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upon the councils of the body. The resolution passed at tihat. meeting was as follows : " That although the six new directors were so chosen their by the said meeting, on the 13th day of March, 1847, vet el et :lion is rendered wholly inoperative, in consequence of the to elve directors who were in office before the said meeting, a s hle in; at meeting of themselve s, o n the said 13th of March last, before the holding of such meeting, passed a resolution in tl to following term s : 13th f March, 1847—Resolved, that Messrs. Muntz, Matthews, Shaw, Spooner, Freer, Syn made, and Barlow, be appointed a committee, of whom thre e shall be a quorum, for the purpose of entering into such contract. or contracts as they may deem necessary or pro per, for, or in re ference to, the makin g , maintainin g , and com p- leting and furnishing the Birmingham and Oxford Railevie y, and the works and conveniences connected therevr ith ; and for the purpose of doing all such acts and t.: flings as in their judgment may be necessary and ps roper for enforcing, procuring, and obtaining the perforn sauce and execution of any such contract or contracts, or any similar contract or contracts already entered into by and on the part of the company, and also for the purpose of naakin g and enforcing the payment of calls upon share holder Fin the company, when and in such manner as the said committee, or any three of them, may deem proper; and also for the purpose of conducting and managing any Bills or Bill already or hereafter to be depending before Par !lament in any way relating to the affairs of the said coy ipany ; and also for the purpose of either witndrawing an: e such Bills or Bill, or taking such steps as may be neces sal y or useful for procuring the passing thereof, with such cia uses therein as they, the said commit tee, or an y three of the m, may deem advisable, and also fo r the p urpose of doing all such acts and things as in their judgment shall be necessary car proper to be done by, or on the part of the connpany, im or towards the performance and execution on their part ce the resolution or agreement already made between the Blrmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company on the one part, and the Great Western Railway Company, andßir aingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway respectively n r either of such companies on the other part, and for the p urpose of enforcing and obtaining the performance of such a greements respectively, and any other agreements already a lade or hereinafter to be made between the Birmingham 3 nd Oxford Junction Railway Cempany on the one hand, a. ad any other company or companies, or person or persons son the other hand, and generally for the purpose of doing al 1 such Acts in reference to the affairs of the Bermingham and Oxford Junetion Railway Com ps, ay as the directors thereof might lawfully do.' sn'h at the effect and intention of such resolution is to cancel tti s appointment of the said six new directors, and to transfer tb e whole management a the affairs of the company to the committee thereby appointed. That of the seven members 0 1' such committee six are also directors of the Birmingham, til.'olverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company, and two an a directors of the Great Western Railway Company; so the it the majority at a meeting of the quorum of such com mietee may consist of the two Great Western directors. That since the appointment of the said committee no meet ing of the board of directors of the Birmingham and Oxford Jane lion Railway has been held, although the affairs of the company are of urgent and pressing necessity. That by the said Bill the directors who were in office before the election of the said six directors are proposed to be continued in office until the completion of the works, or until the transfer thereof to the Great Western Railway Company. That if four of the said original directors had duly retired from office, and the shareholders bad proceeded to elect four new directors in their stead, the persons who would have been new directors of the said company would not, promote the said Bill." Sir, that is a matter of great importance, as it would be competent for the shareholders to elect six new directors; they should have elected four more in the place of the four who should have retired, so they would have had a majority, and this Bill would not have been permitted to be introduced by the company. I submit with the utmost con thience that this is a matter which cannot be slightly treated, axe' upon which the Committee must, if they will allow Imes to say so, allow the allegations of the petitions to be proved, and I will take the liberty of saying this with a view to my present position, that every title, every iota of that petition must be taken as fact. lam prepared to prove the truth cf the allegations to the very letter. I ask, then, whether I am to be told that upon soma technical ground, some non-compliance with the formality of an Act of Parliament, that I am not to have a locus standi before the present Committee, and to cppose sthe agreements which have been come to between the Bir niingham and Oxford and the Great Western Company, in ex press defiance of the wishes of their shareholders? The Act authorising the transfer of the line to the Great Western is founded upon the express condition that such transfer or lease can only be made by the consent of three-fifths of the body of a meeting, to be specially convened, for the purpose of taking the sense of the shareholders upon the subject. If then, 1 am in a position to show you that by the acts of the directors, whether by ladles or by design, or any other cir cumstances, or by their carelessness in postponing to call the meeting at the proper time—whether, I say, in consequence of this the shareholders of the company have not been able to express their opinions upon the subject ; and more than that, since it has been positively affirmed that the sense of the body of the shareholders is adverse to the course which ,the directors have taken, I want to know whether, a oder these circumstances, I am not to be allowed to prove the allegations of these petitions ? You sae, Sir, that if the case went no furthe? than that—if the directors had not taken the proper steps to ascertain the true sense of the shareholders—if they had not taken the steps of the 14th of September, I should have been entitled to say that the body of the shareholders had nut given in their assent to the proposition of the directors on the subject of the sale of the line to the Great Western Company. I may then say that we are entitled to be heard, on the ground that the mass of the shareholders—the proprietors of this line— dissent from this meas ure , but when I go beyond that, and show you that whereas the directors had taken good care that the sense of the shareholders should dot be taken; that the means of expressing their opinions were placed beyond their power; that the long interval of forty-five days was allowed to elapse without the meeting takini a p t lace, and when such a meeting did at length take plac thirty-five thousand, out of the fifty thousand shareholders, without a single opposed the dissenting voice, whole tof the direc tors,—when, I say, you find the body of the proprietary giving it as their opinion thst the pro posal of the directors was fatal to th e i r i n t erests , that they were determined to proceced with the petition to Parliament against the Bill—when they were determined under every circumstance to oppose the sale of the line—when they called upon their directors to affix the common seal of the company to the petition—when we have done all this, it gives us the power, beyond all doubt or question, to be heard before this Committee, and not only to be merely heard, but to be heard successfully; because I say, the directors did not choose to perform their duty by affixing the common seal to this peti tion. If they were prevented now from being heard, what would he the consequence of the adoption of such a course? In case these twelve directors, because they were possessed of the common seal of the company—if yougive to the majo rity of these who may happen to be present the power of dis posing of all the rights and interrsts of those whose rights they are the mere representatives of—if we once allow the principle that the directors shall be enabled to care nothing, no matter however detrimental it may be to th e i n t eres t s o f the shareholders, you give them an authority to come before a Committee of Parliament for any measure, no matter how preposterous soever it may be, or how much it may sacrifice the interests of those whose rights they are bound to protect, simply and solely because they are possessed of the common seal of the company, and refuse to affix it to a petition, although that petition may be sanctioned by the great mass of the proprietors. I cannot conceive of any amount of fraud which could not be perpe trated by this means. They come here for the purpose of obtaining a legislative Act; you pass the measure which they ask; in vain those beneficially interested, in vain the body of the proprietors, unanimously, and without a dis sentient voice, come to this House and crave to be heard against the Bill which the governing body propose to be carried out—though the measure never received the assent of the proprietors, and though they are endeavouring to carry it out by fraud or by misrepresentation. If the peti tioners are not heard what is the consequence? The Bill' may pass on ex parte statements; it may be that it ought to be sent up to Mr. Greene, to the Committee up stairs, ac an unopposed Bill. It we are not to oppose it no person can : there is no landowner, there is no competing company. The only persona to be heard against the Bill are the shareholders. If they sh ou ld be refused be heard against the Bill, w h en t h ey come to to be heard according to the somewhat tardy proceedings the Court of Chancery, the answer will be in vain because of the Bill of the shareholders seeks to interfere with the ma ma nagement of the company. The answer will be, the Legis lanure has anti-ipateil the decision by a strict enactment. The rights of parties are concluded for ever. Is that then a state of things to be endured ? If such were to be the case the effect, I fearlessly assert, would be most disastrous. The only remedy, except by going to a court of equity, and praying that court to interpose and prevent the proceedings, was to have come to the Committee. They have done so ; and the decisions which have been come to in the courts of equity, where they have also been taken, have, to a certain extent been conclusive in our favour. I assert this without fear of contradiction ; I say, the views now entertained by the courts of the highst authority in this realm are, that these four directors should have gone out, and their place been supplied by four others by election. These, with the six directors elected on the 13th of March, would have given a measure favourable to the interests of the share holders, and prevented the measure from being brought forward. I feel, Sir, that these are matters to which the Committee will attach some importance. We feel that our only remedy is here, and I come here prepared to support it by precedents innumerable ; and I am prepared to contend, that in point of principle, if no precedent existed, the present is a case which calls for one being made. It is clear our rights are to be invaded, our interests to be affected, and this all to be done without our consent and without our will. You will take into consideration the ground which such a state of things would give me. The fact is, that we are without remedy if you pass the Bill, and I apprehend that even upon that ground your decision ought to be con clusive on my side. Certain of these shareholders have filed a bill in equity. They allege that the directors should have gone out by a certain day in the month of February, and at a general meeting appointed to take place in February a fresh election of directors was to take p lace under the provisions of the Act of incorporation. These directors, however, refused to go out. They remained in office. They are not then the proper directors of the company. The shareholders complain of this conduct on the part of the directors, and they further say that these directors have sacri ficed their interests for certain sinister purposes. vhich the bill sets out. The Vice-Chancellor decides in our favour the objects of the bill, that object being to prevent the directors from going on. The Vice-Chancellor decides in favour of thpetition and grants an injunction. That injunction has b that that reversal actually however, reversed, and you will see had remained fortifies my position. If that in junctionunreversed the directors could not have come here, onnT had presumed to have done so, they would have been c onsigned gned to a certain for contempt of the orderse‘ of l the IlighCouprl t ac o e f o c f h d a u o r o tt e nc ry e . What, then, was the judginel will show you that th e spirt of the Vi ce -Ch ancellor? I t wholly unreversel. It has beencl that ; Mit that those eae—edapbpylication has been judgment remains directors should have gone out, a mandamus calling made to the Court of Queen's Benchntgbe, Tained in office on the directors to show cause why contrary to the provisions of the Act of Y ia e gist t ut I will that they ought to have gone out, and Parliament seei ng no longer directors. The Vice-Chancellor seven ° have been not read the whole of it, I will come to the matter)—hesaye—(The Le arned C ouse l here read an el f tr t at he from the Vice-Chancellor's judgment, for th e p urpose of proving his position). The Learned Judge gra n t e d the prayer of the petition before him, and an injunction to re strain these directors from continuing to act as directors for the purpose of carrying out the objects of the Bill. On the appeal to the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chancellor most carefully guarded himself from giving any judgment on that part of the case on which the Vice-Chancellor had given a decided and positive opinion. The Lord Chancellor reversed the decree of the Vice-Chancellor on a purely technical ground. He said that this was not a case for the interference . of the court of equity, because the petition before the court was the petition of individual shareholders, and he could not agree that individual shareholders had the right to come to a court of equity to prefer a complaint against the acts of a body, except that these acts involved an individual grievance. If their case wag that the acts of the directors of which they complained were acts not affecting themselves individually, being that they were not specific or individual grievances, but affecting the body at large, then the bill ought to be filed, not in the name of a single individual, but in the name of the whole body of proprietors at large, and he expressly declared that if the bill were filed in that sharde the court might entertain it. Further, the Lord Chancs.illor said the prayer of the bill is to remove four directors from office, be cause they have not complied with the provisions of the Act of Parliament. Now, it is not th e p rovince of a court e 4; equity to interfere at all on grounds relating _te, the tan chise. The Court of Queen's Ben ch exercised Vac exclusive jurisdiction in all matters of this kind. On the two grounds then that this is a petition o f individual Paiareholders, for instead of the there were two or three persons shareholdes.s of the company wpehteitiwoherehpsientitiionnetrhseihnstmhee C o o f ur t t h o e f C .e h . an t r.iery, 11 1. 0 -•.: body, and as the a as affecting them selves as complainedasieeosettief,ort - 0 the whole body; and as the matter complained of with ;expect to the directors was dividual o s, f b w u a t s as n a o ff t . a matter of franchise, the Lor''4 Chancellor directed that the court of equity was not tlr, proper place to come to, but he guarded himself most p':efully against any in the slightest degree trenching on t.ae decision pronounced by the Vice- Chancellor on theA.ct of Parliament. I have therefore un reversed the decis:on of the Vice-Chancellor, that those four directors had ce .ased to be directors of the company, and that they should taave gone out. The shareholders elected four other directors 0"; their own who should have supplied their places. Now,l 4 ;ir, I have the clear judgment of the Lord Chancellor, that, :the shareholders as a body might have filed a bill to pa-event the whole proceedings. They, however, took the wrong course—individual shareholders coming forward on behalf of the company, not in the shape as representing the company. I come back again, then, to the proposition that the Vice-Chancellor has most distinctly laid it down as a matter beyond a doubt in his mind, that by the true con struction of this Act four of the directors should have gone out in February. 1847, when the shaieholders were entitled to elect four others, and they in conjunction with the six whom they had appointed in the month of March would have formed amajority, and at once defeated the Bill. When the Lord Chancellor threw out this intimation, that it was a matter of franchise, that being a technical question with respect to jurisdiction, we went to the Court of Queen's Bench, and obtained a rule for a mandamus, calling upon the directors to oust four of their body, and convene a meeting to elect four others in their place. That application was successful, and the rule was granted. I do not mean it to be supposed that I put this for more than it is worth. Ido not think it is necessary for my Learned Friends to laugh at this statement. I don't mean to say that the court granting a rule " nisi " is equal to its. granting a rule " absolute." They must not suppose that I am so much of a ninny as that. The Court of Queen's Beach has, however, said, that they think it a matter worthy of consideration—they think it a matter for grave' and solemn argument, in order to the de .. cision of the question. I have, therefore, the Court of Queen's Bench taking that view of the subject, and so far going along with the views of the Vice-Chancellor. That is a matter beyond a shadow of doubt. There is another im portant ingredient in this case: suppose it should turn out ' that the Vice- Chancellor is right—and I apprehend that a decision like his is worthy of some consideration—it does not, I think, deserve to be treated with that sn e er and ridicule i which my Learned Friends seem inclined to throw upon t, instead of meeting the arguments of the case, as they ought to do. The decision of the Vice-Chancellor is unreversed. It is a fair presumption at all events that the decision is right until it is reversed; we are entitled to place some weight upon that decision until we are told that it is not correct, or that it is set right by some higher authority. The Lord Chancellor did not do that, he expressly guarded himself against giving any decision upon the subject. What is,then, the state of things? You have the whole body of the share holders dissenting from the measures of the directors, and what is more, you have the directors acting in direct opposi tion to their wishes. Now, according to the judgment of the high and solemn court of judicature in this country, presided over by the most eminent • equity lawyer of the age, it is de cided that these directors, by the construction of the Act of Parliament, are not the directors of the company; they arc only a part of the company, appearing before you as the promoters of the Bill, and perhaps before another month passes over their heads, or still less, within the four first days of next term you will have the decree of the Court of Queen's Bench confirming and making absolute the rule for a man damus. Now, I ask, if, under such circumstances, we are not to be heard? 13 it possible to present a stronger case in point of reason, principle, or expediency, or policy, or what should obviously prevail even over them, the course of the law as laid down by the greatest lawyers, supported by the views which another Court has taken, as a matter calling for consideration? When, Sir, you come to consider all the facts of the case, there cannot be a doubt that if you were compelled to exclude the petitioners, the case would be, to say the least of it, a most grievous injustice. We have taken this step, and we are prepared to prove all the allega tions in the petition, and in consequence of the views which the Lord Chancellor took, when lie said if the bill was pre ferred upon the part of the shareholders, we should then be able to entertain it, what did we then do ? By way of showing that we had no doubt as to what would be the issue of the case, we have convened by requisition a meeting of the shareholders con formable to the terms of the Act of Parliament. We have called upon the directors to convene a meeting to obtain the sanction of the shareholders to file a bill in equity conform able to the advice of the Lord Chancellor. It, then, we can prove these facts, is there any man who csu say that the preamble of this Bill is proved? Can it be true, as stated in the preamble of the Bill, that the shareholders of the Bir mingham and Oxford Railway are desirous of amalgamating with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway, and selling both to the Great Western ? The facts are all to the very contrary, except they lead you to believe that the company consists of these twelve directors, or that the seven who form the committee constitute the company, or the three, who are the quorum of the seven, or the two directors of the Great Western, who might form a majority, or of the two who form the majority of the quorum which represents the committee, who represent the twelve, who represent the company and all the shareholders. If they call this the company, why, of course, then they have a right to be heard, and we, I expect, nothing else than to be refused that hearing. But if by the company you mean the shareholders, not those who sold three thousand out of their four thousand shares, and who just kept enough to qualify them for the office of directors,—if you consider these the great body, of course we cannot expect to be beard upon our petition be fore this Committee on the present occasion. (In consequence of a press of matter, we are compelled to defer the conclusion of this important case until our Third Edition.) OPENING OF THE CROYDON AND EPSOII RAILWAY. Yesterday Captain Symmons, the Government Inspector- General, made an experimental trip over this newly-fermed line, in continuation of the old Croydon Railway to Epsom, by an extra route of eight miles, making the total distance by rail between London and Epsom a matter of about eighteen miles, though by the road the route is only fourteen. Its completion is a matter of pleasure to turfite, traveller, and tourist. Amongst those who accompanied the inspector were Messrs. Crowley, .Schuster, and Nix, directors; Mr. Hoof, the celebrated contractor, and his sons; Mr. Peter Clarke, the manager; Mr. George Hawkins, the superinten dent; Mr. Hood, Mr. Carr, and others. Starting from the London-bridge station at eleven, they reached Epsom, stopping at various intermediates, in an hour. The distance is to be ordinarily done in three-quarters. The line abuts most con veniently on the town, and is about a mile distant from the race-course. The idea of making it an atmospheric line has been totally abandoned, and the pipes and pistons have been pulled up over the whole route. It is a perfect surface line, and full of delightful landscape, passing through and accom modating Carshalten, Sutton, Cheam, Ewell, and Epsom. The fares are to be—first class, 3s ; second class, 25.; third, Is. 6d. Extra trains will be run during the races. _ _ . The inspector having expressed his perfect satisfaction with the condition of the works, the line will be opened on Monday next. The average cost has been about 200,0001., and the governing gradient is lin 100. There are no en - gineering points of note; the chief feature being a succes sion of some thirty neatly built bridges of divers elegant de signs. The lire will eventually be prolonged to Portsmouth, forming the so-called Direct Portsmouth line. The company calculate upon having twice as much traffic in the race-week as they will be conveniently able to accommodate. The total traffic reckoned on is between 16,000/. and 20,000 t. per annum, and the whole extent of line will be worked as part and parcel of the Brighton and South Coast t-ystem. The trip passed off remarkably well, and the new route will be of vast convenience to those who may not have the neces sary amount of leisure to dispose of, or money to spare, so indispensable to the pleasures of the " road," in the old turfite acceptation of the term. THE TEN HOURS BILL. BRADFORD, MAT s.—Considerable interest was manifested yesterday by the factory workers of Bradford, as well as other places in Yorkshire, at the receipt of the very gratify ing intelligence that the Ten Hours' Bill had finally passed the House of Commons by a large majority, and, in the evening, a meeting of the Central Short Time Committee was held, when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : "1. That this meeting begs to express its most grateful acknowledgments to Almighty God for that he has been pleased to crown the efforts of its Parliamentary friends with abundant success in their endeavours to promote the adop tion of the Ten Hours' Factory Bill, which, on Monday last, was finally carried in the House of Commons by a large majority,—a decision at once in accordance with the require ments of justice, humanity, religion, and a sound com mercial policy, and one which calls for unbounded gratitude to that Almighty Being who has the hearts of all in his rule and governance. " 2. That while this meeting would make its chief acknow ledgment to Him by whom kings reign and princes decree justice, it feels bound to express the deep sense of obligation it entertains towards all those Members of the House of Commons who have through a long and fierce struggle main tained the cause of the poor and their children with such a degree of noble and disinterested fidelity, which is calculated to inspire in the hearts of the manufacturing population feel , ings of the most unaffected gratitude." Bell's Life in London, Sunday, May 9, will give a chart of .Newmarket race-course, with references; the pugilistic contest between Sparkes and Longhorn; Second Newmarket Spring Meeting; and all other sporting events. A sixpence enclosed to Mr. Clement, junior, will ensure a copy of Ben's Life by return of post to any part of England, Scotland, or Ireland. SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION.—Last evening the anni versary of the Sunday. school Union was held in Exeter hall. Mr. C. Hindley, M.P., took the chair at six o'clock, at, which time the large room was densely crowded. The re port detailed the extensive operations of the union in France, Holland, Germany, New South Wales, the West Indies, Nova Scotia, Canada, and other foreign countries, as well as at home. The total income of the union for the past year was 86,1571. 150 grants of libraries have been made, mak ing a total, since the commencement of this branch of the union operations, of 1,703. The four London auxiliaries to the union contain 588 schools, in which are employed 11,165 unpaid teachers, with 108,531 scholars. The sale of books at the depository amounted to 8,772/. The resolution adopting the report was moved by the Rev. J. Waddington, seconded by the Rev. T. Archer, D.D., and supported by the le r y. T. Borse, missionary from Calcutta. On its being put, m . Th oasTh m om eas ps u o r n e , w o - h f ic T h aunton, proposed an addition, embracing instructions to the committee for opposing any Governmentaltle Stu ivirdiatYh-t3hehe'a dissentients. The i s e ste . Dr. Hewl would fetter the progress of and the Rev. addition, which was carried with but few ett seconded the reso lutionv6.J. Branch moved, Dr. Beaumont se conded, expressive of Stovel supported the next resolu tion,emus, which was gratitudeearnieaetiteonieilmottgsihyt.y A God vo f t o e r opfastthesuukcs srparated. having been passed the meeting w ilTi rgveßiaghsptlelnldoiduouenrtaehrtlmretobert and Lady Peel to-morrow evening to Major-General Sir Harry and Lady nuth, at their mansion e g n h s. ness Prince Albert honoured air in Hie s it i e t h o a y ll a -g l Whit e hall-ga r d ens. Robert Peel with a visit on Wednesday afternoon to inspect the Right lion. Baronet's collection of paintings and view the new Italian staircase. THE WEATHER.—Strti OFFICE, MAY 7. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44 ; Highest, 61 ; Noon, 60. BAROMETER, 29.72.—W1ND S.W.; fine. NOTICE. A NEW EDITION of LORD LINDSAY'S LETTERS ON THE HOLY LAND. Complete In One Volume, price 10s. 6d. bound, IS NOW READY. Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. In Two Volumes, price 21s. cloth, MRS. BUTLER'S (late FANNY KEMBLE) JOURNAL of a YEAR'S RESIDENCE in ITALY. Also, 1. JOURNAL of a RESIDENCE In PORTUGAL. 2 vols., 185. cloth. 2. MEMOIR and LETTERS of REV. 11. F. CARY. 2 v01.,A 21s. cloth. 3. SHERIDAN KNOWLES'S " GEORGE LOVELL." 3 vols., 31s. 6d. cloth. . Edward Moxon, 44, D•ver-street. BRITISH GUARANTEE ASSOCIATIO.N. fl__P (Incorporated by Act of Parliament), No. 9, Waterloo-place, London; 126, Princes-street, Edinburgh. The arrangements with the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having been concluded, the Directors will GRANT BONDS of GUARANTEE for the fidelity of officers in every department of the State, who are required to give security to the Crown, and they are prepared to receive proposals from persons employe I in the Treasury War Office Home Office Ordnance Foreign Office Customs and Excise Colonial Office Stamps and Taxes Exchequer Woods and Forests Admiralty Post-office, &c. Also from Treasurers, Actuaries, and other Officers of the New County Courts Government Annuity Societies Savings' Banks Benefit Building Societies Friendly Societies Poor Law Commission. Loan Societies And all Public and Private Institutions, Chancery, and other Re ceiverships, Insurance Companies, Banks, Railway Companies, Mer cantile Houses, and in all other situations where security againt fraud, or failure to account, is required. Rates of premium one-half per cent. and upwards. Colonial and Foreign Policies are granted. Forms of proposal may be obtained at the Offices of the Associa tion, or from any of toe local agents. A. CHAMBRE, Secretary to the London Board. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. 31 ESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends 'rid the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to wino:ince that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., make place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Rail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, ravours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfUlly •equested to be addressed. AU Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day ,revious to their being offered ; and advices of results will be 'orwarded by the first post atter the sale, and the proceeds iname liately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. HER 3IAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Third appearance of Mdlle. JENNY LIND in this country. TO-MORROW EVENING, Saturday, May Bth, will be performed Meyerbeer's Opera, ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Alice, 3ldlle. Jenny - 111;17Isabella, Made. Castellan ; Roberto, Signor Fraschini ; Rambaldo, Signor Gardoni ; Sacerdote, Signor Itouch2; and Bertram, Herr Staudigl. In the Second Act ar. Incidental D.vertisscment, in which Mdlle. Rosati will appear. To conclude with a Divertissement, UNE SOIREE DU CARNIVAL. In which will be introduced a Grand Pas by Mdlle. Grahn, supported by Mdllcs. Cassan, James, and Honore ; and " La 3lanola," by Mdlle. Cerito and St. Leon. The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. The doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in formed, that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY next, May 13, on which occasion 31dile. JENNY LIND will appear In one of her favourite characters. To be followed by various novelties in the BALLET DEPART MENT, the particulars of which will be duly announced. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management el' Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE CLANDESTINE MAR RIAGE. Lord Ogleby, Mr. W. Farren; hovewell, Mr. Moll; Ster ling, Mr. Tilbury ; Brush, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Heidelberg, Mrs. Glover; Fanny Sterling, 31iss J. Bennett; Betty, Mrs. Ilumby. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. , To conclude with the Farce of THE IRISH ATTORNEY; or, Galway Practice in 1770. THEATRE. ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste- THIS EVENING Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Filzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which the new Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. Mr. Frampton, Mr. Worrell; Sam Hobbs, Mr. Lambert; Dick Dumpy, Mr. Munyard ; Miss Leslie, Miss Harding; Nancy Scraggs, Mrs. Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lsssee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Play of THE HUNCHBACK. Master Walter, Mr. Creswick ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. J. Webster; Lord Tine!, Mr. J. Yining; Julia, Mrs Butler; Helen, Mrs. Stirling. After which, a new Comic Drama, entitled THE BELLS AND THE RLNGS. Bilberry, Mr. Granby ; Hartshorn, Mr. Fisher ; Bar. rington, Mr. Vining : Sam, Mr. Cowed ; Mrs. Bilberry, Mrs. Fos broke ; Eliza, Mrs. Hughes. To conclude with the Comedy of THE HYPOCRITE. Principal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Vining, J. Webster, Granby, Fisher, Compton, Mrs. Fosbroke, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs. Stirling. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed the new Drama, called TIIE CREOLE ; or, Love's Fetters. Damiron, Mr. F. Mathews; Alphonse, Mr. Murray, Hyacinthe. Miss Dickinson ; Bokes, Mr. Keeley ; Latour, Mr. Emery ; Virginie, Miss M. Keeley ; Louise, Miss May ; Belloua. Mrs. Keeley. After which, the entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST ; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravanza, called THE WOOD DiE3ION ; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, F. Matthew Bellingham, Kinloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson, Miss Daly, and Mrs:Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Vaudevi le, entitled L'IMAGE. De Ke randal, M. Dumery ; Leopold, M. Rhozevil; Mauclere, M. Priston ; Madeleine, Mdlle. Dnverger. After which, the Comedie of LE MARI A LA CA MPAGNE. Colembet, M. Regnier ; Ursule, Mdlle. Denain. To conclude with the principal Scenes of the Petite-Comedic, en titled LE MARRIAGE FORCE. Pancras, M. Regnier ; Dorimene, Mdlle. Angele. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 34. ; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington. White, Stanwood, and Gannon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre, TO-MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock. They will also give a DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, May 12, com mencing at Hall-past Two o'clock. Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-office. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, . Proprietor and Manager, Mr. II illiam Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Emily. THIS EVENING Will be performed Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Unequalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with the performances of Messrs. Jameson, Stevens, Thorn, and Hemmings; also Mr. Betts. 'vith his trained Steeds, Firefly and Harebell. To conclude with ZARAII ; or, The Gipsy Tribe of Bohemia. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 33 ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. _ _ Engagement of the original and celebrated Tableau Vivants and Poses Plasticine Male and Female Artistes, for six nights only ; and last six nights of the Female Serenaders. TIIIS EVENING Wit be performed a Nautical Drama, called AMY, TIIE SKIPPER'S DAUGHTER; or, The Lilly of Devon. Supported by the whole strength of the Company. After which THE BUFFALO GALS ; or, Female Ethiopian Sere naders. To be followed by the HALL OF ROME, by the celebrated Tableau Vivants and Poses Plastique. To conclude with THE ROVER'S BRIDE. Boxes, 25., Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence at Half-past Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Romance, entitled TIIE QUEEN OF POLAND ; or, The Hunters of Moldavia. Characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Howard, Raymond, Gardner ; Miss Vin cent, Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. G.Lee, Miss Burroughcliffe, &c. After which, THE MILL OF BEREZINA ; or, The Deserter of the Black Forest. To conclude with JACK AND JAM; BROTHER; or, The Smuggler Farmer of Kent. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, Gd. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRLDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 11 minutes after 6. I Evening .. 39 minutes after G. , ......,,, ~,, , t•-'4 • , ,e. 4-3 ) , ; ftskr-, - r j „A i ,,, c ~4 , , ~,,,:,, : ;.:4,... 45.14 'atiZvi-'• . 4 ''.` ./c) , ;* ix ,. - '.., -. ' ` ik. ~,,Ale',:#4" Rr • mo s %,,<'s .. ,:-.,7:<,a,c,.- .'" it orr . '; ....tii.Z4'i, - - . 41114 ::;,a.'. bi E I ,q , 9e.' , - , ,,f t . •,..;,-;' - < nig l SECOND EDITION. Obvning LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1847. Lord BROUGHAM deserves our cordial acknow ledgments for the manner in which he forced the present frightful condition of the money market once more upon the unwilling at tention of Parliament and the Government. We cordially coincide with the Noble and Learned Lord, that the interference of the Legislature is in a peculiar mariner demanded at this juncture, seeing that the present embarrassments in the banking trade necessitate the increased exportation of bullion in ex change for the cereal produce of the United States and other corn-growing countries. Were the Bank of England only restored to its original freedom, the country would necessarily be relieved from further anxiety or involvment ; for what is the actual posi tion of the commercial world in England at this mo ment ? Why, England is in one of those anomalous conditions which brand the statesmen of a kingdom with fatuity or incompetence. 6 With eztonsive American orders upon our cotton and woollen traders—orders such as would furnish our manufacturing districts with active employment for a very considerable time to come—the mills are motionless, and the arti zans unable to get work—because of the scarcity of discount, and the exorbitant per tentage required. Lord BROUGHAM enforced his remarks upon this point, by the repetition of the statements that had been previously made elsewhere, namely, that the best paper cannot often be cashed even at the monstrous reduction of twelve or thirteen per cent. Nay, that sometimes offers of twenty per cent. for payment of discount have been refused, in consequence of the timidity arising from the financial condition of the country. With the cellars adjoining the Exchange crammed with larger quantities of bullion than can be remembered to have been in the possession of the directors for a con siderable period, there is the diminution of value in the Three per Cent. Consols, there is the difficulty of obtaining discount, there is the incapacity of payin g u p i ns t a l men ts, there is the impossibility of completing foreign orders upon our manufacturers, and there is the incapacity of aff o rdi ng em pl o y men t. All these gigantic evils spring, moreover, from a single source ; they all originate, as Lord ASHBURTON very simply intimated to the House of Peers, they all originate, without one excep tion, in the deplorable Bank Restriction Act of 1844. From the disastrous effects of that very foclish result of a very foolish hypothesis, come a multitude of evils such as would have entailed opprobrium upon any class of men, providing the public were as quick to detect their pecuniary foes as they are t o r ecog ni s e their social and constitutional antagonists. From the enactment of 1844—the notorious enactment of 1844—the enactment nurtured under the Peel- Loyd auspices—have arisen—stoppage of employ ment, unnecessary exportation of specie, en tanglement of the monetary affairs of the kingdom, interference with commerce in all its multiple branches, and the exceed ing and appalling probability of an actual panic. The financial crisis of 1825 was not preceded by such ominous fluctuations in the pulse of trade as those which have latterly aroused the fears of the com munity, and which yesterday induced Lord BROUGHAM to revive the question to the consideration of the Hereditary Senators. And all these fluctua.ions, all these sufferings, all these diminutions of confi dence, all these malign approximations to the bank ruptcy of many thousands of men whose characters are unimpeachable, and whose fortunes are of un doubted amplitude—all these deplorable things, we repeat it, with a comparative glut of bullion in the coffers of the Bank of England! When we say a comparative glut of bullion, we cannot well be derided, seeing that ac cording to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S enactment, the Bank of England is at any moment in the risk of being left with merely 2,500,000/. disposable issue, whilst it has 10,000,0001. in its cellars. We cannot tire of repeating our abhorrence of a plan by which this vast commercial country is placed in perpetual danger for the bald satisfaction of grati fying a diseased whim. Literally, the scheme, under the penalties of which the market is at present groaning, is the tying of metal about our heels to enable us to keep afloat ! Precisely when credit money is most wanted, it is restricted in amount; when it is little better than a superfluity it is lavished about in abundance. Assuredly Lord ASHBURTON was justified in stigmatizing the course adopted by the late Administration as equivalent to the perseverance of the doctor in " Gil Blas," in his undeviating remedies of hot water and phlebotomy. Assuredly the Act of 1844 is about as judicious as a prescription penned by SANGRADO. And little pre ference can there be between the dreamings of LE SAGE or the obstinacy of Sir ROBERT PEEL. What we feared has come to pas;. Noble Lords, hostile to an efficient poor-law for Ireland, could not, in the face of the frightful scenes of misery and destitution that are of daily occurrence in that unhappy land, venture to meet with a direct ne gative a measure intended to afford relief to the sufferers—a measure, which affirmed the great principle that the poverty of the country had a right to relief out of its property—a measure which declared that henceforth no man should be suffered to die of starvation in a Chris tian land, and that the necessities of all should be provided for before any portion could be made applicable to luxuries or superfluities. These Noble Lords, however, have attained their object indirectly, and by a side wind. One of themselves (Lord ABINGER), after stating that the principle of a poor-law, at all times dan gerous, was peculiarly so in Ireland, advised that they should not reject the measure altogether, but so modify it as to deaden its effects. The recommendation of the Noble Lord has been acceded to. The effects of the measure have indeed been deadened. As Lord Guar truly remarked, " the great experiment must now be made under every possible disadvantage," un less theft Lordships recal their fiat, as it is still possible for them to do, and unless the representatives of the people refuse to accept the Bill in its diluted and emasculated form. The Noble Secretary for the Colonies spoke out boldly and manfully in defence of the measure. He pointed out that the great principle had for three centuries been recognised in England, and that he was prepared to recognise it—not for three years only— but permanently in Ireland. And in that he is sanctioned and confirmed by the unanimous voice of the British people. Are we prepared to encourage what has too truly been termed " The Irish Invasion ?" Are we prepared to permit the Irish landowner to withhold from the people born on his estate that which the more humane landlord of England extends even to the casual poor? Here every destitute person is entitled to relief in or out of the workhouse. If that relief is practicable in the workhouse so much the better, but under any circumstances it must be afforded whenever it is required. But in Ireland however urgent may be the necessity, however pressing the demand, it cannot legally be given if the workhouses are full. The starving wretches may sink and perish at the very thresholds of the poorhouses, but they cannot be permitted to receive one solitary meal until room is made for their admis sion into the house. Is this legal obligation to maintain the poor of Ireland only to commence when they arrive in this country ? Most assuredly not ! Such a system is not compatible with the con tinuance of a free intercourse between the islands. If persevered in, we must be contented to take upon ourselves the duties which we permit the landowners of Ireland to shirk. We must be satisfied to feed the hungry, and to clothe the naked, in that par of the United Kingdom, at the expense of British industry. We are willing to render every assistance to the landlords who are disposed to exert themselves properly and efficiently. We are willing to pledge the national credit in order to procure these means for the improvement of their properties, the ade quate employment of the labourer in useful and profitable works, so that the capabilities of their country may be fully developed, and their lands bro ug ht i n t o th e hi g hest degree of culti vation and productiveness. We will assist those who endeavour to aid themselves, but we will not assume the burdens from which they have shrunk, or the post from which they have deserted. Already the measure is, perhaps, of too restricted a character as to the power of affording out-door relief. It is only when satisfactory proof is given to the Commissioners, that by reason of the want of room in the workhouse adequate relief cannot be afforded them, or if by reason of severe or infectious disease it is unfit for the reception of poor persons, that it is lawful for the Commissioners, by order under their seal, to authorise and empower the guardians to administer relief out of the workhouse, for a time not exceeding two calendar months, and that relief cannot be given to the able-bodied, save in food only. Surely this might satisfy the most cautious. They cannot suppose that the Commissioners would wantonly abuse that power, or that they would au thorise that out-door relief save in cases of the utmost urgency. There is still an opportunity for revising their decision. On the bringing up of the report, the measure may he restored to its origil al form. if not, we trust that the House of Commons will be firm and unyielding, and that they will not suffer that which was carried by an overwhelming majority in their House to be afterwards frittered away and deprived of its efficacy. If a collision should take place, we warn the Irish party that on the next occasion a much stronger measure may be sent up which cannot be refused or weakened, but must be adopted in its in tegrity. Madrid journals of the 30th ultimo contain ac counts of an interview which had taken place be tween her MAJESTY and the Count DE CASTILLAN, when the latter had presented to ISABELLA a memorial from her cousin, the Infante ENRIQUE. The QUEEN is described as having received the document very graciously. Pope Pius IX., it seems, has expressed his disinclination to permit the solemnization of the marriage of his Royal Highness until such time as he has elicited the approbation of her Spanish MAJESTY. The Duke DE SAN LORENZO had been appointed Captain• Genera of the Halberdiers, the Duke DE BAYLEN having resigned that post. The Ministerial combination under the personal influence of General NARVAEZ had failed, and the General was to leave for Paris on the Ist instant. It was still believed that the Parliamentary labours would be suspended during a fortnight. The Gazette publishes a royal decree confirming the authorization granted by the Cortes to the Ministry to collect the taxes until the latter end of June. The Three per Cents.were done at 31i for cash ; ;he Five per Cents. at 194; the Debt, without in terest, at 5 1 1 -, ; and the Coupons at 16. The Paris papers of Wednesday have arrived. Attention is altogether engrossed by the explana tion given on the preceding forenoon in the Chamber of Peers by M. TESTE in extenuation of the conces sions made by, him in regard to the mines of Goubenans. Nearly all our French Contemporaries, without exception, speak in the most condemnatory terms imaginable upon the course pursued by the lion. Gentleman in that matter ; but we cannot but regard their adverse observations as premature in utterance, and as too vituperative in tone. Of all the papers published on 'Wednesday the commerce speaks of M. TESTE in the discreetest manner. "We think it unbecoming us," it says, "to pronounce a definitive opinion upon the merits of explanations, which are destined to furnish an important document in a judicial discussion." According to the Consti tutionncl M. TESTE, who was Minister of Public Works at the period when the concessions were granted to the company in which Gen.CUBIERES was interested, pro tests most solemnly and emphatically, that those con cessions were made in accordance with all the cus tomary forms, and with the strictest integrity. The National speaks out pretty plainly however, and with something like a show of contempt for the protestations of the lion. Gentleman. It says as follows : " The concession of a mine, according to M. Teste, is the ministerial act in which the personal influence of the chief of the Administration is the least possible. Everything passes without his interference, according to certain pre cise regulations by which the rights of all are protected. These rules have been followed, and these rights have been fully respected in the matter in question. This is all that M. Teste knows ; the rest, as far as he is concerned, being enveloped in mystery. Such is an analysis of the speech of the late Minister of the Public Works. It will be at once conceived that we are bound to keep the greatest reserve as regards him until the facts are made known. We shall make only this general observation, which appears to us to be important: — M. Dumon and M. Tests have both greatly exaggerated the purely negative part which they represent to be played by the Minister in the concession of mines. Were we to listen to them, we should believe that everything was done without his meddling with it, and that the responsible chief of a Ministry had nothing more to do than to sign his name at the foot of the report or the ordonnance. This, in truth, is lessening somewhat too much the action of the man in power, in order that he may be relieved from responsibility, and such a proceeding is not founded in law or in fact. In each step of the official ladder the Minister has a decided in fluence. lie may suffer to sleep or expire any application for a concession ; he may choose any engineer he pleases for in spector; he may accept a report or order it to be reconsi dered; it cannot be denied that his voice has weight in the Council of Mines, over which he presides, and in the deli berations of the Council of State. It must be admitted, on the other band, that none of these formalities can be con summated without his direct participation. Not only is this legal, but it is necessary ; for his responsibility is involved in all;the resolutions come to by the Ministry. Let it not, therefore, be asked with such singular simplicity, where is it that favour can be exercised or corruption creep into this series of operations? The answer is ready enough :—Favour may be exercised from the first to the last day, and corrup tion is a subtle poison which may penetrate every part. Let then this pretended improbability be laid aside, for it will not bear the slightest examination. Let us wait then till M. de Cubieres can give his explanations before we decide whether he is to bear all the odium of this affair, or whether it is to be divided." The Courrier Francais contains the following re marks : " The shameful affair of the mines of Goubenans, in which the morality of the whole Government is profoundly com promised, was yesterday the subject of all conversation, and gave rise to strange commentaries. We exaggerate nothing in saying that it is a fact which compromises the honour of the Ministers more than anything that has occurred since 1830. M. Teste, Minister of Public Works i❑ 1842, could not dispense with ascending the tribune of the Chamber of Peers to offer explanations. It must be stated that he was heard with extreme coldness, and that his brother was the only one to advance towards him and press his hand when he descended from the tribune. When M. Teste affirms that he remained a complete stranger to the practices employed to obtain the concession in question, we are entirely dis posed to believe him ; but when he declines all responsibility in an act which occurred under his administration, we be lieve that he is strangely mistaken in the sense which he attaches to ministerial responsibility." In addition to the interest excited by the statement made by M. TESTS, in the Chamber of Peers, the political circles of Paris were agitated by a rumour, insinuated by the Presse, that nearly half-a-dozen members of the Cabinet had intimated their intention of withdrawing from the Administration. This it is which causes that organ to observe that the Ministry at present holds but a nominal existence. In the Chamber of Deputies M. BILLAULT availed himself of the opportunity afforded by the renewed discussion upon the Supplementary Credit Bill, for inveighing against the Government for its lavish ex penditure in reference to the foreign department. The Prince of SYRACUSE had reached Paris on a mission, so it was reported, from the Neapolitan MONARCH to Queen CHRISTINA. Wednesday, the sth instant, being the anniversary of the death of NAPOLEON, a solemn funeral service was performed in the church of the Invalides ; and the bodies of Marshal BERTRAND (his com panion in exile) and of Marshal Duaoc (his most beloved adherent and Grand Marshal to the Imperial Palace) were buried in tombs adjacent to the sarcophagus of the Emperor. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 78f. ; the Five per Cents., 115 f. 75c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2350 ; Rouen, 943 f. 75c. ; Havre, 666 f. 25c ; Great Northern, 611 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 7651. ; Vierzon, 582 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 513 f. 75c. ; Basle, 1931. 75c. ; Dieppe, 327 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 427 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 4161. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 43 9 f ; Lyons and Avignon, 452 E 50c. ; Domestic Debt, 30%. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 6. Boulogne and Amiens, 16% e —Central of France (Orleans and Vieraon), 14%—Demerara, 2 3 / 4 —Dutch Rhenish, 3 % —Namur and Liege, VA—Northern of France, 11 —Paris and Lyons, 4%—Tours and Nantes, 1 3 4 West Flanders, 3;3. THE COURT.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, left the Nine Elms terminus of the South-Western Railway, soon after half-past nine o'clock this morning by a special train for Gosport, en route to Osborne House, Isle of Wight, where her Majesty and her Royal Consort are expected to remain a few days. THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. D cram? , MAY s.—His Excellency has made another r a ll y . The bulletin issued at ten o'clock this morning was as follows : " His Excellency has passed a good night, and i s muc h better this morning." No other bulletin was issued up to post hour, and the an swer to inquiries at the Castle was that his Excellency con tinued to improve. The Mail of this evening says-- " But whilst the general course of his Excellency's illness forbids us to encourage the expectation of hi s eve ntual re storation, it gives us sincere satisfaction to be able to an nounce those occasional mitigations of his complaint, which give immediate ease to the noble patient himself, and in some measure relieve the paisful anxieties of his affectionate fa mily. We are quite sure that if his Excellency's skilful and considerate medical attendants were able, from the the symptoms that have marked the progress of his case, to relieve the anxi e ty so p reva lent on the subject by a favourable prognosis, th e y wou ld not have failed to do so. We cannot, therefore, b u t regard their long-continued silence on this point as a disastrous indication, and lament it." Loss OF THE TWEED.---A subscription has been commenced for the purpose of repairing in some de g ree the sad losses of the sufferers by this awful calamity. The ap peal thus made appears to receive an appropriate response, and promises to produce results alike creditable and satisfac tory to those who promote it, and beneficial to the indivi duals who are placed in the melancholy necessity of requiring such an interposition in their behalf. The subscription list is headed by the names of her Majesty and her illustrious Con n sort, who are donors of 201 . , the Queen Dowager contributi 25/. Amongst the other sums contributed for this benevo lent purpose are 2001. from the West India Mail Steam Packet Company, 100/. from the surviving passengers of the Tweed, and 201. tram the engine-rs of the Royal Mail Steam C.A.iyany• in ewber of the Senior UuiteLl Set vice Club 'ltiecontemplate a grand entertainment to Major-General Sir Harry Smith, to celebrate his returralOhle,at their handsome club-house in gall-mall, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was heavy. Sales, 4,000 bales, of which 3,500 were American, at 6d. to 7id. per lb. Surat brought 4cl. to 4%d. per lb.—ln Railway Shares there was very little doing, and prices had still a downward ten 'lll.eney. We have no further arrivals to-day from abroad, but there is an improved feeling in the money market generally, and matters are certainly easier. We have the exchange from Hamburgh decidedly higher again : viz., 13 5 3 A, and we see nothing unfavourable this morning, except that the corn market is again higher. This, however, may probably be corrected ere long by the increased arrivals from abroad, large as our wants undoubtedly are. As a satisfactory result of the frequent interviews between the " Chairs" of the Bank of England and the heads of the Government, we may mention that the Directors of the Bank have this day made the very agreeable intimation that they will advance money at 5 per cent. to the holders of Exchequer-bills, a circumstance which at once caused a de cline in the value of money in the Stock Exchange, and which must be felt beneficially out of doors likewise, and in the general discount market. The Funds have not been higher to-day, but have a firm tone. Consols have ranged from 86 3 A to 87 1 / g for present transfer, and from 87 1 / a to 87% for time. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been marked 88 to 87%, and Three per Cents. 86 to 853%. Bank Stock is quoted 187 to 189. Exchequer -bills have been Bs. to 3s. discount. The Foreign Market is dull. Spanish Five per Cents. are marked 23, and the Three per Cents. 34 1 4. Mexican Stock has been steady at 19%, and Grenada at 19%. Dutch Four per Cents. have realised 87i. Austrian Bonds are 1041. The Market for Railway Shares is very quiet, and there is consequently no improvement in the quotations. On the other hand there is no general decline. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Olilcial List.) Bank Stock .. - .. 168 187 189 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 86 853. Three in.r Cent. Consols Annuities .. 87% 86% 87% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 88 8794 % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 1-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9% India Stock .. .. • • • • .. • • 243 South Sea Stock .. Ditto, Old Annuities Censols for May 27 .. Exchequer Bills. 1,0001. • . 500 t. •• Ditto. Small .• .. - PRICES OF' FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. • . 104% Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guil .. 57 Granada, 1 per Cent. .. • • • • 19% Mexican, 1846, 5 per Cent .. • • 19 34 Portuguese Four per Cent .. .. 35 Ditto. for the Account .. • . 35 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. • • 23 Ditto, for the Account .. • • 23 Ditty, 'Three per Cent .. .. Ditto, fur the Account • • • • 34 9 4 Dividends on Hid above , payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 57% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 87% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOC] 8194 .. •• .. .. 87941,6% INd. 2d. • • 8 3 7 dis • • 8 3 7 dis .... 837d13 RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. A mber., Nottllig.,Boston, Eastrn Jn. 2%.... 1% .... to Birmingham and Oxford Junction .. 10 .... 17 1 ,4 .... to 17 Caledonian .. .. • • • •• 30 23% .... to 21 Eastern Counties .. •• • • • • .. 20 .... 19 .. • . to Ditto, York Extension • • .. 61,4 .... 5% to 5 East Lancashire .. • • 17 .. .. 16 .. • • to Edinburgh and Glasgow • • • • •. 50 .. 69% .... to Great Northern .. .• .• • . .. 314. . . . 2% .... to Great North of England .. 100 —.231% .... to Great Western .. 85 .... to Ditto. Half Shares .. .. • • •• 50 .... 66 .... to 65 Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • .. 12% .... 16 .... to Ditto. Fifths 20 .... 25%54.. to Huddersfield and Manchester .. • . 19 .. 19 .. • . to London and Blackwall .. 161. I3s. 4d. .. • • 7% • ... to Loadon, Brighton, and South Coast 50 50.31 to 511:i Ditto, Fifteenths .. .. 2 .. • • 2 • • to London and North-Western • • • • 100 . 172% •••• to 171% Ditto, Quarters .. • • L. and B. 7 .. • • .. • • to Ditto ditto New .. •. .. • 2 .... 11 .... to London and South-Western 41/. 6... 10d. 61% 62 to 61% Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • • • 50 •• • • 52 .... to Manchester and Leeds .. . • • 82 •• • • •• .. to Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12 .... 14% .... to Ditto, Fifths .. .. 5 .... 9 .... to Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) • . • • .71. 45..... p.. to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock -. 425. •• • • 1 ,4 dis... to Midland •• •• •• •• •• ••100 to 115% Ditto, New •• .. • • • •• 36 39%.... to D'tto, New .. .• • • .. 6 .. • • 8 .. • • to Ditto, Consul. Bristol & Ilitmingli. 6 per cant. .. . • • • • • 100 ....123 .... to • Newcastle and Berwick .. .. • • 20 .... .... to Ditto, New • .. • . • • .. 5 .• • • 6%.... to Norfolk • • .. • • • • .. • • ..100 . ..122 .... to Northern and Eastern .. .. .. 50 55 •• • • to Nufth Staffordshire .. 5 6%.3i .. to south Staffordshire 2/. 125... dis.. to South Eastern and Dover .. • . •. 33/. 2s. 4d. 36 , 4 .. to Ditto, New (do. 15/.) No. 4 .. 5 .... 444 .... to West Riding Union .. .• 4/. 20.• •• • 14 p• • to Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth •• .. 20 •• • • 10% •• • • to rork and Newcastle .- • • 25 • • •• • • to Ditto, Preference • • • • • • • • 4 .• • • 674 •••• to York and North Midland • • .. .. 50 •• .. b 2 .... to 83 Ditto, Extension .• • • .. 25 •• • • 40%., ~ FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. • • .. 20 .. • • 1614 to Dutch Rhenish • • .. • • •• • • 7 •• , • 4 •• • • to Orleans and Bordeaux • • .. .. 6 .. .. 6 I ,g .... to Paris and Lyons MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered .. to MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-F RIDA Y. A very limited quantity of Wheat of home produce has arrived hither since Monday, and t he show ofsamples or buyers were grain was unusually small. A s sev e ral foreign were again in the market, the trade with English Wheat was very brisk, at an advance in the quotations , paid on Monday Th last of from 4s to 55 per quarter. e best Essex white sold at 100 s per quarter. Upwards of 13,000 quarters of Wheat have come in from abroad, yet nearly the whole was taken for shipment to France at a further improve ment in value of from 4s to 53 per quarter. The sale for all kinds of Barley, the supply of which was on the increase, was active at is to 2s per quarter more m one y. There was only a retail inquiry for Malt; but previous ra te s were firmly supported. Very few Oats were on show, and a good clearance was effected at Is to 2s per quarter more money. Both Beans and Peas were is to 2s per quarter dearer. Flour was held at higher prices. Wheat. 3,520 qrs. ARRIVALS. IBarley. 1,450 qrs. Oats I Flour. 370 qrs. 4,020 z•lc 2,410 -- 5,510 I English •••• •• Irish. ..... - Foreign •• 13,640 7,740 Malt, 3,750 qrs. SIVIITELPIELD. The supply of Beasts on sale here to-day being large, the time of year considered, and the attendance of buyers small, the Beef trade was in a sluggish state at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath, Monday's prices. There were on offer 398 Oxen and Cows, and 35 Calves from abroad. With Sheep we were fairly supplied. The primest old downs were in steady request, at full currencies; but all other kinds were a slow inquiry, at barely late rates. Lambs, the supply of which was good, sold readily, at an improvement in value of 2d per 81bs, and a good clearance was effected. Calves moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. The same may be said of Pigs. Milci Cows were selling at from 161 to 191 5s each, including their small Calf. Suckling Calves, 183 to 30s; and quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s each. Beasts, 1,158; Cows, 159; Sheep and Lambs, 7,800 ; Calves, 227 ; Pigs, 380. NEWTGATE AND LEIADENEIALL. We had a fair trade here at full prices. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Although the supply of Hops on offer is, comparatively speaking, small, the demand is by no means active, yet in most transactions previous rates are well supported. LLOYD'S SHIPPING---(THIS DAY.) LoNnoe, MAY 7.—Wind this day at noon S.E., light pleasant breeze and fine. DEAL, MAY 6.--Wind S.S.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Virginia, Jausson, New York, for Gothenberg ; Abel Gower, Alexander, Callao ; La Bonne Mere, Musgrove, Callao; Hope, Alexan der, Callao. OFF DUNGENESS, MAY 4.—Stadt Tiel, Chevalier, Ban joewangie (Batavia), for Amsterdam. OFF THE WIGHT, MAY 2.—Hermann Foss, Krogh, Monte Video, for Antwerp. LIVERPOOL, MAY 6.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. John, Warwick, Calcutta ; Ethiope, Africa, left Fernando Po 22d Feb. ; Fame, Pernambuco, with part of cargo thrown over board. An American ship, of about 400 tons, was seen to founder on the 2d ult., in lat. 38, long. 60. The Eugene, New York to Ireland, was abandoned on the 11th March ; crew arrived at Boston. The Matilda, brig, of and from New York to Cork, was abandoned on the 18th March; crew taken to Norfolk, V. The Concord, schooner, of Ply mouth, dismasted and abandoned, was passed lat. 45, long. 39, by the England, arrived at New York. Large quantities of barrels and half barrels of flour, marked P, were seen on the Ist ult., in lat. 42, long. 44, by the Republic, arrived at New York. The Snowden arrived at Fernando Po previously to the 22d Feb., with loss of rudder and damage, and was dis charging to repair. CONTINENTAL COMMUNICATION. The South- Eastern and Continental Steam Ship Company's vessel, the Queen of the Belgians, arrived at Folkestone, from Boulogne, at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, having 70 passengers on board; among whom were Lord Beauchamp, Sir George Irvine, and Captains Johnson and Preston, R.N. The steamer Queen of the French sailed from Folkestone for Boulogne at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, having 74 passengers and one carriage 011 bord. _ MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HARRY SMITH, BART., G.C.B.—The officers of the Rifle Brigade inten_d to give the . Colonel-C s o , mm m a b n a d ri a i n ec t i gallant General a grand banquet to welncorne his return from the 1 th instant, at India. The banquet is to take pl , ace o St. James z-street, when Lieutenant the Thatched House, ai , nn e L Ne i e oc u o. treplnta Watermant oGfetnhear that General distinguished n A g n u i d s r h ez cl.loarrpnsa, r w d i , II G t; r e ea ß id, . ntie ROYAL ARTILLERY. - WOOLWICH., MAY 6.- 120 non-commissioned officers and gunners, and ili t g h lb re Y e Lieutenant Godby, Lieutenant eGA..o3,Nri'a, steamer, d th ru i dru mm e rs , tahtiseibgrhar tO colofckth, there sn'rani:rrilfgor conveyance Sheerness, to embark in the A i pi p o d o e ow augment William Radcliffe, for a pas_ s u h n i d i l and, Halifax, Nova Scotia , and Canada, to the companies at these stations. Colonel sagefi o u l l t o a troop-ship, Crutten d e n and Major Cu pp a g e, Brigade-Major, superin tended the embar kation. The order for the departure of the troo p s from the garrison only arrived at eight o'clock yesterday eveing, and some of the men had to be re lieved of guard be n tween ten and twelve o'clo c k, t o b e , ready to proceed to the Royal Arsenal, with their b s ix o'clock this morning. to put it on b tillery accompani e d oard the Waterman at The stea mer. band of the Royal Ar t h e party to the place of embarkation, and played num erous favourite airs while the men were conveyed in small boats to OF MAJOR GENERAL JAMES ALEXANDER. deep regret we have to announce the death of Commander of the Forces the pt s t iEs e A a l m Tv it e ti r h . event took place Major-General James Alexialnidsemr, melancholy 11, between the .11644 hours of 10 and 11 A.M. taken ill of dysentery, front the effects of ,liii.:e:teti4e General d ß a) e , n , t i‘ ir l e a s lccahs division. ll at Suitanpore, in exposure to rain at the Artillerayt:dreiew, never rallied dgurreiantg lossthe Society sustains a ( tl i f i l e t early part foil i t n o , f last ila.,. rapid progress of the disorder. m_ ou , e th n ' tan. His interment took place by the death of this =laid ~f tie divisioe, tal'ilin't;ii):\ar4i!'il4'tlie'i;t%itull•n;'ci:;r:leir-net'Qi'll9'3ll.(.l'±'i2‘Bi'lti amt 4S , lll; , 'ili - i-„,. w-tl-IP;iitl7.3-I""in ' ' h The Prince of Syracuse of Naples, has arrived ia Paris: nares Recorder.. the brother of the King IRISH POOR-LAW BILL. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MAT 6. FIRST DIVISION IN COMMITTED-, CONTENTS. Warwick BARN'S. Mon i ca; le, of Bra I Nelson Stradbroke Ifidon Desart Stanley Digby Saßoan Erne Gage Maluesbury Northwigt Lucan Blayney Fitzvvilliam Downes: Stanhope TemPlemore Delawarr De Ros Shrewsbury Redesdale Clare Abinger Lovelace Mid dl e ton (V. Br o6l or rick) Wilton Colchestet vlscou's TS. liayleigh Combermero C a stlemalne Boston Strangford Ilereford Tenterden ARCHBISHOP. Bolton Dublin Ashburton 111 SHOP. Faversham MMES. Buckingham Cleveland Montrose. Richmond MARQUISES. Abercorn Ileadfort Westmeath EARLS. Rosse Enniskillen Roden Eglintoun Dartmouth Limerick Sheffield Somers Clancarty Hardwicke Leven and Melville Orford Eldon lladdingtou DUKES, Nonblk St. Albans MARQUISES. Lansdowne Clanricarde Westminster Coungliam EARLS Galloway Clarwilliam St. Germans Grey Shaftesbury Minto Clarendon Auckland Devon Fortescuo Ilehester EXCterj NON-CONTENTS• EARLS. Yarborough Cowper Granville Fingall Essex Waldegravo Ellesmere Verulain Morley Ripon Harewood Craven Uxbridge VISCOUNT. B iggOr. St. Daiii's BARONS. Earl of Lonsdale Lord Graiitley Earl of Charlevillo Marquis of Exeter Duke of Beaufort Campbell: Cottenham Erskine Strafford Colborne Lilford Micro Foley Itiontfort Beaumont Batlierton Carringto n Corn°Y s Kenyon yharncllffffo Clifton BISHOPS. Durham Hereford PAIRS. Earl of Zetland, till 1 0 o'clOck Lord Arundel Duke of 13edford Earl Spencer Marquis of Anglesey Lord Wynford Lori Bruce Lord Willoughby d'Eresby Earl of EMI haul Earl Tankerville Lord Vivian Marquis of Ailsa Viscount Falkland Viscount Beresfori Earl Roseberry Earl of Munster Lord Portman Lord Southampton Duke of RoxbU r g h cloc a _ Earl of Orkney Lord Syron, 10 o Duke of Newcastle Lord Beauv ale t 9 Lord Sondes Lord Sudeley h ef..,01 Earl of Sandwich Earl of CamperdoWar " Duke of Manchester Earl Dude Lord De Lisle Lord Crewe Lord Colville Lord Langdale Earl of Cardigan Lord Leigh ct &le ek Lord Ilrougham Viscount SydneY , I Lord Fevercham Lord Glenelg. ' HER MAJESTY'S TILEATItars ii Mademoiselle Jenny Lind made her sec ond aPP--- ji as T t h night, which was a "long Thursday." k en cas. e impression ~ h e produced on her audience on Oa the ion completely shows how firm a hold she bee,,, t es s, but the public mind. Here is no transient, flash!? e a , t. '"" Those mere she is heard, the more she is appreniate—hell, an exuisitely-lengthened notes which sound clear gu 4 ? - inue ical then become more and more piano, reserving thelrbisocr, quality even when they sink to P the lightest 7, ak " t ; hi the subdued voice, so firm, and so delicately always come with fresh power on the hearers; the 5,7 away' w arbiet , a t e d strikes as something new in vocal art, and When e l. lier last night drew forth the loudest acclamations. the execution of passages nothing is more delightful than-eve, feeling o of confidence with which she inspires Muthludir jjet .One never feels a moment's doubt about tbe airiod. intervals, and her utterance of a passage is at once I na lief oy the greatest accuracy and the greatest ess` 3 * e 0.• acting gains upon repetition • the more the minutia ar . st t lowed out, the inure perfect ' do they appear. The study,'BcL'j° 0 be cross in the second act is in itself a complete , is various are the emotions which she introduces. NewAlge, in mere terror that she flies to the symbol of 1," e0 0, now she clings to it with child-like faith and cenu" ng, the feelings regulating her gestures and pervading her en t , e , And throughout she completely preserves the innocen:ieof portment of the simple peasant girl, who though T ee u r the greatest energy, always remains to a certain deg!'e , k g conscious of her own power. The character of Alice is.reiirja D iabie i ae to the only interesting one in the book of Robert as represented by Mademoiselle Jenny Lind is a e l " --- i v d ed. personification of feminine goodness. The house was er e .... 0 to the roof, and Mademoiselle Jenny appeared thret., tam personification at the end of the opera, to receive tllllltlittlol.l3 plaeclitst abundant showtrs of bouquets. d a Fellow Lord John Russell was last night electe t a i n the of the Roy al Society; the Marquis of Nortlianp_teors wells, chair. Forty-one members ballotted, and the no n ni- ;- * forty aye, and one nay. --The g ln THE NEM INFANT ORPHAN ASTLUAt• dal At , t i ll : versary dinner of this charity tookof ge o— • London Tavern, and was attended by a cornP 2e t ni o o. FO- 1: men mustering to the number of 135. The RIO . _ 5 t o the , Maule presided, and during the evening subscription isr.• amount of 850/. were announced by the secretarne 5 gears sum considering the charity has been only thre ancord existence, and one which promises extended Wail' . yeey hope in proportion thereto, extended usefulness to - wide field for benevolent labour. 4' nOCHFFeIi THE ETHER EXPERDHEN T.—An accident -- thin at Mansfield, in the treatment of which, the benefits oefrest, inhaling of ether, were shown in a novel arid very i nt ft.ll front ing manner. A stout active ;man named Benton, ",;;ft hip. covered that the dislocation place yester some scaffolding, and in the fall dislocated 1n e „,,," Da nied Surgical aid was summoned, and Mr. Paulson, secdis duction, and the young man w h a e s in by Mr. Cooper, was soon in attendance.. It was at once g one in considerable difficulty was anticipated. The usual Mean were resorted to to procure considerable prostration 0,,,' muscular pow er , and the pulleys were then applied. Aft". persevering as long as was thought prudent without sucCes4 it was agreed to take the patient over to Nottingharn;ir have the benefit of a consultation with the surgeons of Ito . mroosbtusdti te a l l t t h , of s 0 m r %- hospital. When he arrived there the pulleys were again eiAA' ployed for a considerable time, and still without the desit effect ; till it was then decided to subject the patient doted influence of ether. No sooner had the in halation pro iiir its effect, than complete relaxation of the whole nitlaeu_ system ensued; and the resistance being thus entirely o ,%:r e i come, the thigh bone slipped into its proper cavity evi_t.."" esi t any urther trouble. On the following morning the P 3 7, i ,g , was comparatively illye, and he has been gradually itoP,_r ° ,, n or without feeling any effects from the application of Inv remedy.--Derby Mercury. -Be' DREADFUL MURDER NEAR MANCHESTER. „,,,k„ tween eight and nine on Wednesday morning Jol.‘avidroi, son went to the house of a market gardener named Francis Dakin, at Chorlton, for the purpose of returning a P A ,,'"• t e% which he had borrowed. He learned from one of )-4.' - „ c h, sons that he was gone to a beer-house kept by George ed, who is also a mechanic. This beer-house is only sePap e . from Dakin's residence by the garden of th e latter an mint4t d Cookson went to the beer-house to Dakin, and acco drinking with him and Leach until about four o'cloc k in the afternoon, the three having drunk in the mean,inse about e"' to quarts of ale. About that time Leach and his wife b quarrel, and after some words the latter ran into Leach also left the room where they were drinking, anat'im.' to the kitchen took out of the knife-box 3 car r yi n g leay- Unfortunately, Dakin at that moment got til ), en nd before ing the room, Leach met him in the passage, a . terfer - Dakin could speak shouted out, " I'll have nobody' it,__ into ing between me and my wife," and plunged the knife the his body. It passed through the heart, and the point 0f ._. blade came out at the back. Dakin fell to the ground ._- blade turoe u th e e , g rof,T; scantly without speaking a word. The murderer re 1 into the room where he had been sitting before the quarr. e d oc curred. Cookson, the only wi tness of the deed, sal I " Oh, George, what hav e y ou done? you have killed. LI feLow-creature who never injured you," and watching opportunity snatched the knife from him, and sending for l i s g en li cee m a gis t rat e, wo f as t h l e r andomuegdhti cw t aol up o fb witnesses. etfho the r a Mr. county riw...; policeman gave him into custody. The prisoner made ne resistance, and was taken at once to the Stretford lock' ° Y' N to-mo l rr v ow (Saturday); olo .-- cr a gio n irus d astsffreu t aoq h Dtrue s e dDe, n n,Es e cbtN x eui p t toefnwn m tdalE o lisea r A n rra:e i ,b n rnii WOODLANDS.—We regret to annou E n L ce the death :f T C ol .."' ek White, of the Woodlands, near Dublin. He embarked r":„ his lady and two servants on board the mail steamer gu m ' Kingston to Liverpool, on Sunday eveningg, apparent ly >y, good health and s pi r it s. Ab out n i ne o 'clock on 14ondsailid ' morning, Mrs. White heard him retching very much, sent her maid to see hi m , w h en it was found he had into a fit of apoplexy. A medical gentleman on boarftLlgteti inediately resorted to the usual remedies, and on the "vr-'° - reaching the George's Pier, Dr. O'Donnell was nalleug' l I I together with Dr. Formby, rendered every assistance, onj the unfortunate gentleman was taken to the Adelphi liotes: where he expired at five o'clock on Tuesday morning 111,502 By this event several families of high ran k will be throl into mourning. THE BANK OF ENGLAND.---YeSteTday the folloT ing notice of the sliuttings of tlke annuities on which t I dividends are due to the sth of ;Tidy, was issued and afes-et` at the Bank of England:—Consolidated 3/. per Cents. slit' Friday, the 11th of June, open Friday, the 16th July. per Cent. Annuities , 1726, shut Wednesday. New the 16th per 'I . ! June ; open Wednesday, the 14th of July. 51. Cent. Annuities, ditto. Annuities for terms of years sbul. on the 11th of June, open on the 16th of July. East India Stock shuts on the 3d of June, and opens on the 15th of JulY_:-------------....-•••,.......-,..-... On the Ist inst., at Chelsea, the wife of T. Baker May, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Canon Frome Court, Herefordshire, the wife of Charles Edward 'Topton, Esq., 23d Fusiliers, of a son On the 3d inst., at the Grange House, near Edinburgh, tba lady of John Dick Lauder, Esq., of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at Tollington-park, Hornsey-road, IWO Lewis Phillips, of a daughter. . On the 4th inst., at Southsea, the lady of Commander W- C. Chamberlain, Royal Navy, of a daughter. On the 16th of March, at Pooree, the wife of Captain 0 ' Rigby, Bengal Engineers, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at the Vicarage, Guilden-Morden, . Cam - On the wife of the Rev Robert Merry, °f son. Johnstone,On the 3d inst., in Edinburgh, the Hon. of Alva, of a son and heir. On the 4th inst., at Clifton, near Bristol, t he wife of the Rev. J. Foster Alleyne, of a daughter. Mrs. Leon On the sth inst., in Maddox-street, Bond - str eet, Solcmon, of a son. On the 4th inst., at St. eldest son of the late Lieutena C I 1 C kson► of her nt. o one oo • of Majesty' M ll A li ß ch ß a iff el n 's . Church, Bristol, jaine4 • s 80th Regiment, to Sybella youngest daughter the late Thomas Tyndall, Esq., of the Fort, near Bristowl. ortn . On the 4th inst., at Wyt o n Church, the Rev. flan E. Rackham, Vicar of Witchford, Isle of E l y , to Eleanor or Anne, eldest daughter sf the Rev. Edward N. Peck, Rect of Wyton, Hunts. ------..-------- DIED. On the 16th ult., at Hanover, Mary Ann, the wife of Dfa:P r Lew On is Benne, K.G. and B.H.L. the 25th ult., , at Shalbourne Berks, Mrs. Gore , aged SO. On the 30th ult., at Ardro!san,'R o b er t Douglas, Esq. , late of London, aged 88. On the 3d inst., at Hampton, Middlesex, Margaret, widow of James Harrison, Esq., aged 67. On the 3d inst., at Epaom , J ohn Roberts, Esq., aged 71. On the 4th inst., at Tottenham, John Ramsbottota, AL D., aged 80. Olt the 4th inst., at Beaumont Lodge, Old Wind 7sor, the Elva. Henry Jeffrey, Vieeuunt Ashbrook, a d 1. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of 1.70. 11?, Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, N 0.112, Strand, In the F Sreerida,'" of the SAYO7B In th e Coun t y o f Middlesex, FridT, 1841 _ WWI. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., price 11. Ils. 6 d., E XPERIENCESOF A GAOL CHAPLAIN. COMPRISING RECOLLECTIONS OF MINISTERIAL INTERCOURSE WITH CRIMINALS OF VARIOUS CLASSES, 'WITH THEIR CON FESSIONS. " A very clever book; akin to the Diary of a late Physician,' and equal to the deeper parts of Boz. There is hardly a reason why it should not be as popular as the works of Warren or Dickens." — Spectator. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries. , f