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NEW NOVEL BY MRS. GASCOIGNE. New ready at all the Libraries, in 3vols. post Svo., EVELYN HARCOURT. By Mrs. GASCOIGNE. Authoress of " Temptation ; or, A Wife's Perils," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 8, New Burlington-street, May 19, 1847. MR. BENTLEY begs to announce that he will Publish, in 3 rota., 1110 ALL AND ITS INFLUENCE, By the Hon. ADEL A. SIDNEY, on the 21st Instant. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. -- - - rite Xobllity, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in firmed, that a grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, Thursday, May 20, when will be performed Meyer,/ beer's Opera, entitled ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Ile. Jenny Lind ; Isabella, Made. Castellan ; Roberto. Signor Fraschinl ; Rambaldo, signor Gardoni; Sacerdote, Signor Bouche ; and Bertram, signor Staudigl. To be followed by various Entertainments in the BALLET DV.- PARTAIENT, comt,ining the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdme. Petit Stephan, Mdlies. Cassan, Vonore, James, Julien, Lamourengs, and Mdlle. L. Gratin. M. Perrot and M. St. Leon. The doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at rlalf-past Seven o'clock. Fit Tie= eta may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price Ms. 6d. each. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT -GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, combination of talent, TO-MORROW ZVENINIi, Thursday, May 20, will be performed the Opera of LLTCREZIA BORGIA. The principal cbasecters by Madame Gr:si, Signora Alboni, Signor Marie, Siinior Marini, Signor Ts.mburini, Signor Ley, Signor Po'on, Signor Levis, Signer, Tulh, Si mor Piacentini, and Signor Tagliallco. To be fellowsd Cy the Second Act of the Opera of L'ITALIANA IN ALGIERI. The Principal characters by Signora Alboni, Mdlle. Angelini, Mdlle. Be- 111 W , Sulvi, Signor Rovere, Signor Polonini, and Signor Marini. To conclude with a new grand Balet, in three Tableaux, entitled LA SALAMANI)RINE. In which iddlle. Fanny Elseler and Wile. Dumilatre will appear; ciao lladenta,Bertin, pe Melisse, Delechaux, M. Petipa, 31. Mabille, &c., will dance. The ballet by M. Plasis, the music by Signor Curred, the scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin, and the costumes by M. Bailey. The Deors will open at hialf-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. TIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be perfbrmed a new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir Marina duke Topple, Mr. larren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson ; God frey, Mr. Tilbaly; Emerson, Mr. Webster; Cyril Tempest, Mr. Howej Lacly Tempest, Mrs. Seymour ; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. (Mover ; Florente Rilmet, Mrs. Fortescue; Miss FiAding, Mrs. Humby. After which, the FOUR HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENT AL VO CALISTS will give their iminations of various instruments, with the Lips only. To conclude with the Astronomical Extravaganza, called TAE 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 ronEsT ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; /shined, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Klnchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Mr. Worroll ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Etzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. b. To be followed by the Opera Buffs Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs.: 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 Msplin will perform. ----- PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed the Opera, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS. Duke of Silesia, Mr. Bodda ; Albert, Mr. Allen ; Fredoins, dr. Leffler; Bertha, Miss. S. Flower ; Giselle, Miss Anne Romer. After which, and betti - een the Acts of the Opera, the celebrated en.npatry of NATIONAL HUNGARIAN DANCERS will perform (first time in this country) a variety of characteristic Dances. To be followed by the Farce, entitled A WIFE FOR AN HOUR. Principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Granby, Vining, Cowell, Cogipton, Mrs. Hughes., and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with THE IiRAKUSEN; or, Polonaise. By the uror. an Choreographic Arte Ates. THEATRE ROYAL, under the Manattement of 1111's. Keeley. Last Lave Weeks of the proent 2tanagement and Company Tills _EVEN ill hs porr. - Tm(d PER,)N- AMA.' ITO MARRY. Characters hy Messrs. Mathews, Akan, Turner, loch, Ittrs. WooLidge, Mis. 11 - I,eaty, and A. den. Alter which a new Farce, calz. , l WANTED A HERMIT. In Messrs. Wigan, Turner, Kinioch, Keeley, Miss Arden, and Keeley WI! perferni. '"To be followed by new occasional Dramafe Sketch. called JI:NSI7 LIND AT LAS ; Too Swedish Nightingale. Charac ',lr. A. Wi;an, Mr. Turner, Mr. Mr. Bellinggam, f:en,ler. Er. Yarnold, and - firs. Keeley. Tn conc:aele with the neve Buries Que - Extravanza, called TEL WOOD DAMON ; or, One o'clock, Ins 'wlakli Messrs. Keeley, A. Matthew. ' Bellin,gharn, Kinloch, Silver, Misa Dickinson, Mien L'aly, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. FRENCH LAT S.—ST. JA O 9IES'S THEATRE. I.. , :ssee, Mr. John litchell, Tal3 I:VENING r, he performed SAN:; NO .Al 7 ; on, Let nice et Roman.. M. Tlonhornmo, Tonrilton ; Fe:ix Bonhomrne, M. Durnery ; Paul de taint-liery, M. Masquillier ; AnBele, Mdme. Grassau ; Juliette, Mdlle. Cordely. After which, the new Comedic, UN COUP DE LA.NSQUENET. Deerousseaux, M. Regnier ; La Marquise du Puzy, Mdlic. I , enain. To 'conclude with the popular Comedy of OS,.:AR ; ou, Un Mari %it Trompe:sa Femme. Oscar, M. Regnier ; Juliette, Mdlle. Denain. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, la. 6d.; Amphitheatre, ; Gallery, 25. Bosom and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, Za, Bond-street ; end at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open dally trout Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN i;ERENADERS. ST. JAMES's THEATRE. CLOSE OF TILE ENTERTAINMENT. The nobility, gentry, and the p,:blic are respectfully informed, that the popular Entertainment given by the Eth opian Serenaders, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Gemini), will be positively ter mhated at the end of the ensuing month of June, previously to the Hied departure of the Company fur the Continent, on the sth of July. Since the commencement of this Entertainment, more than fbur hundred performances, public and private have been given in London, r 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 unparal!eled popularity of these perform ances, it is intended to present to every visitor of the private hexes 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 folio sing order : Thursday, June 3, for the benefit of Germon (tamborine), Thursday, June 10 ditto Stanwood (accordion), Thursday, .Tune 17 ditto White (banjo), Thursday, June 24 ditto Harrington (banjo), Thursday, July 1 ditto Pell (bones) previously to the last Farewell Performance, en Saturday Evening, July 3. Ilexes and Stalls at 311tehell's Royal Library, 33, Oli Bond-street, and at the Box-oflice 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- vious to the Whitsuntide splendid productiOns. THIS EVENING Will be performed Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE ABYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Vas:quailed SCENES in the CIRCLE, with the performances of the Arabian horse, Diamond of the Desert ; the four Mexican Antipo lean Artistes ; and the celebrated Clown. Mr. W. F. Wallet. To oonslude with ZAR.tH ; or, The Gipsy Tribe of Bohemia. • Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, is.; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed RE VII ; or, The Lass that Loves a Sailor, Esrata3lr. Hicks ; Ruth, Miss Vincent. AftWiikich, the Farce of the LOTTERY TICKET. Wormwood, Mr. Qardner. To conclude witk THE WIZARD ot"r lIE WAVE ; or, The Ship of the Avenger. Captin Faulkner, Mr. Hicks. 'Volc.es, Is.; 'Half Price, 6d. Pit, ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOG le XL GARDENS. railer the patronage of her 'Majesty, his Royal Flightless Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. Open every 7.49c1ay, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The Proprietor beg" to announce that he has, at a considerable expcalc, erected a new Entrance, and a stiagniticcut Walk, with Rower bortleap, Platte', and a Central Fountain, In front of the grand Pictorial Retzes;•ntatlon of TILE TOWN AND BAT OF GII3I2ILTAR. 7311 Menagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe, flaTtlics, Br.c. The Promenade Concerts, claducted y Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The qothie Bridge of Statues. Thp grand Pyrotez:hoir.., Display, representing the SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR. . . Showing the omairerlernent of the Bombardment, partial destruc tion of the Town, and Blowing up of the Battering Ships. During the reason, M. JULLIEN will give a series of Concerts; tie Bancliwill congist of one truldrel ?erformers. Admission, Osie Shilling. The Royal Beath London Floricultural Soeiciy will hold their Grand Spring Flower Show, on Wednesday, May 26. aler VILE WEATHER.—Stni OFFICE, MAY 19. Tirszmoximcit, Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 60 ; NOOll, 64. BAUOMETZP, 29.1 7.—W1ND S.W.; fine. 1.11G1.1 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TILLS DAY. M 92 minutes after 4. I Evening .. 14 minutes after 5. 41", .:, ~,... ; .. , T , 44- '' ',,,,' • qa , 4 ,,, ~ e,;',..., " - i r!' 4 .5... • , '''''i . 1 , .. '1'.. 1 . ; ' -"- 1. - ‘7. 4 .,,, , 4.1•44 - ~..4,:::, Vii'- , ~ .. . . ..._ ~`4.1., ! ' ' ...• '''''', ~' qt.' ....., 4-Ar - cOL ,- . i ,' --.--- '. :‘,` -•': ` , - •• t i' , '' , '4'` , .' , . ' ~..." '., 1 : ~.', l '. ', ,' re- . •.,' --, ~ .o , ,rf '!.?,......,.. ,„:- . , _ /01 item% LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1847. 4- very amusing spectacle is being presented night after night in th e Upp er house of Parliatnent, but it is one which unhappily interferes with public business. The most vexation oppositionis given again and again to the differentu measures introduced by the Government. Under the guidan ce o f a con t em ptibl e faction, N o bl e Lords turn resti ve and assail with the utmost and viole nce obstinacy the ver y sc h emes the which are sanctio ne d by collective wisdom o f th e empire; and they a c t thus simply because they are of their Gallant Noble r ecent and still smarting under a recollectio i ignominious discomfiture. Nobl e distin- Noble and Learned Lords, Lords n d guished by every variet.T of adjective andeeed Lords, ve gree of grammatical comparison , may experience a morbid satisfaction in venting these miserable ebulli tions 9f spleen, but we warn them that they are heapink live coals upon:their heads in so doing, th ey are accumulating for themselves a terrible compensa• Con, they aue rendering each other odious in the sight of the community, by becoming the obstacles of legislation. , The Earl of LUCAN endeavoured ye.storday even ing to obstruct the passage of the Limited Service (Army) Bill by one of the most idle amendments -which could well have been devised, namely, " that twelve years be substituted fur ten years in the in fantr'-, aril fourteen years for twelve years in the cavalry and artillery, or other ordnance corps.'' Fortunately the proposition was negatived after a very few observations of remonstrance, and the Bill ultimately passed unmutilated through the ordeal of a Committee in the Lords, and wets duly reported. No thing but a miracle of pertinacity can now, therefore, retard its enrolment on the statute-book, and a new and brighter career dawns before the members of the military profession. Inestimable as havebeen the advantages already con ferred upon the army, by the reformations effected in the condition of the soldiers, we are disposed to regard the present measure as calculated more than 'Any preceding alterations to effect a very visible improvement in the moral character, the intellectual faculties, and the social condition of our liveried de fenders. The purpose of the Government in intro ducing the Bill, which now only requires a third reading in the Peers, and the customary consent of the SOVEREIGN to become a law, was very happily and tersely expressed by the Duke of WELLINGTON. That intention is, according to his Grace, to render dismissal a punishment. In alluding to the vexatious amendments which had been introduced, the Duke observed with a petulance in which we can fully sympathise —" My Lords, there may be many modes by which this object may be accomplished, but this is the mode proposed by her MAJESTY'S Government, and adopted by the other House of Parliament, and therefore I recommend your Lordships to give it your support." A sugges • tion appears really to have been afforded by the opposition raised against the Factories Bill from the first moment of its introduction, that suggestion being that whenever there is apparently little hope for a direct negative to the measure, an oblique or indirect negative has been given by squabbling as to the propriety of ten or eleven hours, ten or twelve years, twelve or fourteen years, or what not. Dis tinctly and emphatically we protest against this shuffling and ignoble system of antagonism. There is a sneaking and insidious character about it which is wholly incompatible with open discussion and honest statesmanship. Much as the Marquis of LONDONDERRY derided the notion of ameliorating the condition of the soldiery by the establishment of military savings' banks—by the diminution or abolition of corporal chastisement —by the restriction of the authorities of general courts-martial—by the destruction of the de grading cat —by the sanatory improvements introduced into the barracks—and by the systematic education of the privates during periods of peace, the Noble Lord may rest perfectly assured that he is only rendering rendering himself eminently ridiculous in the utter ance of his sickly gibes and puling sarcasms. Despite the sneers of a few malcontents, we are satisfied that a happier and more ennobled existence is approaching for the soldier. The Irish Poor-law has passed the House of Lords. It now only awaits the approbation of the Representa tives of the People to the amendments introduced into the Upper. House, and the Royal Assent, to become the law of the land. llenceforward the people of Ireland are entitled to relief in their destitution. Henceforward no person can perish from want of tlle common necessaries of life in our sister island. The great principle has been recognised the adop tion of which in this country, nearly three centuries ago, led to our national prosperity. Ir. England, by reason of that principle, the proprietors of the soil could nut afford to suffer the population to remain idle and unemployed, or their lands to remain without the highest degree of cultivation awl the fnll development of their capabilities. Had they dune so the whole produce would hhve been absorbed in the supply of pauper multi tudes. To obtain any surplus, they were obliged, in the first instance, to provide employ ment for the able•bodied labourer. He was thereby supported at a much cheaper rate, even supposing, 'his labour to be utterly valueless, than by consign ing him to the tender mercies of the union work house; •with wages not exceeding Bs. or 10s. per week he was enabled to maintain his family without having recourse to parochial assistance, while the support of that family in idleness would have cost the parish fully double the amount. The landowners, therefore, saw the necessity of exerting themselves to provide useful occupation, and of mutually co-operating one with another in doing so. They speedily found that they themselves fully participated in the benefits derivable from such a course. Their lands were brought into the highest state of fertility ; the produce was fully doubled ; the rentals had a propor tionate increase. Their mercy was indeed " twice blesse3," and their country prospered and attaine3 the highest rank in the scale of nations. In Ireland, however, it was otherwise. There the destitute pauper bad no legal claim to relief. He could only trust in the dark hour of affliction to the precarious charity of those whose positions were little better than his own. To the honour of the humble cot tier, it may be said that he never hesitated to share his frugal meal with the suppliant, to abridge his already too scanty supply, in order to save his dis tressed brother from absolute starvation. Perhaps the amount thus doled out to wandering mendicants amounted to as much as would have been required under a well-regulated system of poor-•laws ; but it did not fall directly upon the class who could have taken steps to remedy the evil. Nothing, therefore, was done, and what has been the result ? We find, in the middle of the nineteenth century, more than a quarter of the entire soil of the country suffered to remain waste and unreclaimed, and the residue that , is nominally in tillage, not half cultivated, so that although the glebe is naturally more fertile than in England, its produce is sixty per cent. lower. Thii inay fairly be ascribed to the non-adoption of an effi cient poor-law up to this period ; and we may rea -onably hope that it will find a speedy remedy, now that the cause which hr.s led to so un toward a result has been taken away. The rental of the country may be stated in round numbers at 15,000,0001. sterling ; an increase of 60 per cent. for improved cultivation would give 9,000,000/. addition to that rental, exclusive of the value of the lands that would in process of time be reclaimed and made Productive, or 12s. in the pound on the value, far more than any rate that would be struck in ordinary years for the relief of the poor. We have already pointed out some of the defects and deficiencies of the measure. These, however, may, and, we doubt not, will, speedily be altered; and, although in the interim they may possibly deteriorate from the good effects of the law, still we have much that is valuable—that must; lead to the introduction of a better system. We can therefore cordially con gratulate all classes on the final success of the measure. To England, more than any other country, is an accurate acquaintance with the commercial resources of different states of paramount importance. The vast extent and varying nature of her commercial pursuits enforce the necessity of obtaining, as far as is practicable, the most intimate knowledge of the mercantile data of other countries. By the acquisi tion of good intelligence on these points we art enabled to pre-occupy and open new fields to the mercantile genius and enterprise of our compatriots. In this way we are not only prepared to take the ' readiest means of augmenting our national wealth, but we likewise render ourselves, by cementing the bonds of international intercourse, the chief promoters of universal civilisation. To the statistical labours of a PORTER and a M'CuLLocn are we greatly indebted for most valuable information, for placing many of our fiscal arrangements upon a footing the best cal culated to develop the important ends of commercial reciprocity between the British empire and foreign countries. Mr. JOHN MACGREGOR has vigorously la boured, and with signal success, in the same field. The 21st part of his work upon commercial tariffs, and of Europ e and America, regulations, resources and trade of the several states treaties between the Govern ments, has embodying the commercial been recently presented to both Ilous Parliament by command of the Brazilian empire, elaborate research by p wi7i h and tions have been charactAeeric of her AdlAisJpElsaTyrs. English and foreign herein clearly enlightened as to ihe of commerce and navig►ation, and to gal ion', agriculture, manufactures, esof th l e t ar t es r a e mw at ee s all his former publica rtahzeilitan statistics and fin,rnacde, navi of that ~m '4llpiret but an admirable exposiNlont given.(i)s-nly nolitical alai social condition. The area of the ts r' . em iilT, is computed to be nearly twenty-three times that of the United Kingdom, or about ieventy times as large as Portugal. Its climate, in parts, is actually ren dered unhealthy by the very richness of the vegetation in the low alluvial lands. In 1844 the estimate of the population did not exceed four millions and a half, and probably not one acre in two hundred of the entire cultivable area of Brazil is under any kind of culture. Their forests are of huge expanse, and the trees of majestic stature, some of them being invaluable for the purposes of ship-building. Amongst the minerals, which are very numerous, iron is found in great abundance. The civilization of the Brazilian people is confined to a narrow strip on the coast. The inhabitants of the interior are steeped in barbarism, their redemption from which will be quickened or delayed by the habits and manners of those who are located on the coasts, and who, in rude nations, are ever the first to receive and diffuse the blessings of enlightenment. Education has been shamefully neglected—a newspaper or a book is considered a rarity. Religion is in a most unsatisfactory condition. The principles of in fidelity are widely disseminated, and ignorance and superstition likewise prevail to a lamentable extent. Altogether, Mr. MACGREGOR'S description of Brazil is highly interesting, and well repays an attentive perusal. Madrid papers of the 12th have arrived. All the Ministers had left the capital for Aranjuez, a circumstance which gave rise to a rumour of an impending change of Ministry. The QUEEN was to give a grand reception on the 13th, in honour of the KING'S birthday. Food riots have taken place at Leon, but they were soon got under by the authorities. General PEZUELA, Captain• General of Seville, has:been exiled to Malaga, and Senors CHICO and AVIUANETA have been set at liberty. General SHELLY has gone to take the command in Seville, and General CONCH 4 to assume the command of the army of observation assembled on the frontiers of Portugal. MADRID Borse, MAY 12.—The Three per Cents. were done at 30-k for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 19; the Debt without interest at 5i ; and the Coupons at 16. , _ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MA'Y 19, 1847.1 We have received the Paris papers of Monday. A petition from JEROME BONAPARTE, ex-King of Westphalia, the only surviving brother of NAPOLEON, praying for permission to return to France, was pre sented to the Chamber of Deputies by Di. ODILON BARROT. This petition is the subject of comment in almost all the journals, and all parties opposed to the Ministry take advantage of the circumstance to throw the opprobrium of the continued exile of the Bona parte family from France exclusively upon M. GuizoT and his friends. The Union Monarchique, the Legitimatist organ, declares " that if the thing depended upon the men of the right-hand benches, the gates of France would be opened to-morrow to N. JEROME and his children," and the Presse, the organ of the seceders from the Ministerial camp, the parti faiseur, thus expresses their senti ments on this subject:— " Without repealing the law which exiles the family of Napoleill—a law which is a perfect anachronism—might not the favour be granted which is solicited so earnestly by the ex-King Jerome, to be permitted to die surrounded by his children, amongst his.tellow-citizens? Whence the danger? Would it not, on the contrary, be an act of force—an ac7.of confidence, and, at the same time, an act of justice and ~t generosit y ? Parties are right to ridicul. - : the parti faiseur, for this is on e of the acts of which they would nut hesitate to as sume the responsibility." The Journal des Debats has the following sarcastic observations on the accusations of wholesale corny tion which have recently been brought against the Ministry : The Opposition, which almost believed that it had over thrown the Ministry, is furious at the result. It has recourse to its great means—it exclaims against the corruption of the age. 0 temporal 0 mores! when will the exterminating angel make his appearance? The following calculation con soles us in a slight degree. God demanded but ten just men in Sod. , ra to save that guilty city. We have, thank Heaven, better than that. Entire parties have escaped corruption. For example, we have the party of the Legitimatists—that party, we trust, is not corrupt. The Legitimatists boast in their journals of having preserved the purity of their ancient murals —their antique honour—their ancient faith ! Legitimatists are not seen to meddle in railroad affairs or other speculations. The rage for gambling has not reached them. As soon as France will, she is certain of finding in that corner of the country loyal chevaliers—administrators without reproach— and disinterested courtiers. There everybody is respectable —everybody is venerable; the least amongst them is a saint. The Lord has reserved for himself that inheritance amongst us. We possess, moreover, the Republican party. Their virtues are carried to a point of rudeness, and exhale we know not what perfume of terrorism. Brutus in that quarter wears the bonnet rouge. There is no fear that enjoy ment shall degrade their proud courage, or that there shall again appear a Barras amongst those Saint Justs and Robespierres. We have in fact all shades of the Opposition —even to and comprising the Progressive Conservatives— independent and honourable. Those compose a mass of re spectable virtue Some may fall, but the greater number have remained incorruptilie ; and the Ministry has not suc ceeded in impeaching the integrity of the Odilon Barrots, the Billaults, the Cremeux, and so many others! There remains then the Conservative party properly so called. There, as the .National so eloquently describes, corruption ex hales an odour of pestilence and death. It is a fearful spectacle. Still the evil amongst the Conservative party is not altogether desperate. A Conservative has only to pass over to the Op position, and his sores will be healed between the morning and the evening. Did it not depend upon M. Lacave La plagne two days since to become again a skilful and honest administrator? Did not popularity wait for him at the close of the sitting of Friday last, had he but denounced the Government of which he the day previously had formed a part ? Corruption which is so quickly cured cannot be gross, and parties who absolve so suddenly appear to be acting a part when they chant in chorus. Preachers are always so. They draw horrible pictures of the world, and still they live in the world in nearly the same manner as other people. The age they live in is always the most corrupt. In the same manner, when one party is in possession of power those who are not never fail to consider that the party which governs is the worst of all. We have another reason to be reassured as to the pretended corruption of cur time. How did great Lords, Ladies, Generals, and Ministers acquire fortunes for merly? When men speak of antique morals, to what morals do they allude? Are the antique morals those which flou rished under the Valois? at the Court of Francis I.? of Henry H. ? or Henry 111. ? Are they the morals of Ver sailles under the reign of Madame de Montespan ? Are they the morals of the Directory or even those of the Empire? At present a person is expelled from society, or suffers the disgrace of a judgment for using means to acquire wealth, which formerly did not prevent men from walking proudly under the purple of a cardinal or the braided costume of a Court favourite. We are more severe, and we are right in being so. But it is not the corruption of the age which proves this fact ! We should sav that the vice of our period is hypocrisy, if that hypocrisy itselt ought not to be called by the more simple and more appropriate name of the spirit of party." There are rumours that the French Cabinet is torn by internal dissensions, and that Marshal SOULT would long since have resigned but for the difficulty of finding a successor. M. G USZOT c l a i ms the vacant presidency, but he has been so egregiously out in his calculations as to the management of the Chambers, that his influence is much weakened; and M. Du , CHATEL openly declares that he would not tolerate M. GUIZOT'S supremacy; while M. GUIZOT, on the other hand, will not waive his claim. In this contest the chances are against M. GUIZOT, and M. Du- CITATEL is generally looked upon as the " coming man." General NARVAEZ arrived in Paris on Sunday, and General RoDIL, who has obtained permission to return to Spain, left Bayonne the same day for Madrid. Accounts from Toulon of the 13th inst. mention the arrival, on that day, of the Ramier steamer, with dispatches for the Government from the Minister of France at Constantinople and Athens. The Ramier sailed from the Piraeus on the 2d inst., when the dif ference between Greece and Turkey was beginning to assume a somewhat serious aspect. The British frigate Spartan and the brig Mutine were preparing to quit Malta for the Piraeus on the 6th. Shortly after the arrival of the Ramier at, Toulon, th e Rubia steamer put to sea with dispatches for the Minister of France in Greece. The squadron, c orn .. rnanded by the Prince DE JoINvILE, returned to Toulon on the afternoon of the 13th. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 77f. 90c.; the Five per Cents., 115 f. 60c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,225 f.; Rotten, 9321. 50c.; Havre, 6401. ; Great Northern, 597 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 715 f.; Vierzon, 5761. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 5051. ; Basle, 187 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 4171. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 405 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 432 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 432 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 441 f. 25c.; Spanish Domestic Debt, 29 3 / 4 . LYONS, MAT 15.-Paris and Rouen, 935 f. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 755 f.; Northern, 607 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 433 f. 75c. ; Orleans, 1,233 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 18. Boulogne and Amiens, 1534—Namur and Liege, 374 Northern of France, 11 1 / 4 —Rouen and Havre, 244—Sambre and Meuse, 7—Tours and Nantes, 4 DRURY-LANE TIIEATRE.—A variety of entertain ments was given at this theatre on Monday night for the benefit of Mr. Wallace, the composer, whose opera of Mari tana was performed by the artists with whom the public are principally familiar, followed by a concert wherein certain musical lions assisted, and a ballet. The house was not so well attended as it ought to have been, considering the claims of the betuficiaire. anti execUrtaitoinAl ButtroaD's PANORAMA ROYAL, LEICESTER-SQUARE to pay a second and visit, al P° Vc in h i e e : will be present to f, — Major-General Sir Harry Smith, G.C.8., visited Mr. Bur _T,,(_l;aa panorama of the Battle of Sobreon yesterday. Ile greet the illustrious hero. Gallant stiC!reneral expressed to Mr. Burford his most unqua!i- Thursday doubtless an of the picture, both as agarded ii, (ICr ~! . c e r x o t N , v a d t e d t h a r .i e s e e no'clock,blage MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There were 4,000 bales of Cotton sold at Liverpool yester day, of which exporters took 500. Some American and German were taken for exportation. American to the trade sold at 6id. to 6%d. per lb. Shares were again very dull, and prices were lower. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY.—This Bill passed the Commons on its merits on Monday last, scarcely any evidence being required—notwithstanding the East Lancashire Railway Company and other opposition. The Bill will be reported to the House to-morrow, and is ex pected to be in Committee in the Lords by the second week in June. As a sanatory line opening out miles of sea coast (hitherto inaccessible). and one' that will develop the agri cultural resources of the inland country through which it passes, it will prove one of the most valuable in the country. There are further arrivals from the colonies, but none tiring later dates. The City is but thinly attended to• day, and there is a pretty general abstinence from business, not only in the Stock Exchange, but likewise in the Colonial Alarkets, as usual. In a period of commercial depression, the excitement of the " Derby-day" may act as a wholesome corrective. ttdlois.t,i3elos:o 0 01* . . . • . • . . • • According to advices from Berlin, the new States of Prussia are not likely to do much prior to their adjournment on the Bth of June next, a period when the members would be anxious to get back to their homes, a large number of them being engaged in agricultural pursuits, and having be sides to attend the Silesian wool markets, where business is LlnndnigaAnDpitntito, done to the extent of twenty millions of florins. The busi ness required, however, is not on that account less likely to be well done, writes one pay, and the States will probably meet again in November or December. The Stock Market is very quiet, but has been steady up to the present time. The Money and Account prices of Consols are now the same, viz., 86 3 4 7c. Bank Stock has been worth 189 to 191. The New Three and a-Quarter per Cents. have been 87 to V s . Exchequer-bills are par to 3s. premium. The intention of the Bank to lend money upon them until July at five per cent. strengthens them a little, and probably it will be the interest of the leading capitalists to uphold the market and prevent a funding. In the Foreign Market there is absolutely nothidg doing. Railway Shares are rather heavy again. IiRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Rank Stock •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 189 191 191 85% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 86/i i.. 8634 Three per Cent. ER:dpuirceedJanAn.nBu,itilBe6so.. .... 85 8 :7 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Antis. 87% 1 4 87 87 9 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 834 834 _ under 1,0001. .. .. .. .. 2 dis par 4 dis 5 dis Consols for May 27 .. •• •• • • .. 86, 6 3 4 863 Exchequer Bills. IN& 2d. 1,0001... .. — • .• •• Par 3 p par sm. .. .. .... par 4 p Ditto. Small • • .• 4 3 6 p ONE O'CLOCK. •• • - •• • • • • 52% FOREIGN FUNDS. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. Ditto, 3 per Cent .. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Passive Bonds .. . Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Hail per Cent .. CLOSING PRICES. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 Ilirming., Wolver., and Dudley.. ji BUSINESS CLOSI.N G PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. . LG!,6 16 Caledonian .. 30 .... 23 % .. Eastern Counties .. .. 20 .. 18% East Lincolnshire .. 6;4 .... 7 .. ••• • • • Great Northern .. 2 Great North of England . ..100 ....230 230 Great Western .. .• 85 ....108 ........ . 108 .• - Ditto, Fifths . 20 .... 2-13 i Leeds anti Bradford .. .. 40 .... 83% Leeds and Thirsk 26 •••••••••• ••--- • • • • Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. • • 334 .... •• • 3 % London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. ..... Ditto, New. No. 2 .. .. 21. 13s. 45. 14 p.. •• • • 1 4 p London an North-Western ..100 170 16932 1703,', 16933 170 Ditto, Fifths .. .. 2 .... 15 .......... 15 Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. • • 40 .... 64 65% ...... Ditto, 101. Shares M. & (C) 1 •... •• London and South• Western 411. Gs. 10d... 61 60% G 1 1 4 .. Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) 50 .• • • 51% Ditto, Scrip.. • • .. 5 .... 4 ........ Lynn and Ely .. 25 .... •261 A .. Lynn and Derchfun .. • • 20 .... 201 A .... Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 •• . 98 . .. • . _ _ Ditto, Fifths .. • • • • 5 •• • • B %'/ •••• • • • • Ditto, Thirds (lieg.).. .. • • 7/. 45..... 1 4 dis 3.Thr.efiester, Buxton, a 24:ttlock 425. .. • • •.. 1 / 4 ,lis idl .10 .. IGO ...A 13% .......... 113% Ditto, New • • . 66 •• • • 36% ••••• • • • • • 3 61 4 i I.itto, New .. 6 .. • • 7 1 /i is •••• • • • • 7% Newcasile and Berwick • • .. 20 .... 24% •• • • 24 %/S Norfolk. _lOO • .• •••• • • • • 124 North British 25 •• .. 30% • •• • • N Ditto, Half Shares .. 12% •• • • 13% ........ • • 13% North Stallordshire .. • • 7 .. .. ••••• • • • • • t ,l /i3 Prtston and Wyre.. .. • • • • 25 •• • • 34•1 i • • ........ , Rea:!iitg, Guildford, and Reigate 5 •• • • 4% 4 1 ; Scottish Central . .... 23 4 2 ..... •• • '2 Slietheld, Rotherham. & Goole • • 5 •• • • 3 "•••• • • • • 3 bh:• , :wctiry Birmingham . 3 !4. •• • • 2 14 " West itio IMg Union .. 4/. 2s. •• .. 1 4 dis . York and Newcastle .. .• 25 ••• - 3 ••••• • • • • Liao, Pre:erenee • • .. York awl North Midland .. 50 .... 82 4 82 Ditto. Extension .. 25 .... 40 Ditto. Preference .. .. • • 2 •• • -9%% •••• • • . . FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bard., Toul., &Cette (Constituted) 4 .. • . • ..... •• • • Northern of France .. .. • • 8 • • • II I A••• • • . • • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Commercial of London .. .. 20 .• .. 22 •• • • • • MINES. Real del Monte, tiarezistered •• • • 3 ••• • • • •• • 51% 2% IA (1,8 345 2 6% 82 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, MAY 19.—Wind S.S.W., moderate breeze, and fine. DEAL, MAY 18.—Wind S. light, from S.E. moderate.— And. Enterprise, Trinidad. Sld. Australia, Batavia; Indus, Pernambuco Grange, Demerara ; Camilla, Jamaica ; John Cobbold, Jaffa, and the whole of the outward bound. Cowan, MAY 18.—Wind S.E. by S.—Acrd. Hevitfield, Milson, Monte Video. PLYMOUTH.—Arrd. off, Benjamin Green, Lucas, St. Kitt's. FALmotrrn, Max 18.—Wind S.S.E.—SId. Victoria, Ho bart Town. GLASGOW, MAY 18.—The Helena, of Sunderbury, was abandoned on the 28th ult., near the Island of Burra, in a sinking state, but has since been brought into Vatcrse Bay; crew saved. LIVERPOOL, MAY 18.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Arrd. John Bull, Crawford, Culcutta; Douglas, Angestura, St. Lawrence; Newland, Bombay; Hinda, Kennedy, Jamiaca; lowa, Parker, New Orleans. Sld. En g l an d' s Q ueen , C a l cu t ta ; Merchant, Monte Video; Leonora, Demerara; John Tomkin son, Demerara ; Treasurer, Porto Rico ; Sidney, Honduras ; Rockall, New Orleans; Cordova, Virginia; Cynthia, New York ; Roscim, New York ; Europe, New York ; Warren, New York ; Lisbon, New York ; Lucy Ann, Boston ; Scotland, Prince of Walee, St. NS Richmond, ; mond, Quebec; Triton, John's, ouhe Boston nb,es,c ; N; Annv.Bi Viola, l;u Eliza, Newfoundland. Durham, in, Yarmouth,Quebec; OFF THE WIGHT.—Sea Park, Calcutta and Demerara. NEWPORT, MAY N.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Crescent, Gre nada; Tridento, Havannah. CLYDE, MAY 17.—Wind E , —Acrd. Favourite, Allen, Porto Rico; Diadem, llalifax. Sid. Maid of the Mill, Montreal. LAMLASIL—Arrd. Duchess of Portland, Porto Rico. CORE, MAY 16.—Wind S.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Margaret Wilkie, Duncan, Canton. DROGHEDA, MAY 17.—Wind W N.W.—Sld. Andes, Syd ne, C. B. LEITH, MAY 17.—Arrd. Greave, White, Grenada. Sid. Nelson, Port Adelaide. SHOREHAM, MAY 17.—The Feronia, for London, was as sisted morning, with 5 feet of water in her h o ld. llAit in v herecii, m thisAy on shore on the Gunfleet Sand. Hull schooner is reported to be liiB.—A ALDERNEY, MAY 16. —The Thomas and Francis, Cardiff to this port, got on a ledge of rocks near the pier, but got off the following tide, after throwing part of cargo overboard. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following has been received at Lloyds' from the Ad miralty ; " Hydrographic-effice, May 5, 1847. " NAPLES BAY.--FIXED LIGHT ON CAMPANELLA POINT. " Notice has been given by the Neapolitan Government, that a brilliant fixed light has been established on Cam • pariella Point (the Eastern side of the Capri Channel), in lat. 40 deg. 34 min. 11 sec. N., and lon. 14 deg. 19 miu. 39 see. E. of Greenwich. _ . The Light was first exhibited on the 15th of April last and is elevated about seventy-seven feet above the level 01 the sea. MARKET NEWS—(T Ills DAY.) CORN EXCIIANGEWEDNESDAY The arrivals of English Wheat for our market this week have been again very small, and the show of samples of that grain here was trifling. Although the attendance of buyers was by no means large, the demaand was very firm, and in some instances is per quarter advance was obtained for se lected runs of both red and white. Foreign Wheat was in active request at is per quarter more money, with a fair average quantity on offer. There was a very steady inquiry for all kinds of Barley, and the late improvement in value was firmly supported. There was only a moderate inquiry for Malt, at Monday's currencies. Oats, Beans, and Peas were quite as dear, with a fair trade. Indian Corn was Is higher, and the best town made Flour was selling at 85s per 2801bs; American ditto, 52s to 55s per 1961b5. English • • •• •• Wheat. 4,060 qrs. [rich 1 11,650 Foreign • • • • . • ARRIVALS. BarlAy. I Oats Flour. 250 qrs. 470 qrs. I 1,890 sks 210 I -- 2,340 I 3,410 1.480 Qrs. WHITECIZAP3M. We had a very firm trade here, and the general quotations bad an upward tendency. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Mut ton, 4s 2d to 53 6d ; Lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 6d ; Veal, 4s to 5s 6d ; and Pork, 43 to 55 4d per Blbs, by the carcase. FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—SEVEN LIVES LOST.--LEEDS, MONDAY.—Tkis morning a terrific explosion of fire -damp occurred at a colliery belonging to Messrs. Harding and Co., New Hall, Beeston, about two miles from Leeds, by which seven individuals have lost their lives, and another has received injuries from which he is not expected to recover. The explosion took place about nine o'clock. The miners in the course of their labours broke into an old pit, from which the confined and inflammable gas issued, and this communicating with the lights used iu the pit caused an almost instantaneous explosion. Six of the unfortunate persons who were at work in the pit were killed on the spot, a n d two others were got out alive and conveyed to the Leeds Infirmary. One of them has since died. The names and ages of the killed are as follows :—George Bell, 15 ; Aaron Bell, 20 ; George Oddie, 29 ; William Wester man, 12 ; Joseph Longstall, 55 ; Charles Duck, 14 ; and John Ball, 10. hint BACON. —W e a r e given to understand that the bacon whi c h i s received from the s i ster i s l an d, h av i ng been cured in, and being the original production of that country, is of a much better descript i on t h at was f ormer ly the case, not i n t h e quality of the meat, w hi c h was a l wa y s , of an ex ce ll ent description, but in the mode i n w hi c h t h e article is prepa re d , b e i ng divested o f a great deal of the coarse fat whi c h causes it to be somew h at unpa l a t a bl e , especially wh en compared with that prepare d i n Wilt s hi re and other English counties celebrated for its production, and less esteemed than that cured in our own country. Now that the vast alterations in the tariff have caused the vent te found diminutiont o of introduction o f so large a quantity of bacon in a cured state from the Unit e d S tates of America, and also from R o ll and and many of th e German States of Europe, this was no doubt the t trade de necessaryabran branch of o ' rs ( i l l 2 l,.p supply r s e t; ; much importan ce to Ireland; and the consequence is, that owing to the great scarcity cf bacon which has existed throughout the winter, consequent upon the intense heat cf the past summer preventing the cure of the usual home , supplies. nn . d c , .mplo te ! y r. l ll , ntity f pr , lparcal, 1.11.- call for Irish 1— been great, and it has been introduced into dozntstie use in the most respectable quarters with very great satisfaction CRIMINAL COUMT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD e.7OURT. (Before thfN _RECORDER.) OBTAINING PROPEETY LTNllltil FALSE PurrENcEs.--Joseph aarkson, aged 31, and W. E., Vehotlander, aged 34, described as agents, were indicted for vitiawfully obtaining, under false pretences, twenty-two doze a cocoa-nut mats, and other arti cles, value 1061., the proper ty of Edward Rolle and another, with a view to clp,at them of the same. The prisoners were acqui lted. There was nothing else before the Court this morning of the least. interest. The session terminated early to-ray. MIDDLESEX". SESSIONS. (Tills ;DAY.) Mary Howard, a decent-look ing middle-aged woman was indicted fur stealing a blanket from her teady-futuished lodgings. She said she was induced to pllxedgt , Coe r after havirt: fasted for upwards of two days. On the was in very in dependent circumstances, but sunk latterly into poverty. She called several witnesses, who gave her all excellent character, and said they knew her when under more for tunate circumstances. The jury returned a verdic t of Guilty, with a strong re commendation of mercy, and the prisoner was sentenced to one month's imprisonment anC i hard labour. Louisa King was indicted - for fraudulently obtaining from Thomas Powell a quartern of flour and two loaves of bread. The prisoner called on the . ..prosecutor, and said she wanted the bread and flour for a lady named Frecre. The prosecutor gave her them without mal:b tg any inquiries as to who Mrs. Freere was or where she lived.. The Learned .1 UDGE, in sus riming up to the jury, said the question was whether the prosecutor had used such due dili gence and caution as the Law required to establish such charges, in asking no questie n as to who or what the person was, whose name was used, although such a name might be amongst his customers. The foreman, after a moment's consultation with his fel low-jurors, said, we acquq the prisoner on the ground that due caution had not been used by the prosecutor. John James Parker alias William Medhurst pleaded guilty to au indictment charging him with stealing a prismatic compass and leather case,, value 31. Os. 6d., the property of William Joseph Curtis. The facts of the case have appeared in the columns of The Sun. Mr. MiLkER appeared in behalf of the prisoner to induce a mitigation of punishment. He stated that the prisoner had been once in a most extensive and respectable business as a druggist, and upon the engineering mania being so pre valent about two or three years ago, he turned his attention to surveying and engineerini - 5 in which he got on very well so long as the railway specuLations lasted, but upon that fall ing off, the prisoner became very much distressed, and his wife and children being in extreme want and destitution, he was induced to commit the theft. The JUDGE said, the lowest penalty considering the nature of the robbery, was two months' imprisonment and bard labour. William O'Connor pleaded guilty to stealing twelve printed books and other articles, value Is. 6d., the property of Henry Hetherington. The prosecutor was the well-known publisher, and the prisoner had been in his employment, and it appearing that this was his first offence, The COURT mitigated his sentence to one month's impri sonment and hard labour. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) THE DERBY CLUBS.—TWO members of the Swan Derby Club, held at Mr. Middleton's, Long-acre, applied to Mr. Henry for assistance to recover a " ticket" for the favourite, Van Tromp, drawn for them, or one of them, and obtained in their names, without their authority, by another person,who sold it to a Mr. Barnow for 2.G. Mr. HENRY said that he regarded Derby Clubs as con nected " with gambling and horse-racing, / ' and he could therefore give them no assistance. The applicants said that this was a case of fraud or rob bery, and they thought it called fur the interference of a magistrate. Mr. IlEntv thought otherwise, and said the law did not protect property acquired by gambling. The club must settle the matter amongst themselves. The applicants said the treasurer was of opinion that. every prize must be given up to the holder of the ticket untitled to it., L4:RUSe! the Li, kc's were s..ieabie, and the club w.ts n c , :mpetent to settle disputes as to the right of possession in the actual holder. Toey thought it hard that the magistrate would not interiere, and that thz,y should be robbed with impunity. Mr. HENRY could not help it. WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) BENEVOI ENCIC.—VTI are roquestol to acknowledge tie re ceipt of a sovereign from " H. C.," and the like sum from Mr. Tilt, (Ile of the ushers of the Court, for the unfortunate individuals named Marshall, whose appalling cage appeared in The Sun of Monday and Tuesday last._ George Burridge, a journeyman carpenter, formerly in the employment of Mr. Mills, a builder, was charged with steal ing several brass bolts and other valuables, the property of his late master. The prosecutor said that the prisoner was in his employ ment at wages varying from 1/. 13s. to 1/. 18s., from the 20th of Blarch to the 24th of April last, when he left. Witness bad been robbed of nine brass bolts, used for mahogany fold ing doors, and valued at about 12s. each, a quantity of lead, and other property. The prisoner was not, however, the suspected party until a large piece of Spanish mahogany was missing. Witness then procured the assistance of the police, and on proceeding to the prisoner's lodgings, the piece of mahogany, one of the stolen brass bolts, and a chisel, were found in his tool chest. The prisoner acknowledged that he had stolen the brass bolt. Mr. BROUGUTON said that he felt it his duty to send the prisoner for trial, but that he must be brought up again next week, in order that in the interim the officer should have an opportunity of instituting inquiries touching the other stolen property. ttrll Witutton RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XXI. _ The Committee (Sir James Graham, chairman) met at twelve, and without hearing further evidence passed the preambles of the following Bills . The Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 1). The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (lease to the Lon don and North-Western). The Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 2). The London and North-Western (Portobello and Wolver hampton branch). The clauses were then agreed to, and the Chairman hav ing been ordered to report the Bills to the House, the Com mittee broke up. GROUP XXXVII. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND (HARRO GATE BRANCH, EXTENSION, AND TER MINUS). The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock. Mr. Birkenshaw was called to show the advantages of the proposed extension line. It was proposed to make the sta tion nearer the town of Harrogate than authorised by the Bill obtained in the session-of 1845. The objection of the Duchy of Lancaster had been removed, and the only persons opposing the Bill at present were the Ecclesiastical Com tn i ers. This closed the case on behalf of the promoters. LEEDS AND TRX.V.SIE (IENARESBOROUGE AND DOROUGIIBRIDC•E Mr. BAINES then opened the case on behalf of this line. At the conclusion of his uddress evidence was called on be half of the parties. The (.klmnittee then adjourned till twelve to-morrow. GROUP XLVII. The Committee met this day in Room 38; Viscount Cour. tenny (chairman). GMAS DOW. A Din) /LIE, AND IV/ 0 N=LAND TUIkiCTXOTX. Mr. Robert Stewart, member of the Glasgow Town Coun cil, and Mr. Tennent, also a magistrate, were examined a✓,ainat the promoters. They stated that the universal feel ing in Glasgow was against the crossing the public green of Glasgow in the manner proposed by the promoters- of the Bill. Public meetings bad been held against the proposition, and petitions had been presented to Parliament against the project. In the prayer of these petitions the witnesses fully agreed. _ _ _ — Mr. Smith, of Doanston, Mr. John Carrick, superintendent of streets, and Mr. Forbes, town-clerk, were called to the same points. They also expresed an opinion that another and better plan of traversing the city might be adopted. They were further examined as to the injury done to the green and the city by the proposed viaduct. Mr. Sidney proved that the people of Perth were threat ened with the destruction of one of their Inches, or pleasure grounds, but in consequence of the opposition of the inha bitants, the railway companies had forbore their intentions. Mr. Walker, C.E., proved the superior advantages of his line, which arrived at the same objects by a more circuitous route, avoiding the city of Glasgow, over the scheme of the company. Mr. Neil Robson, C.E., corroborated his evidence. The estimated cost was 195,0001., which included land, &c. The Committee then rose at four o'clock. IRELAND. ATTEMPT TO MURDER MR. J. WATSON, OF BALLYCORNEY. Limerick Examiner-office, One o'clock, P. 31., Monday. This moment Surgeon Wilkinson passed our office on his way to Ballycorney, to give his professional aid to Mr. James Watson, who was fired at about half past ten o'clock this morning from behind a hedge, on the road between Bridgetown and Killaloe. It is feared that the wound is dangerous, if not fatal. Mr. Spaight, jun., has just arrived fromlaloe with the melancholy intelligence of Mr. Watson's death. The only cause assigned for the murder is, that he became an agent over some property in the room of Mr. Rogers, who emigrated to America. A man, named Edmond Duet, dropped instantly dead on the rope-walk of the Messrs. English, this morning, after breakfast. TRINITY TERM.—On Saturday Trinity Term com mences (the last term before the Long Vacation) when the Courts of Equity and Common Law will resume their sittings at Westminster. In the Queen's Bench, in the Special case and Demurrer list, there are four matters for the judgment of the Court, and 61 for argument. In the new trial paper there are 76 rules for argument, and seven for judgment, in cluding the railway case of " Woolmer e. Toby." With the exception of four rules, the earliest one was obtained in Michaelmas Term, thereby showing a diminution in the arrears of the Court. The Demurrer Paper of the Court of Common Pleas contain twenty-six matters, and in the Remanet Paper there are three enlarged rules, b:sides seventy rules for new trials, two applications for new trials suspet ded, and eight for the decision of the Court. In the Court of Exchequer there is a good deal of business for the ensuing term. fhe Peremptory Paper has twenty - t hree rules ; of special cases there are two for judgment, and twenty-three for argument. In the Demurrer list there are two for judgment and sixty for argument ; whilst in the New Trial: Paper appear three n,ri,, , ‘ 1 , , n , ..1)t, iudiug one of Michaelmas Term last, and as many as s,venty-six for argument, commencing from Hilary Term. Trinity follows very shortly after Easter term, and is not of long duration, nor are the sittings after term of great length, on account of the summer circuit& JEROME BUONAPARTE. The following is the petition presented by M. Odilon Barrot to the Chamber of Deputies from Jerome Buonaparte, ex- King of Westphalia, praying to be permitted to return to France : " Death has struck down all the brothers of the Empeeor, except one, who now addresses himself to France through her representatives. At the end of my career, on the brim( of the tomb, I fulfil a sacred duty of a citizen and a let her, in doing all that depends on me to return to a country which I love above everything, end in net iefrainieg from any step which may have the effect of allowing 1111" children to enter it, and even enable them to serve it. Tide is the first time since I quitted the field of the battle of Waterloo that I address myself to the country. If I have not done that. sooner, it is ✓ because having brothers I was not the sole arbiter of my cenduct ; it wes because I believed that time itself would bring this reperation. Unfortunately that has not been the case, and the Government has only lately shown that it is more than ever di-cided to empiey the dangerous arms that were given to it at critical moments. In 1814 the laws of exile, of proscription and spoliation, came with the foreigner ; the relations of the Emperor shared his mister tunes and those of France ; we were not tired, but were stricken as chiefs, as individuals in every way, and much beyond the limits recognised by the laws of all civilised countries. In 1830 France rose; her revolution promised to repair all injustices; but the ostracisms of the Napoleons was maintained ; that was, it was said, a temporary mea sure, necessitated by the agitated state of France; the Go vernment only desired an arm to use in case of need, but with tenderness. In tact, several members of the Emperor's family went to France, and travelled freely in it. At that period the King of Rome, the son of the Emperor, still lived ; and the reason of state might have been invoked with an appearance of good faith. At present, however, after seven teen years' reign, in the midst of the greatest calm, net only are rigorous measures maintained, but they are aggravated, the Government having just refused the youngest of toy sons, the permission to pass some days at Paris to arrange affairs of a private nature Nothing can justify such a re fusal, for I declare here in the most formal manner, and on my honour, that never at any time, either directly or in directly, have my children or myself been mixed up in the political dissensions of France. The last of my children was born ten years_ after the promulgation of the law which proscribes him. I only demand to enter under the common law, and to enjoy all my rights as a French citizen, being ready to fulfil all the duties. From the moment at which by this demand, I submit myself to the general law by re cognising it, neither exceptional position, nor political dan ger can reasonably be invoked; injustice or a blind and in credible sentiment of fear can only be relied on. The past conduct of the Chamber in this question is favourable to me ; it has on several occasions shown itself disposed to abolish the exile of the Emperor's relations. In 1845 especially peti tions demanding our readmission to France were unanimously referred to the Ministers, after a favourable report, and the members of the present Cabinet who were present at the sitting did not make any opposition. What I demand of you is just; I address myself without distinction to all opinions, and on the inviolable ground of common law and equity, there cannot be parties in the French Cham bers. The repeal of the law which exiles me, exacts un doubtedly the accord of the three Powers; but I cannot ' doubt that a favourable manifestation of the Chambers would draw forth the adhesion of the executive power. Citizen, soldier, or King, as proscribed, and as an exile, I always been ready to make all sacrifices, except that of re nouncing the worship of the country. Will you prevent me from dying in France, in the midst of my fellow citizens, of my old brethren in arms? Will you refuse me the consola tion of guiding my sons in the servizes that they may render to their country? Will it, in short, be proved that justice will never be rendered me, for the only reason that 1 ant brother of the Emperor. I request the Chamber of Deputies, for myself and my children, to effect by taking into cou sideration my demand, the repeal of the law which exiles us." POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. DISSENT ON THE VOTE FuR MAKING THE WHOLE POOR RELIEF BILL FOR lI:ELAXD PERPETUAL, MAY 16, 1847. 1. Because it appears to us rash and Llexpedient to enact that as permanent a measure; which, in the juil4- meat of many, even amorg those who r.eomenenti the Bill tor he ieloption of to a- Legislature, is a:.!rnitttd he a perilous exp,riceont. 2. Because the reversal by the House of a decision of its CGmenittc?, adopted on (u'ltberation, acd afzer full debate, is cr.lculrited to les,-.en the atithori -if this branch of the Legislature and the weight justly due to its C , P11.- sist( icy and the wislom of its final judgment. 3. Beenwe these °Ejections appt ,th still ',•reatt. , r force when the inajuri:y of those nha are more ininie (lLlA; cocneeted by birth and property with Ircia.nd have expressed their conviction, or their serious appre hension, that this measure cannot be carried into eff et in many districts without leading to the general pau peri:,:qu of the peasantry, and with. ut absorbing so large a portion sr the funds which employ labour as to check industry and retard improvement. 4. Because the recognition by law of the out-door re lief of the able-bodied poor as a permanent pricciple is at variance with all Parliamentary and official authori ties, and is at variance, likewise, with the experience which late events have furnished to this Home and to the public. 5. Because the difficulty of carrying into permanent effect a system of out door relief for the able-bodied, more especially when administered through the medium of relieving officers, acting singly and necessarily, in many places, without adequate protection, appears but too likely to lead to attempts at violence and intimidation, rendering the free and impartial exercise of judgment in all cases difficult, in many cases dangerous, and, it may be feared, in some impossible. 6. Because it appears to us that it is imprudent on the part of the Legislature, in a case like the present, when even the most sanguine are doubtful of the result, to boll out to the Irish public that assured expectation of the success of the measure which the enactment of this Bill as a permanent law is but too well calculated to create and to justy. MONTEAGLE of BRANDON. CLANCARTY, for reasons 1,2, 3, and 6. DOWNSIIIRE. DESART, for reasons 1,4, 5, and 6. MOUNTCASFIEL. LUCAN, for reasons 1,3, 4,5, and 6. EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) THE DERBY STAKES Of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old; colts, B,t 71h; fillies, Bst 21b ; the owner of the second horse to re ceive 100 sous. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100 sovs. towards the police regulations of the course ; last mile and a half. (188 Subs.) Mr. Pcdley's Cossack (Templeman) 1 Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle (Boyce) 2 Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp (J. Marson) 3 The following also started, but were not placed: — Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham .... (A. l)ay) 0 Mr. Worley's Old Port (Robinson) 0 Lord E. Russell's Nottingham (E. Edwards) 0 Mr. Ford's Clarendon (G. Edwards) 0 Mr. Mo.tyn's Mr. Martin (Calloway) 0 Lrd Ca:ke , lon's Wanota (<lariow) 0 L',,rd Glasgow's Chainbearer . (Whitehouse) 0 Lard S:rathmore's Signet (Crouch) 0 Mr. Meiklam's Deloraine (Hornsby,.jun.) 0 Mr. O'Brien's Liberator . (Cartwright) 0 Mr. 'Merry's Lime-stone (S Darling, jun.) 0 Mr. Greville's Mermillo (Nut) 0 Lord Warwick's Aliw•al (Wakefield) 0 Sir G. Heathcote's Bellerophon (Chopple) 0 Mr. Lowther's The Admiral (Bartholomew) 0 Mr. Bowes's Epirote Colonel Anson's Bingham (Butler) 0 Mr. S. Conway's Christopher . Mr. Osbaldestone's Pantomime (Retort colt) (Mann) 0 Mr. Irwin's Oxonian (Sly) 0 Mr. Robertson's Good Coin (W. Howlett) 0 Duke of Richmond's Red Hart (Cotton) 0 Duke of Richmond's Halo (II Bell) 0 Mr. Mostyn's Planet (W. Abdale) 0 Mr. Mostyn's Crozier (Ford) 0 Mr. Mostyn's Gabbler (Kitchener) 0 Mr. Sainsbury's Questionable Captain Delm6 na Resolution (Pettit) 0 Mr. R. Bulkeley's Montpensier (Bumby) Bedlam did not start. Won by a length. Thirty-two ran. Buss PEOPLE. —A group ' hall St r and, to a large assembly of the of five lof‘tißes°es"jiEnstlierAesNtisQ?p ß eo ple was exhibited on Monday evening, at Exeter-hall, curious, .and a by i v e rT r r e . d K o their iFann a a t u s r a e i , d t properties" bat t,b e N propensities, and habits, Li ver pool by the brig y, Captain Wheeler, d a e n din d that this is their first appearance in Europe. Without saying that Europe will be, or not be, profited by their arrival, it may be affirmed that nothing, even in this age of "strange and unnatural" importations is more curious that this stunted family of African dwarfs. In ap , pearance they are little above the monkey tribe, and scarcely b e tter than the mere b rutes of the field. They are conti nually crouching, warming themselves by the fire, chatter ing or growling, smoking, &c. They are sullen, silent, and savage—mere animals in propensity, and worse than animals in appearance. The exhibition is, however, one that will and ought to attract. The admirers of " pure nature " can confirm their specu lations on unso phisticated man,and wom an also, or repudiate t h em , by a visit to these speci mens. They are well calculated to re move prejudices, and ma ke people think alig ht of the times when " wild n h woo ds the noble savag e ran. '' In short, a more miserable s set of human beings—for human they are,_ nevertheless— was never seen. They are about to perform, at the future exhibitions of them, some curious feats of activity, their modes of attack and defence, which will beitNyvOrathndato-f MIREFIELD MURDERS. MIREFIELD, MAY t l: l3 . ll — tiol T in ie remains of the deceased Mr. and Mrs. W ra ith were i n terred here in one grave, and those of their unf or t unate ser vant maid, Caroline Elli s , in another,ltis not true, as reporte d , on Satu r d ay , am id st athalatrtgheecmonaczerrseofrEiflshpa diedecta a to s rs. ddu my in conse quence o f t h e news that her daughter was murdered having been commu nicated to her. She, however, is very ill , e n h e i r ld vous system by her illness arising fw r( h in i i eb th b e as sl b io ti, c fa k Tle t n o the awful death We have mu c h p l easure i as been n at h he er r CII d e a a r e t n e n d a o c prevailed upon s t t oa in cc g ept th t a h t e L L o o rd r l ( Ireland,y of ts vacant by the l amente d d ecease o f ) r p d i e b t o ) t rf t r gh h e I . rumoured that h e w ill b e succe eded present Secretary 1' • 1 a t p o p . o m in o t r e r d ow a . t_th T e ii e neese ' ,chore, at P m a a l l a ly ce re,apn ' ll }t c . :; * i t; Lord Clu: don will be for held at Buckingham A DEVONIAN IN THE FAR WEST, CINCINNATL The following are extracts from a letter, dated Feb. 20th, 1847, recently received by a gentleman of Ash burton, from a friend of his residing in the United Slates of America, who left the neighbourhood of Ash burton. ab, ut two years since. He resides at Cheviot, near Cincinnati, Hernilton County, Ohio:— " I am sorry to hear of the distress at present - existing in Ireland, and some parts of Scotland. I would fain hope that the accounts I have read in the Cincinnati newspap, rs are exaggerated, although they are said to be extracts from the English and Irish papers; however, if only one half is true, the suffering and misery must be heel se. Meetings have been held at many places (already) in this country, and no doubt will soon become general, to devise the best means of relieving the distress of the poor Irish. A meeting was held a few days since in Cincinnati, convened by the Mayor; 4,000 dollars we r! sunserib, d on the spot, and committees we re appointed for the different wards to receive subscriptions, either in money or provisions. One provision merchant of tO give 1,000 in provisions, provided that nine others would do the same; which noble offer will, no doubt , meet nth the required response, in order to lessen the liaise% 0 ' attendant on famine in that unhappy country. The adage It is an ill wind that blows nobody good,' is !hoo f rally true, as it regards Arnerica • as in consequence the scarcity of grain, and the failure of the potato or.op in Europe, millions of dollars will be added to the vain of the crops and provisions of the United States, an a l! perhaps no portion of it will derive so gr eat an adva tage in proportion as this western part of the colt y . it is the Western States that the bulk o f the suppl.lei must come from. Hence there is an advance vary_ing from 15 to 30 per cent. on almost all kind s of agricultuWheat ral produce here, within the last few mont h& y last fall, was lis! sold for 45 to 58 cents per bushel, it now fetches 80 c ents (a cent is abou t the value of an Eng halfpenny). Indian corn, at the same time , sold for 2o cents; it now fetches 35 per bushel (that is , in the ear). Potatoes are also advanced from 37 to 50 cents per , bushel. Beef from 4 to 6 cents per lb. Pork ahehe the same. Mutton is not much thought of here ; quality in general is certainly very inferior to tr i v e English, consequently it is but little in demand; hut t beef and pork are as good as can be desired; poultry is exceedingly plentiful and cheap, and genera% good. Cincinnati is a rapidly increasing place; th e I have been great improvements in the short time th e have have known it ; independently of the additions made it, old buildings have been taken down, and oth e e l• erected on the same sites more suitable for the „mats the inhabitatt, and corresponding to its growlqg portance. It is estimated that Cincinnati and its stibUr— contain at least a population of 100,000; thirty y r . ago, the population was only 9,000. It has been a 3c tented that there have been uwards of 1,200 houses year on an average added to it for many years Pas t ' s° ,e w d InOreovier, years as many as 1,500 have been erected of all sorts sizes, as the means or the taste of the owners iney. lll ,, o e dictated, consequently, as you may suppose, therets4en that uniformity in the appearance of the buildings V ao • very , stranger witness in the towns and cities of England. __.' stranger from the old country, Cincinnati presents r where indications of i s mushroom growth. miles " I have bought a small farm, 37i- acres, five ; me from Cincinnati, close on a turnpike road ; it ect v ere s, 4,000 dollars. I let out all that is under tillsge in su'ibis I receive one-half of the produce in lieu of rent e i; is a very common practice here indeed almost gent" what is in grass I keep mysela and feed cattle on. I "I 2M happy to say th a t in my circumstances tcos perfectly easy and independent ; the anx iet y , I°o' eeto I sometimes used to f ee l when in England in referenTh r providing for my numerous family, is now entirelyooa moved. It is my intention to give my boys a „ , „g og h edueation, and then they must fight their way lurds; the w .rld—this I have ever impressed oa their tuul_, r , and as satisfied am I that every industrious'tres active, anti steady perion, who is atten tive to bL l s " ife , (ne it what it may), might secure the comforts 'two faeces °f and be comparatively independent, as that two co. nal make four. The plain matter of fact is, in t there is room, ample room for all ; here an aseren of ie population is an increase of wealth, by aug'",eeti°f,,ett eernuml for the necessaries, the comfort s, and the, dere ries of !Fe. But I must beg here not to- be.nitric& stood—h•t no one suppose, that by c oming tobig he is to be wealthy without a corre s ponding eff or t 00 d poet ; no, the idler, the drundard, the inattentive; g ot iudolent will find that money is as difficult to be without using the proper means as in the old coulyrwYlin but to those who are industrious, persevering, a n " ven i. in the outs( t are willing to forgo some of the con... in ences, which au old country must necessarily possf d to a far greater degree than a newly-settled district, an a be content to practise self denial to some extent Sates time at least—l say to such, that in the not there are abundant opportunities to acquire, _ ce wealth, at least a competency and perfect independen to. How many small farmers are there that are known you, and to me a/so, bordering on Dartmoor, that hav e large families; who are careful, steady, hardworking men, who are spending their best energies and the prime Westernir of their life without bettering in the least their condition or circumstances in life, unable to do anything for pelf children in reference to putting them into businesi, bat who, as soon as they get married, sink to a level with the common day-laimurer I How different would b e their prospects if they could only summon fortitude enough to undergo's, few hardships and privations-for * short time, to secure a future and permameut good ethxociut those privations atio t n h s e3 w, have ould n r o efe r r efe t r o eb s c o e cial matters od or the necessaries of life—there is, humanly eaking, 11 " fear of starving here—but th e y wou ld consist o f, the senco of suitable society p r i nc ip a ll y , an d this wou ld b improve every year from the gr e at influx of emigratiet whatever to ; lin o sP and consequently the increase of population. 1 fe' °° ' there are not many persons in E ng l a nd who po isess feelings similar to those of one of the first settlers in ig western courtry, on the vale of the Mississippi. 0 ig said of him that he retired scores of miles fur ther b aC in the woods than any other person, built his hut, stlt' resided there for some time ; at last, being out on a shooting excursion, he discovered that some other pars° had settled about fifteen miles from his own hute which he was exceedingly annoyed, and observe d it Wes high time for him to start further,—it would not do, he t said,—he wanted elbow-room. Of course, I eitO n° vouch for the truth of this story; but after all I do lure you that the extent of country here exceeds the coope d pension of persons living in such a small spo t as Bugla n I perceive from the Commissioners' report for the si de ' ) public or Congress lands, there was re maining in the market, and unsold, up to June 30, 1845, the enormous quantity of 133,307,457 acres in twelve of the western and southern states. This report does not inclut Texas, which is as large as the k in g dom of France, eau which is now incorporated, and part and parcel of , tbe United States; so that I say, the extent of 'this country almost exceeds comprehension. The length of the rivers , too, corresponds in a measure with the extent of country; thus, for instance, you can step imto a steam-boat I t , Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, and take a trip to t he Gist of Mexico, 2,161 miles direct. From Pittsburgh t° New ()cleans is 104 miles less, New Orleans being the; distance from the gulf. The Ohio river is 998 Mile * long, the Mississippi is navigable for large boats more th.4.n 2,000 mites, besides there - are the 'Missouri, the Illinois, and a host or others, navigable for a greateta, le,ser distance. Perhaps you will think lam deseribinkel l the advantages and none of the disaevanta es There are two drawbacks which detrat ti q rs f t r respect to the first, I must say otherwise should possess; the difficulty of procuring good e climate; 5ec . 9 . r 1 . 1 . thedomestic servants. heat th e t r o m cal l, ome Lure of the climate renders it trying at times, espeeia li f to those who'es are exposed to have the open air, the chang from vice versa, are at times very sudden and exceeding!} o Whole, although we, on tb i' fur the severe; it is no unusual mild butw e t e t r mild tak en asweas : t r: has smeter predominated. at 5i l der e T e s b e below fal lo z f e a t r b o e , thirty hours; we year is the p e e y v m part of it in this country, it is then very pleasant. %% t ip t lead dry occasionfro:mthl, '3te h h: vtoecg hn4h4a d ee t g h aerb e nelt t s ;: regard to the difficulty of gettingy ou r ""' servant girls, yent be sometimes tw o or th ree wee k s w ithout one — a , cannot get anything o f a g i r l un d e r a dollar and a ha?. (6s. 3d.) per w ee k, an d some fi rs t ra t e servants get se. 2° or Bs. 4d. p e r w ee k, an d t h ese are mostly Germans4ht Dutch; consequently some of them do not speak Eng" t or understand it very imperfectly indeed. Was it l e for these two drawbacks, we should not have a sin ; thing to detract from our enjoyments. " As to feeling myself a stranger, I must candidly sit! that I felt myself equally as much among strangers lu Liverpool as in any city or town in America." is [The writer need be under no appiehensions as t o b old friends, the Dartmoor farmers, feeling the want of society to be a bar in the way of emigration. So, also, with respect to domestic servants—they would be equally independent of conventionality.]— Western Times. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. U B. h — er The ea T m er u r p ible an s c lea w m in frifs Captain el ' p o Ramsey, Woolwich this afternoon for Greenhithe, to have D c compasses adjusted, and then proceed direct to Lisb° ° ' to join the squadron under the command of Admiral S!r George Parker, K.C.B. In order that the Terr i" may be detained as short a time as possible on her ps s ; sago to Lisbon, a collier will supply her with coals. a d r Greenhithe while her compasses are being ad.:l ll3l ' e— ' which will prevent the necessity of calling a t porta' mouth to take in coals. The Driver steam-sloop, Commander 0. Hays (car tain), arrived at Woolwich on Sunday, from Ports' mouth and the East India station. ed CuATHam, MAY 18.—The Semarang, 26 guns, scat he yesterday to Sheerness, with a crew made up fron1 e . : Ordinary, in charge of the second master-attenda nt, Northcoat. She will sail for her destination (Gibraltar in a few days. Two ordnance gun-boats belonging to this port Ire: engaged the whole of yesterday in conveying guns se fr°,6 the gun wharf to her Majesty's ship Howe, fitting Sheerness. The number of guns taken away are 32-pounders and 6 long sixty-eights. This morning the head -quarters of the 2d b at t a lion 60th Royal Rifles marched from the garrison si n 60th o'clock, en route for Maidstone, from thence toprau7i: by railway to Chichester, under comman d of Majo r o f Temp!e. The strength of the head - quart ers consists e_. 12 sergeants 8 corporals, 9 buglers, and 163 privet 3 _ The first division proceeded on the sa me rout?. of. Monday the 17th, under command of C a p tain th e tiou A. Hope. , Visa At Live o'clock this morning Lieutenant John for - O'Donnell, of the 96th regiment left this garrison__ tVoolwich, to relieve Lieutenant Paul, of the 6 5 La n n who is on board the convict ship Joseph Som b es- ' order unexpected was Mr. O'Donnell's departure, that t l a st for his removal was not issued until eight o'clock night. aril " son STO Tb o 9th, 17th, and 6 3 d depots at this g d formed separated from the Provisional B attalion, an are __ N. into four company depots. The 17 t h is nearly-400 struPb 7