentlemen opposite to go on with the Bill. He would not deny that the present system of legislation in Scotland was imperfect, bat he did maintain that a far less corn bersome, and a far less expensive system could be dis covered. He should, therefore, move that this Bill be committed that day six months. The galleries were then cleared for a division, but none took place, and, on our return to the gallery, we found Mr. C. BRUCE; protesting against the principle of the Bill as it at present stood. He thought this Bill had been brought out at an unseasonable hour, and the further discussion upon it ought, therefore, to be postponed. Lord J. RUSSELL said he would consent to take the dis cussion upon the Bill on the 31st of May, if there was time for doing so, after disposing of the Irish Poor-law, which would then have come down from the Lords. Should it happen there would not be time, he would propose to take the discussion on Monday following. Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE was glad the Noble Lord had made that concession, because it afforded a sufficient in ducement for him to withdraw his amendment. The Bill then went through Committee. The Burgage Tenure (Scotland) Bill and the Crown Char ters (Scotland) Bill went through Committee. The Drainage of Lands Bill was postponed till Friday. SEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION SUPPRES- - ------ ---- siciis BILL. -- - - ----- - Mr.'SPOONER moved that this Bill be read a first time. Mr. C. BERKELEY objected to the Bill being proceeded with at that late hour of the night, and if the Hon. Member ;ersisted in his motion, he would move as an amendment that : : ' o P si t hl e i thats do oh now 9 SIBTHORP 1 13 j a e e i t ° o lr f n the i roduetion of a clause in the Health of Towns Bill. The House then diviage.a. suggested ßnig t h o t h b i e s a N tt o e b ie le ed F b r y ie t n h d e o in p - - in.. w 5.. ; .:i n ... t .; : . e .... 2 . 7 ... b .. ! .. r . 5 .. 7.... !!!!!!!! For the amendment' t Aga:nst it .... .1 1, v 1 is a i j o o n ri t t o y ok place iniinedinamteel;%lte-r.: ... n—thse3motion Another di that this debate be now adjourned. For the amendment ............ ... ... Against it ........ ..... 7 ................. 58 .... Majority for non. adjournment... When we were admitted we found ...... —5l Colonel SIBTHORP addressing the House. H„ske what hindered the chief officers of the Ci ty of London frpi: sweeping out the soilandhiempnueraitlyth of from the s mßieltir.opollih% t City must be doubtpure—no What aided that great Act, pure. He suggest e d t h at the Bill should be met by a clause in the Health of object of this Towns' Government. Bill. 1-1 He _ e thought it would be better in the hands of the moved that the Bill should be read this day six months. On the question, THE SU_N, LONDON, TUESDAY , EVENING, Mr. NEWDEGATE expressed himself surprised that Hon. Gentlemen would not allow this Bill to be tested by a Com mittee. Sir GEORGE GREY hoped the Bill would be allowed to be read a first time. It was an unusual thing to oppose it ; on the first reading. Mr. C. BERKELY agreed with the gallant Colonel (Sib , thorp) that the Bill ought to be handed over to the Govern ment, and certainly should not be discussed at that hour of the night. lie moved that the House do now adjourn. Mr. FORBES was surpr i se d t h at Hon. Gentlemen should meet this Bill at the very earliest stage, and oppose the first reading. He trusted that, out of respect to the feeling of the country, expressed at different meetings, and in courtesy to the Government, the House would allow it to proceed. The House then divided. The numbers were— For the adjournment ... 6 Against it ... 51 On our re-admission to the gallery, Mr. SPOONER was expressing his willingness to consent to the adjournment of the debate to Friday next. The debate was accordingly adjourned to Friday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and The House adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HE THREE COUSINS, A NOVEL. BY MRS. TROLLOPE, Author of " Father Eustace," " The Barnabys," Sec. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in small Bvo., price les. 6d., J OTTINGS from the SABRETASCH of a CHELSEA VETERAN. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ro be had of All Booksellers. New Burlington-street, May 18, 1847. Mr. BENTLEY begs to an..ounee that he WILL PUBLISH HOME AND ITS INFLUENCES, By the Hon. ADELA SYDNEY, In Three Volumes, ON TIIE 21sT INSTANT. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. 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To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which will be pre sented the Pas de la Couronne, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. A new Pas de Deux (by M. Perrot), by Mdllo. Rosati and 31. Perrot. And PIIB Styrienno, by Iladlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. To conclude with a Selection front the admired Ballet (by M. P. Taglioni), entitled CORALIA, Coralia, MU°. Rosati; Huldebrand, M. L'Dor ; the Squire, M. Gouriet ; Bertha, Mdme. Petit Stephan; the Page, Mdlle. Honorer Duke,: M. Gosselin ; Fraisondin, M. Venefra ; Ulrich, M. DI Matta. The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in formed, that a grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURS DAY EVENING, May 20, when will be performed Meyerbcer's Opera, entitled ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Alice, Mdlle. Jenny Lind; Isabella, Made.Caileilau ; Roberto, Signor Fraschini ; Rambaldo, Signor Gardoui ; Sacerdote, Signer Bouche ; and Bertram, Signor Staudigl. To be fdlowed by various Entertainments in the BALLET DE PARTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mime. Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Cassan, Honore, James, Julien, Lamoureux, and Mdlle. L. Cream. M. Perrot and M. St. Leon. The doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at Half-pa , Seven o'clock. Pit 7 lc, ets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of' the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, combination of talent, THURSDAY neat, May 20, when will be performed the Opera of LUCREZIA BORGIA. The principal characters by Madame Grist, Signora Alboni, Signor Mario, Signor Marini, Signor Tamburini, Signor Ley, Signor Po!onini, Signor Lavia, Signor, Tulli, Si;nor Piacentini, and Signor Tagliatico. To be Inllowed by the Second Act of the Opera of L'ITALIANA IN ALGI.ERI. The Principal characters by SighoraliTolii,3ldlle. Angelini, Beßini, Signor Salvi, Signor Rovere, Signor Polonini, and Signor To conclude with a new grand Ballet, in three Tableaux, entitled LA SAL IMANDRINE. •Tn which Mdlle. Fanny Elssler and Mdlle. Dumilatre will appear ; also Mdlles. kladerna, Benin, De Melisse, Delechaux, M. Petipa, M. Mabille, &c., will dance. The ballet by M. Plasis, the music by Signor Curmi, the scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin, and the costumes by 91. Bailey. The Doors will open at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Opera will commence at Eight. _ _ Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow. street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY3IARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING _ Will be performed a new Comedy, called TEMPER, Sir Marina duke Topple, Mr. Farren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson ; God frey, Mr. Tilbury; Emerson, Mr. Webster; Cyril Tempest, Mr. Howe; Lady Tempest, Mrs. Seymour; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover ; Florence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue ; Miss Fielding, Mrs. Humby. After which, the FOUR HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENTAL VO CALISTS wilt give their imitations of various instruments, with the Lips only. To conclude with the Astronomical Extra►aganza, called THE NEW PLANET; or, Harlequin out of Place. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING 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, M. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliatu ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To be followed by the (leers. Buffs Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Istessrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Chr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Maplin will perform. ERINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. .1. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Wil The presented the Play of TIIE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Creswick ; B ,ron Steinfort, Mr. Ryder ; Solomon, Mr. Granby ; Peter, Mr. Cowell ; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. Butler (her last appearance but one). After which, the Comic Opera, called THE BARCAROLE. In which Messrs. Walton, Bodda, Leffler, Allen, Miss E. Bonner and Miss Anne Romer will appear. To conclude with the Farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Spikespur, Mr. Granby; Crocus, Mr. Compton; Dorothea Danvers, Mrs. Fosbroke ; idy, Miss Laporte. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Last Three Weeks of the present Management and Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Characters by Messrs. Mathews, Wigan, Turner, Kinloch, Mrs. Wooßidge, Mrs. Wigan, and visa A. den. After which a new Farce, called WANTED A HERMIT. In which Messrs. Wigan, Turner, Kinloch, Keeley, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley will perform. To be followed by the new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ers by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a new Burlesque hstravanza, called TILE WOOD DEMON; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigati, 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 SANS NOM ; ou, DraMes et Romans. 31. Bonin - In:me, M. Tourilton ; Felix Bonhomme, M. Dumery ; Paul de Saint-fiery, M. 31asquillier ; Angele, Mdme. Gilman; Juliette, Cordely. Aftdr which, the new Comedic, UN COUP DE LANSQUENET. Desronsseaux, 31. Itegnier ; La Marquise du Puzy, Mdlle. Denain. To conclude with the popular Comedy of OS: AR; ou, Un 31ari qui Trompc:sa Femme. Oscar, M. Regnier ; Juliette, Mdlle. Denain. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 25. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 3, Bond-street ; and at tho Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. CLOSE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT. The nobility, gentry, and the public are respectfully informed, that the popular Entertain men t g i ven by the Ethiopian Serenaders, ' Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Gennon, will be positively ter minated at the end of the ensuing month of June, previously to the fixed departure of the Company for the Continent, on the sth of July. Since the commencement of this Entertainment, more than four hundred performances, public and private have been given in London ; and, notwithstanding the numerous vulgar imitations which have been recently attempted in the metropolis, the unapproachable superiority of the above party is established by their undiminished popularity and success. During the few remaining weeks of their engagement, the performances will be continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings, and a Morning Performance will take place every Wednesday. The entertainments of the Thursdays during the month of June will be appropriated for the separate Bene fits of each member of the Company. And, in order to produce an agreeable souvenir of the unparalleled popularity of these perform ances, it is intended to present to every visitor of the private boxes and stalls a portrait of the beneficiare in his private appearance, and also in his professional capacity, illustrating some favourite melody. Stich portraits will be executed from the life, in the finest style, by H. Maguire, Esq., and are already nearly completed. The benefits will be arranged in the following order:— Thursday, June 3, for the benefit of Gerrnon (tamborine), Thursday, June 10 ditto Stanwood (accordion), Thursday, June 17 ditto White (banjo), Thursday, Juno 24 ditto Harrington (banjo), Thursday, July 1 ditto Pell (bones) previously to the last Farewell Performance, en Saturday Evening, July 3. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. and at the Box-oince of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Last nights of the grand Equestrian and Dramatie Spectacles, pre- Tious to the Whitsuntide splendid productions. THIS EVENING Will be performed Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE O r ABYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Unequalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with the performances of the Arabian horse, Diamond 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. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3i ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Comments every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed RU EH ; or , The Lass that Loves a Sailor, Bernard, Mr. Hicks ; Ruth, Miss Vincent. After which, the Farce of the LOTTERY TICKET. Wormwood, Mr. Gardner. To conclude with THE WIZARD OF THE WAVE ; or, The ship of the Avenger. Captain Faulkner, Mr. Hicks. Boxes, ls.; 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. Open 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 dower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the grand Pictorial Representation of TIIE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. The Nrenagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe. Gazelles, &c. The Promenade Concerts, conducted ny Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tower of .Nankin. The Gothic Bridge of Statues. The grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR. Showing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destruc tion of the Town, and Blowing up of the Battering Ships. During the season, M. JULLIEN will give a series of Concerts; the Band will consist of one h•tridresl Performers. . _ r The s ß p o r y i n a g l e l o o w t r L s A i o l d o ndo w ni , ssion, One Shilling. F n on Fl w or e i d eu n l e t s u d r a al y, So m e a l y ety 26. wlll hold their Nzw Ixspa cton - GENERAL.—The trade of Liver pool has increased so rapidly within the last year, that, on a recent visit of the Chairman of the Board of Customs to that port, it was deemed requisite to have a second inspector general to s u p erv i se the large revenue department established, there, and to meet the increase d wants of th e trade. Mr. e • St. John, an intelligent and active landing-surveyor of th pert of London, has been selected for the appointment. THE WEATHER.—Sur: O2ExcE, MAY 18. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 51 ; 67 ; 65. BAROMETER, 25.99.—W1ND E.S.E.; fine. 111 , 41 i WATER AT LONDON-1;10; )(4F THis 31.)rning .. 10 minutes after 4. I Evening .. 31 T. , :kinutis ..11E1 4 ;-„, tr. ..--z , ' 61+ , i , , j f ,-: - , .'!' g" 1 „Nliiii;,„ _O, W /..i., -'- f?'"---41%. ~ ..•!.. ---- ,_,-*- - - ~ ',,, v, ~r, ••-' •, 4* ~.., , ix , ~,, , ~„ 4. 4 „ •MU s .s, -4,.:, •-•''.).' -.`''"4",;••"' - -:•;,,,:. . , - liici • !fg : -- 1 , -_ ~,..„ 0, etieninsntt LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1847. A maiden speech in the House of Lords could scarcely have been uttered upon a more propitious theme than that delivered yesterday evening by the Earl of ELLESMERE. It was followed by the second reading of the Factories Bill, with a majority of forty-two in a House of sixty-four. A more appro priate juncture could scarcely have been selected for the passage of this benevolent measure than the one which has just arrived. Everything combines to de monstrate the foolishness of the policy which has hitherto been adopted in commercial matters. Every thing goes to show that the opponents of Mr. FIELDEN have argued upon the shallowest principles, upon the most preposterous premises, upon the most contradictory and frivolous calculations. Lord ELLESMERE availed himself of none cf these ad vantages for the purpose of mentioning the an tagonists of the Bill in the language of derision, or opprobrium. He restricted his observations to the benefits which must infallibly accrue to society by the carrying out of its provisions; he spoke ear nestly in behalf of those who are without a voice in the Legislature; he pleaded the cause of the un enfranchised manufacturing operatives, who are com pelled to yield to the ordonations of their taskmasters without an opportunity of bringing those taskmasters to a judicial tribunal for the purpose of relieving them selves from an insufferable drudgery, and visiting their employers with a deserved punishment. We congratulate Lord ELLESMERE upon the honour able course he has pursued upon this question ; we congratulate the Upper House upon the almost una nimous manner in which it has received the measure; we congratulate the Baron DuriN upon the approxi mating fulfilment of his generous and philanthropic anticipations, and upon the chance which must speedily . be afforded him of introducing a similar measure to the French Chambers, not merely " wafted thither by numerous petitions signed by the opera tive classes themselves," but enforced by the emphatic and ennobling decision of the British Par. liament. And was not the Noble Earl, who moved the second reading of the " Ten Hours' Bill" last evening, correct in observing that " England has hitherto been quoted and referred to by the other manufacturing countries of Europe as the model and pride in commercial legislation ?" If our reformatory movement in the emancipation of the negro races has elicited the approval of all civilised nations, except ing that bastard republic which cherishes despotism under the very banners of freedom, and treats all other men with the most supercilious contumely, while eulogising and adoring itself: if our minor enactments for the prevention of cruelty to animals have appeared worthy of foreign panegyrics, and not un worthy of foreign imitation : if our great effort to consummate the national freedom by extending that freedom to internal and international trade, has been welcomed with the acclamations of the most en lightened of the continental states, and has insured for one of our own merchants, RICHARD COBDEN, such an ovation as man never had before—then may we assuredly look forward to the extension of the blessings of Mr. FIELDEN'S maasure, not merely to the artisans of these islands, but to the millions who earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brows, in the most remote as well as in the most ad jacent quarters of the habitable globe. When this noble and beneficent scheme shall have passed triumphantly through the Committee, and the third reading of the Peers, when it shall have passed into a law with the superscription of the potent syllables La reine le mute—then may the unhappy victims of a selfish and inexorable avarice be in a more favourable position for the development of their moral, physical, and intellectual faculties. Mothers will no longer be merely toil -worn automata; children will cease to be stunted in their bodily growth by premature labour, cramped in their knowledge by a total neglect of the most elementary tuition, and dwarfed and distorted in their moral character by precocious sor rows and untimely destitution. GOD knows, there is no mere affectation of philanthropy in all this ! And experience has shown that our auguries are not merely coloured by the benevolence of our wishes, but that whenever a legislature has interfered for the protection of the helpless, whenever a state has striven to prevent the over-employment of its indus trious millions, whenever a kingdom has sought to effect the equalisation of work and the juster distri bution of wealth, incalculable good has resulted instead of evil and confusion. We are grateful to the Members of our Legislature for the honesty and , benevolence of their recent decisions. The sounds of wailing and lamentation are again wafted from the Irish shores; hut it is not merely the misery or the suffering of Irishmen that has occasioned an universal gloom to diffuse itself throughout all ranks and classes in the sister kingdom. They mourn for the illustrious dead ; they weep for the kind-hearted and benevolent nobleman, who, during a season of unparalleled affliction, had occupied the highest station in their land, who, as the representative of their So VEREIGN, had struggled with an energy and devotion, which it is feared may have hastened his own end, to mitigate the sufferings, to alleviate the wants, and to relieve the distresses of his unhappy compatriots. At eleven o'clock on Sun day night the Earl of BESBOROUGIE expired, after a protracted struggle of several wee ks' duration, during which period but little hopes remained of his ultimate recovery. His Excellency con tinued in full possession of all his faculties to the last moment, and, although fully aware of his ap proaching end, he evinced the most perfect resigna tion and submission to the Divine will that his friends could have desired. Ile could look back upon his useful career without one feeling of regret. A peaceful conscience smoothed his dying pillow. For such a man death possessed no terrors ; he yielded up his spirit surrounded by those who were near and dear to him, and by whom he was deeply and fondly lov-,cl, while a grateful people thankfully acknow ledge his beneficent intentions, his anxious wishes for the amelioration of their condition, for their elevation in the social scale, and grieve for the heavy loss they have sustained in the death of their benefactor. His Excellency was born on the 31st of August, 1781, and was consequently in the 66th year of his age. He succeeded to the family honours on the 3d of February, 1844, on the death of his father, FRE DERICK PONSONBY, third Earl of BESBOROUGH, whose life was protracted far beyond the common lot. His Lordship early entered into political life, and from the first was a liberal and consistent politician. He represented his native county (Kilkenny) in Parlia ment for many years. On the accession of the Whig Ministry, under the Premiership of Earl GREY, he joined the Administration, and contested the representation of the same county with the Honourable Colonel BUTLER, brother to the Earl of KILKENNY, and a strong upholder of the repeal movement. Lord DUNCANNON was, not withstanding the influence of his antagonist, returned by a majority of 336 to 269. On the general election of 1832 he started for Nottingham in the place of Sir Thomas (now Lord) DENMAN, who had just been appointed to the Chief Justiceship of the Court of Queen's Bench, and was, in conjunction with Sir R. C. FERGUSON, returned by an overwhelming majority over the Tory candidate. In the July of 1834 the Noble Lord was called by writ of summons to the Upper House. On the formation of the Melbourne Cabinet, Lord DUNCANNON was named Secretary of State for the Home Department, subsequently Chief Commissioner of her MAJESTY'S Woods and Forests, and Lord Privy Seal. Upon the death of his father, _ _ as we have already stated, his Lordship succeeded to the title as Earl of Besborough, Viscount Duncannon, and MAY 18, 184. the most promising kind. In a short time, therefore the country will have securely passed the goal of in quietude. Madrid papers of the 11th instant have arrived It is said that in consequence of differences among the Ministers, on the subject of the financial measures of Senor SALAMANCA, the Ministry will be broken up and a new Ministry formed, of which General SERRANO and Senors OLOZAGA. and SALAMANCA will be members. Other reports say that Senor PAcnEco alone will retire, and be appointed either Ambassador to Rome or President of the Chamber of Deputies, and that General NARVAEZ will be the new President of the Council. Senor SALAMANCA has returned from Aranjuez to Madrid. The KING left on the 11th for the Prado. MADAM BOLSA, MAY 11.—The Three per Cents. were done at 31 for cash; the Debt without Interest at ; and the Five per Cents. at 19% for paper. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Government of M. GUIZOT is, according to ;he general opinion, tottering to its fall. His ill success at Madrid and at Athens, and his failure to bring about an entente cordiale with Russia, have shaken the confidence which the majority of the Chambers have hitherto reposed in him, and the discovery of the wholesale system of corruption which he has used as his great instrument of home government has tended so to damage his cha racter that he may now be considered almost as a Minister on sufferance merely. An article which appears in the Journal des Debats of Sunday, iii which 'certain officials are vehemently attacked, is a proof that. M. GUIZOT himself considers his Minis terial position insecure. The article in question alludes to a letter addressed to the editor by several merchants of Paris, in which the writers say— " You will not believe that in our days the administration of the Customs has had recourse to the most odious means employed by the police in the worst of times. Our servants are suborned, our clerks paid to denounce their masters; persons sent by the agents of the Custom-house continually present themselves in our houses to ask us to sell foreign articles, or propose such articles for sale. Our houses, at well as those of our friends, some of whom are not engaged in business, are publicly invaded by a crowd of agents, ac crmpalied by a commissary of police, in quest of a booty, which they divide among themselve:3; for you must know that the objects seized and the fines imposed benefit ex elusively the Custom•oflice agents and the informers, and not a fraction enters the coffers of the State. Within a few days the Customs officers have visited the establish ments of from 40 to 50 merchants in Paris. What did they seize ? Goods which had been lying between five and fifteen years in their stores! The whole value of the seizures does not exceed 20,000 f. or 25,000 f. In that estimation we in clude French goods mistaken for English ; small pieces of cloth, and even waistcoat patterns for tailors' shops, have been likewise searched." On this statement the Debats observes:— " It is not possible that the principle of absolute prohibi tion which warrants those attempts against liberty, public morality, and property, should remain any longer inscribed in our codes. Let it be replaced by duties of 30, 40, or 50 per cent., if necessary, although Colbert, whose authority is always invoked by,the Protectionists, never established a duty higher than 10 per cent. It is time to put a period to that barbarous institution, which is an insult to common sense, and the present moment is the more favourable as the Chambers are about to discuss a new Customs' Bill." M. GUIZOT is evidently preparing to organize an opposition party, on which to fall back when he quits office. Free trade will no doubt be his cheval de bataille. The Committee of the Court of Peers appointed to investigate the case of General CUBIERES sat during four hours on Saturday, and was again to assemble on Sunday. Another search had been made in the do micile of M. PARMENTIER. There were rumours on Saturday that a politica conspiracy had been discovered, and that M. Cowsi• DERE, who has frequently been in custody as a poll. tical offender, had been again arrested. At Lille public tranquillity has been completely restored. The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de ['Opera on Sunday at 77f. 95c. LYONS, MAY 14.—Paris and Rouen, 932 f. 50c. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 7531 75c. ; Vierzoa, 591 f. 25c. ; Northern, 606 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 433 f. 75c. ; Orleans, 1,232 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 17 . Luxembourg, VA —Namur and Liege, 33a—Northern o f France, 11% The Right Ilon. Sir Robert Peel gives a Parlia mentary dinner on the 27th inst. to a very numerous circle. The Right Hon. Baronet and Lady P eel and family left Whitehall-gardens yesterday for 'Drayton Manor, Stafford shire, from whence they return to town on the 26th inst. ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. --The annual meeting of this society was held last evening at Finsbury Chapel. The Right Hon. Dr. Lushington presided, and the Conde de Montemolin was present at the proceedings. The report con . batulated the subscribers to the society on the progress which anti-slavery principles were making, although in some places they had been considerably retarded. The receipts for the year had been 1,7151. 13s. 6d.; the expenditure 1,4261. Gs. 41d. ; leaving a balance cf 289/. 7s. lid. to the credit of the society. Sir George Strickland, in moving the adoption of the report, severely denounced the conduct of the Ame ricans on account of their maintenance of slavery, but ex pressed his conviction that even in that country slavery would, ere long, be extinct. Th e meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. Elihu Burritt, Mr. Sturge, Mr Hinton, and others;_ and resolution s d eprecatory of the system of slavery were adopted. A vote of thanks to the chairman, which was briefly acknowledged, closed the proceedings. ROBBERY OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER ON THE HIGHWAY. —On Saturday night last 11r. James Gibson, commercial traveller to the firm of Messrs. Thomas Gibson and Co., hat - manufacturers, Castle.green, Bristol, while tra velling after dark, on the road between Cirencester and Stroud, was attacked by three men, who rushed out suddenly from the road side, seized the head of his horse, and then dragged him from the gig, and used him with great violence. One of them knocked him down, and then knelt on his chest and gagged his mouth, to prevent his resisting or giving an alarm, while a second p l undered h i s person o f hi s wa t c h , chain, and seals, and cash and notes to the value of between 1501. or 2001. Fortunately about 501. in sovereigns, which was in the driving-box of the gig, escaped their notice. After threatening him with further violence if he attempted to pursue them, they decamped with their booty. Baron of Besborough, in the Peerage of Ireland ; and as Baron Ponsonby, of Sy onby and Duncannue, in the Peerage of Great Britain. His Lordship was closely allied to the most dist:nguished families of the Liberal aristocracy, through his mother, Lady HENRIETTA FRANCES, daughter of the first Earl SPENCER, and his grandmother, Lady CAROLINE, eldest daughter of WILLIAM, third Duke of DEVON sniRE. The loss of this eminent servant of the Crown will very long be lamented, and his recent labours in Ireland cannot speedily be forgotten. We had hoped that, severe as have been, and doubtless still are, the privations of the lower classes, consequent upon the excessive prices to which ► the necessaries of life, more especially bread, have been raised, we should have passed over the present crisis without the exhibition of such painful and dis graceful scenes a 3 occurred in Exeter on Friday last. We derived our hope, first, from the conviction that the distressed condition of the humbler orders would not be much longer protracted; next, from the feel ing of gratitude on the part of our poorer country men towards the affluent for the munificent benevo lence they have displayed in all directions, and in every shape, ever since the evil of scarcity has threatened the land, and, lastly, from the known love of order and loyalty for which Englishmen from the highest to the lowest are peculiarly charac terised beyond any other civilised race. We regret that our hope has been partially dispelled, and the more so because, since the law is sure to be promptly and efficaciously vindicated, it frequently happens, in the prosecution of rioters, that ignorant and mis guided persons are made to feel the severe penalties of justice in common with the worst principled and most infuriated of their illegal coadjutors. For up wards of three hours on Friday afternoon the city of Exeter was exposed to the unbridled license of a nu merous and clamorous mob. The potato merchant, the corn merchant, and the baker were severally at tacked in different parts of the town. Severe injuries were inflicted both on their persons and properties. Whilst some bakers saved their windows by pitching out their loaves among the excited multitude, others, who did the very same thing, could not succeed in preserving their premises from injury. The most lamentable feature throughout this flagrant breach of the law is, that it commenced with some frenzied women, who had determined upon adopt ing the most violent means for furnishing food to their famishing children. Every one must sympa thise with the desperate condition of those unfortu nate creatures, at the same time that all must condemn the insane folly of their proceedings. Withdrawing our mind from this disgraceful outbreak, we turn to the agreeable duty of informing our readers, that the intelligence we are daily receiving confirms our pre vious impression that our social condition will soon be improved. The bullion is increasing in the Bank ; money matters are conducted with less stringency than they were three weeks since ; every twenty four hours enhance the quantity of our imports in grain ; from the Baltic, Egypt, and America, we shall soon be receiving immense supplies alread:, contracted for; and, what is still more important and cheerful, the appearances of the coming harvest throughout Europe at large, are represented as 01 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was very firm. Sales 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 were American for export and 500 on speculation. Prices were %d. to 4d. per lb. higher than on Friday last for American. There were 4,000 bales American sold at 61 to 7 1 4t1., 600 Surat at 37(.1. to 0,4 d., and 40 Sea Island at 14d. to 17d. In Shares very little was done, and prices were again lower. There are no later arrivals from any quarter except Aus tralia, whence we have now the wool ships reaching daily with important additions to our supply. The sales which have recently concluded have gone off quite as well as could have been anticipated, but at a decline, nevertheless, of about Id. per lb. on the lower qualities, the better descriptions, owing to the small supply, realising nearly previous rates. The adviees from South Australia to-day are to January 13 inclusive, and they are of a very favourable tenor. The colony progresses well, and in mining pursuits stands pre eminent. The state of the food markets, and the effect that will be produced on the exchanges by the imports of grain when they commence actively, are still sub jects of anxious consideration, and respecting this point opinions are conflicting. Of the ultimate arrival of abundant supplies of food, and of the recent serious rise being partly artificial, and produced by speculation, we entertain no doubt, but unless our manufacturers are liberally aided in their business operations by advances of capital, we must look for a further drain of bullion. There are plenty of orders from the United States, and as the execution of them. involves no risk, and the payment is certain, the Bank of England must use every possible effort to favour advances of money to the manufacturers upon terms which it may be worth their while to accept. The exportation of goods can alone check that cf gold. The following is an extract from a letter, dated Dublin, the 16th inst., and written by an experienced party, who, we believe, accompanied M. Sayer to that city :—" The use of the kitchen which we erected I took upon myself to offer to the South Dublin Relief Committee until the let of November next, when the Act expires, and also my services at a good remuneration, and should I be called away by Go vernment to find a person in my place. I have not only agreed to make porridge and soup, but bread at I%d. per lb. I shall have to produce every week 150,0001b5. of bread, and as I find the temporary kitchen which we erected would not be large enough for ovens, &c., I have got the committee to take a large place containing stores, &c., well situated, and having a good house for myself, gardens, and three acres of ground, a small river running round the place. lam in hope to begin there on Monday week. I only got pos session yesterday. I intend to erect a steam-engine for the dough and also for the stirabout which we make. I have now the purchase of all the provisions ; our consumption is at present 4 1 / 2 tons of rice and 4% tons of Indian meal per week, but in a short time it will be three times that. You will perhaps not believe it, but they say that the people, al though starving, will not eat brown bread, and that all the rye flour that was here is re-shipped for London." The Funds have been very flat again to-day, and there is an idea that even the increased interest upon Exchequer bills will not allow of their being kept in circulation, so that a funding of some portion may possibly be resorted to. We cannot expect an improvement in stocks while such an apprehension hangs over the market. Con suls have been 86% % for transfer, and 86 1 / 2 3 4 for account. Exchequer-bills have been marked par to 1 premium. Bank Stock is steady, at 189 to 190. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 86% to 87. The Foreign Securities have been flat again. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 33 3 4 . , sad Portuguese Four per Cents. 34 1 4 %. Brazil Bonds have been 82. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have been 57% to 57%. Railway Shares are heavy. iLIDTISII FUNDS ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Rank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 189 190 190 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 851 ,4 %% IA 85 1.0, Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 86 9 %%% 86% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 87 86% 87 87% ..,..4 Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 , .. 98% 8 :k Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 8% 8% Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 91,i 3-10 9 3-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. Ditto. under 1,0001. i.'ont , ols for May 27 ;xcllequer 1,0001... 5001. Ditto, Small 2 p 2p 86 • 86 % 3 4Mi • •• • 2d. 130, 1 p par 2p 2 dis 2p 4 p par ONE FO REIGN FUNDS. O'Ci.OOK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. •• 82 Ditto, Small .. .. • • Mexican Bonds, 1)146, 5 per Cent Ditto. for the Account .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, Four per Cent .. .. 34% Ditto, for the Account .. 34% Russian Bonds .. 108% 109 S,:anisli Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 1 litto, Three per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account 33% Dividends on the above payable in Landon. French Rentes, 5 per Cent 114 f. 50c. Exchange . 25f. 80c. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 57% % % CLOS/ ' PRICES OF BUSINESS G RAILWAY . SHARES. PAID. DONE AT ONE O'CLOCK. • Buckinghamshire .. 61.45.... 1% di5....• • • Ist die, Caledonian .. 30 .... 23% .. • • •••• • • 23 Eastern Counties .. ••••20 .. • . 18%% 18% Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. ........ p Ditto, ditto.. .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. %p. • • par East Lancashire' .. • • .. 17 .... Ditto New .. .• • • • . Ditto, ditto New Scrip .. • I East Lincolnshire .. ...... Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... 67% •• • • • Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchest er .. 2% .. 1• • • .... Great Northern" 3% Do., London & York Extension 2 % • • Great Western • 85 ....109 .. •• • • Ditto, Half shares •.. 50 62 63 .. •• •• Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12%.... 154% • • ...- Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 24%.. • • .... Ditto, Few .. 431 ...• 7.• •• Hull and Selby • • 50 •••• • • • • Ditto, Half Shares .: .. 25 .... 51 ........ Lancaster and. Carlisle .. 50 • • ...... Ditto, New Leeds and Itradfora .. • . .. 40 .... Leeds and Thirsk 26 ........ Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. • • 3% .... 3% ........ London and Blackwell ..161. 13s. 4d. 7% London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .... 51 ...... London an : North-Western • .100 .• ..170 .• • ...... Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .... ......... Ditto ditto, New Shares .. 2 .... 11 Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 14% 15% .. • Ditto, 401. Shares 3/. &B. • • 40 .. • • 66 651 i 61i... Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (B) 5 .... 10 ......... Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 •••• 5 % ....... London and South-Western 411. 68.10 d... 61 Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 51% Ditto, Scrip.. .. .. • • .. 5 .... 4% Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds.. 82 . ..... Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. "71. 45..... • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. % % die. .... Midland .. ..100 —.113% 112% ... Ditto, New .. •• .. 6 .... 7% ... Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm. :_qx per Cent. .. • • •.100 .. • • 123 •••• • • . Newmarket and Chesterford •• 10 • • 7 .• ••• • • North British .. .. 25 ..., • Ditto, Quarter Shares •• •• 3%.. • • 3% 4.... • Ditto, Extension .. .• 0%.... % ...... • Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 54% ....... North Staffordshire .• .• 7% •• • • 94 • . Preston and Wy re .. 25 .... 35 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate • 5 .... Royston and Ilitchin . • • .. 1% .. •. •••• • • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 331.... 3 • ... •.. CLOiING PRICES. 34M 34 , , 09 WE 50,. 25f. 80c. 57% Ditto, Class B 3 .- •• • • 1 7's •••• . • , . Shropshire Union•.. - .. 4 .... 2 South Eastern and Dovor •• 35 • ..... ho.. New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 4% • Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 423..... ..... York and Newcastle .. 25 Ditto, New.• .. .. 10 ..., 13%% ,,., Ditto, Preference .. .• • . 4 ..6%%,,,•„ York and North Midland 150 Ditto, Preference .. .. 2 .... 5%% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 20 .... 15% Namur and Liege .. .. • • .. 10 3% s 4 .. Northern of France Rouen and Havre . Sambre and Meuse .. 14 .... ...... Tours and Nantes 8 .... 4 .... •• • • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. British North American .., ~. 50 .... 44% • ... •• • • Provincial of Ireland .. . • .. 25 .... 45 44 MINES. Real del Monte, Unresristered 3M •• . • .• 4 dis % dl3 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON ' MAY 18.—Wind E., light breeze, and fi n e. DEAL, MAY 17.—Wiml W.S.W., strong and squally. r.ar., S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Louise, Curry, South Seas ; Mary Bloss, South Seas ; Sumatra, Duncan, Ceylon ; Lancashi re Witch, Monte Video ; Lot us , South America; Elizabeth, Midwinter, Grenada. Arrd. from the River for Australia, Batavia; John Cobbold, Jaffa; Indus, Pernambuco; Grange, Demerara; Glaphvra, St. Kitts; Amilla, Jamaica. OFF DOVER, MAY 10.—Jason, Schilling, New York for Hainburgh. 14. Kestrick, Wise, Lima. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 17.—Wind W.—Sld. Thames steamer. West Indies. PLYMOUTH, MAY 17.—Wind S.W.—Arid. General He wett, Norfolk. LIVERPOOL, MAY, 17.—Wind W.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Sandford, Cellar, Calcutta ;ICape packet, Lamb, Mauritius; Sultana, Longmuir, Monte Video; Shamrock, Wiseman, Bahia; Alecto, Ashford, Barbadoes ; Vigilant, Cuthbertson, Rio Hacha ; Ganges, Smith, New Orleans; Sir Charles Na pier, Webster, New Orleans ; Colombs, Burnell, New Or leans; Birmingham, Robi nson , N ew Orleans; Covenanter, Patterson, Apalachicola; Ann Kenny, Baldwin, Charleston; Liverpool, Eld r id ge , N ew Y or k. Off p or t, t. Lawrence, Bombay, Hindu, —. WIVENHOE, MAY 17.—The Hopewell, of and from London to Amsterdam, was totally lost last night on the Ganfleet Sand; crew saved. a , s Hum„ MAY I7.—The Phcenik (tug) , sun k in the Trent on the 11th inst an t, h as b e en raised. t CORK a 11 , ; a z rf or C k' a . le E do d n ia ia, Lander,Henr3-, AY M New York ; Swan, Robertson , New York. Sld. Rodney, Quebec. D W r i i n n d kw S a . t S e . r E ,. — Ne Ar w BRISTOL, Wind N. Arrd. Prince George, MAY 17. Foster, Callao. MUMBLES Roans, MAY 1 7. — Arrd. Taglioni, Australia. WELLS, MAY 17. The Rhine, from Stockton, arrived here, was in contact with the Wells packet off Hambro Head 14th inst., and both received considerable damage. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.-The market for British plantation is steady, about 450 hhds having been sold without alteration in value. The public sales have consisted chiefly of 10,522 bags Mauri tius, 4,669 bags 141 chests Bengal, 1,723 bags Madras, and 210 hhds Porto Rico, nearly all of which sold at steady prices, with the exception of the latter, which being held above the market value was all withdrawn. Pri vately about 5,000 bags Manilla have been disposed of at 44s 6d, being a full price. The quantity of British Planta tion landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,451 hhds 104 tierces; there were taken for home consump tion 1,143 hhds 140 tierces; the stock in the same places is 10,180 hhds 892 tierces. COYFEE.-133 bags Plantation Ceylon, 422 bags Mysore, and 141 bales Mocha. The Ceylon realised steady prices, but the Mysore and Mocha were taken in. E u ,.__Th e quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 876 puns 37 Mids. There were taken fot home consumption, 325 puns 70 hhds, and exported 88 puns 52 hhds. The stock in the same place is 9,120 puns ,2 5 , 7 t9h4 pockets Bengal, 2 538 g tt s e J r a\ q 'a u , al a it n i d es , 49 a 3 t the previous currency, whilst on th e lower kinds 504 hhds. b abagsgßsl Ric,,.—At Madras, a 2 l u v B c l s: e t o i h n e r n 2 c ' e ens 9 a 3 r 7 C l y a b r a a o l g l l i s s n o i a l , ( B l a reduction of 3d to 6d was submitted to. SALTPETRE —1,590 bags Bengal were withdrawn. SPICES.-200 bags Pimento, 314 bags Malabar Pepper, and 140 chests Cassia Lignea were offered by auction. The Pimento and Pepper realised former prices, but the Cassia Lignea was withdrawn. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 47s to 475 9d per cwt on the spot, and Town 49s 6d. TEA.—This article is quiet. CorroN.—There is an increased disposition to buy. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The May adjourned se3sions for the county of Middlesex, commenced this morning at the Court-house, Clerkenwell green, before the Assistant-Judge and a full Bench of Ma gistrates. The names of 82 prisoners appeared for trial in the calen dar, of whom seven were charged with misdemeanour, the remainder being indicted for felony. Of those, 46 were de scribed as able to read and write imperfectly, 9 only ab.e to read, and 27 wholly unacquai..ted with either reading er writing. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in his charge to the grand jury, said there was one most important matter with respect to the effects likely to be produced upon females who were sen tenced to transportation, to which he could not allow the present oppsrtunity t o p ass w i t h out adverting—he meant that system of reformat or y di sc i p li ne w hi c h th e Government had established wtthin the last four years in relation to the female convicts in Van Dieman's Land. By that system t he colony of females recei ve d th e b es t o f mora l an d religious 111 ' struction, and were also instructed in such domestic duties as would fit them for becoming useful members of society , and when they showed by their conduct that they had availed themselves of the benefits of the systems tickets of leave w ere gran t e d to them, and they were pla ced out as servant s w ith persons o f approved character. It. 71 "; .. n true the period o f th ree or f our years was no t enouga,"" enable them to form an o pi n i on of t h e per f ecta bility 01 I system like this, but still there were sufficient facts to enable them to come to the conclusion that it was one fully desert' ing of a trial, and he hoped it would have a fair one. The Learned Assistant-Judge concluded by adverting t o the system at present p ursue d a t Parkhurst, so that boys under a certain height were refused admission, by which manY fitting objects were precluded from its benefits. William Burke, for picking pockets, against whom there, were several previous convictions, was sentenced to ten years transportation. Edward Aiken was indicted for stealing a purse containiag seven sovereigns and oth er mon i es, the property of Lothian. Nicholson, from his person. The prosecutor, an officer in the Royal Engineers, was coming up from Wool w i c h b y one o f t h e steam - b o ats, and 1 , upon the vessel reaching Blackwall he missed his purse, Intl recollecting that a man very like the prisoner, who cum" a cloak on his arm, had pressed closely against him, he gave information to one o f th e p i er po li ce, w h o too k t h e prisoner into custody. Six sovereigns were found upon him when. he was searched, and he accounted. for them by first saying that they were the result of his hard work as an umbrella maker, and next that he got them from a young girl to m whom he was about to b e marr i e d. Th e pr i sone r denied that the cloak was his, but it was identified by a policeman as belonging to the prisoner. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said, the prisoner was a most nett' rious character, and always hanging about the Blackwel l steam-vessels and piers, for the purpose of robbery; and be should, therefore sentence him to be transported for the term of ten years. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Sparrow, a cab driver, badge No. 2,535, appear°l. in answer to a summons c h arg i ng him with mak i ng us e 0` abusive language to Mr. David Falake, 394, Oxford-street. The complainant stated that on Saturday, the Bth instant , about a quarter to one o ' c l oc k, h e called the defendant's cab off the rank opposite the American stores in Oxford-street , and told him (the defendant) to drive to Park-lane, and from thence t o G rosvenor - square, when he got out for Awl.: a minute. He then ordered him to drive him (complainant) to 36, Park-street, and then to No. 107 in the Bala: street, at ea c h of those places he remained Ab olll ' five minutes. Complainant then desired defendant to drive him back to Oxford-street. Instead of driv ing him to his own residence, defendant drove to No. 384, where complainant got out and offered defendant Is. 6d. for his fare. Defendant refused to take the money, and said " What do you mean ? that is not my fare." Coin- • plainant then took some silver from his pocket and told de• fendant to take what he thought was his fare. Defendant replied that he was not going to be given in charge for a robbery, and declined taking any. Complainant then told the defendant that he lived at No. 394, and that he could have redress by summonsing him. Defendant would neither do one thing or the other, and began to abuse him and call him a swindler, and said he (complainant) should not swindle him. Complainant then said that he would summons the defendant, who replied that he did not care, as he had got plenty of money Complainant was then surrounded by a mob of at least one hundred persons, who hooted bins and pushed hint about. At length a neighbour, who saw the predicament .0 1 . - which he was placed, came t o hi s ass i s t a nce, and wished hint to come into his house; but the defendant refused to let hint go, and detained him till his (complainant's) brother Cagle and paid the defendant 25., who returned 4d. change. CI: plainant then managed to get away, followed by a mob, w hooted him all the way home. Mr. Won tner, who attended for the defendant, witneses, who proved that the complainant was very abus_iv2 and excited, and that th e d e f en d ant was re markably civn and temperate in his behaviour. the COn Mr. 13INGHAar, aft er go i ng th roug h th e whole of evidence, dismissed the summons, and ordered the - plainant to pay the costs. ca ll e d severe! DEATH 51W The following official letter is from the Lord Mayon-- "T 3 THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL. ' " Mansion-house, Sunday Night, May 16, Twelve o'clock• " Sir,—l have just received the following communica tion, announcing the melancholy intelligence of the death of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant. " I have the honour to be your faithful servant, " MICHAEL STAUNTON." " ' Dublin Castle, Half•past Eleven P.M., May 16. " My Lord,—lt becomes my painful duty to inform you that his Excellency the Earl of Besborough de parted this life at the hour of eleven o'clock P.N., at the Castle of Dublin.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your obedient servant, " N. REDDINGTON. " The Right Hon. Lord Mayor.' " Cbtrt# 12-ZittOn EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-By EXPRESS. The CRAVEN STARES of 10 soy& each, for three yrs old, 6st 81b ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9st 41b ; six and aged, 9st 101 b. The last mile and a quarter of the New i)erby Course. (10 Subs.) Crozier Spider Wintonia 1 3 Eight ran. Won by a length. The WOODCOTE STAKES of 10 SOW,. each, for two yrs old. T.Y.C. Flatcatcher Woodcraft 2 Dover .. 3 Fifteen ran. Won by three lengths. In the division on the Irish Poor-law Bill, in the co Ho u u n s t e co of m L b o e r r d ra s e , on raw Friday mistake amongst the contents, his Lordship having paired with the Earl of Rose iaysenrtigedhtb, the name of the Vis count Rose bery. FALMOUTH, MAY 15.—The Prussian barque Leo pold, Holtz master, arrived off this port to• day from Monte Video, and proceeded without anchoring for Rotterdam. She sailed on the 27th of February, but it does not transpire that she brings any intelligence of moment. Mr. Thomas Moore, of poetical celebrity, we ob serve, has arrived at 7, Montpelier Spa-buildings, the resi dence of Mr. James Cony, who collected a party of his friends to welcome the bard of Erin.—Cheltenham Looker-on. BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., at Babraham, Cambridgeshire, the lady of the late Henry John Adeane, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., at Eastbourne-terrace, Sussex-gardens, the wife of Charles Pemberton, Esq., of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Clapton-square, Mrs. F. Engelhardt, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Highbury-grange, Mrs. James E. Scott, of a son. On the 15th inst., Mrs. Joseph Ludlam, of a daughter. ED. On Mond a y l as t , at the MARRI Unitarian Chapel, Park-fields, Diss, Norfolk, by the Rev. Thomas Hunter, Mr. S. R. John son, one of the representatives of Mr. Henry Cuthbert, wine and spirit merchant, to Catherine Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr. John Mellott, all of Diss. On the 11th inst , in Paris, at the Catholic Church of Notre Dame de Lorette, and afterwards at the Protestant Church of the Oratoire, Flora Frances Rebecca Davison, eldest daugh ter of Major-General Davison, of Northumberland, to the Vicomte Henri de Milhau, of the Chateau de la Baulb4ne, Toulouse, Haute Garonne, France. DIED. On the 17th inst., at 27, Polygon, Somers-town, William Miller Whitehead, aged 60, for upwards of 30 years employed on " The Sun" newspaper. On the 13th inst., at Harrogate, Roger Kynaston, Esq. On the 14th inst., at Trinity-terrace, Borough, Mr. John Beard Oram, aged 28. On the 14th inst., in Aldermanbury, Mr. Edward Edwards. On the 14th inst., at Dulwich, John H. Gowan, Esq. On the 14th inst., at Clifton, Rebecca, relict 9f the Rev. William Lowder Glover. On the 14th inst., at Stoke Newington, Jean Pirie, wife of Mr. Patrick C. Leckie, of Old Broad-street. On the 15th inst., at Brighton, Isabella, the daughter of the Rev. Richard Smith, of Sutton Rectory, Petworth. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 114 Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Prechtet of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, MendaYr M 4 YI la 1847. THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. DUBLIN, SUNDAY NIGHT. His Excellency Earl Besborough, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, breathed bis last at eleven o'clock to-night. His Excellency continued to sink from nightfal, and he was quite aware of his approaching dissolution. Shortly after ten o'clock he sent for the several members of his family, who were for some time in constant and close attendance upon him, and severally took leave of them. His Excellency continued in perfect possession cf his senses up to the fatal moment that death separated him from all he loved so dearly. The melancholy event, notwithstanding that it has been tong expected, will be received with deep concern by all classes of the population of this unhappy land, whose sufferings his Excellency struggled to mitigsta with heartfelt zeal. -At