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THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, and ALL r NEw WORK BY 3fita. Tiloatsort. between the Mayor and the Bishop confirms wh a t everybody thought b e f ore ,—th a t t h e latter is no Just ready, in 3 vols. post Svo., E. THEATRICAL NOVELTIES, EXITIETTIO`ZS, L-I4 I ZATIONS of ti e WEE See " ATLA K. !," of To-moa.aow. I T R A Pllte sii.nrence.-4, Southampt on - s t ree t, S tran d. 1 CY; O sy ß I H Mn. r , ' TH6 II ON. match for the former. In his Lordship's letter I Auttor of "widows and Widowers," " y T HE NEW PLAN o f HIBERNO-CANADIAN j Chevalier,"" 8 the awk- COLONTZATION EXA.MIN'ED. By JAMES WARD, E. r..c. Ragland Castli." " of the 3d inst. h e s t rugg l es to expla i n awa Richard Bentley, New Burlington - street. war d f act o f hi s having patronised a charity reet, Strand. ball in , See "ATLAS" if TO - KOZH•W . P r i ce Sixpence.-6, Seuthampton -1841. He affects t o h ave b een i gnorant at th, THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXXII.I Will be published on WEDNISDAT Nair. _ a, that a ball was intended to wind up the festivities which took place in that year in support of the Devon Hospital. The Bishop, however, lets out that he sanctioned a dinner on that occasion. Bishop, by the way, are notorious for their love of dinners, at which we presume they suppose—(at any rate HARRY of EXETER does so)—it is quite impossible that any thing in the shape of "revelry" should occur. But the diocesan of pamphleteering celebrity seems positively to wince under the intimation that he ever suffered his name to figure among the stewards of a ball. We do not ourselves appreciate the niceties of distinction to be inferred from PRILLPOTTS I writings between dinners and balls. We admit, how ever, that he would not look well at the latter. Nature never cut out the Bishop for a ball, which should be an enlivening scene, and attended only by persons of a lively and agreeable cast of countenance, of the truth of all which we have no doubt the Bishop must be painfully sensible. There can be no ques tion, we should think, that, whether he knew of the ball in 1841, beforehand or not, the Bishop became shortly after acquainted with the fact of one having taken place. Did he then mount the pulpit and ful minate against the " miserable frivolity" which con cluded that festival ? We take it the Bishop did nothing of the sort, because he now observes with com placent arrogance, " I consider that ball to have been of a very different character from the one which is about to take place." The Mayor of Exeter was not the man to let the Bishop fly off at a tangent. The following extract from the answer of the former, dated the sth instant, will best enable the public to judge how the Bishop, throughout this controversy, only went farther and fared worse : ‘• I am unable to understand the difference in the distinction which your Lordship draws between the proceedings of 1841 and those now in contemplation. 1 cannot connect the ball of the 6th of April with the day of the fast and humiliation of the 24th of March. Doubtless all visitations great and solemn lessons —should have their future and continuous effect upon the thoughts and conduct of men ; but it is tier, it cannot be said that all amusements are to cease, and . if not, and if the amusement of the hour may be legi timately coupled with a more abiding purpose of charity, then the ball of 1847 is as blameless as the festivities of 1841, and is equally entitled to your Lordship's indul gence. The one raised funds for the relief of sickness and distress in our immediate neighbourhood, the other is de signed to obviate the miseries of famine at a distance. Call either of them what you will, they are identical inform and purpose." Those who run may read. The mace has shivered the crosier. ALSII Vabib 1I bsd, 2 1113. fool cap BYO., T El-1 IvelTil 5M.111120, THE FALL OF NINEV, a Pcem. By EDWIN ATHERSTONE. Also the same Author TRH LAST DAYS OF by HERCULANEUM, , A Poem, 2.. AIeMIDSUMMRR-OAT'S DREAM, a Pawn. 38 . Iraz SZA JIGS I ENGLAND, an iliiter'cal Romance, 3 vft. • - - CONTENTS : • 1. CBA.COW IN 1815 AND 1446. • 2. SAINTS• LIVES AND MIRACLES. 3. PRISON 4. ARABIAN PHILOSOPHY. 5. TRH EMIGRANT, 15Y kilIR F. HEAD. 6. THE MARIAN EXILES. 7. PRIMITIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENGLAND. 8. SCHOOLS OF DESIGN. 9. THE RUCK AND THE BILLOW; HISTORICAL FICTIONS, 10. STATUTE LAW REFORM. 11. THE SPANISH MARRIAGES. 12. A PLEA FOR RAGGED SCHOOLS. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. le time TO CORRESPONDENTS. 4 A Subscriber at Chester" had better apply to Messrs. Will mer and Smith, American news-agents, Liverpool. WEATHEIL—SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 57 ; Noon, /2, BARoMETER, 29 75.—WIND, W.N.W.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON -BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning .. 20 minutes after 7. j Evening .. 53 minutes after 7. '', I:I:, , .7.`-.'7 , , -•--, , k-? 4 W -- -,- ~ 4' I . , •-. ‘..__V•:: - . - 4 10116 6, 1 ' : . ar'.'7.ljr4Fiyi4N . ';'(' l 0:1.:.: - z . e.,- ; , 7 .5w .. Jr , last -, ~ , ...:., ,, ,, ,, . ..., .. t , , ~. 0 - - r % ~„.• ...,A , . ~, ,z;., , ,,,. ~04. 10 ":,;:-:4);01,.., William Pickering, ITT, Piccad Ily. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. lim Nobility, Subseribers, and the Public, are respectililly 'n amed, &at there will be an EXTRA NIGHT On THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1847. Wham will be performed (first time this season) Baines selebrated Opera I PURITANI. trisieipal Charaeters:—Elvira, MadameCastellan ; Giorgio, Signor Lablaehe; Artura, Signor Gardoni; end Riccardo, Signor Coletti. Between the Acts of the Opera, a Divertissement, in which will be presented the following Dances : —Deutchen Rhein, by Corps de Ballet ; a thvourite Pas, by Mdlle. Resat! ; and a new Pas, composed by M. P. Taglionl for Mdlle. Marie Taghoni, entitled Posnania, or Dime Pelonaiss. Alter the Opera will be presented an entirely New Ballet Diver it•senient, by M. P. Taglloni ; the Music by Sigr. Pugnl ; the Scenery by blr. C. Marshall, entitled Ortthia, ou, Les Camp des Amazones. hincipal character Orlthia, Mdlle. Luc le Grahn. TURATRIC ROYAL. DRUET-LANE. THI3 EVENING Will tw performed tko new Grand Opera of TTIE BONDMAN. Martinis do Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morllere, Mr. llorncsustio; Ardenford, Mr. W. Ilarrison ; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. :Julep ; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grtsette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Frivol*, Yrs. thi,thm After which the New and Original Oriental Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, The 'mewl's Daughter. In which the Two Elephants, up.vsede et' Fixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. The Imaun rseph, Mr. Howell ; 'latex, Mr. Rafter; Barek, Mr. IV. H. Payne ; raze' Osla, Yr. Harley ; Maleck, Mr. T. Mzathews ; Aliabeek, Mr. ]dutch sea - Limit:age, Mr. L. Lee; Princess Ipomaye, Miss 31e.sent ; MISS; Collett ; Girgee, Miss It. Isaacs: THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Igaaer the Manxgeinent of Mr. it. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the now and original Comedy, called THE tC2IOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far_ Ten, Stuart, Luckstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Humby, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miu Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, &e. After which :the Grand Astronomical Extravagarims, called THE NISW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. To conclude with THE IRISH POST. TILEATitE BOYAZ„ .tDELPIII. I seder the direction of sadams Celeste THIS EVES NG will b» performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS 07 THE FOREST ; a (tipsy Story. Cheap John. Mr. Wright IllimaeL Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, air. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bees, Mrs. Fltswilllam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. Te ecneluile with the Fairy Spectacle, (omitted un the Ballet et LA WSELLE. entitled THE PLIANTO)I DANCERS cr, the Bride. Princlpal characters by Ar. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. O. Smith, Mr. Culleirord, Madame Celeste, ',its., Marian Taylor, Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. ritINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be pres en t e d scribe and A.uber's celebrated Comic Opera, In Three lets, called THE BARCAROLE. The prineipal characters by Messrs. Walton, Bodda, bUse Anne R omer. Leffler, and Allen ; Miss E. Homier and Af t"`' Mob, ibakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The prinelpal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Ryder, J. Vining, C. isher, Wynn, and Compton ; Miss Winstanley (her fifth appearance Is London), Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. H. Hughes, Miss S. Fluwer, Miss "ne Korner, Miss Marshall, and Miss Smithson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Airs. Keeley. THIS BYENING will be performed a New Drama, ealled THE CREOLE. CbAractsra by Mews. F. Mathews. Leigh, Murray, Emery, Klnloch, and Kaalsy, Miss Dickinson, Miss May, Miss M.:Keeley, and Mrs. Easley. After whisk the Now Vandeyllll Extravaganza, called CRUSOE THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley ; Miss Dickenson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To sonolnde with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan Turner, Kinlosh, Miss 'Mars, and Miss Arden. nuaNQH PLATS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessce, Mr. John Mitchell. Fourth Appearanee of liadernoisello ROSE CH ERI, and Fast Appear ante of Mademoiselle DU VERGER. THIS EVENI3G the Performances will commence with the amusing Comedie-Vaudevide, entitled L'IMAGE. Le Baron de Yerandal, M. Dumery ; Leepold, M. Rhozovil ; Pierre Menders, M. Prtston ; Madeline, Mdlle. Duverger. After whisk (first time in this country) a new Comedy, entitled VI ROM AN INTIME ; on. Les Lettres Du Mari. Edouard Dus seall, Rhozevil ; Albertine, Mdlle Rose Cheri. To be follewed by the new Comedie-Vaudeville. entitled LA PRO TEGEE, SAIeS LE SAVOIR. Helene, Madlle. Rose Cheri. Ife sonelude with the favourite Comedie-Vaudeville, entitled GIiNEVIEVE ; es, La Jalousie Paternelle. Cherambeurg, M. Car te:Jay; Adrien, M. Pascal; Genevieve. 3ldlle. Rose Cheri. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, Is. ed. ; Amphitheatre, 3,. ; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 38, Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ET/lIOPIAN TO-MORROW EVENING The sidebratal ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of Resuming tkeir inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the St. James's Theatre, and will give a grand day perlolllllllCe every Wednesday Morn ing, commencing at half-past two o'clock. The evening perfor mums will be continued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and the day performances every Wednesday morning. _Rates and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A3IPHITHEATRE, Tacker the patronage cf the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Proprietor and Manager. Mr. W. Batty. This rn:que and Royal Equestrian National Temple of Arta will eoalfreas itaVoworrally attractive Entertainments every evening, at Seven o'eloek ; presenting an unusual display ottalent in all its varied bre,nehee of squestrian. Gymnastic, and Dramatic productions ; com bining Mr. Illattfa numerous stud of highly trained Heroes and Fairy ponies, with his magnificent Syrian Camels, Elephants, Wild Zebras, Doer and Oxen, vibe brought into action in the now grand Faster Spoeteela of Lord Byron's THR /MIDI 01 0 ABYDOS or, THE CORSAIR .AND THE AVENGER'S STEED. With New Seenery, Marine Panorama. Decorations, and Gorgeous appenniments, on a scale of mrmitude unequalled In this Amphi hestre. The Scents in the Circle will p:zsent Vie unequalled per.ormances e.La Petite Isabella, Madame Demos, Mons. Demos, M, Leonard, Herr Henrique, and Laurente Waif, first appearance of the great English rider, Mr. Powell, and popular provincial Artiste of Equita tion, Mr. Bell. A spitted paF. cant, uniting the Artists of the Arena on their highly trained Steeds, led by Mrs. natty. The Exert•ise as sisted by the reappearance of the celebrated Hibernian chwn, Mr. T. Barry, and Mr. Twist, the grotesque. For detail see full Pro gramme. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box Office open frern Eleven till Four Box Book-keeper, Mr. Shoneld. Performance commencee every evening at Seven o'clock, door, spin at Half-peat ROYAL SUI:RET THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. 'll/lEE NEW PIECES, and the truly wonderful BEDOUIN ARABS, from the Theatre Port St. Martin, Paris, their fifth Ap pearance In England. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE MESSRS. LAAIOND and Co., RAILWAY SHIRE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support am,: patrossge, and to announce that their Putt° !tees of Railway shares, Fze. , rake place every TussnAY and FRIDAY, at One o'ctock, at the FULL of commerce, Threadneed:e-stre e t, London, to which plac e, favours, contenting tistructior.s (with a raterence), are respectßll l .7 requested to be addreseed. All scrip and Shar e Certilkates must be depos i ted , dal' be orovious to their b e i ng offered; and adv , ces of resu lts will trwarded by the first po s t a ft er the sale. and the Pr°ce imme. flatelY dlsPosed ef according to Instil:along. OEG.es, fire? of Commerce. Threadneedl s - s treet. 'London. ILER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 24b1 1it7, Gentry, Subscri ber to the Opera, and the Public, 2 - Wormed. th a t the THEATRR WILL RE-OPEN TO-MORROW EVENING, When will be performed Donizetti's Opera, L'ELLSIR D'AMORE. Adhse, IW4IIII Castellon ; Nemorino, Signor Garden!; Beleore, tenor P. LabLiehe; and Dr. Dulcomars, Signer Lablsche (his first aPpearaaes this seasen). Between the Ass ef the Opera will be presented ((Sr the fi rs t tim e seises) the admired Divertisement, entitled LE BACCHANTE, by lUDs. Lust), Gisaha.: (llerßret appearance this season), Mae., Serra' Zenon.. Y. Dor, and Corps do Bale. w eb the new suceessfid Ballet, in Two Tableaux, by X. rani Tegtfenl, the music by Signor pugni. entitled TBEA t OU, LA FEE AUX FLEURS. Pstnetpal 'intruders by Melo. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglionj. X. rat Tonlient. Fee. et the Ballet will be introduced the fbliewingdan Ildlie. C. Rosati. L'lndifferene,e, Mdlle. Rosati sad r. Tout seta of Le Fee anz Fle urs , Marie Taglionl. L-, s.,vast, Halle. Rosati. An opals is in rehearsal for the first appearance of Wile. 'Env Ltd 0.11 ber arrival is England. Os imu i rgay, April 17th, will be p roduced (for the first time fa skis country ) Verdi's Opera " I DueF carL' vaniroopera " Emani " will be rep eated f o rthwith. THIS EVENING The performances will commence min a new Drams, allied THE DIS,JARDLD DAUGHTER. Count Candor!, 31r. T. Fredericks; Jalia, Mrs. Wars. After which, a grand ORIENTAL FESTIVAL in the FULLS of AltD-LL-ZADER (the Emir of the Desert), introducing the won derful and novel Feats peculiar to the Native Bedouin Ara." Tribe., attended by their Marabouts (Priests), &c. In their national costume. After which. a new Farce, by airs. St ruing, entitled KISSING *Otis BY rAvouß. Duke de Bassomplere, Mr. Tindell ; Marchio awls de Lanny, Mns. Ware. To conclude with a romance Drama. named the TWO BROTHERS OF PISA. Count de Oaten. Mr. Neville ; Theodora I:temanati, Mrs. Hilary Vlniag. at Half•past Six. Is.; Gallery. ed. D oers open at Six. commence ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Tins zyiNnto. THE FORGER'S TOW ; or, SIDI BAROSSA, tate REDOUI?.I CHEEP' OF JARRA. Principal characters by Miss Tinciat, Mime Lydia rearm, Miss Julia Johnson, Mrs. G. Lee, Mrs. Cooke ; Mr. N. T. MIAs, Mr. Dale, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Searle, Mr. Zird, k.. Attar which, DONZELLA, THE HEROINE OF CASTILE. Don- Ndia (Isounnonly celled the Rose of the Rock) Miss Vincent. To sonclude with a Xautical Drama, in Three Acts, entitled, A *MEYER'S WRONGS ; or, IHR WRECK OF THE A.IIRORA. liaMrtel by the entire company. lazes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Private Zeus Parses of peer, Swat 10s. 61 • and Parties of Eight, 11. Is. 1 , 0 e and fi nding at a COCIZT-UAATIAL.—The sen tenc e strict court-martial, by whi c h a non- commissioned officer of t h e 95th Foot was tried at t he Wellington Barracks some daYs since, on ()barges commanding officer, were yesterday issued from h preferred by his Horse Guards. The prisoner, Joseph Coates, a lance sergeant of the regiment already mentioned was charged under the Articles of War, will having without leave from the recruiting party to which he had absented himself been attached at Fevershatn, /Cent, and having proceeded to Leeds, in Yorkshire, where he gasve hiroselt up to sergeant of the 30th Foot. The charge having been prov e n, the prisoner WAS sentenced to three months' confinement in the Military Provost, Fort Clarence, and pay of a private soldier. to be reduced to the rank and The finding was confirmed by the Cotnraander.i n .. Chief, &e. ACCIDWITS AT STZrNET FAilt.—OLl Wednesday afternoon two accidents of a serioni nature eccurred in Stepney Fair. A inan named henry Ps.dley, of Bea bright-street, Bethnal-,,!reen,ent4:red et,c of those danger ous machines calls(' a swin g , in St state of intoxication, and write the lining was ame.utling he was thrown cut and ilitched on his head. 11, wai rendered ins,n,ible, ami conveyed to the L •ruion liospital in rt. vf.ry pre carious mate. A . y, upg viol:nay, named Jane Ficld, residing in VirOrtzs.-rot., Cililnal green, was seated in on. of tit*" merry- go-r,,onds;" toulk, it was in full play she w a s thrown oft with great vio!ence. Her head was ut in a most frightful manner, and bled profusely. She * was also removed to the same hospital, and it is feared she will not recover. . The Dissenters of Bristol have purchased the Etna (- war , for the purpose o f f a floating chapel, and on man-o. last :t wasforma opened by a num pursdslY ?Ironing & Several sailors were present, and just concluded, after an allusion bee of MillipSrteocre—ediDgi were before the - ed. to a collection, a thorough Jack Tar bad been hi sprung the chairme n, p,and pulling cut his purse, pushed h is way towsrs locx il n, ha.er.nded, it to him, exc l a i ming, "licre's a t hot for y o ur sz-z;litit, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 0, 1847. Being the recognised leader of the Young Eng enders, Lord Joan MANNERS is rather naturally re garded as a day-dreamer. Every proceeding of his, whether it be the promise of a statement respecting the present condition of Greece, or the insertion of a lyric in the Oxford and Cambridge Review, is re garded by the Dogberries of political life with a sort of supercilious suspicion. Can there be any as• tonishment at the ridicule thus cast upon the intended revivers of " the golden prime" of middle-aged Al bion ? There is ample opportunity, no doubt, for parodying the principles of the gentlemen in white waistcoats. But it would be indicative of a total lack of generosity, and of a singular ob tuseness of perception, to deny that there is an earnest philanthropy at the bottom of their fine-spun theory, a yearning for what Mr. DISRAELI calls a " theocratic equality." Among the most brilliant evidences of this sub-current of bene volence must be considered the Birmingham Athenic Institute. Although we have already occasionally referred to this establishment in terms of high eulogium, we consider it incumbent upon us to corn ment upon the fifth anniversary of its foundation, which was celebrated on Wednesday evening, with be coming, ardour and cordiality. Much as we may other wise differ in opinion from the Noble President and his coadjutors, it would be an erroneous expression of cur sentiments to speak otherwise than in language of profound respect of their practical exertions to in spire a feeling of brotherly affection among al! classes of the community. The Birmingham Athenic Institute is, to our thinking, the model of a system of social federation which it were ad visable to carry into operation throughout the various municipalities of the United Kingdom. Under the auspices of such an institution the intellects of the neglected artizans are cultivated and developed during their salutary leisure, their hearts are opened to a consciousness of their own innate capacities for good, their limbs are recreated by agreeable and bracing pastimes, their very blood is purified by the inhala tion of purer air than is generally respirable in the workshop, and they become impressed at once with the majestic power of knowledge, and the lovely influences of morality. From being merely the " vile mechanicals" of the state they are elevated to a position commensurate in some measure with their divine origin. From an existence which appears to be comprised in the refrain of the popular poet— " Ever to toil, Ever to moil, That is your social charter 1" from this barren and stunting drudgery the artizan becomes promoted under the shelter of these Athenic Institutes to a higher grade in society, to a grade COM patable with his unnourished aspirations, to a grade on a par with his natural and tardily -recognised rights. The encouragement afforded to honest industry by suck associations is astonishing in its immediate results, and the effects of that encouragement are of an irre fragable permanence. It imparts vigour to theframe, serenity to the disposition, inquisitiveness to the mind, and universal good- will, in terra pax hominibus. We are not delineating the hypothetical fancies of a one-eyed philosopher of the flying-islands. 'Pe are enume rating the advantages which have actually accrued to the working men of Birmingham from the aid of the Athenic Institute. Supposing, however, the picture were flatteringly over-coloured, supposing the bene fits derivable from associations of this nature were scarcely so remarkable as those we have mentioned, we should still feel ourselves necessitated to com mend them as the offspring of a gentle generosity, and as establishments calculated to enhance the moral, intellectual, and corporeal strength of the em pire. It is not, moreover, in its direct operation upon individual localities that this system of combining study with amusement is alone admirable ; it it more especially so in its ulterior results upon various legislative efforts for the improvement of the multitude. Besides the nutritious banquets prepared for the surrounding denizens of Birming ham, or wherever else they may be situated, these Athenic Institutes afford food for the nourishment of the collective million. As the Welsh parson smith in SHAESPERE men " There be pippins and cheese to come yet !" Upon the construction of public baths and wash houses, upon the railing in of parks and pleasure grounds, upon the advancement of street architecture, upon the progress of the educational question, and upon the application of a well-digested sanatory system, establishments of this character directly and materially act. In this respect we regard them as at once preservative and progressive: preservative of whatever might have formerly rendered this "merrie old England," and progressive towards whatever can effect the spiritual and bodily exaltation of the people. Besides, it is undeniable that harm can by no means arise from associations so peculiarly innocent; it is scarcely probable that the harmony •of races should be destroyed by the c ontentions of cricket, that the liberties of the subject should be injuriously affected by the rod of the scientific lecturer, or that civilisa tion should in any particular be retarded by the gyrations of the polka. For so small a man the Bishop of Mx.sralt is un doubtedly a great actor. All his public performances savour of the dramatic art. The turn of his mind is strikingly theatrical. Once before the footlights, the energy of his acting speedily renders the spectator oblivious of the diminutiveness of his figure and his general deficiency in respect of other personal advan tages If a principal actor on the stage receives a mortal thrust from an adversary, he never thinks of appearing to resign life without a violent struggle. He knows very well that simply to fall on his back and stretch out his legs would be considered by the audience as a vulgar and insipid feat. Accordingly, he puts his body through a variety of powerful creatortions; and frequently, at the very moment when e verybody con siders he has mzde his last effort, he ui ill be observed ' to raise himself on the elbow, give :is 1 awful _ .aladrid G aceta of the 2d instant, the only effectual th rus t at his victim. This finished, the word , and make another in- journal publish e d i n Madrid on Good Friday, has grin, seize his s h attered s been received. It contains decrees accepting the re player generally finds his level in the most approved • t•of General AI manner for scenic effect. In all thus' I minute signa ion ANSO as Captain- General of tails of the histrioni c de artofthewbßielhsh,spleof New Castile, and of General SAiCEDO, as Captain- General of the Canaries, and appointing Senor Esco• is thoroughly versed, ra Ezz . v h as the public with ample proofs in t tile sharp rni ed suss, Political Mel of Madrid. flict which he recently provok• i d w i t co t t i l l : General REQURNA, fiscal in the case of General Mayor of Exeter. After the first o na i tvght, the SERRANO, has declared that the tribunal was incom prevailing impression was that the wi*angling Yrelate Patent, and that the whole case should be submitted to the deliberation and sentence of the Supreme Tri- Tichee of had got his quietus; but all were mistaken. Pa u ling t cr edentials to the guitars, with envenomed feelings, HARRY PH u.z.rorr a once bunal of War and Marine. F IG csr LII . CXBISUIRG It has presented his more aimed his luckless goose-quill i.t his cool arni intrepid antagonist. The Mayor p trried the ins. potent thrust, when, as a matter of course, the Bishop immediately rolled over utterly exhausted. A glanc e at the continuation of the correspondence ‘i tb ic e e intelligence has been as Ambassador for the n received from Portugal that an At . tompt had been made to induce the inhabi tants of 1 ellYks to prououuce in favour of the Just~. 1 a The The common law wisely made a distinction be ween animals that were ferce nature and unre claimed, and those which were reclaimed and con fined, and might serve for food : in the former case no larceny could be committed. It was justly felt that there could be no such property in animals suffered to remain in a state of nature, who might one day rest on the lands of one proprietor, and on the follow ng day visit those of another, as to justify a convic :ion for larceny. Indeed, if such animals could fairly be termed the property of an individual or body of individuals, it would he of the farmers, whose crops tre eaten down, and too often almost wholly de ,troyed ; so that frequeutly, in place of a fair return for their labour and capital laid out in the cultivation of the land—in place of an abundant harvest—no thing is to be seen but fields laid bare by the devas tating influences of game and vermin ; but even this is not the case, the animals are still in the enjoyment of theirnatural liberty, they are free to go where they think proper, and according to the principles of natural law, become the property of the first person who can cap ure them, who can take them either dead or alive, and bring them into a state of subjection, and by the same law every person vi ould have a just ,right to exercise the dominion originally accorded to man over all other animals. In the earlier stages of so ciety hunting was almost the only means by which a livelihood could be obtained ; and to this day many tribes of Indians and others look to it as their only support. A passion for the chase appears to be an instinctive feeling in the human mind, and no argu ments can convince a poor man that in killing a bare on his own land, which he sees eating the food that should belong to his hungry children, he is guilty of any moral crime. A great tempta tion is held out to him, and should he yield in a moment of weakness, his future doom is sealed; he is sent to a prison and becomes a marked man. The very name of poacher is sufficient to ensure his destruction. He can obtain no employ- The game-preserving landlord denounces ins, and woe to any tenant that shall afterwards give him work, or suffer him to gain his living by his own honest industry. He becomes an outcast; and in turn his band is against every man, until he finishes his career by some act of violence or bloodshed that consigns him to the hulks or the gallows. It is manifest that the taking of game is not con trary to natural law, and that the only punishment that could fairly be imposed would be for the trespass on the property of others in the pursuit; but, unfortu r.ately, our legislators are directly interested in the question. No person can sit in Parliament unless he is actually a landed proprietor. No matter how highly qualified he may be in other respects, how great his natural or acquired endowments, how inde pendent his circumstances, the possession of real estate to the amount of 6001. per annum for a knight of the shire, and of 300/. for a citizen or burgess, is an essential requisite. The game-laws are consequently a landlords' code, framed by landlords themselves. The only object appears to be to enact the most stringent provisions for the punishment of those who interfere: with them. Magistrates (who are also compelled to possess real estate to a certain amount as a qualification for their .&fice) are entitled to convict parties in a summary manner, and to inflict i m p r i sonment, with hard labour, w ith ou t th e i n t ervent i on of a j ury. Such a person may actually be himself the complaining party and the person to adjudicate on the complaint Any owner or occupier of land, or any person having a right, or reputed right, of free warren or free chase thereon, or the lord of the manor, or reputed manor, or any gamekeeper or servant of such persons, or any person assisting such gamekeeper or servant, are authorised to seize and apprehend any person entering at night on any land, whether open or enclosed, for the purpose of taking or destroying game; and if such person should resist his capture he is subjected to transportation therefore, as he will be in like manner for his third offence even without any violence, and if he should have two or more associates armed with any gun or offensive weapon, he may, even for his first offence, be transported for 14 years. Surely such iniquitous and unjust laws should not be permitted to encumber our statute-book; they have been already condemned. Of late years we have bad less of class legislation, and there is a disposition to do justice to all. Inquiries have taken place before Committees in btoh Houses of Parliament u to the effects of these laws, and there are ample materials on which to ground a comprehensive reform. Let us hope that it will not long be postponed. Mean time the public should not be idle ; petitions should be sent forward. A general election must speedily take place, and if the desired ameliorations should not be obtained during the present session, there can be no time more favourable for directing the attention of aspirants to senatorial honours to the question than when they are seeking the suffrages of the several constituencies. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY_ EVENING. APRIL 9, 1847 2 dls 2 die 2 dis ONE CLOSIN t, FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PitICES, Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. _ Ditto, Small • • • • • • • . .. 84 84 Danish, 3 per Cent • • .. • • .. 86 86 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 21% Portuguese Four per Cent .. .. Ditto, lor the Account .. .. .. 3.5!, / S d anish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, Wl* the Account • • .. .. 21% 25 intim, Three per Cent .. .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 35% 35% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 40% Dividwidx on the above peyaLle in Landon. French Rentes, 4% per Cent .. .. 1051. —c. 1051, —c, Exchange .. .. .. .• .. .. 25f. 50c. Dutch Two-and-a-Flail per Cent .. 58% 58 58% 251. 50c. 58 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certltcates .. 90 90!v. PRICES OF EUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT ONE O'CLOCK. "I"s' Anther., Notting., Boston, and , Eastern Junction 2% •• •• Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 ..., 13% 13 134 .. 134 it uckinghatnshire —GI. 45..... di5..... 1,4 dis. Caledonian .. 30 24N .......• •. 24 Eastern Counties .. .. 20 . 18% ........ 18% Ditto, York Extension .. .; 4 ........ • • 4% East Lancashire .. • • .. 17 •• •• ....... Ditto New .. •.• • • 8 • 81, East Lincolnshire .. • • • . 4 .. %•• .. G Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 71 71 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 10 ..... 19 Ditto, Quarter Shares 17% Great Northern .. .. • . 33i .. • 34 3.. „ 3 Do., London & York Extension 2%.... 1% .. Great North of England . ..100 ........ 231 Great Western .. .. • • •• 85 ••• • ••• • • • .... 112 Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • 12% .•• • • • •• • • 174 Ditto, Sew 4% .. 1 „, ..... 7 lint! and Selby .........50 .... „„, Ditto, Half shares 25 .... 51% .......... 51% Lancaster and Carlisle .. 50 .... Ditto, New . • • • • 5 8% • • .....• Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 35 .... 78 ...... 78 Leicester and Bedford 4.% dis ...• % dis, Leeds and Thlrsk 22% .... 19 ..... •• .. 19 Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. .. 3% 44 . ..... London, Brio ton, and S Coast •• 50 14 50% •• 50% Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. .. •• 04 .....•• • • 10% u pp ot ii , tt lu toto u : an North-Western .. 100 174 173 175.... 175 Ditto, Quarters .. L. and B. 7 '23 .... •• • • 23 I) tto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .. • • 12 ••• • • • 12 Ditto, 401. Shares &B. .. 4 5 0 6 1 8 0% Ditto,ltto 11010/.. Shares s s N. 31. j 1 ; ;.. ( ( 1 C 1 ) ) London and South•W e:dern 411. Gs. 1()d 62% • ~ 6 3 N Te e n w ths (CO • nsoli — dat•ed) 5 2 0 7% :: :: 5 3 % :::::::::: 5 3 ' 5 % Lynn p4t an 9, d 8 Scrip .. i e p r e • h • m • • : : : : ••• 2 5 0 ::: .• 2 4 1 % 3i . 5 .•: ::•• : : 21 % Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 Ditto, Thirds (It eg.).. .. • .71. 4s mmat D ,nn l ec t h t h o eses % teter ( r l , a a te nßdu l s u oto d un t t l h er a z in . & ptio S an h ti e u ff.) e.t. 4 23 22L Midland .. —lOO ll3 11▪ 2▪ 114 Ditto, New .• 36 39% 39% Ditto, New .. • • . 2 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 Ditto, Consol. Bristol aad Bir mingham 6 per cent. .. ..100 123 .. • • 123 Neiceastie aii,l Berwick .. 20 „ 251 Ditto, Ncw .•• 5 7cZ sortolk .... —lOO .•..134 •••• 134 Ditto, Extension .. • • .. 6 .... • 6 Northern Counties Union % ..... Nona British •• 25 „ ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 2 4 Ditto, Extension .. • • • • % 1• • ...... Ditto, Thirds .. .. • • • • 1 .... 3% Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 54 .......... North st anOrdshire •• • • 5 •• •• 7% 4•••- • • • • Preston and Wyre •• •• 28 .... 34% ....... Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. •. 12 The Ministry have consented to the prise en con sideration of M. RIMUSAT'S proposition fur excluding placemen from the Chamber. The Bill for aug menting the effective force of the army for home service by 10,000 men, passed the Chamber of Peers on Tuesday. The Nemesis, a new sixty -gun frigate, is to be launched at Brest on the 14th instant; on the 15th the Tage, of one hundred guns, is to be launched ; and on the 28th, the Faune, of sixteen guns, will be launched. It is said that several Chinese labourers have left Amoy for the Island of Bourbon. They receive a sum of money in advance, with a promise of monthly wages. The Spanish authorities have also authorised the hiring of Chinese labourers for the Philippine Islands. On the Bourse, on Wednesday, the Bears circulated a rumour that the KING was ill, and that Marshal Soma was dead. There was no foundation for these rumours. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 78f. 50c.; the Five per Cents., 1161. 50c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,235 f.; Rouen, 8801. ; Havre, 675 f.; Great Northern, 628 f. Sc.;7 Avignon, 790 f.; Vierzon, 5651. ; Bordeaux, 512 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 430 f.; Troyes and Moutereau, 300 f. ; Basle, 2101.; Dieppe, 33:-,f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4301.; Tours and Nantes, 4251. ; Paris and Lyons, 427 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 4551. ; Cette, 447 f. 50c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 34%. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aran, 1. Boulogne and Amiens, 16, 7 4 1 Dutch Rhenish, 4—Northern of France, 12%—Paris and Lyons, 5 %—/touen and Havre 26 an d M euse , 6. , 3)4 34 56 73( 34)4, 12 RUMOURED ILLNESS OF LOUIS PHILIPPE. Last night a letter, of which the following is a transla tion, was delivered at our office:— " South-Eastern Station. April 8, Bridge Hotel. " SlR,—Yesterday, about four o'clock, the King was suddenly attacked with illness. Fortunately M. Pas. quier, his Majesty's surgeon, happened to be at the Palace of the Tuileries. He saw that the face was dis torted, and deemed it necessary to proceed without delay in bleeding the patient copiously. The state of the King having become worse, M. Pasquier ordered two consecu tive operations of cupping. At half-past five, the time of my departure by the special train, there was no change in the alarming condition of his Majesty, who had not then recovered his consciousness. The members of the corps diplomatique were arriving at the Tuileries in order to ascertain the real state of the King. " I have the honour, &c., •*** * • • " Ditto, Half Shares .. .... I 1% Shrewsbury mid titruulikthans .. 3%.... Ditto, Class B .. • • • • • . 1 1 Shropshire Union .. . 423. .... di5....... 1 dis South Eastern and Dovor 33% .. • • 36 54 South Yorkshlr,, Doncaster, and Goole . .. 2 .... ...• Waterford and Kilkenny 13% .... 6% . (Vest Riding Union .. • . .. 4/. 25... .. 114 m p York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 333 i 33 •• 33 Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 ... 14 14 Ditto, Preference .. 4 .... 7 6h. ...... C.h yurk rbiNorth Midland 50 .......... Ditto. Extension •• 2.5 40 1 4 ''. . . . Ditto, Preferenc., • • .. .. 2 .... 10% •• • . Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • 10 ...- ••.. • • ..•• FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens _0 .... 16% •• ••• • •• Demerara .. . .. 2% .:........ Dutch Rhenish • • .. .. 7 .... Norther. ut France •• S .... 123 % Orleans and Bourdeaux . ........ Paris and Lyons •• S .... 5 45 Rouen and Havre . 20 .... 26 Sombre and Meuse .. .. 12 .... MINES. The writer of the letter adds his name, but it is one with which we are totally unacquainted. Our own ex press, which left Paris at five, EN, on Wednesday, is silent on the subject; and on inquiry at the French Em bassy at a late hour, we were informed that no intelli gence of the sort had arrived there. We submit the communication, nevertheless, to our readers, because we do not feel justified in suppressing it, though we have no means of verifying the statement it contains.—Post. Roal del Monte. Unreristered • . .• • • Z 3 •• • • ...... LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G---(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL W.S.W., fresh gale and squally. OFF MARGATE, APRIL B.—Oriental, Wilson, Calcutta. OFF RAMSGATE, APRIL B. Susan King, St. Lucia. DEAL, Aram B.—Wind W., strong and squally.— Arrd. Alice, Jamaica; Sarah Birkett, Puddow, Porto Rico. Arrd. from the River, John, New York. Put back, Isabella, Quebec. Covras, APRIL B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Claudius Civilis, Ingeman, Batavia. PLYMOUTH, APRIL B.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. John Bull, Crawford, New Zealand and Cark; James Camp bell, Graham, London—crew in a state of mutiny. LIVERPOOL, APRIL B.—Wind N.W., fresh and squally. —Arid. Isabella, Watson, Thompson, Calcutta; Sera phina, Taylor, Paraiba, sailed 7th ult.; Reliance, Bed lord, ditto; Walton, St. Domingo; Albama, M‘Bride, Laguna; Belinda, Kelly, New Orleans. Sisters, Christen, Mobil. Mursey, Co ffi n, Apalachicola; Marmion, Ed wards, New York. Off port, Lord Ashburton, Now Orl..ivis; Henry Gardner, ditto ; Queen Pumare, Ara 'pinta. and Prince or Waterloo. AIAtIGATE, APRIL B.—The Baptiste Marie. Charente to London, got on the Margate Sand this morning, but assist. d off. very leaky, &c.. after partly discharging. A SNAKE FANCISE.---W e were not a little sue- Brunibolin, New York. s I Fair ;11s. ' n, prised on Saturday last to see a man with a bundle of . snakes which he had tamed to a singular state of doci- in L Y S;IirvIC . H, MARCH 24.—S1d. Resolution, Davis's LIMERICK APRIL 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Car lity. He spread them out on a table and took every FALMOUTH, APRIL B.—Wind W., squally.—Arrcl. kind of liberty with them, twisting and turning them Itia anket, Parry. P: rt.ambuco, sld. 18th February ; about at pleasure without the animals appearing to be in Ellen Bryson, Jones, Honda' as, sld. 16th February, with any way annoyed. It did not appear that the sting of , Straits ; Joseph Gre.-n. ditto. the reptil es h a d b een extracted, and we are i n f ormed fie emaq sprung , &e., boats stove, and l o ss of bulwarks. that the p erson i s a regular snake fancier, an d that he LErrn. APRIL 7.-51 d. Prince George, Quebec. base some secret by which he has obtained the command IlaamerooD, APRIL B.—The Elien Murrray. of over those reptil es .—P ort P hilip Gazette. Jersey, has puL in he re , ith loss of foremast, &c., hay ing Lean in contact this morning off Whitby. An exact copy of the above letter was left at our office at half-past two o ' c l oc k yester d ay a f ternoon. W e immediately instituted inquiries in various quarters, and having ascertained that no special train had recently arrived at the South-Eastern station; and that the various authorities, who must have been aware of the tact of the illness of the King of the French, had such an occurrence taken place, had received no information on the subject, we concluded that the whole affair was either a stupid attempt at a hoax or a fraud concocted fur stock-jobbing purposes, and therefore took no notice whatever of the letter or its contents.—[ED. Sun]. QuitEN's volunteers had, however, reprersee the EVIONEY anti COMMERCIAL NEWS. movement; and, rendered valiant by their :success, CITY, Q17,1111 - Ell TO THREE. had marched out to force Count MELD:, to raise the The sales of cotton at Liver peol yesterday were 3,000 siege of Estremoz. Their courage, however, failed to 4,000 bales, 500 bales being American, and taken on them when they came in sight of Count MEnno, and speculation. The prices for Ainer;cen were bid, to Id. they fled back to Yelvas, pursued by a detach- Per lb. Reilway Searee were slull. ment of AlELno's forces. The remains of the gallant It is scereely possible to term any correct opinion upon the eitireste results of the Beek notice, which we volunteers re-entered Yelvas i n complete disorder, gave ye t te r ,l ay aeternoen uedsr this hcad, by which the having lost one hundred men i n th e i r fl i ght. mielseues rate of dile-tient eee lais d to 5 per c t e nt. per The Ist and 2,1 inst. were k ep t as close holidays, aeuum. In ell. but a f ew inierested quarters, the and there was consequently n o B o l sa. • course of operetiens adeptcd by the Bank of Esselend is held tena bl e upon tLe main points We have received the Pari s papers o f Wednesday. which sliseed regulste she transactions of the tor- The rumour of the do wn f a l o f the Colett i Administration in Greece has occasioned a great ra'iun. Inconvenience to some, and, doubtless, large ssses to others, must occur. But will prove but a sensation in Paris. The National, taking it for granted drop in the buck -t, as compa . red with. theseplacing the cur. that the rumour is true, has the following furious reiey in a safer position. ' It is denied, in many quarter., article on the subject ref there are any large Corn bills out, which awaited renewal in the course of the present " The Ministry yesterday received news of extreme gravity. It is stated that M. Coletti, chief of the Greek h mont , at l e ast t o any alarming amount. Time Cabinet, has been overthrow n . T he-fall of this Minister will show w h e th er suc h i s or is nut the fact. There is a striking triumph of En g li s h pol i ce. Since Macro corchtto lost power the representative of Great Britain is a very strong opinion, very strong indeed, that at at Athens has constantly struggled against M. Coletti, ' least two, if not three firms of influence have out such who was considered, whether rightly or wrongly, as bills, but if so, they have ample reso urces to meet placed under the influence of F rance. There is no sort • th em'may, without any very of embarrassment that Sir E. L yons has not created . Probably, -it against the Greek Cabinet since it has existed; and material stretch of the powers of divination, whilst English intriguers laboured to enfeeble the Het- be asserted that though the secrets of the lenic Government in the interior, efforts were made to Bank-parlour are not known, the Directors have cause it to lose consideration abroad. We still ample sources of information at their command to form remember the words of Lord Palmerston in open a correct opinion as t o th e mos t . pi udent c ourse to b e Parliament, that the Cabi net presided over b M. Coletti was only a h eap of brigands. y adopted, an d have due discretion to use th e power Events have succeeded to words. A miserable placed in their hands with benefit to the public, and of quarrel, excited by the Turkish Ministry, has furnished course with all due advantage to the proprietary the least occasion so long expected. A trifling di ssens i on , or, body, wh om th e y re p resent . A s will be at , a dissension easy to appease, has taken the pro- I seen below, the Stock market continues heavy. After portions of a serious rupture. The Porte, encouraged the regular hours of business yesterday afternoon, there by England, has no longer put bounds to its exigencies. To the offers of an honourable satisfaction, it has replied were some private bargains made in Consols. for Account by maintaining, in its absolute terms, a pretension hu- at 861 f. This morning the second instalment of 121 per miliating for the Greek Government. At the same time cent. on the eight millions loan has been in the course Great Britain enjoined the Cabinet of Athens to pay in totality, and without furthe r d e l ay, the interests of the of paym en t. Th e rec i p i ents o f the i nterest upon the na loan contr ac t e d by G reece an d guaranteed by the three lions] debt h ave mustered i n rather full force this protecting Powers. The insufficiency of the financial morning. resources of a state reduced almost to misery by Bava- There are not any late colonial arrivals announced in rian administration was counted upon, and a refusal too the City this morning. well founded was foreseen. The calculation was just. The fluctuation i n C onso l s f or t h e Account to-day has Coletti was not a bl e to sat i s f y h i s engagements, and bear' C9ll limited to about 1- per cent., vz. from 861 to 861, he has fallen un d er t h e menaces of his pitiless cre- u ditor. If it be true, as is stated, that England sup- the tendency of the prices, as will be observed, being ported her demands by the guns of her fleet, it is easy still downwards. At the regular close of the market to understand why the Greek Cabinet has fallen. Our yesterday afternoon, the last quotation was 861 to 87. policy, then, has just received a new check. It is France Some few sales of Money Stock have been effected that Lord Palmerston has stricken in overthrowing Co letti. Shall we su b m i t w i thout resistance to this new at 86i ; in the R e d uce d Three per Cents. at 85i ; attack on our int eres t s i n t h e M e di terranean ? Shall we in the New Th ree - an d - a-Quarter per Cents. at 86i leave English domination to establish itself in the Archi- (now the price is 871); and in the Consul pelage ? Or shall we only accompany with sterile Scrip at 21 i dis. B an k S tock h as d ropped Von ? Such ar e th e questions to regrets the fall o f a Ministry pl which the intelligenceaced under our p l tutee- from 200, th e o p en i ng va l ue of yesterday', to 1951, the price p a id f or a pretty large sum just now. Excho -1 received yesterd a y g i ve r i se. Ti e Chamber will examine this day i n i ts b ureau a Bill re l at i ve to the quer bills are at p ar to 2 s . di scount, and East India Greek loan, and will no doubt seize the cccasion to ques- Bonds at ss. discount to 2s. premium. The quotatiens Lion M. Guizot on the conduct he proposes to adopt at just noticed will tend to show very clear)) how sensitive Athens. And, besides, explanations on this new corn- the market f e r all publ ic secur i t i es is. plication must b e ma d e f rom t h e tr ib une. Th e E ngl i sh Parliament is to e xam i ne t h e a ff a i rs o f G reece i n ono of The report, unc o nfi rme d t h oug h i t b e, o f L ou i s Phi its early sittings. The French Chamber will not allow lippe being attacked with sudden and severe illness, itself to be outstripped, and it will, we hope, know how has led to a fall in the French Rentes to 105 f. Exchange, to reply to a hostile m a nifestation by a so l emn ex p res s 251: 50c. 'the report of the ill ness o f t h e K ing i s net at son of its sympathies tor a Government which its all believed in the most ieflat ntial circles connected %lib feebleness, more perhaps than our interests, commands us to protect." French IttLirs in re; many thi n k i t nas an attempt to deceive and alarm the public, and ti.u s t o aid Bear In the bureau x o f th e Ch am b er o f D eput i es, on Wednesday, the C omm itt ee appo i nte d to exam i ne the sptculstiens. Spanish St oc k i s at 2 4 i ; an d t h e Th ree ' per Ceres,. a t 35i ; the Dutch Tw o • se d a -H a lf p si . Bill annually introduced for the payment of the in- C ents hove . Lein eerie at 58 and 58 i; and the Four per terest of the Gr ee k L oan, commence d t h e i r l a b ours.. at 90 for the Account; Br:se:Mtn new, at 84 for A ccount; Several questions were pu t t o t h e Mi n i ster o f the In and Danish at ite. tenor as to the truth of the rumours in circulation The Rail Any Share 'Market is certainly li,avy, espe on the subject of Greece. He was asked particularly ei,ll), for London and Brighton, fur London and Norah if it was true that the Government was in possession Western (Mat:lnds are riosv steady), for South-Eastern of information of the fall of M. COLETTI'S Ministry, and Dwer, and for York and Newcastle investments. and of the appearance of five English ships of war at oall :S.: EU111),. ONE Cr( ~tali:. Pitt. l.ost.M; ES. the Piraeus ? M. DUCHATEL replied that the Govern- Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 19!3 , 195% ex div 195 , ment had received no information of any kind upon !: r -e- t e' pP:rri-e'el,ltt..e"oendsuoLe(.lila:ltiattel:s .. .. ' s ' i;;ll.Z l ex div 5 8 4: the subject, and that he had no reason to think that ?;ew 't hree:and-a-Quarterper s C i e . at. Alms. 57 3 i i : 8 , 6, 7 , ( !. 87j x d 87 9 ,i there was any truth in the rumours. He acknow- India ta i l i zt . tr .;o Eapire .. Jan... .. 60 .. • .. 5 uis 2 p 2 p ledgefl, however, 2 that the affairs of Greece were in a , .50,n4,.i uthsSe Cur a AccountStoek . .. 95% 95 '. :: .... .. :. .. 86% 3 4 4 86% very delicate position, but he gave an assurance that Three per C , r l t i . , Consols t ,Ze a r . ip .. .• . 2,1 21,, dig 2% ale the French Government knew how to act with pru- ''''elle ro e oo/... . . - .. . . par 2 dis . 2 deuce in that affair, b u t a l so w i t h fi rmness, i n the scol. . .... par die event of there being a n y reason f or t h e di sp l ay o f t h at . Ditto, Small • .• .. par 2 dis quality. Whether the rumours be true or not, we hope that this article in the National will open the eyes of the Greek SOVEREIGN and the Greek nation to the true character of M. COLETTI. It is evident that CoLErrt is the Minister in reality, not of Greece, but of France. "It is France that Lord PALMERSTON has stricken in overthrowing COLETTI," says the National. " Shall we submit," it asks, " without resistance to this new attack on our interests in the Mediterra nean ?" How could the dismission of COLETTI be construed into an attack on French interests, if he were not the Minister, not of Greece but of France. We trust that these avowals will rouse a national feeling in Greece, before which the anti-national Afrancesados will be compelled to give way. Er.l:llsh ........ Foreign ...... 3,G79 Ink the offal. Beasts, 1,107 Beet. i nfertor • • middling .... prime large .. prime small • • COFFEY.—There has not been a great deal doirg. Jrnna;ca I as been sold at 70i to 107 s for superior sam plEs. Ceylon has b: en taken in at 41s Gd to 425., and s• me parcels hav- been sold at 353 to 70s per cwt. Al.cha has I , cen 6.1,1 at 80s to 81s 6d. Mauritius has twen taken in at 34. s to 42.-; and Java has realised 32s 36, 6d rer ewt. CucoA.-'l'ri❑idad has been sold at 50s to 60s per Cut. SALTPETRIL.—CUICUtta has been sold at 285 for 5i lbs retractii.n, the rest being taken in at 27s Gd to 28s for 61 and 74 i lbs re'raction. HICE —l3erigtal dcelincd, having been sold at 16s to 18s per cwt, and Madras has realised 11s 6d to 17s ; Italian IBs to 18s 6d. SPlCES. — htnento has been soli] at sid per lb, and in P« pper, &c., there is nothing particular to notice. Rum —There has not been much doing. COTTON.—The business done has been rather larger, and at higher rates. TALLow.—P.Y.C, has been 49s 6d to 50s per cwt on the spot. TEA.—The market is quiet. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IN RE WOOD. This bankrupt, who had carried on business in Grace church-street as an ironmonger, came up this day for his certificate, and was opposed on behalf of a creditor, Mr. Hinton. It appeared that he was first bankrupt in 1844, but thtl fiat was superseded on his paying 55. in the pour.d. Since then he had speculated in houses, and wines, and merchandise, in all which he had lost money. During the last two years his losses had been 1.2941., and during the same period his house expenses had been 1,0001., and the trade expenses 9001. The present assets were little more than sufficient to pay the costs of working the fiat. The official assignee said that the assignees were per fectly satisfied with the books and accounts of the bank rupt, and he had been even complimented by the Learned Commiasior sr. His HONOUR said that the only complaint which ap peared to bear against the bankrupt was the excessive expenditure over the pr. fits, but the bankrupt had stated that ho only knew of one thing in which he had incurred dispr. .portionate expense, and that was in the education of his children. His Honoar said that item would cover the excess, and although it was one which was the most justifiable, yet traders must not injure their creditors to educate their families. Under all the circumstances, he thought the suspension of the certificate for three months would meet the justice of the case.—His Honour granted protection. An application was made in this case under peculiar circumstances ; it was for the costs of the former fiat to bu first paid out of the present estate, as in 1844 there were no assets, but it was necessary for the Learned Conireissioner to give leave to move the Court of Review. His lioNoun said he could not do so—h, , did not see why this eon: t and its officers should not be paid before any one else. lie had seen a paragraph in one of the papers that this court was paid from the Treasury, but it did rit.t, r. ceive one shilling from that source, and was the only co,art in the kingdom which did not. BIRMINGHAM AND BOSTON DIRECT RAILWAY. TO-day was appointed for the last examination under the fiat issued for winding up the affairs of this company, but the accounts not being yet prepared the case was adjourned. SECONDARIES-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) CRIM. CON.—WOE DGATE V. ALLEN. The plaintiff in this action is a law stationer in Coleman -street. and the defendant is a news a ent in Goswell-street•road. The action was brought to recover compensation for criminal conversation with the plain till's wife. • The defendant having suffered judgment to go by de fault, the present was an inquiry to assess damages. Mr. THOMAS apptared for the plaintiff, and said that the defendant having suffered judgment to go by default, had admitted the allegations contained in the declaration, and it would, th+refore, be unnecessary to call witnesses to prove the facts, and as the plaintiff did not seek for heavy damages, in consequence of the defendant (who is a near relation by marriage) being in humble circumstances, it would be only necessary to show that until Mrs. Woodgate formed her improper intimacy with the de fendant, she and the plaintiff had lived on happy terms. The plaintiffs wife had a child by him, but since this occurrence a separation had taken place, and Mrs. Wood • gate had taken away the child, the loss of whose society was very painful to plaintiff's feelings. Mrs. Jane Taylor was called to prove that the plaintiff and his wife were married about four years ago, and lived apparently happy together till the intimacy took place between Mrs. Woodgate and the defendant. Mrs. ‘Voodgate left her husband's house with the defendant. The Learned SECONDARY said that the jury had only to consider vi hat amount of damages the plaintiff was entitled to. The Leaned Counsel had told them th at the defendant was in humble circumstances, and that the plaintiff did riot seek for heavy damages. The jury gave a verdict for 20/. PARRY U. COCKBURN. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 331. 59. 6d., for the insertion of advertisements in the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette and the Journal of Commerce. The defendant is a stationer in Aldgiste. Mr. J. Stone, clerk to the plaintiff's attorney was called, and proved that a letter was written to defendant fur the amount of advertisements, which were for the cure of ringworm, and for beautifying the complexion of the fair sex. Deft nr:aut answered the letter, stating that it was not convenient to settle the account, but would give a bill at two months, but did not. The jury gave a verdict for the full amount claimed. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COUN T: (Before the COMMON-SERGEANT.) FORGING A CHEQUE.—James Jenkins, aged 28, a milk man, and Frederick Williamscn, aged 32, a painter, w ere indicted for uttering a forged cheque on Messrs. Ran som. the hanker, , , of purporting t o b e ' s i gned bdMr. Charles Kinnear, with inte:lt,tu defraud Mr. rjarnin Prow, a clothier, carrying on business in II:,; born. Mr. Br firer appeared for the prosecution; M r . Bal laniine for Widiainlon, and Mr. Charnock for Jenkins. r. It ro appearanedd t the onehat the rriaoncra cam e i nto the ,hop of 1 M Pw, having l urchut.:ed a coat and a pair of trousers, and the oth er simply a, pair of tro users , they tendered in pa:. went the cheq ue itt question. Mr. prc.w, which came however, f deChOed to part with tho t hi ngs, until ho had s e ct it to our p;iunds, or to c as h t h e cheque, to the hank. Ile s4,ut Ms, shopman with it, h ut as it was found to have been forged, payment was o f course refused. ‘V,liiernsookave his address at 31, ';ray,' Inn lane, which watai found to be fictitious. The prisuners t , hurtly after cam) in for the change, but they were handed over to the police. MARKET .NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE -FRIDAY. We have to rt.t ott the arrival or a very moderate supply of English Wt.( at during the present week, and the stands were sct.ntiry tilled with samples of both red ar:d white. Owing to the thin attendance of buyers, the demand tor all dct criptions was in a Auggish state, at unaltered quotations. Exceedingly little business was doing in Foreign Wheats, yet the holders refused to accept lower prices. Most of the late large arrivals of Foreign Barley having been cleared off, the trade was steady, at late rates. There was rather more doing in Malt, and most of the factors refused to sell, except at a trifle more money. Oats, Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour were exceedingly dull, but not cheaper. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Burley, 3,180 qrs. 2,370 qrs. OWIFI Flour. 980 qrs. 1 2,940 AP 6to 1,421 4,430 Malt. 4.150 ere. I'VZIETZEPXXX.D. Fur the time of year the supply of Beasts on offer h ere % as good, and of lull average quality. Although thy• attendaace of buyers was small, a lair amount of hu.-iness was transawed in Beef ; yet in some instances the quotations were a trifle lower than on Monday last. There were in the nnaket -139 Beasts, 100 Sheep, mid 21 Calves, from abroad. The numbers of Sheep were moderately extensive, while the trade was firm at fully the late advance in the prices, the primest old Downs selling at 5s 6d per bibs. Lambs, the supply of which pas large, moved oil heavily, at a decline in value of 4d per 81hs. The Veal trade was heavy, and the rates de clined quite 2d per 81bs. In Pigs very little was doing. Mitch Cows were held at from 161 to 181 5s each, in. eluding their small Calf. Per Sibs. to s' s. (1. to t. ti nierlor Beasts-- 210 1 2 Second quality 5 4 3 6 Prime large Oxen 1 8 4 0 Prime Scots .. Ltrge coarse Calves 4 2 4 8 Prime small ditto Suesling Calves •• I. 0 29 0 Interior Sheep .. . 3 8 4 0 s. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6 Coarse-vroolled ditto 4 8 5 0 mouthdown Nether b 2 i 6 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs • • 3 $ 4 6 'mall Porkers .• 4 $ 5 0 Quarter old Pigs .• 16 0 19 Lambs .... •. . • 6 4 6 4 SUPPLY AT MARKET. 15,550 I Calve 169 s. I P 2 2so IVITIRTGATEI AND LEADENIZEALL. We had a lair demand here, at our quotations. At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. s. d. to a. 2 8 2 10 ' Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 8 210 3 0 middling.. 310 4 0 2 3 4 prime .... 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 6 f Pork, large.... • ... 310 4 6 4 2 5 0 - small ••.. 4 8 .5, 0 Lamb. 5a 4d to Cs 2d IION.OUGH 110 P PIARILET. We have had a %cry heavy demand for all kinds of Jnps during the present week ; yet w.- can notice no in the quotations. The supply on offer is good. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The ket has been fairly supplied with West India samples, and prices have ruled accordingly. New Barbadoes has been sold at 46s to 49s 6d for low to mid yellow, and 505 to 525 for good ; Berbice has been taken in at 433 to 45s 6(1 for low to good brown. EAST INDlA.—Mauritius, 9,390 bags partly found buyers, low and and yellow at 45s to 47s 6d, gcod and fine at 48s to 51s, and good and fine brown 42s to 465, fine white 576 6d to 68s per cwt. Some Madras sold at 39s to 39. 63 tor low damp. some being taken iu at 40s. Bengal, 1.261 bag , , partly found buyers at 48s to 53s for good and fine yellow, arid at 57s 6d for and white. FonxrGN.—l49 hhds 132 brls St. Croix only partly sold at 47s to 51s for low to mild yellow, and at 52s 6d to 57s for good and fine ; Porto Rico has been taken in at sls ; ancd Pernambuco I:t: been sold at 44s to 45, for low to mid brown, and 46s for good ; Bahia has been taken in at 43i to 453 6d for low to mid brown, at 46s to 47s for good and th e, and at 46s 6d to 50s for low to mid lo w. MoLAssn.—Demerara have b,•en taken in at 23s to 25s 6d ; S. Cro:x at 29,, and Putt() Rico at 29s per C vt. 2p 25 The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced Williamson to b° transported for seven years. DEFRAITDING THE ST. MARTIN'S SAVINGS' BANL I Esther Raggett, a married woman, aged 39, and Jolter Ragged, 14, her Lon, were indicted for felonious' uttering a forged ord e r f or t h e payment of 204 -WI intent to defraud Nicholas Lord Bexley, and others , trustees of the St. INlartin's Savings' Bank. Mr. DOANE appeared for the prosecution. It appeare d that the female prisoner had managed, by false represew tations at the bank with respect to her husband, whom sh e stated to be i n a d y i ng state, to obtain the payment i the 201 which he had been enabled to save from .hi s earnings as a labourer, which she squandered in exttir vagance. He did not, however, intend to offer any et deuce against the prisoners, as the husband of the fenial,.d did net wish th e case carried further. He trusted OP lenity would be a warning to the female prisoner and g° othc rs. The prisoners were then found Not Guilty, and dig" charged. (Before the RECORDER.) The trial of Alexander Wilbeam, and another, who ark ehargt d with feloniously uttering a forged bill of e . ", ehoige for 5004 with intent to d e f rau d M r. Ri c h a rd Fuller, was postponed until next Monday. NE IV COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner But.r.ocx.) Tne earlier portion of the morning was passed Itr . hearing awl determining Mint cases, which contain 110 features to interest the general reader. Some trifling cases of larceny having also been die' posed of, Francis William Schultze, a respectably.attired young mail, who was tried some sessions ago for having em; ht zzled a sum of money (about 7001.) from the Universal - Lite Assurance Company, Pall-mall East, but whose sentence was respited, was brought up this morning. Mr. BODKIN, for th e prosecution, expressed the wish of the dir ec t ors o f th e U n i versal Life Assurance Cuo; pany that the extreme penalty which the law awarded should not be exacted. The greater amount of the money taken had been recovered, the relations of the prisoner were, highly respectable and connected with ;he: company, and he had himselt expressed the utmost coo . ' trition for this his first crime. Mr. CLARKSON, for the prisoner, trusted that in C.... 011. sequence of the obser va ti ons o f hi s Learned Friend (Mr Bodkin) this case would be held one which eminently called for the merciful prerogative of the Crown. The Learned JUDGE, after enforcing upon the prisoner the culpability of the crime of which he had been guilty, sentenced him to seven years ' transportation , a t t same time adding th a t th e case, w i th the recommenda tion _ to mer c y, wou ld b e f orwarded to the Min i sters of the Crown. EMBEZZLING PARISH FUNDS.—John George, a grocer, aged 68, was °barged with stealing 801. Os. Id., the monies of the guardians of the poor in the parish of St. James's, Clerkenwell. Mr. Bodkin attended for the prosecution; Mr. Parnell for the defence. The Learned COUNSEL, in stating the case, said ail the prisoner h a d b een an i nmate of the workhouse, an being rather an able-bodied man, had been made useful., and one of his duties was to take sums of money to the, Bank of England. Up to the day of this transaction+ his conduct had been found honest and praise' worthy, but having been on this occasion sent with with a cheque to get cashed. He was instructed to VI notes, but instead he received gold, and never returned. Some time on the day following he was discovered, but with very little of the money left, and was therefore taken to the Clerkenwell station house, and subsequently committed for trial. These were the facts of the case, which ho m ould prove by his witnesses. The Learned Counsel then called Mr. John Harnett, master of the workhouse, said that the prisoner had been an inmate for about three years, and was employed as messenger, for which lie received extra rations. He was occasionally told to go to the bank and receive money for cheques. On the morning of the 24th February he was told to go to the bank and to receive 801. Os. id. He never returned ; and when discovered, on the next day, in a public-house at Acton, he had only a sovereign and some shillings upon Jahn. He was given into custody. Richard Moss, 195 G, was present when the prisoner was taken into custody. The prisoner said, "It's gone; they'll never find it ; its all down the leg of my trove. sera. I'm an old man, and will soon be dead, and it will do good to those who have it : let them subscribe 11 farthing a piece and that will make it up." Samuel Lennis, of the Bank of Englaud, proved having cashed the cheque. Mr. PARNELL contended that the prisoner was not the servant of the guardians, or of Mr. Harnett, the master, or or bir. Bayliss, and other guardians (as laid in the indictment) within t+le meaning of the act. The Learned Counsel cited cases in support of his.position. • Mr. BODKIN replied. The Learned JUDGE decided that the objection was untenable. Mr. PARNELL then addressed the jury, and suggested the great probability that the prisoner, finding that ha had lost the proceeds of the checque, was afraid to return, and had therefore fled from London. They were en titled to believe this in the absence of any proof as to what had been done with this considerable sum of money. The Learned JUDGE summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended him to the merci ful consideration of the Court. Sentence deferred. MI DDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The Court sat by adjournment this morning at ten o'clock, at the Guildhall, Westminster, for the disposal Of cases of felony and misdemeanour within the jurisdic ion of that district. Mr. Witham presided as chair. man, John Leach, a lad about fifteen years of age, was in dicted for stealing a loaf of bread. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said he committed the offence under the influence of pressing hunger. He bad been deserted by his father. The CHAIRMAN said this was one of those painful cases where want too often induced crime. The disposal of poor children like the prisoner was, he was glad to Say, now occupying the attention of the Legislature, and he hoped they would nut overlook iu their deliberations the adoption of some means for punishing parents who, • like those of the prisoner, turned their offsprings out on the world with no resource to stave off starvation but thieving. lie should only sentence the prisoner to fourteen days' confinement. Mary Webb was indicted for an assault upon an old Chelsea pensioner, named Joseph Atkinson, upwards of ninety 3 ears of age. It ippeared th at s h e pr i soner li ved with the prose cutor a son, and upon the old man entering the room where they all resided, the prisoner rushed upon him, and struck him several blows with a candlestick on dm side of the head. The landlord found him on the floor in a pool of blood. The prisoner was found Guilty ; and sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. This case terminated the business of the session. M ARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) James Liehard Smythe, a person bearing the appear ance of a getalernan, was brought up today, charged With ann.) :et; the persons riding out in Hyde-park. Inspector 13.-ckerson, of the A division, said a cora . phtint had been lotigrti at Scotland-yard yesterday morn lug that a gentlemen had been annoying, for near a I month past, the ladies and gentlemen riding out in the Pr k, iti etitsi quenee o: which he went there about five ye,ieril,sy Wiernoon to cbiervo what passed. The de ft,n tent e.r pointed out to him as the person complained of; lie lt , ant on the rail by the side of the Serpentine, ei..sa- to the carriage-w,y, vild as the carriages passed he thrust at the carriage windows with his cane. In one of the uzariag,s witness saw a lady fall back, as if wincing frozu the c,me, but the defendant on that spat at the car riage and swore "Go on you b-." He continued this conduct from a quarter past five till six o'clock, leaking a rude noise, when witness took him into mit, ,dy. Mr. HARDWICK—Who is the defendant ; is there any thing known of him ? The defendant—l deny making any thrust at stnY Jenkinzi gave his cart!, &tilting that he was mamas carrying on business at 5, Church•itreet, Chelsea , adding that h e was a respectable man. The address wils found to be correct. Mr. Jackson, a clerk in Messrs. Kinsom's, proved M r ' Prow's shopma.n presenting the cllc-que and refusing payment. Mr. Kinnear kept en ace ‘unt at the bank , bat his signature w;is tnrged. Mr.'incur. suited th:A he kept an account at the bank, and that his signature to the cheque was rage d ' The signature was not sit all like his. Ile cheque pro duced and seven others had been absirac'ed front hi s cheque-book. He did not know either of the prisoners' Mr. BALLANTIN declined to offer any ebscrvations to the jury crt behslf of his client. Mr. CHARNOCK stdd Jenkins was a respectable nin g ' and that he had carried on business in Church-stree t ' Chcel , ea, for several years. The prisoner Williams° owed him some moray, and he accompanied him to the shop and bought the trous,rs in the hope of receiving them, and some money in discharge of the debt. Several witnesses gave J en ki ns a good character, bpd described him as a respectable tradesman. The jury found Williamson Guilty, and Acquitte d Jenkins. Williamson and a man named Benjamin French, aged 40, and described as a carpenter, were then indicted fe l feloniously forging an order for the payment of 171. 604 with intent to defraud Mr. Christopher Marsh, * carpenter. ft appeared that the prisoners went to the shop of th e prosecutor, and after purchasing some deals, tendered I cheque in payment. The prosecutor, however, prefer to have one in the name of the person actually dealing with him. Willi amson said he had no form him, but at the request of the prosecutor he wrote cheque for 17/. Gs. on a blank sheet of paper, and signed the name of "James E. Green " to it. The cheque We e of course refused payment, as no person of that name kept an aceount at the bank. A person named Greg kept an account, but he spelt his name different* Williamson, it appeared, had gone by the name of John Arthur Caton. Fre'ich was taken into custody at the shop of Mr. Kinnear, N 0.16, Gerard street, Soho, wh° s9 name was f,rged in th e l ast case. French was presen' , when Williamson signed thy cheque. Wi.liarnson was found Guilty, and French Acquitted' Both pris.iners were then indicted for feloniously 11 S" tering a forged order on Messrs. Ransom, for the per went of 121. 178., with intent to defraud Mr. Hen Dearlove, a ti m b er d ea l er, in the Commercial-road, we knowing the same to be forged. The case was almost similar to the last. The evidence ‘A ss slso similar. Williamson said he had been the victim of some deer laid scheme, which he had been, as yet, unable to 1 . 111. ravel.